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Engineering Biosensors
1st Edition
Kinetics and Design Applications
Biosensors are becoming increasingly important bioanalytical tools in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, and other consumer oriented industries. The technology, though well developed in Europe, is slowly developing and has begun to generate interest in the United States only over the past couple of years. Research is now being directed toward the development of biosensors that are versatile, economical, and simple to use.
Engineering Biosensors is a comprehensive introduction to biosensors that includes numerous illustrations to further explain the main concepts and practical examples from existing literature. It describes what biosensors are, where they are used, and how their performance is affected by existing surface characteristics.
A better understanding of biosensors, as provided by this book, will greatly assist in the design of new as well as the improvement of existing biosensors. Readers are also provided with invaluable and hard-to-find data on the economics of the biosensor market to assist them in better understanding the market and where it is heading.
Senior undergraduate and graduate students in biochemical engineering. Chemists, biochemists, environmental analytical chemists, immunologists, and biochemical engineers in academia and industry. Instrument manufacturers in the healthcare industry.
- No. of pages:
- 404
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2002
- Published:
- 27th September 2001
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080523637
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780126137637


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The Steelers wrapped up the 2010-11 season with a beat down in Cleveland. Beat down would be a kind word to talk about how bad this game really was for the Browns. I would say that I feel bad for those poor bastards, but I don't really care. This was the 14th win in the last 15th tries against the Browns. What a joke. This isn't a rivalry. This was getting owned, again. The way the Steelers can out to this game you would have thought this was the divisional round of the playoffs. Unreal effort from the black and gold. Every time they touched the ball in the first half they scored points. They didn't punt until the second unit was in part way into the third quarter. The Steelers went into the half up 31-3. They coulda scored 100 if they wanted. For real.
No bad injuries and the Steelers are playing some of their best football of the season. Just an unreal effort today. Eric Mangini will likely be out of an NFL coaching job tomorrow. Can't say I am shocked. Cleveland defensive coordinator Rob Ryan lauded his defense on New Years Eve about how good they were playing. Today they looked lost and confused. What a joke.
General Thoughts:
-First thing is first. 12-4, AFC North Champions, bye week. Suck it haters.
-The bye is huge for this team. There might not be a team that needs it more than the Steelers. Troy can rest. Aaron Smith can rest. Everyone can rest and get those bumps and bruises worked out. The Steelers got 10 days off for this game and look at what happened. They looked great. They get 13 days off before their next game and they should be just the same. Sure a lot of people will talk about rust but that means nothing to me. This team needs the rest and they got it.
-This was a complete game from the Steelers. Offense, defense and special teams. There was no letting up on the gas and they made sure they gave Cleveland no glimmer of hope and went for the kill shot in the first quarter, and got it. Last year the Browns would have hung around and made this a game. This is a different team this year. They are ready for the playoffs.
-The first series each team had was a microcosm of what was going to go down the rest of the day. The first series had Troy Polamalu intercepting a pass that Ben Watson couldn't handle. The Steelers get the ball and first play was play action. Mike Wallace. Cash.
No idea what T.J. Ward was doing on that play. Do you think Cleveland even watched film? I don't. They couldn't of. One on one with a corner on Mike Wallace. Must be a masochist.
-Speaking of Mike Wallace, how is this dude not in the Pro Bowl? He picked up 105 receiving yards, on THREE CATCHES. Unreal. 35 yards per catch today. For real? 35 yards per catch. With his 56 yard touchdown catch on the first play of the game Ben and Mike became the all time leaders in Steelers history with eight 40 yard touchdown passes for a season. Pretty sweet huh.
-For those of you that wanted to trade Ben Roethlisberger I hope you realize now what you were saying. Ben was kept spot clean because of the combination of good line play and good pocket awareness. Byron Leftwhich came into the game in the early third quarter and the first play he gets sacked. The Steelers win seven games at most if the Dixon/Leftwhich/Batch trio and Ben was elsewhere. Ben was pretty much having his way with the Cleveland defense (no pun intended) and the Browns had no answers. He led the Steelers on four straight touchdown drives and a field goal drive in their first five possessions. He went 15/23 for 280 yards and two touchdowns. Silly good. Ben did no make mistakes and has stretched his streak of not throwing an interception to 158 attempts which is the longest streak of his career. Not too shabby. Although he was not around for the first four games Ben took a lot of shots this season and the week off is going to be great.
-The defense was unreal impressive today. They were all over Colt McCoy and gave him about a second to throw when they dropped back to pass. The Browns wanted no part of blocking the Steelers and it showed. The Steelers recorded four sacks and had five QB hits, picked off three McCoy passes and forced two fumbles. They held the Browns to only 225 total yards and only 43 rushing yards. That is a dominating performance. Even Anthony Madison got into the act with an interception and one of the sacks. For a better part of the second half the back ups and they didn't skip a beat. This is easily the best defense in the NFL and they shut down the Browns.
-I wasn't really sure that Troy should have came back to play, but man was he effective today. Started the game off with an interception and even was part of the goal line stand where he jumped over the line just as the ball was being snapped and almost had Colt McCoy. What an athlete. He seemed to be moving pretty well and the extra week will most certainly help him so I guess it all worked out well. I guess the Steelers staff would know best about his health and the last thing they would do is retard his progress of getting better.
-Antwaan Randle El threw another touchdown pass today. Although it was only a three yard toss to Hines Ward it was well worth it. Mind you this was while the Steelers were up 31-3 in the third quarter. Mike Tomlin cares not for what you think about running up the score. It was El's sixth touchdown pass and he is now 22-of-27 passing. That is ok in my book.
-Nice job by the offensive line today. They might not be the best, but they got the job done. They kept Ben Roethlisberger clean and gave him some time to throw. Granted the Browns pass rush sucks but still they gave up eight sacks to this Browns team last season when Cleveland spoiled the Steelers playoff hopes during that five game losing streak.
-Ziggy Hood has been good this year. When Aaron Smith going down he had to step and he has. He hasn't been getting a lot of pub, but for someone that plays on the defensive line of the 3-4 the less you hear about them the better. His had a sack today and you could tell he was zoned it. With an aging defensive line having a youngster able to step in and play productive football. It was good stuff.
-The Browns mailed this game in a week ago. They wanted no point of this game. Mangini will be fired and probably rightfully so. They were down 14-0 and went for a field goal that was extra point chip shot distance away. The Steelers offense was moving and they basically gave up. Never really contested the game and everyone just looked like they wanted to get out of there. Colt McCoy doesn't seem to be the answer and they just look like a lost football team. That being said I think I am being pretty nice and easy on them. Man.
Not too much left to say. Dominating performance and after a tough few games for the Pens and the Winter Classic loss it was a much needed pick me up for the Steelers.
It might be slow on here for the next week. I will get some things up that are playoff related and try to put together a playoff preview and possibly a playoff podcast with some other bloggers. If there is anything you guys want to see just put it in the comments.
As always leave your thoughts in the comments.
The road to the Super Bowl starts now. Get your minds right.

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A Spoonplugging Trip
Many fishermen express their desire to go with me on a personal fishing trip. Since this is physically impossible, let's take a short Web fishing trip together where we'll run through some basics of Spoonplugging.
As we begin our imaginary fishing trip, the first thing to note is that our efforts are going to be directed toward largemouth bass. Some of you may not primarily fish for bass, but this is the rascal we must learn to catch. If we do, we will catch not only bass, but other species as well. (A fish, is a fish, is a fish.)
Most likely when we arrive at the dock and ask, "How's the fishing?" The reply will be, "You should have been here last week."
But, we're not interested in last week's fishing, we're only interested in fishing today. The good news is that even with just a quick glance at the water, I know exactly where the fish are in the lake we are about to fish. They are either in the shallows, in the deepest water in the area, or somewhere in between.
Now, this always brings a howl of laughter, and it must sound stupidly amusing. But later you should understand this statement. If not, you have missed the meaning of Spoonplugging.
Spoonplugging includes knowledge of fish, its habits, and its reactions to stimuli. It also involves presentation of lures in the correct manner. By controlling our lures to take advantage of the knowledge of fish habits, we will locate the fish and make them strike.
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Author to Discuss an Indian's Journey through Reservation Life on Oct. 25
David Treuer gives voice to personal and cultural life on an Indian reservation
WOOSTER, Ohio — David Treuer, author of Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life, will visit The College of Wooster on Thursday, Oct. 25, to lead a workshop on memoir writing for students and faculty and then present an evening reading. The reading, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 009 of Severance Hall (943 College Mall).
Treuer is also the author of three critically acclaimed novels and a book of literary essays. He is a professor of English at the University of Southern California, and has been published in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Slate for his cultural commentaries on Native identity, sovereignty, language, and history.
His most recent book (Rez Life) is part memoir, part political and cultural history of reservations shaped by both legal and policy traditions. The book places questions about the native environmental, economy, and cultural sovereignty at the center of discussions about the political future of both Native and American society.
In the introduction to Rez Life, Treuer writes, "It is about how reservations began, what they are now, and where they are going. You can tell a lot about a place by its exceptions, by turning over and inspecting the frayed corners of its quilt." He goes on to say that his book recognizes the debt he owes to his family and the American Indian people.
An Ojibwe Indian from Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, Treuer has won numerous awards for his publications, including a Pushcart Prize, a Minnesota Book Award, and fellowships from the NEH, Bush Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is a 1992 graduate of Princeton University where he wrote two senior theses: one in anthropology and one in creative writing. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology. His other books include Little (1996), The Hiawatha (2000), Native American Fiction (2006), and The Translation of Dr. Appeles: A Love Story (2006).
Additional information about Treuer's visit is available by phone (330-263-2575) or e-mail.
- Written by Libby Facker '13


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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — After the most prolific three-year career in Oklahoma State history, Big 12 player of the year James Anderson plans to skip his senior season and enter the NBA draft.
Anderson announced his decision Monday at a news conference at Gallagher-Iba Arena, saying "I believe now is the time for me to pursue my dreams by playing in the NBA."
Anderson averaged a Big 12-best 22.3 points per game while leading the Cowboys into the NCAA tournament for a second straight year. The versatile 6-foot-6 guard was an overwhelming choice as the league's player of the year, earning the selection ahead of such stars as Kansas' Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich, and Kansas State's Jacob Pullen.
"I believe now it's time to test my basketball skills against the best players in the world," Anderson said. "I have worked hard to improve my abilities over the last three years. ... I believe that I am fully prepared both athletically and emotionally for the challenge of playing in the NBA."
The soft-spoken Anderson hesitated for a moment when he was asked where he hoped to be taken — and coach Travis Ford answered for him.
"First," Ford said, drawing laughs from an audience of students invited to the news conference.
Anderson followed by saying he wanted to be among the lottery picks in the first half of the draft's first round.
"This decision was difficult because the past three years have been a great experience for me here," Anderson said. "I have grown so much as a person and as a basketball player, and we have won a lot of games and went to the NCAA tournament the last two seasons."
A former Arkansas high school standout who was named a McDonald's All-American, Anderson was recruited to Oklahoma State by former coach Sean Sutton before spending his last two seasons under Ford's tutelage. He increased his scoring average dramatically from 13.3 points as a freshman to 18.2 last year and was considered a potential first-round NBA draft pick even then.
Instead, he returned and focused on adding a stronger driving element to go with his accurate 3-point shooting. He said he benefited both from teammates refusing to take it easy on him and Ford developing an individual program for him to follow. He believes now he's more prepared to deal with a lengthy NBA season.
"Last year, I wasn't aggressive enough and I don't think I was mentally ready enough to go," Anderson said. "I think this year, coming back, it helped out a lot."
Anderson, who met with Ford to finalize the decision on Sunday night, said he had not yet hired an agent but plans to do so. If he does not hire an agent, Anderson would still be eligible to return for his senior season.
Anderson admitted there was a tiny bit of temptation to return and see if the Cowboys could make a deeper run in the NCAA tournament next season after a disappointing 64-59 loss to Georgia Tech in the first round on Friday night.
"It wasn't how I wanted to go out as a Cowboy," said Anderson, who missed all six of his 3-pointers and finished with only 11 points. "It happened like that but it wasn't like I planned for it to be. It was a very frustrating game and no question after that, it started to cross my mind to get back to that point again because I know how good our team was and I think we were better than we played."
Despite that lackluster finish, Anderson concludes his career as one of the most accomplished players in Oklahoma State history. He ranks behind only Byron Houston, Bryant "Big Country" Reeves and Adrian Peterson on the career scoring list and his 17.9-point average is second only to Houston.
No player has scored more points over his first three years at Oklahoma State.
"He's been a fine and a perfect example of what we want this basketball program to be about, not just as a player but as a person," Ford said. "That's what I'm going to miss is just coaching every day a guy who you know you're going to get his best effort and you know you're going to have fun doing it because he's just a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous person."
Anderson said he considered his selection to the Big 12's all-academic team to be his proudest achievement at Oklahoma State, and he intends to honor his promise to his mother to eventually earn his degree.
"It really doesn't start with basketball. Every player has a different ability when it comes to what they can do on the court," Ford said. "We don't ask everybody to do what James was able to do for us.
"What I'm going to miss probably the most was somebody who was maybe the most coachable young man I've ever been around. I've been around him for two years, and in two years I've never — not once — ever had to call him into my office for anything he'd done wrong."


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Banish My Bumps book designed by Angela Steinberg provides people with home remedies for keratosis pilaris, and advanced methods to eliminate the root cause of this disease. Is it reliable?
Seattle, Wa (PRWEB) November 22, 2013
Banish My Bumps is a new book that teaches people how to get rid of their keratosis pilaris (KP) naturally and easily within a few weeks. The book is penned by Angela Steinberg, a health consultant, medical researcher and former keratosis pilaris sufferer who has over 15 years of experience in helping other people relieve their KP symptoms quickly within hours. In addition, in this book, people will discover how Angela Steinberg suffered from this condition for over 4 years, and how she got rid of it permanently without using drugs or pills. Since Angela Steinberg released the "Banish My Bumps" book, a lot of clients used it to learn how to clear their skin permanently and get their confidence back quickly. Accordingly, the website Vkoolelite performed a detailed overview about the effectiveness of the Banish My Bumps book.
A detailed overview of Banish My Bumps on the site Vkoolelite indicates that this book guides people step-by-step through the process of discovering all necessary information about their KP disease such as signs, symptoms, causes, treatment methods, and prevention methods. The book also teaches people how to treat their child's keratosis pilaris in the special kid's section, and how to focus on the root cause of this disease rather than just the symptoms. In addition, in this book, people will find out a list of KP clearing ingredients that they can buy at their local grocery store. Furthermore, people will discover the main causes of their keratosis pilaris disease and remedies to eliminate these causes at source. Moreover, the book also instructs people how to slow down their skin aging process, and how to unleash their body's own natural ability to heal itself from all skin problems.
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The Obama administration's "New START" arms treaty agreement with Russia is off to a bad start with every appearance of getting a lot worse. In addition to having already decimated our nuclear missile defense programs, it appears that Obama, without congressional approval, will next cut our nuclear arsenal by fully one-third at a time when Russia and China are modernizing theirs. Russia also plans to provide anti-ship missiles and ground-to-air missile systems to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, presenting a particular threat to Israel.
Offers Made, Commitments Broken:
Caught on an open microphone at a photo-op with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after a meeting in Seoul at the 2012 Nuclear Summit, President Obama told him: "On all these issues, particularly missile defense, this can be resolved but it's important for him [the past and future Russian President Vladimir Putin] to give me space. This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." Medvedev replied that he would communicate the message to Putin. Obama is honoring that offer.
Now that he has won that reelection and has gotten that "space" he requested from Putin, the big question is just how much of that "flexibility" to make unilateral disarmament decisions Congress will grant him. As reported by Newsmax, the president wrote a still-secret letter to Putin that was delivered by White House Security Advisor Thomas Donilon in mid-April that puts a proposed deal on the table. Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Moscow that the letter "addresses problems of military policy, including the missile defense and nuclear arsenals issues." A reply is expected soon, providing the basis for negotiating a deal on both missile defenses and new talks on strategic nuclear reductions during Obama's visit to Russia in September.
Those new negotiations will follow a series of previous concessions to Russia. The Obama administration has delayed funding for ground-based interceptor (GBI) missile and radar sites the U.S. promised to install in Poland and the Czech Republic for defense against Iranian missile launchers. That shield has also been regarded as a sign of NATO's commitment to protect Europe and former Soviet satellite states against a belligerent Russia. The policy was implemented after Moscow objected, threatening to target the sites and withdraw from the New START treaty.
The Pentagon has also announced that the fourth phase of Eastern Europe missile shield deployment, if re-started, would not take place earlier than 2022. That proposed phase includes development of the SM-3II B interceptor, an advanced version of the missile currently provided aboard our Aegis missile defense warships.
In yet another olive branch offered to Russia, the Obama administration has indicated willingness to deactivate one-third of the U.S. nuclear arsenal unilaterally, without congressional approval. Whereas the 2010 New START agreement set our number of deployed warheads at 1,550, the plan would cut that total inventory to about 1,000. That offer is expected to be announced during the next round of U.S.-Russian arms talks in connection with the Pentagon's long-delayed "Nuclear Posture Review" implementation study that Obama had been expected to sign earlier this year.
Meanwhile, a facility which is essential for modernization to extend the life of our aging ballistic nuclear warheads has now been delayed for at least five years, and some believe, permanently. That plutonium-handling plant was included in the Treaty Resolution of Ratification which President Obama pledged to support upon entry of the treaty into force.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reportedly ordered the Air Force to conduct an environmental impact statement of shutting down an entire wing of GBIs. This is logically a clear sign of additional cuts since the New START treaty contains no requirement to shutter an ICBM facility.
Nuclear Disarmament Through Executive Disorders:
Republicans aren't one bit happy about administration strategies to circumvent congressional opposition and a difficult Senate treaty ratification process to enact nuclear reductions through an executive order. Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Representative Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), vowed to oppose that strategy. Speaking to a Capitol Hill breakfast group on April 24, he said: "Let me be clear: I intend to ensure that no further reductions to U.S. nuclear forces, including New START treaty reductions, will occur without a formal treaty or explicit, affirmative authorization by Congress."
Senate Armed Services Committee member Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Newsmax, "there will be a tremendous backlash" if Obama tries to bypass Congress. "What kind of signals are we sending? Our nuclear arsenal needs to be modernized."
Retired Air Force Lt. General Thomas McInerney is quoted in Newsmax describing unilateral U.S. disarmament as "the most dangerous thing I have seen an American president attempt to do." He said "This is not the time to embark on such a dangerous path, with China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea increasing their nuclear forces."
This proposed cutback in our nuclear defense assets comes at a time when Russia, China and North Korea are both expanding and modernizing theirs.


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Put on your pyjamas, onesie or dressing gown and join hundreds of other hospice supporters to help raise funds.
Wakefield Hospice is inviting people to take part in the 2014 Pyjama Walk and join in with the Twitter campaign and take a #PJselfie.
The walk will take place on Saturday May 17 starting at Wakefield Audi showroom just off Denby Dale Road.
Before the start of the walk people are invited join in the city's biggest pyjama party, hosted by Real Radio breakfast presenter Guy Harris.
At 9.45pm there will be a warm up session before the countdown to the walk at 10pm.
There is a six-mile and a 10-mile route to choose from, both of which start at the car showroom and follow routes to the half-way checkpoint at Sandal Castle.
At the castle walkers will have the opportunity to light a candle in memory of a loved one or to celebrate the work of the hospice.
From there people will continue on to the Swan & Cygnet pub where the walk will end with a breakfast sandwich and a mug of tea or coffee.
Entry is £12 per person.
To register online visit www.wakefieldhospice.org/Events/Pyjama-Walk or call 01924 213900 to be sent an entry form.
People have already been tweeting ahead of the take a #PJselfie Twitter campaign launch on Friday, May 23.
@DanielleFoster8 - @WfldHospice #PJselfie #batmanjammies pic.twitter.com/dEtUTVVb5r
@Sam8Wood - #pjselfie @wfldhospice pj walk! I'm ready :) pic.twitter.com/JwLJoyBA96
@lankylarry36 - @wfldhospice better late than never! #whatamuppet #PJSelfie pic.twitter.com/qW2eyzTwLp
@Stargemz83 - @WfldHospice #Pjselfie x pic.twitter.com/ShEgActCIc
@WfldHospice - Let's #PJselfie for @WfldHospice in 5 mins!
@WfldHospice - Are you ready to #PJselfie?!
The next #PJselfie Twitter night will be during #WakefieldHour on Thursday May 1, 8 pm until 9 pm.


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▼ Matthes, Garrido advance in SK commissioner race; Dalton, Danielson in judicial contest.
By CHARLIE BERMANT
South Kitsap's Source for News & Information Since 1890
Staff Writer
Expectations were turned on their head in two Kitsap County political contests during Tuesday night's primary election, as the perceived front-runners came in third and were disqualified in their respective races. Republican Tim Matthes drew the most votes in the South Kitsap commissioner's race, followed by Democrat Charlotte Garrido. Monty Mahan, who was the first to declare for the seat and earned the endorsement of local mayors, came in third (See related story, page A3). SEE UPSETS, PAGE A2
4DIPPMEJTUSJDUMPPLT UPCBMBODFJUTCPPLT and pension rates along with inflation as issues. In addition to the money saved on custodians, Patton said the district will dip into its reserve fund for $1.72 million. She said that's not all bad because the district saved more than it anticipated in its last fiscal year, which ends Aug. 31. Patton said they also will save through not filling other vacant positions in the district, and through cutting expenses on supplies. The board unanimously adopted the budget. Patton warned in previous meetings that the "hard decisions" likely won't end
Custodians won't be replaced, $1.72 million will be taken from reserve fund.
By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Staff Writer
The South Kitsap School District is a little closer to closing its $2.9 million deficit for the upcoming school year. Terri Patton, assistant superintendent for business and support services, said at Wednesday's school board meeting that the district won't replace five full-time custodians who left the district after the last school year. She said that will save the district $250,000. Patton said the deficit stems from unforeseen circumstances when the district presented its last levy to voters in 2004. She cited escalating teacher salaries
activities she reported as stemming from Keehn's attempts to operate a business out of her home. Weaver said following an April 11 hearing with the city's Hearing Examiner, certain conditions were placed on Keehn's permit to mitigate Cronan's concerns before she would be allowed to operate her business. "(Keehn) has addressed all but one of those conditions, with the last being the letter from the (Kitsap County) Health Department," Weaver said, explaining that Keehn's current sewer facilities are
Neighbor denies pellet gun shooting
chasing it last spring. City Development Director James Weaver confirmed that Keehn received a conditional-use permit to operate a onechair hair salon out of her home, which he described as "pretty innocuous" and something that doesn't typically reach "the level of intensive use," as far as impacts on the neighborhood are concerned. However, since November of 2007, Cronan has filed multiple complaints with the city regarding traffic, noise and other
Both sides report feeling harassed in rift over home business. shot in three of her home's windows. Cronan, who lives on the 200 block of Flower Meadows Street in Port Orchard, said she believed the attack was part of an ongoing dispute with Keehn, whom she alleges has been running a hair salon out of her home without a business license and in defiance of a city "stop-work" order. Keehn, 30, said she filed for permission from the city of Port Orchard to operate a hair salon out of her home on the 2300 block of Flower Avenue soon after pur-
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In an effort to promote bicycling on the Kitsap Peninsula, a local mountain bike alliance will host a movie premiere and fundraiser tonight, March 28, in downtown Port Orchard. The Port Orchard Pavilion, 701 Bay St., is the site for the Pacific Northwest premiere of a full-length movie about legendary downhill mountain bike racer Steve Peat.
South Kitsap School District parents soon might not face a decision on whether they want their kindergartners in the halfday morning or afternoon session. Superintendent Michelle Reid said last week that she wants to implement allday kindergarten through-
By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN
Staff Writer
Tensions between two Port Orchard neighbors that erupted after one attempted to open a home business last year led both women to head down to the Kitsap County Courthouse Monday and file restraining orders against each other. Shelia Cronan, 49, said she filed a restraining order against Amber Keehn after returning home from a camping trip Aug. 17 and discovering pellets had been
By DANNIE OLIVEAUX
Senior Reporter
"Won't Back Down" will start at 7 p.m. and is hosted by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance's West Sound Chapter, Visit Kitsap and the City of Port Orchard. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 per person and $10 for Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance members. All proceeds will help the West Sound Chapter maintain bike trails on the Kitsap Peninsula, according to Peggy Best,
By DANNIE OLIVEAUX
Cody Wright from Milford, Utah, got a mouth full of mud and a zero score after falling off Strawberry Delight in the Saddle Bronc Riding competition Wednesday night at the Kitsap County Stampede. The fair runs through Sunday.
By CHRIS CHANCELLOR
Ten-year-old Airilyn McDonald and her father, Jason, dance during the annual Daddy-Daughter Dance held March 22 at the Parkwood Community Club in Port Orchard. The dance was sponsored by the MOMS (Moms Offering Moms Support) Club of Port Orchard. Proceeds from the dance will be used to support local nonprofit groups in South Kitsap.
A 58-year-old woman faces a murder charge in connection with the death of her 97-year-old father in rural south Kitsap County. Court records stated Renee Roberta Nash, of Port Orchard, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Harlan Haynes on March 26 in Kitsap County District Court. Sgt. Ken Dickinson, Kitsap County Sheriff 's Office spokesman, said the woman remains in custody in the Kitsap County Jail on $500,000 bail. The woman was arrested March 25 after deputies completed their investigation. During the investigation, deputies determined the daughter had been acting as her father's guardian and his sole care provider since 2004, reported Dickinson. He said the woman was entrusted with Haynes' medical care, dayto-day care and ensuring his basic needs were met. The county coroner's office and a forensic pathologist indicated the cause of death was from malnutrition and dehydrationm stated court records. "It was determined that the suspect's failure to attend to her father's hygienic, nutritional and medical needs were direct factors in his death," said Dickinson. Court documents stated that Nash called 911 after she found
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out SKSD by the 2016-17 school year. Reid will use a three-year phase-in plan to implement the program. When school begins in September, the district will implement allday kindergarten at SKSD's five Title I elementary schools: Burley-Glenwood, East Port Orchard, Olalla, Orchard Heights and Sidney Glen. Schools where at least 40 percent of the students are eligible for free- and reduced-price lunch receive Title I designation. The program then will expand by two programs in
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So I decided that even as much as I hated the idea, the time had come to put my son in daycare and go back to seeking an Administrative Assistant position. I knew I was over-qualified for that position by then, but that I would never get a web development job without a college degree.
So I took $200 and took my son to Kindercare on a Monday morning and started my job search in earnest. I went back to Kindercare to pick him up on Monday evening, and, with apologies, they handed me back my check and told me they could not keep my son. It was not safe for him there, and he needed to be in a specialized environment.
I spent a huge amount of time after that attempting to get specialized care for him that I could afford, trying to get help from the state (he was diagnosed as Developmentally Disabled when he was 4) and hitting brick walls every time I sought out help.
Time was passing and rent and car payments were coming due. I had to borrow money from my sister, and right when I was to the point of desperation, a large job rolled in. I decided to work as hard as I could and get through the summer, and when school started I would be able to concentrate even more on getting new business.
Taking care of my son while trying to work on my business was not very effective and beyond frustrating. But it was my only option. I fought through having almost no money, caring for a constantly-interrupting and behaviorally challenged child and trying to develop a large corporate blog from the ground up all at the same time. I'd say August of 2008 was probably the hardest time in my life.


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The Legends at Tall Pines Vacation Rental is the best of all Kimberley accommodations. This executive 1580 sq ft Rocky Mountain townhouse offers 3 bedroom , 2 baths backing directly on to the 16th fairway of Trickle Creek Golf course. No luxury was left out, enjoy your 42" LCD home theater, 42" Flat Screen in the Master Bedroom, granite counter tops, gourmet kitchen, executive fixtures, private steam shower, Master with Jetted tub and top of the line privater hot tub that is looked after daily by a certified technician). There is also speakers outside on each level to enjoy your favorite music when you BBQ or relax in the Hot Tub.
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I'm 40 years old, I work in the construction industry. I own/operate and manage a heavy equipment and trucking contracting company in West Central Saskatchewan. Been in business for 15 years now. Before that i did farming with my family at our family farm and had various jobs as well like coil tubing, operating wells, and concrete construction. I have picked Kimberley to be my go to place when i get closer to retirement and also a place to get away from the busyness involved in the industry I work in. So i hope you enjoy my home away from home. :)
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I purchased this town home after one viewing online the one site visit. I found it to be truly relaxing because it is not a hotel atmosphere (very quiet and peaceful with wildlife in the back) but walking distance to everything. The location is amazing as well as the lay out and the people surrounding it.
The benefit of Tall Pines is it being so central. You can walk to golf, ski and walk down the stairs to the platzl (Bavarian themed street with restaurants and shops). They also have the nature trials directly out our front door to hike, bike and cross country ski, who could ask for more.
Thanks for sharing your place with us!! It was so relaxing and peaceful, we couldnt have asked for a better place to spend the holidays. It has everything we needed, we even had everything we needed to cook turkey dinner :). We will be back,
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We had an absolute blast, Mitch was very easy to get ahold of and very accommodating. Georgous townhouse! The house was furnished with everything that we needed including very comfortable beds/ bedding. The drive to the ski resort was only about 2 minutes. We will definitely stay at this property again if we are in the area!
Thank you! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay! The place is just like the photos, if not better!
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We enjoyed our stay very much it met and exceeded our expectations. We were in Kimberley at The Tall Pines for a 1 week golf trip. The condo is located with easy access to at least 6 golf courses. The condo was very comfortable and homey. We would like to thank Erin for her assistance in regards to the very unfortunate circumstances. We also pass on our condolences to Tracy and her children.
Great little place with all the amenities you need. Walking distance to Trickle creek and close to all the other things you need.
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Napoli have reached an agreement with Liverpool over the transfer of Lucas Leiva.
Reports in the Italian media today state that Rafa Benitez's Napoli have reached an agreement with Premier League side Liverpool over the transfer of Brazilian Lucas Leiva.
The Brazilian defender has been deemed surplus to requirements at the Merseyside club and the performances he has put on in the recent past have certainly not helped his case.
Lucas has made 244 appearances for the Reds since his £5million move from Gremio in 2007. He enjoyed an excellent 2010/11 season under Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish. In fact, on a lot of occasions under Hodgson, Lucas was the only good performer on the pitch. The 27 year old was voted the Standard Chartered Fans player of the year for the 2010–11 season. His excellent run of form was cut short when he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury after he collided with Juan Mata in December 2011. He was ruled out for the entire season and when he made his return against Manchester City in August 2012, he was again ruled out of action for three months due to a thigh problem. These recurring injuries hampered his game and Lucas has failed to make much of an impact under Brendan Rodgers.
The 27-year-old Brazilian midfielder started Liverpool's opening weekend win over Southampton but didn't even make the bench at the Etihad Stadium, clearly establishing that he is not part of Rodgers' plans this season. Joe Allen and Emre Can are the two midfielders who are likely to fight it out for the holding role and would play alongside Steven Gerrard in the midfield.
The Gazzetta dello Sport today report that in fact Napoli have an agreement with the Reds already reached, to pay €1.8m for an initial season-long loan, with a purchase option at its conclusion set at €10m.
Liverpool insisted recently that they have had no approaches for Lucas since Napoli offered to take him on loan at the start of the summer. That was rejected and Liverpool will only allow him to leave if they receive a suitable permanent cash offer before next Monday's transfer deadline.
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Josh Tomlin had a short, but good outing against the Syracuse Chiefs. He left in line for the win with the Clippers up 3-1 in the 6th. Handing things over to the Clippers bullpen has been a smart move for most of the season, but a combination of walks, an error followed by a singles parade in the 6th led to a 5-run outburst and a 6-3 lead that the Clippers couldn't overcome. They lost the 3rd game of the series 6-4 after taking the first two from the Chiefs.
Team Hitting: 8H, 3XBH, 1BB
The Clippers had one of those sleepy games at the plate that the Indians seem so fond of. Jason Donald stayed productive by knocking in a pair with an RBI double in the 3rd and Jose Constanza had a couple hits and a run scored. There's not much to write about offensively, save for the small fact that the Clippers only managed to get 5 balls in the air, which generally means very few XBH's and almost no chance at any HR's. The Clippers will bounce back as they have way too many good hitters to be kept down for long, but this wasn't their night.
Team Pitching: 6(5) R(ER), 7H, 4BB, 11K
Tomlin pitched well, but his leash remained short and he was pulled with 2 outs in the 6th after only 81 pitches. He threw 69% strikes and struck out six in his short outing. Carlton Smith came on and finished the inning but ran into some trouble in the 7th. After giving up a walk and a single, the freshly (and unfairly) demoted Joe Smith was inserted. He allowed Carlton's runners to score and added on 3 of his own with the help of a throwing error on an infield single and 3 additional hits allowed.
Jeremy Sowers gave the Clippers a chance to get back in the game by pitching 2 scoreless and only yielding a walk while striking out 2 and throwing 55% strikes.
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Spot gold slipped another $6 per troy ounce in early trade this morning and was trading at $1,582.50/oz at 10.25am UAE time (6.25am GMT) as global economic uncertainty continues to take the shine off the yellow metal.
In what appears to be counter-intuitive, gold has been losing value – instead of surging – even as the global uncertainty has been mounting, with analysts now beginning to doubt if bullion's decade-long bull-run is already over.
The metal, which is down almost $340 per ounce after hitting a record high of over $1,920/oz last September, has been under fire in recent weeks and technical shorts – punters betting that its price will fall further in the future – are uncomfortably high, according to analysts.
"Despite the modest improvements of the past two weeks, speculative shorts are still uncomfortably high at 151.8 tonnes (12-month average is 106.6 tonnes), something which became readily apparent as gold sold off after last week's FOMC announcement," said Marc Ground, precious metals analyst at South Africa's Standard Bank.
"ETFs continued as net buyers of gold, the longest streak since March, maintaining purchases at a solid 15.2 tonnes," he added in his daily commentary on precious metals.
Does this mean that gold's safe haven status is finally tapering off? Not really, says a UAE expert. "It is normal for gold to come down just because the demand for dollars (as it is priced against USD) is rising, but I don't think we can make the statement that gold lost its safe haven status," says Zeki Muderrisoglu, Fund Manager and Senior Technical Analyst, NBAD Asset Management.
Muderrisoglu suggests that the current demand dynamics in the light of euro zone uncertainty are pushing investors to the safer refuge of US dollars.
"This is up to demand and supply dynamics in the market and timeframe of investors. Cash instruments or cash equivalents (safer currencies, US treasuries and German Bunds) are currently in more demand, more accessible and investors are preferring them as they can shift to these assets relatively quickly compared to longer term safe havens," he adds.
"Traditionally, when investors are in risk-off mode, they immediately turn to US treasuries, CHF, JPY and USD as safe haven assets," he explains. "High dividend yield stocks, real estate, gold and silver might also come into this category, but they are not as easily accessible as cash and cash equivalents, also not all assets behave the same way at the same time," he adds.
What is also ailing gold is the dampened demand from India, one of world's largest gold consumer, due to a weaker rupee which is making gold priced in Indian rupees very expensive.
"Physical buying is significantly below "normal" levels, and gold imports into India continue to suffer as a result of the very high gold price in Indian rupees," maintains Gerhard Schubert, head of precious metals at the Dubai-based Emirates NBD bank.
"Many analysts expect this trend of the Indian rupee to continue, which will further diminish expectations from the demand side," he believes.
Overall, a lack of further quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve acts a big catalyst in determining gold's short and long-term price-points. "I am in danger of repeating myself, but it seems that QE3 is the difference between gold at $1,500 and $1,800. However, it would be much too easy and simple to lay the slump in gold prices solely at the doorstep of the Fed," says Schubert.
Nevertheless, Schubert says that the yellow metal is holding well despite all the issues but a further downside cannot be ruled out. "There are pockets of additional demand in other South East Asian countries but they cannot take up the slack from the massive lack of Indian import figures. While the European currency issues can be expected to go on for some time, it is not certain how gold prices react to these issues. Some days the risk-on attitude prevails, while on others gold strongly follows the risk-off mode. Overall, gold is still holding reasonably well, but the dangers to the downside are increasing," he says.


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It's become the multibillion-dollar question — how big, exactly, will the federal deficit be?
Analysts have made predictions leading up to next Tuesday's spring budget on the magnitude of Ottawa's shortfall, which is already poised to reach tens of billions.
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The Liberal government has acknowledged the deficit could rise above $20 billion as it fulfills election vows and introduces economy-boosting measures, such as infrastructure spending.
The government has kept mum on the final figure, but many experts anticipate Ottawa will be $30 billion in the hole in 2016-17 — at least.
How big is too big?
Some have even recommended how large — or small — the government should allow the deficit to grow in its budgetary blueprint.
The C.D. Howe Institute is the latest to weigh in with the release today of its annual "shadow" budget, a document that urges the Liberals to show some spending restraint.
The think-tank suggests a fiscal approach that will produce deficits of $15.3 billion and $12.2 billion over the next two fiscal years — levels significantly lower than other observers.
- Canada needs deficit spending now, David Rosenberg urges Ottawa
- Debt-to-GDP ratio can come down even with deficit spending
On the other end of the spectrum, a couple of big banks and the left-leaning Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have recommended the government inject even more fiscal stimulus, which will create a deficit as high as $40 billion in 2016-17.
TD Bank, meanwhile, has said the federal government is on track to run $150 billion in budget deficits over the next five years.
The projections come as the government prepares its maiden budget at a time when the economy is struggling with the negative consequences of low commodity prices, particularly oil.
The country's economic situation darkened in the months that followed the October election, which prompted Finance Minister Bill Morneau to take the rare step last month of releasing a fiscal update only weeks before the budget.
The document revealed the treasury was projected to produce a shortfall of at least $18.4 billion in 2016-17, a projection that didn't account for roughly $10 billion in Liberal spending commitments.
The updated numbers also predicted a $15.5-billion deficit in 2017-18.
The projections also included an additional $6 billion per year for economic prudence that the government argued was necessary to account for risk.
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In November, shortly after they were elected, the Liberals predicted shortfalls of $3.9 billion in 2016-17 and $2.4 billion in 2017-18.
The Liberals made a counter-intuitive promise during the election campaign when they vowed to run deficits over the next three years in order to pay for infrastructure projects to stimulate the weak economy.
They had pledged to cap annual shortfalls at $10 billion over that span, a vow they are now poised to break. The Liberals have also backed away from their campaign promise to balance the books in four years.
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In releasing the grimmer numbers last month, Morneau insisted the government's starting point was "much further back" than the Liberals thought.
He has come under attack by Conservative opponents for breaking election promises and for planning to drive Canadians deeper into debt.
Morneau, however, has repeatedly maintained that spending is necessary to revive economic growth and create jobs.
The C.D. Howe Institute argues in today's report that the Liberals can support economic growth and still return to a balanced budget by 2019-20.
"Ottawa must temper the sense created by the election campaign and early post-election announcements that there are no limits to what the federal government can spend and borrow," reads the document, which includes calculations that cut the government's annual economic prudence of $6 billion in half.
Last week, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released its "alternative" budget that called for major investments in infrastructure as well as support for social programs and low-income households.
The group propose generating additional government revenues by closing tax loopholes for the wealthy, raising corporate taxes, introducing a national carbon tax and ending subsidies for the energy industry.
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In case you were wondering where justice was hiding in Wisconsin, she's reared her head in Waukesha County. County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus will be investigated by the Government Accountability Board, which certified the Wisconsin Supreme Court election in question.
A former Dane country prosecutor will finally be looking into Nickolaus' conduct. And by conduct, I mean misconduct, including open ballot bags with no secure chain of custody, voter rolls with tags that don't match ballot bags, a canvas called a day early which took place with Nickolaus never telling the other canvassers about the "lost" votes for two days during the canvas and much more.
This particular Nickolaus saga started when she announced that she had left the city of Brookfield off of the totals she initially reported, but this is hardly her first brush with being investigated. Nickolaus has a track record of criminal investigations and reprimands from county officials regarding the failure of security in her procedures, which she chose to ignore, preferring to keep all of the voting data on her computer and refusing to upload it per procedure to the county computers. Under this modus operandi, she suddenly discovered votes she had "lost" by forgetting to press "save" and hence, Nickolaus came under scrutiny. Normally in a canvas, those votes could be accounted for in real ballots by the canvassers, but they were not given an opportunity to verify Nickolaus's found votes as she did not tell them about the error until minutes before they faced a press conference, long after the canvas was completed.
In 2005, Ms. Nickolaus was found to have sent out "sample ballots" to the voters that came premarked for a certain candidate. Ms Nickolaus' many errors always benefit a Republican, but this should be no surprise as she used to be the computer analyst for the GOP assembly, during which tenure she was granted immunity in a criminal investigation resulting from said work.
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The complaint against Kathy Nickolaus was filed with the state's Government Accountability Board by campaign officials for JoAnne Kloppenburg, who lost the April 5 election to Justice David Prosser.
Kloppenburg's campaign manager said Wednesday that Tim Verhoff informed the campaign that he'd be investigating.
The wheels of justice can be slow and frustrating. It will be even more disturbing if the misconduct of Nickolaus proves to have swung the election results for the incumbent conservative Supreme Justice Prosser, who won after initial results had his challenger Kloppenburg winning. Since then, Prosser was the swing vote reversing Judge Sumi's void of the bill that killed collective bargaining in Wisconsin and he has been accused of choking a female Supreme Court Justice during those deliberations. The choking incident is currently under investigation.
The good news is that the GAB did not turn their backs on the logs detailing the problems with the Waukesha County process provided by the Kloppenburg campaign.


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How do you catch a spy? You would think that with modern technology, it would be easy. But the surprising fact is that the lie detector, or polygraph, is still a workhorse of spy-catching even though it's a dinosaur in terms of technology.
Nearly one year ago, a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel issued a report on polygraph usage that suggested it was not effective as a screening tool for highly sensitive national security positions. A headline in the Wall Street Journal summed up the verdict: "Scientists Say Lie Detector Doesn't Always Tell the Truth."
Kathryn Laskey, associate professor of systems engineering, served on the panel, which found that the polygraph's usefulness is limited; moreover, an unacceptable rate of false readings creates the possibility that innocent federal employees are being unfairly flagged while actual spies trained in countermeasures may be going scot-free.
A polygraph works by indicating physiological changes such as an elevated heart rate, higher blood pressure, and sweaty palms. It "might identify people who are lying, but might also identify people who are just nervous," Laskey points out.
The 14-member NAS panel, officially called the National Research Council Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, included a broad range of experts in statistics, psychophysiology, law, facial expressions, brain imaging, and signal detection theory. The panel, whose members served voluntarily, urged that further research on new technologies be conducted.
"We said probably the best place to place your research funding is not on the polygraph itself, because it's 80-year-old technology. The best place to place your research funding is on newer techniques–maybe based on facial expressions, maybe based on brain imaging–that we think are more closely tied to the actual psychophysiology of truth-telling and not just general nervousness," Laskey says.
Under the direction of Congress, the Department of Energy (DOE) had been using the polygraph as a screening tool on thousands of its employees as a result of the case of Wen Ho Lee, a scientist at the Los Alamos weapons laboratory who had been suspected of being a spy. However, employees and scientists working in DOE labs protested the use of the device, saying it was demoralizing and causing scientists to quit and others to avoid taking jobs with the agency.
When the NAS report, which had been commissioned by DOE, came out last fall, Congress ordered the agency to evaluate the recommendations and develop a plan within six months. Last April, word came down from the DOE secretary: no changes in department policy would be made.
Then, in an apparent about-face earlier this month, the deputy secretary of DOE, Kyle McSlarrow, reported to Congress that the department had reconsidered the report and its recommendations.
"The NAS report makes very clear how little we actually know–in a scientific sense–about the theory and practice of polygraphs, either in support of or against the use of polygraphs in a variety of contexts. I found many of the NAS's concerns about the 'validity' of polygraph testing to be well taken," McSlarrow said. He also called the report "a study of considerable rigor and integrity."
As a result, the deputy secretary plans to formulate a new DOE policy by the end of this year. Under it, DOE would do fewer tests and adjust its response to negative and positive test results, and would also sponsor more research on methods of detection.
"It was very clear from his testimony that he had read our report carefully, and that many of the arguments we had made had swayed him," Laskey says. "It means we actually did have an impact on the polygraph policy, and that's gratifying." Laskey says she feels the most persuasive point of the report was a table showing that in a population of 10,000 government employees that included 10 spies, a polygraph sensitive enough to detect 80 percent of traitors would fail 1,606 employees, and only 8 of them would be spies.
"This was a really difficult panel to serve on because most of us as scientists are used to just going in there and doing the scientific research," Laskey says. "But when you're talking about something like this there's also the question that if you go out there and stand on a soapbox and say this thing doesn't work–and part of the reason it works is because people believe it does–are you then by virtue of writing this report discrediting the polygraph and therefore making it not work? We talked about that. We didn't say the polygraph doesn't work. In fact, it's very clear that it does work to a limited degree.
"It's a very polarized issue," Laskey continues. "There are some very strong pro-polygraph people, particularly in the federal security agencies. They believe in the polygraph, and they see it as essential because they really need to have some way to do security screening."
Laskey notes that the panel had started its work before Sept. 11, 2001, and those events changed the tenor of the deliberations. "That made our work higher profile. It also sobered the panel and made us really think about how important what we were doing really was, and how important the national security issues were."
Laskey has previously served on two NAS panels, one that evaluated Department of Education studies on bilingual education, and one that reviewed statistical issues in testing and evaluating defense systems. She currently is a member of the National Research Council's Board of Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, which identifies public policy issues to which mathematical sciences could contribute.
Such studies help policymakers change direction when needed, Laskey says. "What we tend to do is look for issues where we see things that could be done better, find champions who are happy to have the National Academy come in and do a thorough analysis of important policy issues, and give them the political clout that they need to do the right thing. That's the role that the National Academy serves."


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1 GameChainsaw28th Oct 2010 01:48:11 PM from sunshine and rainbows!
The Shadows Devour You.
I've been thinking, and there is an argument that runs that countries like Russia are simply too large to function well. On the other hand, you have economies of scale; you cannot deny that America as a whole has the largest GDP per head of any country, and they're fairly massive. So is it better to be a small country or a large country? Why? Are there areas where it is better to be small than large? What factors into this? Discuss. I'll post my thoughts later.
2 Kayeka28th Oct 2010 02:04:15 PM from Amsterdam , Relationship Status: Brony
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Small countries have the advantage of actually being nation states. It's also easier to manage your population when there is fewer of it, not to mention infrastructure. Unfortunately, it gets crowded easily (over here, that is). And, even though it's mostly unrelated, I would like to note that 'America has highest GDP' comes mostly from the top 5% of the American population, and that the poverty rate is quite unfitting for a first world country.
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3 pvtnum1128th Oct 2010 02:08:12 PM from Kerbin low orbit , Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Yeah, we have a huge income gap between the rich and the poor here.
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What you have I believe is a problem of efficiency versus ability to move large stuff for a single purpose. America is not the highest GDP per capita but it has a very massive GDP. Likewise, China's GDP per capita but even with ass poor farmers, they have a ridiculous total GDP. Small nation states allow you to run things very efficiently. Large nation states allows you to undertake big projects, like going to the moon, or making a space elevator. It's very difficult to get a bunch of small nation-states to see eye to eye and work in a coordinated fashion.
5 MajorTom28th Oct 2010 03:41:32 PM , Relationship Status: Barbecuing
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^ Conversely popular ideas and policies that can work in a small nation generally do not when you scale them up. Case in point: a welfare state. There's no practical way you can replicate the "success" of the Norwegian welfare state in a country as big as the United States. Too many people, too large an area.
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6 Chalkos28th Oct 2010 04:01:07 PM from The Internets
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Oh, my. Didn't see that post coming. Certainly the practicalities of a small country and a large country are quite different; for example, the implementation of democracy has to change based upon the size of the demos in question. While adapting a large-nation idea or principle to a small nation isn't impossible, it certainly can be difficult, and more so with some ideas than with others. Economically speaking, large nations do have the advantage of a larger domestic market, which means that they tend to be attractive to corporations and such. Small nations, on the other hand, sometimes have more forgiving tax policies, which can create those lovely things called tax havens. Pros and cons, pros and cons.
Game Chainsaw: you cannot deny that America as a whole has the largest GDP per head of any countryWell, almost.
Major Tom: Conversely popular ideas and policies that can work in a small nation generally do not when you scale them up.This is terribly faulty, and I think raises the main advantage of a huge country like the USA or Canada: If something works best at a greater scale, the federal government can do it, if not? The state/provincial or county government can. Life in general is made so much easier, as passing internal borders and doing business crosscountry is far freer of hassles than running through dozens of tiny little countries in Europe. Unification is the wave of the future, and I think the EU's recent stumbles can be put down entirely to hypercapitalist attempts to conflate 1st-world and 3rd-world economies with each other. Regarding Russia, as I understand it, don't most of Russia's problems have to do with a lack of internal transparency, meaning that different regions and ethnic groups are wildly underrepresented in the government's political structure?
8 TuefelHundenIV28th Oct 2010 08:25:33 PM from Wandering , Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Watchman of the Apocalypse
Things don't even necessarily scale properly at the state level either. I was going to point out that effectively the U.S. is comprised of a unified batch of nations who have united under one banner under specific terms to achieve goals for the betterment of the group as a whole. Every state has their own set of laws and cultures much like many small nations only the U.S. is one big unified group. Advantages of a small nation is that is much easier to track and control what goes on in the nation as a whole as well as deal with local problems. It makes nation wide transportation that much more easy. The downside to that is you might have to rely heavily on imports or trade with your neighbors to make up for things you can not make or do on your own. Larger nations usually have the advantage in shear numbers for large undertakings and access to many resources under their personal sway. they can also have a higher chance of being more self sufficient and not have to rely as heavily on their neighbors as a smaller nation would. Of course you can't ignore factors like geography, climate, and resources available in assorted areas.
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Well Major Tom, your hypothesis is about to be tested big time. China is implementing with help from UK, a universal healthcare system for 1.3 billion people. ;) I personally think efficiency of leadership is the question of big/small country. Economic efficiency is sorta both low and high for a small country. Small country can very easily tailor its economic policies for high efficiency and also have good leadership to follow through with it. At the same time, large countries afford big economies of scale, as with the USA, you can see how certain states are geared toward one big industry and others just feed into them.
As with most other supposition regarding China's modernization, India and (to a lesser extend) Indonesia already have that.
Fractally long
Does anyone know where I can find a list of countries' median GDP? It might be a better metric than mean GDP in determining how well the typical citizen's actually doing. I'm inclined to think a large country can have the advantages of a small country—indeed, many US states are the size of small European countries (Michigan's about as big as Sweden, for instance).
12 storyyeller29th Oct 2010 11:23:32 AM from Appleloosa , Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
There's no such thing as a median GDP. GDP is calculated for the nation as a whole, not for each individual (which is clearly impossible). You could look for median income though, but that doesn't factor in things like healthcare.
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Longfellow,, I am not quite sure for what you are looking, but if it is for something like "life quality", here is the Human Development Index.
Fractally long
Thanks for the corrections. Both are close to what I was looking for. I think from this data we can look at each country's population, area, and population density. And maybe how the population's distributed. And see if we can find any connections between these measures and the economic structures that work best. From the HDI's top 30, the USA is the most populous at about 300 million; Japan's next at about 130 million. Its population density is low but not unusually so, still denser than the Scandinavian countries, Canada, and Australia.
15 Deboss29th Oct 2010 02:22:14 PM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.
Is that an averaged pop density or what?
Fractally long
A simple population/area. Obviously an incomplete picture (ex. most Australians clump in the same urban areas), but it's a number we can at least work with.
17 Deboss29th Oct 2010 03:42:36 PM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.
There's a difference though. There's US territory that is effectively uninhabited.
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Juventus welcome back Gigi Buffon for their Champions League must-win game with Nordsjaelland, as Lucio Sebastian Giovinco and Alessandro Matri start.
The match kicks off in Copenhagen at 19.45 BST and sees the Bianconeri looking for their first European victory of the season following draws with Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Buffon missed both Italy-Denmark and Juventus-Napoli due to a thigh problem, but the goalkeeper is back in the starting XI tonight.
Mirko Vucinic has still not fully recovered from a bout of flu, so is on the bench along with Danish international Nicklas Bendtner, while Stephan Lichtsteiner and Kwadwo Asamoah were left behind in Turin to rest.
Paul Pogba had been expected to make a rare start, but Coach Antonio Conte and assistant Angelo Alessio – here making his Champions League touchline debut – opted to stick with the first choice midfield.
Lucio and Mauricio Isla are given the opportunity to shine as they recuperate from injuries.
Nordsjaelland have lost both their Group E games so far, conceding six goals, but could prove tough nuts to crack.
The 4-0 defeat by Chelsea was their first home defeat in 14, but three of those goals came in the final 11 minutes for a frankly harsh scoreline.
Ivan Runje and Mikkel Beckmann were carrying injuries going into this game, but are both risked in the starting XI.
Andreas Laudrup will be one to watch, as his father Michael played for Juventus from 1983 to 1989.
Nordsjaelland: J Hansen; Parkhurst, Okore, Runje, Mtiliga; Adu, Stokholm; Laudrup, Lorentzen, John; Beckmann
Nordsjaelland bench: Villadsen, Gundelach, Christensen, Ticinovic, Petry, Christiansen, Nordstrand
Juventus: Buffon; Lucio, Bonucci, Chiellini; Isla, Vidal, Pirlo, Marchisio, De Ceglie; Matri, Giovinco
Juventus bench: Storari, Caceres, Pogba, Giaccherini, Marrone, Vucinic, Bendtner
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Final Heritage Forum Focused on Grace and Winona Lake's Combined History
On Tuesday evening, September 10, Grace College and Seminary hosted the third and final "Heritage Forum." The event featured three "in-house" scholars who spoke about different areas of Grace's history and its relationship with the Winona Lake Community. Terry White, who has recently authored a book on Winona Lake's 100-year history, examined the early connections between the town of Winona and the Brethren Church. Mark Norris, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, spoke on Grace's recent history and community connections, especially the legacy of Ron Manahan's presidency, and Jim Swanson, Vice President of Student and Academic Services, laid out the evolution of Student Affairs both in the larger world of higher education and at Grace specifically. Those who came for the engaging sessions and snacks also got a chance to talk to local historian and photographer, Al Disbro, who brought dozens of historic photographs from the area. The night was capped by the thoughtful and encouraging comments of Perry Bush, long-time history professor at Bluffton University in Ohio and the author of a book about his own institution's history. The tone of the evening was upbeat and inspiring as the group appreciated not only the past, but the sense of optimism for the future that seems to have enveloped our campus in recent years. Before closing in prayer, Christy Hill, who served as moderator for the event, called the evening a "holy moment."


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Animated horror film about a house that's really a monster: When a neighborhood boy fears that he may have killed the old man who was the house's only resident, he realizes that the house is alive and very angry -- its beams become sharpened teeth, its windows blaze yellow and its entry rug becomes a long tongue that grabs and pulls everything that comes close, including animals and people, through the front door. However, nobody will believe him. With the voices of Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Heder, Kevin James and Jason Lee. Directed by Gil Kenan. [1:31]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A man tackles a young woman onto the floor, and they roll around briefly -- although it is not implied that anything sexual takes place and the young woman protests his actions. A young woman and a man come close to kissing but do not.
► A man licks and kisses a boy's stuffed animal.
► A girl kisses a boy, a boy and a girl hug, a boy tells a girl that he loves her, and two boys flirt with a girl. Two boys admire a girl as she walks along a sidewalk and they swoon over her.
► We see a photograph of a husband and wife kissing.
► A girl hugs two boys and one says, "She grabbed my butt." A man talks about a man "kissing his house." A girl tells a boy that what he is looking at in a house is its "uvula" and he says "Oh, this is a girl house."
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - An angry and animated house pulls itself along a street chasing people, someone throws a brick at it, the house becomes angry and lunges at the person, and someone tries to set off explosives but the house grabs him.
► A house becomes angry while three children are inside, and one child is sucked into the air vents, one is wrapped up in large coils and the third is snapped at by a flight of stairs. Three children are nearly eaten by an angry house, but are spat out and covered with goo instead.
► Three children fall through a hole in the floor of a house, one discovers a cage, breaks the lock, opens it and finds the form of a woman in cement on the floor. A boy falls on top of the cement form of woman, and the cement breaks away revealing the skeletal remains of a woman; the boy and two other children scream and run.
► A boy drives a digging machine, which rolls backward down a steep hill, and an angry house follows him down, while breaking apart.
► A large tree becomes animated, it picks up a car (three children are hiding in it), puts the car inside a house, and the car is pulled apart and half of it is "eaten"; the children get out of the other half but remain trapped in the house. A large tree becomes animated, it grabs a police officer's gun, then the officer swings him around by the foot, and tosses him inside "the mouth" of an angry house; another officer is also "eaten" by the house. A man sees a kite inside a house, he walks up the front steps and to the open front door and he is dragged inside (we hear the man screaming).
► A boy rings the doorbell of a house, the house appears to become angry, the windows glow yellow, resembling eyes, the porch slats become like sharp fangs, and an entry rug becomes like a tongue and furls out to snap up the boy (the boy gets away). A girl walks toward a house, the house becomes angry, the sidewalk planks lift up from the ground and push the girl into the air and toward the front door -- which now resembles an angry mouth filled with pointed teeth -- and her wagon rolls into the mouth (the girl is OK). A dog urinates on a lawn, an entry rug unspools from inside the house and snaps the dog up, taking it inside the house.
► An angry house picks a boy up by a cape that's wrapped around his neck. An angry house eats a digging machine, dropping glass to the ground, where it shatters near a boy. A house that has broken apart by falling down a steep hill re-forms into a smaller structure and chases three people. A house becomes angry and begins to lunge for a vacuum cleaner disguised as a boy.
► A woman falls into a hole in the foundation of an inbuilt house (we hear a thud), and cement spills on top of her and covers her (we understand that she died and was buried in the cement). A old man comes out of his house yelling at a boy, he chases the boy, picks him up and shakes him saying, "Do you want to be a dead person?"; the man then falls to the ground gasping and gagging, and he lies motionless (we think he is dead) and is taken away by an ambulance.
► A dark house creaks and groans, a man opens the front door and yells at a girl that's on his front lawn, snarls and bristles and says, "Do you want to be eaten alive?"; the girl screams and runs away, and the man breaks her tricycle and takes it into the house.
► A boy sleeps and a dark shadow creeps through the window, takes the shape of a large hand and crashes down on him (the boy wakes up in a start and is afraid).
► We see an extremely obese woman locked in a cage in a carnival sideshow.
► A young woman and a man talk about a woman disappearing and that her husband "ate her." A man wears a scary Halloween mask and sneaks up behind a boy, scaring him. A man pulls a boy's stuffed animal apart and we see stuffing and a detached head.
► Dynamite explodes and two boys fall into a ditch. A man driving a car backs into a boy wearing a Halloween mask (he does not appear to be injured). A boy steps into a street and is nearly hit by a car, and the boy falls back onto the street and appears to be unconscious for a moment. Two police officers in a car drive slowly behind two boys and a girl and one of the boys is knocked down (he does not appear injured).
► A boy is hit hard in the face by a basketball, falls to the ground and says, "My nose is in my brain." A boy wears a "swamp monster" Halloween mask with bulging eyes and spikes on his head.
► A man dances with a "woman's spirit." A young man tells three children that they must "attack the heart" of a house to make it stop from committing violence on the neighborhood. A video game depicts violent acts, characters being wounded and blood spurting. A boy starts the motor of a digging machine, and the machine roars loudly.
► A husband and wife yell at each other. A babysitter is abusive to a boy that she is supposed to be taking care of (she insults him and says that she will blame him for things that he did not do).
► An animated house seems to cough something out of its "throat" and we see goo splatter. We see a 2-liter bottle half-filled with urine (two boys have been using it as a bathroom and a girl finds it).
► A boy makes a remark about "throwing up in tin foil and eating it." An extremely obese woman performs in a carnival sideshow, and people throw vegetables at her. A man throws a beer bottle at a house and yells at it, and the bottle is sucked down through the grass.
PROFANITY 1 - 1 scatological term, 3 clinical sexual references (a boy and girl make references to puberty), 2 mild anatomical terms, name-calling (moron, porky, wuss). [profanity glossary]
SUBSTANCE USE - A boy steals cold medicine from his father's pharmacy. A man of indeterminate age drinks several beers in a couple of scenes and acts inebriated.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Death of a loved one, "freak shows," scary houses, judging people by their appearance, extreme obesity, shoplifting, authority, fathers expressing their love to their sons.
MESSAGE - Appearances can be deceiving.
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