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Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has coached gay players before during his 20-year career.
Though Freeze declined to name the two players he coached before arriving on Mississippi's campus because of privacy, he said there is no exact protocol for how to handle a situation like the one that arose with Michael Sam.
But since the Missouri All-American defensive end publicly said he was an "openly, proud gay man," college athletic directors and coaches have been forced to review protocols on their campuses.
"It does cause you to go back and evaluate," said Troy AD John Hartwell. "One of the first things I did was go back to our senior staff and say, 'OK, let's look at our policy. Let's make sure we don't have any issues here.'"
Like many of the 10 athletic directors who responded to inquiries by The Associated Press, Hartwell said Troy believes in nurturing diversity and fostering respect for every individual.
"Because at the end of the day, you're going to have teammates that are of a different race than you are, of a different nationality, of a different economic background, possibly of a different sexual orientation — with a whole variety of beliefs," Hartwell said.
Still, football locker rooms lend themselves to being ripe with machismo and bravado, places where jabs involving one's sexual orientation are fairly commonplace — even if meant in a harmless manner.
But the jabs could lead to potential conflicts, as evidences by the Richie Incognito scandal in Miami.
Among the questions facing administrators in the wake of Sam's announcement is not only how to teach tolerance and acceptance of gay athletes within the athletic department, but how to enforce it.
Illinois football coach Tim Beckman said if a player did use a gay slur against another teammate he'd first ask the team's "honor council" — a group of 14 players selected by teammates — to address the situation.
Likely, he said, the player insulting a teammate would be told to correct his behavior and given a second chance. If the players' group didn't take what he considered to be appropriate action, Beckman said he'd step in and take steps himself.
"We'd probably give that young man a, 'Hey, this is what's being said. If it doesn't change for the betterment of the family, then you're going to be suspended,'" Beckman said.
Said SMU athletic director Rick Hart said in the locker room athletes have to think "Are we crossing that line between bonding (with) teammates and having fun, and kind of ribbing each other to the point where things are hurtful and we need to put a stop to that."
Sam isn't the first football player to declare he's gay.
Freeze, who has coached two players he knew were gay, says, "On the teams we've coached, we always talk about how you treat others.
"In all cases, there is never a time that making someone feel bad is the way to go about it, regardless of what your view is.," the Mississippi coach said. "People deserve respect and we preach that daily. Hopefully that is the way we attack every situation."
Sometimes that's easier said than done.
Last October, several Ole Miss students, including about 20 football players, were reprimanded for interrupting a school-run play "The Laramie Project" with gay slurs. The play was based on the 1998 murder of the gay college student.
The school said all students at the play had to attend an "educational dialogue session."
Indiana has taken a proactive approach.
Last month the school held a gay pride night at a women's basketball game.
"The main thing is to bring it out in the open so that anybody dealing with an issue that needs to be accommodated can bring it forward whether it's an LGBT issue, an eating disorder, which is pretty common in college athletics, so we can try and create an environment that welcomes them," Indiana athletic director Fred Glass said.
Not all schools have felt the need to address Sam's situation.
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said he hasn't discussed the issue with coaches because he doesn't feel there's a need.
"Among student-athlete and coaches, their reaction to this has sort of been, 'Why are people treating this like a big deal?'" he said.
He said Notre Dame doesn't have a protocol in place for such issues.
Swarbrick said there is counseling available to students struggling with their sexual identity, but emphasized that "our expectation and our message is whatever differences you encounter in people, it's not going to be an issue. You're going to be respectful. You are going to be tolerant. You are not going to carry prejudice of any kind."
But others are reacting.
Kansas State athletic director John Currie said his university does have a protocol in place to deal with such issues. He also said they discussed Sam's announcement in their regularly scheduled staff meeting earlier this week.
Kansas State's academic services and counselors are trained through the SafeZone program, which is designed "to increase the awareness, knowledge and skills for individuals while addressing the challenges that exist when one wants to advocate for their LGBTQ peers, family members, friends and co-workers."
TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte said what Sam did was brave and will create change.
He compared the announcement to how Bear Bryant's Alabama squad playing USC helped lead to desegregation, and what Billie Jean King's Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs did for the Title IX push.
Del Conte added it also shows ADs need to be prepared if athletes come to them ready to announce they're gay.
"In today's society, it's more of a media (thing) — are you prepared for the media?" Del Conte said. "And if you're not, let's give you the tools necessary to help you."
Then he pulled out the most recent Sports Illustrated with a picture of Sam on the cover.
Del Conte said, "You'd have to be prepared for that."
AP Sports Writers Eric Olson in Omaha, Neb., Shuyler Dixon in Dallas, Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Mo., John Zenor in Montgomery, Ala., Charles Odum in Atlanta, David Brandt in Jackson, Miss., Stephen Hawkins in Dallas, Aaron Beard in Raleigh, N.C., and Associated Press Writer Tom Coyne in South Bend, Ind., contributed to this report.


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This was such a fascinating and frustrating NCIS episode, all at once.
The plot for "Damned If You Do" carried on from last week's tense beginning, with Inspector General investigator Richard Parsons gathering evidence in his efforts to have Gibbs indicted. His motivation was captured by this statement:
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Turned out that Parsons wasn't nearly as altruistic about the law as he portrayed himself. Tony told Gibbs about evidence they found, which proved Parsons was a sleazy narcissist who kissed upper management rings while doubling as a blackmail artist.
As the hour went on, Parsons finally put his finger on the one thing that could bring Gibbs down: his revenge murder of Pedro Hernandez, the man who killed Gibbs' wife and daughter. The only problem was the missing forensic report from Abby - which Parsons accurately figured out was conveniently lost in order to cover up Gibbs' involvement.
As more evidence piled up (I knew Parsons didn't believe Ziva's story that Bodnar had "lost his footing") it seemed that the team - and especially Gibbs - were playing that old Star Trek "impossible test" scenario. It truly looked like there was no way out, and I wondered how the writers were going to bring Gibbs and the team back on safer ground in a logical and believable way.
I think they had Gibbs giving us hints throughout. He was going to fight Parsons but not by his nemesis' rules. He even refused to take advantage of Tony's intel regarding Parsons. And the whole way through he seemed pretty confident that he'd never see the inside of a court. Two things come to mind when someone is that confident: either he has information that will make everything crystal clear such that no judge would hear a case against him (and that's not true: he did murder Hernandez)... or he could find another way out.
Perhaps make a run for the border (unlikely) or find some other way not to be present when the time for court arrived. I must admit: that latter option had me a little worried. The other thought that crossed my mind has to do with a concept some employ when it looks as though they can't win: you can't lose if you refuse to play.
Gibbs is such a closed-mouth guy at most times and this time he clammed up even tighter than usual. And that not only frustrated the viewers, it frustrated his team as well:
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Meanwhile, the irradiated severed head of a Marine showed up on his wife's doorstep and the team had to leave Gibbs while they investigated it. I immediately thought: "why would the writers introduce another case right now, right when we're all concerned about Parsons' witch-hunt?"
Turns out this case has everything to do with what's going on with the team, as was pointed out to Vance in one of the many NCIS quotes from this episode. We still don't know exactly how the dead Marine figures into it - just that Tom Morrow assured him (us) that it does.
We learned that it was the CIA who took advantage of the execution of Eli David by killing Arash Kazmi - so that they could blame it on Bodnar. So that's one mystery solved. Only 99 more to go.
Among the questions that need answering:
- The CIA wanted to distract Iran and Israel from seeing the "real threat, here on home soil" as Morrow put it. Why? What's the real threat?
- How does that threat tie into Israel and Iran?
- Morrow alluded to a tie between the killing of Kazmi and Eli David, the dead Marine and NCIS' current problems (though he assured Vance that Parsons knew nothing about any of it and was proceeding on his own steam). What exactly is the connection?
- How does sending the severed head of the Marine to his wife play into any of it?
- Why was the head irradiated? Tony suggested that it sends a strong message to "back off" - by why the radiation? Couldn't the head itself be the message? And who sent it?
- What's more threatening than Iran and North Korea? Was Tom Morrow alluding to terrorist cell activities, and that they're more of a threat because of their immediacy?
Near the end, we saw a plan being hatched, offered up by Tom Morrow, that would, as Vance indicated, give them a clean slate. Right before walking into Vance's office, Tony, Ziva and McGee all agreed that if the situation were reversed, Gibbs would do the same for them.
They then offered their resignations to Vance and "took responsibility for the accusations" so that Gibbs would be cleared. Only he isn't cleared, is he? The investigation into his activities is merely postponed. And note the wording from Vance: the team took "responsibility for the accusations," not "took responsibility for the crimes." That's important, as it makes everything grey instead of black and white, as Parsons would prefer. He can't build his career advancement on "grey." He needs a solid win.
Finally we flash-forwarded to four months later with Gibbs working on his assignment for JSOC. He's in a darkened room overlooking a street somewhere, and there's a wounded man in there with him, urging him to "do it." He goes to the window and sets himself up with a sniper rifle and puts Tobias Fornell in his sights. Fade to black and - bang!
Final notes:
- Palmer and his wife are adopting!
- Tony and Ziva had another "moment" and so for now it looks like Tony has waltzed right back into the friend zone. Later, when McGee told him to stop correcting Ziva, she said it's okay McGee, I can handle him myself and Tony replied yes she can. That sound you hear is the laughter of the writers, having fun with us.
- The entire team found another spot to have a group meeting - this time in the elevator, and away from prying bugs. Dangerously hints at claustrophobia if you ask me, even though Abby enjoyed it and wanted to make it a regular occurrence.
- Gibbs seems to be struggling with guilt over the death of Vance's wife - for which his subconscious dredged up the ghost of Mike Franks, both in the waking thoughtful world and in his nightmares. Or, more likely, it's guilt over all of the deaths that have happened on his watch. Hence the "damned if you do" speech.
- Lots of purging of documents in this episode wasn't there? Vance shredded Abby's damning report on Gibbs (finally!) and Gibbs found reason to burn a bunch of documents having to do with Franks. While unsure about the contents of those files, we need to note that Mike Franks lived for a while in Mexico and was involved with the Payloma Raynosa story. Given Parsons' keen hunting nose, maybe it was better to burn every hint of the Mexico operation.
- We still don't know what Gibbs hid in his basement when Tony arrived. Although we do now know that he built a sturdy and warm cabin out in the middle of nowhere. Man that looked inviting, didn't it?
- Our Criminal Minds Round Table is up! Come over and let us know what you think about what we talked about.
What are your thoughts on the NCIS Season 10 finale? Do you think Gibbs actually shot and killed Fornell? What do you think Ziva, Tony and McGee will do, now that they're not working for NCIS?
More importantly, what are Morrow's plans for bringing them back? What are your thoughts on the "real threat" that he mentioned?
Douglas Wolfe was a staff writer for TV Fanatic. He retired in 2016. Follow him on Twitter.


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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The athletic abilities of star running back Adrian Peterson led the Minnesota Vikings to give him a seven-year, $100 million contract extension before the season started.
Now, they hope his recuperative abilities are just as good and he is able to live up to being the highest-paid running back in the NFL.
Minnesota expects Peterson to be recovered from left knee surgery for two torn ligaments in time to start the 2012 season.
"We expect most people to recover from this injury in eight to nine months and instead of comparing Adrian to any other player at any level that's had an anterior cruciate ligament, and they happen every day, I would really like Adrian to stand on his own merit because Adrian, I feel, is very unique," Vikings head trainer Eric Sugarman said Monday.
"Adrian has a great work ethic. Adrian has the DNA to heal quickly, which he has shown in the past. He certainly will have the desire and the mental toughness to be able to get through the rehab process, which will take months and months, as you know. So, I think if anyone can get better quickly and safely in that time period, it would be Adrian Peterson."
Peterson tore his ACL and MCL when he was hit in the side of the knee by Washington Redskins safety DeJon Gomes in the third quarter of Saturday's 33-26 win at Washington. An MRI on Saturday evening revealed the ligament tears and meniscus damage, and Peterson will undergo surgery within the next seven to 10 days.
Backup Toby Gerhart, who started three games earlier this season when Peterson was out with a high ankle sprain, will start Sunday in the season finale against the Chicago Bears. A second-round pick in 2010, Gerhart has filled in well for Peterson and notched the first 100-yard rushing game of his career with 109 yards on 11 carries Saturday. But the Vikings expect Gerhart's time as the starter to be short-lived.
"He sets his goals extremely high and he's one of those guys who, when he puts his mind to it, there's no reason to ever doubt that he can achieve what he sets his mind to," Minnesota coach Leslie Frazier said of Peterson. "We're looking forward to his attacking this rehab like he's attacked every offseason, to come back and play and be even better than he was before. I know with Eric and our medical staff, they're going to do everything they can to get him back on the field and ready to go when we line up in that first football game next season."
Gerhart's emergence over the past month at least offers optimism if Peterson has to miss extended time next season.
Gerhart has had the top three rushing days of his career in the past four weeks. On his first carry after Peterson left Saturday's game, Gerhart showed some big-play ability of his own, busting free for a 67-yard run, the longest of his short career.
Believing Peterson will be ready for the first game of 2012 and knowing Gerhart is available if needed, Frazier said the team wouldn't change its run-first offensive approach.
"One of things about Adrian's absence earlier in the season, we had a chance to get Toby some extended snaps and we really haven't altered the offense by any means," Frazier said. "Toby has done a very good job in Adrian's absence. Did a great job (Saturday) of stepping in and performing and rushing for over 100 yards. So we really haven't had to alter things. We really don't plan to. We look forward to eventually getting Adrian back on the field, but we don't think we have to really alter the offense."


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The complete list of participants is available here.
ESPN3 will stream the meet live on March 14 starting at 7:55 p.m. Eastern and March 15 starting at 7:50 p.m. Eastern. A tape delay of the championship will air Saturday, March 22 starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPNU.
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text: Once viewed as tools for posting trivial content on the Web, social networking and social media sites have evolved as bona fide sources of information publishing and sharing, forcing search engine providers to increasingly factor them into their services. Google isn't an exception: it launched a formal Social Search component to its search engine in 2009 and has updated it regularly since then. With Social Search, people can link their Google accounts to their social media accounts and have Google incorporate relevant content from their social circle into search results. Google sees a lot of potential to expand Social Search's scope and increase its usefulness. Last month, for example, Social Search results gained a more prominent placement in the results page, moving from a default spot at the bottom to the main list. Currently, Social Search only taps content that is already publicly available on the Web, highlighting to users when that content has been shared by one of their social contacts. This means that Facebook content is largely absent from Social Search, a glaring omission by all accounts. At the same time, rival engine Bing, thanks to a years-long and wide-ranging partnership between Microsoft and Facebook, is getting access to valuable data from Facebook's Like button that is currently not available to Google. The problem is compounded by the fact that as Facebook's popularity and power have grown exponentially in recent years, so has the animosity between it and Google.IDG News Service recently had a chance to chat with Mike Cassidy, a Google product management director overseeing Social Search, about the service's goals, opportunities, challenges and plans. An edited version of the interview follows:IDG News Service: What is the current goal of Google's Social Search service?Mike Cassidy: We launched Social Search in 2009 and have made steady progress. The relevance of search results increasingly depends on more than just the content on a Web page. It also depends on the relationship between the searcher and the person who created or shared that page. In many cases, the mere fact that someone you know created a page or "tweeted" about it makes it more relevant by definition for you. The other thing is that recommendations from friends are among the most powerful in the world. We're just trying to automate that with Google Social Search.We're also trying to organize the information created and shared by your friends. There are tons of sites where people share great content. Over 100 million times a day people share or create content on the Web, whether through Flickr, or Twitter or questions on Quora. We want to find that information out there and make it available to the users whenever it's relevant to the query they're doing.IDGNS: Google Social Search only indexes content that's publicly available on the Web. What can Social Search access and index and surface from Facebook currently?Cassidy: Because much of the content on Facebook isn't publicly crawlable and isn't publicly available on the Web, there's generally not content from there in Social Search. We do include Facebook profiles that are public and links from Google Profiles to Facebook profiles.IDGNS: So if I have indicated on my regular Facebook profile that I like this sports team and that restaurant, can Social Search see that and factor it into my search relevance?Cassidy: No, because those pages aren't publicly accessible nor crawlable on the Web.IDGNS: It's my understanding that some smaller, niche search companies provide Facebook search, letting Facebook users search through their Wall postings and Facebook content in general. Why doesn't Google do this too?Cassidy: Google fundamentally is about indexing and accessing the world's public information and making it easier for users to find it depending on what queries they're doing. So that's the key for us: it has to be publicly accessible and crawlable.IDGNS: But is there an opportunity for search engines like Google to help people search through private data in their social media and social networking accounts that has accumulated over the years and in many cases is hard to find and search through?Cassidy: I understand what you're saying, but we don't talk about future products or unannounced stuff at Google.IDGNS: Where do you see Google Social Search in a year or 18 months from now that would make it even better?Cassidy: There are tens of thousands of sites out there that have publicly crawlable information on hundreds or thousands of different categories of topics and all of those we hope to bring into Social Search. We're even getting approached daily by different people who have public content saying: "Hey, can you include our stuff in Social Search?" It's great for recommendations and a variety of things.IDGNS: Do you have to manually configure the Social Search engine or crawler to work with a specific social media and social networking service, so that it can look for stuff in specific sites? Or is it a more automated process?Cassidy: In the initial phases, there is some wrap up work where we're making sure the formats for various sites maps into our Social Search engine. That's why initially we have [a handful of social media sites] working. Over time, the process will become more broad like you're indicating. But to match formats now, we're taking it a few steps at a time.We're at the point where it's a continuous, ongoing process [of enhancement]. You'll see over the rest of this year a number of improvements to Social Search that I think [users] will be excited about.IDGNS: What are the usage metrics telling you about what people are taking advantage of more or in any unexpected ways so far?Cassidy: I wish I could tell you the metrics, but I can't, but they're very good. It has exceeded our expectations.


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When I was a college undergraduate, I took a class in human behavioral biology team-taught by two male professors. Most of what I learned really bothered me –- it seemed reductionist to claim that males behaved one way and females another based entirely on reproductive goals. The tongue in cheek style, the ease with which other animals were compared to humans, agitated my righteous feminist mind.
Then on the very last day, one of the two professors gave a stirring lecture on the intersection of human biology and politics. The two sentiments I will never forget were that the glass ceiling is reinforced with concrete in academia - and that we have a sexualized culture that takes affront at a woman publicly breastfeeding her child. It was the first time I realized you could be an activist scientist.
My work looks at the natural variation in women's reproductive physiology. Specifically, I study endometrial functioning – this is the lining of the uterus –- and how its thickness varies through the cycle based on a woman's lifestyle, environment and population. Endometrial thickness can be an important predictor of fertility when measured through the implantation window, which is six to twelve days after ovulation. I have found that there is population variation in how the endometrium is maintained through the implantation window that seems to map onto how much energetic constraint the population has, and that endometrial thickness varies based on the length of one's luteal phase (that is, the second half of the cycle) and progesterone concentrations. We are just starting to look at certain biomarkers that will help us understand energy availability, so we may soon be able to say more about lifestyle variation and the endometrium.
The reason it's so important to me that I be that activist scientist –- someone whose work is informed by an understanding of the biases inherent in the process of science, and who promotes a deeper understanding of science to the general public –- is that women's health is something that many non-experts opine about, providing sometimes dangerous disinformation. I'll give you just three examples.
Reproductive choice. For a while, the US media was making a big deal of a "post-abortion trauma syndrome" that demonstrated the ill effects of having abortions. However, the incidence of mental disorders before and after an abortion are no different, whereas the incidence of mental disorders is higher post-partum than before delivery (Munk-Olsen et al. 2011). This study came out in January, yet those of us who study women's health already knew that the post-partum period is when women are most at risk for depression. This recent study needs to be widely circulated in order to provide scientific evidence for those people who are trying to think about and make decisions on reproductive choice.
In vitro fertilization. A lot of feelings surface around in vitro fertilization, which I have written about before. Yet few people understand how the process works, why it is done, and under what conditions it is needed for some women. For instance, a broad survey in France found that one third of infertility cases are of female origin, one fifth of male origin, and the rest shared female-male origin (Thonneau et al. 1991). Yet we tend to assume all, or the vast majority, of infertility cases are caused by women. Again, good information from scientists on IVF is good for the general public who would like to understand these issues better.
Normality. Young girls are taught that a normal cycle is 28 days long and deviation from this norm reflects abnormality; however, a 28-day cycle is at the extreme end of the global variation in women's reproductive functioning, and this is especially true for girls in the first years after menarche (Ellison 1990; Ellison 2001; Vihko and Apter 1984). What's worse, young girls often perceive themselves as abnormal even if they fall within the normal range of variation for this reason (Beausang and Razor 2000; Brooks-Gunn and Ruble 1982).The societal impacts of disseminating information regarding normal variation in women's reproductive function cannot be overstated. Were young girls and women to understand that the variability they experience in their menstrual cycles is adaptive and normal, it would help to redefine their understanding of being female (Martin 1980).
Sharing this information and contrasting it with popular knowledge about the menstrual cycle is of vital importance in a country where hormonal methods are the main form of contraception: when women and men learn about the normality of variation in menstrual cycle length and how the 'normal' 28-day cycle is in fact on the extreme end of the spectrum, it permanently changes the way they think about the female body and the medical system.
At the end of the day, scientists are passionate about their science, and the public would benefit immensely from having access to that passion and that information. In this Internet age where you can search for just about anything, you cannot always filter out the noise and pseudoscience. When more scientists consider themselves activist scientists, and understand their duty to communicate the work that they do, we will have a better-informed and more appreciative public. That's good for women's health, and good for my science.
Kate Clancy is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Her work is on evolutionary medicine, and the intersection of endometrial functioning, stress and inflammation. Kate blogs at Context and Variation and her Twitter handle is @KateClancy. She has a daughter, two cats, and has been promised a dog.
This post originally appeared on Agora For Women In Science. Republished with permission.


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"An Innocent Man" (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)
ARROW RECRUITS LAUREL TO HELP WITH A CASE — Oliver (Stephen Amell) still hasn't figured out how to get back in Laurel's (Katie Cassidy) good graces, but a late night bonding session with Thea (Willa Holland) gives him the inspiration he needs. Looking into a suspicious murder case, Oliver realizes an innocent man, Peter Declan (guest star Lane Edwards), was framed by one of the targets on his list. As Arrow, he asks Laurel to help prove Declan's innocence. Meanwhile, Walter (guest star Colin Salmon) asks one of his employees, Felicity Smoak (guest star Emily Rickards), to look into a $2.6 million withdrawal that Moira (Susanna Thompson) made without his knowledge. David Ramsey and Paul Blackthorne also star. Vince Misiano directed the episode written by Moira Kirland & Lana Cho (104).
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A fantastic adventure story that will transport you to a dazzling world of myth and magic.
16-year-old Aurora Darlington is an orphan. Mistreated by her adopted family and bullied at school, she dreams of running away and being free. But when she is kidnapped and dragged through a portal into a magical world, suddenly her old life doesn't seem so bad. Avalonia is a dangerous land ruled by powerful mages and a cruel, selfish queen who will do anything to control all seven kingdoms—including killing anyone who stands in her way. Thrust headlong into this new, magical world, Aurora's arrival sets plans in motion that threaten to destroy all she holds dear. With the help of a young fae, a magical pegasus, and a handsome mage, Aurora journeys across Avalonia to learn the truth about her past and unleash the power within herself. Kingdoms collide as a complicated web of political intrigue and ancient magic lead Aurora to unravel a shocking secret that will change her life forever.
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GUILLOUET D'ORVILLIERS, CLAUDE, officer who served in Canada and Guiana; b. 11 June 1668 on the island of St Kitts (West Indies), the son of Rémy Guillouet and Anne-Marie Le Febvre de La Barre; married Marie-Claude de Vicq de Pontgibaud on 1 Feb. 1706; d. 12 Dec. 1728, on board the Paon while on his way back to France.
In 1685 d'Orvilliers was a lieutenant serving in Canada. On 1 March 1687 he obtained a captain's commission and received command of a company, with which he campaigned against the Senecas, distinguishing himself particularly during an ambush laid by the Indians for the Marquis de Denonville [Brisay]. He then served at Fort Frontenac under the orders of his father, whom he ultimately replaced. In 1690 he took part in operations around Quebec with a party of Hurons from the mission at Lorette. On 11 Aug. 1691 he again drew attention to himself by the brilliant manner in which he backed up Clément Du Vuault de Valrennes in the battle of La Prairie against the Iroquois, when a numerically inferior French force defeated the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting, killing nearly 200 of them. "Since the colony has been established there has never been such a strong or vigorous action," wrote Frontenac [Buade*]. Frontenac, on 20 Nov. 1690, had requested a sub-lieutenant's commission for d'Orvilliers, "who is serving in this country with great ardour and who seeks out eagerly any opportunity to distinguish himself."
D'Orvilliers was finally promoted sub-lieutenant on 1 Jan. 1692, and in February of that year he was put in command of a party of 120 Frenchmen and 205 Indians who were to proceed inland in the direction of Fort Frontenac (Cataracoui); he was, however, seriously burned when a bucket of boiling water was upset over him and had to hand over command to Dubois* Berthelot de Beaucours. In 1693 he returned to France and then served in the Marine. He became lieutenant of a free company at Rochefort on 23 Dec. 1696, and on 1 Nov. 1705 he was promoted lieutenant-commander, taking over command of the free company at Rochefort that same year. In 1706 he was in command of the Gaillard, on which he took his father to Guiana. He then carried out various transport missions to Guiana, Martinique, and Santo Domingo (Haiti) while in command of various ships: in 1707, the Saemslack; in 1711, the Profond; in 1712, the Renommée; and in 1713, the Héros. On 25 Nov. 1712 he was promoted commander and also became a knight of the order of Saint-Louis; the following year he was appointed king's lieutenant at Moulins, and on 22 May 1715 he became governor of Guiana, the office having become vacant following his father's death and the retirement of Commander Béthune.
He arrived at Cayenne in September 1716 and applied himself to the development of the colony, at the same time continuing to maintain good relations with the Indians through the Jesuit mission at Kourou. In 1724 he proposed to the minister an ambitious plan for settlement in the regions of the Oyapock and Marouini Rivers which foreshadowed the one that Choiseul tried to bring into being at Kourou in 1764; d'Orvilliers directed in person the development of a vast land grant that he had obtained in association with Antoine-Denis Raudot and the Sieur Pierre de Forcade. He developed the district of Approuague, founded the post of Oyapock, took an interest in the search for minerals, in botany, and in the introduction of new kinds of crops, such as tobacco and coffee.
Claude d'Orvilliers had four sons: Claude, who served as an officer in Guiana and Santo Domingo; Gilbert, who was governor of Guiana from 1749 to 1763; Louis, who had a brilliant naval career and was lieutenant general of the naval forces when he died in 1792; and Paul, who was a captain in the Régiment de Navarre.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Spiced Pork Chops with Apple Chutney
We pushed 9 new recipes out from the kitchen this week - looking back, our favorites were those Oatmeal Pancakes With Cider Sauce, the Currant Scones and we couldn't decide on the last one... it was a tie between that Stromboli from Friday night and those Savory Millet Cakes.
When we went to the market this morning, I needed to pick up a few extra apples so I could prepare this Spiced Pork Chops with Apple Chutney dish for dinner tonight.
After peeling the tart Granny Smiths, we diced them fairly small and slipped them into a warm skillet laced with melted butter. After a few minutes, dried cranberries were stirred in, along with rich brown sugar, cider vinegar, potent fresh ginger, dry mustard and just a touch of allspice to highlight the sweet notes.
As we left the chutney to simmer away, we gave lean boneless pork chops a rub down with a mixture composed of chipotle chile powder, garlic, ground coriander and, of course, the obligatory additions of salt and fresh ground black pepper. If you have a grill pan, or have the urge to heat up an outside grill, feel free to do either, but I used our trusty Griddler to cook these chops quickly. When we purchased that a few years ago, I wasn't sure we would get good use out of it, but we use it way more often that I ever thought! Jeff walked by a this point and noted how well the chops smelled, but turned his nose up at the chutney as the vinegar was fairly pungent and noticeable still.
He wasn't too sure even after I took a spoonful of the chutney and asked him to just try it, but eventually he did and I smiled as I watched as his face light up. Sweet, a bit tart and very aromatic with the infusion of fresh ginger, the chutney, with those chewy cranberries, was a nice counterpoint to those savory and juicy chops. The apples were tender, yet not mushy - however, I will say that we did find the amount of chutney to be a bit excessive in comparison to the size of the pork chops. If I were to make this again, I might think about paring down the chutney recipe a tad.
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What a beautiful picture of Gus. Dinner looks great.ReplyDelete
First of all, Max and Gus are just precious!! Secondly, can we talk about how good those pork chops look? Since my boyfriend's been out of town, my desire to really feed myself any "nice" meal has been sadly lacking (bowls of cereal are the name of the game), but that pork chop has made me quite hungry. I'm going to have to treat myself to this pork chop extravangza tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Helene - I think he thought so too! hee hee!ReplyDelete
Elyse - Enjoy!
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your pups are just adorable! I love anything vinegar-y but---I just can't do cider vinegar. I would have turned up my nose as well. sad but true. something about the smell of the cider vinegar just gets me. It looks wonderful though. I'm making a "Reuben Roll" with your pepperoni roll dough and my leftover corned beef. I'll report back with the results!ReplyDelete
AngAK - That roll sounds great... I'll be looking to hear how it went!ReplyDelete


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Some of the 7,000-year-old skeletal remains unearthed at Herxheim.
Archaeologists say evidence points to Neolithic cannibalism in a settlement in southern Germany some 7,000 years ago. Over a period of decades, skeletal remains indicate hundreds of people were butchered and eaten before parts of their bodies were thrown into oval pits.
Cannibalism at what is now the village of Herxheim may have occurred during ceremonies in which people from near and far brought slaves, war prisoners or other dependents for ritual sacrifice, according to Science News.
Until now, the only convincing evidence of Neolithic cannibalism came from 6,000-year-old bones in a French cave. A 1986 report concluded that the remains of various animals and at least six people were butchered and discarded there.
Herxheim offers rare evidence of cannibalism during Europe's early Neolithic period, when farming first spread, the researchers report in the December Antiquity. Artifacts found at Herxheim come from the Linear Pottery Culture, which flourished in western and central Europe from about 7,500 to 7,000 years ago.
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SPEEDWAY, Ind. (WISH) – Drivers and teams are getting in some last-minute preparations ahead of the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500.
The Indianapolis 500 is a major race but it's still important for drivers to maintain their pre-race ritual ahead of climbing in their car and starting their engines.
Driver Ed Jones, who will start in the fourth position at the 103rd Indy 500, talked about his pre-race ritual, managing those nerves and if it's possible to prepare for the weather during a race.
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Dinosaurs seem bigger than life – big bones, big mysteries.
So it's a delicious irony that the next big answers about dinosaurs may come from small – very small – remains.
"Molecules are fossils, too," said Michigan State University zoologist Peggy Ostrom. "We've shown that proteins survive in very old fossils, and proteins can tell us about diseases, about where prehistoric animals fit in the food chain, what they ate and who they are related to."
Ostrom joins six other scientists engaged in various versions of CSI: Jurassic Park. The symposium, "New Approaches to Paleontological Investigation," at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting Friday explores cutting edge technology used to divine new information from ancient bits of bone and tissue.
One of the field's hottest topics is whether proteins and DNA survive the test of time. Ostrom is putting her bet on proteins and is working with an international team from Michigan, the Smithsonian and York and Cardiff Universities in the UK to track down these building blocks of bone.
Ostrom works in a budding area known as paleoproteomics. Like conventional paleontologists, the search is to reveal the history of life on Earth. But tacking on proteomics means scrutinizing life at a molecular level – life that existed thousands of years ago.
Ostrom's work has spanned from examining organic matter in meteorites to reconstructing who eats who in the food web from the tropics to the arctic. The trail is laid by stubbornly durable molecules. She uses mass spectrometry, an analytical technique that determines what molecules are present.
Molecules may be tiny, but they can be tough, Ostrom said. The plant that a mastodon munched some 10,000 years ago disperses through the animal's body, sprinkling molecules of itself through tissue and hair -- vivid scientific evidence of the adage "you are what you eat."
"It just takes two or three pinches of bone powder to find molecular evidence," Ostrom said. "We have protein sequences from material believed to be in range of half a million years old. We are carefully working our way back in time."
She said it appears some proteins can endure longer than DNA. In a recent study Ostrom's students found that a protein in bone in an environment void of oxygen (say, if it's been resting in a swamp) can last for 200 hours at temperatures of 100 degrees Celsius.
"If we have a protein sequence from bone, we can tell if the material is an original part of the organism that will provide interesting information about its past. We can know where it came from." Ostrom said. "Our goal is to use a variety of technologies new to paleontology to develop a deeper understanding of prehistoric life -- and everyone dreams of embellishing our understanding of dinosaurs."
Ostrom's work is funded by the National Science Foundation.


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Mississippi church member charged in 'Vote Trump' arson
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man with a prior criminal record was arrested Wednesday in the burning of an African-American church that was spray-painted with the words "Vote Trump," and the church's bishop said the man is a member of the congregation.
The state fire marshal said investigators do not believe the fire was politically motivated, but there a signs it may have been done to appear that way.
Andrew McClinton, 45, of Leland, Mississippi, is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Thursday in Greenville — the city where Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church was burned and vandalized Nov. 1, a week before the presidential election.
McClinton is charged with first degree arson of a place of worship, said Warren Strain, spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety.
Hopewell Bishop Clarence Green said McClinton, who is African-American, is a member of the church. Green said he didn't know about the arrest until he was called by The Associated Press.
"This is the first I have heard of it," said Green, who said he was attending to other church duties and didn't have time for a longer interview.
It was not immediately clear whether McClinton is represented by an attorney.
The investigation is continuing, and officials have not revealed a possible motive.
"We do not believe it was politically motivated. There may have been some efforts to make it appear politically motivated," Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who is also the fire marshal, told AP.
Mississippi Department of Corrections records show McClinton was sentenced in 1991 to three years' probation for a grand larceny conviction in Washington County, where Greenville is the county seat. His probation was revoked in 1992 for receiving stolen property in Greenville, said Department of Corrections spokeswoman Grace Simmons Fisher.
In 1997, McClinton was sentenced to seven years for attempted robbery in Lee County. And, in 2004, he was convicted of armed robbery in Lee County. He served eight years in prison and was released in January 2012. His time served included days he was jailed before trial.
McClinton's supervision by the department ended in February, the spokeswoman said.
Greenville is a Mississippi River port city of about 32,100 people, and about 78 percent of its residents are African-American. While it's not unusual for people of different racial backgrounds to work and eat lunch together, local residents say the congregations at most churches remain clearly identifiable by race.
Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons on Wednesday called the church burning "a direct assault on the Hopewell congregation's right to freely worship."
"There is no place for this heinous and divisive behavior in our city," Simmons said. "We will not rest until the culprit is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We take pride in our work to have a unified city and we look forward in continuing that work."
Hopewell was founded in 1905 in the heart of an African-American neighborhood, and the congregation now has about 200 members. While some walls of the beige brick church survived the fire, the empty windows are boarded up and church leaders have said the structure will likely be razed. Rebuilding could take months.
After the fire, Hopewell congregants began worshipping in a chapel at predominantly white First Baptist Church of Greenville. Bishop Green said last month the generosity of First Baptist demonstrates that "unlimited love" transcends social barriers. James Nichols, senior pastor at First Baptist, said the Hopewell members are welcome to stay as long as they need a home.
Greenville is in Washington County, a traditional Democratic stronghold in a solidly Republican state. In the Nov. 8 presidential election, Republican Donald Trump easily carried Mississippi, but Democrat Hillary Clinton received more than twice the vote of Trump in Washington County — 11,380 for Clinton to 5,244 for Trump.
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Cannon Lecture: Emily Levesque
Emily Levesque (University of Colorado Boulder) received the Annie Jump Cannon Award for her innovative work using gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) to explore fundamental questions of stellar astrophysics and cosmology. After being introduced by AAS President Meg Urry (Yale University), Levesque gave her Cannon Award Lecture, "New Frontiers in Stellar Astrophysics: Massive Stars as Cosmological Tools."Read More


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At a Glance
Insulinomas are the most common functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and account for 20-30% of all pancreatic NETs. Most cases are sporadic, but about 5-10% are associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1). The tumors are usually solitary (except in patients with MEN1), small (<1 cm), and almost exclusively intrapancreatic. In contrast to all other pancreatic NETs, insulinomas are benign in more than 85% of patients, but, as in other NETs, the degree of malignancy cannot be predicted by histological appearance.
Insulinoma patients characteristically present with symptoms of recurrent hypoglycemia, especially neuroglucopenic symptoms (e.g., confusion, altered consciousness, visual changes) and symptoms due to sympathetic overdrive (e.g., tachycardia, anxiety, palpitations, weakness, diaphoresis), which are exaggerated by fasting in 73% of cases. However, postprandial hypoglycemia may accompany fasting hypoglycemia and may be the sole manifestation of hypoglycemia in some patients (21 and 6%, respectively). Hypoglycemia in insulinoma patients is primarily due to reduced hepatic output, rather than increased glucose utilization. Because symptoms are not specific, many patients are initially misdiagnosed with a neurologic (including seizure disorder) or psychiatric disorders. Some patients (18%) experience weight gain.
Differential diagnosis includes other disorders with primary insulin overproduction: familial persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (congenital hyperinsulinism), primary islet-cell hyperplasia, noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome, and post gastric bypass hypoglycemia (the latter two presenting primarily with postprandial hypoglycemia). Artificially induced hypoglycemia should be excluded.
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What Tests Should I Request to Confirm My Clinical Dx? In addition, what follow-up tests might be useful?
The diagnosis of insulinoma is established by demonstrating inappropriately high insulin concentrations during a spontaneous or induced episode of hypoglycemia (usually a 72-hour fast conducted under supervision). Blood glucose, insulin, C-peptide, and proinsulin measurements are used for evaluation.
Six criteria are used to diagnose an insulinoma:
documented blood glucose concentrations of 40 mg/dL or less
concomitant insulin concentrations of 6 μU/mL or greater
C-peptide concentrations equal to 200 pmol/L or greater
proinsulin concentrations of 5 pmol/L or greater
β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations of 2.7 mmol/L or less
absence of sulfonylurea (metabolites) in plasma and/or urine
About 98% of patients with insulinoma develop symptomatic hypoglycemia during a 72-hour fast. When the patient develops symptoms and blood glucose concentrations are less than or equal to 40 mg/dL, C-peptide, proinsulin, and insulin concentrations should be measured and the fast should be stopped. Failure of appropriate insulin suppression in the presence of hypoglycemia confirms the presence of autonomous insulin secretion by an insulinoma. Other causes of hypoglycemia should be excluded, including artificially induced hypoglycemia, by measuring plasma or urine sulfonylurea concentration.
Serum chromogranin A (CGA) is a nonspecific marker for well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors that does not distinguish the various subtypes. CGA is usually elevated in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs), including insulinomas. Because CGA concentration correlates with tumor volume, it may be useful for staging, prognosis, and monitoring. CGA can be elevated in other conditions, including renal insufficiency or severe malabsorption syndrome.
After the diagnosis of insulinoma is established, an attempt should be made to locate and stage the tumor. (Table 1)
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6 μU/mL or greater
Are There Any Factors That Might Affect the Lab Results? In particular, does your patient take any medications – OTC drugs or Herbals – that might affect the lab results?
Newer methods used to measure insulin concentration (immunochemiluminescent or specific immunoradiometric assays) do not show crossreactivity with proinsulin. This may affect the diagnostic criteria, which are based on older methods (radioimmunoassay) for insulin measurement that produced higher concentrations.
CGA levels may be elevated in patients with renal insufficiency or severe malabsorption syndrome.
What Lab Results Are Absolutely Confirmatory?
Venous glucose concentration of less than 45 mg/dL with a simultaneous serum insulin concentration greater than 6 μU/mL is diagnostic for insulinoma.
Histopathological evaluation (with the use of ancillary studies, including immunohistochemical stains for neuroendocrine markers if necessary) of the removed tumor or biopsy material (if performed) confirms diagnosis.
Additional Issues of Clinical Importance
Delayed diagnosis can lead to adverse effects, including risks related to recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia, as well as delay in treatment of the underlying condition, which is primarily surgical.
Errors in Interpretation
Other causes of hypoglycemia, including surreptitious medication use, should be excluded.
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- At a Glance
- What Tests Should I Request to Confirm My Clinical Dx? In addition, what follow-up tests might be useful?
- Are There Any Factors That Might Affect the Lab Results? In particular, does your patient take any medications - OTC drugs or Herbals - that might affect the lab results?
- What Lab Results Are Absolutely Confirmatory?
- Additional Issues of Clinical Importance
- Errors in Interpretation


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Second Place: First Fridays Art Walk
Third Place: Richmond Folk Festival
Richmond loves its traditions, and Arts in the Park has been a mainstay for 42 years, with director Pat Lovelace at the helm for all of them, roping in her children and grandchildren to help. "The prices are reasonable, the artists are top-notch and there's a variety of visual arts to buy," she says. "Pottery, stained glass, you name it and we probably have at least one of it." With 425 vendors, many of whom have participated for more than 20 years, it's a good thing the art extravaganza runs an entire May weekend in Byrd Park. Many people attend the free event both days. For those who need their art fix monthly, First Fridays Art Walk continues to bring people downtown for a full evening of art, music, eating and drinking. But it's a social occasion too, and the promenading that defines the art walk matters as much to some as the art. The Richmond Folk Festival has become a beloved annual event since the exodus of the National Folk Festival. It continues to draw visitors as well as hordes of locals, showing that Richmond can make things happen.
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European leaders were quick to congratulate President Obama on winning a second term -- and underscored the need to work with him to get the world economy moving again.
"Creation of growth and jobs remains a priority for both the U.S. and the EU, and we will continue to work with President Obama to unlock the unparalleled potential of the trans-Atlantic market," European Commission President Jose Barroso said in a statement Wednesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Obama for working closely with Germany in his first term.
"I look forward to being able to pursue this further, so that together our countries can continue to master the most important foreign policy and economic challenges we face as friends and allies," she said in a statement.
Europe barely figured in the U.S. presidential campaign, even though much of the eurozone remains stuck in recession as governments and consumers cut spending to reduce their debt.
Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain are relying on rescue funding of one form or another from their international partners, and even core economies such as Germany and France are likely to experience a further slowdown in activity next year.
The Center for Economics and Business Research said Monday it expects the eurozone to remain in recession throughout 2013 -- shrinking by 0.4 percentage point -- and return to only marginal growth the following year.
"The economic situation in some parts of Europe is moving from bad to catastrophic," said Cebr chief executive Douglas McWilliams.
Britain, which is also pursuing an aggressive program of austerity, emerged from recession in the third quarter. But recent data suggest a darker short-term outlook for the economy, in part due to the weak performance of its European trading partners.
Speaking during a tour of the Middle East, Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated President Obama and said he looked forward to working with him again.
"There are so many things that we need to do: we need to kick start the world economy and I want to see an EU-U.S. trade deal," Cameron told the BBC.
European policymakers are under pressure to strike a better balance between reducing government borrowing and encouraging growth. The International Monetary Fund has begun to worry publicly that spending cuts might be becoming self-defeating.
The United States, which has allowed its borrowing to rise, has seen growth pick up pace this year, although its exports have also felt the impact of a slowdown in China and Europe's crisis.
But political gridlock in Washington has left the world's biggest economy staring over a so-called fiscal cliff, a raft of tax increases and spending cuts worth $ 600 billion due to come into effect on Jan. 1. If enacted, they could push the United States back into recession.
HSBC chief economist Stephen King summed up the scale of the challenges facing President Obama with a tweet: "Four more years: fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, debt mountain...the fiscal challenges are big."
Fitch ratings agency said President Obama would have to move quickly to secure agreement on avoiding the fiscal cliff, raising the debt ceiling and agreeing to a deficit reduction plan for the medium term, or risk the U.S. losing its AAA rating next year.


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Honors House
Honors House is a coeducational residence hall located just west of campus.
The house accommodates those who participate in the
University Honors Program (a combination of first-year students and upperclassmen).
Honors House provides a focused living environment with an emphasis on community development and academic success.
Did you know?
Scholarships, grants, loans and more are available through the Office of Student Financial Assistance.
K-State offers medical care to students through Lafene Health Center.
K-State's recreation complex offers intramural sports and a full-service fitness facility.
Honors House
Honors House
1930 College Heights
Manhattan, KS 66502
Dining Center
Honors House residents eat at Kramer Dining Center.
Eligibility Requirements
Admission into the house requires an application and approval process. Students who wish to live at Honors House must be active participants of the University Honors Program .
View the honors program admission requirements for incoming freshmen . Once accepted into the University Honors Program, students must maintain a high level of academic achievement as evidenced by an overall Kansas State University grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Honors students who fall below this level have one semester to rectify this deficiency.
Current K-State students who have achieved a high level of academic success (minimum GPA of 3.5 with a minimum of 15 credit hours) and want to become a part of the University Honors Program should contact the program director to discuss this opportunity.
Transfer students with strong academic backgrounds are also encouraged to consult with the program director to review their record and determine eligibility and requirements. In general, transfer students eligible for the University Honors Program will have a minimum GPA of 3.5 from their previous school(s) based on at least 15 credit hours.
Visit the UHP website to learn more about eligibility requirements. Follow the Apply for Admission to the University Honors Program link and then choose your application status.
(Source: University Honors Program)
- Staff available 24 hours a day
- Wireless Internet
- Game table
- Community kitchen
- Study space
- Social space
- TV room
- Free parking on location (limited)
- Free laundry
- Free printing
Fee for Service
Floor plans
All rooms in the Honors House are double occupancy with a community bathroom.


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STEVE LeBLANC
Saturday, 22 December 2012 07:51 AM EST
Massachusetts voters weary from one of the nation's costliest and most divisive U.S. Senate races are all but certain to find themselves thrown back into another tumultuous election now that President Barack Obama has nominated Sen. John Kerry for secretary of state.
If confirmed by the Senate, as expected, Kerry would have to resign the seat he's held for nearly three decades, prompting a special election — the state's third Senate contest since 2010.
Already, jockeying is well under way. The big question is whether Republican Sen. Scott Brown will go for the seat, after losing his last month to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren.
He kept the door wide open to another run during a farewell address on the Senate floor, declaring that both victory and defeat are "temporary" things. "Depending on what happens, and where we go, all of us, we may obviously meet again."
And perhaps as soon as next year.
Brown would be a formidable candidate. He has a statewide political organization and more than $400,000 left in his campaign account. He remains popular and demonstrated an ability to raise millions of dollars in campaign donations. But he would still have to contend with all the hurdles facing any Republican in Massachusetts.
Still, he'd probably have a clear path to the GOP nomination. "The candidacy is his for the asking," said Rep. Brad Jones, the Republican leader in the Massachusetts House. "If he runs, then get out of the way and put your oar in the water and row in the same direction."
Should Brown opt out, former Gov. William Weld, former gubernatorial candidate Charles Baker and Richard Tisei, who lost a narrow race to Democratic U.S. Rep. John Tierney, are among the Republicans waiting in the wings for a possible run.
Democrats don't have a clear front-runner, given that Gov. Deval Patrick doesn't plan to break his pledge to serve out the last two years of his term.
He still could play a pivotal role.
Patrick could use his sway in the party to clear what looks like a potentially crowded Democratic field. His backing of Warren was seen as giving her a critical edge by helping energize Democratic voters. On Friday, however, he said he'd probably not endorse anyone in a Democratic primary.
Attorney General Martha Coakley, who lost to Brown in the 2010 special election, pulled her name out of contention on Friday.
Several Democratic members of the state's congressional delegation have said they would seriously consider running, including Reps. Michael Capuano, Edward Markey, Stephen Lynch, and Niki Tsongas. Most of those House members would begin a campaign with a financial edge. Markey has one of the largest war chests with more than $3.1 million, and Capuano has nearly half a million dollars in his account while Lynch has more than $740,000. Tsongas has about $166,000.
But all would have to work quickly to expand their appeal outside of their home districts.
Others mentioned by Democratic insiders as potential candidates: U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and Ted Kennedy Jr., a son of the late senator, an advocate for the disabled and co-founder of the New York-based Marwood Group, which described itself as "a healthcare-focused strategic advisory and financial services firm."
The governor also will be required to fill Kerry's seat temporarily with an interim appointment, while setting a day for the special election between 145 days and 160 days after Kerry's resignation. In the 2010 special election to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, Patrick required his interim appointee, former Democratic Party chairman Paul Kirk, not to run for a full term.
Patrick said he expects anyone he appoints on a temporary basis this time would also not run in the special election.
Former Gov. Michael Dukakis, retiring Rep. Barney Frank and Victoria Kennedy, widow of Sen. Kennedy, have been mentioned in Democratic circles as possible interim senators. This week, Dukakis played down interest in the post while Kennedy declined comment.
Although Democrats are riding high off Warren's win, several of the arguments they brought to bear in the 2012 campaign wouldn't apply in a special election. They can't say, as they did in the Warren campaign, that defeating Brown might tip the balance of power in the Senate. Or that electing him would strengthen the hand of a Republican president.
Still, Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh said the party has a wide pool of candidates and attributed Brown's loss to a rejection of his voting record.
"I don't think Scott Brown is any kind of prohibitive favorite," Walsh said. But he'd "certainly be a front-runner."
If there is a special election, whoever wins shouldn't get too comfortable. The senator will face re-election in 2014, when Massachusetts voters will endure yet another Senate election.
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A while back I wrote about painter Elisabeth Condon's excellent show at Lesley Heller, and I forgot to mention that Condon also writes a terrific blog called Raggedy Ann's Foot. I love her writing, which is both enthusiastic and informed. Here's an excerpt from a recent post about the Jules Olitski show at the Kemper Museum in Kansas City.
What a week of great shows! In Kansas City, the Olitski survey at the Kemper Museum stopped me cold. The various periods of Olitski's development were fascinating for their exploration of acrylics, particularly the sprayed ones, which toyed with the illusionistic effects of dispersion, but there was a fussiness about the border of each painting that drove me nuts. They reminded me of the posters from my college job in LA at the "postmodern" furniture and frame store in LA. My enjoyment of the earlier works was primarily historical, a join-the-dots experience. Then, like a crescendo of unexpected force, came four transcendent works from 2002, With Love and Disregard–that demanded at least an hour to absorb their chromatic fullness, their compositional depth and heft. What color, light, surface, abandon! Olitski didn't stop pushing the paint, ever–the results are fissured, planetary realms with complex spatial shifts. Thrilling to see a painter in his 80s hit his stride! Also enthralling to see someone play recklessly with the possibilities of their life's work and come up with something so convincing. It was like watching his brain move through his hand, which is the embodied value of painting. In the final four paintings, there was no false note, regret; they were sure-footed risks. This was not true throughout the show due to the fussiness of earlier work; thus meant the more. Olitski was a whole-hearted explorer! What inspires is that he found this in summary, not early on. And these are GREAT paintings, filled with ideas and images.
Raggedy Ann's Foot: Notes on geographical and cultural landscapes


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10 Most Amazing Inventions Of Ancient Times
During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result of incredible advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of technology stimulated societies to adopt new ways of living and governance.
However, many ancient inventions were forgotten, lost to the pages of history, only to be re-invented millennia later. Here we feature ten of the best examples of ancient technology and inventions that demonstrate the ingenuity of our ancient ancestors.
1. The ancient invention of the steam engine by the Hero of Alexandria
Heron Alexandrinus, otherwise known as the Hero of Alexandria, was a 1st century Greek mathematician and engineer who is known as the first inventor of the steam engine. His steam powered device was called the aeolipile, named after Aiolos, God of the winds.
The aeolipile consisted of a sphere positioned in such a way that it could rotate around its axis. Nozzles opposite each other would expel steam and both of the nozzles would generate a combined thrust resulting in torque, causing the sphere to spin around its axis.
The rotation force sped up the sphere up to the point where the resistance from traction and air brought it to a stable rotation speed. The steam was created by boiling water under the sphere – the boiler was connected to the rotating sphere through a pair of pipes that at the same time served as pivots for the sphere.
The replica of Heron's machine could rotate at 1,500 rounds per minute with a very low pressure of 1.8 pounds per square inch. The remarkable device was forgotten and never used properly until 1577, when the steam engine was 're-invented' by the philosopher, astronomer and engineer, Taqu al-Din.
2. Is the Assyrian Nimrud lens the oldest telescope in the world?
The Nimrud lens is a 3,000-year-old piece of rock crystal, which was unearthed by Sir John Layard in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. The Nimrud lens (also called the Layard lens) is made from natural rock crystal and is a slightly oval in shape.
It was roughly ground, perhaps on a lapidary wheel. It has a focal point about 11 centimetres from the flat side, and a focal length of about 12 cm. This would make it equivalent to a 3× magnifying glass (combined with another lens, it could achieve much greater magnification).
The surface of the lens has twelve cavities that were opened during grinding, which would have contained naptha or some other fluid trapped in the raw crystal.
Since its discovery over a century ago, scientists and historians have debated its use, with some suggesting it was used as a magnifying glass, and others maintaining it was a burning-glass used to start fires by concentrating sunlight.
However, prominent Italian professor Giovanni Pettinato proposed the lens was used by the ancient Assyrians as part of a telescope, which would explain how the Assyrians knew so much about astronomy.
According to conventional perspectives, the telescope was invented by Dutch spectacle maker, Hans Lippershey in 1608 AD, and Galileo was the first to point it to the sky and use it to study the cosmos.
But even Galileo himself noted that the 'ancients' were aware of telescopes long before him. While lenses were around before the Nimrud lens, Pettinato believes this was one of the first to be used in a telescope.
3. The oldest calendar in Scotland
Research carried out last year on an ancient site excavated by the National Trust for Scotland in 2004 revealed that it contained a sophisticated calendar system that is approximately 10,000 years old, making it the oldest calendar ever discovered in the world.
The site – at Warren Field, Crathes, Aberdeenshire – contains a 50 metre long row of twelve pits which were created by Stone Age Britons and which were in use from around 8000 BC (the early Mesolithic period) to around 4,000 BC (the early Neolithic). The pits represent the months of the year as well as the lunar phases of the moon.
They were formed in a complex arc design in which each lunar month was divided into three roughly ten day weeks – representing the waxing moon, the full moon and the waning moon.
It also allowed the observation of the mid-winter sunrise so that the lunar calendar could be recalibrated each year to bring it back in line with the solar year. The entire arc represents a whole year and may also reflect the movements of the moon across the sky.
4. Ancient Roman concrete was far superior to our own
Scientists studying the composition of Roman concrete, which has been submerged under the Mediterranean Sea for the last 2,000 years, discovered that it was superior to modern-day concrete in terms of durability and being less environmentally damaging. The Romans made concrete by mixing lime and volcanic rock.
For underwater structures, the combination of lime and volcanic ash with seawater instantly triggered a chemical reaction in which the lime incorporated molecules into its structure and reacted with the ash to cement the whole mixture together.
Analysis of the concrete found that it produces a significantly different compound to modern day cement, which is an incredibly stable binder. In addition, the ancient concrete contains the ideal crystalline structure of Tobermorite, which has a greater strength and durability than the modern equivalent.
Finally, microscopic studies identified other minerals in the ancient concrete which show potential application for high-performance concretes, including the encapsulation of hazardous wastes.
"In the middle 20th century, concrete structures were designed to last 50 years," said scientist Paulo Monteiro said. "Yet Roman harbour installations have survived 2,000 years of chemical attack and wave action underwater."
5. 2000-year-old metal coatings superior to today's standards
Research has shown that artisans and craftsmen 2,000 years ago used a form of ancient technology for applying thin films of metal to statues and other items, which was superior to today's standards for producing DVDs, solar cells, electronic devices and other products.
Fire gilding and silvering are age-old mercury-based processes used to coat the surface items such as jewels, statues and amulets with thin layers of gold or silver.
From a technological point of view, what the ancient gilders achieved 2000 years ago, was to make the metal coatings incredibly thin, adherent and uniform, which saved expensive metals and improved its durability, something which has never been achieved to the same standard today.
Apparently without any knowledge about the chemical–physical processes, ancient craftsmen systematically manipulated metals to create spectacular results.
They developed a variety of techniques, including using mercury like a glue to apply thin films of metals to objects. The findings demonstrate that there was a far higher level of understanding and knowledge of advanced concepts and techniques in our ancient past than what they are given credit for.
6. The incredible 2000-year-old earthquake detector
Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks.
Many don't realise that this process began nearly 2000 years ago, with the invention of the first seismoscope in 132 AD by a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, engineer, and inventor called Zhang ('Chang') Heng.
The device was remarkably accurate in detecting earthquakes from afar, and did not rely on shaking or movement in the location where the device was situated.
Zhang's seismoscope was a giant bronze vessel, resembling a samovar almost 6 feet in diameter. Eight dragons snaked face-down along the outside of the barrel, marking the primary compass directions. In each dragon's mouth was a small bronze ball.
Beneath the dragons sat eight bronze toads, with their broad mouths gaping to receive the balls. The sound of the ball striking one of the eight toads would alert observers to the earthquake and would give a rough indication of the earthquake's direction of origin.
In 2005, scientists in Zengzhou, China (which was also Zhang's hometown) managed to replicate Zhang's seismoscope and used it to detect simulated earthquakes based on waves from four different real-life earthquakes in China and Vietnam. The seismoscope detected all of them.
As a matter of fact, the data gathered from the tests corresponded accurately with that gathered by modern-day seismometers!
7. Mythical sunstone used as ancient navigational device
An ancient Norse myth described a magical gem used to navigate the seas, which could reveal the position of the sun when hidden behind clouds or even before dawn or after sunset.
Now it appears the myth is in fact true. In March 2013, a team of scientists announced that a unique calcite crystal, which was found in the wreck of an Elizabethan ship sunk off the Channel Islands, contains properties consistent with the legendary Viking sunstone and that shards of the crystal can indeed act as a remarkably precise navigational aid.
According to the researchers, the principle behind the sunstone relies on its unusual property of creating a double refraction of sunlight, even when it is obscured by cloud or fog.
By turning the crystal in front of the human eye until the darkness of the two shadows are equal, the sun's position can be pinpointed with remarkable accuracy.
8. The Baghdad Battery
The Baghdad Battery, sometimes referred to as the Parthian Battery, is a clay pot which encapsulates a copper cylinder. Suspended in the centre of this cylinder — but not touching it — is an iron rod.
Both the copper cylinder and the iron rod are held in place with an asphalt plug. These artifacts (more than one was found) were discovered during the 1936 excavations of the old village Khujut Rabu, near Baghdad.
The village is considered to be about 2000 years old, and was built during the Parthian period (250BC to 224 AD). Although it is not known exactly what the use of such a device would have been, the name 'Baghdad Battery', comes from one of the prevailing theories established in 1938 when Wilhelm Konig, the German archaeologist who performed the excavations, examined the battery and concluded that this device was an ancient electric battery.
After the Second World War, Willard Gray, an American working at the General Electric High Voltage Laboratory in Pittsfield, built replicas and, filling them with an electrolyte, found that the devices could produce 2 volts of electricity. The question remains, if it really was a battery, what was it used to power?
9. 1,600-year-old goblet shows that the Romans used nanotechnology
The Lycurgus Cup, as it is known due to its depiction of a scene involving King Lycurgus of Thrace, is a 1,600-year-old jade green Roman chalice that changes colour depending on the direction of the light upon it. It baffled scientists ever since the glass chalice was acquired by the British Museum in the 1950s.
They could not work out why the cup appeared jade green when lit from the front but blood red when lit from behind. The mystery was solved in 1990, when researchers in England scrutinized broken fragments under a microscope and discovered that the Roman artisans were nanotechnology pioneers:
They had impregnated the glass with particles of silver and gold, ground down until they were as small as 50 nanometres in diameter, less than one-thousandth the size of a grain of table salt.
The work was so precise that there is no way that the resulting effect was an accident. In fact, the exact mixture of the metals suggests that the Romans had perfected the use of nanoparticles. When hit with light, electrons belonging to the metal flecks vibrate in ways that alter the colour depending on the observer's position.
10. The ancient Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism was discovered in 1900 during the recovery of a shipwreck off of the Greek island, Antikythera, in waters 60 meters deep.
It is a metallic device which consists of a complex combination of gears, and dates back to the 2nd century BCE. The Antikythera mechanism is one of the most amazing mechanical devices discovered from the ancient world.
For decades, scientists have utilized the latest technology in attempts to decipher its functionality; however, due to its complexity, its true purpose and function remained elusive.
But in the last few years, a number of scientists appear to have solved the mystery as to precisely how this incredible piece of technology once worked. Peter Lynch, professor of meteorology at University College Dublin, explains:
"The mechanism was driven by a handle that turned a linked system of more than 30 gear wheels… The gears were coupled to pointers on the front and back of the mechanism, showing the positions of the sun, moon and planets as they moved through the zodiac. An extendable arm with a pin followed a spiral groove, like a record player stylus. A small sphere, half white and half black, indicated the phase of the moon. Even more impressive was the prediction of solar and lunar eclipses."
Amazingly, the device even included a dial to indicate which of the pan-Hellenic games would take place each year, with the Olympics occurring every fourth year. Just one small cog out of 30 remains a mystery and it is hoped that further research can place this last piece in the puzzle.


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Advertising Checklist Before you launch your ad campaign, consult this checklist to make sure that both your ad and your message are right on target.
Before you launch your ad campaign, consult this checklist to make sure that both your ad and your message are right on target.
Have your defined your advertising objectives and written them down?
What exactly do you want to communicate to your potential customers?
How will you measure the effectiveness of your ad?
Are you communicating buyer benefits?
Have you strategized an advertising campaign?
Is the timing right?
Do you have a planned advertising budget?
Are you prepared for a successful response?
Have you asked suppliers about cooperative programs?
Have you made sure that employees (if any) are informed of your goals?
Have all appropriate employees reviewed your advertising and approved of it?
What is your lead time for ad placement? Some newspapers require only a few days; some magazines require two months or longer.
Does your ad present a central idea or theme?
Does your message require a response?
Have you told customers where and how to reach you?
Is your ad clear and concise?
Is your ad consistent with your desired business image?
Are you keeping files on all aspects of each ad?
Where did the ad run? What were the results? (Number of sales? Sales increases?)
Have you reflected/brainstormed/evaluated?
What variables (weather; competition, etc.) have your targeted for further study?
Competitors and Customers
Are you watching competitors? (If advertisers repeat ads, try to determine why.)
Are you listening to your customers? What do they want? What's important to them?
What media are most cost-effective to reach your customers?