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What do the Grateful Dead, a California high school, and High Times magazine have in common? They each contributed to the origin story of 420.
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What do the Grateful Dead, a California high school, and High Times magazine have in common? They each contributed to the origin story of 420.
Produced by Christine Nguyen. Written by Cait Munro.
First responders have brought thousands of pets rescued from the Camp fire to California animal shelters (including many that suffered burns) — but this dog is still with his person
Stacey Abrams's plan to fight for Georgia's democracy in court
Abrams said the [new federal] lawsuit, which will fall under the umbrella of a new organization called Fair Fight Georgia, will look toward improving the state's election system prior to municipal elections in 2019 and the 2020 presidential election. Fair Fight may also push for legislative changes at the Capitol, and Abrams said it will hold the state accountable for running elections fairly.
"We have to consider all the pieces that go into voter suppression and diminishing the ability of voters to cast their ballots," she said. "And that means looking at the staffing and sourcing of polling stations, making sure that there are an adequate number of machines, making certain that poll workers who are often volunteers aren't judging whether or not someone gets to vote based on how many pieces of paper they have left."
As for whether she will challenge U.S. Sen. David Perdue in 2020 or seek another bid for governor in four years, Abrams is mum. But she is confident her legal challenges will help continue to expand Georgia's electorate.
"We know that over the next two years there will be new people who will find themselves energized by politics," she said. "And I think what we can do in 2020 is absolutely complete the transformation that started this year. It won't only be at the top of the ticket, but also down the ticket."
Newly discovered emails link pro-Brexit campaign with Cambridge Analytica, Steve Bannon, and the Mercer family
The possibility that both Brexit and the Trump campaign simultaneously relied upon the same social-media company and its transgressive tactics, as well as some of the same advisers, to further far-right nationalist campaigns, set off alarm bells on both sides of the Atlantic. Damian Collins, a member of Parliament, and chair of its Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which held an inquiry into fake news, told the Observer, which has broken much of the news about Cambridge Analytica in the U.K., that the new e-mails "suggest that the role of Bannon and Mercer is far deeper and more complex than we realised. There's a big question about whether Mercer's money was used in the Brexit campaign and it absolutely underscores why Britain needs a proper Mueller-style investigation. There are direct links between the political movements behind Brexit and Trump. We've got to recognise the bigger picture here. This is being coordinated across national borders by very wealthy people in a way we haven't seen before."
The American investigations into foreign interference in Trump's election, and British probes into Brexit, have increasingly become interwoven. The role of the Russian Ambassador to the U.K., Alexander Yakovenko, has reportedly been the subject of interest both to Mueller's investigators and to those in the U.K., who have examined his relationship to Banks. The role of Nigel Farage, the former leader of the far-right, Euroskeptic U.K. Independence Party, who has been an ally of Bannon and Trump, has also reportedly stirred the interest of investigators in both countries, especially after he was spotted in 2017 leaving the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, in which Julian Assange has taken refuge. Assange's media platform, WikiLeaks, published many of the e-mails stolen by Russia from the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 election season.
How and whether all of these pieces fit together is the subject of Mueller's investigation, but the lack of a similar single, overarching investigation in the U.K. has led critics to call for one.
Finns seize long-awaited opportunity to debunk/dunk on President Trump over his raking comment
"Finland has ~73% forest coverage = 222,180 square kilometers of forests (world bank study). Our forests are densest in the world, averaging 72,000 trees in sq km. That's 22 billion trees or 4,500 for every Finn (yale university study).
Please send help. Must bring own rakes."
"I grew up in Finland. a) it rains all year round. b) we have a lengthy and cold winter. c) Finland is a sparsely populated country with just over 5mil ppl, with land size ~3/4 of CA and most of it forests and lakes. d) no friggin body is raking the forests."
"We have had pretty much the warmest year ever. It has been +5-7C here in the east this week. The summer was one of the driest and hottest ever and that's why we had quite many fires. On an average year fires are a non-issue. I didn't complain about the heat myself (I love warm weather). It's just that it tells you how climate change is changes our climate and that is certainly not good."
NSC member in charge of U.S. Saudi policy has resigned
The official, Kirsten Fontenrose, had pushed for tough measures against the Saudi government, and had been in Riyadh to discuss a raft of sanctions that the American government imposed in recent days against those identified as responsible for the killing, according to two people familiar with the conversations. Specifically, she advocated that Saud al-Qahtani, a top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, be added to the list, and he ultimately was.
The exact circumstances of her departure are murky, and it is unclear whether her advocacy for a hawkish response to the killing angered some in the White House. When she returned to Washington, according to the two people, she had a dispute with her bosses at the National Security Council, where she had served as the director for the Persian Gulf region.
The unknown long-term harm of inhaling wildfire smoke
Most research has focused on how smoke exposure affects firefighters or how air pollution, not wildfire smoke specifically, affects people's health. Many large studies have linked air pollution to heart and lung diseases; one 2012 study found that pregnant women who were exposed to smoke during the 2003 wildfires in Southern California delivered babies with slightly lower birth weight than normal. …
There are similarities between particles found in air pollution from fossil fuels and those found in wildfire smoke. Both contain toxic particles that are invisible to the naked eye that can penetrate into lung tissue and get into the bloodstream. These particles are 2.5 micrometers in size — about one-fortieth the width of a strand of hair. There are also differences, though, that scientists don't fully understand.
When residential areas burn, they release chemicals into the atmosphere that aren't emitted when wooded or grassy areas burn. Plastics, household cleaning products, metals from vaporized stoves and washing machines, and synthetic materials from carpets add to poor air conditions. Researchers don't know what kind of long-term health conditions could be caused or exacerbated by exposure to these compounds.
Stranded in Chico's "Wallywood" and other places of refuge for Camp fire evacuees
Hundreds of evacuees are squatting at camp in a Walmart parking lot — a ramshackle village some inhabitants call Wallywood, a sardonic mash-up of their location and reduced circumstances. …
"Big picture, we have 6,000, possibly 7,000 households who have been displaced and who realistically don't stand a chance of finding housing again in Butte County," county housing official Mayer said. "I don't even know if these households can be absorbed in California."
The county has the capacity to place 800 to 1,000 households in permanent housing, Mayer said. Housing was already scarce in Butte County before the Camp Fire. The housing vacancy rate was less than 2 percent, which "is considered a crisis state," Mayer said. Unlike wealthier Sonoma County, where fires destroyed thousands of homes last year, many residents of Paradise don't have the financial means to rebuild their homes quickly.
Closing in on the biggest midterm (popular vote) wave in three decades
Assuming [the Democrats' national lead in House votes] gets up into the ~8.5[%] range, Democrats are also on track to have the largest House popular vote margin by either party in a midterm since 1986, when they it by 9.9 points. D's did win it by 10.6 points in 2008, but that was a presidential year.
Andrew Gillum concedes Florida governor's race, again
Waiting for the president to pass
Trump visiting what's left of Paradise
He also promised to put $500 million "in the farm bill for management and maintenance of forests"
Make America Rake Again
We're all committed — I'm committed to make sure that we've got all of this cleaned out, and protected. Gotta take care of the floors, you know, the floors of the forest. It's very important. You look at other countries where they do it differently, and, it's a whole different story. I was with the president of Finland, and he said, "We have a, much different — we're a forest nation." He called it "a forest nation." And they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don't have any problem. And when it is, it's a very small problem. So, uh, I know everybody's looking at that. To that end. And it's gonna work out. It's gonna work out well.
Translation: "We still want to believe the Saudis"
"While Facebook surely does exhibit liberal bias in some ways, they have also dramatically — and, in the end, devastatingly — overcorrected for that bias."
Facebook didn't tiptoe to avoid poking the bear on the left. They went right up to the bear and stabbed it repeatedly. And then goaded the right's bear to join in the stabbing.
The power of leftist outrage mobs has been well-discussed. The power of conservative outrage mobs to affect corporate and political policy, even from left-leaning organizations, is arguably less acknowledged.
In no small part to placate the right, the liberal company Facebook misled the nation again and again about the nature of Russian interference in the election. They repeatedly fed right wing conspiracies while waving away criticism from the left. It's hard to see how an ardently Trumpist company could do much better.
Historians claim 2018 is not the worst year to be alive
Ask medieval historian Michael McCormick what year was the worst to be alive, and he's got an answer: "536." Not 1349, when the Black Death wiped out half of Europe. Not 1918, when the flu killed 50 million to 100 million people, mostly young adults. But 536. In Europe, "It was the beginning of one of the worst periods to be alive, if not the worst year," says McCormick, a historian and archaeologist who chairs the Harvard University Initiative for the Science of the Human Past.
A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months. "For the sun gave forth its light without brightness, like the moon, during the whole year," wrote Byzantine historian Procopius. Temperatures in the summer of 536 fell 1.5°C to 2.5°C, initiating the coldest decade in the past 2300 years. Snow fell that summer in China; crops failed; people starved. The Irish chronicles record "a failure of bread from the years 536–539." Then, in 541, bubonic plague struck the Roman port of Pelusium, in Egypt. What came to be called the Plague of Justinian spread rapidly, wiping out one-third to one-half of the population of the eastern Roman Empire and hastening its collapse, McCormick says.
A television viewer who does not understand forests, science, firefighting, or management continues to share his opinions about the use of forest management in fire prevention
President Trump, to Fox News in a new interview:
"I was watching the firemen the other day, and they were raking areas — they were raking areas. When the fire is right over there and they are raking trees, little trees like this, that are, not trees — little bushes. That you could see are totally dry. Weeds. And they are raking them — they are on fire. That should have been all raked out — you wouldn't have the fires. …
Maybe [climate change] contributes a little bit. The big problem we have is management. … You need forest management. I'm not saying that in a negative way, a positive — I'm just saying the facts."
And to reporters before heading to California on Saturday to have a firsthand look at the wildfire crisis:
"[California officials and I] will be talking about forest management. I've been saying that for a long time. It should have been a lot different situation. But the one thing is that everybody now knows that this is what we have to be doing, and there's no question about it. It should have been done many years ago. But I think everybody's on the right side. It's a big issue, it's a big issue, a very expensive issue, but very, very inexpensive when you compare it to even one of these horrible fires. And we'll save a lot of lives."
The logging industry stands with Trump, per the Washington Times:
"There is truth to statements he has made," said Daniel Dructor, executive vice president of the American Loggers Council, a coalition of state and regional associations that represents independent contract loggers. "It's time to rise above political posturing and recognize that active forest management — including logging, thinning, grazing and controlled burning — are tools that can and must be used to reduce fire risks and help mitigate the impacts to landscapes," Mr. Dructor said in a statement.
One reason that scientists know that management isn't to blame is that some areas now burning had fires in 2005 and 2008, so they aren't "fuel-choked closed-canopy forests," [Utah fire scientist Philip] Dennison said. In those earlier fires, Paradise was threatened but escaped major damage, he said. In the current blazes, it was virtually destroyed.
The other major fire, in Southern California, burned through shrub land, not forest, Dennison said. "It's not about forest management. These aren't forests," he said.
The dean of the University of Michigan's environmental school, Jonathan Overpeck, said Western fires are getting bigger and more severe. He said it "is much less due to bad management and is instead the result of our baking of our forests, woodlands and grasslands with ever-worsening climate change."
The socioeconomics of saving your home from wildfires
[T]he fire department's capacity crunch in the face of devastating and erratic fires has showcased a growing social divide. In areas where some residents felt the need to put their lives on the line, celebrities and affluent homeowners filled the gap with private firefighters to protect their mansions from burning.
In an article published last spring, NBC highlighted that the insurance giant AIG offers wealthy homeowners access to their Wildfire Protection Unit, certified through authorities to respond to fires that threaten million-dollar homes.
TMZ reported this week that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hired private firefighters to protect their $50m mansion in the hills of Calabasas. It narrowly survived the fire, but critics began wondering if the destruction-fueled "new normal" meant the affluent, yet again, could save themselves while others suffered.
Designer districts
Partisan gerrymandering has been carried out by both Democrats and Republicans throughout U.S. history. But an Associated Press statistical analysis based on 2016 election data found that more states had Republican-tilted districts than Democratic ones. Some of the largest GOP congressional advantages were in North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where Republicans fully controlled redistricting after the 2010 Census. One of the Democrats' biggest edges was in Maryland, where they were in charge of the last redistricting.
A follow-up AP analysis using preliminary 2018 election data shows the Republican statistical edge was cut in half under Pennsylvania's new court-ordered congressional map but grew even larger in North Carolina.
Though an increasing number of states have adopted independent commissions, many states still rely on lawmakers and governors to draw legislative and congressional districts. Republicans controlled that process in far more states than Democrats because of their electoral success nationwide in 2010. Those maps were in place for the Nov. 6 elections, except in places where courts ordered them redrawn, and will be again in 2020.
Florida, the jammed paperclip perpetually short circuiting America's democracy
In one of the most serious cases, Palm Beach County found "dozens of precincts missing a significant number" of votes during the machine recount, according to the supervisor of elections, Susan Bucher, causing the county to conclude that entire boxes of ballots may not have been counted.
Ms. Bucher blamed an overheated and outdated ballot-scanning machine. But the manufacturer of the high-speed scanner used in Palm Beach said its technicians had witnessed Palm Beach County elections workers, apparently worried that one of the machines was running too fast, jam a paper clip into the scanner's "enter" button in an effort to slow it down. That, in turn, caused a short circuit that cut off the power, a company spokeswoman said.
The president who is permanently "at odds" with the conclusions of his nation's intelligence community (and yes, he has been briefed on this)
[T]he CIA [has] assessed with high confidence that the Saudi leader [Mohammed bin Salman] ordered the killing [of journalist Jamal Khashoggi], based on multiple sources of intelligence.
"We haven't been briefed yet. The CIA will be speaking to me today," Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before leaving to survey damage from wildfires in California.
But the president has already been shown evidence of the prince's alleged involvement in the killing, and privately he remains skeptical, Trump aides said. He has also looked for ways to avoid pinning the blame on Mohammed, the aides said.
The president's most recent comments put him at odds with the findings of the CIA and senior intelligence officials.
And in urban areas and Western states, minorities make up the majority of their generation, according to Pew
Don't miss the major political implications of this [Pew study]: 48% of Post-Millennials (now aged 6 to 21) are members of racial or ethnic minorities–far above the 39% in the Millennial generation (which itself was the prior record-holder). They are just starting to join the electorate..
The better educated, more diverse generation to come
A new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that the "post-Millennial" generation is already the most racially and ethnically diverse generation, as a bare majority of 6- to 21-year-olds (52%) are non-Hispanic whites. And while most are still pursuing their K-12 education, the oldest post-Millennials are enrolling in college at a significantly higher rate than Millennials were at a comparable age.
The parents of post-Millennials are more well educated than the parents of Millennials and those of previous generations, and this pattern most likely contributes to the relative affluence of the households in which post-Millennials live. … The high school dropout rate for the oldest post-Millennials (ages 18 to 20 in 2017) is significantly lower than that of similarly aged Millennials in 2002. And among those who were no longer in high school in 2017, 59% were enrolled in college – higher than the enrollment rate for 18- to 20-year-old Millennials in 2002 (53%) and Gen Xers in 1986 (44%).
The changing patterns in educational attainment are driven in part by the shifting origins of young Hispanics. Post-Millennial Hispanics are less likely than Millennial Hispanics to be immigrants – 12% of post-Millennial Hispanics were born outside the U.S., compared with 24% of Millennial Hispanics in 2002. Previous research has shown that second-generation Hispanic youth tend to go further in school than foreign-born Hispanic youth. That is borne out in this analysis, as 61% of second-generation Hispanics ages 18 to 20 who were no longer in high school were enrolled in college in 2017, compared with 40% of their foreign-born counterparts.
The hazardous air quality in northern California is not expected to improve until the middle of next week at the earliest
There have been widespread school and university closures. Many businesses have urged employees to work from home. Some public transit in San Francisco has been made free, in an effort to keep people inside as much as possible if they must commute.
In a region whose weather is usually pretty temperate, smoke days have become the Bay Area's version of snow days. But instead of a joyful respite from work, wildfire smoke mixes a blizzard's large-scale logistical nightmares with the anxiety of worsening climate change and a class divide that plagues American public health. Three of the five largest fires on record in California have occurred in the past three years, all in the northern part of the state. For the region's residents, smoke days won't go away once the Camp Fire is contained.
The risk posed by wildfire smoke is significant, and it goes far beyond a few days of coughing or headaches. According to Kristie Ebie, a professor of global public health at the University of Washington, the consequences of breathing wildfire smoke extend to other parts of the body because of the noxious nature of the tiny debris the smoke carries with it. "That affects not only people's lungs, but it gets absorbed into people's systems," she says. Recent research shows that absorption can lead to cardiac arrest, stroke, and other deadly outcomes.
With kids home from school, people working from home, and few safe ways to leave the house, Northern Californians are looking for any outlet available to find some relief.
The ongoing search for remains
As many as 7,000 households have been displaced by the Camp fire in Butte County , California


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The New York Police Department could soon be virtually frisking residents and visitors for concealed weapons from as far as 80 feet away – without their knowledge or consent.
The NYPD is developing a scanning device in conjunction with the Defense Department that currently is capable of scanning individuals from three or four feet away, the New York Daily News reported.
The scanner operates in the terahertz range, just under the microwave range. Terahertz waves pass through non-conducting material such as clothing but are blocked by guns and knives, both of which are made of metal, a conductive material. The result is a picture highlighting the gun (or other weapon) on an individual. NYPD plans to place the scanners in vehicles to scan surrounding areas.
An added benefit is that the waves can also scan through wood and brick walls, which are both nonconductive.
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, was on the fence as to whether the technology was a step forward or back for individual privacy rights, describing it as "both intriguing and worrisome," NBC New York reported.
"On the one hand, if technology like this worked as it was billed, New York City should see its stop-and-frisk rate drop by a half-million people a year. On the other hand, the ability to walk down the street free from a virtual police pat-down is a matter of privacy," she said. Most of NYPD's physical frisks today – 88 percent – turn up nothing, according to the NYCLU.
Some, however, expressed concern that the technology would lead to more unnecessary frisks. The scanner might not be able to distinguish between a weapon and a harmless metal object such as an iPod, for example. Lieberman asked the NYPD to release more information on the project and technology.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly downplayed Lieberman's concerns, noting that the NYPD studied potential privacy concerns for three years and its lawyers "[didn't] see constitutional issues here."
The idea of using terahertz waves to scan individuals for weapons is not new, nor is the NYPD's project the only one. Physicist Jingle Liu of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, lead author of a study published in Nature Photonics, is working on developing a terahertz scanner that could see through clothes from miles away, Wired reported in 2010.
The scanner will most likely be first used by the military to remotely detect roadside bombs, the publication reported. The main sources of funding are the Homeland Security Department and DOD. Other military projects include developing handheld versions of these scanners.
Remote frisking, however, is not the only technology being considered by the NYPD that is raising privacy concerns. The agency might also use drones to patrol the city, reported New York's Gay City News in August 2011.
The newspaper published an e-mail to the Federal Aviation Administration purportedly from an unnamed detective in NYPD's counterterrorism division. In the e-mail, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, the detective said the agency was investigating using drones as a law enforcement tool.
CBS New York reported that it may be inevitable that New York will be policed with drones.
"Drones aren't that exotic anymore. Brookstone sells them," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said in the article. Browne did add that although the NYPD is considering the technology it hasn't tested or deployed it yet.
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You Liberals are brain dead.
Carrying a weapon in NY is against the law.
They will be placed in the areas where statistically, there has been the most crime with a firearm involved.
They won't be placed in "white neighborhoods", because statistically that type of crime is not found.
NYPD is working with the FEDS, to develop this technology. It's an unobtrusive search, just like a Police K9, this should pass for the safety of NY and the Officers on the street, working to arrest your fellow dumbocrats!!
OH, the NYC lawyers didn't have any consitutional concerns! Well then, by all means. Sheesh. Like THEY would! Lawyers that can, do. Those that can't, teach. Those that can do neither, work for the govt.
Kathleen, please check your facts before submittal. Terahertz is >=1000GHz(gigahertz). The cost to develop, much less to amplify for range, is astronomical & requires large power sources. Terahertz MAY change DNA at the genetic level. You mention about passing through the human body, brick, & more but such a high frequency has issues in dense environments. There are studies underway to see if it would interfere with pacemakers & other medical implants. If conclusively true, then you should ask will the police dep[artment be held liable for negligent homicide in the death of a person resulting from exposure? I dont believe an officer is always first going to ask if the person (suspect?) has medical implants before wanding (a term for exposing by RF) them. I think you need more research.
I can't believe this is even being discussed. Any random search of an American citizen, physical or virtual, is a violation of due process. The NYPD should have been hauled into court long ago. As a people we have become too lazy about defending our liberty.
Quote: Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly downplayed Lieberman's concerns, noting that the NYPD studied potential privacy concerns for three years and its lawyers "[didn't] see constitutional issues here."
Of course the NYPD lawyers don't see any constitutional issues - it's their job to come up with any excuse to get around the Constitution. Most of the stop-and-frisk is done on poor black and latino folks. If rich white folks were subjected to the same policies at the same rate, the NYPD would bankrupt the city from the lawsuits. This ignores, of course, all of the planted evidence cases that are starting to become public to the non-minority communities (the minority communities have known about it for a long time).
What happens when folks start wearing tin-foil undies? Must be suspicious, why else wear them?
Prediction: the equivalent of radar detectors to keep track of the cops.
The Supreme's ruled that IR cameras looking at houses for pot grows was unconstitutional (I was flabbergasted the Court would actually rule in the citizen's favor). This is the same technology, just a different frequency and apparently better resolution.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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As you sow, so shall you reap.
- Galatians 6:7
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
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You sow, you wait for good or bad weather,
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Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.
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Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
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Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts
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Sow a habit and you reap a character.
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The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
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- although attributed to St. Francis of Assisi,
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The challenge is to sow doubt.
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but talk faith,
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According to the seed sown will be the harvest.
- Ellen G. White
Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field,
prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind,
marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed,
springs up in it.
- Guru Nanak
I believe in Karma.
If the good is sown, the good is collected.
When positive things are made, that returns well.
- Yannick Noah
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
- Soren Kierkegaard
The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays
that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who,
having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat.
- James Allen
That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen;
whatever seed is sown,
a plant of that kind even comes forth.
- Guru Nanak
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil,
however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.
- Ellis Peters
I think I must have too much to eat,
we were doing a scene where we were crawling,
and I ripped my trousers.
I was very embarrassed.
I was sown in, stitched in, quickly!
- Sarah Sutton
When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes,
the seeds of political manipulation are sown.
- Stephen Jay Gould
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by
the very condition of humanity,
and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life,
we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating
the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
- Joseph Addison
If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn,
inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing,
and count the number of quarters of seed,
and you shall know the return of seed,
and what ought to be over.
- Robert Grosseteste
Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways,
has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals,
especially in the more thoughtful men,
which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and
envious of another s. - Desiderius Erasmus
Who sows virtue reaps honor.
- Leonardo da Vinci
He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
It is like the seed put in the soil -
the more one sows,
the greater the harvest.
- Orison Swett Marden
Who sows fear, reaps weapons.
- Friedrich Durrenmatt
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love.
- Saint Basil
He ploughs the waves, sows the sand,
and hopes to gather the wind in a net,
who places his hopes in the heart of a woman.
- Jacopo Sannazaro
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power;
let fortune's bubbles rise and fall;
who sows a field,
or trains a flower, or plants a tree,
is more than all.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.
- Charles Goodyear
General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests,
to the great terror of the neighbourhood;
at one time, a wild bull or buffalo:
but the country rose upon them and destroyed them.
- Gilbert White
As man sows, so shall he reap.
In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted.
More often, in real life, they do not change their
natures until they are converted into dust.
- Charles W. Chesnutt
They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.
- Arthur Harris
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
- Karl Marx
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property,
the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed,
and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
- Adam Smith
The season of failure is the best time
for sowing the seeds of success.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall,
sowing the seeds of their own destruction.
- Martin Scorsese
With every deed you are sowing a seed,
though the harvest you may not see.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats;
then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.
- Fred Allen
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Today's acorns grow into the oak trees of thirty years hence.
But what acorns are we sowing today?
Imagine what an acorn-sized bit of prejudice or hatred would grow into.
Imagine what an acorn-sized bit of pollution can become.
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Skip to comments.European Union urged to embrace genetically engineered crops
Posted on 04/27/2013 5:56:47 AM PDT by haffast
BRUSSELS, April 25 (UPI) -- The European Union will be unable to meet its agricultural policy goals unless it embraces genetically engineered crops, Spanish researchers said.
Paul Christou of the University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center in Spain and colleagues said studies suggest the EU's stand on genetically-modified crops is undermining its competitiveness in the agricultural sector and that of its humanitarian activities in the developing world.
"Many aspects of the EU agricultural policy, including those concerning GMOs, are internally inconsistent and actively obstruct what the policy sets out to achieve," the scientists wrote in the journal Trends in Plant Science,.
A de facto moratorium exists in Europe on the cultivation of genetically engineered crops such as maize, cotton and soybean, even as the same products are imported because of insufficient capacity to produce them by conventional means at home, the scientists said.
"EU farmers are denied freedom of choice -- in essence, they are prevented from competing because EU policies actively discriminate against those wishing to cultivate genetically engineered crops, yet exactly the same crops are approved for import," Christou said.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
"DuPont contends that the 247 patent is invalid because it fails to name Dennis McCabe, Paul Christou, and Brian Martinell as inventors. A patent is invalid if it fails to meet the requirement that all of the actual inventors, and only the actual inventors, be named as inventors in the patent.
When people start getting hungry they realize that they better start being a little less PC.
Just like here, only (supposedly) we have more power in swaying government policies.
Aren't most GMO organisms created using special "viruses" that have slices of a targeted trait/gene from some species "A" implanted in them. Then the modified "viruses" are injected into reproductive cells of the targeted species "B" where they "come alive" and create DNA copies that become planted in random locations on species "B's" DNA. Some of the transplanted genes from "A" then produce the trait of "A" in species "B" and are automatically passed to every new cell. The problem is that some of the "A" genes got attached to species "B's" DNA in random places and cause unintended mutations that can do unheard of things; but even worse, the "viruses" remain active and continue to cause random transplantations of gene "A" into other species that eat or contact the GMO organism. In other words, the GMO tissue acts as if it is radioactive; I'd say "Genoactive"!
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This month's EDGE scores include ZombiU, Hitman: Absolution, and more.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter gets a 3. Now I hear its bad but a 3? really?. I have to play Hotline Miami. It looks great
Seems like Zombie U isn't the AAA title, most people thought it will be.
Gamestop Review is now live: Only a 4,5/10
Medal of Honor: Warfighter a 3... that's harsh.
ZombiU a 7... haven't played it yet, but for what I've seen, it's probably the score it deserves. Looks to me like another average FPS.
Good score for Assassins Creed III.
Hitman Absolution a 7... hummmm... i'm not sure about this game.
BTW... what the hell is Hotline Miami ? Never heard of it. Google it.
Hmmm halo 4 got an 8? Warfighter a 3? Most of these scores seem to all be missing a well deserved point. Bump all the reviews up one point and you have a more believable scoreboard. Hotline Miami deserves a 10 play it


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I think every homeschooler is a bit afraid of not doing enough for their child. I don't feel I'm failing my children, I know they are receiving an education that is more then worthy. I know they are learning, progressing, & they've proven time & time again that they can keep up with their peers with little to no trouble. Yet, I do harbour that fear.
I harbour the fear that when all is said & done I might have missed something really important & that it will come back to bite us all in the bum. I worry that what we will have accomplished might not be good enough, deep enough, strong enough. Yet, I also know that what we're doing works, & that's enough to quay those fears & remind myself that God's got this whole thing under control.
Jayden is capable of doing half of his subjects on his own & we are slowly working on turning the other half over to him. Each bit of curriculum I pick I do so with a few thoughts in mind:
Offering to help without being asked, seeing a job that needs doing it & dealing with it. Now, I'm not saying this is a perfect solution. My laundry room is often my biggest angst as my children have been known to use it as a personal dressing room. My kitchen is often home to hockey gear & countless books that don't belong there.


text: As most of Northeast Ohio is ensconced in Scarlet and Gray or Brown and Orange, the Indians' season rolls on in infamy and coming off a month in which they posted the worst record in the AL (11-18 in August), besting only the Pirates and Cubs in the month, the extended auditions roll on. From the time that Branyan, Kearns, Peralta, Westbrook, and Wood exited stage left and Sizemore and Santana exited stage right, the Indians have been dipping into the shallow well of their upper levels in the Farm System (and in other places) in an attempt to cobble together some pieces and parts that figure in for 2011 and beyond.While the pitching staff remains a crapshoot, with only Carmona, Talbot (out of options), Justin Masterson (in some capacity), Chris Perez, and maybe Rafael Perez assured of a spot in the 2011 staff, most of the performances of the pitchers since the opportunities came fast and furious in the organization are based on wildly small sample sizes. Thus, as much as I'd like to assert that Carlos Carrasco WILL be in the 2011 rotation on the basis of one start, a much larger body of work is necessary to dissect to find out which of these players is really asserting themselves.With position players, the sample sizes are much larger and conclusions can start to be drawn on the performances of a number of players who either obviously figure into 2011, who have their foot in the door (if not more) and are attempting to establish themselves as a legitimate regular for 2011, and the players who are hanging on by a thread to a starting spot, much less a roster spot.That being said, if opportunity has been knocking for the players on the Indians since…let's say the All-Star Break (because the stats are easy to find), which players have thrived, given the opportunity to take a hold of a starting spot or a roster spot for 2011. As I said, the position players can really be broken down into three segments, with their performances and what those performances mean being presented thusly:The "Sure" ThingsPronk Lite.377 BA / .455 OBP / .571 SLG / 1.026 OPS with 2 HR and 9 2B in 77 ABBig League Choo.311 BA / .389 OBP / .432 SLG / .822 OPS with 2 HR and 12 2B in 148 ABAsdrubal .258 BA / .324 OBP / .348 SLG / .672 OPS with 2 HR and 8 2B in 155 ABThat heading is a little tongue in cheek, if you simply check out the amount of AB for Hafner and how they compare to the other two names on the list, but if you want the three players who are currently in the Tribe lineup who will unquestionably be in the 2011 lineup, assuming health, that troika represents the only players playing now assured of a spot coming out of Goodyear next Spring.Seeing those numbers for Hafner is pretty jarring, as is the realization that he posted the 17th highest OPS in August among all MLB players. However, Andy Marte has as many HR as Hafner since the All-Star break in fewer AB and the batter on display now in the DH hole is a far cry from the Hafner of 2005 to 2007. Obviously, that is no great revelation, but Hafner's success is tied intrinsically to his ability to get on base and to the Indians giving him enough rest to remain effective and producing at a level that he has been since the All-Star Break. Hafner has excelled in the last 2 months, but he's a much different player now – call him Pronk Lite (and hold your tongue on any intimation of a double entendre there having to do with his appearance) – and needs regular rest to remain that different, and effective, player. If the second half to date has shown anything on Hafner, it is that he can still contribute to the Indians, just not as an everyday fixture in the lineup, and certainly not at a level commensurate with his salary.If Hafner remains a wild card, in terms of health and usage, it runs in stark contrast to the consistency for Choo (whose Pre-All Star Break numbers were a line of .286 BA / .390 OBP / .475 SLG / .865 OPS), and his steadying influence on a wildly inconsistent lineup. The BLC has firmly established himself among the elite hitters in the AL as he currently sits on the 14th highest OPS in the League and the 7th highest OBP among all qualified AL players. In a season that has been racked with uncertainty and frustration, Choo has remained the only real "sure" thing in the Tribe lineup and his 2nd half has done nothing to refute that, only strengthen it.As for Asdrubal, if there has been a disappointing season to point to for a player that looked to be on the verge of breaking out, it belongs to Cabrera. Even before his arm injury, his OPS of .689 underwhelmed and he has continued at the same pace after returning. While his on-base ability has been average this year, it is a significant downgrade (2009 OBP was .361) and he has been completely bereft of power, with his SLG down significantly from his career number going into 2010 (.411 SLG), which either means that Cabrera has regressed significantly this season at the plate or that he has simply never been able to get untracked as the injury interrupted his season. His current numbers are actually lower than those from the 2008 season, in which Cabrera struggled out of the gate and was sent to AAA. His defense alone merits his inclusion on the roster going forward, but 2010 has been a lost year for Asdrubal and hopefully it represents the aberration in his career instead of the beginning of a trend.Looking for the ToeholdMike Brantley.274 BA / .344 OBP / .368 SLG / .711 OPS with 2 HR and 3 2B in 117 ABMatt MaTola.217 BA / .292 OBP / .357 SLG / .649 OPS with 4 HR and 6 2B in 143 ABJason Donald.240 BA / .295 OBP / .349 SLG / .644 OPS with 2 HR and 6 2B in 129 ABThe disappointment here is obviously LaPorta, who has shown glimpses of the power that he has shown in the Minor Leagues, but has lacked any kind of consistency in terms of getting on base regularly or driving the ball. He's posted a .760 OPS since being recalled and put in the everyday lineup, but the disparity between that .760 OPS and the one since the All-Star Break (.649 OPS) show how streaky MaTola has been at the plate. He will continue to get chances due to his pedigree and the fact that he represents the promising option at 1B in the organization. Additionally, him not breaking Goodyear as the 1B next year would be a MAJOR surprise but the end to LaPorta's honeymoon period is not far off and with 537 MLB Plate Appearances now under his belt and with him turning 26 in January. LaPorta may not have as long of a rope as previously thought, particularly if he is unable to find success...and, more importantly, consistent success.While the numbers for LaPorta are similar to that of Donald after the All-Star Break, the reality is that expections for LaPorta dwarf those for Donald, who has quietly put together a pretty solid, if uneven, season. Overall, he sits on a .702 OPS (95 OPS+) and while that may not overwhelm, for a 25-year-old middle infielder getting his first taste of MLB, it should be taken as a positive step. That's not to say that Donald's performance to date has guaranteed him of anything, by way of a position, going forward, but his defense at 2B is improved (and markedly better than it was at SS) and his 18 2B (tied for 5th on the team) show that he may hold some value. He still walks far too infrequently and strikes out too much (18 BB to 65 K on the year), but Donald figures into the 2B mix and probably starts the 2010 season as the starting 2B.While those other two seem to be in the 2011 lineup despite not seizing the opportunity in front of them as of late, Mike Brantley seems to be the one young position player who has taken the opportunity presented to him as of late and run with it as his numbers since his return from Columbus are essentially in line with what he's always done in the Minors – high OBP, low SLG. His "high OBP" isn't inordinately high, but it certainly represents an improvement over his initial stint with the team to start the year (.229 OBP, .416 OPS in his first 9 games) and his brief return (.231 OBP, .445 OPS in his next 17 games), as he's posted a .341 OBP and a .750 OPS since being recalled at the beginning of August. Given his age (he's still 23) and his .388 Minor League OBP, Brantley figures into the Indians' OF for 2011 and the last month of the season has allayed fears that he would be overwhelmed at the ML level. Don't get me wrong – his adjustment to MLB hasn't come without some red flags, as he's struck out 26 times in 206 PA after striking out a total of 103 times in the last 3 seasons in the Minors over 1,323 plate appearances, but Brantley is one of the young players who at least seems to be trending in the right direction as this season winds down...an unfortunate rarity for the Tribe.Fighting for their LivesSonny Nix .291 BA / .329 OBP / .455 SLG / .784 OPS with 5 HR and 7 2B in 134 ABAndres Marte.254 BA / .324 OBP / .403 SLG / .727 OPS with 2 HR and 4 2B in 67 ABLuis V..178 BA / .213 OBP / .200 SLG / .413 OPS with 0 HR and 1 2B in 45 ABWhile a couple of these players (Nix and Marte) have asserted themselves offensively (relatively speaking) since the All-Star Break, I'll stand behind the notion that defense should play a major role here and defense is obviously not included here in these numbers. Nix at 3B looks to be woefully out of position, but his recent numbers suggest that he does have some value to the team as a cheap, versatile RH bat who can provide some pop. If anything can be taken from usage patterns for the 3-headed monster (and I do mean "monster"), it is that Andy Marte's days are numbered in the organization as the situation would seem ripe to simply get him out there to play and, as you can see by the AB, he's played in ½ of the games that Nix has since the Midsummer Classic, with a portion of those at 1B. As for Louie the Fifth, his numbers since returning are worse than in his first stint with the team (.514 OPS in his first 49 games this year) meaning that...well, to be charitable, Valbuena is likely to spend 2011 in AAA and it won't be just to improve his ghastly defense.Perhaps the Indians can take something from the recent strong to mildly strong performances of Nix and Marte, but I don't anticipate the 2011 3B answer to obviously emerge from this trio as the defense of the best offensive player to date (term used loosely) leaves much to be desired in Nix and the lack of a consistent opportunity for Marte doesn't leave much to the imagination as to where he sits in the pecking order. As for Valbuena at 3B...well, given that Cord Phelps will be playing 3B in the Arizona Fall League and perhaps in Columbus in 2011 (with Kipnis at 2B in Columbus next year), it will be interesting to see where Valbuena and Phelps factor into the mix here as Tony Lastoria points out that Phelps did play 3B while he was in college at Stanford.David S. Duncan.215 BA / .294 OBP / .346 SLG / .640 OPS with 3 HR and 5 2B in 107 ABCrazy Eyes Crowe.240 BA / .296 OBP / .333 SLG / .630 OPS with 1 HR and 9 2B in 150 ABEvaluating the "performance" of these two since the All-Star Break is not something I'm interested in exploring too exhaustively. Neither of these players should be on the team in 2011 as an alternative (read: a better player) should be found to take Duncan's RH role as a 1B/LF/DH for 2011 and Trevor Crowe...well, he can just go away now. Some will point to his 9 2B since the Break, but Crowe is a no-field, no-hit, no-instinct 5th OF who turns 27 in November. After an underwhelming Minor League career, he has underwhelmed in Cleveland in his first stint and while that can be said for many players currently on the Tribe (Brantley, LaPorta, Donald, Marson, etc.), each of those players have a Minor League track record of success to merit multiple looks. Crowe does not.So, um...yeah, maybe adding a veteran to this OF mix (preferably a RH one who could also DH) is becoming more and more of a priority with the play of these two down the stretch.Pile Jumper Gimenez.216 BA / .326 OBP / .432 SLG / .758 OPS with 1 HR and 5 2B in 37 ABTofu Lou Marson.186 BA / .262 OBP / .288 SLG / .550 OPS with 1 HR and 3 2B in 59 ABThis may sound strange in light of what was just written about Crowe, but I don't have an issue with either of these guys being on the team next year. Certainly not both, but I can see that either player has merit for inclusion on the 2011 roster. Perhaps that's a function of simply being excited about Carlos Santana coming back to relegate these two to a back-up role or back to AAA, but Marson's defense has impressed as of late and Gimenez has value in his versatility...plus, he's actually hitting the ball, albeit in a short timeframe. All told, I still think that Marson's trade bait at some point and could start 2011 in AAA with an eye towards building up that trade value. Additionally, Giminez is not much more than a pile-jumper but to paraphrase the great Ty Webb, "baseball teams need pile-jumpers too, Chris" and Gimenez is perfectly capable back-up C who can play other positions as well as injecting some personality into this very young team.Taking an overview, the numbers bear out what we've all seen with our eyes and unsurprisingly tell us that 3B and a RH OF are squarely in the mix for where the team needs to make upgrades going into next year, as is adding a RH complement to Hafner at DH to keep him rested.While the 3B issue is one that will probably attract a far more attention, the Indians should look to add that RH DH who can play some OF from time to time if they're looking to upgrade the offense for 2011. While names like Pat Burrell, Marcus Thames, and Bill Hall would all make sense (please, keep your Jose Guillen suggestions to yourself), I wouldn't be surprised if the Indians went more of a capable OF route with players like Reed Johnson or Xavier Nady as insurance against Sizemore not being ready out of the gate in 2011.Those names may not generate too much excitement, but the auditions taking place for the last two months in the OF, at 1B, 2B, and 3B figure to last into next year and perhaps even beyond. Unfortunately for the Indians, none of the players have taken the opportunity that's been afforded to them to nail down a position for 2011 and beyond as picturing guys like Brantley, LaPorta, and Donald as viable long-term options takes some squinting.The auditions roll on in earnest as the Indians play out the string in 2010, hoping that somebody…anybody…makes themselves indispensible to the team's future plans with extended plate appearances or innings.


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Lyons is a charming small town (population of just over 2,000), complete with regular carnivals, parades and a delightful culinary scene. Lyons boasts a wide array of colorful highlights, including the RockyGrass Bluegrass Festival held each summer, ice skating rinks in the winter, and lots of antique stores for year-round entertainment. And with the great outdoors in your backyard, each piece of Lyons real estate comes complete with easy access to Colorado's majestic landscape.
Formed in the 1880s as a quarry town, Lyons has become famous for its red flag stone, which has been used to build several of the CU buildings, as well as for many construction and landscaping projects worldwide. Many of these quarries are still operating today. The town itself is home to fifteen sandstone structures, and has a strong Historical Society dedicated to preserving these magnificent reminders of the town's origin.
Lyons real estate offers great outdoor destinations to capture the best of Colorado's invigorating climate, such as the "old swimming hole" of the St. Vrain River, situated in one of many nice parks. Hiking trails crisscross throughout the active community, culminating at Heil Ranch and Hall Ranch, providing over 12 miles of multi-use trails and 8,000 acres of back country combined. Nearby Rabbit Mountain offers a breathtaking view of the Continental Divide, and is home to a diverse collection of animal and plant life, including the Golden Eagle.
For even more of an adventure, only twenty minutes away is Rocky Mountain National Park – Lyons' location at the intersection of State Highway 7 and U.S. 36 has earned it the nickname "The Double Gateway to the Rockies". Lyons is also twenty minutes away from Estes Park, making it prime Colorado real estate for those looking for a peaceful, uncongested community just minutes away from some of the greatest sights in Colorado.
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1953 Topps Original Card Artwork #56 Gerald Staley
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $1,293
Original artwork to card #56 Gerald Staley of the St. Louis Cardinals from the 1953 Topps series. Artwork measures 3.25 x 4.75 inches. Standard production-related glue remnants on the blank reverse. Excellent to Mint condition. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000. SOLD FOR $1,293
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Audio-Technica Microphones Follow Tour De France
Audio-Technica AT835ST M-S stereo shotgun microphones captured all the amazing sounds of this year's Tour De France, helping to bring to life the footage that was broadcasted worldwide of this famous sporting event.
Alberto Contador of Spain, winner of the 2009 Tour de France, rides between media motorcycles. The pictured videographer and others throughout the tour employed Audio-Technica AT835ST M-S Stereo Shotgun Microphones to capture live audio of the Tour.
Viewers of the 2009 Tour de France saw hundreds of racers cover over 2,200 miles between 4-26 July, each vying for the finish line on Paris' Avenue des Champs-Elysées. They also heard an amazing soundscape of determined cyclists straining to climb mountains, the rattle of bicycles bunching up in the peloton and the crowds cheering them along, thanks to Audio-Technica AT835ST M-S stereo shotgun microphones, mounted to the cameras on five motorcycles that cover the miles-long pack of racers.
The AT835ST microphones were provided by the Societé Français de Production (SFP), a division of the Euro Media Group, which has been a longtime supplier of broadcast technology and services to the Tour de France and other major sporting events.
Throughout the race, the motorbike crews covered the action from top to bottom, pacing the riders and collecting crowd reaction effects. The audio, embedded with the video signal, was sent via low-power broadcast to a pair of helicopters and two circling aeroplanes. They, in turn, relayed the signals to three ground relays in trucks, which sent it via satellite or terrestrial links to OB vans located near the finish line.
"We chose Audio-Technica stereo shotgun mics because they are good quality microphone solutions for this application," explains Luc Geoffroy, CTO of the Euro Media Group. "The mics are robust, with excellent sonic characteristics to pick up sound in a mobile situation, and they can do it with exceptional directivity, providing good rejection of unexpected wind and other noise. They're lightweight and small, making them a good fit for how we use them on the motorbikes, and they also give us a good stereo image with excellent separation. And they're very easy to use and highly reliable."


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It's been less than 24 hours since the baby's arrival and already new dad J.R. Martinez is thinking about getting his daughter ready for play dates and school.
"She has a full head of hair!" he tells PEOPLE, laughing. "One of the first things I'm going to have to do is learn how to do her hair because she's got a lot of it!"
One thing Martinez was certain about early on is that the name he and girlfriend Diana Gonzalez-Jones chose for their daughter would not be trendy like "Apple Cider or Salami."
The Dancing With the Stars season 13 champ tells PEOPLE that little Lauryn Anabelle was named after two very special people.
"Her first name, Lauryn, is after Diana's younger sister who passed away unexpectedly earlier this year," Martinez, 28, explains. "And her middle name, Anabelle, is after my sister who passed away when she was 6."
The couple decided to give their daughter, whom Martinez affectionately refers to as "our little lamb," unique spellings of their sisters' names so that "she will have her own identity."
In fact, the couple have already nicknamed their little bundle of joy Belle. "It's wonderful to call her by her name, finally," Martinez says.
–– Monica Rizzo


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- Goals
- Speakers
- Schedule
- Registration
- Committee
- Hotel
- Poster Submission & Competition
- Travel Award
- Meeting Rooms
Symposium Goals: To promote the use of computational modeling approaches in immunology research and exchange research ideas and information on computational immunology between the NIAID Modeling Immunity for Biodefense (MIB) network and other related networks/investigators.
Target Group: Immunologists, computational biologists, mathematicians and biostatisticians who have research interests in applying mathematical modeling and computational biology approaches to immunology research, particularly as related to use of high-dimensional, complex data.
Graduate students and postdocs are eligible for travel award and poster award. Travel award application is due on Apr 15, 2012. Awards are restricted to travel within USA ONLY.
Early registration deadline is May 13, 2012. Poster abstract submission deadline is June 1, 2012.
You may be also interested in 2012 Summer School.
- Josep Bassaganya-Riera, D.V.M.,Ph.D., Professor , Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA.
- Fiona S. L. Brinkman, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
- Rob J.de Boer, Ph.D., Professor of Theoretical Immunology, Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- M. Elizabeth Halloran, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
- Jason Haugh, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Thomas B. Kepler, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
- Steven Kleinstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
- Simeone Marino, Ph.D., Research Assistant Scientist, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.
- Michael Mason, Ph.D., Chaussabel Lab, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA.
- Alan Perelson, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
- Xinxia Peng, Ph.D., Computational Research Scientist, Michael Katze Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Eberhard O. Voit, Ph.D., Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
- Hulin Wu, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
- Martin S. Zand, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY.
Registration Fee
|Summer School
|EARLY Registration Before May 13, 2012
|Regular Registration After May 13, 2012
|EARLY Registration Before May 13, 2012
|Regular Registration After May 13, 2012
**URMC member must register to attend the Symposium. $40 for lunch and reception. No cost for choosing no meals and no reception.**
To register for the 2012 Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling Symposium, please click the link below
PLEASE NOTE: When applying for a Travel Award, registration is NOT necessary.
Poster Submission
3 posters will be selected for poster awards.
Maximum size: 40"X48"
Poster Competition
Who is Eligible: First-authored posters by graduate students or postdoctoral fellows.
Award Description: Three monetary awards will be presented.
Evaluation criteria:
- Is this poster addressing an important and related immunology problem?
- Is this poster using novel or interesting mathematical/computational modeling techniques?
- Is this poster analyzing complex immunological data with rigorous and advanced statistical methods?
- Is this poster produced and presented clearly and in a good quality?
Local Organizing Committee: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Hulin Wu (Co-Chair)
- Martin Zand (Co-Chair)
- Alan Perelson
- Tim Mosmann
- Hua Liang
- Hongyu Miao
- Jeanne Holden-Wiltse
NIH/NIAID project officers
- Alison Deckhut (NIH/NIAID)
- Timothy Gondre-Lewis (NIH/NIAID)
Representatives from other centers:
Symposium for Modeling Immune Responses from Complex Data
June 14-15, 2012 - Schedule
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|Day 1 PM: Thursday, June 14, 2012 - Bioinformatics Modeling for Immunology
|Noon - 1PM
|Registration (Sarah Flaum Atrium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|Session Chair: Hulin Wu (Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|1:00 p.m.
|Opening Remarks
|1:30 p.m.
|Plenary Speaker: Dr. Hulin Wu, Dean's Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Talk title: "Computational and Systems Biology Approaches for Immune Responses to Influenza Infection and Vaccination."
|2:25 p.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Xinxia Peng, Research fellow, University of Washington, Talk title: "Exploring the 'Dark Matter' of Virus-Host Interactions: the Landscape of Non-Coding RNAs"
|2:55 p.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Michael Mason, Bioinformatician, Benaroya Research Institute. Talk title: "Mining and Integration of Public Immunology Expression Data."
|3:25 p.m.
|Session Chair: Tim Mosmann (Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|3:50 p.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Professor, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech. Talk title: "Modeling Immune Responses to Gut Pathogens."
|4:45 p.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Martin Zand, Professor, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Talk title: "Visualization of High-dimensional bioinformatics data."
|5:40 p.m.
|Housekeeping Announcement
|6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
|Reception and Poster Session (Sarah Flaum Atrium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|Day 2 AM: Friday, June 15, 2012 - Bridging Immunology and Mathematics
|7:00 a.m.
|Continental Breakfast (Sarah Flaum Atrium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|Session Chair: Martin Zand (Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|8:00 a.m.
|Plenary Speaker: Dr. Rob DeBoer, Professor, Utrecht University. Talk title: "Analyzing immune cell migration."
|8:55 a.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Thomas B. Kepler, Professor, Boston University. Talk title: "Affinity Maturation via Quantitative Systems Immunology."
|9:50 a.m.
|Session Chair: Hongyu Miao (Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|10:25 a.m.
|Plenary Speaker: Dr. Alan S. Perelson, Senior Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Talk title: "Modeling Influenza Virus Kinetics in Vivo: Immune Responses and Effects of Bacterial Coinfection."
|11:20 a.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Steven Kleinstein, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine. Talk title: "The transcriptional response to influenza infection and vaccination."
|12:15 p.m.
|Poster Award Announcement
|12:30 p.m.
|Lunch (Sarah Flaum Atrium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|Day 2 PM: Friday, June 15, 2012 - Bridging Immunological Data and Mathematical Models
|Session Chair: Alan Perelson (Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|1:30 p.m.
|Plenary Speaker: Dr. Eberhard O. Voit, Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair, Georgia Tech. Talk title: "Dynamics of the Nox1 System in Vascular Cells."
|2:25 p.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Jason Haugh, Professor, NC State University. Talk title: "Biophysics of lymphocyte migration."
|2:55 p.m.
|Invited Speaker: Dr. Simeone Marino, Research Fellow, University of Michigan Medical School. Talk title: "A Multi-faceted Approach to Modeling the Immune Response in Tuberculosis."
|3:25 p.m.
|Session Chair: Hua Liang (Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg)
|3:50 p.m.
|Plenary Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Halloran, Professor, University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Talk title: "Modeling Immune Correlates of Protection."
|4:45 p.m.
|Closing Remarks
Discounted room rates are available for a limited number of rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott Brighton and LaQuinta Inn & Suites if reservations are made by May 25, 2012.
Hotels are centrally located within a 5 minutes drive from the Summer School and Symposium venue. Shuttle service will be provided to the specific event locations.
Courtyard Marriott Brighton
33 Corporate Woods, Rochester, New York 14623, USA. (585)292-0905 Toll Free (866)541-6400
Rates guaranteed at $96 per night until May 13, 2012. (Taxes not included)
Courtyard offers free high-speed wired and wireless internet access in guest rooms and free Wi-Fi in public areas.
The Bistro offers a variety of healthy selections for breakfast and dinner. An evening bar at night and speciality beverages made with Starbucks Coffee daily. Restaurants nearby within walking distance.
Airport Shuttle available.
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717 East Henrietta Rd, Rochester, New York 14623, USA. (585)272-7800
Rates guaranteed at $79 per night until May 13, 2012. (Taxes not included)
LaQuinta offers free high-speed internet access in all guest rooms and wireless connections in the lobby.
A free Bright Side Breakfast (continental with hot and cold items) to start your day from 6am-10am. Restaurants nearby within walking distance.
Airport Shuttle available.
Reservations may be made by calling (585)272-7800. Please use Promo Code: U of R CBIM
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Explore Rochester
Rochester is proud to be known as a hub of culture, history and play. Visit our museums, art galleries, festivals, waterways and special events. There is always something fun to do in Rochester.
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Local Attractions
Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester Museum and Science Center
Sam Patch Tour Boat on Erie Canal
Travel Award
Submission Deadline April 15, 2012
Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows are eligible to apply. Travel awards cover transportation, hotel and registration. Breakfasts and lunches provide by events. Dinners are on your own. Airline travel supported by the awards must be booked by the CBIM. A copy of CV and letter of recommendation from advisor are required for all travel award applicants. Poster abstract required for symposium travel award applicants. Please contact Jeanne Holden-Wiltse (email@example.com) with any questions.
Apply for travel award. Awards are restricted to travel within USA ONLY.
PLEASE NOTE: When applying for a Travel Award, registration is NOT necessary.
Meeting Rooms
Class of '62 Auditorium in Arthur Kronberg Medical Res. Bldg: Lectures
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16 U.S. Code § 4601 - Establishment of Take Pride in America Program
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§ 4601.
Establishment of Take Pride in America Program
(a) In general
There is hereby established the Take Pride in America Program within the Department of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "TPIA Program").
(b) PurposesThe purposes of the TPIA Program shall include the following:
(1) To establish and maintain a public awareness campaign in cooperation with public and private organizations and individuals—
to instill in the public the importance of the appropriate use of, and appreciation for Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources;
to encourage an attitude of stewardship and responsibility toward these lands, facilities, and resources; and
(Pub. L. 101–628, title XI, § 1102, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original "this Act", and was translated as reading "this title", meaning title XI of Pub. L. 101–628, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502, known as the Take Pride in America Act, which is classified generally to this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Short Title
Pub. L. 101–628, title XI, § 1101, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4502, provided that:
"This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Take Pride in America Act'."
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Hey guys,
On Tuesday I had some aptitude tests at Safeway in Redruth, for a job in stock management and admin. This morning (wednesday) I got a call saying that I was successful and i'm to attend an interview at 1pm Friday afternoon.
I think that i'm fully prepared and i'm quite confident that I will do well, however, is there any advice that you have for me, or even a good luck wish will be nice?
I really hope I get the job, because it will enable me to fund for my flying and flying courses much more easily!
Thanks very much!
All the best,


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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The men's basketball team saw their 2011-12 season start on a sour note with a 75-74 loss to St. Louis Pharmacy Tuesday night. The Eutectics kept their perfect season alive with a free throw with less than four seconds remaining to pick up the win.
K.J. Hilliard provided much of Greenville's offense as he posted a team-high 24 points in the game. Hilliard also led the squad with eight rebounds.
Jordan Smith came off the bench to post 10 points and four steals in 24 minutes of play, and Jose Garcia added four assists.
St. Louis Pharmacy (3-0) was led by sharpshooting Shawn Menckowski who hit 14 field goals, including five three-pointers, and seven free throws in accumulating a game-high 40 points.
The Panthers (0-1) return to action on Friday and Saturday when they travel to Hendrix for a two-game trip against the host Hendrix and Rhodes.


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And Now They're Fired: Phil De Fries and a Slew of TUF 17 Alums Among the UFC's Latest Batch of Roster Cuts
(1-0 over constrictive tanktops, 0-1 over actual competition. You will be missed, Gilbert. Photo courtesy of UFC.com)
The UFC continues to steamroll ahead with its massive roster cuts, Potato Nation. And while we are never one to praise the departure of a Zuffa employee (unless it's Paul Daley, of course), we should at least be able to take comfort in the fact that there are no Jon Fitch level mind-bogglers for us to mourn this time around. However, the UFC's most recent list of firings does feature — somewhat unsurprisingly — every TUF 17 alum who came up short in the season's finale earlier this month, as well as a couple other guys who have had less than successful UFC runs as of late.
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March 30, 1927 - May 12, 2013
Kerhonkson, NY
Agnes Chomanczuk of Kerhonkson, NY died Sunday, May 12, 2013. She was 86. Agnes was born on March 30, 1927 in Megesheim, Germany, the daughter of Karl and Anna (Kleebauer) Bay.
Agnes had lived in Kerhonkson since 1968. She was an active committee member of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church serving as the secretary/treasurer for many years and was involved with Soyuz Ukrainok (UNWLA), also serving as treasurer. Agnes had also been a business owner and operator in Putnam Valley, NY.
Agnes was predeceased by her husband, John Chomanczuk, who had died in 1992. She is survived by her children: Olga Leszczynski and her husband, Kenneth of Kerhonkson, and Walter J. Chomanczuk and his wife, Marta of Newburgh; her grandchildren: Antin and his wife, Sarah, Peter and his wife, Jennifer, Marko and his wife, Shannon, Michael and his wife, Jamie, and Christopher; her great-grandchildren: Madison, Niklaus, PJ, Emily and Tanner; her brother, Fred Bay and his companion, Marie of Newburgh and her niece, Christine Bay. She was predeceased by her brother, Walter Bay.
Visiting hours will be Thursday, May 16th from 5 to 7 p.m. at H.B. Humiston Funeral Home, Kerhonkson. The Panakhyda will begin at 6 p.m. that evening. The Holy Sacrifice of the Divine Liturgy will be Friday, May 17th at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, Kerhonkson. Burial will follow at Pine Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Agnes' name to Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, 211 Foordmore Rd., Kerhonkson, NY 12446.
To send a personal condolence to Agnes' family, please visit www.humistonfuneralhome.com


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Cherelle Solomon
Hometown: Naugatuck, Conn.
Major: Social Work
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Social Work
Internships: Two internships: one at Putnam Community Action Program in Brewster, N.Y., and one at Connecticut State Department of Children and Families in Danbury, Conn.
Activities: Part-time job as a pharmacy technician at Rite Aid Pharmacy, organist at United Methodist Church, involved in community organizing project to spread awareness of the need for sanitary water in an impoverished community
Honors and Awards: 3.52 GPA, Dean's List
Before transferring to Western, Cherelle Solomon attended Middlesex Community College in Middletown, Conn., for two years. She transferred her credits from MCC to WCSU, and has not regretted her decision since.
"Out of all of the schools that offered social work as a major, I chose WCSU because I felt the most welcome," she says. "The administration was really welcoming, they were quick to schedule a time to meet with me, and pointed me in all of the right directions. I didn't get that type of reception from any other school."
When asked why she chose to pursue a career in social work, Solomon shares an intensely personal reason. "I suppose I am an example of the popular adage, 'giving back from whence we came.' The reasons for which DCF has to be involved with a family can have lasting effects on a child — I have first-hand knowledge of that fact," she says. "I've always felt obligated to protect children, because they're such a vulnerable population. I want to give a child the opportunity to actually experience a childhood."
Solomon says she was lucky to have had really great professors during her time at WestConn. "I was truly influenced by Professor Patricia Ivry in the social work department," she explains. "She was tough, but only because she expected the very best from her students. She challenged me to think in broader terms and be more conscientious about my writing. Her emphasis on academic excellence empowered me to be a better student, and ultimately, a better social worker."
Asked what she will remember most about her WCSU experience, Solomon says, "It's hard to pinpoint just one moment – I really have loved every minute of being at WestConn. But I think my most memorable experience has been my internship with DCF. Since I realized that I wanted to be a social worker, I wanted the chance to work there. I was lucky to have gotten the opportunity to do so."
After graduation, Solomon plans to attend law school, in hopes of becoming a child advocacy lawyer.
Solomon's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Be as involved as possible in every activity on campus. Not only is it fun, but you meet a lot of people and it doesn't make your resume look bad, either. Every decision you make will have some sort of effect on the rest of your academic career, so don't be afraid to make mistakes – just be smart."


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Black Eyed Peas switch to Sennheiser
The Black Eyed Peas have plenty to celebrate as they make their way around North America on the 2006 Honda Civic Tour. The tour commemorates The Black Eyed Peas' sixth anniversary together, and marks the stage-wide adoption by the multi-platinum band of Sennheiser Evolution Series wired and wireless G2 microphones and instrument systems. The Pussycat Dolls, who are opening for The Black Eyed Peas on the tour, are also fully-equipped with Sennheiser Evolution Wireless G2 microphone and personal monitor systems.
According to production manager and production designer, Anthony Randall, The Black Eyed Peas' four vocalists - Will.i.am, Fergie, apl.de.ap and Taboo - have already been using Evolution Wireless in-ears for three years. Also, two of their four backing musicians upgraded to the second generation EW 300 IEM G2 systems for the tour. But this year, The Black Eyed Peas made a wholesale switch to Sennheiser microphones for every stage application, adopting SKM 935 G2 cardioid vocal mics across the front, plus Evolution 600 and 900 series instrument mics, as well as Sennheiser wireless instrument systems, for the backline.
"It was the 'ears' that first got me into the Sennheiser camp," says Randall. "I've been tour engineer for a number of years and mostly went with a well known competitor. Since the Evolution series 'evolved' onto the touring scene they've shaken some major relationships. I believe that to effectively work with a microphone manufacturer, you have to evaluate the whole package. Of course you want unbeatable fidelity, solid performance, road-worthy ruggedness, that takes precedent, but then there's the intangible value of customer service and technical support. Given all those parameters, Sennheiser comes out a winner. And to top it off, the Evolution 935 is a great mic and fits the way the bands loves to sound."
The new second-generation Evolution Wireless systems were praised by Tony Cooper, audio manager and monitor engineer, he says: "The newer generation is so much better, with smaller packs, and it sounds better." The autoscan feature on the G2 wireless equipment helps find usable frequencies very quickly at each venue along the road. "Autoscan is so useful. It stops the chaos," he says. "Now we have a fighting chance in this crowded RF world. I'm running thirty channels of RF for the show with six sets of artist G2 ears and one cue through a Yamaha PM5D. All of the monitors are outfitted with Future Sonics ear buds."
As he gets more familiar with the Sennheiser mic and personal monitoring systems, FOH engineer David Haines says: "They're great, especially the 935 vocal mics. I like the sound so much better than any of our previous mics. They seem smoother to me, not so harsh, and sound as if they have more 'texture'. I use less EQ with them, and it's not as much work to get them to sound how I want, especially on Fergie. She's the biggest challenge for me, EQ-wise. She loves dynamics, singing very loud and very soft, so that's a big challenge."
One unusual item stands out on the band's input list - tables. Haines explains, "We have this part in the show at the beginning of the encore when the drummer and the keyboard player come out with these tables that they bang around. That's a little different - a little bit of 'Stomp' action. We've got Sennheiser e604 tom mics mounted in the tables with Sennheiser SK500G2 wireless transmitters." According to Haines, "The new Sennheiser system outperforms the previous setup, which would typically start to fall apart as the tour progressed. This is working much better."
The backline utilizes e901 and e902 kick drum mics with an e905 on the snare, e904s on the toms and e614s on the hi-hat and cymbals, plus e906s on the instrument speaker cabinets. "I love them!" says Haines of the e906s. The Sennheiser MD421-II is used for sax and flute, while Printz Board, the musical director, liked the Neumann TLM103 for trumpet.Acoustic and electric guitars and bass all use Sennheiser SK500G2 bodypack transmitters and EM550G2 receivers. "Those sound good," shares Cooper. "They're some of the best I've ever heard." George Pajon, the guitar player initially said he hated all wireless. When he listened to himself through the G2 he said, "I'm going to be wireless all the time now. I love this."
The 2006 Honda Civic Tour made its way around the country until the end of May, when The Black Eyed Peas headed to South Africa for a benefit concert before embarking on a European tour.
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