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SAVORING STYLE, STOWING CASH: Multi-day, long-running happenings that contain lots of tony events -- think bus tours and talks and cocktail parties and entertainment -- tend to be a little light on the free happenings, or totally devoid of them altogether. There might be events at a lower price point, but come-one-come-all free stuff isn't the name of the game. The organizers of the mid-century-riffic Modernism Week feel quite differently, though, given that they include a number of no-admission-required goings-on on the schedule.
WHERE TO FIND THE FREE: The February style spectacular has some juicy no-cash to-dos. A Palm Springs Walk of Fame dedication ceremony for renowned architect Hugh M. Kaptur on Feb. 14 is free, but don't split after the ceremony wraps; head for the Palm Springs Historical Society for some hobnobbing. And Illuminated Modern is a self-guided wander set to go on nightly during the festival, from Feb. 13 through 23. It happens on Palm Canyon Drive, so you'll stay in the hubbub of the city's nightlife. And the fun and slightly kitschy and totally wonderful bit? "The building exteriors will be illuminated with a variety of special lighting styles and artistic colors projected onto the structures revealing the name of the architect and the year of the construction." Nifty and neato, both.
VROOM VROOM: Dozens of vintage autos'll park it outside the Palm Springs Convention Center on Feb. 17, so swing by for a look at some streamlined grills and curves. For all of the free haps during Modernism Week, a visit to the extensively detailed site is in order. The best bet for attendees? A mix of ticketed to-dos and the free stuff. But isn't that a fine way to approach any mondo, week-plus happening?


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Golden silk orb-weaver
|Golden silk orb-weaver
|Nephila clavipes
|Scientific classification
Leach, 1815
N. antipodiana
|Diversity[citation needed]
|More than 150 species (new ones are discovered every year)
The golden silk orb-weavers (genus Nephila) are a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around the world. They are also commonly called golden orb-weavers, giant wood spiders, or banana spiders.
The genus name Nephila is derived from Ancient Greek, meaning "fond of spinning",[1] from the words (nen) = to spin (related to nema νήμα "thread") + φίλος (philos) = "love".
Appearance and distribution[edit]
Nephila spiders vary from reddish to greenish yellow in color with distinctive whiteness on the cephalothorax and the beginning of the abdomen. Like many species of the superfamily Araneoidea, they have striped legs specialized for weaving (where their tips point inward, rather than outward as is the case with many wandering spiders). Their contrast of dark brown/black and green/yellow allows warning and repelling of potential predators to whom their venom might be of little danger.
Golden orb-weavers reach sizes of 4.8–5.1 cm (1.5–2 in) in females, not including legspan, with males being usually 2/3 smaller (less than 2.5 cm, 1 in). The largest specimen ever recorded was a 6.9 cm (2.7 in) female N. plumipes (which is now debated to have been a new yet undocumented subspecies) from Queensland, that was able to catch and feed on a small finch. In 2012 a large individual was photographed killing and consuming a half-metre-long brown tree snake in Freshwater, Queensland.[2][3] Species from Taiwan have been known to reach over 130 mm (5.1 in), legspan included, in mountainous country.[4] In 2014, a study discovered that golden orb-weavers living in urban areas, particularly those of a high socioeconomic status, grew larger and carried more eggs than those in their native habitats. A number of possible explanations were suggested, such as increased food supplies due to artificial light or lack of predators and parasites.[5]
Golden silk orb-weavers are widespread in warmer regions throughout the world, with species in Australia, Asia, Africa (including Madagascar), and the Americas. One species, N. clavipes, occurs in the United States of America, where it ranges throughout the coastal southeast and inland, from North Carolina to Texas.
Nephila spiders are the oldest surviving genus of spiders, with a fossilized specimen known from 165 million years ago.[6]
Web spinning[edit]
The name of the golden silk orb-weavers refers to the color of the spider silk, not the color of the spider itself.
Yellow threads of their web shine like gold in sunlight. Xanthurenic acid, two quinones and an unknown fourth compound contribute to the yellow color. Experimental evidence suggests that the silk's color may serve a dual purpose: sunlit webs ensnare bees that are attracted to the bright yellow strands, whereas in shady spots the yellow blends in with background foliage to act as a camouflage. The spider is able to adjust pigment intensity relative to background light levels and color; the range of spectral reflectance is specifically adapted to insect vision.
The webs of most Nephila spiders are complex, with a fine-meshed orb suspended in a maze of non-sticky barrier webs. As with many weavers of sticky spirals, the orb is renewed regularly if not daily, apparently because the stickiness of the orb declines with age. When weather is good (and no rain has damaged the orb web), subadult and adult Nephila often rebuild only a portion of the web. The spider will remove and consume the portion to be replaced, build new radial elements, then spin the new spirals. This partial orb renewal is distinct from other orb-weaving spiders that usually replace the entire orb web. In 2011 it was discovered that the web of Nephila antipodiana contains ant-repellent chemicals to protect the web.[7]
Typically, the golden orb-weaver first weaves a non-sticky spiral[8] with space for two to twenty more spirals in between (the density of sticky spiral strands decreases with increasing spider size). When she has completed the coarse weaving, she returns and fills in the gaps. Whereas most orb-weaving spiders remove the non-sticky spiral when spinning the sticky spiral, Nephila leave it. This produces a "manuscript paper" effect when the orb is seen in the sun: groups of sticky spirals reflecting light with "gaps" where the non-sticky spiral does not reflect the light.
The circular-orb portion of a mature N. clavipes web can be more than 1 meter across, with support strands extending perhaps many more feet away. In relation to the ground, the webs of adults may be woven anywhere from eye-level upwards high into the tree canopy. The orb web is usually truncated by a top horizontal support strand, giving it an incomplete look.
Adjacent to one face of the main orb there may be a rather extensive and haphazard-looking network of guard-strands suspended a few inches distant across a free-space. This network is often decorated with a lumpy string or two of plant detritus and insect carcasses clumped with silk. This "barrier web" may function as a kind of early-warning system for incoming prey or against spider-hunting predators, or as a shield against windblown leaves; it may also be remnants of the owner's previous web. At least one reference explains the suspended debris-chain as a cue for birds to avoid blundering into and destroying the web.
Stabilimenta among N. clavipes are sometimes seen in the webs of immatures nearing molt, hence the names "molting webs" or "skeleton webs" (webs with radial strands but no spiral elements).
Prey-capturing mechanisms[edit]
The Australian golden silk orb-weaver (Nephila edulis) has been observed on windy, rainy days dismantling the lower part of its web to allow strong wind to flow through a large opening in the web without breaking it. Golden Orb Weavers are known to occasionally eat prey as big as small birds[9] and even snakes.[10]
N. clavipes (and many other Nephila species) are frequently parasitized by Argyrodes, a genus of very small black-and-silver spiders that are kleptoparasitic. As many as a few dozen may infest a single Nephila web to feed from the host spider's captured prey. The frequent rebuilding or abandoning of webs by Nephila may be a tactic for controlling Argyrodes. Spiny orb-weaver spiders also inhabit the webs of Nephila to obtain food.
Life cycle[edit]
Young spiders do not generally build yellow-colored silk, and the young Nephila themselves can be easily mistaken for young Orchard Spiders (Leucauge) in general color and shape (both genera sport silver stripes or patches on their abdomens, described in some references as a form of heat control). The best distinction between Leucauge and Nephila juveniles is web structure: Leucauge tends to build a horizontal orb that is a perfect circle, whereas Nephila build vertical, elliptical orbs that are incomplete (missing the portion of the orb over the hub, the center where the spider sits). Nephila seem to prefer more open habitat such as second-growth scrub or forest edges. Fences or building overhangs often do just as nicely.
In addition, young spiders demonstrate vibrational motion when approached by a predator.[11] They will oscillate at approximately 40 Hz when the web is plucked—thought to be a response to a potential predator. If a predator persists in an attack, the spider will either run to a web-support strand and thus to nearby vegetation, bail out of the web on a silk line that remains connected to the web, or jump from the web after inducing oscillations in the web that aid the jump.
The venom of the golden silk orb-weaver is potent but not lethal to humans. It has a neurotoxic effect similar to that of the black widow spider; however, its venom is not nearly as powerful. The bite causes local pain, redness, and blisters that normally disappear within a 24-hour interval. In rare cases, it might trigger allergic reactions and result in respiratory troubles (in asthmatics) or fast-acting involuntary muscle cramps. As the genus possesses relatively strong chelicerae, the bite could leave a scar on hard tissue (such as fingers).
Interaction with humans[edit]
These spiders do not seem to form either beneficial or harmful relationships with humans. As they weave their webs in bushes and near flowers, they might present a nuisance for gardeners or flower pickers. Some nests near fruits may repel or destroy known pests, such as Tephritid fruit flies, without the need to use insecticides.
Golden silk[edit]
There have been several efforts in the past to produce garments from Nephila silk although none commercially viable.[13] These include two bed hangings that were shown at the 1900 Paris Exhibition.[14] In 2004 a textile designer, Simon Peers, and an entrepreneur, Nicholas Godley managed in three years work and using 1.2 million Golden silk orb-weavers (collected in the wild and released some 30 minutes later after they produced the silk) to produce a shawl that was as exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in 2009.[15][16] By 2012 they managed to produce a second, bigger garment, a cape, that, together with the shawl, were exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[17]
Another possible use of Nephila silk lies in tissue engineering. A study from the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover reports that processed Nephila silk is an excellent scaffold material thanks to its biocompatibility, mechanical strengths, and its property to promote cell adhesion and proliferation.[18] In particular, the silk acts as a suitable guiding material for peripheral nerve regrowth.[19]
Fishermen on coasts of the indopacific ocean remove Nephila webs and form them into a ball, which is thrown into the water. There it unfolds and is used to catch bait fish.[13]
In popular culture[edit]
In Japanese folklore, Jorōgumo, a type of yōkai, is thought to be a Nephila (Jorō spider) which can shapeshift its appearance into that of a seductive woman.
- Jump up ^ Cameron, H. D. (2005). "Chapter 73: An etymological dictionary of North American spider genus names". In Ubick, Darrell; Paquin, Pierre; Cushing, Paula E. et al. Spiders of North America: An identification manual. American Arachnological Society. ISBN 9780977143900. OCLC 502287303.
- Jump up ^ Serenc, Michael (19 April 2012). "Cairns man Ant Hadleigh snaps incredible pics of snake-eating spider". The Cairns Post. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ Moran, Lee (25 April 2012). "Arachnophobes look away now! Incredible footage shows the moment a spider ate a snake for breakfast". The Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ Gallagher, Terry. "Giant 'gentle spiders' collected in Taiwan for study at U-M-Dearborn". The University Record Online (University of Michigan). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ Thompson, Helen (August 20, 2014). "Friendly Neighborhood Spiders Get Bigger in Cities". Smithsonian. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- Jump up ^ "Fossilized spider biggest on record". BBC News. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- Jump up ^ Phillips, Campbell (23 November 2011). "Golden orb web spider spins ant-repellent silk". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ "Natasha, the Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes)". Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- Jump up ^ Malkin, Bonnie (October 22, 2008). "Giant Spider Eating a Bird Caught on Camera". Telegraph (London). Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- Jump up ^ Spider Versus Snake April 23, 2014 | by Lisa Winter url=http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spider-versus-snake
- Jump up ^ "Laura, Lumi and Anda, juvenile Banana Spiders or Golden Silk Spiders (Nephila clavipes)". Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- Jump up ^ Kennedy, Maev (24 January 2012). "Spider silk cape goes on show at V&A". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Heimer, S. (1988). Wunderbare Welt der Spinnen. Urania. p.14
- Jump up ^ "Spider silk at the V&A: A tangled (and exquisite) web they wove | The Economist". economist.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
1900 Paris Exhibition
- Jump up ^ Leggett, Hadley (23 September 2009). "1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth". Wired Science. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ American Museum of Natural History (24 September 2009). Rare Spider Silk on Exhibit at AMNH. YouTube.com. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ "Spider silk at the V&A: A tangled (and exquisite) web they wove | The Economist". economist.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
Simon Peers, a textile designer, and Nicholas Godley, an entrepreneur,
- Jump up ^ "Biocompatible matrix for tissue engineering and wound dressing". 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- Jump up ^ "Tissue Engineering peripherer Nerven mit Spinnenseide" [Peripheral nervous tissue engineering with spider silk] (in German). Hannover: Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
External links[edit]
|Wikispecies has information related to: Nephila
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nephila.
- Cairns man Ant Hadleigh snaps incredible pics of snake-eating spider, The Cairns Post, April 19, 2012
- Spider eats bird, The Cairns Post, October 23, 2008
- Photographer found, The Cairns Post, October 24, 2008
- Studies of the golden silk spider, weaving and catching prey
- Female and Male Nephila clavipes mating
- Studies of female and male Nephila clavipes (banana spider)
- Juvenile banana spiders and vibrational predatory responses
- Australian Nephila edulis
- Australian spiders set to train with astronauts for space shuttle mission
- Description, distribution and picture of N. plumipes
- Nephila clavipes - golden silk spider on the UF Entomology department website

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Elderly man rescued after being tangled in wooded area
An elderly man escaped certain death Thursday afternoon when he got tangled in the woods and could not escape.
Miraculously, a neighbor found him before it was too late.
"I heard this guy yell, 'Help me,'" said George Nevem.
The cry from Bill Wolford was faint and only made twice.
Wolford, who is in his 80s, has dementia, and his caregiver did not see him leave to go walking.
Nevem could not get over the fence to help Wolford but called for rescuers.
Wolford was tangled in vines and barbed wire. He was not able to help himself.
"I can't imagine what would have happened if my husband had not been in that spot at that time. It was meant to be," said Beth Nevem.
Wolford was not far from his home when he was found. He was checked out by medical personnel as a precaution.


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A slight chance for showers will enter the forecast Wednesday as the warm weather pattern continues in South Florida.
If any showers pop up, most will be inland in the late morning and early afternoon hours.
Mainly dry weather will prevail through the weekend with highs remaining in the lower 80s. Lows will be in the lower 70s.


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Entomologist Steven Kutcher has worked as a wrangler of creepy crawlies on movies like Arachnophobia, Jurassic Park, and James and the Giant Peach. But his artist interest in insects and arachnids go beyond the silver screen. He also dips their bodies in paint and places them on a canvas, letting his tiny artists create unusual works of art.
Kutcher explains that he makes these paintings to enable us to experience insect and arachnid movement in a different way:
I have made visible the hidden world of the insect footprint. When an insect walks on your hand, you may feel the legs move but nothing visible remains, only a sensation. These works of art render these insect tracks and routes visible, producing a visually pleasing piece while conveying pertinent, scientific information.
Kutcher is also careful to clean the bugs once they are done paintings, saying that they come our of the experience apparently unharmed. When the bugs die, he prefers to exhibit each tiny artist alongside the pieces it painted, making art out of both the painting and the once-living instrument that brought it into being. Kutcher sells DVDs, cards, and prints of his art at his website.
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Amblyn (detail), by Darkling Beetle.
Eleven Steps (detail), by Hissing Cockroach.
Butterfly Feet (detail), by Monarch Butterfly.
Fly Miro No. 1 (detail), by Sarcophagid Fly.
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Welcome to Detroit Chinese Bible Church
The Chinese Bible Church is seeking to meet the needs of the Chinese community
in the Metropolitan Detroit area.
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The question we've been discussing with fellow Illini fans over the last 12 hours or so; was it really worth it? Was it worth watching our Illini be absolutely destroyed in the Rose Bowl yesterday? Wouldn't we all have been better off if Illinois had a more competitive, fun, matchup against Florida in that Capital One Bowl? It took us most of the night, but we think we have our answer.
The last time Illinois made the Rose Bowl, in 1984, they were destroyed by UCLA. (They should have made the Rose Bowl in 2002, actually, but they were using Pasadena to host the national title game that year. Instead, they were destroyed by LSU in the Sugar Bowl.) We will always remember that game. We remember that game, and that achievement, far more vividly than Jeff George's vivisection of Virginia in the 1990 Citrus Bowl. The Rose Bowl does mean something more, even if it's just, for the layperson, a prime-time beating of your team on national television.
There was a brief second, right before wide receiver Jacob Willis fumbled deep in USC's zone, that the Illini looked like they were going to make a game of it. After that play, it was over. But that was a moment of genuine excitement, in the Rose Bowl. When it got out of hand after that, it was easy to turn it off; that "Twilight Zone" marathon was still on.
The power of Zook, nevertheless, continues to compel us. So, for the last time until September ...
Tough Lesson, But A Necessary One [Decatur Herald And Review]
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Car2Go with bike racks: Yes or nah? Make your voice heard.
"As bicycling is such an integral part of daily life here in Denver, it's no surprise that we've been very eager to find a solution that incorporates bike racks onto our car2go vehicles," the company wrote Friday in an email to members.
Ok, so slap a bike rack on the car and whoever wants to use it can … right? Not so fast.
"It is important to note that the incorporated bike rack could prevent the tailgate, the hinged door at the rear of the vehicle, from being lowered," the email continued.
Car2Go has launched a survey to gauge bike rack interest in Denver before it moves forward with any solid plans. There is also a comments section for members to voice opinions or offer other ideas.Car2Go recently came under fire from many members for its decision to decrease its home service area in Denver. The move, which the company says is necessary to sustain its business, left about 8,050 members without service.
Car2Go ran a test bike rack program in Portland that ended with installation of racks on half the city's vehicle fleet, according to the email.
As of August, Car2Go Portland 530 cars for more than 37,000 members. Denver, in comparison, has 350 cars for its 35,000 members.
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Feeling Threatened Makes Us Nicer – "Perceived menace makes people kinder to their kin but nastier to outsiders. Whether they use this strategy depends on family size." – hmmm. maybe. part of the study was done on WEIRD students, so … hmmm.
Implicit Race Bias Increases the Differences in the Neural Represen-tations of Black and White Faces – "[T]he ways in which Black and White faces are represented in this brain region [fusiform face area] differ for people with a stronger, implicit race bias compared to people with less or no bias. This implies that people with stronger, negative implicit race attitudes may actually perceive Black and White faces to look more different." – or maybe people who perceive black/white faces to look more different have stronger, negative race attitudes? – original research article here.
Gene flow between Indian populations and Australasia ~4,000 years ago – from dienekes. see also A Three-Hour Tour from greg cochran. (i loved that show! (^_^) )
Genealogy Databases Enable Naming of Anonymous DNA Donors – oops. see also: Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?
HBD: An Abbreviated History of Quisqueya and the Rise of Today's Dominicans (and Haitians) – from nelson!
The Human Varieties Global IQ Dataset – "I'm going to try and use Human Varieties to tabulate a more thorough, immediate, and accurate dataset of international intelligence studies. A dataset that is participatory, updated frequently, and available for download." – jason malloy's excellent goal to (single-handedly!) make global iq data open source. yay! (^_^)
Study Discovers DNA That Tells Mice How to Construct Their Homes – "The research could eventually lead to a better understanding of what kind of internal reward system motivates mice to dig, or tells them to stop. And although humans do not dig burrows, that, said the leader of the three-person research team, Hopi E. Hoekstra of Harvard, could 'tell us something about behavioral variation in humans.'"
'Adventurous' Woman Needed as Surrogate for Neanderthal Baby – holy cr*p! – via charles!
The Danger of Making Science Political – "Many more scientists identify as Democrats than as Republicans…. [B]y some polls only 6 percent of scientists are Republican, and in the recent U.S. Presidential election, 68 science Nobel Prize winners endorsed the Democratic nominee Barack Obama over the Republican candidate Mitt Romney."
People with low risk for cocaine dependence have differently shaped brain to those with addiction – "New research from the University of Cambridge has found that recreational drug users who have not developed a dependence have an abnormally large frontal lobe, the section of the brain implicated in self-control."
Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia – "Pedophilia once was thought to stem from psychological influences early in life. Now, many experts view it as a deep-rooted predisposition that does not change."
Scientific evidence that you probably don't have free will
Like Lance Armstrong, we are all liars, experts say – "During a 10-minute conversation between two strangers, 60% lied at least once, Feldman reported in a 2002 study in the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology…. Though men were more likely to lie to make themselves feel good, women more often lied to make their conversation partner feel good. Either way, Feldman said, the urge to make oneself likable and competent was a powerful motivator."
Got milk? Then you might get a Nobel Prize, study suggests – "[C]ountries in which people drink the most milk, per capita, also win the most Nobel Prizes, per capita…." – (~_^)
The Truth behind the HBD cult prt 1 – << only good for a laugh. no, really! – via jayman!
bonus: Portraits of 'sworn virgins' of Albania fascinate – "Northern Albanian women … live and dress as men in order to provide for their families."
bonus bonus: Great Oxidation Event: More oxygen through multicellularity
bonus bonus bonus: There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written – cool!
bonus bonus bonus bonus: Chinese migration to Angola tops 250,000
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Paulo Sotero, a veteran Brazilian commentator and lecturer, says there is great interest in Latin America about the impact of the U.S. presidential elections, especially on business relations. Sotero noted regional concern about the U.S. financial crisis and the hope for a new administration to capably steer through the crisis. In the case of Brazil, he said, "there is growing interest in the business community for the deepening of a relationship that ... has been very correct but also kind of shallow."
What is the general feeling in Latin America toward the U.S. presidential elections?
A lot of interest has been generated by the [Senator Barack] Obama phenomenon. On the popular level, he is viewed more favorably by the countries that I know by overwhelming margins. Now, if you go deeper, to the business community especially, which has more intense relations with the United States, here you saw a more divided picture until this current financial crisis. Among the business people, there has been a tendency, and this is particularly true in Brazil, to view the Republican candidate more favorably because the Republican candidate is viewed as more of a pro-business candidate. Senator John McCain, on issues of particular interest to Brazil, has made some statements against subsidies for corn ethanol, against the Farm Bill, for more liberalized trade. All those statements sound very well for the business community.
Has the financial crisis in the United States affected perceptions?
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I think now that the view probably is changing, and people are just tremendously concerned. Even in countries that have maintained good relations with the United States, despite President Bush's unpopularity, like Brazil, Peru, Colombia, even Chile, there is a hope that the United States will elect a person that is able to surround himself with people that understand the nature of this crisis and can stabilize the crisis because of the negative impact of this not only for Americans, but for everyone else. The countries that are playing the more anti-American card are relatively smaller countries, like Bolivia and Ecuador, and obviously Venezuela, which is a very peculiar gray case because Venezuela supplies a lot of oil to the United States. They may have a more sympathetic view of one candidate or another. But I think they are not the big players, actually, in the region.
Neither Obama nor McCain has said much on Latin America. I've noticed that both of them have spoken to the Cuban-American community in Florida. And Obama seems softer on resuming family visits to Cuba. But I think generally he's shifted to a harder line on Cuba as the election grows nearer. And of course McCain has been tougher on Cuba, wanting more democracy before he does anything.
That is an issue where I think the sympathy in Latin America would be on the side of a candidate that breaks with the historic pattern of embargoes, or isolation of Cuba, and tries to have a more constructive attitude and understanding that Cuba is already in transition. This transition will take time. And it's important for the United States to play a positive role. In this regard, despite their positions in the campaign, I think that most would look with more sympathy to what the Democrats have been proposing in terms of starting a process of normalization with Cuba.
Obama in his primary campaign called for revamping of the NAFTA agreement, which is very sensitive in both Canada in Mexico. Does free trade play much of a role in attitudes of the business community in Latin America?
It really does. Senator McCain has had the more pro-trade posture, went to Iowa to criticize the program on corn ethanol, has denounced the Farm Bill, which is particularly unpopular in Brazil, which is a direct U.S. competitor in agriculture. Now, the question is, as I told you, for those that are better informed in Brazil about the situation, the question is not about really the convictions of the candidates, but what the political realities will allow the next president to do. There are two theories. You have McCain elected and completely paralyzed by a Democratic Congress that will not give him fast-track authority [on trade promotion], and would be very hostile to any new opening on trade. You could, paradoxically, have an administration led by Obama that would be able to negotiate the domestic issues that apparently need to be negotiated, in order to deal with the sense of economic insecurity in the United States.
When I am asked in Brazil, who is the best candidate for Brazilian interests, my standard answer is that we better define our Brazilian interests, or Mexican interests, vis-a-vis the United States, because the United States will make this decision regardless of what we think. So we have to be ready to engage. In the case of Brazil, there is growing interest in the business community for the deepening of a relationship that, as you mention, has been very correct but also kind of shallow. There are demands in Brazil by the business community, and I believe there are also demands and pressures here in the United States, that we do something useful with this good vibe, with this good relationship that exists, and go for a deeper kind of dialogue.
I guess the big political issue in Brazil is whether the United States will allow the import of ethanol made from sugar with the very heavy restrictions we have right now. Also, how far along is Brazil in this oil business?
What I think Brazil looks for is not that the United States opens its market for Brazilian sugarcane all of the sudden. By the way, we do not have the sugarcane ethanol to sell you; most of our sugarcane ethanol is for use in Brazil. What I think people would like to have is that there would be more space here for sugarcane ethanol from Brazil, so there would be some predictability and people could make the investments there necessary to supply the United States and do this gradually. The two countries can work together to create an international market for this type of fuel. Now, on oil, Brazil is close to self-sufficiency. We have found what looks like lots of oil, and if the investments are made that are needed to get this oil out-it's very deep down under the ocean-the estimates are that we would start production in three to four years, and that eventually in ten to fifteen years, Brazil would emerge as a major oil-producing and exporting country.
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Greenpeace's forests campaigners were invited to meet with senior executives at Unilever headquarters on Friday 9 May 2008. In just two weeks the company had received tens of thousands of protest emails from around the world, seen Greenpeace activists bring hoards of news media to their buildings in the UK, Netherlands and Italy, and watched our viral video "Dove Onslaught(er)" take off faster than anything we've ever done before. Public pressure moved them.
The meeting with Unilever was a positive first step by the company, but there is a long way to go to get the bulldozers out of the rainforest.
Firstly, Unilever agrees to support an immediate moratorium on deforestation for palm oil in South East Asia.
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One sure way to kill your leadership career is to lead scared.
Leading from a position of fear never brings good results. It causes you to make rash decisions, shrink from opportunities, and needlessly fight the wrong battles.
The opposite of leading scared is leading like a badass. What does a badass leader look like?
He confidently marches to the beat of his own drum, not swayed by popular opinion or the need to please others. He doesn't put on airs, pretending to be something he isn't, but stays true to his principles and values in all that he does. He doesn't have to talk about being a badass (that's a poser) because he knows he is a badass. A badass leader isn't an uncooperative jerk, indiscriminately ticking people off. A badass leader knows his limits and takes pride in working with others to achieve the goals of the team. Understated, purposeful, and pursuing excellence in all he does. That's a badass.
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Get the idea? So how do you become a leadership badass? Here's six ways:
1. Develop your competence – Competence breeds confidence, no two ways about it. If you want to be more secure in your leadership abilities then you need to keep learning and growing. Read books, take classes, get a mentor, and learn from others. Badass leaders aren't content with the status quo. They are always striving to improve their craft.
2. Be vulnerable – Huh? Isn't that the opposite of being a badass? No! Leaders that display vulnerability show they don't have anything to hide. Posers are those who lead with a false sense of confidence, trying to hide their weaknesses from others. Badass leaders are acutely aware of their strengths and weaknesses and aren't afraid to admit when they don't know something. People crave authentic leadership and badasses are nothing if not authentic.
3. Focus on building trust – Trust is the foundation of badassery. You have to earn people's trust before they will follow you and give their all. Badass leaders focus on building trust by being good at what they do, acting with integrity, caring for others, and following through on their commitments.
4. Build up other people – Badass leaders don't feel the need to build themselves up by tearing down others. Secure enough in their self-worth, badass leaders take pride in the accomplishments of their team members and do everything they can to set them up for success. Badass leaders know that their success comes from the success of their people.
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6. Go against the grain – Doing what's right is not always the popular choice, but badass leaders aren't afraid to go against the grain when it's the right thing to do. Badass leaders know they can't base their self-worth on the applause of others and they aren't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on occasion.
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Feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts on what it means to lead like a badass.
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Very well put, and it couldn't be more true.
Randy, almost 11 years ago My family (husband, two children and I came to this country looking for opportunities for a better quality of life for us. We left behind us every thing we have worked for many years, even my dream- business. We did that out of fear because of what was going on in Venezuela, and today I can tell you it was the best thing we could do for our family. I guess God have better plans for us. So he helped us to overcome fear while working with love and passion for that wonderful intention of giving our children an opportunity to live with a sense freedom. I am still working on those six ways, and for many years improving from growing and learning…I am so glad now is easier to reach this kind of information that really help us to keep learning. Thank you!
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Randy – Excellent points… though I must ask… are there no female badass leaders to highlight?
Jenny, I believe Mother Theresa and Condoleezza Rice are both "female"…
As always, enjoyed the post Randy. Interesting use of the term 'badass' because one thing your list of people have in common is they are all extremely smart in their own way. Therefore, 'smartass' would be more a propos though it doesn't sound as good does it? 🙂
I meet all six.
I will call my self Southern Nerd Badass.
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The Bookworm Beat — Saturday night leftovers edition (and Open Thread)
Busy day. Very busy day and not a bad one either, because I got a lot accomplished. Just about the only thing I didn't get done today was spending time at my computer. I've got a pile of open tabs left over from yesterday, though, all of which have aged well and still deserve to be read:
With the ceasefire, the media started 'fessing up about the lies it told for Hamas
Once the ceasefire seemed to be sticking, foreign reporters started admitting that much of what they reported out of Gaza was untrue — and that they willingly reported these lies out of fear for their own safety.. Wondering how they're feeling about their confession now that the war has resumed.
And considering how bad Hamas is, the media should be deeply ashamed
I wonder how all the so-called "pacifists" square their support with Hamas with the massacres it commits against its own people — for example, summarily executing Gazans accused of collaborating with Israel. And let's not stop with executing alleged collaborators. Let's call Hamas out on its long list of crimes against humanity (as complied by StandWithUs at Buzzfeed).
ISIS, a scourge unlike any seen since Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes
Hamas followers, however, are mere pikers when it comes to ISIS. I honestly don't believe we've seen any military movement as brutal since Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes. Even 20th century totalitarian armies acted with more deliberation when it came to mass slaughter.
What's even more amazing is that ISIS is so terribly pleased with itself. Unlike the Nazis who recorded images of their torture for their own masturbatory pleasure, but otherwise tried to hide it from the world, ISIS is not hiding the beheadings, crucifixions, torture, genocide, and rape. It's proudly circulating this information on social media.
Reading about ISIS's depredations against armies, women, Christians, Yazidis, other Muslims, and anyone else in their way is so stomach churning I think it short-circuits most Americans. It's one thing to watch this kind of horror presented with ghoulish enthusiasm, and lots of colored corn syrup, on a movie screen; it's another thing altogether to realize that it's being committed against men, women, and children, in real time, here on planet earth.
Obama deserves praise for taking steps to protect the Yazidis, but it's apparent that he has no plan at all. This is a "seat of the pants" operation, where he's going to try to put out a little fire here and a little fire there, even as the corpses pile up.
I actually wouldn't want American boots on the grounds in a war against ISIS. To the extent that ISIS is a military movement (no sheltering amongst civilian populations for ISIS troops), my recommendation would be to track their movements and, when they're reasonably consolidated, drop a storm of bombs on them with Dresden-like ferocity. ISIS fighters have parted ways with humanity and need to be routed out completely. Incidentally, Kurt Schlicter would agree with me.
And why can't Progressives figure out just how bad Islamists really are?
David French struggles to understand why Progressives cannot wrap their heads around the evil that stalks the Middle East and, increasingly, Europe and America. In addition to his ideas (and you'll have to read his post to see what they are), I do think a lot of it has to do with a terrible fear of being thought racist. After all, while Islam is not a race, the fact is that most Muslims have darker skin than the run-of-the-mill American or European leftist. For Progressives, then, criticizing dark-skinned people is so verboten, they're willing to wrap themselves in an almost impenetrable blanket of denial.
Obama: Knave or Villain?
When speaking about the disaster's that have befallen America and the rest of the world during Obama's presidency, many people are wont to cite to Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Myron Magnet doesn't agree. He thinks that Obama has deliberately created both domestic and international disasters.
Or maybe Obama's just a bureaucrat run amok
Jonah Goldberg wonders if Barack Obama isn't just bureaucracy run amok in the form of one powerful individual:
But there's a common theme to Obama's foreign policy and [Mike] Barnicle's rodent flatulence [blaming Cheney for ISIS]. They both work on the assumption that global events are things that happen out there. "The world stage" used to be a platform for U.S. leadership. For Obama, the world stage is more like, well, a stage where other nations put on a show for our benefit. There are plenty of good arguments for America to be more circumspect internationally (and plenty of bad ones). But I don't think Obama and his supporters fully recognize that when the lead actor on the world stage decides to walk off and sit in the audience, it changes the performance and the roles of the other performers.
Read the whole thing. It's one of Goldberg's best.
Whatever else Obama is, he's not in Putin's class
Bill Whittle thinks that, when it comes to Obama versus Putin, Obama is a naif facing off against a stone-cold killer who learned from the best (at stone-cold killing, that is):
A teaching degree — not worth the paper it's printed on?
I've often thought that I would be a good teacher because I'm fairly good at explaining things. Long ago, when I was looking for ways out of practicing law, I toyed with the idea of teaching. At that time, I didn't know that private schools often didn't requiring teaching degrees, so I thought I'd have to go back to college to get a masters in teaching.
The thought of a teaching degree horrified me, though. My sense over the years was that one of the problems with modern teachers is that teaching degrees "un-teach" them, leeching out their common sense and ordinary knowledge and leaving, in their place, cant and political correctness. It seems I may have been correct in this supposition.
In Obama's America, no good deed goes unpunished
Business life in Obama's America: Help the government by bailing out failed financial institutions . . . then get reamed for those same institution's past sins.
The IRS will be watching some pulpits — but which pulpits will it be watching?
Per an agreement with an atheist group, the IRS will soon be monitoring sermons at a House of Worship near you. Maybe I wouldn't mind this so much if I thought the IRS would randomly check out all types of faiths, including black churches ("I don't feel no ways tired!") and radical mosques ("Jihad!"). I have a strong suspicion, though, that Obama's IRS agents will only be haunting the pews of churches and synagogues in which the pastor or rabbi speaks about the sanctity of life or the sacrament of marriage.
Is HBO failing?
I don't like HBO and I don't like it for a very specific reason: It's relentlessly Leftist and propagandizes in every documentary, commentary show, and most movies. Netflix's original productions aren't always better, but they're still better than HBO — and they're beating HBO in subscriptions.
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Federal authorities say a rig is being positioned to drill a relief well for a gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and a permit is in the final stages of review.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said Saturday that it's reviewing Walter Oil & Gas Corporation's permit to drill the relief well off the Louisiana coast.
The relief well could intercept the leaking well and seal it with drilling mud and cement.
The leak is from a gas rig that blew wild Tuesday morning. Spewing gas ignited that night, burning the rig owned by Hercules Offshore Inc.
Authorities believe that sand and sediment clogged the well late Wednesday, shutting off the gas flow in what is referred to as a "bridge over."
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How can I define an operator for a class, which has a return value of another class? For example:
class 1: real
class 2: imag
addition between the two results in a third class: complex
or maybe:
class: integer
division between two integers results in another class: fraction
Or even better, if it could return a variable of type variant<integer, fraction>, if the division gets evenly out it should return an integer.
Note: all classes in these examples are user defined.


text: ThorGrim2 0 Posted December 15, 2008 Based on David Sutton's "Demoniacal" and Brian Lumley's sequel to it, "The Kiss of Bugg-Shash".Worshippers: I figured that while Bugg-Shash is worshipped by zombie-like creatures that there just weren't enough zombies in Arkham Horror to make a valid threat, so Cultists now become tougher, and undead.Power/Start of Battle: I figured that Bugg-Shash would become more desperate and dangerous the more of his pawns you killed, thus defeating Cultists aggravates the terror track, and Bugg-Shash's combat modifier is then derived from the terror track. I chose not to make Cultists endless, as 6 (or 7 with Dunwich Horror) Cultists is a -6 (or -7) modifier if all of the cultists come out during the course of the game, and the terror track will go up otherwise. The bit about tomes taking an extra success to use comes directly from "The Kiss of Bugg-Shash", whereby the characters have extreme difficulty finding information about Bugg-Shash, in-game making it a little more difficult to gather clues and spells to use against him.Attack: This is from my interpretation of what Bugg-Shash does in the story: a drowning engulf. The investigators are fighting desperately to hold their breath, thus the Will check or they lose stamina. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Pac-12 M5: 10.16.12 EditionPosted by Connor Pelton on October 16th, 2012
- Washington picked up the second commitment of its 2013 recruiting class on Sunday, adding shooting guard Darin Johnson out of Sacramento. The Sheldon High School (CA) product chose the Huskies over UCLA, San Diego State, and Gonzaga, among others. Johnson's style is very much up-tempo, if only because he's a prolific scorer and the more touches he gets, the more come with it. As the article points out, the in-state Aztecs would have been a very tempting choice considering head man Steve Fisher just landed a pair of Johnson's AAU teammates. But with Abdul Gaddy and Scott Suggs graduating after the 2012-13 campaign, the minutes will be there immediately for Johnson in Seattle. Johnson joins Findlay Prep (NV) point guard Nigel Williams-Goss as the Huskies' second Class of 2013 commitment. With the backcourt complete, coach Lorenzo Romar will now turn his attention to five-star power forward Aaron Gordon.
- Coming off a 19-14 season that was downright embarrassing at times, UCLA's summer exhibition trip to China might have come at just the right time. It was there that the new-look Bruins, featuring one of the top recruiting classes in the country, bonded together and dominated their games. They did that without the services of freshmen Tony Parker and Shabazz Muhammad, who sat out the trip due to an injury and eligibility concerns. Parker is now healthy, but it's scary to think how good Ben Howland's bunch can be this season if Muhammad is cleared by the NCAA. With a pair of five- and four-stars now residing to Los Angeles, the Bruins should not only compete with Arizona for the Pac-12 championship, but are a likely candidate to make at least the Sweet Sixteen come March.
- We showed you a few weeks back how many men's non-conference games would be televised by the new Pac-12 Networks (89, in fact), so it was good news for those that also like to see the women ball when conference commissioner Larry Scott announced that 61 women's games would be televised on the networks this season. Needless to say, there's going to be more than enough Pac-12 basketball for the average and even addicted fan to enjoy this season. If your television provider doesn't carry the Pac-12 Networks, you can let your voice be heard here.
- With the start of practice comes projections of all sorts, and in this Daily Wildcat piece, Zack Rosenblatt breaks down the 10-man Arizona rotation. Newcomers Grant Jerrett and Mark Lyons make up two-fifths of the starting five, but Solomon Hill will be required to carry most of the load with the departure of Jesse Perry. Rosenblatt projects sophomore Angelo Chol to get the start at center over highly touted freshman Kaleb Tarczewski, but notes that "having a talented 7-footer like Tarczewski come off the bench is a nice problem to have." Most of the "key reserve" list is either filled with freshman or bench players who rarely started last season. Junior guard Jordin Mayes is the exception, whose starts were mostly based off whether he was hot or not coming into a game.
- Building on the thing that helped keep Utah competitive toward the end of 2011-12, head coach Larry Krystkowiak is devoting 80% of practice to the defensive facet of the game. Already believing that his team has a "scoring punch" (which may be a bit of a stretch, but we'll reserve judgement until games start), the Utes want to work on help-side defense and stopping attacks at the rim. A lack of discipline and quickness last year would lead to many back-door attacks on the Ute defense, commonly resulting in finishes at the rim. Taking that away and forcing teams to shoot from outside will keep them in games longer, and the longer they are in those contests, the more of a chance something good will happen for the Utes. After all, jump shots are typically tougher to put down than slam dunks.


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ERIC Number: ED534948
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
The Condition of College & Career Readiness, 2012: North Dakota
ACT, Inc.
Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report is designed to help inform the following questions driving national efforts to strengthen P-16 education in North Dakota: (1) Are students prepared for college and career? (2) Are enough students taking core courses? (3) Are core courses rigorous enough? (4) Are younger students on target for college and career? (5) What other dimensions of college and career readiness should be tracked? (6) How is the 2011 graduating class doing? (Contains 7 endnotes.) [For related reports, see "The Condition of College & Career Readiness, 2012" (ED534761), "ACT Profile Report: National. Graduating Class 2012" (ED534873), and "ACT Profile Report: National. Graduating Class 2012. Hispanic/Latino Students" (ED534874).]
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, African American Students, Alignment (Education), American Indian Students, Articulation (Education), Asian American Students, Benchmarking, Career Readiness, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Readiness, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum, Economic Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, English Instruction, Ethnicity, High School Graduates, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, Mathematics Instruction, Occupational Aspiration, Pacific Islanders, Postsecondary Education, Race, Reading Instruction, Science Instruction, Scores, Secondary Education, State Standards, Student Behavior, Tables (Data), White Students
ACT, Inc. 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA 52243-0168. Tel: 319-337-1270; Web site: http://www.act.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: Practitioners; Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: ACT, Inc.
Identifiers - Location: North Dakota
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: ACT Assessment


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Our old friend Oscar Pistorius is the first track athlete ever to compete at both the Olympics and Paralympics, and if this video is any indicator, he is not fucking around at all.
The Paralympics, also in London, began Wednesday. Pistorius did well in the Olympics, advancing to the semifinals of the 400m (which would eventually be won by Grenada's Kirani James), but didn't manage to earn any hardware. The record set in the video above came in a qualifier, but — shot in the dark — Pistorius may have a chance to medal at this year's Paralympic Games. They run the final tomorrow, and Pistorius had the fastest qualifying time by four tenths of a second.


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Big East M5: 01.20.14 EditionPosted by Dan Lyons on January 20th, 2014
- Georgetown was once considered a favorite in the Big East, but these days they are just trying to hang on to their NCAA Tournament hopes. The Hoyas have dropped two straight — 80-67 to Xavier and 67-57 to Seton Hall — and are really struggling to score. Long offensive droughts have doomed the Hoyas in the last two games, and outside of starting guards D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera and Markel Starks, there aren't many options available. Josh Smith and Jabril Trawick have been out for the last few games each, and Mikael Hopkins has been held to two points in three of his last five games. With Marquette on the schedule tonight, the Washington D.C. scorekeeper may not see a lot of action.
- Speaking of struggling Big East programs, Butler's inaugural Big East campaign has not started the way that Bulldogs' faithful would have hoped with the team losing its first five Big East games. On Saturday night, however, Butler stopped the bleeding in its fourth overtime contest in six games, pulling out its first Big East win over Marquette, 67-59. Golden Eagles head coach Buzz Williams credits Butler's culture for the program's recent success, and says that getting back to "The Butler Way" is a path towards renewed success:
"Maybe the reason Butler went to back-to-back Final Fours is because of the culture and who was a part of that culture, how they embraced that culture… You can't jump to a conclusion and say, 'We're on Fox Sports every day, we're sold out every game and yadda-yadda-yadda,' and get away from how you built it. When you get away from how you built it, that's when teams typically take a dive. You've got to make sure you continue to recruit guys who believe in what coach [Brandon] Miller believes, what Barry Collier is about."
- Bryce Cotton continues to play all-conference caliber basketball for Providence, and his latest victim was Creighton. Cotton scored 23 points and doled out six assists to lead the Friars past the Bluejays on Saturday. Greg McDermott gave Cotton a lot of praise after the guard knocked off his team: "This is by far the lowest possession game we've played all year, and Cotton did a great job of controlling the tempo of that game. He's got the ball in his hands all the time, and it's difficult to get it out of his hands… He creates a lot of opportunities for his teammates, and he obviously made a lot of big plays tonight."
- St. John's winless Big East record has to be one of the shockers of the season, and the Red Storm had to be relieved to see Dartmouth pop up on the schedule to break up their conference slate. The Big Green held on in the first half of this colorful match-up, but the stifling Johnnies' defense led them to a comfortable 69-55 win. Head coach Steve Lavin was relieved by the team's effort: "The only way we're going to solve the challenges we're facing is looking within individually and collectively as a group and trying to support each other through a tough time. Eventually, you make your breaks by sticking to it."
- In the midst of all of the struggling Big East programs, Villanova continues to shine. One of the only missing pieces for the Wildcats is a true post presence, but center Daniel Ochefu has strung together a few strong games in a row and may be poised to add that last element to Jay Wright's already strong assembly of talents. Against DePaul, he scored 14 points while shooting 6-of-6 from the field, grabbed six rebounds, blocked three shots, and even dished out four assists. If Ochefu continues to get better, the Big East rich may just get richer.


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An International Perspective from the Philippines
by Marie Belle Francia, M.D., M.S.
As an Internist and future Oncologist, pain assessment and management will play a vital role in my practice. That said, one issue I've come to realize based on personal experience and discussions with other practitioners is that the field of pain management often receives a disproportionately lower emphasis and share of investment in training programs. This issue is magnified in developing countries (like the Philippines where I will be practicing long term) where latest treatment may sometimes not be available or patients may not be able to afford. This is one of the primary reasons why I pursued the Master of Science in Pain Education, Research and Policy (MS-PREP) at Tufts University School of Medicine.
MS-PREP is a pioneering program that provides students with a solid foundation on the multi-faceted nature of pain. The multidisciplinary nature of the program encourages healthcare professionals to view pain from a broader perspective, seeing pain not as disease but as an illness where quality of life can be a therapeutic goal. The program equips students with knowledge on the molecular mechanism of pain to strategies in enabling changes in society. It has inspired me and my fellow students to search for gaps in knowledge and further contribute to the broader research agenda.
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I need to create a simple Win32 application with UI. I've done some Win32 programming before, but haven't really created a Win32 non-console application.
There seem to be many options/combinations of option, and I was having hard time choosing which one to use.
Couple of technologies I've come across while I was searching are
ATL support for creating UI
Native Win32 APIs for controlling UI (window, dialog, etc...)
From my understanding so far, it is possible to create a windows application (with UI) only with GDI++ and native win32 support, but it is rather a time-consuming task. So develoeprs use either MFC or ATL to simplify the implementation. It also seems that MFC is a dying technology, and people learn it only to be able to read legacy codes. So exactly when should I choose MFC over ATL and vice versa?
One of the primary restraints I have with my program is, it has to be written in native code (can't use C# or Java for deployment reasons). However, the program itself would be relatively simple, you can think of it as a launching pad that launches preinstalled programs by clicking on some buttons. Thanks!