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Monticello, Minn., is becoming known as "Swan City" due to its large Trumpeter Swan populations during the winter months. More than 2,000 Trumpeter Swans enjoy a winter vacation along the banks of the Mississippi River within the city limits each winter. The location of the nuclear generating plant upstream allows for the water to remain unfrozen for the swans during the winter months. The dense swan population is largely attributed to the late Shiela Lawrence of Monticello, who began feeding the swans daily 25 years ago. Known as the "Swan Lady" due to her years of selfless efforts to care for the swans, Shiela passed away in April 2011. Her husband Jim Lawrence has taken over the task and carries on the "Swan Lady's" efforts by feeding the swans every morning at 10:30 a.m. He spends nearly $200 on shelled corn feed for the swans daily, which is funded in part by donations. The area in which the swans spend the months from mid-December through March is known as "Swan Park," and designated areas are located in the park where visitors can observe the swans. After the winter months, the swans leave Swan Park for the Minnesota lakes.
The Trumpeter Swan was nearly extinct at the beginning of the 20th century, but conservation efforts like the Lawrences' have helped restore the population in the U.S. since. In the past 30 years, the Trumpeter Swan population has shown 400% growth, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Jim Radford, a professional photographer and Farm Industry News videographer based in Shoreview, Minn., captures the beauty of the swans in this gallery. A video from Radford can be found on YouTube, which shows Jim Lawrence feeding the swans.
Visit Radford's website for contact information and more samples of his work at http://www.radfordpictures.com/.
Information on finding Swan Park and donating to help feed the swans can be found here. http://www.monticellocci.com/pages/swans


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Earth : Asia : Southeast Asia : Thailand : Isaan : Sisaket
Si Saket (ศรีสะเกษ) is a town in Isaan, Thailand.
With a long history, the area around Si Saket has had a strong culture and a prosperous economy since the Khmer era over one thousand years ago. Moreover, many ethnic tribes settled here such as the Suay, Lao, Khmer, and Yer. Si Saket became a town in 1759 during the Ayuthaya period. In the reign of King Rama V, or around a century ago, the town moved to its present location.
With plenty of Khmer ruins, Si Saket is an interesting destination to visit. It is also the gateway to the world famous Preah Vihear ruins, a cliff-top Khmer sanctuary, most of which is just across the border in Cambodia. However, it can can be visited without requiring a Cambodian visa. The province grows a wide variety of fruits, such as rambutan and durian. These are typically available at the beginning of rainy season around May. Much of the local population are near-subsistence farmers earning an average of about 100 baht or $3 per day.
Get in
By car
From Bangkok, use Hwy 1 (Payolyothin Rd), then Hwy 2 (Mitraphap Rd) from Saraburi. Near Korat (Nakhon Ratchsima) take Hwy 24 (Chock Chai-Det Udom) to reach Si Saket. This route is 571 km.
By bus
Buses and air-conditioned coaches leave the Northeastern Bus Terminal (Mor Chit 2)in Bangkok for Si Saket daily. The journey takes 8 hours. For more information, call 0-2936-2852-66 and Si Saket Bus Terminal at +66 45 612 500 or visit [[1]]
Buses from Roi Et go via Yasothon and cost 120 baht.
The terminal itself is within the city, and is about 1 to 1.5 km from the railway station. To get to there, exit the terminal onto the main road and turn left. Walk along to the end of the road, where there is a road at right angles which backs onto the railway line. Turn right and walk to Khukhan Rd, turn left and cross the line, then turn left again. The station is a couple of hundred metres distant.
To get around, there are only motorbike taxis.
By train
Ordinary, rapid, and express trains regularly leave Bangkok and Bang Sue Station for Si Saket. The route is 515 km. For more information, call the State Railway of Thailand at 1690, +66 22 204 334, +66 22 204 444, and Si Saket Railway Station at +66 45 611 525 or visit [[2]]
For getting around in Si Saket, tricycles are readily available. Moreover, there are buses from downtown Si Saket (Amphoe Muang) to other towns (Amphoe) as well as provinces nearby.
To get from here to the bus terminal, see the reverse directions in "Bus" above.
By plane
The nearest airport is at Ubon Ratchathani (UBP) which is served by Air Asia and Thai Airways.
Get around
There are neither meter taxis nor tuk-tuks available, but you can hire a motorbike taxi or take a samlor (three-wheeled bicycle-taxi).
Si Saket is in the heart of Isaan. You will find excellent Isaan food anywhere in the area. There are quite a few good restaurants in Si Saket. But maybe the best offer in town is the lively evening market adjacent to the railway on the south side of the train station. There you will find a wide variety of cooked, baked and barbequed foods for a very reasonable price. The evening market opens at 17:00 and closes at 21:00.
In the main part of the city, there are a couple of decent restaurants close to the railway line on Khukhan Rd (heading north in the direction of the station), and on the road parallel to the railway which leads off this road (to the right facing the railway line). Everything is in Thai, and little English is spoken.
There are a few places you can go to in the evening, one of the most famous being Sugars on Lak Muang Rd. Then you could go off to the Nona Disco on Kuang Heng Rd, and last but not least to the I-Bar at the Prompiman Hotel on Lak Muang Rd, not far from the train station. In the I-Bar you can meet the trendy young locals and listen to live music. Dress properly, no beachwear, or you will be refused at the door.
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Colin MacKellar needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We are a group of experienced professionals bringing a new product to market.
We need to project these ideas
* Smart & Professional
* Trustworthy
Our new product will make it easier for opticians to show their customers how good their new spectacles look!
The product is to be sold to Optometrists (opticians) in UK, to help their customers see how their new spectacles (eyeglasses) look. The audience is of professional owner/managers of small optician practices. They are predominantly over 30 and equally balanced in gender in the UK.
We hope later to sell the product internationally.
We need a logo for a software product with a name that sounds like See Spex, Spelling could be C-Spex, C-Specs, See Spex or possibly some other spelling that sounds the same. C-Spex is favourite. We're looking for a simple, iconic design.
We need the logo for use on a website, as a program icon (predominantly for Windows) and on printed advertising material.
We need vector graphic, eps, pds, with layers, not flattened or merged; image required and also pdf and icon please.
Icon files in 16x16, 24x24 & 32x32 please.
We require ownership of intellectual property & copyright.
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Bones offers a wide range of beers, wines and spirits with international brands such as Becks, Lowenbrau, Budweiser, Stella Artois and Hoegaarden. To complement the drinks, Bones serves light meals such as pizzas, fried anchovies and other popular snacks.
As a perfect place to sit down and relax, tired travellers get to unwind to the soothing sounds of water flowing down the bar's walls and the eclectic selection of music available. This trendy bar even has something for the sports fans, with the English Premier League and many sports channels on its large LED screen.
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Earlier this month was the Gluten Free & Allergen Friendly Expo in Secaucus, NJ. It was an honor to be part of the blogging team again this year and to spend the weekend with so many passionate advocates for the gluten-free community. Below are photos from the GFAF Expo which feature some of my favorite brands, products, and highlights (put your cursor over the photo to read more!).
If you haven't attended one of these expos just yet, check out the GFAF Expo site to see if one is coming to your area. It is such an amazing opportunity to safely enjoy samples from companies and learn about new products and companies that suit your dietary needs.
Thank you for allowing me to be part of this again, looking forward to next year!


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An idea just popped in my head a few days ago and I wanted to post it and get opinions on it.
I have recently been diagnosed with Stage 3 Kidney Disease. (This simply means my kidneys are not working as well as they should and we are trying to get them to reboot.) I am thinking bentos would be a wonderful way to help me keep my food in check.
I go to see a nutritionist tomorrow and hopefully she will be able to give me a bit more solid information on what * I * need to do.
Now for my question, Do you think I should start a blog on this? Would you be interested in what I come up with?
If anyone is going through the same thing any opinions and suggestions would be wonderful!
Can't wait for the comments! Thanks for reading will return the favor!
I think that sounds like a very interesting blog topic. I'm sure there are many people looking for tasty things to eat that are still good for their bodies. Let us know if you start up the blog!
The Big Onigiri.
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My dad has severe kidney and pancreas problems, so I would be very interested in reading about blogs geared towards kidney health. My mother and I are having problems trying to figure out anything that he can eat and is still willing to eat.
My dad thinks it would be a good idea as well. As far as my compiling a book of recipes for Kidney Disease. I know books on this probably exist all ready but nothing says I can't try to put my spin on it.
Anon: I don't know if anything I post would be able to help your dad, but you are more then welcome to give the recipes a shot. I'm having to base them on my needs which I will make clear in the blog (I should have it up in a few days) also understand I am NOT a nutritionist, dietitian, or doctor of any kind anything I suggest is my personal thought.
Will post the link in a few days
Well, if you can start a blog on how to cook tasty stuff for kidney disease patient it would be wonderful.
My father had kidney failure and he found extremely difficult to cook and eat interesting meals, since for example most vegetables and fruits were not good for him because of too high potassium or other minerals.... It is a very "different" kind of diet, and rather counterintuitive since most things that are supposed to be "good for you" are actually forbidden.
God luck with your health
I think this is a great idea renal disease is incredibly common. It would not only an interesting read but helpful to others.
I think that would be a great idea. When I was much younger, I had kidney disease, and I remember the weird culinary contortions that my mother and my grandmother had to go through to give me the diet I needed. I bet they would've found a blog like this really helpful! Go for it!
hey its already march, have you started that blog? lol i think that would be cool! i actually am on dialysis and i also have to watch my diet but i find most of these recipies already here are pretty healthy, just choose the ones you can have and stay away from or limit the ones with ingredients you know aren't as good for you. i am making bentolunch for my mom when she goes to work because she needs to eat healthy as well as lose weight.. i cook both our dinners so i can use those kidney friendly bento recipe of yours for our dinner and leftovers for the bento lunch! hope you share!
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Earth : Asia : South Asia : Nepal : Western Tarai : Lumbini
Lumbini [2] is the sacred site of the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha. It is located in southern Nepal, near the Indian border.
In the Buddha's time, Lumbini was a park situated in Kapilavastu Nepal. It was in Lumbini that the Buddha was born. A pillar now marks the spot of Asoka's visit to Lumbiní. According to an inscription on the pillar, it was placed there by the people then in charge of the park to commemorate Asoka's visit and gifts. The park was previously known as Rummindei, two miles north of Bhagavanpura.
In the Sutta Nipáta (vs. 683) it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sákyans, in the Lumbineyya Janapada. The Buddha stayed in Lumbinívana during his visit to Devadaha and there preached the Devadaha Sutta.
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By air
The closest airport is at Bhairahawa (also known as Sidhhartha Nagar) (22km), where there are flights to and from Kathmandu. Other airports serving more destinations include Gorakhpur and Faizabad in India.
By rail
The closest rail link is in Gorakhpur, India
By road
Buses ply the route between Sunauli (from stop across from Hotel Yeti) and Lumbini (you will need to walk 1km from the nearest stop). The last return bus departs at 5 PM.
Buses also run from Kathmandu, Pokhara and Varanasi to Sunauli.
Taxis are probably the best option for reaching Lumbini from Sunauli, though you will need to know the going rate to avoid paying well over the odds. As everywhere else in the sub-continent, ensure that the fare has been agreed before heading out. This will save trouble at the destination.
Bikes can be rented at hotels in Lumbini (80 NRs/day) and offer a good way to see the site. Make sure of the condition of the tires, as a flat will mean pushing it back over miles.
Soak up the peaceful atmosphere, conducive to meditation and reflection.
Lots of trinkets and religious paraphernalia are for sale near the entrance to the complex, including Buddha snowglobes and stickers. A couple of shops in the village near the bus stop stock more of the same plus a bit more.
There are a couple of dhabas near the bus stop in the village. They all serve the same fare: puri in the morning, "curry" during the day, at 20 NRs a portion. Right at the beginning of the of the one street that is Lumbini village there is a rooftop restaurant 3 Foxes.
Two small shops will sell you local spirits to take out.
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"Non olet"
Roman money
Over 600 coins document the development from the first coins, introduced relatively late (at the beginning of the 3rd century BC) and initially somewhat coarse, to coins dating from the West Roman Empire under Romulus August(u)lus (AD 476).
Pecunia non olet (money does not stink! ). Few people today realise that this well-known saying with its numerous connotations stems from a disagreement about tax collection between a Roman emperor and his son. Vespasianus (AD 69 79), after having found the state coffers plundered by his predecessor, Nero, introduced among other things a new urine tax. When his son, Titus, made fun of him, Vespasianus held a coin collected under that tax law to his sons nose and asked him if it smelled.
This story, recorded by the Roman historian Sueton, helped to name this special exhibition dealing with Roman money. Over 600 coins will document the development from the first coins, introduced relatively late (at the beginning of the 3rd century BC) and initially somewhat coarse, to coins dating from the West Roman Empire under Romulus August(u)lus (AD 476). In addition, numerous other objects from the Kunsthistroisches Museums Collection of Greek and Roman Art will be on show. The exhibition will offer a historical survey covering the most important events of the Roman Republic as well as all the emperors of the Imperium Romanorum.
It will also deal with topics such as currencies, technical questions, and the propaganda value of Roman coins. In a period lacking any mass media, coins were, after all, the only means by which a message could reach large parts of the population: that is why the reverse of numerous coins depicts the exploits of a ruler, successes in foreign and domestic policy e.g. tax reductions, distributions of money and wheat, and even the completion of buildings (some of which have only survived in a ruined state).
The obverse shows naturalistic portraits of rulers and their relations, the reverse thematic pictures they are original documents of the Roman Empire minted in metal (gold, silver, bronze). Most of the coins on show are particularly rare and beautiful pieces carefully chosen from the wealth of objects housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museums Coin Cabinet, one of the five largest collections of coins of the world.
The catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition contains photographs of all the coins on show and offers a survey of Roman coins.
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In June 2015, public service and thought leaders came together at Harvard University to explore how to drive government innovation from invention to impact. The 2015 Public Sector for the Future Summit showcased examples of innovation at work in public service: Building an agile workforce at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Embracing evidence-based government in Idaho and Washington. And identifying ways to use the sharing economy to increase government innovation.
In its full-length white paper, Leadership for a Networked World has distilled the key findings of this year's summit. Explore the paper for inspirational examples and important insights that every public service leader can apply within their organization.


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SAN DIEGO, June 5, Jun 05, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- -- Successfully Completes Thorough QT Study
-- Obtains Special Protocol Assessments (SPAs) From FDA for Phase 3 Trials in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Receptos, Inc. RCPT a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic candidates for the treatment of immune and metabolic diseases, confirmed today that RPC1063, its selective sphingosine‐1‐ phosphate 1 receptor (S1P1R) modulator, has successfully completed a study of the heart's electrical conduction system, known as a "thorough QT/QTc" (TQT) study. RPC1063 is currently being studied in randomized Phase 2 trials for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
The purpose of a TQT study is to rule out the potential for a drug to cause prolongation of the mean corrected QT interval (known as the QTc interval). Prolongation of the QTc interval increases the risk of ventricular arrhythmia, which can lead to palpitations, fainting and sudden death. Drugs that cause QTc prolongation are often contraindicated in certain "at risk" patients or in patients taking select concomitant medications that also cause QTc prolongation.
The completed RPC1063 TQT study enrolled 124 subjects, with 62 subjects randomized to receive RPC1063 at an intended therapeutic dose (1 mg/day) and at a supra-therapeutic dose (2 mg/day), and 62 subjects randomized to receive placebo. The dosage of RPC1063 was titrated in this study from 0.25 mg to 2.0 mg over 14 days of treatment. The primary objective of the TQT study was to assess whether exposure to therapeutic and supra-therapeutic doses of RPC1063 in healthy subjects increased the QTc interval compared to placebo. As previously disclosed, the primary objective of the TQT study was met. Specifically, the study was "negative" in that a relevant QTc effect was ruled out for RPC1063 at both the therapeutic and the supra-therapeutic doses. In addition, the TQT study was validated by reproducing the known effect of a positive control treatment (moxifloxacin) on the QTc interval as part of the study. This study nearly doubled the subject exposure to RPC1063, building on the results of a prior Phase I trial in 88 healthy subjects that demonstrated target reductions in lymphocyte counts as well as a desirable safety and tolerability profile.
The TQT study included additional assessments in order to establish further evidence for a potentially improved cardiac safety profile for RPC1063. In particular, heart rate changes were measured using the dose titration regimen, which is being employed in all ongoing and planned RPC1063 studies. Detailed heart rate data was collected through continuous 24-hour ambulatory ECG monitoring pre-dose and throughout the dose escalation period to assess changes in heart rate and the risk of any cardiac adverse events. The dose titration regimen appeared to attenuate the first dose heart rate effects and was well tolerated. No serious adverse events occurred during the TQT study and a similar proportion of subjects experienced mild or moderate adverse events in both the placebo and RPC1063-treated groups.
Separately, the Company confirmed as previously disclosed that it has obtained two Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreements from the FDA for the planned Phase 3 portion of the RPC1063 Phase 2/3 RADIANCE study as well as a second planned Phase 3 study of RPC1063 in RMS. SPA agreements are put in place to document concurrence between the FDA and the study sponsor on both trial design and statistical analysis plans for Phase 3 registration studies to support regulatory approval.
"We are encouraged by the results of the TQT study, which contribute to our understanding of the emerging favorable safety and tolerability profile of RPC1063," said Sheila Gujrathi, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Receptos. "In addition, the two SPA agreements for the Phase 3 registration program position RPC1063 as a potential next-to-market S1P1R modulator in RMS. We believe we are building a compelling body of evidence to support a multi-faceted differentiation profile for RPC1063, including a potentially improved cardiovascular profile which may result in safety advantages for patients."
About RPC1063 and S1P1R Modulators
RPC1063 is a novel, oral, once daily, selective and potent S1P1R modulator in development for autoimmune indications. Previously reported Phase 1 results demonstrated adequate pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and safety features, which provide supportive data for the differentiation strategy for RPC1063 as a potential best-in-class second generation S1P1R modulator. Receptos is currently enrolling patients into the randomized Phase 2 portion of a Phase 2/3 study called RADIANCE examining the efficacy, safety and tolerability of RPC1063 in RMS and a randomized Phase 2 study called TOUCHSTONE examining the efficacy, safety and tolerability of RPC1063 in UC. Top-line results for both studies are expected in mid-2014.
About Receptos
Receptos is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic candidates for the treatment of immune and metabolic diseases. The Company's lead program, RPC1063, is an S1P1R small molecule modulator candidate for immune indications, including RMS and IBD. The Company is also developing RPC4046, an anti-interleukin-13 (IL-13) antibody for an allergic/immune-mediated Orphan Disease, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Receptos has established expertise in high resolution protein crystal structure determination, biology and drug discovery for G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this release, other than statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "expects," "believes," "may," "intends," "potential" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding the safety, efficacy and projected development timeline of RPC1063, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, which include without limitation risks associated with the process of discovering, developing and commercializing drug candidates that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics. These and other risks are described in detail in the Company's SEC filings, including the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 which was declared effective on May 8, 2013. All forward-looking statements contained in this release speak only as of the date on which they were first made by the Company, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after such date.
CONTACT: Media and Investor Contacts: Graham K. Cooper Chief Financial Officer, Receptos (858) 652-5708 email@example.com
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Right-wing media run with Mail article falsely suggesting climate expert predicts "mini ice age"
Research ››› ››› JOCELYN FONG & BROOKE OBIE
FoxNews.com, Fox Nation, and Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft have cited a Mail on Sunday article suggesting that climate scientist Mojib Latif predicted a "mini ice age" over the next 20 or 30 years, with Hoft asserting that global warming is "junk science." But Latif has since challenged the Mail article's use of his research, and at the U.N. climate conference the Mail article references, Latif stated that while temperatures could "cool" temporarily "relative to the present level" due to natural climate variability, there is a clear "long-term warming trend" that is "manmade."
Right-wing media run with falsehood that Latif predicts "mini ice age"
Mail falsehood: Latif's research "refutes" view that short-term cold weather is distinct from climate change. In a January 10 article headlined, "The mini ice age starts here," Mail on Sunday (U.K.) writer David Rose asserted that Latif's predictions "challenge some of the global warming orthodoxy's most deeply cherished beliefs" and "undermine the standard climate computer models, which assert that the warming of the Earth since 1900 has been driven solely by man-made greenhouse gas emissions and will continue as long as carbon dioxide levels rise." Rose further claimed that Latif's work "refutes" the view "that the big chill was merely short-term 'weather' that had nothing to do with 'climate', which was still warming."
Hoft: "climate scientists warned" of "mini ice age" after Obama pushed "global warming junk science." In a January 10 post to his Gateway Pundit blog, Jim Hoft cited the Mail article and added: "And just think... It was less than a month ago that Barack Obama was in Denmark pushing international legislation on global warming junk science. Thank goodness he failed."
Fox Nation: "Now Climate Scientists Predict Mini-Ice Age." One January 11, Fox Nation linked to the Gateway Pundit post with the following image:
FoxNews.com: Latif "says we're in" for "a mini ice age, he calls it." A January 11 FoxNews.com article, headlined, "30 Years of Global Cooling Are Coming, Leading Scientist Says," claimed that Latif says current cold weather "could mark the beginning of a mini ice age." The article further stated that Latif "says we're in for 30 years of cooler temperatures -- a mini ice age, he calls it, basing his theory on an analysis of natural cycles in water temperatures in the world's oceans." Although the Mail article did not quote Latif using the term "Ice age," FoxNews.com attributed the term to Latif.
Latif has since challenged Mail report and other media distortions of his research
Guardian: Latif "challenges Mail on Sunday's use of his research." The Guardian reported on January 11 that Latif "has hit out at misleading newspaper reports that linked his research to claims that the current cold weather undermines the scientific case for manmade global warming" and stated of Latif's research, "Despite clarifications from the scientists at the time, who stressed that the research did not challenge the predicted long-term warming trend, the study was widely misreported as signalling a switch from global warming to global cooling." The Guardian further reported:
Mojib Latif, a climate expert at the Leibniz Institute at Kiel University in Germany, said he "cannot understand" reports that used his research to question the scientific consensus on climate change.
He told the Guardian: "It comes as a surprise to me that people would try to use my statements to try to dispute the nature of global warming. I believe in manmade global warming. I have said that if my name was not Mojib Latif it would be global warming."
He added: "There is no doubt within the scientific community that we are affecting the climate, that the climate is changing and responding to our emissions of greenhouse gases."
The Mail on Sunday article said that Latif's research showed that the current cold weather heralds such "a global trend towards cooler weather".
It said: "The BBC assured viewers that the big chill was was merely short-term 'weather' that had nothing to do with 'climate', which was still warming. The work of Prof Latif and the other scientists refutes that view."
Not according to Latif. "They are not related at all," he said. "What we are experiencing now is a weather phenomenon, while we talked about the mean temperature over the next 10 years. You can't compare the two."
He said the ocean temperature effect was similar to other natural influences on global temperature, such as volcanos, which cool the planet temporarily as ash spewed into the atmosphere reflects sunlight.
"The natural variation occurs side by side with the manmade warming. Sometimes it has a cooling effect and can offset this warming and other times it can accelerate it." Other scientists have questioned the strength of the ocean effect on overall temperature and disagree that global warming will show the predicted pause.
Latif said his research suggested that up to half the warming seen over the 20th century was down to this natural ocean effect, but said that was consistent with the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "No climate specialist would ever say that 100% of the warming we have seen is down to greenhouse gas emissions."
Latif predicts "nothing that would constitute a little ice age or an ice age." Appearing on Russia Today on January 11, Latif stated, "I don't think" we will see decades of global cooling, noting, "There are of course natural climate fluctuations which could warm or cool the Earth. However, they ride on top of the long-term warming trend and at best they can offset the warming trend. And so the net result may be a kind of pause of halt of global warming, maybe a slight cooling, but nothing that would constitute a little ice age or an ice age."
Latif: "They just make these things up." Joe Romm of ClimateProgress.org wrote in a January 11 post that Latif stated of media reports on his research, "I don't know what to do. They just make these things up":
Call Dr. Latif up and ask him if accepts the IPCC's finding that, as he put it, most of the warming in the past century was very likely due to human causes. He had me reread the quotes attributed to him a number of times, asking twice, "those are direct quotes?" After I did, he said to me: "I don't know what to do. They just make these things up." I suggested asking reporters to read quotes back to him.
According to Latif, over a short time span, say, two decades, it's hard to determine exactly what fraction of the temperature change is due to what cause, but Latif does not believe nor ever said what the Daily Mail suggests, which is that you can add those periods together and somehow negate the IPCC's finding. His work simply "does not allow one to make any inferences about global warming."
Latif has NOT predicted a cooling trend -- or a "decades-long deep freeze" -- but rather a short-time span where human-caused warming might be partly offset by ocean cycles, staying at current record levels, but then followed by "accelerated" warming where you catch up to the long-term human-caused trend. He does NOT forecast 2 or 3 decades of cooling.
Latif: Clear "long-term warming trend" is "manmade"
U.N. Conference presentation addressed "decadal variability," noting "we all believe that this long-term warming trend ... is manmade." Latif opened his August 31, 2009, presentation at the U.N. World Climate Conference-3 by stating: "What you see here is just the globally averaged temperature during the 20th century. And you can clearly identify the long-term warming trend, and we all believe that this long-term warming trend is anthropogenic in nature, is manmade. However, you see also a lot of fluctuations superimposed on this trend, interannual, as Tim has pointed out, but also decadal scale variations." Latif went on to discuss the "mechanisms" of decadal variability and the potential for predicting climate at the decadal timescale. [U.N. World Climate Conference -- 3, 8/31/09]
Latif chart suggests temperatures are "cooling" in the short term, but that these temperatures are still indicative of a long-term warming trend. Latif's chart shows that "cooling" period follows the hottest decade on record last century.
From Latif's World Climate Conference PowerPoint presentation:
Latif: "It may well happen that you enter a decade, or maybe even two ... when the temperature cools ... relative to the present level." Latif stated that due to natural climate variability over the decade-long timescale, "it may well happen that you enter a decade, or maybe even two, you know, when the temperature cools, all right, relative to the present level." Latif added: "And then, you know, I know what's going to happen. You know, I will get, you know, millions of phone calls, you know -- 'What's going on?' 'So is global warming disappearing, you know?' 'Have you lied on us, you know?' So, and, therefore, this is the reason why we need to address this decadal prediction issue." [U.N. World Climate Conference -- 3, 8/31/09]
Latif: Media mistakenly think of global warming as "a monotonic process," in which "each year is warmer than the preceding year." During his presentation, Latif stated: "All right, so, first point: Why decadal prediction? Now, people who know me, at least my German colleagues, know that I do a lot of media work, OK. There is almost no day in the year when I'm not called by some media person, OK. And so, they basically think about global warming as a kind of slowly evolving process and a monotonic process, OK -- so each year is warmer than the preceding year." He added: "However, we all know there is variability." [U.N. World Climate Conference -- 3, 8/31/09]
Latif: "[I]f my name was not Mojib Latif, my name would be global warming." Latif stated, "Everybody who knows me is aware of the fact that I am definitely not one of the skeptics, OK. And if my name was not Mojib Latif, my name would be global warming, all right." Latif then stated of decadal variability within the long-term warming trend, "[W]e have to ask the nasty questions ourselves, all right, or some other people will do it." [UN World Climate Conference -- 3, 8/31/09]
Greater natural variability in shorter-term modeling of climate than in longer-term trend
Latif: "[I]nternal variability" is "dominating uncertainty" on "interannual and decadal timescales." During his presentation, Latif stated, "If we look at the next 100 years, there are different uncertainties, OK. So AR-4, the last IPCC report, basically was the boundary force problem, so, it -- the uncertainty arose mostly from the scenario uncertainty and from the model bias, OK." Latif continued: "However, if you look at short lead times, right, then you see that the internal variability is really the dominating uncertainty in the climate change forecasts or, slash, projections. And especially on interannual and decadal timescales, this is true." Internal variability is defined as "climate variability not forced by external agents."
IPCC Report: "[N]atural climate variability" is larger factor on time scales of less than 50 years. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the IPCC concluded that "[m]ost of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations." The report further noted that "[d]ifficulties remain in reliably simulating and attributing observed temperature changes at smaller scales. On these scales, natural climate variability is relatively larger making it harder to distinguish changes expected due to external forcings." [IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report]
From the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report:
Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations12. This is an advance since the TAR's [Third Assessment Report] conclusion that "most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations". Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, including ocean warming, continental-average temperatures, temperature extremes and wind patterns.
Difficulties remain in reliably simulating and attributing observed temperature changes at smaller scales. On these scales, natural climate variability is relatively larger making it harder to distinguish changes expected due to external forcings. Uncertainties in local forcings and feedbacks also make it difficult to estimate the contribution of greenhouse gas increases to observed small-scale temperature changes.
Vicky Pope, Met Office: "In many ways we know more about what will happen in the 2050s than next year." Vicky Pope, the head of Climate Change for Government at the U.K. Met Office Hadley Centre, has reportedly said that when predicting climate conditions over the next few years, "natural variability was as important as the long term warming trend." She further stated, "In many ways we know more about what will happen in the 2050s than next year." [The UK Daily Mail, 9/10/09]
Met Office: Climate shows "continued variability, but an underlying trend of warming in the previously steady long-term averages." The Met Office states: "In 1998 the world experienced the warmest year since records began. In the decade since, however, this high point has not been surpassed. Some have seized on this as evidence that global warming has stopped, or even that we have entered a period of 'global cooling'. This is far from the truth and climate scientists have, in fact, recognised that a temporary slowdown in warming is possible even under increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions." [Met Office, accessed 9/22/09]
The Met Office further notes:
After three decades of warming caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions, why would there suddenly be a period of relative temperature stability -- despite more greenhouse gases being emitted than ever before? This is because of what is known as internal climate variability. In the same way that our weather can be warm and sunny one day, cool and wet the next, so our climate naturally varies from year to year, and decade to decade.
Before the twentieth century, when man-made greenhouse gas emissions really took off, there was an underlying stability to global climate. The temperature varied from year to year, or decade to decade, but stayed within a certain range and averaged out to an approximately steady level.
In the twentieth century we have had continued variability, but an underlying trend of warming in the previously steady long-term averages. This is what we observed in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Now we have seen a decade of little change in the average global temperature -- but that doesn't mean climate change has stopped, it's just another part of natural variability.
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Students from the University of Delaware interested in the poultry industry walked away with a lot more than information and a great experience at the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association's International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) held in Atlanta, Georgia. Some even walked away with job offers.
UD sent 11 students to the event as well as Kali Kniel, associate professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences (ANFS). This year, the IPPE set record attendance numbers with over 25,000 visitors and over 1,000 exhibitors. The expo is the world's largest annual poultry, meat and feed industry event of its kind and one of the 50 largest trade shows in the United States.
The students had most of their travel expenses covered thanks to a grant received by U.S. Poultry and Egg and also some funding from the UD Career Services Center.
The event was a culmination of UD's Poultry Careers Seminar Series that the students participated in during the 2012 fall semester. The seminar series was organized by Bob Alphin, instructor in ANFS and manager of the Allen Laboratory, and Kniel, and students learned about the many different opportunities afforded to them by the poultry industry from leading industry professionals, with representatives from Perdue Farms, the Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. and Mountaire Farms—among others—coming in to speak with the student participants.
As for the trip itself, Kniel said that she felt like it was a great learning experience for the students.
"I think that was a really good way to boost their interest and learn about the allied industries and the kind of depth in the careers that are available with poultry," explained Kniel. "Because it's not just working with live birds and it's not just working in a processing plant, it's really all the careers in health and production and it's just a very broad scope."
Caryn Deakyne, a senior in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), who attended the program, said that the expo, "Completely opened my eyes up to the countless opportunities in the poultry industry as well as other related fields. By attending this expo I was able to really hone in on the specific jobs that I was looking for and spend the most time focusing on them."
Deakyne added that Kniel was a great person to have on the trip as she was "such a supportive resource, and she even helped push me towards companies that I was nervous to speak with."
The students got first hand experience with job interviews, as they were able to interview with many companies during the 3-day program.
Nina Lee, a senior in CANR who went on the trip, explained that the interviews were fast paced, set up in 30-minute increments, and took place with leading industry companies such as Perdue Farms, Mountaire Farms, Butterball and Boar's Head, among others.
Lee said that she found the interviewing process to be the most beneficial aspect of the trip. "I thought I was astute and well poised before interviews, but after interviewing in Atlanta I learned so many tricks and subtle ways to appear more collected, confident, and eloquent. I became a lot more comfortable and was able to read the interviewer's questions and responses, while answering with concise but well-thought out answers. Essentially, I learned how to genuinely market myself while showing my professionalism and poise."
Kniel said that every senior who went on the trip walked away with a job offer from one of the leading producers in the poultry industry. She also encouraged students to look into careers in poultry as she said "Careers in the poultry industry are basically recession proof. The companies are continuing to do well, people eat, food is still being produced, and the health of the animals is still important."
She also noted that the expo is fantastic as "it's such a friendly environment. Everyone was very warm, very friendly and very excited to meet the students and to talk about the careers and the positions that they had available. There was a lot of enthusiasm."
As for Deakyne, she said that the trip played a large part in her recent acceptance of a full-time position with Perdue Farms, Inc., and that she will be entering their plant management trainee program in June in Georgetown, Delaware.
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The next Paire discussion is going to happen on Monday 29th December. The topic will be: Talk about your favourite Paire fanfictions. Give a synopsis and tell everyone else why you liked it so much!
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Season 1, Episode 9: Homecoming
Peter: Ooh, sorry!
Claire: Sorry.
(She drops her bag. He picks it up for her.)
Claire: That was my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going.
"There are scars that I've been hiding. There are ghosts that I do not claim…there are closets I do not care to open.. they open all the same…" Come Undone- Jackson Waters
Season 1, Episode 9: Homecoming
Peter: Hey, it gets better!
Claire: What?
Peter: Life after high school. It gets a lot better.
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Season 1, Episode 9: Homecoming
Claire: Hey. What's your name?
Peter: Peter.
Claire: I'm Claire.
Peter: Are you the one? By saving you, did I save the world?
Claire: I don't know. I'm just a cheerleader.
A connection….
All I need is the air I breathe and a place to rest my head…." Say (All I Need) One Republic
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"I am ready, I am ready, I am ready, I am fine…" Colorblind- Counting Crows
Season 1, Episode 11: Fallout
[I]Claire: All this time, I thought it was just me. Now there's you. Is that why you came for me? Is that why you ... asked me if I was the one?
Peter: No, I just -- I knew I had to save you.
Claire: Why?
Peter: To save the world.
They save each other's lives...
Season 1, Episode 11: Fallout
Claire (to Peter): You're totally my hero.
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Season 1, Episode 14: Distractions
Peter to Claude: "Before I hit the ground when I knew what was about to happen. I had this flash in my head of this girl that I met in Texas . This cheerleader - she could heal herself. God she's a sweet kid. Sad little smile, she just— You were wrong! I don't have to cut her out. I have to remember her! Remember how she made me feel!"
Season 1, Episode 18: Parasite
Claire to the Haitian: "Peter Petrelli is the only person I trust… More than you… he cares about me."
Season 1, Episode 21: The Hard Part
Peter: I found you, in Odessa . We save each other, you end up being my niece...this isn't just random, okay, this is destiny.
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Season 1, Episode 21: The Hard Part
Peter: I think I figured out a way for you to save the world. *hands her a gun*
Claire: A gun? That's how I save the world, that's your plan?
Peter: I can handle Ted, but if I lose it you're the only one who could get close enough to stop me. Right through the back of the head, you know the spot. Same place you pulled the piece of glass from.
Claire: My destiny is not to shoot you, the universe cannot be that lame.
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Season 1, Episode 21: The Hard Part
Claire: I'm not normal. I tried to pretend that I was and I just hurt everyone. My mom, my dad. I ruined everything because of what I am. I hated it. But you...when I met you I finally felt like I was part of something.
Peter: It's funny. Felt the same thing when I met you. *dries her tears*
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Season 1, Episode 22: Landslide
Claire: You know, I've been thinking after we save the world, I may go on patrol. You know, jumping in front of bullets and dragging people out of burning buildings.
Peter: You're not going to catch me wearing a cape, zipping around with my underwear outside my pants.
Claire: Why do we have to rent a car, can't we just fly to Nebraska ?
*Peter turns around and gives her a look*
Claire: In a plane.
*Peter turns back around, smirking*
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Season 1, Episode 23: How To Stop An Exploding Man
Peter: Do it. Do it. You're the only one, Claire.
*Claire is clearly struggling, her hand shaking with the gun, crying
Claire: *sobbing* Tell me there's another way, please!
Peter: Shoot me. There is no other way.
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But time has changed them…
Season 3, Episode 1: The Second Coming
Peter: *runs in to an abandoned warehouse. A gun clicks behind him. He stops, knowing instinctively who it is* Come on, Claire. It's me. Put down the gun.
Claire: *walks towards him, gun in her hand* Can't. It ends here.
Peter: *holding his hands up* Wait, wait! I'm going back to the day they all found out.
Claire: It's too late.
Peter: *softer* What happened to you, Claire? How did you get to this place?
Claire: *bitterly* I'm different remember, special.
Peter: I can fix it. All of this, everything, please
Claire: *pointing a gun to Peter*: I'm sorry, Peter. I always loved you.
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Season 3, Episode 2: The Butterfly Effect
Angela: You don't screw with time. It's called the butterfly effect. Step on a butterfly today; three years from now a million people are wiped out.
Peter: Let's just hope it isn't anyone I know.
Angela: *stops in front of him* And what if it is? What it if turns out to be someone you do know, someone you care about. *A pause* Claire.
Peter: *Pauses in what he's doing, looking unnerved*
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Claire: *steps away from the camcorder and walks onto the train tracks. A train can be seen and heard coming towards her*
Peter: *flies in from no-where, pushing her out of the way of the train. They both roll down a hill as the train goes past*
Claire: *getting up, angry* What are you doing?
Peter: What are you doing?
Claire: *hysterical* Trying to get hit by a train, what does it look like? I just wanted to feel alive again.
Peter: What happened to you?
Claire: Something awful. *starts to cry and embraces Peter. He hugs her back, tentatively*
*Peter and Claire are walking in a field. Claire has no idea Peter is from the future.*
Peter: What happened to you never should have happened, Claire. It's my fault.
Claire: You can't save me all the time, Peter. What happened was my fault. I can't defend myself. Yeah, I can heal, but what kind of lame power is that? I'm still just a victim. You have to teach me. You learned how to use your power, you've fought him.
Peter: Claire...
Claire: You could help me do that.
Peter: I can't. Not me, not now.
Claire: *confused and frustrated* Why not? I don't understand!
Peter: *shouting* Because something can go wrong, and it changes everything!
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Season 3, Episode 4: I Am Become Death
Present Peter: I want to see Nathan, Claire, Suresh.
Fut. Peter: They are not the people you think they are
Present Peter: Why not?
Fut. Peter: Not all of us were born with abilities, okay? Some of us were made with them. A line was drawn. Sides were chosen, tore us apart.
*gun shots are heard. Future Peter is shot down. Future Claire appears, holding the gun*
Present Peter: *shocked* Claire?
Fut. Daphne: I'm not afraid of you.
Fut. Claire: No, but you are afraid of Peter and you know he won't stop. Not ever. Until we find him and kill him.
Fut. Claire: I just killed my uncle and I have to do it again. Just give me a second to be a human being.
Present Peter: You're going to kill me.
Fut. Claire: A bullet in the back of the head should do the trick. Dead. I'll let the boy go.
Present Peter: *pleading* I'm not the guy who did this, Claire. This is me. You're not going to kill me.
Fut. Claire: *coldly* Yes, I am.
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Fut. Claire: *walks towards Peter with a scalpel in her hand. He is strapped down on an examination table, shirtless* Are you trying to teleport? That's not going to work with my friend here. Two hundred thousand people died in Costa Verde. I want you to feel the pain for every single death that you caused. *slices his chest* That's one.
Present Peter: I can save them, everyone in Costa Verde. This whole world doesn't have to be like this, Claire. You don't have to be like this. I saved you once and I can save you again.
Fut. Claire: *slices again. He winces in pain* That's two.
by lauriedavis
Can they help each other and save the world?
Season 3, Episode 7: Eris Quod Sum
*Claire looks up and sees Peter falling from a window high up in the building. He hits the ground*
Claire: *running over to him* Oh, my God, Peter.
Peter: What are you doing here?
Claire: Why are you bleeding?
Peter: He took my ability, we need to go.
Peter: *shirtless as Claire is dabs at his wounds with a cloth* I keep thinking about that fall. How I didn't hit as hard I should've. What if Sylar didn't want me to die, what if he wanted to get me out of there alive?
Claire: By throwing you out of a window?
Peter: He could've used his ability to slow me down. I'm telling you, he saved my life, Claire.
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Season 3, Episode 9: It's Coming
Peter: *packing a suitcase in his apartment*
Claire: *coming in through the door* We have to get out of here.
Peter: I know. And you're not coming with me.
Claire: What?
Peter: *pulling on a jacket* I'm gonna go someplace where they can't find me. And you're going home.
Claire: Peter, I have to protect you.
Peter: I can protect myself, Claire.
Claire: How? You don't have your powers, your father's trying to kill you!
Peter: This isn't your fight. I need you to stay…*he trails off*
Claire: Stay what?
Peter: *pauses* Innocent.
*banging can be heard from the apartment door*
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*Peter and Claire have escaped from Knox and Flint and are walking along a sewer*
Peter: I told you, you have to go home.
Claire: I'm not going home, Peter.
Peter: *stopping* You still have a chance, Claire.
Claire: I left home so I could fight these people and I have. I can protect myself now, I can protect you.
Peter: *looks back the way they just came, clearly troubled* That's the problem.
Claire: What's this all about?
Peter: That alley back there? That's where you kill me.
Claire: *in disbelief* What?
Peter: In the future you find me and you shoot me. Twice, in the chest.
Claire: *wrought with emotion* What are you talking about? Why would I do that?
Peter: Claire, just – just go home. Please.
Claire: No. It's not gonna happen. And it's all your fault. You never should have come to Odessa to save me and you should have never become my friend or my hero. Now I can't leave you, because I have a favour to return.
*They proceed to have massive eye!sex before Flint and Knox catch up with them*
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hmm ur welcome.
So are u pretty much done with ur Halo vid Tia?
Hmm they definatly will. Hey Laurie where do u live?
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a very chistmas tittle
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Well I definatly cant wait to see it Tia. Dont know if i will be on very much on Christmas b/c i have to go somewhere in the afternoon
Awe somehow I figured it was close there. But i was thinking more of Brazil for some reason..
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Beth I'm from Brazil but i'm not living there at the moment
good for you Tia it's pretty crazy out there right now
Paire with christmas hats cute .
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I'll earn your respect and pay you respect every day we have.
I'll be your scout, your night watchman, your cavalry.
Your medic, your chaplain in our army of two.
No retreat, no surrender. You can count on me." Jamie & Eddie (Blue Bloods)
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A New Zealand woman celebrating her 65th wedding anniversary said the secret to lasting love is having an active life together.
Dorothy Inglis, 88, of Dunedin said she and her husband Peter, 90, celebrated 65 years of marriage Monday and the secret to the success of their marriage is keeping active together, the Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, reported Tuesday.
"We're always going out dancing, going to the clubs, housie [a bingo-like game], visiting family," Dorothy Inglis said. "Having an active life keeps you young. It's also important to have common interests. We both love dancing, gardening, socializing and traveling."
Inglis said her husband also supports her in her daredevil pursuits, which include speed boating and bungee jumping.
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She told Caleb Rowe — who is entering his sophomore season as a Maryland quarterback but was then beginning his South Carolina high school career — that she wanted him to have the best helmet available. "You get hit, you better jump up," she told him. "You lay there a minute, Momma's coming down on the field."
Janice Rowe, who helped Caleb through a torn left anterior cruciate ligament suffered in last season's eighth game, wasn't laughing as she recounted the story. A spate of high-profile injuries to quarterbacks and other key Maryland players last season — coupled with new medical evidence in recent years on the effect of football head injuries — have made this an anxious time to be a football mom.
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None of the handful of Maryland moms interviewed by The Baltimore Sun said they would even consider asking their sons not to play. The mothers said almost universally that their sons love football and have worked hard at it for many years.
The recent medical evidence, the mothers said, has been coupled with advancements — such as helmet improvements and more vigilant training staffs — in mitigating the effect of head injuries.
But watching their sons play football can be taxing on mothers, particularly those accustomed to being the family's primary caregiver.
"Moms and dads approach it differently," said Scott Stinebaugh, father of Terps senior tight end Dave Stinebaugh (Perry Hall), who has missed multiple games with medial collateral ligament and shoulder injuries. "But we're all emotional about our kids. It's not easy being a parent of a Division I football player for sure, knowing the hard work and the disappointment and stress of injury. We all want to see our kids succeed, but I've absolutely left it up to him. At any point if he says, 'My body has had enough,' we support him either way.' "
Maryland's presumptive starting quarterback this season, C.J. Brown, has endured two season-ending injuries as he enters his fifth season at the school.
Brown suffered a season-ending ACL tear during last August's training camp.
In 2010, Brown broke his collarbone as a redshirt sophomore after playing one series against Morgan State. He sensed he was hurt but stayed in for three more plays. He had waited so long to play that he didn't want to leave the field.
"It is a tough sport," said Brown's mother, Kim, whose husband, Clark, was a Michigan State quarterback. "When they do go down, you feel it to the bottom of your toes. You watch with both eyes open but your whole body — shoulders all the way down — clenches up until somebody grabs your wrist and says, 'He's OK.'"
Beginning in 2010, Atlantic Coast Conference officials on the field were required to sideline players who appeared disoriented or displayed other worrisome signs. Other conferences, too, say they have taken heed of head-injury research.
"I think [the research] is a very positive thing," said Pamila J. Brown, a Howard County District Court Judge who is the mother of Maryland safety-turned-linebacker Matt Robinson (Atholton).
Her son is known as a tough-minded player. In 2011, Robinson sprinted from his safety position to behind the line of scrimmage, sidestepped a blocker and slammed his torso against the shoulder of Miami running back Mike James before tumbling to the ground. Robinson believes it was the play in which he tore his labrum and right biceps tendon, and chipped a bone. But he played the next two games — recording 13 tackles in each — until he was sidelined.
"I think the thought process for these athletes is that they can play through it," Brown said. "So no matter what the injury is, if they can play through it, they will. That's their modus operandi."
Maryland linebacker Kenneth Tate kept trying to play through knee injuries. One injury led to knee cartilage transplant surgery late in his college career in a Baltimore hospital. Tate is finishing up his academic requirements this summer and hoping for an NFL tryout.
His mother, Michelle, remembers the trying experience of accompanying her son to the hospital along with other family members.
"We said a prayer before he went under, and we said a prayer in the waiting room, and we said a prayer while he was still in surgery," she said. "We just kept praying."


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Bulletin, October/November 2012
IA Column
Attending to the Existing Landscape
by Thom Haller, associate editor for IA
You may know the work of Tadao Ando, a respected Japanese architect. Hes known for envisioning buildings that follow the landscape while emphasizing simplicity in form and feel. His work depends on understanding context, which he explains with these words:
Wherever you build there is an existing landscape. In my mind, a reading of the landscape is an extremely important phase. You have to make something that is unique to that place.
Ive been thinking about the idea of existing landscape. As user experience professionals, we strive to develop products that meet the existing landscapes of our users. We try to understand what they want to accomplish and their mental models and understanding of the online performance environment.
Im also fascinated by how the existing landscape relates to how we go about accomplishing our work.
For example, recently I was asked to provide instruction for a development team of 10 people. These programmers, analysts and managers were responsible for developing eight communication products including applications, an external-facing web environment and a Shareware-based Intranet portal. I listed them on the white board.
Dont forget number nine.
I turned my attention to a student who had not been very involved in the other eight projects. He explained that management had just made a decision to buy and adapt an off-the-shelf product, the darling of the industry.
This is now priority number one, with rollout planned for three months from now.
No other student was aware of this new decision. But they knew what deadlines meant. They would need to adapt the off-the-shelf product. Demands would escalate toward the time the due date neared. The product that had not yet been procured.
OK, I said, Lets list project number nine at the top of the board. I took a green marker and squished it into a prominent position.
Then we ignored it.
Id like to say I had the instructional foresight to have everyone begin thinking of the audiences who would be using the new priority one product. And I would love to comment on how we thought fully about how we might plan for a better user experience, even before the product is procured.
Instead I believe we all sighed. Including me and I wasnt even part of the team.
What could we have done? Perhaps we could have talked about what happens when any prefabricated performance tool is dropped into a work environment. Perhaps we could have focused more on the existing landscape of the people who were about to get this new product. What will change for them when this new product drops into their lives? Will they need to stop using one product and start using another?
And what about the development team planning the products? Will this team of professionals successfully navigate their work context? Or will the time crunch and management requirements thwart them, keeping them from fully understanding their audience and their audiences needs?
The obstacles are significant; but maybe they have the eyes to read the existing landscape.
Thom Haller teacher, speaker, writer and user advocate teaches principles of performance-based information architecture and usability. Since 1998, Thom has taught classes on architecting usable web/Intranet sites. As a teacher, Thom enables students to structure information so people can find it, use it and appreciate the experience. He can be reached at thom<at>thomhaller.com
Articles in this Issue
Information Architecture Overview
Information Architecture in the Age of Complexity
The Architecture of Information
Optimizing Websites in the Post Panda World
A Metaphor for Content Strategy
A Conversation with Eric Reiss, Author of Usable Usability: Simple Steps for Making Stuff Better
Sustainability: Scholarly Repository as an Enterprise
Spelunking in the Archives: Or How I Learned to Love the Art of the Unexpected
IA; Attending to the Existing Landscape
RDAP: NSF DMP Content Analysis: What Are Researchers Saying?


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As printer prices decline, consumers will continue to pay for supplies like cartridges and services like digital photo prints, which will ultimately generate larger revenues than units shipped, a Hewlett-Packard executive said on Monday.
"It's about the end, which is the print, not the means, which is the printer," said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of HP's Imaging and Printing Group, during a speech at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in Dana Point, California.
HP is going after high-usage customers, those who not only buy printers, but buy ink, toner and media, Joshi said. HP generated revenue of US$28 billion from its imaging and printing business in fiscal 2007, and the supplies and services revenues are increasing, Joshi said. "We are moving from printer to printing and moving from units to pages," Joshi said.
HP ships 45 million printers a year, but around 49.3 trillion pages are printed each year by consumers, small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises, Joshi said. HP has about a 1.8 percent share in the pages printed segment, and doubling that will double HP's printing revenue, Joshi said.
Of the trillions of pages printed, about 9 percent are digital and 91 percent are analog, Joshi said. The first thing HP wants to do is move more pages to digital, which expands printing opportunities for different business segments. For example, by capturing pages in a digital format, users will be able to print images at home, over the Internet or direct from retailers, Joshi said.
To illustrate the point, HP has introduced an inkjet mini-lab that can rapidly print tens of thousands of digital images in just an hour, Joshi said. Instead of printing a simple 4-inch-by-6-inch photo print or a shoebox of photos, users will be able to create a photobook, Joshi said. That will happen in the next five years, Joshi said.
HP is also trying to take the cost out of declining product segments like mono laser printers and applying it to products like color laserjets and multifunction printers that deliver better revenue and profitability, Joshi said.
The company is also trying to improve its logistics for better profitability in the printer segment, Joshi said. HP currently sells products in 179 countries, he said.
The company has acquired multiple companies to promote its Print 2.0 strategy, aimed at boosting HP's print management services, online photo services and tools for digital content creation. HP in January acquired Exstream Software, a company that manages the creation and delivery of communication materials. The company in 2005 acquired Snapfish, an online photo services provider.
Last year it abandoned the digital camera business to reinvest in the Print 2.0 strategy. The camera business wasn't profitable enough for HP, Joshi said, saying the strategy shift allows HP to focus on its printing and digital imaging business. HP didn't have a chance to reach the top position so it exited the camera business, he said.


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NOTE: If your system is dual-boot or features a utility partition (recovery or Dell Media Direct) it is not compatible for PGP Whole Disk Encryption. If you have a Dell Inspiron M1210, Dell E5400 or Dell XPS please call AskIT at 205-996-5555 before attempting to encrypt your machine with PGP.
Please review the list of devices that are incompatible with PGP.
To successfully install and configure PGP, you will need the following:
- Administrative privileges
- An active connection to the Internet
- A physical keyboard - tablets without keyboards are unable to use the software
- One of the following operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Vista, XP Home or Professional 32-bit (SP2/SP3), XP Pro 64-bit (SP2), XP Tablet 2005, Windows 2000 (SP4)
- 64MB hard disk space
Prepare Your Computer
- Back up your data - Prior to downloading or installing any encryption software such as PGP, be sure to back up your data to a trusted source. Devices such as external drives, CDs, DVDs and network drives are recommended for storage of important documents. it would also be a good idea to ensure that your have the ability to reinstall any important software if any data loss should actually occur.
- Defragment - Prior to encryption, you may wish to defragment your computer to speed up the encryption process. To do so, click the Start menu. Point to Programs>Accessories>System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter. Click the Analyze button; a report will appear telling you whether or not defragmentation is recommended. If it is, click the Defragment button to begin; if not, close Disk Defragmenter and proceed to the next step.
- Check the disk for disk errors - Under normal operation, many hard drives do not exhibit any signs of corruption or flaws, but when the data on the drive is encrypted, those issues can present a greater problem leading to file corruption, and in some cases complete loss of the operating system. In order to identify and correct these issues before any loss is incurred, SpinRite was purchased for the campus and is available on the IT Software Library site for faculty and staff. The software will assist you in creating a bootable CD that will scan and correct any disk errors. This step is optional, but is also highly recommended.
- Check power and network connections - Before installing, be sure your computer is plugged into a wall outlet and has an active network connection.
Download and Install PGP Software
- Go to the UAB Software Library, located at www.uab.edu/it/software. Locate the appropriate PGP software and click to begin downloading.
- Prior to installation, be sure to close all running programs and save anything you are working on.
- Navigate to where you saved the software and launch the PGP installer. In the PGP Desktop window, select English.
- Read the licensing agreement, select "I Accept" the licensing agreement, and click Next.
- Click Nextagain.
- The installer will start copying files into place.
- Click Yes to reboot. When the computer has rebooted and you log in, the PGP Setup Assistant should automatically appear.
- When prompted for domain credentials, enter your BlazerID and password.
- Select "I am a new user", and click Next.
- Click Next.
- The next box to pop up will be a prompt to create a passphrase user. Enter the username and password you use to log into your system. In many areas of campus, this is also your BlazerID and password with a domain of UAB.
- The program should begin to automatically encrypt the disk in the background while you go about your normal work. Note: Encryption may take up to eight hours. If necessary, you can shut down the computer (Start>Shutdown>Turn off computer), but DO NOT abruptly power off the system.
- When the encryption of the boot drive is complete, the lower icon will become a solid padlock.
- From this point on, prior to booting Windows, you will receive a gray PGP boot screen in which you are prompted to enter the passphrase that you entered during setup. Entering a correct passphrase permits access to the machine and will log you into the Windows operating system through the single sign-on feature.


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Thanks to his fairy tales and stories, Hans Christian Andersen,
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It was late when Counsellor Knapp, lost in thought about the times of King Hans,
desired to return home; and fate so ordered it that he put on the goloshes of Fortune
instead of his own, and walked out into the East Street. Through the magic power
of the goloshes, he was at once carried back three hundred years, to the times of
King Hans, for which he had been longing when he put them on. Therefore he immediately
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"I must tell you," said she, "that to-day is my birthday; and
in honor of it I have been intrusted with a pair of goloshes, to introduce amongst
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USDA is projecting record soybean production and exports for the coming season, as well as larger U.S. corn and rice production. Meanwhile, smaller crops are projected for wheat and cotton.
USDA's Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports are the first forecasts of the year for new crop commodities and could change significantly, since spring planting is still under way.
U.S. soybean production is expected to rise 23 percent for 2004-05 to a record 2.965 billion bushels based on projected plantings and trend yields. Soybean supplies are projected to reach a record 3.085 billion bushels despite the lowest beginning stocks since 1977.
Ending stocks for 2004-05 are projected at 190 million bushels, up 75 million bushels from 2003-04, despite increases in crush and exports. Soybean exports are projected to increase to 1.08 billion bushels for 2004-05. Large U.S. soybean supplies combined with reduced South American supplies and exports this fall are expected to boost U.S. soybean exports to a record level in the new marketing year.
Global oilseed production for 2004-05 is projected at a record 378 million tons, up 42.2 million tons from 2003-04. Most of the gain will be from soybeans, with crops in the United States and South America projected to recover from weather, disease, and insect problems experienced in 2003-04.
Brazil's 2003-04 soybean crop was reduced 2.5 million tons to 53.5 million tons, reflecting the impact of dry weather on yields in the southern growing region. Argentina's soybean production was reduced to 34 million tons, down 1 million tons from last month, and below last year's record.
The U.S. season-average soybean price for 2004-05 is projected at $5.85 to $6.85 per bushel, compared with $7.65 per bushel in 2003-04. Soybean meal prices are forecast at $195 to $225 per short ton, compared with $275 per short ton for 2003-04. Soybean oil prices are also projected lower, at 25 to 29 cents per pound, compared with 32 cents per pound for 2003-04.
U.S. new crop cotton production is projected at 17.6 million bales, nearly 4 percent below the 2003-04 season, based on projected plantings and historical average abandonment and yields.
Domestic mill use is projected at 5.8 million bales, 8 percent below 2003-04, due to rising apparel imports. Exports are projected at 11.5 million bales, a reduction of 17 percent from this season's record, due to much higher foreign production. Ending stocks are forecast at 3.9 million bales, an increase of 300,000 bales from 2003-04. The forecast stocks-to-use ratio is 22.5 percent.
Meanwhile, world cotton production is forecast at 102.5 million bales, nearly 10 percent above 2003-04, due primarily to the effect of higher world prices on planted area. World consumption is projected to grow about 1 percent to 99 million bales. World stocks were raised nearly 12 percent from 2003-04 to 36.5 million bales.
The U.S. 2004-05 corn crop is projected at 10.425 billion bushels, 3 percent above last year's record. USDA forecasts gains in domestic use — largely due to increased use of corn for ethanol. U.S. corn exports are forecast higher, to 50 million bushels, largely because of less competition from China.
With use exceeding production, 2004-05 ending stocks of corn are projected to be down 65 million bushels. The projected price range for corn is $2.55 to $2.95 for 2004-05, compared with $2.45 to $2.55 for 2003-04.
U.S. rice production in 2004-05 is projected at 217.5 million hundredweight, 18.3 million hundredweight above 2003-04. Rice yield is projected at a record 6,721 pounds per acre, up 76 pounds per acre from 2003-04, due to the continued adoption of higher yielding long-grain rice varieties.
Long- grain rice production is projected at 162.5 million hundredweight, 13.5 million hundredweight above 2003-04, while combined medium- and short-grain rice production is projected at 55 million hundredweight, nearly 5 million hundredweight above 2003-04 and the largest crop since 2000-01.
Domestic and residual use for 2004-05 is projected at 118.1 million hundredweight. Exports are projected at 111 hundredweight, the second largest on record.
Exports of milled and brown rice are projected at 73 million hundredweight. Ending stocks of 24.8 million hundredweight would be 2.3 million hundredweight above 2003-04.
U.S. rice prices are expected to remain firm because of tight global supplies and strong prices. The projected season-average price range for 2004-05 is $8.25 to $8.75 per hundredweight compared to $7.45 to $7.55 per hundredweight for 2003-04.
Total U.S. wheat production is projected down 11 percent from 2003-04 to 2.080 billion bushels due to lower area and yields. Wheat feed and residual use is projected to decline by 25 million bushels. Projected exports of 975 million bushels are 195 million bushels below 2003-04.
The projected price range for 2004-05 is $3.25 to $3.85 per bushel, compared with an estimated $3.40 for 2003-04.
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March Moment: A Standing Ovation, A Life ChangedPosted by jstevrtc on March 26th, 2010
Few college basketball fans are born with their love for the game. For most aficionados, at some point on the way from infancy to college hoops fan, there is a moment. A single play, shot, player, game, or event at which point they say to themselves, "I will always have this in my life." Because it is the time of the season that carries the most gravitas, these things often happen in March. We asked some of our friends and correspondents: what was the thing that turned you into a lifelong college basketball fan? What was your…March Moment? We'll be posting some of their answers for the rest of the month.
In this installment, Back Door Cuts contributor Mike Walsh describes how his March Moment changed his life and put him on a path from which he's yet to stray:
Without a doubt, my defining March moment is from the 2001 NCAA tournament. It was my sophomore year at Saint Joseph's University and as the assistant sports editor at the student paper, I was lucky enough to travel to San Diego to cover our boys as the No. 9 seed in the West bracket.
In the first round, the Hawks topped eighth-seeded Georgia Tech. It was the first tournament game I ever saw in person and watching my team win from press row was icing on the cake. In the second round, St. Joe's drew No. 1 seed Stanford. On paper, it shouldn't have been close. In the first half, it didn't look like it was going to be.
But then, I and everyone else in the arena witnessed an unforgettable performance.
You know those games where the whole arena is buzzing with the prospect of an upset in the making? This turned out to be one of those games. You know those players who are suddenly thrust into the spotlight after a stellar showing on the NCAA's biggest stage? St. Joe's junior guard Marvin O'Connor was that player.
On the shoulders of the scorching hot shooting guard, who tied a career high with 37 points on 15-of-20 shooting, the Hawks wiped out a 14-point first half deficit and gave the top-seeded Cardinal all they could handle in the second half. For a while, it felt like it could be one of those rare instances where a No. 1 seed was sent packing on the first weekend.
But then, with 11.9 seconds left on the clock O'Connor walked off the court, having just fouled out, his dreams of a Sweet Sixteen berth just out of reach. The entire arena rose to its feet, applauding an other-worldly effort from a player that many had never heard of before against a team they routinely watched on the highlight reels.
My goosebumps had goosebumps.
Never had I seen such a reaction for a player on the losing team, especially not on a neutral court on the other side of the country. A truly special performance elicited a truly special moment.
St. Joe's lost that game, 90-83. But that reception for O'Connor stands out more to me than the final score. It was that very moment that made me realize this is what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to devote the rest of my college career to journalism and pursue that passion professionally after graduation … all because of one standing ovation.


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What goes on in Russia? I sure as hell don't know, and I just spent two weeks there traveling around with the Mack Dawg crew. I guess the reason I still don't know is because it's hard to get a handle on a place you've had so many preconceived ideas about for so long. I mean, what is the real Russia? Is it all the jokes about "Commies, "Reds, and the Russian Mafia that immediately pop into your head? Is it little resorts in giant mountains filled with powder of the perfect consistency? Is it a night of hot-pepper vodka shots that leaves the taste of Mexican food and TNT in your mouth the next morning? Is it the bitter cold knifing into your cheeks as you walk across Red Square?
People, like I said, I don't know … yet. But I'm stewing on it right now and will come to some serious conclusions soon—so stay tuned for a full report and some pretty action pictures in our next volume of issues. For now, be content with a few of my own photos from the trip. My asshole friends never asked to see 'em, so I may as well show them to someone. Bye.


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So, I'm now patiently waiting for Rumblesoft, Inc.'s technical support folks to get me that test file to try to make GenDetective work with MyHeritage Family Tree Builder's GEDCOM export. While waiting, I figured I'd take the GEDCOM 5.5 exported from Legacy 7.5 and play with GenDetective, even though the data is a little out of date. At least I could get a good idea of what I could expect from GenDetective.
So, like Randy Seaver over at Genea-Musings, I ran the GenDetective Analyzer. It appeared to import the data properly, not even an error in the process. Great! I looked at the data statistics, and they look reasonable. Okay, exit the Analyzer, which automatically runs the Reporter (I left the little box checked to do that).
Let's look at some reports... Hm. Lots of people in here, but there's a problem. The people in the report are NOT MINE. These are the sample data people! How did they get in here? I exited the Reporter, looked for and deleted every sample file I could find, and tried again. Same results!
Okay, I really want to play with this software, but the problems I'm having, and the problems Randy is having, are making me think Rumblesoft needs to work on this a bit longer before releasing it. I'll wait until the tweaked version gets installed to make a final pronouncement, but so far it doesn't look good.
I've used GenSmarts for a while now, and never had a problem with it. It's not real pretty, but it does a good job of showing me where I need addiditonal research and data. I was wondering if GenDetective would do a better job, or maybe be prettier, but so far I can't even get it to run properly.
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DailyDirt: Kill All The Mosquitoes
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- Mosquito-borne diseases kill about a million people each year and have killed more people than war, cancer or heart disease. Releasing a genetically modified mosquito could push these insects to near extinction, and this appears to be a very effective way to kill off mosquitoes. [url]
- DDT was once the weapon of choice for killing mosquitoes, but these bugs have developed a resistance to DDT and other chemical pesticides. Researchers are learning more about how DDT resistance develops in mosquito populations, but spraying different chemicals might not be the best solution for controlling mosquitoes. [url]
- For a few years, Nathan Myhrvold has been promoting a laser system to shoot mosquitoes. So far, this Death Star for mosquitoes doesn't seem to be very practical, but zapping insects with lasers is an entertaining idea at least. [url]


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