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We usually stay away from critiquing columns here since we focus on mainstream coverage of religion news. Occasionally, though, a columnist will use reporting to make claims about the state of religion.
Along with many others at the New York Times, we regularly read Mark Oppeneheimer, who writes a regular biweekly religion column for the Times. For the past few years, we've read and discussed his work, so we thought we'd talk to him about where he's coming from and what he hopes to accomplish in his writing.
Oppenheimer holds a Ph.D. in American religious history from Yale and has written for Books & Culture, The Christian Century, The Forward, and Tablet (the Jewish one, not the Catholic one), among other publications. He also authored three books: Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture, Thirteen and a Day: The Bar and Bat Mitzvah Across America, and Wisenheimer: A Childhood Subject to Debate.
He, his wife, three daughter and two dogs live in New Haven, Connecticut. You can find him through his columns, on his blog, Twitter and Facebook. Here's what Oppenheimer had to say about his role in religion coverage.
What kinds of issues do religion columnists navigate that might be different from others kinds of columnists? How can religion columnists cover old ideas in new ways?
First off, I think it's weird that I am a "columnist." At the Times, that largely means that I am freer to write stuff that has no obvious news peg. But I still believe in reporting, and in striving to be fair. I have a point of view, but I try not to be polemical or argumentative.
But to answer your question, I think we have one huge problem: we often are describing beliefs for which there is no evidence of the traditional kind. That does not mean those beliefs are stupid or to be scorned, but if they were new beliefs we'd often treat their holders as quite mad. Religions gain respectability with age, for better or worse. Believing in a messiah who died two thousand years ago is okay -- so is believing in one who is yet to come -- but believing in one who stands outside your building with a sandwich board is ridiculous. Those are the terms of the discussion. Even a religiously observant and devout reporter has to admit there is something queer about that. There are good reasons the discussion is held that way, but it troubles me sometimes.
How would you describe the advocacy or point of view you're trying to get across in your columns? Wow! What a loaded question. Advocacy? I advocate for good journalism. I am often writing short profiles of people, and so in 900 words I try to portray them fairly and accurately. I hope they would recognize themselves in my portraits. I also hope people who know them well would recognize them.
When you profile individuals, is there a temptation to portray them too positively? Of course. I like most people, so I am often seduced into portraying them more positively than I should. Journalists are supposed to be skeptics. If someone says "Christ died on the cross," we should say, "How do you know?" We should want to know what happens to the money in the collection plates; whether priests who preach against masturbation have ever masturbated; whether rabbis sneak a snack on Yom Kippur. Especially with clergy, there is a temptation to think them better than other people; as one example, we give them honorifics: "Father," "Rabbi," "Monsignor." I'd prefer "Mister" and "Ms." They are people. Any time a journalist gets too reverent, we have a problem.
What is the most important religion story right now that you think the mainstream media are having a hard time grasping? I think we are always misunderstanding the connection between professed belief and behavior. I often read surveys that suggest that religious belief has almost no influence on key behaviors: premarital sex, abortion, crime, etc. The one exception seems to be charitable giving (although it's unclear how the stats would shake out if we excluded church giving and tithing from charitable giving). But basically I don't really know how coming to Christ, or getting deeply involved in a mosque, or whatever, changes people's private morality or their citizenship. We haven't even begun to figure out what questions to ask.
What is the story that you will be watching carefully in the next year or two? I don't know. But I have been very interested in divorce lately. Annulments are given quite freely in Catholicism, the stigma is largely gone in evangelicalism, and Orthodox Jews are searching for a way to help women secure divorce rights (only the Orthodox Jewish man can give a religious divorce). Meanwhile, we have gay men and lesbians marrying, and we don't know at what rates they will divorce. So a lot of interesting questions out there...
Do you have anything else you want to tell us about religion coverage in the mainstream news media? It's not skeptical enough. I blame myself, but I blame all of us. We either treat religion with reverence, or we treat is as a human-interest curiosity -- but we rarely treat it as a vice-filled human institution in need of investigative reporting. And we all suffer for that, religious people most of all. Think how much pain we could have spared Roman Catholics if we, as the media, had investigated the behavior of a vicious minority of priests decades earlier. If we could crack Watergate in 1972-1974, maybe we could have cracked some scandals in organized religion, too. And one tragic thing is that many religious people think the mainstream media is too critical of religion, when the truth is that the mainstream media is not critical enough. It misunderstands religion, sure -- but is still oddly hands-off and reverent. And again, it's the people in the pews who suffer. It's not the children of atheists who were being molested.


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Description of 68 Church Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Simply elegant. Prime 18th century ''Old Walled City'' location, in the heart of the east side South of Broad historic district. Circa 2007, built to updated flood codes and standards. This luxurious, free-standing masonry residence includes the latest conveniences often not found in neighboring homes, such as an elevator and two-car garage. Uniquely designed for privacy as the home is stepped back from the street, offering a terraced garden in the front, with a private courtyard in the midsection of the home.Sophistication greets you as you enter, with nicely scaled rooms, tall ceilings featuring mahogany trim and moldings, custom milled throughout the 1st and 2nd levels. The site built flying staircase is a dramatic backdrop for the 1st floor formal space. The important areas--kitchen and baths--feature the finest quality with every modern convenience. Italian marble, solid mahogany cabinetry enhance these areas as well.On the 2nd level you will find a comfortable street-side library and balcony with magnificent views of a Greek-revival portico across the street.The master suite is equally luxurious. The suite surrounds the private, central courtyard. The elevator is nearby.The 3rd level is complete with 3 bedrooms and 2 impeccable baths.At the rear of the home, across from the 1st floor kitchen is a 2nd level office/exercise room above the 2 car garage. Other features, UV protection added to the windows, all drapes and blinds convey with the sale in addition to light fixtures and appliances.
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"The Beautiful Life: TBL" is over.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The CW show is the first of the fall season's freshman series to get the axe, earning a cancellation after just two episodes.
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The show was produced by Ashton Kutcher and featured former "The O.C." star Mischa Barton as a troubled model, but its star power generated less than runway-ready ratings – Wednesday's episode was watched by a scant 1 million people, or less than a third of Ashton's Twitter followers.
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Update to ASUS K53SJ and Linux.
Now I'am running OpenSuSE 12.1 on this machine. 3D Support is now available and all the desktop effects are running well. Some other 3D programs are also working. Bumblebee is no longer needed. The card reader still needs the additional driver mentioned above. The touchpad supports the multi finger gestures now. Up to three fingers are now recognized and supported. The webcam works fine with x64 programs. Programs using the i586 libraries are still have the upside down picture problem.
OpenSuSE 12.1 works fine with this laptop.
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Task for Bo Xilai's Lawyer: to Ensure a Smooth Trial
Chief Defender in Highly Political Proceedings Needs to Act as an Intermediary for the State
JINAN, China—Heading the legal defense team for Bo Xilai, the former Communist Party highflier, may not seem like the best career move for a Chinese lawyer. Courts here are tightly controlled by the party and a guilty verdict in Mr. Bo's trial, which begins Thursday, is almost a foregone conclusion.
Yet lawyers and legal experts say that for Li Guifang, Mr. Bo's chief defense lawyer, the case isn't about winning over a jury—there isn't one—or defeating the charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power that Mr. Bo faces...


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The aim of the Gita
The aim of the Gita doctrine is to lead one to tranquility, happiness and equanimity. No rituals are prescribed.
The Gita Says:
Do your duty to the best of your ability without worrying about the results. Perceive that God is present equally in all beings and treat all beings equally..
The four goals of human life are:
· doing one's duty,
· earning wealth,
· material and sensual enjoyment (with senses under control),
· attaining salvation.
Different Religions
The world needs different religions, cults and deities to meet the vastly different needs of individuals. The Gita Doctrine is beyond Religious and National boundaries.


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Junior talent show for Under-17s in Minsk
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The eighth International Under-17 Tournament in Minsk last month was an opportunity for players involved in UEFA European Championship qualifying to gain invaluable experience.
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Stars of tomorrow were given a chance to shine in January at the eighth International Under-17 Tournament organised by the Football Federation of Belarus (BFF) and the Minsk City Executive Committee.
Players born in 1995 from Belgium, Finland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine joined the host nation for the UEFA-supported event in Minsk, with six of the eight participating teams also gaining valuable experience ahead of their assignments in the elite round of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in late March.
"The geography of the tournament has expanded," Yulia Zenkovich of the BFF told UEFA.com. "We not only have neighbouring countries participating but also nations like Belgium, Finland and Serbia. The interest from spectators and media has also increased, while during the last two tournaments some key matches, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies, were broadcast live on the internet."
This time it was Ukraine who took the honours in the Belarusian capital, while, among the individual player awards, the fans saw Giorgi Papunashvili of Georgia named the best midfielder. Papunashvili and his peers will aim to follow the example of seven players, including captain Mikhail Sivakov, who took part in the inaugural event in 2005 before progressing to the Belarus Under-21 side that reached the UEFA European U21 Championship semi-finals in Denmark last summer.
"We hope the players who participated in Minsk will gain experience and go on to have successful careers. We also hope they will take back to their home countries positive impressions of Minsk and the people who came to support them," said Zenkovich. "It makes us proud to see the joy of the players involved and it makes us feel these kinds of tournaments are really worthwhile."


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Inf0rmation on the Forget-me-not Dementia Train
Please note that following the success of the first Forget-me-not Train, it may be quite busy!
First Wednesday of each Month
Next one is Wednesday, 2nd October
11:58 from Whitby Station
with Music by Dave Clegg Duo
Bring your own picnic and enjoy the ride from
Whitby to Middlesbrough and gets back into Whitby 15:37.
Funded, with thanks, by NYCC, ACoRP & Northern Railway
"Away from the packed commuter routes and main
intercities, the backwaters of our national rail network harbour some
of the most beautiful rides in the world.
"Leaving Teesside, the train chugs out across the North York Moors … along the leafy valley through Danby, Egton and Lealholm – surely the prettiest village in Yorkshire – to Whitby's bracing sea air, fine Georgiana and looming Gothic church. This is England's green and pleasant land, writ large over 36miles ... it will make you sigh"
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The Esk Valley Railway connects the rural communities in the North Yorkshire Moors with the city of Middlesbrough and the historic seaside town of Whitby. The railway also offers an enjoyable, environmentally-friendly and stress-free way to view and explore this magnificent landscape and lovely villages.
More trains on the Esk Valley line A new early-morning weekday commuter service from Whitby along the Esk Valley line to Middlesbrough plus year-round Sunday services are to be provided by the new Northern Rail franchise. Read the press release.
On this website you will find inspiration for days out and practical information to help you plan your journey. Here you can:
- print-off timetables for individual stations, choose a station from the list of links at the foot of any page.
- read about things to see, what to do and where to eat at places along the line
- download walking and cycling routes
- find out about fares and discounts
- view a calendar of events
- discover the environmental benefits of travelling by train
This website is commissioned and maintained by the Esk Valley Railway Development Company, a not-for-profit Community Rail Partnership. The train service is operated by Northern Rail and the line is owned by Network Rail.
Esk Valley Railway Outings
Share your experiences and find inspiration.
Share your stories, memories and experiences of great days out involving the Esk Valley Railway, to inspire others to enjoy the line too.
Rail Ale Trail
The new version of this leaflet gives details of many of the great pubs along the Esk Valley Railway line.
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Create Educational Screencasts with Explain Everything iPad App
Explain Everything iPad app records your voiceover narration and actions onscreen in a screencast that can be replayed over and over. Create screencast iPad tutorials to demonstrate concepts to students in class, or provide course content outside the classroom for flipped learning.
Explain Everything also a wonderful job of linking to the cloud-based accounts such as Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, and YouTube, so you can import files easily.
Explain Everything design tools for screencasting
In descending order from the top, your design tools include the following:
New Slide: Add slides to your project by tapping the + icon in the top left of your screen.
Adding slides is especially helpful if you want to prearrange content on different slides and move between them while recording your screencast.
Slide Sorter: This tool displays thumbnails of all your slides. Tap and drag any one to a new location to change their order.
Draw: Tap and hold the pen to change options such as color, thickness, transparency, and even the type of pen tip. Use it for anything from scrawling some numbers to doodling a Picasso!
Pointer: Use the Pointer during your screencast to highlight anything onscreen without marking it. Tap and hold it to choose the style of Pointer.
Shapes and Lines: Tap to select a shape such as a circle or square, then drag to draw it. You can also change its color, transparency, and border.
Text: Tap and hold to change text options such as size, font, and color.
Insert Image or Web Browser: Add images from your iPad photo library or from any of your linked cloud accounts. You can also tap the From Camera option (iPad 2 and higher) to take a photo with the iPad camera and insert it directly. After selecting an image, you can crop or rotate the image before insertion.
You can even insert a fully functioning web browser on a slide. Edit the top line of the browser to type the address of the website you want. Use the browser window to demonstrate and highlight content on any webpage during your screencast.
For example, if you want to create a tutorial about how to navigate the school website, you can insert a browser window into your Explain Everything project, type the web address of the school website, and demonstrate how to use it. Use the Pointer to highlight items and the Draw tool to mark up and annotate them.
Delete: Tap an object then tap the Delete icon to remove it.
Arrange: Select any object by tapping it and then tap the Arrange icon to move it behind or in front of other objects.
Undo: Don't you wish everything in life had an Undo tool? Well, Explain Everything does.
Zoom and Pan: When you tap this icon, you can use the standard two-finger pinch and reverse-pinch gestures to zoom in and out of your slide.
Presentation Mode: Hides most of the toolbar icons. Use it to present in full-screen mode, and tap it again to return to your normal screen with toolbars.
Slide Sorter: Tap the arrows to move between the different slides.
Create an Explain Everything screencast
Tap the Explain Everything icon.
The Explain Everything app opens and displays the Home page, where you can select options to start a new project or edit an existing one.
Tap the New Project button on the upper-left to get started.
You'll be prompted to start with either a blank project or by importing content such as documents or images you have stored in your iPad photo library or in one of many popular cloud services.
Tap New Project to start a blank project or to import content from your cloud accounts.
You'll need to link to your cloud account first by tapping the Preferences button on the top right and linking any of the accounts offered to Explain Everything.
Explain Everything will import images, documents, and even presentations and spreadsheets. When imported, each document page, presentation slide, or photo is placed on a separate slide in Explain Everything.
Once you select one of the options for starting your project, Explain Everything displays the editing window.
Add a slide by tapping the New Slide icon.
Use the tools to add drawings, images, shapes, and text to the slide.
Draw, type, annotate, use the laser pointer, and more. The best screencasts capture the viewer's attention by being entertaining and easy to understand. Make your screencast interesting and use the tools to help illustrate your points.
Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to add and edit more slides.
Remember that you can delete and arrange objects, sort slides, and undo anything you don't like (or did accidentally).
Prepare and rehearse your narration.
Tap the Record button and start recording.
The timer will indicate time elapsed as you record, and a Pause button will appear. Tap the Pause button to stop while you adjust content, change the slides, or simply collect your thoughts. Tap Record to continue when you're ready.
Start over by tapping the Rewind button and starting your recording again.
Complete and save your screencast by tapping the folder icon with a downward arrow.
Tap either the Export Image or Export Movie icon in the bottom-right corner of the display.
The Export dialog appears. You can choose to export your screencast as a video, image, or even a PDF document; send it directly via e-mail; or export it to the iPad's Photo gallery, YouTube, Dropbox, and more.


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With the 25th anniversary of Wrestlemania right around the corner, Tito Santana and Buddy Rose (the man behind the Executioner's mask) are reflective about their show-opening match at the very first Wrestlemania.
"I had a good opening match with Buddy, and Vince [McMahon] made certain Wrestlemania was an event to be seen," WWE Hall of Famer Tito Santana said from his home in New Jersey.
"At the time, the match was no big deal to me," the legendary "Playboy" Buddy Rose said last week from his home in Vancouver, WA. "I had already main-evented Madison Square Gardens against [Bob] Backlund. Then I had two matches with Pedro Morales, then a Putski -- then a [Jimmy] Snuka. With Wrestlemania, the only thing I can tell you is George Scott was the booker, and I was asked to be on the card but he didn't want 'Playboy.' I was going to get a big push along with Steamboat -- Steamboat had just come in and we were going to have a feud nationwide. (Scott) didn't want to see Playboy lose because they had other plans for me. I know now though (Wrestlemania) was probably a big deal to fans like you."
It was a big deal, the biggest, as I've always said: there's something so timeless and magical about being at Wrestlemania -- even when you're part of a closed-circuit television audience more than 500 kilometres away from the live event.
For me, it was the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium on March 31, 1985, where I sat in the first row on the floor (the ice rink was covered with wood planks), gazing up at the giant screen and waiting in anticipation as the minutes ticked down to Wrestlemania. At the age of 13, wrestling was a major part of my life, as I had already been to several NWA live events and my first WWF house show the summer before at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium.
But nothing beat the anticipation I felt for the first Wrestlemania, as I camped out all night in freezing temperatures to be first in line to score tickets for what would become an unprecedented event for pro wrestling. As I reflect back on 25 years of watching Wrestlemania, either on close-circuit, pay-per-view, or live in Toronto, the sights and sounds of that historical first match between Tito Santana versus the Executioner still echoes clearly in my memory.
Tito Santana was glad to be there as well, wrestling in front of 20,000 fans at the Garden and over one million fans on closed-circuit, making it the largest closed circuit television audience in the U.S. at the time. But what he didn't understand, when first booked to wrestle, was his place on the card in the first match. "I was in the middle of a big angle with Greg Valentine, and I couldn't figure out why I was in the first match," Santana said. "I couldn't understand why Greg and I couldn't have a main event match at this unprecedented event, until Vince Jr. came up to me before I went to the ring and said, 'This is a do or die situation.' The beginning (of Wrestlemania) is very important, he explained, and it gave me a different perspective of what my job was -- and I accomplished that."
Santana added, "I was a company man, and always wanted to do what's best. I can remember Vince saying, 'If we don't make it, we are going down -- this is all my money. But if it's successful, we're off and running and nothing can stop us.' I remember Vince's pep talk made me feel real good, and he had the confidence in me and Buddy to get the people on their feet right off the bat."
And getting the fans on their feet is exactly what Santana and Rose did, as the crowd went crazy for the action-filled back-and-forth battle, as both participants accomplished their goal of energizing the audience. The fast-paced five minute bout ended when Rose submitted to Santana's figure-four leg lock. Vividly, I can still see the crowd roaring as Santana brought the crowd to its feet, once again, with his trademark battle cry, 'Arriba!"
"I was glad he had me, and I had him -- wrestling Tito was great, and was always a night off," said Rose. "Tito would sometimes fill in for other wrestlers, and he always worked his ass off. And he never hurt you, even with that 'flying jalepeno' (trademark flying forearm smash)." Wrestlemania would be the first time Santana and Rose ever met in the ring, but they would battle across the country in years to come.
"Looking back on that match at Wrestlemania though, I remember we were told we could only go five to six minutes," Rose said, "And for me, that was when wrestling stopped being where you could just have a match, and became something where you had to make it short and fit within an exact time so they could get the next match on."
Later on the card at Wrestlemania, Santana returned at ringside to dispute Valentine's tainted victory over Junkyard Dog. Because of Santana's interference, Valentine's victory was thrown out by the referee and the match was ordered to continue. An irate Valentine refused to return to the ring though and lost the match due to a count-out. "I found out later the reason Greg and I didn't wrestle a match that day was because our matches were so good that they wanted the angle to hit all the big cities, and not expose it at Wrestlemania, I was told by George Scott."
Along with being in the first match, Santana said one of his favourite memories of Wrestlemania was seeing his good friend Andre the Giant win his $15,000 body slam match against the "unslammable" Big John Studd. "Andre and I had become very, very good friends over the years and he always expected me to play cards like cribbage and gin rummy with him in the dressing room or at the hotel. He was a gentle giant and very private, and I remember him sharing pictures of his daughter with me. But one of my favourite memories of him is in his match at Wrestlemania -- the audience was going bananas when Andre threw real money into the crowd -- I'll never forget that."
In Santana's autobiography, Tales from the Ring, he shares other great memories of Wrestlemania -- this time backstage and on a more personal level. "I also met a pair of flamboyant people that night that I will never forget -- iconic artist Andy Warhol and legendary entertainer Liberace," Santana writes in the chapter A Who's Who at Wrestlemania. "It turned out that Warhol wasn't just a professional wrestling fan, but a fan of me. He made his way to the locker room in the hopes of meeting me. We chatted for a while and I was so impressed with his personality and character. I gave him my autograph and we had some pictures taken with each other. Liberace was there with the Rockettes. He put on a great performance right in the middle of the ring. Afterward, I had a chance to visit with him in the locker room for about ten minutes. He was very polite and quite a small person. He told me that he respected what the wrestlers were doing and how hard they worked -- a compliment that meant a lot to me."
Though Santana and Rose have lost many friends and fellow wrestlers along the way since that first Wrestlemania, they're both grateful to be involved in wrestling on the independent scene, as Rose trains aspiring young wrestlers at his wrestling school, and Santana still wrestles occasionally. "I tell my wife, when fans start hollering, 'You old fart!' -- that's when I'll stop," Santana laughed. "Jimmy Snuka is still wrestling at 65, and he's ten years older than me. I still love going out there and getting the fans on their feet. I still look not too much different than when I wrestled in the WWF, and I still get a great response."
Rose still gets a great response too, when he's stopped on the street by fans that remember him as the number one heel in the Northwest, and still watch his matches from the AWA shown frequently on ESPN Classics. "It's always great to hear fans say they remember me from those days. You know those matches (from Portland Wrestling) on Roddy Piper's DVD (Born to Controversy), I gave that footage to him -- I taped as many shows as I could, and you can see some of those great matches on YouTube."
"I remember right after Wrestlemania was over, Roddy and I raced to the airport to catch a flight and we arrived in Portland that night at 10pm," Rose added. "I have great memories looking back now at that day. And something I can always say is that I was in the very first match, at the very first Wrestlemania."
Marshall Ward is a visual artist, independent filmmaker, and weekly columnist with the Waterloo Chronicle in Waterloo, ON. Email is welcome at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I was just reading a new study in PLoS One about Y-DNA in Afghanistan, and stopped when I saw this idiotic paragraph...
R1a1a-M17 diversity declines toward the Pontic-Caspian steppe where the mid-Holocene R1a1a7-M458 sublineage is dominant [46]. R1a1a7-M458 was absent in Afghanistan, suggesting that R1a1a-M17 does not support, as previously thought [47], expansions from the Pontic Steppe [3], bringing the Indo-European languages to Central Asia and India.
OK, first of all, the authors made a glaring error in claiming that R1a1a7-M458 dominates the Pontic-Caspian Steppe. It most certainly does not, and this information is available in the paper they referenced (Underhill et al. 2009). Secondly, who cares about R1a1a STR diversity? It's not relevant, because it tells us nothing about the origins of R1a1a. In fact, there's no way anyone can accurately estimate the ages/expansion times of Y-chromosome haplogroups. Scientists have attempted such feats on many occasions in recent years, and often came up with ridiculous results. So perhaps it's now time to admit there's a problem and move on?
I'd say there's no reason why R1a1a7-M458 should be present in Central Asia and India. Simply by looking at its modern distribution and frequencies, without even attempting any complex calculations, it seems to have expanded around East Central Europe well after the early Indo-European dispersals (see here). The most sensible claim anyone can make about R1a1a7-M458 is that it's a Slavic, or even West Slavic marker, that probably originated in the people who would become Slavs in or near modern-day Poland.
The European-specific R1a1a SNP that scientists should be looking for in Central Asia, in order to track the movements of the early Indo-Europeans, is Z280. This marker has a much wider distribution in Central and Eastern Europe than M458, and perhaps that was also the case during the relevant time frames - the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age? Indeed, it has already been found in native Central Asian samples, both in private and academic tests, and the latter results will hopefully be published soon.
To widen the net, they should also test for Z283, which is upstream to both M458 and Z280. Its present distribution hints that it might have been a common marker within the late Neolithic Corded Ware cultural horizon of the North European Plain, which is usually thought of as an early Indo-European culture. If that was the case, then in theory, based on archeological data, it might have traveled with representatives of the Eastern Corded Ware, the Abashevo culture, past the Urals and as far as East Central Asia.
Haber M, Platt DE, Ashrafian Bonab M, Youhanna SC, Soria-Hernanz DF, et al., (2012) Afghanistan's Ethnic Groups Share a Y-Chromosomal Heritage Structured by Historical Events. PLoS ONE 7(3):e34288. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034288
See also...
First official attempt to divide R1a1 into multiple subclades since the discovery of R-M458


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Huw Baines
July 4, 2009
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The British & Irish Lions can head home with their heads held high after a fascinating 2-1 Test series loss to the Springboks, and there were some performances to savour from the men in red. Here's our verdict on the squad that came together to take part in a memorable tour.
Coaching Staff: Ian McGeechan and Gerald Davies went all out to restore the Lions' ethos on this tour, and did so by commendably immersing the players in local culture. On the field, their Lions were brave and competitive, but let down by poor selections in the first Test.
Warren Gatland's forwards were out scrummed and out mauled in the opener, while Shaun Edwards' much-vaunted defence was punctured on first phase twice in the second Test. Rob Howley created an incisive set of backs however, and the coaching staff will look back on the tour as a missed opportunity. B
Paul O'Connell (capt) - Overshadowed by Victor Matfield in the lineout, the Lions skipper nevertheless fought with all he had in the tumultuous Test series. Unfortunately for him he will be remembered as a losing captain. B+
Lee Byrne - The Wales fullback will be bitterly disappointed to have missed out on the second and third Tests due to a thumb injury, but in the early stages of the tour he showed why he's one of the most feared fullbacks in the world game. B
Rob Kearney - Took his chance magnificently when Byrne was injured, absolutely stunning under the high ball, dangerous in attack and rock solid in defence. A
Leigh Halfpenny - One of the many injury casualties, Halfpenny only made one appearance - in a stuttering win over the Cheetahs. He joined the squad late due to his thigh problem, and will dearly hope to get another shot in a Lions jersey in the future. C
Ugo Monye - It seems unfair to single out Monye's two spurned opportunities in the first Test, but that's the way it is. If they had been taken, who knows what would have happened? Redeemed himself to an extent with his interception in the third Test. B-
Shane Williams - The diminutive Wales winger struggled throughout the early stages of the tour, failing to find his scintillating form of 2008. Scored a brace to set the Lions on their way in the third Test, and will be hoping that he's back on track. B
Luke Fitzgerald - Unfortunately for the young Irishman his tour will always be linked to his treatment at the hands of Schalk Burger, but elsewhere he looked quick and willing. Struggled in his one start in the centre and will need to work on his kicking game however. B
Tommy Bowe - Absolutely vital to the Lions' effort in the early matches, but fell away slightly in the Test series. Showed versatility in filling in at the centre in the final match however, and can look back on a fine tour. A-
Brian O'Driscoll - Almost an auxiliary skipper, BOD was at his combative best during the first two Tests and relished his partnership with Jamie Roberts. Set up Tom Croft's first try in the first Test and went to-to-toe with Victor Matfield in the second, a huge effort to close a magnificent season. A
Jamie Roberts - Deserved his place on the pitch for the final win, as did O'Driscoll, but will not let his injury cloud memories of a stunning impact on tour. In a position that was up for debate he slammed the door shut after his brace against the Golden Lions, and arrived on the international stage. A
Riki Flutey - Struggled with injury early on and was frozen out by the O'Driscoll/Roberts axis, took his chance well in the final Test and laid on an excellent try for Williams. B
Keith Earls - Endured a nightmare opening game but showed some nice touches in later tour matches, perhaps too inexperienced to have threatened for a Test place but will return from tour a better player. B-
Gordon D'Arcy - Arrived as injury cover and failed to hit his top form. Enjoyed a difficult afternoon against the Southern Kings in Port Elizabeth and never realistically threatened the Test reckoning. C
Stephen Jones - The Welsh fly-half ruled the roost this series after taking a back-seat to Jonny Wilkinson in 2005, kicking well and orchestrating play magnificently. His miracle pass to set up Rob Kearney and a record equalling 20 points in the second Test capped perhaps his best international performance. A
Ronan O'Gara - The Ireland fly-half is comfortable in the red of Munster but has never managed to emulate that form in the red of the Lions. His mistake in the closing seconds of the second Test gave Morne Steyn his chance to win the series, something that won't quickly be forgotten. C
James Hook - He was unfortunate not to feature as a replacement in the Test series, and will cite his head injury sustained against the Kings as a big reason why. Was guilty of a loose kick that handed a draw to the Emerging Boks but will take home a special memory in his winning kick against Western Province. B
Mike Phillips - Combative, powerful and heroic, Phillips was one of the best performers in the Test series. He rediscovered the form that he had shown in Wales' 2008 Grand Slam and will be a better player for his duel with Springboks counterpart Fourie du Preez. A
Harry Ellis - Always a feisty competitor, Ellis nevertheless suffered against the breakdown-savvy South Africans. His pace of delivery was just a bit slow in comparison to Phillips, but will have enjoyed his cameo role in the third Test. B
Mike Blair - The Scotland skipper replaced the unfortunate Tomas O'Leary and never made the impact desired on tour. Touted as a Test starter at the start of the year, he failed to stake a claim for the final games of the tour. C
Gethin Jenkins - Denied his chance to claim a sixth straight Lions Test cap by his fractured cheekbone, Jenkins' workrate and breakdown work was first-rate throughout. Secured a memorable tackle on Bryan Habana in the first Test. A
Andrew Sheridan - A powerful presence in the third Test, some negativity at the breakdown left Sheridan out in the cold for the opening Test and his carrying ability couldn't convince the selectors that he should usurp Jenkins. Still, a strong effort. B
Lee Mears - Looked for all the world like the Test hooker after the tour games, suffered under pressure from the Springboks scrum in the first Test and never reappeared in the remaining Tests. Size does matter, it seems. B-
Matthew Rees - Doubts remain about his throwing at the set piece, but the Welsh hooker provided extra weight to the Lions' front-row and finished with three Test caps due to his boisterous work around the field. B
Ross Ford - A late call-up due to an injury to Jerry Flannery, Ford won the only Scottish Test cap in the series and his extra bulk was welcome following injury to Rees in the third Test. B-
Phil Vickery - Another who was an automatic Test selection in most eyes, Vickery was mauled by Tendai Mtawrira in the first Test - giving away a good number of the penalties that lost the game for the Lions. Redeemed himself to a degree in the third Test. B-
Euan Murray - Had his tour ended by injury before the Tests, but seemed unlikely to feature after mainly playing a supporting role. Will be disappointed after an excellent season with Scotland and Northampton. C
Adam Jones - One of the most popular characters in the camp, Jones' effort in the second Test will remain an abiding memory for fans. Unfortunate to suffer a severe injury in that game, but still quite turnaround from his early years with Wales under Steve Hansen. A
Alun-Wyn Jones - Perhaps too slight a figure in the first Test, Jones is nevertheless a name for the future and already touted as Wales captain. Won three Test caps and will return a stronger player. B
Simon Shaw - The veteran lock finally got his chance in a Lions Test in Pretoria, putting in a magnificent performance. Blotted his copybook in the third Test with a sin-binning and citing however. A-
Donncha O'Callaghan - Failed to find his best form on tour, but served the Test side well in shoring up the scrum in the first Test. B-
Nathan Hines - His ban for a dangerous tackle against the Emerging Boks effectively ended his hopes of a Test appearance, but his physicality around the field had placed him in the mix early on. B-
Joe Worsley - Too upright in the tackle at times and was shown up at openside in the tour games, Worsley recovered well in winning his first Test cap in the final Test. B-
Tom Croft - A puzzling omission from the original squad, Croft seized his opportunity well and bagged a brace in the first Test. Still only 23, expect him to have future impact in a red shirt. A-
Stephen Ferris - Looked likely to force his way in to the Test side early on, but had his tour wrecked by injury. Hugely unfortunate, but performed very well in his few opportunities. B
Martyn Williams - A modern great in a Wales jersey, Williams suffered with injury early on and was perhaps too fast and loose for the Lions' Test gameplan. Scored an important try against Western Province and was excellent in his first Test start in the final game. B+
David Wallace - His greater carrying game saw him edge out Williams for a Test berth, and he competed well for the tourists both in attack and defence. A powerful presence. B+
Andy Powell - Was too one-dimensional in his early performances and spent far too much time on the deck, but perhaps unlucky to not have made the bench for at least the final Test. Showed flashes of his best against Western Province and the Emerging Boks. B-
Jamie Heaslip - Excellent in his opening performances but quiet during the Tests, Heaslip saved his best performance for the victory in the third Test. B+
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- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛk.ˈspɹɛs/ IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɹɛs/
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- Rhymes: -ɛs
Etymology 1Edit
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).
express (comparative more express, superlative most express)
- (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
- I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me.
- This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher.
- Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
- In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance.
- 1634, John Milton, Homer Sprague, editor, The Mask of Comus, New York: J. W. Schermerhorn & Co., published 1876, page 253:
- Soon as the potion works, their human countenance, / The express resemblance of the gods, is changed / Into some brutish form, of wolf, or bear, / Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, / All other parts remaining as they were […]
- (retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
- The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express.
- Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express.
- The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express.
moving or operating quickly
specific or precise
truly depicted, exactly resembling
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
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express (plural expresses)
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
- I took the express into town.
- 1931, Francis Beeding, "1/1", in Death Walks in Eastrepps[1]:
- The train was moving less fast through the summer night. The swift express had changed into something almost a parliamentary, had stopped three times since Norwich, and now, at long last, was approaching Banton.
- A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- An express rifle.
- (Can we date this quote?) H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
- "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.
- (Can we date this quote?) H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
- (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
- (Can we date this quote?) Jeremy Taylor
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- (Can we date this quote?) Jeremy Taylor
- A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
- An express office.
- (Can we date this quote?) E. E. Hale
- She charged him […] to ask at the express if anything came up from town.
- (Can we date this quote?) E. E. Hale
- That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
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- (of a train): fast train
quick mode of transportation
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French espresser, expresser, from frequentative form of Latin exprimere.
express (third-person singular simple present expresses, present participle expressing, simple past and past participle expressed)
- (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.
- Words cannot express the love I feel for him.
- (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 13
- The people of his island of Rokovoko, it seems, at their wedding feasts express the fragrant water of young cocoanuts into a large stained calabash like a punchbowl [...].
- 2018, Kelsey Munroe, The Guardian, 15 March:
- They don't have teats, so the mothers express their milk onto their bellies for their young to feed.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, chapter 13
- (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
- (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
- 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains, Wired:
- When a cell "expresses" a gene, it translates the DNA first into a signature messenger RNA (mRNA) sequence and subsequently into a chain of amino acids that forms a protein.
- 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains, Wired:
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Related termsEdit
to convey meaning
to excrete or cause to excrete
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express (plural expresses)
- (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:
- Whereby they discoursed in silence, and were intuitively understood from the theory of their expresses.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.20:
- (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
- This Gentleman [...] caused a man to go down no less than a hundred fathom, with express to take notice whether it were hard or soft in the place where it groweth.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:
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CodeIT Suisse is Credit Suisse Hong Kong's signature campus recruiting event, held annually to showcase to university students what technology means to a top tier bank. The event is open to second and third year students looking to investigate career options that can put their technology based degrees into practice.
The most recent event was held over a weekend in October, from Friday night to Sunday afternoon beginning with an introduction and networking session on Friday. Saturday was when the fun started! The morning had a very brief introduction to the challenge that participants would be tackling over the next 24 hours. Step 1 - hit a single REST endpoint on our mock 'CodeIT Suisse Exchange'.
The CodeIT Suisse Team was deliberately vague about the challenge. What lay ahead was a series of tasks that would take teams through a discovery of other endpoints and functionality on the exchange, simulating financial market transactions. This also allowed each team to register accounts and begin trading. There were a total of 10 tasks that the participants had to complete to understand the overall functionality of the CodeIT Suisse exchange. Once complete, they could begin trading.
The ultimate goal - build a trading system by Sunday afternoon to make the most money in 1 hour. After they had completed the 10 challenges, how the teams went about this was completely free-flow. Some teams looked at utilising the full availability of financial products available to them, while others considered just one product.
The technology that was demonstrated was also wide ranging! Code was built in Python, Ruby, and NodeJS (just to name a few), and some teams created GUIs, while others used command line interfaces.
Exactly 24 hours after the challenge began teams had to lock down and submit their code, to get their systems ready for the 1 hour trading simulation. All teams were competing against each other and a scoreboard was available to show where teams were placed. It was a tense hour! The simulation showcased each team's understanding of the exchange, the financial products, and the trading platform that was available to them. As a spectator, you could see how different teams utilised different trading strategies based on what they had discovered from the exchange in the last 24 hours, through their own testing and development.
Ultimately, all teams made a profit! What everyone built and demonstrated in a period of 24 hours was impressive, but what was more remarkable were some of the comments that came from the participants:
"We are trying to use an arbitrage strategy, but the latency of the server is proving to be an issue"
"During our testing, the exchange went down, what do we do now?"
"We found a news feed on the exchange, but how accurate is it? Can it be trusted?"
All of these are real world issues that our analysts, developers, and infrastructure engineers face on a regular basis, and they have to find solutions to resolve or minimise the impact that they have.
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Fundraisers with a black-tie and tennis shoes dress code aren't exactly a dime a dozen; we can think of maybe four that happen here every year. They're loads of fun, but when it comes to being unique, none of them hold a candle to the ArtReach-sponsored Dine & D'Art.
Dine & D'Art guests don't wear sneakers to be cool. They need 'em to gain traction for the D'Art portion of the evening — the mad scramble to get one's hands on a coveted painting, photograph, sculpture, jewel or piece of furniture created for the occasion by such artists as Darrell Anderson, Zoe Tessier, Agnes Sanchez, Sharon Feder, Lucia De Giovanni, Tadd Moskal, John Atencio, Laurie Maves, John Fielder and Ivadell Marie. Each item is worth at least $400.
Dine & D'Art 2011 came down this past Saturday at Mile High Station. Joe McCormack and Michael Ledwitz were the co-chairs; Judi Wolf was the honorary chairman and sponsors included Fred and Jana Bartlit; Walt Imhoff, in honor of Ryta Sondergard; abc Custom Framing; and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
Committee member Jamie Angelich was honored with the Ginger Merelli Special Event Volunteer Award not only for her service to ArtReach but to groups that include the Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver, Denver Ballet Guild, Excelsior Youth Center and the Denver Center Alliance. Angelich is chairing the ballet guild's 2011 debutante celebration, Le Bal de Ballet, and the upcoming (March 16) Whine & Kibbles, which will raise money for the Greenwood Village Police Department's K-9 Unit.
Others who worked to make Dine & D'Art a success included Fred Churbuck, Michele Kaup, Christine Kennedy, Eric Matelski, Tina McKeever, Denise Seery, Maureen Brooks, Gail Johnson, Pam Kelker, Louise Richardson, Phyllis Stewart and ArtReach executive director Karla Johnson-Grimes.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After collecting a career-high eight ground balls and winning 12-of-21 faceoffs in the Crimson's 11-8 victory over No. 6 Princeton Saturday, freshman midfielder Alex White of the 19th ranked Harvard men's lacrosse team has been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week, the conference office announced Monday afternoon.
White won 12-of-21 faceoffs on the day and led the team in ground balls. He also caused a turnover and fired three shots on goal. He helped the Crimson hold on to a 6-4 lead at halftime, as he won six faceoffs in the second half, enabling Harvard to knock off its Ivy League rival.
The 11-8 victory was the first for Harvard over the Tigers since the 1990 season, a span of 19 games. With the win, Harvard improved to 2-3 in the Ivy League and 6-5 overall, helping the Crimson remain in the hunt for a spot in the Ivy League tournament. If the Crimson defeats No. 17 Yale May 1, Harvard automatically qualifies for the inaugural conference tournament, while a loss to the Bulldogs would eliminate the Crimson.


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Angerhofer <an3 at PHYSIK.UNI-STUTTGART.DE> To: govindjee at UIUCSCS.BITNET Subject: Nobel prize winners list Dear Dr. Govindjee, Thank you for your messages. I just returned from a two weeks vacation and was not able to respond to you earlier. Please excuse me. On 23rd of December I had tried to put my message on the British node of the listserver. However, it rejected it. It also did so with my earlier message which was the reason why I previously had used the US node. I then put it on the biosci at net.bio.net again. I thought that I had then received the message on my account but right now am unable to retrieve it in my files here. Anyway, I attach the original message below. Since the US node is not reliable right now and the British node rejects my messages it might be best if you put it on the British node. By the way, I received the message you had put on the listserver in end of December. So, that way it should work. Please just strip the lines with the Christmas greetings from below the message. Best regards, Alex. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Nobel prize winners in photosynthesis Dear Colleagues, A couple of weeks ago we requested some help from you in putting together a list of Nobel prize winners in the area of photosynthesis and related fields with impact on photosynthesis research. We decided to put the information we got in three different lists and share the results with you: List #1: Photosynthesis related research, including chlorophyll and carotenoid chemistry. List #2: Noble prize winners who worked in photosynthesis but got their prize in other areas. List #3: Areas with impact on photosynthesis research. List 1: Richard Martin Wilstaetter .......................... 1915 (Chemistry) Chlorophyll purification and structure, carotenoids, anthocyanins. Hans Fischer ........................................ 1930 (Chemistry) Haemin synthesis, chlorophyll chemistry. Paul Karrer ......................................... 1937 (Chemistry) Carotenoid structure, flavins, vitamin B2. Richard Kuhn ........................................ 1938 (Chemistry) Carotenoids, vitamins. Melvin Calvin ....................................... 1961 (Chemistry) Carbon dioxide assimilation. Robert Burns Woodward ............................... 1965 (Chemistry) Total synthesis of vitamin B12, chlorophyll, and other natural products. Peter Mitchell ...................................... 1978 (Chemistry) Oxidative and photosynthetic phosphorylation, chemiosmotic theory. Hartmut Michel, Robert Huber, Johannes Deisenhofer .. 1988 (Chemistry) X-ray structure of the bacterial photosynthetic reaction center. Rudolph Marcus ......................................... 1992 (Chemistry) Electron transfer theory. Applied his theory to the primary photosynthetic charge separation. List 2: James Franck (together with Gustav Hertz) ........................ 1925 (Physics) Electron-atom collisions. Later developed the Franck-Condon principle and worked in photosynthesis. Otto Warburg ........................................ 1931 (Physiology/Medicine) The respiratory enzyme. Sir George Porter (together with R. G. W. Norrish and Manfred Eigen) .. 1967 (Chemistry) Flash photolysis (among other systems he studied aromatic molecules and Chl). List 3: Theodor Svedberg .................................... 1926 (Chemistry) The ultracentrifuge. Heinrich Otto Wieland ............................... 1927 (Chemistry) Bile acids, oxidation processes in the living cell, dehydrogenase. Albert Szent-Gyoergyi von Nagyrapolit ............... 1937 (Physiology/Medicine) The biological combustion process, vitamin C, the flavins. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen ............................. 1945 (Chemistry) Nitrogen fixation. Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius ........................ 1948 (Chemistry) Electrophoresis and adsorption analysis. Archer John Porter Martin, and Richard Lawrence Millington Synge ............... 1952 (Chemistry) Partition chromatography. Fritz Albert Lipmann and Hans Adolf Krebs ........... 1953 (Physiology/Medicine) Coenzyme A, ATP, the Krebs cycle. Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell .......................... 1955 (Physiology/Medicine) Oxidation enzymes (among others: cytochromes). Louis Leloir ........................................ 1970 (Chemistry) Carbohydrate biosynthesis in plants and animals. Additional sources of information we used: "Nobel Lectures" Including Presentation Speeches and Laureates' Biographies; Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Physics; Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam 1972. (Series of 4 volumes each in each subject, covers all nobel prizes up to 1972) "Les Prix Nobel" The Nobel Prizes, Nobel Prizes, Presentations, Biographies and Lectures; Yearbook of the Nobel Foundation; Norstedts Tryckeri AB, Stockholm. In compiling the lists we had the problem of where to draw the borderline between the photosynthesis field and other fields, which is quite difficult in many cases. One can always argue wether this or that name should be listed or not, or in which list he should appear. Therefore this is a rather personal list of ourselves, and everybody is welcome to pick and compile his own list. Finally we want to thank all of you who contributed to the list by replying to our previous requests. With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, Alex Angerhofer and Govindjee.


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Security is first and foremost for Vibes organizers
When two men mingled with a crowd of bystanders and set off two bombs at the Boston Marathon, they killed three people, injured hundreds more and set off a manhunt that shut down a large American city.
They also changed the way security is handled at high-attendance events.
"Certainly, we are mindful of events or incidents at other locations around the country and we work with our local state and federal partners for threat assessments," said Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett.
The department is now gearing up for the annual Gathering of the Vibes festival at Seaside Park. The event, which has drawn 20,000 people, will kick off Thursday with more than 40 bands playing on three stages over the course of four days.
Even at events with smaller crowds, experts say, increasing security measures are now an inevitable part of the conversation. The Ives Concert Park in Danbury sees as many as 5,000 people at its summertime events.
"There's definitely and sadly an enlightened awareness and sensitivity for the safety of our patrons," said Steve Greenberg, chairman of the Charles Ives Authority for the Performing Arts. "I don't know if it's in reaction to Boston specifically. I think Boston is the most recent scar in our memory."
Regular attendees of the Alive@Five concert series in Stamford have also seen stricter security checks at the outdoor concert space.
"Part of our enhanced security for the Alive@Five security is the fact that you must factor into everything you do, when planning a public gathering of thousands of people, what happened at the Boston Marathon," said Sandy Goldstein, of the Stamford Downtown Special Services District. "If you don't, you're being irresponsible."
Still, the concert series has had to relax some of its measures as concertgoers have complained and attendance has plummeted.
For example, a requirement that all patrons between the ages of 21 and 25 sign a Consumer Protection Liquor Control Division Age Statement Form -- or a signed statement saying that they are indeed the age that is listed on their ID -- has been relaxed. Now only someone a bartender suspects has a fake identification is asked to fill it out. That measure was an effort to curb underage drinking.
Another security measure, which banned items like umbrellas at Columbus Park, remains. Goldstein said organizers have been trying to find a "happy medium" between keeping people safe and not overreacting to past events.
It's a balancing act that Greenberg said he understands.
At the Ives center, he said, they've held off on changes other locations have instituted, like a ban on backpacks and other items. Instead, they've added stricter inspection protocols and security cameras to their 40-acre venue at Western Connecticut State University.
"We have a responsibility to protect as best as we can," he said.
Instead, the Ives staff works closely with State Police, Western Connecticut State University police and Danbury police on security issues. Those meetings have led to changes in security protocols and the addition of new features, like a security camera system.
"I don't want to go into too much detail because I don't want these things to be tested," Greenberg said.
Inspections of people coming into the park have also been ramped up this year. "It was done (before the Boston event), but not as thoroughly," Greenberg said. "We're checking everything now."
Now in its sixth consecutive year at Seaside, Vibes promoter Ken Hays said thorough inspections of every car, backpack and bag have always been an important part of that festival's security plan.
Despite an increased awareness created by the event in Boston, no substantial changes were made this year because the plan put in place last year was effective, he said.
"We have an extremely thorough and comprehensive police and security deployment in place -- and have for years," Hays said. "We've had multiple meetings with police, fire, EMS and the office of emergency management. The safety of all attendees is paramount and has been for the last 18 years" of Vibes events.
The festival employs private security and the city deploys 35 to 40 officers during the festival's peak times, not including specialized units like the mounted police and a narcotics squad.
"It's a sizable police presence, not only inside the venue, but along the perimeter and the waterfront," Hays said.
Last year, as part of negotiations for a new five-year contract, the Vibes agreed to up its contribution to Bridgeport for police overtime to $250,000, plus an annual 3 percent cost-of-living increase. Before then, the Vibes paid the city just a portion of those costs, despite city officials' claims that the whole tab was taken up by the festival organizers.
Gaudett said the department spends weeks preparing for every event that attracts large crowds, and reviews and analyzes the effectiveness of its strategies after each one.
"For the Puerto Rican Day Parade, for example, Lt. Mark Straubel prepared a 100-page operations plan," he said. "We will be equally prepared for the Vibes."
Security measures have also been adjusted at the festival in the past when incidents big or small have arisen.
That includes a push to prevent the transfer and use of illegal drugs, which stemmed from an FBI investigation of the disappearance of confiscated tanks of nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas; annual arrests for dealing marijuana, Ecstasy and heroin; and two drug-induced deaths, one in 2009 and another in 2010. "Nitrous, balloons and all illegal substance" is the first of several banned items on lists posted in several places on the festival's website.
A 24-hour hot line created four years ago has also proven a successful tool for meeting people's needs, security or otherwise, Hays said. Attendees can call to report a serious issue or get information about the show, or even campground shower times.
Because planned security measures can only go so far, organizers and officials said they rely on patrons and volunteers to report anything suspicious they may see.
It's something many people are already doing after the tragic event in Boston and mass shootings, like the 2011 incident in Tucson, Ariz, that ended with six dead and 19 injured, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and the 2012 shooting in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater.
Many Connecticut residents are still reeling from the December massacre of 26 people, most of them children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
"I think there is a heightened awareness," Greenberg said.
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2014: Another standout year as the starter in right field for MIT … started all 41 games in which he played … second team All-NEWMAC … CoSIDA Academic All-District … Academic All-NEWMAC … finished at .276 with four home runs and 31 RBI … second on the team in doubles (13) and third in slugging (.424) and hits (47) … among the top-10 in the NEWMAC in runs, doubles, home runs and RBI … led the squad with eight multi RBI games … 11 games with 2+ hits … started the season with a six-game hitting streak … drove in three and connected for his first home run of the season against St. Vincent (3/15) … 5-for-6 day against Tufts (3/16), including a pair of doubles, scoring three times … three RBI against Brandeis (3/28) … five game hit streak in which he was 11-for-22 … in a double header sweep of Emerson (4/5) he was a combined 5-for-7 with a double, home run and seven RBI … 3-for-6 day at Amherst (4/9) … 4-for-4, including a pair of doubles, at Babson (4/12), driving in three and scoring twice … home run against UMass Boston (4/24) driving in a pair … doubled and drove in runs in both games of the double header sweep at Wheaton (5/3) that gave MIT the NEWMAC title … doubled and drove in a run against Endicott (5/14) at the NCAA Tournament … doubled and scored against #10 Eastern Connecticut (5/15) in the tourney.
2013: Emerged as one of the top run produces in the NEWMAC … played in and started every game in right field for the Engineers … second team All-NEWMAC … NEWMAC Player of the Week (4/22) … CoSIDA Academic All-District … Academic All-NEWMAC … hit .358 with four home runs and 38 RBI … led MIT in doubles, home runs, RBI and slugging … recorded at least one hit in all but eight games ... led the NEWMAC in doubles and RBI … second in slugging … among the top-10 in the league in runs, hits, triples and home runs … 15 multi-hit games … eight multi-RBI games … 2-for-4 against Springfield (3/22), driving in a season-high three runs … drove in a pair of runs with a double in game 3 against the Pride (3/23), starting a 10-game hit streak … 3-for-5 against nationally ranked Wisconsin-Whitewater (3/26) … pair of hits and a run and RBI against Amherst (3/28) … hit his first home run of the season at Endicott (3/29) … 3-for-5, including a triple, at Johnson & Wales (3/30) … 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI at Babson (4/9) … season-highs of four hits and three RBI, including a pair of doubles, vs. WPI (4/5) … four consecutive multi-hit games in mid-April … two hits and three RBI at Wesleyan (4/16) … three hits in back-to-back games at Worcester State (4/17) and at Wheaton (4/22) … drove in runs in nine of the last 10 games of the season … pair of doubles at Rhode Island College (5/1) … two doubles and two RBI against Suffolk (5/6) … three-run home run against Elms (5/11) in the ECAC Tournament … belted another home run in the NCAA Tournament against Western New England (5/15).
2012: Played in 33 games and started 29 in the outfield as a freshman ... tied for second in the NEWMAC in home runs with four ... tied for eighth in batting average in the NEWMAC at .343 ... fourth in NEWMAC in slugging at .528 ... finished the season with 17 RBI's and had 37 hits ... got his first hit and RBI of his college career in a game against Keene State (3/3) ... racked up three RBI's in routs against both Eastern Nazarene (3/21) and WPI (4/21) ... went 3-3 in the first part of a double header vs. Clark (4/14).
Off The Diamond at MIT: Majoring in aerospace engineering … internship with NAVAIR … internship with Sabritec … research with ISN and Space Systems Lab.
High School: A 2011 graduate of Jserra Catholic High School … letterwinner in both baseball and football … also played for the ASD Bulldogs … Math Senior Award … Scholar Athlete Senior Award.


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Friday, 22 July 2011
Weekend Rewind - The Blogging 101 Edition
Well, last week's link up was oodles of fun. So many lists, so little time! I stumbled a few of the posts that resonated with me (follow me there is you don't already. I am MultipleMum, of course) including this gem from Fox in Flats and Diminishing Lucy's guide to nipping emotional eating in the bud.
This week's Weekend Rewind all about blogging tips. The blogosphere is exploding exponentially and there are many new bloggers out there and many more of us who love to read about how to be a better blogger.So this week, link up an old blog post about blogging for some new comment love. It could be a post about writing posts, commenting, your love of blogging, your addiction to blogging or the technical side of blogging. We're not fussy!
Sister A did a Weekend Rewind dedicated to the blogging community back in May so if you are looking for inspiration of the 'building community' kind, that is a great place to start.
The rules are the same as always: All you need to do to play along is become my friend, if we are not already friends, then link up a post from your archives all about the joys of blogging and get commenting. The more comments the merrier.
I will start you off. Here is one of mine... Blog commenting - do you have a system? (The comments section definitely adds value to the post!)
Now show us yours...
13 comments:
- Miss Mandy said...
I have nothing this week, lol, but I'll certainly be reading up for loads of great tips.
- 22 July 2011 at 22:58
- Erin said...
Can you believe I've never written about the joys of blogging! I've written about my blog name choice but that's it. I look forward to reading everyone else's stories.
- 22 July 2011 at 23:08
- InkPaperPen said...
Yes, like Erin I have only written about my blog name. I don't feel I have anything to offer up this week. But will look forward to reading everyone's posts!
- 22 July 2011 at 23:49
Oh good grief, there's a typo in the title of my post in the linky. How embarrassing. That's what i get for popping on and rushing while at work.
Anyhoo, that would be: BLOG Tips You Won't Find on 1,468,799 Other Sites
- 23 July 2011 at 00:22
- joeh said...
OK, I'm cheating, my blog was scheduled for a later date, so my rewind is really a fast forward.
Prooving once again, I am too old to blog!
The Cranky Old Man
- 23 July 2011 at 00:31
- Quill and Ink Handmade said...
I love this idea, MM - but I haven't yet written a blogging related post; I think it's because our blog is only months old and I'm still learning about what works and what doesn't. Most of the time, I have no idea :)
Looking forward to reading lots of useful tips and tricks!
- 23 July 2011 at 08:55
- emma @ frog, goose and bear said...
I have rewound this post before, but it is one that I think sums up very well what i love about blogging.
- 23 July 2011 at 09:46
- Diminishing Lucy said...
I have linked...its an oldie but a goodie...xx
- 23 July 2011 at 09:49
- Andrea FoxInFlats said...
Thankyou so much for your cool comment about my '12 tips for looking good when you're with your kids' post! xxxx
I'm to new to all this to have a blog tip post, but can't wait to read all of these posts - great idea for a rewind.
- 23 July 2011 at 11:38
- Seana Smith said...
I haven't got a post to link up but will enjoy reading the posts, people are very generous with teaching newbies like moi. Am in car on iPad heading, all six of us, to Olympic Pool at Homebush for some exercise ie need to wear out the hyper kids.
- 23 July 2011 at 12:40
- Kellie said...
I love this idea for a Rewind. I'm learning plenty this week!! ;)
- 23 July 2011 at 17:47
Arrrrgggghhh! Sorry MM I have updated my post with a link to you. Didn't think that through did I? Sorry x
- 23 July 2011 at 18:50
- Lisa said...
I don't have any relevant blog entries for this week, although a relative new blogger... I figure I'll do lot's of reading and pick up a useful hint or two!
- 24 July 2011 at 18:19