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Intel and a wireless start-up will demonstrate this week wireless short-range technology that enables Centrino-based laptops to connect to peripherals such as headsets, keyboards and stereo speakers, and even the iPhone. Intel and Ozmo Devices, will demonstrate the Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (PAN) technology at the Computex trade show in Taipei.
The PAN technology, once it becomes a reality next year, "will definitely be a threat to Bluetooth technology," said Jonathan Gruber, an analyst at In-Stat. Bluetooth is widely used by thousands of device manufacturers for short-range wireless communications within a range of about 30 feet, but runs on a separate radio from Wi-Fi.
Intel described the concept behind the Wi-Fi PAN at its April developer forum, and has posted a separate blog and video describing how its so-called Cliffside technology could allow a laptop user already connected to a Wi-Fi access point to also run up as many as eight wireless peripheral devices over Wi-Fi a short distance away.
The joint demonstration at Computex is the first time Ozmo has shown its integrated circuit, which acts as a transceiver for Wi-Fi and will be placed inside wireless peripherals that could begin shipping next year, said Ozmo CEO Dave Timm in an interview. Intel intends to provide software inside Centrino laptops, which account for the majority of laptops now shipping, to interoperate with the Ozmo integrated circuit.
Timm also said that Belkin International, has committed to building peripherals based on the new integrated circuit and provided a statement from a Belkin official confirming that company's interest.
An Intel spokeswoman also confirmed that the company is collaborating with Ozmo. A statement from Randy Nickel, director of wireless marketing for Intel mobile platforms, noted how Ozmo's technology will provide the ability to connect laptops via Wi-Fi to low-power peripherals without the need for a second radio as required with Bluetooth.
Timm noted that with Intel's collaboration, the Wi-Fi PAN concept should grow, especially because more than half of the 100 million laptops shipping next year will run Intel's Centrino chips.
Gruber said Intel's involvement in the technology and its laptop dominance gives the technology credibility. "It will give Bluetooth a run for its money," he said.
According to Ozmo, its new technology will cut down battery usage drastically, similar to rates of a Bluetooth device. Historically, Wi-Fi connections have been a big drain on device batteries, but Ozmo has patent-pending technology to reduce the drain, Timm said.
One area where a Wi-Fi PAN could make its biggest impact is with short-range connections to stereo equipment, since it would have the ability to send music uncompressed, as compared to compressed files sent via Bluetooth, Timm said.
A spokeswoman for the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, comprised of 10,000 members and founded in 1998, would not comment on the Ozmo announcement. The organization recently promoted its 10th anniversary and noted that the widespread use of Bluetooth for a wide variety of peripherals, including hands-free technology for drivers who want to use cell phones while behind the wheel.
Sales of hands-free technology are on the upswing, especially in states where new laws forbid using a cell phone while driving unless it is hands-free. In July, hands-free driving laws will take effect in California and Washington, adding those states to a growing group of states and cities that have already enacted similar laws.


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Fundamental British Values are one of the key things Ofsted Inspectors now look out for. These Early Years Fundamental British Values Key Cards were developed to support practitioners' knowledge and understanding of the British Values so as a result makes them completely unique. As well as identifying the links to the EYFS we have detailed the ways you as practitioners can promote the FBV's within your settings.
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The Early Years Fundamental British Values Key Cards pack consists of 9 credit card sized cards. They are printed front and back and supplied with a detachable ring and a lanyard.
FBV's: The Fundamental British Values are:
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The Fundamental British Values key cards are completely unique; not only do they include details about the four Fundamental British Values, they also help practitioners to make the necessary links to their everyday practice and understand how this promotes the FBV's. Consequently this makes them an invaluable tool for promoting understanding and building confidence for an Ofsted Inspection.
Also included are specific cards relating to Prevent Duty, Statutory Guidance, Vulnerable Families along with a how to take action card entitled Recognise, Respond and Refer that provides contact details for use in an emergency.
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This website allowed users to register their band for a chance to play at the 2009 V Festival.
Bands were able to set up a profile and upload their tracks. Users could also register as fans, and vote for their favourite bands.
Working within the Airlock development team I created HTML and CSS for various sections of the site, and implemented the 'Win Stuff' functionality - allowing content editors to set up and run competitions.


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Award recognises Professor Paul White's leadership and contribution to innovation
Professor Paul White, Chair in Clinical Engineering at Anglia Ruskin University, has been awarded Healthcare Scientist of the Year for his contribution to leadership, research and innovation.
Professor White, who is Head of Clinical Engineering at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), received the prestigious accolade at the Chief Scientific Officer's Healthcare Science Awards in March which showcases the contribution that science makes to the NHS and public health.
Professor White manages a team of 52 in clinical engineering at CUH but sets aside one day a week for his passion in research. He has been looking into pioneering ways of assessing cardiac function in different diseases.This groundbreaking, internationally renowned research has been predominantly undertaken at Papworth Hospital.
During his 32-year career, Professor White has been involved in many projects and his research has been integral in improving patient results.
The most significant breakthrough he has been involved in is the collaboration with Papworth Transplant Surgeons into the use of non-beating hearts as a source for transplantation.
In 2015, the team at Papworth performed Europe's first heart transplant using a heart that had stopped beating – known as a deceased circulatory donor (DCD).
To date, Papworth have performed 28 DCD heart transplants and the programme has doubled the number of transplants undertaken at the hospital.
The procedure involved re-starting the heart in the donor five minutes after death and supplying it and other vital organs with blood and nutrients at body temperature.
The organ is then removed and transferred to a heart-in-a-box machine, where it is kept nourished and beating for a further three hours before the transplant surgery at Papworth.
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Africans split on US strikes
Africa has given a mixed reaction to the United States-led strikes against Afghanistan.
But Sudan, once a target for US military strikes against alleged terrorists, has criticised the air assaults, claiming they are targeted against Afghan Muslims
The Sudanese authorities had previously offered their support to the US anti-terror stance.
A correspondent for the BBC in Khartoum says the change in tone reflects that of the mood of the people who are not convinced that Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden, Washington's chief suspect, was behind the suicide attacks.
Despite their government's position, several thousand Egyptian university students held anti-US demonstrations for a second day in Cairo.
Correspondents say that security forces prevented the protestors from leaving the campuses.
Flags burned
In one university, students burned US and Israeli flags and chanted "Arrogant George Bush, tomorrow you will reap the fruits of your war!"
At the same time, President Hosni Mubarak said: "We support all the measures taken by the United States to resist terrorism because we have suffered from it in the past."
The Nigerian Government agreed, saying that "threats to world peace" should be removed.
"We reject any association... of Islam with violence or terrorism by anybody," said a spokesman for President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Nigeria has a large Muslim population and several northern states have introduced sharia Islamic law.
Shortly before the attacks began, President George W Bush telephoned Mr Obasanjo to inform him that they were imminent.
'War on Islam'
However, Ishack Akintola, the leader of a Nigerian Islamic association, Muslim Rights Concern, has condemned the strikes as a war on Islam.
At least 11 Nigerians are believed to have died in the 11 September attacks on the World Trade Center.
Many African countries with sizeable Muslim populations have still to respond including Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Mauritania.
Malian defence minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said the attacks were "well targeted and timely".
Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi said "we hope this won't lead to a spillover which could have bad results."
Reprisals should not "extend to regions that don't deserve to be hit," he said.
In Mauritania opposition leader Ahmed ould Daddah of the Rally of Democratic Forces called the attacks "unacceptable" and urged the US to "avoid practising terrorism".
The RFD had earlier condemned the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Liberian troops
President Charles Taylor of Liberia said that the global coalition formed to fight terrorism can use Liberia's airport facilities and airspace.
He also pledged to contribute additional assistance, saying: "We are not ruling out the possibility of providing troops, neither are we taking it off the table, it all depends on what is requested."
Liberia is currently the subject of United Nations sanctions because of its alleged support for the rebel RUF movement in Sierra Leone.
After being noncommittal on Monday, South Africa has now come out in support of the US.
"South Africa recognises the right of the USA administration to seek out those responsible for those acts of terror perpetrated against people on September 11 and to ensure that justice is meted out to them," said deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad.
But Mr Pahad said that South Africa was not ready to send troops to help the US-led coalition in Afghanistan.
He also warned sympathisers of Osama Bin Laden that they would not be allowed to recruit South Africans to fight in Afghanistan.
African pact
Qibla, an Islamic organisation based in Cape Town, home to many Muslims, reportedly threatened on Monday that it was considering retaliatory action against the US.
Qibla and another South African group, People Against Gangsterism And Drugs, were recently named as terrorist organisation by the US.
In East Africa, where the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania left over 200 dead and 5,000 injured, there has been no official reaction to Sunday's air assaults.
But Professor Mohammed Haida, a Muslim elder in Mombasa home to Kenya's Muslim community, told the BBC's Network Africa programme that Muslims there feel the US action is "not the right thing to do and it won't achieve much".
"You don't fight terrorism with terrorism," he said. "If we make a martyr of Osama Bin Laden, which he is keen to do, we will be cloning several others out of the ashes of one Osama."
Some Muslim leaders in Somalia have also been critical of the attacks.
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has called for an African pact against terrorism and is organising a meeting to discuss the idea next week.
How should the continent react to US strikes?
See also:
07 Oct 01 | South Asia
Eyewitness: Effect of the attacks
12 Sep 01 | Africa
Africa's sorrow over US terror attacks
07 Aug 01 | Africa
Kenya remembers bomb victims
12 Sep 01 | Africa
Kenyan bomb survivor advises 'togetherness'
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Malaya Qaunirq Chapman didn't even know there were scallops in Pangnirtung until she travelled to the community to try them on television. Now she's sure there isn't a better scallop around.
"The scallops from Pang are like a bite of sweet, tender, delicate, amazing taste that is hard to describe," says the host of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation's adventure food show Nunavummi Mamarijavut.
It's her first day back in Iqaluit from her new home in Kuujjuaq and the TV host is gearing up to spend the summer filming the third season of the Inuktitut-language series that translates to "the food we love in Nunavut."
"It's the journey of a young person who wants to learn everything to do with the outdoors, whether it's hunting, fishing, cooking, butchering, or animal migrations," says Qaunirq Chapman. Nunavummi Mamarijavut is more than a cooking show, she adds. "If I think about something that I want to try, then I find someone who is willing to teach me and then we go on this adventure together."
Those adventures—in dog sledding, seal hunting, char fishing, and clam digging—have brought her to communities like Kugluktuk and Yellowknife, Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, Arctic Bay, Clyde River, and Chesterfield Inlet. That's where she hunted her first caribou, from a moving boat while aiming towards land. On her second try, she shot the animal through its heart.
"I thought, 'Wow, this is what elation feels like, this is what it looks like,'" she says. "It's not even just the shooting of the animal, but this is what my ancestors did, this is what my grandfather did, this is what my grandfather's father did and now I get to do it. It's a privilege."
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The Magicians Land – Lev Grossman – Review
The Magicians series did not end up being the series I was expecting when I started it. I thought it would be more of an epic tale, one where someone learns they can do magic and have to go on grand adventures exploring their new power and saving their new lives. It ended up being snippets of Quinten growing up and finding out who is as a person. Each book could have stood alone. There was the loose thread of Fillory wound throughout but I felt like if I had read them out of order I wouldn't have missed too much of the story. I liked this element though and I think the last book The Magicians Land was my favorite of the three books.
The Magicians Land picks up not too long after the last book ended. Quinten has been thrown out of Fillory and he is trying to find a new path in his life. After a short stint as a professor at Bakebills he gets caught up in a robbery plot.
Quinten and a number of others are hired to steal a cae. They don't have any idea what they are stealing, just that they will get a big pay off when the job is done. Most of those involved need the cash to start a new path in life and are willing to take part even without much information.
The heist goes wrong and Quinten finds himself having to make some tough choices. Choices tied to his past and figuring out if he should save that past or let everything go. Quinten spent most of the series trying to find his path in life, trying to figure out if what has happened should influence what will happen later in his life.
Quinten was an interesting character. I never could quite determine how to read him throughout the series. He always seems lost and unsatisifed. I got a bit frustrated at times wondering when he was going to stop looking for something new. Every time he got what he wanted he felt empty. He became a magician but didn't feel like he had a purpose as a magician. Then he became a king of Fillory and wanted epic quests. He didn't want to just rule, he was always searching for something just beyond his reach.
At the end of the last book I felt like I finally understood him. Quinten was someone who grew up being told a number of things were impossible; magic and Fillory. Then he learns they are all real and he is part of them. He is in awe of this new way of life but reality quickly tramples over him.
Fantasy worlds and magic are complciated. It isn't the utopia we all imagine it to be. We want to fall into our favorite stories, thinking things will be much better, easier. What Quinten learns is that these worlds and this way of life is just as complicated and difficult to process as the one he has walked away from. Nothing is simple. No land is perfect, no story has the perfect ending.
I loved this look into fantasy and fiction. Stories are our escapes but that is because we get to close the book. We don't have to actually live those lives. The characters make the decisions and we get to watch safely from behind the pages. I love the Harry Potter series but living in that world would probably disenchant me with the whole series. Once you enter the world you see the flaws and the issues and if you live the story you have to live with the choices and consequences.
This series explained how it would be if we fell into those stories. Quinten learns quickly that there is no such thing a s perfect life and land. You, the one living the story, make the story itself. You make the turns and choices. Wanting that escape is natural and important but getting stuck in that idea will leave you feeling empty and lost. You have to find yourself outside of the story as well.
If you never find your place you will always feel lost. You need an identity that is real and solid. Life is complicated and stories can be difficult but once you find your place they have unmeasurable worth.
I enjoyed this series once I put aside my expectations. It was a fun story. It was a great look at life inside a story and see how finding a balance between fantasy and reality is essential.
The Magicians – Review (Minor Spoilers)
I have been hearing about The Magicians series for a while. I saw it became a tv series on SyFy. It is just one of those books that I have seen recommended over and over again and I finally decided to give it a shot. When I bought the book, the cashier at Barnes and Noble told me, "Great choice, I love this series." I went into this book with very high expectations and I was a bit let down, to be honest. There is potential in this book and I am going to continue with this series to see if that potential lives up to anything.
The Magicians book follows Quintin Coldwater as he attempts to find his purpose in the world. He is someone who is always on the outskirts and has never felt like he fits in. He adores a book series called the "Fillory," series. They have a Tales of Narnia vibe to them.
One day after a college interview gone wrong he gets a mysterious note that leads him to Brakebills, a school of magic. After passing the entrance exam he enters a whole new world, one of magic and possibility. The first book follows his time through school and him finding out the land he has obsessed about his whole life, Fillory, is a real place
That is about all there is too this book. Quintin goes to school, studies and finds out Fillory is real and has a final battle at the end. Most of the book is just him going through school. Brakebills had a Harry Potter feel to it. A magic school, that is boarding school, that no one but those chosen can find. They are separated into school years and later into specialities (though Quintin never gets one).
The first two-thirds of the book nothing really happens. Each chapter is a vignette or a short story of some incident during his schooling. Everything happens and gets fixed inside of that chapter. Nothing last beyond the chapter, no conflict resonates throughout the entire book.
I enjoyed the chapters, but I found myself asking, "So what?". I wanted to know more, needed to know where the story was going. Was there some bigger danger they would learn to fight? Was Quintin going to lose the magic and have to fight to get it back? Where was the overall story heading? Did it have a destination or was it just a glimpse into this kid getting a new life? If that was the case how was that going to sustain 3 books?
It wasn't until the last third that everything started happening. I won't say what happened in order not to spoil it but the ending gave me a reason to keep reading. It was action packed, fast-paced and showed me that this story had potential. There was a purpose and it could go somewhere. If it wasn't for that final part, I wouldn't have picked up the next book in the series.
The other issue I had with this book was the magic system. I do not know how to explain the magic system. It has something to do with circumstances, which I am not sure what that means in the context of magic. It is complex, and it appears to be a difficult system to learn, which I liked but I wish I understood how it worked better. I felt like we had to trust the characters and just let magic, be magic. Which I guess is all right but makes it hard to follow sometimes.
Quintin is our main character and his is someone who cannot be happy no matter what. He is a type of person who drives me insane. He gets magic, but it isn't enough. He finds out Fillory is real, but that isn't enough either. I groaned every time he would take a step back and say something like, "I thought this is what I wanted but I feel like something is missing." There was just always something missing, and I got super frustrated by his complaining by the end. I wanted him happy for five minutes.
I did not love this book, but the ending showed me that there is potential. I feel like a greater point is being made, and that it is just taking time to manifest. I am almost done with the second book at this point and I like it better. I am interested to see how everything plays out and if this long introduction was worth it or not.
Birthday Book Haul
My birthday was in November and I got a few gift cards to Barnes and Noble, which means I got a nice amount of new books! Now, I have zero self-control when it comes to book shopping. I wanted to try to only spend the gift cards but that didn't happen. I just get absorbed into the shelves and find myself with a pile of books in my arms before too long. Here are the books I will be adding to my shelves.
Vicious – V.E. Schwab – This is the one I am currently reading. I have read V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series and loved it. I also loved This Savage Song. I've heard great things about her first book and I was eager to get my hands on it. I am about 3/4 of the way through it and I am loving it! I will have a review up once I finish it.
The Magicians – Lev Grossman – I know this series just became a tv series but I had heard about it in passing before that. This is just one that I see on recommendation lists periodically and I have always been slightly intrigued. I may start reading this after Christmas because it is part of a series and I need to stall my spending until after my bank account recovered from Christmas and if I like the first book in a series I have to continue with the series. I can't just read the first book and then other books in between. I have to read what I can of a series all at once.
The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness– This concept of this one intrigued me. It is about all the other characters in the adventure stories that aren't the "Chosen One." It seems interesting and a fun read.
Ink and Bone – Rachel Caine – I have no idea where I first heard of this one but the story concept grabbed me right away. It is about a time when The Great Library of Alexandria is still around. It controls all knowledge and the owning of books is illegal (one of my nightmares). It is about a boy trying to take this organization down. I love the idea but it is another one that is part of a series so that may end up on the back of my reading list until after Christmas.
We Are the Ants – Shaun David Hutchinson – This is another one that I can't quite remember where I heard about it. It is about a boy who is given the chance to either destroy the planet or save it. It is up to him to determine if the world and his life are worth saving. I thought it sounded like one that will make me think as I read it. I love books that make me question and put me in moral dilemmas so this should be an interesting read.
The View from the Cheap Seats – Selected Nonfiction – Neil Gaiman – This one my mom actually found while we were wandering around the bookstore. Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors and this book has a number of his essays on a range of topics. This is the only nonfiction book I bought but I am hoping it gives me some inspiration or at least lets me learn more about one of my favorite authors.
Genius: The Game – Leopoldo Gout – This one I saw on the shelf and was instantly attracted to it. The cover pulled me in. It has a pretty simple summary, a number of geniuses are brought together to play a game that will have world wide effects. I like the idea of a mind game. Not sure what to expect from this one but I am excited to read it.
So these are some of my new books. Have you read any of these? If so what do you think of them? Have you bought any new books recently?


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Lena Leota Burch Richardson and Family
Lena Leota Burch Richardson and Family. Lena is pictured in the middle of picture, standing up. Around her are her sons and daughters. Taken at the Richardson home, in Richardson LA, outside of Franklinton, LA.
Richardsons of Alabama
My Dads great, great granddad was John A. Richardson who came from Georgia, some of his relatives settled in Washington County Parish. Interested any info you may have. Thanks.
Richardson/Burch Photos
I have an interest in some of the Burch/Richardson photos that you have posted. We are The Burch Family from the northern Indiana area, however we also have some Richards' in our family history. I am wondering if there may be any connection. Email me if possible, thanks
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Congratulations to Jeff Shepherd of Opelika who wins a $300 gift certificate from Elisabet Boutique in Auburn!
Jeff is our Day 8 winner in the 12 Days of Christmas contest, which means there are still 4 more prizes to give away. Tomorrow, someone will win Smoothies for a Year from Smoothie King.
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We will now have a look at the front part of the horse by starting at looking at the musculature of the neck.
For that purpose we need basic knowledge about
- The nuchal ligament
- The musculature of the neck
- The importance of shoulder freedom and
- You have to be able to distinguish between a "good" and "bad" head-neck-posture.
The nuchal ligament
The nuchal ligament is a strong, stringy ligament which originates at the horse's cranium, forms the basis of the crest and continues as the supraspinous ligament running across the withers and the back all the way to the sacrum. This ligament is connected with the spine of the horse for its entire length.
If the horse drops his neck in a relaxed way from the withers, the nuchal ligament will pull up the horse's back.
That's why all equestrians are out to get the horse's nose down. And that's exactly why we find such a huge variety of auxiliary reins, special bits etc. which all have one goal in common: to lower the horse's head. However, there are small yet very significant differences about a lowered nose and here I see the largest knowledge gaps and most sources of errors. "Nob down" is not enough; actually quite the contrary.
The neck musculature
Roughly speaking, we differentiate between the upper and lower neck muscles. The upper neck muscles are head-lifting muscles. If the horse has a pronounced upper neck musculature, the neck will look beautifully pronounced and arched:
Here it can be seen during riding:
The lower neck musculature is located next to and below the cervical spinal cord. It is there to pull the horse's head downwards, enables the horse to touch the chest with his nose and flexes the neck to both sides.
Here it is where the important brachiocephalicus muscle comes into play. In a well-trained horse, this muscle will more and more reduce in size. However, in case the horse moves incorrectly, the muscle builds up instead. In this picture the brachiocephalicus muscle can be seen very clearly:
And in the following picture you can see nicely how resistance against a hard hand makes the lower neck musculature bulge out:
And in this extreme example the upper neck and back musculature are totally missing:
The influence of the neck musculature on shoulder freedom
The brachiocephalicus muscle originates from the poll of the horse, runs down the lower neck to the right and left of the cervical spine and ends at the horse's humerus. If the horse is stretching the brachiocephalicus because it carries his head very high,
or brings (or has to bring) the nose close the chest,
the humerus and therefore the shoulder of the horse are limited in their mobility.
In case the horse moves with the head behind the vertical, the lower neck musculature is worked (very clearly visible in horses that are regularly worked with draw reins)!
Horses that move behind the vertical cannot develop shoulder freedom. Because of the limited mobility in the shoulder, the long back muscle will be limited in movement as well. And if the back muscles cannot work properly, the hindquarters won't be able to engage in an optimal way (see part 2 of this series: The importance of the hindquarters). On the other hand, the relaxation of the back muscles is a basic requirement for a free shoulder movement.
In the next blog entry I will talk about various neck postures. If you like, look at neck postures of horses in your surroundings; after reading this entry I am sure you will discover already quite some differences.
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The 2016 Good Food Awards season begins with our favorite part – opening the door to still more talented producers. And this year, it's a door you open every time you cook. For 2016, we celebrate cultural diversity and regional tradition by introducing the Pantry category! Umami-packed miso pastes, pungent sambal, spicy hot sauce, colorful salsas, savory Indian chutneys and a host of other tasty building blocks to dinner. Of course, all made in the USA from responsibly sourced, GMO-free ingredients. To cast the widest possible net in finding the exceptional food crafters creating delicious, sustainable pantry staples, we turn to our newest Good Food Awards Committee Chairs, Allison Ball, founder of Allison Ball Consulting and former Grocery Manager at Bi-Rite Market, and Geetika Agrawal, Senior Program Manager at La Cocina, a food incubator primarily focused on women from immigrant communities and communities of color. Alli enthusiastically joined the team "after recognizing that there are many traditional condiments being made around the US, but no outlet to formally celebrate their cultural or regional authenticity, their delicious flavors, or their commitment to creating a classic recipe in a sustainable way. Through the Good Food Awards, we will highlight outstanding pantry staples which preserve ancestry, place, and customary cuisine."
The 2016 Good Food Awards will begin accepting entries for all categories on July 6. Spread the word now to the crafters of your most tasty, authentic and responsible favorites! Watch for, or sign up for below, the July newsletter where we'll lay out all the delicious details.
This year will again have several honey categories, with Amina Harris, Director of the Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis, as Honey Committee Chair working with a fantastic crew of judges.
Find out more at http://www.goodfoodawards.org/
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Boston-based Rhythm can move ahead with its experimental drugs for obesity and diabetes assured of a very deep-pocketed partner. The startup announced today that Pfizer Venture Investments, the venture capital arm of New York pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), agreed to invest $8 million in the company, completing a $33 million Series B financing.
That brings Rhythm's total financing to a healthy $73 million since the company launched. Pfizer joins MPM Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Third Rock Ventures, and Ipsen in the Series B round. Rhythm incubated at MPM Capital in Boston and raised $40 million in its first round of funding in 2010.
The company is developing two peptide-based drugs that target hormones that regulate appetite and other metabolic functions. As Xconomy reported, the startup scored a coup at its outset when it licensed the two drugs from French biotech powerhouse Ipsen, including one that targets ghrelin, a hunger-stimulating hormone that has intrigued scientists as a way to treat obesity and diabetes since it was first identified in 1999. Several companies are pursuing drugs that target ghrelin, but none are close to making it to the market.
In October Rhythm reported the successful completion of two Phase 1 trials for its ghrelin drug, RM-131, which is being developed for gastrointestinal disorders associated with diabetes. The company is now in Phase 2 trials with RM-131 while its second compound, RM-493, is completing Phase 1 clinical trials for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
Barbara Dalton, vice president of venture Capital for Pfizer Venture, said in a statement that "Rhythm's metabolic programs are compelling because of the initial proof-of-concept data from ongoing clinical programs, along with the fact that peptide therapeutics have delivered high success rates in clinical development."


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About me/Why blog?
Dear Readers (if you're out there),
This first post of mine will be an introduction.
Hi, I'm Erin.
I am wife, mother of two, musician, teacher, DIYer. I am an aspiring composer. I am creative. I am awkward. I'm a Pennsylvanian living in the South. I am introverted, but I love people -- all of them. I care about the world, and in particular the environment. I care about spending time with my family and really BEING together. I have too many pets (two cats, plus one who sorta claimed us, a Golden Doodle that was passed to us from another family, a bearded dragon and goldfish which both belong to our seven-year-old, and most recently, a Husky/German Shepherd mix puppy that we literally found in the middle of a busy road at night). I'm sure we've got some Palmetto bugs around here too, but we try to keep them outside. :-P
I'm starting a blog.
Why am I starting a blog?
Right now seems like an important time for our family. We have faced some changes and challenges lately. My dad has advanced Parkinson's and has just moved to the Florida Keys to live with his brother in order to be cared for without having to go into a nursing home. My mom and her husband live in Pennsylvania, so for the first time in my life, neither of my parents is close by (at least not full time). (Side note: my in-laws are, and we are very grateful for them!) We are all at once relieved that my dad is finally getting settled in at his new home, and sad that he's no longer just 45 minutes away from us.
We are working to change our financial situation. My husband, Travis, is an elementary school teacher here in the great state of South Carolina, where teacher pay is fantastic (can you sense the sarcasm?), and I teach piano and violin lessons on a part time basis. We have almost always struggled, except when he did well for a while selling his T-shirt designs at shirt.woot (check him out at www.oakenspirit.com). We saved up some money, moved to a larger (and much older) home, and have never since been able to replenish our savings account. It's very disheartening, especially since we have always been pretty frugal, so it's hard to find anything to cut back on, and it seems like unexpected expenses keep popping up just when we think we're almost out of the woods.
So why don't we just get better jobs? Why don't I just go work somewhere full time or get a second part time job?
Travis and I are artists at heart. He teaches art (digital art as of this year) and is a fabulous writer. He is really the most creative person I know, and has already completed one book in the YA Sci-fi category and another which is a children's chapter book. He's got other ideas in the works and has been searching for an agent for these two for quite a while, which has been a trying process to say the least. I hate to see him start to lose hope at times, because he deserves to be successful at this.
And as I mentioned, I'm an aspiring composer and songwriter. I won't go overboard discussing that in this post since you can find out by exploring the site, but my plan is to have all of my music linked here soon, including some recordings and some sheet music, which will all be available for download.
In order for Travis and I to pursue these dreams of ours and hopefully turn our hobbies into our careers, we need to be able to devote a significant amount of time to them. Maybe it's silly, maybe it's a poor decision to keep trying, but we can't bring ourselves to give up on what we each feel we were meant to do.
So, rather than going back to school for better jobs or spending all our time working at mediocre ones, we are looking for small ways to make (or save) a few extra bucks here and there. I've picked up more students this year. We're working on figuring out a more exact budget (our strategy has always been to just try not to spend more than we need to on anything, but we don't often sit down and actually look at the numbers). I've made myself available to do a little bit of interior painting. I'm selling some things. Travis is still doing some T-shirt designs, even though it is more hit-or-miss than it used to be.
One philosophy I am trying to embrace as a way to save both time and money is minimalism. A quote by Buddha recently caught my eye: "Attachment leads to suffering." Truthfully, I haven't done any further reading to find out the context that was meant here. But, to me, it resonates because when I am attached to too many THINGS, I suffer. Having too many items in my house means I have to find time to care for them all. To clean them, clean around them, put them where they belong, fix them when they break, make sure the puppy doesn't eat them. It feels like an endless job to care for all of our belongings, especially to keep them put away so my house doesn't feel cluttered. Some people can have a lot of things and not go crazy. I'm not one of those people. If I see piles of stuff in my house, I can't focus on anything else until I have it under control. I feel robbed from spending time doing the things I'd much rather be doing, like reading to my kids, talking with my husband, taking a walk in the woods, making music, visiting a friend... Really, I'd rather do almost anything than clean, especially when it feels like it takes hours every day and I'm still never done. This is my biggest frustration in life right now, and has been ever since I've had more people in my life to clean up after than just myself.
Part of the reason I'm starting this blog is to keep myself accountable. My goal is to declutter my house and get it to a point where I can easily maintain it and get out of what feels like Housewife Hell, so I can spend more time BEING a mother, a wife, a composer. I have no idea how long this will take. It feels like I've been working on it in spurts for ten years. Because I have been. But I'm going to continue to work on it, and if I can continue to make progress on a regular basis, maybe I'll get to a point where it doesn't take up so much of my time.
I also want to be accountable for continuing to make new music, even when I feel like I don't have much time for it. So, at least once every few weeks, I hope to feature a new song here. I may even try to collaborate with my four-almost-five-year-old, who loves to sit at the piano and improvise! I've thought it would be fun to take parts of what he plays and turn them into real compositions.
This blog will be updated at least twice a week, so if any of this sounds like something you'd like to read about, I'll have details and updates on all of it in future posts, coming soon! I'd love to see your questions and comments below, and you can also enter your email address below if you'd like to be notified when I post new content or offer discounts or giveaways!
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News and events
November 2012
Morama documentary is released
A documentary on the morama plant as well as project activities is released by the Morama team. To access the documentary please click here!
March 2011
Morama bean project discussed during King of Sweden's visit to Botswana
King Carl XVI Gustaf's delegation from Sweden visited the Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) on Wednesday 23rd March to be briefed on Botswana-Swedish research projects and partnerships. The SIDA funded Partner Driven Cooperation (PDC) project on increasing community awareness and utilization of morama bean to improve nutrition security and livelihoods in Botswana was the research project selected. The morama project team in Botswana and other dignitories from the University of Botswana were present during this important meeting. For more information on this visit, please follow the link or visit our photo gallery for more photos.
January 2011
Morama Project Inception Meeting
The morama project team held its first inception meeting at the Tuningi Hotel located at the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa from 28 till 30 January 2011. This meeting was attended by three representatives from the University of Botswana, one representative from the Botswana college of agriculture, two representatives from Market Matters Inc. (South Africa), one representative from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, two representatives from Rural Women foundation (Netherlands branch) and one representative from the National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC, Kanye), Botswana.
The objective of this inception meeting was to meet with the various partners involved in the project, discuss, agree and finalize the project budget and prepare work plans and time lines for the implementation of each of the four activities identified by the partners. For more information on the inception meeting, please follow this link.


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KBTribeChat | Kitchen Design Crushes
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One day you're in, and the next day you're out. That's just the way trends work. But when designing a kitchen, you want a design that lasts. During #kbtribechat the design community shared what trends make up their perfect kitchen. Explore our kitchen crushes:
If you could design your dream kitchen, what would it look like?
Our dream kitchen would be any design by Timber Trails Development Company. Just look at this beauty with London Grey counters or explore their Designer Spotlight!
What style trends are you crushing on that you didn't three years ago?
We are crushing on the writable-surfaces trend, like adding a chalkboard wall in the kitchen. It's the best way to keep track of meal plans, grocery lists, or keep the kids busy while cooking. This Sweeten kitchen is complete with Statuario Nuvo counters.
2018 has seen its share of colors of the year – from Ultra Violet, to Hot Red to Oceanside. Do these colors really affect kitchen design? In what ways do you incorporate color in the kitchen to stay on trend, and yet be timeless?
Featured colors breed inspiration and give attention to otherwise forgotten colors. To inspire designers with bold and neutral hues, we have created a Perfect Pairings Guide. Backsplashes allow you to get creative with color and style, much like JMorris Design who used Moroccan tiles and Pure White countertops for this bright design.
Photo by Randi Reding
What are the most prevalent finishes in appliances today? Are your projects leaning more towards color or is Stainless still King?
Stainless steel is still king, but we're seeing designers branching into antique and colorful appliances like this one in Brittany Pigorini's kitchen with Pure White. Learn more about her kitchen renovation with Claire Zinnecker in Brittany's House Reveal.
Function or Color/Design: Which is more important?
Function and color go hand-in-hand! Quartz countertops are durable and easy to clean while are also available in a wide variety of colors. PS & Daughters chose both Raven and Pure White for this kitchen design.
How do you incorporate function into a design for clients who love to cook?
It all begins with the surface. If you have a good countertop, cooking becomes a breeze! If you don't believe us, just ask The Feed Feed who installed Rugged Concrete in their test kitchen!
We all know that a range is an important ingredient in any chef's kitchen, but what about the refrigerator? How important is the fridge?
We say the bigger the fridge, the happier the kitchen! Just imagine how much food is stored in this Resolution: 4 Architecture kitchen with Blizzard counters.
Inspired? Join us each week on Twitter with #kbtribechat.


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|Live TV and PVR Setup Guide:
Enigma2 is a framebuffer-based zapping application (GUI) that is primarly targeted to physicial set-top-boxes running embedded Linux (OpenEmbedded based firmware distrobutions), however Enigma2 can technically also run on regular PCs, but it is not common.
While the Enigma2 software was originally developed by Dream Multimedia for their Dreambox series, the opendreambox.org has made Enigma2 into an popular open source based firmware platform for set-top boxes and it is used by a number of differet set-top box manufacturers, including the most commonly known are Dreambox, DBox2, and Vu+ (VuPlus), which all use Enigma2 based firmware images. Most of these Enigma2 based set-top boxes falls under the catagory of Linux-powered satellite, terrestrial and cable digital television receivers.
With the VU+ (VuPlus) PVR add-on Kodi PVR can be used also with a connected VU+ or any other Enigma2 based set-top boxes, and in general all Enigma2 based settop boxes should be supported.
1 Enigma2 technical overview
Enigma2 frontend code is based on the Python Script language with a PVR backend software for tuning and recording written in C++ programming language. The PVR backend side uses the LinuxTV DVB API, which is part of a standard Linux kernel.
2 VU+ Client unofficial PVR add-on (C/C++ based)
The VU+ Client PVR addon is a unofficial native PVR client made by the Kodi community for all Enigma2 based set-top boxes. This unofficial PVR C/C++ binary addon for Enigma2 is an open source code community project.
2.1 Connecting Kodi to a Enigma2 box
- Go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the VuPlus PVR add-on
- Select "Configure"
2.2 Setting up the VuPlus addon
2.3 Supported settop boxes
In general all Enigma2 based settop boxes should be supported, the following are known to work. If you can confirm that the addon works with a settop box not listed below, please take a moment and post this into the PVR support forum thread for this addon.
Known to work:
- VU+Uno
- VU+Duo
- VU+Ultimo
- DM800 HD (with Gemini image & OpenPLI)
- DM8000 (OpenPLI image)
2.4 Support
If you have problems using this addon you should try and contact the author via the Kodi PVR Support forum.
3 Connecting Kodi to VUPlus
- Go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the VUPlus add-on
- Select "Configure"
3.1 General
Within this tab the mandatory addon options need to be configured before it can be successfully enabled.
- VU+ hostname or IP address: Please enter the IP address or hostname of your enigma2 based settop box.
- Icon Path: In order to have Kodi display channel logos you have to copy the picons from your settop box onto your OpenELEC machine. You then need to specify this path in this property.
- Update Interval in minutes: As the settop box can also be used to modify timers, delete recordings etc. and the settop box does not notify the Kodi installation, the addon needs to regularly check for updates (new channels, new/changed/deletes timers, deleted recordings, etc.) This property defines how often the addon checks for updates.
3.2 Channels
Within this tab options that refer to channel data can be set.
- Folder for channeldata: Retrieving the channel data from the backend can take quite long. To avoid that the user has to wait a long time before the addon starts it stores the information about the available channels in a separate XML file. Instead of quering the backend the addon then tries to load the channels from this XML file during addon startup. This property defines into which directory this XML file will be put. The filename is "channeldata.xml". Also, the last played position of the recordings will be saved into this directory, so that the user can resume the playback of a previously stopped recording. The recording data is stored into the file "recordings.xml".
- Fetch only one TV bouquet: If this option is set than only the channels that are in one specified TV bouquet will be loaded, instead of fetching all available channels in all available bouquets.
- TV-Bouquet: If the previous option has been enabled you need to specify the TV bouquet to be fetched from the settop box. Please not that this is the bouquet-name as shown on the settop box (i.e. "Favourites (TV)"). This setting is case-sensitive.
- Check for bouquet updates: If this option is set the addon will check for bouquet updates after the initial addon startup. If this option is disabled it will only use the bouquets stored in the channeldata.xml file.
- Check for channel updates: If this option is set the addon will check for channel updates after the initial addon startup. If this option is disabled it will only use the channels stored in the channeldata.xml file.
- Zap before channelswitch (i.e. for Single Tuner boxes): When using the addon with a single tuner box it may be necessary that the addon needs to be able to zap to another channel on the settop box. If this option is enabled each channel switch in Kodi will also result in a channel switch on the settop box. Please note that "allow channel switching" needs to be enabled in the webinterface on the settop box.
3.3 Advanced
Within this tab more uncommon and advanced options can be configured.
- Streaming Port: This option defines the streaming port the settop box uses to stream live tv. The default is 8001 which should be fine if the user did not define a custom port within the webinterface.
- Webinterface Port: This option defines the port that should be used to access the webinterface of the settop box.
- Username: If the webinterface of the settop box is protected with a username / password combination this needs to be set in this option.
- Password: If the webinterface of the settop box is protected with a username / password combination this needs to be set in this option.
- Recording folder on receiver: Per default the addon does not specify the recording folder in newly created timers, so the default set in the settop box will be used. If you want to specify a different folder (i.e. because you want all recordings scheduled via Kodi to be stored in a separate folder), then you need to set this option.
- Use only the DVB boxes' current recording path: If this option is not set the addon will fetch all available recordings from all configured pathes from the settop box. If this option is set then it will only list recordings that are stored within the "current recording path" on the settop box.
- Automatic Timerlist Cleanup: If this option is set then the addon will send the command to delete completed timers from the settop box after each update interval.
- Send DeepStandby-Command: If this option is set then the addon will send the DeepStandby-Command to the settop box when Kodi will be closed (or the addon will be deactivated), causing the settop box to shutdown into DeepStandby.
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Winners hold press conference but don't reveal names
Includes video report
DES MOINES, Iowa — Winners of a $241 million Powerball jackpot, the largest ever won by an Iowa Lottery player, claimed their prize Wednesday in Des Moines, but they refused to identify themselves.
A bus carrying about 50 people from Cedar Rapids pulled up to Iowa Lottery headquarters on Grand Avenue shortly before noon. The group included almost all of the 20 workers from the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids who jointly purchased the winning ticket as part of pool.
The workers wore red t-shirts and had broad smiles as they got off the bus. They whooped and hollered. Asked how they felt, they responded "Great!" and "Awesome!" Although none would provide their full name, they said they are members of the Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union Local 110.
Assuming the winners take a lump-sum cash payout, they will each receive $5.6 million after taxes are paid, The total lump-sum payout was about $160 million before state and federal taxes were deducted.
A middle-aged man, who would only say his name was "Al," confirmed that he held the lucky ticket. The entire group then walked behind closed doors inside the Iowa Lottery's offices to validate their ticket and claim their prize money. The workers later held a news conference, appearing before TV cameras, but declining to give their full names, saying they are common people who wanted their privacy to be respected and that they didn't want to be bothered by solicitors.
Joseph Day of Cedar Rapids, a lawyer representing the winners, said he plans to seek a court injunction blocking the Iowa Lottery from releasing the winners' names to the public. Iowa Lottery Chief Executive Officer Terry Rich said the lottery believes the winners' names are public and should be disclosed. He said the lottery has given the group 10 business days to seek an injunction. The Des Moines Register and the Cedar Rapids Gazette made requests to Iowa Lottery officials for the names to be released under Iowa's Open Records law.
Rich said he wasn't aware of any situation previous where the Iowa Lottery had not made the name of a lottery winner public.
The winners were showered with confetti thrown by Iowa Lottery employees as they entered the news conference while friends and family members cheered. Some plan to retire immediately, one said he had purchased a couple of cars that he needed and another said he had plans to travel to Alaska. Earlier, lottery officials played a country western tune written and recorded by one of the winners' co-workers, which was titled, "Calling in Rich."
The union which represents the workers issued a statement saying that the Quaker Oats workers, who would only be identified as the "Shipping 20," were withholding their names for "legal reasons." They range in age from 35 to 64, and their years of service range from ten years to forty years per employee. Collectively, they have more put in more than 640 years of service at the unionized plant.
They have been buying Powerball tickets for the past fifteen years and finally hit the jackpot this year, the union said.
Together, they are thinking about how to contribute in a positive way to their Local 110 union family and to community initiatives that will benefit residents in and around Cedar Rapids, the union statement said.
"The union has stood up for us, on and off the job, and brought us together as one family. We've been through a lot together, especially since the flood of 2008, and this has given us a renewed appreciation for our union values," said one of the unidentified Powerball winners, a long-time worker at the plant, who was quoted in the union's statement.
The flood of 2008 in Cedar Rapids affected the shipping department and all other areas of the plant, and since then the 20 workers have jointly put in many extra hours in order to get the massive water-damaged facility up and running again, the union said. The statement said they know the important and historic role the Quaker Oats plant has played in Iowa's economy for decades.
"These guys have worked very hard for many years, and they want to use their good fortune to make life better for others at the plant and in their community. This is a great American story but also a great union story. These are some of the most decent and generous people you'll ever meet, and all of our members couldn't be happier for them," said Al Hartl Jr., president of Local 110.
The winning ticket was from a Powerball drawing held June 13. The ticket was sold at a Hy-Vee grocery store on Edgewood Road in Cedar Rapids, and there has been intense speculation since then over the winners' identity.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 175.2 million.
The winning numbers were 7, 10, 14, 33, and 57, with Powerball number 18. The jackpot ticket matched all six numbers drawn.
Iowa's biggest previous jackpot winners were Tim and Kellie Guderian of Fort Dodge, who claimed a $200.8 million prize in October 2006. The biggest jackpot ever for Powerball was a $365 million prize shared in February 2006 by eight co-workers at a ConAgra ham processing plant in Lincoln, Neb.
This was the seventh time a Powerball jackpot ticket has been sold in Iowa, but it's the fifth time the Iowa Lottery has sold a Powerball ticket worth at least $1 million since the game was redesigned in January. Those changes doubled the price of a Powerball ticket to $2 from $1, while providing more chances to win at least $1 million.
Iowa represents only 1 to 2 percent of total revenue in the Powerball game, which is played in 44 jurisdictions nationwide with total sales of more than $3 billion annually. Rich said the Iowa Lottery had been hoping to have four to six winners of at least $1 million annually under the new Powerball rules, but what's happened since January already has exceeded his expectations.
VIDEO: Powerball winners arrive at Iowa Lottery headquarters
VIDEO: Bus driver speaks about the 20 winners
PHOTO: The winners pose for a group photo
(Click to display full-size in gallery)20 Quaker Oats workers from Iowa claimed a $241 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday.
DOCUMENTS: Legal documents for the "Powerball Shipping 20"
See the Related Links section below to view four legal documents used by the 20 Quaker Oats workers to claim their prize without revealing their names.
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Hurray for the shipping 20!!! 5.6 million after taxes, what a great story. Decent folks who want to give back to their community and local union.
Another feather in the cap of pro-pool advocates.
This is an unusual case where all twenty are seeking in injunction to prevent their names being given to the public. Should be interesting to
follow this one, particularly where Iowa is not an anonymous state.
Congrats to the winners.
Glad to see that they had a strong union that represented them instead of crawling into bed with management.
Congrats to the winners. what fun! whoo-hoo!
running gag is that .... should be curious to see how this plays out ..... but am curious how much the lawyer/s are gonna want if they succeed
Finally hit after 15yrs. Tomorrow never knows.
Nice to see a LARGE jackpot shared with alot of people. Eaching getting enough to make most of there dreams come true!
Glad to see a pool win. Hope none of mine take that long to hit. Love the document samples for reference when we do win.
It will be interesting to see how the anonymity request turns out.
Playing together to make a splash in the pool of lottery winners. It's just a matter of time.
Truthfully I don't think the lawyer(s) will succeed against the state. This would set a huge precedent for all other states which currently require public
disclosure of identity. To win a case like this, would be a landmark change in the present state statute lottery laws.
As far as fees, hopefully the "shipping twenty" were insightful enough to require a proposal from the law firm, which should also require a cap, to
prevent exorbitant expenses and greedy last minute surcharges. In the end I'm sure they had already weighed the benefits of anonymity,
verses the legal cost to achieve this legal hurdle. (which again I do not think is possible).
As you say though hearse, should be very interesting to see how this all plays out.
Congratulations to ALL the winners.......
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I agree that it is an uphill battle to prevail in court. They have one potential angle that could work. We hear time and again that the rationale for disclosing names is to create confidence in the buying public that it is real people winning. They can argue that all the publicity over the years has eliminated that need and the state no longer has a compelling interest to disclose names. If the state no longer has a compelling interest, then the privacy rights of the winners could trump the state's right to publicity. If a judge weighs the two interests, he (or she) could rule for the lottery winners. It is a longshot, of course.
Congrats to them! I hope the next big Jackpot goes to one person!
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Thaht's really interesting; I hope the judge grants the injunction. Maybe this will be the beginning of the end of states FORCING winners to be made public figures, which leads to all sorts of disasterous problems that can ruin their lives.
Congratulations to all the winners. I give them their due for wanting to keep their last name private. I'm very annoyed with the attitude by the Lottery big wigs who feel full names have to be revealed. People should have a right to want to keep their names private after they win.
Me,for instance!
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Maybe It Isn't All In Your Genes
Joseph Nadeau is trying to find the missing link between heritability and genetics. What? You thought Gregor Mendel had it all figured out in the 19th Century? Well he did. But then DNA sequencing came along and upset the apple cart.
What we know about the fundamental laws of inheritance began to take shape in a monastery garden in Moravia in the middle of the 19th century, when Gregor Mendel patiently cross-bred pea plants over the course of several years, separated the progeny according to their distinct traits, and figured out the mathematical foundations of modern genetics. Since the rediscovery of Mendel's work a century ago, the vocabulary of Mendelian inheritance—dominant genes, recessive genes, and ultimately our own era's notion of disease genes—has colored every biological conversation about genetics. The message boils down to a single premise: your unique mix of physiological traits and disease risks (collectively known as your phenotype) can be read in the precise sequence of chemical bases, or letters, in your DNA (your genotype).The news for the "genes are destiny" folks are grim. Reality is more complicated than previously imagined. This will probably put the kibosh on full blown genetic engineering - at least for a time.
But what if—except in the cases of some rare single-gene disorders like Tay-Sachs disease—the premise ignores a significant portion of inheritance? What if the DNA sequence of an individual explains only part of the story of his or her inherited diseases and traits, and we need to know the DNA sequences of parents and perhaps even grandparents to understand what is truly going on?
Large-scale genomic studies over the past five years or so have mainly failed to turn up common genes that play a major role in complex human maladies. More than three dozen specific genetic variants have been associated with type 2 diabetes, for example, but together, they have been found to explain about 10 percent of the disease's heritability—the proportion of variation in any given trait that can be explained by genetics rather than by environmental influences. Results have been similar for heart disease, schizophrenia, high blood pressure, and other common maladies: the mystery has become known as the "missing heritability" problem. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, has sometimes made grudging reference to the "dark matter of the genome"—an analogy to the vast quantities of invisible mass in the universe that astrophysicists have inferred but have struggled for decades to find.There are studies confirming this. One of them has to do with the heritability of PTSD.
Joseph H. Nadeau has been on a quest to uncover mechanisms that might account for the missing components of heritability. And he is finding previously unsuspected modes of inheritance almost everywhere he looks.
Nadeau, who until recently was chair of genetics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and is now director of research and academic affairs at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, has done studies showing that certain traits in mice are influenced by specific stretches of variant DNA that appeared on their parents' or grandparents' chromosomes but do not appear on their own. "Transgenerational" genetics, as he calls these unusual patterns of inheritance, fit partly under the umbrella of traditional epigenetics—the idea that chemical changes wrought by environmental exposures and experiences can modify DNA in ways that either muffle a normally vocal gene or restore the voice of a gene that had been silenced. Researchers have begun to find that these changes are heritable even though they alter only the pattern of gene expression, not the actual genetic code. Yet it's both more disconcerting and more profound to suggest, as he does, that genes an ancestor carried but didn't pass down can influence traits and diseases in subsequent generations.
An article in the UK Telegraph discusses this in relation to the 7 July terrorist attacks in Britain.
It is often said of a particularly dramatic event – such as the September 11 attacks or the July 7 bombings – that its consequences will "reverberate for generations". It can seem like hyperbole, yet new evidence suggests that traumatic events can affect the genes, and lives, of children as yet unborn. Take the July 7 London bombings. As the harrowing evidence continues to emerge, the psychological impact on the survivors has been all too clear."The sins of the fathers are visited on the sons..." is more than a social construct evidently.
As many as 30 per cent of those directly caught up in the atrocities have gone on to develop full post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is in line with similar incidents: after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, 41 per cent of survivors were diagnosed with PTSD after six months, and 26 per cent were still suffering after seven years. Among soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the British Armed Forces reckon that 10 per cent develop PTSD. However, an American study gave a figure as high as 30 per cent.
Yet new evidence suggests that the trauma is not just psychological, but biological and even heritable. By altering the chemical mechanisms regulating gene expression, these modifications may become embedded in the male germ line, and can be passed down to the victim's children.
Embedded within the DNA sequence are epigenetic regulators, chemical marks that control which genes are expressed and which are not. This is a crucial function, given that every cell in our bodies contains our entire lexicon of DNA. It is the regulators that selectively silence some genes so that particular cells become, say, skin or brain cells, and stay like that when they divide.Hmmmm schizophrenia. A lot in the news these days.
The heretical proposition here is that these epigenetic marks can be transmitted along with the DNA. It is the result of intensive research into how these mechanisms work. The best understood is DNA methylation, in which methyl molecules latch on to some areas of the DNA strand and act as switches that render a gene active or inactive.
Too much or too little methylation, and a host of problems occur, from fragile X syndrome to a variety of cancers. The latest findings, however, indicate that psychological conditions, such as trauma and stress, also leave an epigenetic mark. Professor David Sweatt and his colleagues at the University of Alabama have found that maltreating rat pups for just one week is enough to trigger epigenetic changes that deactivate the gene for a protein important in memory formation and emotional balance. This same agent – brain-derived neurotrophic factor – is often abnormally low in schizophrenics and those with bipolar disorder.
In a similar experiment, Professor Eric Richards at Washington University, St Louis, showed that the way rats are nurtured affects the methylation of a crucial receptor in the hippocampus. After a positive nurturing experience, the appropriate gene gets turned on at a vital early stage; after a bad one, the gene remains unused. The same is found in humans. A study of women in Holland who were pregnant during a prolonged famine after the Second World War found that their daughters had twice the normal risk of developing schizophrenia.
In his 1997 article Addiction Is A Brain Disease And It Matters [pdf] the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 1994-2001 Alan Leshner says:
The bad news is the dramatic lag between these advances in science and their appreciation by the general public or their application in either practice or public policy settings. There is a wide gap between scientific facts and public perceptions about drug abuse and addiction. For example, many, perhaps most, people see drug abuse and addiction as social problems, to be handled only with social solutions, particularly through the criminal justice system. On the other hand, science has taught that drug abuse and addiction are as much health problems as they are social problems. The consequence of the gap is a significant delay in gaining control over drug abuse problems.From twin studies about alcohol we find that the heritability of addiction propensities runs about 50% to 60%. What accounts for the other 40% to 50%? My article, Heroin, provides a clue. And the clue points to trauma. There are more clues in my article PTSD and the Endocannabinoid System.
So does that mean that a DNA study would find the same level of heritability as twin studies? Given what we now know I think that is doubtful. But we also now know that DNA is not the only path to heritability.
What does all this mean for policy? I don't think putting a government gun to people's heads is going to fix a brain disease. Unless of course the people promoting that idea contemplate pulling the trigger. Every time.
Cross Posted at Classical Values