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If it happens that you get arrested in Bo, Sierra Leone's bustling second city, chances are you'll wind up at the Central Police Station. At the ramshackle compound on the outskirts of town, you'll probably find yourself locked up in a crowded holding cell, waiting—sometimes for days on end—for word about your case. If you're lucky, that's where Baindu Koroma will find you.
Baindu is a paralegal. She's part of a special pilot criminal justice program started by Timap for Justice, which runs a network of community-based paralegals to provide basic legal services across the country. In Sierra Leone, where the long civil war left the country with very few lawyers, paralegals have proven essential mediators between ordinary people and the country's notoriously rickety justice system.
As part of its commitment to grassroots justice work—call it "legal empowerment"—the Open Society Justice Initiative commissioned photographer Aubrey Wade to document the impact paralegals are having on the ground. Aubrey, who had previously worked with the Justice Initiative on statelessness in Mauritania, spent several days shadowing Baindu to see her work first hand. We asked him to talk about the experience.
You've been working in Sierra Leone since 2004, documenting the lives of young men after the war, including former combatants. So, before meeting up with Baindu, you'd already seen your fair share of Sierra Leone's jails and prisons. I'm interested in how you approached this assignment.
It was really interesting to arrive at the point of working with Timap and with Baindu because so many of the young men I've known and worked with over the years have been in and out of prison. They have this expression—they talk about living with one foot in freedom and one foot in prison. And there's a sense that there's a certain inevitibility about it, that as young men without financial resources or friends in high places they will fall victim, at some point or another, to the power imbalance inherent in the way the justice system presently operates. Their perspective of the system is very much bottom-up so it was interesting to document an approach to tackling this imbalance of power that isn't top-down.
On a creative level, as always with photography, you're looking for characters and details that will bring a story and an issue to life for people. A paralegal's work involves continually negotiating relationships with people within the system who can have an ambivalent attitude towards her work because, although they may agree with what she does in principle, it can also make things more complicated for them at times, too. So, that's a really interesting dynamic to explore. And in this case we were lucky to see a case play out in real time.
Right. So, let's set the scene. This is a story grounded in the everyday drama that plays out in holding cells all over the country. Give me a sense of what it means to find yourself locked up in a place like Bo's Central Police Sation.
If you're sitting in that cell, you're basically faced with a lot of uncertainty. There's a sense that the justice system is a game that doesn't have regular rules. You can't be certain that procedure is going to be followed. There's no sense that, if you're innocent, you can feel confident that within a given amount of time it will all come to light and you'll walk away. Instead, you're at the whim and mercy of the people you encounter—whether the investigating officer takes pity on you, whether he knows your mother, or how much money you have in your pocket. And things can get worse quickly. If you've been picked up and no one knows you're there, then you're looking at potentially spending time in prison. Because what usually happens is that if you do get processed to court, your case will be immediately adjourned, and you'll be sent to the prison until your case comes up. And that can take a very long time. So, the feeling in those holding cells is often quite bleak.
So, into this alarmingly arbitrary system, steps a paralegal.
Right. Paralegals bring a sense that the game has rules and that the rules are designed to deliver fairness—that they aren't stacked in favor of the police or the plaintiff, but are there to protect everyone and to facilitate the functioning of justice to everyone's benefit. The paralegal's role is to keep advocating that the system does what it's supposed to do—play by the rules.
So, let's talk about your time with Baindu. Describe her role at the police station.
We get to the police station and she greets all the police officers. It's very clear that she knows everybody and everyone is very familiar and comfortable with her. After we arrive, she begins a slow process of talking to everyone detained in the police cells to ascertain who they are, where they're from, why they've been detained, how long they've been there, whether or not they've been able to contact any of their relatives, and so on. You'd see that some people who hadn't spoken to her before would be very wary about speaking to her, because they didn't really understand her role. But that tended to change once they saw others opening up to her and then subsequently being afforded rights.
On the day you were there, it had been a few days since Baindu had come around, right? And there was a backlog of people in the holding cell?
That's right. So, Baindu went up to the cell door and began talking to everyone, one by one. And then she'd make phone calls, contact relatives, follow up with police officers to see what the deal was in a given case—because oftentimes, she freely admits, people will tell her tall tales, that they're completely innocent when in fact they're not. And it's part of her job to get people to the point where they realize that telling her the truth is in their interest. That she's not there to get them off the hook, but to see that due process is followed.
That seems a crucial point—that the key task for a paralegal is to be an advocate not only for individual detainees, but for the principle of due process.
No question. There are laws in Sierra Leone, there are standard processes. There is, in principle, the rule of law. And one of the major roles that Baindu serves, particularly at the police station, is to ensure that people are treated accordingly. She often says that, in the beginning, it took her a while to negotiate her position with the police in particular, because she was accused of taking the side of people who had committed crimes. But she was able to successfully argue that by unpholding the rule of law, by ensuring that everybody was treated according to the rules, by building a more open and transparent system, that you'd benefit everybody – not just the individuals in custody but the police, too, who'd be able to get on doing their jobs.
That sounds like an argument you don't win all at once.
No, she basically has to continually negotiate her neutrality—the sense that she is there to facilitate the functioning of the system, rather than taking the side of one person against another person. But she can point to real benefits. One of the issues that the police and prisons face constantly is over-crowding. By ensuring that people are processed according to the law and granted bail where appropriate—or released without charge where appropriate—this frees up the system. It frees up police time, police resources, prison space, all those sorts of things. It also helps the police to achieve a better image in the community, building trust, and reinforcing the idea that they're fair.
Let's talk about Mr. Morgan. Tell me how you came across him and about his case.
So, we'd been there about an hour and a half when we met Mr. Morgan. He was an older gentleman, calm and quiet and soft-spoken. And as he began to explain his story it became clear he was being held without charge. Basically, Mr. Morgan was being held for a crime that had allegedly been committed by his son—the theft of a fairly large sum of money from another family member. They were holding Mr. Morgan to put pressure on the family to bring the son in. The police understood that they didn't have a case to bring against Mr. Morgan. By the time we found him, he'd been there two days.
Is this common police practice? To arrest relatives as leverage against a suspect?
It's not that unusual, in fact, because the police officers investigating cases like these—through no fault of their own—have very few resources. To go out and track down the son would mean arranging transport, paying for petrol, likely all out of their own pocket. So they resort to tactics that they feel might work. So, there he was. Mr. Morgan in a holding cell, basically indefinitely.
I'm struck that Mr. Morgan's case seems exceptional but is also totally ordinary and emblematic of the larger problems. Like everyone else, he was caught up in the limbo of an arbitrary system. How did Baindu approach his case?
Well, it was clear that Mr. Morgan needed to either be charged or released. There are statutory limits to how long you can be detained without charge in Sierra Leone. So Baindu confronted one of the arresting officers, who protested that she was interfering with police work. And Baindu held her ground, saying, "Absolutely not. You have to charge him or you have to let him go." She then went to the senior officer on the case and had a discussion with him and reviewed the case notes to make sure that everyone was on the same page. Then she went and spoke to the family members, some of whom had come to the police station to lobby for Mr. Morgan's release. She advised them to come back the following morning, because the police eventually agreed that they would release him by the morning.
Which he was.
Mr. Morgan was actually released that evening. And there's no question that had Baindu not done all the ground work, the police would have refused to let him go. That was quite clear.
It's remarkable because, beyond her powers of persuasion, Baindu actually has no real power in this situation. She's a paralegal. And there's no higher authority to bring in who can beat the police into compliance.
Baindu is backed up by Timap and there's the possibility of calling on a full-fledged lawyer to weigh in on a case. But, in most situations, all she can really do is politely and consistently ask that the police adhere to the law as it's written—that they adhere to the rules. It's often a murky situation but that's the nature of the justice system in Sierra Leone. It's very murky and very gray, all of the time. That's why paralegals play such an interesting and potentially useful role. To negotiate a way through the murkiness and to be a voice of reason and clarity, to be a constant presence and reminder that due process exists for a reason. And there's a sense that it works, and works very well—that the worst excesses of the system are curbed by the presence of paralegals like Baindu.
More on legal empowerment, including more country stories, is available on the website of Namati, an Open Society partner that is coordinating grassroots justice initiatives worldwide.


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The various ideas and interventions that are gathered under the broad umbrella of "alternative" medicine range the spectrum from plausible but untested to demonstrable nonsense (paraphrased from Barry Beyerstein). The only thing they have in common is that they are not adequately supported by scientific evidence.
I have a fascination with the demonstrable nonsense end of the spectrum. Such beliefs tell us something interesting - not about medicine or illness, but about the power of ignorance and self-deception. They teach us about the futility of testimonials and the need for rigorous science.
Craniosacral therapy (CST) is an excellent example of a practice that is solidly in the demonstrable nonsense zone. The basic claim is that subtle manipulation of the bones of the skull can treat a variety of conditions and symptoms. It is now a classic medical pseudoscience that continues to thrive.
Like many medical pseudosciences, CST was not the product of a collaborative research program by many individuals building on each other's work, but was the flash insight of an individual (a lone genius or lone crank, depending on your perspective). Craniosacraltherapy.org explains:
While examining the bevel-shaped sutures of a sphenoid and temporal bone, Sutherland had an insight which changed the course of his life. He described how a remarkable thought had struck him like a blinding flash of light. He realized that the sutures of the bones he was holding resembled the gills of a fish and were designed for a respiratory motion. He didn't understand where this idea came from, nor its true significance, but it echoed through his mind.
All of CST is based upon a superficial similarity between gills and the sutures of the skull. The similarity is likely not a coincidence, as both structures evolved to maximize surface area, although for different functions - the gills to exchange gases and the sutures to form a tight connection between adjacent skull bones.
Note, however, the tone of the paragraph above. It is trying to evoke the sense not just of a brilliant insight, but also of a prophetic vision. There is, of course, nothing wrong with flash insights. They play an important role in the advance of science. But as Thomas Edison said, "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." The flash of insight is only 1% of scientific advance. The real work is then figuring out a way to test the insight, to see if it is real, and then listening to the evidence.
Cranks generally stop after the flash of insight. Their major malfunction is probably a combination of hubris (seeing themselves as a super-genius or prophet rather than a regular guy with an interesting idea), and a poor grasp of true scientific principles. If they undergo any further experimentation at all it is designed to confirm their insight, not to truly test it.
Osteopath William Garner Sutherland seems to fall into the prophetic crank category, rather than true scientist, and the result is CST.
Sutherland believed that the brain "breathed" with an inherent rhythm that was then transferred to the body:
The inherent life-force of the body, the Breath of Life, was seen by Dr Sutherland to be the animator or spark behind these involuntary rhythms. Alluding to the source of this phenomenon, other practitioners have referred to it as "the soul's breath in the body". The Breath of Life is considered to carry a subtle yet powerful "potency" or force, which produces subtle rhythms as it is transmitted around the body.
This makes CST one of the many vitalistic practices - based on the vague notion of a life energy or force. Conveniently, none of the basic properties that are claimed for CST can be measured objectively - the movement of the cranial bones, the rhythm of the central nervous system, or the existence of the "inherent life-force." These notions are all unscientific and at odds with modern biology.
In modern times the most prominent proponent of CST was another osteopath, John E. Upledger. Dr. Upledger recently died, but his website is still active, and declares:
CST is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system called the craniosacral system - comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.
Using a soft touch generally no greater than 5 grams, or about the weight of a nickel, practitioners release restrictions in the craniosacral system to improve the functioning of the central nervous system.
The "craniosacral system" as imagined by Dr. Upledger does not exist. Practitioners of CST use hands on diagnosis, because the rhythms they are feeling (like the energy fields of therapeutic touch) do not exist and cannot be detected by scientific instruments. Further, CST practitioners claim that not only can the fused cranial bones be moved, but they can be manipulated with as little as 5 grams of pressure.
Notice also the standard claims of the "alternative" practitioner - that the intervention supports and enhances the functioning of the body, that it restores balance and rhythm by releasing restrictions or blockages. This is the same language you will encounter with acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, and Reiki - because it's vague, feel-good nonsense.
Yet Upledger's website claims that CST can treat: Migraine Headaches, Chronic Neck, and Back Pain, Motor-Coordination Impairments, Colic, Autism, Central Nervous System Disorders, Orthopedic Problems, Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries, Scoliosis, Infantile Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Chronic Fatigue, Emotional Difficulties, Stress and Tension-Related Problems, Fibromyalgia and other Connective-Tissue Disorders, Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ), Neurovascular or Immune Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Post-Surgical Dysfunction.
Sutherland published his first article about CST in the 1930's, so practitioners and proponents have had about 80 years to provide convincing scientific evidence for CTS - that its underlying principles are correct, and that it is an effective treatment for specific conditions. Apparently 80 years has not been enough.
A read of the published peer-reviewed literature does not contain support for CST for any indication, or any of its underlying claims. A 2012 review of CST research concluded:
This review revealed the paucity of CST research in patients with different clinical pathologies. CST assessment is feasible in RCTs and has the potential of providing valuable outcomes to further support clinical decision-making. However, due to the current moderate methodological quality of the included studies, further research is needed.
In other words, there is little CST research and what exists is of low scientific quality. This is inexcusable. There is no legitimate excuse for a modern medical intervention to be used for 80 years without adequate study - especially when the claims are unusual and not generally accepted by the scientific community. This lack of research and broad scope of claims is consistent with medical pseudoscience, not a legitimate treatment.
CST continues to be practiced, mainly by osteopaths, chiropractors, and some physical therapists. I disagree with the reviewer quoted above in that I do not believe CST requires further research. It is demonstrable nonsense that should be discarded as a pseudoscientific idea.
Steven Novella, M.D. is the JREF's Senior Fellow and Director of the JREF's Science-Based Medicine project.

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The Mississippi Entomological Association will start the conference at 12:55 p.m., Feb. 26, with a half-day session that concludes at 5 p.m.
Presenters will address various entomological topics about early-season cotton insects including the tarnished plant bug and the use of herbicide burn-down and corn and soybean effects on its management.
Additional presentations will discuss insect pests of corn, wheat, and soybeans, and the impact of plant hosts on pyrethroid susceptibility in bollworms.
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Effects of early and normal planting dates on reniform nematode suppression will also be described.
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David Waide, president, Mississippi Farm Bureau, will discuss agricultural outlooks in a changing crop landscape. His remarks will be followed by Jim Bone, DuPont, Wilmington, Del., Mike Sanders of Jimmy Sanders, Cleveland, Miss., and Bruce Pitman, Greenwood, Miss., and Will McCarty, Mississippi State University Extension Service, Mississippi State, Miss.
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The conference will close the morning of Feb. 28 with the meeting of the Mississippi Weed Science Society beginning at 8 a.m. Larry Steckel, University of Tennessee, Jackson, Tenn., will discuss weed management in biofuel crops.
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Plaintiffs' lawyers are seeking to draw Continental Automotive Systems U.S., the maker of airbag systems in recalled General Motors Co <GM.N> vehicles, into litigation over an ignition-switch defect that has been linked to 13 deaths.
A lawsuit filed on Wednesday in federal court in California is the first to name Continental, a subsidiary of German automotive supplier Continental AG <CONG.DE>, in a growing wave of litigation over GM's recall, which has so far encompassed 2.6 million vehicles.
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Continental made airbag systems for the recalled cars, including sensors that determine if and when the airbags go off in an accident, according to the suit.
The case is among dozens of proposed class actions that have been filed by customers accusing GM of concealing its knowledge of the defect for more than a decade, putting plaintiffs at risk of injury and causing them to suffer economic losses on their cars, including lower resale value.
If jostled or bumped, the ignition switch can change from the "run" to "accessory" position, shutting off engines and disabling power steering, power brakes and airbags.
The California lawsuit says that Continental's system was defective because the airbag system would shut off when the key switched positions, and the combination of alleged defects was "particularly dangerous", the complaint said.
A lawyer for the plaintiffs, Adam Levitt of Grant & Eisenhofer, said that Continental appears to have known about the ignition defect as early as 2005, after it met with GM to investigate a crash involving a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt.
"Continental did nothing to redesign its airbags so that they would deploy even if the car's power went out, nor did it warn NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) or the public," Levitt said in a statement Thursday.
The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, David Friedman, told a congressional panel earlier this month that NHTSA investigators were surprised to learn that airbags in the recalled GM cars did not deploy when the key is in the accessory or off position. He said his agency was conducting an industry-wide look at the computer algorithm which is programmed into the airbag sensor.
Continental said on Friday that it had not seen the suit so could not comment on its details.
"Our systems meet global technology standards and entirely fulfill the exact specifications of our customers," the company said in an emailed statement.
A spokeswoman told Reuters on April 7 that it is a "global industry practice that the airbags do not deploy if the ignition is in the off position."
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Financial emergencies are not always caused by something as dramatic as a natural disaster or a serious illness. In fact, they are usually triggered by events that seem so run-of-the mill that they won't earn you much in the way of sympathy. For that reason, you need to be prepared for these more ordinary events, because you may find help from others hard to come by.
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Failing to prepare for these events can be costly. With savings account interest rates so low these days, it may seem there is little incentive to keep an extra cushion in your savings account, but think of it this way: Having an emergency reserve can help you avoid racking up credit card debt when an unexpected need arises.
The Federal Reserve reports that the average credit card balance carries an interest rate of 13.22%, so keeping extra money in your savings account isn't merely a way to earn a percent or so on your savings; it is also a way of avoiding having to pay in excess of 13% if you suddenly need cash.
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Here are six examples of ordinary events that can create a need for additional cash:
- Another year of college. Tuition costs have risen at three times the rate of inflation over the past 30 years, which has contributed to the accumulation of student loan debt in the U.S. reaching $1 trillion. Compound that with students who find it increasingly difficult to finish their degrees in four years, or who return to school rather than face a hostile job market, and anyone with children approaching college age may do well to budget a little extra for education.
- Car trouble. It can crop up at any time, and if getting to work depends on your car, fixing or replacing a broken vehicle is not a discretionary item. You can't predict when this kind of thing is going to happen, but you know it's going to happen eventually, so why not budget for it?
- Home repairs. The nature of many home repairs is that if you don't take care of them promptly, they can lead to more expensive problems.
- Unemployment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that as of late 2012, the median stint of unemployment lasted 19 weeks, and 40% of unemployed persons were without a job for more than half a year. Unemployment benefits probably won't cover your expenses, so it can pay to have some extra reserves.
- Cut hours. Even if you don't lose your job, many employers are having to cut hours in the face of a slow business environment. Some extra savings can help you fill the resulting budget gap until things pick up.
- Higher insurance premiums. Insurance is a big-ticket item, and it is often subject to sudden rate increases. Any marks on your driving record are likely to boost your auto insurance premiums, while life insurance premiums are often designed to go up as you age, and health insurance premiums just seem to go up no matter what.
You may not be able to predict precisely what is going to create an extra demand on your cash in the near future. But since there are so many candidates, you would be wise to expect the unexpected.
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There are different software testing methodologies adopted by the professional testers to check the reliability of various real-time client projects. In our software testing live project training program, we make sure that our students get aware of all these methodologies that are adopted in actual testing processes at the firms.
Our motto is to train the students in such a way that he/she is completely ready for the job work and gains the ability to solve problems occurring during the real-time work environment at the companies. Manual, automation, regression, black box, white box and usability testing and similar other testing methodologies can be learnt in our live project training software testing program.
Why should you Join Live Project Training Software Testing Program at TOPS?
Exclusive benefits of joining our project based software testing training program to students are as follows
• Industrial software testing training provided where students are given exposure to the real-time software project testing processes.
• Opportunity to learn under the professional and experienced software testers
• Our project trainers and managers are always available to help you and guide you at all the stages of software testing training so that you have the most convenient and pleasant learning experience.
• Interactive learning methodologies followed to make learning much interesting for the students.
• All-in-one learning approach where the students will get knowledge of manual, automation as well as mobile testing methodologies.
• Get to learn testing through advanced technologies and tools like Quality Center, Selenium Training IDE, Quick Test Pro, LoadRunner etc.
• Enhance your job profile with hands-on training and experience of working on real-time projects
• Gain the ability and credentials required to score the best software testing jobs in the industry.
• Get the confidence and knowledge to handle all kinds of challenges in real-time work environment
• Get the project completion certificate which would be very useful during your job search.
• Get guaranteed 100% placement assistance after the completion of training.
• Help provided to the students for the most appropriate project selection.
• Customized and summer project training programs are also offered to the students.
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I put bricks under the tires on my truck in the driveway tonight as the last time we had these weather conditions it slid out across the road and a passerby rang the doorbell asking me if I left it that way intentionally!
There were 30 city buses stuck and needing tows today, I work for transit. The highways were closed as trucks and the tow trucks sent to get them were all in the ditch. The boys feet never left the ground going to or from school and I nearly went into the neighbors front yard across the street when I left for work. Thick ice on the roads driveways and sidewalks with a film of water on top from a light rain equals lots of police and ambulance calls. Body shops must have chipped in and paid off the gods for this one.


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Glowstick design world record Suggestion Normand Voyer | added on Feb 22, 2012 glowsticks fun ...
gold Discussion Esraa Mohamed | added on Feb 07, 2012 how to oxidize gold i.e to make it rust as iron does
|secondary schools, teachers
organic chemistry Suggestion Sagar Saxena | added on Feb 02, 2012 Organic chemistry is a huge part of chemistry.I think that it would be a good idea to increase the awareness in people about its relationship to Biology.Especially the medicine industry.Molecular synthesis too must be well learnt by the interested people.
|competition, chemistry olympiad, drawing competition
|students, iyc enthusiasts, school children
science fair-with Paschim Banga Vigyan Mancha conference at different level Discussion Sisir Bose | added on Jan 22, 2012 To encourage students and general public about chemistry education and awareness through seminar , lectures ppt etc.
Development of an Organic Reagent Collaboration Kkaustubh Kkaustubh | added on Jan 19, 2012 A reagent must be developed to help synthesize and create and interconvert the molecules of varied functional groups in usage with minimum amount of energy and temperature and allowing more speedier reactions.
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Cary Moskovitz
Professor of the Practice in the Thompson Writing Program
Cary Moskovitz is Director of Writing in the Disciplines and directs the Duke Reader Project.
Selected Grants
CCE STEM Standard: An Investigation of Text Recycling in Scientific Research awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2022
Professional Readers for STEM Student Writers awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2014
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
Understanding Text Recycling in Health Care Research Writing: A Pilot Study awarded by Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Grant (2016 to 2018)
Investigating self-plagiarism and text recycling in medical research writing (#16-03), awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund (2016 to 2018)
Moskovitz, C, and Smith-Lovin, L. Writing in Sociology: A Brief Guide. Ed. T Deans and M Poe. Oxford University Press, November 2016. (Textbook)
Moskovitz, C. "Introducing Students to College Writing: Moving beyond Humanities-Centered Practices." Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 11.1 (January 1, 2011): 211-218. Full Text
Moskovitz, C. "Publisher Correction to: Text Recycling in Scientific Writing." Science and Engineering Ethics (June 11, 2018). Full Text
Moskovitz, C. "Text Recycling in Scientific Writing." Science and engineering ethics (March 15, 2018). Full Text
Hall, S, Moskovitz, C, and Pemberton, MA. "Attitudes toward text recycling in academic writing across disciplines." Accountability in research 25.3 (January 2018): 142-169. Full Text
Moskovitz, C. "Volunteer expert readers: Drawing on the university community to provide professional feedback for engineering student writers." Advances in Engineering Education 6.1 (April 1, 2017): 1-31.
Moskovitz, C. "Text recycling in health sciences research literature: a rhetorical perspective." Research integrity and peer review 2 (January 2017): 1-. Full Text
Moskovitz, C. "Volunteer expert readers for STEM student writers." Across the Disciplines 11.2 (December 22, 2014).
Wood, KA, Moskovitz, C, and Valiga, TM. "Audio feedback for student writing in online nursing courses: exploring student and instructor reactions." J Nurs Educ 50.9 (September 2011): 540-543. Full Text
Moskovitz, C, and Kellogg, D. "Inquiry-based writing in the laboratory course (Science (919))." Science 333.6039 (July 8, 2011): 158-null. Full Text
Cary Moskovitz, . "The Duke Reader Project: Engaging the University Community in Undergraduate Writing Instruction." Liberal Education 94.3/4 (July 2011): 48-53. (Academic Article)
Moskovitz, C, and Kellogg, D. "Inquiry-Based Writing in the Laboratory Course." SCIENCE 332.6032 (May 20, 2011): 919-920. Full Text
Moskovitz, C, Roy, C, and Woerner, T. "Professional readers for STEM student writers: How university alumni and professional staff can help STEM students develop communication and reasoning skills." August 19, 2012.
Moskovitz, CA, Hall, RM, and Dcjarncttct, FR. "Experimental investigation of a new device to control the asymmetric flowfield on forebodies at large angles of attack." January 1, 1990.
"Effects of nose bluntness, roughness and surface perturbations on the asymmetric flow past slender bodies at large angles of attack." January 1, 1989.
Wahls, RA, Vess, RJ, and Moskovitz, CA. "An experimental investigation of apex fence flaps on delta wings." January 1, 1985.
Moskovitz, C. "The Laboratory Report as a Rhetorical Act (plenary talk)." 2015 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year. July 22, 2015 - July 24, 2015. College Park, MD.
Moskovitz, C. "Self-Plagiarism, Text Recycling, and Science Education." Bioscience 66.1 (December 30, 2016): 5-6. Full Text
Moskovitz, C. "Plagiarism or text recycling? It depends on the context." OUPblog (December 24, 2015). (Blog)
Moskovitz, C, and Kellogg, D. "Lab course goals: Science or writing? Response." Science 333.6042 (July 29, 2011): 524-null. (Letter) Full Text
Moskovitz, C, and Kellogg, D. "Inquiry-based writing in the laboratory course (vol 332, pg 922, 2011)." SCIENCE 333.6039 (July 8, 2011): 158-158.
Moskovitz, C. "Reader Experts Help Students Bring the Write Stuff." The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 2011).
The Laboratory Report as a Rhetorical Act. 2015 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year. American Association of Physics Teachers. July 22, 2015 - July 24, 2015
Sustainable and Engaging Approaches to Providing Feedback on Student Writing. Virginia Wesleyan College. January 2015 - January 2015
Communicating science research to non-specialist audiences. UNC Coastal Studies Institute. October 2017
Text recycling or "self-plagiarism"? How academic gatekeepers view text reuse. . University of North Carolina at Charlotte. October 2017
Text recycling in STEM research writing: Common practice or plagiarism? . Annual Meeting. Council of Science Editors . May 2017
Text Recycling: What is it? Why should we care? . Dialogues in Research Ethics series. University of Miami. May 2017
The Duke Reader Project: Pairing student writers with Duke community readers. . Hollins University. April 2017
Text recycling in STEM research writing: Reasonable reuse or self-plagiarism?. George Washington University. October 2016
convener, chair and co-presenter : Pre-conference workshop, Conference on College Composition and Communication. February 1, 2012


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Iran's intelligence ministry published a report on the U.S. election in Farsi that appeared prior to Tuesday, but–no surprise here–didn't get reported on in the U.S., and still hasn't been, to my knowledge. The Israeli press has the story on why Iran's mullahs were pulling for Barack Obama:
As the world ponders what Barack Obama's re-election will mean in regard to the U.S.'s stance against Iran, an Iranian intelligence ministry report says that the Obama administration will be easier to deal with than the Republican administration that could have been in the White House. It asserts that the current administration has "completely different" views on Iran than Israel — views that are more flexible even than those of the European Union.
"Although Democrats have not hesitated in implementing hostile policies against the Iranian nation and repeatedly say that 'all options are on the table,' they have pinned their hope on diplomacy," the report said.
The report, quoted by media on Thursday and posted on the ministry's newly launched website vaja.ir, was prepared before Obama's re-election victory Tuesday over rival Republican candidate Mitt Romney, according to AFP.
"The Republican party has a more severe confrontational approach towards Iran… and its proposed policies are close to those of the Zionist regime [Israel]," the report said. Obama's "Democratic party's position is completely different" on Iran, it added.
The analysis contradicts the rhetoric of Iranian leaders and media who daily denounced Obama during his first term, accusing him of aligning his policies with those of Israel in a bid to weaken the Islamic republic.
The report also underlined an "open confrontation" between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu over Iran. Although Netanyahu has exerted "immense pressure" on Obama to adopt a firmer stance on Iran, the report said, "the policies of the Obama administration are different from those of the Zionist regime."
The analysis also argues that the Obama administration has a more moderate approach on sanctions against Tehran than European countries.
"Although Americans have themselves imposed expansive sanctions against Iran, they are still trailing the Europeans in this regard," it said.
Iran has also signalled it may be open to hold dialogue with the "Great Satan," its epithet for the United States, following the re-election of Obama.
I should think so. How can they go wrong by negotiating with our president, who, to put the most optimistic face on it, is a dupe and a bungler?
No doubt there are a few voters who would have liked to hear Iran's assessment of Obama and the Republicans prior to the election, but it wouldn't have made any difference if the press had reported the story. The election was all about free stuff, and news bearing on national security would have made no difference.


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While Johnny Manziel dominates social media, the football world has forgotten about the Cleveland Browns' other first-round draft pick.
New coach Mike Pettine targeted cornerback Justin Gilbert at No. 8 overall to replicate his success with Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie in the 2009-to-2011 Jets defense.
Although Buster Skrine has been taking the reps opposite Joe Haden in offseason practices, defensive coordinator Jim O'Neil has made it clear that Gilbert will get "every opportunity to win" the No. 2 job.
Quite simply, Pettine's defense won't fire on all cylinders unless Gilbert forces Skrine into the nickelback role.
"(Having two cornerbacks who can excel in press-man coverage is) a huge advantage," Pettine explained, via the Akron Beacon Journal. "Just look at the math of it.
"If you can allocate two corners to two receivers, as opposed to having to roll a (safety) over the top and waste an extra (defender) on top of a receiver, I think just from a math standpoint (it's an advantage). Football, when you break it down, a lot of stuff is based on math. You're trying to get the maximum number of defenders at the point of attack."
As is customary with rookie cornerbacks, Gilbert will be tested early and often opposite a Pro Bowl-caliber shadow corner in Haden.
If all goes according to plan, he will be hitting his stride in 2015, just as the Manziel-Josh Gordon connection is kicking into high gear in the AFC North.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the heroes talk "Hard Knocks" before delving into a new batch of rookie whispers.


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JesseS necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 12 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Design a 5 1/2" X 11" center fold product mailer to be sent with purchased asset labels. Mailer will contain the peel off label for customer, instructions, and additional product information.
LostFoundReturned (lfr)
lostfoundreturned.com is a startup lost and found recovery service. We produce asset labels that are afixed to valuable items (cell phones, wallet, keys, laptop, etc.). The asset label contains a code and contact infomation so the item can be returned. Similar companies are http://www.trackitback.com and http://www.stuffback.com.
LFR is looking for a 5 1/2" x 11" mailer to accompany our asset labels (product). This will be a center fold flyer that will be muli-purpose, containing product information and instructions, promotional text, and images reflecting the ways in which the asset labels can be used.
We are looking to have this designed for promotional purposes so so the company can raise cash for launch and begin selling the asset labels locally. We will most likely be using this design for the first 5,000 asset labels. LFR will continue to use the same designer for future projects if we like your work.
- We have a sample of the layout already done. Email email@example.com for a sample.
- 5 1/2 x 11 center folded product mailer
- color scheme is blue, green, and gray
- cover - should have pictures of items that the label can be afixed to (ipod, keys, laptop, digital camera).
- cover - should have our logo prominently displayed at top with company name lostfoundreturned.com. (again, please refer to sample for guidance)
- cover - should contain the text at the bottom "Protect all of your valuable items - go online today!"
- cover - should contain the text "Never put your personal information on your property"
- cover - should be in a ariel or similar font that is easily legible.
- cover should be modern design
- cover shoud have blended blue and green to signify one color transitioning into another.
- INSIDE TOP{- Logo and http://www.lostfoundreturned.com with tagline "lost and found recovery service" at top against white background.
- INSIDE TOPBlock for right justified text containing instructions in "THREE EASY STEPS"
- INSIDE TOP Under the instructions of three easy steps is a Referral program "REFER SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT:" This will contain the text "For every person you refer who purchases one of our asset labels or tags, and lists you as the person who referred them, we will send you your choice of any one of our asset labels for FREE (a $9.95 value) or a key tag for only $4.95 (a $14.95 value)! <new paragraph> You'll be doing something good for someone else and feor yourself at the same time. <new paragraph> Tear beloe and give this top portion to someone today.
- INSIDE TOP - Left of Three easy steps and referal should be a column that is 2 1/8" wide that is blank. Column should be a different color background. We will be using his space to put the labels that customer has purchased.
- INSIDE TOP - Below column for labels and instructions should be a space that will be one color bleeding into bottom of fold so that the fold can be perforated. Inside this space on top of fold should say "increase your chances of getting your property back by for than 75%!"
- INSIDE BOTTOM - Under perforation, should read in small italics text "tear here and keep in safe place - spread the word and give the top portion to someone you care about"
- INSIDE BOTTOM - Box at top should contain "TO REPORT LOST ITEMS... 1. go to http://www.lostfoundreturned.com 2. login to your account and click REPORT LOST 3. we will track the status of your item and let you know as soon as it is found.
- INSIDE BOTTOM - Directly below this box will be another area, different background color, that says " UPGRADE YOUR SERVICE PLAN NOW AND SAVE 25%" (below this will be a graph lisiting the 4 options to upgrade their service plan and what they get with each upgrade.
- INSIDE BOTTOM - below the graph will be small text of exclusions and limitations on the warranty options noted with * and **
- INSIDE BOTTOM - below this will be another small box, different background color containing the text "SERVICE PLAN PROMOTIONAL CODE: 1001"
- INSIDE BOTTOM - There will be a column to the left of the boxes with instructions for reporting lost items, service plan graph, and promotional code. This column should be the same width as the column on INSIDE TOP - 2 1/8". Text should read "WHY SHOULD YOU UPGRADE YOUR SERVICE PLAN NOW? (new paragraph, smaller font) Enhancing your service plan give you added protection and you save money. In addtition to the cost of your asset labels or tags, you can triple the length of your coverage, up to 3 years, by upgrading to our Premiere Plan. And if you choose our Diamond Plan, you're covered for 5 years. (new paragraph) B oth plans offer FREE Shipping* on all recovered items and we will also waive all recovery fees. (new paragraph) For the highest level of protection, our Platinum Plan offers an Exclusive Replacement Warranty**. We will reimburse you up to $500 towards the purchase price of ONE of your items if it goes unfound, no questions asked. Of course, there is FREE Shipping* and NEVER a Recovery Fee. No one else offers this guarantee! (double space, new section directly below) SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? (numbered instructions below) 1. go to http://www.lostfoundreturned.com 2. click UPGRADE 3. choose which plan suites you best 4. enter prmo code on left of this form.
- INSIDE BOTTOM - leave 3/4" white background section to place our logo (right justified) followed by http://www.lostfoundreturned.com and found recovery service.
(welcome letter from founder)
[WELCOME: upper left.. across top.. 1".. white background.. black writing]
Dear Customer:
I want to personally thank you for becoming a member of lostfoundreturned.
I know what it feels like to lose something of value, and with it, all of my personal information and memories - that is why I started the company.
By simply registering your unique identification number on our website, you are increasing the chances of getting your property back by at least 75%!
Our team is committed to providing you with the highest quality of customer service available. I invite you to visit our website and post your comments on our blog. We monitor all postings and appreciate your feedback.
We also proudly support the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. A percentage of all asset tag/label sales is donated to help fund research for this debilitating disease. Simply by becoming a member of lostfoundreturned, you have joined the fight. You can also donate directly from our website by "clicking" on Donate. Any amount helps and your contribution is tax-deductible.
Again, thank you for becoming a part of our family and for your support.
Best Regards,
[fake signature]
Geoffrey Gegenfurtner
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February 28, 2014
Macomb Police Department Detectives are asking for the community's assistance in locating two missing pipe line workers.
On February 27, 2014 at approximately 6:40 p.m. Macomb Officers responded to a 911 call at 1513 E. Murray St. The caller advised that he had found blood inside the residence and believes there may have been a disturbance. The caller stated that his two roommates Juan Bustamante 65, and Francisco Villa 43, were missing and could not be located. Both Bustamante and Villa's vehicles along with their personal belongings were also missing from the residence. Bustamante's vehicle was later located in the Wal-Mart parking lot abandoned. Villa's vehicle a 2001 Volkswagen Passat Wyoming registration 5-32139 has not been located.
Anyone seeing Villa's vehicle or having information about the location of either subject is urged to contact the Macomb Police Department at (309) 833-4505. Citizens can also send an electronic tip by texting the word "MPDTIPS" along with their message to 274637 (CRIMES) or online at macombpolice.com.
The Macomb Police Department is being assisted by the McDonough County Sheriff's Office, WIU Office of Public Safety and the Illinois State Police.


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Justin Yifu Lin
Justin Yifu Lin is the former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, Development Economics. In his capacity, Mr. Lin guided the Bank's intellectual leadership and played a key role in shaping the economic research agenda of the institution.
Building on a distinguished career as one of China's leading economists, Mr. Lin is undertaking an ambitious research program that examines the industrialization of rapidly developing countries and sheds new light on the causes of lagging growth in poor regions.
He took up his World Bank position on June 2, 2008, after serving for 15 years as Professor and Founding Director of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University.
- Let's Be Pragmatic: My Final Post as World Bank Chief Economist
- India's IT industry and industrial policy
- Development Economists Can Learn from a Pop Musician
- The Development Debate: A Rejoinder
- Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Introducing the WDR 2013
- Le phénomène du « dragon chef de file » : une occasion pour les pays à faible revenu de combler leur retard
- Leading Dragons Phenomenon: New Opportunities for Low Income Countries to Catch UP
- L'Afrique, on y revient toujours
- Africa means never saying goodbye
- Países de ingreso bajo resisten crisis gracias a efectos del grupo BRIC
- Grâce aux effets d'entraînement provenant des BRIC, les pays à faible revenu résistent à la crise
- BRIC Spillovers helped Low Income Countries Withstand Crisis
- Beyond Keynesianism in the Year of the Dragon
- Youth Bulge: A Demographic Dividend or a Demographic Bomb in Developing Countries?
- Viewpoint on a rising dragon
- Questions from Germany: China Writ Large
- Development Thinking 3.0: The Road Ahead
- Picking winners
- Let's Talk Development one year on + an invite to readers
- Bears, boots and long-run growth
- How to Seize the 85 million Jobs Bonanza
- Uzbekistan explores a path to growth
- Watermelons vs. Sesame Seeds
- Development economics thinks big but also gets practical—postcard from Paris
- Development economics thinks big but also gets practical—postcard from Paris


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Charlotte Hornets
P.J. Hairston's biggest NBA challenge is his past
P.J. Hairston is an NBA-ready shooter who plays above-average defense and has the size, at 6-foot-5 and 229 pounds, to make an immediate impact.
In all those ways, he's just what the Charlotte Hornets need. They have the ninth and 24th picks in the first round of Thursday's NBA draft and have shown interest in Hairston by bringing him in for two workouts.
The questions about Hairston aren't whether he's physically ready – but whether he's mature enough to overcome his troubled past.
In the past 13 months, he's gone from the leading scorer of North Carolina's basketball program to being arrested for drug possession to permanently losing his college eligibility after an NCAA investigation.
Speaking two days before the draft, Hairston and his parents say Charlotte would be an attractive NBA destination, but also playing about 90 minutes from home could be a distraction.
It's a short drive for Hairston's family — his grandparents, parents and his two little brothers who look up to him. But it's also close enough to the people who have long pulled and tugged at one of Greensboro's best basketball products in more than a decade.
"That would be lovely and my family could come to games and it'd be convenient, but at the same time I don't want people to have the idea of, 'Can he focus?' " Hairston said Tuesday. " … I feel like if I got drafted in Charlotte, people would be more worried about me than the basketball side. That's the only question, because I want people to watch basketball and not be worried about my personal life."
Those close to Hairston believe he's learned from his mistakes – the ones that ended his collegiate career at North Carolina midway through his junior season. They say he's been humbled by his tenure in the NBA Development League and that he's prepared to make smart choices.
"You've got to surround yourself with people who are trying to move toward the same goals you are," said William Turner, Hairston's stepfather. "Because really if you don't, they're just pulling you the other way. And they might catch you weak.
"It's rough, but I'm sure he's learned. He's going to learn. He has to."
Always in a crowd
Wendy Mailey had Hairston when she was 19, less than a year after her parents died.
After dropping out of school to care for Hairston, she knew she couldn't tell him he had to get a college degree if she didn't have one. She went back to school a decade later and eventually earned her undergraduate degree from Guilford College and a Master of Public Administration from Capella University, an online accredited school.
Mailey, a 41-year-old mother of three, has been the director of government affairs at the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce for four years.
She's better off now than she was when Hairston was growing up, she said. But something that hasn't changed is how many people the family has around.
"When we would have his little brother's birthday party, we lived in a 1,800-square-foot house and we'd have 100 people in that little house. He comes from a family like that," Mailey said.
Hairston's family is hosting a draft watch party at a Greensboro restaurant and has about 160 people on the guest list.
"People ask us about keeping our circle small, but the 160 people on that list right now, that is our small circle," Mailey said.
Promise interrupted
At Dudley's Chester L. Bradley Gymnasium, state championship banners hang from the rafters and pictures of title teams are bolted into the walls.
"Nothing of P.J.'s is in there," a woman at the school's front desk tells a reporter.
Of the trophy cases and framed jerseys, of laminated press clippings and plaques for former Tar Heels Will Graves and Brendan Haywood, Hairston's name can't be found.
Dudley has been a North Carolina power, winning back-to-back state titles in 2005 and 2006. Hairston once offered the promise of a return to glory.
Turner, Hairston's stepfather whom he calls Dad, had for years been talking up his son's potential to longtime Dudley coach David Price. He'd tell Price, "I got one coming to you" when he saw the coach around town.
Price knew Hairston would be special when he first saw him play AAU ball in middle school. Hairston became the first freshman to start on the Dudley varsity team in 2007 and scored 26 points in a loss to perennial national power Oak Hill Academy. As a sophomore and junior, he was named the city's top player. He committed to play at North Carolina.
Then, just months before his senior season, Hairston and his family made a controversial decision for Hairston to transfer from Dudley to Hargrave Military Academy, a prep school in Virginia also known for its athletics programs.
The decision didn't go over well. Price says he's still not sure why Hairston left.
"I remember telling one of my girlfriends at the time," Mailey said, "if it was still legal to tar and feather people and run them on a rail out of town, that probably would have been my plight."
Mailey and Turner say it was more related to personal discipline than academics. Hairston had started reading his press clippings, Mailey said, and he needed to get away from Greensboro and into a more controlled environment.
"I didn't want to leave at all, but I felt like it was for the best, not just for basketball but for the maturing stages too," Hairston said. "I was a kid still at heart and I was about to be a senior. I didn't want to go into my freshman year of college with these kid tendencies.
"From waking up at 5 o'clock in the morning and little things like keeping my bed made and keeping my tie a certain way, that helped me a lot as far as a person more than basketball."
When a Hargrave cadet received a demerit, he would have to walk in the "stupid square" for hours. A cadet would walk in a square – about 20 feet by 20 feet – with a rifle on his shoulder
"I had seen guys with 18," Hairston said. "They had to walk it every day til they get to 18. I think the most I had was two. It was something silly like talking in class. I just spoke out loud or didn't raise my hand. It was always something petty like that."
End of college career
For Hairston, everything changed at a Durham checkpoint a year ago.
He had been the Tar Heels' leading scorer his sophomore season with 14.6 points per game. He decided to return for his junior season after being projected as a late first-round to early second-round draft pick.
But on June 4, 2013, Hairston and two passengers were charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession. Hairston was also charged with driving without a license. He was driving a rented 2013 GMC Yukon that was paid for by Haydn "Fats" Thomas, a Durham resident, felon and party promoter.
Charges against Hairston were dropped in June 2013 after he showed proof of a driver's license and took a drug assessment course.
Hairston's teammate Leslie McDonald was also found to have used cars rented by Thomas, and he was reinstated after the investigation found he received nearly $2,000 in impermissible benefits, most of which came from Thomas' cars.
McDonald and Hairston were ineligible to play as the season began.
McDonald missed the first nine games before rejoining the team. In McDonald's reinstatement request by UNC, school officials wrote another UNC player – presumably Hairston though the name was redacted – drove some of the cars three times as often as McDonald.
On Dec. 20, the school announced it would not apply for reinstatement for Hairston.
"We've all been hopeful the entire time that he would be able to play again," UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham said at the time. "But by the time we gathered all the information and worked with the NCAA, it just wasn't there."
Mailey made it clear she still likes UNC coach Roy Williams ("he's a man of his word") and she still cheers for the players and the program. But she didn't like how her son's collegiate eligibility was handled.
"When they decided not to file the paperwork, he was essentially suspended for that year, and he couldn't come back (to play) for his senior year either. For doing some of the same things everyone else was doing," Mailey said.
"I've never been one to preach that my kids are perfect. I know my kids are not perfect. I had an NCAA investigator ask me, 'If you found out P.J. was driving these rental cars, would you be surprised?' I'm like, no, no I wouldn't be surprised. Because he's probably not the only one doing it, and I'm sure he didn't come down here and create how it is."
Less than a month after learning his college career was finished, Hairston was drafted by the Texas Legends of the NBDL. In 26 games he averaged 21.8 points and shot 35.8 percent from 3-point range.
There in Frisco, Texas, he rode buses in the D League instead of flying on private charter planes at North Carolina. He lived in an extended stay hotel for weeks. And he says he learned from his mistakes.
"Definitely. I learned from it as soon as it happened," Hairston said. "I didn't want to be in handcuffs. It was a situation I put myself in that I regret. It was a mistake I made by being around the wrong crowd."
Earlier this month, Hairston tweeted: "One year ago today, my life changed. I can honestly say it taught me a lot and I have learned from it. Just want to say thank you to everyone that stuck with me and did not give up on me."
Hornets: Pros, cons
On Tuesday, Hairston shows up at the family-owned Boss Hog's Bar-B-Que in his black 2015 Cadillac Escalade after watching his brother Tre' play two summer league basketball games at Ragsdale High.
Turner, his stepfather, who opens and closes Boss Hog's five days a week, says he lost a few customers when the family decided to send Hairston to Hargrave.
Born in Alabama, Turner, 43, has lived in Greensboro most of his life. He went to Page High before going to N.C. State to play football. When he couldn't remain academically eligible in the early 1990s, he came back to Boss Hog's and put on an apron.
Turner loves seeing his sons together, and he knows that will happen more often if Charlotte drafts Hairston. Still, there are mixed emotions.
"It'd be great because we'd be able to see him much more," Turner said. "But it also leaves the door open for everyone else right here to reach him. … That's kind of scary.
"Just seeing how it was just yesterday we were in so much trouble we didn't know which way we were going, and now we're here. I don't want to regress any.
"I do think it would be easier for him to learn how to manage his own money farther away from home than being right here where everybody can pull and tug."
Hairston's mother says she understands the pros and cons of her son playing close to home. She said she'll be managing his money, which would range from $1 million to $2.1 million for the first year if he's picked between Nos. 9 and 24. She's not concerned with the people with whom her son will surround himself.
Hairston didn't even need a curfew when he was younger because he knew when to be home, Mailey said, and she believes he's learned from his mistakes.
"Anybody being a hometown kid being an hour and a half away, it gives people direct access to you," Mailey said. "It puts a lot of pressure on you. As a 21-year-old man, it's hard to say no to people you've known since you were a small child. But for him and his friends, I'm not really too worried about it."
Derrick Partee, a former Dudley assistant coach who's now the head coach at Greensboro's Smith High, has been close to Hairston since before high school. He doesn't believe Hairston would have an issue being anywhere in the NBA so long as he keeps a tight circle of trusted friends.
"He's a super kid, and to be under all that scrutiny was really tough," Partee said. "He's learned from whatever mistakes he's made. And I think most of his mistakes were being too nice. Now it's about people trying to hang out and when you need to say, 'No, I don't know you.' "
Hairston says he's already cut some people out of his life that he needed to. He simply stopped talking to them, and he felt they would understand.
He knows there will be questions about his hometown connections if he goes to the Hornets, but he believes he'd be fine being right down the road.
Hairston knows who and who not to give game tickets to, he says. He says he knows how to turn down people with their hand out.
"I know I'd be OK," he said. "If that weren't the case I wouldn't have made it through high school. I grew up in the hood.
"I've always had the all the attention. I've always had people around me. I've always had people asking me for stuff. I know how to handle the situation."
He's convinced. Now, on draft night, an NBA team will likely pick him in the first round, bringing wealth and increased celebrity. Wherever he ends up, P.J. Hairston will have the chance to prove himself all over again.


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1. A Suitable Home for Life
Ancient Mars could have the right chemistry to have supported living microbes. Curiosity found carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur – key ingredients necessary for life – by studying many rocks that formed in water. The first sample from inside a rock also revealed clay minerals and not too much salt, which suggests fresh, possibly drinkable water once flowed there.


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The following are updates on local baseball players at the minor league level.
Christian Bergman (St. Francis High, 2006) starting pitcher, Modesto Nuts: Bergman's consecutive win streak came to an end at four starts Monday, but Bergman was still dominant in the six-inning performance.
The former All-Area Baseball Player of the Year gave up just four hits, two walks, an earned run and struck out seven in a 2-1 loss to the Lancaster Jethawks.
The Jethawks also snapped Bergman's scoreless innings streak without giving up an earned run at 19 1/3 when Grant Hogue singled in Ben Heath in the bottom of the fifth for a 1-0 Lancaster lead. Bergman, who was relieved in the bottom of the seventh, was saved from the loss when Modesto's Joey Wong hit a leadoff homer in the seventh to tie the game at 1.
Bergman's record sat at 12-5, which still keeps him atop the California League leader board in wins, with a scheduled start Saturday night against the Lake Elsinore Storm for the Nuts, the class-A advanced affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. The former Golden Knight also leads the league in innings pitched (117.1) and his 2.84 earned-run average is the second best in the league.
Bergman also has 91 strikeouts to 26 walks and a 1.14 WHIP to his name this season for the Nuts, who are in first place in the league's North Division with a 17-12 record.
Fernando Valenzuela, Jr. (St. Francis High, 2000) designated hitter/first baseman, Leones de Yucatan: The former Golden Knight and Glendale Community College standout almost single handedly lifted the Leones de Yucatan to a victory in the second part of a doubleheader with the Guerreros de Oaxaca Wednesday when he went two for four with a home run, double and five runs batted in a 10-8 loss for Leones de Yucatan.
Leones took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as Valenzuela lined a two-RBI double to center field for a 3-0 lead.
Valenzuela extended the Leones' lead to 7-3 when he bashed a three-run homer to right field. It was his second three-run dinger of the day with the first coming in the opening inning of a 7-4 win over Guerreros de Oaxaca for Leones de Yucatan in Wednesday's first game.
Leones de Yucatan couldn't hold on to the lead in the final game. Guerreros de Oaxaca knotted the score at 8 in the seventh before grabbing the walk-off win on a two-run Erick Rodriguez homer in the bottom of the ninth.
Valenzuela continued his hot hitting Thursday with a two-for-four game in a 13-1 loss to Guerreros de Oaxaca before he went hitless for the first time in three games Friday.
His average currently sits at .318 (111 for 349) with 60 RBI, 34 runs, 28 doubles and nine home runs.
The Leones de Yucatan currently occupy seventh place of the Mexican League's Sur Division with a 41-62 record headed into Saturday's game.
Doug Slaten (Glendale Community College, 1999) relief pitcher, Indianapolis Indians: Slaten has continued his dominant season, unfortunately for him, he's spent most of it in the minors. He was out righted to the Indianapolis Indians, the triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, yet again July 6.
The leftie had a 2.77 ERA with nine hits, eight walks and four runs given up with the Pirates before he rejoined the Indians, who were in first place in the International League West Division with a 61-39 record coming into Saturday's game.
Slaten's first appearance back with the Indians on July 14 improved his record to 3-0, as he picked up the victory after pitching a scoreless sixth inning in which he gave up just one hit. His latest outing came Wednesday when he threw 1 2/3 innings of scoreless ball, surrendering just a walk and a hit.
The former Vaquero's ERA with the Indians now sits at a measly 0.31 with eight saves over 29 innings and 23 appearances.
Joe De Pinto (St. Francis High, 2007) second baseman, Kannapolis Intimidators: It's been a season of struggles so far for De Pinto, who was assigned to the White Sox extended spring training squad May 28.
De Pinto worked his way back up to the Intimidators, the Class-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox in the South Atlantic League, on June 24 but it's continued to be a trying campaign for the former Golden Knight, as he's batting .235 (36 for 153) with eight doubles, two triples and 16 RBI with Kannapolis. He batted .313 (five for 16) with three doubles and four RBI in a short stint with the Bristol White Sox, a rookie affiliate of the White Sox.
De Pinto is on a bit of a hot streak, having logged at least one hit in the past three games and four of the last five after he lined a single to right field in the bottom of the eighth Friday, which saw a 5-3 win over Charleston RiverDogs.
The best performance during De Pinto's hitting streak came in a two-for-five game Tuesday. The former All-Area honoree singled in the second inning and hit a leadoff double in the fifth before scoring on a Joey DeMichele single.
The Intimidators were 12-15 for fifth place in the league's Northern Division heading into Saturday's game.


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Friday, August 5, 2011
T-Mobile G2 Gets A Taste Of Gingerbread
Posted by Jason Lee in "HTC Android Phones" @ 05:30 PM
"Greeeeeeat news T-Mobile G2 owners as today is a magical day for you. That's right I'm talking about a Gingerbread OTA update that begins today and will rollout over the next few weeks to all G2 owners."
It's always good to see another Android device get its Gingerbread update. This little bump brings the T-Mobile G2 up to Android version 2.3.3 (Gingerbread). If you haven't received your over-the-air notification yet get in there and start spamming that "System Updates" button.


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Jimmy D's Rolls Out Frozen Breakfasts For Families
Children 6-13 consume the most frozen breakfast foods, according to The NPD Group. So, just in time for the back-to-school season, Sara Lee North American Retail, Downers Grove, Ill., rolls out Jimmy Dean brand Jimmy D's breakfasts, all with 210 calories or less and 7g or more protein for kids and tweens.
Conveniently microwavable and ready to eat in less than two minutes, Jimmy D's breakfasts help moms start their kids' day off right with a warm, balanced breakfast when combined with a serving of fruit and a glass of fat-free milk. Varieties include:
- French Toast Griddlers,a cinnamon glazed French toast breakfast sandwich with Jimmy Dean turkey sausage. With 210 calories and 8g of protein, it is a good source of protein and contains vitamins and minerals such as iron, niacin and folate. The sandwich contains 8g of fat, 2g of saturated fat and 390mg of sodium.
- Griddle Sticks, containing a Jimmy Dean turkey sausage link wrapped in maple pancake batter on a stick. At 160 calories and 7g of protein, Griddle Sticks are a good source of protein, phosphorus and niacin. They contain 6g of fat, 1.5g of saturated fat and 410mg of sodium.
- French Toast Duos, two cinnamon glazed French toast sticks and two Jimmy Dean turkey sausage links. At 210 calories and 12g of protein, they are an excellent source of protein and a good source of iron, B vitamins (including riboflavin, thiamine and vitamin B12), folate and zinc. They have 10g of fat, 2.5g of saturated fat and 440mg of sodium.
Timed to the launch, Jimmy Dean introduces new website content to educate moms and their families about the importance of protein and the benefits of a balanced breakfast with protein (www.jimmydean.com/protein). And Sara Lee's ads introduce three new characters -- villains named Crabby, Slow-Mo and Dim Wit — who represent what happens when school-aged children eat the wrong breakfast or no breakfast at all, according to Brandweek.
"On days when her family has important events and much to accomplish, mom is especially aware of the value of starting the day with a hearty breakfast that provides energy for herself and her kids," says Daryl Gormley, vice president of breakfast and snacking at Sara Lee North American Retail. "At Jimmy Dean, we know that eating a balanced breakfast that includes protein can help give you the fuel you need to start off your morning right and focus on all of the important things you have planned for the day rather than on your hunger."
Suggested retail price is $4.99.


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visualframes needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 215 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
We are looking for an irresistible, clean, and modern logo that will be used to brand our store. It needs to look professional, expensive, eye-catching, yet not complicated. It will be used in various aspects of the business, including the website.
Benensi (Store website is http://www.benensi.com)
We are starting a high-end store that will sell African clothing, jewelry, masks, drums, home accessories, and art. We want to appeal to the fashion-conscious individual that wants to incorporate exotic pieces in their wardrobe and home. We want to avoid the cliché-like look of the outline of Africa incorporated into the logo. The image that we would like for the logo to demonstrate is sophistication, smooth, classic, chic, but with a exotic yet modern twist.
Our general demographic is people of all ages with a higher-than-average disposable income. The catch is that we would like to appeal to those that have an eye for fashion trends and can incorporate the African pieces into their décor.
Ideal customer:
The ideal customer would be someone who is image conscious and a trend setter. The person could be someone who could be considered a "hippie" to someone who works in a corporate area. These people could be travelers, art connoisseurs/collectors, or someone who has an interest in other cultures.
Please submit any and all designs! We are also interested in working with the logo design winner for future design projects!
Desired color scheme:
We are thinking about very "Saharan"-type colors that may include sandy yellow, brown, burnt orange, maybe some shading in grey, and some hits of sky blue.
Please let us see any suggestions on the logo, even if it does not meet the specifications outlined!
Accepted file formats:
Adobe files (.PSD, .ILL, etc.).
We would request that no clipart, stock photography, or stock artwork that would require royalty fees be used.
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View talks from UX Week 2014
In April 2013, in the wake of Russia's annexation of the Crimea, a Washington Post poll found that only 1 in 6 Americans could find the Ukraine on a map, and the average guess was wrong by more than 1,800 miles. America's oft-reported struggle with geography is really a symptom of a wider problem: "ingraphicacy," a deep discomfort with spatial tasks and diagrams of all kinds. But maps have been behind some of the greatest achievements in human history, from Columbus's voyage to the birth of epidemiology to the Apollo moon landing. In this keynote presentation, author Ken Jennings takes us inside the past, present, and future of maps, illuminating what they can teach us about design, our world and, ourselves.
We are incessantly, almost compulsively drawn to gatherings of intelligent, creative people. While we are looking to learn ways to change our professional and personal lives for the better, on a deeper level, we're compelled because we crave profound change and the inspiration to instigate a revolution.
Steve Bishop thinks of design as an approach to problem solving that unlocks the growth potential in any business. As Senior Director at Automatic Labs, Steve helps strengthen the company's user-centered, design capabilities to solve real transportation challenges and focuses making driving a better, more sustainable experience for everyone.
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Some mobile apps are designed to fill gaps of time: games, reading queues like Instapaper, and social feeds like Secret. I want to talk about a second category of apps: the ones that demand attention, the ones that interrupt you.
Whether you're drowning in data or struggling for insights the hardest thing can be getting a project out of the gate. (Not to mention getting to the middle of a project and having to reset plans as situations and resources change.
Recent initiatives in the design field aspire to move from a focus on functionality and pleasure in a momentary use context to a focus on the well-being in people's lives as a whole. This emphasis also implies a shift from seeing the user as a system operator to again – first and foremost – a human being.
At Vox Media we try to create engaging digital experiences: lighthearted journalism, interactive, responsive longform pieces, elegant integrated advertising, beautiful videos, and fun community spaces. And while we can track clicks and count page views, a lot of those adjectives are hard to quantify.
Rhythm necklaces are circular representations of repeating or structural patterns. They've been applied in fields as varied as Crystallography, Radio Astronomy, Nuclear Physics, and Ethnomusicology.
In my 5 years as CEO and Product Manager at Optimal Workshop, we've built a product suite that helps researchers and designers make evidence-based decisions. I'll share a few tales that illustrate the delights and perils of designing and managing products used by designers.
As practitioners, we're faced with constant change - changing requirements, strategies, and opportunities plus shifting deadlines, leadership, and teams. In addition, many of us lack sufficient tools and processes to accomplish daily tasks, take on new projects at work, or complete the work we've set out to do.
At Uber, our design team consists of talented individuals who are ultimately passionate problem solvers at their core. As a result, many of us have been able to enact change across the organization through the use of common UX design techniques.
We instantly recognise the design quality of an iPhone or a Mercedes, but why are so many services such poor experiences, even though many of their parts are well-designed? Usually it is because the service as a whole has not been designed at all. It just happened.
The built environment is the ultimate platform for human experience. No matter which social network we frequent or which software we use, we are all logging on from real, physical space – our house, our office, our favorite café or pub, or local park.
Sure, sure, multi-screen design is a must-have as we try to cram our content into many different screens. But get ready for the next wave of design: no screen at all.
What does "good design" mean in a subjective universe? No matter the discipline, good design is a network of systematic responses that addresses needs on a daily basis and solves the problems of today. Yet human beings, in the great spectrum of their physical and emotional responses, have a wide variety of needs.
In this session, you'll learn how to take a small movement, driven by passionate designers, into a change leadership movement that transforms a company. You'll hear how to reshape a company from a B2B focus to fully B2C.
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Nov 15, 2001
Hello, I just received news from my Doctor that my genotype testing showed that I have become resistant to all HIV meds. I came across this problem a couple of years ago and my doctor put me on five HIV meds including Kaletra, which is two in one. At the time, Kaletra was still being experimented on and I had to join a study to have access to it. My CD4s are at 187 and my viral load is at 75,000. My doctor says that both Sustiva and Kaletra can be salvaged, but he did not sound so sure when he was stating this and he had me do a second round of testing for risistance. I am concerned that I have no options left and I do not want to go back on a six-med conbination; last time I immediately saw lipoatrphy waiste my face away, along with various other health complications. Are there any meds up and coming? Should I think about a drug holiday, and is it safe to go on a drug holiday given that my t-cell count is so low and I have a high viral load?
Response from Dr. Little
It sounds like you are in a very difficult position. I would not be very comfortable personally about recommending a treatment interruption for exactly the reason you stated - your T cells are low enough that you could run into trouble fairly soon, and would then be advised to restart therapy. I do not think that the risks outweigh the benefits in your case to justify stopping therapy. That leaves you and your doctor with trying to come up with the best available therapy you can, based upon your resistance test results and your prior treatment history (and toxicities). There are some new drugs (Tenofovir - just released, T-20 - research and compassionate use, tipranavir - research study). Your best option if you are interested in finding out about whether there are any studies that you qualify for or whether compassionate use (provides access to drugs under very limited circumstances to people in need before FDA approval) is to ask your doctor or contact your nearest university HIV medical care clinic to get more information. Many community based organizations will also be able to tell you which centers in near you are doing studies with these drugs and then give you appropriate contact information. It may well be worth a few phone calls to find out if you have any other options before just going back to drugs you have already used and have clear resistance markers for. Good luck.
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The mixer is filed with Hard candies. A great spot for when you need a bite of something sweet.
I love the cornwagon shop!
I live in Boston and went to Utah last year for vacation. I took a list of quilt shops with me and Corn Wagon was one of my favorites! I'll definitely be back.
Went to the Corn Wagon Quilt Shop while in Utah for a family reunion…what a beautiful shop!
Oh wow a place I can go! It's amazing that you can live in Utah and not know of all the fun and cool shops around!! And I am going to Springville tonight!
absolutely adorable!!!
Cornwagon is a great shop! I'm from Springville as well and I love to stop in to look at the shop samples.
One of my favorite shops!! Wonderful displays.
I want to live there..can i?
Ooooh! I love the Corn Wagon. I don't live in UT anymore, but whenever we go to UT, I always stop at the shop!!
I love the Cornwagon!
Wow — wish I lived out there so that I could visit all of the time!!
I know the cute lady, Shannon, who did these displays. She is amazing. Corn Wagon is a fun place to shop, with so many inspirational ideas and a friendly staff.
What a great shop! My mom lives about 5 minutes away and we visited the Corn Wagon shop when I was out in Utah last summer. I can't wait until next summer's trip, I'm definitely going back!
p.s. when I was there in june I got some rick rack for a steal!
Cute shop!
cornwagon RULES!!!!
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Great displays. I sure wish I lived closer. Blessings!
What a cute shop! Love your displays!!!!
I had forgotten about the Corn Wagon. I made a quilt solely out of fabrics from there years ago. Love it.
I love this shop!!! I was there a couple of years ago while on vacation!
The Cornwagon is at the TOP of my list. They are kind and patient. . . very helpful. Their work is stunning. It's definitely a WOW!!
My mother is one of the managers and I worked there while I was in high school. The quilt shop is up to date on the latest styles and trends and ones paycheck can easily disappear. I love the wonderful ladies that work there and the friendly atmosphere they bring.
My mother is one of the managers and I worked there while I was in high school. The quilt shop is up to date on the latest styles and trends and ones paycheck can easily disappear. I love the wonderful ladies that work there and the friendly atmosphere they bring.
I love the Corn Wagon! Being new to quilting and working with wool, they encouraged me and helped me along the way. Without them, I may never had the courage to try new things. Plus, they have EVERYTHING there.
I keep looking at the displays over and over again. I love them! How perfect!!
Xoxoxxx Ree
Oh my, Oh my I want to go to Utah & the cornwagon shop!!
Wahoo to Corn Wagon!! I usually stop in at least once a month to see what the ladies are up to!!
They are so nice and talented.
Congratulations Marsha, MaryAnn and the gang.
I got a gift certificate from the Corn Wagon for Christmas and so did my mom. I live just down the street. I can't wait to get over there and start some more projects. Plus, my friends mom works there!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Corn Wagon.