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Lately I have been thinking a lot about the way I have been looking at the world. My recent encounters is leading me to suggest that the belief that everyone is good, is flawed. Up until now I haven't really thought about why or how I came to be like this. Is it a way to shield myself from accepting that sometimes (majority of the time) this simply is not the case? I am afraid that this has been part of my personality my whole life that I will not be able to see things from a different perspective.
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A fear instils in me as I feel like I will turn into a bitter person if I am anything but who I am right now. My kids look up to me and I need to be setting an example for them. But I don't want them to be naïve, I want them to have the ability to see things for what they really are and not through rose coloured glasses. The ability to stand up for what they believe in even if no one else does. On more than one occasion in the last month it has been pointed out to me (by different people) that "your an optimist". I'm not sure what to make of it, it almost sounds like an insult.
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- I have limits (although I hate confrontations, if I believe the cause is worth it I will react)
- Don't mistake kindness for weakness
I'm sure I am getting the lines blurred between optimism, kindness, positivity and naivety but that's something for me to try and work out in finding a good balance of each. A perfect balance of pessimism and optimism, if only it was that easy.


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Very few roads lead high into the Olympic Mountains. Most people are familiar with Hurricane Ridge considering it is the only paved road that gets very high. But the Deer Park Road is around 10 miles west of Hurricane Ridge and offers some excellent views as well, including access to a few high trails. Deer Park is also known for a campground that have sites nearly at treeline, an uncommon thing for any Washington campground. The highlight of Deer Park is parking at the end of the road, high on Blue Mountain. The views are supurb, with wildlife, wildflowers and Strait of Juan de Fuca. From there, the half mile Rain Shadow Trail continues up to the summit and loops back to the parking lot. So, the summit is less than a quarter mile walk, on an easy trail. From the top, the Northeast Olympics all come into view.
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The Deer Park Road turns off Highway 101 just 5 miles east of Port Angeles. According to the Park Service, the 18-mile Deer Park Road is narrow and steep with occasional turn-offs. For those use to driving gravel roads, the road is actually really nice and easy. Just beware that tourists are on it and often are nervous drivers. The first 9 miles are paved, the second 9 are gravel. The park says the road is not suitable for RVs or trailers. From late fall until the snow melts out in late spring, the road is closed at the park boundary, about 9 miles from Highway 101.
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Three trails leave from Deer Park.
Rain Shadow Loop
The Rain Shadow Loop is a 0.5 mile loop trail that climbs to the top of Blue Mountain, allowing hikers to get a full 360 degree view of the northern region of Olympic National Park. If possible, take this walk at dusk when the clouds come in from the Pacific and fill the valley below. At night, the cities of Port Angeles, Squim, Victoria and Bellingham are all lighted up. Elevation gain about 170 feet.
Deer Park to Obstruction Point
This 7.4 mile trail passes through subalpine forests, then mountain meadows over three mountain peaks. It ends at Obstruction Point, a location reachable from Hurricane Ridge. Much of the ridge route is above 6,000 feet. This is the best trail from Deer Park for a day of hiking.
Three Forks
This is a 4.3 mile hike that drops to junction with the Gray Wolf River Trail. The elevation drops from 5,400 to 1,600 feet so most people will avoid this trail for just day hiking. If youve made the effort to drive high, stay high. There are plenty of valley trails in the Olympics to access without having to climb out upon return.
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(Reported By Todd Starnes) Students at Grand County High School in Utah were supposed to attend poetry slam workshops on tolerance and acceptance. Instead, students were subjected to political rhetoric, LGBT propaganda and something called "identity mapping." One of the workshop leaders announced to the children, "I'm queer and I'm Trump's worst enemy."
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Conveners:Marjorie Chan - Professor, University of UtahJim Cleaves - EON Director, Earth-Life Science InstitutePenelope Boston -Director, NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)
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Pervasive Life PerspectiveLife permeates Earth's surface. All of Earth's surface water, and probably its subsurface fluid, has been "contaminated" with microbes since at least 3.5 Ga. Given the vast time that Earth has been teeming with life, do we even know what an "abiotic habitable planet" looks like?
Scientists now recognize the strong interdependent linkages of biology, chemistry, and geology- giving rise to the disciplines of geomicrobiology and astrobiology. To determine whether life exists elsewhere in the Universe, it will be necessary to define what constitutes a biosignature or a biomarker, and how extant life would be preserved (taphonomy) and recognized. Researchers have focused on Earth's critical zone - the near surface environment of complex interactions between rock, soil, air, water, and life. We generally assume every organic compound, mineral assemblage and texture is abiotic unless we can definitively show a biotic influence. However, how would our research questions change if we assume that all we see on Earth is biotic unless we can prove it is abiotic?
Our workshop hypothesis is: Everything on Earth influenced by water is inseparably coupled with life. We do not really know what "abiotic" environments look like on the Earth's surface. How can we best test and evaluate abiotic conditions? Do we know what the limits and boundaries of life are? The astonishing resilience of extremophiles suggests that life might extend beyond the currently known limits, i.e., there are "long tails" of life outside of the norms.
Workshop participants from a wide range of disciplines are invited to bring their expertise to address this hypothesis and the difficulties that an Earth-based bias of evaluating biomarkers brings to astrobiology exploration.


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Where does all the water from the Dolores River go and who uses it? Sixty students from the 5th grade class at Dolores Elementary got the answer to that question and more recently as they had a chance to visit MLC's Fozzie's Farm in Lewis, Colorado and learn about the importance of irrigation in Montezuma County and the surrounding area.
The students have been studying water resources in the classroom, doing research and creating projects to help them understand the various uses of the water in our area. During their field trip they had a chance to get some hands on experience learning about irrigation on the farm.
Mike Preston, the General Manager at Dolores Water Conservancy District, was the at the farm and spoke to the students about the Dolores Project, McPhee Reservoir and the irrigation that's provided to many farmers and ranchers as a result of the project. Larry Sharp from MVIC also visited and explained how water is measured and delivered to farmers to make their crops successful.
It wasn't all talk though. Jay Loschert, Outreach and Education coordinator at MLC, made it a very hands on experience as he got the students help in repairing some irrigation equipment by replacing damaged gated pipes and learning to fix the gates at Fozzie's Farm. Kids were laughing and enjoying themselves as they helped move irrigation gates around and watched how their work immediately provided results as water flowed through fixed pipe.
A sunny day at the farm, laughing about avoiding fresh cow patties and finding a crayfish in the pipes to pass around added to the fun. Being a part of repairing some of the equipment and learning how the irrigation system works gave students a much better understanding of just how important irrigation is to the farming and ranching families in our area.
Attachment to our landscape starts young. Fozzie's Farm is a place where MLC hopes to get students out on a regular basis to experience the outdoors, get some fresh air and partake in active projects with physical activity. Since formal programming began on Fozzie's just two months ago, over 150 students have already been out the farm representing over 420 hours of fresh air and sunny blue skies that students have enjoyed! Want to help us cultivate the conservation champions of tomorrow? Get involved by emailing jay at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Currently - Autumn 2014
Currently I'm...
Listening to... Taylor Swift on repeat and trying to convince Laurent that we need to move to New York.
19 weeks pregnant (as of tomorrow) - and I still don't believe it, any of it. I believed it and was thrilled the first time around. But then we lost it and were devastated. The second time, I thought we were being "blessed" with a second chance and remained hopefully optimistic, until we learned that the baby's heart had stopped beating. To be honest, the third time that second pink line popped up, I just waited for the bleeding to start, which it did - just two weeks later.
Here's to hoping that the fourth time's the charm? I feel almost guilty each time I start feeling optimistic about this pregnancy, which is really hard to explain to other people. But that's how it goes. The worst scars are the ones that nobody else can see, aren't they?
Baby B's kicking as I type this.
Wearing... A big red sweater from H&M that sheds worse than a labrador and Ruby Woo by MAC.
Does anyone else like to put on makeup at the end of the day? That's my favorite time to try out new looks or products. I can get a feel for the application/staying power before donning it in public, and if I look like a total idiot, I know that I'll be washing it off in a few minutes before bed anyways. There's no pressure to get it "right" on my first go, because I'm not pressed for time.
Eating... A baguette with butter and comté cheese. Mhmm....
Looking for... American-style, slightly humid, brown sugar. I probably end up ordering it from Amazon Uk for my holiday baking needs. Le sigh.
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*Soul Legend Dionne Warwick will replace the injured Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, after she suffered from broken ribs due to a fall last week.
Franklin was scheduled to perform at an annual fundraising effort and birthday bash for U.S. Rep Charles Rangel. She also had to cancel a couple of free New York shows.
The fundraiser usually rakes in thousands of dollars from major contributors. This year, Pfizer and MetLife will donate to the cause.
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The repercussions of the European Union support for the far-right coup d'état in Kiev have spread far and wide, reaching the very roots of the EU – its farmers.
By blindly following the United States in its mission to bring the machinery of war to Russia's borders – one could say that even the ghost of Ronald Reagan has showed up in the European External Action Service – millions of EU farmers will be forced to destroy their production to appease the gods of imperialism.
From tons of milk being thrown into sewers in Finland to truckloads of vegetables from Andalusia being dumped on road sides, EU farmers could lose billions of euros following Russia's decision to place an embargo on agricultural products from the European Union in response to US-EU economic sanctions over Russia's actions in Ukraine.
The EU's current foreign policy approach is imposing bankruptcy on small-to-medium sized EU farmers, revealing the unsustainable nature of our growth model which impoverishes small-business owners and workers, and even devours the very heart of austerity and anti-deflation principles.
EU agricultural exports to Russia were worth approximately €5.3 billion last year – comprising 10 per cent of all EU agricultural exports.
As a result, the Russian ban on EU agricultural imports has led to overproduction and significant price drops.
For instance, soon after the sanctions, the price of Dutch cucumbers and tomatoes fell by 80 per cent. In addition, despite the sacrifices made by EU citizens and the European Central Bank's efforts against deflation, EU policy makers are still pushing for more austerity.
But this drop in prices could have an EU-wide domino effect. Inflation in the Eurozone is already in the "risk zone" (0.4 per cent) a figure which remains below the ECB reference threshold of 2 per cent.
To counter the negative effects of the Russian ban, the European Union announced plans to raise €125 million in financial assistance for EU farmers.
However, earlier this month this decision was reversed due to the overwhelming number of requests for assistance.
A new plan is expected soon but this U-turn demonstrates the lack of foresight of European authorities due to their blind obedience of US orders.
Furthermore, as Russia has replaced its EU agricultural imports with products from the Far East, Latin America, Egypt and Turkey, European officials have deployed a "beg the neighbourhood" policy, asking these governments to refuse multi-million euro trade offers from Russia and to stick with EU-US sanctions instead.
However, the EU's appeal has been roundly rejected , as demonstrated by President Rafael Correa of Ecuador who said: "As far as I know, Latin America is not a part of the European Union".
The Russian sanctions will continue to worsen the European economic crisis. Unfortunately, by following the US doctrine of war and confrontation, Europe is avoiding one of the only ways out of the crisis: peaceful and responsible relations with Russia and its neighbours.


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"Exist in photographs for your children. Exist in photographs for your family. I don't care how much weight you've put on… or if you have a bad hair-do… The people who love you don't care". Sue Bryce
If you are one of those people who don't exist in photographs ask yourself: why? Are you waiting for that perfect moment, when you loose a few more pounds or for a better outer appearance, or circumstances, letting the time pass without notice and without an image to remember?
I have to admit I don't exist in many photographs in my childhood, and even now I'm guilty of hiding behind my camera. I grew up with no experience of being photographed often, simply because my family didn't own a camera for a very long time.
Growing up I was fascinated by photography, yet not able to lay my hands on a camera until high school… (read more: 'Why I Love Portrait Photography'). Our family never had professional photographs taken, except for my parents' wedding pictures.
Now that I actually create portraits, I value them much more than ever before… We don't really realize how important it is to be in photographs. This wonderful technology was given to us for a reason to document and remember our existence.
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Win As Much As You Can
In WAMAYC four teams of individuals make a simple choice each round: X or Y. Scoring is determined by the distribution of choices among the four teams. Everyone gets $1 when all teams pick Y. Everyone loses $1 when all teams select X. When the team choices are mixed among X and Y, the teams choosing X win and the teams choosing Y lose. Some rounds are bonus rounds with the result for that round being multiplied.
Teams make their choices autonomously and can't speak to the other groups except in the bonus rounds when they may send a rep to a quick conference. Some teams don't send reps. Some reps agree with the others to have their team make a particular selection in the round that their teammates ultimately overturn. Trust and betrayal issues are not unusual.
Some teams take great delight in "screwing" the others by consistently picking X when all others select Y. Some teams position themselves as the most moral, always picking Y, preferring to go down with dignity rather than succumb to a competitive choice. And it is not unusual to score big by picking X in every round, then secure in their winning position choose Y in the final round where scores are multiplied by 10.
The debrief from this exercise always fascinates me as does the genuine dialogue (not purely partisan posturing) about the President's proposed budget. If every team picks Y in every round, all four teams conclude the exercise with $25. For some, this equal distribution represents the ideal. For others, it causes them to wonder why even play if no one gets ahead.
Some participants say they chose so that everyone would at least end in positive numbers. The choices made in each round also get a great deal of attention. If all teams choose Y in round one, more collaborative choices seem to follow. But if a team chooses X in the first few rounds, the other teams often believe their stance is unchangeable.
Choosing X or Y may seem more black and white than forming public policy benefiting self or community, but the underlying dynamics are fairly similar. In every nation, in every organization, and in almost any situation, the same considerations are at play. In some respects, our current economic climate needs all of us to choose Y, making whatever purchases we can to help lift the overall financial environment. Some economists suggest that if we all choose X (save as much as we can and defer purchases), recovery is much more difficult.
In any given situation, how would you choose? What choices are the various stakeholders (think staff and volunteers, different departments, etc.) in your own organization making right now? And how can we all have a more transparent and trusting dialogue about the very real consequences at stake?
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- Lisa Junker said...
I have to say that Win All That You Can was one of the most powerful experiences I had back when I attended Future Leaders (I prefer not to think about how long ago that was!). It really demonstrated to me the ways that silos can divide a larger group and weaken or even destroy it. The neat part was that other participants near me walked away with equally important but different lessons. It was a great learning experience--thank you for sharing it with us, Jeffrey!
- FavoredFish said...
Yeah whenever I think about the economy I think about WAMAYC. Actually, international history also smacks of it. But anyway, thanks for posting the rules because I've been trying to re-engineer the game for my students.
The arguement I'm going to make is actually going to be in favor of cooperation, or at least against protectionism.
- michael webster said...
This version of the 4 person dilemma game is hard to solve because it does take all 4 people to coordinate. 100% coordination is almost never necessary to solve social dilemmas.
What makes this game hard is that while it is easy to see what joint gains are, it is harder to see how to get people to commit individually to do their part.
What makes most social dilemmas hard is that whatever group needs to form, to gain the benefits of disciplined action, also needs not to be resentful towards those who don't join. Both discipline and the ability not to resent those who are not pitching are the required qualities. Those are hard to find.
- Jeffrey Cufaude said...
Interesting perspective Michael. I'm not sure we need to view the activity (or social dilemmas) through the 100% standard though. WAMAYC doesn't require that everyone cooperate every round in order for groups to all end up with positive scores. Doing so though will cause everyone to end up with the same score. Many will say that's not desirable or realistic.
What I find most valuable about the exercises are the resulting conversations about trust, cooperation, competition, and coordination. And because it can be easy to cheat, some good discussions about ethics and choices also ensure.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
- michael webster said...
Jeff, let me be more precise.
In this social dilemma, there is no group with less than 4 members that can coordinate so that each improves upon the Nash equilibrium.
There are 3 groups of 3 that can coordinate so that each receives the same as they would in the Nash equilibrium - 3 pick Y.
That is why this game is hard - and gets harder as you add more players.
Most social dilemmas have some number k, less than the number of players n, such that k is the smallest group which by coordinated action can escape the Nash equilibrium.
(I am doing a short article with a diagram on this point, which when done I will post back here.)
- Jeffrey Cufaude said...
Michael: I look forward to your article. As I understand Nash equilibrium, a situation does not meet tis criteria if an individual player who knows all of the other players' choices can improve his/hr situation with the choice s/he makes.
The last individual (if there are only four players) or the last group (if there are four groups with various # of players) in WAMAYC indeed can improve on their situation. Unless all groups write down their choices in advance and then reveal them, the fourth group can listen to each of the previous three groups choices and then select a choice that benefits them strategically.
So yes, that's what makes it difficult and that's what makes it so powerful. Does a group selecting in the final position changes its choice to score positively once they hear the choices of the other groups? Or do they stick with their original choice even if it reduces their group gain in score. Lots of wonderful dilemmas around trust, ethics, and strategy emerge.


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Brighter Days has been putting the Soul back into Saturdays for a while now. We all understand that music is what feelings sound like; Our universal aim is to make you feel GOOD. Along with coats and bags, egos are left at the door.
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text: Audie Cornish Gregory Porter On Channeling Nat King Cole: 'Nat Got Me Through Some Moments' By Audie Cornish • Jun 29, 2018 Radical Grooves And Hometown Heroes: Cuba's Lasting Jazz Legacy By Audie Cornish • Apr 28, 2017 Christian McBride On Ray Brown's Bass And James Brown's Appeal By Audie Cornish • Nov 18, 2015 Every month on All Things Considered, Christian McBride sits down with host Audie Cornish to discuss, dissect and deconstruct just about everything in jazz. 'We Crush The Cars': Inside The Monster Truck Arena By Audie Cornish • Feb 22, 2012 It's that time of year again — the time when the sports world starts to zone in on basketball's March Madness, hockey's playoff push, baseball's spring training ... and monster trucks. That's right, it's prime time for four-wheeled contraptions that specialize in crushing each other. While it may be hard to get past the deafening radio ads, a funny thing can happen on the way to a Monster Jam show. It turns out that young fans' giddiness over the awesome destruction they're about to witness can be pretty contagious.


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Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why
From The New York Times website
A diet of fiber-rich foods, such as fruits and vegetables, reduces the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and arthritis. Indeed, the evidence for fiber's benefits extends beyond any particular ailment: Eating more fiber seems to lower people's mortality rate, whatever the cause.
That's why experts are always saying how good dietary fiber is for us. But while the benefits are clear, it's not so clear why fiber is so great. "It's an easy question to ask and a hard one to really answer," said Fredrik Bäckhed, a biologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
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JUMO AQUIS 500 pH - Transmitter/Controller for pH value, Redox Voltage, NH3 (ammonia) Concentration and Temperature (202560)
- Automatic temperature compensation
- Display visualization is selectable: large digits, bar graph, or trend display
- Solderless connection technology
- Calibration options according to measurand one/two/three point calibration
- Calibration logbook
- Activatable impedance measurement
- Asymmetrical and symmetrical connection of ph value sensors
- Connection option of pH-ISFET sensors through the integrated output
to the voltage supply of the sensor
- Selectable languages: English, German, French;
additional languages can be added via the setup program
- With setup program: easy-to-use programming,
plant documentation, download of additional user languages
- Drinking water monitoring and processing
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- Drinking and well water, boiler supply water
- Greenhouse technology
- Swimming pool
- Fishkeeping (also seawater)
The device is used to measure/control the pH value, the redox voltage, or for NH3 (ammonia) concentration measurement. The function can be changed directly at the device. Depending on the measurand, combination electrodes (e.g. pH/redox combination electrodes, gas-sensitive sensors) or separate versions (glass/metal electrodes with separate reference electrode) can be connected. Temperature measurement is used as the second input value which can be performed with such a device as a Pt100/Pt1000. As a result, the ph value and NH3 measurands enable automatic temperature compensation.
The devices are operated via precise keys and a large LCD graphic display. This display allows clear legibility of the measured value. The parameter display in plain text facilitates configuration and supports the user in correctly programming the device.
The modular device structure allows the device to be adapted to the application requirements. Up to four outputs are available (for functions see block diagram).
Typical application areas:
Universally applicable in the water and wastewater industry, service/process/sewage water, drinking/well/surface water, leakage monitoring in cooling systems.
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'Tis the time of year where we are all thinking about the holidays and gift giving. One of my favorite things about this time of year is gift packaging. There is something so heart-warming about receiving a gift that has been embellished and decorated pretty.
Today, I'm sharing a few gift bags that I created with bits and pieces of the Just Dandy Studio shop...
These tags are available as an instant download in the shop.
I love these small kraft bags. They are just the right size for small gifts or a baked treat. I was so inspired by A Rare Ruby Crafts and her pretty little flower that I had to create one of my own. This was made with the ruffle ribbon from the shop and was so simple to create...and so fun! Just wrap, wrap, wrap around in a circle and attach a button.
The 'Peace, Love & Joy' bag was embellished with one of my favorite Papertrey Ink dies...Bloom Builders #3. I had the red polka dot brad in my stash and added that in the center...not sure where that is from.
Up last for today is 'Happy Christmas'...using the Rustic Snowflakes patterned paper from Papertrey Ink, I created this bow to attach to the top of my bag. **I designed the bow and die cut it with my Silhouette..stay tuned. I may offer that at a later time. ;)**
I hope this inspires you to create a few gift bags of your own this Christmas!
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Andrew Sullivan, with Bryan Appleyard, together question the value of the "new atheism," which they define as a belief system devoted to the absolute eradication of both religion, and its influence on mankind. Appleyard:
By "neo-atheism", I mean a tripartite belief system founded on the conviction that science provides the only road to truth and that all religions are deluded, irrational and destructive.
For them, neo-atheism rests on equal parts atheism, cultural secularism, and Darwinism, with the latter serving as "the final conclusive proof not only that God does not exist but also that religion as a whole is a uniquely dangerous threat to scientific rationality." The definition is hardly elegant, and relies on context for its meaning: by characterizing neo-atheism at least partially as a reaction against creationism, he denies the concept an independent existence, and so risks stopping short of identifying any error in neo-atheism except in its relation to competing ideologies. But even if Appleyard's neo-atheism is an antithesis, rather than a free-standing concept, we can take his argument as a case for synthesis — that reactionary, militant atheism shares the flaw of exclusion with the very ideologies it opposes.
[A]bsence of religion does not guarantee that the demonic side of our natures will be eliminated. People should have learned this from the catastrophic failed atheist project of communism, but too many didn't. . . . The history of attempts to destroy religion is littered with the corpses of believers and unbelievers alike. There are many roads to truth, but cultish intolerance is not one of them.
Indeed, the fault runs deeper. The problem isn't that militant atheism excludes, though it does; nor is it that it's an incomplete explanation of the world, though it is (for now); nor even that humanist morality, the companion of atheism, fails to resonate with some individuals as strongly as religious morality. It's that in a pluralistic society, which we declare ourselves to be, there can be no one answer. Christopher Hitchens once argued, correctly, that "the taming and domestication of religious faith is one of the unceasing chores of civilization." That's a battle we continue to fight against fundamentalist versions of Islam and Christianity alike. Similarly, we should recognize that atheism will have to civilize and accept difference before it can play an exclusively positive role in American society.
Thankfully, that task should not be terribly difficult. Many of the assumptions that underlie secularism and atheism are uniquely suited to American democracy, and easily adaptable to strengthen the integrity of our shared state. By proscribing the notion of a single religious Truth, atheism strongly justifies a constitutional structure that enables each citizen to discover their own personal truth. It maximizes freedom, by eschewing the kind of subjective norms that some would deploy to circumscribe the inoffensive, private moral choices of others. And it fits handily with the American Constitution's formal declaration of its own religious neutrality, and its creation of what is (in the view of some scholars) a public, pan-American secular morality (a "constitutional faith"). As religion serves society by creating (for some) a necessary moral compass, atheism can serve the state by justifying each citizen's decision to create that moral compass for themselves, and reminding them not to inflict it on others.
Consequentially, the only claim that atheism must renounce to complete its "taming and domestication" is the claim that other religions are, objectively and publicly, wrong and dangerous. To see itself integrated into civil society, atheism must find validation not just in an individual's decision to abjure all faiths, but in the more common, private, and individual choice to follow one faith, and renounce others. Such decisions are, after all, declarations of atheism as to all but one (set of) god(s), made with the blessing and legal protection of our secular constitution. And there can be no greater victory over fundamentalism — atheism's only true enemy — than to separate religiosity from orthodoxy.
But because atheism is a reactionary movement, query whether its "domestication" should precede or follow the end of religious fundamentalism in America. Until that time, militant atheists will have a point: religious fundamentalism actually is dangerous. It erodes our scientific competitiveness, justifies injustice, promotes bullying and therefore suicide, and provides moral support for domestic terrorism. We can look forward to the day when virulent atheism and fundamentalism produce, together, a stable synthesis, but in a world where Rick Santorum actually stands to win a Republican primary, we're still a ways away.


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Another week, another tragic slew of motorcycle accidents across Connecticut. Recently, a Harwinton man was killed in a motorcycle accident and a second motorcyclist was taken via medical helicopter to the Hartford Hospital with serious injuries. Just a week before, motorcyclists were killed in separate accidents in Trumbull and Chaplin.
Spotlight On Connecticut's Motorcycle Accident Problem
Hartford families also victims in fatal accidents
The loss of a loved one is never easy. Losing a parent or child in a sudden car accident, though, can be especially hard. This emotional toll of such a traumatic incident can be compounded by the financial impact. Unpaid medical bills, loss of earnings and other incidental expenses can unceremoniously interrupt the grieving process of a Connecticut native.
Resources for Connecticut traumatic brain injury victims
Perhaps no injury has as wide reaching effects as a brain injury. In addition to the physical effects of a traumatic brain injury, victims must also cope with mental and emotional aspects of the incident.
Have you been seriously injured while shopping in Hartford?
Last week, this blog reported on a recent accident outside a major retail store. A patron was burned with hot oil as the result of two employees playing with a lighter. Fortunately, the victim's injuries were described as minor. Nevertheless, it is not hard to imagine how such an incident could have been far worse.


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Idon't get it
Idon't get it
And THAT boys and girls...
...is why you shouldn't lie down on corpses.
Very good work, but I think it's be a lot harder to yank out someone's eyes than that, and it would have been better if you'd made the guy decay, and the same sort of thing happen to another person that plopped himself down on his rotted body..sort of a continuity thing going on, you know?
He FELL over. When the music is actually timed correctly, it makes more sense. Its like he heard something and tumbled over in horror!
WHAT THE HELL!...THIS IS ONLY UR god damn second fucking flash? gotta hand it to ya man..not many ppl can pull off flash this good when its only there second
Thats a funny movie
HAHAHAHAH LOL his eye get ripped out hahahahhah ROFLMAO!!!!! oh and the song title is DNR
w00t i loved it!!!
that thing looked like that monster os Jeepers Creepers!!!
it a phat movie yo!!!
make more!!!
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Tony Kushner on Climate Change
The play Angels in America had a profound effect on me so I was happy to have had this video of its author, Tony Kushner, sent to me by The Nation magazine. In the video, Kushner talks about how "Angels" dealt with environmental issues and how difficult it is for the arts to take on climate change.Angels in America debuted in 1991 and took on the AIDS crisis, religion, and the environment--among other issues of the time. At the time, character Hannah Pitt's anxiety about the hole in the ozone layer was representative of what many of us were feeling--confusion and a feeling of powerlessness.
Now, almost 20 years later, President Obama is on his way to Copenhagen next week for the international climate negotiations. Tony Kushner has some interesting things to say about our exploitation of resources and what artists can do to tell the story of earth's plight. The Nation is bringing a variety of stories to the world about climate change as the negotiations near.
More on COP15:
BREAKING: Obama to Attend COP15 Climate Summit
Next Stop COP15! Kyoto-Copenhagen Train to Tout Climate Change Awareness & Sustainable Transpor


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It has been a fun and busy holiday season! With one less week between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I feel like we are missing out on some serious holiday time. We are missing time to do fun Christmas things and also get things done for the big week! But, we have made plenty of time this […]
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It's not easy to find kid-friendly cookie recipes that you feel good about feeding your little ones. This is the perfect recipe for making with your kids and letting them sample the batter as you go. With only 2 ingredients – you can't go wrong with letting them eat the whole batch! Here are the […]
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Last weekend we had a quick and whirlwind trip to Columbus. We left around 8:30 Saturday morning, right after Brady walked in the door from taking the red-eye back from California. We spent time at Brady's family, went to the Zoo lights (only to be rained out), went out with friends Saturday night, went to […]
Carrot Cake Breakfast Protein Cookie
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Lately, I have been working hard on coming up with some portable breakfasts for on-the go meals. The criteria: healthy – low in fat, high in nutrients full of protein – something that will hold you over to lunch packed with fiber – again, it needs staying power easy to eat in the car or […]
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Tyler felt himself hit the floor hard, but that was nothing compared to the concussive impact he felt burst against the wall behind him. As he pulled himself to his feet, he felt the discharge crackling, making the hair on the back of his neck stand on end. His dreads rained about him, as he stumbled, trying to get his boots to take purchase on the floor.
"Go live fire!"
Fuck. Worst luck ever. Tyler crashed through the door that took him into the fetid stairwell. Why the hell would the Black and Whites be after him, and more than that, why would they be authorizing live rounds on a punk like him? This was about to get a whole lot thicker, he realized. He almost broke his ankle on the first few steps as he bound down them three or four at a time.
"Citizen Tyler Burrell! Stop or we will open fire!"
The voice carried easily down the stairwell. Tyler could barely see, making the conscious thought to bring up better vision through his wetware. His surrounds flickered in shades of lowlight and then failed altogether. He cursed, barely having the time to give it too much thought before a deafening boom shook the crusty surrounds. Concrete exploded above him from the shot, showering him in chips.
Dare not go back online. Not now. Stay ghost. Stay low.
Tyler could hear the men on the stairs. He just hoped that his blind panic took him to the ground level and out. Sense dictated that the ground level would be swamped with more Blacks and Whites. He tried to think of a more cunning way from the building than out the back door, or straight out the front. He pulled open the landing door as he passed the third floor, letting it bang open sharply.
"Check third! Check third!" came a cry above him, as Tyler tried to let his feet fall more lightly on the steps. He cursed, speeding his flight as he heard the rest. "Rest of you continued down."
Tyler broke out onto the ground floor, half expected to see his capture there. Instead he just saw the grotty surrounds of the tenement he half called home. He was just one of hundreds here, one of the masses. He hadn't really even given much thought to an escape route because of the fact. No one should know he had a safe haven here.
'Think hard, Tyler,' he thought as he darted along a corridor lit by the garish light of vending machines. 'You're always the one with the rep of being a slippery lil fuck. This is what you do.'
Tyler caught sight of a door, Custodians office, if he remembered rightly. He risked the spike and alarms, already staring at the door panel as he dashed at it. It took a few more deadly seconds longer before he felt his wetware overwhelm it, and the door unlocked with a sucking sound. A sharp pain shot through his head.
'Hope the bastard ain't home,' Tyler thought, faltering as the pain passed.
Custodian James Ash had a taste for the gunja. He and Tyler had shared a few blunts. Nothing wrong with making a few crucial friends. Friends enough to get invited in to his meager, yet cramped home to sit on the couch and jack off watching free to air porn, and getting high. Long enough to scope the place enough to know there was a loose window in the toilet.
Tyler thought he heard a shout of surprise, his dreads showering about him like a wild octopus as he vaulted the junk piled coffee table in the center of the room. Something crunched underfoot. The room was as dark and cramped as he remembered, smelling like a bachelor pad. He slammed the bathroom door behind him, dancing up the wall before putting his foot straight against the window frame. It shattered outwards.
A few more seconds and he was out into the freezing cold night. Tyler scrambled against the ground, thinking his faux leather jacket to black, and the thing faded to an off, dark blue. He felt a huff of heat against his bare body underneath, as the jacket at least sensed the cold and tried to compensate.
'Stop, drop and roll. How did that old song go?' Tyler thought. It was close enough to his escape plans. Stop running. Drop into the crowds, and roll with the flow. Tyler pulled his dreadlocks up into a topknot as he broke the foot traffic and tried to blend.
Above him and behind, Black and Whites surveillance drones were waltzing in the air, strobes cutting the crowd like a disco. Tyler tried to keep his head down against the night, and keep the pounding from his head.
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"Fuckin' bad wetware is your problem, mate," Fuzz remarked. Tyler hadn't known where else to go right now, and the bar was as good a place as any. "You aughta get that shit sorted straight. Else next time you try and put through a call your gonna have a brain bleed or some shit."
"Yeah," Tyler replied, hunched at the bar. He tried to cut through Fuzz's bullshit banter. "Know all that stuff. Sort of just have to use your back room for a moment. Five minutes and I'm out."
Fuzz regarded him with blue in blue eyes. Tyler knew the big man was a big sci fi fan, but he couldn't remember what it was he had said about those eyes. All Tyler knew was it freaked him out more than his almost ever changing buzz cut. Blue one second, red the next, like some strange lava lamp of color.
"Not even gonna ask, mate. You could be watchin' keebler porn back there for all I care."
"So let me in already. This is sort of urgent."
Fuzz was slow on the uptake, calling over to one of the other bartenders as he lumbered down the length and let himself out. Tyler pushed off from the bar, giving a meager glance to the midnight crowd. Or was it mid morning? He had a shit sense of time with his wetware down. He followed Fuzz up a short flight of stairs. The door unlocked as the man approached, and he turned to head back downstairs, putting a hand on Tyler's shoulder to stay him a moment.
"Take longer than five, mate. Fuck knows you could need it. You know I ain't ever gonna pry in your own private shit, but I do know you only ever come up in here when you on the run from something."
Tyler nodded, trying to push passed, but Fuzz's hand stayed heavy. His voice was quiet. "And I know you ain't stupid enough to lead anything back here. I known you long enough to know that shit, mate. So take a few hours to get your shit sorted. Smoke some dak for your headache. Top draw."
"Yeah, thanks."
Fuzz let him pass this time, and Tyler walked low, keeping his head down. He didn't relax until he was inside, and the door was locked. He did it the old fashioned way, not wanting to chance more spikes or sharps. He pulled at the lone dreadlock that kept the whole lot up. They showered down, falling loose with the wires braided easily amongst them. Tyler fumbled for the lights, rubbing at his head.
Tough, wirey lil shit. That's what he was always known for, but hell if this bullshit wasn't dragging him down. The lights came up slowly, holding on low, illuminating the small, but serviceable living area of a man who almost never lived there. Tyler slipped his jacket off, his ropey chest bare as he headed straight to the hardline. He risked using his wetware to scan for ears, but came up none, and few another throb of pain for his trouble.
"Manly. Fuck this shit. I thought I was off duty?"
The man on the other end of the line looked barely awake, but dignified enough to be about himself, "You are. We have the tech department inquiring official records onto why there might be a warrant out for you. You haven't been doing anything illegal, I'm guessing."
"Hell no," Tyler replied, sore that Manly would ask. Manly looked strange in the harsh light of the line. Everyone always did on a hardline. "I been staying low. Just like Agency policy. And then I have the Blacks and Whites banging on my door. That and my fucking wetware is acting up again."
Manly gave an introspect glance, his lips pursing. "Go to point 60. We will have to get that sorted. I'll have a tech on spot. We might need to do a full extraction."
"What if I don't make it to point 60?"
"Well, I've never known you to have trouble getting in or out of a place before," Manly remarked, frankly. Tyler rubbed at his temples and wondered about getting stoned. "If anyone can operate ghost, it's you."
"Get the Agency to send me to Tonga next downtime," demanded Tyler tersely. He gave Manly a resigned glance and cut the call. The silence of the room swamped his senses, right before he heard Fuzz clear his throat.
The man was standing in the doorway, big enough on fat to block it. Tyler wondered how he had missed the man knocking, until he realized that he hadn't. The look on Fuzz's face suggested that all the pieces were finally coming together. All the time they had known each other and walking in on this made it all fit.
Tyler worked for some corporate special force.
"Sorry mate. Bunch of men down here want to have a word with you. Money was too good to pass up."
Tyler stiffened, standing up from where he had been sitting. He felt the sharp pain of betrayal. Maybe his number was finally up, and this was one situation he couldn't somehow squirm his way out of.


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Shattered - Dividing Line #5 - Available Valentine's Day 2014
Posted on 11 February 2014 11:18
Shattered will be available to purchase on Amazon on February 14th 2014 priced 77p.
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becky tyers
on 15 February 2014 15:06
I downloaded this on valentines day and finished it Saturday afternoon couldn't put it down! !! Brilliant will be keeping my eye open for next installment of rachel and ryan....... oh ive read all the break away series too also brilliant. :)
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Heather Atkinson
on 15 February 2014 16:38
Thanks for getting in touch Becky. So glad you enjoyed Shattered. The sixth book will be out in the summer as I have a couple of other series of books I want to work on. The second Elemental book will be out next. Heather x
Becky Loydall
on 15 February 2014 18:13
I will my eye out for book 6 in the meantime Im just starting the element today.. will there be anymore from the breaking away series loved them x
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Heather Atkinson
on 15 February 2014 19:17
I'm afraid there won't be anymore Breaking Away books, I've gone as far as I can with them but the second Elemental book will be out next and I've another new series to start work on. x
Adele Eastabrook
on 16 February 2014 15:18
Just read shattered it was fantastic cannot wait for the next book
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Heather Atkinson
on 16 February 2014 18:14
Thanks very much Adele, glad you enjoyed it. The sixth book will be available in the summer. In the meantime I'm working on the second Elemental book, another crime thriller series x
Rachael Tomlinson
on 09 March 2014 11:02
I love the way this serial appears to be going can't wait for the next one...
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Heather Atkinson
on 09 March 2014 11:04
Thanks Rachel. Sixth book will be out summer this year. Currently working on second Elemental book, The Burning Days. Heather x
Lou Armstrong
on 11 March 2014 12:40
Fantastic books can't get enough of them. Looking forward to your next one. Thank you.
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Heather Atkinson
on 11 March 2014 13:09
Thanks very much Lou. The Burning Days will be out next month (second in the Blair Dubh trilogy) then I'll be starting work on the sixth Dividing Line book. Heather x
Lisa Osborn-Cocks
on 11 May 2014 09:10
I loved this book as much as the others they never get boring, trust me it takes a lot to keep my attention lol I've read some of your other books whilst waiting for the next dividing line book to come out, you are very talented thanks for sharing with the world. Lisa xxx
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I Wish I Couldn't Feel A Damn Thing -Day 2 Challenge Painting
This painting isn't done. I hit a hell of a wall with it and decided to stop and set it aside for now. But it's still worth talking about. I think it's important to talk about failures and frustrations, maybe more so than talking about successes.
I see this a lot when watching my own spawn. They missed the decades of me struggling with my art and see me churning out mostly successful paintings. But that's not how it always was. And certainly everything changed for me this past spring and kicked me into a new level. But having a painting go sideways is still painful.
Everything started out great. The under painting came together like it should have. Strong eyes. Good shadows. Characters looked like they should.
A double portrait is always a huge risk. Capturing likenesses is hard no matter who you are, and having to do it twice on the same canvas is crazy. But since I specialize in crazy, this is something I attempt fairly often
At this point (above) I left the painting over night. I started it on Sept 1 with the plan of finishing it Sept 2. I like to have a day or two between sessions. Fresh eyes. Paint dry. New perspective. It all matters.
The goal with returning to any painting is to take the under painting and use it as a base for flesh tones, shadows and more. Build on the foundation. And look at Sam! He just looks awesome. Like himself. But Dean gave me all kinds of grief.
Layer upon layer of colour. Usually works well. Building up depth and character but I was struggling. I switched my source material to black and white to get the shadows down but it didn't help. This still feels like an under painting to me.
I finally gave up for the night. Fresh eyes. More source material. A new colour palette will probably save the day. Just not today.
"I Wish I Couldn't Feel A Damn Thing"
20″x16″ acrylic on canvas. In progress.
Want prints or the original? Hop on over to my store or contact me directly. I love it when my art finds a good home.
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Email from Stephanie I
Sarah Update
Hi all,
There are a couple of you on this list who we have not talked to yet about Sarah, so for a brief recap, she has not been gaining weight over the past few weeks. She was born at 7-4, and had been 7-11 for about three and a half weeks. She gained three ounces this week, so she's up to 7-14, but she's already over two months old and should be gaining quite a bit more.
We've done a lot of testing and everything has come back normal. So, today at her appointment, the pediatrician said that she would like to put Sarah in the hospital for a few days to monitor how much milk she is taking in and to insert a feeding tube (nasally) if necessary. She is also referring us to a pediatric gastroenterologist that flies up from Seattle to Anchorage during the year. I'm not sure when that appointment would be yet.
So, we're home today and tomorrow morning we'll go back to the doctor. For the next 24 hours, I'm exclusively bottle feeding so that we can measure exactly how much she is taking in and feeding her every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. If there is weight gain, I think that the doctor would be open to continuing to feed her at home, but otherwise, we'll go with hospitalization where they can help her gain some weight.
Please keep us all in your prayers.


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NIH, Pharma Orgs Launch $215M Precision Medicine, Cancer Project
A new precision medicine collaboration will bring leading pharmaceutical companies together to develop additional biomarkers to target cancer therapies.
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- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has partnered with 11 biopharmaceutical companies to launch a five-year, public-private research collaboration focused on enhancing precision medicine approaches to cancer care.
The $215 million Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT) program springs from the national Cancer Moonshot initiative. Participants will work to identify, validate, and develop biomarkers that may lead to innovative immunotherapy treatments for a wide variety of cancers.
"This new public-private partnership is a significant step forward in the battle against cancer and a real boost to the potential of immunotherapy," said Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan. "We are excited for this partnership, which will strengthen efforts already underway across HHS."
Personalized immunotherapy is a promising treatment avenue for rare or hard-to-treat cancers, but providers and researchers currently operate with an incomplete understanding of how to optimally target treatment regimens to every unique individual.
"We have seen dramatic responses from immunotherapy, often eradicating cancer completely for some cancer patients," said NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD.
READ MORE: Precision Medicine Research a Top Strategic Priority for NIH
"We need to bring that kind of success — and hope — for more people and more types of cancers, and we need to do it quickly. A systematic approach like PACT will help us to achieve success faster."
PACT will bring together leaders in the field to collaborate on systematic and uniform research into biomarkers that identify which patients will respond best to which combinations of drugs.
The participants will extend their research into the clinical trial environment to ensure rigorous review of potential innovations.
"A scientific and organizational challenge this complex cannot be addressed effectively by any one organization acting alone," said Maria C. Freire, PhD, President and Executive Director of the Foundation of the National Institutes of Health, which is overseeing the project.
"Instead, it requires the energies and resources of public and private partners working in close collaboration."
READ MORE: How Precision Medicine Will Shift from Research to Clinical Care
The coordinated approach will allow organizations to generate and share data consistently, creating an environment in which it is easier to replicate trial results, compare data across disparate studies, and ensure a high degree of quality across all investigators.
Many well-known biopharmaceutical companies have joined the collaboration, including AbbVie, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Bristol-Myers SquibbCelgene Corporation, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, and Pfizer, Inc.
"Given the significant unmet needs that exist in oncology, it's critical we work together to drive clinical research and development of innovative therapies that can ultimately make an impact on the lives of people around the world affected by cancer," said Tom Hudson MD, Vice President of Oncology Discovery and Early Development, AbbVie.
"AbbVie applauds the efforts being made to drive forward innovation in oncology and we recognize that tackling the toughest challenges today is going to take all of us – scientists, physicians, industry peers, patient groups and most importantly patients."
Each pharma stakeholder will contribute financially to the initiative, as well. The partners will contribute up to $1 million a year for the five-year duration of the collaboration, bringing the private sector investment to $55 million.
READ MORE: Precision Medicine Must Be a "Team Effort," White House Says
"The PACT collaboration brings together leading researchers from the NCI and the pharmaceutical industry to overcome central obstacles to optimizing the power of immuno-oncology therapies – high variability in the use of biomarker assays that can determine which patients may be best treated with which drug or combination," said Axel Hoos, MD, PhD, Co-chair of the PACT project and Senior Vice President of Oncology R&D at GlaxoSmithKline.
"By harmonizing the way we use biomarker tools, we believe we can reduce data heterogeneity and accelerate development of immunotherapies. We look forward to working alongside the members of PACT to drive progress for the research community and bring the right medicines to the right patients."
The NIH will add $160 million in funding over the length of the collaboration, assuming the organization continues to have the funds available for appropriation.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), which operates under the NIH, will also oversee portions of the project. The NCI's four Cancer Immune Monitoring and Analysis Centers (CIMACs) and a Cancer Immunologic Data Commons (CIDC) will provide a network of laboratories that will support pediatric and adult precision medicine trials.
The CIDC will serve as the data hub for the laboratory data, genomic information, and analytics functions required by PACT members.
"NCI's long-term support for basic and translational research in immunotherapy paved the way for the recent dramatic clinical successes in this area," said Douglas R. Lowy, MD, Acting Director of NCI.
"This partnership, and the data the partners have committed to making publicly accessible to the broader research community, will facilitate our continued progress in helping to find the cancer treatments that benefit the greatest number of patients."