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Reborn, but not rebuilt.
Like a fine, wood-aged dessert
wine, a video game port should be sweet and savory. And when it comes out
literally a half-year later than the original, it should feature all kinds of
hidden flavors.
"What am I going on about?" you ask? Three words: Dead to Rights. While
I'm at it, here are three more words: Too Damn Repetitive. But at least you
get to kill bad guys, and lots of 'em, which brings us to the last three words:
Now On PS2!
to Rights made some waves at E3 this year thanks to its cinematic action
and brutal gunfights. Indeed, Namco's latest hard-boiled action romp is heavily
steeped in Max Payne / Matrix / John Woo
flavor. Unfortunately, this port of the
Xbox version offers very little new and suffers the same arcadey fate as
its hard boiled predecessor.
You play K-9 police officer Jack Slate. On his first mission, Jack finds a
near and dear family member lying in a pool of their own blood, shot to death.
Against the better judgment of his superiors, Jack begins a one-man mission
to find his father's killer. Though it seems straightforward enough, the story
is easily one of the more interesting elements in Dead to Rights. It
begins simple and builds gradually with some nice twists and turns. Suffice
to say, the responsible party isn't always the most obvious.
Dead to Rights borrows heavily from Hong Kong gangster movies, Syphon
Filter, Metal Gear
and most notably our resident Bullet-time favorite Max Payne, allowing
players a number ways to dish out their own blend of justice. Essentially, you
take Jack through over a dozen missions where you must shoot wave after wave
of baddies and loot their bodies to find the key or pass card to the next room
filled with more of the same. The game even throws in a number of mini games,
like defusing things, picking locks and even weightlifting. They get increasingly
more difficult as the game progresses, but for the most part they're just filler.
The fighting is where the game is at its best. You can run and gun two-fisted,
use a few cinematic kung-fu moves to disarm an enemy or grab another guy and
use him as a human shield while returning fire. They even threw in all the shoot-dive
jumping maneuvers you remember from Max Payne, although here the moves
are stiffened and don't flow as naturally.
Many of the attacks and defensive moves can be viewed in slow-motion if your
'adrenaline meter' permits. The meter builds over time but can be more quickly
replenished by performing cooler, more intense moves like disarming, taking
a human shield or throwing an opponent. It also makes the game look a lot cooler.
But you'll rarely use the slow-mo since it's cheaply implemented and doesn't
add anything at all to the game. Max Payne raised this bar pretty high,
and Dead to Rights struggles to clear it.
Jack has another mode of combat – fisticuffs. At any time (and often against your behest) you may find yourself unarmed. Jack doesn't seem to believe in reloading. Instead, he just fires what's in the clip and then discards the damn thing. This is a little annoying and a disappointment for those who appreciate reload animations. I guess the developers wanted to force you to disarm assailants in order to quickly gain adrenaline and perform the slow-motion moves.
In any event, the hand-to-hand is put together not unlike a true 3D fighting
game. You are offered Virtual Fighter-style control with the ubiquitous
punch, kick and throw trio. This allows for a number of cool combinations. You
can even dodge and break throws. It's pretty sweet and at times will have you
giggling after a particularly brutal sequence.
But repetitive gameplay is no laughing matter, and Dead to Rights doesn't
hesitate to throw endless waves of enemies at you. This is cool for nonstop
fighting, but that's really all you have here. Even the mini-puzzles don't provide
enough alternate gameplay to really distinguish this from being just another
shooter with cool fighting elements.
all those fighting elements come at a price. The mastery of the control rests
on top of steep learning curve. You can jump on quickly and kill guys, but fully
taking advantage of disarming, human shielding and the like will take time and
Yet unlike the Xbox version, Dead to Rights on the PS2 comes with 3
difficulty settings, none of which are as massively challenging as the one difficulty
option on the Xbox. This makes your first pass much smoother, but less rewarding.
Sadly, things aren't helped by the camera. You move Jack around the world
with the left analog stick and the camera rotates with the right analog stick.
It doesn't bother trying to keep up with you. Instead, auto-targeting with R1
is the easiest way for Jack to keep his eyes on the action. But Jack doesn't
target the closest enemy by a long shot. In fact, you can press R1 and Jack
will aim at a guy yards away while another gunman is shooting him point blank
in the side of the head.
Despite its lengthy development time (it was originally supposed to be a PSOne
game) and original stint on the Xbox, Dead to Rights hits an even rougher
spot in its graphics than its Xbox sibling. Incredibly flat textures with few
colors decorate the game world. True to Namco form, this one's so arcadey it's
shocking. There are icons, targeting arrows and beacons all over the place.
I thought I was at Chuck E. Cheese playing some new Virtua Cop game.
It totally kills whatever film noir mood they were going for.
And what often can kill a good action flick has turned up to squeeze some
life out of Dead to Rights – a bad actor. Jack is your garden-variety
know-it-all wise-crackin' bad-ass, but without all the charisma and cool one-liners
we've come to expect. This makes Jack more of an annoyance than someone you
want to help right wrongs.
His dialogue is obviously meant to emulate the traditionally stoic flair of
noir pulp detective stories, but the result is dry and bland. The voice talent
could have used more "talented" actors and actresses, unless 80's T.V. shows
like Hunter
or even Sledgehammer are what
you're going for.
Dead to Rights is all over the place. Someone had a good idea and great
reference material, but the end product is repetitive and lackluster. There
are definitely enough exciting action sequences in here to make the game a worthy
rental, but for fifty bucks you're better off picking up a used copy of Max
Payne for your pulp noir or Devil May Cry
for your stylish action.


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Conference calls for collaboration between human and veterinary doctors
Veterinary and human medical professionals met Nov. 2 at the Zoobiquity conference in New York City to discuss similar diseases in humans and animals. A team, comprised of veterinary and human doctors, tackled specific cross-species diseases during a morning presentation of a half-dozen translational cases. The result was a reflection of the book the conference was born from: Zoobiquity: What Animals Can Teach Us About Health and the Science of Healing.
The hope of conference organizers is to provide a forum for animal and human medical professionals to exchange ideas and encourage academic and clinical training programs to offer comparative medicine education, says Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD, author of Zoobiquity and physician at UCLA.
"We envision a future where specialists remain separate but veterinary and medical students study and train alongside one another and where faculty members from these disciplines develop core curriculum based on 'zoobiquitous' approaches to health. Perhaps in a few years, there will be degree programs such as a DVM/MD joint degree for those who want to work across both sides of the species divide. Of course, programs exist around the country and world that, for years, have taken a comparative approach."
Natterson-Horowitz and her co-author, Kathryn Bowers, were on hand as members of the team of experts discussed how individual research they've done could benefit their medical counterparts and took questions from the audience. Dee McAloose, VMD, DACVP and Larry Norton, MD, discussed the similarities of invasive mammary carcinoma in a captive Amur tiger and breast cancer in post-menopausal women. An audience member asked why mammograms weren't regularly performed on animals. Other teams touched on other issues such as obesity within an 8-year-old female beagle and a 34-year-old female hospital administrator.
Conference participants were also invited to the Bronx Zoo where diseases in zoo animals were discussed by veterinarians at the zoo and medical doctors. Conference goers were also given a tour of the zoo's wildlife health center to see how and where zoo animals are treated.
"Having a platform like the 2013 Zoobiquity Conference raises the profile of existing collaborative efforts between veterinarians and physicians—and more importantly, stimulates a dialogue for future collaborations," says Richard Goldstein, DVM, chief medical officer at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. "This type of partnership is important for veterinary medicine especially as it applies to the clinical research arena and it will ultimately benefit all species."
The conference pulled in more than 200 attendees for its first appearance on the East Coast. For more information on the next Zoobiquity conference, go to Zoobiquity.com.


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- Anyone who has played and lost at a fog of war game will tell you that it truely sucks not being able to see what's going on in the game with the remaining players. You can read the logs to get a gist of what's happening but too much is left to the imagination. I think a great addition would be to include the option of 'spectate buttons' which will allow players to give spectators permission to view their game without fog of war.
- Each player has the option to allow members to spectate their game with the fog of war lifted. Somewhere on the page, there are a number of checkboxs under the title, 'Allowed Spectators'.
- As a player, you can give permission (if you trust that it will not be used against you) to allow members to view your game.
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|_|player 2
|_|player n
|_|Any non-player
- For example, If you checked 'player 1' & 'friends'. then those in your friends list will be allowed to view your game and player 1, only when he has been eliminated, can view your game. If at any stage you suspect that someone is feeding info to an opponent, you simply un-check the appropriate box.
- Obviously, a spectator can only see the whole map if all players have checked the appropriate box.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- It gives the players who have been eliminated, a chance to still feel apart of the game (provided that the remaining players have given him permission to do so)


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Greetings fellow traveller!
A good number of us have found our way into the realm of Azeroth, although it could be argued that for some, we never left.
Should you be wanting to drop by then here's all the details:
Realm - Argent Dawn (EU)
Type - Role Playing
Faction - Alliance / Horde
People Playing
- Rynstex - Rynstex [Alliance] | Pyall [Horde]
- Knikitta - Rhiala, Shaliria [Alliance] | Liancha [Horde]
- Justbiglee - Hayer [Alliance]
- Adam - Croal [Alliance]
- UselessJack - Feebles [Alliance]
- The Author - Daske [Alliance]
Horde Vs Alliance
I've always been an Alliance only kind of person but as of late I've found myself floating around the lands of the Horde, it's a nice break from the 6years of being surrounded by Gnomes and Night Elves, even if I still continue to run into Alliance towns out of a force of habit.
What faction you choose to play is entirely up to you, but there should hopefully be people to play with, although you are more likely to find a conversation from GL folk on Alliance side at this present time. Alliance also has the added benefit that we have guild already, but at the end of the day go with what race / class combination you most want to play.
The features a friends list but as such that only works per realm, per faction. So for example it would be impossible to add a Horde character to your Alliance characters friend list.
This is where Battle.net comes in, where if you add someone as a Battle.net friend you can see what they are up to regardless of faction preference, this also works across games. So if someone on your Battle.net list was playing Starcraft II you'd still see them on your list in Warcraft. Of course you can also chat to them as well, even across factions and games.
You'll need the persons Battle.net email address though, and for security reasons would recommended not posting it on the forum (or anywhere for that matter), but instead just drop them a PM either in game, Facebook or where ever.
I'd recommend everyone try and use this if you have the means. You can either buy one from the Blizzard store or download the app, it's available for most smart phones and works for iOS and Android deffinitely. Basically what it does is provide you with a unique string of numbers that when you put your password in at the login screen you then put these numbers in. The numbers change every 30seconds ish so it adds that extra layer of security to your account.
If you use one it also gives you a really cool in game pet, a Core Hound Pup, which is a two headed puppy dog made of lava.
Useful Links
- MMO-Champion - For all WoW related news, especially good for patch info.
- WoW Insider - Really good blog site, lots of interesting features.
- WoW Professions - Guides to help with levelling your professions
- Wowhead - Database site for quests, items and pretty much everything.
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The City of Shawnee is obligated to pay a portion of the Kickapoo Widening Project, which spans from the Kickapoo Spur to MacArthur Street.
The City of Shawnee is obligated to pay a portion of the Kickapoo Widening Project, which spans from the Kickapoo Spur to MacArthur Street.
The project is being funded partially by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. ODOT is also bidding out the project.
Two bids were received on Nov. 15, and both came in significantly over budget. The original estimate provided by ODOT was $8.9 million.
The low bid was $11.3 million from Haskell-Lemon Construction. Allen Constructing put in a high bid of $12.4 million, according to ODOT officials.
ODOT engineers are currently reviewing the bids, and will recommend a bid to their commission at the ODOT meeting Dec. 3.
ODOT Spokesman Larry Clore has said that ODOT may reach out to the city of Shawnee for additional funds. Clore added that there is a possibility that the initial engineer estimate may have been too low.
Clore declined to discuss where ODOT is in the review process.
Shawnee City Engineer John Krywicki said, at the Monday night city commission meeting, that the city is responsible for the entire water line under Kickapoo street, which was included in both bids.
Additionally the city of Shawnee is contributing more than $480,000 to the project, outside of the water line.
Krywicki explained at the commission meeting that Shawnee will likely end up paying about 22 percent of the overall costs of the project due to the water line, but the number for other costs is capped at less than half a million.
The two combined could end up costing more than $2 million.
"That's about one dollar for every four dollars put into the contract," he said.
He added that if the ODOT commission throws out these bids, they will rebid the project, likely next year.


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Lodi, CA
Juanita Gomez Crispin
May 19, 1940 - February 16, 2013
Juanita Gomez Crispin passed away at her home surrounded by her beloved family on February 16, 2013 at the age of 72. Born in Jimenez, Mexico on May 19, 1940, she has lived the past 40 years in Lodi. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, and taking trips to Jackson, but her greatest joy came from spending time with her family - especially her grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband Gustavo Crispin Valero along with her brother and sister. She is survived by her children: Maria Acala, Guillermo Crispin, George Gonzales, Alicia Tinoco, Dora Crispin, Ruben Gonzales, Deborah Rosas, Michelle Gallegos, Jaime Garcia; 24 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and siblings Jesus Gomez of Mexico and Esperanza Garcia of TX.
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The other day I received this letter asking, quite simply, "Who is this 'Mark' person who keeps writing posts for GetReligion?" Now, I realize that if you happened to have missed this notice the other day, you would not realize that Mark is, in fact, Mark Hemingway, the husband of the Divine Ms. Mollie Ziegler Hemingway. Other than this role, he is best known here in Beltway Land as a scribe in a number of settings, most recently National Review Online and, now, the editorial pages of the the Washington Examiner.
Trust me, he is a very nice, low key kind of guy, the rare Capital Hill resident who says, "Good morning" and smiles when you pass him on the sidewalk.
Mark is, at the moment, pinch hitting for young master Brad Greenberg, who has been (a) coping with a hurt foot and (b) trying to survive his first set of law school final exams (though not in that order). Brad will be back soon, perhaps by the end of next week. Meanwhile, I hope that Mark will continue to slip in the occasional odd post for us here at GetReligion, perhaps when MZ is buried in other duties, which happens from time to time.
And, besides, Mark is now famous or infamous, depending on one's point of view. He's a brand name.
If you've been reading the fine print here at the weblog (including some exchanges in the comments pages) you know that something very strange happened the other night on "30 Rock." Here's some of the report that followed at The Politico.
Did NBC's "30 Rock" take a swipe at a local opinion writer on Thursday's show?
Sure seems like it. During one scene, Jack Donaghy (played by Alec Baldwin) makes fun of the incoherent ramblings of Liz Lemon, Tina Fey's character, saying that she sounds just like Hemingway.
"Mark Hemingway, that is."
Who's Mark Hemingway? We've written NBC to confirm, but all signs point to conservative opinion writer Mark Hemingway, who recently left his position at The National Review to join the opinion pages of the Washington Examiner.
"I have no connection to the show that I know of," Hemingway told POLITICO. "But the general consensus seems to be that they were referring to me. How many writers are there named Mark Hemingway? I'm pretty much it."
Hemingway thinks that the reference may have been a political dig at conservatives by Baldwin, who has made his liberal views quite clear over the years. ... Hemingway is not bitter, however, calling the joke "funny" and saying "the whole thing is just an honor and a privilege." He says that he and his wife are big fans of the show, and he's already heard from friends jealous of his 15 seconds of fame.
The Politico has promised to watch for updates from NBC. Meanwhile, the wise crack did draw a very vague, unexamined nod from Entertainment Weekly and several other chatty websites have mentioned it, with the general assumption that its just a generic shot at conservatives, especially cultural conservatives. Or maybe it's just the name.
But don't you think that GetReligion, as a way of saying thank you to Mark for his work in extended relief, should try to find a shop in DC that is capable of creating an "I am Mark Hemingway!" t-shirt for Mark and those who support him in this tiff with the more-ironic-than-thou Baldwin?
By this, I mean that we should do this as a kind of, "I am Spartacus" gesture. Don't you think?


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My Highlights from Design Miami/ 2013
Image rights: Sebastian Errazuriz Studio
Courtesy of the artist
Sebastian Errazuriz uses art and design as a vehicle for social commentary. The prolific Brooklyn-based designer explored themes of life and death in pieces like the Porcupine Cabinet, in which storage spaces open like spines, and his Gun chairs with handgun storage spaces built into their bases. At the more overtly political end, Errazuriz's work includes folding chairs featuring Occupy Wall Street slogans, the type of statement that has earned him comparisons to art world pranksters Maurizio Cattelan and Marcel Duchamp. In 2011 he collaborated with Ross Bleckner on Body of Work, a table containing a morbid self-portrait hidden under layers of removable paintings. Of his innovative design practice Errazuriz has said, "I seek those ideas that hopefully always existed—ideas that feel natural and obvious to all of us because this alternative was always there but maybe no one had seen it before."
Chilean, b. 1977, Santiago, Chile, based in New York, New York
My Highlights from Design Miami/ 2013
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Some simple adaptations turn this 19th-century bench into a modern mudroom necessity.
By Robert W. Lang
Pages: 38-43
From the December 2004 issue #145
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There is an old Shaker hymn called "Simple Gifts" that begins with this line: "Tis the gift to be simple." This bench carries many of the qualities that the Shakers valued. The design is straightforward and driven by function, yet it's also graceful and elegant. The construction is obvious and building it doesn't require anything beyond simple tools and techniques.
The antique Shaker bench that inspired this piece actually led two lives. It was originally made without a back at the Hancock Shaker village. As it got older (and presumably the brothers or sisters using it also got older) wood was scabbed onto the back of the ends, and the backrest was added, making it more comfortable.
Made of pine, the original was longer – 94″ –and likely was used with a dining table. I liked the look and simplicity of this piece, but I decided to make a shorter version for use in an entry hall or mudroom.
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I just inherited this watch from my grandfather and I am stumped on info about it. I have searched everywhere and just cannot seem to find one that is just like it. I know the serial number is #3944410 which looks like it is from 1922. It is a 17 jewel double roller. The case is gold filled but very ornate. The inside of the case on the movement it says illinois springfield watch co. and on the inside of the case it says Illinois watch case co. Elgin Tivoli. Anyone seen one like this before and know more about it?? Any info would be greatly appreciated.


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The planet Omicron Persei 8 is situated about 1000 lightyears from Earth, in orbit around Omicron Persei. It's surface seems to consist mainly of deserts. It is the home world and capital of the warlike Omicronians, the single greatest threat Earth and the entire Democratic Order of Planets are facing. It seems to have a small, asteroid-like satellite. In addition to this, there could be two or more moons. A remark by Lrrr, the ruler of the planet, suggests this:
- Lrrr: One of these days, Ndnd... [points into the air] Bang! Zoom! - Straight to the third moon of Omicron Persei 8!
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The Omicron Persei system contains at least 12 planets, as Omicron Persei 12 has been mentioned and the number indicates which planet in the system is being referred to, with the highest numbers being furthest from their stars. Omicron Persei 8 is neighbored by the planets Omicron Persei 7 and Omicron Persei 9 as referenced by Ndnd in the episode When Aliens Attack
- Ndnd: It is true what they say... Women are from Omicron Persei 7, men are from Omicron Persei 9.


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From the Editor's Desk: Karen Berger on A.D.D.Fri, 01/27/2012 - 10:00am |
"The media is the message." It's not quite the Marshall McLuhan mantra but it's close. And no one knows media and its messaging better than Douglas Rushkoff, who in one of his many lives is a prominent writer, speaker, communicator, documentarian, and ultimate guru of modern media and its effects, both good and bad on society. Several years ago, after Douglas finished his series TESTAMENT, the heady historical, near futuristic mash-up of the Old Testament, technology, and economic politics, we were talking about his next project for Vertigo.


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NEW YORK (AP) — A man was found dead in front of a New York City bar that appears in the TV reality series "Mob Wives."
Police responded to a 911 call at about 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the Drunken Monkey Bar & Grill on Staten Island. When officers arrived, they found the man lying on the ground outside. He was declared dead at the scene.
The victim's name has not been released, and no arrests have been made.
Drunken Monkey is home turf to bartender Angela Raiola, who stars in "Mob Wives" on VH1.


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GLENCOE, Ill. (November 7, 2013) - Chicago Botanic Garden researchers have received a $1.54 million Dimensions in Biodiversity grant from the National Science Foundation to study the way flowers use scent to attract the pollinators they need to reproduce and survive. The floral scent may also draw flower predators, and this can play an important role in the evolution and diversification of plant species. The Dimensions of Biodiversity program is a "race against time" to transform our understanding of the scope and role of life on earth, according to the NSF. The program promotes novel, integrated approaches to studying the evolutionary and ecological significance of biodiversity.
"What we're trying to do is understand the role floral scent has had in creating the diversity of both the plants and insects we see today," said Garden conservation scientist Krissa Skogen, Ph.D., principal investigator for the five-year project. "Why are there so many species? Why are they different? How is that diversity maintained? Developing a better understanding of the dynamics among plants, mutualists, and enemies is essential for documenting and conserving biodiversity and may impact specific conservation actions in the face of changing threats."
(Dr. Skogen describes the evolution of her research project in a recent blog posting.)
Dr. Skogen is heading a multidisciplinary team of collaborators focusing on four main players: flowers, pollinators, predators and scent. The flowers belong to the evening primrose family. Its more than 650 species make it one of the most diverse plant families growing throughout the western United States. Their pollinators are hawkmoths and bees native to the arid lands. Acting as foe are micromoths, called Mompha moths, the only known group of lepidopterans (butterflies and moths) to prey specifically on evening primroses. Both friend and foe are attracted to the plant by the heavy scent produced by the flower. Skogen suspects that scent directs the interplay of flower, friend and foe, and may be a key driver of evolutionary changes in all three.
(A recently released Plants Are Cool, Tool! video follows Dr. Skogen into the field.)
"This project is a terrific example of the work that we do at the Chicago Botanic Garden," said Greg Mueller, Ph.D., Negaunee Foundation vice president of science at the Garden. "It combines cutting- edge science with an in-depth understanding of field botany to answer important plant evolution questions while providing information to better conserve plants and animals in their native habitats."
The study will focus on the species in the Oenograe tribe of the evening primrose, or Onagraceae, family. This group of plants provides an ideal subject because floral scent varies within and among species and also populations of species. One important scent compound, known as linalool, is simple enough to manipulate experimentally, which Skogen and her colleagues plan to do. This group of plants is primarily pollinated by hawkmoths (Hyles, Manduca and other species), large, striking Lepidoptera that typically feed from dusk to dawn.
(Garden President Sophia Siskel caught up with Dr. Skogen in New Mexico this past summer. Her blog captures conservation science in the field and describes the larger role the Garden plays in restoring and protecting the habitats on which all life depends.)
Oenothera produce "classic" hawkmoth flowers that are yellow or white, open at night, are highly fragrant, and hold lots of nectar, the reward the moths are seeking, according to Skogen. The flowers have evolved to deposit pollen on the moth's tongues and bodies, so it is carried from flower to flower. Pollination enables the plants to reproduce sexually and promotes genetic diversity among plant populations. The hawkmoths are unwitting participants in the process. "They're looking for nectar," Skogen said. "They probably do not know or care if they have pollen on them, which works out well for the plants." Among other things, the collaborators will help identify the scent components that attract particular moths though electroantennography "interviews," Skogen said. "We won't know what the insects can smell until we 'ask' them."
The strong floral fragrance of these species may also attract a lesser-known group of Mompha moths, micromoths roughly 1 centimeter long who use evening primrose to rear their young. Micromoth larvae bore into the stem, flower and fruit of these plants. The micromoth almost certainly exerts selective pressure on the evening primrose species as its caterpillars eat flowers, fruits and seeds, all of which are required to produce the next generation of plants. What remains unknown is how important these tiny moths are in driving the evolution of flower features and, therefore, species. What is also unknown is how changes in scent alter the species preferences of the Mompha moth.
"Projects like this add to our collective knowledge of native pollinators. What resources and habitats do they require? How do they interact with flowers? Why do they choose some over others? This grant will move forward our understanding of how plants and insects interact and how these interactions may explain why we see the great diversity of flowering plants and insects we see today," said Skogen, who holds a doctoral degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Connecticut. "We're highly likely to uncover new species of micromoths, as well."
The grant, titled "Landscapes of Linalool: Scent-Mediated Diversification of Flowers and Moths across Western North America," will enable Skogen and other Garden scientists to team with other plant scientists, plus moth and floral chemistry experts, at Cornell University, Amherst College, Colorado College, Oberlin College, the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada - Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Smithsonian Institution.
"It's a team effort in the true sense of the word," Skogen said. "There's no way I could ever do this by myself." The team includes Garden conservation scientists Jeremie Fant, Ph.D., and Norm Wickett, Ph.D., and will soon be joined by two new post-doctoral researchers. The post-docs will be charged with leading efforts to sample 80 populations of Oenothera across western states over the first two years of the grant. They will collaborate with local colleges and high schools, providing many students in isolated areas the rare opportunity to collaborate with professional scientists. The study will engage more than 200 students from the high-school through post-doctoral level. These are the professional collaborators:
- Krissa Skogen and Jeremie Fant (Chicago Botanic Garden) have conducted detailed studies of O. harringtonii over five years, including population biology, pollination and reproductive biology, population genetics, and plant and insect community dynamics.
- Norm Wickett (Chicago Botanic Garden) has worked extensively with genomic data and its assembly and annotation, is currently a principal investigator on the NSF-funded Assembling the Pleurocarp Tree of Life project, and is currently analyzing large, nuclear gene phylogenetic data sets as part of the 1KP Project.
- Robert Raguso (Cornell University) has characterized the floral scent and pollination biology of several species of Oenothera and has extensive field experience with section Pachylophus (O. cespitosa).
- Rachel Levin (Amherst College) has contributed heavily to recent taxonomic revision of Onagraceae and specific lineages of Oenothera.
- Terry Harrison (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Jean-Francois Landry (Agriculture &Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre) provide specific expertise in morphological and molecular systematics of Mompha, microlepidopterans.
- Sylvia Kelso (Colorado College) lends expertise in community impacts on floral ecology, through biotic (functional group analysis) and abiotic (edaphic specialization) factors.
- Kathleen Kay's (University of California, Santa Cruz) research combines pollinator specialization, reproductive isolation and rates of diversification in flowering plants.
- Mike Moore (Oberlin College) studies gypsum endemism in the Chihuahua Desert, plant systematics and provides expertise in key sections with in Oenothera.
- Warren Wagner (Smithsonian Institution) has extensive experience in the evening primrose family, including systematics, biogeography and floristics.
For more information about the NSF Dimensions in Biodiversity program click here.
Editors, please note: The Chicago Botanic Garden's newsroom is online at http://www.
The Chicago Botanic Garden, one of the treasures of the Forest Preserves of Cook County, is a 385-acre living plant museum featuring 26 distinct gardens and four natural areas. With events, programs and activities for all ages, the Garden is open every day of the year. Admission is free; select event fees apply. Parking is $25 per car; free for Garden members. Located at 1000 Lake Cook Road in Glencoe, IL, the Garden is smoke free. Opened to the public in 1972, the Garden is managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society, accredited by the American Association of Museums and a member of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA). The Chicago Botanic Garden is the 12th largest tourist attraction in Chicago and is the areas sixth largest cultural institution. Visit http://www.
The Chicago Botanic Garden offers classes for students from ages preK through adulthood through the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School. The hands-on learning programs are for people of all ages, abilities, interests, and backgrounds. Adult education classes include horticulture, garden design, nature studies, and botanical arts for all levels of interest. Other programs bring the wonder of nature and plants to children, teens, and teachers. The Garden's community gardening programs provide access to fresh produce in Chicago's food desert communities and training in sustainable urban agriculture for youth and adults. The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center provides laboratories and teaching facilities for more than 200 Ph.D. scientists, land managers, students, and interns whose research is critical to fulfilling the Garden's efforts to save our planet by saving our plants. The Science Career Continuum serves minority students from Chicago Public Schools and throughout the region, mentoring them as they prepare for science studies in college and beyond. In conjunction with Northwestern University, the Garden offers a graduate program in plant biology and conservation with Northwestern University. The Garden is host to Botanic Gardens Conservation International-U.S., and a member of the Center for Plant Conservation.


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Q. Terry, on the error by Graffanino, was it just a matter of him rushing it and did he have a reasonable chance at a double play, in your mind?
TERRY FRANCONA: I think so, and again, I think he understood the importance of who is running and being quick. I thought he tried to be a little bit too quick. He was trying to make a reasonable chance. I think we had a shot at it. It would have been close.
Q. Terry, can you put it in perspective, you played well tonight and yet you lost tonight. You are down 2. Can you put it in your perspective, your thoughts?
TERRY FRANCONA: The perspective is we're down 0-2, so we don't play tomorrow, we have a workout, and show up with some optional hitting, and we'll try to win our next game.
Q. Terry, was there anything you noticed among your hitters in the second half of the game after you get the 4-0 lead, was there anything Buehrle was doing different after you get the 4-0 lead in the third?
TERRY FRANCONA: No, I thought he actually pitched very well the whole game. I thought we did a very good job of trying to take what he gives you. If you try to pull the ball, you got a chance to not only make one out but two out. We hit some very hard balls right on the nose. Olerud comes to mind. I thought we had very good at-bats.
Q. Terry, is there any comfort in knowing you have had your backs against the wall like this before?
TERRY FRANCONA: I would rather have it the other way. The comfort I have is our ability to play. We'll show up and play the next game. That's what's important. That's what it's in front of us. That's what we can control. The comfort level I have is I know we will play. That's what gives me the most comfort.
Q. Terry, was it the approach by the White Sox hitters to Wells on the 4th inning that kind of changed the tenor of the game, sort of?
TERRY FRANCONA: You probably would get a better answer if you asked them. I thought Boomer, you know, the one ball that was hit that left the ballpark was a breaking ball, middle, not quite down enough. When you give them extra outs, there is always the possibility of that happening, it was a ground ball to the middle. The double down the line wasn't hit well. I didn't think he even thought it was going to be fair. No, I think we gave them an extra opportunity and they made us pay for it.
Q. Terry, before yesterday's game you have mentioned you are aware of what Iguchi has been doing during the regular season. Today's home run, was it also what you are aware of today?
TERRY FRANCONA: I'm sorry?
Q. You said before yesterday's game that you were pretty much aware of what Iguchi has done during the regular season. Is today's home run also what you have aware of or you were sort of expecting as a second hitter?
TERRY FRANCONA: To put it as simple as I can, we really weren't hoping for that. Are we aware he can hit the ball out of the ballpark? Sure. Yeah, I mean, yeah. We weren't really looking for that, but we were aware that this kid can hit the ball out of the ballpark, sure.
Q. Terry, when you made the switch with Wells and Papelbon, how much did the previous at-bats factor into making that switch?
TERRY FRANCONA: I didn't think Boomer was out of gas, but at this point if he happens to hang a breaking ball, we don't want to be down two. Down one is enough. I thought it was the time. I thought he pitched great, actually. I thought it was time to keep it right where it was.
Q. Terry, you guys have, I think, the Jenks walk in the 8th out, I don't think you have had an intentional walk. Is that just White Sox hitting spots or do you see your guys going out of the zone at all?
TERRY FRANCONA: I don't think we went out of the zone very much. He throws a lot of strikes. He's walked, I think, four left-handers all year. If you go up and try to walk against Mark Buehrle, you will be making some right turns. I thought we did a pretty good job. We took what he gave us, hit the ball the other way, scored early, just after a point they scored, and then we couldn't come back.
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George Bernard Shaw — a natural provocateur who constantly was gnawing over his level of comfort with the demands of the public — divided the published collections of his early dramatic works into volumes titled "Plays Unpleasant," "Plays Pleasant" and "Three Plays for Puritans." "You Never Can Tell," the 1899 comedy now in rare production by the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, falls squarely into the middle volume. This is indeed a pleasant, even a mock-farcical, piece, both akin to and a response to Oscar Wilde's roughly contemporaneous "The Importance of Being Earnest." Alas, when it came to merely trivial comedies, Wilde has his fellow Irishman well and truly on the ropes. Shaw was too stubbornly intellectual, too determined a societal player, for sparkling witticisms on a par with the utterings of Lady Bracknell.
"You Never Can Tell" follows a strong, feminist author named Mrs. Clandon (Elaine Rivkin) who departed Jolly Old England for Madeira 18 years earlier, escaping a boorish, oppressive husband named Crampton (the gruff Doug Hendel). She now has returned to its shores with her three adult children: the foppish Philip (Alex Weisman), the irreverent Dorothy (C. Jaye Miller) and Gloria (Eliza Stoughton), the ripe adult and New Woman of this family
In a coincidence that Shaw clearly intended as a parody of such pervasive dramatic coincidences, the returned exiles find themselves at the seaside dentist — where the puller of molars, one Valentine (Greg Matthew Anderson), is quite the rake. He is, alas for him, an impecunious rake, which puts him at the mercy of his landlord who is — whaddaya know? — the father that these kids have never known.
Things go from there, with a particularly important waiter (the legendary Dale Benson) on hand to dispense various nuggets of authorial wisdom as the play reaches its climax.
This is not, for sure, a Shavian work on a par with, say, "Mrs. Warren's Profession" or "Pygmalion," although it has its rich satirical moments and benefits from its relative lack of exposure (there has not been a professional Chicago production in decades). By programming it in the slot it generally has reserved for semi-seasonal farces, Remy Bumppo is playing up its diversionary amusements. "As funny as 'Earnest,'" claims the promotional materials, which just ain't so. For Shaw was always Shaw. Opining at length. Frankly, he was on surer footing when he wasn't trying to sublimate his wisdom in service of a Haymarket farce.
Still, there are some savvy and caustic observations here, especially on the interwoven relationship of love, sex, families and money. I'm all for a play that makes fun of dentists (even though I have a very nice one to take my money). And there is a good deal to like (especially for Shaw fanatics) in Shawn Douglass' mostly solid production, which is enriched by lovely costume design from Emily Waecker and makes a partial, if not a full, case for the worth of this play. The show is highlighted by a pair of very amusing performances from Weisman, who is nicely controlled but well-defined — rather in the style of a young Nathan Lane — and Miller, a very talented newcomer who has this deliciously fresh habit of just throwing herself into every moment with a palpable abandon.
Anderson is amusing and erudite, too, although he doesn't fully capture the raw, sensual drive of his rakish character — one of literature's many sexually aggressive dentists. And, problematically, he doesn't fully seem like a match for Stoughton's very serious and rather asexual Gloria, who does seem enough like her progressive mother's feisty daughter. Anderson just doesn't push (or maybe that should be pull) hard enough to really drive the action. One does not fully believe the scenes of Shavian passion, leavened as they are with Shavian materialism and complexity.
"You Never Can Tell," which was written in four acts but here plays in two, also needs a faster pace than it gets, especially in the second of the two acts, which has some real sagging therein, partly due to the paucity of one's investments in the characters. (Weisman and Miller are quite lovable, but their characters are trivial, and it's their overly gruff and spluttering elders who need to sharpen their delivery.) The timing of the bons mots is, of course, crucial; a few of the many pauses here very badly need to go away.
For unless the action is racing along, Shaw at his most pleasant is not so removed from Shaw at his most smug.
When: Through Jan. 6
Where: Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.
Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Tickets: $42.50-$47.50 at 773-404-7336 or remybumppo.org


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Much of Dr. Holcomb's speaking, writing, and ministry has focused on issues related to sexual abuse and assault and sex trafficking. He and his wife, Lindsey, co-authored Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Sexual Assault Victims (Crossway, 2011) and Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for Those Suffering Domestic Violence (Moody, 2014). Dr. Holcomb also serves on the boards of REST (Real Escape from the Sex Trade) and GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in Christian Environments).
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But what if it was read by one of the great voices of our time, Morgan Freeman? Comedian/impersonator Frank Caliendo was on ESPN's "Mike and Mike" this morning, and he showed off his pitch-perfect Morgan Freeman impression by reading LeBron's letter in Freeman's voice…
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PETA Vs. Pokemon
from the wrongosaur-i-choose-you dept
But now, in an apparent attempt to win both the "Petty Award" and the first annual "We Don't Know The Video Games We're Protesting Award", PETA is now coming out against Pokemon, claiming that the game franchise teaches children to see real world animals as objects that should fight one another for our amusement.
In other words, PETA has decided that Pokemon's upcoming release of two new games is just grand enough to stand upon.
Much like animals in the real world, Pokémon are treated as unfeeling objects and used for such things as human entertainment and as subjects in experiments. The way that Pokémon are stuffed into pokéballs is similar to how circuses chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods …if PETA existed in Unova, our motto would be: Pokémon are not ours to use or abuse. They exist for their own reasons. We believe that this is the message that should be sent to children.It would be very easy to simply write this off as an attempt by PETA to put themselves in the headlines on the backs of a popular game franchise's latest release. Indeed, that is exactly what they're doing here, though they may want to recognize that there is such a thing as bad attention. However, it seems impossible not to call PETA out on the blatant stupidity of this move. First of all, at best, nobody cares. Anyone with half a brain knows that there is zero reason to correlate cartoonish animal universes like Pokemon to real-world cruelty. PETA might as well come out against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for fear that kids will go down to their local ponds, see a snapping turtle, and karate kick its face off for fear that the animal is going to steal their double-crust pizza. As a child of the 80's I can assure you that it only takes two or three times roundhousing helpless turtles to realize that they really aren't so bad and it's in fact you, said karate kicker, who is the jackass.
Second, it's brutally clear that nobody at PETA has bothered to actually play the Pokemon games. As Forbes notes, if they had, they would realize that the core theme of the universe is largely in line with their own views.
PETA seems to have missed the single biggest theme of the Pokémon series: That Pokémon should be treated humanely and live as our equals. The games are loaded with an endless stream of characters who go on and on about true friendship between man and Pokémon. It's so saccharine and so completely the opposite of what PETA suggests that it boggles the mind.So here's to you, PETA. You've managed to waste everybody's time while simultaneously proving you don't know what the hell you're talking about. Again. For ever and ever. Amen.


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Saturday, September 17, 2016
Statistics present only a small part of the story of African American health. However, disease and death statistics give us a chance to consider differences that exist between races and areas of possible change. The following statistics are only a starting point for working to improve overall African American health. Some of the most serious diseases and causes of death for African Americans are: infant mortality, heart disease, cancer, stroke (brain attack), diabetes, and HIV/AIDS.
In 2002 in the United States more than 2 1/2 times as many African American newborn babies died (14.1 per 1,000 live deaths) as white newborns.[1] The causes of these deaths are many. Many of the causes of infant death can be prevented through good prenatal care.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is one of the many causes of infant death. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome refers to babies, less than one year of age, dying while they sleep. The exact cause remains unknown, but much is known about how to prevent these deaths. In 2002, the SIDS rate among African Americans was 1.4 per 1,000 which is more than twice that of whites (0.6 per 1,000) [2].
The following table shows that ten leading causes of death for African Americans and whites are similar, although they occur at different rates within each population.
Ten Leading Causes of Death (Both Sexes, All Ages)
African Americans
2. Cancer
2. Cancer
4. Diabetes
4. Chronic Lower respiratory disease
6. Homicide
6. Diabetes
10. Septicema
10. Suicide
Source: CDC, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 53, Nov.17, March, 2005
According to the Office of Minority Health, (Minority and low-income populations have a disproportionate burden of death and disability from CVD. Additionally, African Americans have the highest rate of high blood pressure of all groups and tend to develop it younger than others.[3]
Cancer is the second leading cause of deaths for African Americans. According to the Center for Disease Control article, Health Disparities experienced by Black or African Americans in the United States [4], both African American females and males suffer disproportionately from a variety of cancers as compared to their white counterparts. Some examples of this for African American females are:
For African American males:
According to the Office of Minority Health [5], HIV infection is the fifth leading cause of death for people who are 25-44 years old in the United States, and it is estimated that 850,000 to 950,000 U.S. residents are living with HIV infection, one-quarter of whom are unaware of their infection. HIV/AIDS impacts African Americans particularly hard.
It is hard to know the exact reasons behind the African American health statistics listed above. What we do know is that smoking and other tobacco use contribute to diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. We also know that obesity and inactivity contribute to many of these and other diseases. Studies have also shown that unprotected sex and drug abuse enable the transmission of HIV.
African Americans have lower rates of lifetime tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and illicit drug use than Whites, ages 12 and older. However, in 2002, recent illicit drug use was more common among African American adults (16.5 percent) than among White adults (14.9 percent), a significant increase from 1998, when the numbers were 8 percent and 5.7 percent respectively. [7]
For some African Americans, a family tradition of soul foods, which traditionally depend on fat, sugar and sodium for their flavor may pose a problem when combined with today's lifestyle, which tends to be less active.
Unprotected Sex and Drug Abuse
Much of the disease and premature death that affects people of all races can be linked to lifestyle choices. African Americans are no exception, and in fact, statistics suggest that a number of behaviors that are harmful to one's health are common amongst this group. Fortunately, smoking is no more pervasive in the African American community than the white community, and may be less so among teenagers. However, obesity and intravenous drug abuse are more common among African Americans than whites. Hopefully, education and awareness will reverse this trend and we will see a reduction in disease rates.
[1] Centers for Disease Control, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 53, No. 17, March, 2005.
[2] Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics Report, Vol. 53, No. 17, March, 2005.
[3] Office of Minority Health, Eliminate Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease.
[4] Centers for Disease Control, MMWR, Health Disparities experienced by Black or African Americans, United States, January, 2005.
[5] Office of Minority Health, Eliminate Disparities in HIV and AIDs.
[6] Office of Minority Health, Eliminate Disparities in HIV and AIDs.
[7] Department of Health and Human Services, Closing the Health Gap.
[8] Department of Health and Human Services, Closing the Health Gap.
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Gwendolyn Pyle, 11, of Sylvania Township, worked as an extra on the new movie "Oz: The Great and Powerful" when she was 9-years old.
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If you ask Heather Pyle to describe her 11-year-old daughter Gwendolyn, she would say she learns through experiences. .
"She is an experiential child. She will try anything once, if you ask her to cut down a tree or go skydiving, she'll try it," the proud mom said, gloating about Gwendolyn's first and successful performance in movie screen acting.
Gwendolyn, a well-mannered and poised child who attends Sylvania's Whiteford Elementary School, is on screen for two seconds in Disney's Oz The Great and Powerful, which premieres Friday.
The Sylvania Township resident was excited to find out that the scene she was in would appear in the movie. Gwendolyn appears for several seconds in the preview clip shown to promote the movie.
"The scene I'm in is important to the movie cause it explains how Oz is formed," she said. She is in the front row of the audience, to the left of a family which watches Oz perform a magic show, and is in the black-and-white portion of the film. The family sitting next to her includes a young child in a wheelchair who cannot walk. Played by Joey King, that child is brought to Oz, or Oscar Diggs, for a magical cure.
The Pyles found out that Gwendolyn was in the movie scene two years after the filming.
"I woke up early and saw that they released the trailer, so I watched it, saw the magician scene and they pan to the audience, and saw her," Mrs. Pyle said. "I was shouting 'she's in it' and clapping my hands on the counter, at 6 a.m. when everyone is sleeping."
Even though it is a two-second appearance, Gwendolyn and her mother are excited that she is in the movie.
"We'll take it," Mrs. Pyle said.
Gwendolyn tried out for the part after a Web casting call in 2011 for extras in the movie. . On a lark, she sent in her headshot. Her family was happily surprised when they found out she was chosen as an extra.
That fall they headed to a vast sound stage in Pontiac, Mich., inside what was once a factory.
Her scene was shot inside a tent where several actors were on hand, including James Franco, who plays Oz.
Gwendolyn kept her cool around the professional actors, and abided by the instructions not to ask the main actors for autographs.
Gwendolyn recalled that she wore an uncomfortable, form-fitting costume that included a pinafore and low-heeled boots, and her look mimicked a child living in the Dust Bowl.
"They made me look dirty," Gwendolyn recalled. "My makeup made me look dirty, they put dirt in my fingernails, dirt on my face, so it looked like I was from the Dust Bowl."
She had to look the same for three days of shooting, and even if one hair was out of place, a hairstylist would stop to make sure she looked exactly the same in each day's shoot.
"They also had such great food, I was really impressed with how they had different sections and one just for dessert," she gushed.
Gwendolyn has been studying the performing arts since she was 6 at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre, and has had parts in its production of Alice in Wonderland, Jr., and Pirates of Penzance, Jr. Familiar with the one-time-chance to get it right in a theater performance, she appreciated the retakes that movie-making allows.
Moreover, she realized that movie-making required many different people in artistic roles to make it a success, and that if her dreams of acting were not fulfilled she could still be in the business in another role.
With her recent acceptance into the Toledo School for the Arts, she will continue to study the craft of acting and dancing.
She and her family are planning to see the movie Sunday. In honor of the witches in the film Gwendolyn will wear the Wicked Witch's hat, and her sister Mia, 8, will wear a "Glinda" crown.
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This week marked the 100th Day of School for our kiddos – – maybe you've already past that milestone, but if not, here's a fun idea for a celebratory project – heart garland! It's today's post them 🙂
As a kindergartner my daughter needed a project to commemorate the 100 Day milestone. We went through lots of ideas but last minute thought of heart garland and it's perfect! Pretty easy to do with a heart punch – just punch 10 hearts out of 10 different pieces of paper. Then run them through the sewing machine in a strip. She counted again at the end to be sure it was 100:
She plans on giving to her teacher to use for classroom decor after the projects are over – so fun!
Apparently I lean towards a heart theme because a couple of years ago this is what my oldest daughter made, the 100 Day Heart:


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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI greeted thousands of clowns, acrobats, puppeteers and even a pair of lion cubs on Saturday as the circus came to town for an unusual papal performance.
Benedict clapped and watched amused as circus workers flipped, flopped, juggled and twisted before him in what the Vatican has called a historic audience to make street performers and other itinerant entertainers feel like they belong to the church.
Benedict, a known cat lover, paid particular attention to a pair of lion cubs that were brought up to him, stroking them and chatting with their trainers. At one point Benedict even bent down to caress one — not an easy feat given the 85-year-old pope has trouble with his knees and occasionally uses a cane.
Benedict acknowledged the sacrifices circus workers make to bring joy to young and old alike, traveling constantly and living on the margins of society. He noted they lack schools for their children or parish churches to call home. But he urged them to keep the faith.
"I hope that you can find, in the communities where you stay, people who are welcoming and available and able to care for your spiritual needs," Benedict said. He urged governments to better integrate itinerant entertainers in the social fabric.
A big top tent and carousel were mounted in St. Peter's Square to make the scene complete, and thousands of entertainers from a dozen countries filled a Vatican audience hall for the papal performance that featured acrobats and a puppet show.
Benedict has been entertained before by various circus troupes, but Vatican officials said Saturday's audience was unusual in that it involved so many different types of traveling performers from around the world, and was dedicated to them alone.
The event was organized by the Vatican office that looks out for the welfare of migrants, refugees, seamen as well as prostitutes and street children — people who by force or choice live without stable homes.
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This post is the forty-ninth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page.
This post is about dashboards. Dashboards are where data meets decision-makers. The field of data visualization is about this intersection of information and actors. Here, the numbers are translated and communicated in a manner that is clear enough to define action. Decisions are supported by these systems. Business and intelligence meet. The data is right there, represented numerically or graphically or both, waiting to be used.
This post is not about how to accomplish data visualization. This post is about the fact that data should be visualized.
Edward Tufte (Blog) is one of the prominent names in the field of data visualization and information design. Well known for his criticism of Microsoft PowerPoint, Tufte has earned a reputation for clarity and insight. He participated in the investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. There is a ton of related information here. He has been appointed to presidential panels to ensure integrity in communications. Tufte invented sparklines and is generally considered a data visualization genius.
Data visualization specialists value integrity in communications. At least, the good ones value it.
This Isn't Hard
Dashboards are elegant. They do not have to be complex. In fact, the most effective data visualizations are intuitive and almost instantly convey the desired information. Simple is good.
A long time ago (back when the years began with the number 1) in a place far, far away; I built a Manufacturing Execution System, or MES. It was called Plant-Wide Webs (catchy, eh?). It was one of the first MES's to exclusively use a browser for visualization. The idea of PWWs was to convey – at a glance – the state of a manufacturing facility or enterprise. As I mentioned in Performance-Based Management Stinks, the only metrics that count are shipping and delighting customers. I believe that's true for measuring employee performance. Behind that statement is a principle and it is this: I believe it is possible to isolate or create an effective, single, accurate-enough metric for anything. Is this metric going to communicate everything that's going on at all levels of your business at a glance? Goodness no. But, I maintain it's possible to glean way more than 80% of the important truth from a single number (I have more to say about this… later), and that's what Plant-Wide Webs did. The dashboard? It was a modified stoplight:
I started with an electronic drawing of the facility which I converted to an HTML image map. The map was completely green, yellow, or red. The numbers behind this were not simple, but they were available (via a click or two, max) and condensed into a single metric. And they were near-real-time and immediately recognizable. Back in the day, "near-real-time" meant accurate to about a minute. The plant manager could view their facility's performance in near-real-time all day. History was provided (of course), and drill-through was supported as well. After all, drilling was as simple as linking; something at which HTML excels. Each click would take the manager to more detail. the first click on the plant image would be a copy of the image split into several shapes, each representing a section of the plant and each reflecting the red-yellow-green status of respective facility sections. And each section was drillable. And so on, and so on; until you reached a screen filled with readings from actual machines – data collected from data acquisition systems or Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) or Human-Machine Interface systems (HMIs).
This wasn't then (and certainly isn't today) earth-shattering graphics. But it was easy to maintain and scale, fast-rendering, and best of all; simple and clear. It communicated. What did it communicate? The state of the plant? No. The state of the business!
Another Story
Users aren't stupid. They are your community. If you treat your community like they are stupid, you make more work for yourself. You also communicate that you distrust and disrespect them. Transparency isn't merely the right thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do.
On my first data professional gig, I was hired to implement and manage the reporting solution. It was a web-based solution and the sales demos must have been impressive. The product actually was impressive as long as you ran it on the correct platform. We ran a ported version on the incorrect platform. </SadFace></WithASmallTear>. Back in those days I could hold my own as a web developer. The short version of a long story is: I fixed the ported code. I was done when the manager decided to move the current SQL Server person to another position. Since I was the only other person with the words "SQL" and "Server" near each other on my resume, I got the gig. Now mind you, I thought I could do the job. When my manager asked me if I could do it I told him "Yes. How hard can it be to tell developers 'No'?" </CaptainSnarkyIWas>. I learned a lot during that first real database person position.
I did a few things right, though. One of them was to trust my community. We started with a pilot of ten "power users". They were all internal, part of the same company as us. But the next step was to expand to something like eighty users, and not all of them worked for us. So they didn't have access to all the information available to the original group.
It sounds like a simple thing. Here's why it wasn't:
In ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) operations there is this thing called Latency (an engineering idea) that is tightly coupled and indirectly proportional to another thing called Throughput. The more ___ you can shove through a pipe, the less latency you experience. Back then, we were loading a ton of data, relatively speaking. It took days to load a couple tables in our data warehouse. Since we didn't want to wait around the clock, I found an old spreadsheet I created to do predictive analytics, and we would sample the current number of rows in the destination table every now and then along with the time, and then do some math, and then do some more math, and then we'd have a science-backed wild guess about when the table would contain all the rows from the source. (The funny part of this story? I developed that spreadsheet while working as a 3rd-shift electrician in a hardware plant to determine how long a large tank would take to fill. Fluid levels, data, it doesn't matter – the math is the same. James Maxwell would be proud.)
That inspired another idea: I could build a web page to display the latency metadata used as the source in part of the calculations. It was a fantastic internal tool. That inspired another idea: Why keep it internal? Most of the calls I was fielding were from users outside the company who had no idea why their report numbers were changing with each refresh. Everyone inside knew when there was an issue with the overnight batch processing that increased latency. But not those outside. So I placed a link to the latency page on the website and published the latency data with our next release.
I almost got fired.
My boss considered that data proprietary because it basically showed when we were not compliant with our SLA. I get that (now, I didn't back then, but I do now). It never occurred to me that we should withhold information the users needed to make informed decisions about the validity of the information we provided. It still doesn't occur to me. Transparency stopped my phone from ringing, allowing me to concentrate on more pressing (and valuable) matters. I probably would have been fired if the bosses of the external users hadn't called my boss's boss to tell her what an awesome idea that was. Just about the time my boss was ready to chew me out for releasing "proprietary performance and SLA data" he got a call from his boss, and she chewed him out for not letting her know about this cool new initiative that was saving our customers time and increasing the value of our data and service to them.
Elegant != Pretty
I tell every student that attends my From Zero To SSIS! class: "Anyone can build SSIS packages that work. I expect your SSIS packages to also be pretty." But I leave them with this caveat: "If you have to choose between pretty and functional, always choose functional." The same goes for dashboards. If you are afforded the time to delight the customer, do so. If not, opt for "working" over "pretty" every time. Make it as pretty and fast as you possibly can, right after you get it working. Remember:
Deliver quality late, no one remembers.
Deliver junk on time, no one forgets. – Andy, circa 2004
I've never had a customer or user come back to me after delivering quality late and say "Sure, Andy. This works well and all, but you were two days late." They simply do not remember that it was late if it does what they want. But come in early and under budget with bugs? You will not hear the end of it.
A dashboard is simply a communication medium. It translates data into actionable information. It's that simple. If your dashboard does amazing things but sacrifices any portion of this vital function, then your dashboard stinks. Get this part right. Communicate the state of the business quickly and accurately. Provide multiple levels (grains) of information. Trust and respect your community, for they can make your job easier or more difficult.
Dashboard development and implementation is more art than science. Treat it as such.


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Your Money's Worth provides a monthly sample of central Ohio homes for sale in the same price range. This month, we look at what you get for about $500,000. About 50 properties are for sale in central Ohio between $497,000 and $503,000. Here's what that buys.
Your Money�s Worth provides a monthly sample of central Ohio homes for sale in the same price range. This month, we look at what you get for about $500,000. About 50 properties are for sale in central Ohio between $497,000 and $503,000. Here�s what that buys.6411 Grasslands Court, Westerville
Price: $500,000
Size: 4,873 square feet
Built in 2001, this two-story home in the Highland Lakes community includes five bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths. Features include a Florida room with a fireplace, a two-story great room, a rear staircase, a mother-in-law suite, a walk-in pantry and a grand circular main staircase. The home, in the Westerville school district, is listed by Paul George with Keller Williams Greater Columbus. Annual taxes are $11,450.7750 Oakalea Court, Lewis Center
Price: $499,900
Size: 3,773 square feet
This home, custom-built in 1993, features an additional 1,400 square feet in a finished lower walkout level, with two bedrooms, a full bath and a living room designed as an in-law suite. Upstairs are two more bedrooms and 21/2 baths. Other features include a Florida room overlooking a ravine with a stream. Annual taxes on the home, in the Olentangy school district, are $7,386. The home is listed by Arnold DeSena with HER Realtors.1058 Perry St.
Price: $499,900
Size: 2,554 square feet
Built in 2006, this home is designed to resemble older homes in the historic Harrison West neighborhood and includes an additional 900 square feet of finished space on the third floor and lower level. Featuring four bedrooms and 41/2 baths, the home is in an association that includes a pool and exercise facility. Monthly dues are $135. Annual taxes on the home, which is in the Columbus school district, are $3,986. The home is listed by Stephen Dial with Cutler Real Estate.2455 Cambridge Blvd., Upper Arlington
Price: $499,900
Size: 2,857 square feet
This condominium, built in 2008, sits across the road from the Scioto Country Club golf course and features three bedrooms and 21/2 baths. Features include a laundry room, an attached two-car garage, a screened porch, an elevator and a large open kitchen with granite island. Condominium fees are $170 a month. The unit, in the Upper Arlington school district, is listed by Sarah Eagleson with Keller Williams Classic Properties.


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"Sounding off for the citizens"
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#1 Oct 11, 2010
Indiana Property Tax Cap Amendment, Public Question 1
The Indiana Property Tax Cap Amendment will appear on the November 2, 2010 ballot in the state of Indiana as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. The measure, if enacted by a simple majority of Indiana voters, will add property tax caps to the Indiana Constitution.
How will you vote on November 2nd?
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#2 Oct 11, 2010
Here's an interesting in regards to this amendment.
Paraphrasing a comment about the amendment enshrining a similar untested statute, I wonder if they are talking about the method of property assessment in Indiana. i.e. market value
I don't recall if there are any pending lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of this method or not.
Property taxes should stay local instead of being paid to the State and then the State deciding how much will come back to the county and to the schools. I wonder where Jud and Bob stand on that issue.
#3 Oct 11, 2010
If it wasn't for the state telling Sullivan County how much they can and can not spend we would all be taxed out of our homes by now. Just look at the commissioners meetings in Sullivan they always say they nevr have enough money.
#4 Oct 11, 2010
You want Lenny to control the tax money for Connertucky..You are an idiot, he is screwing up
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#5 Oct 11, 2010
People will be sorry if this gets voted in......Local taxes will go thru the roof.
#6 Oct 11, 2010
This.....your property taxes might go down, but other taxes will be put in place to replace lost funds.
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#8 Oct 11, 2010
Nice link umizoomi.Bloomington knows what they are doing,All the more reason to vote NO to property tax caps.
#9 Oct 11, 2010
It's NOT going to be tax relief.
It's just a TAX SHIFT!!
#10 Oct 11, 2010
I like my money going to the BMV I drive a nice car and they need my money
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#11 Oct 11, 2010
I agree the state is taking the money for themselves and leaving the local governments, who really provide the real services, to fend for themselves. I am voting no. If it passes the state will have a bigger budget a and we will be taxed to death.
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#12 Oct 11, 2010
I honestly think the Indiana voters are entitled to more information about this amendment and the impact of what it means AND we deserve to have this information prior to the election. It's not very often that we show up to vote and they actually have an "issue" that we get to vote on. On the surface it appears to be a good thing, however, I have a feeling there is more to this amendment then we are being told. I bet 75% of all people voting in the State will not have heard about this prior to showing up to vote. And I would also bet that they will vote yes because of the language used "tax cap".
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#13 Oct 11, 2010
umizoomi is right on the mark!
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#14 Oct 11, 2010
I know since the state done away with inventory tax that we have seen an added wheel tax, county income tax increases,state sales tax increases,gas tax increases,cig. tax increases,etc.,etc.
#15 Oct 11, 2010
Nice to see you back It's been awhile.
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#16 Oct 11, 2010
Interesting tidbit here:
Measures that will not be on the ballot.
Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Health Care Health care Prohibit mandatory health insurance not on ballot
LRCA Trustee and Board Question Admin. of gov't Ask voters whether or not to keep township trustees and boards. not on ballot
Article also says that Indiana's constitution is one of the most difficult in the country to amend.
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#17 Oct 11, 2010
Here's the text:
Text of proposal
The summary of the measure reads:[1]
"Circuit breakers and other property tax matters. Requires, for property taxes first due and payable in 2012 and thereafter, the general assembly to limit a taxpayer's property tax liability as follows:(1) A taxpayer's property tax liability on homestead property may not exceed 1% of the gross assessed value of the homestead property.(2) A taxpayer's property tax liability on other residential property may not exceed 2% of the gross assessed value of the other residential property.(3) A taxpayer's property tax liability on agricultural land may not exceed 2% of the gross assessed value of the property that is the basis for the determination of the agricultural land.(4) A taxpayer's property tax liability on other real property may not exceed 3% of the gross assessed value of the other real property.(5) A taxpayer's property tax liability on personal property may not exceed 3% of the gross assessed value of the taxpayer's personal property that is the basis for the determination of property taxes within a particular taxing district. Specifies that property taxes imposed after being approved by the voters in a referendum shall not be considered for purposes of calculating the limits to property tax liability under these provisions. Provides that in the case of a county for which the general assembly determines in 2008 that limits to property tax liability are expected to reduce in 2010 the aggregate property tax revenue that would otherwise be collected by all units and school corporations in the county by at least 20%, the general assembly may provide that property taxes imposed in the county to pay debt service or make lease payments for bonds or leases issued or entered into before July 1, 2008, shall not be considered for purposes of calculating the limits to property tax."
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#18 Oct 11, 2010
Now here's a question I have. It talks about not being able to collect more than a certain percentage of "assessed value", which makes sense. HOWEVER, what prevents them from changing the way a property gets assessed in order to collect more money. I know they have the "market value" method now, but what if that method is changed to increase the amount of money they can collect. I personally don't know why such an amendment is necessary. Seems that a State Statute would have the same effect. Something just doesn't feel right about this.
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#19 Oct 11, 2010
* Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is a supporter of the measure, stating that the proposal would lead to a 2 percent increase in net household income as well as creating 97,000 new jobs. Daniels cited a Ball State University study that backed these assessments.[2]
* Indiana Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman supports the measure, stating that adding tax caps to the Indiana Constitution "assures families their property taxes will be low and predictable forever."[3]
* State Representative Bruce Borders claimed about the tax caps, "If we don't pass these it will be then 20 years from now, 30 years from now. We'll always be promising protection that doesn't exist. And so we have this once in a lifetime opportunity and I absolutely mean that. This one time in a lifetime opportunity for you to have protection."[4]
* Aaron Smith of Watchdog Indiana stated, "The constitutional amendment will make our home owner property tax deductions immune from legal challenge and a fair and affordable tax burden include particularly property taxes are important to working families."[5]
* Andrea Neal, a teacher at St. Richard's Episcopal School in Indianapolis and adjunct scholar with the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, stated in a column published by the Indianapolis Star, citing a report done about the measure, "On Election Day, voters have the chance to make the caps permanent. Even with the sales tax increase, Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research has found the caps will have "a positive effect on the Indiana economy in the long run increasing employment, income and investment.""[6]
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#20 Oct 11, 2010
Will create 97,000 jobs? Can anybody explain that one?
#21 Oct 11, 2010
If I read this question on the ballot correctly, it states that people who live in mobile homes would not have to pay property taxes. Everyone, including ones who live in mobile homes should vote no for this amendment. It's going to raise taxes for everyone if it passes. What is the benefit if not to raise taxes. Someone explain?
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UNC Lineberger partners to increase clinical trial participation
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 — Group received ASCO 2010 Clinical Trial Participation Award.
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Coastal Carolina Radiation Oncology in Wilmington, NC has been recognized with the American Society for Clinical Oncology's 2010 Clinical Trial Participation Award, which was presented to Michael Papagikos, MD on Sunday, June 6 at ASCO's annual meeting in Chicago.
The award recognizes the practice's efforts, along with New Hanover Regional Medical Center, UNC Lineberger and Wake Forest University, to enroll more patients from under-represented groups into cancer clinical trials.
Of the 1.3 million people who will be diagnosed with cancer this year, only three percent will participate in cancer clinical trials. Clinical trials not only benefit future patients by testing the safety and effectiveness of new treatments, but can also provide opportunities for patients to get access to state-of-the-art cancer therapies that may not be widely available elsewhere.
"This is a great example of how our state's comprehensive cancer centers and community institutions can partner in ways that ultimately improve the quality of care for all North Carolinians," said Larry Marks, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
"I want to congratulate all of the partners – and particularly those who have been working so hard in the Wilmington area – on the success of these efforts," said Shelton Earp, MD, Director of UNC Lineberger.
The partnership's efforts have been supported by a National Cancer Institute Cancer Disparities Research Partnership Grant, which creates collaborations between community doctors and hospitals and NCI-designated Cancer Centers to increase the number of underserved, low-income, ethnic and minority individuals participating in clinical trials.
Clinical trials are research studies designed to evaluate whether a new treatment or procedure is better than the current standard of care. Thanks in part to advances made with the help of clinical trials, the percentage of cancer patients surviving five years or more after diagnosis has significantly increased over the past three decades.
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Entrepreneurs always have questions, or at least they should: questions about to how to start a business, keep one afloat and solvent, reach another audience, introduce a new product, learn a new skill, even answer a customer's question.
Entrepreneurs always have questions, or at least they should: questions about to how to start a business, keep one afloat and solvent, reach another audience, introduce a new product, learn a new skill, even answer a customer's question.
A wonderland of resources for general guidance and specific questions can be found in industry-specific associations. Information is at our fingertips night and day with websites.
Association sites vary in content, size and access to facts and methodology. Some keep the "best stuff" under lock and key, accessible only to dues-paying members. The decision of whether to spend on a membership depends on what you need to learn at the moment and over the next 12 months from their articles, classes, newsletters or magazines. Value also comes from how you use those facts and skills. If you use the information to increase sales, you'll have ROI (return on investment) on your side.
I'm told the national Restaurant Association has good cost-of-goods information for members only. The Promotional Products Association International's Recovery Fund offers disaster relief for members and even nonmembers. Some national business associations and local chambers of commerce offer members access to group insurance plans — particularly useful for single-owner entities with no staff.
Certain industry-specific associations provide classes to owners and staff. The successful "student" may receive a certificate for work-related skills such as safe food handling, solar installation, energy-efficiency testing, etc. Many associations list certified technicians and certified businesses on their websites. Even government sites provide or link to certified lists for all the world to see.
I worked through the process of matching an accredited business with a customer need earlier this year, not for myself but someone else. The first try was more complicated than expected, because I didn't even know I needed a certified furnace installer to fit within guidelines of a financial assistance program for low-income people. I ultimately entered a search for "NYSERDA certified furnace installer, Sullivan County, N.Y."
This led me to NYSERDA.ny.gov's residential program. I clicked "Builder/Contractor" then "Home Performance with Energy Star." This is where NYSERDA, a government program, refers the user to the Building Performance Institute's accredited contractors. And bingo, a match less than five miles from a remote area resulted in a very satisfactory energy audit and furnace installation.
And thus, the business owner or certificate holder is connected to potential customers. The next time you need an answer, instead of tossing a word or two into a search engine, include words like supplier, certified or association. Associations can help you run your business and can lead to increased business.
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