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Working at Scientific American, known for its spiffy technical illustrations, I always look for material that can show what an article is trying to tell. I've never found a better example than this video(below) of a rat fed a drug that wipes out its long-term memory, and which bears a real-life resemblance to the scenario depicted in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The opening paragraphs of the article by Jerry Adler, called "Erasing Painful Memories." serves as a running narrative to the video. I've included them here:
The rat is on a carousel with clear plastic sides, rotating slowly in a small room. As it looks out through the plastic, it sees markings on the walls of the room from which it can determine its position. At a certain location it receives a foot shock—or, in experimenters' jargon, a negative reinforcement. When that happens, the rat turns sharply around and walks tirelessly in the opposite direction, so it never reaches that same place in the room again. It will do this to the point of exhaustion.
Question: How do you get the rat to stop walking?
Note that just turning off the shock will not suffice, because the rat will not allow itself to enter the danger zone. The rat needs an intervention that helps it forget its fear or that overrides its response with a competing signal of safety. So much for the rat. Now think of someone who has been wounded in combat and suffers from the vague but real cluster of symptoms called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He, too, associates specific contexts or stimuli—open spaces, crowds, sudden loud noises—with something painful.
He avoids those circumstances when he can. He is in the same bind as the rat on the turntable: unable to discover for himself that certain situations are now safe. How do we get him to stop running? The rat on the carousel and the veteran on a crowded street are both prisoners of the extraordinary power of pain to forge an indelible impression on the brain: be it mammalian, reptile or even invertebrate.
The rat on the carousel and the veteran on a crowded street are both prisoners of memory, of the extraordinary power of pain to forge an indelible impression on the brain: be it mammalian, reptile or even invertebrate. As some researchers labor to solve the mystery of memory loss in dementia, others are attacking the mirror image problem of how to help patients escape the painful memories that dominate their daily life—and not just those with PTSD. An emerging new paradigm views such diverse conditions as phobias, obsessive- compulsive disorder, and even addiction and intractable pain as disorders of learning and memory or, more pointedly, forgetting.
Some people never forget the time a spider fell into their glass of milk. Others cannot break the association of certain places or situations with getting high. Now researchers are finding that remembering is not just a process of passively storing impressions. It is a continuous, dynamic activity on the cellular level and an ongoing psychological process open to manipulation with drugs and cognitive therapy. This is wonderful news for combat veterans and victims of assaults and accidents. What it means for future generations of historians and personal-injury lawyers remains to be seen.
For the rat on the carousel, you can imagine different approaches to extinguishing its fear. You could let it walk to exhaustion and learn for itself that the shock has been turned off—a process psychologists call extinction. Or you could try tinkering directly with the rat's brain—specifically, the hippocampus, where place memories are formed and stored. Six years ago neuroscientist Todd Sacktor of S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, building on work with his former colleague Andre Fenton, did just that. He injected a compound called ZIP into the hippocampus of a rat that had been trained onthe carousel and, after two hours, tested it again and found the fear had been erased. Do that in a combat veteran disabled by PTSD, and you are on the way to a Nobel Prize or a billion-dollar drug bonanza.
The article then goes on to explain other approaches that researchers are undertaking to help people forget or dull bad memories. Adler's introduction serves as a general description of the video. The specific component segments are:
- Pretraining: The rat, in this video playing at five times normal speed, gets used to life on the carousel. Note the unactivated, pie-shaped area used to deliver a shock.
- Training Trial 8 (shock on): Now the shock is turned on, and the rat steers well clear of the demarcated red slice.
- One-day retention: saline-injected rat (shock off): A day later, a rat injected with harmless saline remembers the aversive shock, steering clear of the triangular zone.
- One-day retention: ZIP-injected rat (shock off): The rat that has ZIP injected into its brain wanders freely the breadth of the carousel without any memory of having been shocked.
Pretraining vs. One-day retention: (Zip- Injected): A side-by-side comparison shows that the Zip-injected rat behaves exactly as it did before it received the first shock.


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World Cities Contest: Pick your favourite London Map
Like announced in the official topic of the competition, since we have 3 different graphical representations of London, we decided to start a poll to understand which of these maps the Conquer Club Community like the most.
The poll will run for a week and everyone can vote, but be careful because you have just a single vote. So make your choice carefully!
Which is your favourite London Map?
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After a week of voting, the London map with most votes will be picked to participate to the final poll to elect the overall winner of the competition.
ender516 wrote:I agree about the perspective on #1, but for me, it is very reminiscent of the Great Lakes map (not really a bad thing, as I like that map), and it seems to have dropped the Southwark label off the small map. #2 is just a bit too green for me, although I do like the skyline silhouette. The border on #3 is pretty snappy, but the corners on the legends are a bit much for me and I am not fond of the colour scheme. All in all, I am voting for #1.
ComposerNate wrote:They all need some proofreading. Also, I notice that the abbreviations for some areas are different in different maps. Are there any abbreviations that are standard for London neighborhoods, or boroughs, or whatever they call them?
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Welp, here we go again. It's round two for the candidates to go at it, and we suggest a good stiff drink to go along with it. Depending on baseball playoff antics, there'll likely be many bars playing the debates, but we know for sure that Temple nightclub is hosting a debate watching party, as well as Red Devil Lounge. Debates not your thing? Get into the election mood with a free screening of "Swing Vote" starring Kevin Costner, 5-7:30 at SF Main Library. And if you're jonesing for a legit debate-watching party, stay tuned: we're throwing a ScoutmobSF extravaganza on Oct. 22!
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Winter is coming, and that means it's knitting season. This class is designed for all you knitting virgins out there who are ready to enter full knitting-hood. Learn how to knit and purl, cast on and bind off, and walk out with your own set of needles, yarn, and all the skills you need to finish your knitting project at home. Info.
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Nerds, unite! This monthly symposium of drinking and nerdery transforms the Rickshaw Stop into a mixer of the minds. This month, catch a chemist talking about blowing things up, a biologist who lives to help sea creatures get it on, and a physician/scientist who will take you beyond the sideshow and deep into the science of the mutants of old-timey circuses. Info.
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Recently I had the chance to play with Scotch® Blue Tape by 3M. This type of tape has traditionally been used by house painters for taping off an area on a wall that is not to be painted – it makes for clean, crisp lines. I used to use this type of tape back in my previous life as a mural painter! This time, I decided to try Scotch Blue Tape for some scrapbooking and mixed media projects.
Using scrapbooking paper, canvas or another substrate you can tape off areas (mask them off) that you don't want to be covered in paint and other media. The tape is tacky, but didn't appear to leave any marks behind on my scrapbooking paper, nor did it lift off the paper as I've experienced with other tapes.
Another idea that worked well, was to make my own stencils by punching shapes in the tape and then using it as a sticky-backed stencil to apply paint, spray inks or even modelling paste through. See images below using modelling paste. The benefit of using the Scotch Blue Tape to make a stencil is that the sticky backing makes it easier to apply the medium with less likelihood of it leaking underneath. Just smooth out the tape and press it down to the surface.
Below you will see that the drying time on the modelling paste is sped up with the use of a heat dryer. When the tape is peeled up, the image of the dots is remaining with both the modelling paste example in #5 and the spray ink example in #6.
Here is the outcome on a layout. You can see the modelling paste effect in the bottom right.
Another similar idea was to use a shaped edge cutter (Fiskars) to make a patterned edged stencil. The only difficulty with this was the sticky backing on the tape made it a little hard to remove it from the punch. You just have to be careful so as not to tear your tape stencil, but it gives a great result. See below steps showing the outcome with spray ink on this tape stencil.
In the layout below, you can see this patterned edge tape stencil result using spray ink – just below the photo mounting.
Also, in the upper left area, you can see the hole punched tape stencil result using spray ink.
Another neat thing about using the Scotch Blue Tape to make stencils is that I've found they are reusable for several applications and still retain their tackiness. Maybe you'd like to give it a try too!
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United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) posted stronger third-quarter sales on Tuesday but lowered its fiscal 2012 revenue outlook on weak demand from airplane companies, defense cuts and economic uncertainty.
Including restructuring costs, earnings per share fell 6% from 2011.
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Adjusted for special items, though, the Hartford, Ct.-based maker of building systems, including elevators and air conditioners, as well as jet engines and BlackHawk helicopters reported net income of $1.2 billion, or $1.39 a share.
The non-GAAP earnings widely beat average analyst estimates of $1.18 in a Thomson Reuters poll.
The company reaffirmed its 2012 EPS outlook of $5.25 to $5.35 a share, bracketing the consensus' $5.30, but lowered its fiscal 2012 sales outlook to $58 billion, narrowly below estimates.
United Technologies cited the lack of recovery in the commercial aerospace aftermarket and global uncertainty for the bearish sales projection and said it would ramp up cost-cutting measures in the current quarter as it struggles to offset defense cuts that have dampened sales of Blackhawk helicopters and other products used by the military.
The company, which in July closed its acquisition of Goodrich and struck a deal to control half of an engine joint venture, said revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 climbed 6% to $15.04 billion from $14.24 billion last year, narrowly missing the Street's view of $15.51 billion.
Shares of United Technologies fell by less than 1% on Friday to $77.50, though they are up about 6.6% from the beginning of this year.


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One of the things most alarming about today's culture is the way in which evangelicals are responding to attacks. Gone are the days, it seems at times, when believers devoted themselves to thinking deeply about the world in order …Read More
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Christ has redeemed us to be a light that directs others to Him. Fulfilling this call requires us to be able to deal with the most difficult questions asked about the Christian faith. If we are unprepared for the darkness …Read More
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Ligonier Ministries' 2007 National Conference,Contending for the Truth, will equip believers to answer the false claims of postmodernism, naturalism, and our culture's other atheistic theories. Dr. Sproul is joined by other Christian scholars, pastors, and leaders, including …Read More


text: So I've tested this and repeated it on two different iPad 4s from two different Apple Stores. Here is the issue: I use Plex and Air Video to stream video from my home server. Nothing too strange about that. I also watch trailers in Safari. Nothing too strange about that, either. However, I've noticed that during videos where there are dark scenes, the iPad 4 contrast is constantly "pumping" itself up, and then dimming back down. It's unbelievably distracting. Even stranger, if the contrast pumps itself up and at that point you close the app/Safari, the entire home screen looks completely over-saturated until it, too, gradually brings its contrast level back down. I know I'm probably not doing a great job describing this. This also happens when viewing videos in Safari. Test for yourself! e.g. if you go to this website on your iPad 4 to view The Dark Knight Rises trailer... http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknightrises/ Tap on Trailer 4: At 13 seconds into the trailer... Here is a screenshot of where it happens most noticeably. Test Method: The EASIEST way for you guys/girls to test this to simply PAUSE the video at 13 seconds, (make sure the video is FULL SCREEN and that the controls are HIDDEN) and simply watch your contrast change after 3-5 seconds. When the contrast changes, you can hit the Home button and now look at your messed up icons! After a few seconds, your Home screen icons will go back to normal (the FaceTime icon especially looks terrible until then). Make sure the video is full-screen! I'm not sure what's going on here, but it literally makes it impossible to watch movies with dark scenes on the new iPad 4. The contrast switching is incredibly distracting, and an issue simply not present on the iPad 3. I'm now heading back to the Apple Store with this second iPad. Is this something Apple can fix? I'm not sure. There's some very aggressive contrast management going on here it appears. But it doesn't work. Call me a sad panda. *edit* Easiest method for testing is max backlight in a dimly-lit room. It's easy to see the contrast changing this way. Here is an EXPOSURE-LOCKED video from my iPhone 5 showing the contrast pumping. This happens ALL the time when watching a video with dark scenes. CLICK THE BELOW IMAGES TO WATCH THE VIDEOS: And here's the byproduct of closing a video when the screen is black. Again the exposure is LOCKED. You can see how the contrast is all blown out until it calms back down. This below video is NOT a major complaint, but is happening due to the issue above. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO WATCH THE VIDEO: EXAMPLES FROM OTHER iPad 4 users: http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=16589347&postcount=377 Will add to this list above as I get more people uploading videos. *EDIT* List of apps this "bug" affects: 1.) Safari browse 2.) Apple's Videos app 3.) Plex 4.) Air Video List of apps that do not experience this "bug": 1.) AVPlayer HD 2.) Netflix 3.) It's Playing


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Goode wants 'ruthless' edge
England fullback Alex Goode said his side must be more "ruthless and clinical" if they are to beat Wales and claim their first Six Nations Grand Slam in a decade.
Table-toppers England maintained their unbeaten record against Italy but failed to score a try for the first time in 19 Tests with the Azzurri during a faltering 18-11 win at Twickenham on Saturday.
Committed defence allied to reliable goal-kicking, this time from the experienced Toby Flood, who replaced injured flyhalf Owen Farrell last weekend, saw England home and kept Italy, who scored the only try of the match through Australia-born wing Luke McLean, to victory.
However, there is a sense England – who scored three tries during a shock defeat of world champions New Zealand in December and four in their Six Nations opener against Scotland – have retreated into their shells the closer they've got to a first Grand Slam since their World Cup-winning year of 2003.
Since that 38-18 Calcutta Cup win over the Scots, England have managed just one try in their last three matches.
Meanwhile Wales, whose hopes of back-to-back Slams were dashed by a first round loss at home to Ireland, have not conceded a try in their last three Tests.
If Wales win by eight points this weekend they will retain the title, while a win by seven points would see the Championship decided on try count, with the Welsh currently two tries better off (seven to five) than England.
But while an England defeat would scupper their Slam bid, losing by fewer than seven points would still see them crowned champions.
Goode, one of several England backs who failed to shine in an attacking sense against Italy, admitted the team had fallen short against Italy but insisted they could yet finish the job against a resurgent Wales, 28-18 winners over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.
"We are confident in the group and the way we are playing, we just need to be more ruthless and clinical," Goode said.
"The opportunities we had in the first half we didn't quite put away. I was culpable for that," the 24-year-old Saracens fullback added.
"If you don't get your points on the board when you are on top, it gives them a lot of emotional energy and it was tough for us.
"The good thing is we are getting ourselves in a position to score.
"If we weren't getting close we would be worried. Finishing is something we need to get better at, but the good thing is that our attacking framework is getting us into a position to score."
And Goode insisted the fact England were on a five-match winning streak, dating back to their sensational 38-21 win over New Zealand, would stand the team in good stead at what is sure to be a raucous Millennium Stadium.
"Winning is a habit. We took a lot of confidence from the New Zealand game and we brought it into the tournament," Goode said.
"We could have scored more tries but we have improved and I think game by game we have got better as a group.
"Obviously the changing room is not ecstatic, but we got a result against a tough team who have beaten the French this year when we have not played well.
"Wales will have the passion and the hype and intensity behind them but we went to Ireland and met fire with fire there. We will take it to Wales."


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Finally the winner winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for May 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in May and voted in June. The sponsor ATP will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
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Sparta-Michigan-based Old Orchard Brands rolls out Cranberry Naturals, a line of naturally-sweetened cranberry juice blends that includes only natural ingredients and 40 percent less sugar than traditional cranberry juice varieties.
Cranberry Naturals feature a proprietary blend of Cargill's Truvia brand natural sweetener and just a hint of natural sugar to create a naturally reduced-sugar juice with just 16g of sugar -- about 50 percent less than the leading cranberry juice -- and 70 calories per 8-oz glass. With no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives, varieties include: Classic Cranberry; Cranberry Blueberry; Cranberry Pomegranate; Cranberry Grape; Cranberry Apple; and Cranberry Raspberry.
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South African Journal of Surgery
versão On-line ISSN 2078-5151
versão impressa ISSN 0038-2361
S. Afr. j. surg. vol.46 no.3 Cape Town Ago. 2008
Acute pancreatitis: Demographics, aetiological factors and outcomes in a regional hospital in South Africa
F. AndersonI; S. R. ThomsonII; D. L. ClarkeIII; E. LootsIV
IM. MED., F.C.S. (S.A.); Department of Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal
IICH.M., F.R.C.S; Department of Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal
IIIM.MED.SCI., F.C.S. (S.A.); Department of Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal
IVF.C.S. (S.A.); Department of Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal
INTRODUCTION: The spectrum of aetiologies and outcomes of acute pancreatitis in South African settings is under-reported. We report our experience at a regional hospital and compare it with international norms.
Patients and methods. Data were prospectively collected on all admissions of patients with acute pancreatitis to a regional hospital during the period June 2001 - April 2006. The causes of the pancreatitis were noted and complications and mortality rate were determined.
RESULTS: From June 2001 to April 2006 there were 322 admissions of 282 patients with acute pancreatitis. The median age was 37 years (range 13 - 73 years). There were 94 females and 188 males. Episodes of pancreatitis were associated with alcohol consumption in 62% of cases and with gallstones in 14%; 4% of cases were associated with both gallstones and alcohol consumption, 8% with dyslipidaemia and 5% with retroviral disease. In 15% of admissions local complications developed, and 9% of admissions ended in death of the patient. Of the 28 deaths, 71% occurred in the first 2 weeks.
CONCLUSIONS: As in other South African reports, alcohol was the main cause of pancreatitis. Outcomes in this series are similar to those in Western studies except that the majority of deaths occurred early, implying that improved supportive care may improve overall survival.
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Titans safety Michael Griffin will be back in the lineup for the Titans this week after serving a one-game suspension in Week 13 for accumulating several hits against defenseless receivers.
Griffin sounded the familiar lament of present day defenders by saying he felt defensive players were "damned if you do, damned if you don't" while trying to hit receivers in legal areas while those receivers are moving in ways that make that difficult. As a result, Griffin said he won't be changing the way he plays because he feels like it's a choice between being fined by the league or being dropped by your team if you don't make the hits.
"At the end of the day, the question is this: either the league is going to take money out of my pocket or the team is going to release you if you can't get the job done," Griffin said, via ESPN.com. "They're going to find somebody else to come in here that can get the job done. You're losing money regardless, however you want to look at it. You tell me. However I need to get the job done, I'm going to get the job done. You can't think about it. The league ain't going to give me money. They're not going to pay me to do the job correctly. I've just got to play."
Griffin lost more than $200,000 because of last week's suspension, which provides financial impetus to avoid drawing flags for hits on defenseless receivers. As Griffin makes clear, though, the fear of losing that money every week will not be enough to keep some players from altering their style. If they feel a change will impact their employment, they'll risk losing one week's pay before jeopardizing their spot on the roster.


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Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.
Jefferies & Co is leading the deal.
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Icahn and Southeastern are looking to lock in the financing before Dell shareholders meet in July to vote on a rival take-private offer from CEO Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners. Icahn and Southeastern are seeking at least $5.2 billion and as much as $7 billion in lender commitments, sources said.
"They want the shareholders to know that they have an alternative," another source said.
Jefferies is understood to have committed $1.6 billion to the bridge loan.
The arranger is asking for commitments as large as $1 billion and is expected to have lenders lined up as early as next week.
Lenders committing to the deal are being offered a fee upfront of 3.5 percent, which is typical of these transactions. As an added sweetener, Icahn and Southeastern are also offering lenders an additional 7.5 percent of any incremental profit the two shareholders receive if Silver Lake prevails with an increased offer.
Pricing on the loan is guided at 350bp over Libor, though pricing could change as syndication efforts are only in the early stages, the same sources said.
Jefferies and Icahn declined to comment. Calls to Southeastern and Dell were not returned by press time.
In a May 9 letter to Dell's board, Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, two of the company's largest shareholders, proposed an alternative to a buyout deal led by founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Under the Icahn proposal, shareholders could hold onto existing stock with the option of receiving either a distribution of $12 per share in cash or $12 per share in stock valued at $1.65 per share.
If Dell's shareholders accept the Icahn and Southeastern offer, the bridge loan will become permanent financing.
Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners, who are looking to take the company private for $13.65 per share, or $24.4 billion, have already received $13.75 billion in debt commitments from a number of banks and Microsoft Corporation to back their offer. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital Markets agreed to provide $11.75 billion in bank lines and Microsoft agreed to purchase up to $2 billion in subordinated notes.
Icahn and Southeastern, which together own about 13 percent of Dell stock, have argued that the Silver Lake offer undervalues the company.
Dell's shares rose 0.01 percent to $13.37 Thursday afternoon.
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Xbox support has a Twitter account—it's very helpful and responsive, in my experience! But sometimes, the stuff they have to put up with is so idiotic that I can't believe how patient they are. I know I couldn't be after this exchange on Twitter.
A bigger picture of what he sent them:
And then after THAT, Xbox support got this inquiry.
Cripes. Guess they aren't joking around when they say they're the Guinness world record holder for "Most Responsive Brand on Twitter."


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After the Entry Ban, Why Danger Persists for Immigrants Living With HIV in the U.S.
Veteran Advocates Agree, HIV May Not Be an Immigrant's Biggest Problem Anymore
December 18, 2013
As we move into the fifth year without the decades-old U.S. ban on entry and immigration for people living with HIV -- and enact visions of a country free of the Defense of Marriage Act -- what has changed for HIV-positive immigrants living with HIV, or vulnerable to becoming HIV positive, in the U.S.? "As long as we have a climate that's dangerous for immigrants," remarks longtime immigration justice advocate Dr. N. Ordover, "it's going to be dangerous for immigrants with HIV."
TheBody.com caught up with three experts working in different areas of immigration and HIV, to map from multiple angles the current HIV landscape for immigrants in the U.S. Victoria Ojeda, Ph.D., of the University of California - San Diego School of Medicine, has researched immigrant health issues in the U.S. for 15 years, the last eight in Mexico working on issues of deportee health and HIV vulnerability; N. Ordover, Ph.D., was a founder and leader of the Coalition to Lift the Bar -- an alliance of HIV, immigrant, human rights, and LGBTQ service and advocacy organizations and individuals living with HIV, which successfully campaigned to overturn the HIV entry ban -- and a member of UNAIDS' international team convened to address the issue of bans on entry and residence among people with HIV worldwide; and Cristina Velez is the supervising attorney in the immigration practice at HIV Law Project in New York City, which recently merged with Housing Works to become the largest legal service provider for people living with HIV in the New York area.
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I know I haven't posted in a while, but I have decided to do this advent calendar thingy that my grandma told me about. Whatever gets me blogging, right? Basically, I am supposed to blog about a specific topic everyday until Christmas. I'm already starting 15 days late, so I'm already doing too well with this blogging commitment.
We have two birthdays that fall particularly close to major holidays in my family. Most of the time these birthdays don't receive the full celebration that others do, but in the last few years greater effort has been made to not let these birthdays get lost in the holiday shuffle.
My paternal grandmother celebrates both her anniversary and birthday in December. I think her birthday probably gets overshadowed most since it is on the 22nd of December. Her birthday usually gets swallowed by Christmas. Last year I spent my first year in Arizona since high school. My husband and I took that opportunity to visit my grandparents and see my grandmother on her birthday. My grandmother's excitement really showed throughout the day. I have to say my grandma looks so young and beautiful for her age and really radiates when she is in a happy smiling mood. We gave her a fun little game that we all played together a few times, which is sort of our thing. I am really glad that we took that opportunity to celebrate her birthday last year because I'm not there to celebrate it now. Being there for her birthday made me realize how time is flying by faster than I can even count. My grandmother is in her mid 70's, but in my mind she was always in her late 60's. Although I keep getting older, for some reason, I stopped my grandparents from aging about 5 years ago. I guess when I went off to college I sort of stopped the clock on everything that was happening back home.
My birthday happens to be the other holiday birthday. It usually falls around or on Thanksgiving. That has always been a really tough thing for me to deal with. Having my birthday on a holiday meant that I didn't get taken out to eat for a special birthday dinner or my own family gathering. We always had to celebrate my birthday on Thanksgiving, which meant that most people forgot about my birthday. It wasn't until my first year of marriage that we truly honored my birthday on a day other than Thanksgiving. I have to say, it is much nicer celebrating Thanksgiving day as Thanksgiving day, instead of trying to cram in birthday celebrations as well. Plus, turkey tastes much better without the existential crisis that accompanies age :)
Anyone else have holiday birthdays? How do you celebrate? I know some people don't put up the Christmas tree until after all the birthdays are out of the way. Other people celebrate the half birthday.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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Labels: Advent Calendar, age, Birthday, Christmas, Grandmother, Thanksgiving
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- AnonymousDecember 15, 2010 at 11:02 PM
We don't really have any holiday birthdays, but our Anniversary is now just around Thanksgiving and we are JUST realizing that it is going to be difficult to ever get away on our special day since it is so close to a holiday. We will have to celebrate it way early also so it doesn't combine with Christmas!ReplyDelete
Love the post, by the way!
Haha I was tired last night and Caroline would not go to bed. Anywho my birthday fell on election day before. So I didn't have school cause they used it for the election. But our anniversary is in Dec, but thus far hasn't been overshawdowed...we haven't been married very long though..we'll see what happens as we get older.ReplyDelete
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My random Sox thoughts about this off season
---I'm aware it's a long off season but having read Hahn's early comments about bringing back AJ and Youk, I am beginning to wonder if these are the right moves. The team won 85 games last year with this team. Outside of hopefully adding Danks back into the mix, I don't see how this puts the team over the top.
Of course I'm assuming that bringing the two of them back eats up most of the Sox remaining budget thus leaving little room to improve the bench or bullpen. These guys are past their primes. And I also know the FA Class is thin and thus most of the players will be over paid.
AJ will be 37 next year and is coming of a career year, in which he faded terribly in Sept. Youk had a great first 3 weeks with us, but I'm not impressed by the numbers he put up. He didn't exactly like the world on fire in September. A healthy Brent Morel (a big question mark) could hit better then .240, give you the 15-20 HR's Youk would give you play better D.
And what is the gap in numbers of Tyler Flowers versus an aging AJ? I always have doubts about players having their best years in their free agent years. It's hard to judge Tyler by last year as he didn't play more then 2-3 games in a week. But I am confident in saying AJ won't produce in 2013 like he did in 2012.
Why not give the job to Flowers or go after Mike Napoli? As for 3B, Mark Reynolds is available. While we don't need another slow, high strike out, power hitter is his offense that much worse then Youk's?
---Does anyone else think the Sox will trade Floyd? I'm betting he's not on the opening day roster. Trading him could solve one the problems listed above, but on the flipside we can go from 6 to 4 starters pretty quickly.
---I am fine with trading Dunn or Rios if it 1. fills a hole or two right away for 2013, and 2. we can then use the money to strengthen the bullpen or bench. Can Rios have two solid seasons in a row?
---2013 is the last chance for Gordo. If he doesn't hit (and he did turn it on this September) I think it's time to say adios or at make him your super utility player.
---Lastly, I think the Sox need to find a closer or back up closer. I'm hoping Addison Reed grows into the role but he makes things way to close right now. Feel free to have some 1-2-3 innings once in awhile.
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David Kelsey needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 199 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
Kelsey Homes
Hi, my name is David Kelsey and Managing Partner of Maverick Marketing Group. To see logo: (http://www.maverickmarketinggroup.info)
We create companies from the inside out.
We love good design, smart design.
I collect contemporary art (http://www.blumandpoe.com) and my taste ranges
As a speaker, I have a entertaining and enlightening style that authentically delivers a message or lesson that inspires and motivates people to take action and be creative.
My company is a hub of creative expression and practical application, and always looking to promote those willing to make a difference.
Honesty, Integrity, Accuracy, Intelligence, Humor and Fun are all important.
We are speakers, trainers, marketers, programers and leaders creating informational products that help people acheive their best through business and personal development. We take on projects that make sense, from iphone apps to lead generation tools, google and facebook advertising training to text messaging marketing techniques. Creating brand awareness through social media and video.
Kelsey Homes is in Pasadena, CA. There will be three distinct divisions of Kelsey Homes (Kelsey Homes, Kelsey Estates, Kelsey Bank Owned)
Our audience are home owners, buyers, high end to first time buyers. Kelsey Homes is a residential real estate company.
Our look is contemporary, clean, simple and efficient.
The former company was Kelsey/Ashworth and we will attach that logo and application for reference.
We want you to highlight the word:
and sub highlight the division (there will be three, for the contest, just use Homes. The other two will be "Estates" and "Bank Owned")
We want it contemporary, clean, simple.
We've seen it on black (for estates) and maybe the same for all three, not sure.
Some concepts:
- The concept of "Evolution" (no apes to caveman plz)
- taking a business to the "next level"
- jumpstarting
- a solid foundation
- big solution for small business
- clean, contemporary, crisp logo
- we need to be able to create an "icon" from the logo (for desktop icon, etc.)
- provide dark/light background versions
- provide fonts used
- literal houses as logos
Your LOGO will be used everywhere (online and offline, stationary, marketing ads, etc.)
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Julia Argyros last week took the microphone in the grand ballroom of the Balboa Bay Club & Resort.
"My first job following graduation from college was working as a speech therapist helping children with disabilities," she told the crowd, as she stood on stage next to her husband, George Argyros, the former U.S. ambassador to Spain.
"I learned very quickly the struggles faced by those children and their parents," she added. "What I also experienced was progress when the children got the help they needed and in turn I saw a glimmer of hope in the parents. Hope for a better future, a healthier, happier future for their children."
The evening at the Balboa Bay Club, fittingly named "A Glimmer of Hope," was held on behalf of United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County. George and Julia Argyros were honored with the organization's IMPACT award for a "Life Without Limits."
The Argyros family takes philanthropy seriously. They have been at the front of a multiple of major campaigns for decades. Some support comes in the form of name recognition and financial contribution only, while other causes come with plenty of heart and soul.
This was one emotional night. George Argyros had the black-tie dinner crowd silent as he shared a message.
"We are so blessed," he said. "So many people need help. Giving back to the community is both an honor and a duty. Julia and I are grateful that we can do what we do."
This was not a typical charity event meant to expand business connections. The Argyros family included their children and grandchildren, and others in attendance followed suit.
Most significantly, there were many young people and their parents at the dinner facing the struggle with cerebral palsy. Best of all, heartfelt stories of overcoming all odds were shared, both live and on giant video screens. And then, a remarkable live performance by two young ladies fighting CP — Marna Rough and Caitlin Cohn sang selections from the Broadway musical "Wicked."
A standing ovation filled the room with electricity. Caitlin Cohn is the daughter of Richard Cohn, who served as chairman of the event gala committee. He is a partner in the Santa Ana law firm of Aitken, Aitken & Cohn. It was another example of families uniting for the cause, making the event more personal and more emotional.
Adding to the warmth of the evening were John and Anne Huffman sharing anecdotes of a loving friendship with the Argyros family. John Huffman, the respected and retired minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, bared a bit of his soul.
"I've never told anyone this before," he said holding back a tear, "but our late daughter was able to attend Princeton her first semester because of help from George and Julia."
The success of the evening was due in great part to the efforts of chairman Christian Dubia, partner in the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney. Dubia was assisted by Cathy Collins, chief executive of United Cerebral Palsy. Additional major support came from DLD Insurance Brokers, the Jim Tunney Youth Foundation, Fish & Richardson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and the Argyros Foundation.
Proceeds raised will top $381,000 thanks in great part to a very lively auction.
Supporting the evening were Chapman University's Jim and Lynne Doti, Carlene and Chuck Haggerty, Karen and Steve Reid, Michele and Roger Denning, Anne and Dave Copley, Donna and Richard Cohn, and Bette and Wylie Aitken.
Also on hand for CP were Scott and Brianna Pievac, Pam Patterson, Kim and Mark Clemens, Grant and Linda Beresford, Sean Cao, and cerebral palsy role model and world adventurer Bonner Paddock and Michael Muhonen, a distinguished physician dedicated to fighting the disease in O.C.
THE CROWD runs Thursdays and Saturdays. B.W. Cook is editor of the Bay Window, the official publication of the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach.


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According a report by network metrics firm Arieso, iPhone 4S users are consuming twice the amount of data than users of earlier iPhone models, and the reason is Siri. Siri is getting the blame for the huge increase in data consumption as it communicates with Apple's servers to provide its personal assistant features.
"Voice is the ultimate human interface," Arieso Chief Technology Officer Michael Flanagan said in an interview in London. "As you lower the barriers," consumers will use their smartphones' functions even more often, he said. Arieso, based in Atlanta, advises clients such as Vodafone Group Plc (VOD), Telefonica SA (TEF) and Nokia Siemens Networks Oy on how to manage wireless networks.
Data consumption remains a concern for those on restricted plans and on networks like AT&T that have historically suffered connectivity problems due to excessive load. Arieso claims to have measured one million subscribers across a single European network in both urban and rural areas to come up with its findings about Siri. We can understand a small increase in data with the additional functionality that Siri brings, however, it shouldn't be forgotten that iOS 5 was also released for other devices at the same time as the iPhone 4S was launched with Siri. iOS 5 brought a little extra service called iCloud too. We are sure a lot of this additional data usage could be explained by over the air updates, iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream and many other data intensive tasks available for iPads and earlier iPhone models and not just Siri on the iPhone 4S.
And if Siri is responsible for the spike, it will be interesting to see what if any decline results when the novelty wears off. How many times can you really ask how to hide a body, or have the pod bay doors opened?
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You could be entitled to discounted travel because of your sight loss. Here we have information about discounts that are available on trains, buses, London Underground and in taxis.
If you are registered as blind or partially sighted, you can get up to 50 percent off train travel. To claim your discount, you must be registered as blind or partially sighted, be travelling with a companion and provide proof of your sight loss when you buy the tickets. The discount you get will depend on the type of ticket you buy, for example you can get 34 percent off anytime single or return tickets and 50 percent off anytime day return tickets. Find out more about concessionary discounts from National Rail.
Alternatively, you can get a Disabled Persons Railcard, which will give you one-third off advance, off peak and anytime tickets. The card costs £20 for one year or £54 for three years. Find out more about the Disabled Person's Railcard or call 0845 605 0525.
The Disabled Persons Railcard can't be used in Northern Ireland but you may be able to get discounted or free travel using a SmartPass. Find out more with NI Direct.
If you are registered as blind or partially sighted, you can receive free or discounted travel on buses.
If you live in London and have difficulty using public transport, you can get discounted taxi travel with the Taxicard scheme. The discount you receive depends on the London Borough that you live in. Find out more about the Taxicard scheme.


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One of those options — satellite service from companies like Dish Network and DIRECTV — involves installing equipment outside your home. So what does opting for satellite TV mean for apartment and condominium residents or single-family-home renters?
Renters who want satellite service are supported in their choice by Federal Communications Commission rules. The FCC says anyone renting his or her home has the right to install a satellite dish or a receiving antenna. The federal agency's guidelines also state that a landlord is prohibited from imposing restrictions that prevent or delay installation, maintenance or use of an antenna or satellite dish. In most cases, requirements to get approval before an installation are prohibited, according to the FCC.
However, the property owner does have the right to impose some restrictions on the installations, like for safety reasons or the preservation of historic areas. Details may be explained in your lease or rental agreement.
Generally, the rental guidelines for having a satellite dish are straightforward. The dish must be one meter or less in diameter and it must be installed only in an area leased by the tenant. That means the dish must be in the satellite subscriber's residence or on his or her balcony, patio or terrace. For single-family homes, permissible areas include the house, patio, yard or similar areas.
A satellite dish cannot be placed in an apartment or condominium complex's common areas, like on the roof or exterior walls.
The installation must be performed by a professional and take into consideration safety, interference and potential alterations of the property. For example, the dish must be secured safely to a heavy object or tripod, and the dish installation can't interfere with the complex's own telecommunications and electrical systems. And, if the signal transmission from the dish requires a cable, the line must run flat under a doorjamb or windowsill or via other industry-standard methods so that it does not alter the residence or the use of the door or window.
Finally, when a renter moves, the satellite equipment must be taken out. The resident would be responsible for the cost of repairing any damage that occurs in the removal process.
As with any modifications to your rental home — whether it's an apartment in a large complex or a single-family home — checking with your landlord first is advised.
— Alan Pentico is executive director of the San Diego County Apartment Association.


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I recently had the opportunity to participate in delivering our assistance to Turkey after a 7.3 earthquake struck Van and several towns in eastern Turkey. I went with a team from several sections of the U.S. Embassy to help coordinate the arrival of five flights carrying relief supplies donated by the U.S. military.
I served in the embassy in Ankara during the 1999 earthquake, and knew how devastating these can be in Turkey, despite best efforts to prepare for them. We had been working with the Turkish government for several days before our aid arrived, and I knew they were mounting an impressive effort to respond. The United States joined over 20 other nations, including Armenia, Israel, Egypt and Pakistan, in providing assistance. The Turkish Red Crescent and other Turkish aid organizations received $300,000 in U.S. humanitarian assistance funds, plus the U.S. Department of Defense flew in more than 2,000 cots, over a 1,000 blankets, and over 500 tents to help comfort victims as they face dropping temperatures. The scale of the effort was brought home to me, however, as soon as I arrived at the Ankara Airport on the way to Erzurum. It seemed that half the passengers on flights to Van, the center of the affected zone, were disaster response teams from all over central Anatolia, dressed in their uniforms ready to roll off the plane as soon as it arrived. They seemed calm and confident, and their desire to help was clear.
Arriving at Erzurum, which is the center of delivery of air shipments for the region, was equally impressive. The airport is small, but very efficient. Immediately upon arrival, we went to the crisis coordination center, and found a group of officials from the governor's office, the Prime Minister's office, NGOs, and the Turkish Red Crescent. There was a steady stream of people coming in and out of the room, calmly going about their business, making sure relief supplies were unloaded and on their way as soon as possible. The core crisis center team had been working round the clock for days. Despite being tired, they were unfailingly polite and professional.
They escorted us to the tarmac to see the unloading of the U.S. plane. That operation was also a sight to behold. The airport and the governor's office had coordinated with the Turkish Red Crescent and local companies. They had assembled a fleet of forklifts from several agencies, and carefully choreographed the arrival of trucks to receive goods from arriving planes. Watching the arrival of the U.S. military planes was impressive. The crews were very polite and professional. It was amazing to watch the first crew show the eager Turkish forklift drivers how best to unload the pallets of U.S. goods. Each country's planes arrive with slightly different needs in terms of offloading. The Turks cheerfully adapted as necessary. After a few tries, the hardy Turkish forklift drivers got the routine down of unloading our planes, helped on by our aircrews.
Over the course of several nights, I watched this operation repeated a dozen times, with both our planes and flights from other countries. The Turkish organization and coordination of the unloading and distribution was impressive. Equally impressive was seeing the mini-UN of planes that arrived from all over the world, including the United States, UAE, Georgia, Sweden, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and others.
We spent a lot of time talking to the Red Crescent Coordinators as well. Their operation was similarly impressive. They have an excellent coordination network set up across the country, with depots of supplies in ten areas to accelerate response times. The Erzurum depot had supplied both the Van and the Hatay earthquake responses while we were there. They work closely with the Prime Minister's Disaster Response Coordination Office and local government offices. Talking to their local staff, I was impressed by their experience and dedication, as a number have been working for Kizilay for more than a decade. As in this case, their teams have a bag packed at all times, and are ready to deploy within two hours.
Throughout all of this, we were very aware of the magnitude of the event. Our thoughts and prayers were with the families of those who perished, and were injured. The fact that more than 200 were rescued from the October 23 earthquake is a testament to the skill and professionalism of the Turkish aid agencies in responding. I am pleased that the United States was able to be part of the effort to help Turkey recover from these earthquakes.
Rana in India writes:
Nice Post!
Amy A. in Washington, D.C. writes:
Thank you for this very informative post. Aside from donating to international relief agencies/NGOs, do you think there is anything else that American citizens can do to help the recovery in Eastern Turkey?


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January 31, 2007
The information in this Readme file pertains to Novell® ZENworks® Orchestrator, the Novell product that interacts with configuration and storage resource management servers to manage physical "compute" and "storage" resources and the relationships between them. The Orchestrator also manages virtual resources, controlling the entire lifecycle of each virtual machine.
The issues included in this document were identified when ZENworks Orchestrator was initially released. This document provides descriptions of limitations of the product or known issues and workarounds, when available. The Novell ZENworks Orchestrator 1.2 Release Notes shipped with the product include additional content that you should be aware of when setting up and using ZENworks Orchestrator. To view the Release Notes, open the Administrator Information page and click the Release Notes link.
NOTE:The Administrator Information page is available after the product is installed. For more information, see
Installing the Agent and Clients from the Administrator Information Page in the Novell ZENworks Orchestrator 1.2 Installation and Getting Started Guide. This guide also provides detailed installation instructions for the product.
This readme includes information organized in the following sections:
The following information is included in this section:
If Network File System (NFS) is used to mount a shared volume across nodes that are running the Orchestrator Agent, the agent cannot properly set the UID on files copied from the datagrid to the managed nodes by using the "default" NFS configuration on most systems.
To address this problem, disable root squashing in NFS so that the agent has the necessary privileges to change the owner of the files it copies.
For example, on a RHEL NFS server or on a SLES NFS server, the NFS configuration is set in /etc/exports. The following configuration is needed to disable root squashing:
/auto/home *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
In this example, /auto/home is the NFS mounted directory to be shared.
NOTE:The GID is not set for files copied from the datagrid to an NFS mounted volume, whether root squashing is disabled or not. This is a limitation of NFS.
The following information is included in this section:
If you create a new VM using VM Builder GUI and you specify an ISO as the install source with a 1 GB OS Disk, the Disk Partitioner in the Yast Installation report two disks. By default, the YaST disk partitioner tries to create swap and root on the second disk. This fails because the second disk is actually the ISO install source.
To work around this issue, ignore the second disk in the partitioner and create swap and root on the 1 GB backed disk.
The following information is included in this section:
Use of the ZENworks Orchestrator Console in a firewall environment (NAT, in particular) is not supported for this release. The console uses RMI to communicate with the server, and RMI connects back to the initiator on dynamically chosen port numbers. To use the console in a firewall environment, you need to use a remote desktop or VPN product.
This section explains the issues that might occur when users use the Virtual Machine Management capabilities of ZENworks Orchestrator. The following topics are included:
VMWare* Virtual Center 2.0 introduced a new object grouping for clustering that is not supported by the VMWare API adapter currently shipping with ZENworks Orchestrator 1.1. The additional group might cause VM and host object mismatches after the Orchestrator system discovers VM images in VMWare Virtual Center 2.0 and when you try to provision a VM in the cluster grouping.
To work around the issue, manually create a resource group in ZENworks Orchestrator to match the grouping existing in Virtual Center 2.0. After you create the group to match thegroup, you need to add the discovered resource to the new group and also add the new group to the for the vmhost(s) that are to be used for provisioning the resource.
If you prepare Virtual Machines that have LVM as their volume manager, on a Redhat server the default volume name is the same, so you cannot prepare a VM with LVM on a host that is also using LVM.
By default, SLES network configuration is set up with FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES=yes in /etc/sysconfig/network/config. This results in network device configurations being bound statically to specific MAC addresses.
MAC addresses in VMs are dynamic. In particular, if you clone a VM, you must change the MAC address so that the new VM is unique on the local network segment. If you have a SLES VM configured for DHCP with the default network configuration options, the clone does not appear on the network because its virtual NIC has a different MAC than the hard-coded configuration inside the VM image. The NIC looks like a brand new interface that isn't configured.
You can work around this issue by setting FORCE_PERSISTENT_NAMES=no in /etc/sysconfig/network/config. This setting causes the networking configuration to revert to the traditional mode of assigning eth0 to the first NIC detected by the kernel, eth1 to the second, and so on. This is the preferred mode for VMs because a VM MAC address does not remain static. In addition, a VM is likely to have only one or two virtual NICs, so eth0, eth1, etc. always refer to the same virtual NIC.
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The following issues and limitations have been identified when users are migrating a Xen VM:
An issue in the Xen virtual machine monitor incorrectly reports migration success when migrating to a host that has shared storage unmounted. This causes the VM to go into a shutdown state and return a successful error code of 0: the host does not receive the migration because the storage location is unmounted. Xen should return a different error code stating that the migration was unsuccessful.
The following limitations have been identified in a scenario where users are migrating a Xen VM:
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Both VM hosts (the target and the host) must have shared storage (SAN or iSCSI). This is automatically enforced with Constraints.
The operating system of the host where the VM is created must be the same OS as the host where the guest VM runs. For example, if you build a SLES VM on a RHEL machine, you can run that VM only on a RHEL machine.
The problem occurs because SLES and RHEL use different boot loaders for VM guests (SLES uses domU loader and RHEL uses pygrub). This creates a difference in the handling of the boot partition. This is not automatically enforced.
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Wildlife Forensic Lab Helps Nab Poachers
SAN MARCOS, Texas – It seemed like a good day for hunting: crystal blue sky, a cold front had just come through. When Game Warden Michael McCall found a deer feeder about 100 yards into the undeveloped property on Eagle Mountain Lake, he realized it might be a good day to catch poachers as well.
"I hid my boat on the north side of a slough in kind of a cove area and waited," McCall said. "About 15 minutes later, I heard a shot from a high-powered rifle."
As the hunters attempted a water escape, McCall gave chase. After about 10 miles and 30 minutes, the hunters dumped the boat and drove away in a truck with the deer they had killed.
The poachers and their prize escaped for the moment, but they left something very important behind: blood. McCall collected a sample of blood from the abandoned boat and submitted it to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's wildlife forensic lab.
The lab, located in San Marcos at the A.E. Wood Fish Hatchery, serves as one of only a handful of labs nationwide that focuses upon wildlife forensics, and Beverly Villarreal is the lab's only forensic specialist.
Within the next few months, the TPWD lab is expected to become only the second accredited wildlife crime lab in the nation, the first being the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's Forensics Laboratory. Accreditation is determined by an inspection of the lab by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors.
"There are certain requirements as far as how you handle the evidence. It's mostly having procedures in place and following those procedures," Villarreal said.
In the Eagle Mountain Lake Case, McCall had tracked down his suspect using their boat's TX number. The suspects confessed to killing a doe, however according to a gender analysis conducted by Villarreal on the blood from collected from the boat, the deer was a male.
Villarreal has worked on more than 600 cases in her 15 years working in the lab. She has helped many game wardens in their efforts to prosecute poachers.
The majority of cases that require forensic analysis involve deer poaching. Blood may be found in a suspected-poacher's vehicle, and if they claim that it's rabbit or hog, lab testing can determine the truth.
"If a game warden comes in and says, 'I think this is white-tailed deer' I use this," Villarreal said, pointing to a machine.
Despite what the CBS show "CSI" may demonstrate, most of the work done in the real forensic lab takes a while.
"I was watching one of those episodes, and the lady put something in a machine, and it just spit out a paper with the results immediately," Villarreal said. "I couldn't help laughing."
Villarreal, who earned a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Texas in Austin, began her forensics career as a part-time lab technician while working on her master's at Texas State University.
With her busy season (hunting season) coming to an end, Villarreal is shifting her focus to the approaching deadline for lab accreditation, a Texas legislative requirement.
And as for McCall's poachers, "I think they thought it would be a lesser fine to admit to killing a doe and they wanted to keep the head and antlers off the buck they killed," McCall said.
Once the suspects were confronted with the lab report showing that the deer was male, they confessed to the truth and handed over the antlers. Villarreal had made a DNA match between the antlers and the blood from the suspect's boat.
With the help of the forensic evidence, McCall's case was the first felony poaching case prosecuted in Tarrant County, and it surely won't be the last.
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Dear Gossips,
Oh, so have you heard? The Masked Singer, the crazy ass show I'm obsessed with, is the highest rated new show this season and Fox's highest rated non-scripted debut in seven years. So of course it's been renewed for a second season Read Full Intro
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Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling are back together on TV. I must have been totally out of it because this is the first I've heard of them doing a show together and it's premiering tonight on ABC Family. Or maybe no one cared enough to report it until now. In the last 10 minutes, I've read two articles about Mystery Girls and I'm still not sure whether or not it's a movie of the week or if it's a series but I don't want to spend the time to find out more. Full Story
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There's a story that's up on PEOPLE right now about Tori Spelling, her husband, Kevin Federline Jr, and that new reality show they're doing about the problems in their marriage ever since he cheated – ON her and not FOR her, because, you know. Full Story
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We Canadians are f-cking awesome this week, non? Rob Ford, Justin Bieber, KFed Jr… US Weekly reported exclusively a few weeks ago that Tori Spelling's husband, Kevin Federline Jr, cheated on her with a woman in Toronto. They didn't directly address the scandal. Instead, Tori kept posting happy happy family messages on social media. Full Story
You Are Not Surprised: KFed Jr edition
If you've been reading this blog for long enough, you know how I feel about Tori Spelling and that loser she married. Go through the archives if that's not clear enough for you. Kevin Federline Jr cheated on his then-wife Mary Jo Eustace after meeting Tori on the set of a made-for-television movie. Full Story
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Tori Spelling is selling a new book so that she can buy a vasectomy. At one point she talks sh-t about Katie Holmes. Apparently she and Katie were friends when Katie was on Dawson's Creek. Then they ran into each other years later at their vocal coach's office after Katie married Tom Cruise. Full Story
Tori Spelling & KFed Jr are broke
KFed Jr left his wife for the Spelling fortune. He thought he would have it easy. And now his wife is giving interviews to PEOPLE talking about how they're so short on cash money, they can't even afford to buy him a vasectomy. Really? After 5 minutes of research on Google it says it costs between $500 and $1500 for a vasectomy in the US. Full Story
Belly cupping
Tori Spelling is pregnant. And while I don't know how that feels, the way she's feeling right now, and do not intend to, I do know that if I had to be put in that position, I would never, ever, EVER pose with the dude's hand on my belly. YES, it's a beautiful thing. YES, it's a happy thing. Full Story
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Tori Spelling and her husband Kevin Federline Jr were in New York promoting yet another season of their dumbass show yesterday, which, who is watching that sh-t so that it keeps getting renewed??? Anyway, the rumour is that she's pregnant with their 3rd child because she's been wearing flats whenever she can and she's not as sickly thin right now as she's been in the past. Full Story
A friend of mine emailed me today with the subject line: I don't f-cking get it. Me neither. The Oxygen Network has announced that they've not only renewed the Tori Spelling reality show for a 6th – 6!!!! – season, they've also moved ahead with a second show for the couple called, try to restrain yourself here, sTORIbook Weddings, in which Tori and Kevin Federline Jr "turn the bride-to-be's dreams for a beautiful event into a reality (and) help the groom-to-be navigate all the twists and turns. Full Story
She has friends
And they all went shopping together yesterday. And while the paps were around they decided to take iPhone shots of each other. Those are her friends. Here's Tori Spelling out in Brentwood yesterday, skinny as sh-t and makeup free, spending time with her girls. Or whoever they hired to be her girls. Full Story


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Ralf Schiller and Kele Baker are the Argentine Tango choreographers for Strictly Come Dancing, having taught the dance to the celebrities and professional dancers since the dance was introduced to the program in 2006. Ralf and Kele have also choreographed for Strictly's Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova (Latin Fever and English National Ballet's Strictly Gershwin).
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Microsoft Not Bidding to Buy Yahoo: CEO BallmerBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-05-21 Print
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is not in talks to buy Yahoo, but it is in talks to do some serious business with them.
HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo Inc but is in talks about other types of deals with the U.S. No. 2 search engine, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
"We are not bidding to buy Yahoo," Ballmer said at the launch of Microsoft's new research and development centre in Israel.
"Yet, we are trying to have discussions about deals with Yahoo that might create value, but not a whole acquisition of the company," he said without elaborating further.
Earlier this month, Microsoft walked away from a proposal to acquire Yahoo for $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, after Yahoo rebuffed the offer, saying it would only settle for $37 a share.
Microsoft has now made an alternative offer, proposing to buy Yahoo's search business and take a minority stake in the Web firm, a person familiar with the discussions told Reuters this week.
Should a deal be completed, it would forge an alliance between the two companies that would represent an alternative means of competing with rival Google Inc, which has turned into an online advertising powerhouse.
For its part, Yahoo has said it was considering a "number of value maximizing strategic alternatives" and would evaluate any proposal made by Microsoft.
Yahoo on Sunday confirmed with Microsoft that it was not interested in pursuing an acquisition of all of the company but it remained open to pursuing any deal in the best interest of stockholders.
Investor Carl Icahn last week launched a proxy battle in order to pressure Yahoo to agree to be sold to Microsoft. A number of other large Yahoo shareholders have since said they would back Icahn.
Microsoft is also believed to be interested in buying social network site Facebook as a means of expanding its Internet business. Microsoft already has a small stake in Facebook.
"There's nothing particularly new on that front," Ballmer said. "We have a great relationship with Facebook and we look to continue to invest in that partnership."
(Writing by Steven Scheer, editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)
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