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Bob Woodward Blames Google For 'Killing' Newspapers
from the maybe-he-should-investigate-that dept
"There's going to be something we're going to miss in journalism that will be very regrettable. I hope the young people who have developed Facebook and Google will say, 'We need to fix the information system and we need to get information to people that's well-researched and investigated.' "There's something beautiful in a statement that disproves itself, and Woodward's statement above fits into that category perfectly. After all, he made the statement above, and it's pretty damn clear that he made it without investigating or researching what's actually going on. The fact is that Woodward seems to have conflated two totally separate issues: the fact that services like Google and Facebook exist... and the fact that not all reporting is well-researched or investigated. The problem is that those two things are not particularly related, and most certainly not causal. There are, for example, plenty of reports in newspapers that are neither well-researched nor investigated. At the same time, there are plenty of things found online that are both well-researched and investigated. Of course, there's plenty that isn't... but that doesn't harm the stuff that is. I never understand why people automatically think that all content online gets equal attention, and that any "bad" content somehow takes something away from good content.
But rather than researching and investigating what's really causing problems for newspapers (hint: massive debt-load and an astounding failure to adapt to the times), Woodward simply does what he claims to hate, and makes uninformed and ignorant statements, blaming "search engines" for the "screwed up information system." He also seems to think that while "people" exist offline, what happens online no longer involves people. The following paragraph, for example, makes no sense:
"Mark Felt, who was Deep Throat, didn't have a Facebook account. He wouldn't have had one. The news of Watergate came from human beings who were reluctant to talk. And the information was not on the Internet. You talk to college students and they say, 'Instead of two years before Nixon resigned, it would have happened in a week.' And I say, 'Why?' And they say, 'Because, people would have gone to the Internet and found it.' But I say, 'It wasn't there. Even if there was an Internet, the information would not be available.'"Even if that latter exchange really happened (and I have my doubts), the whole thing seems to be based on the idea that a reporter today can't cultivate sources online. While I'm not an investigative reporter by any stretch of the imagination, I can say pretty clear that the internet has been a massive boon in building up a variety of sources of information that simply wouldn't be possible in the past. Just because it happens online doesn't mean it doesn't involve communicating with people. It's just that the process becomes more efficient. He's right that Mark Felt wouldn't have put info online... but would it have been possible for reporters to cultivate a source like Feld online? Absolutely.


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TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill today that would exempt the initiation fees, membership fees and dues charged by nonprofit health and fitness clubs from the state's 7 percent sales tax.
The sales tax exemptions will be retroactive to Oct. 1, 2006, and the measure will create a system for consumers to receive a refund.
"Slapping the sales tax onto a gym membership is not a means of enticing someone who wants to take the first step to improve their health," New Jersey Assemblyman Reed Gusciora says. "The ability to offer tax-free fitness memberships will allow us to further promote the ideal of a healthier New Jersey."
The legislation passed 78-0 with two abstentions in the Assembly. The measure returned to the Senate, where a concurrence vote was taken before Corzine signed the bill into law.
When the bill was delayed in March, Corzine supported repealing the sales tax for nonprofit clubs but expressed concerns about the portion of the bill that included for-profit clubs also getting a tax break.
The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) opposed the bill, saying it wanted a sales tax repeal on all health clubs, nonprofit and for-profit.
IHRSA opposes a bill recently passed by the Maine House of Representatives allowing the expansion of that state's 5 percent sales tax to include membership or fees paid for fitness training, health clubs and spas.
IHRSA did score a "victory" of sorts in Connecticut when that state's legislative session ended June 7. Four bills that IHRSA opposed that would have required health clubs in Connecticut to purchase an automated external defibrillator (AED) without providing liability protection for clubs and their employees died at the end of the session.

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text: Craig Tierney wrote: > Bill Broadley wrote: >> Impressive: >> * IEEE floating point, doubles 1/2 as fast as single precision (6 times or >> so faster than the gt200). >> * ECC > > The GDDR5 says it supports ECC, but what is the card going to do? > Is it ECC just from the memory controller, or is it ECC all the way > through the chip? Is it 1-bit correct, 2-bit error message? Nvidia is pleasingly specific in their white paper: http://www.nvidia.com/content/PDF/fermi_white_papers/NVIDIAFermiComputeArchitectureWhitepaper.pdf Specifically: Fermi supports Single-Error Correct Double-Error Detect (SECDED) ECC codes that correct any single bit error in hardware as the data is accessed. ... Fermi's register files, shared memories, L1 caches, L2 cache, and DRAM memory are ECC protected ... All NVIDIA GPUs include support for the PCI Express standard for CRC check with retry at the data link layer. Fermi also supports the similar GDDR5 standard for CRC check with retry (aka "EDC") during transmission of data across the memory bus. Kudos to Nvidia to being very clear.


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#plan my travel
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The goroo Chicago Trip Planner provides you with step-by-step directions to reach your destination in the Chicago region using buses and trains or by driving, biking, and walking. Just tell us where you're starting and where you're going, and we'll make sure we take you there!
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- which bus or train to catch
- when and where to board
- when and where to transfer, if necessary
- how much fare is required
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- driving, biking, and walking directions to and from your destinations
- visual maps of your trip
Itineraries, directions, and maps are based on information supplied to the RTA by its public transit operators: the CTA, Metra, and Pace. Schedule and route information is based on the latest timetables available and is subject to change without notice. Service may be affected by traffic, construction, accidents, or weather conditions.
Entering a Location
You can enter a location into the goroo trip planner in four formats: a street address, intersection, location of a bus stop or train station, or a landmark.
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If the Trip Planner finds more than one location that matches your request, or if there is an error in the input, you will be presented a list of choices to select from.
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The goroo Trip Planner will display up to six trips in tabular format. For each trip option, you can view detailed driving, biking, or walking directions to and between stops (in case you need to transfer).
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If the goroo Trip Planner is not able to exactly match your starting point or destination with a location in its database, you will see a page with the heading "Get Directions Results Page" You will be told which location was not completely recognized, and you'll be asked to select from a list of possible options.
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Django 1.2 Features
This page lists features which have been proposed for development/inclusion in Django 1.2. So far no decisions have been made regarding any of these features. See Version1.2Roadmap for information on the process and definition of terms.
Features under consideration
- Multi-database support (Alex Gaynor's GSoC project)
- Admin UI Enhancements (Zain Memon's GSoC project)
- Improved/reworked CsrfProtection (see #9977, #10816)
- i18n improvements (Marc Garcia's GSoC project)
- Add {% doctype %} and {% field %} template tags from http://github.com/simonw/django-html/
- Smarter {% if %} tag from http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1350/
- Syndication feed views and better Atom support: http://github.com/bfirsh/syndication-view/
- Search support in the ORM: http://github.com/bfirsh/django/tree/search
- Support for non-relational databases: Tokyo Cabinet/Tyrant, MongoDB, Cassandra, Google Bigtable (AppEngine, #10192), Amazon SimpleDB, CouchDB, etc
- Add a method to the orm to create Model instances from raw sql queries (useful when the orm is limiting you)
- Add a generic "official" way to create a REST API; so far there are quite a bunch of pluggables, with varying levels of "completeness", documentation and efficiency, and they're quite hard to choose from.
- Make easier to mantain / deploy default settings.py by either:
- include localsettings at the end, with the recommended approach of putting DATABASE_* settings in localsettings.py
- or: if DEBUG: { some database settings } else: { other database settings }
- integrate some DVCS in django-admin.py, perhaps Mercurial or Git. This would make it easier to adopt and collaborate on Django projects. (This is stolen from Rails)
- show all SQL commands issued in the development server, for debugging purposes, perhaps only if DEBUG=true (another one stolen from Rails / Mongrel)
- Complete comment moderation by documenting existing approval process (#9819) and/or by adding admin actions (#11625) to the
- Extra template tags and filters (http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/2045a50970d6a883)
- Replace get_absolute_url (http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ReplacingGetAbsoluteUrl)
- Make working with inline formsets easier (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/442040/pre-populate-an-inline-formset, as per James: ...the way the model formsets work just make this more trouble than it's usually worth, but with a bit of API cleanup I think it could be made extremely easy., also http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/f9aae709a7fda689)
- Allow inclusion of inlines in fieldsets (admin)
- #17 Identity mapping in the ORM (Work has been done to this end by David Cramer, here: http://github.com/dcramer/django-idmapper/tree/master)
- #342 Read-only form fields
- #373 Multi-part primary keys
- #399 Support 8-byte integer DB-fields (
- #494 Option for classes on admin inlines
- #7028, #7923 Improve the usability of
- #2443 Implement
- #3011 Allow for extendable auth_user module
- #3349, #6587 Better template tag loading
- #3512 Add "required" & "error" CSS classes to form rows in as_* methods
- #3569 Implement Atom Publishing Protocol
- #4604 Message Passing For Anonymous Users
- #4656 Full serialization
- #5833 Custom
- #6148 Add support for database schemas
- #6262 Support caching compiled templates
- #6378 Capture arbitrary output as a template variable (or add a capture ttag)
- #6460 Multilingual Content in the db
- #6630 Fieldsets for newforms
- #6735 Class-based generic views
- #6845 Model validation (Honza Kral's GSoC project)
- #6903 Admin app: Go back to old change_list view after saving model instance
- #7539 Add ON DELETE and ON UPDATE support
- #8274 Auth views allow form override (as an example, this would allow usernames longer than 30 chars to be handled)
- #8896, #11647 Support for subdomains in the url patterns, to allow easy reversing (or better: to allow reversing at all ;))
- #9200 Session-based
- #9289 Swedish (se) localflavor
- #10284
ModelFormSet- objects are deleted even if commit=False
- #10476 Support database-level autocommit mode in Postgresql <= 8.1
- #10587, #1480, #2626 Store datetime values as UTC, handle them consistently regardless of RDBMS, platform and make things easier for multi-timezone applications.
- #10752 Enhanced Bash Completion
- #10871 Support for input arguments on admin actions.
- #11010 Support row-level permissions by updating the User-Object and Authbackends, to take an optional
objectparameter, so 3rd party Apps can implement the functionality easily.
- #11402 exists() method on
- #11463 Vietnamese translation
- #11156 Remove unnecessary savepoints with Oracle
- #11698 Add Django Debug Toolbar to contrib.
Lieutenants and Committers
The lieutenants and committers for each feature will be decided when the feature list is formalized.


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My Brick Wall: Grandma's Birth Mother Agnes Anderson
For much of my life, my Grannie was not shy or bothered about the fact that she was adopted. I can't say the same for when my mother was growing up. She was a teenager when she learned her mother was adopted. In my Grannie's personal history, she told the story of when her own sister found out she was adopted. Her sister Peggy came barreling into their home with fumes coming out of her ears (okay, literary licenses, but Peggy was very upset). She said,"'Hey Louse, did you know we were adopted?"
|Scan of original adoption papers for Marie Anderson,
of Franklin County, Ohio in 1925
In my Grannie's typical not easily provoked attitude, she replied, "So?" My grandmother adored her mother Lura Maude Smith and her father Harry Howard Long. If they didn't actually give birth to her, she didn't care. They were her parents and were so very, very kind to her.
Later in life, Louise did benefit from her birth mother. Her birth mother had a small estate and it was kept in a trust (I think that it was it was called) until Louise was an adult. In that trust, Louise inherited a home in Newark, Licking, Ohio. When Louise got married, she sold that property to purchase major items with her new husband Lewis Sherman Brown. I believe they bought their home at 716 Hanford Street in Columbus, Ohio.
So, who is Louise's birth mother? Her name is Agnes Anderson. And what's interesting is that Louise Eleanor Long was born Marie Agnes Anderson.
|Scan of Agnes Anderson Original death Certificate
According to her death certificate, Agnes was single and about 36. No birth date is known. The informant was a hospital that's very hard to read. But in any case, keeping that in mind the additional personal facts are related. Her parents are Wm and Amanda (Sparks) Anderson of Evansville, Missouri.
Agnes worked, at the time of her death, as a clerk in the stenographer industry. She died of eclampsia after her daughter was born. Agnes is supposed to be buried in Newark, Ohio, but I've yet to find the cemetery. Side note: The baby did have residual effects of eclampsia, and was a very sickly baby. However, Agnes' sickly baby with no one in the world at her birth lived to nearly 92 years old and was loved by so very, very many.
My Grannie had in her possession the copy of her adoption papers. Again, she adored her parents and her birth mother was deceased, so she didn't pursue anything further about Agnes. She didn't feel there was any need. She was loved and well cared for. Nothing more of the story was needed. How very different Louise's attitude is from the many adopted persons of today who claim to be incomplete without knowing more about their birth parents.
Now, I'm seeking out the life of Agnes not because I need to know who she is to feel complete. I'm seeking out her life because a) I'm an amateur genealogist and the mystery bugs me and b) because I want Agnes to be remembered. If I don't, know one else really will.
|From the original scan of adoption packet of Marie Anderson
As I said, I have adoption papers for Louise Long (aka Marie Anderson). In the packet, her adopted father indicated what he had learned about Agnes. According to what he had learned, Agnes was a stenographer and bookkeeper for B & O Railroad Company. (side note: My great-grandfather Geiszler worked for the same company as a pattern maker. Small world, or big industry in Ohio?)
The document goes on to say that Agnes' delivery of a child came as a big shock to those she worked with. She always 'bore a good reputation, was quite an industrious woman' so her having a baby was very unexpected. For some reason, though she had this baby out of wedlock, I like that statement. She was a hard worker and had a good reputation.
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Hansel Eugene "Gene" Wood
Hansel Eugene "Gene" Wood, 64, of Jonesboro passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at his home. He was born July 31, 1948 in Caraway to Hansel and Geneva Murray Wood. Gene was the owner of Wood Software, Inc., a graduate of Arkansas State University and a member of the Community of Christ Church. He served eight years in the U.S. Air Force with one year of overseas duty in Thailand. He loved nature and spending time with his friends, family and grandchildren.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Kay Gadberry; a brother-in-law, Bill Gadberry; and a nephew, Dusty Wood.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Ballard Wood; two daughters, Gina (Jack) Fortenberry of Jonesboro and Tracy (Steve) Brock of Tuckerman; two grandchildren, Clara Brooke Fortenberry and Caleb Brock; a brother, Perry (Donna) Wood of Monette; and two sisters, Joan (Bruce) Primm of Jonesboro and Wilma (Berl) Thomas of Bradenton, Fla. He is also survived and much loved by his extended Ballard family.
A celebration of life reception will be held Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 6-8 p.m. at the Community of Christ Church, 919 East Highland in Jonesboro.
Lasting memorials can be made to the Grace Bible Training Center Mission in Paragould.
Arrangements are under the direction of Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home of Jonesboro.
Online guestbook www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.


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Is there any more form of democratic dissent more American than the lunatic militia conspiracy? Four Georgian geezers are in deep federal shit after being apprehended for a convoluted plan to kill lots of people. Airplanes, poison, and explosives.
All four of the wannabe terrorists were over 65, the NYT reports, but still had the vigor to throw together a mish mash of terror attack wet dreaming: they'd cook up 10 pounds of ricin, an extremely toxic organic poison, and drop it from an airplane over DC. Oh, and they'd also throw it out of the window of a speeding car. And there was something about machine guns and bombs. This was mighty ambitious for four guys! Unfortunately for them, as the Federation of American Scientists notes, "For ricin to be delivered as an aerosol, it must be lyophilized—a process by which a liquid substance is dried by freezing in a high vacuum. While it is not overly difficult to aerosolize ricin, this step does present a technical challenge." This mode of delivery—particularly the Hey let's just dump some out of the car approach, probably wouldn't have been too effective. Even if they were smart enough to pull it off. Luckily, the government-haters are in custody, after which they'll spend many ironic years housed by tax dollars. [NYT]
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Trevor Poole Appears in Justice Court [AUDIO]
20 year-old Grizzly football player Trevor Poole appeared in Missoula justice court via video from the Missoula County jail Monday on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs, a felony.
Poole, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, answered questions put to him by Judge John Odlin. Deputy Missoula County Attorney Shaun Donovan recommended to the court that due to his lack of criminal record, and his cooperation with authorities upon his arrest, that Poole be released on his own recognizance.
Judge Odlin agreed to the state's recommendation, with the stipulation that he refrain from the use of any alcohol or drugs, not enter any establishment that has a liquor license, and not carry any weapons of any kind for any reason. The court also granted Poole permission to visit his family in Spokane, Washington.
According to University of Montana Athletic Director Kent Haslam, Poole has been suspended indefinitely from the football team for a violation of the student athlete code of conduct. Poole was a starting offensive lineman.
Court Proceedings for Trevor Poole


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Guest Post from Jaymie Kahn, Director of Community Health
You may know us as "the AIDS housing agency" but we do a lot more. Bailey House's Health Home Targeted Case Management program is now also offering services in healthcare navigation to over 460 individuals throughout NYC. To ensure quality programming, we continuously assess community need, including whether services are culturally competent. Recently, through our interaction with new clients, we identified that we need to provide services in more languages than English and Spanish. There is a huge gap in care for those individuals who speak other languages. Today we are excited to announce that we are now working with an experienced language translation line, allowing us to provide services in over 170 languages. Our team of expert Care Managers, Patient Navigators and Outreach & Engagement Specialists will be using this service effective November 6, 2013.
Jaymie Kahn, MPA, MSEd, LMHC, CRC is an experienced administrator in the social service and healthcare fields. Over the past nine years she has worked with individuals living with HIV/AIDS, substance use and mental illness and provided services that empower clients to live healthy lives.
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Renovation Inspiration: Windows As Shower Doors
Windowless bathroom? Have no fear! Consider this nifty idea of using a window as a shower door. Of course, it's not as good as an actual window because it won't be admitting natural light into the room. But this is a close second for its other window-ly qualities of adding architectural interest and bouncing light around a bit:
In the three examples shown, steel-framed, industrial-style windows have been used in place of your typical shower door. In the first two examples, actual windows were salvaged for the use. In the third, the shower door was custom-designed to look like the rest of the casement windows in the house. Pretty cool detail, isn't it?
Images: Spaller|Glover, Glass Works of Summit, House Beautiful


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Events for 2018. October 12.
Day Navigation
Szeged Slippers exhibition
The exhibiton in the Móra Ferenc Museum regales the history of the making of the Szeged slippers.Find out more »
Speaking dead- Historical investigators
Thousands of secrets, dramatic stories are hidden by the hundreds or even thousands of years of human bone remains. The task of archeologists, anthropologists, is to examine each bone by examining the identity of the deceased, the causes of his death. In our new periodical exhibition, these historical investigators can now hide in their skin […]Find out more »
Lords of millions of years-lifelike dinosaurs from America
Információk: Honlap: http://moramuzeum.hu/latogatoi-informaciok/jegyarak/Find out more »
Ancient Gold and Silver Tresures from Romania
The gold and silver treasures presented at the Black House are almost invaluable in terms of ideas. The collection from Bucharest is so valuable that the objects arrived in Szeged by machine-gun police, and the experts placed them in security displays. There will be treasures for the general public, which were made from the beginning […]Find out more »


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While they might not realize it, parents play a huge role in their children's eating
and exercise habits. Kids are still spending most of their time at home and eating
most meals at home. Parents buy and prepare food, and decide what and how
much kids can eat. They are responsible for providing opportunities for children
to be active and can set rules for TV and video game use.
With obesity increasingly becoming a critical medical problem in children, parents
need to step up to the plate. In the United States, a whopping 17 percent of
children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years are obese, as per the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, but mom and dad, don't fret.
According to a study recently published in medical journal Pediatrics, diet and
exercise programs with parental involvement, parent and child centered program,
are the best way to help kids stay trim and fit.
The study involved 165 overweight children between ages 6 to 10 years old, who
were randomly assigned to one of three interventions: a diet program taught to
parents by dietitians that focused on goal setting, problem solving and positive
reinforcement from parents; an activity program for kids taught by physical
education teachers, with parents taking part early on and encouraged to do more
at home with their kids; and a combination of the two programs, with parents and
children both participating.
Children in all three groups reduced their body mass index and waist
circumference after two years, with the diet program and the combination
program yielding better results than the activity program.
Therefore, parents' input might actually be necessary to see results. They can
be trained to be effective agents of change where management of obesity in
children is concerned. After the study, parents reported feeling more comfortable
saying "no" to their children's demands, setting limits on the type of food the
children could eat, limiting the amount of time they spent watching TV or playing
video games, and establishing consequences for breaking the rules.
This study shows that interventions that target parents alone may be an effective
and non-stigmatizing strategy for achieving effective weight loss in obese
children. Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right's child and parent centered program
utilizes this strategy, and enables parents and children to make the right food
choices and have fun eating healthy, wholesome meals. Power to the parents -
you can do it!
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. is a pediatrician and child obesity specialist. Her book, Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right, was published by Rodale in December, 2009 and is available on Amazon.


text: Experimenting with a tty Connection for R I presented twice at this years useR!. The first was a regular talk on the tty connection patch for R. The talk went smoothly, despite a live demonstration using the DLP-232PC data acquisition module (datasheet). The slides for this presentation are here: shotwell-tty-useR-2011.pdf The image above is a


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Like many summer favorites, chicken salad has all the makings of a refreshing, light meal ... except for all that mayonnaise.
An easy way to lighten it up is to switch it out for our favorite creamy substitute, nonfat plain Greek yogurt. We also opted to grill the chicken, an easy way to pump up the flavor while adding virtually no fat.
For this recipe, we freshened up our salad by adding some berbere, an Ethiopian spice blend that can feature any number of seasonings, but often includes ginger, cardamom, garlic, cumin and chilies. If you can't find it or if you prefer something a little more tame, switch it out for another spice blend, such as curry powder or Italian seasoning.
For even more flavor and some textural contrast, we added chopped Peppadew peppers. You can usually find these alongside the olives at the grocer. Cherry peppers also would work. After some chopped fennel bulb, a handful of toasted almonds and some grapes, we were finished.
We like to serve this salad stuffed in whole-wheat pita pockets with salad greens, but you could also spoon it over a bed of greens for a hearty salad.
Start to finish: 45 minutes
Servings: 4
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Salt and ground black pepper
Canola or vegetable oil
1 to 2 teaspoons berbere seasoning 5.3-ounce container nonfat plain Greek yogurt 1/2 cup chopped Peppadew peppers 1/2 bulb fresh fennel, trimmed and diced 1 cup red grapes, halved 1/4 cup slivered, toasted almonds 4 small whole-grain pita pockets 2 cups salad greens
Heat the grill to medium-high. Place the chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap. Using a meat mallet or rolling pin, pound the meat to an even half-inch thickness. Season with salt and black pepper. Soak a crumpled paper towel with the oil. Clasping the paper towel with tongs, oil the grates of the grill. Grill the chicken breasts for 4 minutes per side, or until the chicken is cooked through and reaches 165 F. Set aside to cool, then cut into small chunks. In a large bowl, combine the berbere with the yogurt, Peppadew peppers, fennel, grapes, almonds and the cooled chopped chicken. Mix well, then season with salt and pepper. Fill each pita pocket with a quarter of the salad greens, then spoon some of the chicken salad into it. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 300 calories; 50 calories from fat (17 percent of total calories); 6g fat (1g saturated; 0g trans fats); 65mg cholesterol; 29g carbohydrate; 34g protein; 5g fiber; 260mg sodium.


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When Tutu (a tribute to Desmond Tutu) was released in 1986, it re-ignited Miles Davis' career, crossing over into rock and pop, and winning Davis two Grammy Awards - key factor in raising Davis' status to an international superstar.
It was as an international superstar Miles Davis returned in 1989 to the song-writing and production talents of his former protégé Marcus Miller. The resultant album highlights the burgeoning musical partnership of Miles with saxophonist Kenny Garrett, as well as his enthusiasm for Zouk music, which touches the set with a sense of flamboyance and freedom.
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Alexa Vega and Brette Taylor have joined the cast of Nashville.
The actresses will appear in recurring roles on season three of the ABC series. Vega will portray Kiley, the first love and high school sweetheart of kind-hearted musician Gunnar (Sam Palladio), who moves to Nashville with her 10-year-old son. Taylor will play Pam, the new backup singer for country star Luke Wheeler (Will Chase), who becomes a muse for Deacon Claybourne (Charles Esten).
Nashville premiered on ABC in 2012, and follows the relationship between legendary singer Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) and rising star Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere). The series co-stars Clare Bowen as Scarlett O'Connor, Eric Close as Teddy Conrad, Chaley Rose as Zoey and Jonathan Jackson as Avery Barkley.
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Digital Archive for the Study of pre-Islamic Arabian Inscriptions
DASI is a five-year project directed by Alessandra Avanzini of the University of Pisa, which has been funded by the European Community within the Seventh Framework Programme "Ideas", Specific Programme "ERC – Advanced Grant".
DASI seeks to gather all known pre-Islamic Arabian epigraphic material into a comprehensive online database, with the aim to make available to specialists and to the broader public a wide array of documents often underestimated because of their difficulty of access.
By means of a digitization process through a hybrid data entry/xml system developed by the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa according to international encoding standards, DASI gives access at present to nearly 8,000 Ancient South Arabian inscriptions recorded by the University of Pisa team under the direction of Alessandra Avanzini.
Thanks to the fruitful collaboration with other two major European centres for the study of the epigraphic documentation of the Arabian Peninsula, also sections of the two corpora of Ancient North Arabian inscriptions (supervision by Michael C.A. Macdonald, University of Oxford) and Aramaic inscriptions (supervision by Laila Nehmé, UMR 8167, CNRS-Paris) are being prepared for consultation.


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5 Things We Learned From the 2013 Small Cool Kitchens Contest
Our Small Cool Kitchens contest wrapped up this week. Did you enjoy it? We always love this contest because it gives us a unique snapshot of what's going on in kitchens around the country (and world!). This year, we were reminded of a few trends that aren't dying anytime soon, some tips to make small kitchens the best they can be, and one hot new color we see hitting it big in the next year.
1. For rental kitchens, a place for everything and everything in its place.
2. Subway tile is still going strong.
3. Farmhouse sinks are still hot, hot, hot.
4. Dark is dramatic in small kitchens.
5. Light blue and minty green walls are in.
Another trend we noticed this year? Light blue and minty green walls! A number of kitchens — including a contest finalist and our grand prize winner — sported these light hues on their kitchen walls. So fresh and pretty.
What did you notice about this year's Small Cool Kitchens entries? Any ideas, tips, or trends you picked up?
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Welcome to the Office Governmental Relations at UTSA
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G2911, Reviewed November 2018
Various mating schemes of animals are classified under two broad categories — inbreeding and outbreeding. Classification depends on the closeness of the biological relationship between mates. Within each category, a wide variation in intensity of this relationship exists. A very fine line separates the two categories. Mating closely related animals (for example, parent and offspring, full brother and sister or half brother and sister) is inbreeding. With less closely related animals (first cousins, second cousins), people disagree about where to draw the line between inbreeding and outbreeding.
Technically, inbreeding is defined as the mating of animals more closely related than the average relationship within the breed or population concerned. Matings between animals less closely related than this, then, would constitute outbreeding. These two systems of mating, with varying intensities in each, are described in Table 1. Matings indicated within the inbreeding category are self-explanatory; those within the outbreeding category are defined in the glossary.
Table 1
Degrees of inbreeding and outbreeding arranged according to biological relationship between indicated mates. (In reading from top to bottom, biological relationship between mates steadily decreases.)
Individuals are considered to be biologically related when they have one or more common ancestors. For practical purposes, if two individuals have no common ancestor within the last five or six generations, they are considered unrelated.
Biological relationship is important in animal breeding because the closer the relationship, the higher the percentage of like genes the two individuals carry. Closeness of relationship is determined by three factors:
The coefficient of relationship is a single numerical value that considers all the above-mentioned factors. It is a measure of the degree to which the genotypes (genetic constitutions) of the two animals are similar. It is estimated by the expression:
RBC = sigma[(1/2)n+n'(1 + FA)] ÷ Square Root of (1 + FB)(1 + FC)
FA, FB, FC = inbreeding coefficients of the common ancestor and of animals B and C, respectively.
If none of the animals is inbred, the coefficient of relationship is estimated as:
RBC = sigma [(1/2)n + n']
The use of this expression can be demonstrated with the full-sib sample pedigree and arrow diagram (Figure 1). In this example, assume neither sire nor dam is inbred. The arrow diagram on the right shows paths of gene flow from each of the common ancestors (D and E) to the animals whose coefficient of relationship we are measuring (B and C).
Figure 1
The problem now is to trace all possible paths from animal B to animal C which pass through a common ancestor. In this case, there are two such paths (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Since we have assumed no inbreeding in this example, the coefficient of relationship between animals B and C is estimated as:
RBC = sigma[(1/2)n + n'] = (1/2)1 + 1 + (1/2)1 + 1 = (1/2)2 + (1/2)2 = 0.50
A livestock producer would find coefficient of relationship information valuable in a number of situations. He may, for example, want to sell an animal related to one that previously sold for a high price. The higher the coefficient of relationship between the two, the better its use as a sales point. Or, he may want to purchase one of two related bulls and one may cost more than he wishes to pay. If the coefficient of relationship between the two bulls is high, he might be as well off with the lower priced bull as he would with the more expensive one.
A practical use of the coefficient of relationship is estimating the performance value of an untested animal. To estimate the value, we must know the performance value of a related animal, the coefficient of relationship between the tested and untested animals, and the average performance value of the breed, herd, or group to which the tested and untested animals belong.
As an example, consider a herd with a feedlot average daily gain (ADG) of 2.25 pounds per day. Assume further that a sire from this herd had a 3.50 pounds per day feedlot ADG, while a younger half brother has not, as yet, been evaluated for feedlot ADG. Assuming no inbreeding, the coefficient of relationship between half brothers is 0.25. The best estimate of the untested animal's feedlot ADG is that it will deviate from the herd average 25 percent as far as does the performance value of the tested half brother. Using these figures, the most probable feedlot ADG value of the untested animal is 2.25 + (0.25) × (3.50 - 2.25) or 2.56 pounds per day.
When we calculate an inbreeding coefficient, we are attempting to measure the probable percentage reduction in the frequency of pairing of dissimilar genes (reduction in heterozygosity). This reduction is relative to a base population. The base population usually is the breed concerned at a date to which the pedigrees are traced. Animals in this base population are assumed to be non-inbred. This does not mean these base population animals had dissimilar genes in each pair. There is no way for us to know how many of their gene pairs consisted of similar or dissimilar genes. The inbreeding coefficient that is calculated is simply relative to that base and reflects the probable percentage reduction in however many dissimilar gene pairs the average base population animals had.
The general expression for determining the inbreeding coefficient is:
FX = sigma[(1/2)n + n' + 1 (1 + FA)]
If neither parent is inbred, but if they are related, the inbreeding coefficient of their progeny is half their coefficient of relationship: 1/2 RBC This can be demonstrated using a full-sib mating to make comparison easy with the full-sib coefficient of relationship calculated previously. In this case, the pedigree for animal X and the arrow diagram will be as follows:
Figure 3
The problem now is to trace all possible paths from the sire (B) to the dam (C) through each common ancestor. As with the coefficient of relationship problem, there are two such paths:
Figure 4
Since we have assumed neither parent is inbred, the inbreeding coefficient of animal × is estimated as:
FX = sigma[(1/2)n + n' + 1] = (1/2)1 + 1 + 1 + (1/2)1 + 1 + 1 = (1/2)3 + (1/2)3 = 0.25
This is one-half the coefficient of relationship between full-sibs when there is no inbreeding.
The basic genetic consequence of inbreeding is to promote what is technically known as homozygosity. This means there is an increase in the frequency of pairing of similar genes. Accompanying this increase, there must be a decrease in the frequency of pairing of dissimilar genes. This is called a decrease in heterozygosity. These simultaneous events are the underlying reasons for the general effects on performance we observe with inbreeding.
Development of highly productive inbred lines of domestic livestock is possible. To date, however, such attempts have met with little apparent success. Although occasional high performance animals are produced, inbreeding generally results in an overall reduction in performance. This reduction is manifested in many ways. The most obvious effects of inbreeding are poorer reproductive efficiency including higher mortality rates, lower growth rates and a higher frequency of hereditary abnormalities. This has been shown by numerous studies with cattle, horses, sheep, swine and laboratory animals.
The extent of this decrease in performance, in general, is in proportion to the degree of inbreeding. The greater the degree of inbreeding, the greater the reduction in performance. The actual performance reduction is not the same in all species or in all traits. Some characteristics (like meat quality) are hardly influenced by inbreeding; others (like reproductive efficiency) are greatly influenced by inbreeding. We cannot, then, make a generalized statement about the amount of reduction in "performance" that would result from a specific amount of inbreeding and expect it to be applicable in a broad variety of situations.
It is possible, however, to predict the extent of the effect of inbreeding on specific traits. Such predictions are based on results actually obtained under experimental conditions in which various levels of inbreeding had been attained. In research with swine conducted at the Midwest Regional Swine Breeding Laboratory, Dickerson and others (1954) point out that for each 10 percent increase in inbreeding (of the pigs in the litter), there is a decrease of 0.20, 0.35, 0.38, and 0.44 pigs per litter at birth, 21 days, 56 days, and 154 days, respectively. We can use such figures to provide estimates of expected decreases in litter size (at comparable litter ages) in other herds of swine.
Most inbreeding studies suggest each successive unit increase in inbreeding results in a proportional decrease in performance. Estimates of average increases in percentage inbreeding within a closed herd can be made with the expression:
Avg. increase in inbreeding = (Number males + Number females) ÷ (8)(Number males)(Number females)
In a closed herd of cattle in which 100 females and four males were used in each generation, for example, the average per generation increase in inbreeding would be (4 + 100) ÷ (8)(4)(100) = 0.0325. On a per year basis, assuming a generation interval of five years, this would amount to an average yearly increase in inbreeding of 0.0065 or 0.65 percent.
Despite the generally poor results obtained with inbreeding, it is a very useful tool in animal breeding. Inbreeding is essential to the development of prepotent animals — animals that uniformly "stamp" their characteristics on their progeny. Because inbreeding causes an increase in the proportion of like genes (good or bad, recessive or dominant), the inbred animal's reproductive cells will be more uniform in their genetic makeup. When this uniformity involves a relatively large number of dominant genes, the progeny of that individual will uniformly display the dominant characteristics of that parent.
Inbreeding may also be used to uncover genes that produce abnormalities or death — genes that, in outbred herds, are generally present in low frequencies. These harmful genes are almost always recessive in their genetic nature and their effects are hidden or masked by their dominant counterparts (alleles). Except for sex-linked traits, recessive genes are not expressed if carried singly. For their effects to be manifested, they must be present in duplicate. The likelihood they will be present in duplicate increases with inbreeding, because inbreeding increases the proportion of like genes (both good and bad) in the inbred population. With the effects of these genes uncovered, the breeder can eliminate them from his herd. He would cull progeny that showed the undesirable effect of these recessive genes and would also cull the parents that are carriers of the undesirable genes. In addition, two-thirds of the "normal" progeny of these carrier parents are themselves expected to be carriers of these same undesirable genes. In the absence of breeding tests to sort out the carriers from the non-carriers, it would also be necessary to cull all "normal" progeny of the carrier parents.
Breeders can use an inbreeding test to identify carriers of harmful autosomal recessive genes (like those responsible for snorter dwarfism in cattle, hyperostosis in swine, or cryptorchidism in sheep). An inbreeding test checks for only recessive genes that the tested animal (usually the male) carries. The following example and the numbers given are pertinent to cattle, where one offspring per gestation is usual. If we want to be sure at the 0.01 level of probability that a bull is free of harmful autosomal recessive genes, we would have to mate him to at least 35 of his daughters. He is mated to 35+ of his daughters because only half of them are expected to carry any harmful recessive gene their sire is carrying. We need the production of 35 normal calves without a single abnormal calf to show the bull free (at the 0.01 probability level) of any harmful autosomal recessive gene.
Tests in sheep and swine would require matings to fewer daughters. Actual numbers would depend on the average number of progeny produced per gestation in each species. Using the 0.01 probability level and assuming the average litter size is 1.5 in sheep and 8.0 in swine, the number of sire-daughter matings needed would be about 24+ for sheep and 5+ for swine.
Another important use of inbreeding is in the development of distinct families or inbred lines. Beginning with an initially diverse genetic population, inbreeding results in the formation of various lines, each differing genetically from the other. Continued inbreeding within these lines tends to change the frequency of some of the genes found in the initial population. For example, if a particular gene is present in only 1 percent of the animals in the initial population, inbreeding and the development of distinct lines could result in this gene being present in all or nearly all animals in some lines and in none or only a few of the animals in other lines. Inbred lines are used in a number of ways but are probably most notably used in the development of hybrid chickens or hybrid seed corn.
A generally mild form of inbreeding (linebreeding) is being used successfully by some seed stock and commercial producers. Its objective is to maintain a high degree of relationship between the animals in the herd and some outstanding ancestor or ancestors. With inbreeding in general, there is no attempt to increase the relationship between the offspring and any particular ancestor. In a linebreeding program there is a deliberate attempt to maintain or increase the relationship between the offspring and a specific admired ancestor (or ancestors). This feature distinguishes linebreeding as a special form of inbreeding.
The inbreeding coefficient of the offspring produced in a linebreeding program is generally low, but is dependent on the kind of breeding program followed. Figure 5 illustrates two linebreeding programs. The breeding program outlined in part A shows a direct line of relationship between offspring "x" and desired ancestor "5." Only a mild level of inbreeding in animal "x" (Fx = 0.03125) is reached. The coefficient of relationship obtained between animal "x" and animal "5" is 0.2462. Part B is a linebreeding program based on continuous sire-daughter matings which, after only two generations, produces a level of inbreeding in animal "x" of 0.375 and a coefficient of relationship between animals "x" and "S" of 0.78.
Figure 5
Pedigrees and arrow diagrams for two line breeding programs.
The sire-daughter program in part B effectively concentrates genes from animal "S," but because of the rapid increase in inbreeding of the progeny produced in this program, the breeder runs the risk of greatly reduced performance and a high probability of genetic defects. Linebreeding programs are best used in purebred and high performing herds when a truly genetically superior individual in that herd has been identified and evaluated by progeny testing. Concentrating that individual's genes would then be best accomplished by mating him to unrelated females to reduce the risk of harmful effects associated with such intense inbreeding.
Inbreeding is technically defined as the mating of animals more closely related than the average relationship within the breed or population concerned. For practical purposes, if two mated individuals have no common ancestor within the last five or six generations, their progeny would be considered outbreds. The primary genetic consequence of inbreeding is to increase the frequency of pairing of similar genes. All genetic and phenotypic changes associated with the practice of inbreeding stem from this one primary consequence. In general, inbreeding results in an overall lowering in performance. It is most obviously reflected in poorer reproductive efficiency, including higher mortality rates, lower growth rates and a higher frequency of hereditary defects. Despite these generally harmful effects, inbreeding is a very useful tool in the field of animal breeding. It enables the breeder to uncover and eliminate harmful recessive genes within the population. It is also essential to the development of prepotent animals and is desirable in the development of distinct family lines. In addition, seed stock and commercial producers have successfully used linebreeding to maintain a degree of genetic relationship in their animals to some outstanding ancestor or ancestors.
Terms describe various mating schemes and the progeny resulting from specific mating programs.
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Elliott double downs MK Dons
Stephen Elliott's second-half brace helped Coventry to a sixth successive away win after a 3-2 success at MK Dons.
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Stephen Elliott's second-half brace helped Coventry to a sixth successive away win after a 3-2 success at MK Dons.
Goals from Daniel Powell and Ryan Lowe - either side of Franck Moussa's equaliser - had put the Dons in charge at half-time, but Elliott's double condemned the hosts to a third defeat in four games.
Milton Keynes had the better of an exciting first half and Powell put them ahead after 15 minutes when he cut in from the right and drilled a fine left-footed shot inside the far post past goalkeeper Joe Murphy.
Moussa produced a superb solo goal to equalise for Coventry in the 27th minute, beating two Dons defenders before lashing the ball in off the underside of the crossbar.
Lowe restored the Dons' lead seven minutes before the break when he turned Sky Blues centre-back William Edjenguele inside-out before drilling a fine low finish across Murphy for his fifth goal in as many games.
But City striker Elliott scored twice in three minutes shortly after half-time to turn the match on its head, first when he nodded in Gary McSheffrey's cross from close range and then when he skinned Antony Kay to fire low past David Martin.


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Get to know 9th District Representative, Rebecca Walker
Delaware native Rebecca Walker is running for a second term in the Delaware House of Representatives. The Townsend woman has no opponent for the Nov. 6 general election and says that she is looking forward to serving the communities for another two years.
Q. What originally made you want to run for the Delaware House?
A. I am a native Delawarean who has lived through significant changes in our communities and I wanted to be able to affect real change while protecting our district by being an independent voice. I think its important to advocate for working families, be fiscally conservative, work to give a voice to our children and elderly, and protect our farmland.
Q. How do you feel about being unopposed this year? Why do you think no one chose to run against you?
A. I am unopposed and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue working for the communities for another two years. This has allowed me to focus my efforts on organizing and conducting forums for families and constituents to connect with local legislators to assure that those we represent have a voice and know what we are doing in Dover. I work hard to advocate for the 9th District and keep people informed. I hope that is the reason why no one chose to run against me.
Q. What do you feel the most important issues Delaware as a state is facing right now?
A. Our economy and our kids are at the top of my list. In my two years we have seen significant job growth in the MOT area and we have worked hard to bring good paying jobs to this area. Strong corporations such as Johnson Controls, Amazon and Christiana Care have joined the MOT community. Our schools have expanded programs to meet the needs of our kids and improve their marketability at graduation, safety plans have been put in place to protect our children and we continue to find ways to help our future Delawareans grow to become successful members of communities.
Q. What do you feel the most important issues the Middletown area is facing right now?
A. Other than job growth and protecting our kids, I believe that protecting our open space and farmlands is very important. We need to make sure that one of Delaware's most valuable resources is not lost. We can do this by supporting our local farmers, assuring there is access to the services they need to continue farming, and offer programs designed to promote smart growth without injuring our current residents or farming families.
Q. Do you have any legislation planned for the next year that you would like to share information about?
A. There are several issues we are currently working on. We are looking for ways to trim the State budget while continuing to provide services, through streamlining processes and eliminating waste. Being fiscally conservative is important for the future of those services the State provides. We are also looking at those issues facing families and students, local businesses and access to services. Legislation is always being reviewed or worked on, but sometimes more laws is not the answer. I find that far too often improving efficiency and supporting local programs works best.
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I enjoy listening to Dave Ramsey. He is a financial consultant who specializes in assisting people to become debt free and has written several books on the subject. One of his common adages is to adopt a beans-and-rice lifestyle until debts are paid.
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I enjoy listening to Dave Ramsey. He is a financial consultant who specializes in assisting people to become debt free and has written several books on the subject. One of his common adages is to adopt a beans-and-rice lifestyle until debts are paid.
This is the attitude that we need to adopt if we want to put our national house back in order. We�ve spent too long eating prime rib and coveting caviar.
The recent legislative charade exemplifies our own lack of fiscal self-discipline. In the end another temporary deal was struck. A deal in which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., got some pork for Kentucky and more debt for the rest of us. Now that is some deal.
The one unifying factor during the recent slowdown was the bipartisan vilification of the dreaded Tea Party. I expect 25 years from now (assuming we are still a sovereign nation), people will look back and say, �They had the right idea; why didn�t anyone listen?�
Instead, they have become the Darth Vader of politics. Democrats and Republicans alike say the Tea Party supporters are radicals gumming up a finely tuned machine.
I counted the congressional Tea Party members � 50 members in both houses. That�s not enough to dictate or sabotage anything, not even with the current crop of vegetables in Washington. Please find another excuse.
The bottom line is that the Tea Party is advocating �beans and rice,� and the entrenched will have none of it. GOP relics like McConnell and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., have had decades of opportunity but love of power has trumped duty. At least the Democrat Party doesn�t pretend to be fiscally responsible. The only difference between the DNC and the RNC is the name. They both love spending, just in different directions. Both, however, excel at exempting themselves from laws that apply to the great unwashed. The game afoot is political dominance not public service.
Years of horse trading have led to nothing but increasing debt. Then Sen. Barack Obama in 2008 railed that President George Bush was taking out a credit card to the Bank of China. The debt at the time was $9 trillion. Now with the debt at $17 trillion, the president says raising the debt ceiling will not increase our debt by a single penny. If you believe that, then you are a fool.
Beans and rice will continue to be attacked as long as there is money to buy votes.
Riddle me this: What happens when China and other nations want to settle the tab? I would prefer some austerity now to future destitution.
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How much advantage for a particular trait do superior animals transmit to their offspring? Heritability estimates help us answer this important question. This publication explains the meaning of heritability estimates, how they are calculated and their influence in changing livestock performance.
Heritability is the single most important consideration in determining appropriate animal evaluation methods, selection methods and mating systems. Heritability measures the relative importance of hereditary and environmental influences on the development of a specific quantitative trait. More specifically, it measures that part of the total variability of the trait caused by genetic differences among the animals on which the measurements were taken. Heritability, then, is a ratio of genetic variance (Vg) to total variance (Vp) (i.e., h2 = Vg/Vp). Total variance (or phenotypic variance) includes variance caused by genetic and environmental factors (i.e., Vp = Vg + VE).
The numerical value of the heritability estimate is given as a percentage or a decimal and should, of course, lie between 0 and 1. In some instances, the value falls outside this range. This is a chance occurrence caused by statistical manipulation.
A heritability estimate is a partial description of one trait in one group of animals at some particular time. It may vary (for each trait) during one time period from herd to herd, or it may vary in the same herd from time to time. This is natural because herds differ in genetic makeup and because there are many different environmental circumstances from herd to herd or within a herd from year to year. These genetic and environmental differences influence the size of the numerical value of the terms (i.e., genetic variance,Vg and total variance, Vp) used in the estimation of heritability.
The numerical value of a heritability estimate can be increased or decreased by changes in either of its component parts. An increase results from a reduction in the environmental variance or from an increase in genetic variance. Conversely, a decrease results from an increase in environmental variance or from a reduction in genetic variance.
A number of factors affect genetic variance. Introduction of new and unrelated animals into the herd may increase the genetic variance. Effective selection within a group of animals over a number of generations decreases the genetic variance. The use of inbreeding as a system of mating also reduces the genetic variance.
Any management practice that ensures uniform treatment of animals reduces environmental variance. For example, if you give each animal the same amount and quality of feed, you reduce environmental variance. When you make adjustments for any environmental differences, your objective is to remove performance differences that result because animals are "treated" differently.
Weaning weight provides an example. To get accurate figures, you make adjustments for the dam's age or the calf's season of birth to remove their effects on weaning weight. Effective adjustment also reduces total variance of weaning weight within individual herds. This reduction makes recognizing genetic differences among animals in the herd easier. When you adjust records and treat animals uniformly, you are attempting to reduce environmental variance so you can more easily recognize genetic differences.
The heritability estimates in Tables 1, 2 and 3 are average values based on many studies conducted at USDA research centers and college of agriculture experiment stations in many states.
Table 1
Heritability estimates of some important traits in beef cattle.1
Table 2
Heritability estimates of some important traits in sheep.1
Table 3
Heritability estimates of some important traits in swine.1
In general, each estimate of heritability is based on the degree of resemblance among related individuals vs. non-related individuals in some animal population. Family units most often used to evaluate degree of resemblance include parent and offspring; parents and offspring; full sibs (i.e., full brothers and/or sisters); and paternal half sibs (i.e., half brothers and/or sisters).
The statistical technique used in calculating heritability is chiefly dependent upon available records. One practical consideration is the kind of family units represented in the data. This may dictate the technique used. If you have a choice of techniques (for example, if more than one kind of family unit is represented in the data set), then you must consider which technique gives the least amount of bias from a variety of sources.
Complications in any technique arise most often when you try to account for the effects of environmental factors. You must equalize environmental factors as much as possible and adjust for other non-genetic factors that influence animal performance. For example, if you are evaluating resemblance between weaning hip heights of cows and their calves, you might make adjustments for differences in age at the time of measurement, age of dam, sex of calf, season of birth, and so forth.
If you fail to adequately account for environmental contributions, you will reduce the estimate of heritability. From a practical standpoint, this means you will be less able to recognize genetic differences among animals you are considering for breeding purposes.
One of the most common estimation techniques, and the one described here, is the paternal half-sib analysis of variance. With this method, the total variance is divided into two parts. In one, variation is attributed to differences among progeny of different sires. In the other, the variance is attributed to differences among offspring of the same sire. The analysis of variance is generally put into tabular form as follows:
Degrees of freedom is an awkward concept. In general, it is related to number of observations minus number of constraints. For example, N - 1 is the total number of measurements (observations) of a specific trait, such as hip height, minus 1.
Mean squares, M1 and M2, represent estimates of variances associated with "among sires" and "within sires" sources of variance.
Expected mean squares are theoretical components of their respective mean squares.
k is the weighted number of progeny per sire.
Vs is a measure of the resemblance among half sibs and is interpreted to be one-fourth of the genetic variance for the trait concerned.
Vw is interpreted to be three-fourths of the genetic variance and all of the environmental variance.
Vs is calculated from the mean squares (i.e., variances) associated with the "among sires" and "within sires" sources of variance as (M1 - M2)/k.
Heritability, h2, is then calculated as:
You can use heritability estimates to estimate progress and setbacks in different traits that you can expect from different matings. For example, a particular mating may bring improvement in rate of gain if the parents are genetically superior. If they are inferior, however, they may cause a decline in rate of gain in their offspring.
To illustrate how to figure expected progress from particular matings, assume you have a herd with an average daily gain in the feedlot of 2.40 pounds per day. From that herd, you kept bulls that gained 3.20 pounds and heifers that gained 2.80 pounds per day for breeding purposes.
How much gain in genetic improvement could you expect in the progeny of these selected parents?
To answer this question, first calculate just how superior these parents were to the average in the herd.
Calculate the superiority of the breeding animals as follows:
The next question is, "How much of this 0.60 pound advantage is transmitted to the offspring?" To answer, you must know the heritability of feedlot average daily gain. The average estimate for this trait is 0.34 (Table 1).
Expected genetic gain, then, is equal to the average superiority of the parents multiplied by the heritability (i.e., 0.60 x 0.34 or 0.20 pounds per day).
The herd average was 2.40 pounds feedlot gain per day. With all other things equal, you would expect the offspring of the selected parents to gain an average of 2.40 + 0.20 = 2.60 pounds per day. This is the average of the herd plus the genetic advantage transmitted by the parents.
The calculations above illustrate two important points. First, if the selected parents had not been superior in rate of gain over the average of the herd, there would have been no genetic improvement in rate of gain of their offspring, regardless of the degree of heritability of the trait.
Second, the amount of genetic progress is also dependent on how highly heritable a trait is. Though the parents had an advantage over the herd average of 0.60 pounds per day in gain, they would not have transmitted any of this advantage to their offspring if the trait had a herd heritability.
The general conclusion, then, is that the greater the superiority of the individuals selected for breeding purposes and the higher the heritability of the trait, the more progress will be made in selection.
A knowledge of the size of the heritability estimate is also important in deciding which animal evaluation method should be used. When heritability of the trait is medium to high (above about 0.30), selection based upon the individual's own level of performance allows a relatively rapid rate of improvement. When the trait has a low heritability, you should use other methods to identify genetically superior individuals. The "other" methods involve various schemes for including the level of performance of related individuals such as siblings or progeny.
You can make more improvement in low heritability traits by using mating systems that take advantage of heterosis (hybrid vigor). As a general rule, the lower the heritability of a trait, the greater the heterotic response from various outbreeding mating systems.
Low-heritable traits, such as those associated with reproductive efficiency, show the greatest benefit from using outbreeding mating systems. Highly heritable traits, such as carcass quality traits, show very little if any heterotic response from outbreeding mating systems.
An important difference lies between these two avenues of trait improvement. Improvement from selection schemes is cumulative over the generations. But improvement that comes from exploitation of heterosis is maximized in one generation and must be recreated each generation thereafter.
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This time they won't have scrap dealers to blame if the United Kingdom and Argentina start flinging bullets, bombs and Exocet missiles at each other again.
For those who have forgotten or are too young to recall, war broke out between the two countries in March 1982. The precipitating incident was a group of Argentine scrap dealers raising their nation's flag on one of the Falkland Islands. They came to aid one of their industry members arrested for allegedly stealing metals, but before leaving home they were encouraged to assert their country's claim to the islands.
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Disputes between Britain and Argentina over the islands have a long history. It has nothing to do scrap metal. Yet it was a scrap dealer who would be seen as the offender that provoked the war. His minor role in the drama earned the industry the ridicule from TV talking heads and news commentators.
Now, the prospects of finding oil in the offshore areas around the South Atlantic islands are threatening to spark a new conflict. It is believed that undersea deposits of petroleum and natural gas around the Falklands may be greater than the North Sea's reserves and second only to Saudi Arabia's holdings. As a consequence, Argentina has been rattling its diplomatic saber, trying to reassert its sovereignty over the islands.
The scrap industry is not among the most beloved of industries, simply because of the nature of the business. Scrap processors have taken the heat over the years for many reasons. In the Falklands War, they foolishly served as the stalking horse for the Argentine military rulers. More often, governments regard them as foes and aim their regulatory guns at the industry for environmental problems and other issues like metal thefts.
Take, for example, the handling of lead-acid auto batteries. Scrapyards bought dead batteries from their customers and re-sold them to battery breakers and smelters without undertaking any processing. In the 1990s, federal Environmental Protection Agency investigators started to visit the sites of battery breakers and discovered that acid and plastic casings dumped on the ground had polluted both the soil and the water table.
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That allowed the EPA to pursue anyone who sold even a single battery to these companies and to hand them the multi-million-dollar cleanup bill. For some small mom-and-pop yards these charges were game breakers. Several sold off their accounts and equipment, and closed the gates. The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries fought to persuade Congress that the scrapyards had not created the damage, but it took years before Congress agreed and amended the Superfund law.
There have always been metal thieves. If something of value isn't nailed, glued and bolted onto something immovable, someone will walk away with it.
In recent years, when metal prices soared, those who already had been stealing copper pipe and aluminum downspouts redoubled their activities.
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Government regulators are not the only antagonists. Neighbors often view scrapyards with suspicion and demand that they shut down and move, complaining that the yards hurt residential property values. And when they do relocate, there's rarely a welcome mat.
Camden Iron & Metal Inc., for instance, which operates a shredder at the foot of a bridge that leads to Philadelphia from the city's airport, has been badgered for years. What kind of an image is that projecting to visitors from other cities and countries, its critics have complained.
Now Camden Iron plans to move to an empty industrial facility in a small town downriver from the city. It would install the shredder inside a building, thus minimizing the noise and dust that often are the source of most complaints from neighbors.
Still, when the company's executives presented their plans to the town's council in February, there were more than 100 residents on hand. Several already were hostile to the notion of a scrapyard in their town.
So, if we unfortunately see a sequel to the 1982 conflict in the Falklands, at least this time around the scrap industry will not be blamed for provoking the conflict. And since the disagreement this time is centered on potential oil riches, perhaps the two opponents can battle it out by flinging buckets of bunker oil and sludge at each other instead of bullets and bombs.MICHAEL MARLEY
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