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Plenary: Morning Lightning Talks covering GeoDjango, Zope, Launchpad, JSOT, AppEngine, StackOverflow, Miro, zc.buildout and RPM, ham radio, Plyne, GozerBot, picking tools, and stop watch.
Speakers: Adam Fast, Charles Severance, Christopher Allan Webber, JIm Fulton, John Hampton, John Mulder, Justin Bronn, Martin Faassen, Paul Hummer, Richard T. Saunders, Roberto Allende
Language: English
Last updated: January 29, 2013
What needs to happen to finally offer a first-class packaging experience to Python users? Several of the people working directly on that problem will be here to answer your questions.
Speakers: Daniel Holth, Éric Araujo, Jason R. Coombs, JIm Fulton, Marcus Smith, Nick Coghlan, Richard Jones
Recorded: March 16, 2013
Language: English
Last updated: May 5, 2013
When a web application is large, it's a good idea to send different kinds of requests to different servers to reduce the content corpus managed by each server. A decentralized load balancing-based approach is presented in which each application server keeps track of what it's good at and presents its resume to load balancers, which use application server resumes to distribute load.
Speakers: JIm Fulton
Recorded: March 9, 2012
Language: English
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Sustainable Buildings Interior of Genzyme building with reflective panels Cambridge has adopted policies to encourage and require energy efficienct buildings as a strategy to achieve Cambridge's goal to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
Eighty percent of Cambridge greenhouse gas emissions come from building energy consumption. The City has adopted policies that require all large construction to be green and energy efficient, as a strategy to address the City's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. In August 2010, based on recommendations of the Green Building/Zoning Task Force, the City Council adopted a green building zoning amendment, which created Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance, Sustainable Design and Development. Article 22 address the following elements: Green building standards for large development/LEED Zoning to encourage green roofs Zoning to facilitate use of passive energy efficiency measures such as exterior walls insulation, overhangs and sun-shading devices Solar energy systems Wind energy systems
Green Building/LEED Requirement All major new construction and significant rehab of existing buildings subject to special permit or development consultation review is required, at a minimum, to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building criteria at the following levels: 25,000 to 49,999 sq. ft. -- LEED 'Certified' level 50,000 sq. ft. and larger -- LEED 'Silver' level Green Roofs Green roofs are excluded from the calculation of gross floor area (GFA) even when access to the rooftop is provided. For non-green roofs, access to a rooftop, when located above the third floor, triggers the roof area being included in the GFA calculation. As an incentive to create green roofs, decks or patios up to 15% of the green roof area are permitted.

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Volume 4 - Article 1 | Pages 1-28
A mini-review of the evolutionary theories of aging.: Is it the time to accept them?
Date received: | 16 Nov 2000 |
Date published: | 08 Feb 2001 |
Word count: | 9390 |
Keywords: | age/aging, evolutionary theories of aging, longevity, trade offs |
DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2001.4.1 |
This article reviews some studies testing evolutionary theories of aging and shows that they are not always confirmed. Nevertheless, many gerontologists consider now that these theories provide a general explanation of the aging process. In such conditions, we may wonder whether time has come to provisionally accept these theories in order to redirect the research efforts of gerontologists towards other directions, such as the search for new means to modulate the aging process.
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Eric Le Bourg - CNRS-University Paul-Sabatier, France
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Third prototype Blackburn Roc, L3059 of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment taxiis at Northolt, 22nd May 1939 infront of a select audiance from both Houses of Parliament. It is powered by a 905 h.p. Bristol Perseus XII engine.


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Spill No More: The Spink Coffee Cup Holder
Always knocking you coffee cup over? It's because you're clumsy. Me? I only do it because I've been drinking. Does that make me better than you? No, but it does make my boss ask to smell my breath a lot. F***, I thought I had another pack of Orbit Sweet Mint aside, spill no more thanks to the $20 Spink (never SPill another drINK)!
The Spink is a clever cup-holder for your desk that will pay for itself the first time it saves you from upending a drink all over your keyboard - or worse - your laptop. Installation is as simple as pulling a lever to engage the suction cup, which locks the Spink in place until you want to take it somewhere else. Basic colors are red, black or white, but it can be customized by slipping in a photograph.
Sure you could get a Splink -- or -- OR -- you could get an IV. Because one time I partied with a couple nurses I knew and the next morning they gave me a fluids IV so I wouldn't be so hung over. It was actually working pretty well until the bag got low and I poured the rest of my bourbon in it. Then it worked fantastic! Are you...an angel? "Yes dipshit, you just killed yourself trying to shoot booze." But I was curious!
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The MaKey MaKey (rhymes with nakey nakey, eggs and bakey) is a little circuit board that can turn ANYTHING into a computer keyboard/controller by attaching alligator clips to the object. Hold on, let me copy/paste something that can explain it better than I can. Well, not BET... / Continue →
This is a conceptual Tokyoflash watch with a built-in breathalyzer for determining your sobriety. You know, I actually used to own a breathalyzer that I'd leave out whenever we threw a party so people could see how drunk they were. One time a friend got so wasted he blew a 0.... / Continue →


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Maria Cantwell on Families & ChildrenDemocratic Jr Senator (WA) | |
Strengthen America�s Families
While the steady reduction in the number of two-parent families of the last 40 years has slowed, more than one-third of our children still live in one- or no-parent families. There is a high correlation between a childhood spent with inadequate parental support and an adulthood spent in poverty or in prison.
To strengthen families, we must redouble efforts to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, make work pay, eliminate tax policies that inadvertently penalize marriage, and require absent fathers to pay child support while offering them new opportunities to find work. Because every child needs the attention of at least one caring and competent adult, we should create an �extended family� of adult volunteer mentors.
Family breakdown is not the only challenge we face. As two-worker families have become the norm, harried parents have less time to spend on their most important job: raising their children. Moreover, parents and schools often find themselves contending with sex- and violence-saturated messages coming from an all-pervasive mass entertainment media.
We should continue public efforts to give parents tools to balance work and family and shield their children from harmful outside influences. For example, we should encourage employers to adopt family-friendly policies and practices such as parental leave, flex-time, and telecommuting. Public officials should speak out about violence in our culture and should press the entertainment media to adopt self-policing codes aimed at protecting children.
A bill to create a 3-year pilot program that makes small, non-profit child care businesses eligible for SBA 504 loans. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the proceeds of loans made through the Small Business Administration (SBA) to local development companies for plant acquisition, construction, or expansion to be used to assist small, nonprofit child care businesses, provided that: (1) the loan will be used for a sound business purpose approved by the SBA; and (2) each business receiving the assistance meets eligibility requirements applicable to for-profit businesses.
The Christian Coalition was founded in 1989 by Dr. Pat Robertson to give Christians a voice in government. We represent millions of people of faith and enable them to have a strong, unified voice in the conversation we call democracy.
Authorizes grants to states for sex education programs, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged, although not required, to provide matching funds to receive such grants.
Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse and other high-risk behaviors, preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, and increasing contraceptive knowledge and behavior. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.
Introduction by co-sponsor Sen. Kay Hagan (D,NC):
We have a serious responsibility to ensure that women and families are protected. The rates of violence and abuse in our country are astounding and totally unacceptable: domestic violence affects more than 12 million people each year. In my home state, 73 women and children are killed on average every year because of domestic violence.
Since 1994, the STOP Program has provided grants for services, training, officers, and prosecutors, and has transformed our criminal justice system and victim support services. And this bill includes the bipartisan SAFER Act, which helps fund audits of untested DNA evidence and reduces this backlog of rape kits. I ask you: What other victims in America have to identify the attacker before authorities will take action? None.Introduction by Sen. Chuck Grassley(R,IA):
I urge my Republican colleagues, as I will do, to support the motion to proceed.
There has long been bipartisan support for the Violence Against Women Act. Too many women are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. There is overwhelming bipartisan support for 98% of what is contained in S. 47. [Since our negative vote last session], controversial provisions have been removed. The key stumbling block to enacting a bill at this time is the provision concerning Indian tribal courts. Negotiations are continuing, and compromises would allow the bill to pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. Introduction by Sen. Pat Leahy (D,VT):
Our bill will allow services to get to those in the LGBT community who have had trouble accessing services in the past. The rates of domestic and sexual violence in these communities are equal to or greater than those of the general population. We also have key improvements for immigrant victims of domestic and sexual violence.
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Thursday night, law enforcement officials held a meth suppression program for landlords, business owners and maintenance workers.
In the ongoing war on meth, law enforcement hosted the seminar at Ivy Tech to educate others how to detect signs of meth production on their property.
"It's important for these people to see a meth lab and what it takes to make a meth lab, just because we want them to be safe whenever they go into these places," said Sgt. Rob Clark, Vanderburgh Co. Sheriff's Dept. Several people have these items in their homes, it's not that uncommon, but when you see them all together and when you see some other things they're gonna show, it's pretty indicative of a meth lab," he said.
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Springfield Rock City: Top 10 Rock Star Cameos on "The Simpsons"
We count down the top 10 rock-star cameo appearances from The Simpsons.
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"Lisa the Vegetarian," Episode 133 (McCartney)
"Homer's Barbershop Quartet," Episode 82 (Harrison)
"Brush with Greatness," Episode 31
We're going to cheat and count separate appearances by three Beatles as one entry.
First there's Paul McCartney (and his wife Linda), who, of course, met Apu in India when The Beatles were hanging out with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in '68. "I read about you in history class," Lisa tells him. Then Lisa, Paul and Linda bond over the decision to go vegetarian.
Then there's George Harrison. Homer is ecstatic to meet the former Beatle -- but only because George is holding a brownie and is able to tell Homer where he can find many more brownies. This also happens to be the episode about The B-Sharps, Homer's vocal group, which features a parody of The Beatles' 1969 rooftop performance from Let It Be.
And then there's Ringo Starr, the first Beatle to appear on The Simpsons. Unfortunately, there is no video available of his appearance. It turns out he's catching up on responding to his Beatles-era fan mail, including a portrait sent to him in 1966 by a young Marge. "We have French fries in England," Ringo writes to Marge. "But we call them chips." He goes on to tell her that her portrait of him is "gear."
February 24, 2012 at 12:49pm
Before I checked out your Top 10, I had a suspicion the episode with the Moody Blues would be left out of it. And I was right! Those poor guys don't seem to get any respect. When ABBA makes the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Moodies don't, the rest is pretty predictable. Not everyone likes the Moody Blues, but the 'Simpsons' episode in which they appeared was pretty funny.


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Water nationalization: network access, quality, and health outcomes
In the case of natural monopolies there tends to be a trade-off between a higher quality of output provided by private firms, and a better access for poor consumers provided by public firms. This is partly the reflection of differences in objectives by private and public firms. The former tend to be product-driven, whereas the latter tend to base decisions on political agendas (Chong and Lopez de Silanes, 2005). The objective of this paper is to explore the impact on network access, water quality, and health outcomes of Uruguay's nationalization of water services. An important advantage of focusing on nationalization rather than privatization is that it avoids selection bias due to cherry-picking by firms or governments at the time of privatization. Indeed, nationalization in Uruguay affected all previously privatized firms, as water was declared "part of the public domain". Results suggest that the change in ownership led to an increase in the sanitation rate, as well as improvements in water quality. It was also accompanied by a decline in water-related child mortality, although this latter effect tends not to be statistically significant across specifications.Download Info
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Chi-Chi Undie
Chi-Chi Undie was formerly a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow in sexuality at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and, later, an associate research scientist at the same institution where she led the sexuality program for three years. The author of a key publication entitled "The state of knowledge on sexuality in sub-Saharan Africa: A synthesis of literature," and a Ford Foundation grantee from 2006 to 2009, she has either spearheaded or been deeply involved in several seminal research and communications initiatives geared toward opening up the field of sexuality in the East African region.
Undie joined the Population Council in 2009 and works primarily under an operations research project in Kenya that supports USAID's AIDS, Population and Health Integrated Assistance program (APHIA II) in finding innovative ways to improve service delivery through research. Her responsibilities span two thematic areas of the APHIA II operations research project in Kenya, namely, "Meeting the Needs of Adolescents" and "Gender and HIV." She is also principal investigator for the evaluation component of a postabortion care intervention being conducted in Kenya under the USAID-sponsored RESPOND project.
Prior to joining the Population Council, Undie served as principal investigator for a wide range of sexual and reproductive health research projects at APHRC. A graduate of the University of Calabar, Nigeria, she holds an interdisciplinary doctoral degree in language, literacy, and culture from the University of Maryland and a master's in intercultural communication from the same institution. Her publications center primarily on sexuality in sub-Saharan Africa and have appeared in international journals.
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Developing a Multisectoral and Comprehensive Response to Sexual and Gender-based Violence in East and Southern Africa (more)
The Council is working to alleviate sexual and gender-based violence in seven sub-Saharan African countries.
(8/2006 - 12/2012)
Topics: Sexual and gender-based violence
Countries: Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Taking Critical Services to the Home: Scaling Up Home-based Maternal and Postnatal Care, Including Family Planning, Through Community Midwives (more)
Council research aims to improve access to skilled delivery care, newborn care, and post-delivery family planning services among women living in remote and resource-poor areas.
(1/2007 - 10/2011)
Topics: Community-based services; Postpartum maternal care; Private/commercial-sector services; Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Countries: Kenya
Evaluation of the Replication of the Community Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) Model in Kenya (more)
The Council engaged in a replication of the COMMPAC model in Kenya's Rift Valley Province to increase access to postabortion care services by enhancing knowledge of sources of care and reducing fear of stigma, dissatisfaction with provider attitudes and performance, cost of services, and other barriers to care.
(8/2009 - 6/2010)
Topics: Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: Kenya
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Communities take action in Kenya: Strengthening postabortion care (PDF)Undie,Chi-Chi; Obare,Francis; RamaRao,Saumya; Van Lith,Lynn
RESPOND Project Brief (no. 13)
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Feasibility and effect of integrating tuberculosis screening and detection in postnatal care services: An operations research study (abstract) (PDF)
Ndwiga,Charity; Birungi,Harriet; Undie,Chi-Chi; Weyenga,Herman; Sitienei,Joseph
BMC Health Services Research 13: 99-
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Feasibility of routine screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya (PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Maternowska,Catherine; Mak'anyengo,Margaret; Askew,Ian
Final report
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The community midwifery model in Kenya: Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health services at the community level (abstract) (HTML)
Liambila,Wilson; Obare,Francis; Undie,Chi-Chi; Birungi,Harriet; Kuria,Shiphrah; Wayua Muia,Ruth; Matekwa,Assumpta
African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health 7(4): 171-177
Publication date: 2013
The missing 'C': Sexual violence against children in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Mullick,Saiqa; Askew,Ian
Research Watch (no. 9)
Publication date: 2013
Toward a research agenda on gendered violence in sub-Saharan Africa (HTML)
Ethnicity & Health 18(5): 449-453
Publication date: 2013
Why we need to think about sexuality and sexual well-being: Addressing sexual violence in sub-Saharan Africa (HTML)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Cornwall,Andrea; Jolly,Susie; Hawkins,Kate
from Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure
Publication date: 2013
Replication of the Community Mobilization for Postabortion Care (COMMPAC) model in Naivasha District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya: An evaluation report
Undie,Chi-Chi; Obare,Francis; RamaRao,Saumya
The RESPOND Project Study Series: Contributions to Global Knowledge, Report (no. 9)
Publication date: 2012
A review and evaluation of multi-sectoral response services ('one-stop centers') for gender-based violence in Kenya and Zambia (PDF)
Keesbury,Jill; Onyango-Ouma,Washington; Undie,Chi-Chi; Maternowska,Catherine; Mugisha,Frederick; Kageha,Emmy; Askew,Ian
Publication date: 2012
Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health and HIV information and services for married adolescent girls in Nyanza Province (PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Birungi,Harriet; Obare,Francis; Ochieng,Ben; Liambila,Wilson; Oweya,Erick; Askew,Ian; Burnet,Rob; Deacon,Bridget; Mohamed,Aisha
APHIA II OR Project in Kenya Technical Brief
Publication date: 2012
Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation (abstract) (HTML)
Njuki,Rebecca; Okal,Jerry; Warren,Charlotte; Obare,Francis; Abuya,Timothy; Kanya,Lucy; Undie,Chi-Chi; Bellows,Benjamin; Askew,Ian
BMC Public Health 12(1): 426-
Publication date: 2012
Routine screening for intimate partner violence in public health care settings in Kenya: An assessment of acceptability (PDF)
Undie,Chi-Chi; Maternowska,Catherine; Mak'anyengo,Margaret; Birungi,Harriet; Keesbury,Jill; Askew,Ian
APHIA II OR Project in Kenya Technical Report
Publication date: 2012
Strengthening the delivery of comprehensive reproductive health services through the community midwifery model in Kenya (PDF)
Liambila,Wilson; Obare,Francis; Undie,Chi-Chi; Birungi,Harriet; Kuria,Shiphrah; Wayua Muia,Ruth; Matekwa,Assumpta
APHIA II OR Project in Kenya Technical Report
Publication date: 2012
Why we don't screen for intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa … and why we must (HTML)
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Because we've been down that road already. If Geno played in a pro style offense it might make a little more sense but what he ran at WVU was analagous to kids playing touch football in the street. Dump it here watch your talented Wr's run. Throw it deep hoping your talented wr's can flat out run the defenders. Sure he has touch and a arm with mobility but he knows nothing about being a pro football QB - yet.
Let MM and Lee mold him and teach him the ropes so he can hopefullly develop into something Sanchez is not - a franchise QB.


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It looks like former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner isn't the only one that doesn't want his son to play football. New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott told the New York Daily News that he plays the game so his son won't have to.
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Scott said that he doesn't want his son to have to deal with concussions.
"I don't want to have to deal with him getting a concussion and what it would be like later in life," he said.
"He can play baseball. I really don't want him boxing, either, even though he wants to box. I won't let him box. It's not worth it. The most important thing for me is him being around and me being able to spend a long time with him and I'm sure, at the end of the day, all the things I'm able to buy him from playing football, he'd much rather have me."
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started downloading iDeneb a few minutes ago.
will use it.
Haha, I already tried EFI Studio (I added 9800 GT 1024MB because it didn't have 512MB, added to Boot.plist and rebooted, is that okay?)
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tried that and it acctually did nothing.
I can't find a guide for my kind of GPU.
Can you please help me find a good guide for EFI Strings for my GPU? and btw, I could only find 1 NVEnabler and its for Snow Leopard :-(
Thanks alot for your help mate.
So far so good!
Hi again!
Do I delete the EFI String through the EFI Studio and its set?
I'll try the Enabler now.
I'll post for news.
Dude, you are the best, seriously.
I have just installed iDeneb 1.6 Lite Edition, Vanilla Kernel + NVEnabler
everything works great! boot time is short and awesome, even Time Machine works now! I even have QE/CI! its so awesome! everything here is so smooth!
Only 1 problem, just 1 problem:
mouse lag and skipping.
iDeneb has a fix for Mouse Lag in installation, i ticked it and it didn't fix anything.
So I need a fix for that Mouse lag and skipping. if you have a link, i'd like that.
Another thing is PS2 keyboard support, I couldn't find a working kext.
Can you please tell me if I can buy an Apple Keyboard and use it for my Hackintosh PC?
How can I remove the iDeneb logo in "About this Mac" and put the real logo?
Can I update to Snow Leopard?
in graphics/display, it says I don't have Mirror. What does that mean?
Thanks in advance!
BTW: sorry for my english, not my first language :rolleyes:
You can try VoodooPS2 for your keyboard and mouse.
thanks for the comment... hehe... I thought you were gone.
I'll try it, but what do I do with the mouse lag and skipping?


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UFC Weekly: Thoughts, Reactions and Gripes
By Dan Hiergesell ,
This is the first official installment of UFC Weekly.
Each Monday I'll break down various newsworthy fights, interviews and any relevant piece of UFC juice I can get my hands on.
To be fair from the start it's important to remember that this is completely opinionated. If your views differ from mine, please feel free to comment and we'll do our best to come to an agreed solution.
So without further ado, welcome to UFC Weekly. Let the games begin.
Anderson Silva has a yellow belt in Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that combines dance and music.
It's often used to implement complex moves based on power, speed and leverage.
Silva has used his Capoeira skills in the past to successfully complete leg sweeps, takedowns and unorthodox movements.
Is this what mainstream MMA has come to?
Do people really enjoy watching an untalented ex-WWE wrestler fight a 300-pound, 40-year-old who has lost every meaningful bout in his career?
It just doesn't add up. Go back to Vince McMahon.
Right off the bat, let's talk about the Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar fight.
I really didn't expect Bonnar to win, but as a fighter who had never been finished inside the Octagon before, I figured he'd last at least one round.
I was wrong.
Silva practically played with Bonnar along the cage, even though he said after the fight that it was more game planning than showing off. He made a guy nicknamed "The American Psycho" look like "The American Amateur."
At no point was Silva in danger, and at no point did he look uncomfortable. It's eerie to think that he did all of this at a heavier weight class, but that's what you get when you mix the greatest fighter of all time with Bonnar.
Don't get me wrong, Glover Teixeira looked offensively sound at UFC 153 against a one-dimensional Fabio Maldonado.
He was able to land power shots, body shots and create trouble for Maldonado for literally every second of the fight.
However, and there usually is a however, Teixeira's chin looked really suspect at the end of the first round when Maldonado landed one short punch.
For me, it showed an innate weakness to withstand power punches. Maldonado isn't the most powerful puncher in the division, despite being one of the best boxers, so it's a little alarming to see Teixeira start to fade from one shot.
Maybe he's not the guy we thought he was. Maybe he doesn't have what it takes to take on Jon Jones, Lyoto Machida, Shogun Rua, Dan Henderson or even Rampage Jackson.
I guess we'll soon find out.
Chris Weidman is getting a little too cocky.
The guy truly believes he's ready to dethrone Anderson Silva as the UFC middleweight champion.
He recently went as far as saying Silva is ducking him and that he's known he could beat the G.O.A.T. from day one.
Okay, now listen.
Weidman needs to realize what type of fighter Silva is. You don't just rack off 10-straight title defenses overnight then go back to your day job.
It takes time, dedication and years of dominance. In what world does this kid think wins over Demian Maia and Mark Munoz warrant an instantaneous title fight?
I'm pretty sure Michael Bisping has been beating those type of guys literally for years.
Here's a little advice, Chris. Tread lightly. When you piss off a spider, chances are you'll get caught in its web.
Is it just me or were the referees at UFC 153 absolutely oblivious to the action going on inside the Octagon?
On two separate occasions, Jon Fitch vs. Erick Silva and Glover Teixeira vs. Fabio Maldonado, the refs refused to call the fight.
Now I'm a fan of letting a fighter try to regroup himself mid-defense and prevent inevitable defeat, but that's more like a five-second window.
These dummies opened up a can of worms that could have seriously injured Silva or Maldonado,
If there was ever solidified proof to finally enable the UFC to hire, manage and educate their own officials, it was UFC 153.
Enough is enough.
Last time I checked, Brock Lesnar's stomach was as messed up as a 12-car pileup.
Alistair Overeem literally could have tickled him into submission.
To sit here and pretend that Overeem isn't a top heavyweight in the world would be stupid, but to give this dude instant access to the UFC heavyweight title on the back of one average TKO win seems even more moronic.
In all honesty, I think Junior dos Santos or Cain Velasquez would absolutely murder Overeem, but that's not my gripe..
It's the politics of it. Dana White recently said Overeem will fight the winner of JDS vs. Cain sometime in early 2013 and I just don't agree.
Guys like Roy Nelson, Shane Carwin, Fabricio Werdum and even Stefan Struve have put more work in as UFC fighters. They may not be as talented as "The Demolition Man," but they deserve some sort of shot at glory.
In my opinion, Overeem should be the guinea pig that's sent back to Strikeforce to fight Daniel Cormier and send the promotion off in fashion.
This way we can see how good Overeem is against a guy who isn't bedridden and we can see if Cormier actually has the power to KO any heavyweight in the world.
All this recent talk about super fights, such as Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre and Jon Jones vs. Anderson Silva, has really got me thinking.
Are these unprecedented matchups all they're cracked up to be?
In hindsight, yes.
When you have the best fighters in the world throw caution to the wind, disregard their own weight classes and bank millions of dollars for everyone involved, it seems like a winning recipe.
However, some things are often overlooked due in part to the overwhelming public outcry by fans who never take a second to think more deeply.
What you have with these super fights is two of the best three or four fighters in the world fighting each other for nothing more than money and bragging rights. No titles, no divisional implications, nothing.
Now I would love to see who really is the best fighter on the planet, but you have to look at the complete picture. One guy is going to solidify his era within the sport while the other guy's legacy is going to take a hit.
What if GSP breaks Silva in the first round? Will Silva still be considered the best fighter in the world?
Will people chalk it up as an out-of-division battle that has little significance to his middleweight reign?
These are truly things to think about it. Not to mention the top contenders in each division that have to sit idly by, train for non-championship rounds and hope their weight class titleholder doesn't get too battered to where he can't compete for months on end.
I'm in no way trying to form some sort of anti-super fight cult on Bleacher Report, but just be aware that sometimes things aren't what they seem. Sometimes the end doesn't quite justify the means.
Thanks for reading and look for another addition of UFC Weekly next Monday.
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Investigation performed at the Robert A. Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Division of Clinical Anatomy, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Stability and mobility represent the paradoxical demands of the human thumb carpometacarpal joint, yet the structural origin of each functional demand is poorly defined. As many as sixteen and as few as four ligaments have been described as primary stabilizers, but controversy exists as to which ligaments are most important. We hypothesized that a comparative macroscopic and microscopic analysis of the ligaments of the thumb carpometacarpal joint would further define their role in joint stability.
Thirty cadaveric hands (ten fresh-frozen and twenty embalmed) from nineteen cadavers (eight female and eleven male; average age at the time of death, seventy-six years) were dissected, and the supporting ligaments of the thumb carpometacarpal joint were identified. Ligament width, length, and thickness were recorded for morphometric analysis and were compared with use of the Student t test. The dorsal and volar ligaments were excised from the fresh-frozen specimens and were stained with use of a triple-staining immunofluorescent technique and underwent semiquantitative analysis of sensory innervation; half of these specimens were additionally analyzed for histomorphometric data. Mixed-effects linear regression was used to estimate differences between ligaments.
Seven principal ligaments of the thumb carpometacarpal joint were identified: three dorsal deltoid-shaped ligaments (dorsal radial, dorsal central, posterior oblique), two volar ligaments (anterior oblique and ulnar collateral), and two ulnar ligaments (dorsal trapeziometacarpal and intermetacarpal). The dorsal ligaments were significantly thicker (p < 0.001) than the volar ligaments, with a significantly greater cellularity and greater sensory innervation compared with the anterior oblique ligament (p < 0.001). The anterior oblique ligament was consistently a thin structure with a histologic appearance of capsular tissue with low cellularity.
The dorsal deltoid ligament complex is uniformly stout and robust; this ligament complex is the thickest morphometrically, has the highest cellularity histologically, and shows the greatest degree of sensory nerve endings. The hypocellular anterior oblique ligament is thin, is variable in its location, and is more structurally consistent with a capsular structure than a proper ligament.
Delineation of the structural and microscopic anatomy of the ligaments of the thumb carpometacarpal joint provides further evidence regarding the stability and mobility of this joint that is often affected by osteoarthritis.
Diagrams showing the topography of the distal trapezial joint surface, as redrawn from computed tomography (CT) surface rendering of a normal right hand. The thumb carpometacarpal joint motion arcs of the metacarpal on the trapezium are flexion-extension and abduction-adduction. Pronation-supination represents composite rotation and translation of this joint based on morphology and muscular activity. The thumb position in relation to the fingers represents a completion of the carpal arch, which places the thumb carpometacarpal joint oblique to the adjacent fingers. The arcs of motion thus are out of phase with the fingers, depending on the thumb's position in space.
Photographs showing the dorsal thumb carpometacarpal ligaments as seen from the dorsal aspect of the thumb (Fig. 2-A) and from a volar view within the joint (Fig. 2-B), illustrating the three ligaments of the stout dorsal deltoid ligament complex, including the dorsal radial ligament (DRL), the dorsal central ligament (DCL), and the posterior oblique ligament (POL). The deltoid ligament complex emanates from the tubercle (*) of the dorsal trapezium (Tz) and inserts fan-shaped onto the dorsal base of the first metacarpal (MC1). Also seen is the insertion of the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and the dorsal aspect of the second metacarpal (MC2).
Photographs showing the thin volar ligaments of the thumb carpometacarpal joint. The diaphanous anterior oblique ligament (AOL) and ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) (also known as the first volar trapeziometacarpal ligament [VTM-1]) are noted with the thumb carpometacarpal joint in extension (Fig. 3-A) and flexion (Fig. 3-B). The abductor pollicis longus (APL) is reflected distally. In this specimen, a capsular structure seen deep to the ulnar collateral ligament is interpreted as the deep anterior oblique (arrows). Tz = trapezium, MC1 = first metacarpal, and MC2 = second metacarpal.
Photograph showing the ulnar thumb carpometacarpal ligaments from the dorsal view, with the thumb in abduction. The first dorsal trapeziometacarpal ligament (DTM-1) stabilizes the thumb carpometacarpal joint in abduction, pronation, and flexion, whereas the intermetacarpal ligament (IML) stabilizes the joint in abduction and supination. The dorsal deltoid ligament complex is also seen in this view (1, 2, and 3). * = dorsal tubercle of the trapezium, 1 = dorsal radial ligament, 2 = dorsal central ligament, 3 = posterior oblique ligament, MC1 first metacarpal, and MC2 = second metacarpal.
Histological appearance of the dorsal radial ligament (Figs. 5-A and 5-C) and the anterior oblique ligament (Figs. 5-B and 5-D) as stained with hematoxylin and eosin (Figs. 5-A and 5-B) and DAPI (Figs. 5-C and 5-D). The dorsal radial ligament demonstrates distinct collagen bundles with both stains, with the nuclei of the fibrocytes in the collagen visualized with DAPI (Fig. 5-C); the circle indicates a cluster of nuclei. In contrast, the anterior oblique ligament has the appearance of disorganized connective tissue, with no apparent collagenous structure (Fig. 5-B) or cellularity (Fig. 5-D).
Line graph showing the distribution of mean ligament cell counts in each of the five carpometacarpal ligaments from five specimens. AOL = anterior oblique ligament, UCL = ulnar collateral ligament, POL = posterior oblique ligament, DCL = dorsal central ligament, DRL = dorsal radial ligament.
Mixed-effects linear regression with simultaneous pairwise comparisons of the mean differences in ligament cellularity between the five carpometacarpal ligaments. The dorsal radial ligament (DRL), dorsal central ligament (DCL), and posterior oblique ligament (POL) were significantly (p < 0.05) more cellular than the anterior oblique ligament (AOL). In addition, the posterior oblique ligament was found to be significantly more cellular (p < 0.05) than the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL).
Overview of the ligament composition in a dorsal radial ligament sample as seen with use of a triple-staining immunofluorescence technique. A mechanoreceptor (R) with distinct p75 immunofluorescence (Fig. 8-A) and PGP9.5 immunofluorescence (Fig. 8-B) is seen in close proximity to the arteriole. The parent axon (arrows) is seen leading up to the receptor (Figs. 8-A and 8-B). A large arteriole (Fig. 8-A) is identified with the DAPI stain (Fig. 8-C), and the innervation in the vessel wall shows PGP9.5 immunofluorescence (Fig. 8-B). The last image (Fig. 8-D) shows the p75, PGP9.5, and DAPI stains imaged simultaneously for a coherent understanding of the ligament topography. Median nerve specimens at the wrist level from two hands were used for control.
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Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians account for growing shares of the economy and population in the electoral swing state of North Carolina. Immigrants (the foreign-born) make up 7.3% of the state's population, while more than 1 in 10 North Carolinians are Latino or Asian. Moreover, Latinos and Asians wield $22.9 billion in consumer purchasing power. At last count, businesses owned by Latinos and Asians had sales and receipts of $10.1 billion and employed more than 63,000 people. At a time when the economy is still recovering, North Carolina can ill-afford to alienate such a critical component of its labor force, tax base, and business community.
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Latino and Asian entrepreneurs and consumers add tens of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs to North Carolina's economy.
- The 2012 purchasing power of North Carolina's Latinos totaled $14.0 billion—an increase of 1,571% since 1990. Asian buying power totaled $8.9 billion—an increase of 1,169% since 1990, according to the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia.
- North Carolina's 20,157 Asian-owned businesses had sales and receipts of $5.9 billion and employed 44,288 people in 2007, the last year for which data is available. The state's 21,301 Latino-owned businesses had sales and receipts of $4.2 billion and employed 18,997 people in 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Business Owners.
Immigrants are essential to North Carolina's economy as workers and consumers.
- Immigrants comprised 9.8% of the state's workforce in 2011 (or 474,244 workers), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Unauthorized immigrants comprised 5.4% of the state's workforce in 2010 (or 250,000 workers), according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.
- If all unauthorized immigrants were removed from North Carolina, the state would lose $14.5 billion in economic activity, $6.4 billion in gross state product, and approximately 101,414 jobs, even accounting for adequate market adjustment time, according to a report by the Perryman Group.
Unauthorized immigrants pay taxes.
- Unauthorized immigrants in North Carolina paid $317.7 million in state and local taxes in 2010, according to data from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy, which includes:
- $82.3 million in state income taxes.
- $25.9 million in property taxes.
- $209.5 million in sales taxes.
Immigrants are integral to North Carolina's economy as students.
- North Carolina's 13,770 foreign students contributed $338.8 million to the state's economy in tuition, fees, and living expenses for the 2011-2012 academic year, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Naturalized immigrants excel educationally.
- The number of immigrants in North Carolina with a college degree increased by 99.1% between 2000 and 2011, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.
- 38.6% of North Carolina's foreign-born population age 25 and over who were naturalized U.S. citizens had at least a bachelor's degree in 2011, compared to 18.7% of noncitizens and 27% of native-born citizens.
- In North Carolina, 78.9% of children with immigrant parents were considered "English proficient" as of 2009, according to data from the Urban Institute.
- The English proficiency rate among Asian children in North Carolina was 88.4%, while for Latino children it was 75.4%, as of 2009.
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