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>> Tuesday, May 25, 2010
I was having a talk with a couple who have been trying to have a baby. She is beautiful inside and out and her husband is a great guy. They have this wonderful house with lots of room for children. The conversation is mostly one sided with her telling me about the difficulty in her conceiving. She has a hereditary illness and her doctor has recommended, after her miscarriage, for her to no longer try to conceive due to her health and possibility of dieing. She is pouring her heart out and I listen intensely as this is all she really needs.
I am moved as she tells her story with apologies to talking my ears off but a simple gesture negating her concerns, brings us back to her story. We discuss trying again vs. her health status. Then I told her about two other women as a source of inspiration and that that the human body has learned behavior not just as a part of our psyche but also in our biological make up as well. There is so much more information on Cell Memory & Organ Memory. For a more scientific articles you can see here and also here.
I remembered a couple of amazing stories of women who were pregnant several times before they became pregnant and gave birth. I believe this concept of cell memory also applies to women who are on the spectrum of the pregnancy/birth processes. I had heard of a woman who was pregnant 26 times before finally giving birth and he was expected to die but lived. He is now 7 years old. Another woman after having one son wanted another and tried to conceive up to 6 years later. Finally on a vacation in the island from causing herself stress, she became pregnant. Even in the case of a woman who had one fallopian tube and a husband with a vasectomy at 45 one can become pregnant. Perseverance mixed with great hope can make wonders. My point? I think the body is an amazing instrument. Although a miscarriage is one of the worst things that can happen to a woman, her body has learned biologically what it is made to do. Somehow for some women her inner workings need practice, training and strengthening.
As I was in sentence to suggest trying, the hopeful to be mother stated what seemed to be innate when we said simultaneously, "...it's almost as if your body is..training , becoming accustom to the process of conception and carrying...." We also discussed her health issue and is taking medicine that is resolving the medical issue she has. It was an interesting conversation that I wanted to present here. My hopeful mother left at ease and I felt very happy that she felt she had someone to listen to. Please let me know your thoughts on anything I have said as there is little information on this concept and I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks.
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Science Proves That Trolls Ruin Everything
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Science Proves That Trolls Ruin Everything
A recent study suggests that trolls prevent us all from behaving like rational human beings.
Troll encounters are simply a fact of life when it comes to the internet. Just browse around any forum or comment thread, and odds are you'll find someone making life very difficult for decent, hard-working internet users. We all know how frustrating and annoying trolls can be, but a recent scientific study suggests that they could be much worse than we originally thought. You know that feeling you get when you really want to put a troll in their place with a cutting yet witty retort? That means their comments just bypassed the part of your brain responsible for calm, rational thought. Once that happens, you're not only getting angry in the short term, you're also becoming a slightly less rational person altogether.
For the study, 1,183 participants were asked to read a blog post discussing the risks and benefits of nanotechnology. While the post itself was identical for each participant, the comment threads below varied from polite and reasoned to rude and inflammatory. When the scientists asked afterwards what their subjects thought about nanotechnology, they discovered that trolling comments had a polarizing effect. Everyone who read a rude or derogatory comment quickly became more secure in their original beliefs, dismissing the more balanced ideas laid out in the original post. Most interestingly, the troll's stated opinion had no effect on the reader's reactions; it was the hostility itself that made everyone less rational.
To scientists, this behavior bears a strong resemblance to the theory of motivated reasoning, which states that humans are emotional first and rational second. This means that if you're presented with a balanced and well-reasoned idea, you'll probably ignore the details if someone is hurling out inflammatory comments nearby. It only gets worse when discussing serious issues like climate change or Mass Effect 3, where opinions are so vitriolic that almost no one is capable of having a fully rational conversation in the first place.
So is there anything that can be done, short of never reading comment threads ever again? Here's my suggestion: before posting in any thread, inoculate yourself from hostility using cute animal pictures and videos reminding you not to be a dick. Also, as always, not feeding the trolls would be a very good idea.
Source: io9
Interesting that they needed a study to find out that trolls ruin chances of people having a rational debate or good conversation.
Remember when trolls were actually funny and didn't spam hurtful things and act like dicks?
You know, I love science. I think it's wonderful and has made life so much better for our species as a whole.
There are times when I really wish we didn't have to put so much time and effort into studying and analyzing the painfully obvious, just so we can convince idiots that it is, in fact, true.
Can we please get some kind of referendum that asks what scientists think we want to know about instead of wasting money on "Studies" that we all just kinda go "Uh, Doy!" after we read about?
No, really? How do you think the church managed to pass witch hunts off as an acceptable thing for so long. Once the first person starts crying witch then it's only natural that other idiots will follow suit. Humans are essentially just big monkeys, when we see someone starting to fling shit, we quite happily join the festivities. Monkey see, monkey do.
Yes, I'm aware people are actually apes. But I still mean it when I call them monkeys.
You could have just said "Most humans are shit flinging fuckwits." and it would have worked just as well.
ITT: Mass Effect 3's ending blew donkey dongs. That is all.
(Wait? Is trolling in a thread about trolling considered satire, or expected behavior? /mindblown)
I find it odd that there's no link to what the study defined a "troll" to be.
It is odd because many people disagree on exactly what a troll is. To some people it's someone who plays devil's advocate, to others it is someone who enters a thread saying something with the intent of riling others up, and sometimes it's just someone who disagrees with you.
I thought the term for someone who just spouts obscenities or negative opinion over something was a "flamer", not a "troll".
I love how this thread is mildly hostile. "Love" is a word that, in this case, means "am saddened by".
As per usual, tact is the correct (and rarest) approach.
No, but I've only been on the internet since 1990. When was this, again?
Wouldnt really be able to give you a time frame because it happened at different times on different sites. But when I first discovered/heard of "trolling" it was funny and even the people getting trolled always laughed. Now everyone thinks trolling is cool and act like a bunch of wannabe losers. So that's why I consider 99.99% of today's trolls pathetic losers.
Real trolling is when even the guy getting trolled laughs/doesn't mind.
Professional Troll here, and i just want to say, you shouldnt lump us all in together. A lot of us classier trolls would never spam, "U MAD?", or aim for someones worst quality in a direct way. Some of us are so subtle you wont even notice it. Youve all had that moment where you have to ask yourself, "Did i just get trolled?", thats what a lot of us shoot for.
Idiots and Arses ruin everything. Trolls? Real trolls? Trolls that know blunt cursing and spamming the same thing isnt sportsmanlike? We highlight the problems.
still rather pathetic....
ANY form of trolling
How much money do you think was wasted? These studies are usually surveys, and if any money goes into them at all, it's to compensate those surveyed for the hour or so of their time. These subjects are usually students, who could use the money.
How is this a bad thing?
Besides, anyone can state the obvious, like that the sun goes round the earth, but it's not science until it is actually investigated, and every once in a while during the course of those investigations we find that what we thought was obvious was not true.
Who are you to judge my way of life?! You find me pathetic even though you dont even know me?
Thats what truly holds the world back these days. Treating others poorly based on their life choices! Discrimination has never led to anything good in our world. Maybe if you and all the parents who think "Violent video games are evil", opened your eyes to the truth that its not the troll, or the game that's the problem, its poor parenting and bigotry that are!
But i will forgive your quick judgement on my nature, and extend an olive branch of friendship. Not because im the bigger man, but because its the right thing to do.
That's not a trolling remark, that's an off-topic opinion. And based on the intention, flame-baiting. Still not a troll though.
Trolling would be something like "I liked ME3's ending for [poorly thought-out reasons] and anyone who disagrees with me is just too dim-witted to see the beauty in its construction." But given the thread it'd likely fail.
As for the article: hostility and harsh criticism will always exist on the internet. Don't confuse it with trolling. We have another, better construct for it, and it's called being an asshole.
My thoughts exactly, but sometimes people do that themselves by accident when making a point without backing it up, then turning hostile to all counter-arguments as opposed to counter-counter arguments.
I see what you did there....
Don't worry, I have my jar of Turkish miak; I'm good to go.
Indeed. I imagine the study was not about trolling at all, but about the effect of inflammatory comments. Unfortunately the link to the actual study returns a 404, so it might be all made up.
My own opinion is that the fear of trolls is much more damaging to a discussion than actual trolls themselves, who tend to be extremely rare. I find that when people create negative responses they are usually sincere about them, and have a point.
And what do we burn apart from witches? MOAR WITCHEZ!!!!
OT: Seriously though, a scientific study on the effects of internet trolling? Really? Someone actually got a GRANT to perform this...that means that someone else PAID people to study this...
Forget doing more research into cancer remedies or other diseases. No, lets focus our efforts on finding out the psychological effects of internet trolling. I saw another study the other day that declared "Male Jurors Are More Likely To Think That Fat Female Defendants Are Guilty." Personally I'd like to see a study on just how useful trivial scientific studies - like the effects of internet trolls causing people to become angry and irrational - are for the general public. That or more specifically a study on how many people think such studies are a waste of time and money.
As someone mentioned before, these kinds of studies don't cost a lot of money relative to things like cancer research. You can pump millions into finding cures for a disease and get nowhere, but putting a few thousand (if that) in to a physchological study and you get some vaguely interesting trivia. You might as well say that we should stop teaching people anything other than biomedical sciences, because having a degree in English literature isn't going to find the cure for AIDS. And by the same logic advanced maths is useless because it won't cure cancer!
These studies don't waste time and money because the people conducting the research were likely psychology students under the guidance of a supervisor, funded by their tuition fees. So it's not like the world is moving backwards just because someone wants to know something that isn't going to end all suffering and pain.
But it is kind of obvious that trolls piss on people's cornflakes. Do I get an MPsy too?
I love when people take something you've said and then say "by that logic" and insert some extreme position that the original comment in no way suggested. I'm not saying that EVERY study has to be about curing diseases and ending suffering, all I'm saying is that there's much more valuable infomation to be seeking than "Internet trolls piss people off." As has been pointed out by numerous others: it's a study into the obvious. Do we really need detailed information on just HOW internet trolls piss people off? Can we not just leave it at "they piss people off"? You mean to tell me that someone spitting flames and insults regarding a subject that some people are - for lack of a better term - passionate about can cause that passion to turn into irrational fury? Could that study not have been completed by basically just looking up the definition of "internet troll"? That's why I say studies like these are a waste of time and money. Then there's the fact that some studies just come up with wrong conclusions, or at the very least misleading.
I saw one stating that teenagers that smoke pot will suffer from a decaying IQ as they grow up. The study focused on a number of teens that smoked pot and tracked them from (I believe) ages 15-35, and it found that on average those that smoked pot as teens had lower IQs when the experiment ended than when it started. Now, I'm not going to sit here and say that weed won't lower your IQ over time, but that's not a valid conclusion to draw from that study. Correlation does not prove causation. Over the course of 20 years there's any number of different things that could have caused the IQ to drop. Perhaps they took up drinking during that time and it's actually BOOZE that lowers IQ? Perhaps they started watching a lot of reality tv and that lowered their IQ.
But I'm getting off track here. My point is that studies into the obvious are a waste, and studies with misleading conclusions are even worse than a waste.
I still disagree that it is a waste, someone is getting experience doing work on a study (be it number crunching or what have you) which will likely lead to a qualification. It's not going to change the world that we now have a study saying something we already know, but we don't have to pay anything for it and we aren't losing anything. But I think it is at least interesting that someone is looking in to WHY trolls are such twats and our interactions with them. Maybe it will lead to a vaccination against trollism.
Are you suggesting that these researchers are actually trolling us and in fact are basing their research on the comments from this new article under the guise of having a;ready completed their research? *grabs tinfoil hat*
On topic;
Yeah it really shouldn't surprise anyone one that hurtful stupid comments make people react irrationally. It happens enough in real life as it is, so I don't see why online comments should be any different.
So in other words, trolls don't ruin anything. Your lack of self control ruins it.
To all those that don't see the point in the experiment I think the most important part of the result is that when someone presents their opinion in an inflammatory and tactless way all it does is make people hunker down and refuse to see other peoples opinions. This has a large number of practical applications. Now I know that all a strongly worded argument does is reinforce my opponents position. I now know that many opinions I hold are based on an innate defensive tendency that only gets worse the more genuine points are thrown at it.
I also see why the most discussed topics are the most polarising. If everyone just remained calm and collected about ME:3 then the ending wouldn't be seen as anywhere near as bad as it is now. That's probably why none of the reviewers mentioned it because they wouldn't have been exposed to all the strong opinions.
People not knowing this is probably why we don't have gay marriage already. the people trying to allow them were probably so vocal in their support of it that anyone even remotely iffy about the idea instantly went into defensive mode and fortified their belief with whatever justification was at hand and now won't budge a bloody inch.
This is why we always have such polarised major parties in almost every democracy because all the topics matter so much that you can't not advocate them passionately thereby ensuring that everyone who disagrees will never see reason.
Now I have to rethink absolutely all of my opinions because of ANOTHER subconscious force I did know about. And to think I use to deliberately pick apart the strongest opinions to see if there was any genuine criticism there when all I was doing was making it so my opinion was based more and more on emotion as opposed to logic.
(In a calm helpful tone of voice)All you did with that argument is enforce his already held beliefs just as all his did was enforce yours. The real message of this study is that if you want someone to listen to you you need to be friendly. Using a condescending tone, excess hyperbole, veiled insults or standing on an absolute opinion will only cause them to become defensive and focus more on what they need to do to maintain their opinion and less on any genuine points they might have.
(Joking cheerfully) Hell you weren't even arguing against me and reading your post made me all the more sure of myself in my interpretation of the article.
But that was the point of the research. That trolls manage to overpower the self control of an otherwise rational person; making him became just as spiteful and irrational as them.
Feeling emotion is an effortful action, to do so occupies a portion of your working memory. This means you have less available "processing power" to sort through the information in the article, and so pay less attention/assign less meaning to it. This causes you to disregard any new information, which is why original beliefs are affirmed.
While I understand that its important to prop theories up with supporting evidence, there comes a point when there is already enough evidence (see practically all of Dan Kahnemans career) and scientists should spend their time researching something else.
-clap clap clap clap- Someone gets it! Or at least what the study is most likely about.
The stupid thing about posting an article without the source material is we lose -alot- of context. I am on my last semester of my Bachelors degree in Psychology, and seriously, you need the journal article to know the specifics of this.
Most Psychology students go through -multiple- classes on -just- forming research ideas and writing journals. In those journals, there is -alot- of information pertaining to the study, past studies, research ideas, specific statistics, looking forward to future research, and many other things.
Honestly, this study could be the basis of a large idea that the researcher had in mind, this is just the starting point. Journals have to be very speicific in their ideas, so nothing else could be paired in the same journal as this study.
...Orrrrrrr, it could just be a throw away study by a student. That is completly possible. You know the funny thing about that though? Most students get absolutely -no- money to conduct research. Im doing my own study (about 7 months in, with breaks), and there is no profit in them. But thats ok, its research experience that is nearly a -must- for most graduate schools. Even though it may not mean much in the grand scheme of things, this little research could be cited and used to help back up ideas.
Also, people say 'Oh, this is common sense'. Yeah... Psychology does not accept common sense when we are forming ideas and theories. The reason shows in this article, its the -attitude- of the troll that causes people to get defensive, not the words themselves. Tada. That little specific means ALOT, especially when forming a new idea that incorporates that.
So... thats my soapbox. heh. Yeah.
It is not a sociologist's job to find the cure for cancer. Just as it is not a psychologist's job to perform heart surgery.
I'm not sure such a time existed.
I hate to quote and say this, but you are completely wrong on your first paragraph. The comments came after the article, which means that the information in the article was already processed. Also, 'working memory' doesn't have a set limit.
Also, working memory and emotion are two different areas. Emotion happens on the subconscious level and influences our working memory, not takes up the capacity.
Also, another point, Psychology doesn't do what you propose -exactly- for that reason. Even if you were to be right about your idea, I would have -no- reason to believe you without the research.
'Common Sense' holds no place in research. Everything starts with a foundation, and builds off of that.
EDIT: Also, for people outside of internet culture, the research would allow them to understand the situation. They may not know what a 'troll' does, because articles are more than just research.
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So much of the privacy discussion is about data collection and access, fears of a future dystopia, and the complexities of law. There seems to be a real vacuum around how societal norms should be mapped to rapidly growing capabilities of big data. What's difficult about some of these big data use-cases is that even the intended and approved uses of data can lead to decisions or actions that negatively affect specific individuals or groups. These can range from effects on safety (by making a person more easily identifiable or locatable), to fairness (because the purpose of the application is some form of discrimination), to autonomy (by limiting individual choice or through subtle manipulation).
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BOUNTIFUL — It's taken the strength of three hearts to keep the light shining in six-year-old Kaidence Stephenson's eyes.
The little girl, who loves dance and her three brothers, had her first heart transplant when she was just 10 months old. Her second came late last year, after a sudden bout of coronary heart disease attacked the first heart she had been given.
These days, Kaidence is looking forward to the upcoming summer season. Her mother Shauntelle is grateful for the gifts of two loving families whose children are no longer around to experience the same thing.
"It's a very bittersweet thing," said Shauntelle. "Kaidence is doing all the things a little girl should be doing, and we're overwhelmed with the opportunity the donor families gave us. At the same time, we've gotten to know Kaidence's first donor family and the sweet little boy who will never have those same opportunities."
Kaidence's own heart first failed her when she was only a few months old, and she was put on life support after becoming dangerously ill during a family vacation. She made the news later that year when she became the youngest patient in Utah (at the time) to be implanted with a Ventricular Assist Device, a heart pump that improves blood flow. The VAD kept her alive for 47 days, until she could be implanted with a new heart.
Shauntelle and her family remain in contact with the family of the little boy whose heart saved Kaidence's life. The Stephensons have pictures of him, and Shauntelle thinks of him often.
"There's such a personal side to it," she said. "I think the relationship has been healing for both them and us."
Kaidence thrived on the new heart, growing up healthy and strong. Shauntelle became involved in organ donation advocacy and watched her daughter thrive.
"If you were to see her on the street or playing with the other kids, you'd never know the difference," said Shauntelle in an interview with the Clipper a year after the first transplant. "When I look at her, it's hard for me to see the sick little girl she used to be."
When Kaidence turned four, however, a surprise bout of coronary heart disease put the little girl back on the transplant lists. While the Stephensons waited for another miracle, groups such as Bountiful's Creative Arts Academy helped raise money to defray some of the immense medical costs faced by the family.
Last fall, Kaidence received the heart she needed. Though a bad reaction to some of her immune suppression medication meant that she started 2013 sick, she's since recovered and is back to dancing and playing with her brothers.
"She just had a biopsy, and it came back and looked really nice," said Shauntelle. "We just have to keep her healthy."
Though concerns about germs have kept her out of public school before now, if everything goes well the family plans to let Kaidence enroll in school this fall.
"We went and walked around the school," said Shauntelle. "She's so excited."
Shauntelle has written to the family of Kaidence's second donor, though they haven't yet received a response. Even if they never do, Shauntelle will keep the memory of their gift firmly in mind.
"We know what it took," she said, tears in her voice. "They gave us the gift of life."
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Mark Brogan, a retired Army captain, can speak quite personally about almost all of those examples of combat carnage – he suffered a brain injury, a spinal injury and a nearly severed right arm when a suicide bomber on foot detonated his weapon near Brogan six year ago in Iraq.
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Mark Brogan sustained a spinal injury, a brain injury, a nearly severed arm - and severe hearing loss - when a suicide bomber blew himself up not far from Brogan in Iraq six years ago.
What does Brogan, 32, consider the worst of the physical trauma? "Hearing loss and the brain injury," he said from his home in Knoxville, Tenn. He has "profound unusable hearing" in his right ear and severe hearing loss in his left, he said, along with constant ringing, or tinnitus, in his ears.
After the insurgent's bomb killed a soldier just behind Brogan – along with the person who was wearing the device – other U.S. troops quickly rushed Brogan's side and saw blood streaming from both ears, he said.
"You've been to a concert – you know how your ears are ringing afterward? It's just like that my entire life," Brogan said. "A lot of guys get home and they probably don't even think about getting their hearing checked.
According the Department of Veterans Affairs, the most prevalent service-connected disabilities for veterans receiving federal compensation in 2011 were tinnitus and hearing loss, respectively, followed by PTSD.
"I suspect today's generation of veterans – those who have been in a combat environment – probably have a higher severity of hearing loss (than past generations), especially with the explosions and the IEDs and the ruptured ear drums they've sustained," said Brett Buchanan, a VA-accredited claims agent with Allsup, a national provider of services with disabilities.
Allsup recently organized a one-day Web expo where younger veterans had a chance to log in and seek advice on how and where to get treatment — including a primer on how to successfully access and steer through the monolithic VA system.
While chatting online with dozens of veterans, Buchanan repeatedly was told about their hearing loss, he said.
To Buchanan, a former Army artillery officer who was among the first wave of U.S. troops to invade Iraq in 2003, the massive scope of the disability is simple to grasp.
"The military, in general, is just a high noise-producing environment," Buchanan said. In the Navy, where most sailors work only below deck, there is " the constant drumming of the engines and metal-on-metal noise."
And in the Army and Marines, many personnel, he added, spend hours inside "military vehicles that are not quiet," including tanks and personnel carriers.
In addition, service members typically devote time to practicing at firing ranges.
"In those cases, hearing protection negates the loud noise to a large degree. But when you're in these environments for years upon years, that negation you do with hearing protection may not be enough to prevent injury long term," Buchanan said.
"Then you get into the combat environment where weapons are going off, explosions are going off. In combat, you can't call time out and say, 'Hey, I need to put in my earplugs.' "
Service-related injuries in veterans are assessed and rated by VA doctors to determine how much monthly compensation those veterans will be paid for their physical sacrifices. Those ratings span scores of 0 to 100 depending on the severity of the wounds. (Brogan, who due to the partial spinal injury has weakness on his right side and a lack of sensation on his left side – but no paralysis – is classified as 100 percent disabled by the VA, he said).
Through earphone-tone exams and other diagnostic means, the VA also rates hearing loss and tinnitus in veterans who come in for checkups.
"For hearing loss, the ratings I usually deal with for my clients are 0 percent, meaning they've had some hearing loss but it doesn't quite meet the criteria to get the minimum VA disability rating, which is 10 percent," Buchanan said. "Tinnitus is a simple 10 percent rating. There's nothing above that. My tinnitus might be worse than yours but there's no test for that.
For Brogan, post-military life has included mastering subtle tricks and new technology to adapt to his muffled hearing. For example, his phone transcribes conversations as they take place. "And in a loud restaurant with background noise, I pretty much can't understand anybody's voice," Brogan said. "I have to tell somebody, 'Hey, can you repeat that? Can you speak slower so that I can understand you?' There are techniques, over time, that you learn."
But his world is not devoid of pretty sounds. At age 5, he learned the piano. Six years after a bomb bloodied the insides of his ears, someone donated a new piano to the veteran. Brogan tickles those black-and-white keys as physical therapy for his brain and for the weakness in his right hand. He's mastering covers of popular tunes. And he's even composed his own melody, captured on video.
Finally, he's making music again.
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Andrea Swift, you really need to be on red alert right now. Why? Your daughter, Taylor Swift, is dating notorious ladies man John Mayer!
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Which would explain why we've been seeing these two together so much lately. After dining together in Nashville on Jan. 24, Taylor was caught sneaking into John's Crossroads performance with Keith Urban on Jan. 26 in Franklin, Tenn.
But hasn't Taylor been getting cozy with Glee star Cory Monteith lately? She was spotted having dinner with the 27-year-old in LA Jan. 29 and hung out with him at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party on Jan. 30. Says a second source, "Cory is just a decoy. She isn't really dating him. They're friends." A rep for the country singer had no comment about HollywoodLife.com's report.
Although Taylor IS dating John, it's going to be difficult for the two to actually get it together! Taylor is currently on tour in Australia (she left right after the Grammy Awards on Jan. 31) where she'll be until Feb. 12 – even missing the LA premiere of her ensemble romantic comedy Valetine's Day on Feb. 8 – before heading back to the States for a gig in Tampa, Fla. on March 4. John is on tour for the next three months as well, which will probably be problematic for their fledgling relationship. And although John is playing in Toronto, Canada on Feb. 14 – Valentine's Day – Taylor has off! If the two don't get it together then, they ARE both playing in Texas around the same time; he's in Dallas on March 9 and she's in Austin March 19. Hmmmmm…..
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) New Auburn coach Gus Malzahn was flanked by his fresh-faced protege, offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee, and silver-haired defensive boss Ellis Johnson on Friday.
He introduced the 29-year-old Lashlee and 60-year-old Johnson at a news conference three days after his hiring. Lashlee will make $350,000 a year while Johnson received an $800,000 salary, though Auburn hasn't released the lengths of their deals or other terms.
Lashlee's hire seemed almost a foregone conclusion.
He spent three years as Malzahn's quarterback at Shiloh Christian High School in Arkansas and has worked under him in the prep ranks and at three different colleges, including their initial stop in Auburn.
``He's one of the bright, young and up-and-coming offensive minds in all of college football,'' Malzahn said. ``He's been my right-hand man at three different stops in college. At Arkansas he was my right-hand man. I relied on him a lot here at Auburn. He deserves a lot of the credit for our offensive success that we had and of course this past year at Arkansas State, just did a phenomenal job. I know exactly what I'm getting.
``He's going to give me the flexibility to help with the offense and at the same time be a head coach and do the things that head coach has to do.''
Malzahn said the two will collaborate on play calling duties in an offense built upon a relentlessly fast tempo and a style that is heavy on the run and play-action passes. It worked well enough in 2010 that the Tigers won a national title and quarterback Cam Newton took the Heisman Trophy. Lashlee spent last season as Malzahn's offensive coordinator at Arkansas State after a year running the offense for FCS team Samford.
``Our identity as an offense will be to play fast and physical,'' Lashlee said. ``That will be ingrained in our guys from Day One. You can't have one without the other. We will play extremely fast and we want to be very physical at every position.
``We'll have a physical downhill running game, we'll also be explosive in the passing game and be very aggressive taking vertical shots down the field and stretching the field horizontally. That's our philosophy. We want to make teams defend the whole field. I think the biggest intangible and thing we've got to instill as an offense, and this has always been our philosophy, is discipline.''
They've got an uphill battle. Auburn ranked 115th in total offense last season. Lashlee and Malzahn are familiar with all three quarterbacks who started games: Kiehl Frazier, Clint Moseley and Jonathan Wallace.
Lashlee said that familiarity is a plus but they'll still install the offense ``like they've never heard it before.''
He broke the national record with 171 career touchdowns passes under Malzahn and led Shiloh to three state championship games and two titles.
``One of the most beneficial things I have is that I played quarterback in this system and now coach in it,'' Lashlee said. ``When I'm coaching quarterbacks, I can identify with them even moreso than most. I know what they're seeing. I know what they're thinking. I've done those drops. I've thrown that route. I know all that. Not only am I telling them, `here's what you should do,' but they know I've done it.
``It sometimes adds some credibility and resonates better. I get what they're going through.''
Johnson, whose hiring was announced on Thursday, can relate to the challenge of defenses facing Malzahn's offense.
His South Carolina defense faced Malzahn and Newton twice in 2010, losing in the regular season and the Southeastern Conference championship game. Johnson would grumble that the proliferation of hurry-up styles ``is starting to deteriorate some of college football.''
He's backtracking now.
``Did I say that? Translated into Latin, that means, `Somebody help us, we can't stop this,''' Johnson said. ``All of us defensive coordinators complained over the last 5-15 years. Gus wasn't the first one but he kind of put it in warp speed.''
His base defense is a four-man front with two inside linebackers and five defensive backs.
``It will be our foundation,'' Johnson said. ``But Coach Malzahn wants an attacking, multiple defense, and that's what we're going to be. You can only be as multiple as your talent allows you to be. As we evaluate personnel on this football team, we'll find ways to create packages that complement that 4-2-5.''
The coaching change has potentially taken a toll on a recruiting class that has been ranked among the top 10. Recruiting Web sites reported Friday that five-star linebacker Reuben Foster of Auburn High School has decommitted.


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This weekend, Park City Mountain Resort will host the 5Star Intelligent Design on March 7th, 2009 – The final chance for male riders to score points ahead of the tour defining 6Star Burton U.S Open. 850 TTR ranking points and a $50 000 USD prize purse have lured the world's top technical riders to Park City. Whatever transpires this weekend will be pivotal to the season's final ranking.
Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah is renowned as one the freestyle epicenters of U.S snowboarding and the shaping crew always delivers truly world-class parks and pipes. The Intelligent Design will take elements from Slopestyle, Halfpipe and Quarterpipe and put them all into one run that is sure to be a catalyst for creativity. The course will consist of a 60-foot kicker, hip jump, jib section, 350-foot long perfectly shaped 22-foot pipe with jibs on each deck and will finish with a Quarterpipe at the end of the course. 2006/2007 Swatch TTR Tour Champion, Shaun White (USA), has confirmed his attendance and will be chasing a podium finish that will move him into the TTR Top 5, in a solid position to score his second TTR Title. With Peetu Piironen and Chas Guldemond absent from the Intelligent Design riders list, Shaun will have a bit of an edge rolling into the US Open later this month if he can throw down his mastery on this unique course.
Finishing the season in the Swatch TTR Top 5 brings international prestige and guarantees invites to major 5 and 6Star events next season. With time running out, these factors are pushing a host of riders to lay it all on the line at the Intelligent Design. Arthur Longo from France has recently been annihilating the competition scene and another podium finish here will improve his position in the TTR Top 10. French Canadian duo, Charles Reid and Sebastien Toutant, both had breakout seasons on the TTR Tour. The Intelligent Design will give Toutant the opportunity to move back into the TTR Top 10 while giving Reid a chance to improve on his World No. 8 position. With ground-breaking double corks in their trick repertoire, there is a strong chance Charles and Seb could find themselves on the podium
This season the riders' 7 best results will be averaged to crown the rider who has dominated across all formats as final victor at the last 6Star event. A total prize money payout of over $200 000 USD will be dispensed when the Tour Championships are decided, bringing the total prize money throughout the season to over $2 million USD.


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Each May, ACC officials convene for the conference's spring meetings. Substantive issues are debated, enduring decisions made. But the event is also an opportunity to exhale, enjoy a beverage of choice and bask in the accommodations of the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Fla.
Safe to say more R&R will be had this year than last.
Less than a week before the 2012 gathering, then-Florida State Board of Trustees chairman Andy Haggard criticized the ACC's new media contract with ESPN — the ink was barely dry — and said the Seminoles needed to see "what the Big 12 might have to offer."
So much for the "routine" meetings that Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage had said he anticipated.
Next month's ACC retreat — May 13-16 — figure to be far closer to Littlepage's expectation, this courtesy of Monday's news that the conference's 15 current and future members have agreed to a media grant of rights.
The arrangement essentially prohibits schools from leaving the ACC through the 2026-27 academic year — an institution intent on such a move would forfeit approximately $300 million in television revenue and be unable to recoup it in a new conference home.
But even with stability assured, the league Virginia and Virginia Tech call home has plenty of work ahead, and much of it likely will arise in Amelia.
* Collaborating with ESPN on a cable channel dedicated to ACC sports. I hesitate to mention this first, because fans expecting such a channel in the near-term likely will be disappointed.
As Clemson athletic director Dan Radokovich explained to Sports Talk S.C., on Monday, these projects take years to complete, and now that ESPN knows with certainty what the ACC's long-term landscape is, discussions can intensify.
The conference's demographics, which stretch from Boston to Miami and wander west to Louisville and Notre Dame (think Chicago market and national following), certainly provide the households needed to make such a venture work. But the chore of getting a channel onto various cable systems is far easier said than done.
* Exploring future bowl partnerships. With major college football embarking on a four-team playoff in 2014, the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific 12, Southeastern Conference and others are reworking their postseason deals.
For example, the ACC's top destination after the Orange Bowl has been the Chick-fil-A Bowl. But the Atlanta-based game is likely to join the Orange in the playoff rotation, leaving the conference to find another bowl for its No. 2 or 3 team.
Commissioner John Swofford has appointed a committee of athletic directors, including Virginia Tech's Jim Weaver, to study bowl options. With Notre Dame eligible for non-playoff bowls affiliated with the ACC, those options should improve.
One bowl likely to team with the ACC is the Yankee Stadium-based Pinstripe. With Syracuse, Pitt, Boston College and Notre Dame in the conference's mix, the connection is a natural. The Pinstripe has matched teams from the Big East and Big 12, and the ACC probably would replace the Big East.
* It's unclear whether the spring meetings will produce consensus on where to stage any or all of the ACC basketball tournaments from 2016-21, but the topic will be addressed.
The paramount question is whether the event travels north of the Mason-Dixon Line for the first time, to New York City. The new Big East appears intent on retaining the old Big East's Madison Square Garden home, and if so, that would leave the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn as the ACC's lone Big Apple option.
The Barclays is booked through the 2017 season with the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Given the conference's scope, fans accustomed to the ACC tournament "belonging" in North Carolina are advised to adjust to the new world. Greensboro and Charlotte will get their shares, but the tournament will, and needs to, branch out
Those are just some of the talking points expected at Amelia Island. The league is stable and strong, and Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Notre Dame should make it stronger. But no conference, not even that football Goliath SEC, can afford complacency.
To avoid any satisfaction, all Swofford need do is remind folks: No ACC team has reached basketball's Final Four since Duke's 2010 national champions, and no football team from the league has played for the national title since Florida State in January 2001.
That needs to change, and with Monday's grant of rights, Swofford and others are steering the conference in the right direction.
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Hello everyone,
I am working with the TriZol method and need some tips on totalRNA isolation from small quantities of cells.
I discussed this topic with a company were are collaborating with and their technician advised me to
use TriZol instead of any kits cause TriZol gets the most out of each sample.
Anyhow, after having done only very little RNA isolation so far I must say it is very tricky.
Somehow everyone does it differently. What I am looking for is a good protocol or
tips to extend my protocol for isolating totalRNA from cell numbers as low as
A crucial point seems to be the precipitation step of the RNA.
I plan to use the sodium actetate precipiation step of small nucleic acids.
Does anyone have any experience on this?
My problem is that the OD I get is generally bad. It ranges between 1.5 and 1.6 analyzed with a NanoDrop.
Somewhere I read that a low OD is due to Phenol contamination and that you can get rid of this with an
additional chloroform extraction step after having picked the aqueous phase after phase separation.
Can anyone confirm this or is there another way to get a better OD?
I would be grateful for any kind of hints on this!
I can't comment on the sodium acetate but when I did RNA isolation I used isopropanol for the precipitation phase. 0.5ml for every ml of TRI reagent that was used initially. All my 260/280 values were between 1.8 and 2. Your results indicate protein contamination. I isolated RNA from around 12 samples all indicated there was no contamintation with DNA or protein so i would try isopropanol. Also be careful when you precipitate that you don't cause contamination during the phase separation.
Don't know if its any use but as I say it worked for me and helped me get a first class honours degree ha! 😀 😀 😀 Sorry couldn't resist the chance to show off my news hehe! 😆 😆 😆
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Grey Skies Fallen traces its roots back to 1996. A demo called "A Dark Serenade" was released that year under the band name Eve of Mourning. We changed the band name in Feb. 97.
Our debut album, "The Fate of Angels" was released in 1999 at the first March Metal Meltdown. The album was self-financed and released, but then picked up by small metal label Nightfall Records. It was the only album that original bassist Chris Montalbano appeared on. This is also the only album featuring Aaron Williams on drums.…


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Monday, September 19, 2011
The A-Z of Danielle
I've seen this on a million blogs, but most recently on one of my favorite blogs, Our City Lights (Diana's the best, be sure to check her A-Z out also)...so I thought I'd play along, too!
A. Age: 29
B. Bed size: King. Our bed is the biggest, most comfortable bed I've ever slept in.
C. Chore that you hate: I hate cleaning the guest bath's toilet.
D. Dogs: one little Boston Terrier, Madeline. She's the biggest sweetheart.
E. Essential start to your day: going into H.'s room and being greeted with the biggest smile ever. I live for those moments when he reaches up, puts his arms around my neck and holds on so tight, then kind of sighs into my neck. Ugh, I love it. I also am a huge breakfast person and need a healthy, balanced meal to start my day.
F. Favorite color: yellow (mostly mustard-y shades), gray, mint green, white
G. Gold or Silver: gold. But as far as wedding rings, I like white gold or platinum (like mine).
H. Height: 5'3"
I. Instruments you play: none
J. Job title: stay-at-home mama, housewife, writer/blogger.
K. Kids: one darling boy.
L. Live: Arizona
M. Mother's name: Kathleen
N. Nicknames: Dani, D
O. Overnight hospital stays: yup. I tore my ACL in high school. And then again when I had Henry.
P. Pet peeves: passive-aggressiveness.
Q. Quote from a movie: (from Amelie) Amelie: [whispering in theater] I like to look for things no one else catches. I hate the way drivers never look at the road in old American movies.
R. Right or left handed: Right handed.
S. Siblings: one younger sister, Lauren.
U. Underwear: "Really, internet?" I like Diana's answer, so I'll leave it.
V. Vegetable you hate: Zucchini. Gross.
W. What makes you run late: not too much. I hate being late and try to avoid it at all costs. If anything, I'd say poor planning.
X. X-Rays you've had: knee and dental
Y. Yummy food that you make: how could I choose? I love to cook. Right now I'm super into Chicken Marsala, and attempting to veganize it for Hank.
Z. Zoo animal: none. Zoos make me really sad.
So that's it! Simple. Happy Monday, y'all!
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you are so cute - loved this list! gonna check out diana's now :)ReplyDelete
Mint green and mustard. Two of my favorites!ReplyDelete
I'm wearing that same shirt today too! Loved the list as well, I may have to do it soon.ReplyDelete
AW! I have started this and planned to post it sometime this week :) Love learning new facts!ReplyDelete
Everyone has a king bed, I need one! :)ReplyDelete
- debbiecutiefaceSeptember 19, 2011 at 9:57 AM
I'm totally doing this for my next post!ReplyDelete
Stole your post:ReplyDelete
i have had so much fun reading everyone's a to z! i love your answers...and how did you tear your ACL when having Henry???ReplyDelete
super cute shorts in the picture. i love shorts that transition into fall. excpet here i would need tights underneath!
Great list; this is such a good idea. And I agree, zucchini... yuck.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 10:06 AM
I've done one of these as well! Haha!ReplyDelete
This list is so cute!!! The part about when Henry wakes up was adorable.ReplyDelete
Fun! I did one of these tooooo! It's a few different questions though! Mint green is my favsie as wellReplyDelete
Awesome! I'm really enjoying this going around - it's nice to learn a bit more about people. I've just posted one over on my blog :)ReplyDelete
Hank is vegan? are you?ReplyDelete
great post! i am going to have to try this.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Love your Z answer. They make me sad too.ReplyDelete
Love that quote from Amelie! Love her!ReplyDelete
I was surprised to see that there is a vegetable you don't like! =]ReplyDelete
Awesome list...what happened to "T" though??ReplyDelete
you are so pretty!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I could not agree more about both the zoos and passive aggressiveness. Enjoyed reading this.ReplyDelete
haha where's T? i copied it onto my blog and realized while completing it that it's missing a letter!ReplyDelete
I love that quote from Amelie! I didn't know you hated zucchini. I'm not the biggest vegetable lover, but I can never have enough zucchini.ReplyDelete
What a fun meme! :)
I LOVE reading these. I did one on my blog too. They're so much fun to read. xo, rvReplyDelete
why no T for tattoos?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 6:10 PM
nice quotes! :0ReplyDelete
Love Simple Green
Passive Agressiveness! HATE THAT!!! AHHHH.ReplyDelete
Uhm, can I say hot mama? You look so awesome! I hope I look that good in a few months...hopefully my post baby bod is right behind you :)ReplyDelete
Smoking Crayolas Blogspot
I just thought about doing this myself the other day on my blog.ReplyDelete
from all the shirts I've seen you wear, this is my favorite. You look great in it :)
Hope you have a lovely day, with lots of smiles from the little one. :)
this is like the 4th blog i've seen the list on, and i'm loving everyone's answers! i played along too: http://bandsnbows.blogspot.com/2011/09/barb-to-z.htmlReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM
There is no letter "T"ReplyDelete
I want to know where you shop! you always look so darling.ReplyDelete
I always imagined you being like 5'9 or 6'! Personality shines through much "taller"!ReplyDelete
Also, I noticed the commenters said there's no T. I didn't even catch that, either. Oops!


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About a fifth of Panasonic's 88 business units are losing money and only half so far meet a target for at least 5 percent operating margin, the Japanese electronics group's finance chief said in an interview on Wednesday.
Hideaki Kawai said the country's biggest commercial employer will axe another 10,000 jobs by end-March as it pares its costs and looks to return to profit. Panasonic shed 36,000 jobs last business year, some through the sale of businesses.
"Our new boss has said businesses must achieve at least a 5 percent operating profit target within three years," Kawai said, referring to Kazuhiro Tsuga, who took over as company president in June. "But we won't wait that long to tackle units that need to be dealt with."
Sell-offs and business closures will start as early as next year, he told Reuters at Panasonic's headquarters in Kadoma, near Osaka in western Japan.
Kawai said Panasonic aims to earn group operating profit of at least 200 billion yen in the year to end-March 2014 - in line with forecasts by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters StarMine.
Panasonic warned last month it will lose close to $10 billion in the year to March as it writes off billions of yen in tax-deferred assets and goodwill related to its mobile phone, solar panel and small lithium battery businesses. It also put aside money to cover the lay-offs and other restructuring measures.
Panasonic plans to offload assets worth 110 billion yen before the end of March, mainly land and buildings in Japan, Kawai said. More assets sales will follow from next business year if needed to bolster cash flow.
Panasonic's 'garage sale' comes ahead of a turnaround plan that Tsuga has promised to unveil by end-March, which will be the start-line to offload underperforming businesses. As financial chief overseeing hundreds of accountants spread across a sprawling conglomerate, Kawai plays a key role in helping Tsuga identify which businesses to close, sell or merge.
Selling businesses and offloading other assets should boost Panasonic's cashflow and help pay for the latest restructuring at a company that began in 1918 making electrical socket extensions and bicycle lamps, and now employs 300,000 workers.
Panasonic shares, already trading near multi-decade lows, slumped by almost a fifth on November 1 on the loss forecast, and Standard & Poor's has cut its credit rating to close to junk. The stock closed up 0.8 percent on Wednesday, ending a four-session losing streak.
Ahead of its earnings revision, Panasonic won $7.6 billion in loan commitments in October from banks including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, a funding backstop it says will help it avoid having to seek capital from credit markets.
"Panasonic's debt holders are concerned and it is critical for us to improve our finances," Kawai said. Panasonic this year aims to cut net debt to 770 billion yen from 1.08 trillion yen and will look for another 200 billion yen improvement next business year.
Japan's big banks have also provided TV rival Sharp Corp with $4.6 billion in emergency loans, though the maker of Aquos TVs warned this month it may not survive alone as it expects a $5.6 billion net loss this business year.
Japan's other ailing consumer electronics brand Sony Corp, inventor of the personal music player, lowered its target for its handheld PSP and Vita games consoles, TVs and digital cameras, but did maintain its annual forecast, helped by the sale of a chemicals business.
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