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When Do You Tell Kids About "Bad Stuff?"
I recently got in some trouble thanks to a photo that appeared on the front page of The Times. It showed a baby in Zimbabwe with casts on both feet, and the caption said his legs were broken by some Robert Mugabe strongmen who'd been looking for the baby's father, an opposition supporter.
I was reading the paper in the kitchen that morning, quite early, when my kids woke up, came in, and immediately asked about the picture. (They are 7 and 6.) So I told them. I said that Zimbabwe isn't like the U.S., where you can vote for anyone you want; and from what I could gather, the bad guys who supported the president wanted to beat up this baby's father but they couldn't find him so they beat up the baby instead.
Later in the day, one of my kids ratted me out, telling my wife what they'd learned about the baby in the paper. She looked at me as if I'd lost my mind: Why on earth would I tell the truth about something that's so plainly scary to a kid?
My excuses were pretty lame: it was about 6:10 a.m. and I was still groggy; one of the kids is a good reader and might have read it for himself; and I had couched the brutality in a little civics lesson about voting. But for the most part, I had to agree with my wife: this story would have been better left untold.
The worst part was that the story didn't even turn out to be true: several days later, The Times ran an Editors' Note explaining that the baby didn't seem to have been beaten by Mugabe strongmen after all — that he wore the casts because he had club feet, and the mother lied in order to get the photographer to help her son.
A noble lie perhaps, but a lie nonetheless. Whereas I told what may have seemed like a noble truth when I would have been better off lying. Or would I?
This set me to thinking about when (and how) to tell your kids about all the "bad stuff" that's happening in the world. We've only just begun to talk about Sept. 11 in our home, and in careful terms, in large part because the World Trade Center attack occurred just a few miles from where we live. We've dealt with Hitler a bit but we came to him through a back door: some books about Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics, which easily allow a parent to cast Hitler as a bad, bad man without confronting the greatest horrors. We've also covered World War II to some degree, since both the kids' grandfathers fought in it, but we've so far avoided the Holocaust for the most part — because, again, it's closer to home since we're Jewish.
But is avoidance a good strategy? And if so, until what age? What happens when a kid starts to learn about all this stuff on his own: does he feel betrayed by his parents, or perhaps buffeted by the reality more than if he'd been given it straight?
Articles like this one and this one advocate talking to kids at about age 7 or 8 because that's when they can start to understand that the images they see (war, crime, etc.) are real and can impact their own lives:
Reports on natural disasters, child abductions, homicides, terrorist attacks, and school violence can teach kids to view the world as a confusing, threatening, or unfriendly place. How can you deal with these disturbing stories and images? Talking to your kids about what they watch or hear will help them put frightening information into a reasonable context.
There's also the understanding of death — which, while child psychiatrists seem to think comes about in predictable developmental stages, like physical developments, I have seen come about much more haphazardly in my own kids and others. (My favorite line on the subject comes from my daughter, Anya, who, when she was about 4, declared that she wanted to be God for Halloween. Why? "Because he never dies.") Whatever the case, kids certainly do come to understand that death is both inevitable and irreversible:
Children react to death and loss in a wide variety of ways. They may feel shock and numbness, sadness, anger, guilt, or transient unhappiness, the experts agreed. They might keep concerns inside, become increasingly clingy with their caregivers, or exhibit disobedience, lack of interest in school, sleep disturbance, physical complaints, decreased appetite, or regression. Children who witness violence often have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, noted Jane F. Knapp, M.D., FAAP, director of the division of emergency medical services, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
From the literature I've looked at, emotional disorders are a real and prevalent concern whenever kids are exposed to a tragedy, even indirectly. Consider the following, from an article by Paramjit Joshi and Shulamit Lewin in Psychiatric Annals:
"Children growing up exposed to sustained trauma and violence are at increased risk for mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance abuse … Even 2 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, 16 percent of children living 100 miles away from Oklahoma City were still experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms … Three phenomena have been identified in children exposed to persistent and extreme violence: fear, aggression, and desensitization."
And consider the following, from an article by M.W. Otto et al. in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders:
[In] a longitudinal investigation of psychiatric sequelae of armed hostage-taking in a grade school, Vila et al., found a 50 percent rate of PTSD in directly exposed children (directly held hostage; Vila, Porche, & Mouren-Simeoni, 1999), as compared to a 15 percent rate among indirectly exposed children (children from the same school who were not taken hostage). Similar results were reported by Nader, Pynoos, Fairbanks, and Frederick (1990), who found that 14 months after a sniper attack on a Los Angeles school playground, 79 percent of children who were at the playground during the attack reported PTSD symptoms, as compared to 19 percent of children who were not at the playground. Similar evidence of the effects of indirect exposure on children were documented following the Oklahoma City bombing (Pfefferbaum et al., 1999), and the Challenger space shuttle explosion (Terr et al., 1999).
Wouldn't this seem to suggest that avoidance, if possible, is a pretty good strategy? A recent paper by Richard Williams et al. published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry shows that avoidance indeed has its benefits, even for adolescents:
Although the adolescents in the survey were indirectly exposed to the [Sept. 11] incidents, half of them felt threatened, and their own post-traumatic stress symptoms were associated with, for example, the distress, availability, and coping advice of their parents. In particular, it was also found that discussion about these events was unhelpful. Positive reframing, emotional expression, and acceptance were associated with lower distress levels. Possibly, these efforts enhanced adolescents' feelings of safety.
By contrast, adolescents reported more distress if their parents encouraged them to seek help and advice from others. Adolescents who did not talk to their parents about the attacks due to concerns about upsetting them also reported high levels of post-traumatic symptoms and distress, but this finding was specific to young people who reported having highly supportive parents. The authors conjecture that their parents' recommendations for them to seek help might have been interpreted by their children as signs that the threat was greater than they had assessed. Also, recommendations to seek help and advice might have been viewed by adolescents as a sign of parental inability to keep them safe.
A couple days ago, my family returned home from a long weekend. Someone in our building had posted an article from a local newspaper about a mugger who's been striking our neighborhood. My wife was reading intently when I came up behind her and involuntarily said something along the lines of "Yikes." This prompted my son to rush over and look at the clipping. "Daddy, what's a mugger?" he asked. Unable once more to lie properly, I told him a gentle version of the truth. Even so, he was scared that night going to bed and afterward, and I couldn't say I blamed him. Avoidance was looking better and better.
But obviously young people need to learn about the realities of the world, and I would submit that parents are the best people to teach them. These guidelines for "talking with kids about tough issues" strike me as pretty sensible. For instance:
A child's concern: Children may be worried about mommy or daddy going to work. Children may be thinking, Will Dad's or Mom's office blow up? Or if their parents fly, children may be thinking: Will the plane be hijacked?
Response: Assure children that this kind of violent act almost never happens in the U.S. It is shocking to all of us, but most people are safe and will continue to be safe.
More substantially, here's what Joshi and Lewin have to say about what characteristics resilient children usually possess:
Resilient children seek out positive people and situations, have an optimistic outlook, are motivated, have dreams and goals for the future, and show good self-esteem and cognitive abilities.
Which sounds like nothing more than a middle-of-the-road argument for well-rounded, well-loved, well-educated children. There's a bit more on the subject:
Families that foster resilient children include those with parents who show an interest in their children's lives, are stable, stay involved in their children's activities, maintain consistent home routines, encourage open family communication, and emphasize the importance of doing well in school.
I realize that this entire discussion is, in a way, a luxury. Any family who is having a conversation about how to protect their children from the secondary effect of tragedy is plainly not in the midst of tragedy themselves. That baby in Zimbabwe is in a lot of trouble, whether he's suffering from club feet or from a beating. I do not mean to lose sight of this reality.
I also realize I have provided almost no worthwhile answers to the questions I raised; but as a parent I'm muddling through. I'm very interested in hearing your thoughts, strategies, and experiences on the subject.
[Note: I recently discussed this subject on the public-radio program The Takeaway.]

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2013-14: Named Appalachian Swimming Conference's Swimmer of the Week on November 20...Became the first Tornado to break the two-minute mark in the 200 yard freestyle, setting the school record with a time of 1:59.38 against Emmanuel College on October 26...Helped four relay teams set school records at the Appalachian Swimming Conference Championships on February 15...Led off in both the 200 and 400 yard freestyle relays that finished with school record times of 1:42.31 and 3:45.66, respectively...Swam the second leg of the 800 yard freestyle relay team that finished with a school record time of 8:28.14...Was the final leg in the 400 medley relay team that posted a school record time of 4:15.16...Came within 0.03 seconds of the 50 yard freestyle school record with her time of 24.68 seconds against Emory & Henry College...Was within 0.18 seconds of the 100 yard freestyle school record when she finished in 54.28 seconds at Emmanuel College.
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The Premier League is a very tough league; fact.
Many strikers have failed to impress in England's top flight, despite being proven goal-scorers in other divisions, purely down to the fact that they are not strong enough.
In the modern game, teams are relying more and more on the dazzling, nippy feet of forwards tailor made to work their way through the opposition back lines, rather than those that bulldoze a path to goal with their stature and size.
That's not to say those type of strikers don't exist anymore. The likes of Didier Drogba and Emmanuel Adebayor, Kenwyne Jones and Grant Holt have all faired well in recent seasons, through their ability to trade blows in terms of physical strength, with daunting centre-halfs.
Here we list five of the Premier League's current best when it comes to making their presence known, and scoring goals whilst they're at it.
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a href="https://www.automobilemag.com/jeep/compass/2012/">2012 Jeep Compass, Patriot
The Problem: Some fuel-tank transfer tubes were manufactured with a different material because Chrysler's preferred material was briefly unavailable. The tubes aren't as strong as intended and could deform in hot weather or at high altitudes, restricting fuel supply and potentially stalling the engine.
The Fix: Dealers will install new fuel-tank transfer tubes for free.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: 30,000 2012 Jeep Compass and Patriot SUVs, of which about 20,500 were sold in the U.S.
2011-2012 Dodge Charger, Challenger; 2011-2012 Chrysler 300
The Problem: A defective wiring harness for the seat-mounted side airbags could cause the airbag warning light to illuminate sporadically. Chrysler says it has no reports of injuries related to this problem.
The Fix: Chrysler will replace the electrical connectors for free.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: 139,000 Dodge and Chrysler cars, of which about 119,000 are in the U.S.
2007-2008 Dodge Nitro and Jeep Liberty
The Problem: On rear-wheel-drive models, a heat shield can loosen over time and damage the driveshaft. Though Chrysler claims there are no injuries or accidents resulting from this problem, it was reported on as many as 40 vehicles.
The Fix: Dealers will install a bracket that holds the heat shield in place.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: 78,500 Dodge Nitro and Jeep Liberty SUVs, of which 61,400 were sold in the U.S.
The Problem: Some pickup trucks were built with their parking brakes incorrectly configured. This means the brakes might not hold the trucks on inclines, although Chrysler says it hasn't received any word of accidents or injuries from rollaway incidents.
The Fix: Dealers will inspect the parking brakes and return them to factory specifications.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: 9300 2013 Ram 1500 trucks, of which about 6600 are in the U.S.
2013 Ram 2500 and 3500
The Problem: Engine covers for the 6.7-liter turbodiesel engine are not as heat-resistant as engineers hoped. The problem was discovered during a routine quality check.
The Fix: Dealers will install a redesigned engine cover for free.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: 7000 2013 Ram 2500 and 3500 trucks, of which fewer than 600 have been sold to customers so far.
The Problem: Certain Dart models built in a 24-hour period in November 2012 have brake calipers that don't meet Chrysler's specifications. The defective parts could prevent proper function of the car's parking brake.
The Fix: Dealers will replace the brake calipers for free.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: 52 2013 Dodge Dart sedans, of which 52 are in the U.S. and six are in Canada.
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"Buried", "Frozen", "Phone Booth" and countless other horror/thrillers have tried their hand at the 'single location' genre as I'll call it. The genre is a problem in itself; relying exclusively on compelling characters, mysterious motives, or potential plot twists with the setting to provide exciting entertainment. For example "Buried" plays upon the charisma of Ryan Reynolds and his character's everyman plight. "Frozen" adds the wrinkle that the ski resort won't be open for another week and a blizzard is coming.
Good question, but not why we're here today. We're here to check this trailer and poster for "ATM", currently making the festival rounds. Looks like it could be effective, if you're willing to buy the premise that wherever they're stopping to get food wouldn't take credit cards, necessitating a trip to an ATM in a massive, empty parking lot with no other stores around. Let's face it though, as horror fans, we make ignoring obvious flaws into an artform. It's a survival mechanism.


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Fort Carson
Fort Carson is the largest town in Bone County in San Andreas. Unusually, roadside signage of the town indicates an estimated population of 369, far smaller than any town in Red County.
Henry Bolt, Colonel of the 66th Cavalry stationed in Fort Carson, in 1842 led them towards Las Barrancas. The entire force fell into a hole on their journey. A tribute, the Barrancas Mass Grave, stands in memory of Colonel Henry Bolt and his forces. [1]
It is the county seat of Bone County, as indicated by the small red building in the main street, having been significantly undeveloped as of 1992. North of the town is Lil' Probe'Inn, as well as Area 69, The Big Ear, Green Palms, and Regular Tom, while to the south is the Martin Bridge and Red County. West of Fort Carson is Tierra Robada, while to the east is Hunter Quarry. There is an Ammu-Nation and Cluckin' Bell just outside of town. Strange enough, the Cluckin' Bell just outside of Fort Carson tends to close after 12:00 a.m. (00:00). Fort Carson also boasts five Motels. A miniature version of the Vinewood sign is perched upon a hill on the eastern side of the town, though the name is changed accordingly.
Fort Carson is also briefly seen in The Introduction, following Ken Rosenberg's release from the Fort Carson Medical Center.
Despite being the largest existing town in Bone County, the majority of Fort Carson, like many other rural towns within the county occupies low-rise businesses and residential homes. The desert and subtle country folk flavor of the vicinity contrasts to the glamor and glitz of Las Venturas, only a few miles away. No gangs occupy the area as of 1992, while the crime rate is very low, giving the town a much more positive reputation, unlike those of Glen Park and Verona Beach, where crime persists daily. The architecture of the vicinity is not so spectacular, consisting of small trailer parks and mass block structures. Unlike similar areas such as Montgomery or Blueberry, Fort Carson concentrates more on residential homes rather than large industrial complexes and businesses.
Notable places / landmarks
- Fort Carson Sign
- Fort Carson Safehouse
- Fort Carson Medical Center
- Fort Carson sheriff office
- Hi K69 Radio Station
- Pay 'n' Spray
- 24/7
- Astro Drive In Cinema
- The Bowled Spot
- U Get Inn Motel
- No. 1 Desert Home Furnishings
- Lovin' A Loan
- Powertool Paradise
- King Ring
- Deluxe Clean & Laundry
- Sprunk and Snacks vending machines
- Bank (unknown which)
- Bar
- Gateway Motel
- Shotgun - In a house near Astro Drive In Cinema
- Molotov Cocktail - At the back of the 24/7 shop
- Multiple Rancher/Freeway spawn points
- Several Sanchez/Wayfarer spawn points
- Ambulance
- Beagle - Incorrectly placed partially inside a house. May explode upon entry or spawning.
- Burrito - Common as an industrial area exists near Fort Carson
- Cropduster
- Freeway
- Pizza Boy (rarely)
- Rancher
- Romero
- Rumpo
- Walton
- Sadler
- Sanchez
- Speeder
- Wayfarer
- The default radio station around the vicinity is K Rose.
- On the very edge of north-western Fort Carson is a small tunnel. The tunnel is located slightly north of the Fort Carson Safehouse as you go down the steep incline towards the water, and it ends near the highway that leads to the Sherman Dam and Regular Tom. It is one of the many locations in-game to collect a Police Bribe.
- Fort Carson is probably named after Carson City, the capital of Nevada. There is an actual "Fort Carson" in Colorado Springs, Colorado, although it is a military base.
- As a nod to the overall theme of the town, a stately civic building in the center of Fort Carson is modeled after the original Cochise County courthouse in Tombstone, Arizona. Tombstone is well-known for the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which epitomized the lawlessness of the American Old West.


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Three Minute Lapse Proves Costly for Falcons Against Tide
BARRE–Spaulding's Julia Ormsby's goal two minutes and nine seconds into the first half was all the eighth seeded Crimson Tided needed as they held on for the remaining seventy-two-plus minutes to defeat North Country 1-0 in the opening round of the Division I play-offs."We played hard, but you never get those goals back," said coach Peter Alexander. "We had eight chances to clear or get something done, and you could see it coming."But, from that moment on, I thought we competed and had some decent chances, and I am very pleased with the effort."Going into the contest, the Falcons were playing at a disadvantage.Their leading goal scorer Devinnie Davis was dressed in street clothes, unable to compete due to a knee injury suffered in NCU's game against Stowe."We didn't focus on ( Davis' absence). We didn't have our number one goal scorer, so you just ignore that, and I thought we did a good job of it, no offense to Dev of course," Alexander said about how they got past the loss of Davis for the match.As the first half began, North Country looked hesitant on the pitch, and Spaulding took advantage of the situation.Ormsby got the ball on the upper-left corner of the 18 and lofted a high arcing shot towards Jenna Moss.There was nothing the keeper could do as the ball sailed over her head and fell into the back-right corner of the net.The rest of the half belonged to North Country.Katie LeBlanc had the ball near the Spaulding net with 32:00 minutes remaining, but her shot went wide as the Falcons got their first crack at Tide netminder Megan LeCours.The next fifteen minutes the game were played in between midfield and the Spaulding 18, with the Falcons dictating pace, but the home team was tight, not allowing any shots.In the final fifteen minutes the pace really picked up for North Country. With Davis out, Alexander and Batista were utilizing their entire roster, rotating players in and out with increasing frequency to best capitalize on situations.Said Alexander, "With the pitch being so big, we knew we needed everyone and everybody got in there and helped."Sara Ferorelli, who has not seen a ton of playing time this season, was tremendous in this role.The junior provided a huge asset in the midfield, stripping balls from her opponent's after their initial traps got loose.Crystal Moss was the first beneficiary of the excellent work of middi's Ferrorelli, Chelsea Bianchi, Brooke Breault and Anna Bingham, shaking loose for a shot that sailed just over the net.Soon after, Bingham put a direct kick on net, but was turned away by LeCours.Breault, another midfielder who played tremendously in the contest, sent Moss away on a break, but the ball got ahead of her, not allowing for a good a shot.To make things worse, Crystal collided with LeCours and lay on the ground in pain, causing play to be halted.This could not have come at a more inconvenient time for the Falcons.By this point in the game, they were really taking it to Spaulding in every aspect of the game.All systems were a go.The offense had found their groove, the midfield was keeping the ball headed towards the Tide end, and whenever Spaulding got past the midds, Elizabeth Maxwell, Lizzy Alexander, Baylee Jacobs and Ashley Robishaw-Morin denied any chance for a ball to get through to Moss.Davis' absence was magnified as things slowed down offensively with Crystal on the bench, trying to get her bearings.Moss did return a few minutes later, and things picked up again for NCU once she came back on the field.Working up front with Moss, Natalie Sykes, Leblanc and Michaela Columbia buzzed around the Tide 18, looking for anything they could get a foot on.Bingham found something to drive, jumping on Emma Nyquist's miscue, but again, another Falcon shot missed the mark.Spaulding put their only other shot of the half on Moss with :07 left to play, a testament to how well the girls from the NEK played after getting behind 1-0.During the break, a minute before the teams returned to the field, Bingham received a rousing pep-talk from her sister Chelsea.The elder Bingham reminded her sister why she wore the captain band on her leg, telling her to go out and own the second half.I wish I could tell you that the Falcons promptly went out and fired home three quick ones, because Chelsea speech was pretty good.I wish I could spin a yarn of a dramatic comeback leading to victory, but I can't, for no such comeback occurred.Instead, an odd forty minutes had each team controlling play for spurts at a time, but never getting any sustained pressure.What I can tell you is the defense of North Country prevented a shot from getting to their keeper until fifteen minutes into the half, again as sure an indication as any of how well the backfield played in this match.Moss, Bingham and Breault had the best looks at the the Tide cage, but none could find that tying goal and NCU bowed out of the 2012 postseason."I think that we didn't want it as much as we should have," said Jacobs rather bluntly after the game. "It was like we were ready for the season to be over. But we played hard, gave it our all, but it wasn't enough."Moss finished the game with three saves while LeCours totaled eight.The Falcons finished the year with another winning record (8-6-2) and now will say goodbye to their Capitol days as they look ahead to their move into a full-time Metro Division schedule in 2013.


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Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Port Elizabeth – aka the Windy City, Ibhayi ('the bay' in isiXhosa) or the Friendly City – is a coastal hub in the Eastern Cape where locals proudly proclaim that everything lies within 15 minutes' drive of the airport.
It is one of the largest cities in South Africa, and lies 770km east of Cape Town, where it forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, which links the city with the inland industrial towns of Uitenhage and Despatch.
Algoa Bay, the coastal strip of Nelson Mandela Bay, incorporates a 40km stretch of beaches, with protected areas for swimming at Kings Beach, Hobie Beach, Humewood Beach (which has world-class Blue Flag-status), Pollock Beach and Denville Beach. Fishing, surfing, scuba diving, snorkelling and sailing are enjoyed at less-populated spots such as Wildside, Sardinia Bay, Blue Horizon Bay, Bluewater Bay, Beachview and Schoenmakerskop.
Historical and cultural icons worth visiting in Port Elizabeth include the Red Location Museum, a museum in New Brighton township that portrays 'both the horrors of institutionalised racism and the heroic efforts of the anti-apartheid movement'; the South African Air Force Museum; the Donkin Reserve, proclaimed by city founder Sir Rufane Donkin, where birds, benches, walking paths, an opera house, a lighthouse and a memorial may be seen; and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum and Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial, both located in St George's Park – the oldest park in Port Elizabeth and home to the St George's cricket oval.
Port Elizabeth is also home to Route 67 – a collection of 67 art pieces celebrating the years Nelson Mandela devoted to public life. It is a mix of visual arts, urban design and heritage, showcasing old Victorian churches; terraced cottages on Donkin Street – where massive silver pipes catch the famous winds of Port Elizabeth and make music; a lighthouse that once guided ships into Algoa Bay; and a large pyramid built by Donkin in memory of his wife.
There is also a large metal cut-out of Nelson Mandela symbolically leading South Africans to vote in the country's first democratic election.
While in the Windy City, you cannot pass the opportunity to visit the city's multipurpose, multi-tiered Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, an impressive legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Nelson Mandela Bay prides itself on offering the Big Seven of the animal kingdom. In addition to the Big Five – lion, rhino, buffalo, leopard and elephant – visitors to the nearby 180 000ha Addo Elephant National Park can see the great white shark and southern right whale in the bay waters off the park.
The city is a outdoor-lover's paradise, so don't miss out on boat cruises; diving opportunities; a visit to the Seaview Predator Park; an excursion to Bayworld (which incorporates an oceanarium, museum and snake park); or a trip to the lush forests of the Kragga Kamma Game Park, where white rhino, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, zebra, nyala, bontebok, lechwe and other animals roams freely.
Topping the fun stakes is the Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment Complex, where shops, eateries, an amphitheatre and casino keep patrons entertained for hours.
Also worth a visit is a 52m tower with 204 steps leading to the top, known as the Campanile Memorial, a monument that stands sentinel over the Port Elizabeth harbour. It was built in 1923 to honour the arrival of 1820 British Settlers.
Another memento of Settler influence is No 7 Castle Hill, built in 1830. This is one of the oldest surviving Settler cottages in the city and encapsulates domestic life of 19th-century middle class, complete with cobbled courtyard and an operational well.
The centrally situated Port Elizabeth Airport is within easy reach from all parts of the city. Domestic flights connect Port Elizabeth with larger domestic centres such as Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. The N2 coastal arterial route takes you to the city by road from Cape Town in the south or Durban in the north.
Summer holiday time during December and January is most popular since the city comes alive with planned fun-in-the-sun activities. Beaches are less crowded and the weather is as good just before or after the high season if crowds are not your thing.
The award-winning luxury Shamwari Game Reserve is the perfect destination for day visitors from Port Elizabeth to enjoy a game drive.
Addo Elephant National Park; the cultural hub of Grahamstown; and Jeffreys Bay, famous for its waves.
Self-drive is recommended.
A long weekend would be sufficient to explore the beaches, wildlife, places of cultural interest and golf courses.
A number of classy hotels line the waterfront; there are five-star game lodges at Addo and Shamwari; and township guest houses make an interesting departure from traditional accommodation options.


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Alison K. Snyder-Warwick, MD, a Washington University pediatric plastic surgeon at St. Louis Children's Hospital, was installed in June as secretary of the Sir Charles Bell Society at the International Facial Nerve Symposium in Boston.
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ahhhhhhhhh i liked this movie and the posters.i saw the giant posters and many kind of posters in our local theatre and in delhi where i saw the movie with priya for third time.
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Pan-European network share for Vodafone and O2
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Vodafone and Telefonica, which trades as O2 in the UK, have signed a massive network sharing deal to work together across Europe.
The two will share networks in Germany, Spain, Ireland and the UK. Talks are still going on to finalise a similar deal in the Czech Republic as well as looking at other areas of possible collaboration like transmission services.
The agreement will mean savings of hundreds of millions of euros and the companies promise it will mean better service quality for customers and faster roll-out of mobile broadband.
Each operator will continue to manage their own calls independently. Depending on the country the two will either share network sites and masts or work together on building new, shared masts and base stations.
In Germany Vodafone and Telefonica will share existing 2G and 3G sites and share masts for microwave backhaul. In Ireland both firms will open all sites and work together on new sites.
In Spain the two will extend an existing sharing agreement covering power, cabinets and masts. Currently this covers 2,200 sites but this will be increased in the next two years.
In the UK the two will concentrate on building new joint sites and consolidating existing 2G and 3G sites. The companies said: "The network electronics Nodes B (3G), BTS (2G) and the radio network controllers which are linked to the core network are to remain independent."
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Jerrick Harding scored 21 points and Weber State handed Northern Colorado its second home loss of the season Thursday night with a 78-74 victory at Bank of Colorado Arena in Greeley.
Harding picked up two fouls in the opening minutes, both offensive, leading to an apprehensive, less aggressive offense in the first half. The Wildcats trailed by 10 at the break and by as many as 12 in the second half before rallying to claim the win.
"We told them at halftime, 'let's go and blow it out. Let's go play,'" WSU head coach Randy Rahe said. "'Let's go find a way,' and they really did that. I'm really proud of them. That's a good basketball team we played tonight."
After Weber State cut its deficit to two points early in the second half, Northern Colorado extended it back to nine with a bucket from Andre Spight, making it 54-45.
But the Wildcats needed less than three minutes to pour on a 14-0 run to take a 59-54 lead with less than eight minutes to play.
That decisive run included contributions up and down the lineup. Michal Kozak and Zach Braxton combined for four free throws, Harding converted a three-point play, Dusty Baker made a driving layup, Brekkott Chapman nailed a face-up jumper, and Ryan Richardson capped the run with a 3-pointer from the corner.
The battle on the glass played a heavy role in the outcome of the game. Weber State (10-6, 3-1 Big Sky) won the battle 39-31, including a 25-12 margin in the second half.
Kozak led the team in rebounds with 10, half of which came on the offensive glass.
Harding was strong from midrange in the second half and led the way for the Wildcats, scoring 15 in the frame and finishing with an 8-of-12 shooting performance.
"When you get those two fouls early, it's hard to go out there and be aggressive," Rahe said. "We ran some stuff to get him going early (in the second half), and then he just took off."
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The only Wildcat to score from beyond the arc was Richardson, who shot 3 of 9 from deep to total 14 points. The rest of the team shot 0 of 6.
Braxton kept Weber State within striking distance in the first half, scoring 12 of his 18 points in the first 20 minutes of play. In his home state, the big man also brought down eight rebounds.
Freshman guard Ricky Nelson played a impactful role off the bench with 12 points, 10 of which came from the free-throw line, to help secure the win.
"I thought his play off the bench was as big as anything. He gave us a great spark on both ends," Rahe said of Nelson. "He got to the rim, made his free throws. That was a big spark for him off the bench tonight."
The Bears (11-7, 2-3) outshot the Wildcats 60 percent to 38 percent in the first half, leading to a 39-29 halftime score.
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Rapper Dr. Dre has come under fire from animal rights activists for selling headphones which feature real fox fur.
The hip-hop star teamed up with designers at fashion house Oscar de la Renta to create a limited edition range of headphones, which are covered in "luxe silver fox", for his line Beatsby Dre.
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She writes, "Foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals – including cats and dogs – are bludgeoned, genitally electrocuted, strangled with wire nooses, drowned, and even skinned alive for their pelts. Most animals killed for their fur are slaughtered in China, where there are no penalties for those who abuse animals on fur farms…
"With so many fashionable, cruelty-free materials available these days, we hope that you will keep animals in mind and choose not to use fur or exotic skins in your collection… You have a tremendous amount of influence on young people – won't you please consider using your platform to advocate kindness toward animals by pledging never to design with real fur and exotic skins?"


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•Q. I have a 2006 Dodge Durango with 118,000 miles. Recently, the turn signals have developed a mind of their own. I turn on the left turn signal, and after faking me out by blinking left, it will, of its own accord, start blinking right, even though the signal handle stays in the left turn position. It does not do this all the time, but it's getting more frequent. Of course, it does not do this when I take it to my mechanic, who says he has to see it to fix it. The hazard lights do the same. After initially working as designed, they will go haywire, like shorted-out Christmas lights, and blink any which way.•
RAY: Well, that sounds festive.
TOM: I'm glad there's something to cheer you up, because we're not going to make you happy.
RAY: Unfortunately, while most cars use a $25 flasher module to control the directional and hazard lights, this particular model uses a microcomputer under the fuse box called a front control module.
TOM: Why is that bad news? The Dodge dealer gets about $700 for one of these puppies.
RAY: If you have a dealer who is kind-hearted, sweet-natured and susceptible to the smell of warm brownies (which you'll arrive carrying), you can try to get him to work with you. Ask him if he'd be willing to install a new FCM as a test to see if that solves the problem.
TOM: It simply plugs in, so installation is not a big deal. If it fixes the problem, everyone's happy. Well, except you, since you're out $700. But at least you've fixed your truck.
RAY: But if the FCM doesn't fix it, a willing dealer can simply swap your old one back in and you guys can try another solution.
TOM: With electronic parts like these, there's no harm in testing one in a car and, if it doesn't solve the problem, putting it back on the shelf for another customer. The part still will function as new.
RAY: Less likely to be causing the problem but just as easy to test is the body control module, another microcomputer involved in all kinds of lighting, plus door locks, electric windows and ventilation functions.
TOM: But if your dealer won't work with you to test the modules, that makes things a lot harder. Without more evidence, I, personally, wouldn't start by buying replacement modules. They're a lot of money. And if you spend $700 on a black box and it turns out your old black box was perfectly fine, you'd understandably be bent out of shape.
RAY: So I think if I had to lay out my own money to try something, I'd probably try the multifunction switch first.
TOM: The multifunction switch is the stalk on the left side of the steering column that you push up and down to engage your turn signals. Unlike the computerized modules, the switch has moving parts, which we know wear out over time.
RAY: A new one will cost you about 300 bucks, installed. The dealership where we get our Dodge parts sells quite a few of them, so perhaps that's what's causing the problem.
TOM: And by the way, part sales histories can help you make better-educated guesses about stuff like this. If you ask your dealer's parts guy if they sell a lot of BCMs for this car and he says they never sell them, that's a clue that they generally don't go bad, and that's probably not your issue.
RAY: If he says they sell 15 a week, you may be onto something. We wish you the best of luck. And while you're working on it, use your hand signals.
•Q. I own a 2006 Hyundai Elantra that I just purchased from the estate of a 90-year-old woman. The car has only 12,000 miles on it. The owner's son cautioned me NOT to put snow tires on it in the winter, as the car would not handle well. I live in Pittsburgh, and it is hilly and snowy during the winter. While I am retired and don't "need" to go out in the snow, it would be nice to know that I "can" go out in the snow. Another well-meaning friend told me that I should get snow tires "all around" if I have anti-lock brakes. I do not trust a tire shop to sell me what I need, but I do very much trust that they will try to sell me everything but their building. Who to believe, what to do? Since hibernation is not an option this winter (well, it's an option, but not a viable one), what would you suggest?•
TOM: While some tire shops might want to sell you six or eight snow tires, we'd recommend that you get four of them.
RAY: At one time, people used to buy only two snow tires and put them on the car's "driven" wheels. That helped the car get moving in the snow.
TOM: But then some insightful person (probably while buried in a snow bank that he or she slid into) pointed out that you not only need to "go" in the snow, you often need to turn and stop, too! So four snow tires became the norm — so that all four wheels would have better traction.
RAY: Also, back in the day, snow tires were known to provide decent snow traction, but were less pliable and somewhat lousy in other conditions, particularly in the rain. That's also changed.
TOM: With advances in tire technology, snow tires are much more comparable to normal, all-season tires than they were in years past. So, four good snow tires won't make your car handle poorly. They will be a little noisier, especially in a small car like yours. But the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.
RAY: Unless, like me, you WANT to hibernate all winter — in which case getting four snow tires takes away your best excuse.
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While normally, MotoGP fans never get enough of seeing Valentino Rossi on TV, there is one shot they would (for the most part) gladly be spared.
Every time the Italian leaves the pits for practice or qualifying, the TV director seems determined to show the same shot, from the camera on the back of Rossi's bike. As he leaves the pits, Rossi stands on the footpegs, and pulls his leathers from between his buttocks, before sitting back down again and leaving.
Why does he do this? Are his Dainese leathers so badly cut that they are continually creeping up between his buttocks whenever he's not on the bike? The answer to that is obviously no, his leathers are custom made to fit perfectly, yet still Rossi does this every time, whether he needs to or not.
It is part of the long series of rituals he performs before he hits the track, rituals which include bend over and touching his toes, crouching down and holding the right footpeg, and only getting on from the right side of the bike.
These rituals – part useful limbering up, part invocation of Lady Luck – are something many riders perform, in their attempt to exert control over themselves, and over their environment.
In a fascinating press release – by far the most interesting we have received in many months – the Aspar team today provided a discussion and explanation of what riders are trying to achieve through the use of these rituals.
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Percussionist Ray Rivera was my guest in the studio, talking about the November 9 tribute to Tito Puente by the JazzMN Orchestra. We played a couple of Puente's tracks, including a sizzling version of Take Five. I also played newer music from Joey DeFrancesco, Ahmad Jamal, Tianna Hall, Lynne Arriale, and Kanji Ohta. Dipped back in history for tracks from Wes Montgomery, Illinois Jacquet, and the Two Franks: Frank Foster & Frank Wess. The 45 of the week was All of Me, by Count Basie, from the mid 60s.
Not many older tracks today, only Dexter Gordon, Tito Puente, and Lee Morgan going back more than a couple of decades. Newer music from Bob DeVos, Redmond Langosh Cooley, Mark Masters, Steve Gadd, Foreign Motion, Chaise Lounge, and Roy Hargrove. The 45 of the Week was Roll Em Pete, by Joe Williams with Count Basie.
Mostly newer tracks today, with music from 17 year old B3 wiz Kevin Coellho, Heather Masse, Mauricio de Sauza, Fat Kid Wednesdays, The Mack Avenue Super Band, Steve Gadd, Sonny Fortune, and Nancy Harms. Two older tracks from Miles, and a track from Lew Tabackin. The 45 of the Week was One Note Samba by Herbie Mann, featuring the vocals of Carlos Jobim.
A mix of music today, with older tunes from Miles Davis, Randy Weston, Milt Jackson, and Charles Earland, and newer music from Erena Terakuba, Gary Burton, George Collegan, Chris Parker, Bill Carotthers, Gary Smulyan, and Nancy Harms. The 45 of the week was Come Bak to Sorrento, by the Stan Kenton Band.
Today's show featured interviews from two performers. First up was a phone interview with organ great Joey De Francesco, appearing at the Dakota on Monday night. The second was an in-studio interview with Jana Nyberg and Adam Meckler of the Jana Nyberg Group, who have a CD Release party happening at the Dakota next Saturday. In addition to cuts from both artists, I played music from the Jack Brass Band, and Mike Longo. The 45 of the week was Joogie Boogie, from Dizzy Gillespie.
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Bong Manufacturers
The bong enthusiast often has their favourite brand of bong, and will often argue to the grave about their features, quality and why they are the best. But each brand, like car manufacturers, has their unique selling point, and its about finding the right one for you.
Some bong manufacturers, Such as Grace Glass offer innovative design and function that you may not find from other brands, where as others such as RooR offer quality and strength. Each brand has their own qualities that are attractive to each individual, such as funky designs and cool branding like the Chongz range.
Some people even reject the mass produced branded bongs, and choose to go for bespoke, artistic and individual pieces made by a specific glass blowing artist. Some bongs are made in smaller handmade batches, where as others are made in huge quantities and then branded afterwards by anybody who wants their own range of bongs and this often effects the quality of the final products.
Really, its all subjective and its worth spending a short time researching different bong manufacturers to find the perfect one for you, although if you are taken back by the aesthetic or function of a specific brand, and think its the right one for you, then go with your gut instinct.
Glass or Acrylic?The Glass or Acrylic question is one we get asked very often here at Shiva. And, like the previous question, the answer isnt simple as it is completely subjective.
There are benefits and downfalls to both, for example glass is extremely breakable so, if you are terminally clumsy its probably not the best idea to get a glass bong as youll be replacing it often, and that can certainly add up! On the other hand Acrylic is porous, meaning it stains easily, is harder to clean and retains smell. Unlike glass which is taste neutral and wont hold any smell once it has been cleaned.
Some people praise glass as being super easy to clean, as you can clean it to an almost brand new state by using solvents such as Isopropyl Alcohol or Bong cleaners such as Gunge Off. Whereas Acrylic is a bit more difficult to clean to the same level, and requires more hands on abrasive cleaning with less chemicals, and even then it will still retain some stains and smell.
So in conclusion, if you are looking for a more permanent piece, glass Is always best. But if you need a cheap disposable piece, that you can take all over the place with you, then acrylic may be right for you.
Cheap Or Expensive Bongs, Which One?Bongs can range in price from around £5 all the way up to £2000 depending on the quality, brand, complexity and added extras. Weve even seen bongs coated in gold leaf and encrusted with diamonds! It all depends on your budget and how and where it will be used.
More expensive bongs generally offer high quality materials and have had more time spent on the production.
Handmade bongs, made by glass artists, are generally a lot more expensive, as you are paying for the glass blower/artists labour time. The amount and quality of the material is also a deciding factor, for example a thick borosilicate glass piece will cost a lot more than a thin acrylic bong. Added extras also factor into the price of a bong, such as percolators and ash catchers, colour and fuming as they add more time, resources and skill to the manufacturing process.
It also comes down to comfort and performance. Some people like to know that they have invested money into their hobby, and enjoy the comfort and performance of a more expensive bong. Some people see bongs as art, as handmade bongs can take on many shapes and forms, and are willing to invest in them as art collectors would in paintings. Where as other people prefer to spend their money on other things, and settle for an affordable yet functional piece.
What Bong Is Right For Me?There are a few deciding factors when it comes to picking the right bong for you, such as your circumstances, budget and even how clumsy you can be. The amount of choice when choosing a bong can seem somewhat daunting, Glass or Acrylic? Big? Small? Percolator? We have a massive range at Shiva and hopefully something to suit everybodys needs.
Most bongs function in the same way, by creating a vessel for smoke to be filtered through water, reducing the amount of water soluble tar and toxins from the smoke by around 50%, as well as removing the need to combust rolling papers. Now you know the basics, what bong is right for you? Well, depending on your circumstances you may want to own a small discrete bong such as some of our Travel Bongs or something more flashy and of a larger size such as a Percolator Bong.
Percolators are another factor to take into consideration when choosing the right bong for you, as a percolator adds another layer of water filtration and smoke diffusion to the equation. This can be beneficial for people looking for the healthiest way to smoke, but can also be a hindrance to some people as it increases the drag resistance and airflow of the bong, making it a bit more of an effort to clear the bong of smoke.
What Else Do I Need?So, youve got your bong and now you want to know what else you need? Its usually good to get yourself some Screens. These act as a filter, to stop your smoking mix and its ash falling into the water and dirtying up your bong. They come in various different shapes, sizes and materials, such as glass, brass and steel.
Now, you may want to add extra parts on to your bongs such as an Ash Catcher to increase the functionality of you piece or a replacement Bowl or Downpipe to replace yours if it ever breaks.
Youll also need need something to clean your bong such as Dr Greens Bong Cleaner and a Bong Brush. You could also buy a preventative cleaner such as Rez Block which protects your bong by creating a slippery coating that resin cant stick to. This stuff will save you hours in cleaning time!
You could also purchase a bong case, to help protect and transport your piece. The Pure Sativa bong cases are excellent and are made from sustainable hemp, so they dont cost the earth!
Bong CareTaking care of your bong, can extend its lifespan by a considerable amount, as well as keeping it pleasant for to you to get the most out of your smoking experience. We suggest investing in a bong cleaning kit such as the Genie Smoking Tool Kit and good Cleaner to help you keep on top of the maintenance. If you keep your bong clean it can potentially last you forever, as long as you dont break it, so look after it as best as you can!
Happy Smoking!!
The History Of BongsBongs or water pipes have been a popular way to smoke tobacco and other herbal substances for hundreds of years, and their origins can be dated back to China during the late Ming Dynasty in the 16th Century.
Originally made from a wooden tube cut from bamboo, the bong became popular in Laos, Thailand and across Africa before coming to Europe in the 20th century. Due to advanced manufacturing techniques and processes, bongs are now made from glass or acrylic making them highly durable and efficient.
A bong is similar in construction to a Hookah Pipe, but is more compact and portable making it a great choice for those who travel. The air and water tight vessel has a bowl (which holds the tobacco or herbal mixture) and stem attached to it. This guides the smoke through the water giving a smoother experience and filters out some of the more harmful toxins making it healthier than standard cigarette smoking.
Here at Shiva Online, we stock a wide range of glass, acrylic and ceramic bongs in an array of sizes and colours. We also stock percolator bongs which provide an even smoother smoke thanks to extra chambers and multi pipe bongs so that more than one person can experience the delights of bong smoking at the same time.
Whether you are looking for an inexpensive acrylic bong to add to your collection or a top quality glass bong to become your prized possession, Shiva Online has the bong for you!


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(Billerica, Massachusetts--March 20, 2014) When Jim Plummer, technical director for the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, was shopping for a new production switcher at the 2013 NAB Show, he kept coming back to Broadcast Pix™ integrated production switchers. His choice became even easier when he won a Flint™ system during the show, which the arena upgraded to a Granite™ X.
Home to the ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones, U.S. Bank Arena was built in 1975 had a major renovation in 1997, which included the installation of a Sony analog switcher with external DVE. As part of a 2013 upgrade to HD production, which also included new cameras and monitors, the new Granite was installed early last fall in time for the current hockey season.
According to Plummer, the downtown arena seats about 17,000 spectators and hosts more than 100 events per year, including concerts, NBA preseason games, and 36 Cyclones home games. The in-house, three-camera video production is primarily used for hockey coverage, as well as some preseason basketball games and some comedy concerts. A four-screen, center hung video board provides the most prominent view for fans during the game, but there are multiple small monitors throughout the concourse, suites, and on-site restaurant.
During each home hockey game, the director switches while a second operator coordinates graphics and roll-ins. "It works out very well for us," Plummer explained. "With hockey, you don't know when you're getting a stop, so you have to set your cues and be ready to go."
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U.S. Bank Arena uses several of the Granite's 12 SDI outputs during productions. One delivers a feed of the high center camera to the coach's office, where it is recorded for review. Another feed is recorded to DVD for league officials and the visiting team. Plus, the live game production is provided to America ONE Sports, an online provider of live and on-demand sports. "Those multiple outputs really help us out a lot," Plummer said.
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Today's post comes from a longer essay by Dr. Venema. Full footnotes can be found in the essay.
One serious critique of young-earth creationist attempts to explain the natural realm is that their explanations, typically rooted in religious dogma, have no flexibility to adapt and self-correct as knowledge increases.
-Hugh Ross
More Than a Theory, p. 20
Reasons to Believe (RTB) is the most influential Old-Earth Creationist organization in North America. While RTB supports a mainstream scientific position on cosmology and the age of the earth, RTB rejects evolutionary biology. Specifically, RTB denies that humans share ancestry with other forms of life, such as Neandertals or chimpanzees. RTB also claims that all human are the descendents of a single, specially created couple who lived about 50,000 years ago. RTB has expounded a framework called the "Testable Creation Model" in three major books published in the last five years: Who Was Adam? was published in 2005; Creation as Science was published in 2006, and More Than a Theory was published in 2009. Furthermore, RTB claims that this model is scientifically robust.1 This same period however, has also seen the publication of much genetic data relevant to assessing human common ancestry. This paper will examine the interaction between RTB literature and several lines of genetics-based evidence for common ancestry. In so doing, I will address the scientific robustness and reliability of the RTB model. RTB welcomes such critique from qualified scholars in their works as a means of improving their model.2 This critique, while forthright, is offered without animosity and in good faith. It is my hope that RTB will find it useful for correcting several serious flaws in their approach to human origins.
A recent history of primate comparative genomics
When the human genome project (the endeavor to determine the complete DNA sequence of every human chromosome) was completed in 2003, the equivalent chimpanzee genome project was already underway. Just prior to the completion of the human project (from about 2002 on), detailed comparisons of large stretches of DNA between humans and chimpanzees became possible as both genome projects progressed. As the data came in, a range of estimates for the precise amount of identity between the two genomes was published in the mainstream scientific literature (Table 1).
Such estimates took two forms: measuring single-nucleotide differences in sequences found in both genomes while omitting inserted or deleted sequences (so-called "indel" mutations, because it may be difficult to determine if a difference is due to an insertion or deletion), or estimates combining both sources of variation. In the years preceding the completion of the chimpanzee genome in 2005, partial-genome comparisons repeatedly estimated the two genomes to be over 98% identical when omitting differences due to indels. Two pre-2005 studies took indels into consideration as well: Britten (2002) estimated the two genomes to be 95% identical, whereas Anzai et al. (2003) found only 87% identity. This paper examined a chromosomal region that contains immune system genes, and was not thought to be representative of the genome as a whole. This prediction was borne out in 2005 when the completed human and chimpanzee genomes were compared (2.9x109 DNA base pairs). The final tally was 98.77% identical when indels were omitted and 95% identical when indels were included. A second paper published in 2005 examined 1.85x107 DNA base pairs found in the portions of the chromosome that specify proteins, and found even higher identity (99.4%) in these sequences.
The RTB model and comparative primate homology: overview
A key tenet of the RTB model is that humans do not share ancestry with other forms of life. As such, RTB has invested considerable effort in reinterpreting human / chimpanzee genomic homology comparisons for their constituents. A notable feature of the RTB model is the claim that the whole-genome, human / chimpanzee homology value is in fact 85-90%, not 95-99%.3 As we have seen, comparisons between the human and chimpanzee genomes progressively improved in the early 2000s, culminating in the landmark whole-genome comparison of 2005. The fact that these data emerged over time allows us to investigate how RTB responded over the same time period, and as such examine the reliability of the RTB model as new data became available that were at odds with one of its non-negotiable claims.
The RTB model and primate genomics (2005): Who Was Adam?
Like comparative primate genomics, the RTB creation model also hit a milestone in 2005 with the publication ofWho Was Adam? (WWA) by RTB scholars Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross. This book narrowly predates the pivotal 2005 whole-genome comparison paper. Unlike two later RTB books (see below) this book discusses research-to-date on human-chimpanzee comparative genetics in extensive detail. (p. 212-215) WWA carefully distinguishes between estimates based on including or excluding indels, as well as chromosomal or mitochondrial DNA. However, WWA made a questionable claim when it states:
"The most comprehensive genetic comparisons indicate that humans and chimpanzees share genetic similarity closer to about 85 percent than to 99 percent. From an evolutionary perspective, if a 99 percent genetic similarity reflects a close evolutionary connection, then an 85% genetic similarity distances humans from chimpanzees."(p. 223)
This assertion, however, was already at odds with the conclusions of the 2004 Chromosome 22 Consortium paper (Table 1), a paper that is cited in WWA as support for differences in human-chimpanzee gene expression. (p. 222) At the time WWA was published, RTB expected future genomic comparisons to widen the gap between humans and chimpanzees. (p. 223)
The RTB model and primate genomics (2006): Creation as Science
In early September 2005, a full comparison between the completed chimpanzee genome and the human genome was published in the prestigious journal Nature. This landmark paper used a sample size of 2.9x109 base pairs: it covered virtually the entire genomes of both species, dwarfing previous comparisons (Table 1). This comparison returned results consistent with previous studies: homology excluding indels was over 98%; including indels brought it down to 95%. As expected, the 2003 Anzai et al., paper (that found 87% homology including indels in one chromosomal region) was shown to be an inappropriate estimate for the genome as a whole. Beyond its wide impact in the biological sciences, this paper also received much attention from the mainstream media. This work, however, did not make any discernable difference to the RTB model. In 2006, another major RTB book, Creation as Science (CAS), appeared. In contrast to the lengthy, detailed discussion of human / chimpanzee comparative genomics in WWA, CAS has only a brief section as follows:
New research, however, indicates that the widely advertised 98 to 99 percent similarity between human and chimpanzee DNA is greatly exaggerated. Such claims are based on small segments of the human and chimpanzee genomes where common sense dictates that the similarities would be the greatest. While comparisons between the complete human genome and the complete chimpanzee genome have only recently begun, the most complete comparisons performed thus far indicate that the degree of similarity is more like 85 to 90 percent. (p. 156)
The above paragraph from CAS cites four research publications, each of which was previously cited in WWA: Anzai et al., 2003; Thomas et al, 2003; Arnason et al., 1996; and the Chromosome 22 Consortium paper of 2004 (Table 1). Surprisingly, CAS makes no mention of the actual whole-genome study published between WWA andCAS. On encountering this, I initially assumed that Ross and Rana were simply unaware at the time CAS went to press that the chimpanzee genome had been completed, or that perhaps they had mistaken the Anzai paper as a whole-genome analysis. Further investigation, however, failed to support these hypotheses. First, in an article published in 2004 in the RTB periodical Connections, Rana emphasizes that the Anzai paper is not a whole genome comparison and discusses its actual data set in detail:
Though these whole-genome comparisons are not yet possible, scientists are close, and preliminary results indicate that humans and chimpanzees are really not so genetically similar… another study found only 86.7% genetic similarity when segments of human and chimpanzee DNA (totaling 1,870,955 base pairs) were laid side by side.
Thus Rana correctly understands that the Anzai paper is not a whole-genome comparison. Secondly (and more significantly), Rana does mention the key 2005 whole-genome paper in the very first 2006 edition ofConnections, and notes correctly that it is a whole-genome study:
Where were you on September 1, 2005? Perhaps you missed the announcement of a scientific breakthrough: the influential journal Nature published the completed sequence of the chimpanzee genome. This remarkable achievement received abundant publicity because it paved the way for biologists to conduct detailed genetic comparisons between humans and chimpanzees.
Rana uses this as an introduction to discuss another article from the same journal issue and does not discuss this key paper or its results, beyond a footnote referring readers to WWA. While this Connections article does not have a precise publication date, Rana cites accession of online material for this article as occurring on November 30, 2005. Other articles in this edition of Connections also cite access dates in late November 2005, suggesting that this volume was drafted in late 2005 for publication early in 2006. The chapter in CAS discussing human / chimpanzee genomics has references to online material cited as accessed in April 2006, indicating that this chapter was still in revision at this time. Taken together, these lines of evidence strongly suggest that RTB was aware of the key 2005 paper at the time the CAS chapter was in preparation, and that they correctly understood its significance as the first whole-genome comparison. The choice of language in CAS also supports this conclusion, since the chapter claims that "… comparisons between the complete human genome and the complete chimpanzee genome have only recently begun…" which makes sense only if both genomes were sequenced at the time of its writing. Despite this concession, CAS makes no mention of the key 2005 paper or its findings, and claims rather that "the most complete comparisons performed thus far" support homology values in the 85-90% range. In reality, only the Anzai paper, which covered a small chromosomal region expected to be disproportionately different between the two species, supports this value (Table 1).
The RTB model and primate genomics (2009): More Than a Theory
The next major RTB publication dealing with human - chimpanzee genomic comparisons was More Than a Theory (MTT) published in 2009. The relevant passage in MTT is a lightly reworked version of what appears inCAS, with only one notable change: whereas CAS acknowledges that comparisons between the completed genomes are underway, MTT claims they have not yet been done (Figure 1).
Like CAS, MTT claims "the most complete analyses performed so far" indicate homology values in the 85-90% range, makes no mention of the key 2005 whole-genome comparison paper, and again cites exactly the same references as CAS, the most recent being the 2004 consortium paper (Table 1). Thus, four years after they were aware of the key 2005 paper, there is still no mention of it to be found in the RTB framework; moreover, MTTclaims such an analysis has never been performed.
The RTB model and primate genomics – present day
The pattern we have seen in the major RTB books continues into the present. Rana, for example, continues to argue that the best estimate of whole-genome human chimpanzee homology is at best 90%. For example, during a recent podcast discussion of the completed western clawed frog genome (Xenopus tropicalis) Rana claims: "It's common parlance that humans and chimps have a 99% genetic similarity. The actual data indicates probably it's closer to 90% similarity as opposed to 99% similarity" before going on to imply that the higher value can only be supported through comparisons of specific genes. He then goes on to claim that sequenced frog genome shows 80% similarity to the human genome based on "the same reasoning." The argument he makes is an attempt to cast doubt on the relevance of the human / chimpanzee comparison: if humans and chimps are 90% similar and humans and frogs are 80% similar, Rana claims these "are not meaningful comparisons in a biological sense." Rana's argument, however, is deeply flawed in that he is comparing two very different measures of similarity and claiming they are equivalent. The human / chimpanzee value, as we have seen, is 95% genome-wide identity (including indels) for the completed genomes of both species compared across approximately three billion DNA base pairs (Table 1). The 80% value Rana touts for the human / frog comparison, however, is merely a measure of the percentage of genes in the frog genome that have a similar gene in humans implicated in a human disease. It is not even a measure of the genetic similarity of those genes, but merely a fraction of the genes identified in frog that might be useful for studying human diseases. Rana, however, presents these two values as equivalent measures in an attempt to disparage human / chimpanzee genomic similarity. In reality, the genome-wide homology between Xenopus tropicalis and humans is slightly over 30%.
Taken together, these findings demonstrate the following: (a) RTB carefully followed the primary literature on human / chimpanzee comparative genomics up until and including a major paper published in 2004, even if it represented such studies selectively to their constituents; (b) RTB was aware of the key 2005 whole-genome study and correctly understood its implications at the time the first 2006 edition of Connections was drafted in late 2005; (c) RTB has made no mention of this paper (nor any paper in this field published since 2004) in two major works published after this paper was available; (d) RTB continues to claim, five years after this paper was published, that the most recent and most extensive evidence supports their preferred value of 85-90% homology (and that higher values can only be supported with small, biased samples), despite the fact that this conclusion is starkly at odds with the best and most extensive study available, and is itself derived from a comparatively small, biased sample; and (e) RTB has shifted from acknowledging (in 2006) that whole-genome comparisons have been done to denying (in 2009) that they ever have.
In the second part of this series, Dr. Venema will continue his evaluation of the RTB model by examining how it approaches a second powerful line of evidence for human evolution: pseudogenes.
A Response from Dr. Rana: "Creation as Science (2006) was initially published by NavPress and More Than a Theory (2009) was published by Baker as a reworking of Creation as Science. There was an urgency to getMore than a Theory to the publisher so that it would be released to coincide with the Darwin Day Celebration. Hugh Ross intended both books to be an overview and summarized material from Who Was Adam? (2005) which was published before the whole genome work on the chimpanzee was published. This explains why the work on the whole chimpanzee genome was not mentioned in More than a Theory. There was nothing done to be deliberately deceptive regarding the failure to mention the work on the whole genome of the chimpanzee."


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