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LAWRENCE - It took Kansas coach Bill Self just 35 seconds to burn his first timeout Monday night.
"You know what? I screwed it up," he would explain later, "because I should have taken a timeout five seconds into the game after our first turnover."
Instead, he waited until the Jayhawks had turned it over twice and let Toledo score an easy bucket before calling his team over to the sideline. What ensued was an animated discussion that centered on defense - or rather, the complete lack thereof.
No. 16 Kansas responded in fine enough fashion to pull out a 93-83 victory, and deal the Rockets their first loss of the season. But it wasn't enough to stop Self from spending about 15 minutes in his post-game news conference lamenting the sorry state of the Jayhawks defense.
"You shouldn't have to shoot 67 percent in the second half at home, and hang 50, in order to win by 10," said Self, whose teams have traditionally been among the stingiest in the nation.
"They're a good offensive basketball team, obviously, but I think we helped them, too."
Perry Ellis had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead Kansas (9-3), while Naadir Tharpe added a career-high 20 points with eight assists. Andrew Wiggins also had 20 points and fellow freshman Joel Embiid had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Indeed, scoring wasn't an issue.
It was the other end of the court that posed a problem.
"Definitely, we still haven't shown the killer instinct," Tharpe said. "I don't think we have it at all. We just let them score too many easy baskets."
After falling behind by 16 in the second half, Toledo (12-1) made one final charge, getting within 81-73 on a 3-pointer by Julius Brown with 3:23 left in the game.
Tharpe answered moments later with a free throw and then a driving layup off a miss, and Kansas finally put the game away when Frank Mason fed Wiggins on a run-out for an easy dunk that gave the Jayhawks an 88-76 lead with less than 2 minutes remaining.
"Not many teams have won here, or are going to win here this year," Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said, "but this team has an unbelievable amount of pride."
Nathan Boothe led the Rockets with 15 points, despite dealing with foul trouble much of the night. J.D. Weatherspoon and Justin Drummond had 13 points each, and Rian Pearson added 10.
The loss ended Toledo's 15-game winning streak dating to last season, and put a wrap on the Rockets' best start to a season since the 1966-67 team won its first 14 games.
Meanwhile, the Jayhawks won their 68th straight non-conference game at Allen Fieldhouse. They will try to run the table again when they finish up against No. 21 San Diego State on Sunday, and then begin chasing their 10th straight Big 12 championship on Jan. 8 at Oklahoma.
Before then, there are certainly issues that Kansas still must iron out.
Those early turnovers and defensive breakdowns allowed Toledo to build a 22-17 lead midway through the first half, and then closed within 43-36 at halftime.
Toledo hung around early in the second half, again making the most of its prolific outside shooting. But the Jayhawks finally went on a 3-point binge of their own, and a three-point play by Embiid produced a 68-52 cushion with just over 12 minutes left in the game.
"We've never played a team that big, with length, so we had to adjust during the game," Pearson said, "but our guys fought hard."
The Rockets whittled the lead to 70-60 a few minutes later, but Kansas answered with a run-out jam by Tarik Black, a basket by Ellis inside and a three-point play by Wiggins - the third time in the game the uber-athletic freshman converted while getting fouled.
Every time the Jayhawks threatened to put the game away, Toledo stubbornly stuck around.
It wasn't until Tharpe's driving layup and an emphatic dunk by Wiggins that left the entire goal stanchion shaking that the crowd packed inside the Phog could finally exhale.
Not surprisingly, Tharpe said the post-game message in the locker room was spent stressing defense. The Jayhawks allowed Toledo to shoot 46 percent from the game while forcing just eight turnovers and making four steals, hideous numbers for one of Self's teams.
Self continued to voice his frustrations with his defense in his news conference, and at its conclusion the miffed coach plastered a big grin on his face and declared - somewhat sarcastically - "and everybody have a damn happy New Year!"


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Binkatron5000 wrote:Steam bubble and shockwaves, oooh!
This is really interesting and I am surprised I hadn't heard of it before... a 16 year old infant, basically. I wonder how long she will live for, and what are the extent of her cognitive abilities? The article does not delve into it much, other than mentioning that she cannot talk and she is essentially a perma-infant... it is hard to gauge what is going on in a person's mind without the ability to communicate with them.
Wow that's quite incredible.
It's extremely rare for children with similar kinds of abnormalities to live that long. Must be heart-breaking for her parents.

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Secretly I thought, "A holiday? That's the last thing I need." She meant the word to be encouraging. It brightened her face. Could it be that our family celebrations over the years were memorable to good measure?
It was the end of a drab week of rain and cloudy weather. Whatever room I was in was dark and chilly. Outside, between raindrops, I clipped the wet, wilted flowers off my perennials. Inside I rearranged closets and brought down the sweaters from the top shelves. The word "holiday" revisited me and I remembered my book, Mrs. Sharp's Traditions. For years this book, embellished with color Victorian illustrations and old black & white photographs, had equipped me with ways to make a holiday festive. My copy had been unread for too long. It was time I reopened it.
The author, Sarah Ban Breathnach has an old fashioned, genteel, but friendly flavor to her writing. She wraps her readers in such a warm outlook on family and family celebrations that a mother who enters her pages can't help wanting to try at least one of her ideas. The first edition, in its wide landscape format, is out of print. Yet you can still find used copies online.
First Dean photographed it on the rocking chair. But at my further suggestion, for I could not make up my mind, he photographed it in the parlor. A corner cupboard filled with dishes is also in the parlor.


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Speaking of eggs.......
I really like it when we are getting eggs. However, for the last 2-3 months we have not been getting a SINGLE egg. I was ready to throw the whole batch out and start with new chickens. Our first problem was that I got a whole new batch of chickens in Nov. 2010. They and my older chickens all started a serious molt in about October. That slowed down egg production. Then came the shorter days and my egg production STOPPED. I wanted to scream. The whole time my husband was telling me it's ok, this is natural but all I could think is I am paying for feed.
We made the decision when we first started with chickens, about 6 years ago, that we would not use an artificial light. We just think that if God wanted them to have a break then we should give them a break. Chickens need 14 hours of daylight to lay.
I tell you though when you hear from other blogs and friends that they are eating farm fresh eggs in December it makes you want to go stand in the coop with a flashlight for a couple of hours. ha ha
But then all of a sudden it's like God flipped a switch in these little beauties and you go out to the coop to see this......
By the way I want to leave a link to my oldest daughter's blog. She amazes me daily and I hope that she can encourage you too.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
MZone Autopsy: Northwestern
MZone Autopsy Report: Northwestern
* Offense to the Rescue
While the Demens stuff on 4th in 2 in OT sealed the deal, in a switcheroo for the 2012 season, it was the offense's turn to ride to the rescue on Saturday. After so many games in which the defense kept Michigan in games (especially during the 148 minute Great Scoring Dust Bowl of 2012), U-M's offense fought back from 10 down in the 3rd quarter as well as :18 seconds and impossible in the 4th.
You knew there was going to be a game like this - when Mattison's Monsters didn't have their A game. And this was it. Northwestern outgained Michigan 431-419 yards, had a 27-21 advantage in first downs, and converted 8-16 3rd downs. But the offense never stopped fighting back and U-M's faint B1G title hopes live to fight another day.
* Fitz: 2013!
Like the rest of you, each Saturday, I keep thinking, "This is going to be the day." I can feel it: This is going to be the day that Fitz Toussaint breaks out and returns to the form (and stats) of 2011.
But, alas, with two games left in the regular season, I finally have to accept the fact that it's not going to happen this year. Yeah, I know it's not all Fitz's fault. I realize the O line has, on numerous occasions, in the words of Bill Murray in Stripes been "blowed up, SIR!"
Yet still I hoped.
No more. Our running game is what it is this year. Here's to a better 2013!
* Clutch Becoming a Hoke Trademark
The Wolverines under Brady Hoke have quickly become a team that you can never count out. Like the villain in a horror movie, they just won't die. From wins over Notre Dame last season to MSU and NW this one; to close losses in which Michigan still had a chance at the end (Iowa last season, ND this year), there is no quit in Hoke's Wolverines. Of course, some may call Michigan "lucky" in those games. I prefer to think of such so-called luck as the ol' point at "which opportunity meets preparation," with preparation here being coaching (okay, and at least one really shitty, fortuitous punt by Northwestern).
* Hoke's Cold Sweat
While I love Brady Hoke and think he's doing an outstanding job, nobody's perfect. And if he isn't waking up screaming in the middle of the night - "Why the &^%$! didn't I put Devin in at QB in the Nebraska game?! WHY!?!?" - he should be.
* U-M Student Section Sucks
And I thought the key play nonsense was bad.
The empty seats are past the point of ridiculous now. Michigan has been reduced to having its football players make videos begging fans (read: students) to show up on time for the games. WTF?! This isn't Ball State. Bo's probably rolling over in his grave.
I'm not sure what more can be done since the athletic department already instituted the points system. But seeing all those empty seats up there after the game starts is a slap in the face to Hoke and the Michigan players.
Thus, since our microphone here at the MZone isn't as big as Brian's over at MGoBlog, I hope he continues to hammer away on that issue. Maybe shame will work. Because it's got to change.
* Wallpaper Wednesday...on Monday
Usually we wait until Wednesday to put up our wallpapers here at the MZone.
Not today.
Our pal and MZone Hall of Famer Andy (@SemperBlue88 on Twitter) sent us this outstanding wallpaper of Roy Roundtree's miraculous tip/fall/catch from the Northwestern game that had to go up asap.
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- surrounded in columbus said...
Hoke IS lucky. and there's nothing wrong w/ that.
i've sat in the stadium for years watching "lucky" teams beat our "good" teams.
and since Hoke arrived? i walked out of the stadium last year listening to the ND fans complain about how lucky we were. i walked out of the sugar bowl listening to the Va Tech fans talk about how lucky we were. i walked out after the MSU game listening to Sparty talk about how lucky we were.
and here in cowtown, everyday, i listen to tsio fans complain about how lucky Hoke is.
i like lucky. i could get used to it.
- November 12, 2012 9:32 AM
- Andy said...
Nice recap Yost!
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
I agree with SiC... I have spent many long nights agonizing how Michigan lost a game they "should" have won.
Watching the last few minutes of the game on Saturday, I concluded: What I really love about Brady Hoke is his LEADERSHIP. I love that he stays calm and never shows anything other than his belief in his players and coaches.
In turn, the players & coaches never give up.
Even when Michigan plays terrible and loses (see Alabama, Notre Dame & Nebraska)... Brady stays positive. He moves on and pledges to get better.
It is a wonderful thing to watch.
- November 12, 2012 10:28 AM
- Yost said...
Yeah, I don't care what it's called, I'm just glad it's wearing maize and blue these days!
Andy, thanks again for the great wallpaper! It couldn't wait until Wednesday.
- November 12, 2012 11:03 AM
- Ramona said...
Agreed all around. Yost, good column, thanks to Andy for the visuals.
I do sometimes think that Brady is a Bo in training. Very encouraging.
The student section is not what it was back in the day, with the old scoreboard. Now, they arrive late and leave early. Back in the day it was the opposite.
In the 2000s.. can't remember which RR team was losing which game, ordinarily I'd be royally POed at my ex for subjecting our son to such conditions. But they stayed until the end through pouring rain. Explained my ex, to our son: "It is important for our team to look up in the stands and see fans there."
Still brings tears to my eyes.
- November 12, 2012 11:06 PM
- Dennis said...
Congrats on the win. That was very nice concentration by Roundtree at the end of regulation. I think you guys had more luck and bounces last year than this year, fwiw. Got to get past those upstarts from Wisconsin first, but should be an interesting game in two weeks.
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ABC Ignores Its Own Question Assigning Shutdown Blame to Obama, Touts 'Outrage' Against GOP
As Barack Obama wrapped up a speech from the White House on Tuesday, reporter Jon Karl of ABC actually shouted a tough question at the President, wondering, "...If you won't negotiate, how can you get a solution? How can you bring an end to this if you won't talk to the congressional leaders?" [MP3 audio here.] Anchor George Stephanopoulos noted that "Obama ignor[ed] a question from our own Jon Karl." Karl's network, on World News and Good Morning America, ignored it as well. NBC and CBS blamed the Republicans.
Instead of repeating his question on World News, Karl parroted Democratic talking points: "Today the President accused Republicans of waging an ideological crusade against Obamacare while he rejected their latest offer to re-open just part of the government." Anchor Diane Sawyer assigned responsibility to the GOP House: "And everywhere tonight, Americans are saying they are fed up with the congressmen who dig in and force the U.S. government to screech to a halt." "A lot of people outraged," she added. Did Obama play a part in the drama? Sawyer didn't say.
The best Karl could manage was to wonder: "Republicans sat across from empty chairs saying Democrats refuse to negotiate, while President Obama placed the blame entirely on Republicans."
In the piece, correspondent Jeff Zeleny harassed a conservative congresswoman, Vicky Hartzler :"Do you feel guilty at all that your paycheck is still coming and some of your staff might not be, or the janitors, the other workers across the government? I mean, is that awkward?" (Zeleny on Tuesday eagerly announced "cracks emerging" via a Republican Congressman – who already opposed the shutdown.)
Over on the CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley made sure to point out: "The most conservative Republicans in the House refused to pass a bill to fund the government unless it includes a significant rollback of the health care law."
Later, Pelley helpfully regurgitated, "This afternoon President Obama labeled this 'The Republican Shutdown."
Nancy Cordes pointedly explained, "I asked a Tea Party Republican today how long he feels comfortable keeping the government closed over Obamacare."
No effort was made to put blame on Obama.
NBC's Nightly News highlighted government workers protesting the strike. EPA employee Elizabeth Lytle attacked, "Congress needs to be turned over somebody's knee and spanked real hard because they`re acting like small children."
For more on the Nightly News coverage of the shutdown, go here.
[Thanks to MRC intern Paul Bremmer for the transcript.]
A transcript of the October 1 World News segment is below:
DIANE SAWYER: And a good evening to all of you. As we come on the air right now here is what is happening coast to coast across this country. It is day one of the first government shutdown in 17 years and we are seeing 800,000 workers coast to coast sent home without pay. Monuments and museums turn away school children. World War II veterans had to push their way forward to honor their fallen brethren. And everywhere tonight, Americans are saying they are fed up with the congressmen who dig in and force the U.S. government to screech to a halt. We begin now with ABC's chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl in Washington on the shutdown, the outrage, and what comes next. Jon?
JONATHAN KARL: Diane, we are one day into this shutdown and not a single step closer to resolving the impasse. Today the president accused Republicans of waging an ideological crusade against Obamacare while he rejected their latest offer to re-open just part of the government.[begin voiceover] Nearly 100 World War II veterans made the trek from Mississippi to Washington today only to see this, the memorial dedicated to their service closed. World War II infantryman James Nations had no idea.
JAMES NATIONS: We didn't know anything about it being shut down. We didn't watch the news this morning.
KARL: But somebody, not clear who, got the barricade lifted just long enough so they could get in. The shutdown has hit 800,000 federal workers around the country the hardest -- no work, no pay.
MAN: I live from paycheck to paycheck unfortunately.
WOMAN: These are real people's lives that are being affected and ruined and thrown into chaos.
OLD WOMAN: I'm getting tired of feeling like a ping-pong ball.
KARL: In fact, the whole mess started with a twisted game of political ping-pong, the first volley a week ago Friday -- the Republican House passing a government funding bill that also defunded Obamacare. A week later the Senate rejected it, sending its own bill back to the House. The House tried a slightly different version again Sunday, the Senate rejected, and then back and forth twice more yesterday. And today, Republicans sat across from empty chairs saying Democrats refuse to negotiate, while President Obama placed the blame entirely on Republicans.
BARACK OBAMA: This Republican shutdown did not have to happen.
KARL: That's why people all over the country are finding their government parks and facilities shut down.
MAN: Bunch of jerks running the show up there and it's not fair.
WOMAN: We've got families that we need to support, and they are playing with our livelihood.
MAN: I think it's crazy. I mean, the whole holding the government hostage over Obamacare is just ridiculous.
KARL: Perhaps sensing the anger, several Tea Party Republicans told ABC's Jeff Zeleny they've asked that their paychecks be withheld during the shutdown.
JEFF ZELENY: Do you feel guilty at all that your paycheck is still coming and some of your staff might not be, or the janitors, the other workers across the government? I mean, is that awkward?
REP. VICKY HARTZLER: Well, we are working. We're here today and we've continued to work, but I am going to also ask them to hold my salary as a gesture.
KARL: Even the 'We the People' section of the White House website is shut down. That's where people can submit their own petitions. The latest petition, the last one before the website went dark, Diane, was one saying that there should be a law that members of Congress not get paid unless they perform their budget duties on time. I would imagine that would get a lot of support around now.
SAWYER: A lot of people outraged. Shutdown signs absolutely everywhere. We thank you, Jon.
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1975 Volkswagen Brasilia 1.6, F-4, gasoline engine from Mexico
Practical and nice design, with good Beetle mechanical components
This was a very simple car with the same engineering of a VW Beetle, but with more comfort equipment and a newer design.
I can only remember that quite often, when raining heavily, the water would come inside by the passenger side; something that was solved by cleaning the sides of the boot and applying some silicon.
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This was a car designed in Brazil, and made only there and Nigeria. A very interesting car.
In Mexico they were made from a kit by the VW assembly and factoring plant of Puebla, which is well known for their high quality, above the plant of Brazil. So, they assembled the kit here and put in a Mexican Beetle 1600 engine, and also a Mexican Beetle transmission.
This car had a wide windshield, with very good visibility in any angle. The aerodynamics were much better than those of the Beetle, and so it was also a quicker car.
The noise of the engine was more present than in the Beetle (!!!), as the engine was really inside the passengers compartment. The boot was quite good.
The design was very pretty, and announced the Golf which came later on. Although my Brasilia was from 1975, the model existed since years before, and before the Golf, and it also had the back hatchback door.
It had the same instruments that the Beetle had, but with a more modern dashboard and a good ventilation system.
You sat closer to the floor in this car, which was good for handling also.
I remember it as a very nice car. Very rugged, as expected of the Beetle, and very practical.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 17th June, 2007
10th Aug 2009, 22:11
My father had one in the early 80´s and we loved it. 4 adults and 4 children will travel 500 miles twice a year to visit our relatives and never failed on us for 3 years. The only major issue was when my older brother crashed it into the garage door while learning to drive, jejeje. Outstanding car.
11th Aug 2009, 14:16
The Brasilia was also made and sold in the Philippines, where it had I think a 1600cc engine. The latter models had ribbed tail lamps a la Mercedes at the time. They were available in 3- and 5-doors. Sharp-looking car, durable too.
19th Sep 2009, 07:57
Yes it was available in the Philippines, in fact I have one year 1977, which is fully restored, very durable and reliable same as a beetle, but with better suspension and smoother ride. Much better front visibility due to the bigger windshield which is much modern. Equipped with front disc brakes and bigger drums at the rear, 1600cc engine and still stock.
Now considered rare, with a only a few well maintained and still running units seen. Although all parts from engine to electrical, mechanical are same parts with the beetle.
26th Oct 2010, 19:48
Brasilia... mmmm, very fun car, so noisy inside, but with lower weight center than the Beetle, it has a very good handling.
My Brasilia was 1981 year model with new dashboard and better upholstery. Very good combination, simple VW car with modern body.
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Have had my own Brasilia since January, and indeed it's rare already! Find it hard looking for cosmetic parts for it. But a very nice car, and as reliable as the Beetle.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Incoming freshman goalie Jaimie Leonoff (Montreal, Que.) has been selected for Hockey Canada's National Women's Under-22/Development Team Camp. The camp takes place Aug. 6 to 16 in Rockland, Ont., and features 40 of the top players under the age of 22 in Canada, including one player (BU's Marie-Philip Poulin) who won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2010 Olympics.
Leonoff, 18, is the youngest of four goaltenders selected for the camp. That group includes Vermont's Roxanne Douville, who was on the U-22 team last year, along with Clarkson's Erica Howe and Cornell's Amanda Mazzotta. The other three goalies were all part of the previous Under-22 Selection Camp, last August.
Leonoff has participated in Under-22 and Under-18 camps for Hockey Canada in the past, and earned a bronze medal at the Canada Games with Quebec's Under-18 team with a 4-3 win over Saskatchewan earlier this year.
Leonoff attended Pomfret School, where she played ice hockey and soccer. She also played hockey for Detroit Belle Tire, winning the North American friendship tournament, finishing first in the MWEHL and making it to the finals of the state tournament in 2011. She previously played for the Connecticut Polar Bears, winning the state tournament and playing in the national championship in 2010. She won MVP in the shootout, skating and shot stopping skills competitions at Nationals and also was named best all-around goalie in the skills competition. Leonoff also won the VT classic with USA selects and the Quebec City Challenge Cup with the Quebec Bulldogs in 2010.
Leonoff is vying to become the first Yale player to play for Canada's U-22 team since Mandi Schwartz, who played in two games and had a pair of assists in 2006.
At the development camp players will be split into two teams, Blue and Yellow, that will participate in several practices and intersquad games. Invitations were based on fitness testing conducted this spring and evaluations by Hockey Canada scouts during the 2010-11 season, including past performances within Canada's National Women's Program, with club teams and at provincial and national championships for leagues such as Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and the NCAA.
Following the camp, Hockey Canada scouts, along with the team's coaching staff, will continue to evaluate players in preparation for selecting the Canadian team that will compete at the 2012 MLP Cup next January in Füssen, Germany. Canada has won this international tournament eight times in nine years, losing just two games.
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- "One person's atrocity does not excuse another's," Secretary John Kerry says
- Kerry calls Nigeria's Boko Haram a terrorist organization
- He adds that Nigeria has a right to defend itself against terror
- But he has spoken with Nigeria about the military "not ... engaging in atrocities"
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took exception with Nigeria's human rights record Saturday, but at the same time he defended that government's right to defend itself against terror groups disrupting Africa's most populous nation.
In his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office earlier this year, Kerry singled out Nigeria's Boko Haram as "a terrorist organization," though the United States doesn't formally list the Islamist militant group as such.
"One person's atrocity does not excuse another's," Kerry said, visiting the region on the day it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the African Union.
Kerry noted that Boko Haram has "wantonly upset the normal governance of Nigeria in fundamental ways that are unacceptable." Then he endorsed Nigeria's right "to defend itself and to fight back against terrorists."
But Kerry said he has raised "the issue of human rights" with Nigeria's foreign minister.
"We have talked directly about the imperative of Nigerian troops adhering to the highest standards and not themselves engaging in atrocities or in human rights violations. That is critical," Kerry said.
"To their credit, the government has acknowledged that there have been some problems and they're not -- they're working to try to control it," Kerry continued. "Revenge is not the motive. It's good governance. It's ridding yourself of a terrorist organization so that you can establish a standard of law that people can respect. And that's what needs to happen in Nigeria."
Human Rights Watch reported this month civilian deaths and abuses by Nigerian forces in its campaign against Boko Haram. The conflict between the military and insurgents was evident more than a week ago when special forces targeted Boko Haram and other groups, killing 14 suspected terrorists and capturing 20 others.
However, much of Nigerian violence in recent years has been blamed on Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sacrilege."
Last week, a spokesman for the United Nations human rights commissioner told reporters that Boko Haram could face war crimes charges for alleged ethnic and religious cleansing in Nigeria. Last December and January, the Islamist group killed 34 people, including 27 Christians attending Christmas services, officials said. Also, Human Rights Watch said the Islamist group has killed more than 2,800 people in an escalating campaign to impose strict Islamic law on largely Muslim northern Nigeria.
Nigeria, with nearly 175 million people, is considered the political and economic powerhouse of West Africa. Rich in oil, the country is a key U.S. partner.
Kerry, making his remarks in the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia, said the United States is working closely with the union on economic development and bilateral trade issues. The African Union was formed to rid the continent of colonialism and apartheid and to promote cooperation for development.
But Kerry also expressed concern about peace stability in the region, including between South Sudan and Sudan, whose situation "remains tense," Kerry said.
Kerry will be soon appointing a special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, he said.


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Nov. 12, 2006
PORTLAND, Ore. - The UCSB women's cross country team finished second at the NCAA West Regional, the highest regional finish in team history, and automatically qualified to the NCAA Championships yesterday. The men's team finished seventh and were given an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships today based on their season long consistency.
The Gaucho women, ranked 7th in the latest USTFCCCA Division I Women's Top 30 Poll, placed 6 runners in the top 32, holding off 8th ranked Arizona State for the final automatic qualifier. #1 ranked Stanford were the team champions with 42 points, UCSB finished with 72 while ASU had 83. Senior Lauren Christman (Santa Cruz, CA/Harbor HS) was first across the line for the Santa Barbara finishing in 5 th (21:17), the highest individual placing in team history, earning her All-Region honors for the third time.
Christman wasn't alone in her All-Region honors as her sister senior Lindsay Christman (Santa Cruz, CA/Harbor HS), senior Stephanie Rothstein ( Phoenix, AZ/Xavier HS) and junior Megan Lewis (Tracy, CA/Tracy HS) joined her. Christman, Li. finished 10th (21:36) just ahead of Rothstein in 14th (21:43) and Lewis in 15 th (21:46). Sophomore Danielle Domenichelli (El Dorado Hills, CA/Oak Ridge HS) the final scoring runner finished just outside the top 25 and All-Region in 28th (22:13) followed by junior Bethany Nickless (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley HS) in 32nd (22:22) and senior Hadas Moser (Irvine, CA/University HS) in 60th (22:56).
A cold and wet Saturday in Portland saw the Gauchos welcome back Rothstein who had sat out the Big West Conference meet due to illness. The senior was the difference between a 2nd place, automatic bid and a 3rd place, waiting on an at-large bid.
The Gauchos will return to the big show on Monday, November 20th, in Terre Haute, IN. It marks the Gauchos third trip in four years with their highest finish coming in 2004 with a 17 th place finish.
On the men's side, a disappointing 7th place team finish left them waiting to here from the NCAA committee whether their season long successes would be enough to grant them an at-large berth. With a system as complicated as the BCS, it was felt that only six would get out of the West Region. However, a deep West in 2006 also gave them hope, especially in light of the 2004 season when the Great Lakes Region took nine teams.
Selection Sunday was everything they had hoped with the official word coming in the early afternoon that the Gauchos were granted an at-large berth. They would be making there first National Championship appearance since 2001 and the first time in Coach Dolan's career that he would be taking both men's and women's squads to the big dance.
Senior J.D. Krawczyk(Huntington Beach, CA/Marina HS) ran the race of his life to finish 7th and match the highest finish ever by a male Gaucho at Regionals. Krawczyk found himself among a litany of All-Americans and excepted the challenge, finishing in a time of 30:28 an All-Region performance. Also earning All-Region honors was Senior Mike Chavez ( Anaheim, CA/Esperanza HS) came from way back after a bad start had him sitting in 100th at the mile. A steady move through the field gave the Gauchos a chance to qualify for Nationals as he climbed all the way to finish 14th in a time of 30:35.
The Gauchos will be joined by 9 other teams from the NCAA West Region, a NCAA record-tying statistic for most teams in the championship from one region. The twenty-second ranked UCSB men finished with 170 points as #6 Oregon won the men's race with 69 points, followed by #7 Stanford (2nd/88 points), #9 ranked Portland (3rd/123), unranked Washington (4th/139), #24 Arizona (5th/156) and unranked UCLA (6th/167). Unranked Washington State (8th/201) was pushed in by #19Cal Poly (9th/220) who were the ninth and final team to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
The Gauchos will return to the big show on Monday, November 20th, in Terre Haute, IN. In 2001, UCSB's first appearance at an NCAA X-Country National Championship, the Men finished 17 th with senior Josh Horton obtaining All-American status with his 17th place individual performance.


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|Americans at the World Cup: Three Advance, Two to Tiebreak
|August 12, 2013
Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Onischuk and Ray Robson advanced to round two in the World Cup in Tromso, Norway (August 11-September 5).
In round two, Onischuk will face Leinier Domínguez Pérez of Cuba while Robson will play Vasilly Ivanchuk (Ukraine). Nakamura plays the winner of a tiebreak match between Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan and Egypt's Bassem Amin.
US Champion Gata Kamsky and runner-up Alejandro Ramirez head to tiebreak playoffs tomorrow.
GMs Gregory Kaidanov, Larry Christiansen, Conrad Holt and Alexander Shabalov have been eliminated.
Find GM Rogers' onsite report after the playoff round tomorrow.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Interview with an Agent: Kathleen Rushall
KV: How long have you been agenting, and how did you get into it?
KR: First of all, thank you so much for interviewing me! I really appreciate it and I love to appear on blogs like Mother. Write. (Repeat.)--places where we all have the same passion.
I officially became an agent in May of 2011, but I was assisting other agents with their projects and on administrative tasks in an agency before that. I interned at the Sandra Dijkstra Agency for six months and then worked at Waterside Productions for about a year and a half before becoming an agent with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
KV: How would you summarize your personal agenting philosophy? What do you expect from an agent-author relationship?
KR: I look at the author-agent relationship as a give and take. I really view it as a partnership. Like all strong partnerships, it should be built on communication, respect, and honesty. I expect authors to work hard, to always strive for improvement (good writing is a process), to have initiative, and to be open and upfront about their ideas, brainstorming, and goals. And I hope they expect the same from me as their agent.
KV: What genres do you represent? What genres do you definitely NOT represent?
KR: I represent children's fiction including picture books (looking for quirky, character-driven, and funny), middle grade, and young adult fiction. For both YA and middle grade books, the voice is paramount (haven't heard that before, eh?).
For middle grade books, I'm looking for something with a strong voice that's fast paced with good character development. I'm really open to anything: girl-centric, multicultural, boy POV, adventure, fantasy, contemporary, etc.
For YA I especially love Southern gothic, thrillers, mysteries, I'd love to find a good ghost story, historical fiction (Western, anyone?), romance, science fiction. Again, a memorable and engaging voice is key and I'm really looking for that unique plot with characters I care about. So, sorry to be completely unoriginal here, but voice and hook are important!
I'm also representing adult nonfiction in the areas of crafts (DIY), how-to, pop culture, parenting, business, and health.
KV: Are you interested in picture book writers who AREN'T illustrators?
KR: I actually prefer picture book writers who are just writing the text. I'm not currently looking for illustrators. Great question!
KV: What query pet peeves and/or pitfalls should writers avoid when querying you?
KR: Honestly, it's just simple things. I think anyone reading this blog is already on the right track with the preparation. Things like not putting the title of the book in the query letter or not addressing me specifically at the opening (please no "Dear Agent"s or, worse still, "Dear Sir"s).
The only other thing is to make sure you're ready. You should have your critique partners help you decide this--have people read over your letter and, of course, your manuscript. Edit edit edit. This is your first impression so you want to make sure it's as strong as possible.
KV: You only want to see the query letter in a writer's initial contact (if the writer queries by e-mail), but several respected industry sites have advised writers to include a few sample pages at the bottom of every query, whether the agent asked for them or not. So if a writer goes ahead and adds those pages, do you find that more assertive or obnoxious?
KR: Actually, I would love to see the first ten pages of the manuscript included in the body of the e-mail with the query letter.
I know there is a lot of conflicting information online on various sites about which agent wants what for each submission; I feel bad for the confusion! If you don't include the first ten pages, that's fine; I will always request what I want to see. Just makes it nice and easy when it's already in the letter. But please no attachments of the full manuscript with the initial query letter.
KV: What are you looking for in a manuscript right now? What are you tired of seeing at the moment?
KR: Since I'm open to a wide range, it seems like it may be most helpful here to focus on what I'm not looking for.
Right now, for YA, I'm burned out on paranormal "creatures" (this can include anything from vampires to werewolves to angels to fairies). There are exceptions (like I said, I'm into ghosts and witches), but paranormal romance and dystopians aren't something I'm currently looking for.
For picture books, I don't represent rhyming texts, and the book really has to make me laugh for me to love it. I want humor in my picture books!
For middle grade, I don't want anything too "quiet." There really has to be a strong hook that keeps the story moving. I hope this helps!
KV: What's the best way to query you?
KR: The best way to query me is electronically. I do accept snail mail queries, but I prefer e-mails. Just e-mail me your query letter and the first ten pages of your book (in the body of the e-mail vs. as an attachment) at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For picture books, please go ahead and include your picture book text in the e-mail as well. For nonfiction proposals, you can just include your query letter and I can ask for your proposal. Can't wait to see what's out there!
Thanks again, Ms. Rushall, for taking the time to answer these questions. And good luck to everyone who decides to query. I won't be surprised if that's quite a few of you:)
P.S. Don't forget to drop by this Friday for more details on next week's round of "An Agent's Inbox." Taylor Martindale of Full Circle Literary is going to be The Agent, and I know she's ready and raring to go. Looking forward to next week!
11 comments:
- Maggie Hall said...
Great interview! Thanks Krista and Ms. Rushall!
- November 9, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- J.R. Johansson said...
Great interview! I'm represented by Kathleen and she's amazing. :)
- November 9, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- rosalyn said...
Another terrific interview--Krista, thanks for all your hard work!
- November 9, 2011 at 11:19 AM
- Elizabeth Briggs said...
Great interview!
- November 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- Krista V. said...
Thanks, everyone, for your comments! (And a big thank-you to J.R. Johansson for stopping by and giving Ms. Rushall your cliently seal of approval!)
- November 9, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- Myrna Foster said...
Thanks, Krista! I'm adding Ms. Rushall to my list.
- November 9, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- Janet Johnson said...
Thanks so much for this! Great interview. Adding Kathleen to my list. :)
- November 9, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- Krista V. said...
Yay, Myrna and Janet! I love adding agents to writers' to-query lists:)
- November 10, 2011 at 8:22 AM
- Angie Sandro said...
Hi Krista,
I love your blog and it was a wonderful surprise to read your interview. YAY!
Kathleen is so supportive and enthusiastic about her clients. I count myself as beyond lucky to be represented by her. So, query her like mad everyone:)
- November 10, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Escape Artist said...
Ooo, this was a little bit of interesting!
But honestly Krista, you're putting the rest of us to shame!
Still don't know how you do it, but I'm awfully glad you are!
- November 10, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- Krista V. said...
Angie, good to hear from you! I love it when clients stop by and talk up their agents:)
Thanks, Linda. You're always so kind. I guess it's the people pleaser in me - I always want to make everyone happy:)
- November 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM


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Regents Approve Graduation List, Discuss Enrollment
SOCORRO, N.M. – The New Mexico Tech Board of Regents on Friday afternoon officially approved the list of 2009 graduates, including 332 students earning bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees.
"This is the most rewarding thrill of each year," university president Dr. Daniel H. Lopez said. "This is why we're here."
Dr. Lopez presided over the commencement ceremonies Saturday, personally handing degrees to more than 250 students in attendance. The 332 diplomas include students who finished in August and December 2008.
The Board had a full agenda, discussing finances, purchases and enrollment trends and planning.
The Board approved a one-year sabbatical for Earth science professor Dr. Penelope Boston. Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Peter Gerity said Boston will use the time to complete her book projects.
The latest enrollment report shows New Mexico Tech lagging behind last year's record figures by about 20 paid applicants.
Assistant Vice President Melissa Jaramillo-Fleming reported on new activities the Admission Office is undertaking.
She said the staff is trying to involve the faculty in more recruiting, intensifying on-line recruiting and involving the marketing staff.
Regent Richard Carpenter asked if the recruitment plan could – and should – also include current students. He said Tech students can interact with high school students as peers more effectively than faculty and staff.
"Some of us feel like the student body could be used more profitably in recruitment and retention," he said. "It seems that the best way to talk to high school seniors is using people their age. Contemporaries dealing with contemporaries."
Student Regent William Villanueva said many Tech students would be thrilled to serve as recruiters. He offered to help rally students.
Jaramillo-Fleming introduced new Admission Office recruiter Carolyn Eggert-Pehap, who is a December 2008 graduate of Tech and will serve as the staff liaison for the student group, the Hi-Tech Ambassadors.
Jaramillo-Fleming said that many current recruits are opting to stay close to home – enrolling at colleges in Albuquerque.
In other business:
* Vice President of Finance Lonnie Marquez presented the 2009-2010 budget, which includes a state-mandated 2.5 percent cut.
The budget includes a 5 percent increase for in-state tuition and an 8 percent increase for out-of-state tuition. The Building Renewal fund was cut by $56,815 and the Equipment Renewal fund was cut by $457,000.
However, the state's contribution to Tech's operating budget will increase, due to increased value of Tech's programs, per the state's funding formula.
* Marquez also presented a monthly financial analysis for April 2009. He said that revenues are ahead of schedule through 75 percent of the fiscal year.
* The Board approved a resolution adopting a Severance Tax Bond for $400,000 for infrastructure improvements.
* The Board approved a resolution authorizing the university's Research Park Corporation to apply for $20 million of financing to partner with Weston Corporation on construction of a new building at Kirtland Air Force Base.
* The Board heard about several restricted fund purchases.
-- The Bureau of Geology purchased two mass spectrometers for its geochronology laboratory for a total of $470,000.
-- The Petroleum Recovery Research Center made four large expenditures on its carbon sequestration project. The Center spent $209,494 with Advance Resources International; $151,500 with the University of Texas-Austin; $792,002 with the University of Utah; and $193,018 with Utah Geological Survey.
New Mexico Tech is the lead agency for the Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration, which is a 10-year, $160 million project funded mainly by the Department of Energy.
-- New Mexico Tech issued two contacts to Science Applications International Corp. through a cooperative agreement with White Sands Missile Range. SAIC will operate the F-22 accreditation program for $1.38 million and the Multi-Function Threat Detector demonstration for $348,325.
-- The Energetic Materials Research Testing Center issued a two-year, $1 million contract to Weidlinger Associates for development and implementation of an Enhanced Urban Airblast Tool at New Mexico Tech.
* Marquez presented information about the Skeen Library's annual subscription payment of $473,019 to EBSCO Subscription Services. Head Librarian Owen Ellard said the subscription fees are decreasing as the library moves toward digital delivery of academic journals.
* The Board heard about a proposal regarding Optical Surface Technologies, a company partially owned by Tech's Research Park Corp. The university's partner, Muniz Engineering, proposes to convert its long-term debt to owner's equity in an effort to sell its ownership. The move would not affect Tech's investment in the company, which is manufacturing optics for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory and other customers.


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Sacramento Travel Guide Christopher Arns is a prolific Sacramento journalist whose resume includes the "Sacramento Business Journal" and "Sacramento News and Review," but his most recent accomplishment is the guidebook "Moon Sacramento and the Gold Country." Released on May 21, "Moon Sacramento" is the first guidebook exclusive to Sacramento released by a major publisher. Arns joins us in studio today to discuss his new book, the increasing importance of Sacramento as a tourist destination and the best local places to visit this summer.
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I was once told, secondhand, that one Asutralian bhikkhu (don't recall his name, no one famous), once remarked that once he actually got to see a female deva himself, it really took the gloss off what desire he might have for ordinary human women. Apparently, they are so ridiculously beautiful, he could just never look at human women again without them looking utterly flawed and plain in comparison.
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Vaccine Effectiveness – How Well Does the Flu Vaccine Work?
How effective is the flu vaccine?
How well the flu vaccine works (or its ability to prevent flu illness) can range widely from season to season. The vaccine's effectiveness also can vary depending on who is being vaccinated. At least two factors play an important role in determining the likelihood that flu vaccine will protect a person from flu illness: 1) characteristics of the person being vaccinated (such as their age and health), and 2) the similarity or "match" between the flu viruses the flu vaccine is designed to protect against and the flu viruses spreading in the community. During years when the flu vaccine is not well matched to circulating viruses, it's possible that no benefit from flu vaccination may be observed. During years when there is a good match between the flu vaccine and circulating viruses, it's possible to measure substantial benefits from vaccination in terms of preventing flu illness. However, even during years when the vaccine match is very good, the benefits of vaccination will vary across the population, depending on characteristics of the person being vaccinated and even, potentially, which vaccine was used.
Each season researchers try to determine how well flu vaccines work to regularly assess and confirm the value of flu vaccination as a public health intervention. Study results about how well a flu vaccine works can vary based on study design, outcome(s) measured, population studied and the season in which the flu vaccine was studied. These differences can make it difficult to compare one study's results with another's.
While determining how well a flu vaccine works is challenging, in general, recent studies have supported the conclusion that flu vaccination benefits public health, especially when the flu vaccine is well matched to circulating flu viruses.
What are the benefits of flu vaccination?
While how well the flu vaccine works can vary(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm), there are a lot of reasons to get a flu vaccine each year.
- Flu vaccination can keep you from getting sick from flu. Protecting yourself from flu also protects the people around you who are more vulnerable to serious flu illness.
- Flu vaccination can help protect people who are at greater risk of getting seriously ill from flu, like older adults, people with chronic health conditions and young children (especially infants younger than 6 months old who are too young to get vaccinated).
- Flu vaccination also may make your illness milder if you do get sick.
- Flu vaccination can reduce the risk of more serious flu outcomes, like hospitalizations and deaths.
- A recent study* showed that flu vaccine reduced children's risk of flu-related pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission by 74% during flu seasons from 2010-2012.
- One study showed that flu vaccination was associated with a 71% reduction in flu-related hospitalizations among adults of all ages and a 77% reduction among adults 50 years of age and older during the 2011-2012 flu season.
- Flu vaccination is an important preventive tool for people with chronic health conditions. Vaccination was associated with lower rates of some cardiac events among people with heart disease, especially among those who had had a cardiac event in the past year. Flu vaccination also has been shown to be associated with reduced hospitalizations among people with diabetes (79%) and chronic lung disease (52%).
- Vaccination helps protect women during pregnancy and their babies for up to 6 months after they are born. One study showed that giving flu vaccine to pregnant women was 92% effective in preventing hospitalization of infants for flu.
- Other studies have shown that vaccination can reduce the risk of flu-related hospitalizations in older adults. A study that looked at flu vaccine effectiveness over the course of three flu seasons estimated that flu vaccination lowered the risk of hospitalizations by 61% in people 50 years of age and older.
References for the studies listed above can be found at Publications on Influenza Vaccine Benefits(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/benefit-publications.htm). Also see the What are the Benefits of Flu Vaccination?[264 KB, 2 pages](http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/freeresources/general/flu-vaccine-benefits.pdf) fact sheet.
Is the flu vaccine effective against all types of flu and cold viruses?
Seasonal flu vaccines are designed to protect against infection and illness caused by the flu viruses research indicates will be most common during the flu season. "Trivalent" flu vaccines are formulated to protect against three flu viruses, and "quadrivalent(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/quadrivalent.htm)" flu vaccines protect against four flu viruses. Flu vaccines do NOT protect against infection and illness caused by other viruses that can also cause flu-like symptoms. There are many other viruses besides flu viruses that can result in flu-like illness* (also known as influenza-like illness or "ILI") that spread during the flu season.
Does the flu vaccine work the same for everyone?
No. While the flu vaccine is the single best way to prevent the flu, protection can vary widely depending on who is being vaccinated (in addition to how well matched the flu vaccine is with circulating viruses). In general, the flu vaccine works best among healthy adults and older children. Some older people and people with certain chronic illnesses might develop less immunity than healthy children and adults after vaccination. However, even for these people, the flu vaccine still may provide some protection.
How effective is the flu vaccine in the elderly?
Older people with weaker immune systems often have a lower protective immune response after flu vaccination compared to younger, healthier people. This can result in lower vaccine effectiveness in these people.
If vaccine works less well in older people should they still get vaccinated?
Despite the fact that flu vaccines can work less well in people who are 65 and older, there are many reasons why people in that age group should be vaccinated each year.
- First, people 65 and older are at high risk of getting seriously ill, being hospitalized and dying from the flu.
- Second, while the effectiveness of the flu vaccine can be lower among older people, there are seasons when significant benefit can be observed in terms of averting illness that results in a doctor's visit. Even if the vaccine provides less protection in older adults than it might in younger people, some protection is better than no protection at all, especially in this high risk group.
- Third, current CDC studies look at how well the vaccine works in preventing flu illness that results in a doctor's visit or admission to a hospital. This is just one outcome. There are other studies that look at the effects of flu vaccination on hospitalization rates as well as looking at death as on outcome. For example, one study concluded that one death was prevented for every 4,000 people vaccinated against the flu (Fireman et al, 2009).
- In frail elderly adults, hospitalizations can mark the beginning of a significant decline in overall health and mobility, potentially resulting in loss of the ability to live independently or to complete basic activities of daily living. While the protection elderly adults obtain from flu vaccination can vary significantly, a yearly flu vaccination is still the best protection currently available against the flu.
- There are limited data to suggest that flu vaccination may reduce flu illness severity; so while someone who is vaccinated may still get infected, their illness may be milder.
- Fourth, it's important to remember that people who are 65 and older are a diverse group and often are different from one another in terms of their overall health, level of activity and mobility, and behavior when it comes to seeking medical care. This group includes people who are healthy and active and have responsive immune systems, as well as those who have underlying medical conditions that may weaken their immune system, and therefore, their bodies' ability to respond to vaccination. Therefore, when evaluating the benefits of flu vaccination, it's important to look at a broader picture than what one study's findings can present. Although flu vaccine is not perfect, the overall evidence supports the public health benefit of flu vaccination. Vaccination is particularly important for people 65 and older who are especially vulnerable to serious illness and death, despite the fact that the vaccine may not work as well in this age group.
How effective is the flu vaccine in children?
In general, the flu vaccine works best among healthy adults and children older than 2 years of age. Reduced benefits of flu vaccine are often found in studies of young children (e.g., those younger than 2 years of age) and older adults (e.g., adults 65 years of age and older).
How are benefits of vaccination measured?
Public health researchers measure how well flu vaccines work through different kinds of studies. "Randomized studies," in which people are randomly assigned to receive either vaccine or placebo (i.e., salt water solution), and then followed to see how many in each group get the flu, are the "gold standard" (best method) for determining how well a vaccine works. The effects of vaccination measured in these studies is called "efficacy."
"Observational studies" are studies in which subjects who choose to be vaccinated are compared to those who chose not to be vaccinated. This means that vaccination of study subjects is not randomized. The measurement of vaccine effects in an observational study is referred to as "effectiveness." Randomized studies are expensive and are not conducted after a recommendation for vaccination has been issued, as withholding vaccine from people recommended for vaccination would place them at risk for infection, illness and possibly serious complications. For that reason, most U.S. studies conducted to determine the benefits of flu vaccination in the elderly are observational studies.
How does CDC present data on flu vaccine effectiveness?
CDC typically presents vaccine effectiveness (VE) as a single point estimate: for example, 60%. This point estimate represents the reduction in risk provided by the flu vaccine. CDC vaccine effectiveness studies commonly measure laboratory confirmed flu illness that results in a doctor's visit or urgent care visit as an outcome. For this outcome, a VE point estimate of 60% means that the flu vaccine reduces a person's risk of developing flu illness that results in a visit to the doctor's office or urgent care provider by 60%.
In addition to the VE point estimate, CDC also provides a "confidence interval" (CI) for this point estimate, for example, 60% (95% CI: 50%-70%). The confidence interval provides a lower boundary for the VE estimate (e.g., 50%) as well as an upper boundary (e.g., 70%). One way to interpret a 95% confidence interval is that if CDC were to repeat this study 100 times, 95 times out of 100, the VE point estimate would fall within the confidence interval (i.e., on or between 50% and 70%). There is still the possibility that five times out of 100 (a 5% chance) that CDC's point estimate of VE could fall outside of the 50%-70% confidence interval.
Why are confidence intervals important for understanding flu vaccine effectiveness?
Confidence intervals are important because they provide context for understanding the precision or exactness of a VE point estimate. The wider the confidence interval, the less exact the point value estimate of vaccine effectiveness becomes. Take, for example, a VE point estimate of 60%. If the confidence interval of this point estimate is 50%-70%, then we can have greater certainty that the true protective effect of the flu vaccine is near 60% than if the confidence interval was 10-90%. Furthermore, if a confidence interval crosses zero, for example, (-20% to 60%), then the point value estimate of VE provided is "not statistically significant." People should be cautious when interpreting VE estimates that are not statistically significant because such results cannot rule out the possibility of zero VE (i.e., no protective benefit). The width of a confidence interval is related in part to the number of participants in the study, and so studies that provide more precise estimates of VE (and consequently, have a tighter confidence interval) typically include a large number of participants.
Why are there so many different outcomes for vaccine effectiveness studies?
Results of studies that assess how well a flu vaccine works can vary based on study design, outcome(s) measured, population studied and the season in which the vaccine was studied. These differences can make it difficult to compare one study's results with another's. As there is interest in how well flu vaccines may prevent illness, hospitalization, and even death with influenza, many outcomes need to be considered.
How does CDC measure how well the vaccine works?
Scientists continue to work on better ways to design, conduct and evaluate non-randomized (i.e., observational) studies to assess how well flu vaccines work. CDC has been working with researchers at universities and hospitals since the 2003-2004 flu season to estimate how well flu vaccine works through observational studies using laboratory-confirmed flu as the outcome. These studies currently use a very accurate and sensitive laboratory test known as RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) to confirm medically-attended flu virus infections as a specific outcome. CDC's studies are conducted in five sites across the United States to gather more representative data. To assess how well the vaccine works across different age groups, CDC's studies of vaccine effects have included all people aged 6 months and older recommended at that time for an annual flu vaccination. Similar studies are being done in Australia, Canada and Europe.
What do recent vaccine effectiveness studies show?
CDC conducts studies each year to determine how well the flu vaccine protects against flu illness. These estimates provide more information about how well this season's vaccine is working. Recent studies show vaccine can reduce the risk of flu illness by about 60% among the overall population during seasons when most circulating flu viruses are like the viruses the flu vaccine is designed to protect against.
Do recent vaccine effectiveness study results support flu vaccination?
The large numbers of flu-associated illnesses and deaths in the United States, combined with the evidence from many studies showing that flu vaccines help to provide protection, support the current U.S. flu vaccination recommendations. It's important to note, however, that how well flu vaccines work will continue to vary each year, depending especially on the match between the flu vaccine and the flu viruses that are spreading and causing illness in the community, as well as the characteristics of the person being vaccinated.
Where can I get more information?
CDC has compiled a list of selected publications related to vaccine effectiveness(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/publications.htm).
Besides vaccination, how can people protect themselves against the flu?
Getting a flu vaccine each year is the best way to prevent the flu. Antiviral drugs(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/antivirals/index.htm) are an important second line of defense against the flu. These drugs must be prescribed by a doctor. In addition, good health habits, such as covering your cough and frequently washing your hands with soap, can help prevent the spread of the flu and other respiratory illnesses.
More information on Vaccine Selection(http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/vaccine-selection.htm).


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Almighty Doer of Stuff wrote:That's a baldfaced lie, because you specifically said you wanted to make $16,000 in personal profit.
EDIT: Oh, excuse me, I got the number wrong. Your words below, from the other thread:
"Royalties $10,000.00
Cost of Printing 1,000 books $21,939.11
100# Silk Text Paper
100 pt. board w/ High Gloss Laminate
Unexpected bull**** $19,025.44
Total investment by me (nobody else) $50,964.55
Selling 1,000 books at $69.99 $69,990.00
Anticipated profit $19,025.44"
That's a good business plan. When you get $50,964.55 you should pursue it. As for now I have decided not to invest $50,964.55. I'll just wait to buy a copy from the Council of the Olive Garden. They really have a better plan than I have. We'll see what happens. Otherwise this is a great opportunity for someone to make a butt load of money. I'll probably invest my money in municipal bonds or something better.
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The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University will present "The History of Tourism in the Niagara Region," a lecture presented in conjunction with the exhibition "The Picturesque and War: Visual and Literary Aspects of 19th Century Tourism," at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Tom Chambers, NU associate professor of history, and John Percy, president and CEO of the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation
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The exhibition "The Picturesque and War: Visual and Literary Aspects of 19th Century Tourism" and related events are free of charge and will take place at the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University. The exhibition is made possible, in part, through a grant from the Niagara 1812 Legacy Council.
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Techonomy Recap: How Tech Impacts the Economy
I've written a lot about specific sessions at Techonomy, but what I found most insightful at the conference was the overall thinking about how technology is impacting the economy.
Nearly all the sessions and roundtables discussed hopeful trends in technology and touched on their impact in areas such as retail, education, and manufacturing.
For instance, David Fischer and Sam W. Lessin of Facebook talked about how Facebook is becoming more mobile and is better monetizing its information. They seemed incredibly optimistic about the possibilities of the new technology.
Above: Kirkpatrick, Fischer, and Lessin
"In the last few decades, we have gotten three new superpowers," said Lessin, who was one of the earliest people involved with Facebook and co-founded drop.io, which Facebook later acquired. We now can literally remember everything, we can talk to anyone on earth instantly for free, and we can process orders of magnitude more data than ever possible. Facebook didn't invent any of that, he said, but now it and other companies can use the technology to do things that just couldn't be done before.
Indeed, many of the smaller talks had similar points of view. For instance, Bertil Chappuis of McKinsey & Company talked about how the speed and affordability of cloud services is creating a new breed of "cloudpreneurship" (entrepreneurship in the cloud). He said the power requirements of running on the cloud is three times less than a conventional data center and you can get set up in minutes as opposed to 60 to 150 days from a central IT perspective. This leads to new applications both for startup companies and for individuals within larger organizations. It's not monolithic, he said, with low-regulation, low-complexity firms typically picking public services and highly regulated, highly complex firms (such as financial services) using the public cloud mostly for staging and running more in the private cloud. There are still security and regulatory barriers, and people are creating ways to deal with this, but he is generally quite hopeful.
On the other hand, as discussed in the robotics session, there is a real concern that technology will negatively impact employment, as studies from panelist Andrew McAfee and his MIT collaborator Erik Brynjolfsson have suggested.
To some extent, this may be because of how we are measuring things. Brynjolfsson of the MIT Center for Digital Business explained why he thinks it matters that GDP statistics ignore free goods: the GDP measures the total amount spent on goods and services but if they are priced at zero, it isn't measured. So while there has been an explosion of digital goods—Wikipedia, YouTube, and Facebook—with resulting benefits, they don't show up in the statistics. He believes such services accounted for an annual $300 billion annual welfare gain in 2011 and are increasing by $40 billion per year, yet none of this shows up in GDP or productivity statistics.
Similarly, Arun Sundararajan of New York University talked about collaborative consumption and the sharing economy. Airbnb now has more rooms in its inventory than Marriott International has, for instance. Social networks make your reputation and history widely available and are creating "the trust infrastructure for the sharing economy."
James M. Manyika of McKinsey & Company disagreed with the pessimists that talked about slowing down productivity, noting similar reactions in the 1930s, and John Maynard Keynes's prescient rebuttal back in 1930.
He agreed that manufacturing employment is likely to decline as it has been for years, but noted that as economies become more prosperous, the share of employment that is attributed to manufacturing declines.
He is optimistic about the growth in demand over next 20 years, with 1.8 billion new global consumers, mostly from emerging economies, able to afford products now. He expects both more global competition and a change in the nature of the work, with more segmentation based on skills, infrastructure, natural resources, intellectual property, and the regulatory environment determining where manufacturing will happen.
The Opportunity in Services
One interesting take is that while manufacturing may be declining, services are growing. Moderating a panel on the subject, Zoë Baird of the Markle Foundation said the big question is whether we can export our services. She noted that this is the first economic recovery since WWII in which the 70 percent of Americans who don't have college degrees actually face a decline in real wages. America's GDP is also growing slower than the rest of the world.
Above: Baird, Capellas, Jensen, and Sapiro
Bradford Jensen, a professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, said we are missing an opportunity to export more business services. Services including publishing, media, telecommunications, Internet, finance and insurance, accounting, engineering, architecture, and law account for 25 percent of the employment in the United States, twice that in manufacturing. And, he said, such jobs account for twice the average wages as in manufacturing.
These services are often "tradable," requiring high skills, and Jensen said we have a skills advantage. While the services trade surplus has grown over the years, less than five percent of the service industry sells overseas, compared with 20 percent of the manufacturing industry. In part, this is due to political barriers.
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro said we have an incredible comparative advantage, with services accounting for 70 percent of the American economy. ICT, banking, energy, logistics, and transaction services are all essential for the growth of the global economy, and services exports account for $600 billion with a surplus of $200 billion. But, she said, we want to see how services can expand, as part of a five-year plan to double exports by the end of 2014 and create two million jobs.
There are trade barriers and she cited things like countries that require data centers in their own countries, as it is important to have free data flow, notwithstanding privacy concerns. She also talked about caps against U.S. media and the need to protect U.S. intellectual property. Sapiro noted there are plenty of domestic services, like barbers and dentists, that can not be transferred overseas, but said many others things do count, such as students who come to the United States to get educated. Bilateral trade agreements, including deals with Korea, Panama, and Columbia, by treaty do not allow barriers to trading both goods and services.
Michael D. Capellas, chairman of VCE (a joint venture of Cisco and EMC, with investments from Intel and VMware) believes that with the proper use of technology, the United States could completely eliminate its trade deficit over the next five to 10 years. In part, he said, this is because, in the United States, we understand the need for solutions and often build physical products that become commoditized but with embedded services that can be distributed globally. For example, for a smart device, the service component is probably worth three to four times the hardware.
Often times, we have a long period of development, followed by relatively quick deployments of the technology. For instance, we are in the midst of changing the entire IT delivery business around new cloud computing services, big data, and cloud-based application development.
Sapiro noted that one concern is that small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of our economy, but only about one percent of those companies actually export. In general, SMEs don't export as much as the large enterprises, so the government is trying to set up databases and other such things to help these smaller firms. Jensen is hopeful about software as a service solutions that will enable smaller companies to export more.
Capellas is particularly hopeful on this, saying that while small companies cannot create the infrastructure, the new cloud infrastructure makes it easier for exports. That, along with the feedback loop offered by social networks and the availability of capital, made him optimistic about it.
Overall, Jensen thinks the United States ran a trade deficit because "the rest of the world wants to invest in the United States." We have an imbalance between savings and investments, he said, but run a surplus in services export. Overall, we will import low-end services but will export high-end services, in areas such as engineering, financial services, software, and design.
Education and Competition
One interesting panel on the subject dealt with "retaking the high ground in applied technology."
Above: Karabell, Kao, Khosla, and Nandlall
John Kao, CEO of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, said that the United States led in innovation after World War II, attracting immigrants from all over the world. Then about 20 years ago, countries like Finland and Singapore tried to push on innovation, and now more than 50 counties around the world have this idea. America's risk-taking culture is perhaps its strongest advantage, Kao said, but we don't want to be a nation where some people embrace innovation while others don't have the necessary education or culture.
Vish Nandlall, CTO for Ericsson North America, said we tend to conflate innovation and invention, but they are separate things. Inventions are about "building a better mousetrap," he said, but that doesn't necessarily move the GDP. Instead, what matters is applying the inventions and building an ecosystem around it, and that's where the United States has excelled. He cited several examples, like how Singer invented not just the sewing machine but also the method of selling it to women and how Google invented not only a new way of doing search but also a new way of selling advertising around it.
He said people are underestimating the competitive ability of the United States because the country has always been able to embrace new disruptive technologies and we are now in the middle of "an order of magnitude change" driven by such things as the cloud, mobile, and big data.
The best infrastructure we have created to build an expanding economy is the great research university, said Pradeep K. Khosla, Chancellor of University of California at San Diego. He talked about how the United States invested a lot in various technologies at universities during World War II and you would be hard-pressed to find another example of a country that allows a company like Google to grow out of a PhD program.
He said we need to go back two steps and think about research for benefiting humanity and long-term efforts, rather than the short-term thinking that often predominates now. When the carbon nanotubes were first invented, he said, there was no practical use, but now people are experimenting with them in many areas, including replacing a retina in the eye. "My fear is we're treating science like we are treating politics," with big extremes, Khosla said, when instead we need a balance between science and technology and patents.
Kao said people often get trapped when they equate funding basic science with an assumption that will lead to economic growth. Instead, he talked about universities having a "hybrid culture" that balances basic science with societal concerns. We want to avoid having "islands of innovation" isolated from the broader society, he said.
Moderator Zachary Karabell of River Twice Research quoted Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior who was unable to make the panel, in saying one major competitive advantage the United States has as an innovation center is its method of attracts students, particularly graduate students, from around the world. (Karabell noted that the whole panel was made up of people who either came to the United States to study, or whose parents did.)
But Khosla was unsure whether this could continue given the expanding standards of living in other countries, "inward-looking" immigration policies, and the growing cost of higher education. Somewhat facetiously, he imagined a world where we let the Indians and the Chinese spend money on undergrad education, and then send their students to America, where we could focus on graduate education. Ultimately, we could convince all these people to live here and export things back to their home countries.
Closing Thoughts
Closing Thoughts
Overall, I left the conference as I came, seeing both the benefits and the downsides of technology as it impacts the economy. I am hopeful that all the changes we are seeing will, in fact, lead to more opportunities and a better standard of living throughout the world, while providing a larger variety of new jobs. I am also convinced that improved education is necessary, or else we will see greater global divergence between the "haves" and "have nots" in the future.


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I was out of town last weekend :) I visited Zakopane for the first time - but a little relation will be on the blog later, but for sure this week! :)
I forgot to tell you that I'm going to Woodstock 2011 Festival.. It's my second time :) Is someone going from the blog world?? If yes, please contact me and we can see each other there!! :D