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Enabling environment needed to upscale world's renewable energy projects
Posted on 25 June 2013
Challenges in scaling up implementation of renewable energy must be addressed if the target of 100% sustainable renewables by 2050¹ is to be achieved, according to a new WWF report.Gland, Switzerland: Challenges in scaling up implementation of renewable energy must be addressed if the target of 100% sustainable renewables by 2050¹ is to be achieved, according to a new WWF report.
In the report, Meeting Renewable Energy Targets: Global Lessons From The Road To Implementation, challenges inhibiting scaling up implementation in seven countries - China, India, Germany, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa and Spain - are identified.
The report highlights key findings and understanding of what factors are required in order to reach renewable energy targets at the national level based on lessons learned from experience in renewable energy policy from the seven countries.
WWF Global Climate & Energy Initiative leader Samantha Smith says while setting targets represents a clear commitment to renewable energy, simply setting these targets is not enough. "The real job is to create an enabling environment, including money, ensuring access for the poor, infrastructure and capacity building. This is what will ensure these targets are achieved," she says.
The report shows the challenges to be:
• Balancing policy flexibility and stability
• Implementing policies that promote cost competitiveness.
• Identifying appropriate funding and investment security frameworks
• Transparency and accountability of decisions
• Achieving wide-scale political and social acceptance
• Mapping institutional and stakeholders discrepancies and diverging interests
• Overcoming infrastructural lock-in to conventional energy sources
• Policy reliability with long-term planning
• Sufficient human capacity building
"Financing is a particularly significant challenge and the WWF's global campaign Seize Your Power! launched earlier this month urges governments and financial institutions worldwide to increase investment in renewable energy," says Smith.
WWF Director for Global Energy Policy Dr Stephan Singer says scaling up the implementation of renewable energy is possible "if countries avoid the mistakes and learn from successes" of countries which have pioneered implementation.
"Today, 138 countries worldwide have introduced renewable energy targets, mostly to be met by 2020. But renewable energy targets, important as they are, function only as icing on the cake," Dr Singer said.
"Local and national participation by stakeholders, sound national technology assessments, schemes to provide affordable and clean energy to the poor, financing the needed cost of capital and infrastructure, grid integration, monitoring success and bottlenecks as well as a good compliance system are all crucial parts of a sound implementation plan to make renewables the key energy supply source in the few decades ahead," he added.
"Case studies in the report show that in order for renewable energy targets to be implemented successfully, it is not only a question of financing and technology but of good governance. It's about ensuring transparency and public participation in energy planning, effective policy design and investments in human know-how and capacity," says Athena Ballesteros, Project Manager of International Financial Flows and Environment Project of the World Resources Institute (WRI).
The WRI collaborated with the WWF to compile the report.
The report provides clear evidence of what factors are required in order to reach renewable energy targets at the national level. "If addressed appropriately and consistently, these barriers can become opportunities for creating fundamental and solid conditions for successful RE implementation," says Dr Singer.
Notes to editors:
1. A previous WWF report, The Energy Report, calls for 100% renewable energy by 2050 as the only viable energy option to meet the plethora of challenges from combating climate change effectively, hedging against risks of volatile and costly fossil fuel imports particularly for poor nations, addressing air pollution health and contributing to sustainable energy services for the poor.
2. Read the report online here: www.panda.org/energytargets
For more information please contact:
Mandy Jean Woods, Head Communications and Campaigns, WWF International GCEI, firstname.lastname@example.com / +27 82 553 4211 @MandyJeanWoods
Samantha Smith, Leader GCEI, email@example.com / @pandaclimate
Dr Stephan Singer, WWF Director for Global Energy Policy, email@example.com
About WWF
WWF is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organisations, with over 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
The Global Climate & Energy Initiative (GCEI) is WWF's global programme addressing climate change, promoting renewable and sustainable energy, scaling up green finance, engaging the private sector and working nationally and internationally on implementing low carbon, climate resilient development.
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Japanese TV behind the scenes
Lots of fun shots including how to light stuff on location for good photo/video,Ā more stuff about my new kitchen, some advice about dealing with TV people and more.
FXcuisine on Japanese TV
A TV crew from Tokyo Broadcasting System, one of the largest TV channels in Japan, came to film me for 4 days for George Tokoro's World Delivery, a Sunday afternoon world food show.
String-Roasted Leg of Lamb (VIDEO)
How to roast a leg of lamb using only a piece of string. Watch me do it at the St-Luc mills in Switzerland.
Swiss Apple Roesti (Video)
Make an extraordinary dessert in no time using stale bread an apple. A timeless classic from the Swiss Alps.
Montgomery's Cheddar
My Christmas article will show you how the best cheddar since King Arthur is made in Somerset, including a 4 minutes video.
Foie Gras Terrine (Video)
Learn how to make a foie gras terrine from scratch in only 12 minutes.
My First Video
For my first video I show you how to bake a simple but original and highly colorful cake using French almonds with a long pedigree: praslines.
Swiss Sugar Factory
My visit of the largest sugar factory in Switzerland. Walk in as a beet and exit as a thousand sugar cubes - a life-changing experience.
Saint Martin Fair
My visit to a 500-year-old country fair held once a year in Vevey, Switzerland.
Eataly - Slow Food Superstore
My day at Eataly, the biggest slow food grocery store in the world, just outside Torino, Italy.
A night at the Liboson
A memorable fondue in an over-the-top dungeon chalet straight out of a Hammer film. Our host, Paul du Marchie, has been building an architectural fantasy in the middle of the woods for the last 50 years. Dont' miss my eight 360░ panoramas!
Hard Core Swiss Vacherin Cheese
Follow me as I wake up in the wee hours of the morning to see Swiss armailli make a unique cheese in a small chalet up the Gruyere Alps.
Swiss Federal Fast Soup
Every year my uncle Harvey summons the family around a converted wash boiler where he cooks the most delicious soup. The occasion is Swiss Federal Fast Day, a national holiday in Switzerland. See how we cook 20 gallons of soup from start to finish.
The Battle of the Knoedel
The story of a German secret weapon transformed into a delicious dish by the Italians.
The Weekend Tandoorist
Fun with the tandoor on a rainy Sunday.
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Hearts exploded with giddy appreciation for Nintendo this week as the gamemaker announced it would be partnering with publisher Xseed Games to bring fantasy Wii role-playing game The Last Story to U.S. shores this summer. Nintendo has traditionally treated its RPG properties like adolescent children, keeping them inside as long as it can, so this is surprising (and fantastic) news for North American JRPG junkies, especially after the company spent most of last year ignoring us.
So here's what we know about The Last Story. Directed by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and scored by legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu, it's the type of grandiose adventure that the Wii has sorely lacked in recent years, a game that fans have spent a lot of time advocating. But how does it play?
To help answer that question, I enlisted Japan-based Kotaku writer Richard Eisenbeis, a man who has played through The Last Story multiple times both in Japanese and English.
"I would say that The Last Story is the best JRPG I have played in a good ten years," Eisenbeis told me in an e-mail. "It takes combat in a direction that's neither massively multiplayer online game-based (i.e. Final Fantasy XII or Xenoblade) nor traditionally turn-based and comes up with something unique, fast paced and exciting."
You'll have to protect this city almost as well as Nintendo protects the rights to Mother 3.
There are no turns in The Last Story. Battles are frenetic and fast-paced, Eisenbeis says, filled with important decisions and little quirks, like a first-person viewpoint that you can use to interrupt enemy spellcasters or afflict monsters with debilitating statuses.
But outside of combat, Eisenbeis says what's really appealing about The Last Story is, fittingly, its story. Where other JRPGs might task you with saving the world or rescuing princesses, The Last Story puts you in charge of saving a single city. You'll visit that city quite a few times among your adventures and dungeon-crawls, and Eisenbeis says you'll grow to love the characters that inhabit it — to the point where you'll develop a legitimate desire to save them. Which is good, because to finish the game, you'll have to protect this city almost as well as Nintendo protects the rights to Mother 3.
It's not that the narrative is cliché-free, Eisenbeis says: after all, you'll be escaping prisons, fighting your way through haunted pirate ships, and romping through sewers just like in every other Japanese role-playing game ever. But by focusing on one small kingdom, The Last Story makes things unequivocally personal.
Eisenbeis isn't the only one enamored of this game. Early reviews for the European version of The Last Story, which is out today in PAL territories, have been quite positive.
"The storybook ambiance, strong characters and interesting battle system make this relatively short adventure one that's worth following to its conclusion," writes Simon Parkin over at British newspaper The Guardian.
This is a game worth putting on your radar — and it's certainly a game I'll be paying close attention to over the next few months.
This Week in JRPG News
* Classic strategy role-playing game Final Fantasy Tactics is now available on your iPad for the ridiculous price of $18. It's a lovely game, but I can't see many fans loving that price point.
* The dungeon-crawling Etrian Odyssey series is getting a new sequel on Nintendo 3DS. And there's an airship!
* Persona 4 Arena, a fighting game based on critically acclaimed RPG Persona 4, will bash the U.S. this summer.
* Square Enix has opened up an official site for Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI, an album featuring orchestrated music from all three games. Might want to get your import stick ready.
* Lucky Japanese iTunes users can now buy an iPhone port of the original Shin Megami Tensei. Siliconera reports that it's the Game Boy Advance version from 2003.
What To Play This Weekend
Something new: Tales of the Abyss 3D, which I've been consuming in twenty-minute bursts on the subway while commuting to and from work. The button-mashing battles don't do much for me, but the characters are (sometimes) appealing and the story seems delightfully twisty.
Something old: While we're waiting on The Last Story, why not check out Sakaguchi's last game, Lost Odyssey? Though its voice acting can be a little harsh on the ears, it's worth checking out for its dream sequences, which are basically short stories that help supplement the main narrative. They're poignant and touching.
Your Questions Answered
Thanks to all of you fine readers who sent in questions for this week's column. The number of responses was absolutely overwhelming, and though I can only pick a few to tackle each week, rest assured that I'll be reading them all. Don't fret if you didn't make it this week: check back every Friday and who knows when you might be pleasantly surprised?
Reader Sandrockcstm writes:
A lot of people think that JRPGs are a dying breed. These people usually cite such concerns as JRPGs being "too stale," or "too formulaic." The question this raises for me is, "Isn't that true of every established genre on the market?" First-person shooters rely on a formula, as do strategy games, and platformers relied on formulas long before this console generation. That's kind of what makes them genres (they follow similar patterns of gameplay). What's so wrong with following a formula, especially if it works?
First of all, I think the people who say JRPGs are too stale or too formulaic are people who haven't actually played any modern JRPGs. Outside of the Dragon Quest series, I can't think of many recent role-playing games from Japan that do follow that turn-based, fight/magic/item, town/dungeon/town/dungeon formula.
Regardless, I definitely don't think there's anything wrong with using certain tropes to make your game stronger. One of the reasons we flock to JRPGs is because of the familiarity in guiding a hero through an adventure, often against near-insurmountable odds. It can be soothing, like a warm cup of tea or the click of a Lego figure's hands. As long as the game is presented in a unique fashion, with some sort of twist or subversion or mechanic that makes it stand out among its peers in some way, there ain't nothin' wrong with a formula or ten.
Reader Nery Avila writes:
My immediate thought when I meet a fellow RPG nerd is: What game got you started? It's always a treat to discuss your beginnings. My first memories were of renting Earthbound and Final Fantasy III for Super Nintendo at Blockbuster, always hoping the next time I rented it my save file would still be there. Who knew those two amazing games would make me a lifelong (RPG) gamer? What was yours?
Earthbound and Final Fantasy III (or, as it's more commonly known now, Final Fantasy VI) are certainly excellent choices. My first RPG, appropriately enough, was an NES gem named Final Fantasy. The game feels clunky as hell now, but I have many happy memories of starting up a quest, fighting my way through monsters and bosses to get to the Marsh Cave, and... dying. Dying and dying and dying and dying. But for some reason I liked it. I must've been a fucked-up kid.
Reader Ryan Bunting writes:
My question pertains to Final Fantasy games specifically. When and why did Square Enix decide to make their flagship series so god-damned serious? What happened to the playful and comedic parts? Take a look at Final Fantasy VI's main antagonist - Kefka was a psycho and a sociopath. His own misanthropy made for some rather dark-comedic quips throughout the game, as well as the lightheartedness of Locke's constant assurance that he's not a thief, but a "Treasure Hunter." The many little parts of the game with some funny lines and events added a good break between the conflict and sadder moments in the game... So why did Final Fantasy decide to be gone with the comedic, and often cute side-commentary and events in favor of super linear overly-cinematic-bordering-on-MGS4-type-nonsense school of thought?
Good question! Perhaps the biggest problem in Final Fantasy XIII — a game I did not enjoy very much — was that it just took itself way too seriously. Sure, the game had a few funny little moments and quirky character traits (like main character Sazh's afro, which also served as home to a little chocobo), but for the most part, it was nothing but melodrama after melodrama. Final Fantasy XIII-2 felt similarly.
On the flip side, today's high-definition graphics and oft-whiny voice acting might not do a very good job of conveying the humor found in series entries like Final Fantasy VI. Would we still love Locke if he had somebody else's voice? Would Kefka still be as entertaining if we had to suffer through some awkward voice actor reading us lines like "son of a submariner"?
I'll leave this one up to you guys. What do you think? Has Final Fantasy been too serious lately?
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People infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have a harder time than healthy individuals recognizing fear in the faces of others.
This trouble with emotional recognition may reveal subtle cognitive deficits caused by the disease, researchers wrote today (Feb. 26) in the open-access journal BMC Psychology. Previous studies have found that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is linked with abnormalities in the frontostriatal region of the brain, communications corridors that link the frontal lobes to deeper brain structures.
"Frontostriatal structures are involved in facial emotion recognition, so we expected that HIV-positive subjects were impaired in facial emotion recognition tasks," said study researcher Eleonora Baldonero of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.
HIV and the brain
Baldonero and her colleagues recruited 49 HIV-positive adults from a clinic, making sure that none of the volunteers had a history of psychiatric or neurological disorders. HIV itself can affect the brain, Baldonero told LiveScience, but better drug therapies have made neurological problems less of an issue. Nevertheless, the team wanted to find out if there were any subtle deficits in the brains of patients. [ The 10 Most Stigmatized Health Disorders ]
For comparison, the researchers also recruited 20 healthy adults chosen to be similar to the 49 HIV patients in age, gender and education. Both groups underwent a battery of neurological tests, including a facial emotion recognition task. In this test, patients saw male and female faces displaying disgust, anger, fear, happiness, surprise and sadness and had to match the name of the emotion to the face.
Fear and HIV
The HIV-positive patients were less accurate at identifying fear compared with the healthy adults, the researchers found. Even patients without any other signs of cognitive struggles on the other neurological tests performed worse than healthy people at telling when a face was fearful.
Fear might provide a particular challenge, because other research has shown it to be the most difficult emotion to recognize, Baldonero said. It's also possible that HIV affects specific brain regions that are more important for processing fear than other emotions.
The researchers did find that trouble recognizing fear went hand-in-hand with another high-level task, a word memory test.
"The two abilities (emotion and cognitive) may be subject to the integrity of the same brain areas," Baldonero wrote in an email to LiveScience. "It would be useful to explore this issue in future studies."
If facial emotion recognition does prove to be an issue among HIV patients, trouble with emotion recognition tasks could be used as an early warning of neurological problems, Baldonero said.
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NEW YORK (AP/The Blaze) -- The computer brained its human competition in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine competition on "Jeopardy!"
On the 30-question game board, veteran "Jeopardy!" champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter managed only five correct responses between them during the Double Jeopardy round that aired Tuesday. They ended the first game of the two-game face-off with paltry earnings of $4,800 and $10,400 respectively.
Watson, their IBM supercomputer nemesis, emerged from the Final Jeopardy round with $35,734.
Tuesday's competition began with Jennings (who has the longest "Jeopardy!" winning streak at 74 games) making the first choice. But Watson jumped in with the correct response: What is leprosy?
He followed that with bang-on responses Franz Liszt, dengue fever, violin, Rachmaninoff and albinism, then landed on a Daily Double in the "Cambridge" category.
"I'll wager $6,435," Watson (named for IBM founder Thomas J. Watson) said in his pleasant electronic voice.
"I won't ask," said host Alex Trebek, wondering with everybody else where that figure came from.
But Watson knew what he was doing. Sir Christopher Wren was the correct response, and Watson's total vaulted to $21,035 as the humans stood by helplessly.
Watson blew his next response. But so did both his opponents. He guessed Picasso. Jennings guessed Cubism. Rutter guessed Impressionism. (Correct question: What is modern art?)
Back to Watson, who soon hit the game's second Daily Double. But even when he was only 32 percent sure (you could see his precise level of certainty displayed on the screen), Watson correctly guessed Baghdad as the city from whose national museum the ancient Lion of Nimrud ivory relief went missing (along with "a lot of other stuff") in 2003. Watson added $1,246 to his stash.
He even correctly identified the Church Lady character from "Saturday Night Live."
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One answer stumped everyone: "A Titian portrait of this Spanish king was stolen at gunpoint from an Argentine museum in 1987." (Correct response: Philip.) Jennings shook his head. Rutter wrenched his face. Watson, as usual, seemed unfazed.
Even when he bungled Final Jeopardy, Watson (with his 10 offstage racks of computer servers) remained poised.
The answer: "Its largest airport is named for a World War II hero; its second largest, for a World War II battle."
Both Jennings and Rutter knew the right response was Chicago.
Watson guessed doubtfully, "What is Toronto?????" It didn't matter. He had shrewdly wagered only $947.
The trio will return on Wednesday, when their second game is aired. The overall winner will collect $1 million.
The bouts were taped at the IBM research center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., last month.


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CARSON CITY, Nev. — The final treasures of a quiet man who collected a fortune in gold coins will be auctioned off Tuesday in Nevada.
The body of Walter Samaszko Jr. was found in his Carson City home in June 2012. After his death, a cleaning crew hired to tidy his modest, ranch style home where he had lived for four decades came upon a stunning discovery — boxes and boxes full of gold coins and bullion collected over an unassuming lifetime. It was enough to fill two wheelbarrows.
One batch, mostly bullion, was sold at auction in February for $3.5 million. Tuesday's auction at the Carson City courthouse includes more than 2,600 coins to be sold in six lots.
"These are the rated coins; the collector types," said Alan Glover, Carson City Clerk-Recorder who is charge of handling Samaszko's estate, on Monday. "It's a little more complicated on the pricing that it is on the bullion."
He estimated the value of the collection at $3 million, though the final tally will depend on the condition of the coins as assessed by bidders.
The fortune, after taxes, will go to Samaszko's only surviving cousin, Arlene Magdanz of San Rafael, Calif.
A substitute teacher, Magdanz has shunned media attention and not spoken publicly about her new-found riches. Officials were able to track her down using a funeral bulletin at Samaszko's home that led to his father's service in Chicago in the early 1960s. Newspaper clippings listed survivors.
Glover said he's never met Magdanz, a substitute teacher, but has talked with her by phone.
"She was just overwhelmed by all the publicity," Glover said.
The first lot set for auction is silver coins. Lot 2 contains more than 300 $10 U.S. gold pieces. The remaining four lots are comprised of $20 U.S. gold pieces, including more than 1,200 Saint Gaudens gold coins.
Glover said he expects five bidders, the same who participated in the earlier auction, to be on hand Tuesday.
"These guys are going to pay a lot of attention to these," he said.
Each has received digital images, front and back, of every coin to be sold, Glover said, adding the images can be blown up for experts to look for scratches or flaws that could affect their value. Bidders have been given set times, starting at 9 a.m., to view the collection in person and in private.
Bidding begins at 1:30 p.m.
Glover said his office is awaiting final accountings from the Internal Revenue Service on how much is owed in taxes.
"After this sale, then we'll just sit on the money until we can find out what we owe them," he said.
"Then we'll settle up."


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Story and photos by Sergio Ruiz of SPUR, where this post originally appeared.
Planners generally view sidewalks as a way for people, or pedestrians, to get around from one place to another, but sidewalks also provide a vital economic function. Not only is there strong evidence that walkable neighborhoods increase property values and bring more customer traffic to commercial districts, but, in fact, much economy activity occurs on public sidewalks. Throughout the Bay Area, it's not hard to find examples of the sidewalk economy, especially with the recent surge of food trucks and pop-up businesses throughout the city.
Flower vendors have been part of San Francisco for generations and are regulated by the city to operate on public sidewalks. Flower stands, like this one in the Financial District, are a feast for the eyes — and the nose.
This café in downtown Oakland makes use of the sidewalk so people can enjoy the weather and watch passers by.
Street musicians are all over San Francisco, from subway stations to commercial districts. They come from a variety of economic backgrounds to share their sounds with people walking by. This string duo at Geary and Powell had to compete with percussive rhythms coming from the opposite corner.
Stockton Street in San Francisco's Chinatown is lined with produce markets spilling out from the storefronts, serving the local community. Stacks of cardboard boxes help buffer the shoppers from vehicular traffic.
Tables like this one displaying kitschy apparel and souvenirs are common in tourist districts like Union Square or Market Street. This vendor, selling beanies that resemble Angry Birds, takes advantage of the light foot traffic to read his newspaper.
A vendor on Folsom and 24th Street in the Mission makes use of street trees to display colorful scarves.
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Law of Moses
The name assigned to the whole collection of written laws given through Moses to the house of Israel, as a replacement of the higher law that they had failed to obey. The law of Moses consisted of many ceremonies, rituals, and symbols, to remind the people frequently of their duties and responsibilities. It included a law of carnal commandments and performances, added to the basic laws of the gospel. Faith, repentance, baptism in water, and remission of sins were part of the law, as were also the Ten Commandments. Although inferior to the fulness of the gospel, there were many provisions in the law of Moses of high ethical and moral value that were equal to the divine laws of any dispensation. The law of carnal commandments and much of the ceremonial law were fulfilled at the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The law functioned under the Aaronic Priesthood and was a preparatory gospel to bring its adherents to Christ. See JST Ex. 34:1–2 (Appendix); Rom. 3:20; Gal. 3:19, 24; Eph. 2:14–16; Heb. 7:11, 18–19; 9:7–14; 2 Ne. 25:24–30; Mosiah 12:27–13:32; 3 Ne. 9:17; 15:1–8; D&C 84:23–27.
One of the major questions the early Church in Palestine had to decide was about the obligation of Christians to the ceremonial law of Moses. The matter was partially solved by the conference held in Jerusalem, as recorded in Acts 15 and Gal. 2. The Jewish Christians in particular had difficulty giving up the ritual of the law of Moses. The Nephites, on the other hand, seemed to have had much less of a problem doing so (see 3 Ne. 15:1–5).
The law as given through Moses was a good law, although adapted to a lower spiritual capacity than is required for obedience to the gospel in its fulness. However, the Jewish leaders had added many unauthorized provisions, ceremonies, and prohibitions to the original law, until it became extremely burdensome. These innovations were known as the "traditions of the elders." By New Testament times among the Jews the law had become so altered it had lost much of its spiritual meaning. It is this form of the law that is so harshly spoken against by Jesus and by Paul (see Matt. 15:1–9; Mark 7:1–13; Gal. 2:16–21). There is no evidence that the law of Moses had become as altered among the Nephites as among the Jews, and this may partially explain why the Nephites had less trouble in giving it up when the Savior came. See also Aaronic Priesthood; Commandments, the Ten; John the Baptist.


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Ava Thursday: Don't Be a Scaredy Cat
The third and last book that Ava drew for her classmates (see Love Is Embarrassing and Crafts) is "Don't Be a Scaredy Cat," a fun little book for her good friend, Evette. Evette and Ava have struck up a great friendship recently and have bonded pretty tight, playing together after school.
So, just in time for Halloween, here's Ava's little book about two girls who encounter a monster while walking....
"Once upon a time, there was a scaredy cat."
I absolutely love that monster and the screaming girl.
"The scaredy cat was so scared that she screamed."
More great faces here with the girl's tightly shut eyes, arms flailing, mouth screaming. And check out the monster swooping down to get her.
"Then the scaredy cat found another girl."
Uh oh. Looks like the monster is in trouble and he knows it.
"Then the girls turned over and they saw a monster."
Very nice composition here with the girls looking up at the now scared monster.
"But the girls weren't scared."
Ava tells me that the girls are crossing their arms with a "humph!" as they realize that monsters aren't scary. That's a priceless look on the deflated monster, isn't it?
"To Evette, from Ava. The end."
Have a Happy Halloween, all you scaredy cats!
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i just love the expressions on ava's characters! she is a very very tallented girl, but you already know that.ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing and happy halloween to the family!
Love the attitude on those simple faces! And what an excellent lesson, too. Monsters aren't scary!ReplyDelete
That second-last page is priceless. :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2006 7:34 PM
so beautiful and true. with people who love you , with people you love, life isn't so scary. love is more powerful than monsters. you can face the monsters togehter. what a bright girl, and how adorable are those drawings!!! i wish you would sell this as a book. i would buy a copy!ReplyDelete
The design of the monster is MONEY! Great character design... she is getting some great expression in the poses and facial features of her characters.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2006 4:40 AM
How adorable.ReplyDelete
And it goes to show that your talented Ava is indeed not a scaredy cat at all. I love how children just go and do whatever they feel like doing, without the hesitation and doubts we adults sometimes fall prey to.
How awesome is it that she just thought, well, I'll write a picture book today...and then DID it.
I've seen this with my niece, who is only fourteen months old -- but how they just go for it, not even thinking about whether or not they can, is so beautiful to me.
I am loving this book. The monster's gradually deflating expressions are priceless.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 30, 2006 6:58 PM
kids are so wonderful. thank you for sharing your daughter's books. they have brightened my day.ReplyDelete
Absolutely incredible! A natural cartoonist.ReplyDelete
As a mother of two nearly-grown sons and a longtime classroom volunteer, (still volunteering for a primary-grade teacher,) I have seen plenty of kids' drawings. I can't recall any who could match Ava's ability to capture facial expressions and body language so succinctly and so consistently.ReplyDelete
I also like how she's clearly not hesitant to use her "best guess spelling," enabling her to easily put her brilliant thoughts into writing. This child is definitely gifted and no doubt heading for an illustrious future!
that's a really beautiful life lesson ya know...ReplyDelete
about looking fears in the face with a friend, and seeing them as not so scary anymore...
kids just have it so right...


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Founded in 1883, YMCAs collectively make up the largest nonprofit community service organization in America. YMCAs are at the heart of community life in neighborhoods and towns across the nation. They work to meet the health and social service needs of 16.9 million men, women and children.
Ys help people develop values and behavior that are consistent with Christian principles. Ys are for people of all faiths, races, abilities, ages and incomes. No one is turned away for inability to pay. YMCAs' strength is in the people they bring together.
In the average Y, a volunteer board sets policy for its executive, who manages the operation with full-time and part-time staff and volunteer leaders. Ys meet local community needs through organized activities called programs. In its own way, every Y nurtures the healthy development of children and teens; strengthens families; and makes its community a healthier, safer, better place to live.
YMCA programs are tools for building the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Longtime leaders in community-based health and fitness and aquatics, Ys teach kids to swim, offer exercise classes for people with disabilities and lead adult aerobics. They also offer hundreds of other programs in response to community needs, including camping, child care (the Y movement is the nation's largest not-for-profit provider), teen clubs, environmental programs, substance abuse prevention, youth sports, family nights, job training, international exchange and many more.
Organization: Each YMCA is a charitable nonprofit, qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code. Each is independent. YMCAs are required by the national constitution to pay annual dues, to refrain from discrimination and to support the YMCA mission. All other decisions are local choices, including programs offered, staffing and style of operation. The national office, called the YMCA of the USA, is in Chicago, with Field offices in California, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and Texas. It is staffed by 241 employees. Its purpose is to serve member associations.
International: YMCAs are at work in more than 120 countries around the world, serving more than 30 million people. Some 230 local US Ys maintain more than 370 relationships with Ys in other countries, operate international programs and contribute to YMCA work worldwide through the YMCA World Service campaign. Like other national YMCA movements, the YMCA of the USA is a member of the World Alliance of YMCAs, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
History: The YMCA was founded in London, England, in 1844 by George Williams and about a dozen friends who lived and worked as clerks in a drapery a forerunner of dry-goods and department stores. Their goal was to help young men like themselves find God. The first members were evangelical Protestants who prayed and studied the Bible as an alternative to vice. The Y movement has always been nonsectarian and today accepts those of all faiths at all levels of the organization, despite its unchanging name, the Young Men's Christian Association.
The first U.S. YMCA started in Boston in 1851, the work of Thomas Sullivan, a retired sea captain who was a lay missionary. Ys spread fast and soon were serving boys and older men as well as young men. Although 5,145 women worked in YMCA military canteens in World War I, it wasn't until after World War II that women and girls were admitted to full membership and participation in the US YMCAs. Today half of all YMCA members and program members are female, and half are under age 18.
The YMCA serves all people, regardless of their ability to pay, with programs that develop the spirit, mind, and body. YMCA provides traditional daycare, an after school enrichment program, and day camp activities. YMCA also offers programs designed to develop the spirit, mind and body through cardiovascular and muscular activity.
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- What it was like to cover Derek Jeter – Maybe you're sick of me pumping this guy's story – Jeter that is. And maybe you can't wholly empathize with me that his retirement – as well as Paul Konerko's who is from my home state and played for the most storied HS program in the State that my HS team may or may not have beaten 14-2 in the 2002 state Semi-Finals – is the end of an era. I really don't see a changing of the guard. This was baseball's last link to what it once was. When it swept me up. And maybe you, too. I'm about to enjoy the hell out of the baseball playoffs. October is great. But this Jeter stuff struck a chord and recounting the "class act" we all lauded him to be (gift baskets aside), well, it just adds to the legend. I wrote it somewhere once that sometimes greatness can be just showing up. Jeter always showed up.
- How to always win at rock, paper, scissors – Beyond being an interesting story, this highlighted for me different ways to approach competition or even a problem. You don't just win one way. This reminded me of a previously #34b link about the More Than One Way to Skin the Efficiency Cat. So I beg you: Think critically. And at the same time I suggest you just go for it. Sometimes greatness is just showing up.
- When is it OK for a coach to yell? – Honestly, the article doesn't really answer the question. Read to get your own takeaways but yelling I can tell you this: Yelling is something you can't fake. The scariest 'conversations' I ever had with coaches were when they were quiet and deliberate. We usually had to run a lot after those ones. We had to run a lot after the loud ones but those sometimes felt more like, "This again? What'd we do now?"
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Jen-Luc Piquant noticed a couple of news items this week on the latest research into the physics of so-called flying snakes. It just so happens I wrote about this back in 2010, prior to joining Scientific American's blog network, so it's worth reviving parts of that original post here, along with the new work. You know, for context. And also because flying snakes are fricking awesome, as well as aerodynamically illuminating. So here goes!
Indiana Jones might be a swashbuckling, thrill-seeking archaeologist who once loftily claimed "I'm a scientist. Nothing shocks me." But there's one thing famously guaranteed to freak him out: snakes. Yes, Indiana Jones is an ophidiophobe (ophidiaphobia = fear of snakes). This was established in the opening frames of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when he meets his pilot's pet, "Reggie," and used to comic effect later on, when he and his loyal guide finally locate the Ark's secret hiding place, only to look down into the dark and see the floor, well, moving. "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" Indy moans. His friend isn't exactly helpful: "Asps. Very dangerous. You go first."
So just imagine how Indy would react to Chrysopelea paradisi, a tree-dwelling snake commonly found in Southeast and South Asia, with a penchant for flinging itself off its lofty perch in the trees, flattening its body, and gliding to the ground, or another tree -- or YOUR HEAD! That's right: these snakes can fly, and not because they've invaded a passenger jet with the aim of freaking out Samuel L. Jackson. (We are all fed up with those snakes on a mother-f%$#-in' plane, amiright?) They use this ability to get to a new location faster, to hunt for prey (!), and sometimes as a defense mechanism. File under the "Damn, Nature, You Freaky" category. This one will give Indy and his fellow ophidiophobes a few nightmares.
But this genus of flying snake fascinates scientists like Jake Socha, currently a self-described "organismal biomechanist" at Virginia Tech. He's been studying these creatures for nearly 20 years now, and finds the biomechanics of their unusual ability quite complex.
As Socha told the Guardian, naturalists first noted snakes flying through the air in the late 1800s, "where some British scientist in southeast Asia happens to see one go through his tea garden." Yet for some reason, nobody bothered to investigate exactly how the snakes managed the feat, despite a vigorous research effort into bird flight, for example. Socha decided to fill in that gap.
Socha published his initial findings in Nature back in 2002, when he was at the University of Chicago, outlining the basic aerodynamics. Prior to launch, the snake pushes its ridge scales against the rough surface of a tree trunk to make its way up to the branch of choice. Then it hangs off the end, and the angle of its inclination plays a role in determining its flight path. Then it contracts its body into an upward thrusting motion to launch itself into the air, and uses its body to create a kind of "pseudo-wing" for maximum gliding distance.
Specifically, the snake sucks in its stomach and can use its ribs to flatten out its body shape to create a "Frisbee" effect: a Frisbee is designed with a cross-sectional "concavity" (i.e., its shape curves inward on the bottom), and this increases air pressure under the Frisbee, providing lift. The flattened body of the flying snake has a similar concavity. While a Frisbee spins to increase air pressure, the animal undulates mid-air to create the same effect, in an S-shaped motion akin to swimming or snapping a whip. (That's a photo of Chrysopelea pelias mid-flight above.)
For a later study, published in 2005, Socha looked closely at such variables as glide angle and horizontal speed, and correlated those with snake size and behavior variables, including mass, body length, and wave amplitude and frequency (the "wave" refers to the undulations of the snake's body while in flight). He found that wave frequency really wasn't an important predictor of flight behavior (although more on that later).
What factors did matter? Well, size matters -- except in this case, smaller is definitely better. Body length, mass and wave amplitude were predictors, and Socha found that smaller snakes can glide much further horizontally than larger ones. The undulation seems to serve the purpose of stabilizing the snake mid-flight.
More recently (circa 2010), Socha decided to study Chrysopelea paradisi as they leapt off a "branch" attached to a 15-meter-tall tower, with four cameras recording the snakes' movement as they glided. Based on that footage, his team was able to create 3D models of the snakes' body positions mid-flight, coupled with an analysis of the various forces acting on their serpentine bodies and basic gliding dynamics.
What did they learn from that? Well, for starters, the snakes can travel as far as 24 meters from their launch pad, although they never quite achieve what Socha describes as an "equilibrium gliding state." This is defined as a perfect balance of forces: that generated by the contortions of the snakes' bodies to give them a bit of "lift," and the force of gravity pulling them down. If the balance were perfect, the snakes would glide with constant velocity and at a constant angle.
But they are gliding: they certainly don't just fall to the ground and go plop."The snake is pushed upward -- even though it is moving downward -- because the upward component of the aerodynamic force is greater than the snake's weight," Socha explained. In fact, if this effect continued indefinitely, at some point the sake would start to rise, but as always, gravity wins in the end. There's only so far the snake can glide before hitting the ground. That, at least, should provide some comfort to Indiana Jones.
So what's new with Socha's ongoing study of these fascinating creatures? Well, in January he published a paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology, reporting on the results of an experiment with a 3D printed model of a flying snake in its flattened gliding mode. He submerged it in a tank of flowing water, and then studied the patterns of fluid flow. And this month he has a new paper out in Physics of Fluids, co-authored with George Washington University aeronautical engineer Lorena Barba, on their new computer simulations of the complicated swirling air flow patterns around the snake's body as it glides.
They found that another part of the secret might be suction. That flattened modified shape the snake assumes during flight makes their bodies more aerodynamic, specifically creating lift due to how vortices of air form above them, sucking them upwards -- especially given the snakes' preferred angle of attack (between 20-40 degrees). Barba likens it to the low-ressure region in the eye of a tornado.
But Socha still isn't done with investigating flying snakes. Next he wants to take another look at that undulating motion; surely it must be contributing to the creature's unique gliding ability, although it's much more difficult to model given the complicated air flow patterns involved. So expect to see a few more insights into the physics of flying snakes in the years to come.
Daly, M. (1899) "A flying snake," Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society XII, 589.
Holden, D., et al. (2014) "Aerodynamics of the flying snake, Chrysopelea paradisi: how a bluff-body cross-sectional shape contributes to gliding performance," Journal of Experimental Biology 217, 382-394.
Krishnan, Anush, et al. (2014) "Lift and Wakes of Flying Snakes," Physics of Fluids 26, 031901.
Miklasz, K., M. LaBarbera, X. Chen, J.J. Socha. (2010) "Effects of body cross-sectional shape on flying snake aerodynamics," Experimental Mechanics 50(9): 1335-1348.
Shelford, M. A. (1906) "A note on 'flying' snakes," Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1(16), 227-230.
Socha, John J. and LaBarbera (2005) "Effects of size and behavior on aerial performance of two species of flying snakes (Chrysopelea)," Journal of Experimental Biology 208:1835-1847.
Socha, John J., O'Dempsey, Tony, and LaBarbera, Michael. (2005) "A 3-D kinematic analysis of gliding in a flying snake, Chrysopelea paradisi," Journal of Experimental Biology 208:1817-1833.
Socha, J.J., K. Miklasz, F. Jafari, P.P. Vlachos. (2010) "Non-equilibrium trajectory dynamics and the kinematics of gliding in a flying snake," Bioinspiration and Biomimetics 5: 045002.
Socha, J.J. (2011) "Gliding flight in Chrysopelea: Turning a snake into a wing," Integrative and Comparative Biology 51(6): 969-982.


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- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 4:54 PM
Why? I just... why?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Looks like Japan has eliminated the need for lunchboxes. Why put your food in a box when you can carry it on your head?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 6:03 PM
EVERYWHERE it wentReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 6:11 PM
are they cicada's? it would explain it cause catching them is a big thing in summer. Wearing them on your head not so much...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 6:53 PM
We have a lot of cicadas in the summer where I live. Those are actually not "alive" cicadas, but rather the exoskeleton they shed when they move from the larva phase to the adult insect. But wearing the shed skin of a bug in my hair isn't really my cup of tea either...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 7:31 PM
I'm pretty sure someone just put bugs on photos of girls. I don't think this is a new fashion craze.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 7:36 PM
It's a fetish for some men.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 8:40 PM
oh God... Nakagawa Shoko, i don't know what to do with you. you're such a tard.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 9:47 PM
you have a bug on your head... just there...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Those bugs look fake.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Ive done this...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2011 at 10:38 PM
these are what you call....ummm japanese crabs. mmmmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 6:13 AM
god damn, the girl in the top-right is hawt. just saying o.OReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 7:48 AM
Eeeeeewww! Oh lord, that's disgusting. Ugh, this is going to be in my nightmares for weeks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 12:36 AM
Whoever said the girl in the top right is hot... they're all the same girl -- Nakagawa Shoko.. and i'm pretty sure those are fake. Or atleast i hope they are.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 12, 2011 at 6:51 AM
They are empty cicada shells as someone else mentioned. Kids here love to find them and gather them up. Wearing them in your hair hasn't caught on yet LOLReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 14, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Regardless, she is still hot.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 2:55 AM
They're just the bug skins.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 19, 2011 at 4:05 AM
wtf wtf wtf wtfw twtwfawgagahojnam,dvjkmzReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:06 PM
ewww grossReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 8:35 PM
CICADA CICADA!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2011 at 4:29 AM
... she.... she looks like me..........O_oReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 16, 2011 at 12:24 PM
She is Shoko Nakagawa. Those photos are not fake.ReplyDelete
- NesterouJuly 25, 2011 at 11:52 AM
I'm pretty sure this gonna be a fantasy for some weirdos...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM
its the same woman that likes to put her mouth on cats...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2011 at 1:14 PM
mmmmm, twins (bottom left)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 26, 2011 at 4:37 AM
pretty sure the bottom left isn't twins but a mirror reflection......wtf!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 5, 2013 at 8:49 PM
Well at least she's not trying to eat her cat.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM
At least she is not eating her cat, reporting other animal abusers, and selling ugly clothes made of fur.ReplyDelete
At least she is not donating blood after taking funny beauty suppliment shots.
At least she is not buying fake Free! product after getting the becoming the "Anti Piracy Representative" in Nov. 2013.
She is a lot of things.
- AnonymousOctober 2, 2014 at 2:21 PM
Oh and she also likes to "cover" every single Anime song, claiming them as her own, and goes to every convention around the world? I mean why isn't she gone already.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2015 at 8:16 AM
ewwwww gross!!! I mean I know she want to be cute and stuff but not like this!!!!!!ReplyDelete


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The Everybody Hates Chris sitcom has been running for four years; one on the UPN network and for three on the CW. Loosely based on the early life of comedian Chris Rock, the sitcom stars Tyler James Williams, Terry Crews, Tequan Richmond, Tichina Arnold, Imani Hakim, and Vincent Martella. Recurring characters are played by Jacqueline Mazarella, Travis T. Flory, Kevontay Jackson, Ernest Thomas, Jeris Poindexter, Jackee Harry, Michael Estime, Antonio Fargas, Blake Hightower, and Todd Bridges.
Last night, the CW aired episode 88 of Everybody Hates Chris, titled "Everybody Hates the G.E.D." It's the end of the school year for our young hero and he's late (by mere seconds) for the 29th time. Though he's already finished his tests and it's the last week of school, he's told that if he's tardy one more time, he'll have to repeat the 10th grade.
Meanwhile, Drew decides he wants to audition for Amateur Night at the Apollo, despite not having any particular talent. A full house at the barber shop tells him about their own personal experiences performing crazy acts and getting booed off the stage.
As you might guess, Chris ends up being late for school for the 30th time, even though it's hardly his fault. He's told he has to repeat the school year and his Mom agrees with the school because, in the long run, she feels it's the best thing for his character development. Chris refuses to repeat the year so he decides to drop out of school. His parents are not happy. So that he'll be able to get a job, Chris decides to take the G.E.D. test so he can have the equivalent of a high school diploma.
By the end of the episode, Drew has performed a pail drumming act and, thanks to some assistance from a hot dancer, it goes over very well. Tonya graduates and Chris has taken his exam.
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He waits for the results at the local diner and one by one, his Mom and siblings arrives. Chris plays "Living on a Prayer" on the booth's jukebox and his family sings along with him. His father, who has some trouble parking the newspaper truck, has the results of his test. Just as Chris is about to discover his fate, the screen goes to black.
With appearances by many of the show's recurring characters, Chris dropping out of school and the not-so-subtle homage to the finale of The Sopranos, Chris Rock intends this to be the series finale. The show is very likely to be cancelled due to a variety of reasons and the comedian decided to make it an easy decision for the network.
Crews says, "Chris Rock didn't graduate high school and started comedy when he was, like, 17 years old. Our Chris (Williams) is now a sophomore in high school, so the timing is lining up pretty well. Once he becomes a comedian, the show's over."
Williams is currently pursuing a film course at New York University and is happy with the episode. He told TV Guide, "If it ends here, we ended it the right way." Rock agrees and said, "It might not be a bad way to go."
The network will ultimately decide if last night's episode is the last but, if it is, do you think it's a good series finale? Are you okay that it ended in a cliffhanger? If not, how would you have finish the show?
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UK HealthCare Physicians Named to 2015-16 Best Doctors List
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2015) – UK HealthCare has more than 125 physicians practicing medicine with UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital, Kentucky Children's Hospital, UK Good Samaritan Hospital and Shriner's Hospitals for Children who appear on the Best Doctors in America list for 2015-16 – more than any other hospital in Kentucky. Only 5 percent of doctors in America earn this honor, decided by impartial peer review.
The Best Doctors in America list, assembled by Best Doctors Inc. and audited and certified by Gallup, results from polling of more than 40,000 physicians in the United States. Doctors in more than 40 specialties and 400 subspecialties of medicine appear on this year's List.
The experts who are part of the Best Doctors in America database provide the most advanced medical expertise and knowledge to patients with serious conditions – often saving lives in the process by finding the right diagnosis and right treatment.
2015-16 Best Doctor's List:
Sadiq Ahmed Nephrology
Kenneth B. Ain Endocrinology and Metabolism
Michael I. Anstead Pediatric Specialist
Rony K. Aouad Otolaryngology
Susanne M. Arnold Medical Oncology and Hematology
Henrietta Salvilla Bada Pediatric Specialist
Hubert O. Ballard Pediatric Specialist
Robert J. Baumann Child Neurologist
Louis Bezold Pediatric Specialist
Peter James Blackburn Ophthalmology
Christopher A. Boarman Pediatrics
David C. Booth Cardiovascular Disease
Edwin A. Bowe Anesthesiology
Robert A. Broughton Pediatric Specialist
Raeford E. Brown, Jr. Pediatric Specialist
Scottie B. Day Pediatric Specialist
Christopher P. DeSimone Obstetrics and Gynecology
Philip A. DeSimone Medical Oncology and Hematology
David J. DiSantis Radiology
John Draus Pediatric Specialist
John H. Eichhorn Anesthesiology
Eric D. Endean Vascular Surgery
Deborah R. Erickson Urology
B. Mark Evers Surgery
John L. Fowlkes Pediatric Specialist
Peter J. Giannone, Jr. Pediatric Specialist
Jacqueline S. Gibson Internal Medicine
Larry B. Goldstein Neurology
Donna G. Grigsby Pediatrics
John C. Gurley Cardiovascular Disease
Wendy Fetterman Hansen Obstetrics and Gynecology
Andrew Hoellein Internal Medicine
Robert Hosey Family Medicine
Joseph A. Iocono Pediatric Specialist
Mary Lloyd Ireland Orthopaedic Surgery
Henry Iwinski Pediatric Specialist
Gregory A. Jicha Neurology
Darren Lee Johnson Orthopaedic Surgery
Raleigh O. Jones Otolaryngology
Jamshed F. Kanga Pediatric Specialist
Dennis Karounos Endocrinology and Metabolism
Edward J. Kasarskis Neurology
Douglas G. Katz Ophthalmology
Philip A. Kern Endocrinology and Metabolism
Stefan G. Kiessling Pediatric Specialist
Mahesh R. Kudrimoti Radiation Oncology
Cheri D. Landers Pediatric Specialist
Philip B. Latham Pediatrics
Steve W. Leung Cardiovascular Disease
Robert W. Lightfoot, Jr. Rheumatology
Richard Lock Anesthesiology
Grace F. Maguire Pediatrics
Scott D. Mair Orthopaedic Surgery
Hartmut H. Malluche Nephrology
Jeremiah T. Martin Thoracic Surgery
Erich C. Maul Pediatrics
Hanna W. Mawad Nephrology
Ronald Charles McGarry Radiation Oncology
Patrick C. McGrath Surgical Oncology
Adrian W. Messerli Cardiovascular Disease
Todd Milbrandt Pediatric Specialist
David J. Minion Vascular Surgery
Amr El-Husseini Mohamed Nephrology
David J. Moliterno Cardiovascular Disease
Alba E. Morales Pediatric Specialist
Peter E. Morris Critical Care Medicine
Timothy W. Mullett Thoracic Surgery
Kevin R. Nelson Neurology
Nicholas J. Nickl III Gastroenterology
M. Elizabeth Oates Radiology
John M. O'Brien, Jr. Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hatim A. Omar Pediatric Specialist
Amit Patel Plastic Surgery
Kevin A. Pearce Geriatric Medicine
P. Andrew Pearson Ophthalmology
Luther C. Pettigrew, Jr. Neurology
Barbara A. Phillips Sleep Medicine
Thomas Pittman Pediatric Specialist
Andrew R. Pulito* Pediatric Specialist
Marcus E. Randall Radiation Oncology
Annette Rebel Critical Care Medicine
Hassan K. Reda Thoracic Surgery
Aru Reddy Pediatric Specialist
L. Raymond Reynolds Endocrinology and Metabolism
Julie Ribes Pathology
Scott A. Riley Hand Surgery
John J. Rinehart* Medical Oncology and Hematology
Kimberly Ringley Pediatrics
William C. Robertson, Jr. Child Neurologist
David W. Rudy Clinical Pharmacology, Internal Medicine
Sarah S. Rugg Cardiovascular Disease
Sibu P. Saha Thoracic Surgery
Sheila P. Sanders Ophthalmology
B. Peter Sawaya Nephrology
Douglas J. Schneider Pediatric Specialist
Jeffrey Bryan Selby Orthopaedic Surgery
Lori Shook Pediatric Specialist
Michael Sekela Thoracic Surgery
John Slevin Neurology
David A. Sloan Surgical Oncology
Charles D. Smith, Jr. Neurology
Mikel D. Smith Cardiovascular Disease
Susan Smyth Cardiovascular Disease
Vincent L. Sorrell Cardiovascular Disease
William Henry St. Clair Radiation Oncology
Carol Steltenkamp Pediatrics
Julia C. Stevens Pediatric Specialist
Stephen Strup Urology
Lisa R. Tannock Endocrinology and Metabolism
Vishwas R. Talwalkar Pediatric Specialist
Alice C. Thornton Infectious Disease
Kathryn M. Thrailkill Pediatric Specialist
Phillip A. Tibbs Neurological Surgery
Dale E. Toney Internal Medicine
Fred Rand Ueland Obstetrics and Gynecology
Joseph Valentino Otolaryngology
Craig Van Horne Neurological Surgery
Woodford S. Van Meter Ophthalmology
John R. van Nagell Obstetrics and Gynecology
Henry C. Vasconez Pediatric Specialist, Plastic Surgery
Lars M. Wagner Pediatric Specialist
Carmel Wallace Pediatrics
Gretchen Lois Wells Cardiovascular Disease
Thomas French Whayne, Jr. Cardiovascular Disease
Michael L. Wittkamp Pediatric Specialist
Thomas L. Young Pediatrics
Khaled M. Ziada Cardiovascular Disease
Joseph B. Zwischenberger Critical Care Medicine, Thoracic Surgery
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BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber in a stolen police Humvee passed through a military checkpoint in Iraq before detonating his explosives, part of a series of assaults across the country Saturday that killed seven people, authorities said.
The bomber's attack happened in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province, where Iraqi security forces have been battling militants who took control of parts of the town in late December. Police said militants stole the Humvee and painted it with military colors to trick soldiers into letting it by.
The suicide blast wounded 14 people, police said.
Elsewhere on Saturday, a car bomb targeting a street full of shoppers in the capital, Baghdad, killed six people and wounded 14, police said. The blast happened in the capital's northern Qahirah neighborhood.
In Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting a military vehicle killed a captain and wounded four soldiers, police said.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures for the attacks. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to release the information.
Widespread chaos nearly tore the country apart following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. The violence ebbed in 2008 after a series of U.S.-Iraqi military offensives, a Shiite militia cease-fire and a Sunni revolt against al-Qaida in Iraq.
But last year, the country saw the highest death toll since the worst of the country's sectarian bloodletting, according to the U.N., with 8,868 people killed. The U.N. says more than 1,400 people were killed in January and February alone.
Iraq is to hold its first parliamentary elections since the U.S. troops' withdrawal in late 2011 in April.
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Popular complexityMonday, February 9th, 2009
A little-known discipline of science called computational intractability studies the boundaries of our understanding – not questions of the philosophical realm (Is there a god? An afterlife?) but of the everyday computational realm.
So says the Boston Globe, in an article that's finally appeared, after it apparently kept getting bumped for personal health stories (I guess NP-completeness still doesn't move papers like cancer). I'm gratified: in this time of economic crisis, the world urgently needs more articles about what humans still won't be able to do in a billion years. (A colleague complained to me that computational intractability is not "little-known"; in fact, almost all computer scientists know what it is. I'm not sure if he was joking.)
Speaking of Public Understanding of Science: as you may have heard, much of the future of American science now hinges on whether the Senate, as it haggles over the $800B stimulus, decides to sprinkle a breadcrumb or two off the table for us. If there was ever a time to email your Senator's office, and have a staff person check a box marked "constituent complaining about science funding" in your name, it's probably this week. The APS has drafted a letter for you.


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Grade 1 - (StoryTime/More StoryTime Treasures)
The Student Guides at this level are a bit different than those at the higher grades. They feature a horizontal orientation for ease of writing and provide the student with vocabulary and comprehension worksheets. There's writing involved (7/16" lines with dotted midline) but the top binding makes it easy for either right-handed students or lefties. The teacher needs to take a quick peek at two pages at the beginning that give the plan for the Word Study, Read, Comprehension, and Language (introductory grammar) segments of each lesson. The Just For Fun section is self-explanatory. StoryTime covers four classic children's books in 14 lessons, while More StoryTime provides another 15 lessons and seven children's books.
There is a separate Teacher Guide for each volume. These contain a model lesson plan, a teacher overview, daily assignments for each lesson (which highlight phonics and vocabulary activities) and also include answers to the student pages. Packages are available for StoryTime Treasures and More StoryTime Treasures which include both student and teacher guides as well as the literature resources. Packages of literature resources only are also available. Separate Lesson Plan books are still available and cover phonics and spelling.


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No matter how fast you're driving, no matter the weather conditions, if someone fires a Brimstone missile from a MQ-9 Reaper drone and you're the target, you're dead. This slow-motion test compilation shows its terrifying precision and the destruction that follows. Just look at that shockwave moving.
Meet Microsoft's New Surface Laptops
You can fire this thing against any target moving at 70mph from a maximum of 12 kilometers away and forget about it—it's implacable. In fact, you can target the driver with a missile without a warhead and kill that person alone, leaving the rest of passengers (mostly) untouched.