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Customized for diabetics (and those who dine with them), the newest recipes created by author Angela Shelf Medearis for "The Kitchen Diva's Diabetic Cookbook: 150 Healthy, Delicious Recipes for Diabetics and Those Who Dine with Them," strives to make meal planning and cooking for folks with diabetes less of a challenge and more of a pleasure. In truth, Medearis' recipes are not only good for meeting the needs of prediabetics, those with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and women dealing with the diabetic-related complications associated with gestational diabetes, but also for families seeking healthier ways to answer the daily question, "What's for dinner?"
In the Medearis family, on Sundays after church, dinner likely would be a meal of "Crispy Roasted Chicken," "Tomato, Squash and Zucchini Gratin," "Pear and Walnut Salad" and for dessert (oh, yes, there's dessert), "Pecan-Praline Sweet Potato Pie." Besides comfort food recipes, woven throughout the book is the unmistaken sense of family, visible via the book's many familial photographs. One of my favorites is the one of Medearis' beautiful niece Kendra cutting up food on daughter Dezarae's dinner plate. It's an activity we can all relate to because, at one time or another, we do the same for the children in our own lives, hopefully with food as attractive (and healthy) as those prepared by Medearis. If you're thinking perhaps you could do better at what kind of foods you are offering your children (or yourself), keep in mind that it is never too early, or late, to adopt a healthier life style or to create an environment that makes it easier to embrace. For more information about this title, visit the author's website at www.divapro.com, your favorite bookseller, or the publisher's website at www.andrewsmcmeel.com.
2 chickens (3½ to 4 pounds)
½ tablespoon baking powder
Cooking oil spray
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
1½ teaspoons salt
1½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
1 small onion, halved
1 lemon, halved
8 sprigs rosemary
4 cloves garlic, smashed
3 teaspoons minced fresh thyme
Remove the neck and giblets and any pieces of fat inside the birds. Rinse the birds with cold water inside and out. Remove any excess fat and leftover pin feathers. Pat the chickens dry with paper towels. Sprinkle the chicken skin (breast side only) with the baking powder. Place the chickens on a roasting rack in a large baking pan and let them air-dry in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Pat the chickens dry with more paper towels. Spray two large baking pans with cooking oil spray. Rub the olive oil all over the chickens. Turn the chickens breast side up, twist the wing tips and tuck them behind the birds. Sprinkle the chickens inside and out with the garlic powder, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper. Rub the spices inside and on the outside of the birds. Stuff the cavities with the onion, lemon, rosemary, garlic and thyme. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Place the chickens in the upper half of the oven and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes to brown and crisp the skin. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees. Spray the chickens with the cooking oil spray. Roast the chickens for an additional 35 to 40 minutes, or until the juices run clear when a thigh is pierced with a knife, or an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thigh and not touching the bone registers 165 degrees. Makes 10 servings. Serving Size: 5 ounces light and dark meat with skin; Exchange List Values: 5 medium-fat meat
Carbohydrate Choices: 0; Calories: 306
¼ cup orange juice
3 tablespoons seasoned rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 cups mixed salad greens
2 large pears (Anjou, Bartlett, Bosc or Comice), cored and thinly sliced
½ small red onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
¼ cup chopped walnuts, toasted (see note)
For the dressing, whisk together all the ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside. Arrange the greens on eight salad plates. Divide the pears, onion and walnuts among the salads. Drizzle with the dressing and serve. Makes 8 servings. Serving Size: 1 salad; Exchange List Values: 1 fruit, 1½ fat; Carbohydrate Choices: 1; Calories: 118
Toasting Nuts: Toast nuts in a dry, heavy skillet over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently, or until golden brown. Watch closely when using this method, as it's easy to burn them. Remove from the pan to cool. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or freeze in an airtight freezer container for up to 3 months.
Sweet Potato Pie Filling
1½ cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
(1 large or 2 medium sweet potatoes), or 1 (15-ounce) can no-sugar-added sweet potatoes, drained and mashed
¹⁄3 cup nonfat evaporated skim milk
¼ cup firmly packed Splenda brown sugar blend
1 tablespoon whipped butter, melted
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 Light Pie Crust (recipe follows)
Pecan-Praline Topping (optional)
1 large egg
1/3 cup firmly packed Splenda brown sugar blend
¼ cup agave syrup
1 tablespoon whipped butter, melted
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
²⁄3 cup chopped pecans
Adjust an oven rack on the bottom shelf. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. To make the filling, combine all the ingredients in a medium bowl and stir until combined. Spread the filling evenly into the pie crust. To make the pecan topping, whisk the egg and brown sugar blend together in a medium bowl until blended. Add the agave syrup, butter and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the pecans. Spread the pecan topping evenly over the sweet potato filling. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving. Makes 1 9-inch pie. Serving Size: 1⁄10 of pie; Exchange List Values: 1½ carbohydrate, 1 starch, 2 fat; Carbohydrate Choices: 2½; Calories: 282
Light Pie Crust
1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for sprinkling
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
½ cup ice water, plus more as needed
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
3 tablespoons stevia granulated sweetener
1 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons butter-flavored or plain non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening
In a small bowl, whisk together ¼ cup of the all-purpose flour, the vinegar and ice water. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ¾ cup of flour, the whole-wheat flour, stevia and salt. Cut in the shortening, using a pastry cutter or 2 dinner knives, until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Gradually stir in the vinegar mixture 3 tablespoons at a time, mixing gently until just blended. Add more water as needed until the dough forms a sticky ball and no excess flour remains in the bottom of the bowl. On a lightly floured work surface, divide the dough in half. Press the halves into disks with the palm of your hand. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. This allows the dough to become less resistant to rolling and for the shortening to become firmer, making the dough easier to handle. Makes two 9-inch pie crusts. Serving Size: 1/10 of 1 crust. Exchange List Values: ½ starch, ½ fat; Carbohydrate Choices: ½; Calories: 85


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While early models of ejaculate allocation predicted that both relative testes and ejaculate size should increase with sperm competition intensity across species, recent models predict that ejaculate size may actually decrease as testes size and sperm competition intensity increase, owing to the confounding effect of potential male mating rate. A recent study demonstrated that ejaculate volume decreased in relation to increased polyandry across bushcricket species, but testes mass was not measured. Here, we recorded testis mass for 21 bushcricket species, while ejaculate (ampulla) mass, nuptial gift mass, sperm number and polyandry data were largely obtained from the literature. Using phylogenetic-comparative analyses, we found that testis mass increased with the degree of polyandry, but decreased with increasing ejaculate mass. We found no significant relationship between testis mass and either sperm number or nuptial gift mass. While these results are consistent with recent models of ejaculate allocation, they could alternatively be driven by substances in the ejaculate that affect the degree of polyandry and/or by a trade-off between resources spent on testes mass versus non-sperm components of the ejaculate.
1. Introduction
A positive relationship across species between relative testes size and the extent to which females engage in polyandrous mating has been demonstrated in a wide range of taxa, including fish, amphibians, birds, mammals and insects [1,2]. Experimental evolution experiments have provided further evidence for the positive effect of increased polyandry on relative testes size (reviewed in [3]). At least two potentially interrelated hypotheses could account for this pattern: numerical sperm competition on the one hand and male mating rate on the other [2,4], although relationships between testes mass and polyandry could be more complex than simple cause and effect [5].
Traditionally, it has been assumed that larger testes produce more sperm per ejaculate, giving the male an advantage in numerical sperm competition [6]. Early models of ejaculate allocation predicted that as the level of sperm competition increases, ejaculate size and sperm number per ejaculate should increase alongside testes size [6]. These predictions have been upheld by many studies (reviewed in [1,2]). An increase in the extent of polyandrous mating, however, will not only increase the level of sperm competition, but, all else being equal, will also entail an increase in the number of mating opportunities available for the male. Recent models of ejaculate allocation that take male mating rate into account predict that relative ejaculate size may in some circumstances actually decrease as the size of testes and sperm competition intensity (the number of competing ejaculates, above two ejaculates) increase ([2,4]; for another recent model, see [7]): a higher number of mating opportunities could select for males to partition their limited sperm supplies into smaller, but more numerous, ejaculates [2,4]. There is currently little empirical support for these models, other than Katvala et al. [8], who found that across bruchid beetles, smaller ejaculates correlated with faster female re-mating rates and larger testes. Vahed [9] similarly showed that, across bushcricket species, there was a negative correlation between relative ejaculate volume and the degree of polyandry in field-mated females, although testis mass was not measured. While these studies appear to support predictions of recent models of ejaculate allocation [2,4], it should be noted that such models have not taken into account the possibility that substances in the ejaculate might directly affect the receptivity of the female to further matings (as occurs in many insect taxa), and thus the degree of polyandry [9].
The present study follows from Vahed [9], with the addition of data on testis mass for largely the same set of bushcricket species. The aims of this study are: (i) to test the prediction that across bushcricket species, testis mass should increase as the level of polyandry increases and (ii) to examine the relationship between testis mass and ejaculate volume and sperm number per mating across species. We also examined the relationship between testis mass and spermatophylax mass (a gelatinous nuptial gift that is attached to the ejaculate-containing ampulla of the spermatophore). Because the spermatophylax appears to function to allow ejaculate transfer, spermatophylax mass may be used as an indirect measure of ejaculate volume (although other hypotheses for spermatophylax function exist, such as paternal investment and the induction of refractory periods in females, reviewed in [10]).
2. Material and methods
Males of 21 bushcricket species (electronic supplementary material, S1) were collected as adults in mid-August/early September from the field (by K.V. and G. Carron) from a variety of European locations (for further details, see [9]) and were preserved in 75 per cent alcohol at 4°C until dissection. The species sampled included all but one of those in Vahed [9], plus four further species/sub-species (Gampsocleis glabra, Metrioptera saussuriana, Anonconotus alpinus alpinus and Anonconotus pusillus).
Testes were removed, blotted using tissue paper for 5 s and then weighed using an electronic balance to an accuracy of 0.1 mg. The mean mass of the right and left testis for each specimen was calculated before data analysis. Data on ampulla mass (the portion of the spermatophore that contains the ejaculate), total number of sperm per ejaculate, spermatophylax mass and male body mass were taken from the literature [9,11–13]. Additional novel data on sperm number were added for Tettigonia viridissima, while novel data on ampulla and spermatophylax mass were added for Eupholidoptera chabrieri (using methods given in [11]).
In bushcrickets of the subfamily Tettigoniinae, the lifetime degree of polyandry of a female can be measured directly by counting spermatodoses within the spermatheca (reviewed in [9]). Mean spermatodose counts for field-caught females at the end of the season were taken from Vahed [9], while additional data were obtained for the four Anonconotus taxa and for M. saussuriana and G. glabra using methods outlined in Vahed [9]. For the phaneropterines and bradyporines, the degree of polyandry was taken from the literature. Data were analysed by fitting phylogenetic generalized least-squares models (PGLS) [14,15]. Further details of the analysis are provided in the electronic supplementary material, S2.
3. Results
The absolute mean mass of a single testis ranged from 2.7 mg in Metrioptera roeselii to 70.1 mg in Platycleis affinis (electronic supplementary material, S1). In proportion to total male body mass, the smallest testis was found in G. glabra and Ephippiger ephippiger (combined testes = 1% of male body mass in both species), while the largest was found in P. affinis (combined testes = 13.8% of male body mass).
In models of testis mass, the two best models incorporated either (i) body mass and ampulla mass only or (ii) body mass and polyandry only (change in Akaike's Information Criterion, corrected for sample size (ΔAICc) < 2; table 1). Accounting for body mass and phylogeny, testis mass was associated positively with polyandry (figure 1) and, in a separate model with similar AICc, was associated negatively with ampulla mass (figure 2), but models including both variables performed poorly (table 1). This may be explained by the fact that, accounting for body mass, ampulla mass and polyandry themselves covaried negatively (PGLS: likelihood ratio test (LRT) statistic = 11.20, d.f. = 1, p < 0.01; see also [9]), so models incorporating both variables may be penalized for over-parametrization. Pagel's λ was moderately high (0.56–0.65) for the best models, indicating a degree of phylogenetic structure in testis mass even after accounting for variation in body size and either ampulla mass or polyandry. Models including spermatophylax mass or sperm number performed poorly and we concluded that these were not important predictors of testis mass.
4. Discussion
Testis mass varied considerably across the bushcricket species sampled. It is noteworthy that the species with the largest testes in this study, P. affinis, appears to have the largest testes, as a percentage of male body mass, so far recorded for any animal [16]. Testis mass was found to increase with the degree of polyandry across the species sampled—a pattern that has been found in numerous other taxa (reviewed in [1,2]). Unlike previous studies, however, we found a negative relationship across species between testis mass and ejaculate volume (ampulla mass) and no significant relationship between testis mass and sperm number (or spermatophylax mass). We also found a negative relationship between ampulla mass and the degree of polyandry across species (as reported previously [9]). Taken together, it could be argued that these data are consistent with the predictions of recent models of ejaculate allocation that take into account the effect of male mating rate [2,4], although insects may not conform to all of the assumptions of these models [9].
The lack of a significant relationship between sperm number and either the degree of polyandry [9] or testis mass (the present study) is consistent with the predictions of Fromhage et al.'s [2] model for cases in which paternity is determined largely by mating order. The pattern of sperm precedence is known for only four of the species in the present study, and this ranges from an apparent fair raffle to pronounced last-male sperm precedence (reviewed in [17]), so it is unclear whether paternity is determined by mating order for the majority of species sampled. Unlike sperm number, ejaculate volume (ampulla mass) was negatively associated with testes mass across species. Variation in ampulla mass may be better explained by variation in non-sperm portions of the ejaculate that might function to affect female reproductive behaviour rather than variation in sperm numbers [18].
The negative relationship between testes mass and ampulla mass found in the present study could be driven by the effects of such non-sperm substances in the ejaculate: it could be that large ejaculates are associated with a much lower number of potential matings for males owing to their negative effects on female receptivity. The costs of producing large ejaculates might further enhance this negative effect on male mating rate [12]. This in turn could relax selection for large testes (as males would not be selected to produce ejaculates in rapid succession), leading to the evolution of smaller testes. Note that the non-sperm substances in the ejaculate that affect female receptivity are likely to be produced by reproductive accessory glands, rather than by the testes, as appears to be the case in Drosophila [19]. The negative relationship between testes mass and ampulla mass across species found in the present study could, alternatively, result from a macro-evolutionary trade-off between investment in testes mass and investment in non-sperm portions of the ejaculate. Apparent trade-offs between testes mass and a range of other traits have been documented in previous studies (reviewed in [20]).
Our results highlight the importance of considering male mating rate as a selective pressure influencing testes size, in combination with sperm competition (see also [21]). The lack of a positive relationship between testis size and sperm number and the significant negative relationship between testis size and ejaculate volume also demonstrates that it is unsafe to assume that larger testes necessarily equate with more voluminous ejaculates and/or higher sperm counts.
We are grateful to G. Carron and K.-G. Heller for their invaluable help in providing specimens. We thank A. Piotrowicz for proofreading, P. Stockley, A. Higginson and anonymous referees for comments on previous versions of the manuscript.
- Received September 13, 2010.
- Accepted October 7, 2010.
- This Journal is © 2010 The Royal Society


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Alex Rodriguez linked with PED list
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez was ensnared in a doping investigation once again Tuesday when an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's highest-paid star was among a half-dozen players listed in records of a Florida clinic the paper said sold performance-enhancing drugs.
The Miami New Times said the three-time AL MVP bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis of America LLC, a now-closed anti-aging clinic in Coral Cables, Fla., near Rodriguez's offseason home.
The new public relations firm for the New York Yankees third baseman issued a statement denying the allegations.
The newspaper said it obtained records detailing purchases by Rodriguez, 2012 All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera, 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon and 2011 AL championship series MVP Nelson Cruz of Texas.
Cabrera left San Francisco after the season to sign with Toronto, while Oakland re-signed Colon.
Other baseball players the newspaper said appeared in the records include Washington pitcher Gio Gonzalez, who finished third in last year's NL Cy Young Award voting, and San Diego catcher Yasmani Grandal.
Biogenesis, which the New Times said was run by Anthony Bosch, was located in a beige, nondescript office park. The former clinic is no longer listed as a business in its directory.
"There was a flier put out by the building management a couple weeks ago. It was put on all the doors and windows of all the offices," said Brad Nickel, who works in a group cruise planning company on the floor above where the clinic was located. "It just said this guy's not really a doctor, he doesn't belong here, he's no longer allowed here, call the police or the building management if you see him."
David Sierra, who works in his aunt's real estate office in the same building, kept a picture of the flier on his iPhone. He recognized the doctor in the picture from passing him in the hallway.
Sierra said while he never recognized any of the clients at the clinic, "there were always really nice cars in front — I'm not talking just Mercedes. Range Rovers, Bentleys."
The New Times posted copies of what it said were Bosch's handwritten records, obtained through a former Biogenesis employee it did not identify.
Rodriguez appears 16 times in the documents it received, the paper said, either as "Alex Rodriguez," ''Alex Rod" or the nickname "Cacique," a pre-Columbian Caribbean chief.
Rodriguez admitted four years ago that he used PEDs from 2001-03. Cabrera, Colon and Grandal were suspended for 50 games each last year by MLB following tests for elevated testosterone. Responding to the testosterone use, MLB and the players' union said Jan. 10 they were authorizing the World Anti-Doping Agency laboratory outside Montreal to store each major leaguer's baseline testosterone/epitestosterone (T/E) ratio in order to detect abnormalities.
"We are always extremely disappointed to learn of potential links between players and the use of performance-enhancing substances," MLB said in a statement. "Only law enforcement officials have the capacity to reach those outside the game who are involved in the distribution of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. ... We are in the midst of an active investigation and are gathering and reviewing information."
A baseball official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements, said Monday that MLB did not have any documentation regarding the allegations. If MLB does obtain evidence, the players could be subject to discipline. First offenses result in a 50-game suspension and second infractions in 100-game penalties. A third violation results in a lifetime ban.
Rodriguez is sidelined for at least the first half of the season after hip surgery Jan. 16. A 50-game suspension would cost him $7.65 million of his $28 million salary.
"The news report about a purported relationship between Alex Rodriguez and Anthony Bosch are not true," Rodriguez said in a statement issued by a publicist. "He was not Mr. Bosch's patient, he was never treated by him and he was never advised by him. The purported documents referenced in the story — at least as they relate to Alex Rodriguez — are not legitimate."
Jay Reisinger, a lawyer who has represented Rodriguez in recent years, said the three-time AL MVP had retained Roy Black, an attorney from Rodriguez's hometown of Miami. Black's clients have included Rush Limbaugh and William Kennedy Smith.
Bosch did not return a phone message seeking comment.
MLB hopes to gain the cooperation of Bosch and others connected with the clinic, another baseball official said, also on condition of anonymity because no public statements on the matter were authorized. In order to successfully discipline players based on the records, witnesses would be needed to authenticate them, the official said.
Players could be asked to appear before MLB for interviews, but the official said MLB would be reluctant to request interviews before it has more evidence.
Rodriguez spent years denying he used PEDs before Sports Illustrated reported in February 2009 that he tested positive for two steroids in MLB's anonymous survey while with the Texas Rangers in 2003. Two days later, he admitted in an ESPN interview that he used PEDs over a three-year period. He has denied using PEDs after 2003.
If the new allegations were true, the Yankees would face high hurdles to get out of the final five years and $114 million of Rodriguez's record $275 million, 10-year contract. Because management and the players' union have a joint drug agreement, an arbitrator could determine that any action taken by the team amounted to multiple punishments for the same offense.
But if Rodriguez were to end his career because of the injury, about 85 percent of the money owed by the Yankees would be covered by insurance, one of the baseball officials said.
The Yankees said "this matter is now in the hands of the commissioner's office" and said they will not comment further until MLB's investigation ends.


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2012 New Years Revolution
Okay so I managed to get on the computer one more time this year after my Year In Wraps post, this time to post some ideas about how we can improve our conversation as atheists/skeptics etc. This is just a couple of ideas and none are concrete, but some may be worth entertaining. These ideas can help up to be more effective as debaters and critical thinkers, and may even allow for a different kinds of dialogue to the battles I see waged on Twitter and the like on a daily basis. Let me know what you think.
Atheists are often called aggressive, angry or rude. That is because we are impassioned about our ideas, we care about logic, reason and rational thought, and we reel when this is left out for the sake of an argument. How can we combat this notion?
Attack the idea, not the person
When debating with theists or anyone who holds tightly onto ideas that are either unfounded or ridiculous, it is important that we only attack the ideas, and never spiral downwards into ad hominem attacks about the person. This is not as easy as it may seem, for people who hold strong convictions see their beliefs as part of their own identity, as indistinguishable from who they are. If someone makes claims, for instance, about the fact that the bible is the word of god, don't turn around and call them a numbskull for believing this, instead point out that there is a lapse in the logic or thought-process that leads them to this claim. It's not only a better way to conduct an argument, but it may lead the person to actually think about what their position is, rather than just falling back into their default position. It also means that the person, though indignant, may not become defensive about themselves instead concentrating on the topic at hand. It also sets the rules of engagement, focuses the conversation to the topic at hand, and leaving personal feelings to the side. Like I said, though, this doesn't always work as people may feel that they ARE their ideas.
Be respectful
I have always held the stance that a person is a good person until they prove to me otherwise. This is a good way to approach a conversation, don't always go in hammer-and-tongs from the outset, try to reason with the person first, test the waters and see just to what extent you may need to go to in order to make your point, but never start by saying "Oh wow, you're an idiot!" See the first point in relation to this also. I'm working on this one myself, it's so easy to start with disrespect, but it's very hard to work backwards from that stance.
Have evidence and cite sources
This goes without saying, but I see so many throwing claims up, whether they be true or not, which require evidence and sources in order to be given credence. The opposition will not be moved by ideas that may seem like they are just made up. A quick Google search should bring up multiple results on any topic. Other resources include atheist communities, many which contain links and conversations on philosophical and religious topics. I know I am guilty of not citing my references, but I aim to do better in the coming year.
Think before you post, and leave emotions to the side
Yeah I know, it may sound a bit robotic, but let logic and reason, not emotions, be your guide. Emotions lead to clouded judgements, and also into making wrong statements and assertions. Make sure you know what you are saying, stay on topic, read over it and make sure it is as clear as possible what it is you are trying to say. When you are being attacked on a personal level, don't let emotions get the better of you, or the whole thing will spiral into a slanging match.
Having said that, I know from experience that all of this can be difficult since the topics we cover when arguing come from a place where logic is not invited to the party. When logic and reason are not part of the conversation, sometimes it is better to leave that battle and hunt for one with a more even playing field. Walk away, with your dignity intact.
This is just common sense. We can't win every battle, verbal or written, and some battles are best left to the side. I know I'm not perfect at this either, in fact I have trouble with emotions when engaged with a person in an argument, which is why I could never become a public debater, not would I want to enter into one.
In 2012 I am endeavoring to make this my New Years Revolution, to steer conversations in logical directions, to avoid ad hominem attacks, to be respectful and to leave my emotions out of the equations. I think as a whole, these simple approaches (simple in theory, harder in reality) could help us (atheists, skeptics, agnostics) to be seen in a more favourable light. Today is the last day of 2011, here's to hoping 2012 is an even more productive year than this one has.
I raise my glass to you!


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Prep Football Results; Sartell, Rocori Advance to Section Finals
Section 8-5A Semifinals
Sartell-St. Stephen 24, Apollo 17
(Apollo led 3-0 at halftime and led 17-10 early in the 4th quarter before Sartell scored the final 2 touchdowns to win it. Parker Hagen threw a 2-yard touchdown pass Matt Worzala as the go-ahead touchdown. Eric McAfee ran for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead the Sabres. Derek Alexander ran for 95 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Eagles. Sartell advances to play Moorhead next Friday in Collegeville in the section 8-5-A Final).
Section 8-4A Semifinals
Rocori 32, Fergus Falls 13
(Mac Mueller returned to the lineup for the Spartans and led them to the win. He ran for 108 yards and 2 touchdowns and threw for 55 yards and another score. Nick Thorpe had a 50-yard interception return touchdown and Ryan Tong had a 57-yard touchdown run. Rocori will play Detroit Lakes at 8pm Thursday November 1. Hear the game on AM 1390-the Fan).
Section 5-3A Semifinals
Foley 35, Cathedral 6
(Foley improves to 7-2 and will play top seeded Annandale next Saturday at SCSU in the section 5-3A Finals at 4pm).


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Northern Stage Bids Farewell to Artistic Director Brooke Ciardelli
The Northern Stage Company of White River Junction, Vermont announced today that the Board of Directors and Founding Artistic Director Brooke Ciardelli have agreed that the current production will be her last with the company. Ms. Ciardelli has led the artistic team at Northern Stage since its formation in 1997, guiding it through 16 seasons of critically acclaimed professional theater. She has served in many capacities for the Company including Artistic Director since its inception, director of more than 50 percent of the main stage productions, as well as serving as Managing Director and CEO for many seasons and as a member of the Board of Directors.
This change will allow Ms. Ciardelli to pursue other artistic projects while Northern Stage, which enjoyed its largest-ever attendance last season, focuses on future goals, including expanding the patron base, developing a more robust education program, and continuing the work on stage that has entertained and enlightened northern New England for a decade and a half.
She leaves Northern Stage with a legacy of over 100 quality productions, which have led to many friendships with longtime patrons and artists. Ms. Ciardelli said, "I will greatly miss working with the extraordinary actors and designers who have come to Northern Stage again and again, attracted by the quality of the art and the tremendous support of the Upper Valley community, as well as the dedicated and talented staff members." She added that she will particularly miss her regular contact with the Northern Stage patrons who have given so generously to help support the Company's productions over the years, from it's meager beginnings of $6,000 to the current $2m+ annual operating budget.
In announcing Ms. Ciardelli's departure, Northern Stage Board Chair Stuart Johnson said, "Brooke will be missed. Although her career and Northern Stage's paths will diverge, we will work together in making the transition a smooth one. She not only brought her talent and energy to Northern Stage, but her contacts in the theater community here and abroad allowed Northern Stage to bring a wide range of talent here for the benefit of Upper Valley audiences."
"Over 16 years, Brooke has produced an enviable body of work that will long be remembered for its quality and impact on everyone involved," Mr. Johnson continued. "She has the great appreciation of the Board, the staff, and the many enthusiastic audience members who have enjoyed her productions over the years. We wish her the best in her future endeavors."
In 1997, Brooke Wetzel Ciardelli saw a need for top-quality professional theater in rural Vermont. After discovering that the historic Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, VT was vacant, she raised about $6,000 in a blind solicitation of known theater lovers in the area and launched the inaugural season of Northern Stage 16 years ago. Since then, the company has grown to a major, award-winning regional theater with an annual budget of over $2 million.
This growth was achieved in part due to Ciardelli's careful management, but it was her artistic vision, her uncompromising demand for quality in all areas and her attention to detail that produced the high-quality theater that kept audiences returning and inspired millions in donations.
Northern Stage is a regional non-profit theater operating under an Actor's Equity Association (the professional actor's union) League Of Resident Theaters (LORT-D) contract Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has said, "Under Brooke Ciardelli's guidance, Northern Stage has grown into a vibrant and successful professional theater company," and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders commented, "Brooke has directed one of the most successful rural theater companies in the nation."
Under Ciardelli's leadership, Northern Stage produced 111 mainstage productions over 16 seasons, of which she directed or co-directed 52, as well over a dozen staged readings. Over 380,000 tickets were sold over that time to shows that featured over 2,000 characters portrayed and creative team members hired, of which 350 were by actors who have appeared on Broadway and 306 were by area young people. This provided an estimated direct economic impact of $5.5 million over that time period, as well as indirect and induced impacts that brought the total economic impact to over $12 million, generating tax revenues of over $3 million. Ticket sales grew from 6,006 in 1997-98 to a record 33,408 in 2011-12, and raised income grew by over 209% over the last 10 years.
The company won Moss Hart Awards for Excellence in Theater from the New England Theatre Conference five times, for To Kill A Mockingbird (Best Professional Production, 1999), All My Sons (Honorable Mention, 2004), Les Misérables (Best Professional Production, 2008), Hamlet (Best Professional Production and Best Overall Production, 2009) and Amadeus (Honorable Mention, 2010), the last four of which she directed. She also won an Addison Award for The Shrew Tamer, and the company has won five Owl Awards in the three years since the awards were established, including Best Artistic Director.
As a creator, Brooke has adapted a number of classical pieces for the stage. In 2007 her adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, The O Myths - "A most delightful and refreshing original theater piece based on this ancient masterpiece" - was performed at Dartmouth College as the basis of an international exchange between Dartmouth students and actors from New York, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Romania. Her adaptation The Shrew Tamer combining Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew with the response piece The Tamer Tamed by Shakespeare contemporary John Fletcher—was reviewed as "a delicious new comedy," and Ed Siegel of the Boston Globe wrote, "Ciardelli has fashioned a play of significant historical interest." She also guided the development—and produced the World Premieres of two new musicals, Take Two and A Christmas Carol: The Musical.
Through her relationship with Giles Ramsay and his U.K.-based company Developing Artists, she has worked with actors from Zimbabwe, Mexico, Cape Verde and England, as well as touring, as co-director, with LAm My Own Wife to Harare, Zimbabwe and Edinburgh, Scotland. Brooke has been a guest lecturer at many venues throughout the world, and in the summer of 2010, she co-directed a production of Macbeth by Castle Theatre Company, which toured England and the northeast U.S., including Off-West End and Off-Broadway performances. She also brought the U.S. premiere of the acclaimed Irish one-man show Torn Crean, Antarctic Explorer for a performance run at Northern Stage and a U.S. tour, including an Off-Broadway run at The Irish Repertory Theatre.
Ciardelli is a Visiting Fellow of University College, Durham University, Durham, England, and has been a guest lecturer at the State University of New York, Albany; Harare International Festival of the Arts, Zimbabwe; the Elderhostel Program Tour to the Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland; Dartmouth College, NH; New England Theatre Conference, Boston, MA; Kendal at Hanover, NH; Adventures in Learning, NH; Keene State College, NH and others.
She directed a staged reading of Arthur Miller's then-unpublished Resurrection Blues with the playwright in residence. She has directed Patrick Stewart and Lisa Harrow in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and worked with playwright Sonja Linden on the American Premiere of The Strange Passenger. Brooke has also directed regional premieres of Wit (featuring Lisa Harrow from the New York production), The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Pride 's Crossing and Enigma Variations, as well as many large-scale musicals.
Building community has been critical for the company, because their central Velmont location has created serious obstacles. Located in the second-least-populous state in the nation, they do not have the advantage of a large population base. In a city of five million, attracting just one percent of the population gives a theater a base of 50,000. In a community of 77,000 people, drawn from four counties and dozens of small communities, Northern Stage has served roughly 18,000 households or nearly 25% of the population. A recent study revealed that only nine theater companies in the U.S. are located at least 40 miles from a major urban area (50,000 population or greater), have annual ticket revenue of at least $750,000, and are not part of a university or government. Only four of those theaters produce their own shows and operate for at least seven months out of the year. Northern Stage is one of those four.
Ciardelli has developed extensive community engagement programming that reflects her "openstudio" orientation. This programming included informal "Script Club" lunchtime seminars with directors and multi-session enrichment activities (such as "Mozart Revealed," in conjunction with a production of Amadeus, conducted along with an opera company, and "Red Revealed," which she teamed with Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of art, and The AVA Gallery).
Ciardelli established the "Celebrity Saturday" talk-back series to allow audiences to interact directly with professional actors and directors, as well as the Athena Sunday series of expert preshow lectures. Under her leadership, the Backstagers, an active and enthusiastic group of community volunteers, provided "open arts dialogue" dinners for actors and participated in costume, prop and set construction. The Trendsetters Celebration, an annual fundraiser, also served to honor individuals and businesses who were critical in helping the company's growth and provided attendees with an inside look at each upcoming season.
Professional education programs developed by Ciardelli provided thousands of area young people with opportunities for rural students to improve acting, singing, dancing, filmmaking and pla-ywriting skills under the tutelage of working theater professionals from New York and around the country. Project Playwright offered fifth and sixth graders throughout Vermont and New Hampshire an opportunity to write their own short plays under the supervision of professional playwrights and to see their work performed by professional actors, directors and designers on the Briggs Opera House stage. Attendance at low-cost school-day matinees of the company's professional productions has totaled over 15,000. The company's Ensemble program as well as it's Oracle Program, for ages 8-18 provided professional training in all aspects of theater, from acting and stage management to costuming and set building, leading to six major Family Theater Productions performed almost entirely by this troupe.
Ciardelli also developed in-school residencies and youth internship opportunities. The Lebanon Shakespeare Residency, for example, engaged the entire ninth grade at Lebanon High School in a week-long Shakespeare immersion, resulting in a culminating performance by all students, for nine consecutive years. Many students from Northern Stage's professional theater arts training program have gone on to careers in theater, including several who have appeared on Broadway, on television commercials and in film.
In 2011, Ciardelli developed and implemented a months-long, statewide version of "The Big Read," a National Endowment for the Arts literacy program, with events available live, over the Internet and via community access cable.
Ciardelli's work has attracted the notice of—and funding from—such prestigious grantmakers as the Shubert Foundation, the Billy Rose Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Theater Communications Group, the Henderson Foundation, the HOPE Foundation, the Bay and Paul Foundations, the Veilliont Arts Council, the Vermont Humanities Council, the New Hampshire Arts Council, the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Jane's Trust and many more.
Her leadership at Northern Stage also led to numerous collaborations with businesses and arts organizations. The quality of Northern Stage productions inspired over 500 local businesses to sponsor productions and programs. A major collaboration with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School to send students and medical residents to Northern Stage's production of Wit. Ciardelli arranged a collaboration with the AVA Gallery and the Hood Museum of Art for site visits and guest lecturers as part of the "Red Revealed" series spotlighting painter Mark Rothko, the subject of the play Red. Other major collaborations have involved Opera North, Pentangle Arts Council, The Haven, CAT V-8 Community Access Television, the Center for Cartoon Studies, Norwich University, the Hartford Library, the Quechee Library, and many area non-profits.
All of this success was made possible by an invaluable team of artists, designers, technicians, administrative staff, members of the Board of Directors, donors, volunteers, businesses and ticket buyers, whose efforts resulted in top-quality theater in Vermont. For further information and full production history, visit Ms. Ciardelli's website: www.brookeciardelli.com.


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Your little boy idolizes Peyton Manning, tosses a football for hours and wears his Broncos jersey almost every day. But when it comes time to sign up for tackle football, will you let him?
Lawmaker Michael Benedetto, an assemblyman from the Bronx, thinks you shouldn't — and he's proposed a bill that would prohibit kids 10 and under from playing organized tackle football in New York state. His is one of the strictest proposed legislations on kids and football in the country.
"Football demands physical contact on every single play," Benedetto says. "My intent is to protect our youngest from injuries they might sustain that may have a long-lasting effect on their development."
Plus: Are Kids' Sports Too Competitive?
More and more research — including major studies released last year by Boston University and Harvard Medical School — has linked head trauma with long-term degenerative brain disease resulting in memory loss, depression and dementia.
Even President Barack Obama has weighed in on the issue — telling CBS that if he had a son, he'd think twice about letting him join a tackle football team. "I am a huge fan, but there is no doubt some of the concerns we've learned about when it comes to concussions have to give parents pause," he said.
But not everyone wants kids off the gridiron. Tackle football is safe, as long as kids are supervised and taught how to play correctly, says Josh Pruce, national director of media relations for Pop Warner. More than 250,000 kids ages 5 to 15 play tackle football in Pop Warner programs in the United States. "If you learn good fundamentals early on, you'll continue to have good fundamentals all the way through," Pruce told Parenting.com. The league instituted a concussion rule in 2010 — any kids who display concussion-like symptoms can't play or even practice until being cleared by a doctor. In addition, only one-third of a team's practice time can now involve contact.
Plus: Head Bumps vs. Concussions
Banning the youngest kids from the game would hurt more than just their dreams of becoming the next Tom Brady, Pruce says. "Pop Warner teaches more than just football. It teaches teamwork. It teaches leadership."
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You have probably seen him on television performing incredible illusions such as making the Statue of Liberty disappear, navigating the rapids of Niagara Falls and flying over the Grand Canyon. Master magician David Copperfield seems to have done it all. His show in Las Vegas is a unique opportunity for audiences to see these larger-than- life illusions performed live and up close in the Hollywood Theater at MGM Grand.
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Unlike other magic shows in Las Vegas, Copperfield does not implement flashy showgirls, dancing or over the top production elements to supplement his illusions. His magic has enough of a wow factor on its own.
His expertise as a magician dates back to when he was just 12 years old and started performing professionally. That same year he also became the youngest person ever to be admitted to the Society of American Magicians. From there, Copperfield went on to teach a course on magic at New York University when he was 16.
During his first year in college, Copperfield starred in the Chicago musical, "The Magic Man," and as a result of the show's success he was selected to host ABC's "The Magic of ABC." From there he was offered his own series of specials with CBS titled "The Magic of David Copperfield." The series has been aired in over 40 countries.
His illustrious career has made him a Guinness Book of World Record holder for having 21 Emmys, and he has a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame." Apart from his revue in Vegas, he continues to tour, performing sold out shows around the world.
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Looking for Hales
Hi I have been searching for my great grandparents for the last 30yrs, with very little success.
I have birth and marriage records of my grandmother and her siblings, which state their parents were John Hales a Tinplate worker and Mary Ann Hales formely Evans.
John only appears on the 1881 census says his birth is Middlesex,Mary is calling herself Maria.
John dies on 22 July 1890 aged 44yrs, I pondered for a long time wondering if I had the correct death certificate, then I came across LABG/200/08 Norwood Schools, Elder Road, West Norwood. Admission and Discharge Register 1890-1893.
This register has John's 3 sons entering on 16 July 1890 and the address for Mary Ann is the same as on the death certifcate 65 East Street Lambeth Walk.
Its not clear if John entered before the boys,as it says father John in the Infirmary.
Mary An tips up on the 1891 census as being born St Martins Middlese.
1901 she is Anna A Stagg with 2 Hales stepchildren.
1911 she is Mary Ann again married 15 yrs to Alfred Stagg.
Next I find her death, she died 28 Dec 1916 at 1 Ernest Street Bermondsey, the death was registered by Alfred Stagg.
She was Mary Ann Louise Hales widow of John Hales tinplate worker.
Looking for Hales in London England
Hi, I've been searching many years for my gr grandparents, JOHN HALES (it could be John Walter).
JOHN was born about 1846 in Middlesex. He was a tinplate worker, and died in Lambeth Workhouse Infirmary on 22 July 1890 aged 44yrs, I have found no record for a burial.
JOHN had a wife/ partner MARY ANN EVANS (recent death certificate gives her name as MARY ANN LOUISE HALES)I can find no marriage for them.
I have found and sent for a marriage for a JOHN AND ANNIE BURREL 1868, I then found her death 1876.
JOHN AND MARY ANN first born was;
22 April 1877 at 1 Short Street, Newington Surrey. John Walter.
17 Sept 1879 at Rural cottage Linford Street Battersea, Frederick James.
22 Dec 1881 at 28 Townsend Street, St Saviours Surrey.James Joseph.
17 April 1884 at 28 Townsend Street, St Saviours Surrey. Caroline Elizabeth.
19 Nov at 8 Elsted Street , St Saviours, Surrey. Emma Eliza.
At some time in 1890 Eliza was born (I think Battersea)
I later found the entry Norwood Schools 1890-93 Admission and discharge book, which places John and his boys there on 16 July 1890, MARY ANN at 65 East Street Lambeth Walk.
I have also found 2 baptism records for John Walter and Caroline Elizabeth both in 1884 at Lady Margaret Church Southwark.
This is the total of my knowledge of my family.
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On January 05 2008, 3:33 PM, Wyldmoonwoman wrote:I want you all to know that I nearly poop my pants when I saw this topic turn into a sticky...just yesterday, on another forum, the political debate thread was closed before it had a chance to get nasty...
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Comfrey which is also known as bruisewort, woundwort and knitbone is a perennial herb of the Boraginaceae family. It has a black root and large leaves and small flowers which are cream or purple. It can be found growing in Europe in damp grassy places.
Comfrey has been known for many years by organic gardeners, herbalists and holistic therapists for its many benefits. It contains numerous minerals, vitamins and phytochemicals allantoin and tannins which are antioxidants found in the leaves and roots of the plant. These help to form new skin cells by promoting healing of injuries. The leaves also contain rosmarininc acid which helps reduce any inflammation that you may be experiencing.
In medieval times, comfrey plant extract was used to heal fractured bones. Today it is also used for fractures, strains and broken bones. It also known to help with the pain associated with osteoarthritis. Comfrey plant extract is also used to treat many skin conditions including acne dermatitis, psoriasis and sunburn.
I had an accident a few years back where I broke my left wrist and was pretty badly bruised, so I went to my local herbalist who suggested I massage Comfrey oil into my wrist and bruises on a regular basis. It really helped me heal a lot quicker and the broken wrist fused perfectly. Since then I have been telling anyone who will listen about this amazing herb.
You can also apply comfrey plant extract directly to the affected area or it can be found in a number of natural skin products that are specifically geared towards treating problem skin. The roots and leaves can also be boiled to use as a skin wash. A paste can also be created from the plant extract to use as a compress.
Comfrey plant extract has many healing properties but should not be taken internally as it contains compounds called pyrrolizidine which are toxic to the body.
It is partially good for aching and stiff joints. You can make your own massage oil to rub into these areas by mixing two tablespoons of comfrey oil with 25 drops of lavender oil. Not only does it smell good but it works wonders.
Comfrey plant extract has so many amazing benefits for you your body; it's definitely worth giving it a try.
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The Office Desk Dancer Playlist
Italian designer Eduardo Alessi has a singular wit and energy. You can see it reflected in his work as well as distinct focus on sustainable products and materials. Eduardo believes if a product can make someone's life a bit easier or even a bit more amusing, the product succeeds. His recent project, the ECO DIY Collection, is a series of 2D products made with recycled cardboard. The charming and minimal designs are modeled after endangered animals and include everything from a light to a speaker to a bookmark. Catch up with this desk-dancing-designer's listening habits in this week's Playlist.
What do you listen to while you work?
Usually I listen to music across many genres including 70′s punk, psychobilly, post punk, New Wave, ska, reggae, surf, da African blues, 60′s Italian beats, space rock, and indie. I do prefer a female vocalist.
How do you listen?
In private, generally, with computer speakers as loud as I can. If there are people around I will listen with low volume or use some headphones -- the cheap kind you can buy everywhere because every 10 - 15 days I lose a pair. I have hundreds.
I define myself as an "office desk dancer." In my years of office work, I have developed a dance technique that lets me dance while I'm seated. I move my legs super faaaaast, following the rhythm, but from the waist up I don't move. This way no one can see anything. One day I'd like to create a tutorial on YouTube. It is pretty funny!
Do you have any favorite music websites/providers?
Many, from blogs to streaming radio. Too many to list.
Does music influence your work?
Yes. This will sound common, but usually music creates a kind of hermetic habitat around me that isolates me from the rest of my thoughts, bad moods, fatigue, even hunger (sometimes). It helps me focus on what I am trying to design.
Where do you find music recommendations? Who influences your musical taste?
Usually by getting lost on the Internet.
What song or artist best represents the work you create?
I am the Frank Zappa of the design.
Ideal place to sit and listen to your playlist:
The SAYL Chair, Fog Base with Studio White Y-Tower, and red back suspension and seat material.
Eduardo's "Never Press Skip" Playlist :
1. Last Caress, The Misfits
2. Ceremony, New Order
3. Fly Me To the Moon, Frank Sinatra
4. Needles and Pins, The Ramones
5. Vecchio Frack, Domenico Modugno
6. I Am the Resurrection, The Stone Roses
7. White Riot, The Clash
8. Andavo A Cento All'Ora, Gianni Morandi
9. Pugni Chiusi, I Ribelli
10. Riot Squad, Cock Sparrer
11. The Sign, Ace of Base
(Images: Eduardo Alessi)
Republished in partnership with Herman Miller Lifework. Originally posted by Jamie Latendresse.


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Detroit Lions, with plenty of choices on roster, release wide receiver Brian Robiskie
ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The Detroit Lions have released wide receiver Brian Robiskie.
The team announced the move Monday.
Robiskie played in six games and caught four passes with the Lions last season after signing as a midseason injury replacement.
Detroit already has Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson, Ryan Broyles and Mike Thomas on its roster.


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Haiku has a booth at SCaLE 5x and here is a report of day one: "SCaLE 5x started this morning and it has been a lot of fun so far. Axel, Michael (Phipps), Jorge (Mare) and myself (BGA) came down to the exhibit floor early this morning to setup the booth in advance of the opening. We have a 10x10 booth with a table and a couple of chairs, so we setup a small form factor desktop PC hooked up to a 20 inch LCD monitor, and a couple of laptops, an IBM running Haiku natively, and a MacBook Pro running Haiku inside Parallels. We are still waiting for an additional PC and a projector that did not make in time, as Michael's luggage was sent to the wrong destination."


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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Lawmakers moved ahead Wednesday with a tax incentive bill designed to attract wind-energy companies to Nebraska, little more than a day after the state officially lost a $300 million Facebook data center to Iowa.
The 30-0 vote also came as a Kansas-based company, TradeWind Energy, considers building a possible wind farm in northeast Nebraska.
Despite the measure's popularity, some lawmakers challenged the decision to advance it ahead of a broader, statewide tax study that was agreed upon earlier this year.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, said it was designed to attract large-scale wind farms, which would help Nebraska export more energy and generate new revenue. Lathrop said wind farms serve as an extra revenue source for landowners, generating $10,000 to $15,000 per turbine each year for a 40-year lease.
"We're also sending what I believe to be a very important message to businesses, both inside and outside of Nebraska,'' Lathrop said. "Many are making major, long-term investment decisions now. Nebraska has an excellent reputation, and our actions on this bill will strengthen that message.''
TradeWind Energy executive Frank Costanza said the company is interested in Nebraska's wind capacity, which ranks third nationwide. But he said the state has done "almost nothing'' to compete with Kansas, Oklahoma or South Dakota, all of which offer tax benefits for wind energy. The company is looking to build 118 turbines in Dixon County, on the South Dakota border.
Nebraska ranks as the third-best wind-producing state in the nation, but 26th in the energy it could produce with the equipment currently installed, according to the U.S. Department ofNebraska lags behind its neighboring states: Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas.
Costanza said Nebraska has trailed its neighboring states because it doesn't offer as many wind-energy tax incentives. He pointed to Kansas, which shields wind companies from both property and sales and use taxes.
"Wind will be built, over time, in the wind belt _ the Dakotas down to the Texas Panhandle,'' said Costanza, the company's executive vice president business development. "But it is competitive. Other states are doing things, and Nebraska has done almost nothing.''
The first-round vote in Nebraska came one day after Iowa formally approved $18 million in tax credits for Facebook to build its data center in Altoona, a Des Moines suburb. Kearney, Neb., was vying for the project, but a Facebook executive told Iowa reporters on Tuesday that the state's reputation as a wind-energy leader played a big role in the company's decision.
Nebraska currently charges a sales tax on all equipment and materials used in wind-energy projects. The state ranks fourth nationwide in its ability to produce electricity from wind power.
Environmental groups and the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry have both endorsed the bill.
Sen. Galen Hadley of Kearney, who introduced a similar bill that was merged into the final legislation, said the tax incentives would put Nebraska on a level playing field with other states. Hadley said the bill would generate jobs in rural Nebraska, and he argued that the possible wind-energy project could not wait until next year.
Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton said the bill builds on an existing push by rural lawmakers.
The renewable energy bill has drawn criticism from Republican Gov. Dave Heineman. When the Legislature's Revenue Committee voted 5-3 to advance the bill in March, Heineman said he was "very disappointed'' and accused supporters of supporting "special interest tax breaks'' to out-of-state companies.
Lathrop, a Democrat, is considering a run for governor.
Some lawmakers said they supported the general push for wind energy but challenged the bill's timing.
Sen. Beau McCoy of Omaha, a Republican Revenue Committee member who voted "no'' on the bill, said he supports wind energy but questioned why it should pass in advance of the statewide study that will examine Nebraska's overall tax climate. Lawmakers had previously agreed to delay all major tax-cut bills this year so they could conduct the study.
"I question whether or not now is the time,'' McCoy said.
Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, who is known for his ability to stall and derail bills he opposes, asked why the proposal was getting preference over a sales-tax measure he introduced.
Chambers said he wasn't opposed to the wind-energy bill, but he criticized the Revenue Committee for holding onto his legislation that would repeal a sales-tax law for cities. Chambers has argued that a sales tax imposed by cities disproportionately affects the poor.


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Jerebko leads Pistons past Bobcats
Auburn Hills, MI – Jonas Jerebko had 21 points and eight rebounds off the bench as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Charlotte Bobcats, 113-93, on Friday.
Brandon Knight scored 19 points while Will Bynum recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 assists for the Pistons in their third straight victory. Andre Drummond also had 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
"We have eight quarters of basketball, we want to try to win as many as we could," said Pistons coach Lawrence Frank. "We've won three of the four tonight and let's just focus on continue to try to finish the season on a positive note. We've gotten good play from different guys and we've been playing good basketball these last six games and we just want to continue and follow through with it."
Kemba Walker had a game-high 28 points for the Bobcats, who have lost four straight and seven of their last eight games. Josh McRoberts had 17 points and seven rebounds and Gerald Henderson added 15 in defeat.
"It's never going to be an easy turnaround," said Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap. "Basically, it's an amalgamation for your young, using some veterans, and then you have five or six new players. So, as far as keeping our eyes on the ball, sure we'd like to win some more games, but I think there's been progress made and I think people can see that."
Knight drilled a shot from behind the arc with 1:45 remaining in the second quarter to not only take a 54-53 lead, but started an 8-0 spurt to finish the half. Jerebko drilled a 3-pointer with one second left and Detroit had a 59-53 lead at halftime.
The Pistons never looked back.
The Bobcats struggled in the third, shooting 27.3 percent from the field, including 1-of-8 from behind the arc. Meanwhile, the Pistons were in control, shooting 52.9 percent, as all five starters contributed on the floor.
Entering the fourth quarter, the Pistons had an 87-73 advantage.
With a commanding lead, Detroit gave its bench players ample playing time, particularly Bynum, who scored 11 points in the period.
The Bobcats' shooting percentage improved greatly, but still scored only 20 points in the frame.
Charlotte did not have a field goal in the final 2:54 of the game.
Game Notes
Greg Monroe had four steals for Detroit ... The Pistons outscored the Bobcats 58-28 in the paint ... Detroit wins the season series 3-1 ... The Pistons have won eight of their last nine games against the Bobcats ... Charlotte's 18-61 record is the worst in the NBA, two games worse than Orlando, with three games left on the schedule.


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Two weeks ago, PostgreSQL announced the first beta version of the new major 9.1 version, with a lot of anticipated new features like synchronous replication or better support for multilingual databases. Please see the release announcement for details.
Due to my recent moving and the Ubuntu Developer Summit it took me a bit to package them for Debian and Ubuntu, but here they are at last. I uploaded postgresql-9.1 to Debian experimental; currently they are sitting in the NEW queue, but I'm sure our restless Debian archive admins will get to it in a few days. I also provided builds for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 10.10. and 11.04 in my PostgreSQL backports for stable Ubuntu releases PPA.
I provided full postgresql-common integration, i. e. you can use all the usual tools like
pg_upgradecluster etc. to install 9.1 side by side with your 8.4⁄9.0 instances, attempt an upgrade of your existing instances to 9.1 without endangering the running clusters, etc. Fortunately this time there were no deprecated configuration options, so
pg_upgradecluster does not actually have to touch your
postgresql.conf for the 9.0 →9.1 upgrade.
They pass upstream's and postgresql-common's integration test suite, so should be reasonably working. But please let me know about everything that doesn't, so that we can get them in perfect shape in time for the final release.
I anticipate that 9.1 will be the default (and only supported) version in the next Debian release (wheezy), and will most likely be the one shipped in the next Ubuntu LTS (in 12.04). It might be that the next Ubuntu release 11.10 will still ship with 9.0, but that pretty much depends on how many extensions get ported to 9.1 by feature freeze.


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Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement
Leslie Anne Hadfield
The Black Consciousness movement of South Africa instigated a social, cultural, and political awakening in the country in the 1970s. By the mid-1960s, major anti-apartheid organizations in South Africa such as the African National Congress and Pan-Africanist Congress had been virtually silenced by government repression. In 1969, Steve Biko and other black students frustrated with white leadership in multi-racial student organizations formed an exclusively black association. Out of the South African Students' Organization (SASO) came what was termed Black Consciousness. This philosophy redefined "black" as an inclusive, positive identity and taught that black South Africans could make meaningful change in their society if "conscientized" or awakened to their self-worth and the need for activism. The movement emboldened youth, contributed to the development of Black Theology and cultural movements, and led to the formation of new community and political organizations such as the Black Community Programs organization and the Black People's Convention.
Articulate and charismatic, Steve Biko was one of the movement's foremost instigators and prolific writers. When the South African government understood the threat Black Consciousness posed to apartheid, it worked to silence the movement and its leaders. Biko was banished to his home district in the Eastern Cape, where he continued to build community development programs and have a strong political influence. His death at the hands of security police in September 1977 revealed the brutality of South African security forces and the extent to which the state would go to maintain white supremacy. After Biko's death, the state declared Black Consciousness–related organizations illegal. Activists formed the Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO) in 1978 to carry on Black Consciousness ideals, though the movement in general waned after Biko's death. Since then, Biko has loomed over the history of the Black Consciousness movement as a powerful icon and celebrated hero while others have looked to Black Consciousness in forging a new black future for South Africa.