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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A handwritten sign that said "whites hate blacks" and was carried by one of more than 2,000 protesters in Johannesburg on Tuesday shows that a fierce national debate over a painting depicting the president's genitals is about more than art and the constitution.
Mapule Kgomo, a black woman from the outskirts of Johannesburg who wrote the sign, said she drew her conclusion about fellow South Africans who are white after seeing the painting, titled "The Spear," that a white South African had made of President Jacob Zuma, who is black.
"I hate whites passionately after that painting," she added. "I'm so hurt."
On Tuesday, a spokesman for the Goodman Gallery said it has agreed to remove images of the painting from its website. The painting itself had already been removed from the gallery after it was defaced last week.
But the passionate feelings about the painting don't seem ready to subside. If anything, the protests and comment have been amplified because much of it is taking place on social network sites.
The debate is part of an ongoing discussion in this young democracy about whether white South Africans are insensitive and to what extent black South Africans still feel they are treated as second class citizens, even though the country is governed by Zuma's African National Congress. The ANC led the fight against apartheid before becoming a political party.
Zuma has asked the High Court to rule that his constitutional right to dignity was violated when the gallery put the painting on display earlier this month. The gallery and artist Brett Murray argue they are defending the constitutional right to freedom of expression.
"I am not a racist," Murray said in an affidavit filed in the court case, which is still under way. "I do not produce art with an intention to hurt, humiliate or insult."
Liza Essers, owner of the Goodman Gallery, says she regrets "the divisiveness that the exhibition has caused.
"It was never my intention to cause hurt to any person," Essers said in a statement last week.
The issue is not black and white.
Black artists filed affidavits supporting Murray. And a white man and a black man entered the gallery to deface the painting, saying they were acting independently of each other and wanted to defend Zuma. The two were arrested and face trespassing charges.
Murray said in his court affidavit that the intention of his Zuma painting, part of a show that criticized the ANC, was to express a sense of betrayal that some post-apartheid leaders were greedy or corrupt. He also said that details of Zuma's sex life had become part of the public debate in South Africa.
Zuma, 70, has been married six times - he currently has four wives, as his Zulu culture allows. He has 21 children, and acknowledged in 2010 that he fathered a child that year with a woman who was not among his wives.
Tuesday's protest wound about a kilometer (half mile) from a usually quiet park in an upscale Johannesburg neighborhood to a corner just south of the gallery. Along the way, black women in maid's aprons and black men in gardener's overalls stood on the balconies of homes in the largely white residential neighborhood to cheer on the marchers.
The gallery had replaced pieces from Murray's show in its windows with signs reading: "The Goodman Gallery respects your right to protest."
ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu addressed the crowd outside the gallery, saying, "We refuse to be painted as inferior citizens of this country."
South African Communist Party leader Blade Nzimande, a Zuma ally, compared the case to a hate speech suit a group that lobbies for white South Africans brought against an ANC leader who had insisted on continuing to sing a song from the apartheid era that calls for killing whites. The judge in that case banned the song.
Nzimande said some have asked why Zuma supporters went to court, as the white group did, instead of trying to speak to the artist and the gallery to find a solution.
"You can't have a dialogue with a person who is actually insulting you," Nzimande said.
Kgomo, the protester, said that despite the division vividly on display Tuesday, a resolution was possible.
"If they apologize to our president, then it will be enough for us," she said.
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Apple Inc. and its court-appointed monitor appear to have patched up their rocky relationship as the company re-vamps its policies to prevent antitrust violations. In his first report to the federal judge who appointed him, attorney Michael Bromwich said his relationship with Apple as the technology company's monitor has "significantly improved" in recent months but added that his team still lacks a significant amount of the information needed to do the job.
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Kenny Chesney Shows Support for Newtown Family
Kenny Chesney is inspirational, with loads of No. 1 hits and high-energy concerts that exemplify his charismatic personality and zeal for music. But one of the most heartwarming aspects of this successful performer is his tender heart, which he recently portrayed in the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy.
According to Country 92-5, one of the Newtown victims was a little girl who adored the 'Pirate Flag' singer. In fact, CNN's Cooper Anderson revealed that before 7-year-old Grace McDonnell's parents lowered her white casket into the ground, they took a black Sharpie marker and wrote on it, "Kenny Chesney, No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems."
When Chesney was asked to call the grieving parents, he went above and beyond; he invited them and several other families to his Mohegan Sun shows and met privately with them to hear their stories. There's no doubt that at the end of the night, when he left with a Sandy Hook bracelet on his wrist, he also took the stories of the sweet little girl.
For one night, Chesney helped a few grieving Newtown families 'Feel Like a Rock Star.' Previously, the superstar showed his support through the recording of 'Amazing Grace,' which played during a special honoring the victims. Hopefully, through the worldwide kindness bestowed on the tiny town, Newtown will continue to heal, remembering and honoring the young lives that were taken far too soon.


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From: "The Secret History" – by Pocopius of Caesarea
28 - His Violation of the Laws of the Romans and How Jews Were Fined for Eating Lamb
How he unhesitatingly abolished laws when money was in question will now be shown in a few words. There was one Priscus in the City of Emesa, who was a skilful forger of others' handwriting, and a rare artist in such c ' rime. It happened that the church of Emesa had a long time before inherited the property of a distinguished patrician named Mammian, of illustrious family and of great wealth. During Justinian's reign, Priscus inventoried all the families of the mentioned city, so as to find which were adequately rich to be worth plundering, and after he investigated their family history, and found ancient letters in their ancestors' handwriting, he forged documents purporting to be their agreements to pay to Mammian large sums of money which were supposed to have been left with them by him as a deposit.
The amount of money mentioned as an obligation in these forgeries was not less than one hundred gold centenaries. He also imitated very craftily the writing of a certain notary public whose office was in the Forum during Mammian's lifetime: a man of high reputation for truth and every other virtue, who used to draw up all the citizens' documents, fixing them with his own seal. To those who were in charge of ecclesiastical affairs at Emesa he gave these documents, after they agreed that he would get a share of the money to be obtained from the matter.
But since there was a statute of limitations barring action after thirty years, except in mortgages and certain other matters, where the limit was forty years, they formed the following plan. Going to Constantinople and offering the Emperor large sums of money, they begged him to join in accomplishing the destruction of their innocent fellow citizens. He took the money, and without scruple published a new law, to the effect that the statute of limitations did not apply to the church, but claims connected with that institution might be brought at any time within a hundred years. And this was now the law not only in Emesa, but throughout the whole Roman Empire.
To enforce his decree he sent to Emesa one Longinus, a man of deeds and of great bodily strength, who later was Prefect of Constantinople. And those in charge of church affairs there immediately brought suit for two centenaries against some of the citizens whose ancestors were mentioned in the forgeries; and soon obtained judgment against these men, who had no defence owing to the great lapse of time and their ignorance of the facts. And all the other citizens were greatly grieved over this, and incensed against the accusers; the most reputable men of Emesa being the most perturbed.
Just as this evil was now progressing against the majority of the citizens, Providence intervened in the following way. Longinus ordered Priscus, the inventor of the mischievous trick, to bring him all the documents in the case; and when he objected, slapped him with all his might. Priscus, unable to bear the shock of a blow from a strong man, fell on his back, now trembling and shaking with fear; and supposing that Longinus had discovered him and that the whole deceit had been brought to light, stopped bringing suits.
As if it were not enough to do away with the laws of the Romans daily, the Emperor also exerted himself to destroy the traditions of the Jews. For whenever in their calendar Passover came before the Christian Easter, he forbade the Jews to celebrate it on their proper day, to make then any sacrifices to God or perform any of their customs. Many of them were heavily fined by the magistrates for eating lamb at such times, as if this were against the laws of the State.
Knowing countless other such acts of Justinian, I cannot include them, since the end of this book draws near. In any case, what I have told will be enough to show the nature of the man.
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Importance of Project Management is an important topic because all organisations, be they small or large, at one time or other, are involved in implementing new undertakings. These undertakings may be diverse, such as, the development of a new product or service; the establishment of a new production line in a manufacturing enterprise; a public relations promotion campaign; or a major building programme.


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The average quantity system (AQS) is an internationally agreed method of determining the size or quantity of pre-packed articles with a 'constant nominal content'. This means it provides confirmation of the measurement or quantity of goods in the package, being sold by measure (weight, volume, length or area) or count (number of items).
AQS is based on recommendations developed by the International Organization of Legal Metrology, (OIML R 79 Labelling Requirements in Pre-packages and OIML R 87 Quantity of Product in Pre-packages) and is intended for use in large-scale packaging plants where goods (e.g. breakfast cereals) are packed in the same quantity in large numbers.
After extensive industry and consumer consultation, the Australian Government decided to introduce AQS on a voluntary basis. Under national trade measurement legislation, manufacturers, packers and importers can choose:
Under the existing UTML system:
Under the AQS:
AQS provides a 97.5% assurance that goods are the correct quantity within the prescribed tolerances. These tolerances are proportional to the quantity of product and related difficulty of accurate filling.
Note: Australian AQS requirements align fully with OIML recommendations and may differ from those of other countries that do not fully implement the OIML recommendations. Importers should be aware of these differences when importing products using AQS.
AQS gives manufacturers and packers an opportunity:
Packers and importers have a duty to carry out sufficient checks to ensure that all batches of pre-packed articles meet the legislative requirements for correct measurement. The company does not need to follow the sampling requirements illustrated below for trade measurement inspectors, but it is strongly recommended to implement testing procedures and practices that provide a statistically robust and verifiable measure for compliance with these requirements.
When inspectors visit premises to inspect pre-packed articles, they will be checking what policies and procedures are in place to ensure the articles on the premises are the correct measurement. Inspectors will request information about:
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All goods pre-packed for sale must be marked with the net measurement (i.e. the weight of the contents without the packaging material).
AQS and the UTML systems operate concurrently and inspectors need to be able to identify which measurement system has been used.
If you choose to adopt the AQS in your business, pre-packed articles must be marked with the AQS e-mark, which is defined in the regulations as the letter 'e'. The shape, size and location of the e-mark must be:
Australian manufactured pre-packed articles without an e-mark will be assessed for compliance with the current UTML system and tested by trade measurement inspectors accordingly. These packages may also be tested at the point of sale.
Packers must be aware that it is an offence to mark a package with a mark that is not an AQS e-mark but which is likely to give the impression of being one.
In the case of imported products with an e-mark, the inspector would not normally have access to the production records from the overseas manufacturer and may require the products to be tested at the warehouse.
'Shortfall' is a term used throughout the packaging sections of the national trade measurement legislation. It means the extent to which production or output falls short of expectation.
Where a package is tested in accordance with the national single article test procedure, a shortfall occurs where the measured quantity of a package's contents falls short of the declared quantity marked on the package.
In other cases, the term refers to the failure of a group of packages of the same kind, when tested according to AQS or non-AQS (UTML) rules. While a large proportion of the packages in a group may be compliant, if a shortfall has occurred then the whole group of packages cannot be sold and the packer must take remedial action.
The AQS threshold is the lot size from which the sample number of pre-packages is selected. The sample will be inspected to decide if the lot conforms to AQS requirements. These are the requirements stipulated for an inspector to assess for compliance with regulation, as distinct from a testing program adopted by industry. These thresholds are given in Table 1.
Table 1. Inspection lots and sampling requirements
Sample size requirements number of packages)
Number of packages in sample allowed to exceed tolerable deficiency
100 to 500
501 to 3 200
3 201 or more
An inspector will select a sample from a lot of packages at random in accordance with accepted statistical sampling practice. If the sample selected from a lot of packages produced on a production line:
Testing for compliance with the AQS involves testing against the following three rules:
Table 2. Tolerable deficiencies in actual content of pre-packages
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Nominal quantity of product (Qn)
Tolerable deficiency (T) as a percentage of Qn
Tolerable deficiency (T) in g or mL*
Weight or volume
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100 to 200 (g or mL)
200 to 300 (g or mL)
300 to 500 (g or mL)
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1 000 to 10 000 (g or mL)
10 000 to 15 000 (g or mL)
15 000 to 50 000 (g or mL)
Qn ≤ 5 m
No tolerable deficiency allowed
Qn > 5 m
All Qn
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Qn > 50 items
* T values are rounded up to the next: tenth of a g or mL for Qn ≤ 1 000 g or mL and whole g or mL for Qn > 1 000 g or mL.
# Compute the value of T by multiplying the nominal quantity by 1% and rounding the result up to the next whole number. The value may be larger than 1% due to the rounding but this is acceptable because whole items cannot be divided.
This figure shows the typical measurements of packages illustrating the use of Q and T values.
In Table 3, 3 500 packs of butter are identified as the lot. Using Table 1, 125 packs of butter are chosen at random as the sample or threshold. Table 2 shows that a 500 g net package is allowed a T of 3% or 15 g. Therefore an inadequate package (T1 error) is allowed to contain between 485 g and 470 g.
A package weighing less than 470 g would be more than twice the tolerable deficiency and would fail rule 3 (T2 error). The reference test identifies two inadequate packages, no packages with a T2 error and an average net weight of 501 g. Therefore the packs of butter pass all three rules.
If potatoes had been chosen from Table 3, an inspection lot of 148 would have resulted in a sample or threshold size of 50 packages. Table 2 indicates a T of 1.5% (45 g) for a 3 kg bag. The reference test identifies no inadequate T1 packages and one inadequate T2 package. The lot fails the reference test because of the one inadequate T2 package when none are permitted under rule 3.
Table 3 Examples of reference tests for weight or volume
Lot size
Sample size
Sample average
Number of inadequate T1 packs
Number of inadequate T2 packs
Pass or fail
500 g
3 500
501 g
750 mL
752 mL
1.5 kg
5 000
1.6 kg
3 kg
3.1 kg
Consider packages of oysters labelled '12 Pacific oysters'. There are a total of 150 packs which make up the lot. Therefore, using Table 1, 50 packages must be chosen at random to form the sample.
Testing identifies that 49 out of 50 packages contain a dozen oysters and one package contains 11 oysters. This means the lot fails because under Table 2 no deficiency is allowed.
A second example involves the inspection of mild steel washers. Each of the 500 packages contains 200 washers, according to their labels. Therefore the sample size is 50 packages chosen at random. Testing identifies five packages that contain 197 washers. Table 2 shows that the tolerable deficiency for packages containing more than 50 items is the nominal quantity (Qn) x 1% (T = 200 x 1%) or two items. Because the number of inadequate T1 packages permitted would be three (using Table 1) the lot fails the reference test.
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The big painting show
layers of abstraction by 8 bay area painters
Exhibition Dates: March 8 – May 10, 2013
Kill Date: May 11
Artists' reception: 2nd Friday, March 8, 6 – 9 pm
2nd Friday reception: April 12, 6 – 9 pm
Closing reception: 2nd Friday, May 10, 6 – 9 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, Sundays by appointment
Location: Gray Loft Gallery, 2889 Ford Street, 3rd floor, Oakland, CA 94601
The Gray Loft Gallery is pleased to announce the big painting show, with works by eight established Bay Area artists.
Rick Arnitz
Mark Ashworth
Suzy Barnard
Jamie Brunson
Betty Jo Costanzo
Carol Lefkowitz
Simone Simon
June Yokell
The Gray Loft Gallery celebrates the achievements of emerging and established artists, with an emphasis on those who live and work in the Bay Area, in a non-traditional art space. The mission of the gallery is to provide exhibition opportunities for artists in a setting that is an alternative to the traditional gallery model. The Gray Loft Gallery is a unique venue located on the 3rd floor of one of Oakland's oldest artists' work/live warehouses in Jingletown, a vibrant arts district.
Weekend events will include wine tastings and artist talks. Check our website for updates.
Jan Watten, founder/director
Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA 94601


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Oklahoma State University accomplished a rarity in 2012, when two faculty members with the OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering were named Fellows by their professional organization in the same year.
Department Head and Professor Dan Thomas and OSU Regents Professor Glenn Brown were so recognized by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers in 2012.
"This is a great honor, for the individuals, the department and university; attaining the rank of Fellow is the highest honor presented by organizations of this type, which recognizes exceptional lifetime achievement and advancement of the profession," said Mike Woods, interim vice president, dean and director of OSU's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.
Generally, only about 2 percent of an organization's active membership has achieved the rank of Fellow.
Thomas has long been involved in research and extension programs associated with water quality, drainage, irrigation and precision systems. He is a licensed professional engineer in agricultural engineering, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a founding diplomat of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers.
"Water use, availability and quality are clearly key issues that affect everyone, encompassing economic, environmental and well-being perspectives," Woods said. "Citizens of Oklahoma and the region are fortunate to have a professional of Dr. Thomas' experience, awareness and judgment serving them as part of our OSU family."
As an administrator, Thomas provides leadership for the planning, development, integration and implementation of the department's teaching, research, extension and international programs; the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff and students; and the pursuit of external funding for scholarships, fellowships, chairs, professorships, competitive grants, research contracts and donor gifts.
Brown is internationally recognized for his cutting-edge research involving porous media flow, solute transport and groundwater pollution. His recent research involves the design and operation of bio-retention cells for on-site treatment of storm water.
"Dr. Brown has been instrumental in the growth and influence of the Oklahoma Water Research Symposium, which he initiated and chaired for a number of years," said Mike Langston, assistant director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Center at OSU. "The symposium has merged with the Oklahoma Governor's Water Conference, one of our state's key forums on water issues that annually attracts an attendance in excess of 400."
As an educator, Brown has been an active champion of the university in providing significant international experiences to undergraduate and graduate students. Many of his students have received various university and national awards, including National Science Foundation fellowships.
Though not a DASNR faculty member, Larry Caldwell also was named an ASABE Fellow in 2012. For 41 years, Caldwell served as a Natural Resources Conservation Service watershed specialist headquartered in Stillwater. He worked with many DASNR faculty and staff over the years, providing expertise and insights in the areas of dam safety, rehabilitation of aging dams and emergency action plans for dam failure.


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Puddle of Mudd Covers Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and More on New Album [VIDEO]
When they entered the studio to work on songs for a follow-up to 2009′s 'Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate,' Puddle of Mudd had a hard time finding the inspiration for new material — so they decided just to have fun playing some of their favorite tunes by other artists.
"We were really burned out, and when we started trying to write again it just wasn't time yet," said guitarist Paul Phillip in a recent Billboard interview. "We had been doing (AC/DC's) 'TNT' and (the Steve Miller Band's) 'The Joker' and had so much fun with those that one thing led to another, and we decided to make a covers record. It was just something fun to do, and we had a blast."
The result is 're:(disc)overed,' scheduled to arrive August 2, with the band's take on the Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter' serving as the first single. While Phillip insists the album doesn't consist of "slavish copies," he says they didn't try to change the originals. "We really tried to keep them true to what they were, because they are great songs already, so who am I to go in and change a Rolling Stones song?"
Track list for Puddle of Mudd's 're:(disc)overed':
"Gimme Shelter" (Rolling Stones)
"Old Man" (Neil Young)
"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
"The Joker" (Steve Miller Band)
"Everybody Wants You" (Billy Squier)
"Rocket Man" (Elton John)
"All Right Now" (Free)
"Shooting Star" (Bad Company)
"Funk 49" (James Gang)
"D'yer M'ker" (Led Zeppelin)


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Step 2: Preparation
Preparing Your Vegetable Garden
Now that you have the perfect plan, it's time to get in touch with your garden – literally! Loosen the soil with a garden rake, hoe or shovel and add some kind of organic matter to the existing ground.
Ideally, you want to loosen the soil to 12 – 18 inches deep. Depending on what kind of condition the soil is in you may have to add some water and let it soak in for a day or so—it will make digging much easier. The soil should be damp, not wet since that can destroy its structure. At this point you can begin adding your organic material—something like composted manure will work perfectly. You'll want to spread roughly 4-6 inches of this material on top of the loosened soil. Let the organic material rest on top for a few days, and then work it into the soil.


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The Last Brahmin: Life and Reflections of a Modern-day Sanskrit Pandit
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Autobiography of a Sanskrit scholar and school teacher from Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Two Rapid City Men Hurt in Separate Accidental Shootings
RAPID CITY - Authorities say two Rapid City men accidentally shot themselves with their pistols in separate incidents last weekend.
Police say a 42-year-old man shot himself in the hand while working on a pistol late Friday evening. The victim sought medical treatment on his own.
The second incident happened early Monday morning. A man in a car was reportedly attempting to put his handgun into his holster when he shot himself in the foot.
Police say other people were in the car but were not injured. The victim was taken by his friends to a local hospital.
The Rapid City Journal reports that no citations were issued in either shooting.
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Would you recognize me if I wrote MY story in words?
While the path I've traveled hasn't always been easy, it is the path I chose to take. I've shed tears of complete sadness and utter happiness. I've made mistakes and I've had successes. I'm positive there will be more of both in the future. Whatever they may be, it is what makes me – me.
There are a number of people – from close friends, distant friends, clients, industry peers and even probably some strangers along the way, who know some details about my life. Some people love to share their own stories with others. I, for one, have to know how comfortable others are in hearing a story before I even bring it up or attempt to go into detail. I think that's fairly true of many people. You'd be surprised how similar many of us are.
What if you could tell your story and not have anyone know that you wrote it? Would you? Maybe you have some words of wisdom to share with someone but you don't know who? What if I told you that you can? Would you?
The reason for this post is a traveling nationwide project I was able to take part of recently. It's called Leafless Diaries. Part of the tour includes the 50/50 Project, of which I was chosen to be the lone Minnesota photographer.
I invite you to read more about the Leafless Diaries project and if you see a little black book with a barren, leafless tree on it – no matter how long or short it may be, write something in it. We all may be surprised what we learn from another…
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leafless diaries is a national collaboration – a project to obtain the little bits of people that they don't normally reveal to the world, and an attempt to connect all of us, no matter how different. Throughout the next year, the leafless team will be traveling the nation, distributing 500 blank diaries about, asking participants to write a single entry in the book – something thoughtful, something deep… something they would normally write in a diary of their own. Then to pass the book onto someone they don't know or place in a location for someone to find to continue the sequence. When the books begin to find their way back home, the leafless team will go through the diaries and a selection of entries will be chosen to be included in the published book or book series, and the rest will be placed online – so the world too will be able to read the stories and insights and thoughts of those that have written in the books.
Along the tour, the leafless team will be working with a single photographer from each of the 50 states to create a visual representation of the project – capturing the lives that fill our world. The 50/50 Project is a collaboration between leafless diaries and an eclectic mix of 50 hand-selected photographers who encompass a wide-range of styles, backgrounds and experiences.
Also throughout the tour, the leafless team will be documenting their travels as they visit each state. They will be writing diary entries of their own and photographing some of the people and landscapes they encounter. There is also a weekly video episode showcasing the state.
Visit www.leaflessdiaries.com to follow the leafless team's adventures, as well as follow them on facebook at www.facebook.com/leaflessdiaries and on twitter at www.twitter.com/leaflessdiaries.


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The following post appeared as a guest post at Mediapost on February 25, 2010.
A couple of weeks ago, I was privileged to be a guest for a breakfast with Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor and confidant to President Obama, while she was traveling through the Seattle area. Planning for her travel, Ms. Jarrett's staff proactively reached out to Northwest executives and organizations to meet and discuss our challenges and ideas.
And Valerie did something remarkable: She listened. Her breakfast offered an important lesson for those of us in the media industry whose job is primarily around broadcasting our message to the masses: to listen truly and deeply to reality as it is, rather than how we want it to be.
On dozens of different topics, Valerie Jarrett took in every word, whether it came from supporter or critic. She demonstrated (in a perception-is-reality sort of way) that every voice she heard was bringing her not only perspective, but potential solutions. She pressed each opinion to understand it and to ask — directly — for the best ideas. She demonstrated she was taking those proposals to heart, and moreso, and taking them back with her to the White House to do the most important thing – take action.
The challenges facing the Obama administration are great: the fatigued healthcare initiative; the burden of extreme deficits; and a public that has been increasingly losing faith their change agent. And after seeing this inner-circle advisor open her eyes, ears, and arms to criticisms and solutions, I walked away inspired with the sense that they have a good shot of figuring it out.
And acting. The thing with listening is that it's only useful if you actually do something with it — and she did. A favorite example from the morning: When Ken Myer offered an idea for the White House to host a robotics competition on the south lawn as a symbol of the importance of science education, Ms. Jarrett said right on the spot that she'll make it happen.
Back in the media industry, how many executives make the time to meet with our constituents — both our supporters and our critics — just to hear what's on their minds? Even moreso, how many of us really listen when we have the chance? What impressed me most about Valerie Jarrett was that whether they flattered her positions or not, she wanted to hear reality from every perspective, and embrace solutions.
Too often in our changing media industry, leaders aren't facing the brutal facts, much less acting on them. We are facing rapid shifts in the way content is consumed and what advertisers want for their dollar. And what many publishers are doing is the opposite of action: it is hiding.
There is hope. I loved reading Kara Swisher's account of how Carol Bartz hosted her most vocal critic in the company cafeteria to share her Yahatred openly with 600 employees. Summoning the beast to the inner sanctum was a clear statement to executives and employees to listen to their critics and hear challenging perspective, to take it seriously, and most importantly to act on it.
But at the same time, some old media companies just don't want to hear it. I frequently see first-hand and hear stories from friends of how the biggest and oldest media companies are ignoring reality. One of the most striking examples was at last week's breakfast. Frank Blethen, Publisher of the Seattle Times stood up and said into the microphone: "Contrary to popular belief, the newspaper business model is sound." He might be the only person in America who thinks so. And if he does have the secret to solving the newspaper publishing mess, he must not be sharing it. But more than likely, he's hard of hearing. Instead of openly listening for solutions to stabilize the business in the face of declining circulation, pages, and advertising, he is in denial. Too many from the biggest and oldest media companies are ignoring reality — and the results will be fatal for them.
For the future of our industry, may we be challenge ourselves to listen like Valerie Jarrett and Carol Bartz. Let's bring in the toughest critics. Let them loose and have them take their toughest shots. For us, we can thicken our skins to take it, and be better for it. Focus on the criticism that makes us cringe, and use it to inspire new solutions. The more we see and hear reality – the more we invite it into our cafeterias for breakfast or lunch, listen to it, and ask it for ideas, the sooner we can innovate our way to success.


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We are looking for an eye catching logo that will be displayed on yard signs, web pages, vehicles and print advertising. The name of the company is "Everlast Siding of New England". The word "Everlast" should be the largest, most prominent font. The "Siding of New England" should be less prominent, but you can be creative with it.
We really want some defining element of the logo. The manufacturer uses a sun dial but we aren't really thrilled with it. ( I attached a file to view and some photos of the product)
A few concept ideas for thought:
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Most Blue Note soul-jazz albums from the late '60s went one of three ways: it either was a straight-ahead commercial session, a slightly psychedelic outing, or a funky workout with a vague "Black Power" theme.Dr. Lonnie Smith had followed the latter path with Think!, the predecessor to Turning Point, and there are still remnants of that style on this session, particularly in the opening cover of Don Covay's "See Saw." Nevertheless, Turning Point is a more adventurous affair than Think!, finding Smith -- as well as trumpeter Lee Morgan, trombonist Julian Priester, guitarist Melvin Sparks, tenor saxophonist Bennie Maupin and drummer Leo Morris -- exploring territory that isn't quite free, but is certainly more "out there" than the average soul-jazz session. In particular, Smith's originals "Slow High" and "Turning Point" reach the outer edges of the style, playing with dissonance, complex melodies and expansive sound structures. Despite all these free flourishes, Turning Point remains a soul-jazz record and it has all the trappings of its era -- the take on "Eleanor Rigby" finds the group approximating psychedelia. While the more adventurous elements of Turning Point make for an intriguing listen, the album isn't quite as enjoyable as the harder grooving sessions or the spacier soul-jazz records from the same era. Nevertheless, it's a worthwhile listen.


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Greg Howard/Photo / Mark Mitchell Greg Howard, director of Planet Green, a Kapiti Coast New Zealand company, has signed a a deal with a Global sportswear giant Fila, for a licencing agreement covering the South Pacific. Greg said the deal was massive and could see his company selling up to 300,000 gloves under the Fila brand in the region annually within the next three years. The company already sells the gloves in the United States under the Fila Golf brand, and said one possum skin went into each glove, he is excited about the new deal; " Because Fila now own Acushnet golf , through a recent acquisition, they now own the Footjoy, Titleist and Pinnacle brands. That really covers every top golfer in the world, any of those golfers could be wearing the glove next year. Because of the success of the possum fur blend with wool, used in clothing, and the growth of that industry, there's plenty of skins. We spent two years getting the tanning process right to provide an amazing grip. The grip works in the dry or in the rain. Once this South Pacific deal is going we've got the whole of Europe as well, but we have to get this going first." Green Planet Director Greg Howard White Dragon Golf is also a Kapiti Coast business, and you can be sure I will be asking Greg about his amazing deal with Fila.


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Mere hours into the start of Denver's offseason workout program, the Broncos are making changes along their offensive line.
Last year's starting right tackle, Orlando Franklin, tweeted Monday that he's switching positions:
Left guard, excited to learn and improve this offseason. I will give it my allâ
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Franklin -- who struggled mightily in the Super Bowl -- has been a fixture at right tackle, starting 47 games on the outside over the past three seasons. Still, a handful of teams saw him as a better fit inside coming out of Miami in 2011, and he occasionally practiced at guard last season.
The move fills a void left by Zane Beadles and gives Denver a bulky trio of run-stuffers up front, with Louis Vasquez penciled in at right guard and Manny Ramirez expected back at center. As of today, Chris Clark looms as the team's top candidate to take over at right tackle.
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It seems an appropriate place to find a truck "boneyard."
On one side of the fence lies the hustle and roaring bustle of I-78, with numerous cars and commercial vehicles traversing its asphalt and concrete length from one end of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley to the other.
Yet on the opposite side of the tall chain link divider, parked neatly in silent unmoving rows, lie hulks of picked-over tractor and medium-duty chassis nestled alongside equally muted piles of transmissions, engines, axles, wheels, and countless other truck components – with only the occasional grasshopper, bumble bee, or gust of wind for company.
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To many, it may seem more like a graveyard for trucks destined to forever sit and rust away eventually to nothing. Yet to Midway Salvage's owner Tony Giorgio, nothing could be further from the truth, for from these idle rigs come forth an endless stream of parts that can provide precious life to their still-humming brethren out plying the great highways beyond.
"In fact, a guy just called me today saying he'd just blown an engine and needed a replacement for it as soon as possible," Giorgio told me as we stood under a bright and almost cloudless blue sky looking over his assorted wares. "That's something we can do."
Giorgio is a latecomer of sorts to the truck parts and salvage business. After career spent at a local highway construction contractor, he – like millions of other Americans – found that hard economic times left him without a job. But fortunately for him, a glowing recommendation from his former boss landed him in the manager's role at Midway Salvage four years ago. And two years ago, he got to take over the lease himself to make a go of it as his own boss.
To broaden his trucking prospects, Giorgio created Midway Used Trucks & Trailer Service (wryly known locally by its acronym "M.U.T.T.S.") as a companion business to the Midway Salvage operation, rebuilding vehicles and selling them both locally and overseas – especially to Africa and South America, both "hot" truck export markets at the moment.
"It's a way for us to broaden what we can offer customers," Giorgio explained to me.
The narrow yet long space where Midway plys its trade – the "boneyard" measures just 225 feet across and 1,800 feet in length – is home to another venture of sorts: the finding, repairing, and selling of "classic:" trucks, especially cabover tractors, which Giorgio said are coming back into vogue.
Indeed, a recent "find" rolled into his lot as we talked – what looked to be a 1940s-era gasoline engine-equipped single rear-axle Mack truck found sitting in a local farmer's barn.
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"We'll clean it up and place it along the fence and see if it gets interest," Giorgio said. "These kinds of 'classic' trucks can be really popular."
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« Understanding Primary Immunodeficiency (PI)
Types of PI
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Over the weekend, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton concluded their travel to the Asia Pacific region to improve economic cooperation and renew relationships with a final stop in Indonesia. There, President Obama -- the first American president to attend the East Asia Summit -- worked with other leaders to expand trade opportunities. In addition, President Obama announced that Secretary Clinton will visit Burma to discuss that country's efforts to institute important democratic reforms.
Also in Indonesia, Secretary Clinton attended the U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting. She said, "[B]y strengthening the diplomacy and presence abroad, we can strengthen our economies back home, and actually, vice versa. And the United States recognizes that, so we are making a pivot, a pivot toward the Asia Pacific region, where we intend to be a diplomatic, economic, and strategic force for the 21st century."
Before traveling to Indonesia, President Obama visited Australia to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the U.S.-Australia alliance. During his visit, the President addressed the Australian Parliament and spoke to Australian troops and U.S. Marines. In addition, President Obama and his counterpart, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, announced plans to expand military ties in Australia.
Meanwhile, Secretary Clinton visited the Philippines and Thailand to underscore the Administration's ongoing broader efforts to reaffirm and broaden our alliances, as well as demonstrate and U.S. support for Thailand's recovery efforts following severe flooding.
Also in the region, Director of the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers Vangala Ram discussed participating in the Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF), a trilateral discussion among the United States, Australia, and Japan that provides an opportunity to discuss the evolving security environment and the prospects for trilateral cooperation.
Addressing multilateral cooperation in the South and Central Asia region, Assistant Secretary Robert Blake provided a readout of his visit to the Maldives, where he observed the 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, a yearly gathering of the Heads of State from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In Ankara, Economic Counselor Laird Treiber described the international response -- including assistance from the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Sweden, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and the Ukraine, among others -- following the 7.3 earthquake struck Van and several towns in eastern Turkey.
In other news, November 14-20 marked Global Entrepreneurship Week, a worldwide celebration of entrepreneurial innovators and risk-takers who drive job creation and economic growth and inspire others to follow their lead. In Pakistan, Ambassador Cameron Munter noted how the textile industry offers an opportunity for the next generation of budding Pakistani entrepreneurs to acquire training and expertise to start their own companies, while in the Maghreb region, Special Representative Lorraine Hariton promoted global entrepreneurship through the U.S.-North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity (NAPEO).
In the United States, the LAUNCH: Energy Forum finalists -- demonstrating the entrepreneurial spirit -- presented their ideas for the provision of more sustainable energy sources and improved access to energy for both developed and developing world populations. Special Representative Reta Jo Lewis consulted with Silicon Valley technology experts to search for low-cost, innovative solutions that can improve growing global networks between elected state and local officials in the United States and their foreign counterparts, while Senior Outreach Coordinator for Commercial and Business Affairs Nancy Smith-Nissley participated in the 2011 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference, where public and private sector international executives met to exchange information, ideas, and best practices.
At Unleashing IdEA, Secretary Clinton announced via video message an initiative with the IDB, Univision Networks, m-Via, and others to engage entrepreneurs from Central America and Mexico to support the development of diaspora-centered partnerships that promote trade, investment, and innovation in the region.
Several other important partnerships and initiatives launched this week. The Department of State hosted the first ever Tunisia Partnerships Forum, an effort to engage the Tunisian diaspora and promote opportunities for Tunisian and American businesses looking to invest in Tunisia. Under Secretary Robert Hormats highlighted the announcement of a public-private partnership to create the world's first Global Food Safety Fund, and he joined Under Secretary Mario Otero in launching the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Mineral Trade, which seeks to help break the links between conflict and minerals, including gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum. Furthermore, the Bureau of Energy Resources began operations with the mission of promoting U.S. international energy engagement, influence how nations move to a cleaner energy future, and protect our energy infrastructure and transit routes.
This past week also marked International Education Week, during which the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced the grand prize winners of this year's Dance With Us: Motion Across Cultures photo contest. During the week, we also saw how filmmaking and sports translate across cultures and help unite us. Earlier in the month, ECA launched the Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship, which will allow fellows to serve in professional placements in foreign government ministries or institutions to gain hands-on public sector experience while carrying out academic research or a study project in participating foreign countries.
We hope you will join us in the week ahead as we mark the beginning of the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, a campaign which starts on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25 and runs through International Human Rights Day on December 10.
In the meantime, I'd like to thank all of you for your feedback and comments this past week, and we look forward to hearing from you in the week ahead.
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
Great summary. Way to go, Hillary.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
"Way to go" indeed. There won't be a single private sector job left in America if this continues. The big question is how much more "economic cooperation" with Asia will it take to completely annihilate America's private sector?
Scott in Washington, D.C. writes:
This is a great article that highlights almost every aspect of 21st Century Diplomacy.
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clock is ticking
Jonny in Utah writes:
Great WIR. I'm glad to learn about the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. I hadn't even heard about that until reading it here in the WIR.
Pam in West Virginia writes:
Asia will be front and center in our turnaround of our economy. Thank you Aussies for always being with us hope we can do the same.Please keep gender equality in forefront. I think the US shows the world women can do it with Hillary at the helm and with so many other great women diplomats.
Jen in Virginia writes:
Kudos to Hillary and the State Department team for their work on Asia-Pacific trade and gender issues.
Ashim C. in India writes:
US contribution to ASEAN 2011 summit has contributed enormously to the cause of peace ans stability for development in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. This was made possible by firmness with which President Obama expressed US resolve to stay engaged in the region in trade and business and strategically. This has led China to soften it's stance on South China sea within days. The position of international law on maritime boundary and rights and duties of coastal states are well established and quite equitable. USA , in my opinion. shall do well to follow this ASEAN summit up with a ASEAN SAARC joint conference,of experts and leaders to specially focus on relevence of international maritime laws of peace, laws related to international rivers and land etc. so that the spirit of cooperation and acommodation is invigorated in the entire South and South East Asia with such modifications as may be necessary. Bilateral approach in seeking resolution of disputes in a time bound manner among states in the region has not yielded the decided results. Diplomacy has to be at it's best to make this happen and economic benefits of resolution of disputes among states, needless to say, ought to be highlighted.
A new system of strategic alliance among SAARC and ASEAN countries for creating a regional strategic response mechanism against erring states in future can be a good option. All the ASEAN and SAARC members can conbtribute their men and might to such mechanism according to their capacity to share the cost with USA, which is a pacific power too for historical reasons. This cannot be denied just as it cannot be denied that sovereign equality of states/nations, which is likely to obstruct such efforts, is a concept and an ideal to be followed not a ground reality. It makes, therefore, sense to lot of states in the region to accept their limitations and make up for them by a new architecture of alliance and this should not be difficult if benefits that such economic and strategic alliances have reaped for smaller and big partners have reaped are projected effectively. What has proved to be good for Australia, Japan and South Korea for example has to be good for India too and what has been good for Thailand and Phillipines has to be good for Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan to give few examples. While efforts for all this is on Russia can get more and more integrated with European Union.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
Merry Christmas and Happy New years for 2011. I hope everyone can enjoy these holidays around the world! Peace and Goodwill that everyone can share a commonground foundation for Peace!
John P. in Greece writes:
@ Donald M. in Virginia
Merry Christmas and Happy New years for 2011-12
I anticipate to have you as a web-friend here for another year to come...
2012 will be better than any other year!
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
@ John P. in Greece and Eric in New Mexico
Lets hope we all can be around to share more interesting comments, friends on the State Department is a good thing, Merry X-Mas and lets all have a wonderful 2012 year ahead! Full Speed ahead!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Donald,
Same to you bro..., very suprised I'm still on-line to post this bein' as economicly challenged as circumstance beyond my control won't allow me to be so past today. Must have been the holiday and no one was working at the phone company, or they just forgot to turn my phone off due to non-payment.
So, one can always hope they have a permanent case of Alzhiemers (chuckle), but maybe I can get to a library and check in once in awhile.
Situation F.U.B.A.R.
Semper Fi,
Victor U. in West Virginia writes:
These are excellent! Very informative and well done! Thanks


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BRANDON — The last of three Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEE) research study clinics will be held this Wednesday, May 29, from noon to 7 p.m. at the Whiting Town Hall.
The first two clinics, held in April and early May at the Brandon Senior Center and Sudbury Town Hall, were well attended. A total of 316 volunteers have donated blood samples that will be tested for antibodies to EEE.
Anyone age 12 and older who has lived at their current residence in Brandon, Whiting or Sudbury since June 1, 2012, can participate. Volunteers will be screened for eligibility and there is no sign up required in advance.
Eligible participants will be asked to complete a brief survey, and trained nurses will collect the blood sample. The Health Department wants to learn if many people have been infected with EEE virus but did not get sick. Individual test results will not be shared with participants. All information collected during the study will be confidential.
The Health Department is conducting the study in partnership with Boston Children's Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. EEE is a potentially fatal viral disease spread to people and horses through the bite of an infected mosquito.
Last fall two Vermonters died from EEE — one from Brandon and the other from Sudbury. Both lived in areas where mosquitoes had tested positive for EEE virus.


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Maximow Award
Announcing the winners of the second phase of the Maximow Award 2011/2012
Dear Participants,
we wish to thank you for your successful and brilliant contributions to the blog discussion. We hope you enjoyed this open way of sharing knowledge. We are sure that this terminology contest has shown a new path for scientific discussion. All blog comments received a doi and a pdf is made available on this CTT platform.
We also wish to thank Yana Onikiychuk, MD, and Dr. Max Christopeit for their moderation, and Prof. Alexey Chukhlovin for starting the discussion by posting the first excellent blog comment.
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Alexey Bersenev, Ilya Bozo and Kshama Gupta
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The names of the winners of phase I and phase II will be widely announced at the prestigious Wilsede Meeting which is due to take place 16-20 June 2012.
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for phase II of the Alexander A. Maximow Award 2011/2012
Blog Comment Contest: win 450€
From 10-31 May 2012, an online discussion will be held on our new blog. Take part, exchange ideas and win the Maximow Award Phase II.
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What exactly do we mean when we talk about "hematopoietic stem cells", how sure are we about this and is this terminology for HSC adequately dealt with in different languages?
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Ilya Ya. Bozo, Sergey A. Sergeev & Ylia V. Khramova, and Konstantin G. Shevchenko who submitted the three prizewinning articles for this year's Maximow Award have gained the substantial opportunity to participate in the XIX. Wilsede Meeting "Modern Trends in Human Leukemia and Cancer" in Germany (16-20 June 2012). This symposium has an excellent international reputation. About 180 scientists look forward to it every two years and several Nobel Prize laureates have attended it in the past.
In its 40 year tradition, eliminating barriers to scientific knowledge has always been essential to the organizers. Even during the Cold War, Soviet scientists were invited and attended the symposium to create links with their Western colleagues.
The support of young scientists is another vital ambition of the Wilsede Meeting. Stipends are awarded on a competitive basis to young scientists from Germany and Eastern European countries including Russia who wish to participate at the symposium (click here).
We hope and expect that attending the Wilsede Meeting will be an unforgettable experience for our prizewinners and that the creation of new networks will help them in the continuation of their scientific career.
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Maximow Award Team interviewed
The innovative concept of the Alexander A. Maximow Award has not only attracted the attention of German websites (Kisswin). KTTI, the Russian partner journal of CTT, recently interviewed the Maximow Award Team about the competition and the experiences they have made. The interview will be available shortly in Russian and in English on KTTI.
We thank KTTI for the pleasent collaboration and we hope to deepen our cooperation in the future.
The Alexander A. Maximow Award 2011/2012
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Articles for open peer review within the Maximow Award contest:
Restoration of bone marrow niches is the basis of optimization of HSC engraftment
Ilya Ya. Bozo
In vitro models for stem cell transplantation
Sergey A. Sergeev, Yulia V. Khramova
Selected issues of the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy gene and cell therapy
Konstantin G. Shevchenko
Quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease after intracoronary administration of bone marrow mononuclear cells
Julia A. Nesteruk
The role of CXCR4 and Lyn-kinase in stromal/leukemia interaction
Maria V. Zagrivnaja
Detection of minimal residual disease in patients with acute myeloid leukemia with multicolor flow cytometry
Konstantin U. Slobodnyuk
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Fear can take many forms, from minor phobias to life-altering conditions such as PTSD. Now, new research is shedding light on how these so-called fear memories could be changed. At the final SciCafe of the season on Wednesday, June 6, neuroscientist Daniela Schiller will discuss her work on the neural mechanisms of emotional control and potential ways to modify or "erase" fear memories. Schiller recently answered a few questions about how memories are created and lost.
How did you first become interested in studying emotional memories?
It wasn't an explicit decision. I started with philosophy and psychology, and I was interested in the brain and the mind. And the combination is the neural basis of behavior, and within behavior, emotion is fascinating because it's the least willful process we have. We think emotions just happen to us, but they don't just pop out of the blue. It's interesting to look at the mechanism and see that it's a very distinct process in the brain that you can observe and counteract and modulate.
How have you explored ways we might control or erase fear memories?
First, we create a fear memory in the laboratory. It's a simple memory, a cue associated with a mild electric shock. Then, we remind the subject of this fear memory, and when it's active in the subject's brain, we try to manipulate it. You can do this by giving a drug or by doing some behavioral interference to provide new information that gets incorporated with the original memory and modifies it. Once you re-activate the memory, it goes into an unstable state, and this is the moment when you can interfere with it.
How do memories enter an unstable state, and how might we use this information to "forget" fear?
If you don't consolidate a memory—meaning there's no strengthening of the trace in your brain—it's going to go away, and you'll forget the event. If you do consolidate it, then you create a long-term memory. But whenever you retrieve a memory that was already consolidated, it becomes unstable and needs to be consolidated again—hence, "re-consolidation." You re-store the memory. Consolidation and re-consolidation are the windows where memory is vulnerable. And if you prevent a memory from being consolidated or re-consolidated, you can "erase memory." In other words, every time you revisit it, you have a new chance to forget.


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I'm currently on a deadline, hiding away in a cabin on a lake and writing in between catching muskie, so I asked Simon Wood to do a guest blog for me.
Here's Simon...
I've known Joe a long time. We met at a convention in Arizona just after he'd signed the contract for Whiskey Sour. We spent an evening in a hotel lobby into the wee hours of the morning talking. I'd admired his journey for nothing else than his stick-with-it-ness. I may not always agree with Joe, but I do respect his opinion. So I always have a lot of time for Joe and he's kindly given some of his time for me to talk about my writing journey.
My writing journey is a little different from Joe's in that I came up through the small presses. I struggled to find an agent, so the doors to the New York publishers remained closed. A small press called Barclay Books picked up my first novel, ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN and published it in 2002. The book came out to some good notices but that was about all.
Sadly, the small press was just as green as I was and hit the skids hard about a year later. I sold a collection of horror stories to a different small press the following year and it folded shortly after the book came out. I had better luck with a collection of crime stories, WORKING STIFFS. Blue Cubicle was a small press out of Texas and I have to say it remains the best publishing relationship I've had so far. The process was very collaborative. The book had limited distribution, picked up some nice praise and one of the stories won an Anthony Award. It was good for my profile, but with a limited print run, it wasn't going to break me out sales-wise.
As much as I wish I'd gotten an agent who'd landed me a big contract, I'm quite thankful for my experiences in the small presses. I learned about contracts (sometimes by making big mistakes) and how the business of publishing worked from publisher to distributor to bookstore. It's made me a far savvier writer because of it. I'd recommend to any new writer (especially these days) to make sure they know the industry inside and out and not leave it in the hands of others to make decisions.
In 2007, I finally broke out of the small presses by landing a book contract with Dorchester Publishing. They published a much revised version of ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN. My writing had come a long way since the Barclay Books edition, so I tightened up the manuscript and cut ten thousand words in the process. Again, I circumvented the traditional way of getting to an editor by pitching the book direct to an editor at a convention. I knew what he'd published and the kind of books he'd commissioned, so I was ready for any questions he might my throw at me. This one meeting led to three more novels with Dorchester until their well-documented problems last year.
When it came to eBook world, I'd been a little hesitant to get involved. I held the e-rights to all but my Dorchester titles, but a couple of my small press publishers had asked me not to release an eBook version because it would hurt print sales. I respected their position, especially as they'd paid me decent advances and held off for a long time until one of my small-press editors admitted that he'd stopped buying print books since he'd bought a Kindle. After that, I didn't see much point in holding off any longer.
As part of my understanding of this market, I quizzed a large Kindle readers online group about their buying habits. I got several hundred responses with surprising results. Once people converted to eBooks, they stayed converts. They didn't double dip, buying some print books and some eBooks. Once they went electronic, they never went back. My print publishers worries that publishing the eBook version would rob print sales were unfounded because those customers were already gone.
So last year, I released my backlist on Kindle, etc. I released my short story collection and several novels. When Dorchester crashed last year, I negotiated my rights back to all the thrillers I'd done with them. I went into 2011 owning all the rights to all my books so far.
I have to admit sales were slow at first, but to be honest, I wasn't approaching it right. To use a Field of Dreams analogy, just because I built it didn't mean anyone would come. Success in the eBook market thrives on endorsements from trusted voices and you find them in the blogosphere . I sent review copies, essays and articles about my books to any and all blogs and websites with a good following. This helped get the word out and it showed itself in sales. With ten titles to my name, trying to promote them all at once was monumental and diluted my message.
In April, I decided to focus on title at a time. I focused on ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN first, as this was originally my debut novel. The approach worked. I had some good feedback coming from a lot of sources. Then momentum took over, I started to see various eBook and Kindle blogs talking about ACCIDENTS or one of my other titles almost daily. Sales climbed from April to June and ACCIDENTS hit Amazon's Top 100 titles.
Then in one of those serendipitous events, Amazon sent out an email blast about the book at the end of June. This catapulted ACCIDENTS to the #2 spot at Amazon over the 4th of July weekend, just behind Janet Evanovich's latest.
Proving the adage that a rising tide lifts all boats, I saw incremental sales growth across the board as ACCIDENTS spearheaded the rise to the top. THE FALL GUY cracked the Top 100. I have six titles in the Hardboiled Top 20. WE ALL FALL DOWN looks to be the next title to go big judging by its rising numbers.
So what does this mean for me now? It means a few things. I will hold on to my eBook rights. In the past, I've lumped them in with my print rights contracts. Up until recently, eBook rights have not been viewed as a commodity. No one has had a handle on their worth. I do now. I have a track record and I can use this to my benefit in the future. My ex-Dorchester titles have outsold their print counterparts now. These eBook numbers will serve me well as I move forward.
I know Joe's feelings and the feelings of others, but I'm not ready to cut my ties with traditional publishing. I will do what is beneficial to me. If that means working with traditional publishers then I will do so. If it doesn't, then I won't. Either way, my agent will have some heavy caliber ammunition when she goes into negotiations with potential publishers in the future.
Throughout my writing endeavors, I've rolled with the punches. Part of that has been keeping an eye on how the face of publishing changes. EBooks have not only put some money in my pocket, but more importantly given me a stronger bargaining position going forward. I don't believe publishing has reached a status quo yet, so I'll be ready for it as it changes, and poised to adapt to the next development in the marketplace.
Joe sez: It's great to see Simon succeed, especially since he never got a fair shake in NY. I know so many authors who were dropped, overlooked, or poorly published, and I'm happy to see many of them finally finding their audience in ebooks.
Also, I'd like to point out that if I got the right deal, I would be willing to work with a traditional publisher again.
While I believe publishers have made big mistakes with my previous books, and are doing a poor job with ebooks, self-publishing is not an ideology for me. This is a business. I'll go with whatever way makes me the most money.
That said, I'm 100% sure no legacy publisher would ever pay me the amount of money I would need to sign with them, let alone agree to my terms. They'll all fade away first.
Which is why I would advise Simon, if legacy publishers do see his sales and make him and offer, to think long and hard about what his goals are.
The industry is changing fast. You don't want to sign a deal and then kick yourself a year from now. Not unless the money is so big you're willing to never get your rights back again.
Perhaps publishers will wise up. But I haven't seen any indication that they will.
I have seen more and more indie authors signing with publishers, however. Only time will tell if those authors made good decisions, or not.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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