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The Renaissance of Nebraska Basketball Has Only Just Begun
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National Coach-of-the-Year Finalist Connie Yori is a trailblazer, and she is a miracle worker. No, check that right now. She'd rather be known by what she really is . . . a good, old-fashioned, hard-working Husker who just happens to be coaching a team that was anointed last Tuesday with more ink and more photos than any other story in the nation's largest non-financial newspaper.
Even a Kansas men's basketball fan couldn't miss the message that USA Today sent to its nearly 2 million readers with this cover story headline in its national edition: "A Perfect Chemistry" followed by another headline that said "Star, role players get act together for 29-0, No. 3 Nebraska women".
If that wasn't enough to lure you in, all you had to do was look at Yori, the centerpiece of an energetic four-column photo. Nebraska's head coach - and 2010 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year - was exhorting her team from the bench. Both of her arms were stretched out in front of her, shoulder high. Her fists were clenched, her mouth was open, and you could tell she was showing nothing but positive vibes.
You can tell because all five Husker players on the bench behind her - Nicole Neals, Kala Kuhlmann, Layne Reeves, Katya Leick and Harleen Sidhu - were every bit as engaged in what had just happened on the floor as Yori was. They were all smiling, all bending forward and all lost in the magic of the moment.
Who knows? Below that photo was another one showing a high-stepping Kelsey Griffin with a basketball in her hands and a decision to be made. Was Nebraska's Big 12 Player of the Year and All-America candidate getting ready to take matters into her own hands or was the National Player of the Year candidate getting ready to get the ball into someone else's hands for an easier basket?
Talk about capturing the essence of this year's Nebraska women's basketball team in two compelling photographs. The story was good, too, continuing on and taking up two-thirds of a second page that used the headline "From 15-16 to national contenders" and four photos - one huge - updating fans on each win in a record-setting season.
ESPN Was in Lincoln on Tuesday, Too
ESPN was also in town this past week, shooting Nebraska footage and features for its upcoming coverage of both the NCAA Tournament Selection Show (Monday, March 15, 6 p.m.), and the NCAA Tournament. It's fitting to point out that the Huskers also were featured in the Feb. 22 Sports Illustrated print edition, the first-ever article written on Nebraska women's basketball in that publication.
"ESPN.com has followed us across the country this season with Mechelle Voepel and Graham Hays consistently praising all aspects of our team," Nebraska Media Relations Director Jeff Griesch said, adding that "since Dec. 20 of this season, we've had more national coverage of our program than we've had in my 15 years with the program combined."
Still, Tuesday was a watershed moment in an emerging program that is focused solely on continuing to move forward this season despite losing to No. 11 Texas A&M in the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament in Kansas City.
With the nation's most influential newspaper and most influential network for sports converging on Lincoln on the same day, let Tuesday, March 9, 2010 heretofore be known as the Renaissance of Nebraska Basketball ... the rebirth of something that can and will get bigger as the best fans in college athletics embrace a sport that's only just begun to blossom in this traditionally football-rich state.
If you don't believe that, at least listen to John Wooden, the most legendary coach in the history of basketball and considered the best coach in a 2009 Sporting News survey of the 50 greatest coaches of all time in any sport.
Because Wooden is often asked to consult with various nationally prominent women's basketball programs, he made it a point to check out the Nebraska women's program on television for two reasons: 1) because he knew the Huskers were unbeaten and highly ranked; and 2) because Tom Osborne, a coach he still mentors, was coming to see him in between speaking engagements on the West Coast.
Wooden admits he's only seen the Huskers once, so he doesn't have a completely clear picture of their overall capabilities.
John Wooden: All for One and One for All
"But I'm going to say they're all for one and one for all," Wooden said by telephone. "It's a team, and that showed, even on television."
Wooden, now 99, doesn't remember who Nebraska played when he watched, but he remembers the Huskers' effort, their unselfishness, their chemistry and their team spirit. "I do recall how impressed I was with their strong sense of team," he said. "That impressed me more than anything else."
Wooden, of course, coached UCLA to 10 national championships and to what still ranks as an NCAA men's record 88-game winning streak. UConn is generating consistent national headlines with its current 72-game winning streak - the longest in women's Division I basketball history.
Here's what's interesting. Over the years, Wooden has repeatedly been asked which of his players he would rate as his best. And just like Osborne, he has never answered that question.
Surprisingly, a man who once coached Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton, says he's never had any more successful players - by his definition - than Conrad Burke or Doug McIntosh, two relative no-names who were not especially gifted physically, but played meaningful roles on championship teams. "By perseverance and dedicated hard work," Wooden said, "they learned their assignments minutely and made few mistakes. They were great practice players and became two and three-year starters."
Wooden, Osborne and Yori all believe those attributes will trump talent any time. "Those two came as close to realizing their full potential as any two I ever had," Wooden said. "Who can do more?"
It's All About Making the Most of Your Ability
Indeed, who can do more than Nebraska's 2009-10 starters and their ultra-valuable backups? In interviews, Yori often points out that the only team in Big 12 Conference history to finish the regular season unbeaten (men or women) is not even the most talented team in its own league, let alone the country.
But it is a team that loves to practice, buys into every ounce of instruction, meets every challenge with resilience and thrives on a certain energy and desire that is apparent to coaches, teammates and fans throughout the Big 12 and across the country.
That, in a nutshell, is a team, a program and a whole state coming together to take Nebraska basketball where it has never been before ... to a threshold of greatness.
John Cook, a Connie Yori fan, has taken Nebraska volleyball into that difficult-to-reach plateau of national prominence. Cook, also a Wooden fan, says the Huskers can continue to "out-team" other programs that may have more talent.
Nebraska fans are sensing the same thing. Last week, we asked several longtime Nebraska women's basketball season ticketholders what they thought about this program's emergence as a national power. To a person, they see this renaissance shaking the very foundation of how basketball is viewed, valued, supported, nurtured and followed in this state.
The Nebraska women rank eighth nationally in average home attendance with 7,390 per game. The previous school record was 5,000 per game. The Huskers traditionally have ranked among the top 30 in attendance over the last 15 years, but this year's spike has created a bigger buzz and a better atmosphere.
Fans are catching the fever, creating momentum and responding in record numbers. During the Big 12 Conference season, Nebraska averaged 11,393 fans in eight home games - the best average in a conference that has led the nation in attendance every year in the past decade.
Big Dreams for Little Girls Part of the Renaissance
Even more importantly, Husker fans are seeing, experiencing and acknowledging that little girls growing up in Nebraska are starting to embrace the new legends of basketball like they've embraced the legends of volleyball for decades. Parents and grandparents are noticing that kids are dreaming about being the next Kelsey Griffin or Cory Montgomery or Vonnie Turner or Dominique Kelley or Lindsey Moore.
Make no mistake. The Huskers have talent. They have good, high-character, high-quality talent. They've just never been in position to compete with such powers as UConn or Tennessee for the best talent.
Still, let's analyze where this starting lineup came from.
Griffin chose Nebraska over Michigan State and Arizona State. Part of the lure for her moving from Eagle River, Alaska, to the Midwest was to get closer to both sets of grandparents living in Iowa and Minnesota. No wonder longtime Nebraska season ticketholder Liz Larue, widow of former Husker trainer Duke Larue, votes every day to help Griffin win the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for NCAA Division I women's basketball. Not surprisingly, Yori said if she had a vote for National Player of the Year, Griffin would get it.
Montgomery selected Nebraska over Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Drake and Wisconsin-Green Bay. Turner was recruited by so many Division I schools that she quit counting when the number reached 20. All three senior starters have great talent, but they have an even greater work ethic. And they've put their team first in everything they do.
Kelley, a junior, was recruited harder by Yori than any other player. She chose the Huskers over Colorado and six other Division I schools. In three years, she's started every game and will join Moore as the glue of the 2010-11 Huskers.
Sunny Smallwood Helped Recruit Moore
Moore, the freshman point guard who has pulled the senior-laden lineup together, fell in love with Nebraska when Yori and NU Assistant Sunny Smallwood recruited her as a junior in high school. She committed early to Nebraska and never wavered in that decision, even though she became a Parade All-American and turned down Washington in her own backyard, as well as four other schools. Smallwood, the recruiting coordinator at the University of Washington for 11 years, was pivotal in helping to sell Lincoln over Seattle.
All-Big 12 Seniors Griffin, Montgomery and Turner, plus emerging stars Kelley and Moore, are five good reasons why Nebraska has been able to climb to the top of a conference that has the highest overall RPI rating in women's college basketball. We also should point out that the Huskers just ran away from a league loaded with national powers.
Obviously, Yori gets the art of recruiting, and the National Coach of the Year candidate also is worthy of a doctorate when it comes to the anatomy of a team. She has reached these heights because she's built her team on loyalty, and the Huskers seem to prosper on the very unity that grows out of such loyalty.
Wooden would be proud. He is, after all, the coach who often cautioned people that "we can become great in the eyes of others, but we'll never become successful when we compromise our character or show disloyalty towards friends or teammates."
The reverse, of course, is also true. "No individual or team will become great without loyalty," Wooden said.
Regardless of how the Huskers finish this season, they have shown all of their loyal followers the very essence of greatness because they have done their very best with the talent they have.
And, as Wooden might say, who can do more than that?
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Great article!! As part of Husker Nation, I have been following the Lady Huskers enthusiastically all season. I have even sent email letters to both Sports Illustrated as well as ESPN hoping they would pick up on the marvelous story that is Husker Women's Basketball this season. I couldn't agree more that this group of incredibly talented young women completely understand the concepts of hard work, loyalty and TEAM. Their success is a testament to their dedication to each other as well as to basketball. Their success is also a statement about the incredible coaching staff headed by Connie Yori, who saw something special in each of these young women. To build this program and this team takes an enormous amount of time, plus the ability to see potential in the skill sets of each player. This season is just magical, no matter how far this team goes, and now all of Husker Nation stands to applaud!! Go BIg Red. Rosalie Suggs, Noblesville, Indiana
It's what you said, Randy - exactly what you said. Early on this season, I waited in line after a game for autographs with my daughter. It was a joy to see how warm and how genuine each of these young women were and how they connected with their fans. Since that night, my daughter feels like she knows every one of the girls. They are humble, focused, generous, selfless, hard working and driven to achieve at the very highest level possible. They embody everything we Nebraskans value so dearly and the whole Husker Nation should be very proud to call them our team. I'm sure Coach Yori and the team are intensely focused on Friday, but for us fans, can we say 29 down and nine to go? Gregg Nelson, Lincoln, Nebraska
Nice article on the women's basketball team. I've become a big fan of the team this year. Living in Texas, I listen to most of the games on the Internet on Huskers.com. In January, my wife and I were able to see first-hand the Husker women thoroughly whip Texas Tech in Lubbock. The team chemistry was undeniable. After the game, I spoke with Layne Reeves' father (a former football quarterback at Tech). He talked about Layne's decision to become a Husker rather than stay home in Lubbock and play in front of the hometown fans. He couldn't say enough great things about the Husker coaching staff and team and the whole atmosphere around the program. Congratulations to Coach Yori and the team. Here's hoping the great season continues and the next Husker game we attend will be in a few weeks in San Antonio. Joe Petersen, Midland, Texas
Thanks for a great article on "The Renaissance of Nebraska Basketball Has Only Just Begun". My wife and I are Nebraska natives (Clay Center and Indianola) and University of Nebraska grads ('78 and '79). We now live in Iowa, but still follow the Huskers. Since UConn is dominating an ESPN poll right now, we thought it would be nice if Husker fans would go to ESPN's website - http://espn.go.com/womens-basketball/. Scroll down to the lower left-hand side and cast a vote for Kelsey Griffin for National Player of the Year. Hopefully, the Athletic Department can spread the word on Facebook as well, and we can all pull together to show Kelsey our support for her efforts this season. Craig and Janie Hertel, Jefferson, Iowa
My family and I are huge Husker supporters in every sport. We truly love the women's basketball team this year and are thrilled with their success! The players' passion for the game and for each other is so evident, it makes you want to watch them and support them. We can't make it to a lot of games, but we listen to every one of them or watch on TV. Matt Coatney does a great job! Ride this wave to the end girls and get that matchup with UConn that everyone is talking about! Good Luck! Pam Scarrow, Grand Island, Nebraska
I just want to say what a nice article about the Lady Huskers. Although I'm a big Husker fan in general (especially football and baseball), I've never been much interested in basketball of any flavor - until now. I'm more captivated by their sense of "team" than anything. Mark my word. I see the exact same attributes being instilled by Bo Pelini on the football team. I totally agree with Wooden, Osborne and Yori. Loyalty and hard work and a "team-first" attitude trump talent any time, and I think a former Marine is qualified to say so. Mike Wuerth, Omaha, Nebraska
Great story. We have been season ticketholders since the Angela Beck days and are so proud to be fans of the Nebraska women's basketball team. These players exhibit everything I enjoy in college sports. The quality of individual, the work ethic and the team are all things I am proud of. For this coaching staff to put all that together is just awesome. Andy Kuhn, Lincoln, Nebraska
I have been a season ticketholder through Angela Beck to Paul Sanderford and now to the best coach in women's basketball today - Connie Yori. What coach Yori has done from Day 1 eight years ago is nothing but amazing, and this year's ride will not be over until we play and beat UConn for the national championship in San Antonio. But even if we don't, we will still love this coaching staff and these nice young ladies. Everybody in the state of Nebraska is proud to call this team our team. Everybody all over the country will be rooting for this team of ours because what this team has done is good for women's college basketball. They have proven that all things are possible. Good luck ladies and Go Big Red. George Moore


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There are few wheeling destinations as well known as the off-road mecca that is Moab, Utah. This is partly due to the annual Easter Jeep Safari that thousands of 4x4 enthusiasts flock to each year. Motorcycle riders have Sturgis, Jeepers have Moab. With over 30 designated OHV trails and amazing scenery everywhere you turn, Moab is one of the most enjoyable and picturesque places you can wheel.
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Difficulty ratings are from Red Rock 4-Wheelers and based on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being the most difficult.
Hell's Revenge
Despite the aggressive name, the Hell's Revenge trail is an easy way to get a taste of what Moab is all about. The trail consists of a host of fins, steep climbs, and Moab's famous slickrock that is traction rich to say the least. A stock 4x4 is more than capable of completing the trail, but you may have to bypass some of its famous obstacles like Hell's Gate, Escalator, or one of the many hot tubs. Depending on traffic, expect to spend a few hours on the trail, but it's generally a quick run. This is one of our favorite trails and a great place to soak in the scenery while testing your skills behind the wheel.
GPS Coordinates: 38, 34', 31"/Lon: 109, 31', 19"
Difficulty Rating: 6
Pritchett Canyon
If you are up for a challenge and have a day to commit, then Pritchett Canyon is the place to go. This rocky and off-camber trail is one of Moab's most challenging and requires wheeling prowess and a properly modified rig. The more famous obstacles include Rocker Knocker, Rock Pile, and Yellow Hill. Most of the more difficult obstacles have bypasses and/or winch points so you can safely make it through. Body damage is likely on this trail and a good spotter will be priceless on some of the more off-camber spots. In this modern age of cell phone cameras and YouTube videos, you can find countless clips of people wheeling some of the more famed spots along the trail. Stock rigs stay at bay.
GPS Coordinates: 38, 32', 8"/Lon: 109, 35', 55"
Difficulty Rating: 9
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GPS Coordinates: 38, 32', 1"/Lon: 109, 36', 24"
Difficulty Rating: 5 to 7
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This dead-end trail will get your blood racing, but the challenges are more mental than vehicle trying. A series of ledges and climbs will keep you on your toes from the start and will likely provide your rear bumper with some new trail scars. While a 1,300-foot rise in elevation will give you a tremendous view of the creek below, the closest you come to cliff hanging is the off-camber left at the end of the trail. It will feel much worse than it actually is. This has become one of our favorite night wheeling trails as it's close to town and you can get in and out (depending on trail traffic) in relatively short time.
GPS Coordinates: 38, 31', 27"/Lon: 109, 36', 5"
Difficulty Rating: 7
Moab Rim
As the only trail that has Moab in its name, it is a must do for the person looking to get a taste of the high-elevation wheeling that Moab has to offer. This may be one of the spookiest trails in all of Moab as you are forced to tackle an off-camber section that pitches you towards the Colorado River—oh, and a nearly thousand-foot drop! This trail is not for the novice wheeler or faint of heart, but like most of Moab, much of the challenge is mental. Once you shake your nerves, you will enjoy the view and wheeling to be had. We say do it at least once so you can have that notch on your belt.
GPS Coordinates: 38, 33', 34"/Lon: 109, 34', 56"
Difficulty Rating: 7
Kane Creek Canyon
At 20 miles, Kane Creek Canyon is no short jaunt. Expect to spend a fair amount of time getting to the trail as well. The trail stays true to its name and snakes along a creek bed and passes through dozens of creek crossings—some of which can get pretty deep. Don't be surprised if you find a little mud along the way, which may be a relief since Moab can be especially dusty. Towards the end of the trail the elevation will rise, and as the scenic view increases, so will the difficulty.
GPS Coordinates: 38, 27', 58"/Lon: 109, 36', 2"
Difficulty Rating: 6
Upper Helldorado
The Upper Helldorado trail may be one of Utah's most well known. This short trail is actually located inside Area BFE, which is a private wheeling park that sits just on the edge of town. The park is free to ride (donations are gladly accepted and put to good use) and open year-round. Upper Helldorado is a mesh of huge boulders, windshield crushing squeezes, and an epic waterfall obstacle at the end. If you have the wheelbase and skills, driving out of the trail unscathed and winch-free is possible. If Upper Helldorado sounds like more than you want to bargain for, don't count out Area BFE completely. Along with the famous hardcore trail selection is a bevy of other trails, ranging from very mild to downright extreme. Like most of Moab, this is not a place that you want to wheel alone.
GPS Coordinates: 38, 24', 21"/Lon: 109, 24', 24"
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4.2 Fruit was heated in crasher.
4.3 After sterilizing, the broken palm fruit flow into the palm oil press machine to pressing. Oil and water mixture outflow from pressing chamber shell hole, in the same time, the fiber cake and core was discharged from bonehead clearance and then drop in the packing anger of broken cake.
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5.3 Use shell kernel separator to separate the shell and kernel mixture after husking.
5.4 Kernel are charged into kernel-holding tank and shell are transported to boiler room to burn.
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The Pentagon is now the only department whose finances continued to warrant a disclaimer, while the State and Homeland Security departments have progressed to "qualified" ratings. All others, according to OMB's list, now are "clean."
"These results are not just about numbers on a ledger," Controller Danny Werfel wrote in an OMB blog post. "They are about this administration's commitment to watching every dollar that goes out the door and making sure that we have the proper controls, practices and safeguards in place on those dollars."
Since passage of the 1990 Chief Financial Officers Act, major agencies have been required to produce audited financial statements. The Pentagon, in particular, has struggled to make progress toward a congressional deadline of auditability by 2017.
"Most notable was the progress made at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Homeland Security," Werfel said. "For several years, NASA has worked to remedy challenges they faced reporting certain unique assets, such as space exploration equipment. This year, their efforts paid off and they moved from a position where the auditors could not express an opinion on their financial statements to a clean opinion. DHS was also able to make progress."
Improvements at Defense, according to Werfel, are visible in Secretary Leon Panetta's recent vow to accelerate the deadline for auditability to 2014. He added that the Pentagon is improving the information it uses to manage mission-critical assets, has added resources dedicated to obtaining auditable financial statements and has "established a strong, visible governance structure."
Robert Shea, a principal at the firm Grant Thornton LLP who was associate director at OMB during the George W. Bush administration, said, "The only thing that's changed is that DHS moved from a disclaimer to qualified so that it now can issue an opinion. It's always an achievement to get clean opinions about complex government agencies," Shea said. "But we've done it for successive years. The 800-pound gorilla remains the Defense Department. Until progress is made there, it won't materially change what we know about the finances of the federal government."


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Record of circulations on opinions and per curiams, 1953, 1955-1957, 1959-1967
1c. Supreme Court materials: Record of circulations on opinions and per curiams, Tom C. Clark Papers, Tarlton Law Library
Historical Background
Tom C. Clark served as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967, and was the first Texan to serve on the Court. Born in Dallas, Texas, September 23, 1899, Clark received his law degree from the University of Texas in 1922. He joined the Justice Department in 1937 and rose through the ranks. President Truman appointed him U.S. Attorney General in 1945 and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1949. Clark resigned from the Court in 1967 when his son Ramsey Clark was appointed Attorney General, and afterwards sat on the Courts of Appeal in all eleven U.S. Circuits and in federal district court. An advocate of improved judicial administration, Clark chaired several American Bar Association committees on judicial administration and was the first director of the Federal Judicial Center.
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These records show the circulation of opinions in Supreme Court cases and the recirculation with changes or the notation of dissents or concurrences and by which justices, as the development of the final versions took place. Each step of the development is noted by date.
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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) was originally established as the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) in 1989. Its primary mission was to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contribution to the Human Genome Project - an international research effort to determine the location of all human genes and to read the entire set of genetic instructions encoded in human DNA. This mission was completed in April 2003 with publication of the full and complete sequence of the human genome.
NHGRI carried out this mission by providing financial support to scientists at university, and other, public research laboratories throughout the United States. In addition to supporting the Human Genome Project, NHGRI established a Division of Intramural Research in 1993 to develop genome technologies that will accelerate the process of identifying and understanding the molecular basis of human genetic diseases.
The Human Genome Project (HGP) officially began in 1990 and was coordinated in the United States by the NHGRI and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). International HGP partners included the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and China. Once scientists completed the ultimate task of sequencing all 3 billion base pairs in the human genome, they created a virtual blueprint for a human being.
From 1990 to 1994, the activities of the HGP were primarily devoted to developing genetic and physical maps that allowed precise localization of genes, and exploring technologies that enabled the sequencing of very large amounts of DNA with high accuracy and low cost. Pilot projects were initiated in 1996 to explore the feasibility of such large-scale sequencing of human DNA. These projects were extremely successful and resulted in creative laboratory innovations that automated and accelerated the sequencing process. By September 1997, the pilot projects had sequenced approximately two percent of human DNA. Eventually, with current technology, HGP centers were able to sequence 1,000 base pairs per second at a very low cost.
Scientific leaders of the Human Genome Project also made an important decision in 1996 - to deposit sequence in public databases within 24 hours of its assembly, with no restrictions on its use or redistribution. This defining moment in the HGP made the sequence immediately available to anyone with an Internet connection, ensuring that the sequence would ultimately benefit the public by empowering all the world's best minds.
In June 2000, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced that a "working draft" sequence of the human genome, nearly 90 percent complete, had been produced. In February 2001, the consortium published this sequence and an initial analysis of the human genome that reported a number of discoveries. The most surprising of these was that humans have only 30,000 to 35,000 genes, whereas previous predictions had ranged from 80,000 to 150,000 genes.
The Human Genome Project's goal of producing a highly accurate "finished" sequence was met in April 2003 - under budget and two years ahead of the original schedule. With the completion of the HGP, the mission of the NHGRI has expanded to encompass a broad range of studies aimed at understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease.
The ENCODE Project (ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements) is a highly interactive public research consortium developed by NHGRI to carry out a pilot project for testing and comparing existing and new methods to identify functional sequences in DNA. Working together in a highly cooperative effort to rigorously analyze a defined portion of the human genome sequence, investigators with diverse backgrounds and expertise evaluate the relative merits of each of a diverse set of techniques, technologies and strategies in identifying all the functional elements in human genomic sequence, identify gaps in our ability to annotate genomic sequence, consider the abilities of such methods to be scaled up for an effort to analyze the entire human genome.
Mapping, sequencing and analyzing the genomes of other organisms also are goals critical to the HGP and NHGRI because these genomes help researchers characterize and interpret the human genome. Comparing human DNA sequences with those of different organisms allows scientists to identify regions of the human genome that likely play a vital role in our biological processes because they have been conserved through time and evolution. By improving our understanding of how human genes work, this research can lead to insights into treating and preventing human disease. From the outset of the HGP, certain "model" organisms were chosen for genome sequencing in addition to humans. The genomes of the bacterium Escherichia coli; Saccharomyces cerevisiae (commonly known as baker's yeast); Drosophila melanogaster (the fruitfly); and Caenorhabditis elegans (the multi-cellular roundworm) have already been sequenced.
In addition, the genomes of the laboratory mouse and rat, animals widely used in biology as models for understanding, treating, and preventing human diseases, have now been sequenced. Due to the tremendous capacity now available for sequencing genomic DNA and because of its research value, NHGRI recently introduced a process by which any researcher can propose a new model organism for genomic analysis, including complete genome sequencing.
Sequencing so many organisms has created a flood of data that must be analyzed and understood. NHGRI is meeting this challenge by fostering the creation of new resources and the involvement of investigators at all levels. The Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) is a program designed to encourage academic centers to pursue advanced genome research using the new technologies and large databases developed by the HGP. The CEGS program challenges the entire biomedical research community to form multi-investigator, interdisciplinary teams to develop novel and innovative genomic research projects. CEGS projects will develop new methods and technologies for collecting, interpreting and/or using genomic data sets that can be employed by the broader biomedical research community.
NHGRI has a range of further important genetic and genomic research pursuits beyond its best-known goal of sequencing the human genome, including working to understand the way individuals differ from each other at the genetic level, and the impact these variations may have on health. (See: Genomic Variation Program)
The HGP and its partners are creating a catalogue of the places in the genome where the DNA sequence differs among individuals. The most common variations are known as single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs (pronounced "snips"). These are places where the DNA sequence varies by a single base, or DNA letter. NHGRI research complements the work of a non-profit international group, The SNP Consortium (TSC). Through combined efforts, nearly 3 million SNPs have already been identified and made available in public databases.
Scientists use SNPs to scan the entire genome, looking for chromosomal regions that are statistically associated with disease. A researcher can then refer to the working draft of the human genome to find the genes in those regions and narrow his or her search for the disease-causing alterations. SNPs will help scientists pinpoint genetic differences that predispose some, but not others to disease, and could help to explain some individuals' different responses to medical treatment.
The next key step in learning from the HGP is to generate a new map of the patterns of genetic variations across populations, known as the Haplotype Map (See: International HapMap Project). The SNP variants do not occur at random, but are correlated in important ways with their neighbors. By finding the pattern of variation along chromosomes, scientists can select a much smaller set of SNPs distributed along the chromosomes that will represent nearly all the underlying patterns of variation. This ?haplotype map? will be another critical resource for researchers trying to identify and understand the genetic basis of common human diseases.
As a result of the completed HGP, new disease genes are already discovered almost weekly. Recent successes by NHGRI?s intramural researchers include discovery of genes for prostate cancer, breast cancer, holoprosencephaly, progeria and Alzheimer's disease. Once scientists have identified a disease gene, they can begin to understand the illness at a molecular level. Over time, this can lead to the development of treatments, prevention strategies and accurate diagnostic tests, which in some instances can be life saving.
NHGRI intramural investigators also lead in the development of new genomic technologies. Microarrays, also known as "DNA chips," are among their breakthrough developments. These miniature devices allow thousands of DNA experiments to be carried out in a "laboratory" smaller than a credit card. Microarrays are produced by robots capable of placing thousands of microscopic spots of DNA on a small "chip." Each spot contains a different gene, so researchers can use this chip technology to see which genes are active, or "turned on," in different types of tumors, for example, or to identify specific gene mutations. This knowledge can provide more precise diagnostic criteria for different cancers and more individualized and effective treatments.
NHGRI researchers recently used these DNA chips to distinguish several closely related types of childhood cancer. Using typical diagnostic techniques, these cancers can be difficult to tell apart because they look alike under a microscope, which can lead to misdiagnosis and improper treatment. Collaborating with scientists at Lund University in Sweden, NHGRI investigators designed a novel method of combining DNA chip technology with a form of artificial intelligence called an artificial neural network (ANN). This new combined technology can differentiate these similar cancers by rapidly analyzing large amounts of data, allowing for highly accurate diagnoses.
In addition to studying disorders that arise from errors in a single gene, NHGRI scientists are investigating new strategies to tease apart the genetic and environmental contributors to common, more complex, disorders, such as diabetes, many cancers and even mental illnesses. Very fast, or "high throughput," technologies for identifying genes are crucial to studying such complex diseases.
The Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) is a joint effort by twelve NIH institutes, with NHGRI serving as its lead agency, located on the Bayview campus of The Johns Hopkins University. The CIDR, with the capacity to perform more than 5.7 million genotypes per year, provides researchers with high-throughput genotyping services as well as advice on study design, sophisticated data warehousing technologies and database assistance.
Since its founding, NHGRI has understood the need to analyze the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic research and to address the issues they raise. The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program at NHGRI was established in 1990 as an integral part of the U.S. Human Genome Project. The ELSI research program funds and manages research grants and education projects at institutions throughout the United States and supports workshops, research consortia and policy conferences related to these projects.
NHGRI's ELSI Research Program is currently the largest federal supporter of bioethics research in the country, with an annual budget of almost $15 million. Four areas of research have been established as priorities: privacy and fairness in the use and interpretation of genetic information; responsible clinical integration of genetic technologies; issues surrounding genetics research; and public and professional education about these issues.
In particular, the ELSI program works to ensure the responsible use of genetic information. Along with the benefits of major advances in genetics and genomics, such as genetic testing for patients and their families, there is the potential for misinterpretation and misuse of this information. NHGRI and the ELSI program support legislation to prohibit the use of genetic information to discriminate against individuals. President Clinton signed the "Executive Order To Prohibit Discrimination in Federal Employment Based on Genetic Information" on February 8, 2000. The order prohibits federal government agencies from obtaining genetic information from employees or job applicants and from using genetic information in hiring and promotion decisions.
On October 14, 2003, the U.S. Senate passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 (S. 1053) by a vote of 95-0. This is the first time the Senate has passed a bipartisan genetic nondiscrimination bill. The bill represents more than a year of good faith negotiation between the two parties. It would prevent health insurers and employers from using genetic information to determine eligibility, set premiums, or hire and fire people. It is now left to the House to pass the bill and for the President to sign it. The NHGRI has been working on the issue of genetic discrimination since 1995.
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Abstract group theory may be said to begin in the work of Cayley. In 1854 he first defined a group by means of relations existing among its operators. In two papers published in the Philosophical Magazine he defined a few elementary groups by means of such abstract relations. In a sequel to these papers which appeared in 1859, he defined abstractly the five groups of order 8 and the system of dihedral groups. On the other hand, Cayley did not attempt to formulate a general abstract definition of a group until several years later (1878), not, in fact, until after such a formulation had been made by others. From the number of pioneers in abstract group theory the name of Sir William Hamilton should not be omitted; for to him are due the first definitions of the important category of groups known as the groups of the regular polyhedrons. These were included in an article published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy in 1856, just two years after Cayley's first articles. However, in spite of these beginnings on English soil, the first actual attempts at an abstract definition of a group were found in the work of a German mathematician some fifteen years later. Kronecker, in 1870, gave a really abstract definition of a group, although he considered only the case in which the operators were commutative. Dyck, in 1882, published quite an extensive article in the Mathematische Annalen, in which he made marked advance over anything which had previously appeared. He explicitly defined the simple group of order 168, and a group of order 2mn defined by the relations
s12 = s22 = s32 = s42 = s1s2s3s4 = (s1s2)m = (s3s2)n = 1
The contributions of Weber (1882) and of Frobenius (1887) should also be noted in this connection.
Netto was the first to examine the possible orders of groups which may be generated by operations satisfying certain defining relations. He sought the number of possible products of s1 and s2 when they are connected by the equation s1s2 = s2s1m. He also enunciated a theorem in regard to the order of the group generated by three operators satisfying quite elementary conditions. In recent years, much has been done by Professor G.A. Miller in regard to the groups generated by a small number of operators satisfying simple equations of relation. In particular, his article entitled "The Abstract Definitions of All the Substitution Groups Whose Degree Does not Exceed Seven" forms the starting point for the present paper.
The first part of this paper is devoted to the proof of a few general theorems relative to the groups generated by two operators satisfying certain defining relations. The second part consists of the abstract definition of the substitution groups of degree 8, including applications of the theorems of the first part.


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Jonathan Blow: The Path to Braid
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In the wake of its success on Xbox Live Arcade, Number None's innovative platform title Braid has majorly increased the profile of independent games on consoles.
Its creator, Jonathan Blow, previously a code columnist for Game Developer magazine and a contract programmer/designer for a number of notable games, from Flow through Phase and beyond, has always been an outspoken advocate of working outside of the orthodoxy -- in more ways than just going it alone as an indie developer.
Blow runs the Experimental Games Workshop at GDC, and is an advocate of creating games that challenge the conventional wisdom about how to make a game -- from their core design on up.
In this in-depth Gamasutra interview, the designer talks candidly about the ideas that led to the development of Braid, and why challenging conventional pacing and gameplay is so important.
As someone who is doing all of the roles within the traditional development team, as one guy... you talked about how you're trying to keep from getting jaded and protect a bit of innocence in the whole process, as you're stretching yourself to do all of that stuff. How are you trying to keep some purity and vision?
JB: I don't know if there's any kind of technique that aids that. I don't know. The actual hard thing for me has just been to do the work. Three years is a long time. It's been about three years of calendar time working on Braid, but I actually started the game and did a little prototype, and then there were several months of break before I was able to really start development.
So it's been like three and a half or more, total, since I first conceived the game to when it was done for Live Arcade. And I still have to do the PC version, so it's going to be even longer. It's a long time to work on one thing, to not have any external validation for it. So I'm not making any money [during development].
I guess one of the reasons I showed the game at the GDC a few times -- not only because it was cool and I wanted to share it -- was because I knew from my history of getting burned out on long projects, I wanted to have at least some kind of communication with the outside world about this. Because otherwise, you just get nothing. You don't get nourished at all for that entire period, and it becomes very depressing.
I'm not a very materialist person. I don't feel like I really need external validation in my personality, but actually, the human psyche does, always. Even if it's not in your higher level of personality, there's something down there that wants that.
It's something, I guess, when you announce your game, and people start to get excited about it. It's like, "Oh crap, I actually have to do that now. I've got to deliver the goods." It's a super-real motivator.
JB: Yeah. In fact, I announced it very early. I showed it at the GDC in... I lost all track of time now, but I guess it was 2005, like March 2005, after I'd really only done a few weeks of work on it. So it was just a basic prototype.
But it was at this experimental game session that I run, so people weren't expecting more than a basic prototype, and they really liked it. I showed it in '05 and '06 and '07, like at various stages of development.
So that kind of process you were talking about, about how most development teams have become so process-driven, it's like a factory. You get your head down and list all your tasks to make the game, fulfill your tasks, and then you get onto the next one. That results in game designers becoming quite jaded and tired. Do you think that filters down to game players in any way?
JB: I think that everything that the developer does shows up in the final game, somehow. Or doesn't show up -- it shows up as something that's missing. Large-scale game development with big budgets has a way of polishing over that.
Like, "There's some kind of joy that didn't make it into the final game, but we're going to spend some money and have some awesome full-motion video animation on the main menu when you start up the game, and it's going to get people hyped." Gamers kind of commute to that, and that's what they expect -- that kind of production value.
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Indies can't necessarily do that. We can do a smaller amount of stuff, so our job is to just do it better, in order to be relevant to the player. With Braid -- and this is one of the things that doesn't come across -- people look at screenshots on the web and videos... I haven't put a good video of it up yet, but they look at bad videos on the web and they're just like, "I don't quite see what's good about this game." Part of that is because they can't see the gameplay, but part of it is because the game is about setting up a mood and instilling a feeling, and when you play it, hopefully...
Some people have told me that they do feel this way. If you do feel that the developers really cared about this game and really set it up for you to play and meticulously thought about everything... hopefully that's something they feel from the very beginning. That's not something that just happens. That's something that has to remain intact through all of development, from the beginning from when you're excited about the idea, and at the end, when it's just painful to work another day, but you have to, to get all the bugs nailed down and stuff.
I still haven't quite answered the question, but it's in what you do every day. You have to keep that certain feeling about the game. You have to know that it's important enough.
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Behind the numbers: China-U.S. climate announcement's implications for China's development pathway
The past five weeks have given us what may be defining moments on the road to a Paris agreement that will lay a foundation for a future climate regime.
- On October 23, European Union leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030 and increase energy efficiency and renewable energy use by at least 27 percent by 2030.
- On November 12, during the APEC Summit in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Barack Obama jointly announced their post-2020 climate mitigation targets: China intends to achieve peak CO2 emissions around 2030, with best efforts to peak as early as possible, and increase its non-fossil fuel share of all energy to 20 percent by 2030; and the U.S. agreed to cut emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
- On November 20, at the donor conference in Berlin, led by the U.S., Germany, and others, donors pledged about US$9.3 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
China's announcement in particular is considered by many to be a game changer. China, the world's biggest emitter with its emissions accounting for more than 27 percent of the global emissions, is setting an example for other major developing countries to put forward quantifiable emission targets. The announcement will hopefully also brush away the "China excuse," used by some developed countries that have avoided commitments on the grounds that China was not part of action under the Kyoto targets.


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The Dutch Disease has not Infected Bangladesh, not yet any way
The Netherlands' discovery of large natural gas deposits in the North Sea in the 1960s had serious repercussions on important segments of its economy, as the Dutch guilder became stronger, making Dutch non-oil exports less competitive. This has come to be known as "Dutch disease" or "resource curse." Although generally associated with a natural resource discovery, it can arise from any large inflow of foreign currency--foreign assistance, foreign direct investment and remittances, among others. A surge in remittances can be expected to result in appreciation of the currency in the receiving country with all its attendant consequences of crowding out exports, crowding in imports, and induce movement of resources into the production of non-traded goods.
Bangladesh has experienced a remittance boom since FY01—with annual flows rising from $1.9 billion to $9.7 billion in FY09—growing at a compounded annual rate of 22.6 percent for eight years and still counting! As a result, remittance has now reached nearly 11 percent of GDP and is now the single largest source of foreign exchange earnings.


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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the landing of Argentine troops on the Falklands – but for Blackwood man Denzil Connick the memories of the conflict are still as clear as if it was yesterday. RUTH MANSFIELD reports.
IF the rest of us remember those who lost their lives in the Falklands war on anniversaries and Remembrance Sunday, Denzil Connick carries his memories with him every day.
The ten-week war saw 255 British and more than 645 Argentine troops killed.
The 55-year-old veteran of the Parachute Regiment is a survivor of the bloody battle for Mount Longdon, a day when he saw 23 of his comrades lose their lives.
And it was a battle which left him permanently disabled, losing a leg and almost losing another in a mortar attack.
Mr Connick said: "Obviously anniversaries do bring up strong memories but, for me, my memories are as fresh today as they always have been.
"I remember it every single day – it was such a lifechanging thing.
"There were such an awful lot of losses and although I think of myself as one of the lucky ones as I survived, there is a burden that goes with survival – that I survived something that would kill most people.
"But I would never have survived without such welltrained mates who battled to save my life and the excellent military care in the hospital."
Mr Connick had joined the Third Parachute Battalion in 1972 after leaving school at the age of 15.
While based at Salisbury Plain in 1982, the news came in that Argentina had invaded the Falkland Islands.
A week later, he was amongst the first troops to arrive at Port San Carlos, who then 'yomped' 70 miles across the north of the island carrying all their weapons and ammunition.
They arrived at the edge of Port Stanley on June 11 and were set the mission to take Mount Longdon and secure it, which they did in 12 hours.
But the fierce fighting saw heavy losses – with 23 of Mr Connick's comrades killed.
It was during this continual shelling, just two days before the ceasefire, that Mr Connick was hit by a mortar bomb.
He lost his left leg which had to be amputated from the hip.
His other leg was also badly damaged but doctors on the hospital ship Uganda saved it.
But despite his injuries and losses, Mr Connick says it was worth fighting and that he is proud of what he did.
The former lance corporal said: "You have got to stand up to bullies and we did that."
Mr Connick, who has suffered from post traumatic stress disorder, now campaigns for the welfare of veterans and founded the South Atlantic Medal Association for veterans of the Falklands war which now has around 4,000 members.
Members across the country have helped raise around £60,000 for a Falklands memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas in Staffordshire and Mr Connick will be at the memorial dedication in May.
He will also be attending a service and march in Aldershot in June.
His history has inspired sons Matthew, 27, and Stephen, 26, who serve in the Royal Navy and 1st Battalion Royal Welsh respectively.
Mr Connick said: "I still sometimes have low periods but I've learnt to cope with it.
"That's the burden of being a professional soldier. I take my hat off to every soldier serving today."
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The oft quoted saying - 'There are lies, damn lies and statistics' is commonly used to argue against the use of statistics. Yet it is true that we now live in a number crunching society, where people are so accustomed to seeing 'hard facts and numbers' paraded to support their causes that they may fall prey to numbers that have been spun to suggest the wrong conclusions. When used properly, statistics do serve an important purpose of stripping away our innate prejudices and assumptions and giving us just the facts. Those are the times when they confirm our gut feelings.
For instance, how many of us genuinely believe that ATI is doing great in the graphics business at the moment? Our guess is that even the most hardcore ATI supporter would know that it has been playing catch up for most of this generation's hardware. Only recently have the red team managed to restore some parity and even a slight price performance advantage for some segments. But the market is unforgiving and slow to react so latest sales statistics for the third quarter of the year continue to reflect NVIDIA gaining at the expense of ATI in the crucial mobile and discrete segments.
With the high-end crown seized by NVIDIA, ATI's hopes of salvaging anything for the year lie in their revamped products released in the past few months. One of them is the Radeon X1650 XT 256MB, which is looking like a rather decent competitor to the GeForce 7600 GT. Today, we have PowerColor's mildly overclocked version to add some spark to the red team. Here is its box packaging:
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DENVER—Justin Upton lost the grip on his bat in the eighth inning and sent it spinning into the stands.
Usually, he might have let the lucky fan keep it as a souvenir. Only Upton's down to just a handful of bats after breaking quite a few on this road swing, so he had this one retrieved.
Upton put it to good use, too, hitting a two-out, two-run shot off closer Rafael Betancourt in the ninth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-7 on Thursday.
Upton sent a 93 mph fastball from Betancourt (1-1) over the right field fence for his first homer in two weeks.
"That was nice," Upton said. "Just being able to put all my struggles aside and come up big for the team. That's always a goal, but it's not always that easy. When you can get it done, it definitely feels good."
His big hit was just part of the story. Upton also made a sliding catch to end the eighth and keep the game tied.
Any connection between the catch and the homer?
"It shows up a lot that way," Upton said. "A guy makes a good play and comes in and starts off an inning with a hit. It happens that way, but I don't know if you necessarily mentally bring it with you (to the plate). It definitely makes you feel good, that you can stop some runs from scoring. It kind of puts you in a good mood."
These days, good moods—and swings—have been hard to come by for the All-Star outfielder. Upton entered the game hitting just .163 over his last 13 games. Not only that, but his average was even lower (.111) with runners in scoring position.
That's not like Upton, who had a monster season in 2011 when he hit .289 with 31 homers and 88 RBIs.
With one swing, he felt more like himself.
"I was yelling at it to get up and it carried for me, which is nice," Upton said.
Willie Bloomquist and Ryan Roberts also drove in two runs apiece as the Diamondbacks won for the third time in 12 contests.
J.J. Putz escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth by getting Ramon Hernandez to hit into a game-ending 5-4-3 double play for his seventh save in nine chances.
The buzz surrounding this game, though, centered on the bees that invaded the stadium, taking over a camera bay next to the Rockies' dugout in the fifth inning and temporarily halting the game. They remained stuck to a railing until a beekeeper arrived an inning later to vacuum up the bees and relocate them.
"I'm not scared of bees," Carlos Gonzalez said.
Lately, Coors Field has resembled "Wild Kingdom," with a squirrel scampering into the outfield grass the night before.
Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run homer off starter Trevor Cahill and Jordan Pacheco added a solo shot to help stake the Rockies to an early 4-1 lead.
But it wouldn't last. Bloomquist ignited a four-run eighth with an RBI single off Rex Brothers. Jason Kubel, Paul Goldschmidt and Roberts also added run-scoring singles.
The three-run cushion wouldn't be enough as David Hernandez was roughed up in the eighth. He loaded the bases and then walked Dexter Fowler to bring in a run. Michael Cuddyer sent a chopper to Roberts, who booted the grounder to allow another run to score.
With the bases still full, Marco Scutaro drew another walk to tie the game at 7.
Brad Ziegler (2-1) relieved Hernandez and promptly gave up a sinking liner to pinch-hitter Wilin Rosario. But Upton made a sliding catch in right to quell the threat.
Gerardo Parra had a one-out double in the ninth and stole third. After Betancourt struck out Bloomquist, Upton drilled his fourth homer of the season.
"He's worked hard and he was rewarded today," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said.
Putz started out the ninth in rocky fashion, giving up singles to Gonzalez, Tulowitzki and Todd Helton. The Rockies then sent pitcher Alex White to the plate to pinch hit for Betancourt—with no intention of swinging.
"We're not going to let him hit into a double play and wipe the inning out," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said.
Instead, White took a called third strike on a 3-2 count.
"It was terrible. I was doing what I had to do to try to help the team, but obviously I wanted to swing there," White said.
Hernandez then hit a weak grounder to Roberts to end the game.
"Not the way you draw it up, but made a big pitch when I needed to," Putz said.
Rockies starter Juan Nicasio had a scare in the first inning when Bloomquist sent a liner straight at him. Nicasio turned his back just in time and was struck on the right thigh.
The play was eerily reminiscent of the line drive that hit Nicasio in the right temple last August, when he suffered a fractured skull along with a neck injury. Doctors had to perform emergency surgery to insert pins into the cracked C-1 vertebra and attach a small metal plate to the back of his neck.
Nicasio made a remarkable recovery to become one of the Rockies' most reliable pitchers this season.
That hit, though, caught him good.
"I can pitch, but I couldn't stay back," said Nicasio, who gave up one run in 4 2-3 innings. "I couldn't push off—I was only throwing with my arm and my shoulder.
"It will be all right. I won't miss a start," he said.
NOTES: Arizona OF Chris Young (shoulder) could be available as soon as this weekend for interleague play in Kansas City. … The Rockies host the Seattle Mariners on Friday night, with White (0-2) facing RHP Kevin Millwood (1-4). … The Rockies issued nine walks against Arizona.


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Unscripted: From Candid Camera to today's Reality TV bullying and narcissism
Who doesn't love to escape from reality? Increasingly, over the last decade and change, television viewers escape their own realities by watching other people's. Unscripted reality television programs have grown from a handful of shows in 2000 to around 320 programs in 2010. Reality television isn't new – shows that featured real people and real reactions are a long-time staple, and pioneer Candid Camera has been around for 65 years. But the growth in reality television programming has some researchers concerned about the impact reality TV has on the American viewing audience, from claims that it encourages narcissism to concerns that it glorifies bullying. Read more


text: Deepening Drought Improves Chances Farm Bill Will Pass July 20, 2012 01:12 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Boyce Thompson AgWeb Email The worst drought in a generation dramatically improves the chances that Congress will pass a farm bill this year that preserves some form of price supports. The last major farm bill, passed in 2008, expires on Sept. 30. The Senate passed a farm bill three weeks ago, and the House Agriculture Committee passed its version last week. However, a vote in the full House hasn't been scheduled. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a press conference yesterday put the pressure on Congress to resolve its differences and pass a bill that would give the administration "more tools" to address the deepening drought crisis. The administration has declared drought disasters in one-third of the counties in the country, making them eligible for low-interest loans and other assistance. A bipartisan group of more than 60 lawmakers in the House have signed a letter urging the House leadership to bring the farm bill to the floor for a vote. The authors, Reps. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), wrote that the country needs strong policies in place "so that producers can continue to provide an abundant, affordable and safe food supply." The Senate bill eliminates direct payments to farmers. But the House bill, as passed by the Agriculture Committee, preserves price targets as a safety net. Under the bill that passed the House Agriculture Committee, producers would choose between price supports and a revenue-protection program that would compensate them for modest revenue losses before subsidized crop insurance kicks in. The House bill creates a voluntary insurance program to pay dairy farmers enough to remain profitable when milk prices drop too low. To get into the program, however, farms would have to produce less milk when prices fall below a certain level in an effort to stop prices from falling further. Several producer and farm groups praised the House bill for retaining price supports. The National Milk Producers Federation thanked the committee for "badly-needed improvements in our safety net for milk producers." The dairy reforms were modeled after the NMPF's Foundation for the Future program. The Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association praised the House for including price protection, which it said would give farmers, in the event of extreme price declines, enough to "hold on and go again." The Arkansas Rice Federation in a letter to Congress said that the House bill would "provide flexibility and effective assistance when income and market conditions warrant." The Agricultural Council of Arkansas also voiced its support, saying it was pleased the House included a safety net in its bill. The big question is whether House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), an outspoken critic of dairy subsidies, will bring the bill to the floor. Boehner served on the Agriculture Committee for 16 years and more than once tried to kill the dairy program. He vowed this spring that the farm bill will not include a market stabilization plan for the dairy industry. Cuts in the federal food stamps program are another factor holding back the bill. The federal government last year spent $78 billion on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, better known as food stamps, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Nearly 45 million recipients, one out of every seven households, received SNAP benefits last year, averaging about $8,800. SNAP benefits averaged about $4.30 per person per day. The Senate-passed bill would lop $2.3 billion a year off that tab. The House Agriculture bill ups the ante to $3.5 billion annually. In recent days, some House Democrats have publicly criticized the depth of the cuts, which Republicans generally defend as necessary to stem a rising federal budget deficit. Adding urgency to the situation, Congress is scheduled to go into recess in August. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released a statement that urged the House to vote swiftly. "With droughts and weather disasters plaguing America's agriculture economy, failure to pass a farm bill or passing a short-term extension would add even more uncertainty and stress onto American farm families and small businesses," she said in the release. Both bills leave intact a program that protect sugar producers from foreign competition. They also create a new subsidized insurance program for cotton. The Senate bill: Eliminates direct payment. The bill repeals direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, the average crop revenue election program and supplemental revenue assistance payments by the end of the year, creating $15 billion in savings. Ends farm payments to people or companies with an adjusted gross income of more than $750,000. The bill also ensures that payments go to farmers "with an active stake in the farming operation," according to the committee. Replaces direct payments with a risk-based coverage program it calls Ag Risk Coverage. The program is designed to complement crop insurance to protect against price and yield losses. Farmers would make a one-time choice between coverage at the individual farm or county level. Payments would only be made when losses actually occur on acreage that's actually planted. Losses will be calculated from benchmark revenue calculated using an Olympic average of the previous five crop years. Also, those obtaining subsidized crop insurance would have to comply with conservation requirements. Reduces by 15 percentage points the share of crop insurance premiums the government pays for farmers with adjusted gross incomes of more than $750,000. The government currently pays an average of 62% of crop insurance premiums. The House bill: Allows producers to choose between two options on a crop-by-crop and farm-by-farm basis. Under either option, producers would only be protected when they suffer a "significant" loss. Creates a new risk management tool, Price Loss Coverage, that addresses deep, multiple-year price declines. It uses modern yields and an index of below-cost production to establish a market-oriented, price-based risk management tool for producers. Includes the Revenue Loss Coverage similar to what the Senate passed with "key improvements." Namely, producers must experience at least a 15% loss. Also, coverage would be based on countywide losses so that it wouldn't duplicate, for free, "what farmers should pay for under crop insurance." Creates a new voluntary risk management program for dairy producers. Dairy producers would have the option to sign up for the basic margin program, which would subject them to supply controls. The basic margin program provides a base level of 80% of production history when the margin falls below $4 for two consecutive months. "The first 4 million pounds of milk marketed will have a lower premium rate, which will be particularly beneficial to small producers," the Ag Committee reported. "The supply management program will activate when the margin is below $6 for two consecutive months and reduces producers' payments by 2% to 8% depending on market conditions. The program contains a number of market-based triggers to terminate the program when domestic or international markets demand U.S. products." Reauthorizes Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance for livestock producers. The bill reauthorizes Livestock Indemnity Payments, Livestock Forage Disaster Programs and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, among other programs. Eliminates a requirement that farmers obtain additional pesticide application permits under the Clean Water Act. The provision was passed by the House last year. Back to news