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Women 2.0 Conference 2013: "The Next Billion"
Women 2.0
Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM (PST)
Women 2.0 Conference (February 14, 2013 in San Francisco) is the 'must-attend' conference for investors, entrepreneurs, engineers and designers focused on exploring up-and-coming trends in innovation.
Located at Westin St. Francis in San Francisco's Union Square, the event will feature successful women entrepreneurs, startup founders and executives in tech.
"The Next Billion" is the future that we see today - the next billion of consumers (women), the next billion of markets (the emerging markets), the next billion of products (new startup products). Hear female founders discuss innovation in the next billion set of consumers, markets and products.
The full-day Women 2.0 Conference features finalists from the PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition pitching live onstage to investors for feedback and prizes.
Who should attend? Anyone working in technology, from early-stage startup to corporate. Anyone thinking about starting a startup, or generally interested in technology and innovation. This includes but is not limited to: designers, developers, product managers, marketers, business development...
Follow the action on Twitter at #w2conf -- Please note that tickets will NOT be sold at the door!
Agenda for Women 2.0 Conference (February 14, 2013)
There's no official conference afterparty but join us for Founder Friday SF on February 15 sponsored by Zoosk and hosted by Cove co-founder Ruchi Sanghvi (acquired by Dropbox)!
For sponsorship opportunities at Women 2.0's conference, email Sepideh Nasiri.
A one-of-a-kind competition:
The run-up to the conference is defined by Women 2.0's annual startup competition for early-stage tech startups, who receive exposure to investors and valuable feedback for next steps.
Watch the finalists of the Women 2.0 PITCH SF 2013 Startup Competition pitch live and hear first-hand feedback from panels of real investors on what makes a successful pitch for investment. Previous investors have included:
The 2013 PITCH SF Startup Competition Finalists are:
Andrea Zurek (Founding Partner, XG Ventures)
Andrea has been an active angel investor since 2006. XG Ventures has invested in over 40 companies with 14 exits, including Tapulous, Posterous and Aardvark. Andrea worked at Google for over 7 years as one of the first ad sales executives. Follow her on Twitter at @andreazurek.
Ann Miura-Ko (Co-Founding Partner, FLOODGATE)
Ann's investment interests include capitally efficient software and technology enabled services. She teaches several courses in Stanford's Technology Ventures Program and the Mayfield Fellows Program. Follow her on Twitter at @annimaniac.
Charles Hudson (Partner, SoftTech VC)
Charles works for one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 startups. He is focusing on mobile and gaming investments. He founded Bionic Panda Games and was VP of BD for Serious Business. Follow him on Twitter at @chudson.
Christine Herron (Director, Intel Capital)
Christine is also a Venture Advisor at 500 Startups and an advisor to StartX. Previously, Christine was a Principal with First Round Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm. Follow her on Twitter at @christine.
Jenny Fielding (Head of Digital Ventures, BBC Worldwide)
Jenny heads up New Digital Ventures as well as BBCW Labs. Previously, she was CEO of fourforty Inc, which developed Wenzani for Lonely Planet. She co-founded startups such as Switch-Mobile, a VoIP mobile software company acquired in 2008. Follow her on Twitter at @jefielding.
Joy Marcus (Partner, DFJ Gotham Ventures)
Joy led her venture firm's seed investment in DailyWorth, Previously Joy was GM US for Dailymotion from its US launch through acquisition by Orange (France Telecom) in January 2011. Follow her on Twitter at @joymarcus.
Kevin Laws (Board Member & COO, AngelList)
Kevin has advised an invested in a number of startups, including Dulance (sold to Google), Krillion (sold to Local.com), FlightFox (YC), and many others. Previously, he founded Vast.com. Follow him on Twitter at @AngelList.
Nikhil Kalghatgi (Venture Capitalist, SoftBank Capital)
Nikhil is an early-stage venture capitalist based in NYC. He focuses on consumer internet Seed & Series A opportunities with interests in mobile, e-commerce and social platforms. Follow him on Twitter at @NikhilKal.
Thomas Korte (Founder & Managing Partner, AngelPad)
Thomas runs a startup mentorship program he launched in 2010 with a team of fellow ex-Googlers. Since then, AngelPad has helped to launch some 37 companies, 31 of which have raised over $25 million in additional funding. Follow him on Twitter at @thomask.
Wesley Chan (Partner, Google Ventures)
Wesley's investments focus on early stage software and web services, mobile, biotech and cleantech. As an early employee at Google, he helped grow Google Analytics and Google Voice. Wesley is a recipient of Google's founder award. Follow him on Twitter at @weschan.
Joining us for lunch are more investors, ready to mentor entrepreneurs:
Experienced entrepreneurs are also joining for lunch to mentor new entrepreneurs:
Women 2.0 Conference speakers are leaders of technology and innovation, including:
Conference Venue & Location:
Westin St. Francis
335 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Check out the results of previous years of Women 2.0 Conferences in 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007. Check out previous conference websites for NYC 2012 and SF 2012.
All tickets non-transferable and non-refundable, no exceptions.
Women 2.0 is a media and tech company, with community at our hearts. We
serve over 300,000 through our platforms and channels and have been an
industry leader in D&I content and strategies for over 10 years.
We're a for-profit, for-good company, committed to equality and
inclusion, and thus innovation - the leading brand for the next generation of technology leaders.
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It was reported here at JustAnotherCyclist.com that the rumors of brothers Frank and Andy Schleck leaving the Riis Racing team (currently sponsored by Saxo Bank) at the end of this season were indeed true. However, according to press releases by Bjarne Riis during the Tour de France, that may still not be set in stone. It was revealed that SunGard – currently a minor sponsor of the team – would step up and fill the title sponsor role being vacated by Saxo Bank at the end of this season. With this move, according to VeloNation:
With Sungard and the second, unnamed, sponsor on board, Riis will likely be able to afford to keep hold of the team's two biggest assets: the Luxembourg brothers, Fränk and Andy Schleck. "We will continue at the same level," said Riis, "We will still aim to be the World's best cycling team."
Andy Schleck, however, deflected direct questions and chose to focus on the current Tour de France by saying "Now we will get the Tour out of the way, then we will talk about it later in the year" (VeloNation)
It does not appear that this effects Bryan Nygaard's plans to start a new pro cycling team based in Luxembourg. It does, however, spur additional questions about exactly what theam the Schlecks will call home.

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MILLINGTON, TN -- To better assess post-deployment health among sailors in the Navy, commands can now access their deployment health assessments online.
The Navy says if sailors complete their post-deployment health assessment several months after returning home, the view of their overall health may have changed, sometimes for the worse.
"Sometimes sailors in a hurry to get demobilized or back to their pre-IA (individual augmentee) job may not spend the time on the post-deployment assessment that they should, and issues arise months after a deployment. The post-deployment re-assessment is designed to pick up those issues," Fleet Master Chief Mike McCalip, Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel, said in a statement.
The post-deployment health assessment is designed to identify stress injuries and other health concerns that require further attention or treatment. Sailors are required to undergo a pre-deployment health assessment 60 days prior to the expected deployment date. When the sailor returns from deployment, a post-deployment assessment form is to be completed as close to their homecoming date as possible.


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Eduardo is an architect and consultant with Daugherty Business Solutions. He recently started blogging. Check out his post on Habbits of Effective Architects. You can also see him give a talk on this post at this month's Chicago Architects Group meeting.
Happy blogging Eduardo.
This is another one of those things I heard about on .NET Rocks. I believe that it is being used here on GWB, considering the visible one doesn't seem to be in use any more. It is an interesting approach to a difficult problem.
Now the question is what is next when the spammers figure out how to defeat this barrier? I'm waiting for the retina scanner.
We had some fun tonight to celebrate a major release for one of our clients and do a little team building. Fast, some what violent sports are always fun.
Tim is a Solutions Architect for PSC Group, LLC. He has been an IT consultant since 1999 specializing in Microsoft technologies. Along with running the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group and speaking on Microsoft and architecture topics he was also contributing author on "The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library".


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I am a new member here. I am not really an active collector or hobbyist, but a lurker. I enjoy the builds and the stories in this forum!
For the time being, I do not have the time or dedication to pursue lego-building as a hobby. But I do buy some castle sets both in shop and second hand. I just keep them in the attic, impatiently waiting for my children to get old enough to make use of them. I will be a good father to them when that time comes, playing with them eagerly!
My reason for posting is that I wonder if any have experiences with the colour match between the dark blue of 7094 King's castle siege and the 70404 Kings castle. Do they work together? And how would Black falcon knights match these castles?
I also wonder if old and new wall panels work together. Are the windows the same size? Will the windows be at the same hight if panels are aligned at the top or bottom?


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Right now, purses are hitting the shelves everywhere that look like they could be very expensive, but get this: They ring in under $100. Check out my favorite picks, and get ready for the "Where did you get your bag?" comments to roll in!
BCBGMAXAZRIA Harlow Jewel-Studded Envelope Clutch, $98 now $49, available at BCBGMAXAZRIA.
Charles & Keith Duo-Tone Tote, $93, available at Charles & Keith.
H&M Suede Bag, $69.95, available at H&M.
Steve Madden Bcortage Tote, $98 on sale $69.99, available at Zappos.
Zubi Handbag, $89, available at yoox.com.
Gap Leather Tote, $94.99, available at Gap.
Pour la Victoire Elle Mini Cross Body Bag, $95, available at Shopbop.
Blessing-Co Pastel Pink Shoulder Bag, $36, available at Blessing-Co
Nasty Gal Marisa Tote, $65, available at Nasty Gal.
Mango Pebbled Bucket Bag, $39.99, available at Mango.
MeDusa Slim Clutch, $94, available at Boticca.
AX Armani Exchange Mixed Media Satchel, $128 now $79.99, available at AX Armani Exchange.
Jasper & Jeera Solana Clutch, $48, available at Anthropologie.
Zara Leather Handbag, $69.99, available at Zara.
Sole Society Maxine, $54.95, available at Sole Society.
French Connection Mod Squad Med Tote,$98 $59.99, available at French Connection.
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text: Even with the somewhat muted (by Apple standards) demand for the iPad mini, Apple still had a fantastic weekend of iPad sales. It seems that even the company's non-hits are hits. That's not the case. Apple's breakthrough products are so massive that it seems everything the company does is destined to succeed. But it doesn't take much digging to find a trail of failures and false starts. Even in recent years, there are examples of products that seemed great but never resonated with consumers, and some that seemed so destined for failure it's hard to imagine why any company would have brought them to market. Here are some examples of Apple veering a bit off course. QuickTake Camera Life Span: 1994 - 1997 Back in 1994, Apple was actually at the forefront of digital photography. The QuickTake Camera's photos (640 x 480 at 0.3 megapixels) were borderline unusable for anything other than your Geocities homepage. But technology has to start somewhere. Still, Apple killed the line after just three years. And while the iPhone and other smartphones have replaced most people's digital cameras, Apple could have reaped the benefits of the digital point-and-shoot salad years. Why It Failed: Steve Jobs streamlined Apple's product lines from 15 to four when he returned to the company. The QuickTake was a victim of that streamlining.Cards App Life Span: 2011 - Present Apple introduced Cards at the iPhone 4S event. Owners of iOS devices could design and ship cards without having to brave the aisles of a stationery store or having to search through their junk drawers for a stamp. It's quick and easy, and not very many people actually care. I know just one person who uses the service. By all accounts, the cards are high quality, and Apple just updated the app with more designs and options. And yet it sits there on your device while your mom checks her mailbox every day waiting to hear from you. Hayes Roth, Chief Marketing Officer of Landor Associates told Wired that great brands are engaged with the customer. Something personal. "Actually touching something that Apple made for you, there's an emotional attachment to that stuff that people are striving for," said Roth. You know what? I'm going to send my mom a card right now. Why It Failed: It hasn't, exactly. It's still around. But even as a touchy-feely value add it needs users to justify its existence. The holidays are coming; Cards could get an uptick in usage.FaceTime Open Standard Life Span: 2010 - Present FaceTime was announced at the 2010 WWDC keynote. During the demo, Steve Jobs stated that Apple was working toward making FaceTime an Open Standard. This was a huge announcement from a company not known for its willingness to play well with others. The Open Standard would give other companies access to FaceTime. And since FaceTime itself is based on open standards (h.264 video, AAC, SIP, SRTP), Steve Jobs announced that Apple would be going to the standards bodies the next day to make it an industry standard. It's two years later and FaceTime is still an Apple-only experience. Why It Failed: Apple is mum on its plans (or lack thereof) to open source FaceTime. Open source evangelist Jonathan Schwartz, former CEO of Sun Microsystems and Current CEO of Care Zone, believes that Apple had hoped that FaceTime would be huge hit and that making it an open standard would undercut Skype and other video-calling technologies. Schwartz noted that companies "Drive an open standard when you want to disrupt from below." Alas, that didn't happen for FaceTime.iPod Hi-FI Life Span: 2006 - 2007 Back in 2006, Apple introduced a really nice speaker. A really nice speaker that was simply too expensive to be taken seriously. The Hi-Fi was Apple's attempt to jump into the iPod speaker dock market. At $350, it didn't fly off the shelf like the iPods that were supposed to sit in its dock. The big box of iPod boom was discontinued after just 18 months. Why It Failed: Too expensive and bulky. Basically an ice box with speakers.iPhone App Texas Hold-Em Life Span: 2006 - 2011 Apple made a pretty solid poker app for the iPhone. It was the only game app that Apple has ever released on its own. It was also the only poker app I played. And while I eventually lost all my money trying to bluff the computer, the game was solid and fun. It debuted on the iPod in 2006 and was one of the first apps available when Apple launched the App Store in 2008. Then without warning, Apple pulled it from the app store in November 2011. Why It Failed: Apple stopped updating the app and it just disappeared one day. As with its plans to open source FaceTime, Apple is silent on what happened with Texas Hold-Em.iPod Socks Life Span: 2004 - 2012 The weirdest Apple products to take up space in the company's retail stores were the iPod socks. The one-size-fits-all cozies were actually tiny iPod cases available in a rainbow of colors. And while the socks became a joke among even the most hard-core Apple users, the little protective pieces of cloth persevered. Released in November 2004, they stayed on shelves until September of 2012, which gave us eight years of wondering whether Apple was trolling us with footwear. Why They Failed: Hayes Roth, chief marketing officer of brand marketing agency Landor Associates, speculates that the little knitted tchotchkes were just an odd Apple attempt at branding. "A good company is always looking at where it can extend its brand," Roth said. "Any company that does that is usually going to push the envelope a little bit."Apple's Bluetooth Headset Life Span: 2007 - 2009 It didn't have a clever name. Maybe that was why it lasted less than two years. Or it may have had something to do with the fact that Apple announced the headset at the original iPhone event. Does anyone remember anything about that event beyond the iPhone? The Apple Bluetooth Headset was a pocket-draining $130. Sure it had a sweet charging dock, but competing headsets on the market cost less with better features. Why It Failed: Too expensive. Lost in the iPhone media whirlwind. Ars Technica said it sounded "like a bowl of Rice Krispies sprinkled with crystal meth for your ear, so bad is the snapping, crackling, and popping sounds accompanying its use. "Ping Life Span: 2010 - 2012 Ping could have been amazing. It should have been amazing. Instead, the social network stands as one of Apple's most baffling failures. At launch it worked only with songs purchased from iTunes. And "likes" posted only to Ping and Twitter, because Facebook and Apple were having a disagreement at the time. Plus, Instead of putting Ping on every browser out there, Apple walled it off inside iTunes. Even with artist pages from Lady Gaga and Death Cab for Cutie, Ping never really caught on. Its social features consisted of seeing what friends purchased or reviewed. That's less social and more purchasing advice. Why It Failed: Steven Levy said that "Ping came out half-baked." It's tough to disagree with that.Motorola Rokr Life Span: 2005 - 2006 You can't blame Apple for this one. Okay, maybe you can blame it a little. The company knew the mobile phone industry was a stagnant piece of candy-bar phone. Still, Apple chose to team up with Motorola for the first phone to support iTunes, the Rokr. It was a bad phone and an even worse media player. It had a sub-standard camera, lacked features found on other phones and suffered frustratingly slow music transfers. And it could hold only 100 songs. Plus, it didn't really work when Steve Jobs' demoed it onstage. The Rokr E1 was released in September 7, 2005 and replaced by the Rokr E2 only a few months later in January 2006. The new Rokr featured Real Player instead of iTunes. A year later, Apple announced the iPhone, and everyone did their best to forget about the Rokr debacle. Why it Failed: Horrible phone. Even worse media player. Even Steve Jobs knew the phone was a dud.


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Fearless Friday, Watercolor sketch
A couple of weeks ago we talked about the Importance of Drawing, and how drawing regularly helps improve all creative activities. Drawing for fun not purpose, just for the enjoyment…
I think it's important to do the same with paint, have fun and experiment with your medium without pressure of producing a show stopping masterpiece…wonderful things can happen when the pressure is off…
Watercolor is a little out of my comfort zone, so I am trying to practice more and learn different techniques. I want to paint this beautiful arrangement from Everyday Living with acrylics, but decided to do a watercolor sketch first
I started with painting shapes where the main blooms are
Next I did a light gray wash indicating the watering can
More blooms and stems
More color
More greens and darker tones
An loose ink outline for emphasis
Light shadow washes for the final touch
If you're wondering where the handle is, I totally forgot to add it! It wasn't until I was proof reading this post that I noticed … 😳 you can barely see it in Pam's photo below… I will be sure to include it when I do the acrylic version!!
step by step collage
Practice, Play, Grow!
Be Fearless!
FYI, Society 6 has just added fanny packs and mini prints to their product line, fanny packs can hold your important things and keep your hands free, and mini prints can add a pop of style to your desk top or other small spaces. They start at $6! You can also get an optional wooden stand or frame, for just a little bit more!
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I love the optional wood stands!
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I loved your watercolor painting, Jenna!
Your watercolor is gorgeous and I love that you show exactly how it came into being…while I can't so one single bit of this, I do love to see how you draw/paint! Hugs!
Hi Jenna, as usual you make the most pretty sketches and paintings. Have a great day.
How lovely, perfect for spring! I didn't even notice the missing handle,shhhh don't tell anyone and they won't notice either! 😉


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Faylin Erindor is a born warrior. He is skilled with most weapons but prefers to use a short sword. He also has some magical abilities as well.
He was born to Tylin and Reya Erindor who were both killed when he was 2 in an attack by a tribe of savages. He was found laying in the ruins by the bandit outlaw Tug who raised him like a son. As he grew older he became skilled in arms and very muscular. His passion now is war. In the above image he and 2 other bandits ambush a few Loreesi passing through.
Sorry for the flag. I had no black banner pieces or black flap pieces. I read in the rules that it could be a single flag I hope I didn't misread that.
Also I have no clue how to put a photo in here. If someone could tell me how I'd be grateful.


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When spring comes to the lands of Eldevin the bluppities start hiding their chocolate eggs throughout the realms! This years Springtime Celebration is now live and will run until the 27th of April.
This years Love Bites is now live! Hunt the Loveless creatures found across the lands of Eldevin to collect new items and rewards until the 28th of February.
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The return of Gaga is upon us. Lady Gaga gave her little monsters quite the surprise Tuesday, taking to Twitter to reveal the cover art for her upcoming single, "Born This Way."
The black-and-white photo features a topless Gaga with blown out hair and geisha-inspired eye make-up.
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"Trois jours," the pop star Tweeted, which translates to "Three days."
Gaga announced on Monday, via Twitter, that the single — whose lyrics were posted last month — will debut Friday.
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"Can't wait any longer," the Tweet read.
Lady Gaga is set to perform the track for the first time during this weekend's Grammy Awards. The album, also titled "Born This Way," is prepped for a May 23 release, according to a New Year's Eve Tweet.
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Tak has been buying egg tart for afternoon tea lately, thought that it may be a good excuse for me to make some. As usual, searched through the net and found plenty of egg tart recipes. Finally I settled on this Portuguese egg tart (葡式蛋挞) recipe found on a website from Hong Kong. But then, I was too lazy to make my own pastry used the frozen pastry from supermarket instead. However, I have included the ingredients and directions of making pastry.
2 ½ cup cake flour
1 tbsp milk powder
Pastry B:
2 tbsp shortening
¼ tsp salt
1 egg
1/3 cup ice water
Pastry C:
¾ cup butter (room temperature, cut into 3mm thick)
Egg Mixture:
¼ cup castor sugar
¼ cup full cream milk
¼ cup whipping cream
3 egg yolks
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Method (Pastry):
- Sift ingredients A into a mixing bowl, make a well in the middle and add in ingredients B. Mix until it forms into a smooth ball.
- On a slightly floured surface, roll out dough into a big rectangle.
- Arrange butter pieces on half of the dough, fold another half dough over to wrap the butter. Flatten the dough with fingers.
- Roll out the dough into a rectangle. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let rest for 30 minutes.
- Fold dough into 3 folds, roll out into a rectangle and rest for another 30 minutes. Repeat this step for another 2 times.
- On slightly floured surface, roll out the dough into 2mm thick rectangle then roll it up to form a rod. Ready to use.
Method (Tart):
- Preheat oven to 200C.
- Cut 6 pieces of pastry, 25gm each. Press each piece into a slightly greased muffin tin. Use a fork to prick holes at the base of the pastry. Set aside.
- Put all ingredients for egg mixture in a medium mixing bowl and mix well.
- Fill each pastry in the muffin tin with 3/4 full of egg mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool on the rack for about 10 minutes before turning out.


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Branches and service points in the Canton of Graubünden
Swiss Post is developing its access points in intensive dialogue with politicians, the business community and the public. It is seeking to establish an ideal mix of self-operated branches, branches with partners, access points for business customers, and additional acceptance and collection points.
After a careful case-by-case review, Swiss Post has begun the process of ensuring the future of the remaining branches operated by Swiss Post, which have not yet been guaranteed. The primary focus will be on establishing branches with partners. The benefit of branches with partners is that customers enjoy a wide range of postal services and attractive opening hours. This format is popular and, thanks to cooperation with local partners, helps to improve the infrastructure of the village or district.
Implementation in dialogue with the municipalities and public
Swiss Post will implement the plans over the next four years based on a trusted approach in direct dialogue with the municipalities. It will avoid closing post branches without providing replacements. Swiss Post and the municipalities will announce their jointly defined solution as soon as discussions have been concluded. The public will be notified about future local postal services at an information event on location.
Swiss Post recognizes its social responsibility
Swiss Post is making every effort to avoid redundancies through the restructuring of the postal network. As usual, it will recognize its social responsibility in all cases and seek suitable solutions with the employees concerned. The Swiss Post redundancy plan negotiated with the trade unions will be applied as soon as employees are affected by changes to the organizational structure. Measures aimed at securing employment should be provided wherever possible.
In addition, the following measures are planned:
- Implementation of a jobs website (vacant positions within Swiss Post)
- Targeted basic and advanced training
- Outplacement for solutions outside Swiss Post


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ENGS 57: Intermediate Biomedical Engineering
The basic biomedical engineering concepts introduced in ENGS 56 will serve as the foundation for exploring technology in a clinical environment. The specific clinical setting to be explored will be the operating room (OR). This course will introduce a variety of surgical procedures and technologies from an engineering perspective. Areas of focus will include patient monitoring, biophysical tissue properties, general surgical instrumentation, tissue cutting and binding technologies, and optical visualization technologies. In addition, state-of-the-art procedures employing image-guided, minimally invasive, laparoscopic, and robot-assisted surgical technologies will be discussed. The first half of the term will include weekly seminars presented by surgeons describing a particular surgical procedure, the technologies currently used and a surgeon's "wish-list." During the second half of the term, students will undertake a design project aimed at developing a technology that addresses a specific need within the OR. Enrollment is limited to 18 students.


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Hannah Moushabeck, children's department director at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Mass., shares her impressions of Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
This novel is so refreshingly different from anything I've read this year that I can't seem to stop talking about it. Eleanor is the new girl at school. She dresses strangely and doesn't fit into any high school standard of cool, which her classmates make very clear. Park, a punk rock-loving Korean-American, just tries to keep his head down and fit in. Their love doesn't involve life-threatening situations, love triangles, or brutal sacrifice, and they are not ethereally beautiful, nor do they feel a supernatural bond. Their love is simply raw and honest. This is the kind of love that teens should read about: love with mistakes, misunderstandings, and awkward moments. As a teen, I grew up with completely unrealistic expectations about love and relationships, which I totally attribute to reading too much unrealistic teen romance!
Rowell writes from both Eleanor and Park's points of view, so the reader is able to see how each of the characters reacts to the same situation. One of my favorite scenes is when, after having her clothes dumped in the toilet by the school bully, Eleanor has to wear her too-tight tracksuit in the halls and bumps into Park. The wonderful juxtaposition of their interpretations of this and other incidents is one of the tantalizing qualities of the novel.
Set in 1986, this story gives young readers a glimpse of what not-so-young readers find nostalgic, while also touching on some very serious issues. Eleanor navigates the dangers of domestic violence [and lives] with the threat of being driven out of her home. Rowell doesn't shy away from describing the unpleasantries of living in dirty, ripped clothing or bathing with a drape as a bathroom door. In contrast, Park's wealthy middle-class upbringing highlights class differences in suburban America while romanticizing neither.
I would recommend this book to fans of Sarah Dessen, John Green, or Laurie Halse Anderson. And I'd tempt anyone looking for a romance in whatever genre to try this truly excellent read.
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99 March ISBN 978-1-25001-257-9


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Department of Evolutionary Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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phone: +49 341 3550 - 500
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Department of Evolutionary Genetics
Deutscher Platz 6
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phone: 0049 (0) 341 3550 518
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I am generally interested in combining population genetics, evolutionary genetics and computational data inference to approach questions concerning human evolution. Genetics has greatly contributed to our knowledge of human and archaic hominin diversity (Neandertals and Denisovans). One major finding was that admixture, i.e. the exchange of genetic material between previously isolated populations, occurred recurrently between archaic populations and modern humans. Signals of these admixture events are still present in modern day populations, resulting in ~2 % of Neandertal ancestry in human populations outside Africa and up to ~5 % of Denisovan ancestry in some populations of Oceania, shaping adaptive traits and genetic diversity among present day humans.
My doctoral research under the supervision of Svante Pääbo and Benjamin Peter therefore focuses on developing, improving and evaluating methods to detect and date these admixture signals, in both ancient and modern populations, and with gene flow from either known or unknown archaic populations. To do this I improve existing or develop new bioinformatic methods and apply them on genetic data.


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Dan Zettwoch's Birdseye Bristoe: A Preview
7 Responses to Dan Zettwoch's Birdseye Bristoe: A Preview
I'm really looking forward to this book. Thanks for the preview.
I'm sold, just placed an order. Story sounds and reads great, the artwork is fabulous. Nice to see beautiful colour.
Sold, sight unseen.
Can't wait! I first discovered Zettwoch's comics on a business trip in St. Paul. I found some terrific self-pubbed zines in a comic shop there. He had a distinctive voice in both his visual style and subject matter. Have been a fan ever since. I am so happy this book is being published. I like the line he gets with the new ball point pen approach and his low-tech (non computer) coloring methods, as usual are both artful and stand out from the pack.
I'm more than a little surprised that it has taken such a long time for him to get a publisher and a book out. The guy is AMAZING. D&Q should do a reprint box of his minis. Lovely stuff. And maybe a handsome, FAT collection of his and Huizenga's Leon Beyond…?
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Carson City Sheriff's Log: Man allegedly fired gun while intoxicated
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The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court:
• 9:48 p.m.: A 35-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 3400 block of South Carson Street on suspicion of possession of a firearm while intoxicated and discharging a firearm. According to the man's arrest report, he fired a gun into the air because another man wouldn't leave his home. He reportedly had a 0.261 blood-alcohol content. Bail was set at $1,500.
• 5:34 p.m.: A 33-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 4200 block of Pheasant Drive on suspicion of domestic battery, ex-felon failure to register, violation of a suspended sentence and violation of bail conditions. Bail was set at $9,150.
• 9:30 p.m.: A 27-year-old Avondale, Ariz., man was arrested at the Carson City Sheriff's Office on two contempt-of-court warrants. Bail was set at $1,750.
• 1:25 p.m.: A 24-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the 1900 block of North Carson Street on a failure-to-appear traffic warrant. Bail was set at $665.
The Nevada Appeal only names people arrested on suspicion of felonies, violent crimes and DUIs. Carson City Secret Witness will pay up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people committing crimes. Anyone with information is asked to call 775-322-4900. The School Secret Witness number is 775-283-1799. Callers remain anonymous.


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Making Sense of Babel
Atheism seems to be on the rise lately. I say this as someone who has examined no studies nor historical data, but who reads a lot of web sites. I see more people more comfortable with declaring their atheism than ever before. I think it's at least partly because of the internet, which provides a meeting-place for sharing and reinforcing ideologies: that's something new for atheists, whereas people of various faiths have always had churches, plus, in many places, pervasive support from their community.
And the internet is not only good at uniting geographically dispersed but like-minded people: it's also disproportionately popular amongst people with technical and scientific backgrounds, who in turn are disproportionately atheist. So, on balance, the web seems to me to be a net negative for major religion.
Which got me thinking of the Tower of Babel*. According to the Bible, a great tower was built long ago in the city of Babylon; the builders of said tower were a little too pleased with themselves and their achievement, at least for God's liking. There's a whiff of the Titanic about this story: arrogance so great that it practically begs for comeuppance.
Which God delivers, of course. It didn't take much to set God off in the Old Testament; he'd smite you for a backward look. But here, he reacts in a way that at first seems a little odd: no smiting, no plagues; he doesn't even—stop me if I have this wrong—destroy the tower:
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
God is not concerned about the tower itself, or even the arrogance of its builders. That makes sense to me: you can be arrogant in any language, just look at France. God's issue is with the ease of global communications.
So, as a story about the internet's role in the decline of organized religion, the Tower of Babel makes perfect sense. I think that's nifty.
(* Note: Religion is one of those touchy subjects you can't write about without people looking for hidden agendas. Which is a shame, because religions are crammed full of stories that are interesting and meaningful regardless of how true you consider them to be. In the interests of full disclosure, I personally don't believe the Bible to be a non-fiction work, but I hope that doesn't bother you too much, and we can still be friends.)


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Speculation abounds that the notoriously secretive street artist Banksy is getting ready to announce his next show, more than a year after he released his last piece.
Banksy posted a picture of a mural on his website showing the shadow of a man vomiting flowers with the message "Better Out Than In," but didn't reveal its location. (The flowers are growing out of a crack in the sidewalk and up a wall under the word "hope" scrawled in bubble letters.)
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Then signs started popping up around Los Angeles declaring, "Banksy Oct. 2013."
NBC4 scoured the streets of LA's art district Wednesday and was not able to find the mural.
The elusive England-based artist -- who has protected his identity and eluded police for years -- appeared in silhouette in the 2010 documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop," and years before took heat for a 2006 exhibit in LA in which he painted a live elephant red with gold fleurs-de-lis.
Banksy's most recent public piece appears to be his 2011 statement on child abuse in the Catholic Church. It was unveiled at a Liverpool gallery and consisted of a bust with its face sawn off, replaced by blank tiles making it look pixelated, pictured below.
A street artist who wished to remain anonymous told NBC4 Wednesday evening that the rumors are true -- but a city on the edge of its seat for Banksy's artistic return can never be too sure.
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- Bomb Squad Investigation Over at LAX Terminal
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STEM Source Code
STEM Source Code
All of the files that constitute the STEM project are maintained in a "source code control" system. Anyone can obtain a copy of the files in the system, but only people designated as "committers" are allowed to add new files or make other changes to the repository. Since STEM graduated to a top level technology project, the source code repository is SVN.
The only files that are in the repository are those that cannot be derived from others. For instance, Java™ source files would be in the repository, but not Java™ class files.
The following sections cover some of the more common SVN tasks that you would use for STEM development. For more information:
Downloading and installing the SVN plugin
To access the STEM SVN repository, you need to install an SVN plugin in Eclipse for instance Subclipse. For Eclipse 3.4, open Help->Software Updates. Click the "Available Software" tab and "Add Site". Type this location:
Select these components (at minimum):
Under "Core SVNKit Library", select "SVNKit Library"
Under "Optional JNA Library", select "JNA Library"
Under "Subclipse", select "Subclipse Integration for Mylyn", "Subversion Revision Graph" and "SVNKit Client Adapter"
Click Install and restart Eclipse when prompted
Accessing the STEM Source Code Repository with SVN
Open the SVN Repositories window (Window->Show View->Other, SVN->SVN Repositories). Right click anywhere in the empty window and select New->Repository Location... Enter the following Url:
The username is "guest" and the leave the password empty.
To import the STEM plugin projects from SVN, follow these steps:
- In the SVN Repositores view, open the repository you just created (svn://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/technology/org.eclipse.stem)
- Open trunk
- Select all projects under trunk, right-click and select "checkout". Leave all setting the way they are in the wizard that pops up, simply select Finish
At this point, all of the selected projects will be checked out and then built (assuming automatic builds have been enabled in your Eclipse installation. You can specify this by selecting Window->Preferences, then General->Workspace. Check "Build Automatically" and "Refresh Automatically")
Now you're ready to follow the rest of the instructions prepare for running STEM:
The repository is also available for browsing here.
How do I send someone a patch?
If you have modified a project that you checked out from SVN, you may want to send those changes to someone else. This often occurs when you do not have commit rights, but want to send the changes to someone who does. To create a patch file:
- Select the changed project in the Navigator or other view.
- Context Menu->Team->Create Patch...
- Select a location for the patch.
- Use E-mail or other delivery method to send the patch to someone else.
- If the patch is associated with a Bugzilla item, it is a good idea to append to the Bugzilla item with the patch as an attachment.
Note that Create patch can be run with multiple projects selected.
How do I apply a patch that someone sent me?
To apply a patch, such as one generated in the previous step, do the following:
- Select the changed project in the Navigator or other view.
- Context Menu->Team->Apply Patch...
- Fill in the location of the patch file
- Click Next. A summary of changed files will appear.
- Click Finish. The changes are now merged into the workspace.
- Context Menu->Team->Synchronize with Repository.
- After testing the patch, if you have commit access, you may then commit the changes into the repository.
Committer access to CVS
Developers with commit rights have individual user ids and passwords in the Eclipse project development repository. As a committer you can use SSH (Secure SHell) to connect to the CVS repository as follows. Go to a Repository View and add a new CVS repository location. When asked for the repository location enter the following:
|Repository Paths
|(your committer user id, supplied by the webmaster)
|(your committer password)
|Connection Type
Once your information is authenticated, you can browse the repository and add projects to your workspace. If you do some changes that you'd like to contribute, after testing and ensuring that you have followed the contribution guidelines, you are free to release your changes to the repository. Of course, you can only release changes to projects for which you have commit rights. The current list of committers for OHF can be found here.
Note that you can use the SSH protocol and your Eclipse user id to access projects for which you are not a committer but you will not be able to release changes.
More information about CVS usage with Eclipse is available here.


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Accommodation in Cowes Accommodation, Cowes Isle of Wight for 4 people
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SNOW HILL – A Baltimore man arrested in July for pulling a knife on a group of individuals during an altercation on a downtown Ocean City street corner pleaded guilty last week in Circuit Court to one count of attempted robbery and was sentenced to six years in jail, much of which was suspended in favor of probation.
Shortly after 2 a.m. on July 24, Ocean City police officers responded to the area of 2nd Street and Baltimore Ave. for a reported assault involving a knife. As officers were responding to the scene of the reported incident, an OCPD mounted officer in the area spotted the suspect, whose description had been broadcast, fleeing the scene. The mounted officer pursued the suspect, later identified as William Alfred Allewalt, 22, and was able to apprehend him a short time later with the assistance of other officers who responded to the scene.
Prior to his apprehension, Allewalt was able to discard the knife in question, but OCPD officers recovered it nearby. The investigation revealed that prior to the arrest, Allewalt had been drinking and got into an argument with a group of friends and other people in the area of Baltimore Ave. and 2nd Street. During the argument, Allewalt allegedly assaulted three individuals with the knife and assaulted a fourth physically.
During the assaults, Allewalt allegedly put the knife under the chin of one of the victims and demanded the victim empty his pockets in an attempt to rob the person. During the robbery attempt, Allewalt's friends allegedly pulled him away from the victims. No serious injuries were reported for any of the victims.
Allewalt was charged with attempted armed robbery, three counts of first-degree assault, four counts of second-degree assault, three counts of reckless endangerment and three counts of carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to cause injury.


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***Not sure whether to consider this a small victory or not***
TSA Backlash Prompts Move Away From Pat Downs
Federal agency looking to develop new wanding-style device for searches
Paul Joseph Watson
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Following a massive nationwide backlash, the TSA looks set to move away from invasive pat downs and return to wanding-style searches of travelers.
Although the change will initially apply only to travelers who pass through a body scanner, the fact that the federal agency is actively attempting to reduce the number of physical pat downs, the most controversial of which involve TSA screeners literally touching peoples genitals, represents a victory of sorts for anti-TSA campaigners.
In an effort to minimize the number of physical pat-downs that screeners must conduct at U.S. airports, DHS is inviting R&D proposals from companies and organizations that can develop handheld devices that weigh less than five pounds and which could resolve anomalies detected when passengers are sent through Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) equipment, reports Government Security News.
Under the TSAs current policy, when an anomaly is detected by a body scanner, the traveler is forced to undergo secondary screening, which involves the exact same invasive pat down to which those who refuse to go through the body scanner are subjected.
The TSA has put out an invitation to vendors to develop a prototype handheld device that would be capable of screening all areas of the body without removal of clothing beyond outwear.
However, given that the handheld device must be able to detect explosives as well as metal, concerns about the safety of such devices will inevitably be raised if they rely on any form of radiation technology.
Despite the TSAs effort to reduce secondary screenings, it has still failed to adequately respond to an exposé by engineer Jon Corbett which proved that the federal agencys $1 billion dollar plus fleet of body scanners is completely useless in that the machines routinely fail to pick up prohibited items such as knives, guns and powder designed to resemble explosive material.
In a video that went viral on You Tube, Corbett revealed how the scanners could be fooled by simply securing an object inside an external pocket sewn on to an item of clothing.
Despite the reputation of the TSA being continually dragged through the mud by outrage after outrage, from strip-searching 85-year-old grandmothers over their colostomy bags to harassing young children with cerebral palsy, its advocates have recently called for the federal agency to be given even more power.
Last week, Congressman Mike Rogers called for the TSA to become smarter, leaner and tougher.
His call was echoed by Democrat Senator from California Diane Feinstein, who addressed increasing widespread condemnation of the TSA in noting that the public has not been terribly sympathetic to the federal agencys behavior, adding its very important that TSA keeps up its efforts.
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Archive for Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Pit bull kills pregnant miniature horse
Kay Moyer moved to the Tonganoxie-Basehor area to have room for her miniature horses.
Last September, she bought a home in the 18000 block of 178th Street. She renovated a barn and secured their area, never dreaming a roaming pit bull would climb a fence, kill her pregnant mare and maul three other miniature horses.
Thursday evening, as Moyer and her fiance, Rob Clark, were celebrating their engagement -- he'd bought a ring and proposed to her earlier that day -- her cell phone rang.
The news was grim.
The owner of a pit bull, who had let his dog run while he stopped at Moyer's neighbor's house, told her his dog had attacked her horses.
"He told me one of my horses had a really bad gash on her neck," Moyer said. "We came tearing home."
Moyer, who has no children, said the horses are like her children.
It was worse than she thought.
She walked in the barn and saw the wounded Molly, her mare that was nine months pregnant. Horses have an 11-month gestation period.
"She was blood red," Moyer said.
They called for veterinarians, who soon arrived.
"They worked and worked trying to save my Molly," Moyer said. "They did everything they could for her ... she was just too torn up. The dog had punctured her windpipe in three different places. She was so mutilated that I wanted to try and help hold her head while they were working on her. I couldn't touch her because every place you could place your hands there were open wounds."
The wounds were too severe, and the efforts to save her, futile. Friday morning Molly, and her unborn colt, died.
Plans on hold
When he found his dog attacking the horses, Kevin Cook captured him and shot him, Moyer said.
Molly wasn't the only horse the dog attacked. She found three of her miniature mares in the corner of the pasture, all wounded.
"They got chewed up pretty bad and their dispositions -- they're traumatized," Moyer said.
Normally, she said, the horses like to go into the barn. But Friday, after Thursday night's invasion by the pit bull, they had to be forced to go back in the barn. She's housing the mares in stalls until their wounds heal.
Not only is she heartbroken about losing her pregnant mare, she's also going to have to postpone her plans to show her horses at this year's miniature horse shows.
"There is no way they will be physically or emotionally ready for shows," Moyer said.
Laws lacking
Moyer said, emotionally, there's no way to replace the 4-year-old Molly.
And financially, she said, the horse and unborn colt would have been worth thousands of dollars each. Monday, her veterinarian bills were already more than $500.
Adding to her stress is the fact that Leavenworth County has no ordinance that prohibits specific breeds of dogs. In October, county commissioners passed a resolution regarding vicious dogs and other animals. The ordinance regulates any animal that is vicious but is not breed specific. Dogs, or other animals that have been found to be vicious, must be confined indoors or in a secured enclosure.
"I think the law needs to be stiffened up and I think they need to get tough on them," Moyer said. "... You don't just turn these animals out. It's like having a bear in your house and saying he's such a loving little thing. The bottom line is, he's a wild animal, he's going to have natural instincts. These pit bulls have been bred for generations to fight. It's their natural instinct to do it. They're not pet-quality animals."
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The December calendar at Faith Lutheran Church is chock full of Christmas activities; collecting gifts for those less fortunate, cookie baking, candlelight Advent services, living Nativities and children's Christmas pageants.
The church's philosophy, "gathered in faith and called to serve," is the foundation for their good works.
They are, said long-time Senior Pastor Stephen Winemiller, "beyond blessed and lucky," to welcome their new director of music, Dr. Joseph Holt.
Holt served as the principal pianist for the United States Army Chorus for more than 20 years; he is a consummate chamber music performer, conductor, arranger and educator.
"We are incredibly lucky that Dr. Joe decided to move to Sarasota," Winemiller said. "He is an extraordinarily talented musician, but he is also a really nice person."
Holt's humility, lightness of being and quick sense of humor fit seamlessly with Winemiller's style of leadership; the men share an effortless camaraderie.
In addition to Holt, Faith has added an associate director of music, organist Michael Stuart.
Holt was not looking for a job but said that he is pleased to join Faith Lutheran.
His first contact with the church, he said, was while visiting and performing in Sarasota in 2005.
He met parishioners Charlie and Jenny Chauncey; "Charlie raved about Faith Lutheran," Holt said.
"The entire church has been so embracing � and," Holt added, "how do you say no to Pastor Steve?"
Holt said that the church recently purchased a new Steinway Concert Grand piano.
"It's like a boat -- you have to dock it," Winemiller joked.
Holt looks forward to concerts -- he has scheduled several -- as well as selecting hymns and developing "a really good, healthy music program," at Faith Lutheran, he said.
The point of Christian music, Holt added, "is to nurture spiritual development.
"I hope to add some unique touches."
All music, Holt said, is spiritual; "Classical -- and even rap -- has a way to reach into your soul.
"That is what I have done for my whole life," he added. "I'm really just channeling, you know."
Holt particularly enjoys the Christmas season and the accompanying music.
"I am all about the cosmic family. Cosmic families are our collective families," he said.
"Everyone knows the words to Christmas songs and they all sing along.
"Music, to me, comes from deep inside, and I encourage participation."
Christmas, Winemiller said, is a "time to come together in peace. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, the peace of Christmas is universal -- it is the ultimate peace."
Although Holt routinely performs in front of thousands of people -- he recently played at an event at Kennedy Center, "which felt as right as rainwater," he said. "The butterflies increase when I play at church; I just feel like it has to be perfect.
"Dr. Joe has played at the White House, he has entertained dignitaries, played at Kennedy Center," Winemiller said. "His music is inspiring -- just transformational.
"We are lucky to have him."
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The December calendar at Faith Lutheran Church is chock full of Christmas activities; collecting gifts for those less fortunate, cookie baking, candlelight Advent services, living Nativities and children's Christmas pageants.


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BALTIMORE, Md. – The Coppin State University men's basketball team will add some more frequent traveler miles to its ledger when it makes the three-hour bus trip down Interstate 95 to meet the University of Richmond at the Robbins Center Saturday night. Tip off for the non-conference contest is at 6 p.m.
The game will be joined in progress on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic Plus.
The Eagles have traveled often this season thanks to a pair of trips across the continent in a four-week period. Coppin State will not play at home again until after the ball drops in Times Square. The game against Richmond begins a stretch of five straight road games to close out 2013.
Coppin State (4-4 overall) will look to extend its winning streak to three games while Richmond (7-3) will try to bounce back from an overtime loss to Wake Forest in its last outing. Coppin State and Richmond have met once and that was on Nov. 30, 2008 with the Spiders coming away with a 78-67 victory.
While the on-court history is basically non-existent, Richmond and Coppin State share a special bond because they have won NCAA tournament games as No. 15 seeds and eliminating highly regarded No. 2 seeds in the process. Richmond beat Syracuse in 1991 and Coppin State took out South Carolina in 1997. Those memories are forever cherished in the NCAA's "One Shining Moment: 1987-2011" DVD.
The Eagles are flying high entering this matchup. Fresh off of a pair of victories over Delaware State and UMBC, Coppin State's offense is rolling. In their last two games, the Eagles have recorded 34 assists and made 21 3-pointers. In its 91-71 win over cross-town foe UMBC, all five starters for Coppin State reached double figures in scoring led by senior forward Michael Murray's 21 points. The reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player of the week, Murray has scored at least 20 points in consecutive games for Coppin State.
Junior guard Taariq Cephas had 18 points and eight assists. He has 18 assists in Coppin State's last two games. Sophomore guard Sterling Smith and senior forward Arnold Fripp were efficient as each player took nine shots to finish with 17 and 15 points, respectively against UMBC. Junior forward Brandon St. Louis scored 12 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked a season-high five shots.
Murray leads the Eagles in scoring with a 15.3 point per game average despite missing the first four games of the season. Smith has scored in double figures in seven games this season and is second on the team with a 14.8 point per game average. Cephas leads the Eagles in assists with 39 and averages 11.8 points per contest. Fripp chips in 9.9 points per outing for Coppin State, which is 4-0 this season when it records 10 or more assists.
"We have a lot of scorers on our team," Smith said. "We're learning to play with each other and we're making progress with each game we play. However, we know that the key for us in this game is playing defense and getting stops."
The Eagles will definitely need their defense as the Spiders are a pretty formidable bunch especially at home in Virginia's capital city along the James River. This is the opener of a three-game homestand for Richmond, which played five of its last six games on the road. The Spiders are 4-1 at home this season and have won 41 of their last 47 non-conference home games.
Richmond's defense has been stingy this season, allowing 64.5 points per game, which ranks third in the Atlantic 10. The Spiders have held the opposition to 61 points or less in regulation in five straight games. The Spiders are second in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage (.392) and are fourth in the Atlantic 10 and 26th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.274).
Senior guard Cedrick Lindsay leads the Spiders and is second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 18.2 points per game. He has scored in double figures in 20 of the Spiders' last 24 games. Also averaging double figures for Richmond is junior guard Kendall Anthony (11.5 points per game) and sophomore forward Terry Allen (10.1 ppg.). Allen is also the Spiders' leading rebounder (6.5).
Coppin State welcomes the opportunity to compete against a Richmond program that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2011. The Eagles have already played Pac-12 schools California and Oregon along with Top 25 giants Michigan and Gonzaga this season. Smith believes the Eagles are in a better place heading into this matchup.
"The Michigan and Gonzaga games were humbling experiences for us," Smith said. "You go into those games thinking you can compete and unfortunately we didn't compete at all. Not saying that we can't, but we didn't in those two games. Those games were a wake-up call for us. Everybody is on the same page now. Right now, we're playing as a team and we're looking to keep getting better."
Coppin State will meet 8-1 Southern Mississippi in the BVI Tropical Shootout Friday at 10 p.m. The other half the bracket in that tournament features Jacksonville State against Arkansas-Little Rock. Meanwhile, Richmond will host Ohio University on Sunday, Dec. 22.
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One of the most enchanting members of the crow family is the Chough.
And, thankfully, it is quite numerous all round the Pembrokeshire coast and on the offshore islands where its favourite nesting sites in inaccessible caves, cracks and crevices in the cliff face are abundant.
The uninitiated can mistake this black bird with its wheezing call for its first cousin the jackdaw, but close inspection reveals the difference, particularly when it is seen pecking the clifftop turf in search of soil-dwelling invertebrates like worms, beetles, ants, larvae and grubs. It even likes lichen and will also eat grain and berries on open ground.
Its pink, pointed curved beak and its bright orange legs, reveal its difference from the jackdaw with its straight, black bill and black legs. It is blacker, sleeker. glossier and more beautiful than the jackdaw. The call is different too, and an umistakeable distinguishing feature, for, unlike the jackdaw's harsh "chack" the chough's is a somewhat asthmatic wheezing cry, softer and less aggressive.
Another distinguishing feature is its rather erratic, almost butterfly, flight, and it is a shyer bird than its cheeky jackdaw cousin, although just as gregarious. Wherever you are on the Pembrokeshire coast or on the islands, in places where the cliffs provide suitable nesting holes, you are likely to see a chough or two, and sometimes in autumn and winter a small flock on the clifftop sward or enjoying an exuberant aerobatic romp in a boisterous wind, using their long, squarish fingered wings for precise manouevring.
The European population is estimated at 28,000 to 85,000 and the British a modest 490 pairs, although there must be more than a quarter of that number in Pembrokeshire alone. They lay three to five eggs, usually in only one brood, between May and July and have a lifespan of five to ten years, although one hs been recorded at over 16 years of age.


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Archive for the 'conservation' Tag
Volcano of Snow, Volcano of Fire
People, generally Mexican friends who live in large cities like Guadalajara or Mexico City, often ask me why I live in Ciudad Guzmán. To them it is a provincial backwater out 'in the sticks' – as an ex-girlfriend once memorably said to me, "Es un un pueblito rascuache y polvoriento" – it is a wretched, dusty little town. In reply I say, half-jokingly, that it is "la Perla de Jalisco"– the pearl of the state of Jalisco, perhaps something of an exaggeration.
In fact, there are many reasons why I like living here. Continue reading
WILD 9 Congress in Mérida
My last entry on this blog about Eugenia Leon is dated 4th August 2009, over three months ago. Since then I wrote two more entries – firstly about corruption and politics and then corruption and education – but removed those from the blog following the advise of a colleague at the university where I work.
Just before taking off the two posts about corruption, I had already decided to remove a previous post about a conflict over land on the Michoacán coast. My blog address was printed in a local paper in the area, together with translations of comments made by an American, which were being used as evidence of his meddling in the internal affairs of Mexico. Given the delicate, tense, potentially violent and complex nature of this situation, I decided to remove the post. I have to say I felt cowardly doing this. Interestingly, all my Mexican friends thought it was best to do so. A case of discretion being the better part of valour.
I then asked my colleague what she thought of the two posts about corruption and she advised me to remove them. Since then I have written nothing.
Coming to Mérida, however, to attend the 9th World Wilderness Congress has inspired me to get back onto the horse again. In this post I will write about the Congress and in another post(s) about some of the delights of Mérida.
The World Wilderness Congress (WWC), organised by the Wild Foundation, is held once every three or four years. It began in Africa in 1977, and this is the first time it is being held in Latin America.
The programme this year states that the WWC:
"Continues to work for a world in which a healthy and prosperous human society understands wilderness, and has an animated relationship with the complex biological, spiritual, cultural and economic benefits provided by wild nature".
The first thing to say about this congress is that it is long! An initial event of three days from 6-8 November followed by another event of five days. I'm writing this on the second day of the second event. My impressions too are filtered through the bronchitis which I have been suffering from since I have arrived last Friday which maybe has made me somewhat jaded.
The congress has had a high profile this year. Mexican Presidente Felipe Calderon dropped in last Friday evening, and, Jim Prentice, the Canadian Minister for the environment gave a keynote speech. Dr Mario Molina, the Mexican Nobel prize winner for his work on chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere also gave a key note talk.
In addition, there was a strong corporate presence. Most of Saturday morning was given over to business presentations about work being done in their companies to address the environmental challenge. CEMEX, Coca Cola and Bimbo (a very large Mexican bakery company) were given platforms to show what they are doing.
CEMEX is actively involved in the creation of a wilderness area called El Carmen on the Mexico-Texas border. Coca Cola, through its Fundación Coca Cola is planting many trees throughout Mexico. Interestingly, it has also made a commitment to put back, every drop of water it uses to produce Coca Cola. It was not clear to me how they will do that. For example, the reforestation project is part of this. Bimbo has also created a civil society organization to be involved in reforestation projects.
There seem to me to be many contradictions in these huge companies giving their commitment to the conservation of wilderness. In an earlier post about Chiapas, I wrote how a Human Rights organization there was organizing the boycotting of Coca Cola products.
More fundamentally, however, I think questions need to be asked of these companies (Coca Cola and Bimbo) promoting themselves as, and winning awards for being, socially responsible businesses when it can be argued that their basic products do not promote healthy nutrition. Mexico is facing a health crisis due to an impending diabetes and obesity epidemic. I don't think it is a coincidence that Mexico also has the highest rate per capita of consumption of Coca Cola in the world.
The main thrust of the conference, though, was given over to conservation of wilderness areas, with a particular focus on the possible effects of climate change. There were some remarkable and inspiring speakers, notably Dr Jane Goodall who especially talked about the work she is doing with young people, which goes under the name of Roots and Shoots.
Thomas Lovejoy gave a detailed account of some of nature's response to climate change. Seeing this kind of presentation, with its wealth of evidence, painstaking and wide-ranging studies, made me wonder how anyone could not take climate change seriously. The conference was full of scientists and environmental activists, with a deep commitment to the work they are doing.
There were however aspects of the conference that made me uneasy.
• First from a learning point of view, the format was incredibly traditional. A series of key-note presentations for the first three days and even in the second week the workshop sessions in the afternoon seemed the modern equivalent of 'chalk-and-talk' – a sequence of powerpoint presentations. As Rob Hopkins commented in his recent Transition Town blog:
"For me the panels of speakers model is a bit past its sell by date at this stage, all the great gathered wisdom in the room, and we just all have to sit and listen to speakers all day. However good they are, it always feels like a missed opportunity to network, share ideas, discuss and find out the amazing things people are up to."
• It seemed to me that very little conscious attention had been given to the need to create more space and opportunity for dialogue. Not easy with 1000 people, of course, but still possible. As always, people were networking like crazy in the coffee and lunch breaks, and renewing friendships and contact. But even a simple tool like a list of participants showing their organizational affiliations was not provided. I came to the conference hoping to meet more people in Mexico involved in environmental issues and it was not so easy to do this.
• The building where the conference was held, the Siglo XXI conference center in Mérida is incredibly ugly. To me it is the embodiment of a certain kind of Mexican monumental authoritarian neo-brutalist architecture – almost as far away from wild nature as you could get!
• The food was utterly conventional, over-priced, without taste, and generated vast quantities of plastic waste. What an opportunity missed to show-case the delights of Mexican food and maybe even find some small producers or local restaurants to show off what they could do. I appreciate this would be difficult but it seemed to me an incongruency in the organization of the event not at least to try and consider this aspect. For another perspective on how to green events, have a look at ecogatherings.
• In a similar vein, the tour company selling tickets to visit all the amazing Mayan and other architectural sites in this part of Mexico was a conventional tour company. In a conference, extolling the virtues of eco-tourism, could it not have been possible to try and find some local eco-tourism companies? I don't underestimate the difficulties of doing this. I'm sure agreements exist between the conference center and the other businesses that are allowed to operate there. But I had a sense, maybe wrong, that the organisers of the conference had not considered this.
• Overall, all these points indicate to me a certain lack of imagination in the design of the conference. They help to reinforce a sense that it will be science (with its rational, materialistic underpinnings), closely followed by conventional economics, that would help get us out of the fix we are in. Everything is now being turned into a market. There was an afternoon session on the emerging markets in not just carbon credits, but also in biodiversity, fresh water and marine life. I understand the argument that it is important to value ecosystems and the services they provide, but I can't help wondering that it is this kind of thinking and mindset that has created the problems we now face.
On reflection, this last point seems a little glib. I think the subject of the role of science and market-based solutions to the ecological crisis is complex. For a good critical outline of market-based solutions see Naomi Klein's very recent article in the English newspaper the Guardian.
Better to end with Einstein's quote that:
"In times of crisis the imagination is more important than knowledge"
Hanging around at the Día Internacional del Árbol
Last Saturday 11th July was the International Day of the Tree – I think this sounds and reads better in Spanish – el Día Internacional del Árbol. The Patronato del Nevado – which is a civil society organization that shares the management of the National Park of the Volcano Nevado de Colima with SEDER (the Secretary for Rural Development in the state of Jalisco) – organized an event high up in the National Park to celebrate this day, as they have done every year for the past five years.
I have written about the National Park before on this blog. Once with an emphasis on the conservation work that is being done there, and another time with a focus on the challenges of the management of the park, created by having a dual management structure.
This time, I want to write about the event organized to celebrate the International Day of the Tree, with some observations about cultural differences relating to time and my reflections on them. Continue reading