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The Newest Vancouver Whitecap
(01.18.11) The Vancouver Whitecaps selected Colorado Rush Alum Jeb Brovsky with the 19th pick in the 2011 MLS Superdraft last week. Jeb recently took some time to talk about his time with the Rush, draft day and moving to Vancouver.
Rush: When did you start playing with the Rush?
JB: Ever since I was four years old I've played for club Columbine, which turned into Rush when I was around 10 or 11. So I'm a Rush boy through and through.
Rush: What is your best memory from your youth soccer career with the Rush?
JB: The state cups that we won are a good one. The team was just so dedicated. But I think the best memory was going to Regional's in Hawaii at U19. It was kind of our send off tournament. The guys just had a great time down there. Unfortunately we lost the final in penalty kicks but I wouldn't trade that trip for anything.
Rush: What has playing for the Colorado Rush meant to you as a player?
JB: I owe everything to the Rush. Coaches like Tim Schulz; he and my dad really taught me the hard-nose, grit side of the game. Then growing up with Carlo (Cornacchia) (Erik) Bushey, Nick Goddard, those coaches they taught me how to read the game, how to be a student of the game first. Working on my skills by myself individually but then when you come into the team environment, it's all about the team. So I really owe everything to the Rush.
Rush: How has the club affected you since the end of your youth career?
JB: It's funny when I was committing to Notre Dame I asked (Rush President) Tim Schulz about (Head Coach) Bobby Clark and he said "If he offers you 20% to play for him you take it and go play for him." So that's kind of how he sold me on Notre Dame and Bobby Clark. Then just keeping in touch with Carlo and Tim and Bushey over the last four years, it has been crucial for me so I can keep developing when I'm home for break, things like that, everyone has been very supportive from the Rush.
Rush: What was the MLS combine like?
JB: It was probably one of the best experiences of my life. It's funny a bunch of the guys on my team were from Cal and played on the Arsenal team that used to beat us when I played for Rush. But it was fun to get to know those guys on a better level. Meeting other guys from around the country and eating together and talking about our futures, just a great experience. The level of play was high. Going into it, I was more lighthearted and excited instead of being nervous and trying to impress. Before hand I talked with Collen Warner (CO Rush player drafter No. 15 to Real Salt Lake in 2010) and asked what he did at the combine and he just said, "You just go out and play the best way you know how." So that's what I did and had one of the best experiences of my life.
Rush: Do you think your play at the combine raised your draft stock?
JB: I knew that I wasn't highly talked about before the combine so I knew I had to do something to draw some attention but I wasn't too worried about that. I think my versatility in the combine really showed. Which is just another testament to the work I did with the Rush, but the coaches seemed to be impressed with my level of professionalism, and gamesmanship and just the way I read the game, that's all stuff I learned from the Rush.
Rush: What thoughts were going through your head upon hearing you'd been drafted to the Vancouver Whitecaps?
JB: I was ecstatic! I really couldn't have been happier! I met with their coaches at the combine and when they called to meet with me I was just on top of the world. The level of that organization, how they run it and how professional they are; when I saw my name on the draft board I just couldn't be happier to be going to Vancouver.
Rush: How did you find out and who were you with?
JB: I was at home with my sister and my girlfriend and it was funny, I was just sitting there and they started screaming and when I looked up I saw my name on ESPN2! A minute later the president of the Whitecaps called me and talked to me and congratulated me. It was probably the best moment of my life up till now.
Rush: Were you surprised by where you were drafted (First pick of second round, No 19 overall)?
JB: To be honest the rumors after the combine, what most MLS coaches were telling me in my meetings was that if I didn't go in the first round that I would go first or second in the next round. Eddie (Rock, Jeb's agent) called me that morning and said, "Don't take this to the bank but if you are still on the board after the first round, you will be drafted with the 19th pick," and he was spot on with that.
Rush: What are your thoughts about joining the Whitecaps?
JB: Well everything that I've heard and read about the organization is just how professional they handle things even if it is just their youth system. The way they handled themselves at the combine, you know coaches were rating me and I was trying to rate them and the Vancouver coaches really impressed me as coaches and evaluators of what they want in a player. By the end of the combine they were my number one choice and I just hoped I'd be taken by Vancouver. I just can't wait to get up there. As an expansion team I'm just ready to get out and hopefully play as a young player. The organization really just has the whole package and it's a great city as well.
Rush: What is the next step for Jeb?
JB: I leave for camp on Thursday so it's really coming up soon. Preseason will be about two months and our first game is March 19th against Toronto FC.


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They seem to have added a lot of player specific features this year which is a good thing. Like Victor Cruz does a salsa dance when he gets in the end zone, Gronkowski spikes etc. But Tebowing ?
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I bought 2012. Without any doubt, last version of Madden I buy....ever!!!
They keep taking out the good stuff and adding absolute crap.
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Late stage assay provider results from the probe development effort to identify inhibitors of DAGLb: fluorescence-based biochemical gel-based competitive Activity-Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) assay to distinguish systemic and peripheral inhibitors
Name: Late stage assay provider results from the probe development effort to identify inhibitors of DAGLb: fluorescence-based biochemical gel-based competitive Activity-Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) assay to distinguish systemic and peripheral inhibitors. ..more
BioActive Compounds: 2
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Source (MLPCN Center Name): The Scripps Research Institute Molecular Screening Center (SRIMSC)
Affiliation: The Scripps Research Institute, TSRI
Assay Provider: Benjamin Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
Network: Molecular Library Probe Production Centers Network (MLPCN)
Grant Proposal Number: 1 R01 DA025285
Grant Proposal PI: Benjamin Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
External Assay ID: ABHD6_INH_FLUO_2X%INH_INVIVO_PERIPHERAL
Name: Late stage assay provider results from the probe development effort to identify inhibitors of DAGLb: fluorescence-based biochemical gel-based competitive Activity-Based Protein Profiling (ABPP) assay to distinguish systemic and peripheral inhibitors.
Endocannabinoids (ECs) represent a unique group of lipids that function as chemical messengers in the nervous system. To date, the two principle ECs identified in mammals are N-arachidonoyl-ethanolamine (anandamide) and 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol (2-AG). They have been implicated in various physiological and pathological functions including appetite, pain, sensation, memory, and addiction (1). Unlike traditional neurotransmitters, which are stored in vesicles, ECs are synthesized and released on demand, and then rapidly degraded to terminate signaling. Thus, the metabolic pathways that govern EC turnover are critical in determining the magnitude and duration of neuronal signaling events (2). Endocannabinoid biosynthesis, in contrast to degradation, is poorly understood. Recently, two serine hydrolases, DAGL-a and -B, were cloned and found to selectively cleave sn-1 acyl chains from diacylglycerols (DAG) to generate 2-AG in vitro (3). Their function in the nervous system was validated in vivo by the generation of DAGL-a and DAGL-B knock-out mice (4, 5). However, it is still unclear to what extent DAGL-a/B catalytic activity contributes to 2-AG-mediated signaling. The development of potent and selective inhibitors would offer a means to perturb DAGL-a/B activity in a selective, reversible, and temporally-controlled manner. Given the non-selective nature of current DAGL-a/B inhibitors (6), specific chemical probes would serve as invaluable tools to delineate DAGL-a/B function in 2-AG signaling networks of the brain.
1. Di Marzo, V. (2008) Targeting the endocannabinoid system: to enhance or reduce?, Nat Rev Drug Discov 7, 438-455.
2. Ahn, K., McKinney, M. K., and Cravatt, B. F. (2008) Enzymatic pathways that regulate endocannabinoid signaling in the nervous system, Chem Rev 108, 1687-1707.
3. Bisogno, T., Howell, F., Williams, G., Minassi, A., Cascio, M. G., Ligresti, A., Matias, I., Schiano-Moriello, A., Paul, P., Williams, E. J., Gangadharan, U., Hobbs, C., Di Marzo, V., and Doherty, P. (2003) Cloning of the first sn1-DAG lipases points to the spatial and temporal regulation of endocannabinoid signaling in the brain, J Cell Biol 163, 463-468.
4. Gao, Y., Vasilyev, D. V., Goncalves, M. B., Howell, F. V., Hobbs, C., Reisenberg, M., Shen, R., Zhang, M. Y., Strassle, B. W., Lu, P., Mark, L., Piesla, M. J., Deng, K., Kouranova, E. V., Ring, R. H., Whiteside, G. T., Bates, B., Walsh, F. S., Williams, G., Pangalos, M. N., Samad, T. A., and Doherty, P. (2010) Loss of Retrograde Endocannabinoid Signaling and Reduced Adult Neurogenesis in Diacylglycerol Lipase Knock-out Mice, J Neurosci 30, 2017-2024.
5. Tanimura, A., Yamazaki, M., Hashimotodani, Y., Uchigashima, M., Kawata, S., Abe, M., Kita, Y., Hashimoto, K., Shimizu, T., Watanabe, M., Sakimura, K., and Kano, M. (2010) The Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Produced by Diacylglycerol Lipase +/- Mediates Retrograde Suppression of Synaptic Transmission, Neuron 65, 320-327.
6. Hoover, H. S., Blankman, J. L., Niessen, S., and Cravatt, B. F. (2008) Selectivity of inhibitors of endocannabinoid biosynthesis evaluated by activity-based protein profiling, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 18, 5838-5841.
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Assay Overview:
The purpose of this assay is to determine the bio-distribution of powder samples of test compounds in vivo. In this assay, test compounds are administered to mice. Mice are sacrificed, and their brain and liver tissue harvested, homogenized, and the membrane fractions isolated and reacted with the activity-based probe HT-01. HT-01 bears a BODIPY fluorophore and urea triazole reactive group that selectively labels several serine hydrolases. This reagent is used instead of either the standard serine-hydrolase-specific activity-based probe fluorophosphonate-rhodamine (FP-Rh) to enhance visualization of select targets, which is otherwise obscured by other serine hydrolases upon SDS-PAGE separation/visualization. The reaction products are separated by SDS-PAGE and visualized in-gel using a flatbed fluorescence scanner. The percentage activity remaining is determined by measuring the integrated optical density of the bands. As designed, test compounds that act as inhibitors will prevent enzyme-probe interactions, thereby decreasing the proportion of bound fluorescent probe, giving lower fluorescence intensity in the band in the gel.
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Purpose-bred C57-black laboratory mice were administered test compound (1, 0.5, or 0.1 mg/kg in 18:1:1 saline:PEG300:EtOH vehicle solution, i.p.) or vehicle only (n=2 per group). After 4 hours, mice were humanely sacrificed (anesthetized with isoflurane and decapitated) and brain and liver tissue was removed and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen. Tissues were homogenized and the membrane fraction isolated by centrifugation (45 min, 100K x g) and adjusted to 1 mg/mL in DPBS. Aliquots (50 uL) were reacted with the activity-based probe HT-01 (1 uL of a 50x stock in DMSO, 1 uM final concentration) for 30 minutes at 37 C. The reactions were quenched with an equal volume of 2x SDS-PAGE loading buffer (reducing), separated by SDS-PAGE and visualized by in-gel fluorescent scanning. The percentage activity remaining was determined by measuring the integrated optical density of test compound bands relative to vehicle bands. For this assay, only inhibition of anti-target ABHD6 was used as a diagnostic for observing inhibition due to the weak and diffuse nature of the DAGLb band.
The % inhibition was then calculated as follows:
%_Inhibition = ( 1 - ( IOD_Test_Compound - Median_IOD_Low_Control ) / ( Median_IOD_High_Control - Median_IOD_Low_Control ) ) * 100
Test_Compound is defined as ABHD6 treated with test compound.
High_Control is defined as ABHD6 treated with DMSO only (no compound).
Low_Control is defined as background in a blank region of the gel.
PubChem Activity Outcome and Score:
The following applies to each panel in this assay:
Compounds with greater than or equal to 50% inhibition at 0.1 mg/kg cpd were considered active. Compounds with less than 50% inhibition at 0.1 mg/kg cpd were considered inactive.
The reported PubChem Activity Score has been normalized to 100% of the observed value at 0.1 mg/kg.
Brain Tissue Score: The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-100, and for inactive compounds 10-10.
Liver Tissue Score: The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-86. There are no inactive compounds.
Overall Outcome and Score:
Compounds active in both assays were considered active (systemic inhibitors). Compounds inactive in the brain inhibition assay but active in the liver assay were considered inactive (peripheral inhibitors).
The PubChem Activity Score is assigned a value of 100 for active compounds, and 0 for inactive compounds.
The PubChem Activity Score range for active compounds is 100-100, and for inactive compounds 0-0.
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C57-black laboratory mice (provided by Assay Provider)
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BAO: assay format: biochemical format: protein format: single protein format
BAO: bioassay specification: assay biosafety level: bsl1
BAO: bioassay specification: assay measurement type: endpoint assay
BAO: bioassay specification: assay readout content: assay readout method: regular screening
BAO: bioassay specification: assay readout content: content readout type: single readout
BAO: bioassay specification: assay stage: secondary: counter screening
BAO: detection technology: fluorescence: fluorescence intensity
BAO: meta target detail: binding reporter specification: interaction: protein-small molecule
BAO: meta target: biological process target: regulation of molecular function
BAO: meta target: molecular target: protein target: enzyme: generic hydrolase
BAO: version: 1.4b1090
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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Ed Mazria from Architecture 2030
In 2006, Ed Mazria and his New Mexico-based non-profit organization, Architecture 2030, released the 2030 Challenge to get the building industry to turn completely carbon neutral by the year 2030. As buildings are the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, Mazria believes that 48% of total US energy consumption could be reduced if the building sector would take the proper measures to reduce their carbon footprint to zero. Read ahead for our exclusive interview with Ed Mazria as he discusses the challenges that lay ahead.
Geoff Manaugh: First, how did you choose the specific targets of the 2030 Challenge?
Ed Mazria
: Well, let's see. The way we developed the 2030 Challenge was by working backward from the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that scientists were telling us we needed to reach by 2050. Working backwards from those reductions, and looking at, specifically, the building sector – which is responsible for about half of all emissions – you can see what we need to do today. You can see the targets that we need to reach so we can avoid hitting what the scientists have called catastrophic climate change.
If you do that, you see that we need an immediate, 50% reduction in fossil fuel, greenhouse gas-emitting energy in all new building construction. And since we renovate about as much as we build new, we need a 50% reduction in renovation, as well. If you then increase that reduction by 10% every five years – so that by 2030 all new buildings use no greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuel energy to operate – then you reach a state that's called carbon neutral. And you get there by 2030. That way we meet the targets that climate scientists have set out for us.
That's how we came up with the 2030 Challenge – meaning a 50% reduction today, and going to carbon neutral by 2030.
[Image: A chart of Architecture 2030's emissions goals; via Metropolis. Also available as a PDF].
Geoff: When you say that the building sector is responsible for half of all greenhouse gas emissions, though, do you mean that in a direct or an indirect sense? Because surely houses aren't just sitting there emitting carbon dioxide all day – it's the power plants that those houses are connected to.
: It's direct. The number is actually 48% of total US energy consumption that can be attributed to the building sector, most of which – 40% of total consumption – can be attributed just to building operations. That's heating, lighting, cooling, and hot water. There are others – running pumps and things like that. But 40% of total US energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed just to building operations.
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October 26, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Given this challenge: "That the project be designed to engage the environment in a way that dramatically reduces or eliminates the need for fossil fuels."
There is one design that could answer that challenge fully and dramatically: Designing and building safe, non-GHG-emitting nuclear power plants.
Nuclear power can make the entire electrical energy sector carbon-neutral and de-link total energy usage from global warming. Seventy-six percent of all electricity generated by US power plants goes to supply the Building Sector. Building 300 nuclear power plants would be enough to make that entire portion of our energy consumption non-fossil fuel based, and this is not an impractical goal, as it is merely bringing the US up to where France and Japan are in terms of use of nuclear power for electricity production.
October 11, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Actually quite an informative article since I am on the beginning of a project which aims to give as a boost to develop a few houses in a settlement that has near zero or zero carbon footprint. Thank you for all the important information.
Karamesinis Nikos
DMU Leicester
January 29, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Absolutely AWESOME interview and article. Kudos to Mazria and you guys!
January 29, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Excellent article! We're meeting with an architect in a couple of days to talk about a reno of our home, and I'm definitely going to be talking to him about these topics.
January 29, 2007 at 6:56 am
Haven't had chance to read the whole article yet – having to head into Uni, where I'll sit and read it right the way through – but this is EXACTLY what should be happening over there. What a brilliant guy! And to put it into context, we've just been told here in the UK that all housing must be carbon neutral within the next 10 years (and we've been one of the slowest of the bigger countries to adopt environmental legislation in Europe). So even with another long-term Republican government (please, please no…) there'll be plenty of evidence by even 2020 to show that it's easy to do and there's no excuses for the government not to go with this.
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Well, there's been a pretty cool thing happen here in ARP. While solving the world's problems , a lot of us have become e-friends. We thought it would be good to have a place where we could post pics of our forum members. This is strictly voluntary, but we think it would be great have faces to go along with names.
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Aside from being aesthetically pleasing and unique, using actual tree rounds as speaker enclosures is beneficial to the overall speaker design because it results in an almost seam-free cabinet, thick and acoustically dead enclosure material, and non-parallel internal sides which help to reduce unwanted frequency amplification and reverberation.
This Instructable describes the unique process of how I built these specific tree speakers, and is not meant to be a complete and comprehensive guide to speaker building. For that, please see my Instructable on How to Build Custom Speakers, which the DIY speaker builder working on his or her own project will find much more helpful.
I think that the appropriate question to ask here is not "why build speakers out of a tree", but rather, "why not"?
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The giant tree's death was unfortunate and sad, but the loss of the tree ultimately led to the birth of something else: The Elm Tree Project. The joint venture between Brown University and The Rhode Island School of Design produced a set of classes, exhibitions and specially designed studios, all built specifically to explore and produce various forms of art that could be made from the deceased tree.
I was lucky enough to be a part of this unique program during my time at school, and have finally gotten around to documenting some of the work that I produced during my involvement with The Elm Tree Project on Instructables.
This is very creative indeed. I guess you would want to make sure the wood is dried properly so it wont be that heavy and maybe a better sound effect.
A great piece of art indeed.
Very neat project. The heavy logs would no doubt make a great stable base for reproducing good tones. Never thought of this idea .
I am curious how much one of these puppies weigh? 25lb??
If you would like to see another recovery and use project for a dead tree, go to the Kauri Project at the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.
This beautiful old Kauri tree was killed by fruit bats (truly). The gardens recovered it and the items made from it are very beautiful.
While you're at it, design into the routed out area for the frame, countersink 4 anchors aligned perfectly to receive high tech looking machine threaded fasteners, for both the woofer and the tweeter.
And really, don't stop there. Find a decent self amplified - properly cross-over-ed sub drive amplifier that's piggy backed off your pictured receiver / amplifier, made the same way, same proportioned dimensions, with a larger tree trunk section. Design it to allow the room to be part of the speaker.
Lastly, choose the right driver. A really friendly vendor for this might be Parts Express out in Ohio. I live in Montana and have done a lot of business with these folks. Good people. They sell a type of product for every taste. See:
One might consider thinly sawing a much larger section of tree for the very high frequency driver, like a nice soft dome tweeter for those really sweet highs.. Mount the tweeter as close to center as possible for best dispersion, on the same wall (plane). Cool idea!
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And it seems to me that the vibration from the sound would aggravate that.
I didn't read the whole instructable. Maybe I missed that part.
I have a similar idea which I've not yet implemented, which is to cut the trunk vertically - giving two D-profiles and using the flat surface as the baffle - scooping out the pith and leaving a strong outer shell of the xylem.


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Scottsdale is first and foremost a residential community and Southwest tourist destination where the diversity and arrangement of land uses is designed to enhance quality of life and ensure long-term prosperity. Our land uses must complement each other visually, aesthetically, socially, and economically. We will protect large, unspoiled portions of our mountain and desert areas, as well as view corridors to those areas. We will avoid conflicting, damaging, or otherwise unwanted land uses from compromising the overall character of a site, a neighborhood, or the community. Scottsdale will ensure a variety of living, working, and leisure opportunities through different land uses, vital neighborhoods, thriving business and tourism communities, and open spaces for people to recreate, reflect, and enjoy.
The Land Use Element establishes the general polices for the types and location of land uses throughout the city. The policies within the Land Use Element focus on three distinctive but interrelated levels: regional relationships, citywide relationships, and local relationships. The Land Use Element also contains the General Plan amendment criteria as mandated by State Statute.
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Join host Rick Pantaleo to examine global issues in science, technology, health, agriculture, and the environment on Science World.
April 26, 2014
Four new species of carnivorous killer sponges have been recently discovered. No, it's not the pllot to some cheap Hollywood horror movie the new sponge species was made by Lonnny Lundsten, a marine biologist at California's Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute and two Canadian researchers. Lonny Lundsten joins us for today's One on One segment to talk about what he and his colleagues found and what they've learned about these unique sea creatures.
We earthlings are lucky. Between 2000 and 2013 at least 26 asteroids from space have hit the earth with the force of an atomic bomb, and three former astronauts tell us it's only by chance that one of them hasn't hit a large urban area. How can we avoid a catastrophe in the future? We'll tell you what scientists have to offer.
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April 19, 2014
An international team of physicists working with CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland announced this week that they have confirmed the existence of a new and mysterious subatomic particle called a tetraquark hadron. We'll talk with Syracuse University's Dr. Tomasz Skwarnicki who is one of the lead authors of a paper that details this discovery.
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a planet where it's not too hot or not too cold for liquid water on the surface, which could mean it could be a world with life-friendly conditions.
After examining a photo of a bright protrusion on the edge of one of Saturn's outer rings, scientists are now thinking that the ringed planet may be creating a new moon
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On today's program we talk with two scientists who are developing ways to make a new, high-tech concrete. Why is that important? They hope their new forms of concrete may someday help ensure that that our roads, bridges and buildings are more solidly built, last longer and provide a number of other benefits.
Scientists recently announced that the weather phenomenon known as El Nino is returning and could bring some extreme weather with it. In fact, they say the El Nino might become the big weather story of the year.
Public health officials are praising newly developed drugs that can eradicate the deadly disease Hepatitis C. Now scientists are working to make those drugs cheaper so that more people around the world can afford the treatments.
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A newly published study shows that we humans are pretty bad lie detectors when trying to tell if someone is trying to deceive us.
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Tim Johnson, owner of Timmy's Pizza and BBQ in Garrett, has been basting up slabs of meat for more than 12 years. With the second largest commercial smoker in the United States, Johnson has his Ole Hickory smoker stuffed with ribs, pork butt, brisket and more in preparation for his favorite time of year – competition and festival season.
As a long-standing Fort Wayne Ribfest competitor, Johnson said he has perfected his rub and sauce, but that doesn't mean he is stopping there.
"There are little tricks we all play with. But the main idea is the temperature and then the rubs you use on the meat. I've been working on my recipe for 10 years and it's completely different than anyone else's," he said.
Johnson's restaurant also serves up gluten-free pizza and traditional pizza in addition to his barbecue. He is also a regular at many local festivals, including Fort Wayne's Three Rivers Festival and Johnny Appleseed Festival.
During a 10-day trip two years ago, Johnson and his wife, Neza, rode their motorcycles to barbecue shops throughout the South while tasting the best barbecue in the country.
"The flavor is different from one region to the next. Barbecue is almost like a language of itself. When people know you're not local competition then they'll tell you about what they're doing and what product they got," he said.
That regional variety will be evident at Ribfest this year as barbecue teams from Texas, the Carolinas, Ohio and more set up shop at Headwaters Park.
A barbecue recipe "is an ongoing thing. I don't think anybody that's ever said 'this is the way we're doing it and we're never going to change' has been around very long. We're always looking for new stuff, and trends change. Barbecue is definitely hot right now," Johnson said.
When Johnson said barbecue is hot right now, he's not talking about the sauce. He's not even talking about the temperature. He's talking about the popularity.
That rise in popularity has organizers Mark and Cindy Chappuis always looking for new ways to please festival-goers, which is why this year Ribfest will be having its first 5K on Saturday morning.
OK, finding the connection between belly-filling barbecue and running 3.1 miles may be a tough one, but Ribfest will still be doing exactly what it does best – food and music.
Selling 25 tons of barbecue in four days is no easy task, and neither is picking the select small group of national competition teams.
"These teams take their competition seriously and we go out and find the teams (who) are winning critics choice awards and people's choice awards at the national level," Cindy said.
From brisket to ribs and music to family-friendly events, the Chappuises feel like they have the recipe for Ribfest nearly perfect.
"Our thing is, if it's not broke, don't fix it. We really try to focus on great food and great music and the rest pretty much takes care of itself," Mark said.
So, when you out navigating Ribfest this weekend remember:
– There's a $5 sampler to try a sample from each BBQ team
–Bands will be playing around the clock
– The event is under a pavilion, so the party is happening rain or shine
– Don't forget to cast your vote for the People's Choice Award
For more information on Ribfest, visit its website or the Facebook page.
Four BBQ tips from Tim Johnson of Timmy's Pizza & BBQ:
Low and slow - cook your meat at a very low temperature for a long period of time. Johnson cooks his pork butt between 210 to 225 degrees for 10 to 12 hours.
Know your wood - try out various wood chips such as hickory or mesquite to see what flavor you like best.
Buy quality meat - Johnson partners with a local butcher shop to get local and quality meat for his BBQ.
Perfect your rub and sauce - Working on your perfect rub and sauce can be a long process. Johnson recommends testing new recipes and ingredients in addition to tasting food from other barbecue joints to find that flavor and BBQ style you like best.


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Although they dated for more than two years while co-starring on "Gossip Girl," the one-time power couple of The CW went their separate ways … and never looked back.
In a new interview with Elle, Badgley was asked what lessons he learned from his relationship with Lively, who went on to marry another Hollywood heartthrob, Ryan Reynolds, last September -- less than two years after their 2010 split and while they were still working together on the final season of "Gossip Girl."
"I don't know if I can distill it into a sentence, or even articulate it," the 26-year-old told the magazine. "We were very much caught up in the show, which itself was a six-year endurance test. Our relationship was a part of that and helped us through it. I mean, like anything valuable, it was good and it was bad and it was a learning experience."
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Asked whether working with Lively after she married Reynolds in a lavish ceremony in South Carolina last September was difficult, Badgley would only offer, "No, we were ultimately professional."
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Professional, but not friendly. As in, he didn't purchase the happy newlyweds a new coffeemaker, fine china -- or any other wedding gift.
"No, I didn't," he said, his final comment on the topic of his ex.
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But make no mistake, it's not like the floppy-haired star, who is currently on the big screen playing the late musician Jeff Buckley in "Greetings From Tim Buckley," is still hung up on Lively. He's been dating actress-model Zoë Kravitz, 24, since 2011 -- although it's often from afar.
"There's definitely no secret," he said about often being in a long-distance relationship because of their careers. (Last year, she was in Africa for six months filming "Mad Max: Fury Road.") "I'd say honesty is always the best policy."
Honesty and ... not being afraid to fight.
"There are always a lot of arguments," he allowed, "but even if honesty starts some, it avoids bigger ones."
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And he'd be happy to settle down and get married himself … one day.
"Yeah. Eventually," he said on the topic of marriage. "I want the ceremony. I want the bond."
Badgley has already bonded with Zoë's family -- at least her famous dad, Lenny Kravitz. He said they have a friendly relationship and that the "Let Love Rule" singer doesn't play the protective dad.
"We get along, we talk music," said Badgley, who pursued a singing career in the late '90s and revealed during the interview that he's "written a song for every woman I've been with." "He took me to Harlem to see this little jazz show in the back of a church. It was just sh---y fluorescent lights and a small stage piano, but this band tore it up."
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But he's not looking to Lenny for tips on relationships. When the topic of Lenny's celibacy came up -- the rock star famously abstained from sex for three years -- Badgley said he wouldn't be trying that.
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For more of Badgley's interview, pick up the June issue of Elle, on newsstands May 21.
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Some people see science and religion as enemies, at war for leadership in our modern culture. Others see science and religion as completely separate and unrelated facets of life. However, science is not the only source of facts, and religion reaches beyond the realm of values and morals. In fact, religion can have a positive impact on science, such as in the development of modern medical ethics. Many early scientific leaders were devout Christians, as are some scientific leaders today. Science can also enhance the spiritual life of believers. Christians rejoice in scientific discoveries that reveal the glory of God the creator.
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A neck sprain is stretching or tearing of the ligaments of the neck. Ligaments are strong bands of tissue that cross joints and connect bones to each other. They help stabilize joints, including the neck.
Ligaments normally stretch as the joints move. A sprain is caused by a force that makes a ligament stretch farther than it should. The force is usually the result of an accident or trauma. Some forces can cause tears in the ligament tissue.
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Factors that may increase your chance of getting a neck sprain include:
Neck sprain may cause:
The doctor will ask about your symptoms, medical history, and how you injured your neck. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor will check the stability of your neck and look for any nerve damage.
Images of bones and soft tissue may be needed to look for other potential injuries such as dislocated spinal discs or fractures. The doctor may also need to rule out other causes of neck pain such as
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Neck sprains are graded according to the amount of injury:
Treatment includes:
Your neck will need time to heal but strict rest is rarely necessary. For most, you should continue to move your neck as long as it does not increase pain. Go about your normal activities as much as you can tolerate.
Ice may help decrease swelling and pain in the first few days after the injury. Do not apply the ice directly to your skin to avoid injuring your skin.
After a couple of days heat may help loosen tight or injured muscles. Wait for swelling to go away before using heat therapy.
Medication can help to relieve discomfort and swelling. Medications may include:
Aspirin is not recommended for children with a current or recent viral infection. Check with your doctor before giving your child aspirin.
Therapy may be needed for severe sprains. Some therapeutic methods include:
Neck sprain is often the cause of an accident. To help reduce your chance of a neck sprain:
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text: News & Events Student Scholars Day 2014 The Brooklyn Bridge and the Legacy of the Liberal Arts, by Dr. Linda LeMura, LeMoyne College Provost Le Moyne Student Gains Invaluable Experience at Conference on U.S. Affairs Le Moyne College History Alumna is Making a Contribution to Native American History Le Moyne Senior Returns With Lessons From Thailand Le Moyne Named One of "Best 378 Colleges" by The Princeton Review Team of Le Moyne Students Recognized in 2013 "Effies" Student Scholars Day 2014 The Student Research Committee and the Office of the Provost and Academic Vice President, Linda LeMura, Ph.D., invite you to attend Le Moyne's largest Students Scholars Day to date, featuring over 40 students from a variety of disciplines presenting the fruits of their intellectual labors. This is a day-long event including breakfast, lunch, and refreshments. Please refer to the schedule link below for details about the day. This event will take place on Friday April 11, from 8:30am-5pm in the James Commons and Curtin Special Events Room, Campus Center. More information and Schedule click here Return to the top of the page The Brooklyn Bridge and the Legacy of the Liberal Arts An essay by Dr. Linda LeMura, LeMoyne College Provost, appeared in The Post Standard on Dec. 25, 2013. The essay describes the trips to New York City which are an integral part of the first-year seminar experience at Le Moyne. Dr. LeMura wrote: During the first three weekends in November, more than 350 first-year students at Le Moyne College traveled to New York City to explore its museums, attend its theater, study its architecture, wander in its public parks and gardens, and marvel at the scope, diversity, and history of New York. These trips were a part of their first-year seminar experience - courses designed to introduce students to the rigors of academia and to excite them about complex histories and ideas. Le Moyne students stood before Van Goghs and Renoirs; they toured Grand Central Station and the Tenement Museum; they listened to Broadway ballads in Times Square and they dined on matzah-ball soup at Katz's deli. The essay is continued here Return to the top of the page Le Moyne Student Gains Invaluable Experience at Conference on U.S. Affairs James Kellaher '14 honed his communications, critical thinking and negotiating skills when he served as Le Moyne's inaugural delegate to the Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA). Held at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, SCUSA is the most prestigious event of its kind. Each year approximately 200 undergraduates from over 100 colleges and universities attend the conference, where they debate and formulate solutions to significant national and global challenges while working alongside one scholar and one policy maker. Read more here Return to the top of the page Le Moyne College History Alumna is Making a Contribution to Native American History Amy Kostine '10 is the Trail of Tears Project Historian at the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. Kostine has worked closely with the National Park Service and the Trail of Tears Association in the nine states the trail covers. She understands the need for educating younger generations of students about the trail. In addition, Kostine is working on other projects that the Center for Historic Preservation has underway such as a certified site, brochure, kiosk, and exhibit panels. Read more here Return to the top of the page Le Moyne Senior Returns With Lessons From Thailand When Emily Powers '13 traveled to Asia this summer to research the impact that globalizing influences have had on the social and cultural norms among a people of Northern Thailand, the Akha, she had one aim: to grow. It's safe to say that she succeeded. Powers was one of five students selected from Deborah Tooker's Research in Anthropology course who lived among the Akha people and conducted research funded by the Freeman Foundation through ASIANetwork, a consortium of approximately 160 North American Colleges that strives to strengthen the role of Asian studies in liberal arts education. Read more here For more information on the ASIANetwork and details about the trip, click here. Return to the top of the page Le Moyne Named One of "Best 378 Colleges" by The Princeton Review For the first time ever, Le Moyne College has been ranked by The Princeton Review as one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to "The Best 378 Colleges," the 2014 college guide released on August 6th. In achieving the national ranking, Le Moyne joins the ranks of some of the most elite institutions in the U.S. In addition, Le Moyne is one of 45 institutions included in the guide's "Great Schools for Accounting Majors" list. Read more here Return to the top of the page Team of Le Moyne Students Recognized in 2013 "Effies" The Department of Communication and Film Studies had a team of three Le Moyne students that placed in the top five of the 2013 Collegiate Effie Advertising Competition. The Le Moyne entry – "Drink Less, Be More" – was submitted by the team of Kayla Lombardoni, Cara Greenslade, and Petra Novotna, who are in the Advertising Issues and Practices class taught by Ann Allen. Three Students Receive Prestigious National Honors It's the time of year that national awards are presented to students – and three of Le Moyne's best and brightest have recently been honored by various organizations. Read more here Return to the top of the page Return to Arts & Sciences home


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is it possible for FARR to include the results of the Windows 7 Start Button/Start Menu search? (at least the ones that are in some way Windows/Control Panel related)
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While Appalachian square dances may be generations old, rescued from obscurity by folklorists, they are managing to attract dancers of all ages.
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Last year, the new Survey sector's debut brought 13 art-historical projects, including many rare works never before exhibited in an art-fair context.
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Conceptual artist Ryan McNamara's critically-acclaimed dance piece evoked the neurology of the online world. Incorporating a wide range of dance forms, the piece transformed the virtual experience of link-clicking into an immersive dance work, where audience members were unexpectedly shuttled to new locations to view entirely different pieces. The overall effect evoked the collective but ultimately individualized experience of net surfing.
Big Eyes
Art Basel hosted the premiere of Big Eyes, the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. However, the truth would eventually be discovered: Keane's art was not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams). Directed and produced by Tim Burton.
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Last year, the Public sector opened in Collins Park with a special evening program of live performances by Ryan Gander, Christian Falsnaes, Liz Glynn & Dawn Kasper, and Alix Pearlstein. The sector once again proved to be a highlight of the Miami Beach show, with curator Nicholas Baume's premise of 'Fieldwork' centering on the concept of experimentation. 26 artists tested and verified their ideas 'in the field'.
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Numerous researchers and organizations have predicted that climate change will trigger historically unprecedented waves of mass migration. MPI's Carolina Fritz examines the complex links between climate change and migration, how and where these links influence current and future migration patterns, and some of the problems with predicting future flows.
South Africa, Brazil, and Costa Rica—all destinations for migrants from the region—sought to make the lives of immigrants a little better in 2009.
Along with increased trade and Chinese investment in Africa has come new migration between the two regions. Malia Politzer places this movement in context and looks at the types of Chinese migrants going to Africa and the Africans going to China.
South Africa is struggling to define a post-apartheid migration policy that is responsive to its changing role in Africa, the relationship between migration and development, and the country's rampant xenophobia, seen most graphically in May 2008. Jonathan Crush of the Southern African Migration Project reports on the latest developments.
Since 2003, at least 200,000 people by UN estimates have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region, and more than two million have been displaced. Unfortunately, 2006 brought the crisis to new depths as the ethnic violence continued and spread into neighboring Chad. The number of refugees and internally displaced has grown, heightening concerns about destabilization in Chad and the Central African Republic.
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This report provides an overview of diaspora advocacy by looking at five issues: who participates in diaspora advocacy, who or what are the "targets" in these efforts, what means are used to advance these causes, what are the issues on which they focus, and the effectiveness of the efforts.
This report examines the diaspora entrepreneurs who are often motivated to contribute to job creation and economic growth in their native lands, and offers some key findings and policy options.
This report explores how nostalgia trade and heritage tourism can involve diaspora populations in transactions that ease the integration of their homeland economies, while helping maintain their ties to their countries of origin or ancestry.
This report analyzes the evolving role of diaspora philanthropy in countries of origin, and examines the emergence of nongovernmental development actors and new trends in global philanthropy, such as strategic giving and use of online platforms to harness small donations.
Nearly 1 million U.S. residents spend time volunteering abroad each year, including nearly 200,000 first- and second-generation immigrants. As skilled migration and the number of U.S. youth with ancestors in the developing world grow, this report shows the potential for diaspora service volunteers to assist with development in a number of countries.
A growing body of evidence suggests that diasporas play a critical role in supporting sustainable development by transferring resources, knowledge, and ideas back to their home countries, and in integrating their countries of origin into the global economy.
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Kathleen Newland.
This book explores how developing-country governments have institutionalized ties with emigrants and their descendents. It offers an unprecedented taxonomy of 45 diaspora-engaging institutions found in 30 developing countries, exploring their activities and objectives. It also provides important practitioner insights from Mali, Mexico, and the Philippines.


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The Open University's mission is to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. This is reflected in our research which has the same openness and global reach. Welcome to our research community where you will join just over 1,000 postgraduate research students, working in our Affiliated Research Centres (ARCs) around the world, at our our state-of-the art research facilities on campus in Milton Keynes, and online. 241 students were awarded research degrees by The Open University in the academic year 2012-13.
The Open University's innovative research and development ranks in the top third of UK universities. It influences policy and practice from local to global levels and enriches lives across the world.
Our aim is to ensure OU research continues to be recognised for excellence and impact, delivering substantial benefits to the University's mission and priorities.
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Our policies, regulations and services for research students are measured against the QAA Quality Code, Chapter B11, which is described in more detail in Part 8. You can find out more about our research strategy at www.open.ac.uk/research/main/our-research/research-strategy-and-policies
This handbook is your guide to the University's academic and administrative arrangements for research degree study. It tells you about the services available to you, the regulations that apply to your registration, and gives advice about what to do at key points.
Please read this handbook before you start your studies – you'll also need to refer to it throughout your registration. When you accept your offer of registration you will be bound by the terms and conditions described here, and those on the Virtual Research Environment.
The Open University Student Charter website sets out the responsibilities The Open University and its students have towards each other, to allow students to achieve their full potential.
Contact details for the offices and departments are in Part 10.
Our research degree qualifications, mode and location of study, the organisational structure for delivering research degrees, administrative arrangements and Equality and Diversity.
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WILCOX – The Elk County American Legion baseball league playoffs will be settled with one deciding game.
Wilcox won 6-2 over Fox Township Tuesday night at Jones Township Community Park to force a game Wednesday night with the winner leaving as the Elk County League champion.
Both teams will be going to the Region 8 tournament in Albion starting this Saturday no matter the result of Wednesday's game.