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Surveillance of parking lots across Great Britain has shown, contrary to popular belief, women are better at parking than men.
A comprehensive parking study took seven different parking styles into account and drew some interesting conclusions. Women are higher-quality parkers although they take longer to park, according to the footage. They were better at finding spaces, more accurate in lining themselves up to enter a space and more likely to use driving instructors' preferred method of backing into spaces.
Men, on the other hand, were found to be more efficient and displayed more confidence, but less accurate when parking. Because they were less likely to reposition, they ended up more askew in their spots.
Niel Beeson, the driving instructor who designed the experiment, said he found the results surprising.
"In my experience men have always been the best learners and usually performed better in lessons," he said. "However, it's possible that women have retained the information better. The results also appear to dispel the myth that men have better spatial awareness than women."
The score sheet
Car park firm NCP produced the study, during which researchers observed 2,500 drivers across 700 different parking lots.
Seven aspects of a person's parking job were scored and a final tally produced a "parking coefficient" for men and women.
All in all, the study found that women were slower to park, but, because they took their time, were ultimately better parkers. Fifty-two percent of women ended up in the middle of their respective spot, compared with only 25 percent of men. Additionally, 39 percent of women backed into spaces -- the expert recommendation -- compared with 28 percent of men.
Interestingly, the study also showed that men were more likely to "pose park," meaning that when driving with a female companion, they were more likely to choose a smaller parking space in order to show off.
Women scored 13.4 points out of 20 overall, compared to 12.3 points for men.
The results contradict a previous study from Britain's Driving Standards Agency that showed tens of thousands more women fail the parking portion of their driving exam than men.
"It shows that us men need to give our partners more respect when it comes to parking. The facts don't lie," Beeson said.


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Where do I turn for Genealogy "How-To's"?
Part I
You can approach genealogy in one of several ways:
- Just Jump In!
- Start by asking your older relatives for information.
- Look under the bed for shoeboxes of photos or in attics for dusty old trunks.
- Record in a notebook or on a word processor what you find.
- Visit your local library and talk to the librarian.
- Ask A Friend
- Ask a friend if they know anything about genealogy, or...do they know someone who is into genealogy.
- Find out if there is a local Family History Center at the local LDS church. (Phone book or look online)
- Local genealogy societies often advertise their meetings in the newspaper.
- Go Online. The information highway is full of information!
- Wikipedia.com
- Google.com
- About.com
- Various other websites will lead you by the hand...there is information at the FamilySearch.org/wiki. There is help at Ancestry.com, Genealogy.com and so forth and so on.
Here are some of my favorite web sites to go, no only for genealogy news, but for genealogy guidance.
- I love genealogy "blogs". Real people talking about stuff they know. Although even large corporations have blogs, now, you can still get educational and technical instruction at a blog. Remember the "two heads is better than one" axiom? I frequently get inspiration from a blog on new ideas to try with my research. New tools are often introduced, new resources, and new technology are discussed, as well.
- Genealogical Societies, educational institutions, newspapers online---there is literally no end to what you can find, online, to help you get started or help you break down those brick walls.
Be sure and read past blogs of mine for more information and Part 2 of this discussion will reference specific online websites.

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|For Immediate Release
July 3, 2012
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|Work Hours Extended at Newington-Dover Bridge Project
To Facilitate Construction of New Little Bay Bridge
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) announces the planned extension of work hours to help facilitate the completion of the Little Bay Bridge project on the Spaulding Turnpike (NH 16) in Newington-Dover.
Beginning Monday, July 9, work hours at the bridge project will be from 6:00 am to Midnight, Monday through Friday. Saturday work will occur only as needed. No work is anticipated to take place on Sunday.
The anticipated late shift work (4:00 pm to Midnight) is non-critical, set-up work that is geared towards maximizing the efficiency of the day shift. High noise activities are not anticipated during the late shift.
This schedule is expected to be in place until the end of 2012.
The Phase 2 portion of this project will construct the westerly half of the new Little Bay Bridge. Phase 1, which is constructing the easterly half of the bridge, is near completion.
Cianbro Corporation of Pittsfield, Maine is the general contractor for the $50.3 million project. Visit http://www.newington-dover.com.


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First Team
Lewis Brinson
Coral Springs junior
Pos.: OF; Stats: .476 BA; 23 RBI; 29 runs, 4 HR
Comment: Florida commit was a second-team All-County selection as a sophomore.
Jose Brizuela
Archbishop McCarthy senior
Pos.: INF/P; Stats: .475 BA; 41 RBI; 55 runs; 7 HR
Comment: The FSU commit hit the winning three-run home run in the Class 4A state semifinal.
Matthew Franco
St. Thomas Aquinas senior
Pos.: OF; Stats: .430 BA; 32 RBI; 5 HR
Comment: First year as a varsity starter.helped Raiders to a Class 5A regional quarterfinal berth.
Aramis Garcia
Pembroke Pines Charter senior
Pos.: C; Stats: .550 BA; 23 RBI; 7 HR
Comment: The FIU commit, who was an Honorable Mention selection last year, led the county in hitting.
Aaron Maller
Coral Springs junior
Position: P; Stats: 8-1; 1.35 ERA
Comment: Florida, FSU and North Carolina have shown interest; a second-team selection last year.
Mike Melendez
Flanagan senior
Pos.: INF/P; Stats: .408 BA; 6 HR; 8-3; 1.80 ERA
Comment: The Nova Southeastern signee helped lead the Falcons to Class 6A regional finals.
Ronny Patella
Nova senior
Pos.: P; Stats: 8-2; 0.93 ERA; 66 Ks
Comment: Nova Southeastern commit was third in the county in ERA; was winner in district championship.
Brandon Raaf
Douglas senior
Pos.: DH/INF; Stats: .485 BA; 27 RBI
Comment: Three-year starter is a Florida Gulf Coast commit.
Reed Salzman
Nova senior
Pos.: P; Stats: 8-0; 0.85 ERA; 58 Ks
Comment: The left-hander, a Nova Southeastern commit, was second in the county in ERA; a second-team All-County selection last year.
Andres Sanchez
Flanagan junior
Pos.: INF; Stats: .500 BA; 17 HR; 51 RBI
Comment: First-year varsity starter led the county in HR and RBI; has received interest from LSU and Virginia.
Ricky Santiago
Flanagan senior
Pos.: INF; Stats: .465 BA; 5 HR
Comment: The four-year varsity starter has signed with FAU; a first-team selection last year.
Louis Silverio
Douglas senior
Pos.: OF; Stats: .438; 14 SB
Comment: The four-year starter was a primary reason the Eagles went 17-3.
Alan Sharkey
Coral Springs junior
Pos.: INF; Stats: .507 BA; 31 RBI
Comment: Was a first-team All-County selection last season; UF and FSU have expressed interest.
Second team
Colton Bottomley, Douglas, junior, OF; Brandon Burgess, South Plantation, junior, P; Oliver Christensen, Coral Glades, senior, SS; Zack Collins, Flanagan, sophomore, C; Mike Emigh, Flanagan, junior, P; Matthew Figueroa, Flanagan, senior, INF; George Gugino, Nova, senior, INF; Andre Martinez, Archbishop McCarthy, junior, P; Jonny Ortiz, Coral Springs, junior, P; Steven Reznyk, Cypress Bay, senior, INF; Ivan Santos, Archbishop McCarthy, senior, OF; Mike Stokes, Monarch, senior, INF; Ryan Whaley, Cardinal Gibbons, senior, OF/P
Coach of the Year
Ray Evans
Comment: In his eighth season at Flanagan, Evans had the Falcons (22-3) one run away from making their second consecutive state tournament appearance. The Falcons outscored their opponents by more than seven runs per game as they won the District 12-6A championship. "This was one of the best offensive teams that we've had since we've been here in the previous seven years," Evans said. "It was a fun team to coach. Any guy in the lineup could put one out of the park."
Honorable mention
Archbishop McCarthy: Nick Basto, Ryan Castellanos, Nick Travieso; Cooper City: Evan Goodwin, Chris Guerra, Brandon Sordo; Coral Glades: Greg Farber, Alex Kline, Francisco Rodriguez; Coral Springs: Alex Demicco, Dylan Ebel, Dalton Wolchik; Cypress Bay: Franklin Jamie, Rubert MacNeal, Dominic Mancini; Deerfield Beach: Drew Danner, Brian Johnson, Joey Ursetti; Douglas: Courtland McEachrane, Jon Lipinski, Johnny Valek; Everglades: Edward Milian; Flanagan: Robert Collin, Ryan Lozada, Danny Zardon; Fort Lauderdale: Kris Chatman, Shelby Geisler, Stetson McCollin; Hollywood Hills: Phillip Chen, Tommy Grant; McArthur: Javier Aguilar, Tyler Henning, Kody Swackhammer; Miramar: Robert Botta, Johnny Ventura; Monarch: Bobby Jakubek, Andrew Pierson, David Webb; Northeast: Juan Fuentes, Corey Korenic, Matt Schotanus; Nova: Skylar Fox, Corey Graf, Zach Kleiman; Pembroke Pines Charter: Kevin Daly, Billy Golding, Ryan Tucker; Piper: Alen Arslanyan, Colby Costanzo, Mikey Morejon; St. Thomas Aquinas: Austin Barron, Ryan Reyes, Jake Rudock; South Broward: Makanna Gilliland, Josh James, Kenny Rasor; South Plantation: John Kennedy, Ben Osborne; Taravella: Andrew Forest, Jordan Gleicher, Matt Robertson; Western: Doug Futch, Russell Hackworth, Kyle Harrington; West Broward: Mike Hoeft, Mark McGinnity, Mike Mordente.


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Marvin Test Solutions, Inc., a trusted provider of globally-deployed innovative test solutions for military, aerospace, and manufacturing organizations announced the expansion of its PXI Express (PXIe) product portfolio with the introduction of three new PXIe chassis.
The chassis offer a combination of PXIe, hybrid slots, and PXI-1, allowing users to configure the ideal combination of resources for general purpose as well as high-bandwidth test applications.
Like MTS' other PXI chassis, all three support integral Smart functions including system power supply, slot temperature, and fan speed control/monitoring as well as PXI trigger mapping.
"These new additions to our PXI Express product portfolio provide the advanced features and capabilities that our customers look for when designing a modular and scalable test system, " said Steve Sargeant, Marvin Test Solutions' CEO. "The flexbility and open architecture of PXI and PXI Express make it possible to configure the right system for today's requirements, and to upgrade and add resources when new requirements emerge."
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The GX7100e Series are 14-slot PXIe 3U/6U combination Smart chassis with a 4×4 Gen2 backplane, and support both external and embedded controller configurations. The combination of 3U and 6U slots provides versatility and flexibility in a compact footprint.
GX7205 and GX7215
The GX7205 and GX7215 are high-power chassis that are part of the GX7200 Series, and feature a 4×4 PXIe lane architecture with 21 slots, accommodating up to 20 intruments plus a single-slot controller. The GX7200 Series chassis support both external and embedded controller configurations. The GX7205 and GX715 feature a 1400 W system power supply for high power, high performance applications and the cooling necessary to dissipate the additional heat.
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- Hand-Rolled Garlic Knots
- Served with original Ruckus marinara.
- Ruckus Nachos (Enough to share)
- With Ruckus salsa. Pick your toppings and create a masterpiece...
- Toppings: Jack Cheese | Blue Cheese | Cheddar Cheese | Nacho Cheese | Bacon | Chili | Chicken | Guacamole | Black Olives | Tomatoes | Onions | Jalapenos | Lettuce | Sour Cream
- Guacamole
- Homemade with fresh avocados. You know we like it spicy... so it has a little kick. Served with our freshly cooked blue and yellow tortilla chips.
- Giant Beer-Battered Pickle Chips
- Served with cocktail sauce (recommended) or ranch.
- Pickle Chips: Cocktail sauce | Ranch
- Shark Bites
- Straight from Woody's Inn St. John to your mouth - a plank of blackened Mahi served with cocktail sauce for dipping.
- Jumbo Chicken Tenders
- With your choice of dipping sauce, recommend with Ruckus sauce.
- House Made Fried Mozzarella
- Lightly breaded and served with original Ruskus marinara.
- Giant Buffalo Shrimp (Fried or Sauteed)
- An army of shrimp with our buffalo sauce. Dunk in our homemade blue cheese - perfect!
- Buffalo Shrimp: Fried | Sauteed
- Spinach & Artichoke Dip
- Homemade with baby spinach, rich cream, marinated artichokes and Ruckus Love! Served with our fresh cooked blue and yellow tortilla chips.
- Ruckus Quesadillas
- Shaved white corn, jalapenos, jack cheese, red onions, tomatoes and beans. Served with fresh salsa and sour cream.
- Quesadillas: Chicken | Beef
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- Bowl of Homemade French Onion (Seasonal)
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Thousands of activists have marched in scorching weather in Warsaw's 15th yearly "Equality Parade," confirming a growing public support for gay rights.The participants chanted in support of same sex marriage and the right for same-sex couples to adopt children. Carrying a huge rainbow-colored flag, they marched from the Parliament building, through the downtown Savior Square, where a giant rainbow stands. The artwork has been repeatedly burnt by right-wing groups and is to be moved next year to another location. Small groups of gay rights opponents chanted hostile rhymes, but there was no violence.
More from Gay Star News:
The participants carried placards with political messages. They said: 'We too are family', 'Marriage for everyone with the right to adoption', and 'Yes to the right [for] gender reconciliation'. Poland has no legal rights for same-sex couples, though the issue has been debated in the Parliament of Poland; the country is predominately Catholic. Małgorzata Fuszara, the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Rights, headed the parade. She said of the march: 'This is a march in the interest of us all, the whole of Poland, so that our society becomes one where people are open, free and show solidarity. To make it strong and diverse.' Polish celebrities and MPs also attended the parade in support of its message for equality: including Poland's first openly gay mayor, Robert Biedroń.
Poland enacted a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in 1992. Gays are protected from employment discrimination and serve openly in the military.
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Black children are hard to find. Hard, that is, if you're searching between the covers of children's books or on the shelves of bookstores. Black authors of children's books are equally rare. And this situation is hardly new. True, during the conscience-stricken 1960s there was an outcry about the lack of children's books about blacks. As a result, in the years between the mid-'60s and late '70s there was a gratifying increase in the numbers of such books. There was also the promise of continuing progress as a spate of black writers - Virginia Hamilton, Lucille Clifton, Eloise Greenfield, Sharon Bell Mathis, Walter Dean Myers, and John Steptoe, to name a few - broke into print with the major publishers.
It was a time when we recognized that if we wanted black children to become readers, it was important for them to find themselves and their lives reflected in the literature we exposed them to. Before that time they had been either excluded from books or portrayed in such negative ways that exclusion would have been preferable. People also recognized that literature is a way that all children can connect with the lives of others, and come to appreciate both the diversity and the universality in the human condition.
But the '80s are more conservative. The fountain has slowed to a trickle, and the list of black authors remains small. Add Jeanette Caines, Brenda Wilkinson, Rosa Guy, Lorenz Graham, Mildred Pitts Walter, Ianthe Thomas. Add writers for adults who also write for youth - Julius Lester, Alice Childress, June Jordan, Kristin Hunter - and the list remains at fewer than two dozen.
There is good news, however. Virginia Hamilton, one of the finest American writers of children's books, is in a very productive period. She has published three juvenile novels in the past two years: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (Philomel), in which Teresa explores her past, guided by the ghost of her mother's youngest brother; The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (Harper), which weaves African and Afro-American myth and history into a family story; and Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed (Greenwillow), chronicling the adventures of a young girl on the night of the Orson Welles Halloween broadcast hoax. Also, her first ''young adult'' novel, A Little Love, is due out this year. While each of these books is unique, each has a touch of that special Hamilton magic.
At least one new star seems to be rising. In 1982, Joyce Carol Thomas was the co-winner of the American Book Award for Marked by Fire (Avon), which follows the growth of a young girl called Abysinnia in a rural black community in Oklahoma. It has been followed by a sequel, Bright Shadow (Avon), about Abysinnia's life as a young woman.
More good news: Last year saw the appearance of another book in Lucille Clifton's Everett Anderson series.
Lucille Clifton first introduced this irrepressible youngster in back 1970 when he was ''six and full of tricks.'
In Everett Anderson's Goodbye (Holt), his father has died and Everett must come to grips with his loss. This is a moving story, poetic and touching in its simplicity.
Mildred Pitts Walter published two new books last year, in addition to her 1982 title The Girl on the Outside (Lothrop), a fictionalized account of desegregation at Little Rock's Central High School in 1957. The two newer ones are My Mama Needs Me (Lothrop), a picture book about coping with a new sibling, and Because We Are (Lothrop), a junior novel about the trials of a high school senior struggling to find herself.
The past couple of years have also seen controversy over books about blacks, most notably with Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven, by Margot Zemach (Farrar), and Big Sixteen, by Mary Calhoun (Morrow). Both incorporate material from Afro-American folklore, and critics charge that they create distortions and perpetuate old stereotypes.
So the news is mixed. Most black writers who started in the last 10 years or so are still writing, but only one or two new ones surface from time to time. Good children's books about blacks continue to be published, but not nearly enough.
Some recommended books
Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight. New York: Greenwillow. 1983. 24 pp. $10. A bedtime counting book.
Caines, Jeanette. Just Us Women. Illus. by Pat Cummings. New York: Harper & Row. 1982. 32 pp. $9.95. A girl and her aunt on a trip ''down home.''
Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson's Goodbye. Illus. by Ann Grifalconi. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1983. 32 pp. $9.95. (Described above.)
Hamilton, Virginia. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. New York: Philomel, 1982. 224 pp. $10.95. Tree learns to understand her family and herself.
Hamilton, Virginia. Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. New York: Greenwillow. 1983. 208 pp. $11. Willie on her stilts facing down the ''Martians.''
Lester, Julius. This Strange New Feeling. New York: Dial. 1982. 160 pp. $10. 95. Three stories about former slave couples experiencing freedom for the first time.
Walter, Mildred Pitts. My Mama Needs Me. Illus. by Pat Cummings. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. 1983. 32 pp. $9. Jason finds reassurance about his place in the family when a new baby sister arrives.


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Even without the help of political advertising, media spending showed gains in November, thanks to the continued growth of cable advertising and the recovery in magazine advertising. But with the end of the political campaigns, several local media saw drops in ad spending, especially local radio and newspapers.
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Lateral move: The AdMarket dropped (slightly) and S&P rose (slightly) in a week lacking in big deals but offering three long-awaited reorgs. For the week, 21 AdMarket stocks moved up, 28 fell and Sears, Roebuck & Co. didn't budge. Top performer: Havas, up 6% as the market reacted positively to its revenue report. (See P. 1 for more on Havas.)
On the reorg front, behemoth Unilever scrapped its unwieldy management structure of two co-chairmen, giving one the power and title of CEO and naming the other chairman. Far-flung conglomerate Sara Lee Corp. named a new CEO and said it would spin off apparel. Hewlett-Packard Co. spun off its CEO, Carly Fiorina.
More mergers could be coming as Verizon and MCI pursued a long-distance relationship. Cadbury Schweppes rose Feb. 11 on speculation the candy and beverage seller may be up for grabs.
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Nebraska's Special Protection Area Programby U. Gale Hutton, Nebraska Dep of Environmental, Control, United States,
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Townsend Security, a leading authority in data privacy solutions, today announced that they have released the first encryption key management module for the Drupal content management system (CMS). With Key Connection for Drupal, administrators are now able to keep their encryption keys secure and meet compliance regulations by storing them outside of the Drupal database and only using them when encryption/decryption happens.
Drupal developers who need to protect sensitive data know that storing their encryption keys within the CMS puts their data at risk for a breach. Additionally, almost every business must adhere to data security regulations set forth by industry standards groups. Anyone who is using Drupal to collect and store sensitive data (email addresses, personally identifiable information, e-commerce checkout process, etc.) needs to make sure this data is held safely to help prevent costly data breeches.
Key Connection for Drupal, combined with Townsend Securitys FIPS 140-2 compliant Alliance Key Manager, enables Drupal users to easily protect their sensitive data in the cloud or on an external virtual or physical appliance. For organizations that need to meet compliance requirements, this means they are provably meeting industry standards and best practices.
Townsend Security has partnered with Cellar Door Media as the premier provider of encryption and key management integration within Drupal. Chris Teitzel, Founder and CEO, commented, More complex e-commerce and enterprise sites are built using Drupal than ever before. Because these sites often collect and use sensitive user information, these businesses have a responsibility, and often a compliance mandate, to encrypt it. The first module of its kind available within Drupal, Key Connection for Drupal brings the high level of security that Townsend Security is known for to a rapidly growing platform.
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Müllerian mimicry describes the close resemblance between aposematic prey species; it is thought to be beneficial because sharing a warning signal decreases the mortality caused by sampling by inexperienced predators learning to avoid the signal. It has been hypothesized that selection for mimicry is strongest in multi-species prey communities where predators are more prone to misidentify the prey than in simple communities. In this study, wild great tits (Parus major) foraged from either simple (few prey appearances) or complex (several prey appearances) artificial prey communities where a specific model prey was always present. Owing to slower learning, the model did suffer higher mortality in complex communities when the birds were inexperienced. However, in a subsequent generalization test to potential mimics of the model prey (a continuum of signal accuracy), only birds that had foraged from simple communities selected against inaccurate mimics. Therefore, accurate mimicry is more likely to evolve in simple communities even though predator avoidance learning is slower in complex communities. For mimicry to evolve, prey species must have a common predator; the effective community consists of the predator's diet. In diverse environments, the limited diets of specialist predators could create 'simple community pockets' where accurate mimicry is selected for.
1. Introduction
With his original equations of mimicry between defended prey, Müller [1] assumed that naive predators sample a fixed amount of unpalatable prey individuals with a certain signal until they learn avoidance of that signal, and showed that if prey species shared a warning signal, they would spread out the mortality costs of predator learning over a greater number of individuals. Despite theoretical [2–6], genetic [7,8], phylogenetic [9–11] and experimental studies [12–17] of Müllerian mimicry, the general conditions that select for it remain unclear. Specifically, there is continuing discussion about the importance of naive versus experienced predators [16–19], and the importance of prey community structure in selection for mimicry [2,3,20–22]. It has been argued that mimicry between defended prey is strongly favoured in complex communities because where prey types are numerous, predators learn more slowly to avoid aposematic prey and make more discrimination errors, resulting in more attacks [2]. By contrast, in simple prey communities where the foraging task is less cognitively challenging, selection for mimicry would be weaker [2]. A study with humans as predators of virtual prey supported this hypothesis: Beatty et al. [21] concluded that pressure for mimicry is higher when there are multiple species in the prey community. Beatty et al. focused on the learning phase of naive predators, and the benefit of mimicry in their experiment was owing to a shared distinctive trait (crude resemblance) between the co-mimics.
Whether warning signal similarity is acquired gradually or in two distinctive phases is an open empirical question, but both scenarios assume that signal similarity starts as crude resemblance (or no resemblance) that is further refined [4–6,23,24]. Because predators should generalize widely between defended prey [14,25,26], it is unclear what conditions select for precise resemblance (especially if there are costs of mimicry [24]); consequently, it is unclear why Müllerian co-mimics in nature can resemble each other with astonishing accuracy [12,27].
We studied whether accurate Müllerian mimicry could evolve more readily in a complex prey community rather than a simple one. We defined complexity of a prey community as the number of edible and aposematic prey appearances the predators meet, and used great tits (Parus major) as predators of artificial prey in a laboratory. We first examined whether, when foraging from the prey community, complexity affects predator learning so that there would be differential mortality for aposematic prey depending on community structure. Naive birds were presented with individual prey items in a continuous randomized sequence where 50 per cent of the prey were edible and 50 per cent were aposematic. Among the aposematic prey was a specific 'model species' the birds encountered at the same rate in all treatments; the model was always present at a constant frequency but was surrounded by either a simple or a complex prey community (see §2; figure 1).
We subsequently tested whether the community structure affects the extent to which predators select for signal accuracy in a generalization test. We presented the birds with continuum of signal accuracy consisting of a perfect mimic, two alternative forms of moderately imperfect mimics and two inaccurate mimics of the model prey (see §2; figure 1). We ranked the survival of the mimics according to the order in which they were attacked. If the birds attacked the most inaccurate mimics first and avoided the perfect mimics, they would select for accurate mimicry. We can thus combine the foraging behaviour of naive and experienced predators and evaluate how it is linked to prey mortality and consequently the selection for mimicry in the different communities.
2. Methods
The experiment was run from October 2008 to March 2009 at the Konnevesi Research Station in Central Finland. Great tits were trapped from feeding sites, ringed and released at their capture sites after they had completed the experiment. The birds were kept individually in illuminated, ventilated plywood cages (64 × 46 × 77 cm) indoors in a daily light period of 11 h and 30 min. Sunflower seeds, tallow and fresh water were available ad libitum except prior to the trials when the birds were food deprived for ca 2 h to ensure motivation to forage on artificial prey. In total, 12 birds were used for testing the signals of the prey (see later text) and 87 for the actual experiment.
(a) Prey and experimental cages
The prey items were pieces of almond (approx. 0.01 g) within a paper shell (two 8 × 8 mm pieces of white paper glued with non-toxic glue UHU Stic). We pre-trained the birds in a stepwise manner in their home cages to handle the artificial prey [26]. Pre-training prey was made of blank brown paper.
Experimental prey items were white with a black symbol printed on both sides of the paper shell. The symbols for the prey community were designed to be distinctive (figure 1), so that adding prey appearances would create real visual complexity and the birds could not treat any signal combinations as perceptual categories [28]. The signal of the model prey was always a cross symbol and the imperfect mimics used in the generalization test (see later text) were modified thinner and bolder crosses (figure 1). Almond for the aposematic prey was made unpalatable by soaking it for an hour in a solution of 30 ml of water and 2 g of chloroquine phosphate (malaria drug Heliopar).
The experiment was run in illuminated cages (plywood, sized 50 × 50 × 70 cm) that had a perch and a water bowl inside. Prey items were presented on a Petri dish, with brown paper on the bottom. The dish was slid through a hatch into the cage where it remained hidden behind a visual barrier. This allowed us to determine exactly when the bird detected the prey item because they had to fly on top of the barrier or go around it to see the prey. Prior to the experiment, the birds were familiarized with the experimental cages for at least an hour during which they had to eat six sunflower seeds from a Petri dish. This was to train the birds to expect food behind the barrier. The birds were observed through a small mesh-covered window, and the cages were placed in a dark room so that the birds would be less aware of the observer.
(b) Testing the imperfect mimics
We verified our mimic signal continuum (the modified crosses used in the generalization test, see later in the text) in a series of tests that confirmed that the birds did not have initial preferences for any of the cross symbols, and that they saw the difference between the symbols and treated them as a continuum—as we intended. We used only the cross signal continuum because of the difficulty in designing continuous signal variation that is neutral in this way (with wild predators, the signals should also be novel enough to exclude effects of previous experience) and because of the need to test the signals prior to the experiment.
We first tested 12 birds for possible signal preferences by presenting them with the five cross symbols (as edible prey, figure 1) simultaneously for five rounds so that the prey items were arranged in a circle on the Petri dish and their position was randomized for each round. There was no time limit for attacking, and the birds were allowed to eat all prey items. Generally, all prey items were eaten in less than 5 min. We ranked the birds' signal preferences according to the order in which they ate the prey items (1–5); the rank analysed was the mean over the five presentations. There were no preferences for any of the cross symbols per se (no difference in mean ranks, Friedman's test , p = 0.885).
We subsequently trained the same birds to avoid one extreme of the signal continuum as unpalatable and accept the other extreme as edible prey. Six birds were trained to accept the thinnest; and six birds, the boldest cross. We trained the birds by presenting them with a semi-randomized sequence of unpalatable and edible crosses (no more than three items of each type in a row) until they had 'killed' (opened the paper shell and tasted or eaten the almond inside) 50 prey items in a single trial. The birds were allowed 1 min to attack the prey item, after which it was removed and classed as rejected. The birds learned to avoid the signal of the unpalatable prey: we divided the 50 attacks into five sets of 10 attacks and recorded the number of unpalatable crosses killed within the sets of 10. The numbers decreased during the trial (repeated measures ANOVA F4,40 = 6.026; p = 0.001) at the same rate for both the thin and the bold cross (interaction term F4,40 = 1.938; p = 0.123). Finally, we presented the birds again with the whole continuum of cross signals (as edible prey) simultaneously for five rounds. The birds had 1 min to attack the first prey item. After handling the first prey item, they had another minute to attack the next one and so on until all five were attacked or the bird refused to take more prey items. We ranked the survival as described earlier; only now the rejected prey items were given rank 6. The mean ranks of the cross signals over the five rounds differed (Friedman test , p = 0.010 when the thinnest cross had been unpalatable and p < 0.001 when the boldest cross had been unpalatable) and the birds' reluctance to attack the cross signals generally increased with increasing similarity to the trained signal (see the electronic supplementary material, figure S1). Therefore, we can be more confident that in the main experiment, the results of the generalization test are not biased because the birds perceive signal similarity differently to how humans do.
(c) Foraging from the prey community
In the first part of the experiment, the birds were foraging from 'prey communities' where 50 per cent of the prey were edible and 50 per cent aposematic in all treatments. We manipulated where complexity (i.e. higher number of prey appearances) occurred in the community: nowhere; among the edible prey only; among the aposematic prey only; or in both parts of the community (see later text). The prey items were presented in a semi-randomized sequence where no more than three items of one symbol (and therefore also either edible or aposematic prey) appeared in a row. Randomization was done within blocks of 40 prey items. Each prey item was presented for a minute, starting from when the bird saw the item behind the barrier. If a prey item was attacked within a minute, the bird was allowed to finish handling and eating it before removing the shell. A new item was slid in after a 30 s interval. The trial was terminated when 50 prey items were attacked. The birds completed four trials that were run on consecutive days and thus killed 200 prey items in total. Therefore, all birds gained the same amount of experience of the prey and had a chance to learn the discrimination between edible and unpalatable prey; their experience differed qualitatively. Using the number of killed prey as an ending criterion to the trials ensured that the birds did not enter the generalization test after having learned nothing because they, for example, refused prey items if they were not hungry. On average, it took 83 (s.e. 2.5) presentations to complete the first trial, 76 (s.e. 2.2) to complete the second, 83 (s.e. 2.2) to complete the third and 89 (s.e. 1.9) to complete the fourth trial, although the numbers varied somewhat between treatments. We recorded the number of each prey type (edible/aposematic/model) killed.
The aposematic prey included the model that appeared in a constant frequency of 12.5 per cent. In the first treatment, 'simple edible/simple aposematic' all edible prey were of the same symbol and the aposematic prey were either models (12.5%) or of one other symbol (37.5%). In the second treatment, 'simple edible/complex aposematic' all edible prey were of one symbol but the aposematic prey had four different symbols (including the model)—all appearing in 12.5 per cent frequencies. In 'complex edible/simple aposematic', there were four types of edible prey but the aposematic part of the community consisted only of models and one other symbol (12.5% and 37.5%, respectively). In 'complex edible/complex aposematic', both the edible and the aposematic prey had four different symbols (figure 1). For comparison, we included a 'perfect mimicry' treatment where the edible prey were uniform and the model was surrounded by identical aposematic prey, increasing the frequency of the cross symbol in the community to 50 per cent. The symbol of the model prey was always the cross, but other symbols were circulated so that they appeared in different combinations for each individual bird (except in 'perfect mimicry' where two to three birds had the same combination) and alternated as edible and aposematic prey. There were 18 birds in 'simple edible/simple aposematic' and 'simple edible/complex aposematic' and 17 in the other treatments.
We manipulated the number of appearances of both the edible and the aposematic prey because if only the number of aposematic prey types is increased and the edible prey remains uniform in appearance, the foraging task does not necessarily become more difficult: the predators may use a rule of thumb by attacking the abundant, uniform edible prey and ignoring the rest without having to learn their signals specifically [26].
Note that the design is not fully symmetrical because the simple edible side consisted of only one symbol, but the simple aposematic side had the model and another aposematic prey. Consequently, 'simple edible/complex aposematic' has a total of five symbols, whereas 'complex edible/simple aposematic' has six. This was because we wanted to keep the frequency of the model constant across all treatments (except in 'perfect mimicry') and the random probability of the prey being edible or unpalatable constant at 50 per cent, while keeping the number of symbols in the simple treatment as low as possible (i.e. no additional edible symbol in 'simple edible/simple aposematic').
(d) Generalization test
On the fifth day, after the birds had foraged from the community, we tested how the birds generalized their avoidance of the model prey to a continuum of imperfect mimics. We presented the birds simultaneously with a perfect mimic of the original model cross and the four modified crosses (figure 1) for five rounds. All prey items including the perfect mimic were edible (so the birds had no opportunity for further avoidance learning), and they were arranged in a circle on the Petri dish so that the positions of the symbols were randomized for each round. The birds were allowed to attack as many prey items as they chose. They had 1 min to attack the first prey item. If no prey items were attacked during that time, all were considered rejected. If a bird attacked a prey item, it had another minute (starting when it stopped handling and eating the prey) to attack another one. We ranked the survival of the mimics according to the order in which they were attacked: survival rank was 1 if the symbol was attacked first and 5 if it was attacked last; all rejected symbols were ranked as sixth. If the birds attacked the most inaccurate mimics first and avoided the perfect mimics, they would select for accurate mimicry, creating a (roughly) bell-shaped generalization curve where the perfect mimic with the highest survival rank would occupy the peak and the most inaccurate mimics would form the tails of the curve. The key question is whether the simple or the complex community treatments result in these steep generalization curves that indicate selection towards better mimicry.
3. Results and discussion
We found that the structure of the community surrounding the model prey affected how well the predators learned to avoid the model, which in turn affected the extent to which they selected for signal accuracy in potential mimics (i.e. how broadly they generalized their avoidance to similar-looking prey).
(a) Foraging from the prey community
In general, when foraging from the community, the birds learned to avoid the model prey: the number of models killed decreased from trial 1 through to trial 4 in all treatments (repeated measures ANOVA, Greenhouse–Geisser corrected for sphericity F2.705,221.774 = 82.302; p < 0.001), but not at the same rate (learning by treatment interaction F10.818,221.774 = 2.179; p = 0.017; figure 2). We assumed model learning to be most efficient in the 'perfect mimicry' treatment because the discrimination task on the whole involved only two prey appearances (figure 1). Therefore, to analyse model learning rates further, we compared all other treatments with the 'perfect mimicry' treatment. We found that birds in 'simple edible/simple aposematic' and 'simple edible/complex aposematic' learned to avoid the model at the same rate as in the 'perfect mimicry' treatment (simple contrasts p = 0.169 and p = 0.141, respectively). Thus, as long as the edible prey remained uniform in appearance, learning about the model was efficient even if the number of aposematic prey types increased in the community. Only when the edible part of the community was complex (at the same time, the total number of prey appearances reached six or eight) did the birds learn to avoid the model more slowly than in 'perfect mimicry' ('perfect mimicry' versus 'complex edible/simple aposematic' p = 0.002; 'perfect mimicry' versus 'complex edible/complex aposematic' p < 0.001; figure 2).
Because model avoidance learning was slower in these two more complex treatments ('complex edible/simple aposematic' and 'complex edible/complex aposematic') and it resulted in higher per capita mortality of models (compared to 'perfect mimicry'; see Mortality of the model prey in the electronic supplementary material), it would—at first glance—seem that mimicry should evolve more readily in multi-species communities. We cannot conclude specifically whether learning rates slowed and mortality increased because the total number of prey types in the treatment increased above a critical threshold (six or eight signals as opposed to two in 'perfect mimicry' or because the edible part of the community, rather than the aposematic part, was complex. When analysing per capita mortality of models during learning excluding 'perfect mimicry' (square root transformed to meet the requirements of the test), complexity of the edible part of the community increases model mortality (ANOVA F1,66 = 12.28, p = 0.001) but complexity of the aposematic part does not (F1,66 = 1.431, p = 0.236; there is also no edible complexity × aposematic complexity interaction F1,66 = 0.694, p = 0.408). However, the effect of edible prey on model mortality must be interpreted with caution because changing the edible prey from simple to complex increases the total number of prey types in the set-up by three, whereas changing the aposematic prey increases it by two (figure 1). Similarly, if we look at the combined per capita mortality of all aposematic prey rather than that of an individual prey type (the model), the benefits of mimicry in complex communities seem less certain: there is a possibility that being mimetic (reducing the number of warning signals) would not help the defended prey when predators are learning to avoid them because the complexity of the edible prey assemblage has an overriding effect on their mortality (see Mortality of all aposematic prey in the electronic supplementary material, and figure S2). Furthermore, for signal similarity to evolve, predators should actively select for good mimics and against poor ones; in the present complex communities, they did not. Only the birds that had foraged in communities with uniform edible prey selected against any of the inaccurate mimics (figure 1) in the following generalization test. These treatments ('simple edible/simple aposematic', 'simple edible/complex aposematic' and also 'perfect mimicry') also had the lowest total numbers of symbols present (figure 1).
(b) Generalization test
To investigate whether the generalization curves from the mimic survival ranks (figure 3) indicated selection, we tested whether the mean survival ranks of the mimic types differed. We used mean ranks because there was no effect of the round of presentation on rank, indicating the birds' attack behaviour did not change as the trial progressed (see Selection for accurate mimicry via generalization: parametric tests in the electronic supplementary material). We tested all treatments separately.
Selection for accurate mimicry was clearest in the 'simple edible/simple aposematic' treatment: the perfect mimic survived better than the two most inaccurate mimics and the second thinnest cross (a moderately imperfect mimic; table 1 and figure 3). In the 'simple edible/complex aposematic' treatment, the birds only selected against the thinnest inaccurate mimic that had a lower mean survival rank than all the other mimics, including the boldest inaccurate mimic (table 1 and figure 3). This difference in the survival of the two most imperfect mimics is probably owing to a peak-shift-like tendency [29] to perceive the boldest cross as a stronger signal than the thinnest cross. In 'perfect mimicry', the thinnest cross ranked lower than the perfect mimic and the bolder moderately imperfect mimic (table 1 and figure 3). When the edible prey had been diverse ('complex edible/simple aposematic' and 'complex edible/complex aposematic'), the birds either rejected all mimics or attacked them randomly not selecting for mimicry (no overall difference in mean survival ranks, Friedman's test ; p = 0.834 and ; p = 0.729, respectively; figure 3). Thus, the moderately complex treatments 'simple edible/complex aposematic' and 'complex edible/simple aposematic' again yielded different results (see also figure 2): there was some—although modest—selection for accurate mimicry in the former but none in the latter. Note that although the focus is in whether survival differences between the mimics indicate selection for signal accuracy in the different treatments, the mean survival ranks for all mimics are generally high (above 3, see figure 3): in all treatments, some birds refused all or most mimics, increasing the mean ranks.
The result that only birds from 'perfect mimicry', 'simple edible/simple aposematic' and 'simple edible/complex aposematic' selected against any imperfect mimics mirrors how well they had learned to avoid the model when foraging from the prey community (figure 2). The birds' avoidance of the model does not completely explain their generalization behaviour however, because birds from the 'perfect mimicry' treatment (that had encountered more unpalatable prey with the cross signal than birds in any other treatment and learned them well) only selected against the thinnest inaccurate mimic (table 1 and figure 3). Selection for accurate mimicry was clearest in the 'simple edible/simple aposematic' treatment where the community had been very simple, but the model had appeared in lower frequency than the other two prey types (figure 1). It is possible that even though avoidance learning was equally efficient in 'perfect mimicry' as in 'simple edible/simple aposematic', being the only rare signal in the latter treatment made the model prey 'stand out' and the birds were consequently more selective in their approach to imperfect mimics.
(c) Conclusions
Our results predict that predators select for Müllerian mimicry in prey communities where learning about the individual model prey is efficient. These are more likely to be simple communities (figure 3), and judging by the difference between the moderately complex treatments (figures 2 and 3), they may be communities where especially the edible prey are easy to recognize. Thus, we conclude that mimicry should evolve more readily in simple communities. However, our results do not exclude the possibility that mimicry is advantageous in complex communities (figure 2) when predators are naive (unless the variability of the edible prey community has an overriding effect on the mortality of aposematic prey; see the electronic supplementary material).
Contrary to our findings, Beatty et al. [21] found that mimicry should evolve more readily in a complex community. One important difference is that the conclusion of Beatty et al. [21] was based on the benefits of coarse resemblance when predators are naive, whereas ours is based on generalization to a continuum on imperfect mimics when the predators already have experience on the model prey. Therefore, our results are not necessarily a direct contradiction: as discussed by Balogh & Leimar [4], broadly and narrowly generalizing predators might work in concert to refine mimicry. The experience of the predators (naive/experienced) or their diet (generalist/specialist) might amount to the same overall effect: even crude resemblance might be beneficial against the naive and widely generalizing predators [14,26], whereas the knowledgeable predators select for signal accuracy [14,16,19]. Interestingly, a study of peak shift with poultry chicks shows that individuals trained to make a fine discrimination between rewarded and unrewarded stimuli are less willing to accept novel prey types, i.e. they generalize narrowly compared to individuals trained to a coarse discrimination [30]. One could draw a speculative parallel with this study: perhaps specialist predators with a limited diet (simple prey community) are predators accustomed to 'fine-tuned work' in prey recognition and are consequently more selective for signal accuracy.
Our results could also be applied to Batesian mimicry because the imperfect mimics were all edible and we were thus measuring only the birds' willingness to sample prey with varying similarity to the model. It is assumed that Batesian mimics face a higher selection pressure for signal accuracy than Müllerian co-mimics because it is in the predators' interest to distinguish edible 'cheats' [23,25,31]. The puzzling existence of crude Batesian mimics has several possible explanations [32–36], and our results suggest that a complex community structure could also relax selection for accurate Batesian mimicry because it makes predators generalize more broadly.
Studies have found generalization behaviour to be similar across taxa and sensory modality, but it can vary depending on the details of experience and stimulus dimension [37]. Birds can have behavioural biases for signals, whether artificial symbols, colours or real prey [16,22,38,39]. When focusing on the effect of the surrounding prey community, signal efficacy of the models and mimic continuums is important: mimics that are all exceptionally efficient or poor warning signals might result in flat generalization curves irrespective of the prey community. While this was not the case in the present experiment, we did use only one model signal and a respective mimic continuum, and we hope the study will be repeated in other systems.
Even though we studied only one predator species and even though natural prey communities have important 'complexity features' beyond the number of prey appearances that vary (such as the ratio of edible and unpalatable prey, different levels of unpalatability and seasonality in prey availability), our study suggests that the question of what kind of ecological conditions (prey community structure in this case) promote Müllerian mimicry can be linked back to the questions of predator behaviour, cognition and diet: for selection to favour mimicry, prey species must have a common predator. Consequently, the effective prey community consists of the predator's diet. Therefore, specialist predators could create 'pockets of simplicity' even in most diverse communities such as the tropical or sub-tropical environments that are home to spectacular examples of Müllerian mimicry [12,27].
This study was granted a project license from the National Animal Experiment Board (ESLH-2007-09311/Ym-23) and the Central Finland Regional Environment Centre (KSU-2007-L-687/254).
We thank Helinä Nisu for taking care of the birds, Tom Hoogesteger for assisting with the experiment and the Konnevesi Research Station for facilities. E.I. and J.M. were funded by the Acadamy of Finland (projects 21000002461 and 21000004745); H.M.R., M.P.S. and G.D.R. were funded by NERC (NE/D010 667/1).
- Received November 9, 2011.
- Accepted December 19, 2011.
- This journal is © 2012 The Royal Society


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by Jina Moore
After the killing started, the diplomats met. The couldn't agree on what to do, except to remain seized of the matter. While they seized, their expats evacuated. The Belgians took their aid workers, their peace keepers, their pets. A Rwandan woman held a little girl on her hip, watched them load a golden retriever into a UN truck, thought to herself, The life of a Belgian dog is worth more than the life of my child. No more mzungus in Kigali.
Jina Moore is a writer living in Kigali, Rwanda. You can follow her Notes from Central Africa here.


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Katagory V Signs To Burning Star Records
Power metal outfit Katagory V has signed a record deal with Burning Star Records and their fourth album will be delivered to Europe & Asia by Burning Star Records. You can check out some of the band's material on their MySpace page.


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Ex Machina Trailer 3. Alex Garland's Ex Machina (2015) movie trailer 3 stars Evie Wray, Deborah Rosan, Sonoya Mizuno, Symara A. Templeman, and Domhnall Gleeson. Ex Machina's plot synopsis: "Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac).
Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test—charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan's latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated, seductive––and more deceptive––than the two men could have imagined."
We previously published these Ex Machina articles:
EX MACHINA (2015) Movie Trailers: Oscar Isaac Invents Female Cyborg
EX MACHINA (2015) Movie Trailer 2, Clip, & Poster: Who is Testing Whom?
Ex Machina also stars Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Chelsea Li, and Corey Johnson.
Watch the Ex Machina movie trailer 3 and leave your thoughts on it below in the comments section. For more Ex Machina photos, videos, and information, visit our Ex Machina Page, our Movie Trailer Google+ Page, our Movie Trailer Facebook Page, subscribe to us by Email, "follow" us on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, or "like" us on Facebook. Ex Machina will be released in limited US theaters through Universal Pictures and A24 on April 10, 2015.


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After a long winter many of the bridges are in need of serious repair. Summer work details are how these repairs happen. Our website and Facebook page will have all the details. If you can help; please do and bring a friend!
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I came across this wedding after finding this photo on Pinterest and falling in love with the pink and white striped bridesmaid outfits! I loved that they weren't actually dresses but done beautifully with the golden neutral tshirt style to complete the outfit and match the bride.
After trying to find the photographer of this image to see more photos of the gorgeous bridesmaid dresses, I came across their story. Emi & Chase have a dedicated site that tells the stories of their lives together, including their beautiful wedding photos! But I'm here to focus on the bridesmaid dresses, because I was instantly drawn to how different these ensembles were and loved the touch of pink! Highly recommend checking out their bridal photography shoot as well, truly divine!


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My, my, my... How Time Flies
The reason I started this blog now seven (wow, seven) years ago was to share my experience. I do think there are a number of well-written and nicely focused blogs that deal with the craft and mechanics of writing, pitching, developing and selling to Hollywood, from a writer's perspective. For my own writing, I've never been able to incorporate the craft tips into my process, but I'm probably tainted by my years on the other side of the desk, troubleshooting the drafts that result from them... and, really, that's a terrible habit to bring into the drafting process which sort of, by necessity, requires one to suspend one's own belief in order to get the words on the page.
I continue to write, pitch and consult which makes maintaining this blog a bit of a sticky wicket for me--I think this is part of the emotional pushback I've felt whenever I sit down to write a post. Hmmm....
So, I say all this to say.... Even though I love this blog, I've neglected it. I don't know how it fits in with the work I actually do, the information I think is vital for people to have in order to manage expectations and set goals (which is really sort of the heart of what's here, not to stoke the flames of delusion, or be a springboard for cynicism, or, even, to discourage or encourage people from choosing indie versus industry: those are personal decisions) and, frankly, the business is in a dark dark place for creative people. Like the rest of America, the Hollywood economy has become no place for the middle class. Abject materialism meeting zero credit means anyone not able to bring cash to the table is in a mini-bubble maintained by one's own hot air. For new writers, it means you will always be two pay checks behind the amount of spec work you've put in, at best. At. Best. For actors, directors and everyone else trying to crack into the agency or executive suite... Gladiator games would be kinder.
For some, this will be discouraging. I know for me it just makes me double down.


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DENVER—It turns out Colorado's New Energy Economy isn't very economical.
A report from an analyst with the Independence Institute and Competitive Enterprise Institute released Tuesday found that initiatives undertaken as part of Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter's energy agenda cost the state nearly $484 million in 2012.
What's more, much of the energy generated under the agenda exceeded demand for electricity, meaning that ratepayers were billed nearly half a billion dollars for electricity that they did not use.
William Yeatman, energy policy analyst for CEI and the Institute, said that the Ritter administration changed the state's mandate from providing the least expensive energy to providing clean energy.
"In fact, it seemed not to matter whether the electricity generated by these 'new energy technologies' was even needed," said Yeatman. "The bill is now coming due, and it is not pretty. In 2012, Colorado ratepayers spent almost half a billion dollars on New Energy Economy policies, in return for unneeded energy."
The report comes as Ritter, who now serves as director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, is being mentioned as a candidate on the short list to replace outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
The $484 million represents 18 percent of Xcel Energy's total electricity sales. The state's 1.4 million ratepayers paid $345 each for the energy initiatives, according to the report, "2012 Cost Analysis of the New Energy Economy."
The four energy initiatives studied in the report included the requirement that Xcel move 1,000 megawatts from coal-fired to natural-gas generation, and the renewable-energy quota for publicly traded utilities.
The report is the first to examine the costs and benefits of the state's New Energy Economy initiatives, which began to be implemented in 2008.
William Yeatman – 2012 Cost Analysis of the New Energy Economy by Competitive Enterprise Institute


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December 12, 2013
"Bristol-Myers Squibb is to share intellectual property rights on an important HIV/AIDS drug in a patent pool designed to make treatments more widely available in poor countries," Reuters reports. The licensing deal between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Bristol "will enable generic drug firms around the world to produce affordable versions of atazanavir, [sold] under the brand name Reyataz, and to combine it with other medicines to make treatment easier," the news agency notes (Hirschler, 12/12). "This is the MPP's first agreement covering a [WHO]-preferred second-line therapy. The WHO estimates there will be over one million people on second-line treatment by 2016, and many more will need access to these therapies," according to an MPP press release (12/12).
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I have little doubt that the scientists at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies know a heck of a lot more than I do about the effects of the hypoxic zone on marine life in the Gulf of Mexico.
But blaming it all on ethanol without possessing even a rudimentary understanding of agricultural statistics and analysis, is well, not very flattering to the concept of the scientific method.
In a news release the institute stated, "The Gulf of Mexico may be far from the corn fields of the Midwest, but it's those fields that are causing a big problem for the Gulf Coast water this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts a record-size dead zone in the Gulf this summer, stretching from South Texas all the way to Alabama."
This dead zone, according to Paul Montagna, chair and professor for the institute, "sets up in late spring and lasts throughout the summer," and is caused when nitrogen-based fertilizer washes off farm fields in the Midwest Corn Belt, and ends up in the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf.
"The hypoxia zones are not dangerous to fish, but cannot support bottom-dwelling life such as clams, crabs and shrimp," said Montagna. "Because fish avoid these areas, commercial shrimp boats and recreational fisherman must go further out, to open water, to make their catch."
The NOAA projects this year's zone to be as large as 8,561 square miles along the Gulf Coast.
With the huge increase in projected U.S. corn acres this year, to over 97 million acres, I would be hard pressed to disagree. I would add that agriculture needs to continue its effort to reduce levels of nitrogen leaving fields.
But when Larry McKinney, executive director of the institute, observed that the expected record size of the zone this year was entirely due to ethanol's effect on corn prices, hence acreage, he took a rickety leap in logic over the hypoxic zone.
First, there is his mistaken belief that ethanol requires 40 percent of the U.S. corn crop. This year, it is closer to a projected 36 percent. Second, when you consider the percentage of corn-for-ethanol returned to the market as feed, the percentage drops to 25 percent. That's a big difference.
Many market analysts agree that corn prices booked for the 2013 crop took off not because of ethanol demand, but because of short supplies brought on by the 2012 Midwest drought.
The institute's mission statement reads in part, "to sustain an environment to conduct meaningful and successful programs in research and education with highly qualified faculty, staff and students."
They could start by boning up on their agricultural supply and demand fundamentals.


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Baby bro, Will. A cute kid, no? And this is him now:
Last photo by Ben Landau
he doesn't know that you posted his wee bum online does he kate haha
great idea regardless!
about the old fotos...not the young brother bum :)
that bare bum is too cute not to post!


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Jezebel Sauce
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook Time: –
- Total: 10 min
- Serving: 2 large jars of sauce
This unique, sweet sauce spiced with horseradish sparkles like jewels over a brick of cream cheese. Stash away a few boxes of Ritz or Club crackers and make this sauce now so you will be prepared for unexpected holiday guests.
- 18 ounce jar Pineapple Preserves
- 18 ounce jar Apple Jelly
- 1- 5 ounce jar white horseradish drained well
- 2 tablespoons dry mustard
- 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
- 1- 8 ounce brick cream cheese
- Ritz or Club Crackers
- Mix the jellies, horseradish, mustard and pepper in a medium bowl.
- Store sauce in the two jelly jars.
- When ready to serve, spoon sauce generously over the cream cheese. Serve with crackers.
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What a weekend!
The second round of Stumblebum has just started with awesome crew again! AND...here's the other great event - the Seasons Gatcha Festival too! Don't miss them, grab your favs for really rockbotton prices.
I did it:)
Skin: Tres Blah - Gatcha skin - Flushed (The Seasons gatcha for 100L$ only)
Make-up: Miamai
Shape: ShapesfloweR - Bianka
Hair: Maitreya
Vest: oyakin
Jumpsuit: - paper.doll - Maddy in passion (Stumblebum item)
Tights: LeeZu - Bubble in beige
Bag with chain: Pesca - The Seasons gatcha item
Totebag: Pididdle - The Dressing Room item
Boots: N-core (groupgift)
Scarf: NV Madworld
Bracelets: League
Earrings: Lagyo - The Seasons Gatcha item
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If you're like me, I think of cheese balls as party food, reserved for celebrations and special family gatherings. I'm not sure why, since everyone always loves them and they're so simple to make. I just never think of making one, unless there is an event planned. After creating this recipe and gauging my family's reaction, I need to rethink that policy.
To sum up the general feeling, our eighteen your old son (through a mouthful of crackers and cheese ball) asked, "Why is there not ALWAYS a cheese ball?" -- Grammar aside, I'm pretty sure that means he likes it. :)
This is my fourth recipe as a Kraft Tastemaker and while I have had so much fun exploring all the fabulous brands and products that are part of the Kraft Foods "family", I have been struck by how many more of them are actually pantry staples for our family. Kraft has been a trusted name in family kitchens for decades and mine is no exception.
Creating fabulous appetizers, like my cheese ball, is even easier when your fridge and cupboards are always home to KRAFT Extra Sharp Cheddar, PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese and A.1. Original Sauce. I hope you enjoy this concert of spectacular flavors as you usher in the cool, crispness of autumn and the great entertaining opportunities like tailgating, homegating and covered dish dinners!
This recipe is as simple as combining all the ingredients in a single bowl. It's important that you stir until everything is thoroughly combined and evenly distributed throughout the cream cheese. Then every flavor will *pop* in each scrumptious bite. Once the cheese ball is mixed, shape it into a ball, seal it up in plastic wrap and refrigerate it until you're ready to serve. The soft cream cheese mixture will firm up in the fridge and easily transfer to your serving platter. Provide lots of crackers and a small cheese knife to serve the cheese ball.
Click here for the full recipe: Pineapple Bacon Cheeseball.
For more recipes and ideas, visit my blog at busy-at-home.com/blog/.
Treat your guests to a sweet and savory pineapple cheese ball made with crumbled bacon and fresh parsley. Bacon Pineapple Cheese Ball is a great appetizer!
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