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- Avi Gadish
- New York, NY
- United States
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How do we best balance collaboration and individual efforts to solve our grandest challenges?
Collaboration has played a vital role in the research of new ideas and discoveries. In his State of the Union Address, President Obama unveiled upcoming plans to allocate funding and resources to what he called the Brain Activity Map project. The project, which is projected to last a decade, seeks to study the inner workings of the human brain and to develop a complete map of its activity. The project is aims to "solve" the brain in a similar fashion that the Human Genome Project (HGP) did the human genome. The HGP was a huge success both scientifically and economically and involved worldwide collaboration in multiple fields of science.
There is no doubt that collaboration between individuals, especially when spanning multiple disciplines, yields positive results. Certainly, the most effective way to solve some of humankind's greatest problems (say, diabetes, AIDS, poverty, clean water, etc.), would require the world's best and brightest to drop everything else and team up! This is total collaboration. It is my belief that, were it possible, the way to solve some of the world's biggest problems would be to pool the world's resources together in a collaborative, positive, and effective manner.
Of course, there are drawbacks to total collaboration. Many would argue (especially those who may be "drafted" into what may seem like "conscripted collaboration") that time is better spent researching something one is passionate about, interested in, and invested in! In addition, many other discoveries and advancements may be delayed, or worse, unrealized if all of Earth's intellectual resources are taken up by a single project.
I open the forum to the TED Community: Does total collaboration hold the future of scientific discovery, and if so, can we really risk putting all of our proverbial eggs in one basket?
Hadar Cohen
Feb 21 2013: Hi Avi,
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You pose a very interesting question. I do not think it is possible, or beneficial, to have total collaboration. There are so many factors, including politics and economics, that will not allow for the world to work in a single project. However, if somehow this could be possible, I do not think this will necessarily aid us in solving our grandest challenges.
The reason much research is developed to begin with is freedom and passion. If we did not have the ability to discover on our own, much would be lost in terms of the achievements we accomplish. I deeply belief that only through a sense of freedom can we produce our minds great works. It is the passion, as Neema beautifully stated, that sustains our projects.
Having total collaboration will take away our freedom and passion, and by doing so, decrease our creativity. In order to create a world of flourishing experiments and ideas, we must remember to allow individuals to choose their hearts desire.
Feb 21 2013: Hadar,
I like your ideas. I agree that passion is the best motivator and I know that my love of discovery, above all, is what fuels my creativity!
The idea I've tried to express in my question does not require total collaboration to be possible. I merely tried to pose one extreme versus another.
However, to illustrate the value of (if not "total," at least) mass collaboration, we saw that the Human Genome Project, a huge undertaking, was completed with the aid of many European nations as well as from Japan. In fact, the expected time-frame of the project was an overshoot! With the (originally unexpected) worldwide contributions, the HGP was completed in "just" 13 years!
I have to disagree with you on the point of total collaboration being a hinderance to personal expression, ambition and freedom. Except for in the (hypothetical and also, unlikely) case of conscripted collaboration, I think many would find that having an multinational team representing critically acclaimed scholars and scientists very meaningful, exciting and fulfilling experience which could open the doors to the greatest discoveries!
Lauren Bayer
Feb 22 2013: Hello Avi and Hadar,
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Firstly, I just would like to point out that although the Human Genome Project did involve worldwide collaboration among scientists all over the world - it was not a concerted effort as you portrayed in your statement. In fact, there were two teams of scientists vying against the other to get the sequence first so that they could be the group that had the first publication. Yes people were collaborating, but it wasn't a united worldwide effort to uncover the human genome. In fact some may see it as an example of the extreme competition in science to publish.
I agree with you Avi, that collaboration is good for science and allows us to make more discoveries and inventions. However, one can not deny the fact that people need to make money, and scientists use their research as their income. As a result, there is often intense pressure on scientists to publish, and competition within branches of science to publish their experimental findings first. I don't think that collaboration hinders ambition and personal expression. In fact I think that collaboration enhances it because it allows scientists to combine their different skill sets and personal talents to achieve more. However, despite the ideal value of collaboration, I think it's impractical to ever achieve complete collaboration. People need to make money and want to succeed, and in order to that history has shown that someone has to win over the other.
Feb 24 2013: Hi Lauren,
I agree that collaboration leads to intense competition among scientists as well as nations involved in the projects. Worldwide collaboration involves political, economic, and other non-science driven interests. However, I think such intense, goal-driven environment can be beneficial because it is a huge pressure and motivation to scientists in their research even if all they are trying to do is to outperform others. Although this may be ethically wrong, it is true that worldwide collaboration did accomplish something that couldn't have happened otherwise. Maybe worldwide collaboration can be used by bringing competitive scientists together while making sure they are actually working together in some sense to achieve the mutual goal as well as their personal goals to publish, make money, etc?Feb 26 2013: Hey Lauren!
I thought I posted this a few days ago, I guess I must have clicked on something incorrectly:
I think your example of the Human Genome Project is the perfect example of competition pushing science more than collaboration. Obviously collaboration between great minds is useful for research, two heads are better than one and so on, but total collaboration would result in a lack of competition, and that might actually result in less conclusive research being achieved.
I also agree that acting upon this idea of total collaboration would be impractical because it wouldn't be possible to give each collaborator enough in return, whether that enough be monetary value, or ego-driven fame. Also, with all of the talented scientists of the world working on one project, who is to say that ego in general wouldn't be a huge hinderence, even if we could get them to agree to collaborate like that? The idea that we could get so many great minds to collaborate, even if we momentarily ignore actual solving of problems, the collaboration itself is project so large that it demands its own analysis for complexity.
Feb 26 2013: I agree that passionate work is what innovates the fastest and most creatively. It's a more advanced form of specialization, which is what enabled early societies to grow.
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Passionate collaboration can be huge. I believe that personality is partly pre-determined, and that some personalities are more likely to take interest in science. There is so much untapped potential in impoverished neighborhoods. If we can unlock that potential through community organizers and better schools, and then increase awareness of our greatest problems, we can innovate in the right direction so much faster.Feb 21 2013: Hi Avi,
I definitely think collaboration is extremely important for scientific research. When people from different fields, backgrounds, or education styles get together and each bring something new to the table, that's how progress is made. Hardly anything can be done without collaboration, no one field of study is independently sufficient to take on a problem alone. Discoveries are best made when a team of people with various degrees and interests join together. My favorite example of this is the work done at places like CERN and imec. You mentioned being forced to collaborate against one's will, and I agree, this may not be ideal. If there are people who would prefer to work separately they should be permitted to do so, there is no sense in forcing them to work on something their heart is not in. As for the fear of all of Earth's intellectual resources being taken up by a single project, all I can say is, Earth has a fair amount of resources and I do not think it is even possible for all of them to be focused on a single project.
Feb 23 2013: I tend to agree with Neema's thoughts.
Collaboration is a necessary human trait. It rarely occurs that a single minded person will discover some mind-blowing idea. It is the joint effort of multiple brains that makes the human species so powerful.
My question is, what is more important here: not forcing people to collaborate against their own will or being able to complete the brain activity map. From an ethical standpoint, you shouldn't force scientists to research and collaborate on something they won't do willingly.
Again, I don't think its possible for Earth's resources to be taken up by this project. The Earth has billions of people, most of which will have no idea that such a collaboration is going on.
Lastly, I want to connect this complex idea to the TED video on complexity we watched this week: http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_berlow_how_complexity_leads_to_simplicity.html. The whole reason why Obama is calling for a collaboration is due to the complex nature of creating a brain activity map. Yet, perhaps there is some way to make this whole project a little less complex and a little simpler. Who knows...Feb 26 2013: At the beginning and the end of the day, we are all humans, with a body that feels - good, bad, indifferent, with emotions - hopeful, angry, contrary, joyful, fearful, etc. This messiness of the body is what often gets in the way of "civilized collaboration." But it doesn't need to, it is actually the one thing that we all share and should be acknowledged from the very beginning. Because common ground is what is needed as foundation for any collaborative effort, I propose that - essential humanity not be relegated to the side corners. It is commonly understood that whenever decisions are made on behalf of others who have not been given the opportunity to participate in the process of creating - those on the receiving end will have many complaints. And this is the same, with us in the collaborative process, when we ignore the humanity of our brother and sister collaborators - ignore their passions, discount their doubts, silence their discomforts, ridicule their excitement over an idea ... with the idea of being more logical, thrifty, time-sensitive, and so forth ... we kill the hope of collaboration.
First and foremost, we need to acknowledge we are all share the commonground of human-ness and whatever messy biological/psychological reality that pertains. It is the personal drama behind the collaboration, that needs to be given a seat at the table before any truly "civilized collaboration" can occur.
BTW, I am not talking about a share-all psycho-drama pre-session, but rather a simple acknowledgement of say - a participant is under the weather and is having difficulty concentrating; another is dealing with some private personal issues; another is widely excited about a seemingly improbable but worthy of investigation idea; another has had too much coffee and needs to chill. These are all factors that contribute to collaboration sessions whether, we want them to or not, and once we discretely acknowledge them, we can move on with wisdom.Feb 22 2013: I tend to doubt that *total* collaboration is a seriously viable, but I'd argue that its not desirable either. Firstly, there's the issue of "too many cooks", how much of Earth's greatest intellectual resources would be taken up by just communication with a huge number of collaborators who wouldn't be able to contribute as much as the greater and more passionate minds. It is possible that some problems can't be "brute forced" and may only have creative solutions accesible to a single mind. Further, the political problems are daunting. Who chooses what problem to tackle? Could there be problems that are actually unsolvable- if so, who decides when to scrap that project and move on? Like you say, many other projects would be delayed or unrealized. Nor could total collaboration be effectively enforced without some fascist system.
But, if total collaboration isn't viable or desirable, I don't mean to say that holds true for more collaboration overall. Indeed, there are many inefficiencies when private companies are doing the same R&D, duplicating another company's old work that is inaccesible to them. But what's the solution to this? Some have proposed a shared database where companies and researchers can submit their "dead end" cases so that no one needs to replicate research that has already been shown to fail to solve the problem. But companies would have incentives to contribute the minimum amount to avoid helping their competitors. It's not an easy problem to resolve for private research. This sort of thing may be easier to implement with universities or national science organizations. Certainly with modern technology we should have more international scientific collaboration!
Still, individual effort should also be upheld. Different approaches to the same problem is very valuable and should not be abandoned.
Feb 25 2013: I smiled at your description of the process that is happening now. Total collaboration may just happen, but the circumstances have to be right. I'm already seeing collaboration (fyi old word was work) on scales unimaginable just a short time back, and we're just getting introduced to each other :)Feb 25 2013: I couldnt agree more Jon!
We're currently in a world that's seeing exponential growth in terms of ways we can communicate and share our thoughts and ideas!
And aas Paul mentioned, were just getting introduced! Certainly, total collaboration is a tad farfetched, but where we are now in terms of collaborating with each other doesnt quite do the trick!
maybe instead of hashtagging silly things (currently trending: #askjackandfinn ... what?) the world could make some great strides if the current trending hashtag was something like #CureDiabetes and we'd have major biochemists tweeting each other about some interesting protein they've encountered.
My question is, wheres the balance of collaboration versus personal study? I dont believe we're at the right place today. Lets see where we go from here.
Mitch SMith
Feb 21 2013: Hi Avi,
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This is a very imprtant question!
There is no doubt that collaberation is the great power of humanity.
As such, it is a default property of humans.
Being a default, it will not respond to forcing, but will respond to allowing.
So the best way to balance it is to identify impediments and removing them.
Some constraints are universal - identifying these will also help.
I would not be worried about the "conscription" aspect - I assure you, there are a great many individuals who are passionate about brain science.
From the outside, it looks like some linear study, but the fundamental principles of neural networks are deeply non-linear. Much is already known, but the actual implementation in a real human brain presents some incredible challenges. And, just as with the human genome project, a comprehensive maping will reveal whole new galaxies of questions.
Very exciting stuff!
Fritzie -
Feb 21 2013: I see two different questions here. One is how to balance individual and collaborative work. The second is whether it makes sense to put all eggs in one basket.
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Starting with the first, I think some projects are best undertaken through individual action or by allocating tasks that are undertaken independently but with attention to the interfaces between different people's parts. Others require elbow-to-elbow collaboration.
Further some people are much more effective in creative teams than others are and are more natural collaborators.
Moving to your second question, I don't understand why one would want all the Earth's intellectual resources to be taken up in any single project.
Feb 26 2013: Hi Fritzie,
I totally agree with your answer to the first question. I believe there is a "sweet spot" to be struck between working as a team and working as an individual. The optimum relationship for this balance would depend on the nature of the problem to be solved (and, of course, the nature of the people solving the problem), and I suppose it would have to be empirically determined.
As for the second question, I think Avi's "eggs in one basket" question was a reference to a potential downside of total collaboration - namely, if everyone is totally involved in the groupthink resulting from constant collaboration, we may miss out on important discoveries/insights made when people strike out on their own when trying to address a problem. I think this question is very relevant to general human nature... I think that this is a very valid concern and thus necessitates the balance which we referred to in the first part of the question.
Feb 27 2013: Osaze, I think Avi was just mentioning one extreme type of collaboration. But it's definitely not limited to that. But just like Fritzie said, there is definitely a place for an interface between different scientists of different nationalities can be utilized appropriately. If we were to put all the "eggs in one basket" that would definitely not advantageous, but if it there was universal interest I feel that it can be really successful.
The space program in our country was successful because of the competitive nature of the time, but what if the Soviet's and American's joined forces during that time in history. Who knows if it would have been any different. Plus, it contributes to world peace! (Just as much as it might hinder it...)
greg dahlen
Feb 20 2013: Seems worth saying no effort is ever totally individual.
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I would think each person has their own style, some more individual, some more collaborative. Some projects work well with individual effort, some collaborative.Feb 27 2013: Amazing answers to challenges from the least suspected sources have have come from collaboration. The mega collaboration also 'spins off new ideas'. The word BALANCE is a factor that is of most importance and will determine success. A project out of balance no matter in the research lab, or in a collaborative forum, can be skewed, therefore controls must always be in place, just lest defined when working with such speed and scale. We are all out here working for the best (I hope) and the possibilities are limitless. Best!!Feb 24 2013: Avi, thanks for your post!
I want so badly to positivly contribute to this post however it's difficult to respond to your question. It is too lofty, too vague. Perhaps the question you should ask is how to generate smaller collaborative efforts, determine what problems are most significant and find out how to fund them.
Total collaboration of the world's resources toward one goal is completely impractical but yes, teamwork in general is a good thing that advances every field.
With total collaboration comes the requirement of some investment group selecting where to place their funds. This is limiting. What should we focus on first the cancer that affects the wife of investor A or the poverty that afflicts the rural town in a country that founded Investor Company B. Who chooses the problem to focus on first?
Eric Berlow states, "The more you can zoom out and embrace complexity, the more you can zoom in on the simple details that matter most." Complexity makes collaboration essential to solving any issue and collaboration is the key to building any solution, but on a smaller scale. Look at my post for Jay's question [bit.ly/15d7gKF] ... collaboration between creative marketing teams and research groups results in educational and promoted videos.
Feb 25 2013: Hey!
You bring up a great point, in that money seems to be a deciding factor for most scientific research. Whether it be grants, or individual investment, people want to see a return on their dollars. Back to when I mentioned the Human genome project, or Obama's new Brain Map, a huge focus was about finance and economy stimulation. Perhaps another important (TED) conversation about this would be the next step!Feb 23 2013: The way to achieve collaboration so that people don't get in each other's way, so strangers can synergize, so information produced becomes fuel for refinements, is to take a cue from nature and establish a technological but organic "cyber-hive". In the insect world of hives no one designs the hive, yet through the smaller interactions of "cooperants" on cells in the lattice or "honey comb" the hive grows in size and sophistication. Traditionally what humans have done is deploy hierarchical methods in which an overlord or overlord body exists which is in charge of the progress of the entire organization and information travels slowly up the hierarchy and used at the top to make decisions then sent down the chain somewhat synchronously to all other performers. This is not suited to these times because everyone has access to information and intelligence and need no special permission to use it in their ideas. So, what happens is clashes of hierarchies with secretiveness and exclusion rather than adaptive "cells" of hooking up with other cells that can synergize where openness about what they are doing is THE WAY to allow the cream to rise.
The Internet has not been used to facilitate this kind of collaborative modality yet. Though millions of people work on the technologies which together make for the possibility of achieving a secondary plane of human discourse other than the natural terrestery, no one works on cyberspace itself yet. I have pioneered this and have worked with a small circle I now consider a master class of cyberspace theoreticians who establish what is possible if and when we break free of the hegemony of alpha-numerics (in the sense that in computer operating systems the alphabet and numbers are the umbrella under which all is managed and sorted which creates an esoteric limiter). Cyberspace needs an interface of its own where we can observe new politics and new engines of progress that lead to a newer modernity.
Feb 25 2013: Wow, far out!
I completely agree, the sense of collaboration that I invision as a succsessful means to solve our greatest challanges would have to be one of the honeycomb structure you speak of. We must be cautious of certain people who want to be "in charge" (may it be due to having money, title, seniority, etc.) who will strive to get their way. Ideally, it would have to be a community effort!
The internet is most likely the interface to get us there. Nowadays, crowdsourcing is gaining popularity; perhaps, the future of crowdsourcing will converge with scientific discovery and we will have to wait and see what the product will be.
Feb 25 2013: The Internet is still primitive and needs radical new art to drive it to much higher standards. Part of the problem with doing that now is that many people see the Internet as a "right"--a medium of free speech, and want to impose artificial neutrality. It's not a free speech medium because it's not a broadcast medium. It is something else--analogous to a big filing cabinet where you can float a file but only those who are looking for it are likely to see it. I don't mind paying more to get a radically improved system where people take economics, sociology and ecology explicitly serious. Thus I see net neutrality as misguided and short-sighted--it's not all about big companies profiteering, it's about stimulus breaking--offering stuff that changes your world along the lines of those three criteria (economically, socially and ecologically). If laws keep a cap on things there will be no incentive to offer dramatically improved modalities.
What's keeping the net primitive also is a hegemony of "alpha-numerics" i.e. "text"--using the alphabet and numbers as the "filing" system. Priority content should have a cyberspace interface which associates information by "natural criteria"--not the alphabet, not the hierarchy of numbers. When that replaces today's Internet there will be far less "dumb searches" where we search but get back hundreds of pages of irrelevancies or stuff where people try to beat the listing game. What we want to do is achieve a culture where we don't accept casual defeat of our progress. Every effort must trail-blaze some new facilitation of success. As long as we remain accepting of dead ends, we will be a dead end society. I have written a philosophy on this and hope to publish. I prefer to publish a nonlinear "prompt-and-answer" bank with modalities for sustaining application of cyber theory. But that's abstract to investors unfortunately. Writing it in linear text is frustrating. I call the philosophy facilitarianism. You heard it here first folks.Feb 21 2013: Avi.
Human nature is not the problem, as someone mentioned below.
Those who believe it is are an indication of brainwashing.
A comment/belief like that, stops everything in its tracks, which is one motive of spreading such a belief.
When you hear it or read it, you know its been spread.
If it were true, we humans would not respond in loving, supportive, helpful and beneficial ways that we have demonstrated for all time.
A World Commission in 1980 (not sure, 1984 maybe), involving most countries that then existed, put together a study of just how much money it would cost to solve all the problems humans, all life forms, and the planet, face - and need solving along with human desire to solve. The cost for each was astronomical. Some of these you mention above:
disease, poverty, slavery, clean water, illiteracy, homelessness, etc. The total for everything was only 1/4 of the worlds military spending. When people broach a solution to one of our problems and are shouted down by those crying, "who's going to pay for it?" we see immediately that all of it is affordable.
Collaboration, or volunteerism, has been present and available for many years now. We see it in action after devastating tsunami's, earthquakes, hurricanes, fires, tornadoes and other catastrophes, including the ravages of war.
Pooling the earths resources won't do it. Humans are currently our greatest resource and pooling them is the answer.
Proper management of the earth's resources is also what we need and that too, needs to be a collaborative effort.
Climate change, the warming of the earth, and the melting of the ice caps, have begun and we cannot stop them, nor reverse them. We may not be able to slow them down either nor be able to gauge just how fast or slow they will occur.
But, we will always need water as these events move on. Cleaning up the seven garbage patch islands that are destroying "all of our oceans" would be a great collaborative effort by the world, for the world and with the world.
Fritzie -
Feb 21 2013: I agree with you, RC, that it is in human nature to collaborate and that telling each other something can't happen because of human nature is a convenient way, often, to stop everything in its tracks.
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Further, I think there is a widespread tendency to underestimate other people's potential and good values even among those with great confidence in their own.
I think many positive activities don't get launched because people are discouraged from the start, too discouraged to want to try.Feb 21 2013: RC,
Your comment filled me with joy. I completely agree that Humans are out biggest resource!
Unfortunately, as G. Lockwood commented below, human nature may one hinderance, as people are usually unhappy with collaborating on such a high level, especially if they feel that their personal contributions might not get enough recognition.
However, I personally feel that the human race holds an intrinsic yearning to problem solve and to move forward and when it comes to our largest and most important problems, more often then not, the solutions will be the fruit of a communal effort rather than a single individuals effort!
Feb 22 2013: Why do you say that "people are usually unhappy with collaborating on such a high level, especially if they feel their personal contributions might not get enough recognition?" What specific evidence has convinced you of this?
Feb 22 2013: True, I shouldnt generalize. I believe that someone may argue that collaboration in large groups can lead to some contributors not getting the recognition they deserve.
For example, the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien for their work on green fluorescent protein. However, Douglas Prasher was the first to clone the GFP gene and suggested its use as a biological tracer.Prasher's accomplishments were not recognized and he lost his job. In fact, Wikipedia goes as far as to say that "when the Nobel was awarded in 2008, Prasher was working as a courtesy shuttle bus driver in Huntsville Alabama."
Fritzie -
Feb 22 2013: There is no doubt that in collaborations, some people tend to get more recognition than others. What I questionned was not whether people get different levels of recognition but rather how important a factor recognition is in motivating high level creative thinkers to engage in important projects.
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What about the draw of doing fun, challenging, and important creative work?
Feb 25 2013: WELL SAID!
I find the more i collaborate the more I am appreciated. As long as my 'home' is where we want to be (and we are) then increasing my value to others starts mattering more.Feb 21 2013: Avi Maybe human nature is the problem/


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During every spring of the last four years, one of the Webb traditions I have looked forward to the most was the Ironclad Triathlon, a sprint triathlon hosted by Webb Institute every May. This year a record breaking 400 athletes competed in the race. Although the triathlon was held on Memorial Day weekend this year, four Webb students competed: freshman Don Rickerson, sophomore Jack Oczeretko, junior Casey Harwood, and myself. We all did extremely well, each finishing the race in under 1 hour and 45 minutes. I myself was lucky enough to claim first place in the male 20-24 division. The weather that day was absolutely perfect, too. The Long Island Sound was much warmer than in previous years, and there was not a single cloud in the sky. The most rewarding aspect of the race was running through the main gate of Webb, crossing the finish line, and knowing that I had participated in such a physically demanding event at the place that I currently call home.

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From the Pitch: With Tori and Sam Week 8
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Samantha Kron
Thursday, October 07, 2010
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2010) -
ETSU women's soccer players
Tori Head
(Kingsport, Tenn.) and
Samantha Kron
(Paradise Valley, Ariz.) will be stopping by throughout the season to provide a weekly blog on life as an ETSU women's soccer player. Here is week eight of From the Pitch featuring Samantha Kron.
October 6, 2010
Our week would be a short one because we would be leaving Thursday morning to travel to Florida for our games against North Florida and Jacksonville. We were all very excited for our games, but not looking forward to the long nine-hour bus ride that it would take to get us there. Before we left, we had two solid practices along with weights and our meeting with Tami as we usually do each week. We had to really make sure to focus on our practices before we left because we only had the chance to practice a couple times before we were on the road.
All packed and ready, we left for Florida on Thursday morning. The bus ride was filled with lots of sleeping, laughter, watching movies, texting, reading, not doing homework (even though we know we should), and eating. All the usual things you'd expect a bus of twenty- two girls to be doing. The team decided to set up a little game for us to pass the time on our long trip. Each player and coach's name was written down on a sheet of paper and was distributed out to everyone on the bus. You then had to perform a task or do a certain action that this person does frequently and then everyone has to guess who you are acting out. Let's just say my team had a little bit too much fun with this exercise. We always like to take everything to the next level, and I guess that's just part of being a competitive athlete.
We stopped at Ruby Tuesday's for dinner in Georgia and then two hours later we finally arrived at the Courtyard hotel in Jacksonville, Fla. Finally it was game time, and although we did not come out of the weekend with the results that we wanted our intensity was high along with our concentration. We came out with some bumps and bruises but nothing that we cannot
fix for the next weekend. No team is perfect, nor does any team have a flawless game or season for that matter. Your true team colors are shown when you can come back from a tough weekend or after losing a couple of games. We will be back and ready to kick some Eagle butt on Friday, October 8 versus Florida Gulf Coast at 7 p.m., and also on Sunday, October 10 against the Stetson Hatters at 1 p.m. Both games will be played at Summers-Taylor Stadium, so come out and support the women's soccer team! GO BUCS!!
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What makes your time frame relevant? I would say your last championship game LOSS is as relevant as our last Championship game win. Teams can go from bottom to top in one offseason nowadays, so your whole "relevant' issue isn't really relevant! But let me say you most certainly do EARN your FH badges spinmeister.


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Mixtapes of the Month: July
Mixtapes of the Month: July
There was a time when mixtapes were loose collections of songs not good enough to make an album. Those days are over. In 2014, an age where artists recognize that the road to stardom is paved with free music, mixtapes have become full, original bodies of music in their own right.
But all that free music also means discovering something truly worth your time can be harder than finding a needle in a digital haystack. That's where our friends at DJBooth.net come in. Their "Mixtapes of the Month" series narrows down the last 30 days (give or take) to four projects guaranteed to ensure the month's best work doesn't pass you by.
So without further ado, here are five new ones for your tape deck, desktop or iPhone.
Beldina, Opening Act
Everything about Beldina's Opening Act screams warm weather, parties, and springtime. Her powerful, catchy vocals on songs like "Smoke" and "New Generation" will have you singing right along with a big ol' smile on your face. Don't worry, she still showcases a slower, R&B style on efforts like "Cloud 9." There's something for everyone on this project. A big part of Opening Act's warm, vibrant feel is the production. Almost entirely produced by Ali Paya, the whole project has a consistent, electronic feel, brought on by the heavy synth use. In other words, it's perfect for a sunny day or that first barbeque. This might be her Opening Act, but Beldina will have you shouting "ENCORE!"
De La Soul, Smell the D.a.I.s.Y.
Mention the '90s to any hip-hop head and watch a smile shoot across their face. There are very few things fans of the genre love more than '90s — we call it the Golden Age for a reason. One of the most beloved groups of that Golden Age is a little trio by the name of De La Soul. Though they may be veterans, De La is still putting on a hip-hop clinic for anyone who cares to learn. Earlier this year, they released their whole library for free and now, they give us another free project featuring production from the greatest producer to ever do it. On top of eleven classic beats from the legendary J. Dilla you will find a few classic De La Soul verses superimposed to create a brand new, yet vintage sound. You have probably heard some (if not all) of these bars, but we guarantee you haven't heard 'em like this. So hop in the time machine and enjoy some '90s nostalgia courtesy of "Smell the Da.I.S.Y."
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Bop Alloy, Another Day in the Life Of...
There are plenty of rap songs about infidelity, but how many emcees have penned a song about their marriage proposal? If that's the type of real life hip-hop you're looking for, then look no further than Bop Alloy's latest project. Comprised of producer Marcus D and emcee Substantial, true to its title, Bop Alloy's Another Day in the Life Of… is a heavily jazz-influenced and transparently honest chronicle of a man who's not only striving to be a better artist, but more importantly, a better person. From the mellow "Another Night at Club Family" to the purely instrumental "Saxophone Jones Revenge," there's no shortage of music made to expand your horizons here. Nothing wrong with music that lives out an escapist fantasy as long as you always remember what truly matters. An album like this is what truly matters. Listen on DJBooth.Net.
Paris Jones, March EP
You might think that Paris Jones lacks a little creativity when you see that his new EP is entitled March EP, but wait just a second. We bet you didn't know he has also been releasing a project a month for all of 2014. Just think about that for a second. Most emcees drop one, maybe two (if we are lucky) he is dropping 12! Though one project is exhausting, Paris isn't showing any signs of fatigue. We all love to hear a great emcee, but sometimes, you just need a dope beat to vibe to, which is why this project is such a breath of fresh air. The six track effort is not without a bar here and there, but for the most part, it's all about the boards. Instrumental tapes have to have something special, or they sort of lose steam, but lucky for us, this one is in fact special. It may only be six tracks long, but Paris Jones' March EP will have your head noddin' from start to finish; you might even get whiplash.
CYNE, All My Angles Are Right
We always try to be as unbiased as possible with these, but we can't simply hide our love for CYNE (Cultivating Your New Experience). And if you love pure, deep hip-hop, you too will enjoy CYNE's All My Angles Are Right. This trio, hailing from across the country, consists of two beatsmiths, Enoch and Speck, and Cise Star on the mic. In this case, three is most certainly not a crowd. The trio work together to form a cohesive, fluid sound that really makes you feel like you are listening to something important. Everything they do is so well thought out, well executed and drips quality. It'll take more than a few listens to truly take in this album, but it is well worth your time. Sit back, relax and let your new experience be cultivated.
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Delicious, quick & easy. I used homemade peach jam and put frozen peas with my rice in my rice cooker. The onion soup mix with the sweet fruit was the perfect combination. I can vary this recipe depending on the type of canned fruit jam I have on hand.
I don't know why my sentiments for this recipe are not with my fellow AR friends but we did not like this at all. I followed it exactly except making my own rice. I mixed the onion mix into the preserves so it would mix nicely when added to the skillet and I instantly went to check the recipe to make sure I had the right measurements. The onion mix totally overwhelmed the preserves and turned them brown. Sometimes flavors need time to meld and soften, so I persevered. In the end, the onion still overwhelmed the sweetness and was esthetically unpleasing. I didn't say anything to my husband and he barely touched the second thigh. :( Sorry, wouldn't make this again.
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This is great as it is. Here are my custom suggestions: Add green onions and garlic to the oil after chicken is seared WELL. I added a bit of hot sauce for a kick, dry ginger and a couple dashes of vinegar for acidity as well as a little less preserves for those who thought it was too sweet. Topped with a few slivered almonds for texture followed by lemon and orange zest; WOW this sent it over the edge. Thanks Smuckers for this great idea and allowing me to personalize and make it my own.
This recipe was easy and so delicious. It was a bit on the sweet side, but that was a hit with the kids. I only had apricot preserves, so I went with that. All in all, it was a big hit.
This is really good and its fast to make. Not too many ingredients either to complicate things. Its really good how it is but I didnt give it 5 starts because i feel like there is just something missing that I cant put my finger on. Really good though.
We loved this recipe. I did make a few changes based on our preferences. I cut the boneless skinless chicken thighs into bite size pieces and used Smuckers "Simply Fruit" Apricot preserves. I also added a couple of chopped jalapenos and a small can of pineapple chunks (drained) when the chicken was nearly cooked (before making the sauce). I used a steamer bag of rice with veggies, and made a little extra rice to mix in. My husband's comment: "I'd like this to be in the regular supper line-up." I personally would've liked it a tad hotter, so I will probably experiment with a little more pepper next time, but it was still excellent.
This was quick, easy, and SO delicious. I used orange preserves that I had on hand, and it was tangy but great.
This was so easy and delicious! After reading the reviews I made the following changes -- I added red pepper flakes, garlic and ginger to the oil before adding the chicken and browing it. Then I followed the directions as indicated and at at the very end added just a touch of ground red pepper. Added that zing everyone said it needed without being over powering. My husband said it was "a do again"
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We had had a full day at Jazz Fest and were exhausted as we sat among 30 or so fellow Treme followers, faithfully keeping our appointment to keep an eye on how our self-portrait was coming along, dinners in our laps, in the front room of Bywater's Country Club.
The experience was far different from any of Treme I'd ever seen before.
The bad news is Billy Delle will be out resting tonight after returning back from Pakistan on "Classified Business".
The good news (to some it may be bad news) is the Boudin Man has plans to hijack the airwaves from 7:00 p.m. to midnight with some very special programming.
My approach to planning JazzFest: pick a bunch of shows that I absolutely can't miss, then when the night of the show comes around be open to going anywhere and doing anything. That being said, here's the shows I can't wait to see:
Pitch Perfect!
So many of the images in the opening episode of HBO's 2nd season's premier of Treme resonate with the pictures of New Orleans that I carry in my mind's eye--an eye that has been richly provisioned by this city over a lifetime.
Get ready New Orleans; the Poor Clares will soon all be back in town to celebrate their 20th year anniversary playing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as one of the premium Irish bands to come out of the Crescent City.
In honor of the late great Don "Big Moose" Jamison
in honor of everyone celebrating Easter
any excuse to play this is a good one...
The Tone Scientists and Sound Chemists and Vibration Physicists of the Kitchen Sink will bring you the epic avant garde free jazz sounds of the John Coltrane Ensemble's
The judges are still declaring a draw so join Brice Nice and Alski in the ring for round 4. As always the only rule is staying in the groove .
Multi-instrumentalist Carlos Malta is in town. The sax and flute virtuoso is performing at UNO on Wednesday and will also perform two sets at Snug Harbor Thursday. WWOZ will broadcast the second set LIVE in case you are unable to attend.
One of Brazil's most respected musicians, Malta is a composer, performer, arranger, band leader and music educator who has performed all over the world.
On Thursday, April 21st, Jelly Roll Justice will have as special guests on "Jazz From the Market", the great jazz educator Mr. Carl Blouin, Sr. and one of his former students, trumpeter extraordinaire Leroy Jones.
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Two new species of freshwater stingrays have been discovered in the Amazon rain forest! They are being called "Pancake stingrays" because they look like pancakes with tails. The last new Amazon stingray found was in 1987. Researchers have also found a new species of catfish that has a pattern that resembles a jaguar's spots. This just shows that there are so many species on Earth we have yet to discover!
Don't forget that we have daily stingray feedings here at the Orlando Science Center, so stop by and watch our local stingrays enjoy a meal and learn more about these interesting creatures!
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Amitav Ghosh's new novel Sea of Poppies reminds us of the role of the British opium trade in our social history, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
Despite the best efforts of the music industry to promote private listening, music has worked best, socially and politically, when it is shared with other credulous listeners, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
If Indian lawmakers are unwilling to listen to gay campaigners, they might as well read up to learn that there are so many exceptions to the 'natural' sex choice theory that it may not actually exist, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
We grew up learning that even the last crumb on the plate must not go to waste because many kids go to bed hungry. The G8 is following the same advice, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
Now, beards raise suspicions even in India. The general public has started fearing that the beard is a battle standard in the mythical clash of civilisations, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
With Tuesday's parliamentary multi-starrer a super-hit on TV, the image of the neta as a stock character who gets stomped in the end to provide us catharsis may just be ruined. Pratik Kanjilal writes.
The Brothers Agarwalla, who boilerplated scrabble and changed the online board-gaming world, have shown that the traditional borders that capitalism has set for itself breaks down in an open world, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
There might be a selfless reason why India insists on doing so poorly on the Olympic stage. For, in Beijing, our poor show could firm up closer relations with the host country, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
Twisted criminal genius who tried to nuke Fort Knox in 1959, as chronicled by Ian Fleming. Also, popular epithet for Indian shooting stars. We are like this only. Pratik Kanjilal has more.
National versions of Big Brother, with their promotion of obscenity and ganging up have created unlikely celebs and given a new lease of life to fading stars and non-entities, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
Thanks to the SMS revolution, whatever we write comes out in 'txtis'. But resistance is futile, because we've already lost the power to communicate, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
If the Tatas carry out their threat to withdraw from Singur, it might cause political and social upheavals that are way beyond the wherewithal of a car factory, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
The Health Minister backs the right causes but harbours a fascist streak that turns them into frightful pogroms. In India, a law against smoking in public will only fatten the wallets of the police, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
The fact that child participants in reality shows now raise more hackles than the thousands who labour without pay or are trafficked out, shows how we have learnt to deal with 'reality' in India, writes Pratik Kanjilal.
Just how many masterminds does it take to run a terror bombing spree? The Delhi police have nominated Mohammad Atif Amin chief of the Indian Mujahideen.


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Gallery: London's Tower Bridge Gets LED Upgrade for the Queen's Diamond...
2012 is a big year for London (and the UK) with the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, the Diamond Jubilee and 60 years of James Bond films, so a project was undertaken to update the 117-year-old bridge's facade. Over six months, a team of lighting designers and electricians strung together some 6,500 feet of energy-efficient LED linear lights, 1,800 LED lamps, and 1,000 junction boxes along with 16,500 feet of cable. Last night, it was turned on for the first time.
The switch was flipped by London Mayor Boris Johnson and this weekend — the Diamond Jubilee weekend — the bridge will gleam in "diamond white" to mark the occasion. Over the next few weeks, in the buildup to the Olympic Games, the bridge will display the Olympic rings as well as the logo for the Paralympic Games.
The new lighting system uses GE architectural LED systems, which are expected to last for over 25 years. The entire display was designed by French firm Citelum, which previously oversaw the illumination of the Eiffel Tower and the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, and the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. To preserve the integrity of the bridge, the LED lights were heat formed so that they would fit over the bridge's architectural details. GE is one of the main sponsors of the Olympic Games and will provide uninterruptible power generators for the main Olympic stadium as well as a large number charging stations for a fleet of Olympic electric vehicles.
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Have you ever noticed how many names the English language has for a collective of animals? For example, what do you call a group of owls? A flock? A flight? A pack? A parliament? A nest? A company? (Hint: It's a parliament–see above.) But who started using all these different names? The consensus is that hunters dating back to 15th century England are to blame, which is why there are particularly so many names for birds. Another source says these names were penned and perpetuated by The Book of St. Albans, which was printed in English in 1486, but likely translated from French.
Some of the more fanciful-sounding terms seem to have an actual basis: For example, an "unkindness of ravens" is rooted in the myth that ravens will push their young out of the nest to make room (this is untrue–ravens are actually very supportive of their family). Other names are thought to have been lost in translation, or at least lost in time.
Looking for more names for collectives? Try any of these books! Otherwise, here are a few interesting ones I have picked out, with some helpful pictures to aid your memory:
An army of caterpillars
A smack of jellyfish
A shiver of sharks
A knot of toads
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Thai Grilled Lamb & Asparagus Salad makes a hearty, healthy and delicious lunch. Photo courtesy California Asparagus Commission.
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Americans have not mastered the art of blending meats and vegetables into delicious salads. Take a tip from the Thais and make this wonderful lamb salad. Think of it for leftover lamb, and for serving in smaller portions for a first course with a lighter entrée—pasta, for example. This is Page 7 of a 12-page article. Jump to the recipe below. Click the black links below to view the other pages.
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On the strength of such hits as "Buddy Holly", "Beverly Hills", and "Undone - The Sweater Song", alternative rock band Weezer has found a special niche in the music industry. Havard grad, Rivers Cuomo, leads the band through a never-ending supply of music that is heavy on rhythm guitar, catchy choruses, and shrill solos. Dedicated fans will make Weezer tickets a hard find, but GoTickets will have them available for each and every tour date on the Weezer concert schedule.
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Some bands toil for years and years before they ever hit the big time, and of course many never hit the big time at all, but the members of Weezer really didn't have to wait long as they had a triple platinum album within just a few years of being formed. The original lineup of Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp and Jason Cropper, Weezer released a self-titled album in '94, which is often called "The Blue Album," and almost instantly it shot up the charts and they had a big hit with "Buddy Holly." The first Weezer tour also proved to be a big hit and Weezer concert tickets became wildly popular almost overnight. Now it's been nearly 20 years since that first album and the band is as popular as ever. If you want to see them live and in person, GoTickets is ready to help with Weezer concert tour tickets for every show.
The lineup of Weezer has changed several times over the years and over the course of nine studio albums, and currently the band comprises Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell and Scott Shriner. Their last album, "Death to False Metal," was widely acclaimed by both critics and fans, and now everyone is eagerly awaiting the 10th studio album from the band and a new Weezer tour.
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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
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Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to interfere with most metals tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-35 mcg/L
Reference values apply to all ages.
0-4 mcg/L
Reference values apply to all ages.
0-15 years: not established
> or =16 years: 0.0-1.3 mcg/L
0-15 years: not established
> or =16 years: 0-9 mcg/L
Toxic concentration: >50 mcg/L
The concentration at which toxicity is expressed is widely variable between patients. 50 mcg/L is the lowest concentration at which toxicity is usually apparent.


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Welcome to 2014! As I look ahead to the many possibilities of the new year, I'm compelled to also look back on the achievements of the previous 12 months. We have been busy at the Orlando Science Center and the past year saw some incredible milestones.
In 2013, the Science Center was visited by over 413,000 people – the greatest attendance since the grand opening of the "new" building in 1997. Membership households swelled to over 8,000 – a record for us, encompassing over 34,000 parents, grandparents and children.
I'm thrilled by these numbers, but the figures I'm most proud of are the 70,000 individuals who enjoyed free or reduced price experiences like summer camps, field trips, family science nights or exhibit visits – thanks to our generous Community Request Fund donors.
A new addition to this effort, the "Science for All" family membership was piloted in 2013 to reach out to struggling families by providing them with 12 months of engagement at the Science Center at a greatly reduced price. Thanks to a handful of dedicated corporate partners, 140 families have now joined the Science Center family and that number continues to grow.
Growth was a hallmark in 2013 as blockbuster exhibits like Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination, Blue Man Group: Making Waves and Sesame Street Presents: The Body drove monster numbers. Over the last five years, total attendance to the Science Center has grown an average of 45% – an astounding number in an economy where "flat is the new up." This growth also allowed us to add 33 new full time equivalent positions to our staff.
New experiences like a 200 square foot immersive fossil dig pit, an area specifically devoted to colorful hands-on engineering activities, an "Imagination Playground" in the early childhood area and the eye-popping 3D visuals of the renovated Digital Adventure Theater have contributed to the surge in attendance, providing vivid opportunities for wonder and discovery.
The newly launched theater with state-of-the-art projection, Dolby sound and remarkable high definition "active" 3D was further strengthened by a partnership with National Geographic. The Digital Adventure Theater is now "A National Geographic Experience" working in tandem with one of the most trusted brands in the world when it comes to educational, family entertainment. Our theater has access to the National Geographic library and is now a regional premiere site for their newest films.
Several years of investing in our field trip program has paid off with big dividends. Our team has been dedicated to reworking our field trip experiences as focused outings that support our area school's STEM curriculum. Teachers want to make science come alive and show the relevance of STEM topics. Providing students with team-based challenges in a lab setting paired with skill-building experiences on the exhibit floor has dramatically filled that need.
Our partnerships with surrounding school districts has solidified with six STEM-specific exhibit experiences. Teachers and administrators from Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties have convened at the Science Center to review and approve these activities as essential resources for teaching concepts critical to success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education. In 2013 more than 95,000 students were engaged in STEM learning through field trips and offsite programs.
We are working hard to establish the Science Center as a staunch advocate and the premier facilitator for STEM learning in central Florida. Joining our mission is more than 50 science teachers from elementary and middle schools throughout the area. Our founding class of "Science Ambassadors" continues to grow and provide us with valuable feedback on what teachers and students really need when it comes to success with STEM learning.
Our leadership in the museum industry is taking shape in other areas as well. In the recent months, two sister museums from other cities have visited to observe our thriving youth and volunteer programs. The Science Center is blessed to have the support of several hundred dedicated and talented volunteers, providing needed assistance in a number of areas. Lessons learned here are helping our peer organizations become more impactful in their home cities.
In 2013, we were the grateful recipient of multiple accolades, including "Best Museum" from the Orlando Sentinel, "Favorite Place for Kids" from Playground Magazine, and The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) award for outstanding achievement in the team creation and development of Corrosion: The Silent Menace, an interactive youth exhibit on view from 2013-14 at the Orlando Science Center. The Science Center also earned the distinction of erecting the first monument in the nation to specifically honor the Red Tail Pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Success is achieved though passion, hard work and just a little bit of luck. We are building momentum for a great future. Please join me soon so I can share with you our vision for 2014 and beyond.
I wish all of you a safe and prosperous new year. We'll see you at the Science Center!
In Science,
JoAnn Newman
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Every time we visit a local museum or gallery, we instantly wish we were trust-fund babies with unlimited funds to support our art addition. We'd hang a David Hockney in the living room or a Slim Aarons above the headboard if we had our way. But, we're balling on a budget here, and any museum-worthy work will have to wait 'til we win the lottery. Unless, of course, you count Geren Ford's spring '13 collection which is not only bank-account-friendly, but inspired by one of L.A.'s greatest artists: Ed Ruscha.
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