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Osama bin Laden was not even hours dead when the partisan posturing, spin, and misinformation began to saturate television and computer screens. Sarah Palin may have taken the cake by accusing President Obama, who had just authorized a covert raid deep into Pakistan that ended with the death of public enemy No. 1 and without the loss of a single American life, of "pussyfooting."
But there's been plenty of spin, myth, and disinformation to go around. For instance:
1. Pakistan raided bin Laden's house before.
Shortly after the US gave its first briefings on how it had tracked bin Laden to his sprawling, fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan officials began to make the case that they didn't know he was there. Sure, an outsider might think that the security cameras, barbed wire, and 7-foot walls even on a third floor balcony were a little bit suspicious, as was the total absence of telephone or Internet lines to the house, but who could have thought that bin Laden would be so wily as to hide out just a few blocks away from the country's most prestigious military academy? And, come on, if we were hiding bin Laden, would we be so dumb as to place him in the middle of a garrison town crawling with retired officers and active members of ISI military intelligence? As Jon Stewart ably pointed out on The Daily Show a few nights ago, the argument seems to be that Pakistani intelligence is far too smart to have hidden bin Laden in Abbottabad, where he appears to have lived for six years, but far too dumb to find him there.
Abbottabad has been known to harbor Al Qaeda affiliates in the past. Indonesian jihadi Umar Patek was caught in the city earlier this year, and former Pakistani President Pervez Musharaf wrote in his memoirs that senior Al Qaeda member Abu Faraj al-Libi had multiple safe-houses in the town that were uncovered around 2004. That nugget was seized on by the Pakistani intelligence official this week, though thanks to the good work of Reuters, to embarrassing effect. The official told Reuters that one of the Libi safe-houses may have in fact been the one that bin Laden later inhabited, his point apparently being that Pakistan was actively looking for Al Qaeda figures in the area, and just got unlucky in this instance. Leaving aside the question of why the ISI would end surveillance of a known Al Qaeda safe-house, Reuters came up with a more troubling fact about this narrative: The house bin Laden died in didn't exist in 2004. The link above contains before and after satellite photos.
Nevertheless, the "fact" that bin Laden's home had been "previously raided" has appeared in multiple news stories.
2. Bin Laden cowered behind his wife.
I was on vacation when bin Laden's death was announced (indeed, still am, sort of). But the claims coming from first unnamed "sources" and then from Obama aide John Brennan that bin Laden, in his final moments, cowered behind a defenseless woman and forced her to act as a human shield, really shouldn't have passed anyone's smell test. Sure, we've all seen it dozens of times before: The villain, finally cornered, loses all bravado and honor and tries to force his own wife or girlfriend to take the bullet meant for him. But where we've seen it is in B movies and television shows. In real life, America's enemies rarely act so cartoonishly.
Brennan's account: "Here is bin Laden, who has been calling for these attacks, living in this million-dollar-plus compound, living in an area that is far removed from the front, hiding behind women who were put in front of him as a shield. I think it really just speaks to just how false his narrative has been over the years."
The US has since walked back almost every one of the claims Brennan made. White House spokesman Jay Carney explained that while a woman was killed in the assault, it was on the first floor, apparently in the crossfire. Bin Laden was found in a bedroom in the second floor with one of his wives, who was shot in the leg as she charged at the commandos. There was no cowering or otherwise use of anyone as a human shield. Mr. Carney attributed the mistaken original narrative to "fog of war."
Perhaps. But the US has been locked in a propaganda war with Al Qaeda and others for years, and would like nothing more than to convince bin Laden's supporters that he was a coward who deliberately put an unarmed women in harm's way in his final moments. Reporters should have been much less credulous in reporting this claim, tailor-made to serve US interests. (This paper was as guilty as anyone: "Bin Laden wives found in compound, one used as human shield" was the headline of a very popular story).
As for the rest? The compound may be worth $1 million, but it surely doesn't seem luxurious from pictures. It appears bin Laden never even went outside for fear of US surveillance.
3. The CIA trained Al Qaeda
The CIA invented Al Qaeda. Trained it, funded it, then it turned on its master. This old chestnut is almost as old as Al Qaeda itself. Bin Laden's death has breathed new life into it. Take left-wing activist and filmmaker Michael Moore who wrote in a tweet on May 2: "The monster we created -- yes, WE-in the 1980s by ARMING, FUNDING &TRAINING in the art of terror against the USSR, finally had to be put down." While it's hard to argue against the logical power of all CAPS or against a man with 800,000 Twitter followers, allow me to try.
The simple fact is this: The CIA did not invent, finance, or otherwise train Al Qaeda. Charlie Wilson and Osama bin Laden never sat down in a Texas hot tub to discuss the future of Afghanistan. And the mujahideen that the United States did finance in the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union were, by and large, the ones who lost to the Taliban and its Al Qaeda ally in the Afghan civil war that followed. Bin Laden's anti-American opinions were already well-formed by the time he arrived in Peshawar, Pakistan, in the 1980s to help fund the mujahideen. He was a bearer of largesse, not a recipient, and he directed his cash toward Islamist groups that the US generally avoided, like that of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.
Of course, there is a kernel of truth to this canard. Did some American money end up in Al Qaeda fellow-travelers' pockets? Certainly possible. The US provided money to Pakistan, and the ISI in those years was certainly dealing with the Afghan Arabs. But that would be the extent of it.
4. Torture saved the day
This is a very odd one. The Monitor has covered this well in the past day or so both here and here. The "debate" is over whether simulated drowning, stress positions, and other torture techniques used by the US government during the Bush Administration helped lead to bin Laden. Many Bush era officials are crowing that the "harsh interrogation" was critical to finding bin Laden.
For instance John Yoo, the Bush justice department staffer who famously wrote memos justifying the use of simulated drowning on prisoners, wrote in a Wall Street Journal column that it was "President George W. Bush, not his successor, (who) constructed the interrogation and warrantless surveillance programs that produce this week's actionable intelligence." Yoo's evidence for this assertion? He doesn't provide any.
The truth? Well, an important early leads did come form Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the former head of operations for Al Qaeda. Some months after Mr. Mohammed's simulated drowning sessions, or waterboarding, ended, he gave up the nicknames of some of bin Laden's couriers during a standard interrogation. Years of work on those nicknames eventually helped lead to bin Laden's location. Did Mohammed's past experience of torture set the stage for his later admission? Well, one could make that argument. But it appears telling that the useful information came long after his waterboarding had ended, not during.


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Country music songs tend to explore a fixed list of topics such as heartbreak, incarceration and infidelity. However, just as often the mainstream country song turns to another topic, one that has held mankind in its sway since time immemorial — drinking alcohol. Despite the grim subject matter, the country drinking song remains an American institution, as integral to the fabric of this nation as apple pie and as redolent with cultural significance as a thick wad of chawin' terbacky.
Country drinking songs feature different kinds of alcohol, but as yet there hasn't been one in which Charlie Daniels opens a 1955 Bordeaux, sniffs the cork and enjoys it with the Arts & Leisure section of TheNew York Times. No, the country drinking song is normally about beer, moonshine and, most commonly, Jack Daniel's Old Time No. 7 Brand Whiskey, the sour mash that's one of the best-selling liquors on earth.
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My face was stained from the mixtures of cum that had been deosited there by both Jennifer and Judge Sullivan. I could also feel the ooze of Tom's sperm leaking from my crotch.
Tom did not hesitate before continuing with his directions.
He told me I was to satisfy everyone's needs before I could leave. The audience was instructed to form a line behind me. I looked over my shoulder to see who would stand. I was shocked at the large number of people who stood and began forming the line.
Sen. Hope was the first in line, as many others followed behind him. Would they all want to fuck me? I don't think I can hold up for that many. There were also a large number of women in the line. What would they want me to do? I saw Nancy, standing toward the back. She winked at me and took her place. The look was reassuring and helped me cope with the uncertainties that would surely come.
Senator Hope knelt down behind me. I dropped my head to look at the floor.
He was in his early 50's and his hair was greying slightly. I wasn't able to look at him. I remember helping him win his last election, after many allegations about his fidelity arose.
He was very handsome and I could understand why he would be such a ladie's man. He was so dependent on every bit of advice I could offer, and now he is placing his cock head against the swollen entrance of my pussy.
His cock slipped in easily. He was not particularly large, but he definately knew how to use his sword. He held onto my hips, thrusting as deep as he could. I could feel his spear piercing me, causing great amounts of desire to burn in my loins. I could not believe his stamina. He must have been burying his cock into me for over 15 minutes. I didn't think he was ever going to cum.
I, on the other hand, could not keep from showing my enthusiasm. The first orgasm, I was able to hide effectively. The second, a slight moan escaped. But the third ran into the fourth...fifth and by the sixth orgasm, I could not continue keeping track.
I could feel my consciousness slipping. I know that sounds extreme, but I felt as if I was going to pass out.
Much like after drinking excessively. Even my stomach was upset, but it was still so euphoric. I would not pass out, I wanted to feel it all.
No one in attendance could have mistaken my screams as anything but the exhilaration of sexual desire. I could not control the screaming and found myself gasping for air. Just as I felt I could not take another orgasm, Sen. Hope began releasing his seed into my cunt. It was mixing with Tom's as the good senator continued thrusting and occaisionally grunting to announce the deposit of another load of his semen.
Senator Hope wasn't even out of the way before I felt another cock entering the same orfice. I looked again over my shoulder to see Senator Hyde's eyes staring right back at me. I had worked on his campaign as well. He was only 38 years old and had dashing black hair. He was not a large man, probably only weighing about 160#. He came into my office very arrogantly declaring he would not be advised by a woman. I explained to him that he didn't have to adhere to my advice, but he would have to listen. Thanks to my efforts, he was able to distinguish himself above the other 8 people running in his primary. He was now a freshman Senator and I gleemed at the fact that he knew it was my advise that helped him.
As Senator Hyde began inserting his tool into my sloppy pussy, I could feel he was much larger than Senator Hope. I looked at the TV screen and gasped as I saw his width. It was every bit as big around as a door knob, although his length was in the 7" range. The pain was returning as he inched more of his girth inside me. He only had about 2" of his shaft buried into me, when I heard him moan very loudly. He pulled his cock out of my pussy to try to stay off the oncoming orgasm. It didn't work! He began shooting large globs of his cum onto my ass cheeks. He admitted defeat, and began stroking his thick member, allowing more of his sperm to land on my ass. In all of 10 seconds, Sen. Hyde had cum and gone. What a contrast to Sen.
My knees were becoming sore as I had been on them for some time. I begged for Tom to allow me off of them. He quipped back very angrily, "YOU WILL STAY ON THEM UNTIL SOMEONE WANTS YOU ANOTHER WAY!"
With that, I felt a tender touch fall upon my asscheeks. It was a tongue, and as I looked back to see who it was, I saw Sen. McCoy licking the cum off my cheeks. Sen McCoy was a very right wing candidate, who won many elections on her "family values" and "girl next door" image. God if they could see her now! She had been in the Senate for a long time. I would guess she was almost 50 years old. She had not lost any of her beauty and appeared as fit as when she entered the Senate 15 years earlier. She was married to a rich cattle rancher and came to our office to assist her in polling her state on various issues.
She continued licking me, until she had cleaned all of the cum off my ass.
She then proceeded to the front of me and began kissing me. As her tongue entered my mouth, she released the cum which she had kept in her cheeks. I quickly swallowed the cum, responding to the warm embrace she had given me. After the kiss she walked away and took her seat once again.
One by one, each person took their turn with me. Most of the guys wanted to fuck me and my pussy was now so lubricated with their cum that I was able to take even the larger ones with no problem. By the time Nancy's turn arrived, my pussy was very sore.
But even through the pain of my raw lips, I was still reaching many orgasms.
Nancy placed her lips against my swollen, chapped pussy lips. The warm, gentle feel of her kind and ladylike affections, felt great. It was easing some of the pain and friction that had developed over the past hour or so. Nancy continued for almost ten minutes, soothing my entrance.
I had been on my back for almost 20 minutes now. Jerry, my brother-in-law, allowed me off my knees. I was so utterly shocked when he too, took his turn invading my sweet but now overused pussy. My sister stood alongside and took pictures of the event! I could not possibly imagine what she wanted those for.
Each one of the guys at work took their turn as well. Most of them didn't last much longer than Senator Hyde. But each deposited large amounts of their seed inside me. The squishy noises were becoming louder as the night rolled on. One of the secretaries, even took her turn with me. She ate my pussy and scooped soe of the cum out with her tongue. She had followed her husband, so I assume she wanted to get his cum, though I am not sure how she would separate it. I think she actually is a closet lesbian, but wanted to pretend she was fulfilling her husbands fantasy.
There was only one guy left, that had not been taken care of. I recognized him immediately. It was Alan Cone. Alan is a 19 year old college student that worked in the mail room. Through the five months he has worked for the company, Alan has made many advances toward me. I usually shrugged it off as college male libido. He is not a bad looking young man, but I never had any interest in him because of his lewd manner around me.
Tonight, I could see in his eyes that he intended to make up for the number of times I teased him then left him to jerk-off for his satisfaction. He didn't say a word, just positioned his cock at the entrance of my pussy. He slipped his above average sized cock inside me and thrust only three times before pulling out.
It didn't take long for me to understand that all he was using my sloppy quim for was to lubricate his dick so it would glide into my asshole. Now he spoke, "Your cunt is so stretched out that I don't think it can satisfy me." He continued, "Your ass seems tight though, let's see.."
Without another word, Alan rubbed his masthead against my virgin anus. I wanted to object, but knew that would only violate my oath to Tom. But I had promised him my anal cherry, since someone else had taken my vaginal one. Tom was watching with great interest and obviously was not intending on stopping Alan from performing this act of utmost subjugation.
I now felt the pain of his initial insertion. Only the very tip of his cock had entered me, but it felt as if it was all rammed in at once. He didn't wait long before he shoved a little bit more...then a little more... I was screaming in pain. My eyes looking at Tom, begging him to make Alan stop. I was pleading but it did no good. Tom just watched as Alan crammed his final inches deeper into the recesses of my brown hole.
I let out one last scream, I was not enjoying this, and I could not figure out why the louder I screamed the more it seemed to turn them on. Now Alan was fucking my ass, he had developed a very vigorous pace. After a moment of additional pain, I began feeling the desires creeping back into my system. Alan continued as my screams of pain turned into screams of pleasure. I felt the jolts of electricity as another orgasm rang through my body. Alan had fulfilled his fantasy by making me cum as he always told me he could do. Having accomplished his task, he let go, and riveted through an orgasm of his own, pumping what seemed like gallons of cum into my ass.
Alan withdrew his cock and I felt his cum as it leaked out of my hole and down my thigh.
He slapped my ass cheek as he walked away from my now completely used body.
Tom addressed the crowd one last time. He thanked them for "cumming" and assured them that I was thankful as well. "I know she will sleep well tonight and be completely refreshed for our wedding tomorrow."
I did sleep well. I awoke to a very sore pussy and asshole. I am sure I walked a little softly down the aisle. I also didn't disappoint those who wanted to see a bashful bride. One look at the number of people that had witnessed the previous night's events caused me to blush and look down to keep from making eye contact with any of them.
After the wedding, Tom continued his sexual domination over me. We never experienced anything like the night before our wedding, but occaisionally Tom will bring someone home from work for me to pleasure. One of the jokes around the office is that I am the prize for the employee of the month. Oh, I no longer work in the office, I could not take the stares I was receiving. To make things even more humiliating, my job was given to Alan, the same man who took my rectal cherry in front of all our co-workers.


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Anyway, I love these biscuits – they're not really a shortbread, but they share that sort of crumbly texture although smoother. They melt in the mouth and leave you with a lovely vanilla taste and the feeling that all is right with the world.
I used an extremely small cutter as I wanted some of the biscuits to top cupcakes…(this photo shows Arsene Wenger talking last minute pre-party tactics with his team's captain, William Gallas):
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250g Unsalted butter, at room temperature
375g Plain flour
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- Tip the icing sugar, butter, vanilla and egg yolk into a bowl and mix. I use my mixer for this but it's possible to do it with a spoon if the butter is soft enough.
- Add the flour and mix to a dough. It comes together quite easily into a shiny, beautiful, golden dough that practical glows with buttery goodness. Using icing sugar rather than caster means the dough is exceptionally soft.
- Shape the dough into 2 discs and wrap each one in cling film. (You can if you wish, freeze the dough at this point. Make sure you defrost thoroughly before rolling out and baking. I have kept the dough in the freezer for 2 months and not noticed any dip in quality.)
- Refrigerate for 20 mins minimum.
- Line baking sheets with greaseproof or baking paper. This saves any worries about the biscuits sticking and breaking when you try to move them to a cooling wrack.
- Roll out the dough. You can do this on a lightly floured board but my big tip is to roll it out between sheets of greaseproof paper. The advantage of this, apart from making it easier, is that you don't have to dry the mix out with extra flour. I use this method for all my pastry and dough and wouldn't do it any other way.
- The thickness you're aiming for depends on the size biscuit cutter you're using. If it's a big cutter i.e. the size of a digestive biscuit, then aim for 0.5cm. If it's a smaller cutter you can make it a little thinner.
- Bake for 10-12 mins, but check after 10 minutes as they can burn quickly. Once they're lightly golden, remove from oven and let cool slightly before trying to move as they are very fragile for the first few minutes out of the oven.
- Cool on a rack.
- Decorate as much or as little as you desire.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful things you have made.
- Eat.
Dipping sauce
Dipping sauce ingredients:
250g Mascarpone cheese
500ml Good quality Ready-made custard
How to make:
- Whisk ingredients together until blended, thick and creamy.
- Refrigerate until needed.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
Labels: vanilla, shortbread, biscuits, dipping sauce


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So, what's going on here? OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create community-driven maps of, well, the entire world. These maps can then be used by navigation systems or other products. In essence, it's more or less the Wikipedia of street maps, and a few years ago, I remember being invited to several OpenStreetMap mapping walks or bike rides or whatever, but since that sounded about as interesting as watching paint dry, I always declined. The project's come a long way since those early days, since now they're using aerial photography, and several large data donations have been made.
Today, though, Mikel Maron (OSMF board member), Grant Slater (OSM sysadmin), and Steve Coast (OSM founder) claim that Google has been sabotaging OpenStreetMap's database (like Wiki vandalism). "Preliminary results show users from Google IP address ranges in India deleting, moving and abusing OSM data including subtle edits like reversing one-way streets," Coast writes on his blog, "Two OpenStreetMap accounts have been vandalizing OSM in London, New York and elsewhere from Google's IP address, the same address in India reported by Mocality."
Coast states they're in contact with Google, and the search giant has already let out a statement to ReadWriteWeb. "The two people who made these changes were contractors acting on their own behalf while on the Google network. They are no longer working on Google projects," Google states.
Should we believe Google? Well, apart from the fact that companies ought not to be trusted, malicious behaviour by companies does have to make some form of sense - and it usually does. Google prioritising its own services in search results makes sense since it promotes the use of Google services over competing services. The Mocality incident makes sense because Google was abusing Mocality's data to sell stuff.
Two accounts changing mapping data, out in the open, for everyone to see, easily reversible through the Wiki-style editing system? It simply makes no sense. There's nothing to gain. Google has way more effective means at its disposal if it really wanted to harm OpenStreetMap. On top of that, Google is an OpenStreetMap sponsor; they have sponsored OpenStreetMap conferences, made donations, and OpenStreetMap also participated in Google Summer of Code. Why would Google pour money into a project while simultaneously vandalising it in this manner?
Hence, it would indeed seem that we're looking at malicious contractors working in their own time, but it does raise questions about just how tight of a control Google has over its overseas operations. Contractors or no, in their time or no, the connection with Google is still there.
On OpenStreetMaps's side of things, I'm not sure this issue was handled with the same kind of grace as, say, Mocality handled its trials. Interestingly enough, even the OSM team itself isn't particularly unanimous on this front, as there appears to be some serious dissent within the team about how this matter is being handled. Tom Hughes, an OpenStreetMap system administrator who first discovered this incident, isn't happy with how this issue is being handled, calling the blog post "grossly irresponsible and wholly inappropriate", hinting that OpenStreetMap is trying to squeeze some press out of the Mocality incident (see the comments to the blog post).
"The board of OSMF are making mountains out of tiny pimples here. It seems that they want this to be some sort of organised corporate malfeasance on the part of Google which is why they have tried to link it to the recent Mocality incident where there was indeed clear evidence of such behaviour," Hughes writes, "The reality in this case is that there is no evidence that this is any different to the numerous other incidents we get all the time where users either accidentally or deliberately make bogus edits. The only difference in this case is that there happen to be two accounts (though we do not know if that is two people) and the user or users involved happen to (presumably) work for Google."
Applying the same rules to OpenStreetMap as we just did to Google, you may wonder what OpenStreetMap has to gain from riding the publicity train all the way to link station like this. OSM doesn't seem to have too much to gain here, especially since Google is a supportor of their project, and thus, the saying 'biting the hand that feeds you' comes to mind.
However, we can't ignore the fact that one of the authors of the blog post, Steve Coast (who also happens to be OSM's founder), is a Microsoft employee working for the Bing Maps team. While the resulting bad publicity is something Google can only blame itself for, the rather bombastic presentation of it all by such an open project leaves a bad taste in my mouth, especially when taking the Microsoft connection into account.
In any case, it seems Google has some serious work to do in India, because this kind of stuff is wholly unacceptable. This and the Mocality incident are still peanuts compared to the kind of stunts Apple and Microsoft pull and have pulled, but with virtually every Google service having dozens of easily accessible competitors, they really can't afford alienating themselves from their users.


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Suns-Grizzlies Preview
Blowing a 14-point fourth-quarter lead to their division rivals,
the Memphis Grizzlies missed out on a chance to make an early
The Grizzlies have an opportunity to bounce back on Tuesday
night when they host the Phoenix Suns, who will try to avoid a
fourth straight defeat.
While the Spurs' Big Three were refreshed following two days off
that ultimately cost the team a $250,000 fine, the Grizzlies were
playing the second half of a back-to-back on Saturday night.
Memphis (12-3) led 76-62 with 9:41 to play, but couldn't hold on
in a 99-95 overtime loss at two-time Southwest Division champ San
"We don't use any excuses here," said guard Mike Conley, who
finished with 18 points and 12 assists. "We felt like we had a
chance to win the game regardless of back-to-back or resting."
The Grizzlies, though, appear to be in a better position against
the Suns (7-11). Since the season opener, they're 4-0 with at least
two days rest.
The extra time could benefit big man Zach Randolph, who has shot
8 of 29 from the field in his last two games. He's averaging 18.0
points with a 51.7 field-goal percentage and 12.3 rebounds with at
least two days rest.
After posting double-doubles in his first 11 games of the
season, Randolph has just two in his last four following a
17-point, 15-rebound effort against the Spurs. Rudy Gay finished
with 15 and 10, respectively, for his first double-double of the
Gay played a major role in the team's only win over Phoenix in
2011-12, scoring 32 points in a 104-93 victory on April 11. He
averaged 23.0 points in the three meetings last season.
Starting guard Tony Allen, who missed the final game against
Phoenix last season because of a facial laceration, is questionable
with a groin injury.
The Grizzlies are tied with Miami for the best record in the
NBA, but they fell to 5-3 against Western Conference opponents.
Still, Memphis will try to continue its franchise-best 8-1 start at
home against a Suns team that is 2-8 on the road.
Phoenix is 1-4 heading into the finale of its six-game road trip
and has lost three in a row following a 106-99 defeat at New York
on Sunday.
Goran Dragic, the team's leading scorer at 15.6 points entering
the contest, finished with a season-low nine against the
Marcin Gortat finished with a team-high 18 points and 10
rebounds for the Suns, who have trailed by double digits in 14 of
their 18 games.
"When you get down 15, 20 points, you kind of need a perfect
storm to come back," said forward Michael Beasley, who had nine
points. "I feel like we're relying on that perfect storm in too
many of our games."
Gortat was one of the biggest reasons Phoenix took two of three
from the Grizzlies last season, averaging 15.7 points and 8.7
rebounds. Jared Dudley, now a bench player for the Suns, totaled 39
points in the two victories over Memphis.
The Suns, though, will have to find a way to improve
defensively. They've allowed a league-worst 102.7 points per game,
including 108.0 during their three-game losing streak.
They might have to do it without forward Jermaine O'Neal, the
team's second-leading shot blocker. O'Neal, who averages 1.7
blocks, could be out for a second straight game due to a right
quadriceps strain.


text: Meet Igby Slocumb. He's an angry, rebellious and sarcastic seventeen-year-old at war with the stifling world of "old money" privilege into which he was born. Igby's life and family seem one way on the surface, but he's figuring out things are completely different underneath. His father, Jason, is away "recuperating from life" after a sad slide into schizophrenia. His mother, Mimi, is fierce, distant and self-absorbed, with a long-term dependency on "little peppies" to get her through the day. And his older brother, Oliver, is a shark-like young Republican on the fast track to materialism at Columbia University. All in all, Igby figures there's a better life out there, and therefore, sets out to find it. After flunking out of yet another prep school, Igby is sent to a Midwest military academy, and from there, with his mother's pilfered credit card, he goes on the lam. His darkly comedic voyage eventually leads to New York, where he hides out at his godfather's weekend pied-a-terre. Avoiding his family, Igby falls in with a host of questionable characters, including his godfather's trophy girlfriend, her flamboyant pal Russel, and the terminally bored Sookie Sapperstein. In his quest to free himself from the oppressive dysfunction of his family, and in his search to figure out what he wants for himself, Igby's struggles veer from comic to tragic in an ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from "going down."


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Mountain Stage
Rusted Root On Mountain Stage
Rusted Root On Mountain Stage
Rusted Root released its first album, 1992's Cruel Sun, independently in the band's native Pittsburgh. It contained the group's signature song "Send Me on My Way," which Rusted Root included on its major-label debut When I Woke; that album was already beginning to climb the charts at the time of this January 1995 performance in West Virginia.
The band's songs have been used in movies, television shows and countless commercials over the years; its most recent album, The Movement, came out in 2012. Rusted Root has sold millions of records in the past 20 years, and its distinct sound — which draws from African, Native American, South American, Caribbean and Middle Eastern influences — remains beloved by fans on the jam-band circuit.
Set List
- "Send Me On My Way"
- "Cat Turned Blue"
- "Ecstasy"


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The widest selection of the productions of small, independent houses with many witty authors. Nice people.
Founded in 1826, four years before the Belgian state. The interior has hardly changed since then. Typical specialities include the pain à la grecque - fine cinammon bread, sprinkled with sugar - and marzipan-filled pavés de Bruxelles. A sugar bakery with a heavenly aroma.
Baskets, rather elegant casual shoes, you can even wear with a suit. Whatever is "in", you can find it here.
Constantly new and daring hats, caps, scarves, belts and, most recently, ties and other men's accessories, are also hugely popular in Paris, New York, Tokyo and Shanghai.
Good, large selection of (nearly new) secondhand designer clothes. Great value for money.
The pioneering avant-gardist who likes to recycle old clothes has only three boutiques worldwide, with strict designs. Some great basics, too.
Edouard Vermeulen, the fashion designer of Natan, designed the wedding dress of Princess Mathilde. Discreet elegance.
Edouard Vermeulen, the fashion designer of Natan, designed the wedding dress of Princess Mathilde. Discreet elegance.
For over thirty years Nissim Israel, Olivier Strelli's designer, has been creating casually elegant clothes for men and women in unusual materials and daring colours. His cashmere scarves are famous. The latest hit is the own brand eau de toilette. Smart creations from the grand old man of Brussels fashion.
Offers something new for every season, whether of daring synthetics or of natural material, or pale, or in striking colours, but always cool.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2006 18:37 UTC, submitted by Fusion
"Novell is announcing its contribution of the Xgl graphics subsystem and the 'Compiz' compositing manager to the X.org project. These enhancements open up a whole world of hardware acceleration, fancy animation, separating hardware resolution from software resolution, and more. As a result, Linux desktops will become more usable, end-user productivity will increase, and Linux is firmly positioned at the forefront of client computing technology." Videos and screenshots are included in the press release. And on a related note, Dan Winship of Novell has explained on gnome-desktop-devel why Novell worked on all this behind closed doors-- and this also applies to the striking similarity between Novell's mockups from December and Nat Friedman's videos. The changes made to GNOME will all be released back.


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Gigabyte GA-EP55-UD4P Preview
First seen at Computex 2009, P55 chipset-based motherboards have been showing up in sneak peaks everywhere. So on that count, OCC is delivering a quick look at an upcoming board to be used with the Intel Core i5 "Lynnfield" mainstream processors. A new CPU often times means a new socket and this time is no different, as the socket pin count on the i5 will be 1156 versus 1366 on the i7. So what else is new on the i5? Intel has chosen to move away from the tri-channel memory design and stick with a dual-channel design. Just a couple of things that appear to be a way to bring down the entry costs on an Intel-based system. Since much is still up for speculation, let's take a quick trip around one of the boards that Gigabyte has put together for the upcoming platform.
Closer Look:
I'll run through the board one side at a time to showcase the features that Gigabyte will be including on its GA-EP55-UD4P motherboard. This is a pre-production sample, so there may be some small things that change, but it is pretty much ready to go. From the top, the layout looks fairly well done, with many of the components in the expected locations. The PCB is the traditional Gigabyte blue that is not unappealing. The rear of the PCB is barren minus the back half of the CPU retention hardware.
Starting with the left side of the PCB, we have the I/O panel that includes much of the board's connectivity. This board's I/O panel is pretty stacked, with 10 USB ports, 2 eSATA ports, 2 IEEE 1394 ports, 1 PS2 port that can be used for a keyboard or mouse, 8-channel HD audio, 2 Gigabit LAN ports that support teaming, and both Optical and Coaxial digital audio outputs. Moving down the board are the expansion slots. There are a total of 3 PCIe 1x slots and 2 16x slots, which support both Crossfire and SLI and run at 8x when both are populated, as well as 2 PCI slots. In front of the orange 16x slot, you can see the CD and SPDIF input headers.
Across the bottom, you have a serial port, parallel port, floppy drive port (imagine that), a third IEEE 1394 port, two more USB headers for a total capacity of 14, and last, but not least, the front panel header. Creeping around to the right side, the first thing in line is the 8 SATA ports, two of which support SATA III 6Gb, although Marvell has identified some issues that relate to PATA connectivity. When you include the two eSATA ports on the I/O panel, that is a total of 10 SATA ports. Right behind the SATA ports is the dual BIOS. This feature has proven its worth after more than a few bad crashes. Instead of going with a triple-channel configuration for the memory, for the i5 we have a dual-channel setup that is capable of running up to 16GB of DDR3 memory. The GA EP55-UD4P supports memory speeds of DDR3 2000+MHz, according to the literature I have. 2000+ support from day one is nice. There is only one IDE port, but with the move to SATA optical drives, IDE and floppy drives are on the way out. However, it is nice to see the backwards compatibility. Power is supplied via a 24-pin connector, as well as an 8-pin connector behind the mosfet heatsink.
The CPU area is not really crowded at all. The LGA 1156 socket is dimensionally smaller than the 1366 socket used on the i7 lineup and will be used with both the Lynnfield and Clarksdale processors. The GA-EP55-UD4P uses a 12 phase power design to help the enthusiast reach for the stars, while still allowing for excellent power savings when using Gigabyte's Dynamic Energy Saver 2 software and power management hardware.
When it comes to cooling down the board, you have several things at work here. The P55 chipset and voltage regulation circuits are covered with smallish heatsinks that are all interconnected via a single heatpipe. The GA EP55-UD4P is constructed using Gigabyte's Ultra Durable 3 build philosophy. The PCB is built with 2oz copper layers inside, offering a way to reduce heat as the board conducts the heat away from the components.
What, no benchmarks? Well since this technology is still under NDA, when it comes to performance numbers, we can't show anything just yet. With the i5 launch fast approaching, the time for benchmarks and overclocking results will be here soon enough. Patience, grasshopper.


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Current Exhibitions:
ART OF OPTICAL ILLUSIONS In Innervisions:Projected Harriet Regina Marion presents a solo show of recent works in mixed media. The pieces begin with colorful digital sketches that are densely collaged, painted and drawn upon and ultimately become optical illusions. Thru Oct. 8. Reception on Thurs., Sept. 15 from 5-8pm. National Association of Women Artists Gallery, 80 5th Ave. at 14th St., Suite 1405. 212-675-1616.
PIXXX Times Square in the 1970s, a collection of more than 20 photos by Flo Fox, will be on display from Sept. 1-30 in the window of the Citibank branch at 717 Sixth Ave. at W. 23rd St.. Fox, 60, a photographer based in Chelsea, has been recording the defining images of the neighborhood and the city for decades.
BOSTON-BASED ARTIST SHOWS IN CHELSEA Art by Andrew Haines depicting urban environments and focusing on the unremarkable will be shown. Pictured above is Pleasant Cafe. Sept. 1 Oct. 1, Tues. Sat. from 11am 6pm. Opening reception is Thurs., Sept. 8 from 6-8pm. George Billis Gallery, 511 W. 25th St., bet 10th & 11th Aves. 212-645-2621.
DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE IN CHELSEA View recent sculpture and large-scale drawings by Brooklyn artist John Beech. The works challenge us playfully to extend our ideas of traditional art terminology and to question what a painting is or what a sculpture should look like. Pictured above is Dumpster Drawing, 2000. Continues thru Sept. 10. Peter Blum Gallery, 99 Wooster St. Tues. Fri. from 10am 6pm and Sat. from 11am 6pm. 212-343-0441.
SUMMER ART EXHIBITION A group show of works by Brian Pilliod, Cordy Ryman and Alex Yudzon offers mystery, play, complex psychological structure and fresh vision. Pictured above is Untitled by Alex Yudzon (2005). Thru Fri., Aug. 5. Tues. Sat. from 11am 6pm. Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, 13 Jay Street. 212-925-9424. www.cherylpelavin.com.
COMIC-INSPIRED ARTWORK View a vibrant selection of comic and comic-inspired artwork by twenty contemporary artists who use comic imagery to depict a diverse array of real and imaginary characters. Continues thru Sept. 5. Mon. - Fri. from 8am 5pm and Sun. from 9am 5pm. A reception will be held on Thurs., July 21 from 6-8pm. Sunshine Factory, 11 Essex St., bet. Canal & Hester Sts. 212-420-7240.
atm gallery, 511 W. 20th St., call for hours, 212-375-0349: Remarkable Hands, three person show curated by Taka Kawachi, July 15-Aug. 26.
blumarts, Inc., 99 Wooster St., Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-343-0441: JOHN BEECH, recent sculpture and large scale drawings, through Sep. 17.
center for architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 212-683-0023: Policy and Design for Housing: Lessons of the Urban Developement Coporation 1968-1975, major exhibition assessing past and current housing programs, through Sep. 10.
center for jewish history, 15 W. 16th St., Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri., 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 212-294-8330: Greetings From Home: 350 Years of American Jewish Life, historical exhibition telling the story of the first Jews to arrive in North America, through Sep. 15; YIVO at 80: Triumphs & Treasures, highlights of the collection of the institute, through Sep. 15.
cheryl pelavin, 13 Jay St., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 212-925-9424: BRIANPILLIOD, CORDY RYMAN & ALEX YUDZON, group exhibition, through Aug. 5.
dfn gallery, 176 Franklin St., Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 212-334-3400: Animal Tales, Summer group exhibition, through Sep. 2.
madison square park, Fifth Ave. between 23rd & 26th St., 212-538-4689:Circle With Towers, outdoor concrete sculpture by SOL LEWITT, through December.
maiden lane exhibition space, 125 Maiden Lane, 212-785-3608: Proposal for the First Airport on Mars, new media works by LAURA EMRICK, through Sep. 18.
moss gallery, 152 Greene St., 212-204-7106: Les Visiteurs dEte (Summer Visitors), exhibition of 42 vintage porcelain busts from the historic archives of Frances ancient royal manufactory, Sevres, also illuminated by eight chandeliers created by Baccarat, through Aug. 21.
multiple impressions, 128 Spring St., Mon., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sun., noon-6:30 p.m., 212-925-1313: HENRI MATISSE, vintage exhibition posters, printed by Mourlot, July 15-22.
nancy hoffman gallery, 429 W. Broadway, July Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Aug. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 212-966-6676: Elusive Surface, group exhibition showing the range of possibilities of the application of paint, through Sep. 10; Eve, group exhibition exploring the beguiling female gaze first encountered in the Garden of Eden, through Sep. 10.
new york downtown hospital, 170 William St., call for hours, 212-312-5000: Stillness of Nature, photographs by REX H. WU, MD, through Sep. 22.
ramakrishnananda Center, 96 Ave. B, Sun.-Fri., 1:30-5:30 p.m., 646-436-7010: Sacred art collection, Far East works portraying Gods and demigods, deities and others characters from the Hindu and Buddhist traditions, open ended.
redux pictures gallery, 116 E. 16th St., call for hours, 212-254-5240: Kindsight, photographs from the new book by ROBERT ZUCKERMAN, through Aug. 26.
the ritz-carlton, 2 West St. & Battery Place, 212-206-6674: Look and See, new 9 ton sculpture by JIM HODGES presented by Creative Time for the Art on the Plaza series, through Oct. 30.
Streits Matzos, 148-154 Rivington St., varying hours & by appointment, 212-677-0876: Grand opening of The Matzo Files, an open ended group exhibition of over 250 artists presented in boxes & files, with a rotating selection of featured, curated art shows, call for more information or go to matzofiles.org for more information, an alternative, non-profit organization supporting local & outside artists who are emerging, all work is for sale.
sunshine factory gallery, 11 Essex St., Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 917-562-8468: A Cast of Characters, comic and comic inspired artwork, through Sep. 5.
tibet house, 22 W. 15th St., Mon.-Fri., noon-6 p.m., 212-343-0290: Mongolian Tsam masks & costumes by GANKHUYAG NATSAG, through Aug. 19.
westbeth Gallery, 57 Bethune St., 212-989-4650: Summer Light II - The Far West Village: What We Are Trying to Save? art by Westbeth residents and friends exploring the heritage of the neighborhood, coming in Aug.
Notable Spaces:
abrons arts center, Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St., 212-598-0400.
american primitive gallery, 594 Broadway, #205, 212-966-1530.
anton kern gallery, 532 W. 20th St., 212-367-9663.
art in general, 79 Walker St., 212-219-0473.
atlantic gallery, 40 Wooster St., 212-219-3183.
Bellwether, 134 Tenth Ave., Tue.-Sat., 212-929-5959.
center for architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, 212-358-6126.
ceres gallery, 547 W. 27th St., Suite 201, 212-947-6100.
cfm gallery, 112 Greene St., 212-966-3864.
claire oliver fine art, 529 W. 20th St., 212-929-5949.
the drawing center, 35 Wooster St., 212-219-2166.
franklin 54 gallery, 54-56 Franklin St., 212-732-0009.
fraunces tavern museum, 54 Pearl St., 212-425-1778.
fresh art, 548 Broadway, 3rd fl., 646-262-3273.
gallery viet nam, 345 Greenwich St., 212-431-5888.
hebrew union college, One W. Fourth St., 212-824-2205.
henry street settlement, Abrons Arts Center, 212-598-0400.
here arts center, 145 Sixth Ave., 212-647-0202.
june kelly gallery, 591 Broadway, 212-226-1660.
latin collector, 153 Hudson St., 212-334-7813.
leica gallery, 670 Broadway, 212-777-3051.
multiple impressions, 128 Spring St., 212-925-1313.
national association of women artists gallery, 80 Fifth Ave., Suite 1405, 212-675-1616.
NEW YORK CITY FIRE MUSEUM, 278 Spring St., 212-691-1303.
the painting center, 52 Greene St., 212-243-1060.
peter blum gallery, 99 Wooster St., Tue.-Fri., 212-343-0523.
salmagundi club, 47 Fifth Ave., 212-255-7740.
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM, Schermerhorn Row Galleries, 12 Fulton St, 212-748-8600.
Synaogue for the arts, 49 White St., 212-966-7141.
synchronicity fine arts, 106 W. 13th St., 646-230-8199.
Terrain Gallery/Aesthetic realism foundation, 141 Greene St., 212-777-4490.
WESTBETH GALlery, 57 Bethune St., 212-989-4650.
yeshiva university museum, 15 West 16th St., 212 -294-8330.
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A Collective Bargaining Primer
For Michigan School Board Members
Collective bargaining determines not only the quality and responsiveness of a school district's teachers and support personnel, but the amount of money remaining to school board members to benefit the children under their care. Thus, while labor negotiations may sometimes feel remote from the process of helping children learn in the classroom, the results of this bargaining often affect a school board's ability to implement educational policies.
This book is designed to assist school board members in understanding the basic principles and laws of collective bargaining, including some of the major substantive and procedural challenges facing Michigan school boards. In addition, the text is full of quotations from school board members and other education professionals concerning their experiences with collective bargaining and school employee unions. The combination of informational content and personal reflections provides new insights to school board members — and to policymakers, journalists and the general public, as well.


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Minority Microbiology Mentor Newsletter - May 2013
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The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities Salutes Dr. Michele Nishiguchi for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Microbiology
- CMIIM Special Interest Session at asm2013
- Career Guidance Available to Students, Postdocs at asm2013
- Now Available! JMBE, Volume 14, Issue 1
- 30th Annual Minority Microbiologists' Mixer
- Fourth Annual Mentoring Breakfast
- asm2013
- ASM Conferences
- ASM PRESS: New Must Have Titles of May 2013
- Recognize Excellence with ASM Awards
- American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium Fellow Applications Being Accepted
- Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives (CHOMA) asm2013 Activities
- Hydrologic Sciences (NSF 13-531)
- Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms (WIDER, NSF 13-552)
- Methodologies and Formative Work for Combination HIV Prevention Approaches (R01, RFA-MH-14-180)
- Closing the Gap in Healthcare Disparities through Dissemination and Implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research (U18, RFA-HS-13-010)
- Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (R01, PA-13-210 )
- NIAID Career Opportunities
- Keystone Symposia Fellows Program
- Post-doctoral research fellowship position at the Translational Autoinflammatory Disease section in the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin (NIAMS) Diseases
The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities Salutes Dr. Michele Nishiguchi for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Microbiology
One of the interesting aspects of studying interactions between beneficial bacteria and their animal hosts is how quickly the bacterial symbionts can adapt to new "environments", in this case, a different host species. This has been observed in many cases, particularly when non-native bacteria come into contact with a new host species, and are either better able to infect the novel host, or have the ability to out-compete the native host due to other factors that favor the invading bacterium (temperature, salinity, pH). In this article [Soto, W., E.B. Punke, and M. K. Nishiguchi, Evolutionary perspectives in a mutualism of sepiolid squid and bioluminescent bacteria: Combined usage of microbial experimental evolution and temporal population genetics. Evolution 66:1308-1321 (May 2012)], Nishiguchi and her students examined how a non-native bacterial symbiont (Vibrio fischeri) from a Hawaiian bobtailed squid (Euprymna scolopes), was adapted over multiple generations in a closely related host from Australia (Euprymna tasmanica). Adaptation to the new host took between 400-500 generations, and the newly adapted V. fischeri was not only able to outcompete its ancestor (un-evolved), but also demonstrated drastic phenotypic changes in characteristics important for a successful symbiosis (biofilm formation, luminescence). The work is truly unique in that it is one of the only experimentally evolved manipulations actually completed in a live animal host. In addition to the publication, William Soto (lead author) was selected as the 2013 R.A. Fischer award recipient, which is awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution for an outstanding Ph.D. dissertation paper published in the journal Evolution during a calendar year. http://cms.gogrid.evolutionsociety.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=14
Michele "Nish" Nishiguchi is presently a professor of Biology at New Mexico State University. She has focused her work on the evolutionary ecology between marine invertebrates and their symbiotic bacteria. Despite being a marine biologist in the middle of the Chihuahuan desert, Nish manages to chase after squid and their bioluminescent bacteria in places such as the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean Seas, and manages to eat some calamari along the way. Besides tasting good, they are the coolest, smartest, and most impressive molluscs around, because they have figured out a way to live peacefully with bacteria that allow them to control light, a behavior called counterillumination. She has been passionate about reaching out to students in the Southwest, and introducing them to marine biology and microbial ecology. She has trained a number of students from underrepresented groups (postdocs, graduate and undergraduate), and continues her commitment to increasing diversity through research, teaching, and outreach.
CMIIM Special Interest Session at asm2013
The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities is sponsoring a special interest session, "The Immune Response and Diseases Which Primarily Affect Underrepresented Populations."
Session Description:
The role of the immune system is to defend the body against foreign invaders. In the absence of a properly functioning immune system, the host is subject to a variety of immunological diseases and dysfunctions. Studies demonstrate that these diseases and dysfunctions disproportionately impact certain groups and in impacting these groups represent one of the health topics included in health disparities. Health disparities refers to differences in the presence and severity of disease, health outcomes and quality of health care that exists in particular racial or ethnic groups, low income and medically underserved populations. There are multiple elements which contribute to these group specific outcomes including, but not limited to, access to quality health care, community-based factors and biology. Accordingly, a defective immune system can lead to faulty immune responses which, in turn, cause a host of immune response diseases. These include both infectious and non-infectious diseases, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis, diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus. In many of these diseases the immune system plays a key role in not just defending against the disease but contributing to the disease process. Understanding the immune response in these and other such diseases is an important step in effectively developing translational tools to effectively address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities and underserved populations.
Presentations and Speakers:
- CD72 in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Judith A. James, M.D., Ph.D., Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
- T cell Response in HIV Infection, Michael R. Betts, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis and CarD Protein and Pathogenesis, Christina L. Stallings, Ph.D., Washington University, School of Medicine
- HIV Screening and Surveillance, Wayne Duffus, M.D., Ph.D., National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Career Guidance Available to Students, Postdocs at asm2013
Students or postdocs at asm2013 are encouraged attend "Everything You Need to Know about Obtaining a Successful and Fulfilling Microbiology Career" on Saturday, May 18 (1:00 pm to 4:30 pm). This session is a special opportunity for participants to talk with microbiologists from a wide range of career settings. Accomplished scientists from public health, industry, government, nonprofits, community colleges, clinical and state labs, patent law, science policy and communications, etc., will share insights about their work – responsibilities, expectations, salary, getting started, and advancement – in roundtable discussions with 10 to 12 students. Students must register (free) for Career Development Workshop WS-02 to attend. Students register by using their asm2013 registration login information to modify their existing conference registration record. Learn more about all asm2013 Career Development Workshops at http://gm.asm.org/.
Now Available! JMBE, Volume 14, Issue 1
The editors of ASM's Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education (JMBE), the premier journal for microbiology and biology education research, are excited to announce the publication of volume 14, issue 1, of the journal. A freely available, scholarly, and internationally indexed publication, JMBE provides broad coverage of science education via five sections: Research (articles about science education research), Perspectives (thoughts relating a current societal or educational concern to teaching and learning), Curriculum (classroom and laboratory exercises that are innovative, field-tested and assessed), Tips and Tools (innovative teaching guidance), and Reviews (appraisals of biology-related books and media). The newest issue includes all of the abstracts from the 2013 Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) along with numerous articles that promote good pedagogy and design, foster scholarly teaching, and advance biology education research.
JMBE editors welcome article submissions, and manuscripts are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. However, to be considered for each volume, submissions must be received by 1 December (for the May issue) and 1 July (for the December issue). For more information, visit http://jmbe.asm.org.
JMBE eTOC alerts are available by visiting http://jmbe.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/user/register.
30th Annual Minority Microbiologists' Mixer
Mix and mingle at the 30th Annual Minority Microbiologists' Mixer. The tradition continues on Monday, May 20 from 9:00 – 10:30 p.m. in Centennial Ballroom A at the Hyatt Regency. Close out the evening with dessert and networking with your fellow microbiologists. One free drink ticket per attendee will be provided while supplies last. Please contact Renee Hunter (email@example.com) with any questions.
Fourth Annual Mentoring Breakfast
ASM's Underrepresented Members Committee (UMC) and Committee on Minority Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM) are sponsoring the Fourth Annual Mentoring Breakfast on Tuesday, May 21 from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. in room Centennial Ballroom F at the Hyatt Regency. The Mentoring Breakfast will offer students, postdoctoral scientists, and professionals the opportunity to discuss topics relevant to career transitions with committed ASM volunteer mentors. Please contact Jennifer Mercurio (email@example.com) with any questions.
113th General Meeting | May 18 - 21, 2013 | Denver, Colorado
There is still time to register for asm2013!
Register online, or when you arrive in Denver, to experience presentations by leading national and international investigators, esteemed award lecturers, and junior scientists on the cutting-edge.
Late-Breaking Session on H7N9 and H5N1 just announced. Learn More at http://gm.asm.org/index.php/2013-late-breaking-session.
September 10-13, 2013 | Denver, Colorado
The common language is science!
The 101 sessions, 14 workshops, and 1,800 abstracts that make up ICAAC 2013 offer a unique opportunity for the world's most renowned scientists to come together to foster global solutions to the problems of antimicrobial agents and infectious diseases.
Important Dates
- Late-Breaker Abstract Submission Site Opens – May 24, 2013
- Travel Grant Application Deadline – May 31, 2013
- Late-Breaker Abstract Submission Deadline – July 31, 2013, 11:59 p.m. EST
Unable to attend ICAAC 2013? Participate in this year's program from the comfort of your own home or office with ICAAC Online. Learn more at http://www.icaac.org/online.
ASM Conferences
3rd ASMET - The ASM Emerging Technologies Conference
June 25 – 28, 2013 | Izmir, Turkey
4th ASM Conference on Salmonella: The Bacterium, the Host and the Environment
October 5 – 9, 2013 | Boston, Massachusetts
3rd ASM-ESCMID Conference on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococci in Animals: Veterinary and Public Health Implications
November 4 - 7, 2013 | Copenhagen, Denmark
For more information, go to: http://www.conferences.asm.org
ASM PRESS: New Must Have Titles of May 2013
Color Atlas of Medical Bacteriology, Second Edition - NEW!
Authors: Marie T. Pezzlo, Ellena M. Peterson, Luis M. de la Maza, Janet T. Shigei and Grace L. Tan
A must-have if: You are in need of an easy-to-use color atlas for lectures and laboratory presentations.
Key Components:
- Conceived by a team of authors with decades of classroom and laboratory experience.
- Includes more than 730 brilliant, four-color images of common pathogenic bacteria and descriptions of the methods used to identify them.
- Provides up-to-date developments in molecular biology methodology in the diagnostic laboratory with a new chapter examining the breadth and possibilities of these latest techniques.
- Addresses antimicrobial susceptibility testing in light of the alarming emergence of antibiotic resistance.
List Price: $169.95
Member Price: $135.95
Published: May 2013
366 pages. Hardcover (ISBN 978-1-55581-475-5)
To purchase Color Atlas, 2e visit our e-store at http://estore.asm.org/viewItemDetails.asp?ItemID=1120.
Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases: The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Impact on Global Health and Development, Second Edition - NEW!
Author: Peter J. Hotez
A must-have if: You would like to seek a roadmap to coordinate global advocacy and mobilization of resources to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Key Components:
- Addresses the myriad changes that have occurred in the field since the first edition.
- Describes how NTDs have affected impoverished populations for centuries, changing world history.
- Considers the future impact of alliances between nongovernmental development organizations and private-public partnerships.
List Price: $39.95
Member Price: $31.95
Published: April 2013
274 pages.Paperback (ISBN 978-1-55581-874-6)
To purchase Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases, Second Edition visit our e-store at http://estore.asm.org/viewItemDetails.asp?ItemID=1119.
Find all of these titles and many more at estore.asm.org/press.
When you buy books directly through the ASM Press, you support the society that supports the science of microbiology.
Recognize Excellence with ASM Awards
Your help is needed in identifying and nominating distinguished scientists for the 2013 ASM General Meeting Awards. This is your chance to honor those who have greatly contributed to the field of microbiology. These awards honor the most outstanding accomplishments in research, mentoring, education, leadership, and other practices of microbiology. Two particular awards of interest are the EMD Millipore Alice C. Evans Award and the William A. Hinton Research Training Award.
The EMD Millipore Alice C. Evans Award honors a member of ASM for major contributions toward the full participation and advancement of women in microbiology. This award was established by the ASM's Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology, and is given in memory of Alice C. Evans, the first woman to be elected ASM President in 1928.
William A. Hinton Research Training Award honors those who have contributed to the research training of undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or health professional students and whose efforts have led to the increased participation of underrepresented minorities in microbiology. This award is given in memory of William A. Hinton, a physician-research scientist and one of the first African-Americans to join the American Society for Microbiology.
The nomination forms and more information regarding eligibility, the nomination process, and other ASM Awards can be found at http://bit.ly/YyOyhB. A complete nomination typically consists of a nominating form, the nominee's CV, and two supporting forms. These forms are all very brief (250 words).
Nominations are due July 1.
American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium Fellow Applications Being Accepted
The American Academy of Microbiology (Academy) is accepting applications for its next Colloquium Fellow. This is a one-year fellowship for a recent microbiology Ph.D. recipient to develop skills in science policy and communication. If you can think of former students or others you've encountered who would be a good fit, please consider encouraging them to apply. Applicants for the fellowship should have a broad interest in the field and a willingness to learn about topics outside their own area of expertise. The fellowship will provide salary and some benefits.
In addition to academic researchers and clinicians, the field of microbiology needs individuals who are skilled in science communication and public outreach. The goal of the AAM Colloquium fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a recent microbiology Ph.D. graduate to develop these skills. Each year the Academy convenes five to six colloquia to address critical issues in microbiology. The fellow will work closely with the Academy Director on the colloquium program, participating in the entire process from choosing appropriate topics through proposal development and fund-raising to writing colloquium reports to publicity and dissemination.
Applications are due May 15, 2013. Please visit http://academy.asm.org/index.php/colloquium-fellowship?utm_source=fellows&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fellowship13 for a full job description, and http://academy.asm.org/index.php/colloquium-fellowship/2-uncategorised/156-how-to-apply for application instructions.
Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives (CHOMA) asm2013 Activities
Special Interest Session
The Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives (CHOMA) Committee, in collaboration with the Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology, the Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities, and the Underrepresented Members Committee, will present the Special Interest Session, Early Microbe Hunters Overcoming Biases and Barriers, at the asm2013 General Meeting in Denver, CO. The session will explore challenges faced by women and minority microbiologists in the 20th Century as well as subtle and complex forms of covert bias still faced by women and minorities today.
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1
Conveners: Joan W. Bennett (Rutgers) and Marian Johnson-Thompson (University of DC)
- Arturo Casadevall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY (How Fungi Brought Me to a Brighter Future)
- Lorraine A. Findlay, Nassau County Community College and University Medical Center, Garden City, NY (Long Before a Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology, There Was A. C. Evans)
- Clifford W. Houston, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (Putting a New Face on the ASM Presidency)
- Alice S. Huang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (Motivations and Mind Sets of "Model Minorities")
- Marian Johnson-Thompson, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC (Role Models of the Past: William Hinton, Ruth Moore and Others)
Exhibit – Alice C. Evans
In conjunction with their Special Interest Session, the Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives (CHOMA) Exhibit will display materials from the ASM Archives collection exploring the long, successful (and sometimes contentious) career of Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975), the first woman to serve as President of the Society of American Bacteriologists (now ASM), who made substantial contributions to dairy and medical bacteriology.
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Exhibit Hall, Booth 325
Dates & Times: Sunday-Monday (May 19-20, 2013), 10:45 am – 4:00 pm
Tuesday (May 21, 2013), 10:45 am – 2:45 pm
History of Microbiology Lecture – Accomplishments and Legacy of the Soviet Biological Weapons Program, 1928-1992
Lecturer: Raymond A. Zilinskas, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 3
For additional information and to learn more about CHOMA, go to http://www.asm.org/choma
Hydrologic Sciences (NSF 13-531)
The Hydrologic Sciences Program focuses on the fluxes of water in the environment that constitute the water cycle as well as the mass and energy transport function of the water cycle in the environment. The Program supports studying processes from rainfall to runoff to infiltration and streamflow; evaporation and transpiration; as well as the flow of water in soils and aquifers and the transport of suspended, dissolved and colloidal components. Water is seen as the mode of coupling among various components of the environment and emphasis is placed on how the coupling is enabled by the water cycle and how it functions as a process. The Hydrologic Sciences Program retains a strong focus on linking the fluxes of water and the components carried by water across the boundaries between various interacting components of the terrestrial system and the mechanisms by which these fluxes co-organize over a variety of timescales and/or alter the fundamentals of the interacting components. The Program is also interested in how water interacts with the solid phase, the landscape and the ecosystem as well as how such interactions and couplings are altered by land use and climate change. Studies may address aqueous geochemistry and solid phase interactions as well as physical, chemical, and biological processes as coupled to water transport. These studies commonly involve expertise from basic sciences and mathematics, and proposals may require joint review with related programs. The Hydrologic Sciences Program will also consider some synthesis activities.
Full proposals are due June 3, 2013, and more information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13531/nsf13531.htm.
Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms (WIDER, NSF 13-552)
The chief goal of WIDER is to transform institutions of higher education into supportive environments for STEM faculty members to substantially increase their use of evidence-based teaching and learning practices. The first recommendation in the Report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), "Engage to Excel," is to increase widespread implementation of evidence-based practices in order to increase persistence in STEM and contribute to the goal of producing 1 million additional STEM graduates.
Through this process, WIDER seeks to substantially increase the scale of application of highly effective methods of STEM teaching and learning in institutions of higher education, by employing instructional materials and methods that have a convincing evidentiary basis of effectiveness. In particular WIDER seeks this transformation for high enrollment, lower division courses required for many STEM majors and taken by many other students to fulfill general education distribution requirements.
Included in our broad definition of effective STEM teaching and learning are not only instructional practices in traditional learning environments, but also modern laboratory methods and field research, proven distance education methods (or hybrid designs incorporating both face-to-face and distance methods), and improved approaches to motivating student interest in STEM. Full proposals are due July 3, 2013, and more information is available at http://nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13552/nsf13552.htm.
Methodologies and Formative Work for Combination HIV Prevention Approaches (R01, RFA-MH-14-180)
This FOA invites applications to advance science that is needed for optimal HIV combination prevention intervention approaches. Recent advances in biomedical interventions with critical behavioral aspects (e.g., Pre-exposure Prophylaxis [PrEP], Treatment as Prevention) have changed how HIV prevention and treatment are conceptualized. Significant local, city, state, and federally funded efforts are shifting towards community-level interventions to reduce HIV incidence, and these efforts are informed by recent advances regarding: the importance of treatment uptake and retention in care; the effectiveness of combined behavioral and biomedical interventions; and the need to implement interventions community-wide for optimal public health impact. Reductions in HIV incidence will only be achieved through implementation of combinations of interventions that include biomedical and behavioral interventions, as well as components that address social, economic, and other structural factors that influence HIV prevention and transmission. However, combined prevention intervention approaches rely on synergies of multiple elements that can be challenging to design, implement, and evaluate. This initiative will support methodological, formative, and implementation research designed to better understand the processes and outcomes of combination intervention efforts and that will enhance the implementation of these interventions. Letters of intent are due August 3, 2013, and more information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-14-180.html.
Closing the Gap in Healthcare Disparities through Dissemination and Implementation of Patient Centered Outcomes Research (U18, RFA-HS-13-010)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to identify strategies to engage stakeholders through shared decision making that can be used to effectively implement interventions specific to health care delivery systems, clinicians, and/or patients that focus on the reduction of racial/ethnic healthcare disparities in under-resourced settings. The effective strategies will incorporate the translation, dissemination, and implementation of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) findings for racial/ethnic minority populations. Successful applicants are required to demonstrate an ability to leverage the capacities of relevant and diverse stakeholders in their strategies to reduce healthcare disparities in under-resourced settings. Letters of intent are due June 14, 2013, and more information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-13-010.html.
Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (R01, PA-13-210)
This funding opportunity announcement is seeking research focused on development, adaptation, or testing interventions aimed at identifying and managing symptoms related to HIV-Associated Non-AIDS (HANA) conditions, specifically functional capacity and frailty and increasing resilience (self-care) of HIV-infected persons with HANA. Full applications are due June 1, 2013, and more information is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-210.html.
NIAID Career Opportunities
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the largest Institutes of the world-renowned National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts and supports a global program of biomedical research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. NIAID is at the forefront of research and discovery in areas such as HIV/AIDS, pandemic influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, vaccine research, and many more.
Make a difference!
A talented and diverse workforce is one of NIAID's greatest assets, and we seek qualified candidates to help us make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. Join NIAID's scientific workforce and play a key role in developing and implementing programs that support a broad range of cutting-edge clinical, basic, and translational research.
Your individual talents are needed to support NIAID's mission..
NIAID boasts state-of-the-art facilities and highly trained staff who seek new and improved ways to understand, treat, and prevent infectious and immune-mediated diseases. NIAID also offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including retirement; health, life, and long-term care insurance; annual and sick leave; and a thrift savings plan (401[k] equivalent).
Learn more about NIAID and its exciting career opportunities:
- Visit us on the Web.
- Subscribe to email updates.
- Follow us on Twitter.
- Follow us on LinkedIn.
- Like us on Facebook.
HHS, NIH, and NIAID are proud to be equal opportunity employers.
Keystone Symposia Fellows Program
The Keystone Symposia Fellows Program seeks early career scientists from both underrepresented minority and well-represented backgrounds, to interact with our distinguished Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) during the scientific meeting planning process. It provides an opportunity for a "behind the scenes" look at an activity performed by established scientists that will invaluably inform the applicant's future career and allows sharing with established scientists applicant views on the challenges faced by early career scientists and underrepresented scientists in particular.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and be actively engaged in full-time laboratory research. They do not have to be members of designated visible ethnic minority populations, but they do have to document substantial in-depth experiences in face to face interaction with persons from minority populations in the U.S., which include Native American/Alaska Native, Hispanic/Latino, African American/Black, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, and ensure that these experiences are verifiable. Further, the applicants are required to document an understanding of the specific and sometimes nuanced issues and challenges often faced by underrepresented minority (URM) scientists. By face-to-face interactions, we mean experience or activity other than teaching, which is in many cases largely a one-way communication. Applicants need to have a serious understanding of the issues in order to carry in-depth discussions in small group settings on challenges to enhancing participation in the life sciences by underrepresented scientists. Verifiable documentation of the qualifying experience is required as part of the application process, and applicants will be chosen in part, based on their demonstrated ability to inform on the issues facing underrepresented scientists.
The Keystone Symposia Fellows Program will begin accepting applications for the 2014 Class on June 1, 2013. The application and eligibility requirements may be found at Keystone Symposia Fellows Program, as well as photos and bios of the most recent class of Fellows. The application to the Fellows Program must be returned via U.S. postal mail and postmarked no later than 12:00PM (MST) on September 1, 2013. Applicants are urged to begin the application process early in the spring-summer to avoid problems with obtaining necessary documents by the September deadline.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Position at the Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section in the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin (NIAMS) Diseases
A post-doctoral research fellowship position at the Translational Autoinflammatory Disease section in NIAMS is currently available. Applicants with a PhD in the field of molecular biology or immunology, who have an interest in translational research and the development of iPS cell based models of organ inflammation, are encouraged to send their CV to Dr. Goldbach-Mansky at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, M.D., MHS
Translational Autoinflammatory Disease Section
Bldg.10 room 6D47-B
10 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20892
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
In July 2006, the Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities (CMIIM) of the American Society for Microbiology Public and Scientific Affairs Board developed a monthly e-newsletter which contains information pertinent to minority microbiologists. Currently, there are very few minority-based newsletters for scientists, and there are none for microbiologists.
This e-newsletter provides a central means of distributing pertinent information to underrepresented minorities in the field of microbiology. Some examples include career advice, networking tips, relevant news articles, unique funding and career opportunities, microbiological issues affecting minorities (e.g., HIV), minority issues affecting microbiologists (e.g., minority retention), and scientific articles published by minorities or by minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
The target populations are African-Americans, Latino-Americans, Native Americans, Alaska natives, and Pacific Islanders; however, all ASM members are invited to sign up and to share this information with others who may find this e-newsletter beneficial.
Signing up to receive The Minority Microbiology Mentor is very easy and is open to ASM members and non-members: simply go to http://asm.org/index.php/component/content/article/31-forms/forms/238-subscribe-to-listserv, enter your email address, and select "MinorityMicroMentor" then submit, and you will receive confirmation of your subscription by email. If you are an ASM member, you will be prompted to Log In before signing up.
The Committee on Microbiological Issues Impacting Minorities is chaired by Dwayne W. Boucaud, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Quinnipiac University Department of Biomedical Sciences in Hamden, CT. The Minority Microbiology Mentor Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Floyd L. Wormley Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Associate Editor is Crystal N. Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.
If you are interested in placing an ad in the MMM, please send the copy to email@example.com by the first of the month.


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The popular MySQL database is slated for a future split between what MySQL AB calls the Community and the Enterprise versions. Read the official announcement and further opinions and explanations from Kaj Arno (MySQL VP of Community Relations) and Stephen O'Grady (software industry analist). In Arno's own words: "We recognise that the needs of the MySQL Community are different from the needs of commercial enterprise customers. After 11 years of producing our software, we can no longer hope that a single offering is the best solution for both Community and Enterprise users. Consequently, we are introducing two different offerings for each distinct target group."