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Some experts favor recommending a low GI diet for weight loss, while others disagree because most studies comparing high GI to low GI diets have proven to be inconclusive.
The use of Glycemic Index, or GI, as a meal planning tool appears to be beneficial in the treatment of diabetes and high cholesterol levels.1 There is also limited evidence that a high GI diet may be associated with development of obesity and some forms of cancer.2
Effect of a Low GI Diet
Theoretically, using GI as a weight-loss method makes a lot of sense. Several short-term studies indicate that a low GI diet creates a feeling of fullness, delaying the return of hunger following a meal.3 The effect of a low GI diet in reducing the body's production of insulin is also widely recognized.
Considering the theoretical potential of GI as a weight-loss method and the known health hazards of continued overweight, some experts favor recommending low GI diets for weight loss now.4
Other experts disagree because the majority of studies that have specifically compared a low GI diet and a high GI diet have not shown a better weight loss following the low GI method. In 20 studies, each lasting less than six months, a superior weight loss on a low-GI diet was seen in four and on a high-GI diet in two others. There was no difference in the amount of weight loss in the remaining 14.5
In another study designed to evaluate the impact of encouraging low GI foods as part of the Weight Watchers food plan, no significant difference in weight loss was found, although there were significant differences in the reported feelings of hunger and satiety.6, 7
More Studies Underway
The ideal long-term study to evaluate the effectiveness of GI as a sole weight-loss method has not yet been completed. Several studies are underway and the results will be released over the next few years. As these studies are completed, the understanding of what, if any, role that GI can play in promoting weight loss will be improved.
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Saturday, March 01, 2014
Silent Spaces
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One of my new
favorite silent spaces is the chapel at First
Presbyterian Church in Lincoln, Illinois. This photo
was taken during an evening prayer session by an
in the church. It is our hope that this space can be
place of rest and contemplation for our members and
their friends.
Psalm 62.1—1 For God
alone my soul waits in silence; from God comes my
In the woods at the place where my parents live,
there is a tree.
It stands tall.
Branches full of leaves in the fall.
To hug it would require 3 or 4 of us, locking hands
and reaching around its sturdy trunk.
It stands straight, stretching high into the
From a distance, if you know where to look, you can
see this mighty tree rising above the rest.
As a child, this tree was a place of relief and rest
for me. On hot summer days I'd weave and wander
around thick brush so I could disappear beneath its
spacious shadow. I'd listen to the birds squawk
while the leaves sighed under the rare summer
breeze. During the winter, when the exposed branches
of the tree was draped with white snow, I would lean
my back against the wide trunk, sitting perfectly
still, hoping I would see the elusive red fox or the
darting white tail deer.
I named that tree 'Rex' as in 'T-Rex' because in my
young mind it stood tall like one. Under that tree,
I found much solitude. Though each of us 4 boys had
our own room, this tree in the middle of the woods
gave me a space I could truly call my own. I could
go there whenever I wanted, to be alone with my
thoughts, but could still hear my mom yell for me
when it was time for supper.
Little did I know that the practice of sitting in
that space, under this tree, was my first encounter
with silence and solitude.
disciplines of solitude and silence are beneficial for all people
who seek to be intimate with God. They allow us to answer a call,
present deeply in the center of our heart. Every person born on this
earth is called to find and realize him or herself, not only in
discovering the love God has for us, but discovering how we access
and participate in this love as it is present in the world. When we
attend to God's presence within, we will begin to see the holiness
in the world around us.
This work can be difficult. Distractions abound daily. That is why
it is essential for us to find "at least one room, or some corner
where no one will find you and disturb you or notice you. You should
be able to untether yourself form the world around and set yourself
free, loosing all the fine strings and strands of tension that bind
you, by sight, by sound, by thought, to the presence of other
So, what is your silent space? Where do you retreat when you are in
need of rest and relief?
Whether it is under a tree named 'Rex,' or at your kitchen table
early in the morning, remember that outward silence opens the door
to inner silence; and inner silence is the silence of the true self
before God.
And it is that self, in that moment, when we become fully alive to
May you find peace in the silent spaces of your days.
Holding you in prayer.
[Adam Quine, First Presbyterian Church, Lincoln]
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University student Amy McDonald became the first recipient of the Dr Stella Frances Scholarship at Environment Waikato today.
University student Amy McDonald became the first recipient of the Dr Stella Frances Scholarship at Environment Waikato today.
Environment Waikato councillors today voted to grant Te Puru School $3000 for its Trees for Survival project.
The money will come from council's Environmental Initiatives Fund.
Environment Waikato is helping to bring an innovative theatrical production designed to promote the conservation of Waikato wetlands to local audiences.
Environment Waikato is providing a bus service designed to take the hassle out of getting to next Saturday's Balloons Over Waikato Nightglow event.
Environment Waikato yesterday laid charges against a Waihi-based company and three individuals connected to the company.
Environment Waikato is holding an information day next week on its proposed Graham's Creek flood protection works.
Whangamata Harbourcare have the go-ahead for the hand removal of mangrove seedlings in the Whangamata Harbour.
Environment Waikato and the Department of Conservation have just completed phase one of a plan to eradicate feral goats from the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula, one of the country's most prized conservation areas.
Environment Waikato is holding an information day next week on its proposed Te Puru, Waiomu and Pohue flood protection works.
Sustainable management of natural resources is key to region's long-term prosperity"A healthy and prosperous economy depends on a healthy environment" is the key principle that underpins Environment Waikato's 10-year vision for the region, says Environment Waikato chair, Jenni Vernon.
Environment Waikato is offering to help local businesses become more environmentally friendly – and possibly save thousands of dollars in the process.
The negotiating team of Waikato mayors today held a productive meeting with the Ministers of Finance and Transport about transport funding for the region – and are hopeful of a positive resolution to the region's needs following this year's Budget.
Environment Waikato chair, Jenni Vernon, is disappointed at the Minister of Conservation's decision to decline an application for permits to construct a marina at Whangamata.
A health warning has been issued for the Waikato River from Lake Karapiro to the sea, after elevated levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae were found in the water.
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OTTAWA --- The B.C. government says it can hopefully save most of its job training programs for vulnerable people, but may have to make some other changes and cuts, as part of a new agreement-in-principle between the federal government and the provinces on job training.
The deal, reached with all provinces except Quebec and announced here Friday by Employment Minister Jason Kenney, includes a number of federal concessions intended to overcome vehement provincial opposition to Ottawa's proposed Canada Jobs Grant.
That will in turn allow the federal government to launch the CJG on April 1. It's an employer-driven training program that will ensure "we get better bang for the taxpayers' bucks and guaranteed jobs at the end of the training," Kenney said.
In return for the concessions, all participating provinces have agreed to administer the CJG program.
B.C. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond, who was one of the key provincial representatives in striking the deal, said she was pleased to see a compromise agreement with Ottawa but it is not without impact to provinces and territories.
B.C. currently gets $65 million a year out of federal labour market agreement funds, and will have to shift $9.7 million of that in the first year toward programs that fit the Canada Jobs Grant, she said. The B.C. impact will rise to $39 million by the end of a four-year phase-in of the program.
"I certainly anticipate holding on to a lot of programs, modifying them and there may be some we need to drop, but we get a chance to shape them under the Canada Jobs Grant category," said Bond.
"This is new, it is untested, and we're going to work as hard as we can to make this work."
The deal will allow B.C. to protect training programs for vulnerable workers, such as First Nations, which was a key demand of the province, said Bond.
"I do not want to imply there will not be some impacts," she said.
"The good news is we've seen them move flexibility on our ability to protect those programs, and that took a great deal of discussion."
Details of the agreement remain sketchy, but Kenney confirmed that Ottawa will still gradually take back $300 million of the estimated $3 billion a year Ottawa transfers to the provinces for job training.
The dispute is over the federal government's plan to fund the CJG by stripping $300 million from federal transfers to the provinces for job training.
However, the federal government has agreed to not force provinces to contribute their share of the $300 million - B.C.'s would be about $40 million annually - from the Labour Market Agreement (LMA) program.
The LMA funding is for helping people on the margins of the workforce - unemployed older Canadians, aboriginals, women, youth, and the handicapped - to develop skills, like basic literacy and life skills, to enter the job market.
The federal minister said provinces will now be able to find their share of the $300 million contribution from the Labour Market Development Agreement, a separate federal-provincial deal that transfers $2 billion annually to train unemployed workers eligible for Employment Insurance.
Kenney said some provinces don't use their entire LMDA funding, so training programs for EI-eligible residents won't necessarily be chopped.
Another concession the provinces forced out of Ottawa was a one-year review of the program in December 2015.
"The provinces and territories were very insistent that there be an evaluation of this program," said Bond. "That is something we were successful in achieving . . . that was critical to us. This is new, it is untested, and we wanted the opportunity to make changes and have the federal government committed to that."
Both the LMA and the LMDA were launched in 2008, when the Harper government - then keen to win support in Quebec - declared that provincial governments were better able to handle training.
The federal government, with the strong support of the construction industry, wants that $300 million to fund the federal grant program.
The CJG would provide up to $15,000 to train an individual, with two-thirds being funded by the federal government and the remaining $5,000 from the sponsoring employer, who will guarantee the trainee a job.
The federal government's final offer to the provinces and territories included a provision allowing smaller companies to make "in kind" contributions to cover their share. Future wages could be recognized as an employer contribution, Kenney said.
The Harper government has questioned the effectiveness of the province-run LMA programs, while provinces - citing both their own studies and a federal government analysis - argue that they are successful.
Kenney made the announcement at an annual gathering of conservative Canadians organized by Reform party founder Preston Manning.
He caused a stir while defending his support for the Conservative 2011 campaign promise to allow, once the budget is balanced in 2015, couples to split their incomes for tax purposes.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty recently pointed out that the promise is expensive (more than $2 billion annually) and won't help most Canadians.
But Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Kenney, and a number of MPs back the idea.
Income-splitting, which would allow a high-income earner to transfer a portion of their earnings to a spouse in a lower tax bracket, would principally benefit wealthy Canadians with stay-at-home spouses.
"We need to recognize that according to the data, the single most important factor that leads to successful employment and economic opportunities for people is whether they come from a stable family," Kenney told the gathering.
"And we need to support moms and dads who make sacrifices for their kids."
He later told reporters that the measure is not about favouring single-income families with stay-at-home spouses, who are usually women. Instead, it is about tax fairness.
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June 17 – Happy Birthday Bill Bergesch
After winning a Purple Heart in WWII during the invasion of Italy, Bill Bergesch returned home, used the GI Bill to to get his business degree and began a long career as a baseball executive by accepting a job in the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league organization. Ten years later he made his indelible contribution to that franchise when he became the guy who signed the great pitcher, Bob Gibson.
He was promoted to Cardinal's scouting coordinator in 1959 and then was hired by the Kansas City A's as an assistant GM, where he worked for the franchise's new, slightly off-kilter owner, Charley Finley. He was hired by the Mets the following year to help that brand new franchise create its minor league organization from scratch and in 1964, was hired by the Yankees to serve as the team's traveling secretary and manager of Yankee Stadium. He then changed sports, accepting front office positions with two Big Apple soccer teams. It was as GM of the New York Cosmos that Bergesch signed Brazilian superstar Pele out of retirement.
He then changed professions and industries, leaving sports and going to work for the next decade as a venture capitalist. By then, George Steinbrenner had taken over the Yankees and hired Bergesch as the team's scouting director in 1978 and then promoted him to vice president of baseball operations a couple of years later. This was right during the time that "the Boss" was in his most tyrannical state as owner of the Yankees. In fact, Steinbrenner decided that he could be his own general manager, so he pointedly refused to give Bergesch that title. As it turned out, perhaps "hatchet man" would have been an even better one.
Regardless if it was devastating young Yankee prospects like Dave Righetti by unexpectedly demoting them back to the minors, firing Bob Lemon or Yogi Berra as skippers even though they each had been promised full years in the job or reminding established veterans like Tommy John that they were being paid too much money to have a bad outing, it was Bergesch who would be sent to deliver the ill-timed news from George. In fact, I remember thinking that Bergesch had as tough and thankless a job as Richard Nixon's chief-of-staff did after the Watergate break in was discovered.
Before too long, Bergesch had carried out so many unpleasant Steinbrenner-directed edicts that he became a very unpopular guy in the Yankee clubhouse. The problem was that even though he was doing what George told him to do, the Boss would blame the poor guy whenever any of the things he did back fired or caused negative press, which happened about three times a week back then. It was the ultimate no-win situation.
The irony was that Bergesch genuinely liked Steinbrenner and enjoyed their friendship. He cited this as the reason why he had decided to leave the Yankees in 1984. He told the press he needed to go in a different direction. Unfortunately for Bergesch, that direction turned out to be working for the one owner in baseball who was capable of acting even more irrationally than Steinbrenner did at the time. Bergesch became the GM of Marge Schott's Cincinnati Reds.
Not only did Bergesch value his friendship with the Boss, the feeling was mutual and when Steinbrenner entered a much more rational period of his tenure as Yankee owner in the early nineties, he brought Bergesch back to serve as Gene Michael's assistant in 1990. The grateful executive would remain part of the Yankee family and good friends with George for the rest of their days. Bergesch passed away in 2011 at the age of 89.
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Application Launching — Softly Please
There have been a number of posts made commenting about a recent post on 37 Signals blog about "Why it's wise to launch softly". I always love to see my thoughts in print by others, or to see approaches that I believe in being touted as "good" methods. Such is the post I refer to, I could have written it myself if I weren't beaten to it. (…and had thought of it). Myself, I always want to launch a project softly — get feedback — know what will work, and what users don't like, or what is perhaps "clunky".
Launching softly provides ability to "tweak and revise" easily — something that the "big bang" launch doesn't provide. I've experienced my "Big Bang" launch thank you, never want that again! August 1, 1999 is permanently etched in my memory as the implementation from Hell, as it is with others I shared the experience with.
The Application Delivery Deadline — Good or Evil?
"Do You Really Need a Deadline?" is a post I found interesting in the light of my current "deadline" pressures. Related to the post, I also found comments on the post to be interesting, such as this one which said "I NEED deadlines to work. If I don't have them, I don't get anything done. The worst thing possible for me is to be given time."
In the referenced post I absolutely loved the statement that "With custom on-demand projects, clients often fail to understand that meeting a deadline and completing a project on time is the responsibility of both customer and vendor …" While I've never really thought of it in quite the same way, I'd have to say that the statement reflects my experience completely. I've often commented to associates that when I first meet with a prospective client I'm interviewing them as much as they're interviewing me. There are prospective clients with whom I've met that I hoped would never call me back. In many cases I had perceived in our preliminary discussions either that they wanted something for nothing, wanted yesterday with no responsibility of their own, or were so set in the "way it has to be" that we just didn't "fit".
As for deadlines, they can sometimes be set as the result of outside factors over which one has no control such as buying a new company and having to replace their system which was under the control of another larger, remote entity — after a certain date it would no longer be available. The deadline is very real, as opposed to arbitrarily assigned deadlines based upon nothing more than "who knows what logic?", maybe just a "nice-to-have" idea.
IMO deadlines are NOT evil — unless — they are totally arbitrary and unrealistic, or so structured for adherence that a vendor will sacrifice quality or reliability "to meet the deadline", or invoke any one of a multitude of other negative events to "appear" to have met the requirement. Let's face it, that many need a deadline to get anything done is not uncommon, but may that deadline not be life or death.
Custom Application RFP Process Approaches
My posts last month generally consisted of comments, suggestions and difficulties with preparing cost estimating of legacy applications. Recently I had the opportunity to come accross an interesting blog post which relates to "the other side" of the coin, that of preparing the RFP. While the post doesn't directly relate to an RFP to replace an existing legacy application, certainly there are points of comparison.
Agile Development Improves ROI – But RFP Processes are Stuck in Waterfall is the posting to which I am referring. Early in the article it is stated that "The typical RFP process for custom software development is looking for a fixed bid, thinking this will provide budget protection and guarantee ROI." There are many pitfalls to this way of thinking, not the least of which is that it doesn't really hold up in fact, in a large part due to inadequate requirements.
Then there is the "feature set" to be considered, an area which I commonly dig into with my clients — always using the "…delivery of valuable software" idea of the Agile Manifesto. As for features, the post makes the statement that "…studies show that 45% of features built under waterfall are never used." WOW! The common cry of "If its not broken, why fix it!" should be replaced with "If it isn't used, then why have it?" Many is the time that I have been with a client and seen that there are always areas which just don't get used. Unused fields in a database always seem to be asking the question – what am I doing here? Sometimes it is a change in process that has made it obsolete, but more often than not I find it is a matter of some program area which "seemed like a good idea at the time", but which just never fit what was envisioned, therefore didn't provide the "value".
As for preparing an RFP — I wonder about the effectiveness of most RFP's, and the referenced article helps me identify why, it seems to demand a waterfall approach, and I'm clearly into an Agile approach to development.
Application Over Design — Is there such a thing?
Yes there is ladies and gentlemen! End of story, NOT end of post!
While doing some "cleaning up" around the office recently I ran into a design spec that I had the misfortune to encounter some 20 years ago. It was submitted as a "Preliminary Draft", weighed in at about the birth of a child (…only kidding, but over 100 double sided pages of small print), and was supposed to describe (as an overview) the specifications desired for a new manufacturing and inventory control system. The project was scrapped after a number of months as not "fitting the budget", which come to find out really couldn't possibly have supported much more than that design specification itself. I kept the document around to serve as a reminder to me of how NOT to design an application.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I figure that had the specs been graphically portrayed in that specification document, rather than verbal, its birthweight might have been reduced to that of a rodent. As a side benefit, it may also have been read (…resulting in understanding)! What a concept! Then there might have been more of a budget for actually getting the project off the ground!
However, at that time the powerful time-saving and graphical development environments we have available today were more a dream than reality. While I knew of COBOL programmers who seemed to think in terms of 80 or 132 columns and 24 to 80 row grids, and thus could very quickly place items properly on screens and reports, they were a special bunch! Todays tools very much support the ability to a certain extent, to "design-as-you-go". It's a wonderful time for development! Anyone ever wonder what we'll be using 20 years from now?
Software Development Platform Comparisons
So many development environments to choose from, so little time to work with them! You may see something about an environment of interest to you, but wonder just what is working with it really like? Well, I stumbled upon a recent report of interest from Evans Data Corp. on the top software development platforms. Their report is loaded with useful information about the products evaluated: Eclipse, Delphi, Rational Development Tool Suite, IntelliJ, Visual Studio and Tools, NetBeans, Jdeveloper and tools, and Sun Studio.
Since I work mostly using Visual Dataflex my experience with these tools is limited — yet my interest in them is high, so I found the report particularly informative. The report ranks the tools in over 15 areas such as "Ready to Use out of box experience", "Sample Apps", "Database Development Tools" and "Integration with Databases". There are also charts and comment on overall ratings by development platform.
The report is freely available from Evans Data — I'm sure many who read this will find it an interesting read.
Application Design for Tight Operator Control
In these days of exceptionally "busy" screens within which operators can usually choose many options (…and sometimes ones which they shouldn't), I have been placed in a position where I am being asked to create an application with minimal functionality entry screens! This design approach reminds me of the very simplistic (…also efficient, lean and mean) entry screens of the character-based applications I was designing in the 70's and 80's. No surprise here since the application being designed is truly a system based upon that early design approach and technology — and my customer describes himself as a "control freak", and describes a co-worker as "even more of a control freak" than he is!
OK, so you've now got a general picture of a design criteria — Keep It Simple Stupid! Continued »
Application Cost Estimating
When I first posted "Cost Estimating Rewrite of Legacy Applications" I had not planned that it would turn into a series of posts such as it has. What I found is that the more I wrote, the more there was to write about. Since I struggle with post topics from time-to-time, this topic has become this blogger's dream. Hopefully it is helping others in some way. Continued »
Comments on Cost Estimating (Continued)
I seemed to have a lot to comment on in my last post, and decided it was best to have another post which continued my comments from my list of considerations for legacy application rewrites, so I continue my comments in this post.
Myself, very early on in the review of a potential project I like to look at the tables, any relationships between tables, and any indexes which may be defined for the tables. At one point I had developed a method of estimating which assigned a basic value for each table based upon number of fields, number of relationships, and number of indexes. The more of each the greater the cost to replicate. This was a time consuming analysis, but provided a significantly more in-depth understanding of what I was getting myself into. The problem I had with this method was that I never quite did enough of these to establish meaningful values. The other thing I did (which I highly recommend against!) is to decide I was making it too complicated and therefore misjudging the time it would take! Problem was, estimates using this method, while they produced the work, the work was produced because I was "giving it away" by ignoring what I thought it would take based on the details I knew.
Legacy apps which are not based upon a relational database are of course the most difficult to estimating in my opinion. I believe that to estimate such a potential project one must basically create the tables, relationships and indexes on paper at least. Here creating a diagram of tables and relationships can be a valuable asset as well.
Yet another time-consuming exercise that is best taken on early is an evaluation of the ratio of entry/processing programs to reporting programs. It's my experience that entry/processing programs generally are more complex than the general reporting program. Of course, I have had plenty of very complex reports which break this "rule", but they have been the exception.
Comments on Application Cost Estimating
In my previous post "Cost Estimating Ideas for Legacy Application Rewrites" I provided a list of considerations for preparing estimates for legacy application rewrites. This post is a follow-up to that post where I will add comments to some of the considerations listed in that post.
- Industry — A couple of the considerations which I listed relate to the industry using the particular application. I've found that some developers are not at all comfortable jumping into a new industry application environment, so in that case industry familiarity and team experience becomes a large factor. There can be an argument made that IF a developer is NOT familiar with the particulars of an industry that they are probably not the developers for the job. However, a case can also be made that a development team that is NOT familiar with the industry has no predefined set of "…this is the (ONLY implied) way to do it!" methods. This lack of experience in the industry can result in creativity beyond that of the experienced. The smart development team that is geared toward accomplishing an effective application can overcome industry inexperience by listening to those with the experience, and applying their own experience in new ways for the project. It may be more expensive to have the inexperienced team do the project — but then again the inexperienced team can take their inefficiency into account and perhaps absorb some of their "learning curve" time themselves.
- Source Code — In my experience there seems always to be some source code which for one reason or another is among the "missing". Very often it has been replaced with another piece of source, but not always. Sometimes it is source code developed as an add-on to the application by a third party who did not provide the source to the customer, for whatever reason.
- Analysis of Available Source Code — Recently I was introduced to a method whereby looking at the source code size (i.e. total bytes contained in all the source code) was used to help in the estimate. What this estimator did was to take that size and apply a "factor" to it, which "factor" was the result of his years of experience with both the development environment and applications experience. If an application has 1000 pieces of source code in most situations (ALL that I've been involved with), each individual piece of source is not going to get opened up and evaluated. Another variation on the code size approach might be number of lines of code, as I've known that to be used. The issue with lines of code is that establishing the number of lines of code may be too difficult to get.
My comments will continue in my next post. Please stay tuned!
Cost Estimating Ideas for the Legacy Application Rewrite
I promised in my last post "Cost Estimating Rewrite of Legacy Applications" that I would be producing a list of considerations for preparing estimates for legacy application rewrites – this is the post! The suggestions on my list are really slanted toward the independent developers who are apt to find themselves in many an unfamiliar territory.
- Is the industry using the application familiar to you or your development team?
- What is your / your teams experience with applications in the industry?
- Is ALL of the legacy app source code available?
- Can the legacy app "play nicely" with the new app — or must the new totally replace the existing immediately?
- What is the ratio of data entry and processing to reporting?
- Are there existing interfaces to external functionality for which no source or documentation is available?
- What are the time constraints for the project?
- What is the total size of source to be recreated? How many bytes? How many lines?
- Relational database or non-relational?
- How many tables involved?
- How about relationships between tables?
- What might you NOT know about?
- Is the new application to start fresh (empty data files), or will some data transfer/cleanup/modification be required?
Each of the above considerations (listed in no particular order by the way) are especially appropriate to the re-creation of an existing legacy application. I'm sure there are other considerations not listed, and I would welcome your comment and suggestions. Also, as with all software development whether a brand new app or rewrite of an existing app, all the considerations of application purpose, user experience, industry expectations and the myriad of other design considerations should be added to the considerations.
In a future post I will expand upon the above list with additional comment.


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Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 341 3550 - 500
e-mail: mittag@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Genetic Diversity and Selection (Aida Andrés)
(Former group hosted by the Department of Evolutionary Genetics)
The group was a member of the Genetics Department from 2010 to 2017 and is moving to University College London.
Our main interest is to understand the influence that natural selection has played in the evolution of humans and other primates. We are intrigued by how adaptation has shaped the evolution of relevant phenotypes. How has natural selection influenced the acquisition of species-specific traits? What selective forces are responsible for phenotypic diversity within populations? How does past selection affect our present-day phenotypes?
At present, we are actively working on these main research areas:
Balancing selection
Balancing selection maintains advantageous diversity in populations by a variety of mechanisms. In humans it is responsible, for example, for the extreme levels of genetic diversity of the MHC locus, and for the fascinating equilibrium that maintains sickle-cell anemia alleles in malaria-suffering populations due to heterozygotes advantage. In other species, balancing selection maintains diversity that is crucial for sex determination, self-incompatibility, defense against pathogens, or escape from predators. Our goal is to understand the influence of balancing selection in the genome (its prevalence, conservation among populations and species, its most common targets) and to unravel the biological factors behind its signatures (its specific targets, the functional consequences of selected variants, their contribution to phenotypic diversity in populations). For this, we combine genomic approaches with detailed population genetics, computational, and experimental studies, that allow us to go from the genome to the phenotype.
Representative publications
- de Filippo C, Key FM, Ghirotto S, Benazzo A, Meneu JR, Weihmann A; NISC Comparative Sequence Program, Parra G, Green ED, Andrés AM.
Recent selection changes in human genes under long-term balancing selection.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 1435-1447 (2016) [Full text][PDF]
- Teixeira JC*, de Filippo C*, Weihmann A, Meneu JR, Racimo F, Dannemann M, Nickel B, Fischer A, Halbwax M, Andre C, Atencia R, Meyer M, Parra G, Paabo S, Andrés AM.
Long-term balancing selection in LAD1 maintains a missense trans-species polymorphism in humans, chimpanzees and bonobos.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 1186-1196 (2015) [Full text][PDF]
- Andrés AM*, Dennis MY* , Kretzschmar WW, Cannons JL, Lee-Lin SQ, Hurle B; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Schwartzberg PL, Williamson SH, Bustamante CD, Nielsen R, Clark AG, Green ED.
Balancing Selection Maintains a Form of ERAP2 that Undergoes Nonsense-Mediated Decay and Affects Antigen Presentation.
PLoS Genetics 6:e1001157 (2010). [PubMed] [Full text] [PDF] [Supplementary Material]
- [see also Cagan et al., MBE 2016 in Comparative Population Genomics section below]
Ancient DNA
Recent technological advances have enabled the production of high-quality genome sequences of several archaic Homo individuals. This provides an unprecedented opportunity to study extinct populations and the ancestors of present-day modern humans. We use these genomes to study ancestral and modern human populations, with particular emphasis on the effects of natural selection in their evolution.
Representative publications
- Kuhlwilm M, Gronau I, Hubisz MJ, de Filippo C, Prado-Martinez J, Kircher M, Fu Q, Burbano HA, Lalueza-Fox C, de la Rasilla M, Rosas A, Rudan P, Brajkovic D, Kucan Ž, Gušic I, Marques-Bonet T, Andrés AM, Viola B, Pääbo S, Meyer M, Siepel A, Castellano S.
Ancient gene flow from early modern humans into Eastern Neanderthals.
Nature 530: 29–433 (2016) [Full text][PDF]
- Dannemann D, Andrés AM, Kelso J.
Introgression of Neandertal- and Denisovan-like Haplotypes Contributes to Adaptive Variation in Human Toll-like Receptors
The American Journal of Human Genetics 98:22–33 (2016)
- Castellano S, Parra G, Sánchez-Quinto FA, Racimo F, Kuhlwilm M, Kircher M, Sawyer S, Fu Q, Heinze A, Nickel B, Dabney J, Siebauer M, White L, Burbano HA, Renaud G, Stenzel U, Lalueza-Fox C, de la Rasilla M, Rosas A, Rudan P, Brajković D, Kucan Ž, Gušic I, Shunkov MV, Derevianko AP, Viola B, Meyer M, Kelso J, Andrés AM, Pääbo S.
Patterns of coding variation in the complete exomes of three Neandertals.
PNAS 111:6666-71 (2014). [Full text][PDF]
- [See also Key et al., Nat Comm 2016 in Local adaptation above]
Local adaptation
Through series of migration events, humans have colonizing virtually every habitable corner of the globe. Settling in such different environments was possible thanks to both cultural and biological adaptations. Although genetic differences among human groups are few and largely neutral, a few genetic differences are responsible for important phenotypic traits, including medically-related phenotypes. We are interested in measuring to what extent local selective pressures have influenced the genetic make up of humans, and which mechanisms mediated adaptation to each environment. We are particularly interested in complex genetic processes underlying local adaptation, such as changes in the strength or type of natural selection, and polygenic adaptation.
Representative publications
- Key FM, Fu Q, Romagné F, Lachmann M, Andrés AM.
Human adaptation and population differentiation in the light of ancient genomes.
Nature Communications 7:10775 (2016) [Full text][PDF]
- Key FM, Peter B, Dennis MY, Huerta-Sánchez E, Tang W, Prokunina-Olsson L, Nielsen R, Andrés AM.
Selection on a Variant Associated with Improved Viral Clearance Drives Local, Adaptive Pseudogenization of Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4).
PLoS Genetics 10:e1004681 (2014). [Full text][PDF]
- White L, Romagné F, Müller E, Erlebach E, Weihmann A, Parra G, Andrés AM, Castellano S.
Genetic adaptation to levels of dietary selenium in recent human history.
Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 1507-1518 (2015) [Full text][PDF]
- [See also de Filippo et al., MBE 2016 in Balancing selection above]
- [See also Dannemann et al., AJHG 2016 in Ancient DNA below]
Comparative population genomics
Considerable knowledge has accumulated on the influence of natural selection in specific human populations. Still, little is known about the conservation of such selective pressures, both among human populations and across different species. Loci under similar selective pressures are likely affected by common environmental factors and are behind shared phenotypes; loci under species- or population-specific selection are likely affected by local selective forces and are responsible for differential traits. Through a number of genomic approaches we aim at helping establish the level of conservation of different types of natural selection, and at identifying loci that are responsible for species- and population-specific traits.
Representative publications
- Cagan A*, Theunert C*, Laayouni H*, Santpere G*, Pybus M, Casals F, Prüfer K, Navarro A, Marques-Bonet T, Bertranpetit J#, Andrés AM#.
Natural selection in the great apes.
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33:3268-3283 (2016) [Full text][PDF]
- Manuel M*, Kuhlwilm M*, Frandsen P*, Sousa V, Desai T, Prado-Martinez J, Hernandez-Rodriguez J, Dupanloup I, Lao O, Hallast P, Schmidt JM, Heredia-Genestar JM, Benazzo A, Barbujani G, Peter B, Kuderna LFK, Casals F, Angedakin S, Arandjelovic M, Boesch C, Kühl H, Vigilant L, Langergraber K, Novembre J, Gut M, Gut I, Navarro A, Carlsen F, Andrés AM, Siegismund HR, Scally A, Excoffier L, Tyler-Smith C, Castellano S, Xue Y, Hvilsom C, Marques-Bonet T
Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos.
Science 354:477-481 )2016). [Full text][PDF]
- Prado-Martinez J, Sudmant PH, Kidd JM, Li H, Kelley JL, Lorente-Galdos B, Veeramah KR, Woerner AE, O'Connor TD, Santpere G, Cagan A, Theunert C, ..., Andrés AM, Wall JD, Bustamante CD, Hammer MF, Eichler EE, Marques-Bonet T.
Great ape genetic diversity and population history.
Nature 499:471-5 (2013). [PubMed] [Full text][PDF]
- [See also Teixeira et al., MBE 2015 in Balancing selection above]


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The AAFP joined dozens of national and state physician organizations in signing on to a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that highlights their "serious concerns" about CMS' interpretation of a key component of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
Specifically, the physician organizations urged Sebelius to reverse the ruling that medical textbooks, reprints of peer-reviewed scientific clinical journal articles -- and even abstracts of such information-rich articles -- are not written for patients, intended for patient consumption or directly beneficial to patients and, therefore, would be subject to the law's reporting requirements.
The Sunshine Act was enacted by Congress as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to ensure transparency regarding so-called transfers of value between physicians and those who produce or market medical products. The 2013 value benchmark is $10 or more, but that figure will be adjusted annually for inflation.
The final rule implementing the Sunshine Act(www.gpo.gov) was published in the Feb. 8 Federal Register.
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- Dozens of physician organizations have signed on to a letter asking HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to exempt medical textbooks and peer-reviewed scientific journal articles from Sunshine Act reporting requirements.
- The letter maintains that Congress intended such items to be excluded and points to FDA guidance that supports the organizations' viewpoint.
- The groups oppose HHS' contention that medical textbooks and journal articles are not meant for, or beneficial to, patients; rather, the letter's signatories say that such resources directly benefit patients and, in fact, are crucial to patient care.
The Oct. 28 letter, spearheaded by the AMA and the Massachusetts Medical Society, reiterated to Sebelius that CMS' decision regarding these educational materials is "contrary to both the statute and congressional intent and will potentially harm patient care by impeding ongoing efforts to improve the quality of care through timely medical education."
The signatories argued that "up-to-date, peer-reviewed scientific medical information" builds good medical care and that peer-reviewed medical journal articles and medical texts are "essential tools" that physician rely on to stay abreast of the latest developments in patient care.
According to Robert Bennett, the AAFP's federal regulatory manager, the concern is that some of those educational materials -- or the subscriptions by which physicians obtained them -- could have been paid for by outside entities.
Nonetheless, these items "represent the gold standard in evidence-based medical knowledge and provide a direct benefit to patients," argued the physician groups in the letter.
"Better-informed clinicians render better care to their patients," they added.
The letter pointed out that when members of Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, they specifically excluded from the Sunshine Act certain items that provide direct benefit to patients. Congress counted reference materials among those hands-off items that physicians use to explore -- often, together with their patients -- medical issues sometimes unfamiliar to even seasoned family physicians.
The letter included a reference to guidance the FDA provided to industry in 2009 that addressed good reprint practices. The FDA guidance "underscores the importance of this scientific peer-reviewed information," said the letter. In fact, the guidance made it clear that medical reprints were entirely different from promotional information and should be distributed separately, "specifically because the reprints are designed to promote the science of medicine, are educational and intended to benefit patients."
"We are concerned that the final regulations could inadvertently prevent the timely distribution of rigorous scientifically reviewed medical information to clinicians and patients and thereby undermine efforts to improve the quality of care provided to patients," said the organizations.
"As clinicians, patients and providers of health care, we know that these materials provide a direct benefit to patients and are critical for patient care," they concluded.
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Philips has been talking a bout their new models of television sets using 21:9 aspect ratio instead of the mainstream 16:9 models along with 3D capabilities, and during CES 2011 that has just finished other companies like JVC who were showing a prototype and Vizio that announced models with 21:9 aspect. The idea of this wider aspect ratio seems quite good, considering the fact that a lot of movies distributed on DVD and Blu-ray using 16:9 aspect still do have black lines on the top and at the bottom of the screen. If you play these movies on a 21:9 aspect ratio HDTV these black lines should be gone and the image should cover the whole wide area of the display. So far, so good, but how does adding 3D capabilities fits in this?
The television sets using 21:9 aspect resolution do have a higher and non-standard native resolution of 2560×1080 which may be Ok for 2D content pushed over HDMI 1.4 interface is not OK for 3D content. The reason behind that fact is that HDMI 1.4 specifications for stereo 3D content support up to 1920×1080 resolution with 24Hz in 3D mode, so there is no way to push even higher resolution in stereo 3D mode over that interface. This means that you are pushing 1080p 3D video to the TV set and then it gets processed in some way in order to be displayed to cover the whole wide display, kind of upscaling and cropping of the video. This again should be quite OK for movies as with 3D movies in 16:9 aspect ratio you still get the black lines at the top and bottom, but what about playing games or photos in stereo 3D mode where you still need to push 720p or 1080p? Considering the fact that 24Hz 3D mode is not very responsive for most gamers, you would have to resort to playing games in 720p mode and upscaling that do the native resolution of 2560×1080 might lead to not so good visual quality, especially of the game does not have Anti-Aliasing support. But what will the 21:9 aspect ratio TV set do when you are sending 1080p or 720p 3D content which is 16:9 aspect ratio? The television set will upscale the image just like it does with a movie, but since you are not going to have black lines in the game window you are actually going to loose some of the image at the top and bottom and in games these parts usually are used for the HUD display. And if you are sending 4:3 aspect ratio image (what about 3:2 3D photos pushed over 720p/1080p resolution), although this is not supported in 3D over HDMI 1.4 the TV will again scale the images a bit, but still will leave some black bars on the sides.
At the moment Nvidia's 3DTV Play software does not mention any of the 21:9 3D HDTVs as compatible as they are still not so common and probably haven't yet been tested, but in theory they should be compatible. However due to the specifics of the aspect and the resolution they may not be a great choice for all around 3D content, although they may be great choice for movies in 2D or 3D. Gaming on this new breed of 3D-capable television sets brings some questions and can prove problematic with you either loosing some of your game display or having to play with back bars which will ultimately ruin the experience. Playing games through a 3D-capable console also brings these issues as PlayStation 3 for example also relies on the HDMI 1.4 stereo 3D specifications and for games you are stuck at 720p resolution only. So if you are considering to get a 21:9 aspect ratio 3D HDTV and are planning to use it primarily for gaming in stereo 3D mode, then you should reconsider and go for a more traditional 16:9 aspect ratio instead.


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When the Cowboys show up for training camp this weekend, they'll have their quarterback back with them.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Thursday that Tony Romo has been cleared to begin practice when the Cowboys open camp Sunday.
"He feels good. He looks good," Jones said, via ESPNDallas. "He's uniquely out running mountains right now in the West, so he's getting himself physically in shape.
"He's never thrown a lot in the offseason. This is a time where he rests his arm. I'm confident his weight is right and feel he'll be in shape and let it go."
Romo had surgery to remove a cyst in his back in April, which kept him off the field for most of the offseason. He did some light throwing in June, but has otherwise watched backup Kyle Orton take all the work.
Once he's back, his next challenge will be learning the ways of a new play-caller, as Bill Callahan takes that duty from coach Jason Garrett, marking the first time since 2007 Romo's had someone else in his ear.


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We encourage you to follow the Northside Church daily Bible reading plan. Click the links in the table below to read each day's scripture. To learn more about the plan, click the "Instructions" tab above.
|New Testament
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|Acts 7:30-41
|Jer 31
|Acts 7:42-53
|Jer 32
|Acts 7:54-60
|Jer 33
|Acts 8:1-8
|Jer 34
|Acts 8:9-25
|Jer 35
|Ps 126
It is important to realize that the 'rewiring' work of the Spirit, by which he changes us from the inside out, is a supernatural process that cannot be directly linked to prayer and Bible study in a one-to-one ratio. While these disciplines are important tools for our spiritual maturity, we should not assume that their use automatically or proportionally makes the Holy Spirit work. Were the ratios exact, then legalistic uses of the disciplines of grace would be more pervasive than they already are. Instead, the Spirit seems to respond to humble repentance and dependence on God alone for changing the heart, and then to use the regenerated heart's longing for change to create new pursuits and godly passions.
– Holiness by Grace, Bryan Chapell
We offer this plan as a potentially helpful tool for you to engage with God through his Word. The ideal is that this is a time of meditation – below the surface thinking about the realities revealed in the passage for the purpose of understanding, life-application, and prayer. We would recommend you set aside 10-15 minutes so you can pray for insight, read the passage, write something down (comments,questions, observations, etc.), and pray. If the readings seem overwhelming, feel free to start with just the New Testament readings.


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European industry at the Spaceport
One of the tangible signs of Europe at the Spaceport is the presence and active participation of European industry.
Companies with a permanent presence at the Spaceport fall into the following groups.
CISG - Guiana Industrial Space Community
This group includes ESA, CNES and Arianespace as an observer, plus the following companies:
- Air Liquide Spatial Guyane - operates the liquid oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen plants as well as the helium production and storage unit;
- Airbus Safran Launchers - responsible for Ariane 5 launcher integration, the Booster Storage Building as well as booster integration and operation at the Booster Preparation Building;
- Europropulsion - operates the Booster Assembly Building where solid rocket motor is assembled;
- Regulus - operates the Guiana Propellant Plant (UPG).
UEBS - Union of Industries at the Launch Base
This consists of members of the CISG together with another 28 European industrial partners. UEBS came into being in 1991 to ensure that all companies operating at the spaceport follow the same regulations. There are also a number of companies, mainly local, that work as subcontractors to UEBS members.
Other European companies also work sporadically at the Spaceport although they do not maintain a permanent presence there. They are involved in specific activities such as supplying telecommunication networks and fluid installations or providing software.
All these companies make an important contribution to the running of the Spaceport and highlight its European nature - an essential element of the Spaceport.


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Six years, three arrests and three rehab stints after Lindsay Lohan starred in Mean Girls, its video game adaptation is being released. Without LiLo on the box. This, folks, is what the suits call "leveraging a hot property."
Better yet, it's actually been two years since Paramount was said to be working up the game in the first place. A two year dev cycle? Gawd, that must mean this is some AAA sandbox RPG right? Wrong. Last we heard it was some kind of Puzzle Quest ripoff for the DS that only allegorically referred to the movie or its characters.
Then again, by the time Paramount licensed this over, Lohan's descent into cocaine, booking photos and hideous tabloid coverage had reached its nadir. So it's doubtful they planned to include her anyway, although her character is apparently a part of it.
The game's listed for an April 20 release. Just remember, in the end, despite long odds, self-destructive behavior and a never ending development cycle, Mean Girls still got made and Duke Nukem Forever didn't.
Mean Girls DS Arriving Sans Lohan [The Tanooki]


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Virgin Media in talks with power firms to expand network
Subsidies not included
Virgin Media plans to expand its cable network to up to a million homes in areas where BT doesn't think upgrading its network will be worthwhile - and the cable company says it won't need subsidies to do it.
It is in talks with power companies for access to their streetside poles, which are used to deliver electricity in many rural and semi-rural areas.
The discussions are sure to be encouraged by the coalition government, which has scrapped a £6 per year landline tax that would have subsidised fibre optics for the "final third" of the country, where BT cannot see a commercial case for upgrades.
At a conference in July the government will explore with industry how "superfast"* broadband can be expanded to cover the whole country by the end of the decade at minimal cost. Ministers have indicated they see partnerships of the type under discussion by Virgin Media as the way ahead.
Kevin Baughan, Virgin Media's director of technical strategy, said subsidies will be necessary for "superfast" broadband to reach all homes, but that they didn't figure in its plan to piggyback on the electricity infrastructure.
"This is about changing the fundamental economics of deploying fibre," he said.
The scheme is in its early stages. A small-scale technical trial is underway in Woolhampton, a village in Berkshire where fibre has been run to 25 homes from two poles installed by Virgin Media in a pub car park. The fibre runs all the way to the sides of houses, unlike in a standard UK cable deployment, where the light signal is converted to an electrical one at a streetside cabinet in order to run over a coaxial line into premises.
Jon James, Virgin Media's executive director of broadband, said the economics of expanding faster broadband into areas rejected by BT make sense. "For them it's not worth upgrading existing customers to slightly better service, but for us it's a new market where we know we'll get 30 to 40 per cent take up," he said.
Virgin Media's network currently covers 12.6 million homes, about half the country.
Competition in the broadband market is set to intensify in the next 12 months as BT's fibre-to-the-cabinet upgrade programme and marketing gathers pace. Virgin Media will launch its 100Mbit/s downstream product by the end of the year, in part to demonstrate the technical superiority of its last mile infrastructure. ®
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Meeting minutes two
From VoidWarranties - Hackerspace Antwerp, Belgium
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to 2010/02/11 11:59:59 PM
|Den Bunker
Koert, Kristel, Stefan, Bkay and Anthony met at the Josto youth house to prospect a possible location for the hackerspace.
- The Josto youth house is a youth-operated place with usual bar, meeting rooms, kitchen, rooms for Chiro, ... (Koert is in the youth house's board)
- The basement is available for activities, and the people are excited about having a hackerspace as it fits in their mission statement (organizing events, etc)
- The basement (also referred to as "De Bunker") consists of ...
- two vaulted rooms (not very big, about 20-30 square meters?)
- a bar, which is also used by a band for their rehearsals on Saturday
- a hallway
- a few smaller rooms (looks like a DJ pit)
- The basement has all kinds of recently renovated facilities (electricity, lighting, heating) but is not used by the youth house
- In cooperation with the youth house, the basement may be made available to a hacker club, for free, with a few reasonable requests
- If we bring internet to the basement, the youth house also wants its share of the uplink (Wireless Antwerpen is a feasible way to bring internet into the building)
- We're not supposed to bring our own drinks, but buy them from the youth house's bar (==cheap). We can use the basement's bar for distributing drinks. If we want to expand the selection of drinks (e.g. include Club Mate or Jolt Cola) we can bring it ourselves
- If we're planning activities (like a workshop), the youth house wants to be mentioned as a co-organizer
- We're not supposed to change anything structurally unless it is in cooperation with the building's owner
- It is agreed to use this space as a preliminary space for future meetings every Wednesday (since the youth house is open on Wednesdays). If the hackerspace attracts too many people, we might move to a bigger space later on.
- In the next few weeks, we plan to
- Work on defining the hackerspace, working toward an official organization
- Clean up the basement for its initial use as a hackerspace
- Discuss practical details and some sort of formal agreement with the youth house's organization
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Bacon-Wrapped Pork with Spicy Mango-Basil Relish
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- 4 boneless pork chops, 1 1/2 inch thick
- 8 strips bacon
- 1 cup(s) soy sauce
- 1 cup(s) fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper
- 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 1 mango, peeled, pitted and chopped
- 2 tablespoon(s) lime juice
- 2 tablespoon(s) fresh basil, chopped
- Wrap 2 strips of bacon around the outside edge of each pork chop, securing in several places with toothpicks. Mix together the soy sauce, lime juice, cayenne pepper and garlic. Reserve half of the mixture for basting and place half in a shallow baking dish. Add pork to dish and turn to coat both sides. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, turning pork occasionally. (Marinate longer for more flavor.)
- Remove from marinade, discard marinade, and place pork on grill over medium coals. Cook for 12 to 16 minutes total, basting with reserved marinade several times, until pork is 145 degrees Fahrenheit, followed by a 3-minute rest time, as measured with an instant-read thermometer. Serve with a large dollop of Spicy Mango-Basil Relish. Makes 4 servings
- Spicy Mango-Basil Relish: In a small bowl stir together chopped mango, lime juice, chopped fresh basil and cayenne pepper.
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Rolls-Royce RB211-22 Turbofan Engine, Cutaway
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
This is the first foreign-made engine chosen as the basic power plant for a major U.S.-built airliner, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, receiving its certification from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1973 for use on that three engine aircraft. In addition, it powered some models of the Boeing 747 transport.
The RB211 differed from other engines in its class in having three instead of two shafts. Each shaft has a compressor on its forward end and a turbine on its aft end. This design permitted each compressor to run nearer its optimum speed and efficiency and reduced the number of blades and other parts required in the engine. The static thrust varied from 160 KN (36,000 pounds) to 245 KN (55,000 pounds).
This RB211-22 engine powered the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. It has been cutaway to show the relationship of the internal parts.


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Jim Taylor died in 1894. This is a copy of the original newspaper clipping from the Mt. Vernon Signal. It was saved by someone in the family, most likely Jim's son (and my great-grandfather), John C. Taylor, since it was handed down from one of his daughters. It's a treasure because the newspapers from that year are no longer available in any form.
James F. Taylor Dead, A Friend's Tribute:
James F. Taylor, after a lingering illness, died on the night of the 10th of June, 1894 at his home two miles east of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Taylor was born in Rockcastle county, Kentucky on July 8th, 1832, in which county he was raised and resided until his death. In his young manhood he was married to Miss Margaret Ramsey, a modestimable lady, by which union eleven children were born, nine of whom survive – – six sons and three daughters. His beloved wife preceded him to the grave by about two years and their remains now lie side by side in the family burying ground near their old homestead. "Uncle Jim" or "General" as many of his friends called him was a good neighbor and a consistent Christian, being an earnest member of the Buckeye Christian Church, where he was ever found at his place in the Sanctuary with health permitted. As a husband and father he was devoted and indulgent, as a citizen he was law abiding, patriotic and upright. Quite and unassuming, he was as true as steel and an honest man. His example is worthy to be followed and those near and who are dear to him will not go amiss should they follow his footsteps. "A faithful friend has left us. We will see his face no more! He had gone to meet his lov'd ones on the banks of the Golden Shore". J. K. McC.
Note: Whoever clipped this obituary got a bit close on the right edge so the last letter or two is missing from most every line. It is still readable but some assumptions were made.
I received this copy from W. H. Taylor, grandson of John C. Taylor.


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Twins claim left-hander Raley from Cubs
Southpaw added to 40-man roster, will report for start of camp
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins claimed left-hander Brooks Raley off waivers from the Cubs, the club announced Wednesday.
Raley, 25, was officially added to the 40-man roster and will report to Fort Myers, Fla., on time for Spring Training. Twins pitchers and catchers are set to report on Sunday.
The 6-foot-3 southpaw made nine relief appearances with the Cubs last season, posting a 5.14 ERA with 14 strikeouts and eight walks in 14 innings. He was mostly used as a starting pitcher at Triple-A Iowa, making 25 starts and two relief appearances. He had a 4.46 ERA with 95 strikeouts and 45 walks in 141 1/3 innings.
He also made five starts with the Cubs in 2012, posting an 8.14 ERA with 16 strikeouts and 11 walks in 24 1/3 innings. He fared much better in the Minor Leagues that season, with a 3.58 ERA and 98 strikeouts and 40 walks in 130 2/3 innings split between Double-A Tennessee and Iowa.
Raley was originally drafted by the Cubs in the sixth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Texas A&M University. The San Antonio, Texas, native has a career 3.92 ERA with 375 strikeouts and 176 walks in 555 1/3 innings in the Minor Leagues.


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Vineyard Braces for Holiday
By MANDY LOCKE
With Fourth of July falling in the middle of this coming week, predictions about when the great surge of holiday visitors will reach the Island are as uncertain as forecasting Vineyard weather. Everyone speculates, but it's a matter of wait-and-see.
With American flags and banners waving in gentle breezes from homes and businesses this week, Islanders appear ready for the coming of the holiday that unofficially opens the high summer season.
Innkeepers, restaurant managers and other business owners received hints about travel plans of Vineyard-bound visitors through reservations. And the verdict is: There is no clear pattern.
Derek Tipton, general manager of Island Inn in Oak Bluffs, shows logs of a slow midweek and a heavy second weekend. "It's a little lighter on the first part of the week," he said.
But Marjorie Edwards in reservations at the Edgartown Harborside Inn said both of her weekends are booked, with people staying over until Tuesday or Wednesday from the first weekend.
Others use the power of positive thinking and hope for a rush through the week.
"Ideally the first group will come on Friday and stay the rest of the week," said Stuart Myers, manager of David Ryan's Restaurant and Cafe in Edgartown.
But week-long Independence Day holidays are a trend of the past, according to some business owners, even if the holiday falls in the middle of the week.
"Very rarely do people take a full week. When it falls on a Wednesday, it's bad news," said Bud Raymond, manager of Zephrus restaurant at the Tisbury Inn. Mr. Raymond notices the bulk of his holiday traffic reservations are tied to the first weekend.
Bob Wilcoxson, manager of Cutler Bikes in Edgartown, said that this holiday is a guessing game. "You just don't know what day people will get off for the holiday. Some might get a Friday or Monday to tag on to a weekend," he said, noting that reservations have been coming in for both weekends.
Amy Coffey, office manager for Mad Max sailing cruises in Edgartown, said they are running nearly full catamaran trips right now. And the phone rang off the wall this week to secure spots on cruises during both weekends. The Independence Day fireworks cruise is almost sold out.
Cape Air reports heavy bookings in the days ahead. Passenger numbers for the first weekend are running ahead of reservations for the following weekend. Not many vacationers are flying in during the week, according to Colin Ewing, station manager for Cape Air.
One major difference Mr. Ewing noticed this season is the surge in passengers using Providence instead of Boston as a launching pad for commuter flights to the Vineyard.
"The word is out that Logan is not the best place to go through. Providence has all that they need," Mr. Ewing said. Cape Air responded with more service to and from Providence.
With murmurs about a soft Island economy this season, the business community shows some concern about the size of holiday crowds and the length of visitor stays.
"Last year was busier. I think the split weekend is the cause of it," Ms. Edwards said.
"It seems slow, but we say that every year. By August, we'll probably be saying it was a good season," Mr. Wilcoxson said.
Ms. Coffey said she is pleased by the number of reservations they've received so far.
Regardless of when visitors arrive and depart this holiday, Edgartown is gearing up in red, white and blue fashion for the annual parade and fireworks display.
"We're having the usual, just more of it," said Fred B. Morgan Jr., Edgartown selectman and master of ceremonies for the event. Floats, cars, fire trucks and veterans will take their typical spots in the parade march.
"It's not an Edgartown parade. It's an Island parade," Mr. Morgan said, extending a welcome to any and all Island residents and visitors.
In addition to the parade and fireworks display, the town will host two concerts in the Old Whaling Church during the day. The Bay State Band will perform at 2 p.m. Wednesday and the Vineyard Haven Band will begin at 7:30 that evening. The Edgartown fire department and the American Legion will offer refreshments to spectators and participants after the parade.
At nightfall, attention will turn to the waterfront along the Edgartown harbor for the grand fireworks display above the lighthouse.
"It ends up looking like stars over the harbor," Ms. Coffey remembered the harbor full of boats.
Everyone from police officers and retail workers to restaurant staff is prepared to pull double duty so guests may enjoy the best of the Island with ease.
"Enjoy what we have to offer, but be respectful of people who live here," said Lieut. David Roberts of the Oak Bluffs police department as a reminder to visiting crowds who are already here or are about to arrive for the long Fourth of July holiday ahead.


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The Paper Trail
This story appears in the July 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Few inhabitants of mainstream USA expressed interest in anything "indie" before 1996, when Oscar-winning films like Fargo and Shine engaged audiences with small budgets and little-known actors. Younger consumers discovered indie in the early '90s, when the once-underground "grunge" aesthetic infiltrated mass-market music, film and fashion. But years before anyone was watching obscure movies, and before kids deemed flannel-wearing fashionable, "grandma and granddaddy of indie" Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkovits were pointing people in the direction of hip as publishers and editors of Paper magazine. Never heard of Paper (launched 16 years ago) or Papermag.com (live in 1994) or Paper Publishing Co.'s 1999 book From AbFab to Zen: Paper's Guide to Pop Culture? That's probably because Hastreiter and Hershkovits have always run their New York City company on a shoestring and accepted little investment. But no one's ever told them what to do, either. And they like it that way.
The last time Hastreiter, 48, and Hershkovits, 52, answered to anyone was in 1981, right before former employer The Soho Weekly News, a Village Voice-esqe publication unique in its style coverage, folded after its owners failed to focus on the downtown scene about to erupt. "They were English and didn't really understand New York City," says Hastreiter. "They just couldn't deal with punk-rocker types with green hair working for them."
Shocked by The Weekly's untimely departure, Hastreiter and Hershkovits, former style editor and associate managing editor, respectively, decided to fill the void by starting their own weekly publication. Their style and ideal audience were clearly outlined. But having no start-up experience made it a challenge. They did know having a style section would get advertising. "All that existed in those days were brainless style magazines that got all the fashion ads, or things that were all content and no style, like The Village Voice, that would get local ads but no fashion ads because they didn't look good," says Hastreiter.
With boutiques and restaurants appearing around SoHo, an offbeat neigh-borhood where artists lived in the '70s, and sensing their friends (like fashion designer Vivienne Westwood; her husband, former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren; and artists Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf), were on the verge of stardom, Hastreiter and Hershkovits were confident a print publication meshing style, music and politics would be a green light not only for advertisers, but also investors. They looked for money, but without a proven concept, all they saw were bad offers-like capital in exchange for control of the company. "David and I just saw [in watching The Weekly's demise] that the people with the power and money didn't understand they had the best magazine in a market just beginning to explode," says Hastreiter. "We knew the market exactly and didn't want to give away our idea just to become employees and get fired." Investors even dangled money in front of the two for months, only to pull out at the last minute. It only inspired them.
Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere
"It was naive of us to ask people for money. We were editors, not publishers," admits Hershkovits. "But it's good to be naive sometimes, or else you don't get anything started."
"Sick of it," as Hastreiter says, they decided to publish a monthly without funding just to get something-even if it was small-time-produced, hoping an existing periodical would attract equal-share partners. Inspired by a poster in the subway, Hershkovits devised a plan: Print 16 pages without cutting them, make it fold out like a poster and sell it for 50 cents. Hastreiter, Hershkovits and two friends who were art directors from The New York Times each pitched in $1,000 to print 6,000 copies, and friends who owned SoHo clubs, restaurants and stores bought ads for $250 apiece.
They even had makeshift offices. "We did our first five issues at The New York Times during the weekends," says Hastreiter. "Our partners paid off the photo developers and typesetters. We had the ads delivered to The Times, and proofread at their cafeteria."
But by the sixth issue, Hastreiter and Hershkovits were left as a duo after the art directors decided Paper was too much effort for zero pay. "You're an entrepreneurial person, or it makes you uncomfortable," explains Hastreiter, daughter of an entrepreneur. But she and Hershkovits embraced adversity. Hastreiter supported herself by freelancing for GQ and Vanity Fair and subcontracting her fresh Daily News-magazine-style column to a writer eager to learn the trade. She even held onto past apartments and sublet them. Hershkovits freelanced for magazines and newspapers, and penned an unauthorized biography of Don Johnson.
"We were set on calling people's attention to really interesting things not being covered by the media," says Hershkovits. "We weren't a political magazine, but we were coming at it from that generation trying to save the world in one form or another."
Using The Weekly's former distributor, Paper landed on New York City newsstands. The operation moved to Hastreiter's loft after they severed their connection to The Times. But friends from various magazines came over once a month and stayed up "all night for many nights" to cut and paste (pre-Macintosh) the magazine together. Pooling their connections, they constructed Paper (which has evolved into its current 8-by-10-inch format) using everyone else's tools. "We were completely guerrilla," laughs Hastreiter. "We had Women's Wear Daily's waxes, The New York Times' rulers, the type from CBS and Xeroxes from Cónde Nast."
"Pony Express-style," Hershkovits bicycled around the city, picking up and delivering copy. Hastreiter's dad played taxi on weekends. And Hastreiter's mom? She eventually handled subscriptions for free (although she retired a year ago).
Beginning to See the Light
Being humbled by years of experience has kept the people at Paper grounded. "Here, everyone has access to me and Kim," says Hershkovits. "I think they feel very involved in the process, and there's no alienation." Keeping their 36 employees from running off to higher-paying Internet jobs or to corporate-owned magazines is tough, but like Paper enthusiasts, Paper employees revel in the final product.
Hastreiter and Hershkovits aren't "Las Vegas entrepreneurs." They've stayed alive because the former is a self-proclaimed purse-string holder; they never spend more than they have. And while building a sales force in 1995 helped put them in the black, Hastreiter, who didn't take a salary for 10 years (Hershkovitz took a minimal one a bit earlier), feels you're not really profitable until you have an excess of money you can use to expand-which they're aggressively doing at the moment with Papermag.com.
To date, the founders have only sold about 10 percent of Paper Publishing Co. to friends and family via a small offering-only to stay afloat. Otherwise, it's been all them. Sure, when Hastreiter flies to Milan to cover the runway shows, she "schleps back to economy," passing In Style editor Martha Nelson in first class. "I'm always like, 'Oh, Martha,'" says Hastreiter. "But she always says, 'You have equity.'"
In reality, Paper and Papermag.com are sitting on a goldmine: an unparalleled brand geared toward a specific group of stylish, literate and political pop-culture junkies that no one's really targeting-especially on the Internet. And the undermarketed Paper, with national distribution at about 110,000 and 1999 sales of $4.8 million, has survived intact where indie-gone-corporate magazines like Details haven't. It's hard not to imagine what a little monetary help could do.
"We did it, and we can say we're successful. But I don't think I would recommend struggling for 16 years," says Hershkovits. "I think those days are over. People want to pay their dues for a couple years and then get paid. But that's why we're optimistic about the future. We know there are more people out there who want to know about us."


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This series consists of talks in the area of Quantum Fields and Strings.
Geometric flows, especially the Ricci flow, have been used with considerable success in recent years to address the Poincare and Thurston conjectures for 3-manifolds. In this talk, I will briefly introduce these geometric flows, and describe how they appear in a completely different context in the physics of string theory. I will then outline how recently developed techniques in geometric flows could be used to address questions of importance in string theory.


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In the past Ford's unveiled the Tonka and the Super Chief as design concept trucks, and earlier this week Ford showed off its latest prototype pickup–the Atlas.
As many are reporting, this is Ford's way of showing what the next pickups could be while also receiving reaction from its customer base. The Atlas looks like a next-generation F-150 and is outfitted with new technology, features and drivetrain enhancements.
Click here for a graphic of all the key features.
The Atlas is powered with the next generation of ECO Boost for higher capability and improved fuel economy. In the past two years, Ford has sold 250,000 ECO boost equipped F-150s.
The truck's bed features multiple integrated tie-down points along cargo box walls and load floor. There are also 110-volt electrical outlets in the cargo box to charge power tools. An integrated roof carrying system and hidden extendable ramps give the truck farther-reaching carrying capacities.
Video tour from Ford (no audio)
A technology for towing, the new Dynamic Hitch Assist showing visual cues in the truck's center display screen to line up the truck's hitch and trailer coupling. Trailer Backup Assist allows drivers to back a trailer with the twist of a knob.
A Ford truck first, 360-Degree Point-of-View Camera gives a bird's-eye view of the truck to help position the vehicle in tight places or when there are obstacles near the truck.
LED lights are used for the headlamps and taillamps as well as in the cargo box and side mirrors.
Here's a video news Report from Fox News.
And for more photos, here's Motor Trend's Report with 67 images.


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