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Severed nerves in the body can lead to the loss of muscle function and muscle atrophy, unless the severed nerve endings get reconnected. One possible new solution devised by Chinese researchers uses liquid metal to create an electrical conduit capable of transmitting signals between the severed nerve ends.
The liquid metal solution consists of a gallium-indium-tin (GaInSn) alloy that has successfully bridged severed sciatic nerves taken from the calf muscles of bullfrogs, according to Technology Review. A team at Tsinghua University in Beijing showed that the metal alloy—capable of remaining liquid at body temperature and thought to be benign—could transmit nerve signals much more effectively than the commonly-used Ringer's solution meant to mimic the salt mixture in body fluids.
Such a solution could keep the affected muscles active by continuing to transmit nerve signals and prevent muscle loss. That would buy plenty of time for the severed nerve endings to slowly grew back together at the snail's pace of one millimeter per day. The liquid metal idea also presents an alternative to usual methods of suturing together the cut nerve endings if they're close enough together, or as a tool for even more complex nerve transplants.
Caption: Photographs of x-ray images showing a bullfrog's lower body both with the injected liquid metal and without. Images: Tsinghua University
The Chinese team ran its experiments by snipping the sciatic nerve and the connected muscles from bullfrogs, placing the severed nerve ends and their respective muscles in separate petri dishes, and then testing connecting conduits consisting of either the liquid metal or Ringer's solution. In the liquid metal case, the electroneurographic signal was "virtually similar" to the signal transmitted by an intact sciatic nerve, according to the paper published on 7 April in the arXiv database.
As a bonus, the Chinese researchers found that the liquid metal injected into a bullfrog's calf muscles shows up clearly under x-rays. That would make it easy to locate and remove the liquid metal using a micro-syringe if it no longer became necessary.
A future step might involve using the liquid metal alongside growth factors that encourage nerve regeneration. Tiny microchannels or concentric tubes could contain the liquid metal and growth factors in a complete package for helping to repair severed nerves. But many questions remain about whether the liquid metal solution really does help preserve muscle function in the long term, as well as whether it's truly safe to use inside human bodies.


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Nowadays, I feel like my generation is longing for past times, decades they have never lived and experienced, it's a new feeling, a kind of beautiful nostalgia that is hitting me sometimes. It's not just nostalgia for clothing, but also for the way of life, the music, the art, the mind-sets.
It's kind of ironic how I'd like to go back to the 60s, when that was a time of innovation, space flight and living for the future.

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Meat, Poultry, and Fish: Picking Healthy Proteins
Saturated and trans fats can raise your blood cholesterol and make heart disease worse. Chicken and fish have less saturated fat than most red meat.
Why are chicken, fish and beans better to eat than red meat?
In general, red meats (beef, pork and lamb) have more saturated (bad) fat than chicken, fish and vegetable proteins such as beans. Saturated and trans fats can raise your blood cholesterol and make heart disease worse. The unsaturated fats in fish, such as salmon, actually have health benefits. Omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish and some plant sources, as part of a heart-healthy diet, can help reduce the risk of heart failure, coronary heart disease, cardiac arrest and the most common type of stroke (ischemic). There are many types of beans – pinto, kidney, garbanzo, soybeans, etc. – and they're all good for you. Put lentils, split peas and black-eyed peas on the list, too! You can prepare them without saturated and trans fats for a healthy meal.
Tips for People Who Like Meat
It's OK to eat red meat as long as you limit the amount. The American Heart Association recommends that people limit lean meat, skinless chicken and nonfried fish to 5 ½ ounces per day, total. Eat 8 ounces of non-fried fish (particularly fatty fish) each week, which may be divided over two 3.5- to 4-ounce servings. Fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sardines and albacore tuna are high in omega-3 fatty acids.
Use the tips below to lower the amount of saturated fat and trans fat you get when you eat meat.
- One portion of meat is about the size of a deck of cards or three ounces.
- Choose lean cuts of meat. Lean cuts usually contain the words "round," "loin" or "sirloin" on the package.
- Trim off as much fat as you can before cooking and pour off the melted fat after cooking.
- Use healthier cooking methods: bake, broil, stew and grill.
Note: Eating a lot of meat is not a healthy way to lose weight, especially if you have heart disease.
How to Use More Chicken, Fish and Beans
- Breakfast
- Sprinkle a small amount of chopped, unsalted almonds, peanuts or walnuts on your oatmeal or cereal.
- Make scrambled eggs or a vegetable omelet.
- Prepare soy-protein meat substitutes (low-sodium) for bacon and sausage.
- Lunch
- Slice up leftover chicken for sandwiches.
- Have a bowl of low sodium bean or lentil soup.
- Eat a tuna sandwich on whole grain bread (skip the mayo and mix tuna with a ripe avocado).
- Make a chef's salad with leftover chicken, low-fat, low-sodium cheese and hard-boiled eggs.
- Have a seafood salad.
- Dinner
- Grill, bake or microwave chicken breasts. Remove skin before cooking.
- Sprinkle fish fillets with low-fat Italian dressing and bake them.
- Wrap a whole fish in foil with lemon and onion slices; then bake or grill.
- Add beans, unsalted nuts or low-fat, low sodium cheese to your salad.
- Make low-sodium bean soup or a casserole.
- Make black bean burgers or garbanzo bean burgers from scratch.
Many people choose not to eat meat for religious reasons or because of other concerns, including health. You can get all the nutrients your body needs without eating meat. For people who don't want to eat meat (or much meat), there are many healthy ways to get enough protein.
AHA Recommendation
- Choose nonfried fish, shellfish, poultry without the skin, and trimmed lean meats, no more than 5.5 ounces, cooked, per day.
- Enjoy 8 ounces of nonfried fish (especially oily fish) each week, which may be divided over two 3.5- to 4-ounce servings.
- Choose seasonings with no or lower amounts of salt and sodium such as spices, herbs and other flavorings in cooking and at the table.
- Select meat substitutes such as dried beans, peas, lentils or tofu (soybean curd) in entrees, salads or soups.
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- Non-fried fish and shellfish such as shrimp, crab and lobster are low in saturated fat and are a healthy alternative to many cuts of meat.
- Fish high in omega-3 fatty acids such as mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and salmon. Some types of fish may contain high levels of mercury, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), dioxins and other environmental contaminants. Shark, swordfish, tilefish (golden bass or golden snapper) and king mackerel are examples. Women who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or nursing — and young children — should avoid eating potentially contaminated fish.
- Chicken and turkey (without skin); ground turkey.
- Lean beef (round, sirloin, chuck, loin). Buy "choice" or "select" grades of beef rather than "prime."
- Lean or extra lean ground beef (no more than 15% fat).
- Lean veal (except commercially ground).
- Lean ham, lean pork (tenderloin, loin chop). Ham and Canadian bacon are higher in sodium (salt) than other meats.
- Lean lamb (leg, arm, loin).
- Lean cuts of emu, buffalo and ostrich. These are very low in saturated fat and sodium.
- Wild game (rabbit, pheasant, venison, wild duck without skin). These usually have less saturated fat than animals raised for market (duck, goose).
- Processed sandwich meats (turkey, chicken, turkey ham, turkey pastrami or lean boiled ham). Check the amount of sodium; some have 25% or more of the daily value.
Shopping and preparation tips
- A 3-ounce cooked portion is about the size of a deck of cards. To help you judge serving sizes, a 3-ounce portion equals:
- 1/2 of a chicken breast or a chicken leg with thigh (without skin)
- 3/4 cup of flaked fish
- 2 thin slices of lean roast beef (each slice 3" x 3" x 1/4")
- Choose cuts of meat that have the least amount of visible fat and trim this visible fat off of meats. Buy "choice " or " select " grades of beef rather than "prime."
- Instead of frying, prepare meats by baking, broiling, roasting, microwaving or stir-frying. Pour off the fat after browning.
- Remove the skin and fat under the skin before cooking poultry pieces. (The exception is when roasting a whole chicken or turkey. Remove the skin before carving and serving the meat.) Choose poultry that has not been injected with fats or broths.
- Chill meat juices after cooking, so that you can easily skim off the hardened fat. Then you can add the juices to stews, soups and gravy.
- Look for frozen dinners and entries that are low in saturated fat and sodium.
- A one-cup serving of cooked beans, peas or lentils, or soybean curd (tofu) can replace a 2-ounce serving of meat, poultry or fish. Two ounces of peanut butter counts as 1 ounce of meat.
Note: Adults over age 50 should get vitamin B-12 from lean meat, fortified foods or vitamin supplements to meet the recommended intake of 2.4 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin B-12 per day.
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Peter really developed confidence in 2011 when working on a one to one basis with emerging artist Faye Metcalfe exploring textiles.


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So my friend Karen came over tonight to play dinner party, and we (I) made a truly triumphant meal. The food was really good, so I figured I'd share the recipes with you folks. We started with a Thai coconut chicken soup, and I pretty much followed the recipe except that I substituted a green chili for the jalapeno (mmm...spicy!), and it seems like there are cellophane noodles in there and I didn't put any in (and I only made a half recipe). I'd probably use a bit less fish sauce next time, too. Then we had roasted tofu with shiitake, soy, and ginger over baby spinach, and again I pretty much followed the recipe, except I used rice vinegar instead of rice wine vinegar.
I tried to find ginger ice cream for desert, but they didn't have any at the supermarket. They did have this really cool coconut sesame ice cream, though, and I definitely recommend it; it was delicious. I also wanted to make gingered gin and tonics to drink, but again I was met with failure. First, I rediscovered Connecticut Blue Laws, which prohibit alcohol sales on Sundays -- no gin. I decided to substitute vodka, and while the end result tasted good, it didn't taste like ginger at all (who would have guessed that vodka, lime juice, sugar, and tonic water would be good?!). The only thing I can think of to explain it was that I halved the recipe, and that meant halving the amount of ginger. But given that there was half of everything else, I really don't think that would explain it. Maybe the recipe sucks? This drink is so awesome in concept that I will have to figure out a way to fix it, dammit.
In any case, all things considered, it was a really successful meal. There was probably enough food for three people (if they weren't all big eaters), and even though there wasn't any meat or starch, it's 3:00 AM and I'm not particularly famished. It requires some ingredients that are pretty distinct to Asian cooking (fish sauce, coconut milk, and rice/rice wine vinegar), and a fair bit of time and effort (but nothing too complicated; most of the work is in prep). I already had some of the ingredients I used (particularly the booze), but I ended up spending about $40. I do have a meal's worth of food left though, so I'd say it was definitely worth it. If you're down for a solid semi-light Asian meal, this is a good one.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
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Web performance company Yottaa, announced the launch of Yottaa CDN, the company's new content-delivery network offering. Yottaa CDN offers dynamic site acceleration (DSA) features at a price aimed at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and integrates with the company's Site Speed Optimizer to make it easier to enable and help ensure faster site load times. The platform features the company's cloud-routing technology, backed by a global infrastructure and automated real-time front-end optimization. The aim is to reduce page load times, even for highly distributed Websites.
"Over 75,000 Websites already benefit from Yottaa Site Speed Optimizer and Yottaa Website Monitor. The addition of Yottaa CDN further reinforces Yottaa's mission to maximize speed, uptime and operations for every Website," said Yottaa CEO Coach Wei. "Today's Internet users demand that Websites load quickly on any device, anywhere in the world. Whether your Website visitors are in Sydney, Seattle or Frankfurt, with Yottaa CDN, they will experience page-load times that were once impossible, except for a handful of Global 500 Websites."
Yottaa CDN intelligently optimizes Website content as it is both delivered and executed. As content execution accounts for an increasingly large percentage of page-load times for modern Websites, deploying Yottaa CDN can improve site performance and user experience. Its hybrid cloud networkstretching across more than 20 data centers worldwidefeatures content optimization, static and dynamic caching, and continuous learning.
"Yottaa CDN is designed to accelerate modern Websites and Web applications," Wei said. "The first CDNs were launched 15 years ago to solve relatively simple latency problems, and they have not kept pace with the rapid changes to the nature of the Web. Web pages today are increasingly complex; they are essentially distributed applications that span across the Internet, often requiring more than 100 round trips to distant servers and third-party domains. By combining patented cloud-routing technology and real-time front-end optimization, Yottaa CDN adds the missing layer of intelligence to the Web. The result is Websites that are 80 percent faster and far more resilient."
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Ian Fraser, a UK-based journalist who writes & comments for the Financial Times and the BBC - among others, recently wrote about my interview with Greece's Kathimerini (The IHT/New-York Times affiliate in Greece).
"In September 2007, a year before Ireland's banks went belly up, Jonathan Sugarman, risk manager Unicredit Bank Ireland, alerted his bosses and regulators at the Central Bank of Ireland to the fact that Unicredit was in massive breach of liquidity requirements. The law was clear: liquidity cover was allowed to fall to 89 per cent but any lower and a report had to be filed with the regulator and the bank faced a fine. Sugarman identified that Unicredit was operating with cover of just 70 per cent, twenty times less than allowed. But his superiors at the bank and the regulators were intensely relaxed about the law-breaking. After six weeks of being stonewalled, Sugarman decided he had no choice other than to resign, as he did not wish to incriminate himself. Now a whistleblower, he has spent five years seeking to raise awareness of the failures of both the Irish central bank and Unicredit. He was interviewed by Kathimerini, the Greek affiliate of the New York Times."To read further, please visit Ian Fraser's blog at:
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Pokémon Go has dominated the mobile world this last week, leaving people pottering around outside, trying to catch pretend rats through their smartphone cameras.
In the game, you have to throw Pokéballs at them, and if you can curl your shot, you get more points.
Of course, this is a skill move which is tricky, and can see you not catching your Pokémon. And some people just have terrible aim, which makes the game very frustrating.
Well, there's some help at hand from a chap called Jon Cleaver.
If you have access to a 3D printer, you can download a phone case which acts as an aim and helpful tool, so you can catch all the Pokémon you want. It'll keep your aim true!
You can download it here.
Naturally, not everyone has access to a 3D printer, but not to worry - you can buy them too.
They're being sold on Etsy for next to nothing, and you can get one here. Or if you're a mercenary, you can print a load off yourself and sell them to people for a lower price.
We're not going to tell you what to do.
Sadly, this case is only compatible with the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s, but Cleaver is looking at making these cases for a number of other smartphones, so you Android Pokémon hunters don't get left out.
You could very easily make your own out of card too, if you want to get a bit Blue Peter presenter about the whole thing.


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Wow! I'm the type of person who gets all worked up over the debates, and I'm glad that this one is on the books!
Best: Gov. Romney shined. He looked Presidential, commanding, and aware of the issues. Andrew Cline on NRO said, "Romney is shining as the most polished candidate with the smartest, most well-considered answers. He looks like the adult in the room."
Great: Michelle Bachman handled her questions with grace and knowledge. I was particularly impressed by the way she handled the question on gay marriage. She is a very impressive candidate.
Worst: Pawlenty — who had previously called Obama's health care disaster "Obamneycare," purposely conflating Gov. Romney's plan with the president's – completely chickened out when CNN host John King asked him directly to challenge Gov. Romney on state. He looked weak, indecisive, and afraid.
I liked what Stanley Kurtz said, "… I think Romney has come across well. He knows how to handle himself, the format makes it tough to go after rivals, and the candidates clearly prefer to hammer Obama rather than each other."


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We are beginning a study of pumpkins and their life cycle this week. Pumpkins make me happy, but sad as well, because that means the snow is going to start flying soon. Any other northerners feel the same way?
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The judicial pre-trial for an Ottawa police constable charged in the 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi will continue in July.
Const. Daniel Montsion's pre-trial began May 1 and was adjourned to give the defence more time to review forensic evidence gleaned from the autopsy on Abdi, court heard Wednesday.
Abdi, a 37-year-old man with unspecified mental health issues, lost vital signs during a confrontation with Montsion and Const. Dave Weir on July 24, 2016. Abdi was pronounced dead in hospital the following afternoon.
Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, later charged Montsion with manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
Montsion's defence lawyer is Michael Edelson, who has represented a number of other Ottawa police officers charged with criminal offences.
Montsion was assigned to desk duty throughout the SIU's investigation and has been suspended with pay since the charges were laid.
A CBC News investigation later uncovered that Montsion had been wearing a pair of reinforced gloves during the confrontation.
A judge from out of town has been assigned to the case. The Crown, meanwhile, has assigned Toronto-based prosecutor Philip Perlmutter, who is part of a unit that handles charges laid by the SIU.
Montsion was not present in court Wednesday.


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What a feeling but not the way out
Enjoy the life till a limit
Sickness? - Make a think about it!
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The University of San Diego wants to maximize their likely future interactions between students and teachers robotic. The goal: to have a robot that pace in its current function of facial motion of its audience
Facial expressions should be able to control the behavior of a robot. Jacob Whitehill, a researcher at the UC San Diego School of Engineering, works in the remote control of a video sequence showing the course depending on the degree of understanding of students. The project in the idea that future teachers robotic systems could be developed. The long term goal is to make robots better teachers. The project is based on technology of facial recognition. Thus, Jacob Whitehill has shown that the information given by our facial expressions while watching videos help you understand whether or not the explanation which is filmed. Continue reading


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Zachary Levi recently joined Larry in studio to discuss the 2014 Nerd HQ Event, happening this summer in San Diego, CA. After the show, the two brainstormed an initial storyline to a Larry King themed comic book. Now Larry and Zac need your help to finish their tale.
Watch this clip and read below to find out how you can collaborate with Zac and Larry to win a signed version of your very own Larry King comic book story.
It's your turn to complete "The Adventures of Captain Suspenders: Chapter 1." In the form below submit a summary to the end of Larry and Zac's newly minted super hero. The best story, chosen by Larry's producers, will win a Captain Suspenders comic book designed to follow their idea-- signed by Larry King and Zac Levi. Good luck!
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It is the 100th day of the occupation of the Che Cafe and we are going stronger than ever. We want to give our deepest gratitude to everyone who has been involved in this struggle, whether you've been or are an occupier or supporter, we have a deep love for everyone who has joined with us in solidarity.
The fight is far from over and we still need you, the community, to keep up with the wonderful show of support and solidarity that you have done so far. So here are some easy ways to help us in our fight to keep the Cafe so it's by and for the community.
· Come out to all our shows and events and show your solidarity with the Che Cafe with your very presence and engagement in the space.
· Join the Occupation and Sit-in. The more people we have here, the better.
· If you're in the media and supportive of the fight for autonomous spaces, please reach out and interview us
· Become a supporter and help us out with the things we need. We always need donations, whether that's vegan food(rice, beans, lentils, pasta without eggs in it, fresh spices, tofu, cereal, vegetables, fruits, bread) kitchen supplies, books, toilet paper, paper towels, tables, lamps, or anything else you can think of that we could use.
· We always need more volunteers, whether that's to help out at shows or to help up keep the space maintained and clean.
· Join the collective and get involved. Our meetings are Mondays at 7 PM.
· Call Chancellor Khosla and UCSD Administration and tell them to stop not just the campaign to evict the Che Cafe, but the administration's continual attack on autonomous and student spaces on campus. [ (858) 534-3135 for the Chancellor and here's the link for the rest of his administration]
· If there is a show, workshop, or community event you want to put on at the Cafe, please come to a meeting with your proposal because this space is ultimately for you, for students and the community as a whole.
· Tell all your friends that the Che Cafe is still alive and still fighting and we need all their support
This fight isn't just about the Cafe though, it's part of the broader fight for autonomous spaces. Here are some things the community, whether you are in San Diego or not, can do to support the fight for autonomy and liberation in general
· Open up new DIY Spaces. We need more housing, social spaces, music venues, restaurants, grocery spaces, maker spaces, libraries, farms, and green spaces that aren't managed by Power but by and for the community.
· When a DIY space, in San Diego or elsewhere, is under attack, give them your constant support and solidarity. We can't let them steal the only spaces we have to be free.
· Join the local struggles against Power in your communities. Power wants to destroy us all so we have to each other's back in solidarity and mutual aid.
· Support each other as comrades. Make our spaces safer for each other. Hold ourselves accountable when we cause harm to our comrades that have less power than us. Solidarity is a continual act of love and we shouldn't hurt the people we're in solidarity with.
· Get involved with DIY spaces in your area and the collectives that run them. These spaces are about the community and the more we're involved with them, the better.
· Book shows and workshops and events at these spaces. Host open mics and movie nights with your friends. Hold awesome music shows. Have a workshop and share your skills with your friends.
· Start a band with your friends!
· And never, ever stop being critical of power and resisting it wherever it is.
One hundred days of direct struggle and resistance against the attempts of the UC Administration to destroy one of the longest lasting DIY spaces in the entirety of the United States. They want to wipe away our history, this important site that has been a center of struggle and resistance against the policies of Power since its very beginning, from the anti-apartheid movement to the labor movement to queer and trans liberation and so much more.
This fight for the Cafe is not just about our longtime venue and home. Autonomous spaces all over the world have been under attack and this is part of a broader fight to determine whether the spaces we live our lives in are dominated by corporations and states, or whether they're autonomous from bosses, bureaucrats and politicians, and by and for the community where we're free from the hierarchy of Power.
The Che Cafe is still alive and we're still going, stronger than ever. We will keep pushing for autonomy and liberation, both here in San Diego and elsewhere, and we highly encourage you to join us and other autonomous spaces in solidarity and fight for a free world where we're all free and liberated.


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Choosing Between Landscaping and Hardscaping People's initial reaction when they purchase a new home is to try and find ways they can improve on the design that's already in place. Before anyone can enjoy their new home after purchainsg it, they will need to go through a phase where they will need to plan so many little things that it might get a bit confusing. People who easily get confused might end up making bad decisions that they will later on regret. Making mistakes is often done when people purchase homes that they then renovate after purchase. Planning is one of the key ingredients to successfully renovating your new home. You will definitely want to consult an expert before you make any decisions regarding renovation. Two of the main things you will want to consider when you are renovating the exterior of your home is hardscaping and landscaping. You probably don't know this, but the exterior or your home is just as important as the interor. A lot of people realize this fact only a few years after they spent all their money on renovations. People often make the mistake of spending too much time and effort on the details of their interor and fail to realize that the exterior is just as important. A lot of people do not realize that the value of their home will significantly increase when they have good exterior and good landscaping or hardscaping. This is especially true if you are selling your home to new buyers. Good landscaping and hardscaping will tremendously increase the value of your home and will make selling your home much easier. If you have a home that is of great value, you will be able to relax knowing that you will be able to easily sell your home if ever you decide to. Even if you do not plan to sell your home, it will still be beneficial to do great things to your garden and improve it's overall look and feel.
Case Study: My Experience With Gardeners
The first thing people realize then they start to think about renovating their exterior is that there are two types of renovations. The first one is landscaping and the second one is hardscaping. These are two very different things and there is no right answer when choosing between the two. You will find tons of people who prefer to landscaping and many more who would prefer hardsacping. Now let us take a look at the differences between landscaping and hardscaping. We will also discuss some of the great benefits of doing either landscaping or hardscaping.
Case Study: My Experience With Gardeners
The first thing you will need to know is that landscaping has to do with more natural things such as plants and hills. You will not be building permanent structures when you do landscaping. When you do landscaping, you will usually be dealing with plants, trees and flowers. Trees, flowers, and different types of plants will be used a lot when you are landscaping. You will be using cement, rocks and different types of things when you decide to opt for hardscaping.


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"Medicine is to do as much nothing as possible."
Rantings on politics, science, medicine, journalism and whatever else should adhere to this motto.
An Australian infant with a rare and usually fatal disease has been cured with treatment that has previously been used only on mice, in what doctors are claiming is the first medical procedure of its type in the world.


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According to the City Council resolution n.230/33 of 06/20/2011, the City of Florence has introduced a tourism tax, applied to non-residents overnight staying, for a maximum of 7 consecutive nights. The tourism tax rate is Euro 2,00 per person per night, it is an additional charge not included on the room rate and it's not applied to:
- children (upto 12 years old);
After 8:00 P.M. Althea's staff will not be on spot to welcome and assist you but you can open the front door using the code we will send you after the reservation . You will receive also the code for the key-safe box at the first floor where you will find an envelope with your keys, the room number and directions
Restricted Traffic Area Z.T.L. Firenze
To enter in historic centre is very easy, you have just to inform us that you have arrived by car and have entered into the Z.T.L. and give us the registration plate number that we will send to the police.
Important: our communication emends every entrance made in the three previous hours, and it's not valid for the entire stay, it means that if during your stay you move the car and enter again into the Z.T.L. we have to communicate it again to the authorities.
Many other municipalities in Tuscany ( Comune di PISA, Comune di Siena, Comune di LUCCA, Comune di PISTOIA, Comune di PRATO, Comune di GROSSETO, Comune di MASSA and Comune di AREZZO) have Restricted Traffic Areas, visit their institutional web sites to find more information.


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Awhile back we tried our hand at being true off griders. We lived in this little one room cabin in the woods with no hydro and no running water. I bought a little washtub, that I romantically thought we would use as or bathtub, when I look at the size of it, I have to laugh. However, it's the perfect size for a little fairy garden!!
If you want to make your own outdoor fairy garden here is a list of supplies you will need:
washtub, or other large size planter
Black earth, or potting soil, (a couple big bags should do)
gemstones or crystals
shells, (every size goes)
twigs, pinecones
plants, (we used succulents, tulips and violas)
We started by filling the tub with soil. Then we planted the succulents, tulips and violas
Ruby did most of the work herself, planting the plants, (I just helped to divide them), and putting in all the decorations. She made a little sand box, which is outlined by her gems, and used a big seashell as a pond, (complete with a crab shell floating in it). When I went to the store today, I found some violas on sale outside, so I picked some up as a surprise addition to the fairy garden.
And here it is...totally finished! We even found a little log end, and some acorn tops, perfect for a fairy sized table and chairs set! I think the goal here is to get it started, provide the inspiration and let the kids be totally involved in the act of creating it! Every now and then during the day I would catch a glimpse of her adding something or other to her garden, filling the pool with water and rearranging crystals! I'm sure it will be a little corner of magic on my porch. I can hardly wait until the fairies find it and enjoy a lazy evening splashing in the shell pond!
In ending I wanted to share a lovely little poem I found by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Flowers
All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock
Fairy places, fairy things,
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames--
These must all be fairy names!
Tiny woods below whose boughs
Shady fairies weave a house;
Tiny tree tops, rose or thyme,
Where the braver fairies climb!
Fair are grown up people's trees,
But the fairest woods are these;
Where if I were not so tall,
I should live for good and all.


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Eremberga Heinrich
Thomas J. Simonsen and Richard L. Brown
Last updated: Dec.15, 2009
Taxonomic Synonymy
Eremberga Heinrich, 1939, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 86: 375.
Type species: Cactobrosis leuconips Dyar, 1925. Original designation.
Diagnostic Characters
Eremberga can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: 1) antenna slightly serrate, without sinus or scale-like sensilla, 2) maxillary palpus fan-shaped, 3) forewing M2 and M3 with a common stem, fused for more than half their length, 4) hind wing M2+3 and CuA1 fused basally sharing a common stem, 5) forewing grey with strong black stripes, most notably along the base of the posterior vein of the discal cell (Heinrich 1939; Neunzig 1997; Simonsen 2008).
According to Heinrich (1939) and Mann (1969) the larvae are white with dark spots.
Larval Hosts
The larvae feed in Echinocerus. (Heinrich 1939; Mann 1969; Neunzig 1997).
Life History
Eggs are laid singly, and larvae are solitary or semi-gregarious feeders (Heinrich 1939; Mann 1969).
Eremberga occurs in southwestern USA, central and possibly northwestern Mexico (Heinrich 1939, 1956; Mann 1969, Neunzig 1997).


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The firm was founded in 2005 by Leslie North who is a Professional Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers, a licensed Professional Engineer, is Lighting Certified by the National Council on the Qualifications of Lighting Professions (NCQLP), and is a LEED Accredited Professional. The innovation and excellence of Leslie North's work has been recognized with a number of awards, speaking engagements, and publications, and she continues to serve actively on committees of the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society.
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Think it's going away any time soon? Think again:
Senators Call On CMS To Expand PQRI
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus and Minority Member Charles Grassley sent a letter to the director of CMS on January 23 urging the agency to expand on its efforts to link physician payments to quality of care. The influential Senators told CMS they plan to introduce legislation that will extend the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) into 2009 and beyond.
Building on the recommendations enacted in the Medicare Extension Act of 2007, Baucus and Grassley suggested pooling quality data from multiple payers, and allowing providers to report performance data in the aggregate. The letter noted that "we believe that greater focus should be placed on measures that assess higher levels of performance rather than adherence to minimum standards of competence."
The lawmakers also said they plan to pursue statutory authority for CMS to post on its website the names of providers that satisfactorily participate in PQRI.
See the updated Emergency Medicine measures over at MedPage Today.
01 February 2008
Pay for Performance
Think it's going away any time soon? Think again:
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So many folks have asked me about the story of why Walter Payton used that funny, straight-legged almost kicking style of running when he broke free that I feel like I was inadvertently teasing you. I didn't feel right about that, and as it turns out, I had quiet, nice day today. I had time to put together the things that I know about the tale. I hope that you enjoy it.
Continue reading "Tales from the SunnySide: Walter Payton's knees"
A brief background - I grew up in several cities, but I was born in Cook County Hospital and my family moved back to Chicago in the 60's, when I was 10. A friend over on MHR sent me this link (find it here) regarding some of the most memorable players in history. It's no shock that some of the Bears were first on the list. As these things tend to do, memory took me back to the prevailing 35 mph SW wind, the bitter cold in Wrigley Field and the experiences that I had there. i lived most of my life in Denver and Colorado, but with these being Chicago stories, I hope that you can enjoy them. Peace.
Some years back in Denver (Doug or TJ could tell you how many), Dan Reeves fired a young coach who was, in fairness, trying to get around Reeves with regard to the type of plays that would be run for star QB John Elway. Reeves was also reputed to have a personal dislike for the somewhat cocky young coach, and despite the value and importance of this individual personally to John Elway, Reeves went ahead and fired Mike Shanahan. Ironically, Shanahan went to the raiders to get some head coaching experience. Oakland is where he found out why so many coaches dislike Al Davis, where Shanahan won a court case that he never bothered to collect on and then came back as a friend of Elway's, as head coach of the Broncos (a job that evolved into head coach and general manager), and won two Super Bowls for a grateful Denver and all of Broncos Country. He holds a very high place in the annals of the Broncos history and in the hearts of many of the Broncos fans who were around during the miraculous period when Denver won 2 super Bowls, one against a heavily favored Green Bay team, a 'team of destiny', as they were being called. He also took apart a pretty good Atlanta Falcons team the following year that was, ironically, coached by Dan Reeves. By a seat-of-the-pants calculation, Mike Shanahan gave well over 15,000 hours of his life to the Denver Broncos and is rightfully a legend in this town.
Every time Richard Quinn's name comes up, you begin to hear the same Greek chorus - "He's only a blocking back. He only caught 12 balls in college." The second statement is true. The first is up for considerable debate. What many people don't seem to know about Richard Quinn is that before he was a TE, he'd been a WR/TE in high school. He was a good one, too, and highly recruited. Sometimes you don't get the whole story when you only see headlines. Quinn is an unknown quantity to most Denver fans. That's going to change over time, and I'm betting that Broncos fans will like what they see.
I was chatting with another member this afternoon, and he mentioned his discomfort with the article in today's Denver Post on the 'It' factor. He brought up a few very legitimate concerns, too. I understand his feelings. I agree with much of it, too. I'll tell you the good side that I see, though, for whatever it's worth. Please bear with me - it covers a few different areas, but there is a point to the journey, I promise.
There are players who come into the NFL, seemingly immediately ready to take on the challenges of the game. You may find them in the 1st round or the 7th - you may even find them in the ranks of the undrafted college free agents. Regardless of where they are found, they all have one thing in common - they're very, very rare. Only a gifted few players are ready to contribute immediately. Most NFL teams will give even 1st round prospects 2 full training camps before even considering how well they might be working out for the team. The NFL game is bigger, faster, stronger and a lot more complex, and it takes most people time to figure it out. One of those players is Marquez Branson.
I've been one of the folks who would prefer a more balanced view of the Broncos newest quarterback. He's done some great things, and he has some weaknesses that are not minor issues. In the midst of all the laudatory arguments that seem to claim that the Broncos are now Super Bowl bound, I'd like to add some centrist reasoning. I'm hearing quite a few straw men arguments, and perhaps there's a middle road to be considered on that.
I tend to read and research quite a bit. Contrary to a recent post, I've heard very few people claim that Tebow 'wasn't accurate' in college. It's extremely important for the chances of future success that a QB making the leap from the college to the pro level to have a minimum of a 60% completion rate in college. Tebow's was well over that, and I haven't hear much in the way of comments that differ on this. College and the NFL, however, are vastly different. I have heard the criticism that he has trouble with accuracy on certain throws. That will or won't be true at the NFL level with the new throwing motion that he is trying to develop - certainly, there is a great connection between Tebow and McDaniels, and TT's in the best spot that he could be in that sense. He'll get the best help that he can to work on all throws.
The Option of Drafting a Later Round QB
I was wandering through the day's information, casual as you please, when this next bit from walterfootball.com jumped up and bit me on the imagination. As most of you know, I tend to be a big Bill Walsh fan, and Mike Holmgren was his star QBs pupil. That made me think about the following blurb:
Holmgren has never spent a first-round pick on a quarterback. There's a reason for this. Like Bill Walsh, Holmgren firmly believes that he can take "inferior" quarterbacks and make them into really proficient passers. These "inferior" signal-callers don't have to possess a great or even a very good arm; they just need to make quick decisions, and be accurate in the short and the intermediate passing game. Clausen could absolutely thrive in Holmgren's offense, but I don't think Holmgren would be willing to spend the No. 7 overall pick on the Notre Dame product - even if he is the top quarterback prospect in this class.
About 3 months before this time of year, you start to hear terms bandied about, sometimes accurately, sometimes carelessly. The most common point of discussion is talked about as 'need' versus "BPA' or best player available. The fact is, no team drafts exclusively for one or the other. Both come into play when a team talks about any player. Let's start wth scouting and move along the path to the draft.
One of the complaints that you will hear yearly at this time comes from the scouts in the game. I'll explain in a little while. Some teams use services, like BLESTO (which was originally and acronym for the Bears, Lions, Eagles and Steelers scouting organization. National Scouting Service, knows simply as 'National' is the other larger scouting house. More and more, though, teams have their own scouts arranged usually by region or by conference. They may still subscribe to the info from the scouting services, but they do their own legwork once the early work is done.
Continue reading "Draft theories and systems: general theory"
In Part I, I tried to look at where Denver stands right now, and to establish how a year's familiarity with the team and systems could, for most of the players and coaches, provide a noticeable benefit. In this installment, I'm going to dissect the defense and look at some strengths, weaknesses, and potential for the future.
There's a new defensive coordinator in town, and Don 'Wink' Martindale has been unabashed about his feelings on the game. He's enthusiastic, he's excited and he plans to increase the aggression level of the Denver D. There was a lot of 'read and react' during the unlamented 2008 version, and it didn't work well. You still saw some of that in 2009, but it was (thankfully) limited. What you did see a lot of was what Renaldo Hill called 'vision coverage' - the DBs watched the QB's eyes to take their cues, which is somewhat different from read and react, an approach that deals with both run and pass. Vision coverage is, according to an interview with Renaldo Hill, a little moment slower and leaves some openings that receivers can take advantage of as a result. According to Hill, that won't be the case this year. You can expect to see the players locking harder onto the offensive players who come into their zones. Hill seemed to think that dropping this coverage and implementing the different approach would improve the secondary and the pass defense. There will also be more blitzing, and there will be an effort to avoid using eight in the box as much as is possible unless it's being done to exploit an offensive weakness. Nate Jones, the newest cornerback, is said to specialize in cornerback blitzing, so there should be some opportunity there which adds a weapon to the arsenal.
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Reserving A / V Equipment
There are a number of audio/visual devices available for use in the courthouses of the Eighth Judicial Circuit. This equipment is provided at no cost to attorneys and pro se parties - but with some obligations. Please see below.
Equipment Available
- TV VCR/DVD Carts: These are carts with a TV and VCR/DVD player on them.
- NOMAD Evidence Presentation Carts:
The NOMADs are available for use in Alachua, Baker, Gilchrist and Levy Counties. Bradford County has built-in evidence presentation inside of a courtroom.
- We ask that you reserve the equipment well in advance. We have a limited number of devices availabile - if you do not reserve one in advance, one might not be available for you.
- Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the equipment, especially the NOMADs. Arrange for a training prior to the court event if you have not used one before.
- Do not expect help from Court Technology staff during the trial or court event. We do not have the staff available to operate the equipment for you.
- Please try out your presentation beforehand to ensure compatability. If you are bringing in evidence on a CD, DVD, or laptop, please arrange to come by and try to make sure it works on our equipment. Technical support issues are not pleasantly resolved in open court.
- Any proprietary media format (i.e. some law enforcement in-car camera footage or medical imaging files) will need to be tested beforehand as they have not proven to always play reliably on our equipment.
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ASSIGNMENT: The Scopes trial is most commonly remembered as a dramatic clash between those who believed in evolution and those who believed that God created the world in seven days. However, the controversy surrounding the Scopes trial was, in fact, more complicated. How was the controversy surrounding the Scopes trial more complicated than a simple debate between evolutionists and creationists?
Olasky and Perry: Monkey Business
The passage below is from a book called Monkey Business: The True Story of the Scopes Trial by two journalists, Marvin Olasky and John Perry. Olasky and Perry argue that the Scopes trial gave rise to the common stereotype of creationists as backward and stupid. As you read the passage below, think about how Olasky and Perry would answer the main inquiry question.
Journalists who descended on Dayton in 1925 . . . carried with them antipathy toward fundamentalist Christianity. . . .
[R]eporters described the story as one of pro-evolution intelligence versus antievolution stupidity. . . . [For example, one journalist] summarized his view of the debates complexity by noting, On the one side was bigotry, ignorance, hatred, superstition, every sort of blackness that the human mind is capable of. On the other side was sense. . . .
Newspapers ran humorous comments about Dayton similar to todays ethnic jokes; the New York Times, though, worried that the situation was serious, and trumpeted of Cranks and Freaks in a front-page headline. The Times . . . portrayed as zombies the Tennesseans entering the courthouse. . . .
The stereotypes the Scopes trial pinned on Christians eighty years ago show no signs of fading. . . . Its time to shake off the crippling legacy of the Scopes trial and show the true face of evangelical Christianity to a world more desperate than ever for truth, assurance, and answers.


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The shirt in the following post is an adaptation of this dress pattern. I shortened the sleeves and made it shirt length instead of dress length.
There is a very good reason that a lot of the things I make for Cita are pictured without her {see here and here}. It is because she is the clingy-est baby ever. {Not that I mind so much. It is nice to totally make someone's day just by looking at them.}
When I attempted to leave her alone on the blanket to take her picture, this is what happened. Sad, sad day.
Notice she even has my lens cap to play with. Nice try, mom. You need to pick me up. Um, NOW.
So we tried some close-up shots. I wanted to tie in the shirt with the pants, so I used some of those fancy stitches my machine came with. I did the vine in green first, and then used blue thread that matched the pants to do a couple of rows of those sunburst-looking chains.
With Mama a little closer, she took the time to actually look at what was in her hand. Still such a sad, sad face.
But wait! Proof that this baby does, in fact, smile. {This series of pictures is very misleading. Usually she's a very happy baby. Then again, usually Mama isn't pointing some big, black thing at her.}
The pants I made by using a pair of Cita's as a pattern. If you haven't made a pattern yourself before, pants are a good place to start. Only two pieces, and I'll bet one of the first things most people sewed was a pair of pajama pants, right? You know how to put them together. I would suggest using pants with a similar fabric type to the one you plan on sewing with. If you make your pattern with a knit fabric for example, it might be too small for a fabric that doesn't stretch.
Here's a close-up of the fancy-schmancy stitching. And all I had to do was push some buttons and then put my foot on the presser foot. Like the headband Cita is wearing? Here's the tutorial.
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(Added March 20, 2013.)
I found out something strange today,
just before I was about to call a friend of mine - we'll call him...
'Jonathan' for no particular reason - Phil received a phone call from a
mutual friend who told us that I won't be allowed to call him anymore.
At least, not until he moves out of his mom's house, which won't be in
too long. Why? Because his mom just found out he's Agnostic - this is
the first time I've ever heard about it explicitly myself, as I have
never asked him his position on That Kind of Thing before, nor had we
ever really talked about It. (Partly because of the danger of her picking up the phone.)
But she's so certain that I had Something To Do With It (even though
she doesn't even know me) that he's not allowed to answer the phone
` That's too bad,
because he always looked forward so much to my calls.... he'd just wait
by the phone. I don't blame him. I suppose he could call me, but only
when his mom isn't home.
Well, it's not like she's mean - she's just Afraid.
Fear of Others Not Like You is a very sad thing when one is Unwholesomely Extreme. It's called Intolerance.
` Intolerance tends to spring from Ignorance.
For example; she once asked Phil, who at the time was in college; "Why does anyone study 'other' planets like Mars? They're just science fiction!" Okay... so that pink dot in the sky is a tiny little thing meant for Decorating the Sky?
I could potentially see through this (thing that looks like a big hot
water tank in a friend's hallway but is really a) huge telescope that
Mars not only is spherical, but Saturn has rings and Jupiter has
stripes, etc.
` If she had looked through this telescope, though, it
would not have amounted to anything, really, as I would still have to be
able to show her that the Earth is Round and Orbits a Gigantic Nuclear
Reacter called The Sun. Not an easy task.
This is what I mean by Unwholesomely Extreme.
did she get that way, you ask? Well, the above mutual friend has kindly
explained to me the reason for this: When she was about two, her
father, who was insane, took the wife and gaggle of kids out back to
shoot them all. Luckily, a neighbor saw what was going on and stopped
` Needless to say, after that, her mother was all alone and had
to adopt several of the kids out to Poor Amish People Who Abused
Children. She was among those kids.
Long Story Short, when she came back to Technology Land, she began
going to high school. Since she could scarcely read or write - at the
time, anyway - she was quickly laughed out and presumably never tried to
Learn Anything again.
` Instead, her education seems to come from
What the Bible Literally Says. This probably means that she would
consider Phil (who, by the way, became a council member at his church
just last Sunday) to be some type of Heathen. Jus' like 'Jonathan'!
What? We're all going to Hell, and she's not invited?
Seriously, though, that's just... Unwholesome. And... well, Extreme. Caging the poor boy.
` Not taking him to the doctor
when he was too sick to walk that one time, insisting on praying for
him... (Thank goodness it was just some kind of non-lethal food poisoning!) That type of thing.
No wonder he got frustrated with religion, whenever that happened, but
I'm fairly sure that's not the only reason... As for me, I have a
completely different story. Maybe later.
Anyway, I feel the urge to go make a smoothie. Whee!
P.S. Sorry if I pissed anyone off, but any type of Unwholesome Extremism is Not My Thing, religious or not.
(At the end of this post I got a lot of spam, as usual... I hope I can keep it away on this blog!)


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We rely on your support to further our mission to understand birds and other wildlife, to involve the public in scientific discovery, and to use our knowledge to protect our planet.
Cornell Lab scientists use the latest technology in the quest to understand the natural world. This work includes teasing evolutionary secrets from DNA, deciphering wildlife sounds, and discovering how birds, elephants, whales, and other animals survive and communicate in a changing world. Our researchers collaborate with colleagues across Cornell University and with partners at many other agencies and organizations around the world.
Cornell Lab scientists and engineers build and deploy automated recording devices that capture the sounds of animals on land or in the ocean. Underwater devices help decipher marine mammal communication, census populations, and gauge the impact of human-caused noise pollution. Land-based recording units monitor endangered birds, forest elephants, and other animals in remote and inhospitable places. Automated recording devices also document the calls of songbirds that migrate overhead at night.
The massive amount of digital acoustic data gathered by our remote recordings devices created the need for a way to automatically scan all that data to pull out sounds of interest for further study. Sound analysis software created at the Cornell Lab, called Raven and Raven Lite, is used by scientists and anyone interested in animal vocalizations to display sounds visually as spectrograms so they can be measured and analyzed.
Most songbird migration happens at night, when it's hard to detect. With durable, autonomous recording devices programmed to run for months at a time in remote sites, we gather information about the timing, location, and species composition of nocturnal bird migration. These audio recordings describe massive movements of migrating birds, information that is crucial for conservation planning.
Each spring and fall, hundreds of millions of birds make a 600-mile, nonstop flight across the Gulf of Mexico. There is still much basic natural history we do not know about this specific migration path. We are collaborating with the University of Delaware, the Smithsonian Institution, abd Oklahoma University to study migration patterns in this region using weather surveillance radar. This is part of a project funded by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Southern Company.
The Lab's Macaulay Library is the world's largest online archive of natural sound audio and video recordings. The collection is always growing as both amateur and professional recordists submit their media online. Researchers, educators, and anyone, anywhere can explore the online archive. Listen to recordings of a given species, watch video of captivating animal behavior. Learn how you can contribute recordings.
To explore where birds live and how their distribution may be changing, we developed a new modeling framework that incorporates time- and region-specific elements into a predictive analysis. The resulting spatiotemporal exploratory models (STEMs) can be used to study how populations respond over time to broad-scale changes in land-use patterns, pollution, or climate. Using these dynamic maps, we will also be able to monitor changes in migration flyways, key to developing conservation strategies for at-risk species.
The Florida Scrub-Jay is a federally threatened species found in the few remaining patches of oak scrub in Florida. Habitat fragmentation, development, and fire suppression have contributed to a steep population decline in this species. By studying its genetics, we've learned about the species' movement patterns between habitat patches. With this information, we can preserve what remains of the genetic variation in the species by translocating birds as well as conserving and restoring habitat.
Climate has an enormous influence on where birds survive and reproduce. In the short term, weather can influence the timing of migration, territory establishment, breeding, and egg laying. Over the long term, species have adapted to seasonal weather trends. We combine data from citizen-science projects with long-term weather data to examine climate's role in the changes we are seeing in the ranges of some bird species, as well as the timing and outcomes of breeding.
In collaboration with researchers at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, we are investigating how bird behavior may change in response to climate change. We study Black-throated Blue Warblers to understand how changes in weather and food abundance affect reproductive hormones, behavior, and the species' long-term health. We also use recordings from our Macaulay Library to examine how song differences between populations may lead to splitting this species in two.
Marine mammals rely on sound to communicate with one another. Yet the ocean is so noisy from shipping, underwater energy exploration and development, sonar exploration, and other human activities that we are drowning them out, including the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. Our Bioacoustics Research Program is studying the responses of marine mammals to noise in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and in other areas to assess the long-range impact of this "acoustic smog."
We use our underwater devices to record, monitor, and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales along the East Coast. Fewer than 500 of these animals remain. We use this information to understand how whales are affected by energy exploration, shipping, and other human activities. With partners, we have established the Right Whale Listening Network in Massachusetts Bay to notify ship captains to slow down when right whales are detected nearby, preventing deadly collisions.
In the dense forests of Central Africa, endangered forest elephants are difficult to study and protect because they are so difficult to see. We use automated sound-recording equipment to collect their vocalizations. This gives our Elephant Listening Project and local biologists valuable information about elephant numbers, movements, and communication. We use this information to improve our understanding of elephants and to protect their dwindling numbers from poaching and disturbance from logging and seismic energy exploration.
During the winter of 1993–94, people began reporting House Finches with red, swollen eyes. The cause was a mutated form of bacteria common in poultry. Within three years, roughly 60% of House Finches in eastern North America were dead. Our Bird Population Studies researchers launched a citizen-science program called the House Finch Disease Survey to document the spread of the disease and they continue to investigate why the bacteria has been so persistent and successful.
Another way we study House Finch eye disease is by examining the genetic diversity of House Finches in relation to their susceptibility to this disease. We've discovered that the introduced population of House Finches in eastern North America is substantially less genetically diverse than the native population in western North America. We are also studying the numerous strains of the bacteria, to learn where the strain infecting finches may have arisen.
Students working in the Fuller Evolutionary Biology Lab have investigated the ecology and evolution of avian malaria. Studies have surveyed the host distributions of particular avian malaria species and tested the ability of various mosquito species to transmit avian malaria among hosts. Work done in collaboration with the Chicago Field Museum used sequenced DNA from 170 strains of malaria to clarify the genetic evolution of this single-celled organism that originated at least half a billion years ago.
Climate change is predicted to increase weather extremes. In species that engage in extra-pair copulations, adverse weather could cause males to spend less time and effort looking for mates, and reduce the incidence of extra-pair paternity. But the effects of weather on reproductive behavior remain poorly understood. We are examining the influence of weather on rates of extra-pair paternity in Black-throated Blue Warblers along an elevational gradient with a range of climatic conditions.
The Acorn Woodpecker is highly dependent on acorns from California oaks. We study the complex relationship between this species and the trees, as well as their fascinating breeding biology. Acorn Woodpeckers live in family groups of up to 15 individuals. Several related males compete to mate with several breeding females, all of whom lay their eggs in a single nest cavity. Offspring from these joint nests help raise the group's young for up to several years.
Oaks are well known "masting" species—acorn production varies greatly from year to year, but is highly synchronized among trees. Acorns are a critical food for many kinds of wildlife, including Acorn Woodpeckers. Walter Koenig leads a team in surveying acorn production to understand variability in acorn production, including why productivity differs, how far synchrony in acorn production extends, and what effects the variability has on California's wildlife.
For more than a decade, Lab scientist Edwin Scholes has used digital video to document and study the courtship behaviors of New Guinea's birds-of-paradise (family Paradisaeidae). In collaboration with wildlife photojournalist Tim Laman, this project has grown to become the most comprehensive collection of bird-of-paradise video footage in the world. The 39 known species provide a colorful lesson in evolutionary adaptation and sexual selection.
When molecular tools first showed that most birds mate with others besides their social mate, it came as a great surprise. Twenty years later, the discovery of a truly monogamous species is the surprise that begs explanation. The Florida Scrub-Jay is one such rare example. We are exploring whether this species deviates from monogamy in some parts of its range, which might help us to understand why genetic monogamy occurs in the first place.
Mike Webster, director of the Macaulay Library, studies the evolution of sexual signals in Australian fairywrens. The goal is to reveal how social and ecological environments interact to produce the plumage males display during breeding and how this indicates his health and condition. Other studies examine the role of song in fairywren mating behavior as well as the evolutionary forces that lead to divergence in sexual signals which may in turn spur the development of new species.
Understanding changes in the distribution and abundance of bird populations is difficult because birds are so mobile and most species are widely distributed. Citizen-science programs such as Project FeederWatch are invaluable for collecting consistent information across large areas over time. Citizen-science researchers use long-term data, cross-validation with other surveys, and modern statistical approaches to detect patterns, investigate mechanisms, and understand changes among bird populations.
Researcher Janis Dickinson leads a long-term study of Western Bluebirds focusing on cooperative breeding, sexual selection, and behavioral decision-making. Western Bluebirds are socially monogamous and essentially mate for life, but nearly half the time females lay eggs that are sired by males. Dickinson and her students look at territory quality, social environment, and the benefits of extra-pair mating, among other topics. The research is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.
Members of our lab's research community explore the biological diversity of birds and other organisms. We seek a better understanding of the processes that underlie the diversification and differentiation of populations and species, we generate improved reconstructions of their evolutionary histories, we conduct novel comparative and experimental tests of ecological and behavioral adaptations, and we inform scientific and public audiences about real-world issues relating to diversity and conservation genetics.
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A walk on the beach in Scheveningen
Ulrike Grafberger, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 , 1,183 Views
When there's a real storm and as a southern German, I'd like to curl up with a good book on the sofa, a Dutchman would prefer to go to the beach for "lekker uitwaaien" (a breath of fresh air). What doesn't work for me at all is "lekker" (breath of) and "uitwaaien" (fresh air). Because "uitwaaien" (fresh air) means going to the beach in at least a cold force 6 wind with sand flying everywhere. So "Uitwaaien" also means nothing other than having the wind swirling round your head.
Exfoliation free of charge on the beach
On a cold, stormy Sunday in a force 9 to 10 wind, I was talked into going onto the beach at Scheveningen. I thought it wouldn't have occurred to anyone else to rush towards the white flurry of foaming sand and sea. But far from it. A real mass migration was taking place there and then on the beach: a crowd of people wanting to feel the wind in their faces. Force 9 wind means: It's pretty uncomfortable and standing still in a wind speed of 75 kilometres an hour is difficult, as is walking against the wind. What's more, there's free facial exfoliation as well as red cheeks and nose.
So we walk bravely along the beach against the wind. Grains of sand in your eyes, between your teeth, in your hair and ears. Bits of foam fly around everywhere, spreading over the beach. But I have to admit: my head is given a blast of fresh air.
Warming up with Chocomel
But the best thing on a beach walk like this is warming up afterwards. When the so-called "beach tents", in other words the refreshment stalls, are set up (between March and October), then of course it's at its best. And when it's stormy outside, the hot chocolate (Chocomel) tastes particularly good. For anyone who wants to retreat into a less stormy environment, I can recommend the following restaurants on the Scheveningen harbour: There's freshly caught fish at Simonis (20 Visafslagweg). Admittedly, this is not a cosy restaurant for a romantic dinner for two, but an oversized fishing-warehouse in which the dishes are called out over loudspeakers. Nevertheless: you can't eat fish more authentically than in Scheveningen. And it's relatively cheap too.
Freshly brewed beer and good wine
Anyone wanting to enjoy a stylish menu of star-level quality, on the other hand – with the finest and freshest fish, of course – will be in good hands at Mero's (61e Vissershavensweg, on the first harbour). While the approach is more down to earth at Simonis, you're waited on expertly and with great charm here. Wines are served that complement the fish, but meat lovers and vegetarians can all find something to suit them too. Would you rather just have a beer and a few Dutch "bitterballen? Then you're in for a surprise: Scheveningen Harbours brews its own beer. Fourteen types of beer are produced year-round with the purest dune-filtered water, so not all the beers are always in stock. "Frisse Wind" and "Schevenings Triple" are classics. The beer lovers' paradise is Brouwcafé (28 Doctor Lelykade) and is situated directly on Scheveningen's second harbour - with a fantastic view of the ships.
So when there's another storm, first go "uitwaaien", or get a breath of fresh air on the beach, then go and eat fish on the harbour – and enjoy a blustery day to the full.


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Wind turbine and losses - how to estimate
Hi everyone,
I am currently looking at simulating the Vergnet GEV MP-C wind turbine with my grid-connected system, but I am a bit confused as to what to estimate in the "Turbine Losses" section. I was thinking of estimating 10% losses for availability, turbine performance, environmental, other, and wake effects. This would multiply to give overall loss factor of 40.95%. Does this seem accurate? Anyone else able to provide some insight as to what loss factor I should be using?
Thanks in advance
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This long leather coat is inspired for the TV series "Black Sails" Season 3 and worn by Toby Stephens as "Captain Flint". James Flint is the captain of the ship in the show. To make him look like leader this coat is just a perfect choice to wear. The coat is made from supreme quality of leather material. It is a long length leather coat with a wider bottom. The front is fastened with nickel free jeans metal buttons. As you can see in the picture the front is stitched in a very unique pattern to make this fabulous peace prominent. It has a small stand up collar. It has long sleeves with metal button cuffs. This leather jacket is an outstanding attire for winter.
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Flickr Users Unable to Upload Photos All Weekend Long While Flickr Staffers Take the Weekend Off
Usually I publish photographs to Flickr twice a day, in the morning and in the evening — random batch of 16 photos in the a.m. and in the p.m. This morning I cannot upload a single photo. For the entire weekend I have not been able to batch upload to Flickr at all and have resorted to uploading photos one by one by one with consistent upload failure with each new attempt.
If this were happening at Facebook, it would be the top story on Techmeme — but because it's just Yahoo and Flickr, it doesn't get that sort of attention.
It's not just me that this is happening to. The Flickr Help Forum has been littered with threads all weekend long where users are angry about not being able to upload photos to the site.
Cannot Upload Any Photos!
Video upload problems
Consistent upload failures and disconnect errors
Very slow upload speed
Uploadr gives error when attempting to Sign in
UPLOAD Servers speed DOWN to 3 %(max)
Can't Upload Photos with Mac Yosemite
Upload Problems
Uploading not possible at 2/3 it stops
[BUG] Upload speed
Can't upload
These are all Flickr discussions in their help forum active over the course of the last 3 hours. If you go back further, you will find that for the entire weekend a large chunk of Flickr users have been able to upload images reliably to Flickr.
While being unable to upload photos to a photo sharing site is a problem, to me the bigger problem is that at a company with Yahoo's resources not a single Flickr staffer seems to be assigned to review their active and public help forum.
While I get that Flickr staffers deserve a weekend off like everyone else, someone at Flickr should be assigned to the company's very public help forum 24/7. An acknowledgement from staff that they are aware of the problem and working on it goes a long way — but to leave frustrated users twisting in the wind all weekend long just makes a bad situation that much worse.
This uploading problem is a bad technical problem to deal with I'm sure, but basic customer service should be something that Flickr is capable of given the deep resources of Yahoo behind them. Flickr/Yahoo can and should do better.
The only thing that in any way resembles any source of staff involvement comes from one of the help forum threads where a Flickr staffer who goes by the name "Alex" reportedly claims in response to a service inquiry that everything is fine on his end and that he's able to upload 100 photos in under 5 seconds.
Even when Flickr was at it's peak, you cannot upload 100 photos in under 5 seconds. No service on the internet would do such a feat, not Google, not Facebook, nor any other site. The fact that this is allowed to stand as the closest thing to staff response is unfortunate.
Flickr just rolled out a wonderful new version of Flickr this past week. Especially the weekend after a major new effort such as this, Flickr/Yahoo should be watching things closer and be much more responsive to their users. Hopefully Flickr doesn't now let an entire Monday go by without acknowledging such a disruption to their service.
Update #1: Shortly after 8am this morning, Flickr staffer Wilson Lam acknowledged the problems at Flickr with uploading.
Update #2: Flickr Community Manager Matthew Almon Roth opened up a new thread apologizing for the upload issues over the weekend. According to Roth, "the sources of the issues are varied, but they have to do with a massive increase in uploads with the new Mac and Windows Uploadrs and Auto-upload in the mobile apps.
"We've seen consecutive days of new upload records for Flickr, smashing previous maximum upload days, and we've been working around the clock to make sure our infrastructure keeps up with demand. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused many of you and we hope to have all issues resolved as soon as possible," wrote Roth.
Update #3: I was just able to upload a batch of 16 photos without any issue. It looks like progress is being made with regards to this frustrating problem.


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Step 1
Beat first 6 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 to 3 minutes or until well blended.
Step 2
Melt butter in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet; add egg mixture.
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What you need to know when documenting your disability
The documentation establishing a disability needs to include the following elements for a student to be served in a postsecondary setting.
See these documentation guidelines for specific disabilities.
Documentation must:
- Be current, appropriate, and relevant information. In most cases, documentation shouldn't be older than three years. Accommodation needs change and are not always identified at the time of initial diagnosis. However, a prior history of accommodation, without documentation of current need, does not necessarily demonstrate eligibility for an accommodation.
- Specify the nature and extent of the disability in accordance with current professional standards and techniques.
- Provide a diagnosis of the disability with specific diagnostic information, including assessment procedures and relevant test scores. Terms such as "suggest" or "is indicative of" are not a diagnosis.
- Provide evidence of a substantial limitation to a major life function.
- Contain an explanation of the impact of the disability on the student's current academic performance.
- Include state recommendations for specific accommodations for the academic environment.
- Clearly substantiate the need for all of the student's specific accommodation requests.
- Include the name, title, and professional credentials of the evaluator.
- Be submitted on professional letterhead, typed, dated and signed by an appropriately licensed professional in the specialty area.
It's the responsibility of the individual seeking accommodations to provide current and adequate disability documentation before accommodations are delivered. In some cases, new or further assessment by an appropriate professional may be required to determine eligibility. The cost of obtaining this documentation is the responsibility of the student. A high school IEP (Individual Education Plan) may be submitted and offers helpful information, but is not enough to meet the requirements of professional diagnostic documentation. Documentation guidelines reflect a nationally recognized set of standards as set forth by the professional organization Association of Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD).
SCTCC will provide reasonable accommodations, and/or services that are warranted by the documentation provided. A plan for accommodations is made through an interactive process with the Counselor for Students with Disabilities and the student requesting the accommodations. SCTCC makes the final decision in selecting from equally effective accommodations. An accommodation provision may be refused if it imposes an undue hardship or fundamental alteration of a program or course at SCTCC or the documentation does not support the request.
It's the policy of SCTCC to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Amendments Act (ADAAA). The ADAAA prohibits discrimination of qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of their disability. SCTCC shall make reasonable accommodations to ensure access to programs, services, and activities as required by law. Access means that a qualified individual with a disability will not be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities, nor will the individual be subjected to discrimination.
SCTCC will maintain confidentiality of the documentation submitted and will not release any part of the documentation without the student's informed and written consent.


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Sharon Roubach
Intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic: Science, Religion, and The War of the Worlds - Part I
Douglas Cowan
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Allen H. Redmon
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Tony Mills
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Michelle L. Thurlow
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Report from Slamdance 2007
William L. Blizek, Michele M. Desmarais, and Beth R. Ritter


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25 Weeks
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well today I am officially 25 weeks and 1 day along on this journey. Sorry about the lack of posts but this week has been crazy for me!~ It totally hit me that I need to get on the ball with this baby thing. Up until this point I have been casually collecting clothes and items but Justin and I haven't really done any serious shopping for the baby or nursery. The other day I was sitting in the office and it hit me that once I hit 7 months (on week 27) I am in my third trimester!! And I am not ready for this baby to come!! lol. So Justin and I are planning on making some purchases this weekend for the nursery.
By this week Avery is is approximately 1.5 pounds and just under 13.7 inches long. It's at this point that babies start to take their own pace in growth. When I was born, I was a teenie tiny baby weighing in at 6lbs, while Justin was a gordo baby weighing in at almost 11lbs. He was so large that they had to break his collar bone to get him out!! yikes! SOO.. lets just hope the little guy gets my genes in the baby growth pool, he can have Justin's after he gets out of me, but I just hope he's a small newborn!!! otherwise we may start to have some issues with delivering him.
Anyway- to sum up the week so far I did have a tramatic day on Tuesday. I was driving to work listening to the radio and they were discussing the H1N1 virus and going through some of the local horror stories. Of course, this has been something that I had struggled with for the best part of the last month and a half. I turned off the radio and started praying for peace about the issue of whether or not I should get the vaccine. It has been such an issue weighing on my heart!
So- I get into work and I was not there for more than an hour when my Doc calls the office and tells me that she wanted me to come down and get the vacinne-NOW. I instantly start to freak out and panic and I told her that I was not sure that I really was ready to get it, and I had questions, and doubts, and fears. She again, went through some of the local pregnancy horror stories and long story short- I ended up going down and getting the vaccine. I cried all the way there. I even had one of the pastor's call a family member who works as a nurse and she said the same thing- "Go." BUT- now that it's done and over with I think I can rest a little easier. I pray that God will protect me and baby and I just hope I made the right choice!