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FAYETTE CROSS COUNTRY: It's going to be a different situation this season for Fayette's boys cross country team. Where's the stand-out runner heading for the state meet? He graduated, but he left behind a good corps of solid runners.
Perhaps the next stand-out is a freshman—Skylar Lantz who finished first Saturday among the Eagle runners at the Defiance Early Bird Open. The freshman was only five seconds ahead of senior Trevor Cox, and Fayette coach Bryan Stambaugh expects the pair to battle for supremacy. Another senior, Dalton Goeltzenleuchter, was just another 30 seconds back, giving the Eagles a strong pack.
Other team members are seniors Nathan Seiler and Tim Stoltzfus, juniors Cole Burkholder and Dusty Lantz, sophomores Ian Schrock and Dylan Aschemeier, and freshmen Jared Wagner and Dylan Stannard.
On the girls side, junior Melanie Seiler returns from her impressive first season last year when she fell only a few seconds short of a trip to state. At Defiance, sophomore returner Jill Stuckey was just 20 seconds behind.
That's another pair that Stambaugh expects to challenge one another.
"Jill should be able to stay close," he said, but she'll need to push herself to win.
Rounding out the small girls team is senior Sarah Kovar, junior Ashtyn Baker, sophomore Madelyn Maginn and freshman Liz Maginn.
At the Defiance run, Seiler took 14th overall at 22:26, followed by Stuckey (18th, 22:46), Liz Maginn (49th, 24:25), Kovar (61st, 25:24), Madelyn Maginn (78th, 26:54) and Baker (88th, 27:39).
Wauseon freshman Taylor Vernot won the race at 20:15.
The Eagles seemed to match up well with the Pettisville team, Stambaugh said, although no team scores were computed in the open run.
In the boys race, Napoleon senior Steven Weaver, repeated as champion with a time of 16:36.
For the Eagles, Lantz took 37th at 19:25, followed by Cox (41st, 19:30), Goeltzenleuchter (54th, 20:00), Schrock (74th, 20:48), Burkholder (82nd, 21:04), Seiler (99th, 21:35), Stoltzfus (104th, 21:44), Wagner (105th, 21:44), Aschemeier (114th, 21:54), Stannard (115th, 22:00), and Lantz (117th, 22:08).
Junior high
Coach Stambaugh was impressed with his two younger squads and figures they would have scored highly in team scoring.
Fayette boys were led by eighth grader Casen Burkholder, (10th, 13:11), who was followed by Austin Lopez (14th, 13:42), Alex Jaramillo (21st, 14:12), Christian Suarez (22nd, 14:17), Bryce Conklin (29th, 14:36), Jared Seiler (33rd, 14:44), Mason Maginn (48th, 15:30), Joel Smith (53rd, 15:49), Cole Stuckey (57th, 16:03) and Jason Stuckey (68th,17:28).
Kaela Seiler placed second (14:45), followed by Haley Perdue (6th, 15:14), Kelsey Fruchey (7th, 15:17) and Taylor Griffiths (32nd, 16:52).
With eight seniors gone from last year's squad, how could a coach be anything but worried about the prospects for the new season?
Fayette coach Danni Keefer knows she lost a lot of talent and height, but she's still looking forward to a good season from her team.
"I'm looking at a good, positive year," Keefer said, "and the girls are having so much fun."
What the Eagles lack in height, perhaps they'll make up in determination.
"They have a great attitude. They're communicating. They're very positive we each other. They're getting lots of help from each other. The girls are excited," Keefer said, "and they're hoping for a good season."
Senior players are front row player Reba Rash and back row player Kayla Wagner. Setter Cady Stockburger is the only varsity returnee from the junior class.
Other juniors are front row player Allison Cuff and all-around player Jessica White.
Sophomore class members are Makayla Smith and Taylor Hartman—both all-around players—and spiker Jenna Myers who will shift between the varsity and JV teams. Some other JV players may see some time with the varsity squad, also.
So far, Keefer has seen good serving skills shown by Stockburger, Wagner and Rash. She doesn't expect to make use of the libero position this season since she has so many all-purpose players.
Several girls played with a summer league in Liberty Center, but Coach Keefer wasn't able to be part of the action. She and the girls both have some learning to do.
"Our first couple of matches will be rough," Keefer said.
She will start off with some trial-and-error games to see how the girls might best fit in.
She'll find out soon how far her energetic, spirited squad can go.
FAYETTE GOLF: Fayette golf coach Ryan Colegrove has a solid lineup among his top four players. Now he needs that fifth and sixth person to step up fill the final two positions.
"We're pretty solid with Jon Boesger, Zayne Colegrove, Dusty Lantz and Riley Martin," Colegrove said.
He sees Boesger as the top returner to lead the squad. Boesger and Colegrove were both named to last year's second team all-BBC.
Martin and Lantz also finished well in the league meet.
Freshman Michael Brubaker put in a lot of time on the course over the summer, the coach said, and he might move into the scoring range.
Other freshmen are Ryan Gilmore (out with an ankle injury), Skylar Lantz and Justin White.
Returning sophomores are Thomas Ehman, Nathaniel Harvey, Collin McCabe and Cody Stuckey.
Other juniors are Tiffany Bates, Alec Hylander and Matt Storrs. Quintin Keefer joins Boesger as the other senior on the squad.
"The biggest thing that I am looking for this year is consistency," Colegrove said. "I have some players who can go low, but then they can turn around the next day and shoot a big number. I would like to see that level out. If that happens we can be competitive with most teams on our schedule."
Thursday at Ironwood, Fayette downed Pettisville 175-226. Lantz came through with medalist honors at 40, followed by Colegrove, 43; Martin, 44; Hylander, 48; Boesger, 49; and White, 60.
At De-Mor Hills last Tuesday, Delta win a tri-match with 170, followed by Fayette's 188 and Hilltop's 197. Delta's Brandon Bailey was medalist at 39.
For the Eagles, Martin was tops at 44, followed by Boesger, 46; Colegrove, 47; Hylander, 51; and Storrs, 54.
MORENCI FOOTBALL: Catch us if you can.
There are sure to be teams that can corral Morenci's speedy backfield, but Jonesville is not among them.
It was a sweet night at the Comets' field Friday night for Morenci coach Taz Wallace. The 48-0 shellacking of Jonesville was both his first win as the Bulldogs' leader and also his first career victory as a head coach.
Morenci had 19 points on the scoreboard before the Comets ever crossed the 50-yard line. More than 14 minutes passed before the Comets made a first down—one that didn't come from a Morenci penalty, that is.
That's a word that stabs Coach Wallace: penalty. The Bulldogs had three touchdowns called back due to penalties and finished the game with 110 yards worth of infractions.
Wallace didn't agree with all the calls, but as he told his squad, it's something you can't control and you just have to play the game.
Morenci's first offensive play of the contest—a touchdown pass to freshman Austin Sandusky—was nullified due to a holding call, but rookie quarterback Cody Powell soon found Hayze Wolf open for a 42-yard pass play and the Bulldogs' first score. Kendrick Taylor kicked the first of four PATs.
Jonesville soon punted and the Bulldogs were on the scoreboard again at 4:24. After Gemonte Gibson's 32-yard gain, Powell passed to Sandusky in the end zone. The ball bounced off another player's hands and into the freshman's arms.
Powell scored the next touchdown, traveling 47 yards on a keeper and a 19-0 lead with 90 seconds left in the quarter.
The Comets made a pair of first downs on Morenci penalties and advanced to the Bulldog 17 before fumbling. Two penalties on a single play nullified a touchdown run by Max Gautz and Morenci never scored in the second quarter.
Simon Jeffers hauled in a pair of passes early in the third quarter and scored on the second one—a 65-yard play. On a bad snap from center, Taylor picked up the ball and ran for two points.
A touchdown by KC Clegg was called back due to a penalty, but three plays later Gibson streaked 42 yards for a score.
Gautz returned a punt for a touchdown to make it 41-0 at 8:55 in the fourth quarter. After a 20-yard pass to Jeffers, Clegg had another shot at the goal line and raced 31 yards for the final score.
Powell finished as the largest ground gainer with 70 yards on six carries and he passed to five receivers for 204 yards in the air.
"That's a good problem to have," Wallace said about his corral of receivers. "These guys have been working really hard for several months."
He's pleased with the versatility of his ground and air attack and says it will vary from week to week.
"It depends on what the defense gives us," he said.
The roster
Coach Wallace starts the season with only 17 varsity players, but said he isn't disappointed with numbers. There are 44 players in the program—not bad for a small school, he says—and he knows of other districts having trouble attracting players.
Wallace sees good team speed at all skill positions and his players up front are mostly in the 200 to 245 pound range.
Linemen include seniors Lucas Hollstein, Jacob McVay, Jordan Bach and Larry Barron, junior Matt Heinze and sophomore Eli Decker. There are also a rookie senior, Sam Fallot.
Cody Powell, the junior quarterback, will be backed up by his leading ball carrier, senior Max Gautz. Wallace lists as receivers/running backs seniors Jay Howard, Simon Jeffers and Gemonte Gibson, juniors Austin Thomas, Kendrick Taylor and Hayze Wolf, sophomore KC Clegg and freshman Austin Sandusky.
Bach handles punting, Gautz kicks off and Taylor kicks PATs.
Wallace is pleased with how the team is working together.
"The kids have bought into what we're doing and they're all family," he said.
He's insisting that the Bulldogs play a tough, physical contest and in all phases of the game.
"It's going to be a fight for 48 minutes," he said. "We expect to win every time we step onto the field."
The season opener gave Wallace some things to correct in preparation for a trip Thursday to Hudson—38-28 winners against Hillsdale last week. The Tigers are seeking their 14th consecutive win over Morenci.
Fans may be looking toward Sept. 30 when the Bulldogs travel to face their rivals from Sand Creek. The Aggies look as though they're ready to spoil Coach Wallace's début season as they trounced Blissfield 53-6.
One game at a time, Wallace responds.
"There's no time to be complacent," he said.
MORENCI JV FOOTBALL: Morenci's JV football team trailed Jonesville 12-6 early in the fourth quarter, but the Comets made the most of the final minutes to win 26-6.
"We were in the red zone six times," said coach Dan Hoffman, but only made it into the end zone once.
Colin Smith scored the Bulldogs' lone touchdown on a three-yard run.
Morenci finished with 212 yards to Jonesville's 255. The Bulldogs also came through with two interceptions.
Daiton Lemmon led tacklers with 13, followed by Nick Stutzman and Torin Merillat with nine each.
Hoffman expects a more disciplined game from his squad this week against Hudson and he welcomes the return of at least one of the three players who missed the Jonesville contest.
Hudson defeated Hillsdale last week and visits Morenci tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m.
MORENCI CROSS: Morenci's girls cross country team will be scoring team points this season, but the boys squad is one player short.
Coach Brad Brown hopes to pick up one more runner after school starts next week to give the boys a fifth person for a full team.
The Bulldogs' girls squad should come through with some good showings, Brown said, with two state qualifiers from last season.
Sophomore Mariah Gillen qualified for the state finals last year as a freshman in Div. IV. In Div. III, Blissfield freshman Tatyana Pless was also a qualifier and this year she's moved to Morenci.
The other three returners—senior Kourtney Cousino and juniors Taylor Baugh and Mary Margaret Hollstein—are all working hard to improve from last year's times.
Brown expected the boys to offer a competitive squad against league favorite Clinton, but Morenci's fifth runner is no longer eligible.
Luke and Jake Spaulding, juniors, return to lead the squad after logging a lot of miles over the summer. Sophomore Reagan Stowell is back for a second year and Spencer Elliott is out for his freshman year.
Elliott has been running since fifth grade, Brown said, but he'll have to make the adjustment to the longer high school course.
Coach Brown is expecting some slower times early in the season, but he's expecting steady improvement as the season progresses.
MORENCI VOLLEYBALL: It wasn't just the loss of five seniors that affected Morenci volleyball coach Dennis Owens when he walked into the gym for the first day of practice. The loss was greater than that.
Those five girls had been part of the program ever since he joined the coaching staff six seasons ago.
Those graduates provided the bulk of the hitting, blocking and setting the team had the last three years.
Fortunately, the players he has on the court now are helping him forget about those who have moved on.
"I'm really pleased with their effort, hustle and togetherness," Owens said. "They're playing well together and that can go a long way in volleyball."
The Bulldogs advanced Saturday to the semifinals of the Blissfield Invitational, and with a 5-3-1 record, they're doing better than a year ago at this point.
"I'm absolutely thrilled with how we're playing," said the coach after the tournament. "We didn't have a down match today."
For the second time this season, the Bulldogs played with only seven girls.
The returning seniors are Matea Garcia—last year's libero—back row player Carolyn Blaker and Chelsea Phillips. Blaker will take more of an all-around role this season, while front row player Phillips should be back in action for the next match after recovering from illness.
Seven juniors make up the remainder, with only one varsity letter-winner. The returner is Brooke Bovee who is leading the squad in hitting so far.
Hannah Jeffers is an all-around player and Erin Vanderpool is taking the libero role. Taylor Schisler and Ashley VanBrant are front-row players, while Jessica Storrs will take a back-row post. Storrs missed the first two outings.
Breanna Gilson will be back with her old teammates later in September when clearance comes from her doctor. If her knee holds up, Owens said, her hitting, setting and passing skills will open some new possibilities for the squad.
Phillips was top ace server as a junior, and Owens expects Bovee and Garcia to join her as the best at the serving line, but he might be in for an occasional surprise. Saturday at Blissfield, Blaker never missed a serving attempt.
In pool play, the Bulldogs beat Britton Deerfield and Michigan Center but split with Blissfield. In bracket play, they beat Dundee and lost to the eventual champions from Madison. The second game ended 25-23.
League play opens Sept. 13 at Sand Creek and Coach Owens expects his squad to be ready for the challenge.


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Washington, DC
The Lincoln Memorial has been the site of civil rights demonstrations
for nearly six decades. On its steps Martin Luther King, Jr.,
spoke of his dream for America:
...In spite of the difficulties of the moment, I still have
a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I
have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out
the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons
of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able
to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert
state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression will
be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation
where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama...will be transformed
into a situation where little black boys and black girls will
be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls...I
have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every
hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be
made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight...
...From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
When we let freedom ring,...we will be able to speed up that day
when all God's children...will be able to join hands and sing
in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at
last! Thank God Almighty, we're free at last!"
King's speech was the grand finale of the August 28, 1963, "March
on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." The march, led by union leader
A. Philip Randolph and organizer Bayard Rustin, drew 200,000 supporters,
50,000 of them white. They included clergy of every faith, students,
blue-collar and white-collar workers, and celebrities like Harry
Belafonte, Sammy Davis, Jr., Marlon Brando, James Garner, Joan
Baez, and Bob Dylan. Robert Weisbrot, author of Freedom Bound,
called the march "the largest political assembly in American history."
Of the other civil rights events at the Lincoln Memorial, perhaps
none other has been as celebrated as the Easter Sunday 1939 concert
by contralto Marian Anderson, who sang to 75,000 people gathered
on the grounds. As an African American Anderson had previously
been denied the right to perform at Constitution Hall, owned by
the then all-white Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
As a result First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who resigned from the
DAR because of the incident, worked in tandem with the Marian
Anderson Citizens Committee, the NAACP, and other artistic and
civil rights organizations to arrange and publicize the Lincoln
Memorial concert.
In January 2003, the National Capital Planning Commission approved
plans to add an inscription to the Lincoln Memorial commemorating
King's "I Have a Dream" speech. The inscription will be placed
on the steps leading to the memorial, at the spot where King delivered
the speech.
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For those not familiar, J-1 visas require the applicant to return to their country of orgin for two years before being eligible to return to the US. There are exemptions to this requirement to return to their country that can be granted, including a "No Objection Statement" from their government or the "Conrad Program." The Conrad Program is a waiver issued for a foreign medical graduate who has an offer of full-time employment at a health care facility in a designated health care professional shortage area or at a health care facility which serves patients from such a designated area.
H1-b visas are a 6- to 10-year visa permitting employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, like medicine.
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It is well-known that following their training, many fellows tend to prefer to stay at or near their training hospital - often because it is simply easier (and less expensive) to stay locally to work if possible. Many hospital programs know this - especially ones in upper-crust communities with more than one competing hospital system. As such, there is a bias toward hiring foreign-trained fellows in fellowship programs because programs don't have to worry about oversaturating their market. This, then, skews competition for fellowship programs toward accepting foreign applicants in lieu of US-born applicants.
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With the increased pressure to shrink subspecialty medicine in favor of primary care with health care reform, perhaps it is time we re-visit the J-1 visa issue for our US medical schools and fellowship programs. Maybe we should require all of our new graduates to work for two years in underserved areas before settling in their chosen community.
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Awards are documented in NDAWS, your Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), Electronic Service Record (ESR), and on your Personnel Summary Records (PSR), and there are different requirements for each system.
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Interior Design
John Scouffas is currently a Design Principal for one of the world's largest and most respected architectural design firms with offices across the world. He is involved in projects that are global in scope and at the forefront of commercial design. His clients include, Intel, HP, Apple and many in the entertainment industry.
Additionally, he is part of the Gensler Regional Design Leadership Committee, as well as a member of the professional interior design organization CCIDC (California Council for Interior Design Certification). He has participated in many IIDA (International Interior Design Association) functions and activities for local charities and educational organizations including SJSU. " I have enjoyed teaching these young, talented, future designers at San Jose State University and look forward to meeting and working with many more of them".


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Correct me if I'm wrong, but did they not outlaw red paint many years ago? I'm talking red fill, not shell.
The story:
So i'm talking to my friend who lives in Pennsylvania. He's a newbie to paintball so I'm helping him out. I've known him for years and he's not going to lie to me. But he tells me some guy at his field is shooting red paint. Like blood red paint. Then I was like 'thats strange, they dont make those anywhere, atleast not by big companies'. Direct Hit is left over diablo's and its pink, thats the only company that i know thats running a paint scam currently. Then he goes on to tell me that he's seen red paint a lot aroudn his field, word is someone in SC makes it. This pissed me off, and I told him to try to find out who makes it, because its making the sport look really bad to the public who already had the 'violent' image. Anyways, just wondering if anyone had any information on this.
"If all I see in society is darkness, why should I express myself with a different color than black? Its camoflauge to mingle with society" ~Chaos


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Why Your Doors Close
Episode Notes
Motivational Evening talk offering an alternative perspective on closed doors. The bright side of it.
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Mufti Menk's work has gained worldwide recognition and he has been named one of "The Top 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World" since 2010.
He has millions of followers across his social media platforms. Mufti Menk's personable style and down to earth approach has made him one of the most sought after scholars in our time. He has endeared himself to people with his much loved lecture series, a Mufti Menk hallmark.
He travels the world spreading a simple but profound message: "Do good, help others while preparing for the Hereafter".
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text: Bats are among the world's most successful mammals. Found on six continents, they do at night what birds do in daytime. But other than a bit of Halloween lip service, they go largely unnoticed, and are appreciated mostly for being scary and carrying disease. We at Wired, however, are big fans of bats, and on the following pages we take a closer look at these amazing creatures. Above: Even Bats Have Friends Because bats live in colonies and look alike to human eyes, it's odd to imagine them having friends. Yet researchers say they're smart, highly social, and hang out with the same group year after year. Some even mate for life. Image: Little brown bats in Laurel Caverns, Pennsylvania. (Brandon Keim/Wired)On Our Radar Bat echolocation works much like radar. As it happens, Mexican free-tailed bats live in colonies so large that when they emerge at night, they show up on human radars (below). Images: 1) Mexican free-tailed bats exiting Bracken Cave in Texas. (USFWS/Flickr) 2) Mexican free-tailed bats as detected by Doppler radar. (Emariana Taylor)Baby Bats in Blankets One of the more adorable (and alliterative) memes to sweep the intertubes, these fuzzy little fellows were rescued after a flood in eastern Australia. Image: Luke Marsden/Newspix/RexLove Songs Bats use such a rich repertoire of vocalizations that some researchers think they may have a rudimentary language. If so, they speak the language of love. In the video above, a Mexican free-tailed bat sings a courtship song. Video: George Pollak/YouTubeAn Evolutionary Success, Hidden in the Dark Because bats are nocturnal, most people only infrequently see them -- a glimpse here, a flicker there. The night obscures just how widespread they are. Their taxonomic order, Chiroptera, contains more species than any mammal order except rodents. The fossil above is Onychonycteris finneyi, the oldest known bat. It lived 52 million years ago in what is now the western United States. The fossil is well-preserved enough for scientists to see that O. finneyi couldn't echolocate, but its body plan could otherwise pass for modern. Eating insects on the wing at night is, quite simply, an evolutionary recipe that works. Image: Aarvid Aase/NPSMore Baby Bats in Blankets Or at least hanging on blankets, rather than being wrapped in them. Image: An Eastern red bat nursing its offspring. (Josh Henderson/FlickrBig Money Bats Even if you don't love bats, you can love what they do: eat insects that eat crops. Add up the money they save in pesticides, and it amounts to some $3 billion per year in the United States, and possibly much more. Images: 1) Gilles San Martin/Flickr 2) Estimated county-by-county annual value of insectivorous bats in agriculture. Multiply values by $1,000, e.g., 2100 to 3400 equals $2.1 million to $3.4 million (Boyles et al./Science).Bat Love Because this is a family publication, we'll let the authors of "Fellatio by Fruit Bats Prolongs Copulation Time," a study published in 2009 in Public Library of Science One, explain their findings in scientific terms: The short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx exhibits resource defence polygyny and one sexually active male often roosts with groups of females in tents made from leaves. Female bats often lick their mate's penis during dorsoventral copulation. The female lowers her head to lick the shaft or the base of the male's penis but does not lick the glans penis which has already penetrated the vagina. Males never withdrew their penis when it was licked by the mating partner. A positive relationship exists between the length of time that the female licked the male's penis during copulation and the duration of copulation. Furthermore, mating pairs spent significantly more time in copulation if the female licked her mate's penis than if fellatio was absent. Males also show postcopulatory genital grooming after intromission. As scientists are not supposed to leap to conclusions, the researchers wrote that "at present, we do not know why genital licking occurs." Images: 1) Fruit bats. (Rob/Flickr 2) Graph depicting the relationship between the duration of fellatio and copulation and fruit bats. (Tan et al./PLoS One)Don't Blame the Bats Though it's true that bats often carry diseases that can infect humans, outbreaks aren't always their fault. Take the case of Hendra virus, which made a lethal jump between fruit bats (above) and humans in Australia. Turns out human activity made the outbreak more likely. Human development fragmented the bats' migratory habitats, and imported urban fruit trees offered year-round sources of food that didn't exist before. Many bats stopped migrating and settled year-round in urban areas, a dynamic that changed how disease levels fluctuated in their own populations, ultimately helping the virus spill over into ours. On a related note, attempts at culling rabies-carrying vampire bat populations in Peru appear to have backfired. By destabilizing the colonies, culls actually made them more vulnerable to the disease. Image: James Niland/FlickrAdapted to Vampires Rabies, a disease sometimes carried by vampire bats, is thought to be almost universally fatal. In Peru, however, some people who live where vampire bat attacks are frequent appear to resist the disease. It's not supposed to be possible, but over generations they appear to have adapted. Image: Daniel StreickerA Leafy Green Cave Though bats are stereotyped as living in caves, many live among vegetation for much of the year. Hardwicke's woolly bats do both: they roost inside pitcher plants. Over evolutionary time car key-sized bats and their plants have adapted to each other, with the plants providing cover and protection in exchange for nutrient-rich guano. Image: Holger BohnWhite Nose Syndrome North American bats are sadly threatened by the most virulent disease outbreak ever seen in animals. White Nose Syndrome was first detected in a New York cave in 2006; since then it's killed more than 6 million bats, threatening some species with extinction and leaving much of the eastern United States nearly bat-free. To help fight the disease, visit Bat Conservation International or the National Speleological Society. Image: Researchers inspect an Indiana bat for signs of White Nose Syndrome in Carter Caves state park, Kentucky. (Brandon Keim/Wired)


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Seconds Count
Air Evac Lifeteam takes
emergency services to rural people
by Jim McCarty
On a northeast Missouri
farm a woman watches in horror as her husband's tractor slowly tips
over and pins him underneath. She grabs her phone and quickly dials a
toll-free number. In short order the alien drumbeat of a helicopter splits
the air.
The chopper sets down
close to the accident scene with a crew of three on board — a pilot,
a registered nurse and a paramedic. They set to work digging the man out
from under the tractor. They load him into the helicopter and make a beeline
for the hospital at 130 mph.
Every day similar
tragedies take place across rural America. Often the outcome is tragic
because the level of care needed by the patient is not available or the
distance to the hospital too vast.
In this case the patient
survives, his life saved thanks to Air
Evac Lifeteam, a helicopter ambulance service with 36 mostly rural
bases in Missouri and nine other states.
Air Evac got its start
in 1985 when a group of private citizens from West Plains founded the
company to give rural people in this south-central Missouri area better
access to emergency care. Roads in this part of Missouri are treacherous,
so accidents are common. While West Plains has a hospital, the nearest
trauma center is a 120-mile drive to Springfield.
a basic concept we've got to get across," says Colin Collins,
CEO of Air Evac. "Urgency and time are extremely important in some
medical conditions. Every minute, every second counts."
Collins says rapid
response to an accident is an issue metro areas have solved but rural
areas have not. He says urban ambulances are located so that, on average,
no person is more than six minutes away. Rural areas average 17 minutes
response time, then 54 minutes to arrive at a hospital capable of dealing
with trauma.
He says when it comes
to life-threatening injuries, 10 percent of urban patients will die. In
rural areas nearly 40 percent won't survive.
Emergency services
in Missouri are funded at the local level. So rural areas, with low population
densities, lag behind their urban counterparts.
been with families when the surgeon comes out and says, 'I'm
sorry, but the injuries were just too severe to sustain life.' What
he should have said is we didn't have what we needed here to save
his life. Because probably if that injury had happened in Columbia, Greene
County or Jackson County he would have lived," says Collins, who
was CEO of Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains when Air Evac was founded.
Collins was involved
in the medical field for many years and saw first hand the disparity between
rural and urban services. He left the field for a time and when he returned
nothing had changed.
nothing on the horizon that's going to push the level of technology
out to areas like this," he says.
Instead of fighting
a losing battle to bring rural hospitals up to big city standards, Air
Evac's founders turned instead to getting rural people to urban
hospitals faster. Air ambulance services were nothing new. Following the
Vietnam War helicopters started appearing in places like St. Louis, Kansas
City and Columbia. When a rural person needed their services they had
to wait for the helicopter to travel to them.
Air Evac tried a different
approach. Its helicopters are based where they are needed. When the service
started West Plains was the smallest city in the United States with a
dedicated air ambulance service. Air Evac can still make that claim with
a base in Yellville, Ark., population 1,700.
Besides the West Plains
base, Air Evac helicopters fly out of Missouri towns like St. Clair, Troy,
Poplar Bluff, Farmington and Cape Girardeau. Northeast Missouri has coverage
from nearby Quincy, Ill., and the southwest corner benefits from Arkansas
bases at Springdale and Yellville.
Those who got the
operation off the ground in 1985 had a philosophy in mind: "We believe
we should be able to live in rural areas," says Ken Harper, membership
director for Air Evac and one of the three original founders. "Why
should anyone be penalized by where they want to live?"
Ken came up with a
plan that made bringing an expensive service to a town of 9,000 possible.
His idea was modeled after a similar service in Switzerland that sold
memberships to cover the expense of operations. He took the plan to Bill
Chritton, a helicopter pilot and Vietnam veteran who was running a strawberry
"He convinced
me to take the business plan and read it," says Chritton. "I
read it and then re-read it. I tossed and turned during the night and
the next day said, 'I believe we can make this work.'"
Air Evac found quarters
in a tiny room at the West Plains hospital. "We had three pilots
who did everything including being president of the company," says
Chritton, one of the original three pilots and current chairman of the
board. To keep the fledgling operation running Chritton poured thousands
of dollars of his own money into Air Evac.
From those humble
beginnings the service quickly spread until, today, new bases open at
the rate of one per month. The service has flown more than 70,000 missions
and saved countless lives. Nearly 300,000 have joined. They come in at
the rate of 300 per day, Harper says.
That the company is
so successful speaks volumes of the dedicated people who refused to believe
their task was impossible.
Despite its success
Air Evac is far from a gold-plated company, Collins is quick to point
out. The 700 employees do whatever they can to keep expenses low.
The same Bell 206 Longranger helicopters are used at each base. The company
buys them used, then rebuilds them in a facility located at the West Plains
airport. This way parts can be interchanged and pilot training is standardized.
Bases have grown outward
from West Plains so they are mutually supportive. If one base gets a call,
the neighboring base can offer backup.
Although it doesn't
cover all the costs, the membership base remains the key to the organization's
survival. Membership costs $40 for an individual, $45 for a couple or
$50 for a family membership. A $500 lifetime membership is also available.
Members agree to let
Air Evac bill their insurance if they have any. Otherwise the service
is free.
Non-members are not
denied services. However non-members will be billed for the cost of the
flight, which can be as much as $8,000.
Clint Hinds of Willow
Springs joined Air Evac in 1985. "We joined just to help get the
thing going," he says. "I hoped we'd never need it."
Recently Hinds was
strapped into the helicopter and transported from West Plains to Springfield
after he suffered chest pains.
"Things turned
out good," he says. "I was glad to have it available. They
just knew I was a member and loaded me up.
One woman has made
10 trips in Air Evac helicopters. The service's crews responded
to the tornadoes that struck Missouri in May and to the 2002 Oklahoma
bridge collapse. Besides providing the air ambulance service Air Evac
is working to improve the level of emergency care in rural areas by offering
an intensive training program free for paramedics and registered nurses.
While Collins is proud
of the accomplishments Air Evac has made, he says the service is barely
making a dent in what needs to be done. "We need more helicopters,
five to six more just in Missouri," he says.
To do that rural people
need to become members. "That is how you keep the helicopters out
there," he says. "We want everyone to be a member."
For more information
call 1-800-793-0010, send e-mail to email@example.com
or visit www.lifeteam.net


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A tangy, buttery white wine and grapefruit sauce with smoky bacon is the perfect accompaniment to sweet sea scallops.
How to Make It
Using a sharp knife, peel the grapefruit, removing all of the bitter white pith. Working over a bowl, cut in between the membranes to release the sections. Squeeze the juice from the membrane into another bowl; you should have about 3 tablespoons of juice.
In a large skillet, cook the bacon over moderate heat until crisp, 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer it to a small plate. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat.
Season the scallops with salt and pepper, add to the skillet and cook over moderately high heat until browned, 3 minutes. Turn the scallops, add the onion and cook over moderate heat until the scallops are just cooked through, 3 minutes longer. Transfer to a plate.
Add the wine and grapefruit juice to the skillet and bring to a simmer over moderate heat. Cook, scraping up any browned bits. Strain the liquid into a heatproof cup, then return it to the skillet. Add the capers and butter and cook, shaking the pan, until the sauce is thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the scallops and any juices to the skillet; turn to coat them with the sauce. Add the grapefruit sections and bacon and serve right away.


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I love this kids house and beach chalet from Studiomama!
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|A field of dwarf irises in bloom.
The campo—countryside—is abloom. After spring rains, wildflowers spring up everywhere. On an embankment near my house, I pick 10 or more different wildflowers. In a nearby field, drawf irises cover the ground in a mauve carpet.
Pack up some lunch and let's go on a picnic! A merienda campestre—"lunch in the country"—is a favorite diversion on fiesta days, such as May Day, coming up next week; the fiestas of San Isidro, mid-May in Madrid, and San Juan, the midsummer's day holiday in June.
Tortilla de patatas, potato-egg tortilla, is probably the most favorite picnic food of all. In Madrid, a variation on the classic, tortilla de escabeche, with potatoes and escabeche tuna, is typical for a verbena or outing in the park. In Galicia (northwestern Spain), empanada, a thick-crusted pie filled with pork loin or sardines, is essential for country outings.
|Coques--flat breads--with two different toppings. (Photo by Sofie Koevoets)
In Catalonia, it is the coca, a flat bread with topping, that is considered picnic fare. The coca (plural is coques in Catalan or cocas in Spanish) is sort of a cross between pizza and focaccia. Made from bread dough, the coca is usually served room temperature, rather than hot from the oven. Barcelona bake shops sell it in huge slabs or in tiny, individual coques. Unlike pizza, coca rarely has cheese (although, I quite like slices of fresh goat cheese as a final embellishment). The toppings can be a simple as a few strips of red pepper and olives or as replete as the coca de recapte, provisioned with everything in the cupboard. Canned tuna or sardines in olive oil are often added to vegetable toppings.
Below I've given recipes for two favorite toppings, escalivada, of roasted eggplant and peppers, and menestra, a mélange of mushrooms and artichokes. Also good are pisto, also known as samfaina, stewed vegetables much like ratatouille (pisto recipe), and spinach or chard with raisins and pine nuts (recipe ).
Catalan Flatbread with Two Toppings
Makes 14 (5-inch) mini-cocas or 2 (14-inch) cocas
For the coques:
1 recipe Basic Bread Dough, risen once
Olive oil to brush the coques
Escalivada (roasted eggplant and peppers)
7 anchovy fillets from a can
7 olives, preferably Arbequina
Menestra (mushroom and artichoke mélange)
Basic Dough for Coques
This basic bread dough recipe can be used for coques, for empanadas, for pizza or for making bread rolls. After rising once, the dough is kneaded again with additional olive oil.
2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast (1 envelope)
½ teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup + ¾ cup very warm water (100º-110ºF)
4 cups flour plus additional for dusting baking sheets
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons olive oil plus additional for the bowl and dough
Place the yeast and sugar in a small bowl and add 1/3 cup warm water. Stir to dissolve. Allow it to stand 10 minutes until bubbly.
Combine the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add the yeast mixture, remaining ¾ cup of warm water and 2 tablespoons of the oil. Stir to combine the ingredients into a ball. Turn out on a board and knead the dough until smooth and glossy, 3 minutes. Dough will gradually become less sticky with kneading.
Clean out the mixing bowl and oil it lightly. Gather the dough into a ball and turn it in the bowl to coat on all sides with oil. Cover with a dampened cloth and leave in a warm place to rise until doubled in bulk, one to two hours.
|Before rising--
|after--dough doubles in bulk.
To assemble the coques
Preheat oven to 425ºF.
Punch down the dough and turn it out onto the board. Press the dough out flat and sprinkle it with 1 tablespoon of oil. Fold the dough over several times, then knead until the oil is incorporated. Knead in 1 tablespoon more of oil in the same manner.
Divide the dough in half. Roll, pat and stretch each ball of dough into a rectangle or oval, approximately 14 inches X 8 ½ inches. Place each sheet of dough on a baking sheet. Brush the dough with olive oil and prick it all over with a fork.
Spread one coca with the roasted eggplant, peppers, onions and garlic. Lay strips of anchovy fillet across the eggplant and peppers. Scatter olives on top and sprinkle with oregano. Drizzle with additional olive oil.
Spread remaining coca dough with wild mushroom and artichoke mélange. Drizzle with olive oil.
Bake the cocques until edges are lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve hot or room temperature.
Menestra con Setas y Alcachofas
Mushroom and Artichoke Mélange
|Coca with topping of menestra--mushrooms and artichokes.
Menestra can be made with all manner of seasonal vegetables. For this version, use wild mushrooms, if available, or any cultivated mushroom. I used fresh artichokes, quartered, and cooked in olive oil. You could substitute a jar of oil-packed artichoke hearts.
Use half of the mushroom and artichoke mélange as a topping for 1 coca.
12 ounces mushrooms
4 tablespoons olive oil
½ onion, sliced crosswise
2 cloves garlic, sliced crosswise
1 ounce chopped serrano ham
Salt and pepper
Pinch of thyme
1 (15-ounce) jar artichoke hearts, drained (about 1 cup)
Clean the mushrooms carefully. Slice them crosswise.
Heat the oil in a skillet and sauté the onion and garlic on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and ham and continue sautéing on high heat until mushrooms release liquid and begin to brown. Add the salt, pepper, thyme and artichokes. Cook gently until most of the liquid has cooked away.
Roasted Aubergines and Peppers
|Coca with escalivada--roasted eggplant, peppers and onions.
You can roast the eggplant and peppers under the broiler or on a grill. Use half the recipe as a topping for 1 coca.
1 small eggplant, about 10 ounces
1 red bell pepper, 8 ounces
1 medium onion
1 small head garlic
1 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil
Preheat broiler.
Arrange the eggplant, pepper and onion in a shallow oven pan. Pierce the eggplant and pepper with a sharp knife in 3 or 4 places (to prevent steam from building up inside the skin). Slice the top off the head of garlic and add to the pan. Place the pan under the broiler. Grill until eggplant and pepper are charred on one side, about 10 minutes. Use tongs to turn the vegetables. Return and grill until charred on all sides. Remove them to a bowl.
Cover the vegetables and let them set until cool enough to handle. Peel the eggplant. Pull the flesh into strips and place in a bowl. Peel and cut pepper in strips and add to the eggplant. Peel onion and cut in lengthwise slivers. Squeeze the softened cloves of garlic from the skins. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper, vinegar and olive oil.
|Wildflowers galore.


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The question of exhibiting art online has lingered since the early years of internet art. Last month Mike Golby and Jillian Kay Ross entered the conversation with their inaugural exhibition FREE 4 ALL at Barmecidal Projects. Barmecidal Projects is an entirely digital 3D gallery that is a virtual replica of Mathew Marks gallery in New York. FREE 4 ALL, which ran from April 16th- May 16th with an accompanying opening at Butcher Gallery in Toronto, features work by Alex Mcleod, Amalia Ulman, Arielle Gavin, Brad Tinmouth, Brian Khek, Danielle Bessada, David Hanes, Emily Jones, Georgia Dickie, Iain Ball, Jennifer Chan, Jillian Kay Ross, Jon Rafman, Justin Bochek, Jónó Mí Ló, Jarrod Wilson, Kaitlin Till- Landry, Lauren Brick, Lauren Elder, Lee Ormerod, Liam Wylie, Lili Huston- Herterich, Mike Goldby, Orlando Orellano, Rachael Milton, Shelbi Chew, and Tara Downs.
The gallery's name Barmecidal, "providing only the illusion of abundance; illusory or imaginary and therefore disappointing," is manifest in the articulation of the virtual exhibition space. By mapping the traditional white cube onto a virtual model, Barmecidal Projects explores the modes of exhibition in both real and artificial space. Golby and Ross aspire to:
…bring together artists working in digital and immaterial forms. Digitally created works existing in the space are rendered in high-gloss, hyperrealistic fashion. Having these objects exist in the gallery space further blurs the boundaries between the Real and representation; the works will be so shiny and irresistible by virtue of their digital nature that they will supersede reality.
Due the technical limitations of the simulated model, visitors are unable to browse through the gallery freely and are lead through a video tour that moves quickly through the space. The experience ...


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What are the first things you should ask yourself before buying rental property?
First of all, will you live there or not? From a fiscal point of view, if you are renting out the entire property, you could deduct all of the day-to-day expenses related to the building from your income. But if you're an owner-occupant, only expenses related to the rental units will be deductible. On the other hand, when you go to sell, the portion of the building occupied by the owner is exempt from capital gains tax. If it is completely rented out, all of your capital gains will be taxable.
In addition, when you have a specific property in mind, you need to consult the assessment roll to ensure that the number of units on the realtor's listing is correct. If a livable basement is considered to be a dwelling by the city, this counts as one more unit. If this is the case, you might have to make a bigger downpayment.
Speaking of which, how much of a downpayment do you need for this type of purchase?
If you're renting out all of the units, you need to make a minimum downpayment of 20% of the building's purchase price.
If you're going to be an owner-occupant, you could lower the downpayment to 5% of a duplex's purchase price with mortgage loan insurance. For a triplex or quadruplex, you'll need to put down a minimum of 10%.
The rules are the same for all Canadian financial institutions.[……]


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Pompeii Puzzle
"Becoming comfortable with a form of research and technology allows you to ask questions and begin to imagine what hasn't been done yet. That's the crucial step that goes past critical thinking and into invention and innovation."
- Eric Poehler
Poehler first visited Pompeii as a student in 1998, and after 17 consecutive summers at the site says, "the sheer joy has yet to wear off even slightly". The idea for the Quadriporticus project began several years ago when Poehler, working on an adjacent city block inhabited by lower middle class Pompeiians, wondered about the impact of the monumental building being constructed nearby. Thus, the Quadriporticus became the final piece of a "250 meter puzzle" to link data over a large area of the ancient city.
The Quadriporticus is one of the largest monumental buildings in the entire city of Pompeii. Documenting changes to the building and its development are key factors in Poehler's research, as is its connection to the urban infrastructure. By studying the architectural ruins in Pompeii over several hundred years – from the second century BCE to 79 CE – Poehler's team is documenting how early citizens used the space with little change and how Romans made major changes 200 years later, adapting to new needs. Poehler draws the analogy with the UMass Amherst campus, contrasting the current building construction against some of the original buildings now several hundred years old. As he notes, architectural alterations in buildings can reveal the historic importance of space over time.
Poehler serves as project co-director and his research uses digital technologies including the Apple iPad to quickly inventory, analyze, and interpret site information. The iPad is used to hold the database of observations and instead of recoding physical measurements on paper plans, student researchers take photos and draw onto images, saving hours of work. With the iPad they are reinventing traditional formats with more efficiency and increased data security.
"It saves us 90 percent of the time to get our work done," Poehler says about the iPad technology. "We also have a suite of technological processes in conjunction with the iPad," he adds. Through processes like laser scanning, photogrammetry, and ground-penetrating radar technology, Poehler and his team of researchers are able to precisely record the shape of buildings in three dimensions and investigate the architecture that lies beneath the earth's surface without damaging either. "We are proud to show how much can be learned before excavation," says Poehler.
According to Poehler, the new technologies have transformed the way the team conducts research. He notes that while field research is constrained by limited time and limited funding, it presents unlimited material to mine. So while the team concentrates on collecting as much data as possible on site, it often leaves little time to synthesize the data until back in the office. With the new technologies, however, what used to be a solo activity by Poehler can now be shared by the group. Poehler notes that the students who have collected the data are the real experts and now they can participate in the data analysis and synthesis.
For students, the experience of conducting fieldwork on site of an archeological ruin breaks the shell of classroom learning, which Poehler says can sometimes feel all too mundane. Learning through hands-on research allows students to expand their perspective and think from a fresh viewpoint. One example that Poehler points to is the iconic Mount Vesuvius that looms over the site. Students visit the site of the eruption to consider how they might have reacted had they experienced the natural disaster, and to link the relevance of the volcano to Pompeii and its ruins. "Sometimes they even come up with escape routes," Poheler says.
The coming summer marks the fourth and final year on the project that he has led with teams of UMass Amherst and Five-College students with generous support from the University, the Five-College Consortium, and private funding. Last year, the Five College Digital Humanities Project funded eight students to conduct summer field research at the project site, forming an interdisciplinary research team with majors including classics, art history, history and anthropology. Poehler is hoping for similar support this coming year.
"Adding to our history and perspectives is so important. Becoming comfortable with a form of research and technology allows you to ask questions and begin to imagine what hasn't been done yet. That's the crucial step that goes past critical thinking and into invention and innovation. That's what students can get out of being part of a research project or an experiment," says Poehler.


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Prof. Dr. Roy Dilley
Roy Dilley trained as a Social Anthropologist at Oxford and conducted research for his doctorate in Senegal, West Africa, from 1979 to 1983. He was awarded a D.Phil. (Oxon) in 1984 for a thesis entitled Weavers among the Tukolor of the Senegal River Basin: A Study of their Social Position and Economic Organisation.
He subsequently carried out two further research projects in Northern Ireland and Scotland as a post-doctoral fellow at Queen's and then at Aberdeen University. Appointed to a Lectureship in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews in 1988, he became Reader in 2004 and then Professor of Social Anthropology in 2006.
In 2001, he was elected to the Sir Edward E. Evans-Pritchard Lectureship at All Souls College, Oxford, and took up a Visiting Fellowship at the same college in 2003. He has twice served as Head of Department of Social Anthropology at St Andrews, and was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 2009 to 2011.
Research Areas
- Geographical Areas: West Africa, United Kingdom
- Themes:
- Contemporary anthropological theory and cultural analysis,
- craftwork,
- creativity,
- power and knowledge,
- Islam and religious practice,
- social and economic models
Functions within the Center
Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz (October 2011-September 2012)
Research project "Colonial Lives, Imperial Contexts"
Selected Publications
Regimes of Ignorance. Anthropological Perspectives on the Production and Reproduction of Non-Knowledge, edited by Roy Dilley and Thomas G. Kirsch, New York/Oxford: Berghahn. 2015.
Henri Gaden à travers l'Afrique de l'Ouest (1894–1939). Fils de Bordeaux, aventurier africain. Paris: Éditions L'Harmattan 2015. (translated by Jean-Louis Balans)
Nearly Native, Barely Civilized: Henri Gaden's Journey Across Colonial French West Africa (1894–1939). Leiden, Boston: Brill 2014.
'Reflections on Knowledge Practices and the Problem of Ignorance', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010, Vol. 16, pp. 176–192.
'Specialist Knowledge Practices among Craftsmen and Clerics in Senegal', in T. Marchand (ed), Special Edition of Africa: Expertise and the Transmission of Knowledge. 2009.
'The Construction of Colonial Knowledge Practices: the Case of Henri Gaden', in M. Harris (ed), Ways of Knowing: New Approaches in the Anthropology of Knowledge and Learning. Oxford: Berghahn. 2007. pp. 139-57.
'The Visibility and Invisibility of Production in Different Social Contexts among Senegalese Craftsmen', JRAI, 2004, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 797-813.
'Time-shapes and cultural agency among West African craft specialists', in W. James & D. Mills (eds), The Qualities of Time: Anthropological Approaches, (ASA Monographs Series). London: Berg. 2004. pp. 235-48.
Between the Mosque and the Termite Mound: Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaaren, Senegal. London: International Africa Institute (African Monographs Series). 2004.
The Problem of Context (Volume IV in Professor Parkin's Methodology and History in Anthropology Series), Oxford: Berghahn Press. 1999. 242 pp. (Editor).
Senegal (World Bibliographical Series, No. 166), Oxford: CLIO Press (with J. S. Eades). 1994. 285 pp.
Contesting Markets: Analyses of Ideology, Discourse and Practice, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 1992. 302 pp. (Editor).
Ulster Fishermen: A Study in Social Organisation and Fisheries Policy, Research Monograph No. 1, 1989, Belfast: Policy Research Institute.
University of St Andrews
Department of Social Anthropology
E-Mail rmd[at]st-andrews.ac.uk


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The activity of the Quantum Gases axis, within the two teams Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC) and Magnetic Quantum Gases (GQM), is part of a worldwide effort to study the transport and magnetic properties of quantum degenerate Bose and Fermi gases. Because of the very clean, controlled and isolated environment in these systems, it is forecast that cold atom experiments can shed new light on quantum many-body physics, and provide quantum simulators of open questions related to the interplay between magnetism and transport inherited from condensed matter physics. In this context, the cold atom groups at LPL have developed four experimental setups with four different atomic species to provide an original point of view on various quantum physics issues. The Quantum Gases axis also develops a theory activity in close collaboration with the experimental projects.
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Our group is expert in the manipulation of quantum gases in adiabatic traps, obtained by combining static and radio-frequency magnetic fields. Our current research concerns the superfluity of quantum gases confined in an annular potential.
The aim of this experiment is to produce a sodium BEC on a chip. Radio-frequency and microwave fields will be included on the chip to manipulate the degenerate gas and control its interaction properties and dimensionality.
A new state of matter shows up when a dilute sample of atoms is cooled below a critical ultralow temperature. Then occurs a phenomenon known as the Bose-Einstein Condensation; this phase transition comes along with the building up of a macroscopic material system whose properties are non-classical, ie are dictated by the laws of quantum theory. We perform experiments to study these quantum gases with a special focus on their magnetic properties.
We study quantum dipolar gases made of Chromium atoms. The originality of our experiments lie in the strong long-range and anisotropic dipole-dipole interactions between atoms. We study in particular how these interactions drive the magnetic properties of the ensemble of Chromium atoms, either in the BEC phase, or when they are localized in an optical lattice. Learn more here.
We are building a Strontium quantum gas machine. Our ambition is to reveal the exotic magnetic phases associated to spin-independent contact interactions. Our experiments will be performed after loading the fermionic isotope in optical lattices, and the spin structure will be measured using a tomographic probe with single-site resolution. Learn more here.
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While modular construction offers many benefits—notably less construction waste, project delivery efficiencies, and factory-controlled, high-quality fabrication—school districts frequently view modular as a temporary solution, and settle for units with poor design and low-quality materials. As a result, when the "temporary" modules inevitably turn into permanent structures, they fall short in terms of aesthetics and building performance.
Today, however, school districts are starting to look at higher-quality modular construction, with the understanding that the classrooms may remain on site for a number of years and must provide a proper learning environment, says Wendy Rogers, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Design Principal with LPA Inc.
Building Teams are using incremental improvements as a strategy to create better modular solutions. For example, in a recently completed a 35,000-sf modular two-story project, LPA pushed the manufacturer to upgrade many of its standard details in order to ensure that the products met the project's design criteria.
When executed properly, prefab construction can offer column-free interior spaces that promote flexibility and access to crawl space, open ceilings that allow for easy technology upgrades, and rainscreen building envelopes that are highly insulated and allow options and variation for exterior materials, according to Chester Bartels, Senior Designer with Baltimore design firm Hord Coplan Macht.
For example, the firm's modular learning studios at the Barrie School in Silver Spring, Md., easily convert into large group learning spaces, multiple small group collaboration areas, and a large town hall lecture room—all supported by flexible furniture, movable wall panels, smart boards, good acoustics, and strategically designed fenestration for optimized daylighting and views.
A recent exhibition, Green Schools, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., included a green classroom called "Sprout Space," developed by Perkins+Will. (See the time-lapse video of its construction at: http://www.nbm.org/media/video/green-schools/sprout-space-time-lapse.html.) P+W's modular template in Sprout Space offers a healthy, sustainable, and flexible 21st-century modular classroom. The design incorporates passive and active green-building strategies and is highly customizable.
For instance, Sprout Space can incorporate sunshades, integrated rainwater collection, photovoltaic roof panels, LED lighting with lighting controls, efficient heating and cooling systems, and eco-friendly materials. "Sprout Space also features a dynamic plan that is well-suited for various teaching styles, seating configurations, and outdoor learning opportunities," says Steven Turckes, P+W's K-12 Education Global Market Leader. "Each classroom opens up to the outdoors through large bifold doors, encouraging experiential learning, expanding the classroom, and complementing numerous teaching methods."
Because fabrication occurs simultaneously with foundation and site work, high-quality modular classrooms can be completed four times faster than conventional stick-built projects, says Turckes. Available in modules up to 1,500 sf in size, multiple buildings can also be linked together to create an entire school.
Another customizable modular template, called simply "sky," comes from contractor Silver Creek Industries (silver-creek.net). This high-performance modular classroom, which has been approved by the California Division of the State Architect, offers two contemporary floor plans and a variety of interior and exterior finish options—low- and no-VOC finishes, paints, and adhesives, sound-absorbent surfaces, high-performance windows, clerestory windows, tubular skylights, and an occupancy- and photo-control dimming system.
Ryan McIntosh, LEED AP BD+C, Project Manager and Director of Design Services for Silver Creek, says that sky modules beat California's Title 24 baseline by up to 45%. The module has been developed to meet the CHPS PreFAB rating system, a label that designates qualifying prefabricated classrooms for use in high-performance building projects. Schools and districts can apply the CHPS PreFAB rating toward CHPS Verified recognition for new classrooms.


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Rekha Menon
- Career Highlights
- Author of Seductive Aesthetics of Post Colonialism
- Publication of a number of articles in art and philosophy journals
- Participation in many international conferences
- Subjects include aesthetics, Asian art, Indian and Western art history, contemporary visual art, art criticism and theory, Indian dance, and philosophy, including phenomenology, existentialism, and Indian thought
- Artist and classical dancer
- Recipient of the Fulbright fellowship in art history
- Ross fellowship
- Awards
- Drescher Award
- Education
- B.F.A., Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India, painting/print-making
- M.F.A., University of Vadodara, India, art criticism/art history
- M.S., University of Vadodara, India, art criticism/art history
- M.A., Binghamton University, philosophy/art history
- Ph.D., Binghamton University, philosophy/art history
In Their Own Words
"I am a visual artist, an art historian, and a dancer. I perform Indian classical dance. Traditional Indian art has always integrated philosophy and aesthetics with all the diverse art forms. Artistic expressions in music, dance, sculpture, architecture, and paintings are inspired by philosophy, and in turn they feed back to evolve philosophy and aesthetics. In Indian history of art, the images of visual arts and musical dance movements speak the same 'cosmic language.'"
"I've always been interested in the interdisciplinary nature of the arts, and at Berklee I have the opportunity to integrate music, dance, and visual art and teach courses such as Indian Art, Music and Dance, Asian Art, and Global Perspectives in Post-Modern Art. Music doesn't stand alone, but works together with visual art and dance, with its emphasis on breaking down the categorical boundaries between 'distinct' art forms. The interdisciplinary nature of my courses gives students the opportunity to see how art history, music, dance, and philosophy are mutually related."
"By using dance, I can demonstrate to students how rhythm, tone, and expressions of dance movements are very similar to Indian music and art, and how diverse arts come together. A key aspect to my interpretations is a keen sense that theory is not separate from artistic production. I do not believe in pedantic discourses to my students. My philosophy of teaching is to understand the student and try to unlock their innate critical abilities, their socio-centric skills, and encourage them on their intellectual journey. Classes, I believe, should be lively, fun and interactive, while conveying knowledge."
"While students at Berklee are learning music and are aspiring musicians, the bringing together of different art forms from various cultures helps them to think in different and creative ways. It gives them an opportunity to learn art histories, aesthetics, and the perspective I can provide will help them understand the correlation between visual arts and music/dance."
"In today's global and diverse world, students can really benefit from these courses. Learning about other cultures, their own art history, philosophy, and art histories of others gives them greater inspiration and opportunity to achieve higher levels of creativity."


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Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: $5 and Under
Last week on our Weekend Cook and Tell challenge we asked all of you to nickel and dime your way through the market and come up with ideas for meals costing $5 and Under. Thrifty cooking and shopping ended up not being all that much of a challenge for many of our regular cook-and-tellers who routinely keep their meal budgets under the five dollar mark. All of this budget conscious cooking made for some pretty inspiring low-cost recipe idea. Here's a peek at some of our favorite under $5 dinners.
Though not for the faint of heart, theindolentcook's budget-friendly secret is incorporating offal into meals in place of pricer, more common cuts. Take a look at this Lemon Pepper Soy Ginger Lamb Heart Stir Fry for an idea of what great things can come from fifty cent lamb hearts.
lemonfair's preferred dining on a dime meals revolve around noodles; Italian style with a Lidia Bastianich inspired Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Breadcrumbs and Asian with Linguini with Peanut Sauce topped with cucumbers and scallions if you're feeling fancy.
A very thrifty Rocquie repurposed her Easter ham bone for a batch of Senate Bean Soup made with a $2 bag of navy beans.
When it comes to keeping costs down, cans are claireOOTO's best friend. The cans of beans, tomatoes, and hominy for this Red Bean Hominy Stew ring in at under a buck each.
The Primlani Kitchen's cheapest eats are Parathas. The Primlani Kitchen went with an economical filling of frozen peas spiced with garam masala.
KarmaFreeCooking's low cost offering is a Veggie Stir Fry with Cashews. The veggies and rice are cheap but the cashews make it classy.
Always up for a challenge, dbcurrie decided to see if she could make a meal for two for $20 using ingredients sourced from her local Whole Foods, a market not exactly known for its bargain basement pricing. She came up with a very tasty Chicken and Dumplings recipe that rang in at $20.77, a little over budget, but who's counting, right?
A big round of applause to everyone who shared their cost cutting cooking tips for this week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge. Be sure to head over to Talk and read about next week's challenge: Tea Time.
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BY GRANT SCHULTE, The Associated Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — While it lacks the cultural significance of the original prehistoric monument found in England, western Nebraska's junk-car tribute to Stonehenge remains a top tourist draw in state — even if it is more likely to attract gearheads than Druids.
If officials vote next week as expected, the western Nebraska city of Alliance will take control of Carhenge, the 26-year-old mashup monument to English prehistory and the American automobile.
The Alliance City Council is expected to accept the monument and a surrounding 10-acre site as a gift during its meeting July 25. If the deal is approved, the city in October will assume ownership of the Stonehenge lookalike, once labeled the No. 2 wackiest attraction in America.
Carhenge was built in 1987 by the Jim Reinders and several relatives on land the family once farmed just north of Alliance, in western Nebraska. A few years later, Reinders donated Carhenge and 10 acres around it to a nonprofit group, Friends of Carhenge.
The monument is comprised of 38 automobiles arranged in a circle to closely resemble the stones at England's Stonehenge, the mysterious prehistoric landmark and UNESCO World Heritage site. Several cars are planted upright in the dirt, with other cars placed on top to form archways. All the cars are painted gray to further the resemblance to its ancient inspiration.
The monument was put up for sale in 2011, with an asking price of $300,000. Marcia Buck, president of Friends of Carhenge, said at the time the quirky tourist attraction lacked volunteers and had limited capital.
The site attracts an estimated 75,000 to 80,000 visitors per year, drawing many travelers on their way to South Dakota's Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, said Kevin Howard, director of the Alliance Visitors Bureau. Howard says the replica, about four miles north of downtown Alliance, has helped steered business into the town of about 8,500.
Carhenge received national recognition in 2009, when the travel advice site TripAdvisor named it among the nation's 10 wackiest attractions. The only site deemed wackier was a toilet seat museum in San Antonio, which has more than 800 decorated toilet seat lids but no bathroom.
The monument's nonprofit owner, the Friends of Carhenge, decided to sell the replica because of the rising cost of gift-shop merchandise, insurance and property taxes. The group will remain intact but shift its focus to fundraising, said Buck.
Buck said initial upgrades could include a new paint job and gravel for pathways. The partnership with the city will help add awnings for shade, new trees and an RV campsite around the otherwise desolate monument.
The monument routinely attracts visitors from around the world and all 50 states. As of June, Carhenge this year already had drawn visitors from at least 48 states and 14 countries. The owners charge no admission fee, and visitors are allowed to walk up and touch it. Last year, visitors from Canada, England, German, France and Italy signed their names to the log book, to name a few.
"I'm always amazed at how many people go out of their way to see it," Buck said.
Officials in Alliance have recommended that the city accept the monument and land as a gift, which would put city officials in charge of lawn-mowing and other maintenance, said city manager J.D. Cox.
Cox said the monument had its critics in the early years, who argued that it looked "junky," but many residents have since warmed to the site as a draw for tourists who might stop in Alliance.
"It's been successful with the volunteers, and we're hopeful we can take that success to a whole new level," Cox said. "Out of all the conversations I've had — and I've had dozens — I haven't talked to anyone who isn't excited about it."
Reinders' family built the monument as a memorial to his father. Reinders studied the structure of Stonehenge while living in England and used that knowledge to build the car-based monument with the same shape, proportions and size. Other car sculptures have since been added to form what is now the Car Art Reserve.
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Thousands of sea oats, so vital for preventing coastal erosion, are being raised in this rural Florida Panhandle community more than 30 miles from the nearest beach and without a speck of sand.
They are being grown hydroponically with roots dangling in nutrient-rich water. It's a method being touted for saving energy by the scientist-businessman who developed it and state officials who provided money for his research.
Sea oats have been grown in nurseries and transplanted to beaches, where they trap sand and help restore dunes, for three decades. Jon Hovanesian said he began growing them hydroponically in 1994, a year before hurricanes Erin and Opal slammed Panhandle beaches.
"A lot of people try to grow them but can't," he said. "It's not a very easy plant to grow."
"Sea oats live in the harshest environment on the face of earth - sand blast, sand burial, drought, high heat, low heat, salt, desiccation - everything you can possibly imagine besides a glacier," Hovanesian said. "And then they have to deal with tourists and residents."
In that harsh environment, fewer than one in 10,000 seeds become plants, but the success rate can hit 95 percent in a greenhouse, Hovanesian said.
Hydroponic sea oats need less space and water and fewer chemicals while generating no pesticide runoff, state environmental officials say. The process saves energy it would take to make the chemicals and pesticides and there's no need for fuel-guzzling tractors.
Hydroponic sea oats do very well on the beach if transplanted with an absorbent material containing nutrients, said Chuck Hamilton, public works director for Gulf Shores, Ala., a Hovanesian customer.
"They have grown fantastically," Hamilton said.
Hydroponics date back 5,000 years when Egyptians made paper from papyrus grown in water. In the 1950s, thousands of hydroponic tomato growers went out of business unable to compete with low prices for conventionally grown varieties.
Tomatoes and sea oats, however, are as different as apples and oranges, according to Hovanesian, who has seven employees and wears two hats.
He is director of Agriculture Innovations & Research Inc., a nonprofit organization that seeks grants, does research and owns greenhouses covering 60,000 square feet in Allentown. Hovanesian also is president of Coastal & Native Plant Specialists, a for-profit company that applies AIR's research and leases its greenhouses to commercially grow sea oats and other plants.
AIR has received a series of research grants from the Florida Energy Office, part of the state Department of Environmental Protection.
"This ecologically friendly cultivation method employs few resources and reaps tremendous results," said DEP Deputy Secretary Allan Bedwell.
Conventional sea oat growers, however, are conceding nothing.
"I don't think at any point hydroponic is superior," said Otto Bundy, executive vice president of EcoGroup International, a major sea oat grower in Parrish, a small town in southwest Florida.
Competition has become intense and sea oat prices have fallen by more than half since the hydroponic plants hit the market. It now costs about $750 to plant 10,000 square feet, the amount usually needed on a 100-foot wide lot, Hovanesian said.
Hydroponic sea oats also are produced in North Carolina, said David Nash, a cooperative extension agent in Wilmington, N.C. Nash said that in 1995 he adapted the system used in his state from one developed for tobacco plants.
The Florida Energy Office this year awarded Hovanesian a $60,000 grant. A small part of it will continue the sea oat work but most will go toward developing hydroponic onions and submerged sea grasses.
Hovanesian is excited by the commercial prospects for sweet onions. He envisions three crops a year and 120,000 pounds per acre compared with one crop and 40,000 pounds for regular farming.
"It just blows row crop production out of the water," he said. "Plus it's energy efficient, no runoff, no herbicides."
Hydroponic Sea Oats Grown to Save Energy
Thousands of sea oats, so vital for preventing coastal erosion, are being raised in this rural Florida Panhandle community


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The Rothaarsteig Trail really is a hike for all the senses: your ears hear the whispers of nature. Your eyes delight in the forests' green splendour. Your nose sniffs the scent of wood and your mouth tastes the regional delicacies.
The Rothaarsteig Trail was opened in 2001. It is a 154 kilometre route stretching from the Sauerland and Siegerland regions to central Germany. We start our hike in Brilon and head for the winter sports resort of Winterberg and then on towards the town of Dillenburg in Hesse. We hike along a ridgeway on the Rothaar Mountains for most of the journey. It is a pleasant wellness walk without any steep inclines.
The Rothaarsteig was the first trail in the world to have a special kind of lounger installed along it. These ergonomically shaped recliners are a delight for the senses - rest on them, take in the sights and lose yourself in your thoughts. We hike through ever-changing scenery: dense forests, alpine meadows and meandering streams. Every now and then, there are also fantastic views stretching far and wide.
The fascinating huge sculptures on the Rothaarsteig Trail offer the perfect combination of culture and nature. This route is also unique in that several hotels and inns along the way offer a shuttle service for hikers. At the end of the day, they are driven from the path to their accommodation and brought back to where they left off the next day.
Manuel Andrack, editor, presenter, author and hiking blogger:
"I love walking along the stage where the sources of three major German rivers meet. There are just a few kilometres between the source of the Eder, Sieg and Lahn. The Rothaarsteig Trail itself is the source of wanderlust on this section of the route."
At a glance: Rothaarsteig
Starts: Brilon
Ends: Dillenburg
Length: 154 km
Number of stages: 8
Altitude variation: lowest point 228 m, highest point 848 m
Terrain: 43% unmade, 15% asphalt, 42% other, e.g. farm tracks
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