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These three terms are often misused in the literature. Many researchers seem to treat them as synonyms. So, what is the definition of each of these terms and how do they differ from one another?
First, a note on spelling. Both "ortholog" and "orthologue" are correct, one is the American and the other the British spelling. The same is true for homolog and paralog.
On to the biology. Homology is the blanket term, both ortho- and paralogs are homologs. So, when in doubt use "homologs". However:
The following image, adapted (slightly) from [1], illustrates the differences:
Part (a) of the diagram above shows a hypothetical evolutionary history of a gene. The ancestral genome had two copies of this gene (A and B) which were paralogs. At some point, the ancestral species split into two daughter species, each of whose genome contains two copies of the ancestral duplicated gene (A1,A2 and B1,B2).
These genes are all homologous to one another but are they paralogs or orthologs? Since the duplication event that created genes A and B occurred before the speciation event that created species 1 and 2, A genes will be paralogs of B genes and 1 genes will be orthologs of 2 genes:
This however, is a very simple case. What happens when a duplication occurs after a speciation event? In part (b) of the above diagram, the ancestral gene was duplicated only in species 2's lineage. Therefore, in (b):
A common misconception is that paralogous genes are those homologous genes that are in the same genome while orthologous genes are those that are in different genomes. As you can see in the example above, this is absolutely not true. While it can happen that way, ortho- vs paralogy depends exclusively on the evolutionary history of the genes involved. If you do not know whether a particular homology relationship is the result of a gene duplication or a speciation event, then you cannot know if it is a case of paralogy or orthology.
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I highly recommend the Jensen article referenced above. I read it when I was first starting to work on comparative genomics and evolution and it is a wonderfully clear and succinct explanation of the terms. Some of the articles referenced therein are also worth a read:
Both orthologs and paralogs are types of homologs, that is, they denote genes that derive from the same ancestral sequence.
Orthologs are corresponding genes in different lineages and are a result of speciation, whereas paralogs result from a gene duplication. This often has important implications: while orthologs often fulfill the same role, paralogs tend to diverge in their function, so paralogy is a worse indicator of functional analogy than orthology.
This, however, is only the tip of the iceberg, since the situation can be much more complex (see, for example, the hidden paralogy problem).
There is a great article by Fitch on that subject.
First, the definition: two genes are homologs if they derive from a common ancestor. Generally speaking, if two nucleotide sequences have at least 30% (or greater than 10% amino acid sequence) identity, they are likely to be from a common ancestry, however, they may not be homologous. Note the reverse does not apply: two genes can also be homologs if there is no similarity; this happens every time the drift was long enough (many genes are no longer similar---beyond random identity---after 1 billion years; only highly conserved genes keep some similarity).
In addition to the other answers another diagram and further terms:
(after W. M. Fitch, Trends in Genetics, 16, 5, May 2000, p.228)
I think (1:n) ortholog is a synonym for outparalog.
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#3. A Medieval Castle in Kansas
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Don Kracht of Kansas decided one day that he was going to start a garden in his backyard, and that's about where the sanity ends in this story, because the garden wound up looking like this:
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According to Kracht, the decision to build a castle in his yard was intuitive enough. While digging his garden, he found that the soil was too wet, so he made a lake instead, then he figured his lake needed an island, and his island needed a waterfall, and his waterfall needed a five-story castle. It's just a case of one thing leading to another in crazytown.
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Only the bravest make it past square root panel number 4. That shit has decimals.
He says that passersby often mistake it for a genuine medieval castle, despite the fact that this is in Kansas and so that doesn't make any sense. It's just another case of someone going outside to build a garden and winding up with Skyrim.
Though the last time we checked, Dragonsreach didn't have plastic chairs or cups.
#2. A Western Town
When the wife of retired dentist Jimmy Helms asked him to refurbish some old sheds in their backyard, Helms took one look at them and decided he had a better idea: converting his yard into an old-timey Wild West town. Incidentally, this is why she never asks him to do things.
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Helms' town has 22 buildings in it, approximately 22 more buildings than anyone reading this has probably ever built. Also, they're stocked with actual artifacts from the Old West that Helms collected by searching all around Texas.
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And although some might mock him for his hobby, Helms' obsession was rewarded when a television network found it so authentic that they came out to film a couple of episodes of a Western there -- with Helms playing the sheriff.
Though he probably takes the home schooling a little too far.
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nicholtl wrote:Wow, it's amazing to see how popular Ardberg is on these forums. A great whisky it is, but better than Lagavulin?? Well, to each his own, I suppose...
Admiral wrote:I find the only way to make this poll fair is to compare the standard, flagship offerings, i.e.
Ardbeg 10yo
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Based on those three only, I'd choose Lagavulin anyday.
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MrTattieHeid wrote:As for comparisons, I have to agree with Admiral--the only fair comparison is between the bottlings the individual distilleries choose to represent them as their flagship offerings, regardless of age. (I reach a different conclusion, however.) Surely Lagavulin would object to representation by the Frankenmalt conceived by Dr Frodo!
According to Andrew Jefford's "Peat Smoke and Spirit" both Caol Ila and Lagavulin use 35ppm peated,
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2) It was also mentioned because I think it's patently unfair to compare two 10yr olds with a sixteen yr old.
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19 Feb 2007 8:33 AM #1
Bugs in v1alpha
Hey Jack...
I feel free to open the first v1alpha source bug thread
first i got a major bug in animation. Elements that should do slining like Basicdialog or a Droped item which should revert just break the whole script with the same error:
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ext-all.js (line 24)
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19 Feb 2007 8:34 AM #2
another small one
found a small bug in source of tabPanels....
you removed events like
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Regarding animation: check your includes. From the include-order.txt file - You need
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As Tim said, you need to include the ext-bridge-yui.js for animateX.
I have fixed the tab panel bug in the source.
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thanks worked fine will investigate for new things
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Contrary to many nay-sayers, Windows 8 is not that bad. Yes, some of the design choices could have been better done for non-tablets, but those are mostly customizable options. Overall, I am finding Windows 8 has given me a speed boost for my basic three year old PC when compared to using Windows XP. Also, I'm finding a lot of little neat features that overall add more positive than negative to the experience. The main reason I upgraded is because the XP end of support deadline is coming sooner than later and I figured I might as well get the newest operating system - especially since it's so much cheaper than Windows 7.
I agree, I quite like windows 8. If you have half a brain you will pick up the functions quite quick. There was no learning curve despite what some say. It all just intuitive.
I'm a network administrator for a billion dollar company. Windows 8 is bad for businesses. It may be OK if all you want is to look at cat pictures, but for graphic design, system administration, security, etc., 8 is terrible. It's mediocre as a tablet vs. Android or Apple, it's functionally more difficult to operate on a desktop. I've used it for a couple of months & have given it an honest try. It would be easier to roll out Linux to the desktop than 8.
I'm a housewife who looks at cat pictures all day, and I LOVE Windows 8. I have a live tile that gives me new cat pictures every day!
@broadsword85 Have you looked at any of the enterprise deployment tools? The new tools make Windows 8 the easiest to deploy and manage in large scale environments. The new Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is way better than anything else on the market and it's totally free. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hh974335 You can even pre-install the cat picture app so all your users have immediate access to hundreds of thousands of pictures of cats. Our productivity has shot through the roof now that our end users don't have to search for them online anymore.
These comments make me sick. Apparently all of you elitists have forgotten about the other half of the world that does not like cats and only likes dogs. I hate how big software forces their ailurophile agenda on us canophilists. I will not partake in this Windows 8 fancy feast.
Or you can not even bother with the rebate and just buy it for $40 from microsoft.com http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/buy?ocid=GA8_O_WOL_Hero_ShopHP_FPP_Null
@globalhavoc: $10 is worth a little hassle to me, but point taken.
I'm a Sys Admin and I switched my Desktop and Ultra Portable to Windows 8. Both received a performance boost. I pretty much never leave the desktop side. Got the start menu back for $5 from a third party vendor (the free option has some weird bugs -- like closing windows randomly). Other than that it's all keyboard shortcuts for me anyways. The truth is if you don't like the new Windows 8 interface you never have to step foot in it. Then you just get longer support while working in a familiar interface along with a modest performance boost.
Never, never, never, never again will I do rebates. Will not shop at Brandsmart USA because of all their rebate garbage.
It would be easier to roll out Linux to the desktop than 8.
I'm dual booting Linux and 8....Finally made Linux Mint Cinnamon my default desktop.
8 is neat and seems faster than XP but Lunux is just so fault free compared to 8.
Give it some time to mature and after some decent Windows Phones and we'll see.
While Newegg allows 5 purchases at $69.99, the Microsoft $40.00 rebate appears to be only one per household
I've been using Windows 8 for a month or so on two computers, and I actually like it. I use a start button add-on called Start8 which I got for $4.50 (taking that out of Windows 8 was stupid), but other than that, I've been very happy with the new OS. I don't use the live tiles (they're pretty useless, in my opinion), and with Start8 I never have to see them. Performance-wise, Windows 8 been very fast, and I've encountered very few problems.
With the extremely low price of the upgrade, I'd have to say it's worth it. Just my two cents.
Per the rebate form:
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In an increasing degree of how good the night was, or how much you want to express it:
"I have had a great night with you" suggests that the night is still going on or that you're at the end of the night (maybe parting ways with your friend). If you mean that you had a great night last night or some other night in the past, then it should be "I had a great night with you" (note that "have" is removed).
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I've had a bit of experience with Rockworks (ver. 14.0) and am not incredibly impressed with it. While it's fairly easy to get data into the system, generating any kind of presentation quality (let alone publication quality) diagrams was extremely unintuitive. I gave up and drew the few cross-sections I needed by hand. I also came to realize that the cross-sections that Rockworks did produce were not 3D correct - when I compared locations where two sections intersect, the structural surface elevations did not match.
Recently, a colleague of mine who is re-developing a regional framework for the Floridan aquifer introduced me to Leapfrog Hydro (formerly Aranz Hydro). He is a big proponent of this software, though he hasn't been using it very long himself. According to him, it is more intuitive to use, very robust, and is 3D correct when outputting cross-sections. I believe you can make 3D animations with the software as well.
I haven't had a tremendous amount of experience with either of these pieces of software so please take my words with a grain of salt. However, from what I've seen and experienced I would recommend looking into Leapfrog before Rockworks.
@Jakub We haven't been collecting reviews, but here are some from Google.
http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V6_N2/dept-softwarereview.pdf (same review in publication Southwest Hydrology, March/April 2007.
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RockWare has released RockWorks15 with an overhaul of the user interface that makes the program easier to use. You can download a full working model demo from the RockWare web site.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Amid a growing diplomatic mandate after the revolution and increased concerns about an "uncertain and unstable" security environment, the U.S. Embassy staff in Libya requested a 16-member Special Operations "security support team" remain in the country for several months beyond the end of its scheduled departure in August, calling its work "essential," according to a State Department memo obtained by CNN Security Clearance.
The request was denied.
"Given the unstable security environment, projected staffing increases, lack of physical and technical security upgrades in place and continued high volume of VIP visits, Embassy Tripoli requests an extension" of the security support team for four months, which "will allow us to implement the security transition plans recommended by the Department," reads the February 28 document.
"A loss of SST now would severely and negatively impact our ability to achieve the department's policy and management objectives at this critical time in Libya's transition," it said.
The memo, drafted by Deputy Chief of Mission Joan Polaschik, is being examined by a House Committee questioning whether there was adequate security for U.S. diplomats and missions before Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others Americans were killed in an attack on the U.S. diplomatic office in Benghazi on September 11.
It was circulated to members of the diplomatic corps and other security personnel and indicated Stevens would approve the final version.
The team of 16 Special Operations troops was sent to the capital, Tripoli, last year to help the United States establish a presence after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi. According to the document, the team was needed to provide security escorts, protect U.S. facilities, train local forces and act as a quick response force.
It was needed for "vital medical, communications, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), as well as, command and control enablers that are critical to post's security effort," the memo said.
The embassy in Tripoli had asked for an earlier extension of the security support team, which was granted. But the February draft asked for another 120-day extension beyond the scheduled departure in August, calling the team "an integral part of our mobile and fixed-site security functions" given the embassy's "large and growing mandate to support Libya's transition and rebuild the embassy facilities.
"This policy and management workload translates into a large number of movements that require security support," the request reads. "Quite simply, we cannot maintain our existing levels of embassy operations, much less implement necessary staffing increases, without a continued SST presence."
The state department released a statement Monday saying an extension of the team would not have made a difference in protecting the diplomatic post in Benghazi during the attack.
It said the team was "based in Tripoli and operated almost exclusively there."
"The SST was enlisted to support the reopening of Embassy Tripoli, to help ensure we had the security necessary as our diplomatic presence grew," the statement said. "When their rotation in Libya ended, Diplomatic Security Special Agents were deployed and maintained a constant level of security capability. So their departure had no impact whatsoever on the total number of fully trained American security personnel in Libya generally, or in Benghazi specifically."
Although the memo specifically asks for the team to remain in Tripoli, it was used to augment security for U.S. diplomats traveling throughout the country.
In the memo, Polaschik noted that she and Stevens moved throughout the country along with other U.S. diplomatic personnel, which translated into U.S. security forces in Libya supporting 1,028 movement requests to 2,099 venues --- requiring an average of 10 security agents, including those drawn from the security support team. In addition, the security teams supported 15 VIP visits, including four Cabinet-level visits, the memo stated.
Although the State Department was encouraging the embassy to develop plans to transition its security staffing to incorporate more locally based guards, the ability to execute these plans were "severely limited" by a number of factors, including inconsistent support from the Libyan government for bringing in weapons and training guards, and unreliable host government security at U.S. facilities.
The document describes an unpredictable and increasingly unstable security environment with "armed militias beyond control of the central government and frequent clashes in Tripoli and other major population centers."
"While not targeted against U.S. interests or personnel, these clashes pose a serious danger, particularly as the fledgling national police and military forces do not yet have a proven capacity to respond to these clashes --- or to any calls for help from the embassy," it reads.
"Until these militias are off the streets and a strong national police force is established, we will not have a reliable, host government partner that is capable of responding to the embassy's security needs. It is likely that we will need to maintain a heightened security posture for the foreseeable future."
Within months there were a string of attacks in Benghazi. In addition a failed bombing attempt with an improvised explosive device against the compound in June, there was an attempted kidnapping of a Red Crescent staff member, a bomb attack on a U.N. convoy, a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the British ambassador's convoy, and a similar attack on an International Committee of the Red Cross facility that caused the organization to pull out of Benghazi.
In April, U.S. Special Forces troops went to the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after the attack on the U.N. convoy spurred concerns about security. The U.S. military team went there to assess the situation and train local Libyan forces on how to better protect the facility.
The February document is one of several being examined by the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating the attacks and holding a hearing Wednesday to determine whether adequate security for U.S. diplomats and missions in Libya was available before Ambassador Stevens and the three others Americans were killed in the September 11 attack.
Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-California, called the hearing after reports from what he called whistle-blowers alleging that the State Department rejected requests for additional security.
Lt. Col. Andy Wood, the head of the security support team, and Eric Nordstrom, a former senior security officer at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, will testify alongside senior State Department officials.
Another internal State Department e-mail -- also provided to CNN by a U.S. government source -- shows the State Department earlier this year denied a request by the security team at the U.S. Embassy in Libya for an airplane to transport security personnel and for diplomatic business. Stevens was copied on the e-mail, which was signed by Miki Rankin of the State Department's Near East Bureau.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters Friday that the decision not to keep a DC-3 plane in Tripoli -- and use charter flights, instead, if needed -- "is a very common practice" in places where commercial airline service is available.
In the days after the assault, U.S. administration officials offered conflicting assessments on what may have led to the fatal security breach. Senior State Department officials have maintained that despite significant improvements to security at the post over the past several months, the security personnel in Benghazi were outmanned by several dozen heavily armed extremists during the attack and that no reasonable security presence could have fended off the sustained assault the consulate faced.
Officials initially said the violence erupted spontaneously amid a large protest about a privately made video produced in the United States that mocked the Prophet Mohammed.
But the U.S. intelligence community revised its assessment. It now believes the incident was "a deliberate and organized terrorist assault carried out by extremists" affiliated with or sympathetic to al Qaeda.
For the first time, an FBI team spent "a number of hours" last week at the Benghazi attack site, Pentagon spokesman George Little said. They were accompanied by what Little described as a "small footprint of (U.S.) military personnel."
U.S. Special Operations Forces units have been in Libya, as well as nearby countries, to help collect intelligence about the assault, a U.S. military official told CNN last week. The official declined to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the information.
Officials said the military presence was an indication of ongoing security concerns in the region, which is a major reason why it took FBI agents three weeks to visit the attack site. That gap, however, has raised questions about the integrity of the FBI investigation and concerns that sensitive documents may have been left unsecured.
Three days after the attack, CNN Senior International Correspondent Arwa Damon discovered Stevens' journal during a visit to the unguarded, abandoned compound.
Last week, a Washington Post reporter visiting the site found sensitive documents, including emergency evacuation protocols, details of U.S. weapons collection efforts, and personnel records of Libyans who had been contracted to provide security.
The State Department has said no classified documents had been left on the premises.


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FAIRMONT - It's that time of the year. The 2012 soccer season is now a thing of the past.
Among those who will leave a lasting legacy is Charleston Catholic's Sam Revercomb, who notched 36 goals while pacing his team to a fourth straight state championship.
"Sam was instrumental in helping our team this year," Charleston Catholic coach Sam Fox said. "For four years, he's been a unique player for the program at Charleston Catholic."
Now he's been named captain of the Class AA-A all-state team as chosen by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
In a 5-0 victory against Fairmont Senior in the state title game, Revercomb capped his immaculate career with a goal, which pushed his career total to 87 scored.
Revercomb not only can could score goals through traffic while having flawless ball handling skills, but he also helped the Irish when using the famous 'long ball' offense.
''If you've ever saw him play, he has so much natural speed. Because of Sam's speed, we could play long ball,'' Fox stated.
Of course, long ball is where you kick the ball down the field and hope the striker can outrun everybody and score a goal.
''That aspect of Sam's play helped because he's so tall, so big and so fast ... he could just outrun other kids to the ball,'' Fox said. ''Last year, when I started coaching Charleston Catholic, I was talking to a referee who traveled a long distance to ref the game and I asked him, 'Why did you travel this far to ref a game?' And his response, 'I came to watch No. 7 play because the kid is so fast.' ''
Because of his hard play, he found himself the chance of putting his name in the record books since he is the lone player in the state of West Virginia to win four state championships in soccer.
"He's set a record this year because he is the first player ever in the history of West Virginia soccer to win four state championships," Fox said. "He played varsity as a freshman and nobody else has been able to accomplish that feat. It's appropriate that he goes out with another state championship.''
Rounding out the rest of the Class AA-A first team is goalies Matt Bartrug of Fairmont Senior and Garret Bulter of Williamstown. Bartrug rattled off eight shutouts on the season, while allowing an average of just 0.72 points-per-game. Butler, tallied 116 saves, seven shutouts and allowed only 15 goals all season.
Revercomb, Logan Demyon of Fairmont Senior, and Zach Wise (Berkeley Springs) are the all-state forwards. Demyon capped his career with 16 goals and five assists on the season.
The midfielder department is led by Jesse Roman of East Fairmont; Adam Fox (Charleston Catholic); Quinton Brown (PikeView); and Parker White (Pocahontas).
Roman helped pave the way for the Bees' offense as he tallied 26 assists and eight goals. Brown, meanwhile, carried PikeView to a 11-7-2 season and had five goals and nine assists. As for Fox, the senior midfielder tallied 10 goals and 19 assists on the season.
On defense, four players represent the pack - Trevor Moon (Bridgeport); Grant Holbert (Fairmont Senior); Alex Testerman (PikeView); and Domenic Cipollone (Charleston Catholic).
Moon was known as the shutout defender for the Indians. In Bridgeport's state championship season, he scored five goals and tallied two assists.
Cipollone led a defense that had 12 shutouts and surrendered only 20 goals throughout the entirety of the season.
For Fairmont Senior, Holbert was the anchor who carried the defense and he produced some offense of his own, finishing the season with four goals. Testerman had a doozy of a junior year while nailing four goals and three assists.
The Class AA-A all-state second team is led by Fairmont Senior's Fletcher DeVaul, who was named captain.
Rounding out the rest of the second team is goalies Tyler Schiefelbein (Philip Barbour) and Brett Matheny (East Fairmont); forwards Brandon Hanlon (Bridgeport), Levi Perkins (East Fairmont) and Kenny Muhart (Weir); midfielders Joey Reese (Bridgeport), Joey Trupo (Charleston Catholic), DeVaul (Fairmont Senior) and Brian Conaty (St. Joseph); and defenders Chad Hensley (Weir), Justin Sloan (Fairmont Senior); Evan Goetz (St. Joseph) and Jon Brown (Bluefield).
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First Team
Matt Bartrug, Fairmont Senior. sr
Garret Bulter, Williamstown, sr.
Sam Revercomb, Charleston Catholic,sr., captain
Logan Demyon, Fairmont Senior, sr.
Zach Wise, Berkeley Springs, sr.
Jesse Roman, East Fairmont, sr.
Adam Fox, Charleston Catholic, sr.
Quinton Brown, PikeView, sr.
Parker White, Pocahontas Co., sr.
Trevor Moon, Bridgeport, sr,
Grant Holbert, Fairmont Senior, sr.
Alex Testerman, PikeView, jr.
Domenic Cipollone, Charleston Catholic, sr.
Second Team
Tyler Schiefelbein, Philip Barbour, sr.
Brett Matheny, East Fairmont, jr.
Brandon Hanlon, Bridgeport, sr.
Levi Perkins, East Fairmont, soph
Kenny Muhart, Weir, sr.
Joey Reese, Bridgeport, jr
Joey Trupo, Charleston Catholic, fr
Fletcher Devaul, Fairmont Senior, sr, captain
Brian Conaty, Hunt. St. Joe, jr.
Chad Hensley, Weir, sr.
Justin Sloan, Fairmont Senior, sr.
Evan Goetz, Hunt. St. Joe, sr.
Jon Brown, Bluefield, sr.
Honorable Mention
Cutter Atha, East Fairmont; Austin Banks, Mingo Central; Cullen Bennett, Oak Glen; Issac Van Blaricom, PikeView; Mitch Bobberra, Mingo Central; James Carmichael, Ravenswood; Mason Carte, Ravenswood; Saige Cline, Philip Barbour; Austin Cordell, PikeView; Mert Coskun, Tyler Consolidated; Shane Davis, Weir, Tyler Davis, Pocahontas County; Evan Fowler, Williamstown; Dalton Gandee, Ravenswood; Dallas Golden, South Harrison; Jesse Hamrick, Bridgeport; Alex Hannah, Weir; Ian Hayhurst, East Fairmont; Jacob Lehoist, Notre Dame; Brighton Kunce, East Fairmont; Dylan Leary, North Marion; Michael Miller, Scott; Andy Minsker, Sissonville; Quinton Mouser, Philip Barbour; Chris Petrucci, Notre Dame; Justin Phillips, Bluefield; Drew Poling, St. Marys; Anthony Rinehart, Sissonville; Chaz Rodeheaver, Robert C. Byrd; Dylan Romine, Tyler Consolidated; Luke Smith, Charleston Catholic; Brett Strickland, Herbert Hoover; Mitchell Stanley, Charleston Catholic; Kurt Rogers, North Marion; Alec Wadsworth, Fairmont Senior; Jason Weitzel, PikeView; Garrett Wilkins, South Harrison; Corey Wilson, St. Marys


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Singapore Aids European Soccer-Fixing Probe
SINGAPORE—Singapore police said Tuesday that they are helping European authorities investigate an international criminal syndicate alleged to have fixed soccer matches around the world from its base in the city-state.
Their efforts come as Europol, a coordinating group for European police forces, uncovered evidence that 680 soccer matches played around the world—including in some of the sport's biggest tournaments—may have been fixed by criminal networks, many allegedly organized through a Singapore-based organization.
Europol's findings, released Monday, point to some 425 people allegedly involved across 15 countries.
The agency didn't name any individuals, clubs or national associations.
A Europol official familiar with the probe said a Singaporean man, Dan Tan Seet Eng, is a person under investigation in the case.
Mr. Tan, who is in his late 40s, is thought to be the leader and financier of the syndicate, and has been on investigators' radar for years, said Chris Eaton, former head of security at FIFA, soccer's global administrator.
"We're talking about a very loose, entrepreneurial-type of criminal organization—it counts in the tens of people operating globally," said Mr. Eaton, an ex-Interpol investigator who headed a FIFA probe into the syndicate Mr. Tan allegedly leads.
Mr. Tan is also wanted by Italian authorities for suspected match-fixing offenses, said Cremona public prosecutor Roberto di Martino, who in 2011 issued an arrest warrant for the Singaporean man.
Mr. Tan's last known phone numbers were disconnected and he couldn't reached to comment.
In a 2011 interview with Singapore's The New Paper, Mr. Tan denied any involvement in match-fixing, having been accused by a German magazine that year of being a match-fixing financier.
Singapore police didn't respond to queries on whether they are investigating Mr. Tan or anyone else.
- Commentary: FIFA and Corruption Allegations (5/10/2011)
- Blog: Indonesian Soccer Blow-Out (3/7/2012)
Blemishes on the Beautiful Game
- 2005 Robert Hoyzer, a German referee, admits to fixing and betting on games in the country's second-tier league. For the nine matches prosecutors said he fixed or attempted to fix, Hoyzer received payment of about $90,000 and a television set.
- 2006 Match fixing in Italy's top league leads to Turin club Juventus being stripped of two league titles and its relegation to the second division.
- 2011 Eleven players in the Finnish professional league were arrested for assisting to fix match results. Finnish authorities say that a crime organization based in Singapore was involved in the match-fixing activities.
- 2012 Juventus manager Antonio Conte is banned for four months by FIFA for failing to report match fixing while he was coach of second-division team Siena in 2011.
- 2012 Kirsten Nematandani, president of South Africa's Football Association, and four other South African soccer officials, were suspended after a FIFA report alleged that four international exhibition matches ahead of the 2010 World Cup were fixed.
- 2013 FIFA slaps lifetime bans on 41 players in South Korea's professional K-League following an investigation in 2011 into match-fixing activities. South Korean prosecutors charged 46 current and former players along with 11 members of a gambling ring.
Singapore law-enforcement agencies "are assisting the European authorities in their investigations into an international match-fixing syndicate that purportedly involves Singaporeans," a spokesman for the Southeast Asian country's police force said.
"Singapore takes a strong stance against match-fixing and is committed to working with international enforcement agencies to bring down transnational criminal syndicates, including those that involve the acts of Singaporeans overseas, and protect the integrity of the sport," the spokesman said.
The match-fixing allegations are the latest to hit a sport that has been repeatedly tarnished by similar scandals.
But unlike previous match-fixing probes that have targeted individual teams or leagues, Europol's current effort depicts a complex global organization with the power to reach across continents and influence match results from the lower leagues of smaller countries to the world's most prestigious international competitions.
According to Europol, match-fixing is suspected in games including qualifiers for the sport's two biggest international tournaments—the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship—as well as Europe's top club competition, the UEFA Champions League.
Some top-flight domestic match-ups were also flagged, while Europol cited suspicious activity in 300 matches in Africa, Asia, South and Central America.
Switzerland-based UEFA, the administrative body for soccer in Europe, said it is cooperating with authorities and would review the results of the probe when it received further details, expected in the "coming days."
FIFA was unavailable to comment. In January, it said it is important for the organization to be involved in the fight against organized crime.
In its investigations, Europol says it has uncovered over $10.9 million in alleged betting profit and at least $2.7 million in corrupt payments.
The match-fixing activity in Europe, where links were also found to Russian-speaking and other criminal syndicates, has already led to several prosecutions, the law-enforcement agency said.
—Matthew Dalton in Brussels and Gilles Castonguay in Milan contributed to this article.
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Bennington College has announced that renowned author and critic Sven Birkerts will serve as the next Director of Bennington College's low-residency graduate writing program.
Birkerts, a celebrated American essayist and literary critic, is the author of seven books, including An Artificial Wilderness: Essays on 20th Century Literature; The Electric Life: Essays on Modern Poetry; American Energies: Essays on Fiction; The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age; Readings; My Sky Blue Trades: Growing Up Counter in a Contrary Time; and, most recently, Reading Life: Books For the Ages. He edits the journal Agni at Boston University. He has edited Tolstoy's Dictaphone: Writers and the Muse, as well as Writing Well (with Donald Hall) and The Evolving Canon.
Birkerts has reviewed regularly for The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, Esquire, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Mirabella, Parnassus, The Yale Review, and other publications. He has received grants from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation and has won the Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle and the Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award from PEN for the best book of essays and has taught at Harvard University, Emerson College, and Amherst.
"Bennington, and the scores of its graduate writing students and alumni, have suffered a most profound loss with the death of Liam Rector," President Elizabeth Coleman remarked. "Liam was the founding director of what has become a remarkable program—extending across the country and indeed, across the world. Sven Birkerts has been a member of the core faculty from the outset. Given his distinguished accomplishments as a writer, coupled with the depth of his experience and commitment to the program, I can think of no one more capable than Sven Birkerts to lead the Writing Seminars."
Bennington's low-residency graduate writing program, was founded in 1994. It has since grown to be one of the nation's top graduate writing programs, attracting some of the country's most acclaimed writers as faculty and writers in residence including the former United States Poet Laureate Donald Hall. The program has graduated highly acclaimed writers representing a broad spectrum of contemporary American arts and letters.
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It began as a dream and soon became a reality when Scott Connections was begun by a group of concerned friends who wished to create a special setting depicting early plantation life in Scott, Arkansas. Thus began the creation of Scott Plantation Settlement.
Ashleys Bayou was chosen for the Settlement site. It is on this piece of land that a Civil War marker stands, memorializing the Civil War Skirmish of Ashleys Mills. This property is in the heart of Scott and was once part of the Arthur Alexander plantation, Illallee, one of the many such places around Scott.
The history of Scott is captured with the placement on the settlement site of an 1840s log cabin, a turn of the century one-room school and a hewn cypress corn crib. Several tenant houses, a wash house, smoke house, and a blacksmith shop were added. Local artifacts which tell even more stories about that early life were donated to the project. A wooden flagpole with an 1836 flag was placed on the grounds as was an authentic plantation bell and bell tower.
Still a work in progress, we have restored the Scott train station (now the Stella Boyle Smith Orientation Center), a plantation owners home (The Big House built in 1882), a working black smith shop, a plantation office, and a new beautiful split rail fence. Stories passed down by local families have been shared and woven into the rich tapestry of Scotts history. Sharecroppers relate how they worked from Kin to Caint (Can See to Cant See... or dawn to dusk). One woman, aged 103, recalled memories of her parents who had once been slaves.
Some stories are of the reconstruction period, malaria outbreaks, the great flood, the depression, the wars and a variety of hardships. The little schools which began as one-room schoolhouses became consolidated and then grew into the county school we see today. One of the Scott Connection newsletters reached a south Arkansas resident, who contacted us to share a handwritten letter from his relative, Tom Steele (1860s) describing how he had endured the difficulties of the Civil War at his place, Linwood. It is one of the many treasured pieces of history we have inherited.
The sense of community in Scott has provided this back drop for what we now call Scott Plantation Settlement. There is a strong connection between race, religion, age, gender, and even old timers and newcomers. All of us believe that this small but important piece of history should never be put on the endangered list.
During 2010, we were fortunate to receive a grant from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Department of Arkansas Heritage to develop a video about the Plantation Settlement. You may ckick HERE for a high definition version of the video, or HERE for a standard definition of the video.
Take a look at history today and visit the Scott Plantation Settlement. We are open to the public for guided, outdoor walking tours throughout the year. Large group tours through the inside of the various buildings can be arranged by reservation only. Experience a valuable part of Arkansas history today... visit the Scott Plantation Settlement! For more information call: 501-351-5737


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VC animal shelter's uphill battle
No-kill ambitions remain strong but stunted by increasing intake numbers
By Justin Formanek 03/14/2013
The agency has been under pressure to drastically lower euthanasia rates since the Ventura County Board of Supervisors announced a commitment to a "no-kill" philosophy as part of merging Animal Services into the county's Public Health Department last June.
"We touched it," said Gillesby. "Now we just need to hold it."
In order to do so, VCAS had to come up with some creative solutions, such as instituting a new foster parenting program. Until earlier this year, underweight or underage kittens and puppies could only be fostered by VCAS staff and county employees.
"This program is a wonderful way for volunteers to help newborn animals gain the strength and size they need to become eligible for permanent adoption," said Gillesby. "We want to see if we can get the public to help save these little lives."
To become eligible for the program, foster parents receive mandatory training from VCAS's veterinarian, Dr. Heather Skogerson. Once trained, they provide care and feeding until the animals are of an adoptable age and weight. This is typically for three to five weeks, or until they're 2.5-3 pounds and 2 months old. Foster families need only cover the cost of food, while VCAS provides medical care and offers a 50 percent discount on adoption fees.
Opening the program to the public is just one step toward VCAS's ultimate goal of becoming "no-kill." Changes in the culture of the agency, as well as attempts to increase public awareness, are also being implemented.
"Things that we can change that don't cost money, that's basically what we're after right now," said Gillesby.
One of those things has been an increase in marketing through social media. Despite having a nonexistent marketing budget, VCAS has been aggressively seeking community support through its website, a Facebook page and a Twitter account.
The agency has also begun a shift in the mindset of its staff, transitioning from what Gillesby calls an "enforcement-based attitude" to an "adoption-centered" one. For guidance, VCAS has enlisted the aid of Robert Cabral's Bound Angels, a Malibu-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that teaches behavioral assessment programs to shelters, humane societies and rescue operations, free of charge. With these tools, staff and volunteers are able to make their own determination of whether an animal is a candidate for euthanasia, as opposed to relying on the word of the owner who relinquished it.
Additionally, one of the buildings at the Camarillo shelter has been converted into a "sick area" for dogs that have kennel cough. In the past, the respiratory infection was a death sentence; those that had contracted kennel cough were often euthanized to prevent its spreading further. By quarantining infected dogs, VCAS has been able to opt for treatment instead.
These changes have produced significant improvement. In January of 2012, a total of 160 dogs were euthanized. This year, the number fell to 70, a decrease of more than 56 percent. Opening the Simi Valley Holding Facility for adoptions, for the first time in nearly 20 years of operation, has also contributed to the decline.
Without public support or additional funding, however, there is only so much that can be done.
The reality is that, as quickly as animals are adopted out, more and more are coming in. In January, VCAS took in a total of 463 dogs, 141 cats, 36 bunnies and 48 other assorted birds, reptiles and livestock. Of those 688, only 275 were adopted and 104 were transferred to other rescue groups. That still leaves more than 300 animals in need of food and care. Additionally, the intake numbers for dogs continue to rise. Since 2004, the annual total for incoming dogs has risen from 5,321 to 7,524 in 2010.
Currently, Ventura County does not have a mandatory spay and neuter ordinance. Though VCAS offers free services for pitbulls and discount vouchers for other breeds, owners can reclaim animals without taking advantage of them. Unless there is a countywide commitment to responsible pet ownership, the intake numbers will continue to climb.
"It's going to take the whole community to have this shelter become no-kill," said Gillesby. "We'll continue working towards it, doing what we can. If we can engage the community, and engage our stakeholders, then we can be successful."
For more information about adoption, to volunteer, or to participate in a foster program, call Ventura County Animal Services at 388-4341, or toll-free at (888) 223-PETS. Additionally, you can visit its website, at www.vcas.us, or find it on Facebook.
Don't forget: SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS!
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The 11-Point Road to No-Kill Ventura County:
1.Trap-Neuter-Release of feral/free-roaming community cats. 2. High volume low-cost spay and neuter programs. 3. Developing a close relationship with rescue groups to increase adoptions. 4. Foster care, to extend shelter capacity. 5. Comprehensive adoption programs, including weekly off-site adoptions. 6. Pet retention efforts, to keep animals in their existing homes. 7. Medical & behavior prevention & rehabilitation, to ensure that animals receive the help they need. 8. Public relations and community involvement. 9. An army of volunteers to reduce costs by providing a supplement to the paid workforce. 10. Proactive actions to reunite stray animals with their owners rather than impounding them. 11. A compassionate hard working director, who is not content to hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes", or just blaming the community.
Before you jump on the no kill wagon...
Look at the facts and do the math. Here's how it works...any "rescue" or animal shelter has a limit to the amount of space and resources available. Once a shelter or a rescue is full they have two options. One option is to euthanize animals that haven't been adopted and have spent an unacceptable length of time in cage confinement. These animals become psychologically affected once they have been confined for too long. The second option is to stop accepting animals. Now ask yourself these questions. Where do the animals go once the "no kill" shelter is full? Is it okay to keep an animal in a cage with no family for the remainder of its life? What becomes of the animals that have to be turned away?
While the no kill shelters and rescues are patting themselves on the back guess who does their dirty work for them. Guess who is left with the overwhelming overpopulation of animals. That's right, it's the rest of the shelters.
It is the height of ignorance to protest or bash any shelter that does the humane thing, does not turn animals away and makes room for animals that can be adopted. Before you consider criticizing someone's job you may want to learn a bit about it. You may want to go to a city shelter and spend a week with the hundreds of animals warehoused and slowly going insane. These people are stretched beyond their limit just to clean, feed, water and treat these animals several times a day. Love, companionship and any kind of behavioral enrichment is a luxury they can't afford. These people run ragged all day long cleaning and feeding hundreds of animals and return to their cars exhausted at the end of the day to find "puppy killer" written across their windshield.
You want to get mad? Allow me to point you in the direction of those who think it's "cute" when their pet gets pregnant. Those who create pets and give them a prestigious title so that they can sell them for as much as possible. Those who want to brag to their friends how much they paid for their "purebred" that's just like the one the Jones's have or the one in that movie they saw. Those who think a bunny is a "must have" for Easter. Really? Why wasn't giving a pet a home a good idea any other day of the year?
Look at the facts. Do the math. DON'T YOU DARE place your unfounded and misplaced anger on those who are left to clean up the mess.
~Wendy Hand, BA RVT LVT
If 90 shelters throughout the USA have become No Kill Shelters using the Nathan Winograd No Kill Equation w/in depth programs behind each of the 11 parts of the No Kill Equation those that are continuing to kill so many homeless animals cannot be practicing the No Kill Equation. Why are they afraid to make positive changes in the way they do business.
EDITOR'S NOTE: For clarification, Daniel Guss, animal advocate based in LA, did not write this comment.
"Despite having a nonexistent marketing budget"
How about start cutting back on the wages or even on the actual positions of those in higher tiers in the agency ?
"merging Animal Services into the county's Public Health Department last June"
A quick glance of the Animal Services website shows the "ADMINISTRATION" as having both a position for a director as well as a deputy director and expanding our search to the VENTURA COUNTY HEALTH CARE AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONAL CHART and we find another director. Maybe just maybe if all those hefty salaries didn't have to be paid then they could have some extra funds to spend. Now which one should they consider ? Do you really need three director types now ? Will it all fall apart if you lose one or maybe two ? How about some fresh new blood at the helm huh ?
Maxie, saving lives is not about fantasy, gimmicks or trickery. The shelters that use Winograd's ideas use devices like limiting admissions through appointments to bring in an animal (thereby reducing impounds and ensuring fewer animals to save, while being able to pick and choose which animals to accept, i.e., the animals who are easier to adopt). Other so-called no-kill shelters take their animals who are not getting adopted to the kill shelter down the street, so the "no-kill" shelter that failed the animal can say it did not do the killing. Some count their kill numbers wrong, things like using "behavior assessments" to label animals as "unadoptable" or otherwise undeserving of being saved, and then the shelter claims it is no-kill because it does not kill "adoptable" animals (not mentioning that it labeled the others "unadoptable" and killed them). A newer gimmick is shipping animals to faraway shelters but not following up to find out if the new shelter got the animals a home vs the animals got killed, yet claiming them all as "saved."
Maxie, it is not that the shelters are afraid to work for no-kill. The problem is that they do not know how, and Winograd's "no-kill equation" is not nearly enough especially in today's economy. As a result, the so-called no-kill directors make limited progress, and learn to cover up the rest. Look at the big city shelter to your South. Look at shelters in Illinois. Palm Springs got sued for fraud for claiming no-kill; now they fall back on the behavior assessment labeling gimmick
We would all like to believe in fantasy and trust the snake-oil salesmen, but decisions and plans need to be based on reality. A very tiny number of shelters are blessed with demographics full of wealth, education, and animal-loving philanthropists. Otherwise, current shelter managers are not getting no-kill without smoke and mirrors.
Ventura County is trying very hard to save lives but has a long way to go in terms of educating and motivating the public, spay-neuter, reducing impounds and increasing adoptions. Nathan Winograd's no-kill writings have some good ideas, but he is wrong about some things too, his negativity is all wrong for any shelter, and he does not address shelter operations issues that stymie progress, or positive outreach across all populations. Accomplishing those things will take new people with new and better ideas.
VCAS is hirig a new director, but seems to be seeking its new director from another shelter. This is sad and makes no-kill impossible. Getting the same tired ideas that are inadequate elsewhere without trickery will never produce better results when transferred to Ventura County.
GUSSD is absolutely right about needing a person with fresh ideas. It is time to move beyond old small ideas and trickery. If Ventura County wants to save lives with honesty, it is time to think outside the shelter box.
Our Animal Shelter is simply run as a second rate agency of the county government with what many don't know is thrown over $5M in tax money annually. It is the lazy way to run an operation that has at its core a businesslike killing of innocent animals in its care because following a proven strategy of eleven points to achieve no-kill is just too "intense" for simple civil servants. And besides the citizens of the county don't care how they run it anyway. Right? My answer is, "how could the dozens of newly changed no-kill "open" shelters across this country to it and we can't? If Austin, Texas can do it are we just too concreted in to our "system" to change? I guess so!!
What does it take to see the records of how much money is in the animal shelter's budget each year ? And how is each penny spent ? Who gets paid the most and do they deserve it ? Who the least and do they deserve it ? Who makes the final determination of what animals are to be euthanized and why that was the choice ? How easy is it to manipulate the statistics ? When all is said and done where does the buck stop ?
And why don't you have to license cats ? There is some money to help right there ? And why are you the bad guy if you trap a cat in your yard ? Are you not a bad guy for letting your animal run loose chancing it to be killed or injured to die a slow death in the bushes ? License cats and end this letting them run free ?
In response to sammyfly, whose only punctuation key still working is apparently "?":
If you require licensing of cats, you will increase the number of cats abandoned, and ultimately killed, at shelters. And yes, you are a "bad guy" for trapping cats that pass through your yard for no other reason than you think all cats should be housebound. There is always a balance between regulating everything and respecting people's right to be left alone. The Camarillo Animal Shelter, as anyone knows who volunteers there, is well run by people who appear to care for animals that have been neglected, abandoned and worse by our fellow citizens. I'm tired of people complaining about how they are sure that government agencies are wasting tax dollars. If you have so many questions, why don't you spend time educating yourself?


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I don't play HU but tried to play one game at 10NL. I can't remember exact numbers but we both started with 10$ stack and played many hands until I took his all stack. I left table with ~14-15$. Is it just seems to me that is harder to beat rake at HU then full or 6max ring because money is constantly changing owner and every pot is raked.
The more players, the more money on the table. The rake is less noticed.
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Well, think about it: if you're heads'up, then the rake is basically from both player's stack since in most heads'up matches, almost all hands are played (super wide range).
If you are in a full ring game (9 players), then maybe you play AT MOST 25 % of the hands. In this case, only in that small percetange of hands rake is taken from your stack / pot. So you will feel the rake a lot later. Also, in full ring games, there are situations (not that rare) where more than 2 players go to the showdown with their hands, which means rake is taken from all of them.
You're probably better off playing in a head's up Sit 'n' Go game. Then, it won't matter how many hands you play because you simply pay the one-time tournament fee.
For example, on one of the online poker sites, the $10 head's up SnG game is $10+$0.50. You and your opponent pay $0.50 each as "rake". The winner gets the loser's $10 no matter how many hands you play. In your case, you would've won an additional ~$5-$6 if you had gone this route.


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AAP Issues New Car Seat Guidelines
Q: Will you follow the AAP's new car seat guidelines?
Yes. My child rides rear-facing now, and will stay that way until it is safe to turn her around.
Yes. My child rides front-facing now, but I plan on turning her back around until she reaches the correct height and weight.
Maybe. My child rides front-facing now, so I'm worried turning her around will make her uncomfortable and unhappy.
No. My child rides front-facing now, and although she doesn't reach the requirements, we're comfortable keeping her as is.
163 Total votes cast.
Previous guidelines from the AAP have always made this recommendation, but also cited one year, or 20 pounds, as the minimum requirements for flipping the seat around. This minimum requirement is no longer recommended. A 2007 study in the journal Injury Prevention showed that children under age 2 are 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they are riding rear-facing.
The reasoning is that a rear-facing seat does a better job of protecting your toddler's head, neck, and spine in the event of a crash, since it distributes the force of the impact through the entire body.
Once your child has outgrown her rear-facing seat, she should transition to a forward-facing seat with harness until the height and weight recommendations are again exceeded.
After she grows out of that, she should ride in a high-back, belt-positioning booster until the lap-shoulder belt fits her. Booster seats help position adult seat belts correctly on children's smaller frames, and are recommended until your child is at least 4 foot nine inches tall and 8-12 years old.
Finally, no children should ride in the front seat until they are at least 13 years old.
For more information, read the AAP's policy statement on their updated car seat recommendations.
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Letting people buy their own insurance might be better
Has anyone considered that we might be better off if employers stopped offering health insurance? People would be on their own to purchase this insurance, much as they are for car insurance and homeowners' insurance.
Employers would be able to increase the pay of those now covered, by the amount saved. Individuals would be allowed to deduct premiums paid, as is the case today. They would decide for themselves which plan best fits their needs. Since insurance companies would be allowed to compete in all states, competition would explode, offering many types of policies and holding down costs.
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FREEPRESS wrote on Feb 23, 2013 5:08 AM:
" Two problems with this proposal: Once employers substitute increased pay in place of health benefits, many, if not most, would spend that money on things other then health insurance, thereby putting a greater burden on society overall. Secondly adding a means test would keep more on the welfare rolls because if you improve your lot in life by working and/or acquiring property, you would then have to pay for what you now get free. "
mathlady wrote on Feb 23, 2013 7:37 AM:
" @Freepress - So what you are saying is that people are too stupid or irresponsible to spend their own money in a way that is beneficial to themselves? That is exactly the attitude that has led to the entitlement mentality that exists in our country today. Those in government think that they know better than I do how to spend MY money. Extrapolate what you suggest: do people fail to buy food, fail to get housing, fail to get clothing because they have to budget to do these thing? Neither should we assume that they would fail to buy health insurance if it is not provided for them. And if they choose to spend their money on other things, let the consequences be the teacher. (By the way, I am one of those who found and pays for my own health insurance.) "
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This question is solely about using these technologies against stored procedures.
I've been doing quite a bit of reading on pitting these two against each other, and far more than anything I've been seeing them compared with CRUD operations and other more complex queries - very rarely for calling stored procedures.
I've read that it's hard to beat ADO.NET for performance when calling stored procedures. However, when calling them with Entity Framework 4.1, you get the benefits of entities (rather than just the data reader) which can be nicer to work with and pass around (imo).
I ran a few tests today (not sure of the accuracy of them) and they suggest that over 100 or 1000 iterations, calling the same procedure, that ADO.NET is something like 5 milliseconds, on average, faster per call. (I haven't been able to test how long it takes to convert from the standard data reader object to a similar kind of entity, but I doubt it makes up for the 5 milliseconds)
Is it worth the trade off in performance for the benefits in design and writing? Or are those 5ms per query just too much? Does the answer change between small projects, and environments like e-commerce?