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This section is dedicated to a broad overview of various options available for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Detailed descriptions, pros, and cons of these options will be found on the links associated with each option. Treatment options for prostate cancer include those that do not intend to cure and those that are intended to cure the cancer. Watchful waiting and hormonal therapy are non-curative. Surgery and radiation are performed with the intention of curing the cancer.
Surgical Options are divided into two categories, open and laparoscopic. All surgical methods result in complete removal of the prostate and seminal vesicles. In selected patients nerve sparing prostatectomy is performed to preserve erections and sexual function. In selected patients pelvic lymph nodes are also removed. Open surgery involves making moderate to large skin incisions to perform the surgery. Laparoscopic methods, including daVinci Prostatectomy, are less invasive and involve making tiny incisions, placing a camera inside the body, and placing pencil thin instruments to do surgery without cutting the body open.
daVinci Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: Prostatectomy is performed with more accuracy using the state-of-the-art
daVinci computer enhanced minimally invasive surgical system. This system utilizes microscopic surgical instruments held by robotic arms, which are controlled by the surgeon from the surgical console with a three dimensional digital viewing monitor. As the surgeon moves his/her fingers, wrists hands, and arms, the robot mimics these delicate movements onto the surgical instruments. The 3-D viewing screen allows for the surgeon to "feel immersed" within the patient. The highly magnified view provides for the surgeon to differentiate between healthy and diseased tissue.
In this procedure small keyhole puncture sites are created on the abdomen. A small telescope is placed inside the belly button. Pencil thin instruments held by the surgeon are introduced via small ports in the puncture sites. Using these microscopic instruments, the surgeon performs the operation, gently freeing the prostate and seminal vesicles and avoiding trauma to the surrounding tissue. The prostate and seminal vesicles are removed intact (in one piece), and delivered outside the body through the belly button. Lymph nodes are similarly removed. The bladder is then attached back to the urethra. A nerve sparing procedure can be performed to maintain the patient's pre-surgical level of sexual function.
Radiation is divided into two broad categories: External Radiation and Brachytherapy.
External radiation
This is a method in which a machine generates and sends radiation from outside to penetrate the inside of a patient's body. These radiation beams then reach the prostate in an attempt to destroy the cancer. There are different types of external radiation machines that create different type of radiation beams:
This is a method in which radioactive seeds are implanted into the patient's body. These implanted radioactive devices, then emit radiation directly from the inside of the patient's body (his prostate) in an attempt to destroy the cancer from the inside. There are different types of brachytherapy:
In some cases, the prostate cancer may be so slow growing as to present a minimal threat to the patient's life, especially if it is detected in a patient with advanced age. In these cases, no treatment is given. The patient is seen by a physician every few months for DRE, PSA and possible x-rays.
Prostate cancer growth can be temporarily slowed by hormone therapy. Prostate cancer growth is partially dependent on testosterone, a hormone produced by the testicles and adrenal gland in men. Hormone therapy can stop the production of testosterone, or block attachment of testosterone to prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy can, therefore, temporarily slow the progression of the cancer. Prostate cancer usually escapes the need for testosterone over time and starts growing rapidly despite hormone therapy. This type of prostate cancer is called "hormone refractory prostate cancer."


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Instagram made headlines last week when the popular photo sharing and photo editing app debuted on Google's Android mobile platform. Previously, it was exclusive to the iPhone and many Apple-loving hipsters were none too pleased to have to share their beloved app with a bunch of new Android users. Some took to Twitter and their comments had a distinctive "I liked X before X was cool" theme to them (despite the fact that Instagram is used by tens of millions of people and is far from indie at this point). If there's one thing hipsters hate, it when the things that they like experience success.
Now, it looks like Instagram is about to lose whatever shred of indie cred it had left at a much faster rate. It was just purchased by Facebook.
Facebook will reportedly pay $1 billion for Instagram and its team. Mark Zuckerberg just announced the news:
I'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.
For years, we've focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we'll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.
We believe these are different experiences that complement each other.
Facebook will surely look to integrate Instagram into its existing interface (try saying that 10 times fast), bringing it to the masses (in other words, moms). So, Instgram is basically over at this point. Start looking for a new favorite app, hipsters.

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Deer are known for being calm and gentle animals. Many people even think of Bambi, the young and playful Disney cartoon, when they see a deer out in the wild. Deer are often seen slowly eating plants or leaping through the tall grass, and are recognized by their fluffy white tails and big antlers.
Male deer are called bucks, and large males may sometimes be called stags. Bucks are the only deer that grow antlers, which they shed each winter and grow back again in the spring.
A female deer is called a doe and a baby deer is called a fawn. Dawns are born with light spotted fur which helps them to camouflage in the tall grass. They will usually start getting farming after they turn a year old.
Deer live all over both North and South America, mainly in forests and tall prairie grass. Depending on where you live, you might even see deer in your backyard! In hot weather, they like to live in fields and forests with tall trees for shade.
In the cold winters, they usually stay near thick forests with strong trees to protect them from strong winds and snow.
Deer are herbivores, which means that they only eat plants and grass. They are not picky eaters and will snack on almost any kind of plants they can find. They are even big fans of berries and flowers in your garden!
Many people will put up fences to protect their flowers and vegetables from deer chewing down on them. Others will put food out for them on purpose!
Deer do have some other animals that like to hunt them, so it is important they have ways to protect themselves. Some of the most common animals that like to hunt deer are bobcats, coyotes, and mountain lions.
Although it might make us sad to think about, it is important to remember that all animals need food and the circle of life is a part of nature.
Deer have many ways they can protect themselves from other animals that are trying to hunt them. Deer have excellent camouflage and use this to hide from threats. They are very fast runners and use this as their first choice of protection.
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Deer can run up to 30 miles per hour when they are scared or are trying to escape from a predator. That's as fast as a car driving in your neighborhood! Deer can also jump as high as 10 feet and as far as 30 feet, which is almost as long as a school bus.
Deer are beautiful creatures that are known for being gentle and calm. They are herbivores and like to eat plants, twigs, fruits and nuts, as well as grass. They are great swimmers and can run extremely fast when trying to get away from threats.
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Around the year 2000 we received an avalanche of sad reports about distilleries
being closed left and right. Fortunately, when the worldwide demand for whisky
increased a few years later, mothballed distilleries were revived and new ones
were being built. Or at least enthusiastic plans to build them were made... ;-)
Arran was the last new distillery to go into production in the 20th century, but at
the end of the noughties the first whisky (or sometimes just the unmatured 'spirit')
from the first '3d Millennium' distilleries became available. Young distilleries like
Kilchoman have already released some of their first efforts on a small scale but
such early releases don't really count in my view. A malt whisky distillery has to be
able to deliver a good 10 or 12 years old whisky to prove they know their business.
Unlike many of their predecessors in the 17th and 18th century, most of today's
Scottish malt whisky entrepreneurs run their distilleries in a strictly legal fashion.
But that doesn't mean that their lives are any easier. Building a new distillery from
scratch takes time, commitment and money. Lots and lots of money these days...
The Abhainn Dearg distillery (pronounced as Aveen Jarræk, a.k.a. Red River distillery) was founded by Mark Tayburn
and hopes to produce its first spirit in 2009. It's the most Westerly of all distilleries in Scotland and is located in Uig, on the west coast of the Hebridean Isle of Lewis. Abhainn Dearg distillery aims to produce 'a true Outer Hebridean Whisky'. If all goes according to plan their first single malt will be launched at the Royal National Mod in Stornoway in 2011 - a Gaelic festival that's also known as the "Whisky Olympics". For the first time in history participants should be able to enjoy a Single Malt distilled and bottled on the Isle of Lewis. (Please note that the owners made sure to avoid the word 'whisky' in their announcement, because the spirit won't have matured long enough to legally be called whisky...) According to their website: "There will always be limited amounts of Abhainn Dearg, the aim is to produce a quality Single Malt for
those who take the trouble to visit our shores, support us via the Internet and, like the Shoeburn Distillery before us, supply local demand." (You can find the location of Abhainn Dearg on the interactive map of Scotland.)
William Grant & Sons
have kept fairly quiet about their new malt whisky distillery in Girvan; Ailsa Bay.
Ailsa Bay distillery is named after "Ailsa Craig", the mysterious island that lies some ten miles from the Ayrshire coast. William Grant & Sons built the new distillery because of '... the requirement generally for more malt, especially for our William Grants blend and this is where most of the stock will be used in the future. We are looking for a Speyside style malt from this Distillery similar in character to Balvenie.'
So, if I remember my PR speak correctly, it's likely that the malt whisky which is distilled at Ailsa Bay won't ever be bottled as a single malt whisky. Apart from a precious two exceptions,
this was also the case with the malt whisky that was produced at WM Grant's Kininvie distillery. The last time I checked, there have been only a few bottlings of Kininvie in two decades. You can find the location of Ailsa Bay on the interactive whisky map, but until a few single malt whiskies are released I won't bother to add a separate distillery profile to this site.
Annandale distillery in, erm... Annandale (Dumfries & Galloway) features in Alfred Barnard's 19th century book about the distilleries of Scotland. He wrote about Annan, the capital of Annandale: 'It stands on the high road from Dumfries to Carlisle, is a royal burgh, and one of the cleanest and pleasantest towns we have seen in the Lowlands.' Annandale closed in 1919, but now, after almost a century, the closed Lowlands distillery is heading for a revival. Planning permission has been granted and Annandale has received a £150,000 grant from the UK government. David Thomson, the new owner of the derelict distillery buildings, said: "Our ambition is to create an interesting and meaningful brand around Annandale, to create a whisky drinking experience around the main parameters of single malt Scotch whisky flavour and to create an engaging visitor experience."
That's all the interesting news I could gather so far - no news on actual building developments...
There has been a lot of buzz about the new Blackwood distillery on the Shetland islands - but there are no 'buzzing' stills yet. The distillery that would have been the first on the shetlands was to be located near South Nesting, somewhere between Laxo and Lerwick. Some of the people involved around 2003 were Caroline Whitfield (founder and CEO) and John McDougall (master distiller). If it ever gets completed, Blackwood will be by far Scotland's northernmost distillery, but it seems that the ambitious plans that were revealed in November 2002 may have been just a tad too optimistic in hindsight. They had planned to start the actual building work on the distillery in the spring of 2003, but as far as I know they've only gotten as far as renting an office near the planned location in May 2004. They were awaiting final planning permission for a long time - but when they DID receive it, no building was done.
For a few years things were silent around Blackwood, even though (unlike most other 'upstarts'), Blackwood already had a brand on the shelves. I don't know if they actually produced the stuff
themselves (yet), but there have been Blackwood gins and vodkas on shelves in the UK for some time now. They even have a wodka cream liqueur called 'Jago'. However, in May 2008
Blackwood was in the news again - but not in a good way... Several directors and staff members left Blackwood, annual accounts were several months overdue and there were some rumours about fraud. According to my
sources, the company had failed to become profitable until then, so the future of Blackwood looks grim indeed - especially because most of the business was sold to Blavod vodka. It looks like Blackwood distillery was a
short-lived project with little chance for revival.
Daftmill has been operating relatively 'under the radar' since I first heard of them in 2004.
The Daftmill distillery is a converted meal mill (apparently built in 1809) that uses un-peated malt, two stainless steel washbacks, one 2,500 liter wash still and one 1,500 liter spirit still; both fired indirectly. The maximum production capacity of the Daftmill distillery is a mere 20,000 liters of alcohol per year, so they're even smaller than their Lowland cousin Bladnoch. The conversion from meal mill to distillery took place between 2003 and 2005. With the exception of building the stills and mash tun (those were made by Forsyth's of Rothes), all the work to convert the mill to a distillery was done by men who lived within a five mile radius of Daftmill Farm.
The owners consider Daftmill to be a Lowland distillery; they feel the border between the Lowlands and the Highlands runs through Dundee. However, in my book that would make Deanston, Glengoyne, Glenturret and Tullibardine Lowland malt whisky distilleries as well. I can feel as Scottish as I want, that doesn't change the fact that my passport maintains that I'm Dutch. So, I'll classify Daftmill as an Eastern Highlander for now.
In May 2008, Francis informed me about the progress on Daftmill;
The address is Daftmill Farm, Cupar, Fife (telephone 01337 810 732) and visits can be made by special arrangement. You can find more information on www.daftmill.com.
The first 'Glengyle' distillery was built in 1872 or 1873 by William Mitchell. He built Glengyle after a quarrel with his brother John prompted him to leave Springbank. The Campbeltown distillery operated for half a century, until it was finally closed in 1925. Finally? Well, apparently not, because around the start of the new millennium Springbank (still owned by the Mitchell family) announced its plans to rebuild Glengyle on the original site. The production buildings at Glengyle were pretty much restored by the end of 2002.
During the first half of 2003 the buildings were fitted with a mash tun, stills and a spent grains removal system (among other things) by the main contractor, Forsyth's of Rothes. The mash tun arrived in April 2003 and
according to Distillery Manager Frank McHardy the wooden washbacks (built by Arthur Brown of Dufftown) were in place by September 2003. The rest of the necessary equipment (mill, dresser, dust extractor, cooling tower,
pipework, condensers, milling system, electric supply, pumps & valves, etc.) was installed just a few months later and Glengyle was officially opened by Winnifred Ewing and Hedley Wright on March 25, 2004. The
first 'whisky' (Kilkerran) wasn't bottled until 2007 - and it will probably be a while before it's widely available.
In October 2008, the Malt Maniacs E-zine featured an interview by Bert Bruyneel with Duncan Taylor's Euan Shand. Euan is one of the driving forces behind the new Huntly distillery that is planned in, erm... Huntly. When asked why they chose to go after a new distillery instead of buying one of the many mothballed distilleries, Euan replied:
"I believe everything is for sale at the right price, however, in this industry most of the multinationals would rather close a distillery down than sell. With an exception of course. Building a new distillery is the best thing for Duncan Taylor as its the only way forward. Whisky companies no longer sell new fill to us minions and if they do its teaspooned and worse any mature cask stock that comes on the market is pretty dire stuff these days. Thank goodness Duncan Taylor has sufficiently large stocks of casked whisky to give the company time to get the distillery built and producing as some day the company will no longer have enough stock to survive if the industry keeps behaving the way it does. We've a good few years under our belts yet!"
Of course, that was a few weeks before the credit crisis really broke loose, so those bold plans may have been postponed. The status of the Huntly website by the beginning of 2011 did not suggest a lot of activity yet.
Kilchoman was the first new distillery to be built on Islay for well over a century.
Here's a distillery project that seems to be inspired just as much by the touristic opportunities of the area around the famous Saint Andrews and Kingsbarns golf links as by the desire to produce aqua viteae. I'll have
to collect some more data on the Kingsbarns distillery for a proper write-up, but for now I'd like to point you towards their web site on www.kingsbarnsdistillery.com.
Kininvie is not really an independent malt whisky distillery, but rather a 'dependance' of the Balvenie distillery. Between 1990 and 2010 it produced generic malt whisky for blending purposes. After 20 years the owners (William Grant & Sons) decided to close Kininvie because the new (even larger and more modern) Ailsa Bay distillery was perfectly able to produce the generic type of malt whisky that is used mostly in blends. However, William Grant later decided to re-open the distillery again in order to market its malt whisky. You can find more details about the history and equipment of the Kininvie 'distillery' on the full Kininvie distillery profile.
James Thomson (formerly of Scotchwhisky.com - which is now owned by Sukhinder Singh) was closely involved with the Ladybank project in the past - but I'm not sure if that's still the case because the blog on the website hasn't been updated since 2006. The whole project has been set up as a club; members can invest in the distillery (located in the 'Kingdom of Fife') and reserve their own stock. Here's a quote from the site; 'The Club intends, by focusing on very small production quantities, to create one of the world's greatest single malt whiskies. By reducing yields so that we can always improve quality, and by distributing our whisky only to members and special guests who visit the distillery, Ladybank will add a new dimension to the world of Scotch Malt Whisky production.'
Yeah, well... It seems the club didn't quite reach their goal yet.
Unlike many ambitious distillery projects on this page, the Loch Ewe "distillery" (slash hotel) of John Clotworthy
has already been producing microscopic amounts of spirit since 2006. Because of that feat, it was actually listed on the main distillery page for a few years. However, according to their own web site, by 2011
only 3 casks of Loch Ewe malt whisky
were maturing somewhere. Most of the freshly distilled spirit is sold and consumed very soon afterwards, so it never has the chance to evolve into whisky.
The Octomore distillery was originally conceived by Bruichladdich's Mark Reynier as a 'separate' distillery located right next to the Bruichladdich distillery on Islay. (I imagine it would have been more like a separate set of stills, like Kininvie's dependence on the Balvenie facilities.) However, the original plans must have changed somewhere down the line, because Bruichladdich started to use the 'Octomore' name for a number of heavily peated expressions from their own stills in May 2008. After drinks conglomerate Jim Beam took over Bruichladdich in 2013 the possibility of a new distillery on Islay seemed even more unlikely.
This distillery has a bit of a weird name, if you ask me - but then again I'm not Gaelic...
The original Wolfburn distillery was founded in 1821 near the small town of Thurso
by William Smith.
Malt whisky production at the new Wolfburn distillery started on January 25, 2013.
I haven't included all the Scotch whisky projects that are in development in this list; some of the beautiful dreamscapes painted by enthusiastic entrepreneurs and borderline embezzlers are just a tad too 'imaginary' at this point. Take the Mellerstain distillery in the 'borders' region, for example. According to some vague reports in 2007 production was supposed to start in 2008, but that was the last we've heard of it. So, this list isn't exhaustive - I've tried to include only fairly 'solid' information. I've received some information about Barra, Falkirk, Lindores, Parkmore and Stal Thorabhaig, but couldn't verify all the data, so they're not included on this list yet. The founder of the Pràban na Linne distillery on Skye passed away in December 2010, and so far it doesn't seem likely that those plans will be picked up by somebody else.
Quite a few of these are probably just 'pipe dreams'. They - and others - will be added to this page once I've received 'solid' information. Do you know of any information that should be added? Drop me a note...
Scroll down for some information about each of the distillery projects mentioned here.
Sadly, I don't have pictures for most of these distilleries, but I've received the pictures below of the
progress at the Red River distillery from Ian Besch shortly after they were taken in September 2008.
That was right before the credit crisis really took off, so it could mean that progress since that time
has slowed down. Nevertheless, at least there is some activity. Looking at the design of the still,
founder Marko Tayburn will be producing a distinctive type of Scotch whisky on the island, due
North of the Isle of Skye. (www.isle-of-lewis.com)
Meanwhile, keep in mind that I've focused on the malt whisky distilleries in Scotland here.
Pioneers have been trying to produce malt whisky in many other countries around the world,
but for a long time, only the Japanese seemed to be able to match the quality of the Scots.
However, that has changed, especially during the past decade. I'm happy to report that they
are making some very fine whiskies these days in places like India, Tasmania and Taiwan.
More information about those distilleries will be added to the 'deviant drams' section.
Meanwhile, I'll try to keep track of the distillation developments in Scotland as best I can.
However, that's not always as easy as it sounds. Providing accurate information isn't always
in the best interest of whisky entrepreneurs - and they often have better things to do than
answer curious questions. So, if you have news about new projects, please drop me a note.
Abhainn Dearg
Ailsa Bay
Loch Ewe
Stal Thorabhaig
April 2013 - Despite falling Scotch exports, Diageo plans to build a new 'super distillery'.
January 2013 - The Wolfburn distillery has started production on January 25.
November 2011 - I've seen a press release about a new 'Lakes Malt distillery' in Cumbria.
February 2011 - Until recently I hadn't heard yet about the Kingsbarns distillery in Fife.
January 2011 - After a long silence, the Annandale distillery is ready for the builders.
November 2010 - William Grant have closed Kininvie in favour of the Ailsa Bay distillery.
October 2010 - Diageo's Roseisle distillery is - sort of - officially opened.
December 2009 - the credit crisis may have been the last nail in the Ladybank coffin.
May 2009 - The Abhainn Dearg distillery (Red River) just launched their official website.
February 2009 - I've received confirmation of progress at Red River on the Isle of Lewis.
June 2008 - We haven't heard from Mellerstain for a while. That doesn't bode well...
May 2008 - Blackwood (supposed to be the first Shetland distillery) is in financial trouble.
April 2008 - The Annandale Distillery Company received a £150,000 government grant.
March 2008 - Diageo is still waiting for planning permission for their Roseisle distillery.
February 2008 - Duncan Taylor's plans for their own 'Huntly' distillery are taking shape.
September 2007 - WM Grant's new 'Ailsa Bay' distillery in Girvan went in production.
December 2006 - the new blog on the Ladybank website went quiet - not a good sign.
Not all of the distillery projects listed here may make it, so I felt that a page
dedicated to the tracking a few of the the major developments could be useful.
The white box at the right shows all new malt whisky distillery projects
that I know of.
However, I fear that not all of those projects have the same chances of success. Making
a precise estimation about the odds of survival is difficult, because it's not easy to get all
the necessary data. Nevertheless, I've used my amazing powers of prognostication and
some animal entrails to try and predict if the project will eventually produce whisky.
I've used some simple colour coding to indicate the likelihood of anyone actually sampling
a single malt whisky one day that was distilled there. Purple names indicate projects that
are not yet in production, or waiting for further funding and/or planning permission.
The colour of these
links indicates the
likelihood of the
distillery releasing
a mature single
malt whisky in the
foreseeable future.
Colour codes:
Orange: likely
Purple: unclear
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Nate Silver, the creator of the New York Times political blog FiveThirtyEight.com, is probably America's most well-known statistician, especially after his assertion that a 300-plus electoral college vote victory for Barack Obama was highly probable proved correct. In The Signal and the Noise, Silver explores a wide variety of areas — including electoral politics, sports, weather, terrorism, war and gambling — in which prediction plays a major role. He examines some of the major failures, from Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis to a whole series of failed earthquake forecasts, to try to understand what went wrong and what can be learned for the future. The problem is not the lack of data — today there is an almost endless supply of information on any topic or question. Instead, the problem is learning how to interpret the information, paying attention to the right information and recognizing the rest as just distraction — in other words, recognizing the difference between a predictive signal and the distracting noise.
Colossal Misinterpretation
Silver begins by examining one of the most colossal errors in prediction in recent times: the world financial crisis that no one predicted. As Silver explains, the signals were present, but were dismissed. As analysts and decision-makers watched continuously rising house prices, they failed to see the potential for a bubble; as they watched the explosion of mortgage-backed securities, they failed to understand the risk of those securities; as they started to consider the potential of a housing crisis, they failed to see that such a crisis could trigger a global financial crisis; and as they dealt with the financial crisis, they failed to predict the long-term impact.
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For Silver, the best forecasters are going to be "foxes," rather than "hedgehogs." The metaphor comes from Isaiah Berlin's famous essay, "The Hedgehog and the Fox." Hedgehogs believe in big governing ideas from which everything flows, Silver writes. Foxes, on the other hand, believe in little ideas and multiple approaches. Hedgehogs are specialized, stubborn and confident. Foxes are multidisciplinary, self-critical and cautious. The principles of Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog reflect his "foxy" approach to forecasting. Instead of confidently making one specific forecast and sticking to it, especially if it's different from what everyone else is saying, Silver offers a range of probable outcomes and is willing to change the predictions in light of new information.
The Human Factor
Despite his mastery of data, Silver notes that the human factor is equally important in making the right predictions. "What is it, exactly, that humans can do better than computers that can crunch numbers at 77 teraFLOPS?" Silver asks, as he considers two meteorologists staring at every screen on the forecasting floor of the National Weather Service headquarters. The answer: "They can see."
Of course, they can also misinterpret what they see. But Silver is hopeful for the potential of predictions as long as those making the predictions, he writes, adhere to the principles of an 18th century English minister called Thomas Bayes. In a chapter titled "Less and Less and Less Wrong," Silver describes the probabilistic theory of Bayes, in which someone makes a prediction, looks at the new evidence, confirms or changes the prediction, looks at the new evidence, confirms or changes the prediction, each time getting closer to making the correct prediction. As Silver explains, Bayes taught us that we learn about the universe "through approximation, getting closer and closer to the truth as we gather more evidence." Bayes theorem implies that "we must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty," he writes. "We must think more carefully to the assumptions and beliefs that we bring to a problem." As Silver demonstrates in detail in such diverse areas as sports, global warming, and terrorism, the more predictions are based on a Bayesian approach, the more likely they are to come true.
The Signal and the Noise is a sprawling, dense book that is as filled with stories and personalities as it is with data. This book will fascinate those who care about what is happening in the world — or what may happen.
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By Jake Faunce, Project Spurs
Listed generously at 6'7" and weighing 270 pounds, San Antonio Spurs' DeJuan Blair is considered small by NBA center standards. However, what he may lack in height, he makes up for in strength. As he carries the hope of his neighborhood on his shoulders.
This Pittsburgh native is from an area in Pittsburgh known as the Hill District, and he is an inspiration to everyone in it. He can't go any where in it without being recognized. His Uncle Michael Smith says, ""You ride through here with him, you get tired of beeping the horn."
DeJuan's story goes like something out of a story book. He comes from a neighborhood with a poverty rate at 40% and is known as Pittsburgh's most dangerous. "The Hill," as it's called by residents, has been so neglected from commercial development, there hasn't been a grocery store there in 30 years. He rose up out of this to become a high school basketball star. Being recruited by what he said was 18 schools at one point. But the native son chose to stay home in Pittsburgh, within walking distance of "The Hill." In an area of such strife, a local hero can reach mythical proportions, and he has.
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EXHIBITION | September 2, 2017 – January 28, 2018
Goldstein Museum of Design, HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall, East Bank campus
BOOK SIGNING | Complex Housing with Professor Julia Robinson
Friday, September 15, 2017, 6-8 PM HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall, East Bank campus
SYMPOSIUM | Complexity: Dutch and American Housing
5:30 PM, October 6 to 6:30 PM, October 8, 2017
TRAVELING | Dutch Complex Housing on the road
Curated by Professor Julia Robinson, Dutch Complex Housing explores a special form of multi-family dwelling developed in response to limited location and socially responsible policy.
The exhibition profiles eight visually rich structures that are each responsive to their location and are formed to house variety of housing types and income levels plus non-housing functions to create diverse communities. In the Netherlands, where housing is a right, and urban design is central to providing adequate housing, complex housing emerged to make the best use of public transportation and infrastructure, generate income, and provide diversity of lifestyle in dense, urban settings. Can this innovative type of housing be replicated elsewhere?
Dutch Complex Housing presents this content in four parts:
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SYMPOSIUM | Complexity: Dutch and American Housing
5:30 PM, October 6 to 6:30 PM, October 8, 2017
An accompanying symposium, entitled Complexity: Dutch and American Housing Symposium, will take place over 2 -1/2 days beginning on Friday, October 6, and ending on Sunday October 8, 2017. The symposium will bring together design professionals, developers and policy-makers from the Netherlands and the USA who are involved in the design ofhousingwith the intention to learn best practices from the approaches taken in the Netherlands and the United States for improving the planning, design and construction ofhousing.
Explore the symposium schedule and details at z.umn.edu/Complexity.
BOOK SIGNING | Complex Housing with Professor Julia Robinson
Friday, September 15, 2017, 6-8 PM HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall, East Bank campus
Julia Williams Robinson, PhD, FAIA, is Professor of Architecture at the University of Minnesota, a registered architect, and author of articles and books. She has become familiar with Dutch housing through many short and long visits to the Netherlands over the past twenty years, during which time she completed a doctoral degree at Delft University of Technology. Educated in architecture and also anthropology, her work focuses on cultural aspects of architecture, on design theory, and on the discipline of architecture.
A book signing celebrating the publication of Professor Robinson's book, Complex Housing: Designing for Density will be held. This is part of the discussion, presentation, and discovery accompanying the HGA Gallery exhibition, Dutch Complex Housing. To discover more about the book, please visit: routledge.com.
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akara mudhala ezhutthellAm – Adhi
Baghavan mudhatrE ulagu
ezhutthellAm Akara mudhala : All letters, (all written knowledge), have their start in alphabet A.
ulagu Adhi Baghavan mudhatrE : (In the same way), God is the origin, prime-mover of this world
This is the first couplet of the first chapter of Thirukkural, a centuries old masterpiece composed by the sage poet Thiruvalluvar. He is dated earlier than 8th century AD, earliest being 2nd century BC. This work details the rules of quality living in 133 chapters, each consisting of ten couplets as above. The work is divided into three parts as,
arratthu pAl – Path of dharma (or righteousness)
porut pAl – Path of prosperity
kAmatthu pAl – Path of love
The first chapter is an invocation for the whole work. But the work still remains totally secular in approach. Even in this invocation the poet has not referred to a God of any religion. The poet himself is claimed variously to be a Hindu, a Jain or a Buddhist.
In this series of write-ups, it is proposed to discuss some of the kurals (couplets), not necessarily in any order.
Let us now go straight to the 9th kural: (Next Page)
Thirukkural – 9
koLil poriyil guNamilavE – eNguNatthAn
thALai vanangA thalai
koLil poriyil guNamilavE : Non-functional sensory organs do not serve their purpose and hence useless.
eNguNathhAn – God (with eight attributes)
thALai vanangA thalai – the head that does not bow to God's feet (is also as useless as above)
Here God is referred as eNguNathhan, of eight attributes. This being the 9th kural it is possible that the poet refers to the God, whom he has already described in his earlier eight couplets. Let us see them:
- mudhatrE ulagu – Prime mover of this world
- vAlarivan – Abode of pure and full knowledge
- malar misai EkinAn – Residing in our heart (of lotus)
- vEnduthal vEndAmai IlAn – devoid of likes and dislikes
- iruvinaiyum sErA iraivan – The leader devoid of the duality of ignorance
- aindhu avitthAn – Who has vanquished all the five senses
- Thanakku uvamai IllAthAn – Peerless, incomparable
- aravAzhi andhaNan – riding the sea of virtue and dharma
The sage poet Thiruvalluvar has described the God, only as a personification of the above eight attributes in this invocation chapter.
Sightless eye, soundless ears, nose lacking smell, mouth lacking taste and body lacking sense of touch are useless. Same way the head (i.e., the mind and the knowledge it has acquired through the above sensory organs) will be of no avail unless it bows modestly to God.
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text: Travis Swift 445 Report post Posted May 17, 2017 I bought a mold that is good for trout jigs and have been pouring and tying my own for a year or so now. I have had good luck with them. The smallest cavity is still a bit heavier than what I want when there is no water running at all and very clear water so I wanted to try to get some weight off of it. It pours with a collar which makes for pretty nice tying most of the time. Then last night I got the idea to snip the collar and melt it off removing a nice amount of weight and tying to the hook shank. I also thought it might make the marabou flare more in the water because of the nice tight tie. Anyhow the jig on the left has the collar the jig on the right doesn't. My question is does the jig on the right look weird without the collar or should it work okay without the collar? just trying to get the weight down some. I also found some new Eagle Claw Lil' Nasty black sickle style hooks that are ultra sharp that I can't wait to try, note that in the jig on the right as well. Plus they are cheap! thanks for looking and for the input on the new style tie. 1 Daryk Campbell Sr reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Vishal Sikka's resignation wipes off over Rs 22,500 crore from Infosys' market cap
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Friday turned out be a dramatic day for Infosys Vishal Sikka resigned from his post of MD and CEO with immediate effect.
This was not taken well by investors. Share price of Infosys touched a four-year low of Rs 884.40 per piece – a level which was last seen on August 21, 2014.
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Hanson: Shout It Out
Thursday, 26 May 2011 Labels: Pop~ Hanson. Yep the brothers from Tulsa have grown up. In reality they have never really ever gone away as this is their 8th album. Best known for their 1997 hit MMM Bop, they certainly had an ear for a catchy pop tune and it has not deserted them in the intervening years. Shout It Out is, and I didn't think I would be saying this, a mighty fine album. It is a seriously infectious slab of pop in the mould of Barenaked Ladies and has a real feel good factor about it.
I've not exactly kept up with the boys career over the years but I was stuck by just what great musicians they are. The keyboard skills of the brothers play a big part in the enjoyment of this album and is the driving force, along with vocal interaction of the siblings. Waiting For This kicks the album off in rockin' fashion but it is Thinkin' 'Bout Somethin' that really grabs the attention. It's soulful brass stabs, funky keys and heavy percussion give it a retro summery feel that is hard to resist. The balladry of Carry You There could have been written with the likes of Westlife or Backstreet Boys in mind and shows they still have one eye on the charts. Make It Out Alive brings to mind the indie pop posturing of The New Radicals, pop music that is commercial but with an undeniable hint of cool.
And I Waited is a contender for stand out track for me with a killer chorus and some fantastic drumming. This is the type of song that Maroon 5 have built their career on. Voices In The Chorus is also a highlight with bubblegum lyrics, great brass, funky guitar and an inspired piano riff. This is seriously good quality pop music. The album closes on the song that edges it as my favourite. The epic Me Myself and I is a tender ballad of piano and vocals, which at 5min 30 is the longest track on the album yet I honestly wouldn't have minded if it was twice that length. Lyrically, musically and personally the guys have grown.
It is hard to believe that it is 14 years since they first invaded our charts and it is unlikely that they will find themselves there again anytime soon given their lack of airplay here in the UK, but that is a pity as this album shows a band who have everything needed to be massive all over again. I really like this record and there is no one more surprised about that than me.
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Marrie Stone interviews John McNally, author of The Creative Writer's Survival Guide: Advice from an Unrepentant Novelist and literary agent Ted Weinstein.
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Lapidem, quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli: a Domino factum est, et est mirabile in oculis nostris.
Psalm 118(117): 22.23
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
"Lapidem" is the second verse of the offertory "Benedictus qui venit" sung by Geert Maessen in the Amsterdam Obrechtchurch on June 17th, 2009.
Saint Gall neumes: tenth century, CH-E 121, p. 224 and CH-SGs 339, p. 113. Fluxus score: 2009, Geert Maessen, Amsterdam
Interesting to see, first, the old-style neume notation in the manuscript, and then the modern rendition of it. See "lelalilu"'s YouTube channel page for more.


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Science Club for Girls ED returns to a career in politics after a record-breaking year
March 8th, 2017
It is with a mix of sadness and gratitude that the Board of Directors announces Lonsdale Koester's departure as Executive Director of Science Club for Girls (SCFG). Ms. Koester has shepherded our organization's mission to serve girls from underrepresented communities with great skill, passion and creativity. We send with her our fondest good wishes as she returns to politics as Policy Director for the Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign of Jay Gonzalez.
Under Ms. Koester's inspiring leadership SCFG has flourished. In 2016, SCFG reached over 1200 girls in grades K-12, an increase of 24% in one year. During this same time, the number of scientists mentoring our diverse young women grew an impressive 32%. At our most recent Catalyst Awards, Ms. Koester oversaw a 20% rise in solicited donations.
Ms. Koester says: "It has been an incredible privilege to be part of SCFG's journey these last two years. We have done some amazing things together, the most important of which is always the day-in, day-out work of inspiring the next generation of diverse girls and women in STEM. I've gotten to take model rockets in my pocketbook into corporate presentations at world-class pharmaceutical R&D facilities, and to roll up my sleeves and dissect clams with 4th and 5th graders. The best days, and there have been many, have included all of the above. I'm so grateful to our board, staff, volunteers, donors, families, and the entire SCFG community for the opportunity to help push this work forward. I look forward to continuing to support this organization and its mission in every way I can as it keeps growing."
Board Chair, Uche Amaechi, remarks, "Lonsdale has been instrumental in increasing SCFG's impact and capacity for future growth. She oversaw the expansion of our offerings to serve more girls, through more programs, at more sites, in more towns, all while improving infrastructure, systems, and reporting capabilities. Lonsdale also collaborated in the growth and strengthening of our board. The Board and staff at SCFG will all miss Lonsdale and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors."
Over the next few months, SCFG will be conducting a comprehensive search to find the new permanent Executive Director. During this transition period SCFG is delighted to announce that Martha M. Walz has been appointed Interim Executive Director of SCFG. Ms. Walz's distinguished career in politics and the non-profit and corporate worlds has included serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and as Vice President of Development for Jumpstart for Young Children. As a Massachusetts State Representative, Ms. Walz represented the 8th Suffolk District for 8 years. She has a long record of advocacy for education and gender equity and we are excited to make her a part of the future of Science Club for Girls.
"Science Club for Girls has an enviable record of success, which I am honored to build upon. Thanks to the extraordinary work of SCFG's staff and volunteers, the organization is poised to serve more girls than ever before. Scientific advances profoundly change our world, so I am excited to help unleash the talent and creativity of girls who have so much to offer us," said Ms. Walz.
"I'm excited to have Marty join us as Interim Executive Director. Marty's track of achievement and impact gives me confidence that she will provide excellent support, stability and leadership to the organization as we move into our next stage of growth," says Amaechi.
About Science Club for Girls:
Science Club for Girls (SCFG) has been providing free, fun after school programs for girls in STEM for over 20 years; what began as one kindergarten club in 1994 is now serving 1,200 girls in grades K-12 annually in Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Brookline and Lawrence, led by over 200 volunteer mentor scientists. 80% of SCFG participants come from racial or socio-economic backgrounds that are underrepresented in STEM fields. SCFG's mission is to "foster excitement, confidence, and literacy in STEM for girls, particularly from underrepresented communities, by providing free, experiential programs and by maximizing meaningful interactions with women mentors in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics." For more information, please visit http://www.scienceclubforgirls.org
Terina-Jasmine Alladin, Science Club for Girls, 617-391-0361, ext. 112; firstname.lastname@example.com


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It's a fight you don't want to miss!
luvinthemommyhood is sponsoring the fight of a lifetime by pitting comfy sews against cozy knits. I think it's going to be a knock-down, drag-em-out, fight to the death!
{But probably after all that we'll all have tea together and work on our projects.}
Still you can't miss out on casting your vote for your favorite craft, so drop by Shannon's blog to throw your hat into the ring. And while you're at it, enter to win the Magpie sponsored book giveaway.
May the best craft win!


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Into the Darkness
As many of you know, my boyfriend Chris Hadsell is currently in Mozambique living at an orphanage and attending the Harvest School of Missions. About 3 months ago, Chris headed into the African bush with only a backpack but filled with expectancy. His living conditions are fair at best. No running water, rice & beans three times a day, mosquitoes, bucket showers, extreme heat, Malaria…the list goes on and on. Listening to him encounter all that Africa has to offer makes me remember fondly the three months I lived there this year. To say that Chris' experience in Mozambique has been life changing would be to sum up countless incredible encounters with two simple words that barely do it justice.
While Chris has been gone, he has begun to experience God in a whole new way. The premise behind Harvest School is to bring the students into a new knowledge of the love of God and then minister to others out of that waterfall of affection. They live in a place where miracles are a daily occurrence. Every time I hear from Chris, he is sharing a new story about someone that God healed, or an incredible salvation story. Radical does not even begin to describe this lifestyle. Chris says he feels like scales have fallen off his heart, and he is finally able to understand and receive the love that God has for him and for the world. Last week, Chris wrote an incredible blog about the revival they are experiencing there, and he urges Christians everywhere to begin to seek the Lord to do the impossible in their own communities.
I wanted to write about Chris to ask for your prayers over the next few weeks. On Saturday Chris will be leading a team of missionaries into Sud*n. They will be ministering to the Muslim villages in southern Sud*n. Sud*n is a country riddled with war, and peace hangs on the edge of a knife blade. War has raged between the north and the south and an upcoming referendum threatens to push the militant Muslim leaders in the north over the edge. The nation has been barely surviving since the devastating events in Darfur, and another war would mean the loss of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. It is to this dark place that Chris is stepping foot. He and his team are bringing the light of Peace to one of the darkest nations in the world. Their presence in Sud*n could not have come at a more appointed time. Many people are living in hopeless angst, waiting for the inevitable attacks. It is in this area that the Hope of Peace will shine brightest. Please join me in praying for Chris and his team as they embark on a journey that some would label dangerous, but Chris would call a vital necessity. Let us pray that Chris and his team radiate peace and love in the midst of devastation. And pray that the Lord protects every step that they take as they travel to carry the Gospel into the darkness.
To read more about Chris' journeys in Mozambique and Egypt, visit www.ChrisHadsell.com


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One of my all time, go to favorite romantic songs is The Little Things by Colbie Caillat. It's so mellow and, her voice? It brings out such mushiness and all those quiet lovely feelings. I have danced with myself to this song. I have hugged myself very tightly to this song. So I want to dedicate this song to my one true love. My truest love.
Because God does the littlest and most profound things for me. He knows my top favorite love languages – Acts of Service and Words of Affirmation. And he affirms me on the daily. He builds me up. He is my happy.
He says to me, when I get on the bus, "Don't sit there sweetheart, the conductor will join you on that seat so instead of 4, you'll be 5, the passenger to the left will spread his legs wide and you won't be able to move it. Sit on the far side of the left, by that window. You know how much you love fresh air"
He says to me, when I'm contemplating buying roadside shawarma and I'm looking at the meat, He says, "Please don't get that. It looks like 2 straight days of purging to Me"
He says to me on Tuesday afternoon, when there is nothing for me to do at the office. He said, "Ask your boss for tomorrow off. You haven't done anything today, your colleague is handling the matter tomorrow. If you come, you'll spend time in the office not doing anything and when you finally go home you'll be irritated and upset and you'll have to wash your beautiful shirt that no one was able to admire"
So, I asked my boss for the day off. He agreed and what do you know, my friend tells me that we have CDS two days early on the Wednesday I asked to take off (See my GOD?)
He tells me, when the feeling of depression at the state of Nigeria come, when I hear one Nigerian woman start talking bad about another, he says, read that post. It makes you happy. It makes you hopeful.
He tells me, when the feelings of worthlessness come, he says, do you know how many people love you? How many people like you? Who will be there to open the gate for your mommy at 1AM? Who will decide to make pancake when your daddy has a bad day? Who will give the dog a massage and keep trying to get him to roll over? I know you're feeling bad. But read this and the introduction to this. Remember the time you and Uche turned the camera around to take a selfie and Nedoux was asking what you were doing? (Hallmark funny! Lawl), remember that time you and Rita had a 30 minute argument, complete with voice notes about the correct way to say LOL? See how much you're loved, liked, respected. Your work here is not yet done.
He reminds me, when Nonso is being irritating, "As much as possible, live in peace with him. Read this, calm yourself. Go to your room, listen to music. Ignore him.
He reminded me, when I was sewing," Go and watch the finale of that Telemundo show. You'll never see it again and you know you can't understand more than basic Spanish"
He says, when I forget to eat, "Go and eat now, do you want to have ulcer again?" (I prayed the last one away. Yay! 🙌)
He answers me when I call on Him. He is kind. He is firm. He loves me.
The worst times I've ever had were preceded by the feelings that God had left me. That no matter how hard I searched for him, I wouldn't find him.
We talk everyday, usually more than once. It's very important for me to keep that connection alive.
And more than that, to do the Little things He loves too.
The little things, you do to me are
Taking me over, I wanna show ya
Everything inside of me
Like a nervous heart that, is crazy beating
My feet are stuck here, against the pavement
I wanna break free, I wanna make it
Closer to your eyes, get your attention
Before you pass me by
(back up, back up) take another chance,
Don't let me (mess up, mess up) I don't wanna lose you
(wake up, wake up) this ain't just a thing that you
(give up, give up) don't you say that I'd be
Better off better off, sleeping by myself and wondering
If I'm better off better off, with out you God
And every time, you notice me by
Holding me closely, and saying sweet things
I don't believe, that it could be
You speaking your mind and, saying the real thing
My feet have broke free, and I am leaving
I'm not gonna stand here, feeling lonely but
I don't regret it, and I won't think this
Was just a waste of time
Don't just leave, me, hanging on [repeat]
[Verse 1]
Don't just leave me hanging on
(back up, back up) take another chance,
Don't let me (mess up, mess up) I don't wanna lose you
(wake up, wake up) this ain't just a thing that you
(give up, give up) don't you say that I'd be
Better off, better off sitting by myself & wondering (don't just leave me hanging on)
If I'm better off, better off without you God (don't just leave me hanging on)
Don't just leave me hanging on [repeat 'til end]
Culled from azlyrics.com
Edited by Obianuju J. Ayalogu.
Whatever else you know, know that God will never leave you or forsake you. If you can't find him, start searching, retrace your steps and when you find him, hold him and tell him, "Daddy, I'm sorry I let you go, please hold my hand and never let me go" (I very strongly believe that this prayer was what stopped me from walking in front of that truck on August 15th, 2014. Because if God is holding your hands, how can you walk in front of a truck?)
Happy Easter everybody!


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|Members of Open Carry Temple on an evening stroll through Belton
Taking 'weapons of war' from civilians?
Most people had never seen or heard of an MRAP (Mine Resistant – Ambush Protected) vehicle until the cops on April 19 fanned out through the Boston suburb of Watertown following the bombing of the Marathon race on April 15.
If the revelation on Feb. 15 that the Department of Homeland Security had placed an open purchase order for 1.6 billion rounds of small arms ammo didn't get America's attention, the spectacle of Ninja-suited SWAT troopers storming peoples' homes, making them get out of their houses at gunpoint while looking for guns and a fugitive suspect bomber who killed a cop, woke up a sleeping nation – wide awake.
The massive ammo purchases and the deployment of heavily armored cars for the use of police agencies under the command of DHS has become a hot topic in the nation's business press.(click)
The massive ammo purchases and the deployment of heavily armored cars for the use of police agencies under the command of DHS has become a hot topic in the nation's business press.(click)
Of 13,000 such vehicles manufactured for the Marine Corps for service in Iraq and Afghanistan by SAIC on an International Harvesters chassis at a cost of $600,000 apiece, 2,717 are available to domestic police and state cops as well as FBI and other alphabet soup agencies. The transfer is overseen from a Marine command based at Quantico, Virginia.
The vehicles were built under a program that will ultimately cost taxpayers $45 billion for a target delivery of 27,000 MRAP's, a system that at least two defense analysts have termed a colossal waste of taxpayer money. (click)
Or is it? One wonders. Consider the fact that in IED blasts, underbody mine attacks, and small arms fire, troopers usually survive what they would not survive in a Hum-Vee – or the ubiquitous Toyota pickup truck.
The ninjas are snapping them up for their concealed gun ports, turret topped machine gun tubs, v-shaped hulls that deflect shrapnel, and heavily armored bodies and undercarriages – all of which is proven to at least mitigate IED, mine and ambush tactics.
The Pentagon claims the massive armored cars have saved 40,000 lives since they were deployed in 2007.
They are suddenly a very visible presence in the inner cities and suburbs of America at standoffs from Oakland, where the FBI deployed them in pursuit of illegal arms at known redoubts of the Black Panthers, to West, Texas, where federal investigators treated the site of a massive chemical blast and fire at a fertilizer company as a crime scene.
In terms of civil war or massive insurrection, the MRAP's will offer the homeland security forces a way to counterattack, mop up pockets of resistance, and support air-directed assaults by planes, choppers and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
C'est la guerre.
- The Legendary


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"Cresta", 4-room apartment 100 m2 on 2nd floor, south facing position. Comfortable and tasteful furnishings: living/dining room with cable TV, hi-fi system and DVD. Exit to the balcony, south facing position. 1 double bedroom with 1 bed (90 cm, length 200 cm), 1 french bed (1 x 140 cm, length 200 cm), hand-basin. 1 double bedroom with 1 double bed (2 x 90 cm, length 200 cm), shower/WC and cable TV. 1 small double bedroom with 1 pull-out bed (2 pers. 2 x 80 cm, length 200 cm). Large, open kitchen (oven, dishwasher, 4 ceramic glass hob hotplates, electric coffee machine). Shower/WC, hydro massage shower. Very beautiful view of the mountains. Facilities: washing machine. Internet (WiFi, free). Please note: non-smokers only. Matterhorn view. Pe
Large, simple small apartment house "Cresta", 5 storeys, built in 1966. In the district of Wiesti, 600 m from the centre, in a quiet, sunny position. In the house: lift, storage room for skis. Supermarket 500 m, restaurant 150 m, bakery 500 m, 15 minute walk to the centre. Mountain railway 200 m, ski bus stop 300 m. Please note: There are more similar properties for rent in this same residence. Distance from the road to the apartment: 130m. The cab cannot drop you off directly in front of the house!
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Romancing the Sea Lamprey (Love Potion Number 3KPZS)
A powerful force she couldn't name and couldn't deny drew her to this stream. With less than two weeks to live, every fiber of her sleek body responded urgently to the heady aroma carried on the current. Her graceful movements grew wilder and more certain with every inch she gained on the stream. Her small weak eyes were of little use in this, one of the last major episodes of her life, but the female sea lamprey had a very big nose and she liked the way he smelled. It wasn't luck that brought her slithering to the male lamprey's side just days before the end of her life, it was Love Potion Number 3KPZS.
Weiming Li
3KPZS (3-Keto Petromyzonol Sulfate) is a potent sex-pheromone released through the gills of male sea lamprey; it drives female lamprey to frenzied wantonness. Weiming Li, assistant professor of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University, and his research team who spearheaded the discovery of 3KPZS, believes it is the root of the romantic language of these pesky primitive fish and possibly key to their management in the Great Lakes.
With nose organs about the size of their brains and brains largely dedicated to processing olfactory information, Li made a compelling point when he said, "Sea lamprey are very nosy animals," during two well-received talks hosted by Minnesota Sea Grant in Duluth and Grand Marais, MN.
Listeners learned that adult sea lamprey in love don't follow their hearts, they follow their noses. These aquatic vampires rely on their super-sized snoots and keen senses of smell to find mates and food. And when it comes to eating, its their mouths that cause us the most problems. Li stated that lamprey have big mouths and "good taste, eating the medium to large lake trout and salmon that people want. One sea lamprey can kill about 45 to 50 pounds of fish within 20 months," Li said.
Li was inspired to study the sex pheromones of lamprey because, among other reasons, he thought they could be used to effectively control these Great Lakes pests and reduce the need for lampricide applications in Great Lakes streams. He specifically chose male pheromones because they elicited a more robust response; in early trials he found that ovulated females searched for spermeating males about 80 percent of the time but that spermeating males didn't actively seek females. This notable deviation from mammalian norms can be explained; males arrive in streams first, build nests, and launch a passive aromatic pursuit.
"Adult lamprey in large waterbodies are unavailable for us to control," said Li. "Its the time they are in streams that they become available."
This happens twice in a lamprey's lifetime: while they are growing in the stream bed for three to 17 years, (which is really not a fun life according to Li); and when they return to spawn. After about a year and a half of "fun" cruising around the lake "having buffets when they want to," they have approximately one month in which to find a suitable stream, find each other, and reproduce.
Li believes the sex pheromones function to bring the lamprey together, and is thus a weakness that can be exploited. "If you stop them here, you stop the whole life cycle and we might be able to manage lampreys more efficiently," said Li.
Earlier studies led by Sea Grant researcher Peter Sorensen at the University of Minnesota, produced evidence that larval lamprey release a pheromone that attracts adult lamprey to spawning streams. Male lampreys arrive in these streams about a week before the females and complete their sexual maturity. When they are ready to spawn, they release the seductive "come-hither" pheromone.
Li's investigations involved controlled "outdoor maze" experiments, stream trials, countless hours of laboratory work, and extensive teamwork. In the outdoor maze, Li and his collaborators found that mature females were ambivalent towards non-spermeating males but most eager to meet spermeating males. Wanting to be certain that it wasn't good looks that drove females to distraction, they pumped the water from a hidden tank containing a spermeating male through the maze and recorded an equally frisky response.
A lamprey awaits odor tests in a special tank designed to determine which end of the lamprey releases sex pheromones. Image courtesy of Weiming Li.
Once it was clear that there was some water-borne pheromone released by spermeating males that female lamprey responded to, the questions became where did the chemical originate and what did it look like. After making a combination lamprey belt/clamp (which is tricky on an animal with no waist) and subduing a slippery victim, the researchers found that the sex-pheromone emanated from the head region of a male lamprey's body. Further inquiry lead to a discovery so unusual that it warranted space in the prestigious journal, Science* the pheromone was produced in the lamprey's liver.
Three years of fastidious and tedious laboratory work revealed that the compound, 3-Keto Petromyzonol Sulfate (3KPZS) is the major component of the male lamprey's sex pheromone.
Then the researchers took their questions to the stream. In this more natural setting, they found that 70 percent of the radio-tagged females purposefully traveled 70 meters upstream to find spermeating males. The average time it took the females to close in on the smell was 20-25 minutes, but one particularly lusty gal lamprey traversed the distance in less than five.
The next piece of Li's puzzle is how 3KPZS can be applied to the population management of lamprey and how his research can serve as an animal model for studies of humans' ability to smell.
"There are several directions that our results could go," said Li. "One is to make sterile males more attractive. If we could produce a 'macho male' that releases more pheromones, he might be able to attract more females and disable their reproductive capacity. A second option would be to drip the synthetic hormone into streams to catch females, which would require approval from the EPA."
If you are interested in seeing a video of Li's presentation, "Romancing the Sea Lamprey," visit the speaker series web page. His talks were part of the "Superior Science for You!" speaker series made possible with a grant funded under the Coastal Zone Management Act by NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management in conjunction with Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program.
The speaker series runs through June 2003. See the schedule at the speaker series web page.
* Weiming Li, Alexander P. Scott, Michael J. Siefkes, Honggao Yan, Qin Liu, Sang-Seon Yun, and Douglas A. Gage, 2002. Bile Acid Secreted by Male Sea Lamprey That Acts as a Sex Pheromone, Science 296: 138-141.
By Sharon Moen
March 2003


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New 2018 Highland Ridge RV Highlander HT31RGR
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