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Spacek speeds to ABC 'Mod Mayhem' feature win
By Nick Gima
For The Telegram
ASHLAND — Phillips' Jeff Spacek gained an $800 paycheck after Saturday night's "Modified Mayhem" feature at the ABC Raceway, highlighting a program during which the track honored its first-ever Hall of Fame inductees.
A windy, overcast afternoon turned clear and muggy after nightfall as 80 racers competed on another fast, racy track during the five-division AMSOIL Dirt Track Series program presented by the NAPA Auto Parts Stores of Ashland and Washburn.
Prior to the features, the first 12 inductees of the ABC Raceway Hall of Fame were introduced to an enthusiastic crowd. Three of the enshrined — the late Frank and Verna Brevak, who built the original race track; Northern State Bank; and the Vernon family and their business, Northern Clearing, Inc. — were chosen as unanimous Honorary Inductees by the Hall of Fame's Selection Committee.
Also included were four in the Retired Driver category — Bob Brevak, Ron Hmielewski, Bob Root and the late Dwaine "Oulu" Erickson — and five in the Volunteers and Contributors category — Dennis Asbach, Ron and Jeannie Hmielewski, Bob Root and his late wife Sandy, Weaver Wherritt, and Earl and Chris Zar.
Dave Flynn of Superior followed up an impressive feature-winning run at AMSOIL Speedway on Friday night with his second win of the season here Saturday in the WISSOTA Super Stock 20-lap main event.
Flynn also started outside on the front row and was scored as the leader on every lap, but unlike Spacek he was seriously challenged for the lead throughout.
The first 18 laps ran off non-stop as Flynn tried to pull away from a fierce battle for second between Cory Casari, Nick Oreskovich and Scott Lawrence, all of whom got by pole starter Ken Truscott within the first few laps. On lap 6 Oreskovich and Lawrence moved into second and third, and within a lap Lawrence overtook Oreskovich and set his sights on Flynn, who had built up a half-second lead.
In just two laps Lawrence eliminated the deficit and worked Flynn over, moving to both the inside and outside lanes in an effort to shake the leader loose. But Flynn kept his cool and fended off every move offered by the 10-time defending champ.
Lawrence eventually settled for following in Flynn's tire tracks for a while as the leaders drew up on slower traffic, and Casari — who took third on lap 11 — and Oreskovich copied the lead pair's line.
With just two laps remaining Flynn and Lawrence tried to get by the slower Myron Basina, and Lawrence took a shot at the lead. But before the lap was completed Basina bobbled, causing the cars of fifth-place Shane Kisling and sixth-running Wayne Stricker to break loose and tag each other hard enough to knock both from the event.
With the green-white-checkered restart based the last completed lap, Flynn resumed from the point held on for a car-length advantage over Lawrence at the checkers and his second feature win here this season.
Casari and Oreskovich came home a close third and fourth, and Randy Spacek finished fifth for the fourth straight week here. DJ Keeler came home ninth and, by virtue of a ramdom draw and displaying the Raceway's 50th Anniversary decal on his car, earned a $100 bonus.
ABC (Ashland) Results
Saturday, July 19
WISSOTA Modifieds
Feature: Jeff Spacek, Phillips; Steve Stuart, Ashland; Kevin Eder, Ashland; Jesse Glenz, Cadott; Scott Hudack, Ashland; Al Uotinen, Superior; Brian Mikkonen, Iron River; Paul Niznik, Medford; Rick Rivord, Superior; Neil Balduc, Bessemer, MI; Travis Nye, Ashland; Steve Lavasseur, River Falls; Pat Cook, Washburn; Dustin Hudack, Ashland; Zack Pagels, Marengo.
Heat 1: Rivord; Glenz; Mikkonen; Eder; Cook; D. Hudack; Pagels.
Heat 2: Stuart; S. Hudack; Niznik; Spacek; Uotinen; Lavasseur; Nye.
WISSOTA Super Stocks
Feature: Dave Flynn, Superior; Scott Lawrence, Superior; Cory Casari, Montreal; Nick Oreskovich, Mason; Randy Spacek, Phillips; Shawn McFadden Jr, Ashland; Ken Truscott, Greenland, MI; Don Muzzy, Ironwood, MI; DJ Keeler, Superior; Myron Basina, Washburn; Shane Kisling, Sarona; Wayne Stricker, Highbridge; Dave Elliott, Minocqua.
Heat 1: Flynn; Truscott; Spacek; Stricker; Muzzy; Basina; Elliott.
Heat 2: Kisling; Lawrence; Casari; Oreskovich; McFadden; Keeler.
WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds
Feature: Nick Koehler, Bloomer; Ryan Adamczak, Ashland; Mickey Nosser, Phillips; Brad Seavers, Rib Lake; Tanner Hicks, Ashland; Michael Truscott, Chippewa Falls; Duane Dunbar, Marenisco, MI; Cole Spacek, Phillips; George Truscott, Greenland, MI; Paul Suzik, Ironwood, MI; Jeff Klopstein, Tomahawk; John Kallas, Hurley; Tad Schoonover, Eagle River; Tyler Vernon, Ashland; Tad Bretting, Ashland; Kevin Monteith, Rosslyn, ON; Dan Melton, Rhinelander; Tanner Byholm, Glidden; Cody Carlson, Superior; Ryan Barningham, Bayfield; Steve Anderson, Ironwood, MI; Jeremy Lindquist, Ashland.
Paul Niznik, Medford; Mark Kangas, Eveleth; Willy Thompson, Hibbing; David Simpson, Thunder Bay, ON; Jesse Ogston, Duluth; Chris Bretting, Washburn; Carey LePage, Culver, MN; Brad Hanson, Mountain Iron; Bill Muhlig, Bessemer, MI.
Heat 1: Nosser; Spacek; Seavers; Hicks; Anderson; Melton; Barningham; Chris Bretting, Washburn; Schoonover.
Heat 2: Suzik; G. Truscott; Vernon; Kallas; Dunbar; Lindquist; M. Truscott.
Heat 3: Koehler; Adamzak; Klopstein; Carlson; Bretting; Monteith; Byholm; Paul Niznik, Medford.
Feature: Dale Coddington, Hayward; Duane Dunbar, Marenisco, MI; Tiffany Hudack, Ashland; Peter Jokinen, Mellen; Tyler Hudack, Ashland; DeJay Mihalek, Ashland; Ken Tyykila, Iron River; Jeremy Lindquist, Ashland; Aaron Mashlan, Ashland; Ethan Beeksma, Ironwood, MI; Adam Traaholt, Ashland; Zack Pagels, Marengo; Forrest Schultz, Ashland; Colten Vernon, Ashland.
Heat 1: Dunbar; Tyler Hudack; Coddington; Beeksma; Mihalek; Tiffany Hudack; Jokinen; Tyykila.
Heat 2: Pagels; Lindquist; Schultz; Vernon; Mashlan; Traaholt; Jonathan Popp, Iron River.
Pure Stocks
Feature: Matt Deragon, Ashland; Glenn Dammer, Duluth; Jeff Christman, South Range; Steve Udeen, Superior; Terran Spacek, Phillips; Randy Graham, Trego; Andy Udeen, Superior; Andrew Hanson, Iron River; Chris Johnson, South Range; Brandle Pupp, Ashland; Tim Carbon, Highbridge.
Heat 1: Spacek; Graham; A. Udeen; S. Udeen; Pupp; Johnson.
Heat 2: Deragon; Dammer; Christman; Carbon; Hanson.

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Long before his low tops left a lasting legacy across town in Beaverton, Kobe Bryant was a signature athlete with adidas Basketball, and we have a look here at an early round sample of the first shoe to bear his name in full, once known simply as The Kobe.
With a brisk Ice Blue synthetic upper, this version that never made it to retail features dark grey mesh along the collar and tongue, a matching midsole, and a trial run placement of Bryant's ever-awesome "Frobe" logo along the collar that never stuck.
The shoe has not only been repackaged nowadays as the Crazy 1, but it's also received quite a few performance tweaks and upgrades for today's players, as we found out in a recent chat with adidas Basketball Category Footwear Manager Jack Gray.
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To everyone
ann peeples
2012/12/15 14:51:28
I took a walk in the rain today. I like to walk, and weather doesnt stop me. I reflected about 2012. My friend murdered, Bob's illness, all the shootings in the country( two in the Milwaukee area) deaths of Roadfood friends. It was interesting as I could not tell the difference from my tears and the rain. However, I am healing. You all, as a community, have been great. I turn to all of you more often than others. All of you. Thanks for the love, or perhaps not. Its always good.
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2012/12/15 16:12:16
When times are rough friends are very important.
HUGS, Annie.
Hope your holidays are happy.
Michael Hoffman
Double-chop Porterhouse
Re:To everyone
2012/12/15 17:29:54
A walk in the rain is good for the soul. Yours doesn't need any help.
mayor al
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2012/12/15 17:33:24
You are family to us. That's what families do. See you soon.
mr chips
Filet Mignon
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2012/12/15 17:37:56
A horrible year for you Anne. I hope the sorrows will ease and your pain will lessen.
carlton pierre
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2012/12/16 09:21:12
I do a similar thing, Ann. I travel alot and I love to do a lot of early morning driving. Little traffic, and a good time for reflection.
2013/03/06 22:19:18
I've been away from this site for a couple years. I just saw your note. I'm hoping this wintry year has been kinder to you and yours than 2012 was.
ann peeples
2013/03/07 07:42:38
Thanks, David. Certainly no worse......
2013/03/07 13:49:00
I, too, missed this post in December. I had a similar year in 2001. I feel for you, and I pray that 2013 will be a dramatic turn around filled with joy!
For me, 2002 started great with the birth of my nephew on Jan 1 (the first baby in Niagra County, NY of 2002), and continued with some personal successes in music and several good turn of events for my family.
I hope the positives of life are surrounding you!
ann peeples
2013/03/08 07:27:44
Thanks, Scorereader!As Bob said, we have to concentrate on what love is around us, not what doesnt love us.
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UCF's graduate program in social work leads to a Master of Social Work (MSW) and prepares students for advanced social work practice. The program educates students for community-based clinical social work practice with individuals, families and groups. Graduates of the program have the ability to work with diverse clients in a variety of agency settings.
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Josh Berkus wrote: >> Or should it perhaps be a per-table counter in pg_stat_user_tables, >> given your statement above? >> > > Or even a timestamp: last_autovacuum_attempt, which would record the > last time autovacuum was tried. If that's fairly recent and you have a > large number of dead rows, you know what kind of problem you have and > can turn on debug. > These are both reasonable ideas. But there was just some kickback on Tomas's "keeping timestamp of the lasts stats reset" patch recently, from the perspective of trying to limit per-table stats bloat. I think it's relatively easy to make a case that this situation is difficult enough to diagnose that a little bit of extra low-level logging is worthwhile. That Josh and I have both been bit by it enough to be thinking about patches to make it easier to diagnost suggests it's obviously too hard to nail down. But is this so common and difficult to recognize that it's worth making all the table stats bigger? That's a harder call. It's already possible to detect the main symptom--dead row percentage is much higher than the autovacuum threshold, but there's been no recent autovacuum. That makes me less enthusiastic that there's such a genuine need to justify the overhead of storing more table stats just to detect the same thing a little more easily. I've been playing with the Munin PG plug-in more recently, and I was just thinking of adding a dead row trend graph/threshold to it to address this general area instead. We could argue both sides of the trade-off of tracking this directly in stats for some time, and I'd never expect there to be a clear victory for either perspective. I've run into this vacuum problem a few times, but certainly less than I've run into "why is the stats table so huge?" -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support www.2ndQuadrant.us "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance": http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books
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YANGON, Burma Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay Monday over plans by authorities in western Burma to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing.
Some Buddhists, however, welcomed the plan for addressing their fear of a Muslim population explosion.
Authorities in strife-torn said this past weekend that they were restoring a measure imposed during past military rule that banned Rohingya families from having more than two children. Details about the policy and how it will be enforced have not been released, sparking calls for clarity and concerns of more discrimination against a group the U.N. calls one of the world's most persecuted people.
"If true, this is against the law," said Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Suu Kyi has faced criticism for failing to defend the Rohingya following two waves of deadly sectarian violence last year. She told reporters she had not heard details of the latest measure but, if it exists, "It is discriminatory and also violates human rights."
The policy applies to two Rakhine townships that border Bangladesh and have the highest Muslim populations in the state. The townships, Buthidaung and Maungdaw, are about 95 percent Muslim. Nationwide, Muslims account for only about 4 percent of Burma's roughly 60 million people.
The order makes Burma (also known as Myanmar) perhaps the only country in the world to level such a restriction against a particular religious group, and is likely to bring further criticism that Muslims are being discriminated against in the Buddhist-majority country. The central government has not made any statement about the two-child policy since Rakhine state authorities quietly enacted the measure a week ago. Calls seeking comment from government spokesmen have not been returned.
Longstanding antipathy toward the Rohingya erupted last year into mob violence in which Rakhine Buddhists armed with machetes razed thousands of Muslim homes, leaving hundreds of people dead and forcing 125,000 to flee, mostly Muslims. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch has accused the government and security forces in Rakhine of fomenting an organized campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against the Rohingya, who are regarded as aliens.
- "All You Can Do is Pray": Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Arakan State (HRW)
- "Issues to Be Raised Concerning the Situation of Stateless Rohingya Children in Burma (Burma)" (The Arakan Project)
Since the violence, the religious unrest has expanded into a campaign against Muslim communities in other areas, posing a serious challenge to President Thein Sein's reformist government as it attempts to implement democratic reforms after nearly half a century of harsh military rule.
Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing said over the weekend the policy was meant to stem population growth in the Muslim community, which a government-appointed commission last month identified as one of the causes of the sectarian violence. He said authorities have not determined how the measure will be enforced, but it will be mandatory.
"This is the best way to control the population explosion which is a threat to our national identity. If no measure is taken to control the population, there is a danger of losing our own identity," said National Affairs Minister for the Yangon Region Zaw Aye Maung, an ethnic Rakhine member of parliament. He said restricting the number of children in the poorer Muslim community will benefit them because smaller families are better able to feed, clothe and educate their children.
- Burmese leader warns of force to stop religious rioting
- U.N. official calls for help for Burma's displaced
- Clashes between Muslim Rohingya minority, Buddhists leave 100 dead in Burma
A Buddhist monk in Maungdaw township was also enthusiastic.
"It's a good idea. If the government can really control the Bengali population in the area, the other communities will feel more secure and there will be less violence like what happened in the past," said monk Manithara from the Aungmyay Bawdi monastery, using the name "Bengali" that most Buddhists prefer to "Rohingya." "It's also a good step to develop the living standards of the people in the region. China also has this kind of policy."


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Denim days can't be complete without the jacket. It's such a good thing to have in your wardrobe. Maybe even more than one. This one, from New Look (£27.99) in a bleach wash, is oversized, just like the jackets of the late 80s and early 90s. A fashionista's dream.
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About the Major
Neuroscience is a discipline that probes one of the last biological frontiers in understanding ourselves. It asks fundamental questions about how the brain and nervous system work in the expression of behavior. As such, the field takes on a clear interdisciplinary character: All scientific levels of organization (behavioral, developmental, molecular, cellular, and systems) contribute to our understanding of the nervous system. Neuroscience has been a field of particularly active growth and progress for the past two decades, and it is certain to be an area where important and exciting developments will continue to occur. At Wesleyan, the neurosciences are represented by the teaching and research activities of faculty members in the departments of Biology and Psychology. The NS&B curriculum is both comprehensive and provides diverse approaches to learning. Through lecture/seminars, lab-based methods courses, and hands-on research experience, students are afforded a rich educational experience. Unique among schools of comparative size, Wesleyan has small but active graduate programs leading to MA and PhD degrees. This attribute, together with the high success rate of faculty in obtaining research grant support, further enhances the education of undergraduates by providing additional mentoring, more research opportunities, and access to state-of-the-art laboratories. The mission of the NS&B Program is to provide the foundation for a variety of career options in science, medicine, and private industry. For more information, see www.wesleyan.edu/nsb/.
One or more of the foundation courses in biology (BIOL181, 182) are prerequisites for the advanced NS&B courses offered by the Biology Department. Although not legislated as prerequisites, NS&B213 (Behavioral Neurobiology) and NS&B laboratory courses provide important conceptual and practical background for independent research in the junior and senior years. The ideal course sequence would include BIOL181 and 182 along with chemistry in the first year. In the sophomore year, one would take Behavioral Neurobiology (NS&B213). The other required courses and research tutorials would be spread out over the last two years. For information on the pathway through the major, please visit http://www.wesleyan.edu/nsb/pathwaysthroughmajor.html for further information.
To be admitted to the major during March of the sophomore year, a student must have completed, with grades of C- or better, at least two of the full-credit courses listed in foundation and core courses that follow. At least one of these credits must be either NS&B213 or BIOL181.
- BIOL181 Principles of Biology I
- BIOL191 Principles of Biology I-Laboratory
- BIOL182 Principles of Biology II
- BIOL192Principles of Biology II-Laboratory
- CHEM141/142 Introductory Chemistry I/II or CHEM143/144 Principles of Chemistry I/II
- CHEM251/252 Principles of Organic Chemistry I/II
- Two additional courses from the following (beginning with the graduating class of 2016):
- Physics (PHYS111 or 112 or 113 or 116); psychology (PSYC105); mathematics (MATH117 or higher); and/or computer science (COMP112, COMP211 or higher)
- NS&B213 Behavioral Neurobiology
Cross-listed with biology
- NS&B224 Hormones, Brain, and Behavior
- NS&B239 Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain
- NS&B245 Cellular Neurophysiology
- NS&B249 Neuroethology
- NS&B252 Cell Biology of the Neuron
- NS&B254 Comparative Animal Behavior
- NS&B299 Waves, Brains, and Music
- NS&B303 Receptors, Channels, and Pumps: Advanced Topics in Membrane Protein Structure and Function
- NS&B317 Neuroethics
- NS&B325 Stem Cells: Basic Biology to Clinical Application
- NS&B328 Chemical Senses
- NS&B343/543 Muscle and Nerve Development
- NS&B345 Developmental Neurobiology
- NS&B347 Mammalian Cortical Circuits
- NS&B351 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- NS&B353 Neurobiology of Neurological Disorders
- NS&B356 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- NS&B220 Cognitive Psychology
- NS&B222 Sensation and Perception
- NS&B225 Cognitive Neuroscience
- NS&B227 Motivation and Reward
- NS&B228 Clinical Neuropsychology
- NS&B239 Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain
- NS&B308 Psychology of Action
- NS&B316 Schizophrenia and Its Treatment: Neuroscientific, Historical, and Phenomenological Perspectives
- NS&B317 Neuroethics
- NS&B329 Neural Costs of War
- NS&B341 Psychology of Learning and Memory
- NS&B342 Music Perception and Cognition
- NS&B348 Origins of Knowledge
- NS&B353 Neurobiology of Neurological Disorders
- NS&B356 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- BIOL320/520 Quantitative Methods for the Biological and Environmental Sciences
- MATH132 Elementary Statistics
- NS&B210 Research Methods in Cognition
- NS&B215 Research Methods: Behavioral Methods in Animal Research
- NS&B243 Neurohistology
- NS&B247 Laboratory in Neurophysiology
- NS&B250/555 Laboratory in Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology
- NS&B280 Applied Data Analysis
- NS&B382 Advanced Research in Decision Making
- NS&B383 Advanced Research in Learning and Memory
- NS&B390 Experimental Investigations into Reading
- NS&B392 Behavioral Methods in Affective Neuroscience
- NS&B393 Advanced Research in Cognition and Neuropsychiatric Illness
- NS&B398 Advanced Research in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
- NS&B399 Lab in Gambling, Drugs, and Junk Food
- NS&B409/410 Senior Thesis Tutorial or 423/424 Advanced Research Seminar for two semesters, both in the lab of the same faculty member
- PSYC200 Statistics: An Activity-Based Approach
Note: MATH132 can be taken to meet requirements for either the methodological or foundation major requirements, but not both. Methodological courses cannot be credited toward the requirements of advanced courses cross-listed with biology or psychology.
Courses of relevance outside the program. Though not requirements of the major, students should be aware that courses in organic chemistry and molecular biology, as well as courses in non-neuroscience areas of biology and psychology, complement the NS&B major and should be considered, in consultation with your advisor, when planning your program of study.
Substituting outside courses for credit to the major.
- Foundation courses: A student who has taken foundation courses outside of Wesleyan may be able to apply them to the major. As a general rule, courses acceptable to the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics departments for University credit are acceptable to the NS&B program for substitution for foundation courses.
- Advanced courses: Advanced courses, inside or outside of the University, might be acceptable as substitutes for the advanced courses of the NS&B major. In general, only one such course can be substituted, and approval must be obtained in advance from the program director.
Undergraduate research.
NS&B majors are encouraged to become involved in the research of the faculty. Research tutorials and senior thesis tutorials are taken with mode of grading and amount of credit to be arranged with the research supervisor. Research tutorials are numbered 409/410 (Senior Thesis Tutorial) and 423/424 (Advanced Research Seminar, Undergraduate). These courses can fulfill the reasearch methods requirement or can receive graduation credit. See the pamphlet Research in the Neuroscience Behavior Program available in room 257 Hall-Atwater for descriptions of the ongoing research programs in the laboratories of the NS&B faculty, or visit our website.
To be considered for honors, a student must be an NS&B major and have a B average (grade average 85) in the courses credited to the major. The student must submit a laboratory research thesis that was supervised by a member of the NS&B faculty and be recommended for honors by the NS&B faculty.
AP credit may be used to place out of any of the foundation courses, subject to the guidelines of the department hosting these courses.
- George H. Acheson and Grass Foundation Prize in Neuroscience: Established in 1992 by a gift from the Grass Foundation, this prize is awarded to an outstanding undergraduate in the Neuroscience and Behavior Program who demonstrates excellence in the program and who also shows promise for future contributions in the field of neuroscience.
Teaching apprenticeships. Students may be appointed teaching apprentices with the approval of the participating faculty member and the Office of Academic Affairs. The apprenticeship position involves assisting a faculty member in the teaching of a course. Concurrently, the apprentice enrolls in an apprenticeship tutorial (NS&B491/492) that is usually a one-credit course and operates in either the graded or credit/no credit mode.
Petitioning for exemptions. A student may request a variance from the requirements of the major or for honors by submitting a written petition to the chair of the program. The petition should indicate why the requirement cannot be met and the educational justification for the alternative. The petition will be considered by the NS&B faculty, and the student will receive a statement of the decision by letter.
Seminars. The program periodically invites neuroscientists from outside Wesleyan to come here and describe their research. These seminars frequently complement course material and give students the opportunity to interact with noted researchers. The talks are usually scheduled for noon on Thursdays. Students are encouraged to attend.


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Regulations that vow to increase consumer safety are rarely met with resistance. After all, who wants to come out on the side for less safety? However, more often than not, these regulations tend to impede economic growth rather than achieve their intended goal of making the public safer.
Such is the case with the latest job killing regulation set to take effect next summer. The Wall Street Journal reports that new requirements for pilots will make it harder to obtain a license, increasing the required prior flight experience six-fold to 1,500 hours. This effectively raises the cost to become a pilot, shrinking the supply of newcomers to the market at the same time airlines are looking to hire more.
Currently, the occupation is aging and large numbers are set to retire. John Allen, head of flight standards with the Federal Aviation Administration, himself called the retirement figures, "astounding and dramatic" and stated that "we don't have a system to address this issue." This should be prime time for hiring more pilots, but increasing the cost restricts the pool from which to hire. At the same time as the new requirements for a license kick in, regulations will also increase required daily rest time, further worsening the problem as airlines need more pilots to accommodate the change. The effect on airlines will be higher costs in addition to their already rising costs from higher fuel prices. Consumers will undoubtedly feel the pain in the form of higher prices as the costs get passed down.
What is prompting the new regulations in the name of 'safety'? Has air travel become less safe lately? Actually, airplanes have never been safer. CNN named last year an "incredibly safe year for air travel," observing that, "each year, more aircrafts take to the skies, and the chances of something going wrong continue to drop."
With no real problem prompting this regulation, it's the latest example of what we have come to expect over the past several years: pointless and expensive mandates that sucker punch businesses at a time when the economy simply can't absorb the blows.


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Video: Tyson Questions Judge in Mayweather Bout
Count Mike Tyson among the people in boxing who are questioning the credibility of judge C.J. Ross. Ross, one of three judges ringside for last Saturday's Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez bout, scored the fight a draw, while the other two judges and most boxing experts scored the fight decisively for Mayweather.
Tyson said he was on a plane during the bout but heard that the fight was one-sided. "He won simple and really easy," Tyson said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "When you're that good and you make someone that's a great fighter seem like he's a journeyman, you're going to build animosity, because that's just a human trait. That's what this country produces. Animosity, jealousy, envy, drugs, chaos."


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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing is a method to determine how closely the tissues of one person match the tissues of another person. Human leukocyte antigens are proteins you inherit from your parents. Together, your HLA proteins, or markers, make up your HLA type. We currently know of more than 2,500 different HLA markers.
It is important in bone marrow transplants to know how closely the HLA type of the transplant recipient matches the HLA type of the donor. We can determine your HLA type before you have a transplant by taking a sample of your blood or another body tissue. The same process can be used to determine the HLA type of anyone who may donate to you.
What Is an HLA Match?
The HLA match is the number of HLA markers that any two people have in common. HLA matching is usually based on either eight or 10 HLA markers. The more markers two people share, the better the match. When two individuals share the same HLA markers, they are said to be a good match. That is, their immune systems will not see each other as foreign and are less likely to attack each other.
The most likely place to find an HLA match between two people is among siblings who have the same mother and father. If two siblings inherit the very same HLA markers from both parents, they are said to be an HLA-identical match.
- You have a 25-percent (1-in-4) chance of being an HLA-identical match to your sibling—that is, inheriting the very same HLA markers as your sibling.
- You have a 50-percent chance of inheriting half of the same HLA markers as your sibling. This is called a haploidentical match.
- You have a 25-percent chance of inheriting none of the same HLA markers as your sibling.
Two unrelated people can just happen to be a good HLA match, too. Although it is less likely, it is possible that you could have some of the same HLA markers as someone you don't even know.
Finding the Best Match
When a doctor decides that a bone marrow transplant is the best treatment for a patient, the patient, all of his or her siblings, if they agree, and sometimes their parents will have samples collected for HLA typing. If one of the family members is an HLA-identical match, the lab will do further testing to be absolutely sure that they are the best match possible.
If none of the siblings is a good HLA match, the doctor will sometimes ask to have additional family members tested. Since your HLA type is inherited from your parents and passed on to your children, your parents and children have the next best chance among your relatives of being closely HLA matched with you.
If there are no close HLA matches within the family, the health care team will contact the National Marrow Donor Program to search international registries for an unrelated volunteer donor with the same HLA markers as the patient.
What Are HLA Antibodies?
Before transplants, patients are tested for HLA antibodies. HLA antibodies are proteins that may be present in the patient's blood and could interfere with the success of the transplant. If the donor is not an absolutely perfect match, the patient's HLA antibodies may attack the donated cells and make the patient's body reject the transplant.
Some people do not have HLA antibodies, while others do. The reasons are not clearly understood, but people are most likely to develop HLA antibodies from pregnancies, prior blood or platelet transfusions, or organ transplants.
The HLA antibody level is referred to as the PRA (panel reactive antibody). The PRA tells us the percentage of the general population that the patient has HLA antibodies to. This can give us a good idea about how easy or difficult it will be to find a compatible platelet donor for this patient. In addition to measuring the patient's PRA, we can also test whether a patient has antibodies to a particular HLA molecule. Some patients have antibodies to one or two HLA molecules, while others have antibodies to many HLA molecules and, therefore, have a higher PRA.
Request HLA Typing at SCCA
At Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), we typically receive requests for HLA typing from treating doctors—for example, your primary oncologist. While we can certainly discuss HLA typing with you directly, we recommend that your doctor be involved to work with us.
When we receive your request, the SCCA intake department will work with your local doctor to determine three things:
- What is the clinical urgency, based on your condition?
- What is your treatment plan?
- Are you considering searching for an alternate donor if there is no family match?
After determining the items above, we will contact you to explain the HLA typing process and collect information about your insurance and your family member who is willing to donate. We will contact your insurance carrier for financial clearance, and we will communicate with you about any financial implications of HLA typing. If we need to discuss altering the HLA-typing strategy based on any of the information collected, one of our doctors will contact your local doctor or you.
Our Clinical Immunogenetics Laboratory will send instructions to your local doctor about how to collect and send specimens for HLA typing.
If you want to discuss HLA typing, call our intake department, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at (800) 804-8824 or (206) 606-SCCA (7222).


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Prominent in the canonical texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is the claim that God speaks. Nicholas Wolterstorff argues that contemporary speech-action theory, when appropriately expanded, offers us a fascinating way of interpreting this claim and showing its intelligibility. He develops an innovative theory of double-hermeneutics - along the way opposing the current near-consensus led by Ricoeur and Derrida that there is something wrong-headed about interpreting a text to find out what its author said. Wolterstorff argues that at least some of us are entitled to believe that God has spoken. Philosophers have never before, in any sustained fashion, reflected on these matters, mainly because they have mistakenly treated speech as revelation.
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"Big Data" is a buzz phrase much loved by Empty Suits. I work in pharma and our IT departments have suffered major Empty Suit infestation. "Big Data" has now replaced "Cloud Computing" as the latest bandwagon for such empty suits to pile onto in the hope of career advancement. One could also add another current buzz phrase: "Data Scientist", many of those who like to bandy this one around know little about data and even less about science. Having said all the above, "Big Data" is important, much too important to be left to gasbags!


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Self-directed IRA/401(k)s let you be in charge of your retirement investing. The law permits funds to be invested in any asset except for insurance or collectibles.
Anyone can take control of his or her retirement assets that are not in their current employers benefit plan. That means IRA or 401(k) funds that you now have and control can be structured for your checkbook control investing.
The funds need to be placed with one of the self-directed IRA custodians or you need to establish your own personal 401(k) plan for rolling over prior employer 401(k) plans or even rolling over IRAs into your new solo 401(k) plan.
The IRA conversion or new 401(k) plan can be set up at any time. Because the new plans are unique and tax law specific, you may need some help to set up the conversion.
Help should be sought from experienced institutions and professionals with this self-directed knowledge and experience. Contact us for needed referrals and help if needed.
The main reason for converting retirement funds to self-directed control is:
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PUMA: GM and Segway's Solution for Urban Transportation
Every year, more people worldwide flock to cities, where congestion and pollution are becoming intolerable. GM and Segway have teamed up to build what they believe is the solution: a two-seat, two-wheeled Segway with zero emissions. These images represent the skeletal prototype, developed under a project dubbed PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), which will go into pre-production this fall. The companies expect the yet-unnamed urban transporter to get its finalized look-and-feel by early next year, meaning sales could start as soon as 2010–and because the 700-pound vehicle will require 80% fewer materials than the average car, it stands to reason it could be about 80% cheaper than a car, too.FCS


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Brent crude oil fell more than $1 to below $108 a barrel on Monday, heading for its first monthly decline since May, as tensions over Iran eased and a potential U.S. government shutdown clouded the outlook for demand.
Brent was down 77 cents to $107.86 a barrel by 1220 GMT, set for a 5.4 percent monthly drop. U.S. crude was down $1.24 at $101.63 a barrel.
"Given the political uncertainty prevailing in the U.S. and Italy and the evident rapprochement between the U.S. and Iran, there is a threat of oil retreating further over the next few days towards $105 a barrel (Brent) and $100 a barrel (WTI)," analysts at Commerzbank said.
U.S. President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone on Friday, the highest-level contact between the two countries in three decades as both sides seek to reach a deal over Iran's nuclear programme.
"The phone call between Obama and Rouhani was a bit late on Friday, so that needs to be priced in, but is the continuation of the improving sentiment over Iran," Olivier Jakob, an analyst at Petromatrix, said.
Exports from Iran have more than halved in recent years to around 1 million barrels per day in 2012 due to tightening sanctions.
Iran's top four crude buyers - China, India, Japan and South Korea - cut their purchases by 16 percent in the first eight months of 2013.
World powers are due to hold a new round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme in mid-October in Geneva.
Supply concerns have also eased in recent weeks as exports from Libya have recovered to above 580,000 barrels per day, following weeks of disruption.
At the same time, Brent found support on worries that a potential strike at a refinery in Scotland could disrupt North Sea crude supplies.
Investors cut their net long positions in Brent for a fourth week in a row to 167,745 contracts, the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) said.
In the United States, Republicans and Democrats are locked in an impasse over funding, which could lead to a shutdown of the U.S. government for the first time in 17 years at midnight on Monday.
Commodities and equity markets weakened as investors shifted toward safe havens such as the Japanese yen and Swiss franc ahead of the U.S. funding deadline.
"We expect this situation will play out as many similar situations have played out before - by pushing the issue to crisis level and achieving a very last-minute resolution - or a resolution immediately after the deadline has passed," Jason Schenker of U.S.-based consultancy Prestige Economics said in a note.
Also the euro softened against the dollar as the Italian government teetered on the edge of collapse after Silvio Berlusconi pulled the rug from under Enrico Letta's coalition government by ordering five centre-right ministers to quit.
(Additional reporting by Florence Tan in Singapore; Editing by Pravin Char and Jane Baird)


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You're right when you say that letterboxing a movie loses many lines. When we stretch the picture into a taller image to fill our viewing screens with a letterboxed movie to eliminate the black bars on the top and the bottom, we also throw away both top and bottom lines of resolution along with the black bars. We also stretch apart the remaining few lines when we do this. The "anamorphic" format sends us a vertically stretched, badly distorted "skinny" image that can use all the lines. If your TV can simply stretch out this image horizontally, exactly undistorting it, this neat trick lets you have widescreen images with no loss of vertical resolution. And---you guessed it---the DVD has anamorphic capability. If your TV is not a high-end device that can do this horizontally stretching trick, once again, you don't get the picture. Well, Steve, do we sound like high-end yet?
The "quest" for the perfect illusion of live entertainment in the home that you speak of is what makes high-end audio environments attractive to video companies. That "culture" inherent within your manufacturers, dealers, and consumers is precisely reflected by like-minded individuals (like Yves Faroudja, Sam Runco, and others) within the electronic high-end imaging world. We seek High-Fidelity Video. We wish for our images to accurately reproduce the artistic intentions of the producers and directors.
We appreciate that the recent roots of your community lie in two-speaker presentation, but remember: mono wasn't that long ago. We're not audio professionals, but we've heard fabulous multichannel audio presentations in the Snell and Madrigal facilities that were certainly musical, and well in keeping with your "quest." In that "quest," must you limit your tools to two speakers? Remember that the original Bell Labs work in three-channel sound failed only because of the difficulty in getting three channels out of vinyl. (Does your word "illusion" imply anything visual?) We admire the goals that you define for high-end audio, but find your conclusion that those goals must be met with specific limitations on technology to be flat-out narrow-minded.
The high-end audio market was and will be a niche market. The rapid growth of Stereophile's readership to record levels speaks for the validity as well as the vitality of this niche. Home Theater is an opportunity for your community to enrich the enjoyment of another entirely new audience and a huge world of popular software. Reaching out to that market will make new clients aware of the unique qualities of the product lines in your industry. Only by growing and prospering can your small audio companies continue to fund R&D.
The video market was 25 million unit sales last year. Why do you think Stereophile publishes a separate Stereophile Guide to Home Theater? When television first came on the scene, the radio stations were convinced the end was near, but radio thrived alongside of television. When Pay-TV and videotape came along, the movie theaters felt they, too, were doomed. Video has been the best thing that ever happened to the movie business, and theaters are thriving. We have trained hundreds of audio professionals in video-display-standard seminars. We expect their Home Theater presentations to complement, not replace, their audio business.
High-end electronic imaging is a science, easily replicated with test patterns and instrumentation. High-end audio remains an art, one that your community does best. Whether you thrive or survive in purist audio, Home Theater is not a cancer, but the very introduction to the broader market that your industry certainly deserves.-
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Lynx, running his own imprint Detail Recordings, is on a mission to deliver only the most innovative sounds in underground electronic music. Standout tracks including 'Disco Dodo' and 'Global Enemies' may have helped make his name but the sheer diversity and quality of Lynx's output across labels like Soul:r, Digital Soundboy and Hospital have marked him as a producer par-excellence. Remixes for Metalheadz and Innerground, plus his sublime reworking of James Blake's 'Limit To Your Love' means he remains ahead of the rest, with cutting-edge studio skills and the drive to explore new musical avenues. A diverse and talented DJ, his live sets are largely built on exclusive and upfront material with an eclectic feel appealing to clubbers across the spectrum.
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hi guys
sorry i just hate waiting lol
ive downloaded a sound which i want to use on fruity loops trouble is its a wav file and no programe online will let me convert it to midi saddly...so to upload it with fruity loops the sound has to be sliced :roll: trouble is i dont want the sound sliced because i want to use this sound on the piano roll to get the same sound at different notes...any way i can make this possible?
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convert to midi?.. wha? no reason to have to slice either.. just insert a "sampler" then load the wav file into it... that should do it.. how long is the sample? you might want to edit it first in edison or audacity or something... and read the fl manual as well as anything on midi you can find.. you don't seem to understand midi very well.. hope this helps
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Luke 2:7:
And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in blankets
and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
This seems to be the scripture that has had an
impact on me this Christmas season. I have heard it in our church
services, on the car radio, and on the Web.
One of my favorite stories has been reported in
various publications through the years. It tells of a group of Sunday
School students who were asked to put on the annual Christmas play. The
students were given the responsibility of selecting the characters who
would have speaking parts. They chose Wally for the inn-keeper. He was a
large boy, who was friendly, kind, and loved by the other students. He
was also mentally challenged. His part was only two sentences, "Go away.
There is no room." This was to be repeated twice.
Wally got along fine at rehearsals, and was so
impressed with the colorful costumes and the large audience, he really
was living his part. When Mary and Joseph first appeared, Wally said his
lines correctly, but when they turned to leave, Wally had tears running
down his cheeks, as he called out, "Come back, Mary, come back Joseph,
you can have my room."
This story always makes me think about my life. Am
I crowding Christ out because of other pursuits? Is my life becoming
overstuffed with material things that require upkeep, overstuffed with
habits that deplete energy, overstuffed with food that doesn't
contribute to fitness? Do I crowd him out by resentment and bitterness?
These are like barnacles that cover a ship and make
it unsafe for travel on the sea. Our outlook on life can be changed by
these negative habits. We pray that God will help us keep the miracle of
Christmas in our lives throughout the year.
Day Forty-Eight, December 22, 2008.
29 days, 15 hours and 20 minutes left until
inauguration day.
For insight and clarity for President-Elect Obama's
appointee to the position of Secretary of Treasury, Timothy Geithner.
His master replied, "Well done, good and faithful
servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in
charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"
--Matthew 25:23.
Lord, You
reign in perfect faithfulness over us--as individuals and as a nation.
You have done great and mighty things in this country, and I praise and
thank You for Your goodness to us, even in the midst of economic crisis
and challenge.
God, we pray that President-Elect Barack Obama's
choice for the Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, will have a
heart like the good stewards celebrated in Matthew 25. Give him great
wisdom, integrity and understanding about how to deal properly with our
country's economic concerns. Give him insight beyond his own experience
so our nation will be able to meet the needs of its citizens. We give
You praise and honor for hearing and responding. In the name of Christ
our Lord, amen.


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We Face A Crisis Without Equalby RonChusid
Editor and Publisher notes many of the same trends we have. "Fox News poll this week shows his approval rating sinking to 33%, with grassroots Republicans abandoning Bush in droves." "This week at Vanity Fair online, Carl Bernstein is calling for a Watergate-style congressional probe of possible high crimes and misdemeanors. Even Neil Young is weighing in with a soon-to-be-released song that urges, "Let's impeach the president — for lying." They give more extended coverage to Thomas Friedman's column, starting by observing:
Friedman, who still supports the Iraq war, opens by declaring that given a choice between a nuclear Iran and an attack on that country engineered by the White House, he would choose the former. That's how little he trusts the diplomatic and military chops of Bush, Rumsfeld, Condi and Co. He cites "the level of incompetence that the Bush team has displayed in Iraq, and its refusal to acknowledge any mistakes or remove those who made them."
Editor and Publisher calls this A Crisis Almost Without Equal:
Our president, in a time of war, terrorism and nuclear intrigue, will likely remain in office for another 33 months, with crushingly low approval ratings that are still inching lower. Facing a similar problem, voters had a chance to quickly toss Jimmy Carter out of office, and did so. With a similar lengthy period left on his White House lease, Richard Nixon quit, facing impeachment. Neither outcome is at hand this time.
They find no easy solutions:
I don't have a solution myself now, although all pleas for serious probes, journalistic or official, of the many alleged White House misdeeds should be heeded. But my point here is simply to start the discussion, and urge that the media, first, recognize that the crisis—or, if you want to say, impending crisis — exists, and begin to explore the ways to confront it.
If anything, this column understates the problem which people of both parties are recognized. This country was established under a set of principles including respect for the rights of the individual, religious freedom including the necessary condition of separation of church and state, and separation of powers. Over most of the course of this country, the trend has been to more consistently apply these principles, such as with the extension of rights to women and blacks. We've had periods of increased power being grabbed by the Executive Branch, but they inevitably lead to new limitations to maintain our liberties. George Bush is a reactionary who desires to take this country in a direction different from these traditions. Not only is he trying to take the country in a direction different than that desired by most Americans, he has been incompetent in the exercise of the powers of his office, compounding the problem.
As long as his political party places politics over the good of the country, impeachment is not a likely remedy unless there should be a tremendous change in the composition of Congress in the next election. The current Republicans are the only ones with the power to end this crisis now. When faced with problems which were less severe than those we face today, some Republicans such as Barry Goldwater ultimately spared the country continued suffering by convincing Richard Nixon he must step down. This solution is unlikely, but if Republicans wish to show that they love America as much as they claim it is time for them to encourage George Bush and Dick Cheney to step down.
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This is what completely perplexes me. This blundering by the Republicans and bad policy makers.
It seems to me that if they wanted support they would impeach as soon as possible to establish ethics and responsibility, or the appearance of them, and show their seriousness about change. I believe that is what the public is starting to desire. They might have illusions about doing things ouside of the people's will, but I don't think it works that way here. Trends dictate, I think. It would be their only hope for saving the party right now.
I don't get it.
The problem is that the Repubicans have nothing left to save. They can no longer be the party to oppose big government as they are now the problem themselves. They have no principles left. They have no ideas beyond ones to cover up their goals to transfer more wealth to the ultra-wealthy.
All the Republicans have left is to grasp for power. The longer they stick with Bush, the less they have left beyond this.
That's encouraging, Ron. This is why I've been against impeachment all along. It would shortchange the Republican ruin. Let them continue their destruction with their utter failures continually lurking behind them. we can put our energy into worthwhile efforts. There really is so little time left for them. And even though some folks say their powers are still great, I don't believe it. I just want to say good-bye.
The article claims Democrats oppose impeachment for political reasons, believing they can win by having Bush in office to drag down the Republicans.
The only real reason not to attempt to impeach now is that it is futile, and may even help unite the Republicans behind Bush again. If impeachment were a real possibility, go ahead. If the news this summer and fall was dominated by impeachment, this would only help the Democrat's chances.
I think impeachment is unneccessary. Too much cost, time, and life force. The end is coming naturally.
I also sort of think that impeachment has lost some of it's credibility, power and political advantage after the Clinton Debacle. Let it lie for awhile and use it when really applicable.
The news could still be dominated by the subject to the Democrats' advantage and that would be a way for them to capitalize on the media so bent on trying to diminish them.
The end isn't coming for quite a while. 2009 is a long time to go without an effective President. If impeachment were a possiblity it should be considered.
As for "really applicable" this seems to really apply to Bush. There's a major difference between now and the Clinton years–Bush really deserves impeachment.
None of this matters as long as the Republicans control Congress and impeachment is not a possibility.
Now there's a major pronouncement – by the trade mag of the MSM.
I agree Ron, it won't happen, but the best thing they could do for us all is follow Nixon.
It's not Bush. It's the whole extreme right infrastructure in the Republican Party that needs to come down. That will take time. I'm willing to be patient and let it be complete.
IMHO, If we run on the platform of impeaching Bush, we deserve to loose. We need to run on how we will solve the problems. The desire to impeach must come from the masses, the general public must demand it first; not Dems.
We can run on how corrupt, incompetent and immoral Dumbo Inc is and what we will do differently and better; or not do depending on the issue.
Our campaign slogan must not be "Elect us and we will impeach Bush!"
Dumbo Inc is neutered if we can get control of either the House or Senate this November. That is why Rove was moved to run the elections.
BTW..as I posted earlier elsewhere…we must start a letter campaign of removing his salary form the public payroll.
Democrats definately can't run on a platform of impeaching Bush.
They must run on princples, including restoring accountability in government, as well as plans to fix the mess Bush as created.
If this results in a Congress willing to investigate Bush and ultimately impeach, that would be a great outcome, but impeachment should not be the main focus of the campaign.


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For the first time in awhile, my entire Vacheron & Constantin family is together!
They will all share space in the cabinet until one or two are sent to new homes .
The 4178 chronograph now has it's Certificate of Authenticity and the aluminum pocket watch is sporting a lovely set of restored hands.
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One way the Watsonville-based California Strawberry Commission tries to grab consumers attention and, one would hope, boost strawberry sales is by touting the health benefits of the berries.
By sponsoring research by respected scientists at some of the nation's leading universities, the commission attracts attention from mainstream and scientific media as well as consumer Web sites and other information sources.
The commission began sponsoring research in 2003, said Chris Christian, vice president of marketing, and so far has invested more than $2 million into studying the health benefits of strawberries.
"We provide grants every year through a request-for-proposals process," she said.
The commission currently is supporting several researchers, some on an ongoing basis and some new researchers.
Grant recipients are chosen by a committee (within the commission's marketing committee) with the help of some outside scientific reviewers who help evaluate the proposals and determine whether they are focusing on the commission's objectives.
"Our priority areas of focus are heart health, cognitive functions and general cognitive aging," Christian said.
The commission wants to develop valid, consumer-relative messages focused on the health benefits of strawberries, she added.
One study, conducted by researchers at UCLA and entitled "Strawberry Consumption Is Associated with Increased Antioxidant Capacity in Serum," recently was published in the Journal of Medicinal Food.
The study is important because although researchers talk a lot about the antioxidant levels of fruit, "just because a food has antioxidants doesn't mean they are absorbable or available to us when we eat them," Christian said.
"This study proves that the antioxidants in strawberries are bioavailable — or available to our bodies for use," she said.
In the study, healthy women ate about a half-pound of strawberries daily for three weeks.
Researchers then looked at several measures of antioxidant capacity in the blood and determined that "eating strawberries resulted in an increased antioxidant capacity in the blood and also the body's ability to prevent oxidation of blood lipids, such as LDL (or 'bad') cholesterol," she said.
"That's a common theme that is coming out of a lot of our research that focuses on the heart-health area," she said. "Regular consumption of strawberries helps prevent oxidation of LDL cholesterol."
Elevated levels of oxidized LDL cholesterol are a primary risk factor for heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women and men, Christian said.
"Many of our studies are starting to identify the link between strawberries and heart health," she said.
Another study by Britt Burton-Freeman, now at the Illinois Institute of Technology, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
The study was conducted when Burton-Freeman was at the University of California at Davis and shows that strawberries reduce LDL oxidation and other "inflammatory markers" in overweight men and women in response to a high-fat meal.
For the study, overweight individuals, who are more at risk of developing heart disease than, were put on a strawberry diet.
The study showed that after eating a high-fat meal, "those on the strawberry diets had reduced inflammatory status," Christian said. "Strawberries reduced both LDL oxidation and inflammation."


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At the creation, God spoke and "did" or "made" ('asah) things.
God speaks again to Judah, with the same creative word, a word that will form a new heavens and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17). Something is "done" or "made," as it was at the beginning (Isaiah 65:12; 'asah again). But what is made is not tov, "good." What's made is "evil" (ra').
Does God speak evil into being?
No: Judah "makes" ra' because she refuses to listen to Yahweh: "I called and you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear; and you did evil in My sight" (65:12).
Between the utterance of the creative word and the making of good, something intervenes. There is an obstacle between Word and new creation; there is resistance to the Word that would remake the world. Judah's stubborn deafness interrupts the creative nexus between "word" and "thing made," between the poet and his poiesis.Here is the difference between creation and "providence" in a postlapsarian world: Both are outcomes of the Word, but while the Word accomplishes its purpose without resistance in creation, after Adam's sin the same Word is rejected, hated, crucified.
Yet Isaiah knows that the Word will not return void. New creation will come. God's Yes will overwhelm our every No. But in the meantime, we are faced with the impossible possibility, the impossible reality, of God's unheard Word.


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Peter Sinclair's latest video continues on with Christopher Monckton. I'm in this one!
Climate Denial Crock on Monckton, part 2
#2 Jeremy C April 16, 2010
Great! I'm glad someone has dug up Thatcher's words on global warming as, love her or hate her, that she said those things is a bit of an inconvenient truth for Monckton et al. I wonder why nobody has challenged him before in his public addresses about a) Thatcher and b) the meme that he was a science adviser to her.
BTW Tim, having watched your debate with Monckton and having now seen two episodes of the new Doctor Who series (heh, heh my fellow Australians you just have to wait to this Sunday night for the first one) then Tim, why didn't the BBC cast you as the new Doctor instead of Matt Smith. You would've been a shoo in…….!
#3 Paul UK April 16, 2010
I think 'Thatcherites' claim she did the 'global warming' thing as a part of the plan to 'take out' the UK coal miners.
Although I'm not sure of the sequence of events, speeches then close coal mines, or close coal mines then speeches?
#4 MapleLeaf April 16, 2010
Well done Tim, you are now even more famous 🙂
And, yes yet another excellent take down by Peter Sinclair. I thought this series was too silly at first, but then I had to remind myself who it was about!
#5 Jeremy C April 16, 2010
If I remember correctly the miners strike was in 1984, mines closed in the years after that and Thatcher made her speeches on global warming toward the end of the eighties. Pretty smart move huh, doing it all back-to-front.
#6 WotWot April 16, 2010
Phew, what a looney!
#7 sod April 16, 2010
the videos are getting better and better.
isn t there some price that can be awarded to Sinclair? anyone got an idea?
that Thatcher stuff at the end was simply brilliant.
#8 Steve Bloom April 16, 2010
The Monckton comparison is the worst sort of insult to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
#9 Mark Shapiro April 16, 2010
Thank you, Tim. Thank you, Peter.
#10 Josie April 16, 2010
Monckton wasn't a science adviser to Thatcher but he was an political/ economic adviser to her.
I have always the impression that Thatcher's concern about climate change was sincere. Even evil right wingers can care about their grandchildren?
I was pretty young then but to my knowledge she did not use the climate issue in the minor's strike at all. Incidentally neither do I remember it being discussed when the John Major government shut many of the remaining coal mines in the early nineties. The argument given was that they were uncompetitive.
#11 Fran Barlow April 16, 2010
Speaking as someone who was in the UK in 84-5 and actively supported the miners, I can't imagine why Thatcher wouldn't have mentioned AGW as a wedge.
#12 John Mashey April 16, 2010
Seeing the logos together reminds me:
there is a small circle of those
or had resignations demanded by
the Visocunt, possibly with help from Robert Ferguson or K-M Schulte, etc.
As far as I know, the latest joiner of this circle is Barry Bickmore of Brigham Young U, as described by Eli Rabett in Monckton Jumps the Land-Shark, gets Eaten, although possible the Salt Lake Tribune joined later.
I suspect Peter Sinclair will have this chance… perhaps for "unlawful interference with the YouTube-sphere."
This group deserves a logo and name of its own! Perhaps a purple portcullis with a red circle/slash on it? Or a dragon rampant on a field of broken portcullis pieces? There is room for creativity from those with good graphics skills.
In addition, there might be a derivative logo that could be displayed with any Monckton-debunking article, making it immediately visible, and giving the displayers thereof a boost towards membership in the circle above.
#13 Mike April 16, 2010
Ouch. That video of Thatcher is going to hurt some of the sceptics who see her as a conservative hero.
But will they re-assess their scepticism by taking a closer look at the actual science? Not a chance. The shutters are slammed firmly closed.
#14 Jeremy C April 16, 2010
I am surprised that people seem to have forgotten that Thatcher new about global warming and was concerned about it (love her or hate her). She trained in science under a nobel prize winner, Dorothy Hodgkin.
Thats why I always laugh when Monckton praises her so fulsomely. I guess thats because he thinks most people have forgotten what Thatcher said on this and that she was a scientist which is why he never seems to correct people when being introduced as a 'former science adviser to Margaret Thatcher'. Can you imagine him trying to advise her on science.
#15 Charles April 16, 2010
Another good take down of Monckton. But why continue to refer to him as "Lord Monckton" in the video, especially after knowing that he has been mis-representing himself? He is a Lord of nothing.
#16 John April 16, 2010
He is Lord of Factual Inaccuracy and Dishonesty.
In other words, Lord of Pants On Fire.
#17 V. infernalis April 16, 2010
Slightly off-topic, but Tim (and others) might be interested to know that there was a climate change "debate" at James Cook University just last week between David Karoly (University of Melbourne) and Peter Ridd (JCU). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend and don't know if it was recorded.
#18 John Mashey April 16, 2010
re: #15
Actually, he is entitled be called Lord, but not to represent himself as a Member of the House of Lords. See Peerage section.
#19 Steve Bloom April 17, 2010
Re #18: So can we say that the Potty Peer is, in a manner of speaking, a member of the Outhouse of Lords? I'm thinking that portcullis would be improved by the addition of a crescent moon.
#20 climateprogressive April 17, 2010
That's a splendidly-composed video – full marks to Peter!
It'd be great to have the lot on a DVD (hint!)…
The Thatcher clips towards the end are a masterstroke. The notion of AGW being a way to get at the miners is a weary old denialist myth – those clips all date from well after the miners' strike.
As to the "Lord" bit, as Eli posted recently, enquiries made to the House of Lords brought the following succint reply:
"Christopher Monckton is not and has never been a Member of the House of Lords. There is no such thing as a 'non-voting' or 'honorary' member."
see http://rabett.blogspot.com/2010/04/monckton-jumps-shark-gets-eaten.html
#21 Stu April 17, 2010
just to clarify, you don't have to be a member of the House of Lords to be entitled to call yourself a Lord. Monckton inherited his title and that's all fine and dandy. What he didn't inherit was a seat in the House of Lords.
#22 climateprogressive April 17, 2010
Indeed, Stu – you are quite right: however, the point is that he should not introduce himself as being from the Upper House or the legislature, which he has done a number of times!
#23 lord_sidcup April 17, 2010
Monckton actually claims it was he who alerted Thatcher that "there might be a problem with CO2". "But 3 years ago, when a finance house asked me to advise it on whether there was a problem, I looked at the science again, I found there was no problem". Reported [here](http://www.facebook.com/notes/the-climate-pool/courting-controversy-qa-with-skeptic-christopher-monckton/228690794413). He is of course notorious for overstating his importance in the Thatcher administration.
I recall the miners strike and agree with everybody else that AGW was never raised as the justification for pit closures. The arguments were always economic.
#24 TrueSceptic April 17, 2010
15 Charles,
Actually, he *is* a Lord. It's just that he is not a member of the *House* of Lords. [Grandfather](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Monckton,_1st_Viscount_Monckton_of_Brenchley). [Father](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Monckton,_2nd_Viscount_Monckton_of_Brenchley).
#25 John Esq. April 17, 2010
The British peerage system is outmoded tosh, so he'll always be plain Mr. Christopher Monckton to me.
Monckton claims Obama was born in Kenya.
#27 Mike from Ottawa April 18, 2010
An amusing take-down of the clownish Monckton.
Spurred by your appearance there, Tim, I finally watched most of your debate with Monckton and while you did well, considering the host was carrying a brief for Monckton and most of the audience in his pocket, I think it shows why debates like that are a poor medium. Essentially, Monckton can bullshit faster than you can shovel it out of the way. You're further prevented by the faux collegiality of the setting from really lighing into Monckton when he's spouting stuff he's clearly pulled out of his ass. Dr Pinker is an example, where Monckton has obviously simply made up out of whole cloth that business of 'him' being a satellite geek who only cares about 'his' little niche and so hasn't bothered to look and see if 'his' work was misrepresented by the IPCC. Or there was the bit about trendlines and first year statistics Monckton was lecturing you about as if he'd even up to first year stats. In a forum like that debate, Monckton is free to talk about others lying or engaging in fraud and a hoax, but if you respond in the same terms you're going to be the bad guy.
Comparing the freedom to BS that Monckton has in such a forum to the way similar BS of the creationist stripe was eviscerated in the Dover Panda Trial, I so much regret that there is unlikely to be a chance to have Monckton properly cross-examined in depth. It would be nice if at some point one of the scientists he accuses so freely of fraud would sue the bastard for defamation. Even with the recent Court of Appeal decision in the British Chiropractic Association v Simon Singh (lots on this at Jack of Kent's blog), I don't see how Monckton could make out a defence of honest opinion when he makes such allegations and the chance of getting him deposed and cross-examined would be delicious. He seems sufficiently full of himself that he might be fool enough to try a defence of truth and I can see him coming out looking about like David Irving did when he sued Deborah Lippstadt and Penguin for saying he is a holocaust denier.
Being a lawyer by training, I may be prejudiced, but legal process has the advantage over both scientific publications and gentlemanly debates in being quite prepared to deal with people who are not being honest (whether with others or themselves) and who can't be counted on to present a fair version of the facts. It's disappointing and frustrating that the only process we have that really exposes folk like Monckton is so inaccessible, not so much in terms of money (though there too) as in terms of the circumstances that have to line up in order for it to be brought to bear.
#28 David Irving (no relation) April 19, 2010
John Mashey @ 12, that's a brilliant typo! (I think he should always be addressed as Visocunt Monckton in future.)
#29 lord_sidcup April 27, 2010
Monckton is [interviewed in The Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/apr/27/ukip-science-policy-general-election) today in his role as a science spokesperson of the UK Independence Party. Inevitably global warming gets a mention, but so does alternative medicine, libel laws, drugs policy and public health.
Monkton says: 'Ukip would appoint a Royal Commission on "global warming" science and economics, under a High Court judge, with advocates on either side of the case, to examine and cross-examine the science and economics of "global warming" with all the evidential rigour of a court of law.'
Then he says: 'Ukip has been calling for a rational, balanced approach to the climate debate since 2008, when extensive manipulation of scientific data first became clear. There must be an immediate halt to needless expenditure on the basis of a now-disproven hypothesis.'
All the evidential rigour of a court of law… although his Lordship is special and allowed to pass judgment beforehand.
#30 Mark E. Gillar May 1, 2010
More than likely because Thatcher didn't give a rat's ass whether AGW was real or not. Just a convenient bargaining chip against the coal miners. Please do a little research next time. This subject has been well covered by so many. Hardly ground breaking stuff.
Just because Lord Monckton, The Third Viscount of Brenchley worked for Thatcher doesn't mean they agreed on everything scientific.
The Deltoid gang has been trying to bring down Monckton for years and he's done nothing but become more popular during that time. Good work team! LOL
#31 guthrie May 1, 2010
Its a shame Thatcher is effectively gaga these days and can't answer your insinuations.
However your thesis has an important hole in it – there was an american report from 1979 that laid out what was expected from increasing CO2 levels, and it got things pretty much correct. So the science was well established even the year that Thatcher took office. Plus, like most deniers, you have no idea of the date – the Hadley centre was founded in 1990, 6 years after the miners strike was broken and coal production was in decline. So if it was such a useful weapon against the miners (I've read a bit about the strike and climate change isn't mentioned) how come it took 6 years to set up the Hadley centre and make the speeches about global warming?
The answer is that she was interested in the science.
#32 MFS May 1, 2010
Can you tell us, so we know you have actually looked this up yourself rather than parroting it from denialist websites, when Maggie was interviewed talking about global warming expressing her concern and need for action? Can you tell us the year that the coal miner strikes ended?
Looking at the order of these two, care to tell us why you think your statement makes any kind of logical sense?
#33 MFS May 1, 2010
Thanks guthrie. I was trying to see if troll had bothered to look this up himself 🙂
Margaret Thatcher actually gave many speeches on global warming, but invariably these were during her third term, after the 1987 election, good examples of this are her [speech](http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107346) to the Royal Society in 1988, and [that](http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=108237) to the 2nd World Climate Conference in 1990. You can find an archive of every speech she gave at the Margaret Thatcher Foundation page [here](http://www.margaretthatcher.org/).
The miners strikes and her effort to diminish the power of the unions were all pretty much invariable undertaken during her 2nd term in office, especially 1984-85. A cursory look at any UK history source, textbook, or even [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_%281984%E2%80%931985%29) will show this.
So on the balance of probability it seems unlikely she was using her speeches (and insulting the Royal Society) for attacking the coal miners union, and much more liklely that, as a science graduate with a Chemistry major, she knew what she was talking about and could grasp the potential future importance of climate change.
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