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|Certification and Licensure Questions Included in Federal Surveys [updated Jan. 2014]
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|Data release (planned)
|Survey mode
|Survey cycle
|Notes and links
|Wave 13, 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Census Bureau
|Summer-Fall 2013
|Jan. 2014
|Adults in households who are at least 18 or have finished high school
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|Nine questions included in the final wave (wave 13) of the 2008 SIPP. Data and report released Jan. 2014. Link to SIPP data. Link to SIPP report.
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|Education Longitudinal Study (ELS), NCES, ED
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|CATI and web
|10-year longitudinal study
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|Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B), NCES, ED
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|CATI and web
|10-year longitudinal; new cohort every 8 yrs.
|Two questions included in 2012 follow-up (2nd of 3 follow-ups). Link to B&B website.
|Beginning Postsecondary Students Survey (BPS), NCES, ED
|2014 (planned)
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|CATI and web
|6-year longitudinal; new cohort every 8 yrs.
|Two questions will be included in 2014 follow-up (1st of 2 follow-ups). Link to BPS website.
|National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG), National Science Foundation
|2015 (planned)
|Adults under age 76 with at least a bachelor's degree prior to 2014
|Mailout and web, with CATI follow-up
|4-cycle biennial rotating panel; new cohort every 2 yrs
|Questions are being tested. Decision on inclusion in 2015 instrument to be made in July 2014. Link to NSCG website.
|Credentials for Work Survey (CWS) within the National Household Education Survey (NHES), NCES, ED
|2015 (planned)
|Adults in households, ages 16-65
|Cross-sectional survey with periodic administra-tion (periodicity TBD)
|OMB Clearance Package is open for public comment through July 7, 2014. Link to: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=ED-2014-ICCD-0071.
|High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS), 3rd Follow-up, NCES, ED
|2016 (planned)
|Cohort of students who were in grade 9 in 2009 (Class of '13)
|CATI and web
|12-year longitudinal study
|Questions (TBD) will be included in 2nd follow-up, when students are about 20. Link to HSLS website.
|GEMEnA Pilot-test Administrations (no data release)
|Report release (planned)
|Survey mode
|Survey cycle
|Notes and links
|Adult Training and Education Study (ATES) Pilot test
|Adults in households, ages 16 or older
|One time
|This was the first study to field test new items on certificates, certifcation, and licensure. Findings are available in the ATES report. The ATES questionnaire is included in Appendix E of the report.
|National Adult Training and Education Survey (NATES)
|(Summer 2014)
|Adults in households, ages 16-65
|One time
|This was a response rate study to test the feasibility of a mailout administration. Link to instrument.
|Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) feasibility study (within the NCES National Household Education Survey (NHES)
|Adults in households, ages 16-65
|One time
|This study tests the feasibility of including an adult data collection within the NHES program. The study is fielding a revison of the original ATES instrument, as well as a shorter "Credentials for Work Survey" (CWS) instrument. Link to NHES website. Link to 2014 ATES questionnaire. Link to CWS questionnaire.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by TheIronLady, Jun 8, 2013.
Can someone refresh my memory about what happened between Hughes and Robin Wagner?
What HOF did Sarah get into?
They waited so long to induct Kwan into the World Hall of Fame. Kwan has NINE USA titles and FIVE world titles and changed how ladies skating was done. Sarah has relatively little hardware. Her main accomplishment was inspiring skaters to not give up after one judge puts you in 10th in the SP. She did not influence the sport technically in the way Kwan did. She did not have an impact in style beyond the 2003 season when I saw a few skaters copy her hair style. I should hope Kwan was already in whatever HOF they admitted Sarah to.
I think it was due to Hughes being eligible for the HOF before Kwan due to Hughes leaving competitive skating earlier than Kwan. I think Kwan was inducted the year she was first eligible.
US Figure Skating Hall of Fame. She got in in 2010, but then, again, she was eligible before Michelle was.
Yes. Didn't Michelle get it as soon as she was eligible?
I guess they don't want to put you in the Hall of Fame until your career is definitively finished for several years. You could come back and do something like Tonya Harding, and they would have to remove you!
I think Sarah's SLC performance really drove home the point of needing a 3-3 to win. Of course no one did a 3-3 to win in 2006, but people couldn't have predicted that.
Already in 1992, commentators (Scott Hamilton for example) were talking about the need of a 3-3 (for Yamaguchi or Kerrigan, against Harding and Ito's 3 Axel). Then, it was talked about in 1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 with Kwan against Lu Chen, Lipinski or Slutskaya. JMO
Possibly, but I think had Kwan or Slutskaya done their 2002 Worlds LP performance, they could have squeezed out a win anyway even if it ended up being like a 5-4 split (which it ended up being between Slutskaya and Hughes with a lesser performance than Slute's Worlds one). The judges just liked those two. I mean Kwan received a majority of second place votes with a skate that included no 3/3 (first triple double footed) and a fall. If you look at the marks, Kwan still received the highest presentation marks overall http://www.icecalc.com/events/owg2002/results/SEG004.HTM
Except the irony is that MK didn't need the 3-3 to stay ahead of Sarah. She just needed to stay on her feet. Ironically, four years prior, everyone thought MK just needed to stay on her feet, but it turned out she really kind of needed the 3-3.
Actually, I think that is further proof that Tara > Sarah. Sarah at her best never beat MK at her best or near-best, but Tara actually did beat MK at her near-best (if only once).
Being a non-skater and knowing much less than most of you about technique and not having any pet/disliked choreographers, I chose Sarah. Neither are my favorites at all, but given a choice, and again knowing little about skating technique, I'll still go with Sarah. Tara just annoyed the hell of out me. Maybe it was all the uber-perk, the immature presentation....Maybe it's just my taste. Nothing personal. And this does seems weird, but since we seem to be picking them both apart - her head was way too big for her body, and she was just aesthetically not pleasing to look at, for me. Cute as a lil' button and all, but....zzzzzzzzz. I was also a Kwan fan....
What is bolded.
It doesn't work like that. A skater is eligible for induction after 6 years of official retirement from the competitive ranks. Those are just the rules.
Tara needed a 3/3 to have a shot at beating Michelle.
Sarah needed two 3/3's, a two footed landing plus a fall from Michelle, and finally a choreography hijacking maneuver to beat her.
Irina lost the gold by .1, a tiebreaker on the presentation mark. The Finland judge gave Sarah 5.7 tech, 5.8 pres and Irina 5.8 tech, 5.7 pres. Had that judge just given a 5.8 for presentation to Irina, which would have been easy to do, she would have won. Since her 2002 Worlds performance was much better, even with still only 6 triples and no triple-triple, with a clean 2nd triple lutz and triple flip neither of which she had at the Games, there is no doubt she would have won with that performance, even without a 3-3 or 7th triple. Irina still had slightly higher technical marks than Sarah even with her much easier jump content and mistakes, which shows the judges recognize the inferiority of Sarah's jump technique.
While there is less certain evidence by the scores, IMO Michelle also would have beaten Sarah with her 2002 Worlds or 2002 Nationals performance, even with only 6 triples and no 3-3. Plus in her case she didnt even have to do this to beat Sarah. She only had to beat Irina's LP, which with a very clean 6 triple performance would have been easy to do over Irina's very slow not clean 6 triple performance.
Tara also would have become a better skater had she continued past 98 IMO. Her pro performances showed her untapped artistic potential which would have been much greater than where she was in 97-98. Sarah IMO was already as good as she was ever going to get in 2001-2002, which is part of the reason she retired I believe.
What I liked about Tara was that she allowed herself to be her natural age, and picked music that suited her. She was cute, effervescent, and her presentation had really improved by the 1998 Olympics. By contrast, Sarah seemed to force herself to be the adult she was not. She was a 16 year old and needed something that suited her. IMO presentation marks should be more than just a big smile. Of course that would apply to both Sarah and Tara, but Tara had real 3-3 combinations, which makes me vote for her (plus the other things I already mentioned).
I agree. Sarah's skating was probably more "mature" in a sense, but it was totally forced and amateurish in its delivery. I event felt that way somewhat about Kwan's Salome in the 95-96 season and thought her artistic scores that season were too generous, but in 96-97 was when she fully bought into her newfound look and it wasnt a facade but completely natural. Tara's skating was truly genuine and reflective of who she was as a person and skater, and the pure joy and honesty to it could be felt.
ITA about Michelle's Salome. In an effort to make her look like a 'lady' at age 15, her coach and choreographer forced her to be what she was not. I did not agree with her artistic/presentation marks at all, IMO Chen Lu should have been a winner, based on her mature artistry.
I still think it was a hugely important stage for Kwan to go to, and still a big improvement from last season. IMO her 95-96 work was the bridge between where was before and what she would be from fall 96 onwards. Basically it was her transition year from ordinary artist to exceptional artist, and in that season itself she was in between those two. Still overrewarded on the 2nd mark throughout that season though, but alot of it was her super consistency and strong reputation she built, and the judges compensating for the wuzrobbed cries from the 95 Worlds.
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Did you check the city's noise ordinance?
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At present, Mountain View has no city ordinance prohibiting loud noise. The California Penal Code gives limited authority to enforce "disturbing the peace."
It just does not seem right that we don't have a noise ordinance in this city. Everyone should be entitled to enjoy peace and quiet at home.
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Music and band are important parts of a good education. There is clear evidence that students who are involved in music do better in many other subject, especially math.
Marching bands are also great exercise - ask anyone who's tried to walk and play an instrument at the same time. In our culture of obesity, TV and video games, it should be a relief to know kids are outside, breathing fresh air, and getting some exercise.
Furthermore, there are probably lots of kids who'd love to skip the early morning rehearsals for an extra hour of sleeping in, but because of the way school schedules are set up, it is not possible to fit in all of the teach-to-the-test basic requirements high schoolers need to know in order to pass the state's graduation exam between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. With their early morning band practice, students are learning responsibility, dedication, and discipline, things that are critical for success in college and in life in general. After school practice, in addition to early morning practice, is not uncommon for bands and drill teams as well - these kids work hard (plus they have to keep up grades and possibly earn money to pay for band trips, competitions, camps, uniforms and music lessons).
You can take pride in the fact that your local school district has recognized the importance of musical instruction and has not cut it completely out of the budget. Don't worry; the marching season usually ends with the Fall semester (and often before early December) - so your morning concert will be over before you know it.
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At his peak, it is argued that Mike Tyson could have beaten anyone in a fight. A physical specimen and one of the hardest pure punchers in the history of combat sports, Tyson briefly tasted the rarefied air of boxing greatness as he ascended to the top of the sport, but those who climb the highest have the farthest to fall. A childhood spent in poverty and a life time of being exploited and misled by everyone around him left Tyson with a rage that he drew on in the ring, but led to deplorable acts outside of it. In the end, his nickname of "Iron" proved to be prophetic as Tyson was strong and hard, but was brittle when faced with enough pressure.
Born on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Gerard Tyson's father left when he was just two years old. Struggling to make ends meet, Tyson's mother moved the family to the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, a web of public housing projects that was notorious for its violent crime rate.
As a child Tyson tended to socialize with girls and developed a lisp early, leading to him being brutally picked on by the other boys. In his early years, Tyson just took the abuse silently and tended towards solitude, caring for pigeons. Then one day a boy, trying to provoke Tyson, twisted off the head of one of Tyson's pigeons and the rage that would come to define Tyson bubbled to the surface. Tyson knocked the boy out and beat him bloody, and from then on Mike Tyson was a fighter.
He began to run with a local gang, the Jolly Stompers. By age 11, he was participating in armed robberies, muggings and other crimes. Tyson would rob anyone, famously offering to carry groceries home for old ladies and then robbing them once they reached an elevator. Once, he and a friend broke on to a roof so Tyson could get at some pigeons and the owner caught them. Tyson managed to escape, but Tyson's friend was thrown from the roof with a noose around his neck. By the age of thirteen Tyson had been arrested over 30 times and had spent time in Juvenile Detention.
Mike was moved to the Tyron School for Boys, a reform school located upstate. There a consular and former amateur boxing champion Bob Steward noticed Tyson's natural talent and began training him in boxing as a way to give the boy structure and focus. Steward would only instruct Tyson if his behavior was good, and his grades improved, and the boy grew by leaps and bounds. Tyson stopped getting into trouble and went from being classified as learning disabled to a seventh grade reading level in a matter of months. Tyson loved boxing; he cherished every moment he trained, and would stay up past curfew in his room, practicing in the dark.
This was the first, and possibly only, time Tyson had a male figure in his life actually concerned with his well-being, as Steward legitimately wanted Mike to better himself. But it couldn't last, and in 1980 Mike, while sparring, broke Steward's nose with a hard left had and Steward knew the boy had grown beyond him. With nothing left to teach the young Tyson in terms of boxing, Steward passed the boy's name to Constantine "Cus" D'Amato.
D'Amato was a master boxing trainer, who had guided Floyd Patterson through his Hall of Fame career in the 50s and 60s. Born in the Bronx , D'Amato had stayed in New York at age 22 and opened a boxing gym. He trained Patterson from a youth to an Olympic champion, to a professional Heavyweight champion. Once Patterson won the championship D'Amato helped Patterson maximize his earnings potential with clever matchmaking and by avoiding the famously corrupt International Boxing Club (IBC).
Avoiding matches promoted by the IBC had its price. Patterson didn't fight several top challengers and actually hurt boxing overall as its Heavyweight Champion fought infrequently. Later, the IBC was dissolved due to antitrust law violations. D'Amato did train José Torres, a Light Heavyweight world champion, but then he moved out to Catskill after Torres' career was over.
Now with Tyson's arrival a prime physical talent had been dropped into D'Amato's lap in the twilight years of his life. D'Amato began immersing Tyson into boxing culture, having him train twice a day in the gym, watch footage of old boxing greats and putting Tyson to bed recapping what they had learned that day. D'Amato got Tyson amateur matches, both sanctioned and unsanctioned, to get the young fighter experience.
Tyson had a great deal of success as an amateur, winning the Junior Olympics with every win coming by knockout.
D'Amato and Tyson's relationship is an interesting one and a bit of a mystery. It is clear D'Amato became a father figure to Tyson, but what Tyson was to D'Amato is unclear. It is often portrayed in a near movie like fashion that D'Amato, a reclusive genius coach, and Tyson, a troubled but talented youth, find each other and are just what the other one needs. Tyson gets direction and discipline, and D'Amato had the fighter to get his revenge on the corrupt boxing world that had cast him aside.
But there is a case that D'Amato was more concerned with Tyson's success as a boxer than Tyson personally. The rules in the gym bent for Tyson and the young talent was rarely disciplined. As a result, Tyson was soon expelled from Catskill High School for violent and erratic behavior.
D'Amato got Tyson private tutoring and together with his fellow coaches Teddy Atlas and Kevin Rooney, schooled Tyson in the peek-a-boo style of boxing. A creation of D'Amato, the style consisted of a fighter holding his hands in front of his face and making heavy use of side to side head movement to set up hard counter-punches.
In 1982, Tyson's mother died of cancer, never knowing her son to have been anything but a rebellious and criminal youth. Tyson would later admit that thought tore at him emotionally, and the loss of his mother was a very difficult time.
In 1983, a sign of that emotional scarring and of the demons brewing inside Tyson was revealed when he acted in a sexual manner towards Teddy Atlas' 11-year-old sister-in-law. Atlas, in a fury, put a gun to Tyson's head and threatened to kill him if the teenager ever came near his family again. D'Amato, now legally Tyson's adopted father, threw Atlas out of the gym.
D'Amato then had Tyson focus on attempting to earn a spot at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, and Tyson was matched with top seeded Henry Milligan at the Olympic Trials. Milligan got up on points but then Tyson, flashing some of the power that would become his trade mark, finished the fight and claimed the upset.
Mike Tyson - Henry Milligan (Amateur fight)
Tyson then lost at the Olympic trials to eventual Heavyweight gold medalist Henry Tillman, who had beaten Tyson before in amateur competition. With Tyson's failure to make the Olympics and turning 18, D'Amato decided it was time to take his protege to the professional ranks.
On March 6, 1985 Tyson made his professional debut against Hector Mercedes, a professional stepping stone for young boxers. Tyson won easily by knockout. A month later, Tyson got his second knockout win again another reliable loser in Trent Singleton.
Tyson got back in the ring after just another month against Don Halpin, a slight step up in competition and Halpin actually lasted four rounds against the young power puncher. The fight ended on a controversial note as Tyson hit Halpin after he was down.
D'Amato carefully selected opponents for Tyson to build the young man's confidence, his record, and his reputation as a fearsome knockout artist. Seven fights into his professional career, Tyson was matched with his first two fighters who had winning records. Michael Johnson was 11-5, but hadn't fought in two years and Donnie Long was 15-3, but had not faced anyone of significance.
Against them Tyson showed how much he had progressed under D'Amato's tutelage. Tyson used crisp head movement, slick angles, and a steady body attack to create openings. And Tyson used those openings to land powerful shots that dropped his opponents.
Mike Tyson Vs. Michael Johnson
Mike Tyson vs Donnie Long KO (1985)
Tyson fought 15 times in 1985, winning all of his bouts by knockout, most in the first round. But Tyson suffered another serious personal loss when D'Amato died from pneumonia on November 4, 1985. Kevin Rooney took over head trainer duties for Tyson, but D'Amato's father role in Tyson's life would never be filled again. Manager Jimmy Jacobs did fill the role of emotional support, but many point to this point as the beginning of Tyson's unraveling, which would take years to fully come to pass.
Heading into 1986 with a heavy heart, Tyson was a bright prospect in the heavyweight division and was looking to build on his success in the previous year.
Tyson fought once a month, sometimes more, and won almost always by knockout. Together with his trainers, Tyson created an intimidating persona. Tyson wore no robe on his way to the ring, no socks with his shoes, and played no music during his entrance. Everything about Tyson was meant to say he was here for other purpose than to destroy his opponent, and it defeated many fighters before Tyson ever threw his first punch.
Then in November of 1986, a year after D'Amato died Tyson was given his first title fight. Tyson would face the World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight Champion Trevor Berbick, a man who had beaten the great Muhammad Ali. Just 20-years-old at the time, Tyson won by knockout becoming the youngest professional Heavyweight champion in the history of boxing.
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick [1986-11-22]
Tyson then took a few months off and returned with a decision win over James Smith to not just defend his title but also acquire the World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight title. Tyson defended both titles with a 6th round TKO of Pinklon Thomas. Next, Tyson added the other major Heavyweight title, the one created by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) with a decision win over Tony Tucker and became the first Heavyweight to unify the three titles.
Tyson then knocked out undefeated fighter Tyrell Biggs to defend his titles, and was matched with all-time great Heavyweight Larry Holmes.
Holmes was coming off losing his IBF title in back-to-back losses to Michael Spinks, one of the best Light Heavyweight boxers of all time. They were close, controversial losses, and Spinks was stripped of the title when he refused to fight Tony Tucker and took a higher paying, non-title fight. These two losses represented the first of Holmes career, and while Holmes was entering his forties he was still very much on top of his game.
The power and speed of Tyson proved too much for Holmes, who fell in the fourth round to a right hand from Tyson. Holmes went on to be 22-3 with three more title fights after his loss to Tyson and was the only knockout loss of his career.
Soon after this fight Tyson's manager and primary pillar of emotional support Jimmy Jacobs passed away from leukemia. Tyson had also just been married to actress Robin Givens, but things between them seemed to immediately sour after Jacobs' death. But at this point Tyson's personal problems were not spilling over into his career.
Tyson traveled to Japan for marketing and promotional purposes, and while there he dispatched Tony Tubbs in a two round knock out to defend his titles.
At this point, Tyson was the undefeated Heavyweight champion, but he was not undisputed as there was one man still considered by many to the IBF Heavyweight champion, Michael Spinks. The fight was arranged by Don King, one of the biggest boxing promoters of his day and a man who was very interested in getting more deeply involved in the Mike Tyson business.
Spinks was known for using footwork and clever combinations to out-box his opponents, and the idea of his masterful style vs Tyson's pure aggression caused a great deal of interest in this fight.
I've included the full video of the fight so the reader can get a sense for the event; the fight starts at 9:35.
Mike Tyson vs Michael Spinks 1988
With this win, Tyson became the undisputed Heavyweight champion, and at this point in his career many argue he could have beaten many, if not all, of the great boxers of history. But for as brightly as Tyson had burned the flame was already beginning to dim.
Personal problems would begin to take their toll as Tyson and Givens divorced, and it was revealed that Tyson suffered from a host of emotional problems. To balance the needs of treating Tyson's depression and rage problems and getting him in the right emotional place to fight, the Champion had been going on and off medication causing mood swings and violent outbursts. Tyson physically abused her and their divorce was drawn out and very public, and Tyson lost a great deal of money in the divorce.
Tyson also left training with Kevin Rooney and signed with Don King. The effect on Tyson's boxing was immediately apparent. In a fight with British boxer Frank Bruno, Tyson's style seemed to have completely changed. The peek-a-boo fundamentals were completely gone. Tyson abandoned the body attack and jab that had set up his power punches and he just bulled into the clinch trying to land power punches to the head. As a result, Tyson was hit cleaner and more often against Bruno than really ever before, and was even stunned in the first round. In the end, Tyson was able to get the knockout.
Tyson only fought once more in 1989 with a fairly effortless knockout of Carl Williams. Tyson's attention had moved from boxing as he was more out of control in his personal life. He was no longer focused on training, and allegations of sexual misconduct continued to mount.
Tyson returned to Japan in February of 1990 to face a 42-to-1 underdog James "Buster" Douglas. A journeyman boxer Douglas was an afterthought for Tyson, who was more focused on the party scene in Japan and didn't bring a real boxing corner with him.
Douglas, who had just lost his mother, came to the ring as a man with nothing to lose and used a snapping jab to keep Tyson at bay. Tyson was unable to adjust, and his corner was unable to offer him any help. They didn't even have ice as they desperately tried to control the swelling on Tyson's face with condoms full of tap water. Despite all this Tyson knocked Douglas down in the eighth round and it seemed Tyson's power had bailed him out again. But Douglas was able to struggle back to his feet and then survived a ninth round onslaught by Tyson. Then in the tenth round Douglas sent Tyson tumbling to the canvas in one of the biggest upsets in the history of sports.
Mike Tyson VS James Buster Douglas 1990-02-11
The spell of the unbeatable, invincible destroyer that was Iron Mike was shattered. King tried rebuild his aura with a series of very winnable fights. But more importantly Tyson's emotional problems were now at the forefront and in July of 1991 Tyson was arrested for the rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington. Tyson already had a well known reputation in the boxing world for being inappropriate and even violent with women.
So when Washington came forward with a graphic recounting of an attack by Tyson, it was not a surprise to many and his rambling defense did him no favors. King paid for a lawyer for Tyson, but the man was a tax lawyer and was out of his depth in the case and there are some who claim Tyson got railroaded, but Tyson's history with women stands against him.
Tyson served three years in prison, and he grew more reflective in prison. While he appealed his rape charge, he would later comment that he had committed crimes equal to or worse than the one he was imprisoned for and as a result he belonged in prison. Tyson also converted to Islam and attempted to reinvent himself. When he emerged from prison, there was a brief power battle between the Muslim brotherhood and Don King for control of Tyson.
Tyson's loyalty to King proved his undoing as he returned to the boxing promoter and to his old ways. King provided anything Tyson wanted; watches, cars, houses, exotic animals, anything as long as Tyson kept fighting.
King created a comeback tour that started with a fight with Peter McNeeley, who tried to brawl with Tyson and paid the price, and then a knockout win over Buster Mathis Jr. Tyson still clearly had the hand speed and power of his early career, but his finesse was completely gone. Tyson had become a head hunter who threw a few punches and the would clinch and then repeat after the ref broke them apart.
Tyson then reclaimed the WBC Heavyweight title with a win over Frank Bruno in March of 1996. Six months later, Tyson faced Bruce Seldon for the WBA Heavyweight title and his win here would be his last major success in boxing.
Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon (Complete Fight)
Tyson now had two of his three title belts back and he was required to defend his title. A match was set with the number one contender Evander Holyfield. A multiple time world champion, Holyfield wasn't intimidated at all by Tyson and coolly picked Tyson apart and knocked him out in the eleventh round.
Tyson was granted an immediate rematch with Holyfield. The first two rounds were all Holyfield, and at the start of the third Tyson left his mouth piece in his corner. Holyfield had been making a lot of contact with his head and in retaliation Tyson bit Holyfield twice, taking off a piece of his ear.
Tyson lost the fight by disqualification and had his boxing license taken away for a year due to the incident and was fined three million dollars. Tyson turned to King for a full accounting of his earnings to help determine how much trouble he was in due to these restrictions and was shocked to find himself massively in debt with almost no money.
Tyson was finally aware of the fact that King had been fleecing him for years, and in 1998 Tyson attempted to sue King for $100 million. Tyson's days as a powerhouse boxer were over, but he continued to fight to try to pay off his debt. He would fight Lennox Lewis in 2002 in a title fight, but Tyson was totally outclassed.
Tyson eventually settled out of court with King for $14 million in 2004, all of which went to pay off debt. Then in 2005 Tyson lost his last professional fight.
Tyson's career and life is a tale of exploitation. Tyson's physical talent was obvious, and it can be argued that every person in his life, save for his old high school counselor Bob Steward, was using Tyson to get something they wanted. D'Amato wanted a champion and was willing to pass over disciplining the youth in his quest to attain that goal, and then when Tyson reached that peak everyone around him wanted something from Tyson. Every emotional pillar of support for Tyson was taken from him, and it left him adrift.
In terms of boxing Tyson had the potential to be an all-time great, and some argue that during his run in the mid-80s Tyson could have knocked out just about any Heavyweight in history. While Tyson's flame burned brightly it was fleeting.
Tyson reached the highest peaks of a sport and plunged the lowest depths of humanity. An athletic prodigy who committed deplorable acts, Tyson's life was a tragedy that created more tragedy and a controversial addition to the Gods of War pantheon.


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Still, I do use it from time to time, and the risk of rubber-necking, I have tried to understand just what this replacement portion of the bridge would be like.
One can look at this a bunch of ways. I will offer one. I hope other readers provide other thoughts.
My thought is about design.
The cantilever bridge that is coming done is ugly, and reflective of the time it was built, namely in the midst of the 1930's depression, and a time of public works employment. Rosie the Riveter mentality. I don't have the civil engineering background to understand why this approach was taken for the span. It was acceptable for years until the 1989 earthquake, and it has taken this long to replace it.
It always has been ugly from a design standpoint.
The new replacement span has been a boondoggle from a spending standpoint, and some of the shenanigans around some of its construction components raise questions about how much safer it is than what it replaces.
But from a design standpoint, my opinion is that it is a thing of beauty, much more in place with the San Francisco persona than its predecessor.
I just hope it is safe to drive.
on Aug 26, 2013 at 5:43 pm
"some of its construction components raise questions about how much safer it is than what it replaces."
So, Paul, were all those $$ billion worth it for a prettier bridge, if it does not improve on the safety of Rosie the Riveter?
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How long will we be paying off the bonds for this frivolous project, which does not increase safety?
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By Barbara-Lee Edwards -- It's a sea of pink at Crown Point Shores in Mission Bay, where nearly 5,000 people have set up camp after the first leg of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day.
Thousands from across the country are walking for three days to honor the lives lost, celebrate survivors and promote breast cancer research. I'm walking with members of our Buddies for Life Team.
On the trek to La Jolla, I met 75-year-old George Newmmer. The retired electrician from Michigan lost a relative to breast cancer, so he encourages women to get mammograms. It's advice that helped a women Newmmer met during a 3-Day walk in Seattle.
"She was diagnosed with breast cancer. She said it was in very early stages and they got to it in time. 'Thanks to the 3-day walk I think you saved my life,'" Newmmer said.
Eighteen-year-old Jordan Carlson is among the youngest walkers in this journey of hope. She's doing it for her mom, who was diagnosed twice with breast cancer, but beat the disease.
"I have a mental picture of my mother when she was very thin, bald, and was trying to survive a massive infection that almost killed her," Jordan said.
"I have that picture of her laying in her bed. I always think of that and that's what really determines me to keep my foot in front of the other."
Amid the parade of pink, the aches, the pain and blisters, walkers say they'll keep on lacing their shoes until there's a cure.
"There's a lot of hope out there," Jordan said.
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Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the unofficial end to summer, but the weather has another idea in mind with summer warmth surging in around Boston. more >
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Bacteria in the gut can help protect mice against peanut food allergies, according to a new study.
If you suffer from the wide array of seasonal allergy symptoms such as fatigue; sinus congestion; itchy eyes, nose or throat; or watery eyes, don't let a high pollen count get you down.
High pollen levels throughout much of the country mean that millions of Americans are sniffling, sneezing and itching.
Any food with a "gluten-free" label in the United States now must meet a new set of standards outlined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
It may seem surprising that some hay-fever sufferers get an itchy feeling in their mouths, throats and lips when they start to eat certain foods.
Do you love the great outdoors, but don't feel so great out there during allergy season?
This time of year everyone's attention is on allergies — most importantly, how to stop them in their tracks. I have patients each spring who complain about symptoms while indoors — even though there is no pollen exposure inside.
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After a few days of rumors tying names like Josh McDaniel and Jack Del Rio to the Kansas City Chiefs, the team has apparently decided to promote from within. Romeo Crennel is expected to be named the Chiefs new head coach on a permanent basis, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The decision doesn't come as much of a surprise. Crennel went 2-1 with the Chiefs after taking over for the dismissed Todd Haley for the team's final three games of the regular season. Players reportedly revered him in the locker room as well. Still, he carries the stigma of being another Bill Belichek castoff that has struggled as a head coach before. Crennel went 24-40 as head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 2005 through the 2008 season.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Players from U of L's men's basketball team arrived back in Louisville Tuesday afternoon, showing up on U of L's campus at Minardi Hall for an impromptu autograph-signing session.
The Cards returned to campus around 3:30 p.m. with a few police officers on hand to keep order as fans flocked to players like Luke Hancock and Peyton Siva.
Siva told WDRB's Emily Mieure he feels blessed and is looking forward to resting, while Hancock remarked that "it's good to be home."
An official celebration for the team will be held Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. at the KFC Yum! Center. Doors will open at 3:30. UofL season ticket holders will get a first chance at the tickets from 9 until 2 at the Athletic Ticket Office on campus. They will need their cardinal athletic fund number.
After 2:00, tickets will be available at the KFC Yum! Center box office on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Cardinal Women take on the UCon Huskies tonight at 8:30 in New Orleans.
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Multicolored Pasta Salad for a Crowd
Here's a colorful, veggie-filled pasta dish that's always a crowd-pleaser. This is a great choice as a vegan potluck recipe for warm weather occasions.
Serves: 8 to 10
- 1 pound tricolor or whole-grain rotini or other short, chunky pasta
- 2 large bunches broccoli, cut into bite-size pieces and florets
- 2 large carrots, peeled and sliced on the diagonal
- 1/3 cup sliced black olives
- 1 medium green or red bell pepper, cut into narrow strips
- One 12-ounce jar marinated artichoke hearts, chopped, with liquid
- One 16-ounce can kidney or pink beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 to 3 scallions, minced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 cup good-quality vinagirette, or as needed
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Cook the pasta in plenty of rapidly simmering water until al dente. Drain and rinse under cool water, then drain well again.
Meanwhile, steam the broccoli and carrots together in a large saucepan with a small amount of water until both are just tender-crisp. Drain and rinse under cool water, then drain well again.
Combine the pasta with the broccoli-carrot mixture and all the remaining ingredients in a large serving bowl, and toss well. Cover and refrigerate until needed, or serve at once.
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Tourism officials in New Zealand have big plans to capitalize on the wave of anticipation ahead of the theatrical release of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," in December, reports NBC News.
Fans of the original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy of movies have been making pilgrimages to New Zealand, where the films were shot, since Peter Jackson's award-winning epics hit theaters in 2001. Now, tourism officials hope that the next story of heroism in Middle Earth will continue to attract visitors.
"It is a very big deal," Gregg Anderson, who oversees Tourism New Zealand campaigns in North America and Europe, told the news source. "We really are hoping that we will see a lift in visitor arrivals in the two-and-a-half-plus years that this [campaign] will run for."
Tourism New Zealand's campaign, titled "100% Middle Earth, 100% New Zealand," will focus on the country's natural beauty and highlight locations that were featured in the original trilogy of movies and the upcoming "Hobbit" film.
According to The New Zealand Herald, Tourism New Zealand has invested more than $100 million into the campaign. Deborah Gray, a marketing manager at the tourism authority, told the news source that the initiative was one of the most successful destination campaigns in the world.
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George Perkins Marsh Prize for best book in Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History (2010).
Regents Professor, Montana University System (2007-Current).
Principal Investigator for Technological Symmetry and Hybrid Environments at the Ashio and Anaconda Copper Mines. NSF Social Studies of Science, Engineering, and Technology Grant for Collaborative Research submitted with Prof. Tim LeCain (2007-2010).
Co-Director, International Studies Title VI Grant, Department of Education (2008).
Meritorious Research Award, College of Letters and Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (2007).
Charles & Nora L. Wiley Faculty Award for Meritorious Research, Office of the Provost, Montana State University (2006).
Leopold-Hidy Award for best article published in journal Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History (2005).
J. William Fulbright Graduate Research Fellowship, Japan-United States Educational Commission, Tokyo, Japan (1995-97).
In progress:
Ian Jared Miller, Julia Adeney Thomas, and Brett L. Walker, ed. Japan at Nature's Edge: The Environment of a Global Power (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, scheduled 2013).
Brett L. Walker, 「自然環境の発見」 (The Discovery of the Natural World), Vol. 4, in 「日本の思想」 (Japanese thought), 8 vols. (Tokyo: Iwanami Koza, scheduled 2013).
Brett L. Walker, A Concise History of Japan (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, scheduled 2014).
2010 Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan, foreword by William Cronon (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010; paperback reprint, 2011; Kindle, 2012). Winner: George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History, American Society for Environmental History.
2010 「絶滅した日本のオオカミーその歴史と生態」。 北海道大学出会。 2010年1月発行。 (Translation of The Lost Wolves of Japan.)
2007 「蝦夷地の征服(1590-1800)―日本の領土拡張にみる生態と文化」。 北海道大学出会。2007年4月発行。(Translation of The Conquest of Ainu Lands.)
2005 The Lost Wolves of Japan, foreword by William Cronon (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005; paperback reprint, 2007; Kindle, 2009). Nominated: George Perkins Marsh Prize (ASEH), John King Fairbank Prize (AHA), and John Whitney Hall Prize (AAS).
2001 The Conquest of Ainu Lands: Ecology and Culture in Japanese Expansion, 1590-1800 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001; paperback reprint, 2006). Nominated: John Whitney Hall Prize (AAS).
Edited volumes:
2005 Gregory Pflugfelder and Brett L. Walker, ed. JAPANimals: History and Culture in Japan's Animal Life (Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2005).
Book chapters:
2006 "The Ecology of Ainu Autonomy and Dependence," in The Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectives, ed. Roger C.A. Maaka and Chris Andersen (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc., 2006), 45-71.
2005 "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," in Image and Identity: Rethinking Cultural History, ed. Jeffrey E. Hanes and Yamaji Hidetoshi (Kobe: Institute of Economics and Management, Kobe University, 2005).
1999 "Foreign Contagions, Ainu Medical Culture, and Conquest." In Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People, ed. William W. Fitzhugh and Chisato Dubreuil (Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution and University of Washington Press, 1999), 102-7.
1996 Foreword to William Smith Clark: A Yankee in Hokkaido, by John M. Maki. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, 1996.
Refereed articles:
2007 "Mamiya Rinzō and the Japanese Exploration of Sakhalin Island: Cartography, Ethnography, and Empire," Journal of Historical Geography 33, no. 2 (April 2007): 283-313. This article was also posted with a new introduction on Japan Focus on February 3, 2008.
2007 "Sanemori's Revenge: Insects, Eco-System Accidents, and Policy Decisions in Japan's Environmental History," Journal of Policy History, Special Issue: New Perspectives on Public Health Policy, James Mohr, Editor 19, no. 1 (2007): 113-44.
2004 "Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and the Destruction of Japan's Hokkaido Wolf," Environmental History 9, no. 2 (April 2004): 248-74.
2001 "Commercial Growth and Environmental Change in Early Modern Japan: Hachinohe's Wild Boar Famine of 1749." Journal of Asian Studies 60, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 329-51.
1999 "The Early Modern Japanese State and Ainu Vaccinations: Redefining the Japanese Body Politic, 1799-1868." Past and Present 163 (May 1999): 121-60.
1996 "Reappraising the Sakoku Paradigm: The Ezo Trade and the Extension of Tokugawa Political Space into Hokkaidō." Journal of Asian History 30, no. 2 (December 1996): 169-92.
Solicited articles:
2002 "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal 10, no. 2 (Fall 2002), 44-63. This article will also appear as a chapter in Jeffrey E. Hanes and Yamaji Hidetoshi, eds., Image and Identity: Rethinking Cultural History (Kobe: Institute of Economics and Management, Kobe University, 2005).
2001 "The History and Ecology of the Extinction of the Japanese Wolf," Japan Foundation Newsletter 29, no. 1 (October 2001): 10-13.
Encyclopedia entries and miscellaneous publications:
2008 "Borders and Borderlands: East Asia." In Encyclopedia of the Modern World, ed. W. Dean Kinzley (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).
2003 "Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon)." In Encyclopedia of American History: Colonization and Settlement, 1608–1760, Vol. 2, eds. Billy G. Smith and Gary B. Nash (New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003), 405-6.2003 "Shinto." In Encyclopedia of World Environmental History, vol. 3, eds. Shepard Krech III, John R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant (New York: Routledge, Inc., 2004).


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II. Questions to Consider about your Driver Resume
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V. Car Driver Resume in Text Form
I. Introductory Information
Are you interested in becoming a driver, or are a driver that would like to get into a different line of work? Here are a few driving jobs and their median salaries.
- Delivery drivers ($27,000)
- Heavy tractor-trailer truck drivers ($37,600)
- Truck drivers ($22,550)
- Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ($22,500)
All driving jobs will require that you have a CDL license. Optimally, you should also have a high school diploma, although cab drivers do not require one.
II. Questions to Consider about your Driver Resume
Here are some questions to think about before writing your driver resume:
1. What kind of customer service skills do you have? If you're chauffeur, cab driver, or delivery driver, you need to interact with customers on a daily basis. As a representative of your company, your attitude and friendliness can have a big impact on repeat business. Be sure to include this information in your resume – driving is more than just your ability to maneuver a vehicle around.
2. What is your temperament? Are you a patient person, or generally rushed, hurried, and short-fused? Hopefully, as a person working as a driver, you're able to take bumps on the road with a cool head. Generally, people who are able to remain calm and composed in stressful situations also make better decisions. Safety is key in the driving industry – one mistake could end you career, or your life.
3. What is your safety record? A driver's career can survive a few scratches and bumps, especially if it isn't your fault. This may be the most important part of a driver's resume – the hiring manager will be sure to check your record. If it's clean (and long!), that is golden information to display.
4. How is your health? Professional drivers require a certain standard of hand-eye coordination, hearing ability, physical fitness, and visual ability. Be sure to get yourself tested, for your own safety, and also as preparation for submitting your health records to any company you are applying for.
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2. Career Objective: Your career objective should always be written with the company's needs in mind. So depending on what kind of driver you are – a personal driver, taxi driver, truck driver, forklift driver, etc., you need to write the objective so that it is relevant to those jobs. It should be no longer than two sentences. Essentially, pack all of your most relevant skills and qualifications that will allow you to perform your job exceptionally in this part. If you have never had an accident, emphasize your years of professional experience, and your safety record. Beyond the types of vehicles you can operate, your safety record is probably the most important part of a driving and transportation resume.
3. Professional Experience: Generally speaking, your professional experience section should be written in reverse-chronological order, which means that your most recent experience should be placed near the top. Each experience should have a "title," which is the name of the company that you worked for. Include your job title in smaller font beneath it. You should also include how long you worked at each job. Underneath each "title," write a series of bullet points explaining your job duties. This should not be a bland list of job responsibilities that a hiring manager already knows you are capable of doing. A good description will include:
- The type of vehicles you operated
- The reason you operated it
- How you maintained the vehicle
- Any time limits / ability to be punctual
- Quality ratings from customer interactions
4. Skills and Certificates Section: We've included a picture here to give you an idea about how to format these two sections. Though they are related, the certificates section should be on its own, because that kind of job specific information should not be mixed in and lost amongst your less relevant skills.
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BUMPER COLLECTIVE Boston, MA
General Car Transporter September 1998 – Present
- Provide outstanding customer service to over 120 clients per month
- Maintain courteous and professional behavior & appearance
- Deliver vehicles to other locations as directed by management, such as licensee locations, rail yard, auction sites, body shops, or other corporate locations
- Ride with or follow another driver to drop off vehicle(s) or pick up multiple vehicles
- Follow all company safety policies and procedures and protect company assets.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision while maintaining high energy
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Rental Car Driver September 1998 – Present
- Transport vehicles safely within the airport to various service areas
- Drive the vehicles from return location to cleaning/servicing location; leave vehicles positioned for best access by service agents, as directed by management
- Organize travel route and ensure vehicle paperwork is accurate and timely
- Safely move vehicles between airport and off-airport locations
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Economics Candidate, June 1995
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RALEIGH — A second person has died of West Nile virus, and three other new human cases have been reported in North Carolina, state health officials said Wednesday.
The new cases are part of a national epidemic that's on pace to be the worst in the 13-year history of the disease in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that the number of cases nationally had jumped nearly 40 percent in a week, to almost 1,600 confirmed human infections. Nearly 70 people have died.
The outbreak centers around northern Texas, with hundreds of cases reported in the Dallas area alone. But people have been infected in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
Cases in North Carolina have been confirmed in Cabarrus, Forsyth, Mecklenburg, Scotland and Wayne counties. The first death was reported in Wayne County on Aug. 14; the latest was in the western Piedmont.
The five cases make this already one of the worst years on record in the state. Still, the comparatively small number seems to underline a question that puzzles West Nile experts: Why North Carolina has so few human cases of the disease.
West Nile virus is carried by birds and spread to humans by mosquito bites. Its effects are often mild; about 80 percent of infected people have no symptoms at all. Others have symptoms that can include body aches, fever, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands.
About 1 in 150 people who are infected will develop a severe form of the disease that can bring high fever, headache, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis. Some effects may be permanent.
First case in New York
West Nile was first found in humans in New York in 1999 and has since been confirmed in humans in every state except Alaska and Hawaii. It has infected more than 1,000 people in the Northeast over the years, and thousands more in the Deep South and Midwest.
In North Carolina, though, there have been only 52 cases, nearly half of them in 2003 during another national epidemic. Even the District of Columbia has had almost twice as many confirmed cases.
Experts aren't sure why, any more than they know the cause of the savage outbreak in Texas this year.
It's always hard to predict outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses, or to say precisely why they happen, Lyle Petersen, director of the CDC's Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, said in a telephone news conference Wednesday.
The ecology of the disease is complex, with a huge number of intersecting factors. In addition, there often isn't good data on factors such as the makeup of the bird population or how many of them might have immunity to the disease.
Other factors include weather, climate, a host of issues related to mosquito populations and how much time people spend outdoors. One theory about the current national outbreak is that the warm winter, early spring and hot summer in many parts of the country played a role, Petersen said.
Still, no one really knows all the reasons for the outbreak, let alone why the disease remains so scarce among people in North Carolina.
"It's always harder to study the absence of something than its presence," said Michael Reiskind, an assistant professor at N.C. State University who specializes in public health entomology.
The virus is likely present among birds in every one of the state's 100 counties, say state health officials. Reiskind said his best guess why the virus doesn't often move from those birds to humans is that there is something about the mosquito population – there are 57 kinds in North Carolina – that prevents it.
Some types of mosquitoes are efficient at spreading the virus among birds, while others are "bridge vectors" that are good at moving it between birds and humans. Both actions can affect how likely it is for humans to become infected, and it's possible the state lacks a combination of mosquito varieties that make the jump to humans more common, Reiskind said.
That theory sounds good, said Dr. Erin Staples, a CDC epidemiologist who studies diseases spread by biting insects. Still, the broader reasons also may include how the mix of mosquito species meshes with other factors such as weather, the size and mix of the bird population and how cases are diagnosed and reported.
One clue, though, might be the relatively low incidence of a disease called St. Louis encephalitis. Some Southern and Midwestern states recorded hundreds of human cases of the disease in outbreaks from 1964 through 2010, but North Carolina had just six.
Bird, mosquito mix
Because it's spread the same way and often by the same mosquitoes as West Nile, and shows a similar pattern of incidence, that could mean the mix of birds and mosquitoes here is a significant reason for the modest number of West Nile cases, Staples said.
North Carolinians still should take precautions against mosquito bites, Staples said, noting that not only do we have West Nile and the rarer, but also the more deadly eastern equine encephalitis and La Crosse encephalitis.
The complexities that keep scientists from fully understanding what causes outbreaks or why there aren't more cases in some areas also means North Carolinians shouldn't put too much faith in past experience.
"Just because traditionally you haven't seen it, I can't predict that you won't get large numbers in years to come," Staples said. "We just can't know for sure."
News researcher David Raynor contributed to this story.
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