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Over the past 15 to 20 years the landscape in which new cottonseed varieties are developed has changed at a pace only those directly involved can truly appreciate. Advances in biotechnology, a science in many ways still in its infancy, have fueled much of the change.
Biotechnology is clearly making a big impact in the marketplace as dozens of new cotton varieties have become available in the last few years. What many fail to understand is that the potential for biotechnology to radically change the way cotton varieties are developed is still years away from being fully harnessed.
In 2005 and 2006, after an explosion of new varieties in the High Plains marketplace, biotechnology's second generation appears to be delivering on the promise of accelerated development timelines and innovative new technology.
West Texas cotton producers now have a plethora of options to take the place of first generation glyphosate and Bacillus thuringiensis technology that first arrived on the scene a decade ago.
Today producers can select new varieties that incorporate everything Bollgard II and Roundup Ready Flex resistance, developed by leading cotton technology provider Monsanto, to alternative herbicide resistance technology in the form of Bayer CropScience's LibertyLink, and an alternative Bt cotton technology called Widestrike, offered for the first time by High Plains market newcomer PhytoGen.
Altogether, some 140 cottonseed options were available for producers to sort through at the start of the 2006 growing season and if the trend continues they'll have even more in 2007.
The next round of biotechnology breakthroughs is just around the corner, making it increasingly important that producers continue to involve themselves in variety development by interacting and communicating with seed providers and by supporting a separate line of germplasm research to be kept in the public domain.
Seed Companies Say PCIP Still Relevant
While there are many unanswered questions as a result of the monumental changes taking place in the cottonseed industry, one of the consistent messages commercial cottonseed company's continue to deliver to Lubbock-based Plains Cotton Growers Inc., and cotton breeders like John Gannaway from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, is that public cotton breeding programs still play a critical role in the development of cotton varieties with enhanced disease resistance, improved yield and quality potential.
That is the main reason why cotton producers on the Texas High plains continue to support the Plains Cotton Improvement Program and its innovative and forward-looking producer directed cotton research programs.
One of PCIP's main research activities is support for Gannaway's traditional cotton breeding program as well as a germplasm screening project that will catalogue and identify cotton traits from thousands of domesticated and wild cotton genotypes from around the world. Other key research priorities include screening breeding lines for soil-borne disease and nematode resistance and evaluating currently available commercial varieties in on-farm situations through Texas Extension cotton specialist Randy Boman's large plot systems evaluation testing program.
Through every phase of the PCIP research program, commercial cottonseed developers have noted the importance of PCIP agronomic information and breeding lines to their operations. Whether to help identify market trends or set the direction for the agronomic traits they want to include in a new cotton variety, the information and germplasm that originates from the PCIP is often utilized early in the process.
"Biotechnology has made a tremendous splash in cotton over the past few years," says Gannaway, who heads the TAES cotton-breeding program in Lubbock, Texas. "All you have to do is scan a list of varieties available for sale in 2006 to see how many are enhanced with herbicide and insect resistance or a combination of the two.
"What you won't see on that list is anything marketed as having better quality or a significantly higher yield potential as a direct result of the insertion of a gene identified and developed through the biotechnology pipeline."
Gannaway says that while herbicide and insect resistance traits have in many cases allowed producers to wring more pounds per acre from both old and new varieties, the reason is that all of the currently available cottonseed technologies are essentially giving plants an opportunity to reach the genetic potential originally bred into them the old fashioned way.
Developing Enhanced Germplasm Only Part of PCIP Benefits
Efforts like the PCIP are critical to keep a significant level of public interest in the biotechnology process, says Gannaway.
He says as the products of cottonseed providers continue to include a greater array of protected technologies, complicated issues, such as intellectual property rights, make it imperative that producers be directly involved in the initial technology development process.
By being involved either through germplasm development or the public identification and distribution of desirable genetic traits, producers have a greater ability to ensure that competition remains in the marketplace and that growers are charged fairly for the technology they obtain through a seed purchase.
Organizations such as Plains Cotton Growers and programs such as the Plains Cotton Improvement Program are key to producers having the ability to contribute directly to the development and marketing of future biotechnology advances, says Gannaway.
Eventually, Gannaway says gene mapping and marker assisted breeding efforts will make his job and the job of conventionally trained cotton breeders easier. He warns that the role of the conventional cotton breeder won't be obsolete even then and it is important to have a new generation of breeders trained and ready to move ahead.
"We can already take a piece of genetic material, introduce it in a plant and come out with a new trait in a fairly reasonable amount of time," he says. "But it still isn't much faster than the conventional process in terms of identifying a breeding line with a set of desirable traits and refining it to variety status."
Training and identifying talented young people interested in becoming cotton breeders is another less noticeable contribution that the PCIP is making to the industry, says Gannaway.
Until the researchers working on refining biotechnology processes can get most of the kinks worked out and a reliable cotton genetic map pulled together, it will fall to the conventional breeders in both public and commercial settings to make the crosses, select plants and move the variety development cycle forward.
Thanks to programs such as the Plains Cotton Improvement Program, new cotton germplasm carrying significantly improved yield and fiber quality characteristics is being developed and introduced into the marketplace.
For now the primary source of a new cotton variety's yield or quality improvement come from thousands of years of conventional breeding and selection.
Conventional cotton breeding and technology-based tools will work hand-in-hand for years to come and eventually may take the cotton plant's capabilities beyond what anyone can yet visualize.
Programs such as the Plains Cotton Improvement Program ensure that producer interests will always be present in the process.


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I haven't blogged in a few weeks, because I've been busy. Besides working on a deadline, I've had a ridiculous number of good things happen in my career lately.
I'll make official announcements when I can, but I will say that I'm going to be around, in various genres, for the next few years, and I'm going to make a nice amount of money.
I've told a few of my writing peers some of the details, and their remarks have been genuinely supportive. They're happy for me. This means I pick my friends well, because I haven't encountered a single smidgen of envy.
But I am noticing something they say which I don't agree with.
Everyone I've told has told me I deserve this. Every single person.
They back up their statements by saying, "You've worked so hard" and "You've done so much" and "It's about time your writing got some recognition."
They're sweet to say so, but they're wrong.
Long time readers of this blog know that I truly believe, deep in my heart, that no one deserves anything.
But sometimes, we get lucky.
If people truly deserved things in life, it would imply there is some sort of fairness in the world, and some sort of guaranteed way to get rewarded for our talents and efforts.
I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Many talented writers languish in obscurity and poverty. Some newbie writers get huge deals without "paying their dues."
It's always been about luck.
Luck dictates where you're born, and who your parents are. Luck dictates the traits you're born with. Luck plays a part in your education, your career, your love life, the friends you have, and pretty much every facet of life.
As I write this, Haiti was just hit by a massive earthquake, and tens of thousands are dead. None of them deserved that. It was just horribly bad luck.
By the same token, no one deserves to land big publishing deals.
We all want big publishing deals. And a select few get lucky.
I believe if you work hard, learn to understand the business, and work at bettering your craft, you can improve your odds.
But at the end of the day, it's still luck.
Now, I understand why my peers said this. I have worked hard. I think I write pretty good books. They're telling me my efforts have paid off.
But the writing business isn't like planting a seed and growing a tree. There are many other factors involved. This isn't science, where you can run an experiment and always get a predetermined result.
People really hate to think that we don't have complete control over our lives. In fact, even those meticulous folks who measure out their lives with coffee spoons have less control than they think.
The fact is, you never truly know what's going to happen. You can create incredible works of art, toil your entire life, and never sell a single thing. Landing a big publishing deal is not something within your control.
So focus on what is within your control.
Read. Write. Improve. Submit. Learn. Experiment. Try.
I'm not entitled to all of these good things that are happening in my career. I don't deserve success. And neither does anyone else.
But I can say, with complete candor, that getting lucky is a lot more fun when you work your ass off. :)
So ditch that poisonous sense of entitlement. Don't be bitter if things don't go your way at first. Concentrate on what is within your control, and keep at it because you love it.
Happiness isn't the destination. Where you wind up is determined by luck.
Happiness, true happiness, is the journey that takes you there.
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John May deserves his credit, but the group of investors he assembled is basically composed of lawyers and dentists looking to play in the angels field - only looking to play and playing are two different things. Most aren't ready to get their feet wet.
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Channa Dal with Chanterelle Mushrooms
Our local foodie market has been carrying chanterelles, making it all too easy for me to indulge in these delicious golden mushrooms. I've been frying them in butter and eating them straight-up -yum! But, at some point, I decided to look through my cookbooks for recipes.
Happily, I found this easy and delicious soup recipe in The Artful Vegan, the second recipe book by Millennium's Executive Chef, Eric Tucker. Channa dal is the Indian name for small split garbanzo beans (I got mine at Malabar Indian Store on 4th St. in San Rafael). I've always made dal with red lentils, but I loved the channa dal. I cooked them until they were soft, but still held their shape and had a little texture. As the intro to the recipe suggests, the chanterelles really add magic, making this both a humble and luxurious dish. Ideal for the season, it's really good for you too!
Here's my adaption of the recipe:
Channa Dal with Chanterelle Mushrooms (from The Artful Vegan):
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp canola oil
1/2 large onion, diced
1/2 inch piece of peeled ginger, minced
1 garlic glove, minced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined, and minced
1/4 tsp salt
1 TBS curry powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1 cup chanterelle mushrooms, torn
1 cup channa dal
3-4 cups vegetable stock
Heat the oils and cook the onion, garlic, ginger, jalapeno and salt for 5 minutes, until onion is soft. Add the curry powder and cumin and cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously. Add the chanterelles and cook for 5 minutes until soft. Add the vegetable stock and the channa dal and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook until channa dal are soft (about 45 minutes).


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This is the second time I have heard or seen comments from former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis questioning the Ravens lack of leadership this season, and the latest apparently stems from the recent problem with offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie and receiver Jacoby Jones.
Come on Ray, stop being so self-serving.
Remember, you lobbied for McKinnie. And twice during the last two years you were here, he came into training camp late and overweight. Where was your leadership then?
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It's only fitting our world-class Five Diamond resort would have its own World Pastry Champion. The artistic genius of Chef Jean Philippe Maury is displayed daily at Las Vegas' first truly European-style pastry shop. You'll be welcomed into this imaginative display by a breathtaking chocolate fountain - a fitting entrée to the world of carefully crafted chocolates, cookies, cakes, crepes, salads, sandwiches and more.
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Jean Philippe Maury grew up in Perpignan, in the South of France.
He began studying pastry arts at 17 at the l'Ecole Hoteliere du Moulin a Vent in his hometown.
During his studies, Jean Philippe worked with some of France's most acclaimed pastry chefs. In 1989 he began working with Chef Lucien Turquet, the owner of the most famous patisserie in Perpignan, in the creation of new product for La Toque Blanche shops. Simultaneously, he earned a pastry degree in the Master's program at La Chambre de Metiers.
Upon completing his degree, Jean Philippe began entering various pastry competitions. He has won bronze medals in Paris and Sete, and a gold medal in Bordeaux. In 1997, Jean Philippe won the Meilleur Ouvrier de France, earning the title of the best pastry chef in France. Jean Philippe joined the Bellagio as Executive Pastry Chef in 1998. In 2002, Jean Philippe and his teammates joined together to represent America in the 2002 World Pastry Championship, where they won the gold medal. Jean Philippe became the World Pastry Champion against teams such as Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Holland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and France.
In January 2005 he opened the Jean Philippe Patisserie located in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The one thousand square foot Patisserie is the first high end pastry shop in the Las Vegas area. Jean Philippe spent two years designing and creating the Patisserie to its current perfection. His Patisserie features a great variety of French Delicacies including crepes, pastries, chocolate, gelato and danish. In addition, there is a long range of retail selections including drinks such as coffees and teas. The Jean Philippe Patisserie quickly became infamous after he displayed the worlds largest Chocolate Fountain.


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- With the renaming of Roth & Rau AG into Meyer Burger (Germany) AG and Roth & Rau B.V. into Meyer Burger (Netherlands) B.V., Meyer Burger further strengthened its presence in the market
- Meyer Burger subsidiary, Muegge GmbH, an international manufacturer of industrial heating microwave and plasma systems, acquires microwave technology specialist Gerling Applied Engineering, Inc.
- Meyer Burger enters into strategic collaboration with leading French research centre CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)
- Meyer Burger awarded contract for the first fully integrated high efficiency "SWCT" production line in USA
- Meyer Burger sets further industry record with 327 watt solar module on industrial production equipment
- Meyer Burger awarded strategic contract for firs high efficiency SWCT production line in Europe
- Meyer Burger announces strategic cooperation agreement between Roth & Rau B.V. and Rolic Technologies
- Meyer Burger subsidiary, AIS Automation GmbH, specialist for process control and automation solutions in the field of automation and information technology, strengthened its strategic cooperation with AIXTRON SE
- Meyer Burger presents revolutionary SmartWire cell connection technology (SWCT)
- Move and integration of 3S Swiss Solar Systems Ltd to the new solar competence center in Gwatt, Thun
- Presentation of heterojunction technology HJT and record with 303 watt solar module in production conditions
- Move of Meyer Burger Ltd and Meyer Burger Technology Ltd to the new solar competence center in Gwatt, Thun
- Installation of futuristic roof-top solar panel system on the arena Thun
- Public tender offer of Roth&Rau Ltd – Antitrust clearance by the Chinese authority of antitrust authorities received
- Meyer Burger published the final result at the end of the additional acceptance period. Total participation in the share capital of Roth & Rau AG of 81.89%
- Meyer Burger announces preliminary results at the end of the additional acceptance period. The total participation in Roth & Rau AG exceeds 75%
- Meyer Burger acquired 32.38% of the share capital of Roth & Rau AG since publication of the tender offer
- 3S Swiss Solar Systems Ltd and Meyer Burger win the Swiss Solar Award 2011
- Meyer Burger publishes offer document in conjunction with the voluntary public tender offer of Roth & Rau AG at a price of EUR 22 per share
- 3S Photovoltaics supplies solar modules for Umwelt Arena roof
- Meyer Burger acquires a further 6.34% of shares in Roth & Rau from OTB Group B.V
- Meyer Burger acquires 11.3% of shares in Roth & Rau
- Meyer Burger is celebrating groundbreaking ceremony of new building in Thun
- Merger with 3S Industries Ltd, the leading provider of manufacturing equipment and entire production lines for the manufacturing of solar modules. Core competencies include 3S Swiss Solar Systems Ltd (laminating), Somont GmbH (electrical cell connection, soldering process) and Pasan SA (testing and measuring of solar cells and modules)
- Market launch of BrickMaster for cutting multicrystalline silicon ingots into square bricks Acquisition of business activities of Diamond Wire Technology, LLC, Colorado Springs, USA (producer of diamond wire)
- Acquisition of the activities from Diamond Wire Technology, LLC, Colorado Springs, USA (Diamond Wire Production).
- Acquisition of the remaining 49% share capital of AMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbH
- Strategic cooperation with OC Oerlikon Balzers Ltd for the distribution and further development of the Solaris systems used for the coating of crystalline solar silicon cells
- Acquisition of majority participations in Hennecke Systems GmbH (precision measurement and sorting systems for solar wafers) and AMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbH (wafer handling and automation technologies)
- Announcement of the acquisition of majority participations in Hennecke Systems GmbH (wafer measurement systems) and AMB Apparate + Maschinenbau GmbH (wafer automation systems)
- Closing of purchase contracts January / February 2008
- Market launch of a fully-automated and integrated brick line for monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon bricks
- Holding name changed to Meyer Burger Technology Ltd, incorporated in Baar, Switzerland
- Initial Public Offering on 23 November 2006 at SWX Swiss Exchange
- Market launch of wire saw DS 264
- Joint venture with SiC Processing Ltd., Wuxi, China
- Launch of band saw with rotating clamping table BS 805 for solar industry and of wire saw DS 265
- Market launch of diamond wire saws in cooperation with Diamond Wire Technology, LLC, USA
- Foundation of subsidiaries in China and Japan, positioning in the Asian markets
- Entering the Russian market through agreement with sales agent High Tech Solutions Moscow
- Entering the Asian and American markets through cooperation with SiC Processing to ensure slurry-recycling supply of Meyer Burger customers
- Launch of wire saw DS 261, specially targeted at 2'' semiconductor industry
- Further development of band saw BS 800 into BS 801
- Markteinführung der ersten nur für die Solarindustrie bestimmten Drahtsäge DS 262
- Incorporation of Meyer & Burger Holding Ltd, incorporated in Zug
- Switzerland market launch of the first band saw BS 800 for solar industry and of wire saw DS 261 for semiconductor industry
- Development of band saw for wafer mass production
- Market launch of ID saw TS 207
- Market launch of the first wire saw DS 260
- Market launch of OD saw TS 121
- Development of a saw based on wire saw technology
- Market launch of first ID saw TS 23
- Market launch of gang saw GS 1
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- Development of ID saw and start of cutting of silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry
- Market launch of first OD saw TS 3
- First delivery of a "Creusomat" (watch jewel manufacturing machine)
- Foundation of Meyer & Burger Ltd with focus on watch jewel manufacturing machines


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The Bluetooth SIG has just confirmed the existence of the Nokia Lumia 719. The 719 is purportedly soon to see the light of day in Asia, North America and South America. From the product details, it appears the 719 is very similar to the 710 in terms of feature set.
Going by Nokia's past naming conventions, this is probably a CDMA variant of the Lumia 710. Hopefully it is destined for either Sprint or Verizon in North America.
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Portland Cement plants to pay $1.7 million fine
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Essroc Cement Company has agreed to pay a $1.7 million penalty and invest approximately $33 million in pollution control technology to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at six of its Portland Cement manufacturing plants. The settlement will protect Americans' health by reducing more than 7,000 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution each year that can lead to childhood asthma, acid rain, and smog. Essroc has also agreed to spend $745,000 to mitigate the effects of past excess emissions from its facilities.


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Colorado drilling regulators mulling new water tests
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DENVER – Colorado gas-and-oil regulators are debating new rules for water quality and drilling near homes, which could determine whether state lawmakers propose stepping in to set their own rules.
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is mulling a new rule to require water-quality testing before and after a well is drilled and hydraulically fractured.
The Durango Herald reported Tuesday that it will not make a final decision on water quality testing until January at the earliest ( http://bit.ly/125GLpC ).
Commissioner DeAnn Craig, a petroleum engineer, said the state's existing rules on well construction are the best defense against groundwater contamination.
Craig said she was concerned the state was asking the gas industry to pay for water sampling that should be the responsibility of landowners or county governments. The water tests would cost $4 million to $6 million "for basically public service because we've established with the new rules the possibility of contamination is almost zero," Craig said.
The commission was debating a separate rule change Tuesday about buffer zones between wells and houses. That rule would require consultation with building owners within 1,000 feet of a proposed well.
State Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, told the newspaper that she has filed a bill to ban new wells within 2,000 feet of homes and schools, unless the local government approves. Carroll's bill also would require water-quality tests before and after a well is drilled.
Carroll said she hoped the COGCC would pass a good set of rules this week.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) recently announced the spring and winter season Team Sportsmanship Awards for the conference, with Georgia College Women's Basketball earning the program's first honor. The Bobcats ended a four-year run for Flagler College women's hoops for the award.
The awards program, which includes honoring one team from each of the league's 15 championship sports, will also recognize one institution with the 'Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award.'
The program presents an award following each championship season to the team in that sport that best exemplifies the spirit of sportsmanship and generally conducts themselves with a high degree of integrity, character and class. The team award is selected by other teams who compete in that sport. Points are awarded based on how each team finished in the voting and in June, the institution with the highest totals will receive the 'PBC Institution of the Year Sportsmanship Award.'
The league's Senior Woman Administrators oversee the program.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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TUESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The reversal of a kidney allocation policy has improved black patients' chances of receiving a new organ from a deceased donor, U.S. researchers say.
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Until 2003, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) gave priority to potential recipients who had a genetic match with the deceased donor in terms of HLA-B, an antigen involved in the body's immune response to foreign tissue. HLA-B similarity tends to be race-based.
But this policy, combined with a higher number of white donors, meant that white patients were much more likely than blacks to receive deceased donor kidney transplants (DDKT).
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers examined data from nearly 179,000 patients on the kidney transplant list and found that blacks were 37% less likely than whites to receive a DDKT before the policy reversal in 2003, compared with 23% less likely after the change.
The study is published in the November issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
While the gap between blacks and whites has narrowed, a significant disparity remains and is likely due to factors involving patients and caregivers, the researchers noted.
"For example, a patient may be reluctant to accept certain organ offers, or there may be geographic disparities involved," study senior author Dr. Dorry Segev said in a news release from the National Kidney Foundation.
"Another possibility is the conventional thinking that African Americans do better on dialysis than Caucasians. If a patient or his physician feels that he will do just fine on dialysis, he will be more reluctant to accept the up-front risk of the transplant. Studies have found that while this is true in older patients, it is actually the opposite in younger ones. Younger African Americans do far worse on dialysis than their Caucasian counterparts," Segev said.
Kidney failure is more common among blacks (783 per million) than among whites (295 per million). Currently, nearly 90,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant, according to the National Kidney Foundation.
-- Robert Preidt
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That quote is actualy very witty, Celdur. I suggest you use that in your signature.
But you have to use uPlay. Speaking of, I got downvoted to hell for complaining about DRM on reddit the other day. I guess times have changed or are changing? Gamers really are becoming pathetic blobs.
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I thought this was pretty cool! It's a bit graphic, so watch with caution!
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Thanks so much for finding this and sharing it with us.
This is an incredible story! Almost unbelievable. I look forward to seeing how his new skin reacts to his aging process.
I caught that the fellow featured only had 2nd degree burns ... painful, but the skin is still there, and will naturally heal itself within a few weeks with no scarring. With 3rd degree burns, the skin is -gone-. Doing a bit of research, this device was first announced Feb 2011, and Gerlach said "At present we can only treat severe second-degree burns, but we are working on addressing third-degree burns, as well". Unfortunately (Here comes the science!) a Google search finds no published clinical studies or peer reviewed papers on this, leading to speculation that it is a hoax http://clinicalposters.com/news/2011/0204-skin-cell-gun.html which itself is hard to believe since this came from the very respected National Geographic site. So at present, I'd consider it a promising development but not much more.
After I read Thomas' post. I decided to check it out myself. In the link that Thomas provided, I read some of it, then I followed a couple of links at the bottom sited as sources. Then I went to Snopes.com. Then I did my own search. Snopes had nothing. All the other places had different parts of the same text. No attempt to hide the plagiarism. So, I can't tell if it is a complete hoax or an exaggeration. It was nice to think they did it for a while, but I feel betrayed. How about you?
Yeah. Feeling betrayed here too. I'm going to look into more, though. To think that National Geographic just straight lied is unthinkable. If we can't trust them...
I'll concede that the lack of clinical trials makes it a bit suspect, however in the link Thomas posted seems to be a bit suspect as well. The fact that part of the "evidence" is that the guy healed doesn't look real in the video. Personally, I thought the close-up of the guys shoulder looked pretty real. It looked like there was at least some skin discoloration indicating a burn. Not saying that this proves that it's not a hoax, but I believe National Geographic before I'd believe someone posting something on the internet that I never heard of nor know their credentials.
The lack of before photos is definitely strange though. Maybe NG was fooled themselves when they made the video? It seems logical to me that they should be able to do this. I mean, they DO grow human skin now for things like this. It's going to have to stay in the suspect bin now, though, which is disappointing. :(
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Their band is scientist rock, and their prognosis on soybean-derived biodiesel and corn-sourced ethanol isn't good. Besides saying it'll all wash away, which we don't believe anymore, scientists say that switchgrass actually is a great ethanol source that can perform much better than corn-based ethanol in an energy-in/energy-out comparision, as it can be grown on more arid land without fertilization. The one thing we don't get is that the report mentions that growing switchgrass won't affect food supplies. But wait, aren't we already paying farmers to grow corn that we're not going to eat? Meanwhile, we've got our recruits and our green mohair suits, so please show ID at the door.
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Ruben Tejada made everyone forget those spring training stats pretty quickly.
The Mets shortstop, who scuffled all spring, started the season off with an RBI double and added another hit to finish 2-for-4 with the RBI and two runs scored in an 11-2 Opening Day victory over the Padres.
"The biggest [hit] to get us going was Ruben's, to be honest," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "That was a huge hit. He's had a tough spring. To have him be the one to be the first guy to get the big hit I thought was really cool."
The Mets hoped Tejada could replace Jose Reyes at shortstop last year, and he batted .289 with a home run and 25 RBIs in 114 games.
Tejada began spring training with a home run off Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg in his first at-bat. Then, he went cold. Tejada fell in love with the home run ball and began trying to pull the ball too much. That resulted in him hitting .096 in Florida with seven RBIs.
Collins spoke with Tejada near the end of spring training and the 23-year-old promised the manager he would be ready when the season began. When Tejada doubled to left in the second inning, scoring John Buck, Collins remembered Tejada's words.
"I turned to [bench coach] Bob Geren and said 'Well, he didn't lie to me,' " Collins said. "[Tejada] said, 'When it's time I'll be ready.' That was certainly a starting point for us."
Tejada later singled and scored when Collin Cowgill drilled a grand slam in the seventh inning. For Tejada, he was not dwelling on the last two months, but looking ahead to the next few months.
"Spring training is history," Tejada said. "We start new today. We started with the right foot."


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When asked if she missed her job at Dighton Community Church, Esther Carr emphatically said she did, and confirmed that her husband also misses his role as superintendent of the adjacent Dighton Unitarian Cemetery.
"But we had no choice (but to retire)," said Esther Carr, 84, who retired with her husband, Everett, in December.
For more than six decades, Everett, 86, and Esther Carr have been fixtures at Dighton Community Church. Esther worked as a church custodian while Everett served as the cemetery superintendent. Esther often helped Everett with his cemetery work. But physical problems forced their retirement and also made it necessary for Everett to move into a nursing home in Raynham.
"These folks have been serving people all over the area for many years. They have touched many families," church member Myrna Santos said.
Esther confirmed that it has been a labor of love. During a recent interview, she pulled out old newspaper clippings, including a Taunton Gazette article written about the couple in 1998.
Esther said many of Everett's family and friends are buried in that cemetery, though she said her husband is not a native Dightonian. He grew up in neighboring Swansea before moving to Dighton, where Esther lived most of her life. The two married and then began to work together.
After their kids grew older, the couple sold their home in Dighton and retired in neighboring Berkley, where Esther still lives.
Esther couldn't quite recall when that move took place, though she joked that she's lived in Dighton for 88 years.
She said the couple remained active at the Elm Street church until age and a physical condition forced their retirement.
The church pastor, the Rev. David Stewart, said the Carrs are walking encyclopedias. "You can mention anybody and they know where and when they were buried," he said. "They have been there a long time and are very nice people."
He also complimented them for playing multiple roles in the church community, including on the parish committee, the church's ruling body.
Selectman Patrick Menges attends a different church in Dighton, but he has often stopped by Dighton Community Church. He, too, was touched by how great an asset the Carrs have been to the Dighton community.
Menges said Everett's main job was a "ministry in and of itself," demanding that he constantly work with grieving families.
"Dighton has changed in 65 years, but some things never change — someone to help bury our dead," Menges said. "The Carrs have been faithful to that trust for a long time."


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2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 153 - Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention (Sections 17501 - 17555)
Sec. 17501 - Purposes; findings
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|United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
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|Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Sec. 17501 - Purposes; findings
|section 17501
|Laws In Effect As Of Date
|January 5, 2015
|Positive Law
|Short Titles
|'Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention'
'Second Chance Act of 2007'."
|Source Credit
|Pub. L. 110-199, §3, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 658.
|Statutes at Large References
|122 Stat. 658, 657
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|Public Law 110-199
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§17501. Purposes; findings
(a) Purposes
The purposes of the Act are—
(1) to break the cycle of criminal recidivism, increase public safety, and help States, local units of government, and Indian Tribes, better address the growing population of criminal offenders who return to their communities and commit new crimes;
(2) to rebuild ties between offenders and their families, while the offenders are incarcerated and after reentry into the community, to promote stable families and communities;
(3) to encourage the development and support of, and to expand the availability of, evidence-based programs that enhance public safety and reduce recidivism, such as substance abuse treatment, alternatives to incarceration, and comprehensive reentry services;
(4) to protect the public and promote law-abiding conduct by providing necessary services to offenders, while the offenders are incarcerated and after reentry into the community, in a manner that does not confer luxuries or privileges upon such offenders;
(5) to assist offenders reentering the community from incarceration to establish a self-sustaining and law-abiding life by providing sufficient transitional services for as short of a period as practicable, not to exceed one year, unless a longer period is specifically determined to be necessary by a medical or other appropriate treatment professional; and
(6) to provide offenders in prisons, jails or juvenile facilities with educational, literacy, vocational, and job placement services to facilitate re-entry into the community.
(b) Findings
Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2002, over 7,000,000 people were incarcerated in Federal or State prisons or in local jails. Nearly 650,000 people are released from Federal and State incarceration into communities nationwide each year.
(2) There are over 3,200 jails throughout the United States, the vast majority of which are operated by county governments. Each year, these jails will release more than 10,000,000 people back into the community.
(3) Recent studies indicate that over 2/3 of released State prisoners are expected to be rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within 3 years after release.
(4) According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, expenditures on corrections alone increased from $9,000,000,000 in 1982, to $59,600,000,000 in 2002. These figures do not include the cost of arrest and prosecution, nor do they take into account the cost to victims.
(5) The Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) provided $139,000,000 in funding for State governments to develop and implement education, job training, mental health treatment, and substance abuse treatment for serious and violent offenders. This Act seeks to build upon the innovative and successful State reentry programs developed under the SVORI, which terminated after fiscal year 2005.
(6) Between 1991 and 1999, the number of children with a parent in a Federal or State correctional facility increased by more than 100 percent, from approximately 900,000 to approximately 2,000,000. According to the Bureau of Prisons, there is evidence to suggest that inmates who are connected to their children and families are more likely to avoid negative incidents and have reduced sentences.
(7) Released prisoners cite family support as the most important factor in helping them stay out of prison. Research suggests that families are an often underutilized resource in the reentry process.
(8) Approximately 100,000 juveniles (ages 17 years and under) leave juvenile correctional facilities, State prison, or Federal prison each year. Juveniles released from secure confinement still have their likely prime crime years ahead of them. Juveniles released from secure confinement have a recidivism rate ranging from 55 to 75 percent. The chances that young people will successfully transition into society improve with effective reentry and aftercare programs.
(9) Studies have shown that between 15 percent and 27 percent of prisoners expect to go to homeless shelters upon release from prison.
(10) Fifty-seven percent of Federal and 70 percent of State inmates used drugs regularly before going to prison, and the Bureau of Justice statistics report titled "Trends in State Parole, 1990–2000" estimates the use of drugs or alcohol around the time of the offense that resulted in the incarceration of the inmate at as high as 84 percent.
(11) Family-based treatment programs have proven results for serving the special populations of female offenders and substance abusers with children. An evaluation by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of family-based treatment for substance-abusing mothers and children found that 6 months after such treatment, 60 percent of the mothers remained alcohol and drug free, and drug-related offenses declined from 28 percent to 7 percent. Additionally, a 2003 evaluation of residential family-based treatment programs revealed that 60 percent of mothers remained clean and sober 6 months after treatment, criminal arrests declined by 43 percent, and 88 percent of the children treated in the program with their mothers remained stabilized.
(12) A Bureau of Justice Statistics analysis indicated that only 33 percent of Federal inmates and 36 percent of State inmates had participated in residential in-patient treatment programs for alcohol and drug abuse 12 months before their release. Further, over one-third of all jail inmates have some physical or mental disability and 25 percent of jail inmates have been treated at some time for a mental or emotional problem.
(13) State Substance Abuse Agency Directors, also known as Single State Authorities, manage the publicly funded substance abuse prevention and treatment system of the Nation. Single State Authorities are responsible for planning and implementing statewide systems of care that provide clinically appropriate substance abuse services. Given the high rate of substance use disorders among offenders reentering our communities, successful reentry programs require close interaction and collaboration with each Single State Authority as the program is planned, implemented, and evaluated.
(14) According to the National Institute of Literacy, 70 percent of all prisoners function at the lowest literacy levels.
(15) Less than 32 percent of State prison inmates have a high school diploma or a higher level of education, compared to 82 percent of the general population.
(16) Approximately 38 percent of inmates who completed 11 years or less of school were not working before entry into prison.
(17) The percentage of State prisoners participating in educational programs decreased by more than 8 percent between 1991 and 1997, despite growing evidence of how educational programming while incarcerated reduces recidivism.
(18) The National Institute of Justice has found that 1 year after release, up to 60 percent of former inmates are not employed.
(19) Transitional jobs programs have proven to help people with criminal records to successfully return to the workplace and to the community, and therefore can reduce recidivism.
(Pub. L. 110–199, §3, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 658.)
The Act and this Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b)(5), are Pub. L. 110–199, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 657, known as the Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention and also as the Second Chance Act of 2007. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Pub. L. 110–199, §1, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 657, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter and sections 3797q to 3797q–6, 3797s to 3797s–6, 3797w–2, 3797dd, and 3797dd–1 of this title, amending sections 3793, 3796ff–1, 3796ff–3, 3797u–2, 3797w, 13702, 13708, and 15606 of this title and sections 3621, 3624, 3672, and 4042 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 3797u–1 and 3797u–2 of this title] may be cited as the 'Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention' or the 'Second Chance Act of 2007'."
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This one I have been SO excited about, not because it is an original, crafty amazing idea, because frankly its pretty simple :) The reason I am so excited about it is it will help me keep up with something I feel really strongly about doing in a much simpler way than the way I have been.
JOURNALING!! I love it! I am a big believer in keeping a journal. I have found so many blessings in my life from keeping a journal, and even though I go through phases where I am better than others, I would say for the most part I keep a decent record of our life. One thing that has really helped strengthen my testimony of journaling is going back and reading old entries. Something I have been amazed at time and time again is how often the Lord has guided me and my family, even if at the time I didn't realize it. I found a particular entry the other day that was really profound for me. I was writing about before Paul and I had any children, when we were trying to decide if we were ready to take that next step. I wrote something to the effect that I had was worried that I might have a difficult pregnancy or that there would be complications with my baby. I also wrote that I didn't know if I was just being paranoid, or if it was the Lord's way of preparing me. Months later when we had Skylar 8 weeks early I remembered those feelings, and I was very humbled to see that the Lord had never left me, he had slowly been preparing me for one of the most difficult experiences of my life, but one that had brought about a sincere change of heart. The birth of my Skylar completely changed my outlook on life and my faith, and reminded me that I was capable of hearing the Lord when he speaks to me and taught me to trust my ability to feel and recognize the Spirit.
Sorry, that was a little bit off the point, and a lot rambling!! If you are still with me, I'll show you the project! ;)
As much as I enjoy journaling for myself I have always felt strongly about keeping journals for my children. I started with Skylar, and then added one for Kendall when I had her. Then I thought it would be good to have a journal for my personal scripture reading, and of course my own personal journal. Put that all together and this is what I am looking at every night before I go to bed...
Yeah, I think its a little much :) And if you realize, there are only two kids' journals....HELLO!! I have 3 now, have for about a year now :) I feel like so often I feel so overwhelmed at writing in all of these, I instead write in nothing! And come on, I have some hilarious, adorable, charming children here that need to be written about. Fast forward to my new way of journaling for my children, I think I have to give credit to my amazing Aunt Sheri for this idea :) I'm pretty sure it was hers a few years ago, and I am just finally seeing the genius in it.
I simply went to Walmart, found this cute little index card holder and got 3 different colored packs of index cards. Blue for Britton, Pink for Kendall, and Purple for Skylar. I stuck a pen in the holder, and now any time one of the kids says something I never want to forget or reaches a new milestone, I can run over, grab an index card and write a short note. The biggest thing I try to do is make sure I date everything, and I am so excited to be able to look back on all these notecards and remember those moments that you think you will never forget but inevitably do! :) I hope some of you are having your own luck at cutting the chaos. :)


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MSNBC's Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough joined the ranks of political forecasters projecting an Obama victory, telling his political panel Monday that he is "betting on the president" to win tomorrow's election.
Pointing to a series of polls that show the race in a dead heat, Scarborough noted that the close contest favors the incumbent.
"I've got to say right now, as a practicing politician of 20 years, If I'm betting, I'm betting on the president," he said. "Every poll has lined up for the president."
But he added one caveat that is worth remembering as the conventional wisdom continues to predict an Obama victory:
"If you think about 1980, where every elite in Manhattan and Washington was sure Jimmy Carter was going to win — I don't care what they say now," he warned. "Nobody saw the Reagan Revolution nobody saw it coming."
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Paris museum pass is a 'cut the line' pass including free entrance to more than 50 museums and monuments in Paris.
Type of passes
- 2, 4 or 6 consecutive days
- Adult only since museums are free if aged under 18
This is a foldable card on which you will print your name and the date of first use. In most museums you will see two lines, one for ticketing and the other one for security check. Just go straight to the security check and show you pass for entrance. In two well known cases, you won't be able to cut the lines because ticketing/security has only one queue, I'm talking about Notre-Dame towers and the splendid Sainte Chapelle (don't miss it!), no choices there, you will have to wait in line but you won't pay for entrance.
While the 4 and 6 days versions proves to be a great deal, I would say that the 2 days one can be oversized considering the number of places you can really visit in just 2 days? Let's say that you're spending half a day at Le Louvre, then you have 1 day and an half left for the other 50 museums/monuments? Consider buying individual tickets instead as explained in Louvre tickets page. Again like for the other passes, hotel delivery (or home) is so convenient via JustRing ticket/pass desk, no time wasted figuring out where to buy knowing that it's available for sale at participating museums, the only thing is that you need to enter the museum first.
My opinion is that the museum pass is not suitable for short stays like 2 days otherwise way worth it for 4 or 6 days, Go! Also included in some combo passes listed in tabs above combined with transportation.


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Evanescence Premiere 'My Heart Is Broken' Video
Back in December, Evanescence filmed the video for 'My Heart is Broken' with director Dean Karr and now the day has come for fans to check out the final product with the official video premiere today.
Amy Lee talked about the concept for the video, saying it was inspired by by a film called 'Paperhouse.' The British flick is based around a girl with the fantastical powers of bringing things to life by drawing them, power that she pays a high price for in the end.
In the video, we see this concept come to life as Lee plays the role of the girl who holds all the power in her hands yet feels seemingly all alone. The stunning visual effects mix fiber optics and illusions of the eye to create a breathtaking vision of light meets dark.
Lee, already an ethereal beauty, plays the dramatic role perfectly, decked out from head to toe in beautifully crafted gothic gowns, magically fusing the two worlds between her and the rest of the band.
The final product is a fantasy infused tale set perfectly to the soundtrack of the second single from the band's latest self-titled release.


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Kids & Money
Five things to discuss with your freshman
Your college freshman is home for the holidays, carrying a few extra pounds, a head full of hair, a couple of tattoos — and some interesting arguments about why he needs more cash to cover his personal expenses next semester.
Starting with the Sunday night dining ritual with his dorm mates, the cost-of-living reasons include occasional runs to the grocery store for snacks and energy drinks, the morning coffees at the student union, the dues owed to the fraternity, and the activity fees for rafting trips and rock climbing.
Sure, it's the holidays and you want to keep the peace with everybody home. But no matter how stressed and busy you'll be, it's imperative to find time for a sit-down with your college student to review his spending habits and deal with any other financial matters that could come up when classes resume in January.
Here are my freshman five to address:
• Monitor the checking account. Why is your daughter running short of cash each month? Was the $250 monthly deposit in her account to cover personal expenses unrealistic? Have there been unforeseen expenses? Is she running with a crowd of shoppers? Ideally, you've been monitoring her spending online or with the paper statements all semester, but now would be the time to tweak. By the way, the $250 monthly budget for personal items comes from the College Board.
• Get a debit card. If your college student has been writing checks and paying with cash — and handling money responsibly at that — it's time to graduate to a debit card. With a debit card, you can easily monitor the account online and replenish with funds when necessary. The down side is that a debit card won't help your child develop a credit history.
• Time to add a credit card? The best option is to add your student as an authorized user to your account. That way, you control the account, but your child can start building a credit history. And if your college kid is misusing the card, you can have him removed from the account.
The other approach is to co-sign on a credit card account. It would be in your child's name, and help start him on building a credit history.
• Taking a car back to campus. If your freshman didn't have a car at school during the first semester, but will be returning in January with a set of wheels, alert your insurance agent. You might actually shave a few bucks off your auto premium, depending on several factors including whether the campus is in a small town or an urban area. Factor into the budget a campus parking permit, gas money, an oil change and possibly other maintenance issues.
This would be the time to discuss whether the roommate can borrow your son's car, and the consequences of any accidents.
• Check the health care coverage. You thought your HMO covered your daughter who attends college in another state. It wasn't until an asthma attack sent her to a hospital emergency room that you discovered the hole in your coverage. "Be forward thinking when it comes to health coverage," said Carrie McLean, a health insurance expert with eHealthInsurance, the online consumer website. One option: An individual health policy offered by the school that generally comes with low premiums — and basic benefits. Check the coverage carefully.
Those are my top five. Here's one more that can hit the pocketbook: How's the school measuring up? Were there problems enrolling in the classes that could add a semester to tuition tab? Do you need to switch to another food plan? Are the teachers graduate students, professors, or even visiting professors filling in for the first string?


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Opinion: The $700 Billion Dollar Man
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari on the state of the race and his pitch to voters. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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They were the size of a large turkey, but the speedy plant-eaters still managed to survive alongside the fierce, meat-eating dinosaurs in southern Alberta about 77 million years ago.
The discovery, published this week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, was made in 2009 by a team of researchers from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the University of Calgary.
It's called Albertadromeus syntarsus, which means "Alberta runner with fused foot bones."
The new dinosaur, identified by a fossilized partial hind leg and other skeletal elements, fills an important gap in the knowledge about dinosaur ecosystems.
"It shows us that dinosaur communities were structured much in the way that mammal communities are structured today," Anthony Russell, a professor of biological sciences at the U of C, said in an email interview from southern Africa. "The smaller animals are much less well known to people in general than are the larger, more conspicuous ones — if one goes to Banff (National) Park, for example, most people are looking to see bears, mountain lions and elk, and have less chance seeing martens, pikas, wood rats and the like.
"The absolute size of the animals is different ... but the principles and the economics are the same."
The specimen found in southern Alberta is the smallest known plant-eating dinosaur in its ecosystem, measuring 1.6 metres long and weighing 16 kilograms.
Its fused lower leg bones would have made it a fast two-legged runner — likely allowing it to avoid predation by big, meat-eating dinosaurs.
The animal was discovered as part of ongoing research into the evolution of dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous period, when the known dinosaur diversity is dominated by larger, plant-eating dinosaurs.
Caleb Brown, who's finishing his PhD in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Toronto, said the most important specimen was found by his supervisor, David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum, in the Milk River valley in southern Alberta.
Others have been found in Dinosaur Provincial Park, near Brooks, by researchers with the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller.
"They were more diverse and more abundant than we had thought," said Brown, noting smaller animals can be overlooked because they are less likely to be preserved than larger ones — because their bones are more delicate and often destroyed before being fossilized.
Brown said it provides important perspective to those who have been studying the period.
"It's one more piece of the puzzle in terms of the environment these animals lived in," he said. "It's another in a series of papers that clarified what their environment was and what their food chain looked like.
"This animal would have been near the bottom of the food chain."


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I doubt your daughters would have turned out the way they are if you were not a strong woman. You have a spine. Feel around for it!
Have a look at the dalai lama's website. since he stepped down as leader of the tibetan people he has taken a more ethical (as opposed to religious) position in regard to compassion and values. I think it is an interesting and thought provoking way of gradually overcoming catholic guilt and insecurity. Casting off a lifetime of religeous domination and mind control can leave one feeling a little insecure (the 'God hole'), but it will fill up with other more worthy and humane principles and thoughts eventually.
Lying to children is outright child abuse. I don't harbor any ill feelings towards my parents, because they were brainwashed, just as I was. Being gay made it worse, because I was concerned that I was, in fact, an abomination. Fun times! I think the one thing that saved me from the subservient mind set that the other gals have mentioned was my atheist grandmother. My grandfather was a sailor and she ran the house, so my father grew up with a very strong mother figure and he wanted me to be like her. Except not the atheist part:)
I have worked over the past several years to peel back the puritanical layers that shaped my world view, and I think I am doing pretty well, but in my opinion, it is unjust that I had to work to get to this point at all. So, yes, harm was done.
If any male thinks repeatedly sticking their tallywhacker into another man's anus/sh_t expunger isn't sick and an abomination, then they must be insane or very sick of mind and it doesn't need any religion to tell you that, blind Freddy could, just as easily!
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I don't know how this applies to me, since I am a woman. That being said, man on man sex is totally hot.
Maybe I do participate in anal. I'm really good with an electroejac. And I get paid well for it:)
Although I was raised in a Christian(at least some of the time) home, it really wasn't as negative for me as for some. If I went to church, it was my own decision. My mother didn't force me to go, like she did later on with my younger sisters.
I was basically a good person, with a strong moral compass, so I never bought into the going to hell bit. I also never had the earth shattering conversion experience that most people I went to church with had. I guess that was one of the first times I questioned the whole born again thing. I didn't feel like I changed, or even needed to. I guess that was the beginnings of the doubts that persisted for years for me.
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Me and HIV
A Participant in A Day With HIV in America Writes to Prove That It Does Get Better
When I created a group on Facebook called "HIV and AIDS -- Get the Facts, Curb the Ignorance, Proving It Gets Better," the last thing I expected to do was talk about my experience as someone with HIV. But, people need to know that there's hope and life outside of HIV. I'm proof that, as Dan Savage would say, "it gets better."
In February, 2001, my best friend and then boyfriend got really sick. He already had a compromised immune system, so it didn't sound off any huge alarms. On Valentine's Day eve, I ended up rushing him to the ER, and he was hospitalized for a week. The doctors initially ruled out HIV, so it wasn't on our radar at all.
A few days after he was released from the hospital, the nurse practitioner at our doctor's office called to say I needed to bring Stephen in. And in the flash of that moment, I had a suspicion about what was coming. Unfortunately, Stephen didn't and the cab ride to the doctor's office didn't seem the right place to raise the possibility. Plus, I figured, this is our trusted, compassionate doctor who's been treating us for years; he will be gentle and comforting. So, you can imagine Stephen's utter shock when the nurse practitioner walked in and blurted out, "Well, your results are back and you're HIV-positive." Talk about ripping the Band-Aid off.
Stephen literally collapsed on the floor. We had to carry him out to a cab. Then he lay in a self-induced comatose state for four days in his apartment, with the lights turned off convinced rapture was upon us. I sat in the corner of his living room, in a frenzy at his computer for 96 hours, searching the Web for answers.
Despite spending my entire HIV-negative adult life as a champion of AIDS causes, wearing red ribbon pins, and chairing the AIDS Walk in Miami in 1995, I realized I didn't know nearly as much as I thought I did. Actually, the only thing I knew was that my boyfriend was freaking out and I had to be the strong, supportive, loving, and optimistic, glass-is-half-full boyfriend.
There was no Facebook or social networking sites. The Internet was still in its infancy. AOL was where the action was; so I logged into every chat room that I could find to learn as much as possible about HIV. What I learned was that there were a lot more people out there living very happy, successful, and healthy lives who were HIV-positive than I realized. Turns out some of them were friends of mine. So much for the theory that you can tell a person has it just by looking at them.
When I found out I was HIV-positive, I never had that OMG moment that most people do. When my boyfriend found out, it nearly destroyed him. He thought it was a death sentence.
But I had knowledge, and that was power. I knew that the landscape had changed and so had the outlook for people who tested positive for HIV. Everything I read, every person I spoke to, and every doctor I consulted, all said the same: People were no longer dying from HIV or AIDS. It was not a death sentence. I also knew that just because we were HIV-positive, it did not mean we had AIDS or that we were going to die.
Unlike my boyfriend, I didn't have a nurse come into the room and give me my news. I found out from a doctor on my cell phone while I was at the grocery store. There was no one around to tell me it was going to be okay. And more importantly, there was no time for dark and gloomy thoughts. First, I had perishables -- I had to get my groceries home. And second, I already knew it was manageable and I knew that for my boyfriend and for my family, I had to be the voice of reason, hope and optimism.
A couple of months later, 9/11 happened. Stephen and I stood and watched as buildings came crumbling down and more than 3,000 lives were taken in minutes. It really put things into perspective for me. If Stephen and I could survive a terrorist attack (his office was near the World Trade Center and I was to have a job interview there later that morning), we could certainly beat HIV.
I should also add in that my parents treated news about my HIV like they did with learning I was gay. My dad got up, put his arms around me and told me they loved me no matter what. And if either one of them ever felt anything negative about either situation, they've never told me. They've only offered me unconditional love and support.
I have never once thought of myself as living with a terminal illness. I don't believe it will be what kills me. It's been just over 10 years since I was diagnosed, and I'm healthier than I've ever been. Being HIV-positive does not define who I am. It doesn't define my relationships with friends, family, or my partner. And it certainly doesn't cloud my view of the world as being the glass half full.
In many ways, my life today is 100 times better since being diagnosed. It was freeing and liberating. It got me out of my comfort zone and allowed me to re-examine my perfect, no-complications perception of how my life is supposed to be. It allowed me to experience life in ways I may not have otherwise been courageous enough to do. Life has gotten better. It continues to get better. The world is bright if you look at it the right way.
Life is full of twists and turns. You might feel isolated and alone, but you're not. There are people out here who understand what you're going through and are willing to help you through it.
It's okay to be scared. It's okay to be human. And most importantly, it's okay not to be okay. That's part of the process with anything in life.
Those of us living with HIV need to lead by example. Stand up. Put a face to it, and help take the stigma off of it. Put your hand out to help those struggling. And for those who are HIV-negative, you need to live life with an open, unconditional, accepting heart.
Together, we have an enormous power to "be the change we want to see in the world." We have the ability to inspire and get the message out there for people to get the facts, ignore the myths, and prove that life gets better.
Jefferey Newman is a journalist of 20 years, having written for most of the major gay media, including The Advocate, POZ_, and the_ Windy City Times_. You can find his Facebook group here and visit his website, jeffreynewman.com._


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Apache Yarn 101
Here we describe Apache Yarn, which is a resource manager built into Hadoop. But it also is a stand-alone programming framework that other applications can use to run those applications across a distributed architecture.
We illustrate Yarn by setting up a Hadoop cluster as Yarn by itself is not much to see. It is not something you work with from the command line except under special circumstances. But getting it to work across a distributed cluster is an exercise meant to illustrate what it does. When you set up Hadoop on a single machine you are not using Yarn as it was meant to be used. This is because Yarn helps colocate services rather than partition them. That means it reduces the number of servers an organization needs by fully utilizing each one instead of setting aside a single server or servers to run a specific task.
Apache Yarn (Yet Another Resource Negotiator) is the result of the rewrite of Hadoop by Yahoo to separate resource management from job scheduling. Not only does this improve Hadoop, it means Yarn is a standalone component that you can use with other software, like Apache Spark, or you can write your own application using Yarn, thus making your application run across a distributed architecture.
Yarn does basically the same thing as Mesos. What it does is keep track of available resources (memory, CPU, storage) across the cluster (meaning the machines where Hadoop is running). Then each application (e.g., Hadoop) asks the resource manager what resources are available and doles those out accordingly. It runs two daemons to do this: Scheduler and ApplicationsManager.
Yarn uses Linux cgroups to control tasks and keep them within their allocation resource. Linux cgroups are similar to Docker and Mesos containers. The goal is to keep the task with its allocated memory, CPU, network, and storage usage, although with Hadoop 2.7 this is limited to limiting CPU.
Yarn is a framework, meaning an API. In terms of the graphic below, we see the Node Manager querying the Resource Manager to execute and then monitor the MapReduce tasks.
To review Hadoop, it is a distributed file system (HDFS) meaning you can use it to copy files there across a distributed architecture. But it also runs MapReduce jobs for analytics.That means it takes an input file and maps it (i.e., run an operation across every data element in the set) and then reduce, which collapses all of that into one single value or (key->value) pairs grouped by key or tuples (a,b,c). So it needs something like Yarn to coordinate all of that.
In Hadoop, the Yarn config file is located in
So are the Hadoop config files.
The default Yarn configuration has only this one property which is all you need for a basic test.
Whatever you put here overrides the Yarn defaults.
Using Yarn in a Hadoop cluster
If you are studying Apache Yarn and Hadoop then you should set up a Hadoop cluster. Most Hadoop students set up Hadoop on one machine and stop there. But then they do not get to see how Hadoop runs in a cluster and how to work with that. Behind the scenes Yarn is coordinating the MapReduce operations, but there is no visible evidence of that unless you go digging in the logs. You will more likely be digging in the Hadoop logs as configuring core-site.xml and hdfs-site.xml are the complicated parts and the logs is where you look for and correct config errors. As far as Yarn goes there are no configuration changes needed at all.
The steps to configuring Hadoop to run in a cluster are:
- Spin up at least 2 virtual machines. Three would be better.
- Create the Hadoop user and do the following Hadoop installation steps and run the Hadoop commands as that user.
- Put hostnames of all 3 machines and their IPs in /etc/hosts
- Create a folder on the master to store Hadoop data. The name you put here must correspond with step 7.
- Install Hadoop on the machine you designate as the master.
- Install Java on all 3 VMs.
- Look at Hadoop's instructions for configuring core-site.xml and hdfs.xml. The instructions vary slightly by Hadoop version.
- Edit $HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop/slaves and add the hostnames of the slaves.
- Add JAVA_HOME to hadoop-env.sh.
- Do not install Hadoop on the slaves. Rather copy the entire Hadoop installation (i.e., the $HADOOP_HOME directory) to the slaves.
- Set the .bashrc config file or the Hadoop user as shown below.
- Run start_dfs.sh to start Hadoop and start_yarn.sh. You do not need to restart Hadoop as you work through installation problems with Hadoop and restart that. (It will probably take a few times to get it correct.)
- Run jps on the slaves and make sure the dataNode process is running.
- Run jps on the master and make sure the nameNode process is running.
- Make sure you can open this URL on the master http://localhost:50070/dfshealth.html#tab-overview
- Format the Hadoop file system using: hadoop namenode -format.
- Install Apache Pig and make sure you can run the example shown below.
If everything is working step 15 should look should display this webpage:
Yarn command line
You can run Yarn from the command line to get info. But you do not really need it.
The file $YARN_HOME/etc/hadoop/yarn-env.sh is where you override Yarn options for Yarn command line options.
Add the classpath to your environment so you can use Yarn from the command line.
export CLASSPATH=`yarn classpath`:$CLASSPATH
The command Yarn classpath returns all the jar files needed to run yarn
Here is what .bashrc should look like. Change your Java and Hadoop directories to match the versions you are using:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-8u121/jdk1.8.0_121
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export HADOOP_HOME=/usr/local/hadoop/hadoop-2.7.3/
export HADOOP_MAPRED_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export HADOOP_COMMON_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export HADOOP_HDFS_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export YARN_HOME=$HADOOP_HOME
export HADOOP_COMMON_LIB_NATIVE_DIR=$HADOOP_HOME/lib/native
export PATH=$PATH:$HADOOP_HOME/sbin:$HADOOP_HOME/bin
export HADOOP_CONF_DIR=$HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop
export HADOOP_CLASSPATH=$HADOOP_HOME/etc/hadoop
Run Apache Pig example with Yarn
Here we run a Hadoop job across the cluster by using Apache Pig. Pig is a lot easier to use than writing lengthy Java code. It's what Netflix does.
Download and install Apache Pig on the master. It is an easy install as you just download and unzip it and source the environment. Run these commands as the Hadoop user.
Create this simple text file data.csv. This shows some people and their ages. We will make a directory and copy it to Hadoop:
Make the Hadoop directory:
hadoop fs -mkdir /data
Copy the file data.csv there:
hadoop fs -put /home/walker/Downloads/data.csv /data/
Now run Pig in mapReduce mode, meaning using the distributed cluster:
pig -x mapreduce
It will open the grunt console:
Then type these two commands into the grunt shell:
ages = LOAD '/data/data.csv' USING PigStorage(',') as (NAME:chararray,age:int);
It should display:
dump ages
Using Yarn with other applications
You can use Yarn with any application that you write to create a multithreaded distributed program. All you need to do is to use the YarnClient object in your program. Then implement the ApplicationMaster. You tell yarn what JAR files and other files the app needs and what command to run. Then it runs your application on a container.
Doing this is quite complex. You could use Apache Twill whose goal is to reduce this complexity. At the time this document was written Apache will was not working.
Using Apache Spark with Yarn
You can also run Apache Spark with Yarn. You need a distribution of Spark that is built with Yarn support. When you get it working you should be able to open the Scala shell using:
spark-shell --master yarn
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More Is More: 20 "Eclectic Collector" Children's Rooms
1. Marlowe's Bright, Bohemian Room Tour - Marlowe's mother Drea sourced both vintage and worldly finds for her daughter's room. We especially like the old baskets on the floor that allow easy access to toys - for both play and clean up.
2. Clark's Eclectic Collaboration - Everywhere you look there is a push-pull here: warm and cool tones, vintage and modern, classical and edgy. The overall effect is very rock n' roll.
3. Reid's Excellent Eclectic Room combines flea market finds with Etsy discoveries and a modern touch.
4. Smith Takes Over the Office - A lifelong collector found a home for her cowboy and vintage loves when she had her second little boy.
5. Pippi's Whimsical Wonderland - Friends tell Pippi's mother that she should sleep there herself; it's that wonderful. I was just thinking the same thing.
6. Andrew and Rebecca's Modern Vintage Country Home - Whimsy of a green crib, charm of blue shudders, and an overall delicate touch make this nursery a place I want to lay my own head.
7. Anna & Joe's Living History in Georgetown is multi-layered with years of passionate collecting. Their daughter's lovely space is no exception.
8. Sacha & Iris' Playful Sleep Space proves that by keeping textiles in the same color family, things can match without being matchy.
9. A Colorful Vintage-Inspired Play Zone for 3: It's a tall order to get a play room for three children look this cute, but Corey has managed it. Red, yellow and mints is always a happy way to go.
10. Who could forget Willow's lovely Montessori-inspired space from Nanette & Jonathan's Eclectic Family Home?
11. Basil's Colorful, Eclectic, and Color-Friendly Room- Mints, oranges, yellows and teals may be an unexpected palette these days, but when paired with contemporary artwork and hand hewn treasures, it really works.
12. Caroline & Jose's Remarkable Nest - Caroline & Jose approach everything from an artist's point of view. It looks as if their daughter is following suit.
13. A Look Inside a Creative Kid's Room in Portland - If you hunger for more completely "unaffected" room tours, start here.
14. Art-Fueled, Playful Kid Heaven - Oeuf furniture often goes to families who love a modern, clean aesthetic. So imagine my surprise and delight to see the same furniture come to life so differently in the designers' children's room.
15. A Dreamy Girl's Haven - Girly and eclectic are not necessarily mutually exclusive as is seen here.
16. Quinn's Big Boy Room with Black Accents - Full of creative inspiration, how can Quinn not become an artist growing up in a space like this?
17. Sophia & Charlotte's Perfectly Balanced Shared Room - Nothing like a the Eiffel Tower, a gallery wall, and a wardrobe full of costumes to transport these little girls and inspire lifelong travel.
18. It's easy to see why Iris & Harper's room from Sue & Graeme's Eclectic Victorian Townhouse has become an Apartment Therapy and Pinterest favorite.
19. Olivia Ellen's Copenhagen Charmer represents what can happen when you take your collections and edit with an eye toward Scandinavian sophistication.
20. The children's space from Rachel and Brett's Resourcefully Chic Family Home House Tour is easily something out of another era, yet stays young and playful at the same time.
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