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- Words by Mr Chris Laverty, creator and editor of Clothes on Film
With the suit undergoing a brand-wide and very British resurgence this season, it seems an appropriate time to look back at one of the finest suits ever committed to film. Perhaps even more than Mr Cary Grant's esteemed Glen check example in North by Northwest (1959), Sir Michael Caine's dove-grey suit from The Italian Job (1969) remains the embodiment of cinematic cool. This suit is one of just four that Sir Michael sports throughout the film, all of which were tailored by London's Mr Douglas "Dougie" Hayward.
Mr Hayward did not learn or apply his craft on Savile Row, since he was unable to gain access to this street due to his broad London accent. Instead, he set up business in Mayfair. By the time of filming The Italian Job, Mr Hayward had a reputation as the "celebrity tailor" of the age. This is not intended as a criticism; his suits were elegantly styled with just a touch of era flamboyance, such as the use of one-button cuffs and high double vents. Mr Hayward's clients included none other than Sir Roger Moore, Mr Clint Eastwood, Mr James Coburn and of course, Sir Michael.
Despite their London heritage, Douglas Hayward suits were in fact Italian-influenced, yet they remained characteristically British in finish. The Italian cut came to prominence during the mid-1950s when roomy double-breasted suits were the norm. It was a more youthful, body-conscious style based around a shorter jacket, narrower legs, suppressed waist and gently sloping shoulders. Supposedly this Roma cut was a reaction to the more diminutive build of Italian men. You can see the Italian effect in Sir Michael's 1960s suits, but due to his stature a shorter jacket would have looked ridiculous. Mr Hayward took only what worked, preferring to tailor the man rather than the era.
The first Douglas Hayward suit worn by Sir Michael's cockney wide boy Charlie Croker is a two-button hound's-tooth check, donned when he is released from prison. What we are subsequently led to believe is that this suit is in fact dated enough to be "in a museum". It was deliberately cut to be ill-fitting on Sir Michael in order to serve the narrative.
A scene from The Italian Job featuring Sir Michael in a dove-grey sharkskin single-breasted suit by Mr Hayward. Collection Christophel © Paramount Pictures
Sir Michael's second - and pivotal - suit is seen when he collects his Aston Martin. It's a dove-grey sharkskin single-breasted number, three-buttoned, with details such as the three-cuff, straight-flap pockets and high double vents. The trousers are flat front and narrow with a single crease. His shirt, most likely by Turnbull & Asser, is pale blue with slim then wide vertical stripes, a high neck and medium-spread collar, worn with an electric blue silk necktie and gold cufflinks. His belt is black leather with a noticeable gold buckle; the boots are black leather Chelseas.
This is undoubtedly Croker's "make an impression" suit. Director Mr Peter Collinson's iconic cut to the sliding garage door - which lifts to reveal the dapper Sir Michael - is one of the best-remembered shots in British cinema. He fizzes cool like a tall gin and tonic on a hot summer's day. Of course, it could be argued the jacket's sleeves seem a drop short and the closure is half an inch too tight. Really though, this is more a case of the suit fitting where it touches. Sir Michael had several of the same Douglas Hayward suits hanging in his wardrobe in different sizes to allow for fluctuations in his weight. Incidentally, the jacket lapel was purposely designed not to roll over the top button, described by Mr Hayward as the "waisted shape".
Despite zipping through five outfit changes in succession, Croker's next Hayward suit is not worn until he's assembled his crew for the heist. It is possibly Sir Michael's best-fitting suit in the whole film, albeit not grey, a dark blue worsted double-breasted, six on two button stance, with wide peak lapels, slanted hip pockets, ticket pocket and high double vents.
Trousers are flat fronted and narrow, the shirt white Turnbull & Asser, with medium spread and white silk necktie. Perhaps it was a little odd to wear a white tie out of evening wear, but it works well as part of the ensemble. Sir Michael has the height to pull off a high-fastening jacket, so it is a pity he does not wear another such suit in The Italian Job. The blue is serious but not sombre, the fit faultless. He looks the business.
Sir Michael with Mr Hayward at the Douglas Hayward shop in Mayfair, 1998. Photo © Clive Arrowsmith/Chilli Media
Sir Michael's final suit is seen at Turin airport and generally considered to be his most famous. It certainly remains an enduring example of 1960s tailoring; a beige linen single-breasted suit, three-horn-button jacket, single-button cuff, high double vents and notch lapels featuring a single heavy needle stitch. Trousers are flat front and narrow, fitting slightly below the natural waist. The shirt is white Turnbull & Asser with light brown vertical stripes, worn with gold and onyx cufflinks. The necktie is cream and brown silk, worn alongside a burgundy patterned single-point pocket square. The shoes are chestnut-brown leather slip-ons to match his belt. Sunglasses frames are tortoiseshell.
The details are great but the suit is almost perfect. Sure, it is very narrow and the trousers are a tad low. Plus, the left lapel sits up slightly, making it appear untidy (typically a sign of a fused collar but Hayward's were never fused). Yet to nit-pick is to miss the point. This is exactly what we think of when we think of a 1960s suit. It is the epitome of the era and the epitome of Sir Michael; it is cool precisely because it's not perfect.
After this point The Italian Job's finest sartorial moments have passed, except for maybe Mr Tony Beckley's carnation-pink suit as Camp Freddie, which contrary to rumour was not made by Mr Hayward. The temptation to skip the famed car chase and nip back to the beginning to admire that effortless grey suit one more time is too great. It has been said that Sir Michael was overshadowed by the Mini Coopers that stole the last 20 minutes of the movie from under his nose. The Minis are wonderful, an icon of 1960s Britain, but they are not the stars of The Italian Job at all; the stars are the suits. Like the film itself, Mr Dougie Hayward's irreplaceable contribution will never be forgotten.


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To ensure the safety of the users of the play set, the play set has to be subjected to the safety inspections described in the manual once at the beginning of each season and further twice monthly during the usage season.
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Originally posted on the OneNote Blog.
(Guest blogger Christina Tynan-Wood writes the Family Tech column for Family Circle magazine, and is the author of "How to Be a Geek Goddess." She has been covering technology for decades and blogs at GeekGirlfriends.com and Family Circle's Momster.)
My son Cole (16) -- like many men I know -- is very good at appearing to listen when he isn't paying any attention at all. Whenever a conversation takes the form of a lecture, his attention drifts. His imagination kicks in. He finds something to do with his hands. Sometimes he even absently gets up and leaves the room. When he was younger, he got into quite a bit of trouble in school for this inattention. So over the years, he has learned to strike a pose of rapt attention before allowing his mind to wander. I'm sure this nonverbal tendency has contributed to a few of his more shocking report cards. Thankfully though, in this digital age, his high-school teachers tend to take a liberal attitude toward the use of technology. As long he is quietly using his tech as a study aide (not to cheat, text, or watch TV), his teachers quietly turn a blind eye.
So, to bolster my hope of someday celebrating college acceptance letters with him, I decided to teach him how to use Microsoft OneNote - in conjunction with his Windows Phone -- to improve his note taking skills.
I'm a journalist. Years ago I ditched notebooks and rely instead on OneNote keep track of research. It looks like a digital three-ring binder. But the more you use it, the more you realize how limited a three-ring binder is. I recently added a Nokia Lumia 900. ($49.99 with a contract at AT&T) Windows Phone to my work arsenal. And the combo allowed me to ditch the backpack, handheld recorder, and camera I once sported for note taking. When I jot a note, snap a photo, or record a conversation using OneNote on my Windows Phone, those notes are instantly synced (via Sky Drive) with OneNote on my Windows PC. So when I get back to my office, all my notes are waiting for me. No carrying. No filing. No organizing. It's all done.
Being a journalist is a lot like being a perpetual student, I figured. So -- hoping these tricks will help my son, too -- I grabbed a laptop, cornered him, and said, "We need to come up with a plan to help you do better in school."
He had a terrible year last year so he knew he wasn't getting out of this conversation. He sighed, sat down, and pretended to pay attention.
"Do you take notes in class?" I asked.
He said he did.
"Can you show me some of them?"
He looked panicked and started tossing out excuses. Some of them contradicted each other. It was funny.
"So you don't really take notes?"
"I mean to," he admitted. "I bring a notebook. I get it out. It's just so boring."
I've known this boy a long time. So I know that listening to someone talk for ninety minutes is harder for him than jumping off an Olympic high board would be for me. (I don't like heights.) He's also nocturnal. So a long, early morning math class -- even though he likes math -- is an endurance sport, one where he is not the favorite to win. This all gets worse as the year goes on because if he daydreams through one lecture, the next one makes even less sense. With every class, he becomes more completely lost.
I opened OneNote and showed him that it looked like his notebook but was better.
Then I showed him how simple it was to create notebooks that are stored online at SkyDrive.com so he can access them from anywhere. He already has a Microsoft Account so we logged in from OneNote and created a new class notebook that would be stored in the cloud.
Then I showed him around the note-taking features of OneNote on his PC. It allows him to capture Web research (and remembers where he got it.) It lets him record video. He could drop scans of homework assignments in here and toss the originals. He could jot ideas. He could create to-do lists. And all of it is searchable.
It would even let him enter mathematical formulas.
This was all very cool, he agreed.
"But I'm not bringing my laptop to class," he told me. "Only dorks do that."
I knew that. But he, too, has a Windows Phone. The selling point for him was its seamless integration with Xbox not its seamless integration with Office and SkyDrive. But he's hooked on it. So my evil plan was already working. In fact, he had it in his hand while we were talking. I pointed out Office Mobile (which, in addition to OneNote, features Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and told him to tap it. His phone was already logged into Windows Live - that's how he keeps up with his gaming peeps -- so when he opened Office on his phone, the new school notebook we'd just created was already there waiting for him.
I showed him how to create a new note in that notebook, right from his phone.
"So, when you can't pay attention anymore in class," I told him. "Start a new note and tap that little microphone icon to record the lecture. That way you can listen to it later - and use fast forward and rewind - so you know what material was covered." His idea of studying is to go watch Sal Khan explain things in a way he can relate to at The Khan Academy. That usually brings him right up to speed. But he needs to know what the teacher covered in class to do it.
He was impressed. "This would be handy for when you start these random lectures and force me to listen to you," he told me, smiling and tapping the microphone icon to record our conversation.
Within seconds, the recording showed up on the computer screen. And now I had his attention.
I pointed out that the camera icon would be handy for taking photos of the homework assignments on the blackboard - since he never seems to remember to write those down, which leads to missed homework assignments, and - eventually -- terrible grades.
I had him now. I know he wants to be a better student. But, in addition to his attention problems, he's also a hip guy with a social life. And sitting in class, hanging on the teacher's every word and copying things off the board are not - in his mind - the way to win a pretty girl's heart. (No matter how many times I tell him girls like smart guys.) But this sort of note-taking? He could do without anyone noticing. In fact, it would give him a chance to show off his tech savvy. And, if he does miss something in class and finds himself having trouble with a tough homework assignment, he can switch on his Microsoft webcam and Skype his friends-or that cute girl from math class-to figure it out.
Whether all this technical firepower will improve his grades still remains to be seen. But I'm certain it would have helped me get better grades back when I was a student.
You can find OneNote -- and the other Office applications I think are great for students - in Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010. Even better it's on sale until September 14! When you buy Office Home and Student 2010, Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 (3 pack), Office University 2010 or Office for Mac University 2011 you get 15% off.
For more ways to replace old-school tools with tech, check out the September issue of Family Circle Magazine for my feature, "Tech that's Anything But Old School." Or come visit my "Family Tech Christina" blog at FamilyCircle.com/tech.


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Chance News 66
- 1 Quotations
- 2 Forsooth
- 3 Risk reduction
- 4 Teaching with infographics
- 5 Subverting the Data Safety Monitoring Board
- 6 Think the answer clear? Look again
- 7 Is the United States a religious outlier?
- 8 Perfect Handshake formula
- 9 Wondering about NFL IQs?
- 10 Too much data on risks of BPA
- 11 All the news that the data tell us is fit to print
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
--Mark Twain
Quoted by Richard H. Thaler in The overconfidence problem in forecasting, New York Times, 21 August 2010.
Submitted by Paul Alper
The following Forsooth is from the August 23, 2010 RRS News.
An editorial was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (Volume 101, no 23, 2 December 2009). It announced some online resources for journalists, including a statistics glossary, which gave the following definitions:
- P value. Probability that an observed effect size is
due to chance alone.
if p ≥ 0.05, we say 'due to chance', 'not statistically significant'
if p < 05, we say 'not due to chance', 'statistically significant'
- Confidence interval (95% CI)
Because the observed value is only an estimate of the truth, we know it has a 'margin of error'.
The range of plausible values around the observed value that will contain the truth 95% of the time.
The journal subsequently (vol. 102, no. 11, 2 June 2010) published a letter commenting on the editorial and the statistics glossary. The authors of the original editorial replied as follows:
Dr Lash correctly points out that the descriptions of p values and 95% confidence intervals do not meet the formal frequentist statistical definitions.
[…] We were not convinced that working journalists would find these definitions user-friendly, so we sacrificed precision for utility.
Submitted by Laurie Snell
Risk reduction
Burger and a statin to go? Or hold that, please?
by Kate Kelland and Genevra Pittman, Reuters, 13 August 2010
Dr. Darrel Francis is the leader of "a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, [in which] scientists from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London calculated that the reduction in heart disease risk offered by a statin could offset the increase in risk from eating a cheeseburger and a milkshake."
Further, "When people engage in risky behaviors like driving or smoking, they're encouraged to take measures that minimize their risk, like wearing a seatbelt or choosing cigarettes with filters. Taking a statin is a rational way of lowering some of the risks of eating a fatty meal."
1. Obviously, the above comments and analogies are subject for debate. Defend and criticize the comparisons made.
2. Risk analysis is very much in the domain of statistics. How would you estimate the risk of driving, smoking, eating a cheeseburger or taking a statin? Read the article in the American Journal of Cardiology to see how Francis and his co-authors estimated risk.
3. Pascal's Wager is famous in religion, philosophy and statistics; his wager is the ultimate in risk analysis.
Historically, Pascal's Wager was groundbreaking as it had charted new territory in probability theory, was one of the first attempts to make use of the concept of infinity, [and] marked the first formal use of decision theory.
The wager is renowned for discussing the risk of not believing in God, presumably the Christian concept of God.
[A] person should wager as though God exists, because living life accordingly has everything to gain, and nothing to lose.
Read the Wikipedia article and discuss the risk tables put forth.
Submitted by Paul Alper
Teaching with infographics
Teaching with infographics: Places to start
by Katherine Schulten, New York Times, The Learning Network blog, 23 August 2010
Each day of this week, the blog will present commentary on some aspect of infographics. Starting with discussion of what infographics are, the series proceeds through applications ranging from sciences and social sciences to the fine arts. Each category will feature examples that have appeared in the Times. The link above for the first day contains an index to the whole series. There is a wealth of material to browse here.
Submitted by Bill Peterson
Subverting the Data Safety Monitoring Board
Don't Mess with the DSMB Jeffrey M. Drazen and Alastair J.J. Wood. N Engl J Med 2010; 363:477-478, July 29, 2010.
The Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) is supposed to be an independent group charged with interim review of data from a clinical trial to decide whether to stop a study early because of evidence that continuation of the trial would be unethical. Trials are commonly halted early because of sufficient evidence that a new drug is clearly superior/inferior to the comparison drug, or because of serious concerns about safety.
The independent function of a DSMB is vital.
Since the DSMB (data and safety monitoring board) is charged with ensuring that clinical equipoise is maintained as trial data are accrued, it is considered very bad, even self-destructive, behavior for people who are involved with the study to interact with DSMB members on trial-related issues. Traditionally, there has been a wall between investigators, sponsors, and the DSMB. This wall prevents preliminary findings from leaking out in ways that would prejudice the trial. For example, if it was known that the DSMB was examining a marginal increase in cardiovascular risk in a trial, then trial investigators might bias future recruitment by excluding patients at risk for such events.
In the real world, though, problems with the DSMB occur. In one case, a drug company bypassed the DSMB and conducted an in-house examination of data in a trial and quickly published the data to counter a recently published meta-analysis that suggested safety issues associated with that company's drug. Why is this a problem?
The DSMB should have been informed of our May 2007 article and checked the trial data to be sure that patients receiving rosiglitazone in the RECORD trial were not having adverse events at an unacceptable rate. If clinical equipoise was still in play, the trial should have been allowed to continue undisturbed (i.e., without publication of the RECORD interim analysis), without public comment from the DSMB, without communication with investigators, and without disturbing the integrity of the trial. On the other hand, if in the opinion of the DSMB equipoise no longer existed, then the trial should have been terminated — that is the way it is supposed to work. The DSMB protects the participants in a trial.
This editorial described a second trial where interim data that should have been blinded from everyone except the DSMB became publicly known. A detailed description of this trial can be found in an earlier NEJM article.
Another concern about revelation of data in a DSMB involves the potential for insider trading. There is a nice description of the problems that disclosure can have in this Seattle Times article from 2005.
1. Some DSMBs analyze data that is blinded by coding the two arms of the study with generic letters like A and B. With generic letters, though, it still may be possible to guess which group is which. How?
2. There are also examples where the DSMB is presented only with aggregate data across both arms of the study. What types of safety issues could be analyzed with only aggregate data? What types of safety issues would be impossible to conduct with only aggregate data?
3. If the rules for stopping a study are specified in detail prior to data collection, would a DSMB still be needed?
Submitted by Steve Simon
Think the answer clear? Look again
The New York Times Science
by Katie Hafner
August 30, 2010
Here we read:
Presidential elections can be fatal.
(1) Win an Academy Award and you're likely to live longer than had you been a runner-up.
(2) Interview for medical school on a rainy day, and your chances of being selected could fall..
Win an Academy Award and you're likely to live longer than had you been a runner-up.
Interview for medical school on a rainy day, and your chances of being selected could fall.
Such are some of the surprising findings of Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier, a physician-researcher and perhaps the leading debunker of preconceived notions in the medical world.
Readers of chance news will recall that it was the claim that Osker winners live longer that was debunked.
See these
Oscor winners do not live longer
McGill researchers debunk Oscar-winner 'longevity bonus'
Reanalysis of Survival of Oscar Winners
Submited by Laurie Snell
Is the United States a religious outlier?
Religious outlier by Charles Blow, The New York Times, September 4, 2010.
The following image was published on the New York Times website.
The author, Charles Blow, is the visual OpEd columnist for the New York Times. His comments about the graph are rather brief.
With all of the consternation about religion in this country, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of just how anomalous our religiosity is in the world. A Gallup report issued on Tuesday underscored just how out of line we are. Gallup surveyed people in more than 100 countries in 2009 and found that religiosity was highly correlated to poverty. Richer countries in general are less religious. But that doesn't hold true for the United States.
1. Does the United States look like an outlier to you? Are there any other outliers on this graph?
2. Why would there be a relationship between GDP and percentage of people who call themselves religious? Does a higher GDP cause lower religiosity? Does a lower religiosity cause a higher GDP? What sort of data could you collect that might help answer this question?
3. Do you like how Mr. Blow presented this data? What would you change, if anything, in this graph?
Submitted by Steve Simon
Additional Discussion
Notice how many dimensions are included in addition to the axes (percentage who say religion is important and G.D.P. per capita). The Gallup poll from which the graph came can be found here. Gallup says:
Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted in 2009 with approximately 1,000 adults in each country. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error ranges from ±5.3 percentage points in Lithuania to ±2.6 percentage points in India. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
What might be "practical difficulties in conducting surveys"? "wording difficulties"? What effect might these have on the findings?
Submitted by Paul Alper
Perfect Handshake formula
"Scientists Create Formula for Perfect Handshake"
Newspress, July 15, 2010
A University of Manchester psychologist has developed a formula for the Perfect Handshake. The formula was devised as part of a project for UK Chevrolet, who wanted a handshake training guide to be used by its sales force in promoting a new warranty plan.
An edited version of the formula is given by:
PH^2 = (e^2 + ve^2)(d^2) + (cg + dr)^2 + pi(4s^2)(4p^2)]^2 + (vi + t + te)^2 + [(4c^2)(4du^2]^2
where the following variables are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 for low to high traits, respectively:
(a) optimum score 5: e = eye contact; ve = verbal greeting; d = Duchenne smile; cg = completeness of grip
(b) optimum score 4: dr = dryness of hand
(c) optimum score 3: s = strength; p = position of hand; vi = vigor; t = temperature of hands; te = texture of hands; c = control; du = duration.
The article gives more details about the rating standards, as well as a phone number and email address with which to obtain a copy of the handshake training guide.
1. Interpret the phrase "optimum score" for each variable.
2. Find the minimum, optimum, and maximum Perfect Handshake scores.
3. Comment on the range of possible scores.
Submitted by Margaret Cibes
Wondering about NFL IQs?
"Wonderlic Test"
Wikipedia, retrieved September 12, 2010
The Wonderlic[1] Personnel Test is a 12-minute, 50-question multiple-choice test of English and math, which is used to help employers evaluate the general aptitude of job candidates in many occupations.
A candidate's score is the total number of correct answers, with a score of 20 indicating average intelligence. For NFL pre-draft candidates, average scores range from 16 (halfback) to 26 (offensive tackle).
Pat NcInally, of Harvard, holds the record for a perfect score of 50. However, Dan Marino and Vince Young both scored 16 on the test. (See "So, how do you score?" for sample questions from a Wonderlic 2007 test.)
Business professor McDonald Mirabile is said to have compiled Wonderlic scores for 241 NFL quarterbacks in 2010, and found a mean score of 25.22 and a standard deviation of 7.46. Assuming that the standard deviation of any subgroup will not differ significantly from that of the population as a whole, the Wikipedia article suggests an equation relating a Wonderlic score to a standard IQ test score:
Note: Professor Mirabile's 2005 study[2] of 84 drafted and signed quarterbacks from 1989 to 2004 showed "no statistically significant relationship between intelligence and collegiate passing performance."
1. Explain the role of each number, and numerical expression, in the equation relating a Wonderlic score to a standard IQ test score.
2. An SAT Reasoning Test (called "Scholastic Aptitude Test" pre-2005) score is scaled to a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Suggest an equation relating a Wonderlic score to an SAT Reasoning score.
3. While any pair of these scores can be related to each other via an equation, do you believe that they should be, i.e., that such relationships would be meaningful? What else would you need to know in order to decide?
4. Can you find any evidence online, or elsewhere, that a Wonderlic test is a valid and/or reliable measure of "aptitude" for jobs?
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Too much data on risks of BPA
In Feast of Data on BPA Plastic, No Final Answer. Denise Grady, The new York Times, September 6, 2010.
The more research there is in an area, the greater the chances of reaching a consensus. That's seems intuitive enough, but for the case of BPA, more data does not seem to help resolve this contentious area.
The research has been going on for more than 10 years. Studies number in the hundreds. Millions of dollars have been spent. But government health officials still cannot decide whether the chemical bisphenol-A, or BPA, a component of some plastics, is safe.
There are plenty of examples where one research study contradicts another, but usually scientists agree that one of the studies trumps the results of the other one because of superior research design. This does not appear to be the case with BPA.
The mountains of data produced so far show conflicting results as to whether BPA is dangerous, in part because different laboratories have studied the chemical in different ways. Animal strains, doses, methods of exposure and the results being measured — as crude as body weight or as delicate as gene expression in the brain — have all varied, making it difficult or impossible to reconcile the findings. In science, no experiment is taken seriously unless other researchers can reproduce it, and difficulties in matching BPA studies have led to fireworks.
Scientists are arguing over which set of studies to believe.
Most of the evidence against BPA comes from studies that find harmful effects in rats and mice at low doses comparable to the levels to which people are exposed. Sometimes the results seem downright weird, indicating that low doses could be worse than higher ones. There is sharp disagreement among scientists about how to interpret some research. The disputes arise in part because scientists from different disciplines — endocrinologists versus toxicologists, academic researchers versus those at regulatory agencies — do research in different ways that can make findings hard to reconcile.
There are some patterns to the findings.
She and other scientists said studies by university labs tended to find low-dose effects, and studies by government regulatory agencies and industry tended not to find them. The split occurs in part because the studies are done differently. Universities, Dr. Birnbaum said, "have moved rapidly ahead with advances in science," while regulators have used "older methods." Some researchers consider the regulatory studies more reliable because they generally use much larger numbers of animals and adhere to formal guidelines called "good laboratory practices," but Dr. Birnbaum described those practices as "good record-keeping" and said, "That doesn't mean the right questions were being asked." The low-dose studies are newer and have raised safety issues that need to be resolved, she said. Last year, a scientific group called the Endocrine Society issued a 34-page report expressing serious concerns about endocrine-disrupting compounds, including BPA, dioxins, PCBs, DDT, the plasticizers known as phthalates and DES.
1. Are there other areas of science where research studies fail to reach the same conclusion.
2. Is the inability to use randomized trials in this area a possible explanation for why one set of studies is not considered to be definitive? What are some other possible explanations?
3. When a study fails to show a dose-response relationship, greater effect at a higher dose than at a lower dose, that is considered a serious problem. Is there a possible explanation for the lack of dose-response in these studies?
Submitted by Steve Simon
All the news that the data tell us is fit to print
Some Newspapers, Tracking Readers Online, Shift Coverage, Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times, September 5, 2010.
Newspapers are not like other businesses.
In most businesses, not knowing how well a particular product is performing would be almost unthinkable. But newspapers have always been a peculiar business, one that has stubbornly, proudly clung to a sense that focusing too much on the bottom line can lead nowhere good.
But that may be changing.
Now, because of technology that can pinpoint what people online are viewing and commenting on, how much time they spend with an article and even how much money an article makes in advertising revenue, newspapers can make more scientific decisions about allocating their ever scarcer resources.
This is quite different from the readers polls about which comic strips to keep or delete. The article goes on to describe how major newspapers like the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post use web traffic data to make decisions about how and what to cover. There are dissenting voices, and the New York Times, where this article originated, says that they do not make decisions about coverage based on statistics.
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5 North Texas Festivals to Attend in May
If you're looking for something fun and new to do in our area in the month of May, check out these festivals that are happening just a few miles down the road! They all have something for everyone in the family, and they might even get you out of yard work for the weekend.
Mayfest – May 1-4Fort Worth, TX
Located 115 miles from Wichita Falls, this celebration stretches along the Trinity River and has something for everyone in the family. Visitors will enjoy live entertainment, duck races, children's activities, a dog and pony show, craft brews for the adults, and a whole lot more. Sunday is Military Day, so military plus a guest get in free. Find out more about each day's activities and where to meet up on the Mayfest Web site.
31st Annual Electra Goat BBQ Cook-Off – May 9-10Electra, TX
Electra is located just 27 miles away from the Falls, so it's a quick and easy trip. Not only will you have the opportunity to sample some delicious BBQ, $3,000 worth of prize money will be awarded. There are six events at the cook-off: Goat, chicken, ribs, brisket, and jackpot beans & steak. The kids will also have a great time with games and craft booths, then enjoy a free dance on Friday night featuring The Steven Staley Band! Want more info? Check out Electra's Chamber of Commerce Web site.
Audie Murphy: Salute to the Military – May 16-17Greenville, TX
A little bit further away than other festivals seen here, Greenville is located 162 miles away from Wichita Falls but packs a lot of punch into their festivals. The celebration honors the military as well as Audie Murphy, who came back a decorated war hero after WWII. You'll hear from veterans, enjoy music, a film medley, and see exhibits at The Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum. Many of the activities are free, and you can see a complete list of activities on the museum's Web site.
Dallas Comic Con – May 16-18Dallas, TX
The 140 mile drive is worth the time spent when Stan Lee and William Shatner are making appearances. This event has something for everyone from comic enthusiasts to those simply curious about Comic Con. You're sure to see fans in amazing costumes, check out cool displays, and do lots of entertaining people-watching. Over 600 retailers will be present, and you'll even get a chance to purchase original artwork from comic artists themselves. Get more info and buy your tickets early on the Comic Con Web site.
8th Annual DFW Dragon Boat, Kite & Lantern Festival – May 18Irving, TX
Lots of fun is to be had after a 130 mile trek to Irving for this festival. Visitors will enjoy Dragon Boat racing, kite flying demos, a kite flying competition, cultural performances, ethnic food, lantern displays, and a whole lot more. The event is family friendly and free to the public, and includes hourly raffle drawings with cool prizes. Kids can partake in activities and crafts, and get ready to check out a free concert while you're there. Get more info at the event's Web site.


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High Line 23 Brings New Green Tower to Chelsea Skylineby Ali Kriscenski
High Line 23, or HL23, is a new green building from Neil M. Denari Architects that is currently under construction and turning heads soon in the Chelsea art gallery district on Manhattan's west side. The structure is a 14 floor mixed use of gallery space and condominiums with amazing views of the evolving High Line elevated park preservation and green space reuse project. With an impressively small footprint of just 40' x 99' and a multitude of green building technologies, HL23's cantilevered silhouette is made even more exquisite by the expected achievement of LEED Gold certification.
The building's geometry is an ambitious response to the development site's limited space, maximizing zoning restrictions and expanding the possibilities out over the park. Naturally ventilated and daylit spaces fill 11 residential condominiums fitted with water conserving fixtures, energy efficient appliances and low VOC materials. Reused and recycled materials are incorporated throughout the structure and 75% of construction waste will be reused and recycled to be diverted from landfills.
A high-performance building envelope and highly reflective roofing material will decrease HL23's heat and energy loads, as well as help moderate urban heat island effect. From its tiny footprint, HL23 towers skyward housing 39,000 square feet with homes between 1,850 and 3,600 s.f., including a top floor penthouse that will run $10.5 million.
While among the leading architects of his time, Denari will count High
Line 23 as his first free-standing building when completed in late 2009 - an
enduring green design trend that we certainly hope continues.
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Not a lot of spring in its step, but packs a lot of punch.
Hope Springs is the kind of movie that is so realistic, affecting, and emotionally stirring that studios are afraid you won't go see it. So they concocted a trailer that makes it seem just like every other romantic comedy you can think of, slap a song in there that could play on an adult contemporary station as the "hip but accessible" single, and cross their fingers that people will get suckered into going. But the surprising part is, you're actually going to like it--even if it isn't what you're led to believe it is.
But first, a warning: This is a movie about 55-ish-year-olds doing stuff that isn't normally represented in the youth-cherishing culture of Hollywood. If seeing Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones roll in front of a fireplace makes you want to cover your eyes and whimper in the corner of the local cineplex, then stay home. But if Tommy Lee Jones getting felt up over his Dockers intrigues you, then by all means, get your wallet.
Kay (Streep) and Arnold (Jones) have been married 31 years. They have adult kids and a lovely home straight out of a Restoration Hardware catalog. What they don't have is intimacy--Arnold sleeps in a separate room, and deftly turns down Kay's shy propositions that take all her courage to muster. His crankiness and her unhappiness are suffocating them, and finally Kay offers a more pronounced proposition: She is going to an intensive marriage therapy session. And Arnold, with the wisdom that comes from being married to someone for decades, understands that he better go with her. Or else.
Dr. Feld is their marriage counselor played by Steve Carell, which seems like another move by the studio higher-ups to trick you into thinking that at some point you'll see AARP members hitting each other with jousting sticks. But he's playing it straight here and in fact I don't think he even cracks one joke, which felt like the only unrealistic thing in the film. He talks in this over-controlled tone of voice, like a Therapy Robot, but he looks great in comfy sweaters and is easy to forget next to the torture you're watching the couple go through.
Essentially the only two kinds of scenes in the film are ones with Kay and Arnold twisting painfully in the wind while Steve Carell digs into their personal life, and scenes where they are trying to complete Dr. Feld's simple-but-confrontational "assignments." Just like real life, they experience success, failure, and everything in between. But there's no fluff in this movie to make you feel like they're going to make it no matter what. The script is so brutally honest that Kay and Arnold's union might just end up like 50% of marriages nowadays. But the two leads make it so you're rooting for them to come out winners, even if they have frustrating personality traits (because who doesn't). This movie won't be much of an escape from reality for audiences, but at least it's an escape from cliched, saccharine, fantasy-based nonsense.
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Popcorn shrimp w chili lime dipping sauce
Dipping Sauce:
- 1/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt or 1/2 cup nonfat plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon lime juice (about 1/2 lime)
- 1/2 teaspoon ancho chili powder
- 1 lime, zested
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 egg whites
- 3/4 cup cornmeal
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 pound medium rock shrimp (90 to 100 count), shelled and cleaned
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Spray cooking oil
Dipping sauce:
If using regular yogurt, place it in a strainer lined with a paper towel. Place the strainer over a bowl and allow to drain and thicken for 20 minutes.
Combine the thickened or Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, lime juice, ancho chili powder and lime zest in a small bowl and mix well to incorporate. Set aside.
Prepare the Shrimp:
Place flour, chili powder, garlic powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a shallow bowl and stir with a fork to incorporate. Place egg whites in another shallow bowl and beat lightly. Place cornmeal, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper in a third bowl and stir with a fork to incorporate. Toss the shrimp, a few at a time, in flour until well coated. Shake off excess flour, then dip in egg whites. Transfer to cornmeal mixture and toss to cover all sides. Reserve coated shrimp on a baking sheet or piece of parchment paper and repeat with remaining shrimp.
Preheat broiler. Brush a large cookie sheet with the oil and heat the oiled sheet under broiler for 3 minutes. Remove from oven and quickly arrange shrimp in a single layer on the cookie sheet. Spray with cooking spray. Place shrimp under broiler and broil until crisp and browned, about 5 minutes.
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Michelle Marciniak, a Macungie native, was an All-American college and professional basketball player. She played point guard for the University of Tennessee before playing professionally for the American Basketball League. She went to the WNBA, playing for the Portland Fire and the Seattle Storm. After retiring in 2002, she worked as assistant coach for the University of South Carolina.
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ECHO PARK — Police are searching for three suspects tonight in connection with the stabbing of a man on Sunset Boulevard as the street was busy with crowds attending the Echo Park Rising music festival.
The man was stabbed during an altercation with three suspects on Sunset Boulevard west of Laveta Terrace after 11 p.m., according to police and witnesses at the scene.
The man and his girlfriend were walking on the sidewalk when one of the three suspects who were headed in the opposite direction punched the victim in the jaw, according to a witness who recognized the couple as customers at the shop where he works. The victim then swung his skateboard at the three men before he was stabbed, falling to the ground as his girlfriend screamed. "He got shanked and fell to the floor," said the witness, who did not want to be identified.
He later saw the three men flee north on Echo Park Avenue. He did not recognize the suspects and did not know if the couple was in the area for festival shows or events.
The condition of the victim, who was transported from the scene in an ambulance, was unknown. But the witness said he appeared to have been stabbed in the stomach area and also may have sustained a head injury.
Police were trying to keep the mostly young festival goers at bay as they sealed off the area with crime tape and closed a lane of traffic.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Blood Products Advisory Committee (BPAC) provided a unanimous positive recommendation for the Company's OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test. The BPAC provides advice to the FDA on issues related to the safety and effectiveness of biological products and medical devices seeking FDA approval.
The BPAC voted on two questions posed by FDA:
Do the projected benefits of the test outweigh the potential risks of false positive and false negative test results? The committee voted 17-0 in the affirmative to that question.
Do the available data provide reasonable assurance that the test is safe and effective for its intended use? The committee voted 17-0 in the affirmative to that question.
In addition to reviewing the Company's clinical data and performance, the BPAC considered data presented by the FDA and testimonies shared during the public comment session. The committee also discussed risk mitigation strategies that should be considered in addition to the current proposed labeling.
"We are pleased with the outcome of today's Blood Products Advisory Committee meeting," said Douglas A. Michels, President and Chief Executive Officer of OraSure Technologies. "There was broad support expressed by the HIV community at today's meeting and we look forward to continuing our work with them in the fight against HIV. We believe the OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test will make a valuable contribution in this fight."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite current testing options, there are approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. that have HIV and approximately 240,000 of them are unaware of their status. Those who do not know they are HIV positive are unknowingly responsible for up to 70 percent of the 50,000 new HIV infections that occur each year.
Data presented at the BPAC included findings from the final phase of clinical testing. The Company also presented a benefit analysis, using recently published research on HIV transmission rates from persons living with HIV who are aware and unaware of their infection1. Assuming 1 million individuals tested with the OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test, the Company estimates that 9,087 HIV positive individuals would be identified with the added potential to prevent more than 700 onward transmissions annually. These would be in addition to those averted through current testing and intervention.
The OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test is an over-the-counter version of the OraQuick ADVANCE® Rapid HIV-1/2 Test which is currently sold into the professional market. The OraQuick ADVANCE® test is the first and only FDA-approved and CLIA-waived rapid point-of-care test that can detect antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 in oral fluid in 20 minutes. As the market leading rapid HIV test with close to 25 million tests sold, OraQuick ADVANCE® is used extensively throughout the United States in public health settings, hospitals, community-based organizations, and physician offices where HIV testing is conducted.
About OraSure Technologies
OraSure Technologies is a leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of oral fluid diagnostic and collection devices and other technologies designed to detect or diagnose critical medical conditions. Its innovative products include rapid tests for the detection of antibodies to HIV and HCV at the point of care and testing solutions for detecting various drugs of abuse. In addition, the Company is a leading provider of oral fluid sample collection, stabilization and preparation products for molecular diagnostic applications. OraSure's portfolio of products is sold globally to various clinical laboratories, hospitals, clinics, community-based organizations and other public health organizations, research and academic institutions, distributors, government agencies, physicians' offices, and commercial and industrial entities. The Company's products enable healthcare providers to deliver critical information to patients, empowering them to make decisions to improve and protect their health.
For more information on OraSure Technologies, please visit www.orasure.com.
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1 Hall HI, Holtgrave DR, Maulsby C., HIV transmission rates from persons living with HIV who are aware and unaware of their infection. AIDS. 2012 Apr 24;26(7):893-6.
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I've never been one who minds a lengthy beauty routine—an hour from start to finish is a good day for me—but for some reason, adding face oil to my routine has always felt like too much effort. My fears of congested pores and ruined pillowcases had me convinced a light serum was close enough—but leave it to Miranda Kerr to convince me otherwise.
I first tried Kerr's all-natural Kora Organics Luxurious Rosehip Oil ($50) after learning its main ingredient, rosehip, is famed for lightening dark spots and skin imperfections. Intrigued, I gave it a two-week test run and eagerly waited to see if it lived up to its claim. Not only did my skin feel softer and smoother, but the high dose of vitamin A complimented my nightly retinol without making my skin too dry and flakey. While my sunspots and dark marks may not be significantly lighter after such a short trial period, the improvement in my skin is enough for me to create a place for it in my extensive skincare regime.


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Anxious wait for injured Hleb
Birmingham midfielder Alex Hleb is sweating over whether he will be fit for the Carling Cup final after suffering a knee injury during the comfortable 3-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup.
Hleb left St. Andrew's on crutches after being on the receiving end of a mis-timed challenged from Owls defender James O'Connor. The former Arsenal player will have a scan in the next 24 hours which will determine whether he can recover in time to face the Gunners at Wembley next weekend.
Blues boss Alex McLeish said following the game on Saturday: "The latest is Alex is limping heavily. He will have a scan hopefully over the next 24 hours."
He added: "We presume we can get something done tomorrow and we will know after that if there is any damage.
"It is his knee. We don't believe there is any cruciate problems but he got a fair rattle. The guy was very late in the tackle.
"He is a great player and we still believe he will make an impact for us at some stage this season and, hopefully, he will be okay for the final."
McLeish admitted he also substituted key defender Roger Johnson over fears he would be sent off and so banned for the final after he had collected a yellow card.
He said: "I thought 'one mis-timed tackle from Roger and he is looking at red with disastrous consequences'.
"It was a good opportunity to take Roger off. If the scoreline had been tighter, we would have gone along with him. I felt it was the right thing to do."


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The Human Biochemical Genetics Section studies selected biochemical defects and other genetic disorders to provide insight into cellular mechanisms and to care for neglected groups of rare disease patients. Members of the section use the NIH Clinical Center to evaluate individuals with cystinosis, a lysosomal membrane defect leading to storage of the amino acid cystine and causing kidney failure in childhood. Section physicians document the beneficial effects of cystine-depleting therapy with oral cysteamine, and respond to scores of inquiries every year from cystinosis patients and their physicians throughout the world. Another focus of the section involves Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), a rare disorder of oculocutaneous albinism and bleeding due to abnormal formation of intracellular vesicles; some patients also suffer a fatal pulmonary fibrosis. Members of the section have discovered three of the ten genetic subtypes of HPS, and serve as authorities on the clinical and basic research aspects of this group of diseases.
A third major focus involves ciliopathies, in which cilia (hair-like protrusions from cells) are defective. Special emphasis is placed on autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and congenital hepatic fibrosis (ARPKD/CHF), Joubert syndrome, Alstrom syndrome, and the discovery of new genetic causes of ciliopathies. Members of the section are collaborating with other investigators to treat a late-onset muscle disease called GNE myopathy using sialic acid, whose production is defective in that disorder. The treatment consists of providing N-acetylmannosamine, which forms sialic acid in the body. Other rare disorders studied by the section include Chediak-Higashi disease, Erdheim-Chester disease, albinism, vascular calcification disorders, mitochondrial diseases and congenital disorders of glycosylation. Finally, members of the section lead the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP), which evaluates undiagnosed patients, attempts to diagnose very rare disorders and discovers new diseases using state-of-the-art genetic techniques.
Dr. William A. Gahl earned his B.S. in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 and his M.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1976. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in oncology research from Wisconsin's McArdle Laboratories for Cancer Research in 1981 and served as pediatric resident and chief resident at the University of Wisconsin hospitals from 1976-80. In 1984, he completed clinical genetics and clinical biochemical genetics fellowships at the NIH's Interinstitute Medical Genetics Training Program, which he directed from 1989 to 1994. Dr. Gahl's research has focused on the natural history of rare metabolic disorders and the discovery of new genetic diseases. He elucidated the basic defects in cystinosis and Salla disease, i.e., deficiencies of the lysosomal membrane transporters that carry cystine and sialic acid, respectively, out of the lysosome.
Dr. Gahl also demonstrated effective therapy for nephropathic cystinosis, bringing cysteamine to new drug approval by the Food and Drug Administration. His group described the natural history of Lowe syndrome, alkaptonuria, autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, Chediak-Higashi disease, GNE myopathy, and Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), a disorder of oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding, and pulmonary fibrosis. His lab discovered the genetic bases of gray platelet syndrome, Hartnup disease, arterial calcification due to deficiency of CD73, 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type III, 3 types of HPS, and neutropenia due to VPS45 deficiency. He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers and trained 42 biochemical geneticists. He established American Board of Medical Specialties certification for medical biochemical genetics. He served on the board of directors of the ABMG and ASHG, as president of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, and was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.
Dr. Gahl received the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service from the AMA, the Service to America Medal in Science and the Environment, and numerous other awards.
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USDA is preparing a new Commodity Market Information System, or CMIS, to bring together many sources of commodity information from its various agencies in one place. The CMIS will be up-to-date and searchable providing user-friendly access to the more than 3,000 commodity-related reports USDA produces every year.
It's just one of a series of "e-government" initiatives that Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman says will be a special focus for USDA in 2004.
"E-government is an important part of President Bush's management agenda to improve the operations of government," Veneman said during remarks via satellite to the American Farm Bureau Federation's annual meeting in Honolulu.
"The computer has already taken its place next to the plowshare and tractor as indispensable to farmers. USDA's e-government initiatives will standardize processes and provide tools to unleash the fuller potential of information technology. Our goal is to operate more efficiently in order to be more responsive to the needs of American agriculture and consumers."
Veneman said that beginning immediately, visitors to the USDA Web site, www.usda.gov, will begin to see a new design, which is the first phase in efforts to make the Web site more powerful and improve access to USDA information and science.
"The new look will be followed by improved functionality," Veneman said. "We will continue adding features for users, culminating in August with the launch of 'MyUSDA.gov' to provide a customized version of the USDA homepage for individual users based on their unique needs."
Other features that users will see soon include a "customer statement." Customer statements will put a whole range of USDA services and programs into a single report at the fingertips of agricultural producers. For instance, farmers would be able to view their contracts in various conservation programs, payments under commodity programs and information on loans and crop insurance.
Veneman said that farmers and ranchers will be able to cross-reference that data with interactive maps of their operations using geographic information systems, or GIS, technology with overlays for roads, soil types, water and other geographic features.
"Producers will have quick and easy access in a single gateway to the volumes and volumes of maps and geospatial data generated by USDA," Veneman said. "Instead of traveling to a county office, farmers and ranchers will be able to log on from a computer to apply for loan deficiency payments over the Internet.
The goal is to provide integrated service around customer needs. One example is the new Commodity Market Information System designed to bring together many sources of commodity information from our various agencies in one place.
To support these new programs, USDA is making several changes to upgrade systems behind the scenes, including:
- High-speed networks nationwide to increase data capacity to meet the Department's increasing needs;
- A web authentication, or privacy, system to allow customers to access information and submit forms securely;
- Improved email service for employees;
- A content management system to improve the ability to update websites and other information;
- And, this year, USDA will put into place a cutting-edge tracking system to better manage civil rights cases and data.


text: Why STEM in the Immigration Bill Should Matter to Agriculture August 21, 2013 08:39 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Farmers Feeding The World Farmers Feeding the World By Wendy Fink Associate Director for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Immigration reform is one of the few federal legislative areas where there is realistic hope for bipartisan compromise and real progress. The Senate's bipartisan 'Gang of Eight' bill, which passed earlier this summer, contains the major priorities that the higher education community has long sought to finally address our nation's broken immigration system. APLU was proud to support the bill. The House is also working on immigration reform, and we hope they will soon pass legislation that leads to a conference negotiation with the Senate, ultimately yielding necessary and positive changes to our immigration laws. Although APLU supports the Senate bill, there is still need for improvement. One especially important issue is that agriculture, food and natural resource sciences are not included in a significant provision of the Senate bill and, at this time, the House may also neglect to include these fields. Both Chambers' proposals provide a special green card to graduates who earned a master's or doctorate degree in a Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics (STEM) field. The legislation wisely recognizes the need to reverse our country's current self-defeating policy that effectively forces these STEM graduates to return to their country of origin rather than allowing them to stay here and help grow our economy. International STEM students would effectively have a green card stapled to their diplomas, enabling them to stay in the U.S. and help develop innovative solutions to our most pressing problems in medicine, transportation, energy production and other fields. Unfortunately, the Senate-approved bill and the proposed measure in the House exclude agriculture, food and natural resource sciences from the definition of STEM fields. The Senate bill and House proposal narrowly define STEM using the Department of Education's Classification for Instructional Programs series for computer and information sciences and support services, engineering, mathematics and statistics, biological and biomedical sciences, and physical sciences, though the House bill extends it slightly further. So why does this matter? With agriculture sciences currently left out of the STEM definition, the immigration bills will hinder the efforts of the agriculture industry to hire the next generation of innovators and leaders. Companies like DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto Company and others will tell you that they are already having trouble finding qualified candidates in fields like agronomy and plant sciences, largely because few Americans pursue graduate degrees in the agriculture, natural resources and food sciences. The pipeline of U.S. students interested in studying agriculture is terribly leaky. While USDA predicts that we will need 54,000 college graduates in food, renewable energy and environmental specialties each year to fill positions in agriculture, the U.S. currently produces only about 29,000 per year, including those who are non-U.S. citizens. During the last six years, 40% of all doctoral degrees in the agricultural sciences were awarded to non-U.S. citizens. In fields such as agricultural engineering and food science, the numbers reach 50%. Despite the need for these international students to remain in the U.S. to fill the employment gap in agricultural science fields, the Senate-approved bill and the House proposal would not change the current policy and fast-track these agricultural science students for green cards. Regrettably, the immigration bills point out a larger, systemic problem that appears routinely in legislation and federal science programs. Agricultural and natural resource sciences are simply not viewed as a STEM science by many in Congress and other parts of the federal government, despite the fact that agriculture students, depending on their major, study genetics, biology, botany, zoology, microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, geographic information systems, engineering and physics. During the economic downturn, agriculture has been one of the few bright spots for recent college graduates, with an unemployment rate of 6.1% for those new to the field. Only the fields of recreation and education did better. Agricultural fields even beat the unemployment rate for new graduates from the life and physical sciences (7.3%), engineering (7.4%) and computers and mathematics (9.1%). The Senate Gang of Eight bill and efforts in the House could lead to the immigration reform our nation desperately needs, and APLU supports these efforts. While we continue to work with the Hill in advancing immigration reform, we will also continue to make the case for the inclusion of agricultural and natural resource sciences as part of STEM. We encourage you to reach out to members of Congress and ask for an adjustment to the language to fix this issue. Back to news


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|This is the article on volume 16 of the manga. For chapter 138, head to The Konoha Crush, Ended!!.
|Konoha Crush, Ended!!
|(木ノ葉崩し、終結!!, Konoha Kuzushi, Shūketsu!!)
|Volume Info
|The Naruto Shinobi Handbook!!
|Itachi's Power!!
|Release Date
|March 4, 2003 ISBN (4-08-873394-4)
|September 4, 2007 ISBN (978-1-4215-1090-3)
Konoha Crush, Ended!! (木ノ葉崩し、終結!!, Konoha Kuzushi, Shūketsu!!) is volume 16 of the Naruto manga.
Chapter 136
- "The Final Blow…!!" (最後の一撃…!!, Saigo no Ichigeki…!!)
Naruto manages to wake Gaara up, suppressing Shukaku's personality again. Angered by Naruto's actions, Gaara tries to crush him with sand, but Gamabunta protects him with his tongue. Remembering that Sakura's life is at risk, Naruto is flooded with the Nine-Tails' chakra. He charges at Gaara and Gaara tries to restrain him, but Naruto persists, eventually head-butting him. The Shukaku likeness crumbles and both Naruto and Gaara fall to the earth, ready to exchange one final blow. At the Chūnin Exams stadium the invaders have been dealt with. The Third Hokage, meanwhile, realises that he lacks the strength to remove Orochimaru's entire soul and settles for putting an end to his schemes.
Chapter 137
- "Konoha Shinobi…!!" (木ノ葉の忍…!!, Konoha no Shinobi…!!)
Orochimaru encourages the Third Hokage to give up and die, especially since nothing he does can stop him from destroying Konoha and its inhabitants. The Third ridicules Orochimaru for never having appreciated the calibre of Konoha ninja. At the same time, all across the village, the veteran ninja come to the village's defence; Yūgao Uzuki vows to avenge Hayate; Hiashi Hyūga defeats dozens of invaders; the fathers of Team 10 team up again for the first time in years; Shibi Aburame saves his son Shino from the poison he earlier inhaled; Tsume, Hana Inuzuka, and their ninken prepare for battle; the two remaining invaders in the Chūnin Exams stadium are surrounded; Naruto and Gaara leap at each other. Promising to teach Orochimaru that strength is not determined by one's techniques, the Third uses the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to seal away his arms. The Third looks upon his former student one last time and dies smiling, just as Naruto manages to defeat Gaara.
Chapter 138
- "Konoha Crush, Ended!!" (木ノ葉崩し、終結!!, Konoha Kuzushi, Shūketsu!!)
Gaara, defeated, and Naruto, exhausted, fall to the ground. The lifeless body of the Third Hokage falls to the ground and Orochimaru curses him for sealing his arms, thereby leaving him unable to perform techniques. Now unable to continue the Konoha Crush, Orochimaru flees with the Sound Four in tow. Seeing this, Baki and Kabuto follow suit, knowing they have been defeated. Temari collects Kankurō and Sasuke makes sure Sakura is okay before proceeding to Naruto. Naruto crawls towards Gaara, who, fearing he is going to be finished off, tells him to stay away. Naruto only sympathises with everything Gaara has gone through, telling him that he might have ended up just like him if he hadn't found friends. Accordingly, if Gaara harms those friends, Naruto will have no choice but to kill him. Seeing that Naruto's strength is gained from fighting for others, Gaara questions his practice of thinking only for himself. While Temari and Kankurō carry him home, he apologises to them which shocks Temari and Kankurō. The remaining invaders flee Konoha and the Konoha ninja gather around the Third's body.
Chapter 139
- "That Person's Name is…!!" (その者の名は…!!, Sono Mono no Na wa…!!)
Two cloaked individuals look upon a devastated Konoha. Two days after the failed Konoha Crush, a funeral for the Third Hokage is held. Iruka comforts the Third's grandson, Konohamaru, and reflects on his own experiences with the Third; when Iruka was upset by the death of his parents, the Third assured him that they and all others who die in the village's service live on so long as Konoha exists. Kakashi and Yūgao visit the Memorial Stone in memory of others that have died before going to the ceremony. Jiraiya watches them and thinks about his time under the Third's tutelage, shedding a tear over how perverted he and his master were. Naruto asks Iruka why people die to protect others, to which Iruka responds it is human nature. Agreeing, Naruto leaves with the rest of Team 7 and Iruka remarks that the Third will inevitably be replaced by someone else who is an equally great Hokage.
Chapter 140
- "Approaching…!!" (接近…!!, Sekkin…!!)
Kabuto examines Orochimaru, concluding that there is nothing he can do to remove the Third Hokage's seal. He at least finds a positive in Sasuke's progress, though regrets that Orochimaru has had to go through so much for Sasuke since he could not defeat Itachi. Meanwhile, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado approach Jiraiya and tell him that, after Sunagakure found the Fourth Kazekage's body, they surrendered to Konoha, their entire involvement in the Konoha Crush having been Orochimaru's doing. With the village's situation and the Third's death, they ask Jiraiya to become the next Hokage. He declines, offering to find Tsunade for the position instead, but requests that Naruto be allowed to come with him. Meanwhile, Kakashi tails two suspicious individuals. Because he has business with Sasuke, he has Kurenai and Asuma follow the two.
Chapter 141
- "Itachi Uchiha!!" (うちはイタチ!!, Uchiha Itachi!!)
Asuma and Kurenai confront the two cloaked individuals. Discovered, the two reveal themselves as Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki. Recognising how dangerous they are, Asuma and Kurenai prepare for battle. Asuma blocks Kisame's sword attack with his knuckle blades while Kurenai prepares to use a genjutsu on Itachi and Kisame. Kisame's manages to overpower Asuma and his sword slices his shoulder. Kurenai's genjutsu takes effect, but Itachi easily reverses it onto Kurenai. Itachi then takes the initiative of attacking her while she's in the genjutsu, but she breaks it just in time to evade his lethal attack. Meanwhile, Asuma is able to avoid Kisame's sword swings, and then delivers a cut to Kisame's face with his chakra-enhanced knuckle blade. As the battle begins to get more intense, Kakashi arrives to aid Kurenai and Asuma, apologising for intervening in their battle, but that he felt a bit uneasy about who they may be up against.
Chapter 142
- "Kakashi vs. Itachi" (カカシvsイタチ, Kakashi Bāsasu Itachi)
Kakashi expresses surprise over the identities of the two men he had been following as Kisame and, more particularly, Itachi. When Kisame tries to take him on, Itachi tells him to stand down, citing that they are too equal in strength and that a fight would only become an inconvenience. As he would not have these same problems, he attacks Kakashi. Seeing Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan, Kakashi instructs Asuma and Kurenai to shut their eyes since they are no match for him. Itachi uses Tsukuyomi on Kakashi, who just barely endures the attack because of his Sharingan. Struggling to remain standing, Kakashi asks why they have come to Konoha. Itachi replies that they are after the Fourth Hokage's legacy.
Chapter 143
- "The Fourth's Legacy!!" (四代目の遺産!!, Yondaime no Isan!!)
Knowing that Itachi and Kisame are after Naruto, Kakashi recalled about an earlier conversation he had with Jiraiya. Jiraiya informed Kakashi that he would thereafter being looking after Naruto, fearing that an organisation called Akatsuki might someday come after him because of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed within him. Knowing Itachi is part of Akatsuki, Kakashi asks if this is correct. Angry that Kakashi knows about their organisation, Itachi instructs Kisame to capture Kakashi. As Kisame moves to attack Guy appears and repels him. Seeing that things are becoming too difficult, Itachi leaves with Kisame. Meanwhile, Jiraiya tries to convince Naruto to help him look for Tsunade. Naruto has no interest until hearing that he can learn a technique stronger than Sasuke's Chidori, at which point he eagerly accompanies Jiraiya out of Konoha.
Chapter 144
- "Pursuers" (追跡者, Tsuisekisha)
Naruto asks why Jiraiya was so determined to teach him a new technique, and theorises that it's because he has some special ability. Jiraiya replies that it's because Naruto reminds him of the Fourth Hokage. Meanwhile, Sasuke continues to train, trying to become as strong as Naruto was during his fight with Gaara for whenever he meets his brother, Itachi. When he visits Kakashi later and finds Kakashi unconscious, he learns that he was defeated by Itachi, who has returned to Konoha to capture Naruto. Sasuke goes looking for him and picks up on his trail, hoping to find him before Itachi does. Jiraiya and Naruto check into a motel a few miles from Konoha. When they catch a woman's attention, Jiraiya sends Naruto to their room so that he can try his luck. When someone knocks at their door a short while later, Naruto assumes Jiraiya has already been turned down and opens it. He instead finds Itachi.
Author's Note
|Recently, in movies... What?! Film commentary again?! ...But it's pretty much the only thing I can write about... Sorry. So, back to the story... These days, there are usually three performers per character or role. The first is the billed actor (the star). The second is the stunt man. And then there is the CGI stuntman for particularly dangerous scenes or difficult camera shots. They're very well constructed. At this rate we, may even at this rate we may even eventually stop needing real actors...
—Masashi Kishimoto, 2003