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SUNDAY, Dec. 16, 2007 (HealthDay News) -- Hospice care helps terminally ill patients prepare for death, treating their symptoms and pain and preparing them -- and their families -- for the end.
The patients maintain their dignity and some semblance of control over their life. Their families receive counseling to help them come to terms with their impending loss.
It's humane. It's caring. It's thoughtful.
Why, then, do so few Americans chose to receive hospice care, even though Medicare covers the expense?
A study published in July in the New England Journal of Medicine found that only one-third of Americans die under the care of hospice, despite hospice being essentially free of charge.
And those who avail themselves of hospice care often aren't getting the full benefit of it, said Dr. Donald Schumacher, president and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization devoted exclusively to promoting access to hospices.
"They hold off the ultimate [decision] until they finally have to face it," Schumacher said. "And when we speak to families, the question we hear over and over again, is, 'Why didn't we come into hospice sooner?' "
There currently are more than 3,500 hospices in the United States, and more are being built every year, Schumacher said. "Approximately 500 new hospice licenses were issued over the past two years," he said.
Hospice care is end-of-life care provided by health professionals and volunteers.
The hospice plan provides medical, psychological and spiritual support, the goal of which is to help people who are dying experience peace, comfort and dignity. Caregivers control pain and other symptoms as much as possible, so a person can remain as alert and comfortable as possible.
But hospice also focuses on the family members as well, helping them deal with the reality of death, said Carol Spence, director of research for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
"We outright make the patient's family our unit of care, so there's a lot of attention given to the family caregivers, including bereavement care following the death of the patient," she said.
Usually, patients are given hospice care when they are expected to live six months or less. Hospice care can take place at their home or in a hospice center. Seeing the value of the care, hospitals and nursing facilities also are opening hospice units to help the dying.
Part of the difficulty in choosing to use a hospice can be how hard it is to really know how much time a person has left, Spence said.
"It's difficult in general to come up with an accurate picture of disease projections," Spence said. "People are living with chronic illnesses that will have an inevitable downward course, but knowing precisely when death will approach is not an easy thing.
"Bringing hospice in doesn't mean they're going to die tomorrow. It means a better quality of life for whatever amount of time you have left, whether it's a week or a month or six months," she continued.
Another possible reason for people failing to use hospice can be found in American attitudes toward dying -- going to hospice can seem the equivalent of "failing" or "giving up," she said.
"Our American culture is death-averse," Spence said. "The medical community and the general population, the attitude is shown in the metaphors used, whatever the disease you have -- 'I'm going to fight it, I'm going to beat it.' "
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The NCIS team consults with three cyber-terrorists they imprisoned after a city-wide Internet shutdown the week before Christmas. Also, McGee reflects on the case and Gibbs' infamous rules as he pens a heartfelt letter to his father, on NCIS, Tuesday, Dec. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. Pictured left to right: Mark Harmon, Emily Wickersham and Michael Weatherly Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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The accompanying report from the independent program administrator, Bryan W. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., covers the period from the beginning of the 2009-2010 offseason through the end of Major League Baseball's 2010 postseason.
2010 Public Report of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program
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dear oh dear - shaking of head .... that Jason bloke talking more bs than usual. Onix? Cutting edge?! Wtf?
No-one could ever accuse the Gadget Show on Channel 5 of serious in-depth reviews in their reportage of electro wizardry and boys toys. The programme is a guilty pleasurable way to blob out and enjoy the techno-japery, especially when in that post-ride mid-muffin brain mush, but sometimes the gogglebox gets it so spectacularly wrong that it has you spitting tea at the screen and sending the better half to the bureau to fetch the Parker and Basildon Bond to pen a strongly worded letter.
In quite a profligate little jolly to the Mediterranean the Gadget Show team take it upon themselves to test exotic road bikes, in their words the pedal powered equivalent of F1 cars, around the Monaco GP circuit. Showcasing the Onix Azzuro that road.cc have already had a go on and the Factor 001, some would say that it would be unfair to pitch a cookie-cutter carbon-fibre Chinese frame (only 'cookie cutter on the outside I think Onix would say - ed) against a Formula 1 derived prototype bike that costs ten times as much, but as the bikes were ridden for the mere two miles round the Monaco GP circuit, in trainers, then it was never going to be the most comprehensive test.
Of course the Gadget Show is designed to appeal to a wide audience so there's not the brain-power or attention span to plough deep into the technology, but the presenters do their best and make sure they throw in enough buzz-words to keep the tech quotient high, "computer designed", "state of the art", "high-grade", "light-weight", "just too advanced", "amazingly stiff and comfortable" "just like an F1 car" and, erm, "this is when you need all this carbon", all of which is mostly meaningless and there just to fluff the sofa-riding viewer (yeah cos us bike journos never use techno-babble… oh, hang on - ed).
But that doesn't mean the show can make really really basic errors clearly visible to even the only slightly trained eye. Riding a £22,000 bike in sneakers, with the saddle too high is enough to make the most fair-weather cyclist wince, and the male presenter's unique descending and cornering technique has eyebrows raised amongst those that have ridden just a little bit further than down the shops (each to his own Jo, each to his own - ed). Then there's the comedy stance of Jasons helmet, and the somewhat rakish angle of the handlebars on that Onyx that seems to get worse throughout the piece, both of which face a chorus of teeth sucking.
But the absolute hands-down winner in this 5 minutes of life that you'll never get back has to be getting the front wheel in the Factor 001 the wrong way round. Not such a problem with a normal road bike wheel but when that wheel has a disc brake then it can cause some problems. It doesn't matter if the braking system has titanium pipes and carbon fibre discs, even if they do look like steel, if the brake calipers are clamping against thin air it isn't going to help. No wonder Polly had to "play safe" with the "cutting edge braking system" on the descent.
When you can spot a whole herd of errors in a feature that you know something about it does make you wonder about the veracity of the rest of the programme, even if it is just visual and cerebral bubble-gum there's no need for fake science, mis-information and just plain cringeworthy wrong.
"Dear Gadget Show, why, why, why, why, why……"
Jo Burt has spent the majority of his life riding bikes, drawing bikes and writing about bikes. When he's not scribbling pictures for the whole gamut of cycling media he writes words about them for road.cc and when he's not doing either of those he's pedaling. Then in whatever spare minutes there are in between he's agonizing over getting his socks, cycling cap and bar-tape to coordinate just so. And is quietly disappointed that yours don't He rides and races road bikes a bit, cyclo-cross bikes a lot and mountainbikes a fair bit too. Would rather be up a mountain.
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I'm glad it wasn't just me who found the whole thing very uncomfortable. There seemed no attempt to get the fitting of the bikes right - even adjusting the saddle to the correct height would have made them look a little less uncomfortable. Also, both the presenters didnt seem to know where the gears were as they were really struggling in a too big a gear on what looked like a pretty average rise and then pedalling like mad when they reached the bottom.
Its a shame because ONIX are a nice bike.
Not the best review, I agree, and to the regular cyclist, yes there were glaring errors (but don't Halfords put wheels in the wrong way every day?)
What is more importaint is, BIKES ON TV!!! There is a revolution going on, and we should be embracing all aspects of it, not mocking others because we have more knowledge.
I never understand the logic of these tests, like the one they did before pitching the carbon Trek Session against a low budget big box store bike. No non-cyclist watching this show is going to drop £22k on a bike, they probably wouldn't even be motivated to drop the £2-3k the Onix would cost, and given the cringe inducing nature of their 'reviews' I can't imagine any cyclist running to their computer, credit card in hand to place an order.
There seems to be an opinion that any exposure is good exposure but I just can't agree. Any *relevant* or *worthwhile* exposure is good, but asking the Gadget Show to review bikes is like asking Top Gear to review computers. Just because they could make it go doesn't mean that they have any clue what they're doing and most likely won't convert viewers into buyers.
Now, if somebody could stop bike brands from giving 'Wired' bikes to review, I'd be really grateful. They showed how knowledgeable they are when they 'tested' a $6k Gary Fisher Superfly 100 in the landscaped park outside their office while wearing jeans and brogues.
Not the best review, I agree, and to the regular cyclist, yes there were glaring errors (but don't Halfords put wheels in the wrong way every day?)
What is more importaint is, BIKES ON TV!!! There is a revolution going on, and we should be embracing all aspects of it, not mocking others because we have more knowledge.
Totally agree, they might not have known what they we're talking about but it cast cycling as fun cool and exciting to a much broader audience.
We need more of this.
My brother works for BF1 Systems, who designed and built the Factor to prove what is possible with the technology and build processes available nowadays. Bear in mind that BF1 make componentry for the leading F1 teams in Britain. He wasn't particularly happy about the comments from that bimbo I can tell you, particularly a) the brakes not being good enough (explained in the article above) and b) the steering feeling too twitchy. Why in the name of hell didn't they use even amateur cyclists who could give a realistic view?
They completely missed out on the fact that the computer is an intrinsic component of the bike, is the main selling point and gives the rider (and team car) full live updates on power being produced at each crank, rotational velocity of each crank, power at the rear hub etc...
My head nearly exploded
speechless and angry. 2 bikes featured, one bike has no relavence to anyone who is looking to buy a bike or interested in road bikes as a) it's not strictly a road bike b) it's 22 grand, and the other is a cheap chinese frame that would have been 'exotic' and 'advanced' about 6 years ago. Either the researchers on this program are 17 years old and know little about how to do their job, or they took a wad of cash.
What a farce, Jason is normally alright when i've seen him do cycling article's before, but this one takes the piss.
I mean, even a 5 year old could notice that if the disc is not going into the braking system, there is something wrong there. Why do it in trainers?
That hill climb was a gentle rise in my book, if you want a race track with a climb, get yourselves to Spa, I doubt you could even measure it with a percentage as it was tiny.
"this is when you need all this carbon" So before carbon you couldn't climb a "hill" on a bike? I could have beaten them up it with a penny farthing.
I don't care how many times you've "driven this track on your gaming console" Of course it was not going to be that difficult, you've sitting there with a control pad not doing exercise.
We're all for cycling getting exposure on TV and i'm certainly not going to take the piss out of anyone for not looking cool on their bike but… letting Polly ride around the Monaco circuit with only a rear brake would not have been much of an advert for cycling if at any point she'd been forced to brake hard that could have been very nasty indeed.
They've a response on their blog and their twitter feed says they've sold a few frames since! No mention of the wheel though.
It's funny they even tied the walkie-talkie to the helmet. That basically stops the air flow of the helmet. Didn't they even study any pro tour video to learn how to mount a walkie-talkie onto cyclist? Or could have just stuff inside the jersey pockets since they aren't carrying other things. From the video it wasn't very clear, but the two seems like on MTB shoes. Correct me if I am wrong.
Here's Pollyanna falling off a mountain bike (albeit one with a novelty caterpillar track fitted).
She falls off, fair enough, but then gets back on with the handlebars spun through 180 degrees.
About the 4:30 mark.
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Their both wearing street sneakers, the design of the shoes is wrong for MTB shoes, also there is no twist when they take their feet off the pedals plus foot position is wrong.
The strange thing is that they did a proper test a year ago. Have a look at this:
In that you see Ottis using proper shoes, the wheel on the right way round and some of the tech being explained. I guess for the piece above they just shipped out a bike.
Even so I'd have thought that somebody who could operate either a camera or sound recording kit would have enough basic appreciation of mechanics to see that the wheel was on the wrong way round.
She let him win didn't she! Cos she knew he would sulk afterwards? Certainly painful to watch but good to see cycling get a rave review even if it is from F1 wanabee's. VERY High grade carbon sounds great! You realy need VERY high grade carbon especially up hill... Priceless; theres me going out training rain or shine when all I need is VERY high grade carbon...and £22,000
I noticed the wheel, but thought that maybe the editing guy had got the footage muddled, but when I heard the "peculiar braking" comment I knew that something wasn't right. after that I just switched into 'watching Polly mode'. Shame they didn't have Otis back, as he seems to know how to ride a bike...
Why why why why why.
Why? because at the Gadget show they, like a lot of armchair cyclists, like bikes. They just don't like riding them or make too many excuses not to. Hence the complete lack of any knowledge on the subject. Still funny as hell though and who would really want to watch a SERIOUS cyclist telling everyone how these new ceramic bearings really make a difference going downhill or how his new sperm helmet saves 15 watts power in a time trial. Ok, I'd watch that, along with a few other hardcore Eurosport viewers, but lets face it, it'll never make terrestrial TV.
This lot are still celebrating Mark Cavendish's Tour de France win.
Yeah, Ortis seems to be the only one of the lot of them who might have a clue about bikes. Thanks for the link to his original bit about the Factor; I didn't know anything about that bike and that was actually quite interesting.
I don't usually watch the Gadget Show, but this clip stuck in my mind because of Polly's awful saddle height on TWO bikes in a row: http://fwd.channel5.com/gadget-show/videos/challenge/monopoly-challenge-.... Any wonder she complains about how tired she is (although the flat tyre she somehow didn't notice probably wouldn't have helped either...)?
Like others have said, seeing what they do on bikes made me suspect they know just as little about everything else. But I suppose it is good if they give the impression that cycling is a common activity that one can engage in as naturally as messing about with mobile phone apps. I just wish they'd do it with a modicum of intelligence, so that people would know that if you set a bike up properly, it's not going to be completely knackering to ride.


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It's a daunting task to watch a Cults' performance as it unfolds. A sea of screens projecting otherworldly static assaults your brain stem, inevitably seeping in to your unconscious mind. Is it a coincidence Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion have utilized the indoctrination tactics so often used by other charismatic "leaders"?
For Cults, it's all in the name of art.
"We approach the band as more of an art project," explains Oblivion. "So many bands think that because they're not playing a big arena that they shouldn't try to bring an extra element to their show."
That means dragging a lot of heavy equipment around with them, sacrificing life and limb for the cause.
"I've dropped a lot of heavy things on my foot over this tour," Oblivion winces. "Really big cases but it's a real luxury to be able to think about how you're going to present your show. Everybody thought we were crazy but I really wanted to make this to happen."
Like a true visionary, Oblivion has his every move charted. As skilled organizationally as he is with a sampler, he knows it's nearly impossible for those ideas to materialize without planning.
"We tend to be methodical because we are conceptual first. For "Static" we had an idea in mind for what we wanted it to be called, for what we wanted the artwork to look like before we even started writing songs. We find it helpful to have limitations and work within a specific ceiling so we don't go off the rails."
Limitations certainly do not seem to be a roadblock for Follin and Oblivion as their sophomore effort pushes the band well past their established comfort zone. Static relies less on the big reverbs that they became addicted to, an intervention that was of course, self-imposed.
"We wanted to push things and create a full sound in a more authentic way," Oblivion explains. "We wanted to use white noise and distortion. We wanted to come up with the kind of sound you would hear coming out of some abandoned, broken television set."
As Oblivion spent his college years studying filmmaking at NYU, it should come as no surprise that the conversation veers its way back to the visual.
"I love the word 'Static' because it is so visual. The way the word feels is important. It translates in to so many different meanings for me over time. The first way I looked at it was like the title of a '70s trashy b-movie horror flick. I like the action of the word, like how it's inflammatory and brings to mind so many associations."
Static certainly implies many things. It would be easy to interpret it as a love-interrupted album as chronologically it marks the end of Follin and Oblivion's romantic relationship. Oblivion has not shied away from this in the press but he's not laying any of their success at its feet. They've just matured as people and as a band, losing what he refers to as their "crazy naivety."
"When our first record hit, we had never made a record before or toured or been in a band. Suddenly we had all of these expectations. We always thought we made something terrible," he says of their self-titled début. "This time around we just knew we could make a record. We knew it was something we were more than capable of."
The confidence Oblivion shows is echoed by the support he's received from his record company, Columbia Records. In turn, he graciously returns that respect.
"They're great. They've always respected our vision and our decisions. They didn't even hear the record until we showed up and played it for them. They never bugged us for demos. We just squirrelled off and did it on our own. It was a really smooth process."
After some short-lived downtime, the Cults head back out on the road in January with their heroes, The Pixies.
"They have been my favourite band for as long as I can remember," he says fondly. "The lead riff from "Where Is My Mind?' [off the band's debut, "Surfer Rosa"] is the first riff I ever learned how to play. It's pretty cool that it's looped around now and we get to perform with them."
Where Cults fits in that never-ending loop remains to be seen but Oblivion certainly hopes that their band can weave its way in to someone's psyche.
"Whenever I think about music, I get emotional. I think about being a teenager, going to shows and listening to records. It changed my life. It drives how I relate to people. It's motivating to know that people believe in us and want to hear the music that we make. To have the possibility to be a small part of that for some teenager is a good way to judge if you're still on course."
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text: This was just so funny I had to share. This is the narrative given of Brad Hales about an experience Amanda and I had even before I took a liking to her. So it is exaggerated in that sense. But still pretty darn funny."Sorry for the long delay in emails! For some reason my life got really busy last week, but I think things are slowly slowing down, so I thought I would respond to your email. I was going to respond on Sunday morning, but it snowed a few inches and as I was walking into the house from our 7 a.m. priesthood meeting, I noticed the walks were not scraped, so at first I thought ahh, somebody else will do it, but then I remembered a little story about a girl named Amanda and a boy named Paul! Here let me tell you how I remember it "Well I do believe it was a snowy Sunday morning and a strong, strappling, busy, yet thoughtful Stake Sunday School President, named Paul decided to scrape a walkway to church for everyone in the little cul-de-sac where they lived. Well, as he was busy serving his fellow ward members, I do believe he was hit on the back with a snowball, which at first he thought "how rude" until of course he saw the assailant, which then his thoughts turned a more of a "oh baby!" Of course the snowball was thrown by a "saucy" somewhat innocent, yet guilty enough, beautiful red headed 18 year old named Amanda! Well, folks not much else need to be said, as far as the record goes, the two are happily married and living in the east somewhere, where she's still saucy and he's still serving his fellow ward members and of course whenever he see Amanda, he still says "oh baby!"


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April 2008
Carelia kalalauensis, Nancibella quintalia, and Pupilla obliquicosta are among the numerous species that reportedly went extinct over the past few years. They are not cute little furry mammals, or singing birds that we will never hear again, or brightly colored amphibians that are often pictured on tropical adventure pamphlets—these three species are mollusks1,2 (also spelled molluscs).
Sinistral species of snail (shell opening to the left as opposed to dextral species with shells opening to the right). Photo by cj.samson, Wikimedia Commons.
The decline and loss of mammals, birds, and other vertebrate species is well documented and often brought to public attention as a consequence of recent human impact on environment. It is indeed alarming to realize that we have lost 135 bird species, 70 mammal species3, and that so many more are under threat because of human activities. However, as guilty we should feel for their loss, vertebrates represent less than half of the documented extinctions. Comparatively, invertebrate species (without a backbone) receive much less media attention, even though they comprise nearly 99% of all animal diversity4 and occupy a central role in the survival or maintenance of most ecosystems.
What is the conservation status of mollusks?
Mollusks are a group of soft-bodied animals that includes snails, scallops, clams, and sea slugs. Most mollusks have shells: univalves, like snails, have one shell; bivalves, like clams, have two. Some mollusks, such as the squid and octopus, have lost their shells during their evolution. The phylum Mollusca (including snails and slugs (Gastropoda), mussels and clams (Bivalvia), squids and octopuses (Cephalopoda), and a few other less well-known species distributed in five other classes) is the second most diverse taxonomic group of animals in terms of numbers of described species, after the very species-rich group of arthropods (mainly comprised of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans).
In spite of their large numbers, mollusk populations are declining locally and globally, as suggested by an increasing number of studies:
- With 41% of the 736 documented extinctions of all animal species, the number of mollusks exceeds that of any other major taxonomic group3.
- Most documented endangered mollusk species are non marine (they live in freshwater or terrestrial environments)5.
- The level of threat is poorly documented and almost certainly underestimated: a very small fraction (less than 2%) of known molluscan species has had its conservation status properly assessed3.
Why should we care?
They are slimy, most of them are slow moving, and hardly anybody would have a second thought for them unless they are found munching on the lettuce in their garden. So why should we care if we are losing mollusk diversity?
Mollusks are a diverse group of animals, and play crucial roles in various ecosystems. For example, in the western United States, the Center for Native Ecosytems has identified the following contributions: "Mollusks, which include land snails, freshwater snails, mussels, clams, and slugs, are vital to healthy ecosystems. Land snails, for example, not only provide food for a host of small mammals and birds, but they play vital roles in recycling forest nutrients. Freshwater snails also provide food for fish, including native trout and salmon, and are also important recyclers of plant and animal waste, essentially keeping water clean and healthy. Mollusks are also considered excellent ecological indictors, their status providing a window into the health of entire ecosystems."6
With estimates varying between 80,000 and 150,000 described species, mollusks are the 2nd most diverse animal group (after arthropods), thus representing a large part of evolutionary history that happened on our planet. Despite the fact that mollusks are very susceptible to changes in their environment because of their permeable skin and soft body (often with an exoskeleton in the form of a shell), they have adapted to all of the main environments of our planet—marine, freshwater, and terrestrial. All classes of living mollusks exist in the sea, and all habitats have mollusks7. Mollusks are very abundant in some ecosystems. In many marine communities the dominant organisms of the second trophic level (primary consumers of plant productivity) are mollusks7.
In addition to their essential role in maintaining the integrity of various ecosystems, mollusks have great importance in our lives and our world:
Mollusks produce a wide range of biotoxins and metabolites that are used in medical research8; for example, the lethal toxins produced by cone snails are used to develop a drug called ziconotide for patients with cancer and AIDS who are suffering from pain that cannot be relieved by opiates9.
Mollusks provide a sensitive tool for monitoring environmental health. They are found in almost all habitats, but individual species often have small-scale distributions. They are sensitive to changes in their environments, and therefore could provide an early warning of habitat deterioration10.
Mollusks may be useful as indicators of conservation needs. For example, in a study conducted in Australia, insects and mollusks were found to be strong predictors of conservation priorities for vertebrates, but not vice versa11.
Many species of mollusks are commercially exploited for human consumption (for example mussels, clams, oysters, squids). Compared to the meat of other animals, the food prepared from mollusks has high nutritious value, as it contains high protein content and many amino acids, and they are relatively in low fat content.
Why are populations of mollusks declining?
Ninety-nine percent of the documented extinctions in mollusks are of non-marine (terrestrial and freshwater) species7. Although much more research has to be carried out to document population declines and identify with certainty their definitive causes, there is increasing evidence suggesting that human activities are directly related to the declines (for example see reference 12). Scientists are pointing to two main, but not exclusive, potential culprits:
- direct habitat destruction by human activities, such as forest clearing, dam construction, and pollution
- introduction of non-native or exotic species, intentional or not
Habitat destruction
Mollusk species have their own habitat preferences5. Some are restricted to certain types of woodland and forests; others live in grasslands, wetlands, certain types of rivers and lakes, lower tidal water levels, intertidal and shallow estuarine water, coral habitats, abyssal plains of the ocean floor or open ocean waters.
Direct destruction of some of these habitats—because of agricultural and urban development and habitat transformation resulting from dam construction and water pollution—are important causes of mollusk population declines. Most freshwater mollusks species are highly sensitive to water quality partly because of their permeable skins and because they need a good oxygen supply. There are reported cases of species disappearing in association with the acidification of water13.
Among the species most vulnerable to pollution are the freshwater mussels (unionids), because their parasitic larval stage is dependent on fish hosts. This group of species reaches its peak of diversity in North America14. At present, only about a quarter of the host fish for the mussels in the USA have been properly identified. Therefore it is difficult to predict the impact that pollution and habitat transformation due to damming and pollution might have on these freshwater bivalve populations.
Introduction of alien species
Probably the best-known example of the demise of a native snail fauna was caused by the deliberate introduction of the predatory snail Euglandina rosea on some of the Pacific islands. The rosy wolfsnail15 (common name of E. rosea) was introduced with the hope that it would control another introduced snail, the giant African snail (Achatina fulica), which is considered to be a crop pest and public nuisance. The plan was not carefully enough thought out, however; not only did the rosy wolfsnail fail to reduce populations of the giant African snail, but it also devastated the native snail populations, especially the slow-growing and slow-reproducing Partulidae and Achatinellinae16.
Introduction of alien species can lead to:
- habitat alteration
- asymmetric competition from fast-growing and dispersing alien species
- predation on naïve native species
- and, diseases
What can scientists do?
Continuing loss of mollusk diversity is detrimental, not only to ecosystems around the world, but in the long run, to the welfare of humankind itself. Indeed, mollusks are crucial to the integrity of ecosystems, the evaluation of environmental health, and human well-being.
Recognizing the importance of mollusks in the life of humankind and the significant roles they play in ecosystems, the Mollusk Specialist Group (MSG) was formed. In an effort to counter the increasing loss of diversity suffered by mollusks worldwide, five major lines of action have been proposed by the MSG for the conservation of molluskan diversity17:
The acquisition and management of threatened habitats on islands, in aquatic ecosystems, on continents, and on coral reefs;
The development of a database necessary for a better knowledge of molluscan diversity;
The prevention of the introduction of alien species that negatively impact native mollusk species, and control and eradication of those exotic species where such introductions have already occurred;
The establishment of self-sustaining captive populations of endangered mollusk species and support for their eventual reintroduction into native habitats;
The promotion of public awareness and concern for molluscan conservation needs and programs.
Scientists are focusing on gathering more data on the distribution and abundance of mollusk species across the world to reach a more accurate assessment of the conservation status of species, as well as potential causes of population declines18,19. This information is crucial to the integrated conservation efforts to protect the molluskan diversity of our planet. Such conservation efforts are multiple:
- habitat protection and management plans for endangered species
- recovery plans for species that have suffered population declines
- captive breeding of endangered species
- farming programmes for commercially exploited species
How can everyone help?
Introduction of alien species is one of the major threats to mollusk diversity. The constant increase in travel by human populations is associated with the increasing risk of alien species being introduced. Quarantine programs were established on islands such as Galapagos20 and Hawaii21 to prevent the introduction of additional species in these very fragile habitats. It is everyone's responsibility to follow these regulations where they are established, but also to refrain from transporting exotic species when travelling in order to avoid another unfortunate event as the rosy wolfsnail's appearance on the Pacific islands.
Most mollusks are small, slow moving, and slimy, but they are crucial to our lives and our world; and yet their populations are declining. Much work needs to be done to
- better understand the current conservation status of most species;
- monitor the population health of different species,
- pinpoint threatened areas; and
- establish the causes of the threats.
While this much-required research is to be done by scientists, the public can help by volunteering as citizen scientists and promoting awareness of the importance of mollusks in our lives through education and public events.
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So with 2.3, we'll have a new fancy 10 man raid to check out and farm for new gear. Here are some of the new options for Warrior Tanks and how they stack up to similar items.
Nalorakk, the bear avatar, drops [item]Jungle Stompers[/item], which are markedly better than [item]Battlescar Boots[/item] from Chess Event in Karazhan, and slightly below [item]Boots of the Resilient[/item] from Tempest Keep and [item]Red Havoc Boots[/item], which are crafted.
Akil'Zon, the Amani Lord of Eagles, drops [item]Pauldrons of Stone Resolve[/item], which again are much better than the Karazhan drop [item]Mantle of Abrahmis[/item], slightly better than Tier4 from High King Maulgar [item]Warbringer Shoulderguards[/item], but probably not as good as Tier5 [item]Destroyer Shoulderguards[/item].
Jan'Alai, Lord of the Dragonhawks drops a new shield option in [item]Bulwark of the Amani Empire[/item], which is better than Gruul's [item]Aldori Legacy Defender[/item], although you will lose the Hit Rating that I'm a big fan of. [item]Merciless Gladiator's Shield Wall[/item] is still a great shield option.
Halazzi, the Lynx Lord, is a cheap skate when it comes to pure Warrior Tanks and drops nothing that should interest us. He does however have some nice Plate DPS, [item]Skullshatter Warboots[/item], that your fury brothers will be happy to see.
We'll go over some very nice drops from the two main bosses tomorrow


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|Book Title
|: The Matheny Manifesto
|: Mike Matheny
|: Three Rivers Press
|Release Date
|: 2015-02-03
|: 224
|: 9780553446715
|Available Language
|: English, Spanish, And French
|Format Available
|: PDF, ePUB, Mobi
"Nothing worth doing right is easy." –Mike Matheny Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a successful career as a Major League catcher, when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. While Matheny has enjoyed immediate success, leading the Cards to the postseason three times in his first three years, people have noticed something else about his life, something not measured in day-to-day results. Instead, it's based on a frankly worded letter he wrote to the parents of a Little League team he coached, a cry for change that became an Internet sensation and eventually a "manifesto." The tough-love philosophy Matheny expressed in the letter contained his throwback beliefs that authority should be respected, discipline and hard work rewarded, spiritual faith cultivated, family made a priority, and humility considered a virtue. In The Matheny Manifesto, he builds on his original letter by first diagnosing the problem at the heart of youth sports−hint: it starts with parents and coaches−and then by offering a hopeful path forward. Along the way, he uses stories from his small-town childhood as well as his career as a player, coach, and manager to explore eight keys to success: leadership, confidence, teamwork, faith, class, character, toughness, and humility. From "The Coach Is Always Right, Even When He's Wrong" to "Let Your Catcher Call the Game," Matheny's old-school advice might not always be popular or politically correct, but it works. His entertaining and deeply inspirational book will not only resonate with parents, coaches, and athletes, it will also be a powerful reminder, from one of the most successful new managers in the game, of what sports can teach us all about winning on the field and in life. From the Hardcover edition.


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Past Courses
See a list of courses related to the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life that have been offered over the years.
Read details of courses offered in spring 2011.
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Fall 2013 Courses
Supported by the Ethics Center
AMST 190a: Money, Markets and Morals in American Culture
Instructor: Daniel Terris
Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:50 p.m.
NEW COURSE FOR FALL 2013: How have Americans expected businesses and people in business to behave? This course grounds the debates about 21st century scandals in ideas about enterprise and wealth from American past. Case studies are drawn from history, literature, and social commentary. Read the course summary and syllabus here.
EL 94a – Immigrant Support Services Practicum (ISSP)
Instructor: Marci McPhee, Associate Director, International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life
Time: Wednesdays, 1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
This is a 2-credit course that may be taken in conjunction with a base course, which changes each semester. For fall 2013, the base course will be Prof. Janet McIntosh's Intro to Anthropology course (ANTH 1a). This supplemental practicum is designed to provide students with hands-on experience with community work and applying some of the frameworks and analysis methods they are learning about in the base course. The practicum is also intended to provide students with an opportunity to realize a social justice aim by collaborating with an organization that is addressing needs of immigrants, and other social justice/social policy issues of interest to the student.
Students spend 3 hours a week in the community working with an organization that supports immigrants in some way, and 1 hour a week in class reflecting upon the experience and integrating it with the learning in the base course.
LGLS 125b – International Law and Organizations
Instructor: Guive Mirfendereski
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00 PM to 4:50 PM
Introduction to international law, its nature, sources, and application, for example, its role in the management of international conflicts. Topics may include international agreements, international organizations including the United Nations and the International Court of Justice, states and recognition, nationality and alien rights, territorial and maritime jurisdiction, international claims, and the laws of war and human rights. Usually offered every second year.
PAX 89a: Internship in Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies
Instructor: Leigh Swigart
Time: Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:50 p.m.
This course is a requirement for returning Sorensen Fellows, and is open to Social Justice WOW recipients with permission of the instructor. Weekly seminar for students who have undertaken a summer internship related to peace, conflict, coexistence, and related international issues. Examples of internship sites include arts organizations, international courts and tribunals, human rights organizations, and democracy organizations. Students write extensively about their internship experience in the context of previous academic work that they have done in PAX, politics, anthropology and other disciplines. Offered every fall.
PAX 250 – The Arts of Building Peace
Instructor: Cynthia Cohen
Time: Tuesdays, 2:00pm to 4:50pm
Through analysis of case studies, interviews with socially engaged artists, critical reflections on works of art and student projects, this course explores how cultural productions contribute to non-violent resistance, the re-humanization of former enemies, and reconciliation. There will be an emphasis on performance and visual arts.
There are no prerequisites. This course is open to both graduates and undergraduates, but undergraduates are required to fill out the add/drop form from the registrar's office, which they should bring to Naoe Suzuki, in room 327 of the Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex (across the street from the Heller School.) Graduate students may register online.


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South Africa's Die Beeld (The Mirror) newspaper has an astonishing series of photographs of an elephant tipping a car onto its roof. The pictures were taken in the Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
A man from Centurion watched helplessly as an elephant tipped over an elderly couple's vehicle in Pilanesberg on Friday.
Mr. Van Wyk and 3 other cars were following an elephant bull that was calmly walking down the road.
Van Wyk was taking photos until the elephant started walking straight to his vehicle flapping his ears.
That's when he decided to rather get away.
"I slowly started reversing when another car came past me. It was an elderly couple and I tried to tell them that there was an unhappy elephant in the road.", Van Wyk said.
The couple passed him and parked next to the road. "I suspect they were trying to get out of his way."
Moments later the elephant started rubbing himself against the car. He then pushed his tusks in under the car and tipped it over.
The woman was only slightly injured, but they both suffered severe shock.


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Before he was teaming up with Patrick Willis, 49ers linebacker NaVorro Bowman was linked to another legendary linebacker, LaVar Arrington.
Bowman and Arrington both went to Penn State – Linebacker U – and they formed a close teacher-student friendship during Bowman's three seasons at State College.
Arrington, 33, a two-time All-American at Penn State and the No. 2 overall pick in the 2000 draft, met Bowman when the young linebacker was at Suitland High in Forestville, Md.
Arrington, who stayed in the Washington, D.C. area after a seven-season NFL career that included three Pro Bowls with the Redskins, went on to become one of Bowman's mentors at Penn State.
Before the 2009 season, Bowman's last at Penn State, Arrington asked Bowman to wear his old number. No Nittany Lion had worn No. 11 since 1999 when Arrington won the Bednarik Award given to college football's best defensive player.
On Friday, I spoke with Arrington for a feature story I wrote about Bowman that will appear in The Chronicle on Sunday. Arrington, who co-hosts a sports radio talk show and writes a Redskins blog for the Washington Post, is, not surprisingly, a huge fan of Bowman: He says he declared Bowman the "steal of the draft" when the 49ers grabbed him in the third round with the No. 91 overall pick last year.
Much of what Arrington said didn't get into the newspaper story, so here are some of his insights on Bowman, who ranks eighth in the NFL in tackles (36):
* Bowman is a gifted athlete – he was also a running back and punter in high school – but Arrington stressed his off-the-charts instincts. And he did so quite colorfully, invoking Jason from the "Friday the 13th" movies.
"NaVorro is one of those type guys where he's just going to be there," Arrington said. "It's like Jason. You remember how they used to run from Jason in the woods? And they'd be running fast as hell, but he's always catching up to them. Not saying NaVorro is slow. Not saying he's slow by any means. He just has this knack for how to get to the ball.
"And I think that was probably the knock on him coming out of school. A lot of people thought he was going to be a step too slow to be an effective linebacker. And that's why I said he was definitely underrated because he's one of those guys, no matter what level he's on, he's going to find his way to the ball. And I think people are figuring that out about him."
* Arrington, who has mentored other players, said Bowman was eager to learn and was willing to accept pointed critiques.
"It's like I tell guys, 'I've been where you been. I've done what you've done,'" Arrington said. "This is about you. This isn't about me. I've been to the mountaintop that way. Everything you could accomplish at that level, I've done it. At that position. So you can either listen. Or you can be a bonehead and you can try to figure it out yourself. I think that's why I have such a tremendous amount of pride when I speak about NaVorro. It's because I know he listened."
* Add Arrington to the list of people – 49ers coaches, the Eagles press-box announcer last week – who have had trouble distinguishing San Francisco's two inside linebackers this season. Said Arrington, without prompting, "Half the time, I can't tell Pat from NaVorro."


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The Fairmont State Alumni Association is hosting welcome reception for Head Coach Jason Woodman as the Fighting Falcons prepare to kick off the 2013 football season.
Woodman and his staff will be available to meet and greet Falcon Fans during the event scheduled for 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at the Erickson Alumni Center. Admission is free and open to the public. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be available.
"This is a great opportunity for an up-close look at Fighting Falcons Football, so put on your favorite FSU gear and join us," said Emily Swain, Director of Alumni Relations.
For more information about season tickets and the 2013 schedule, visit www.fightingfalcons.com.


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Snakes light up the monkey brain
Monkey see, monkey flee Humans' superior vision is the result of an evolutionary battle between snakes and our primate ancestors, a study of monkeys suggests.
The study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , provides key experimental evidence in support of the hypothesis that the threat of snakes strongly influenced the evolution of the primate brain.
Primates and humans can detect snakes more quickly than innocuous objects, even in a cluttered scene. Previous research has even shown people can detect snakes visually before becoming consciously aware of them.
The key to a primate's ability to quickly detect snakes is a large brain, which contains a visual system that includes forward-facing eyes allowing good depth perception, and colour vision.
Scientists have suggested these characteristics evolved as primates developed the ability to use their hands and feet to grasp food, such as fruit and small prey.
But Dr Lynne Isbell, a professor of anthropology from the University of California, Davis, has long theorised that primates developed good eyesight early in their evolution to avoid, what was at the time, their main predator, the snake.
"From the beginning snakes have been a problem for mammals," says Isbell, adding that the fossil evidence shows snakes were already around when the first mammals evolved about 100 million years ago.
Fast reaction
To identify whether primate brains have been hardwired to detect snakes, Isbell and colleagues, examined the neuronal response of two macaque monkeys to images of snakes, angry macaque faces, monkey hands and geometric designs.
The researchers focused on 91 neurones in the medial and dorsolateral pulvinar, a region of the brain, Isbell says, which is unique in primates and has already been identified as involved in gaze direction and eye movement.
They found images of snakes not only led to responses from the largest number of neurones, they elicited the strongest, fastest responses, among the images tested.
Isbell says the speed of response means primates are able to see and move away from snakes before they pose a threat.
Vision is just one of the evolutionary traits mammals developed to avoid becoming prey to the first snakes, she says.
"Snakes had to be avoided and the way the primate has dealt with this is to see them," she says.
"There are many ways to skin a cat … other mammals dealt with snakes in different ways, for example some developed a physiological resistance to venom."
While Isbell says she is delighted the latest study backs her original hypothesis, she says it would be interesting to further test the idea by replicating the experiment on primates that have no exposure to snakes.
"If [the theory] is true you would expect this sort of response would be weakened in the lemurs of Madagascar because there are no venomous snakes there," she says.


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The exciting new partnership between The European Tour and Terre Blanche was formalised at a ceremony in the south of France this week when the latest Tour Destination took receipt of the Tour's designation plaque.
David MacLaren, the Tour's Director of Property and Venue Development, handed over the special plaque denoting Terre Blanche's recently acquired status as the third and most recent European Tour Destination to General Manager Francois Vaugoude and Jean-Marie Casella, the resort's Director of Golf.
MacLaren commented: "We were delighted last November to announce Terre Blanche as the third European Tour Destination within our network of world class golfing venues, alongside our six European Tour Courses.
"With the handing over of the designation plaque, we can officially welcome Terre Blanche into the family of Tour Properties at a significant time for French golf with The Ryder Cup being hosted at Le Golf National, another European Tour Destination in just over six years' time.
"In the short space of time since Terre Blanche was announced as a European Tour Destination, the Club has proved to be extremely worthy of the Tour Destination endorsement and we look forward to a long and mutually successful relationship with one of Europe's leading golfing venues.
"Whether someone comes here to play golf, experience the Performance Centre, relax in the world renowned Spa, enjoy the sumptuous hotel or purchase a home on the site, we are confident that everyone who experiences Terre Blanche will wish to return again and again."
Director of Golf Casella added: "We offer a typical Provence experience with our five-star hotel facilities, which are second to none and perfectly complement the two challenging and varied golf courses. There is plenty to do on site with the Spa, Kids' Club and Golf Academy, all just a short drive from Cannes on the Cote d'Azur.
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You are a heretic, and you will burn in hell.
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Forum Monk wrote:You are a heretic, and you will burn in hell.
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Forum Monk wrote:Two pages of flood myths with common themes:
This page has links to various creation myths.
The above site tends to be new age and astrological in scope but the sections on the myths is farily comprehensive, so I have posted it.
john wrote:
Forum Monk -
Welll now..........
Its time to bell the cat.
In my opinion, there is no
Argument which can unequivocally demonstrate
That unbroken oral tradition cannot extend
Anywhere from 40k to 250k in the past.
Anyone care to take a shot at this one?
Hint: Oral Tradition and the use of Hematite are joined hip-and-thigh.
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john wrote:It seems to me that you don't have any physical, demonstrable proof,
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text: > I have my D-700 configured with settings from the > referenced page and Field Day call... and > stored in a PM (program memory). But, who do I > send a message to? Chicken-egg problem I guess... SO everyone should send their messages to ALL so that not only can they originate a message, but everyone else with a D7 or D700 can receive it... And thereby know who they can QSO! > Are position beacons from the 145.93 uplink also being > passed as well as the messages from 145.85 to the > downlink so it's a matter of looking at the > station list and sending a message to anyone you see as in > normal APRS terrestrial ops? Yes and Good points!. GO-32 is unique when operating with the D700, D7 etc radios. The POSITION formats only go through on the 145.93 uplink, but messages only go through on the 145.85 uplink. SO I guess it best to have both channels in memory. Beacon your posit a few times on .93 and watch for other stations. Send all your messages to ALL and include any other callsigns in the text of the QSL message. BE SURE TO CLEAR OUT YOUR MESSAGE memories before a pass so that you have room to capture any incoming. If your memories are full, your radio will reject any new messages. How to use GO32 for APRS: http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/GO32-ops.html


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The Jefferson Dragons continued to roll on through region play last week, picking up two wins over Union County.
Up next is another double-header, this time coming at Dawson County against the Tigers on Friday.
The Tigers enter play this week 3-1 in the region and 5-3 overall.
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Steelers @ New Orleans:
The Postgame Comments
A very tough, hard-fought football game in which the Steelers did just enough to lose. Some quick thoughts in the aftermath.
- The defensive line was not the problem: I have made much of the loss of Aaron Smith, and the Steelers are now 0-1 without him, but Ziggy Hood acquitted himself pretty well, as did Nick Eason. The Saints rushed the football 21 times for a grand total of 30 yards; and while they are not the most physical offensive line the Steelers will face this season it is a start.
- He did what you wanted, so don't complain now:
Like all NFL coaches, Mike Tomlin has been pretty risk-averse during his tenure in Pittsburgh. So what's up with going for on fourth-and-four, or kicking a 50+ yard field goal with Jeff Reed? How important is field position? On their scoring drives the Saints started from their own 41 yard line, their own 44, their own 41 again, and their own 45. Mike Tomlin coached like a fan, left his defense on a short field once too often, and they were fortunate to give up only 20 points. Hopefully we have all learned a lesson.
- The offensive line took a big step backward: Three sacks, numerous quarterback pressures, and ~ most importantly ~ the inability to drive the football in from inside the one-yard line all point to a dreadful performance by a unit that had shown marked improvement over last year. If you don't believe me ask Steelers radio commentator Tunch Ilkin or roundly criticized the offensive until for the inability to pick-up the New Orleans blitz which, from his perspective was n't anything new or terribly exotic.
As many have already, allow me to point out this is the game that the Steelers could most afford to lose. However, the next two are most wins if they hope to find their way into the playoffs.
Labels: Mike Tomlin, Offensive Line, Ziggy Hood