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Apr 18, 2011
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Did you see the reports of my scandalous behavior on the Internet? The headlines say "Scott Adams Caught Defending Himself Anonymously on Metafilter!" The stories go on to explain that I was posting under the name PlannedChaos and pretending to be the only person in the world who doesn't hate me. According to the wise and fair denizens of the Internet, this behavior is proof that I am a thin-skinned, troll, asshole, dick, fame-whore, ego maniac, douche nozzle, misogynist. That list might sound bad to you, but keep in mind that I was starting from a pretty low base, so I think my reputation is trending up.
You might have questions about this story. So I asked my Internet alter-ego, PlannedChaos, to interview me and get to the bottom of it.
Mr. Adams, do you mind if I call you Douche Nozzle?
This interview is over! You really
a dick!
Let's try this the old-fashioned way. I'll give you all of the facts about this scandal, and some proper context, and you can assume every word of it is bullshit. And that leads me to my first point about context: As a general rule, you can't trust anyone who has a conflict of interest. Conflict of interest is like a prison that locks in both the truth and the lies. One workaround for that problem is to change the messenger. That's where an alias comes in handy. When you remove the
of conflict of interest, it allows others to listen to the evidence without judging.
Obviously an alias can be used for evil just as easily as it can be used to clear up simple factual matters. A hammer can be used to build a porch or it can be used to crush your neighbor's skull. Don't hate the tool.
The next thing to consider is that in my line of work, some types of rumors can cause economic damage to hundreds of people in the so-called value chain. The stakes are high. I know from experience that when a rumor flares up that says, for example, I'm affiliated with one particular interest group or another, the people who hate that group will stop reading Dilbert comics. And they will aggressively warn everyone who will listen to do the same. This was a small problem in the pre-Internet age. Today, a rumor will send an army of advocates to vote down your products on Amazon.com and defame you on every blog and web site that allows comments. It happens in hours, not days.
This week for example, I'm the target of Men's Rights advocates, Feminists, and one bearded taint who is leading an anti-creationist movement. What do those folks have in common? In each case they are using the same strategy. They take out of context something I've written, present it to the lazy Internet media who doesn't check context, and use it to demonize me to gain publicity for their respective causes. That's how advocates get free publicity. They find a celebrity to target.
The same thing is happening
with a Republican official who emailed some friends a humorous photo of President Obama's face on a chimp and a punch line about his birth certificate. If your only context is what the Internet says about this story, you assume it's a typical racist act by a Republican who is already guilty by association. But if I add the context that Googling "George Bush monkey" gives you over 3 million hits, and most of them are jokes where President Bush's face is transposed on a monkey, you see what's really going on. Democrats and advocates of civil rights are using the media to further an agenda at the expense of a woman who was probably so non-racist that the photo in question didn't set off her alarms as being a career-ending risk.
In my book
The Dilbert Future
, published in 1997, I predicted that in the future the media would start killing celebrities to generate demand for their so-called news. That seemed like a stretch when the worst part of the media was the tabloids. Now the Internet has given media power to the likes of Gawker, Metafilter, and any other cesspool with an IP address. When the low end of the media conspired with unscrupulous advocates to label the aforementioned Republican woman a racist, they probably killed her career, and they might end up killing her too.
There's no sheriff on the Internet. It's like the Wild West. So for the past ten years or so I've handled things in the masked vigilante-style whenever the economic stakes are high and there's a rumor that needs managing. Usually I do it for reasons of safety or economics, but sometimes it's just because I don't like sadists and bullies.
Some time ago, I learned the hard way that posting messages with my own identity turns any discussion into an orgy of name-calling. When I'm personally involved, people speculate that I'm being defensive, or back pedaling, or being a douche nozzle, or trying to weasel my way out of something. Speaking with my true identity also draws too much attention to the very rumors I'm trying to extinguish. In contrast, when my spunky alter ego weighs in, people generally focus on the facts presented, including checking the source material to see my writing in context. The masked vigilante strategy worked well until recently. And I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun.
Most of the inaccurate information about me on the Internet is harmless. And negative opinions about the quality of my work are always legitimate. The trouble starts when advocates for one cause or another use me as a whipping boy to promote their agendas. As I mentioned, the way that works is that they take out of context something I've written, paraphrase it incorrectly, and market me as a perfect example of the thought-criminal that they've been warning everyone about. I don't think any of this is an organized conspiracy. I think it's a combination of zealotry, bad reading comprehension, opportunism, and some herd behavior.
[If you're new to this, the paragraph above is the part that will be taken out of context and paraphrased to show that I'm paranoid and delusional, claiming that organized groups are out to get me.]
The best example of the rumor problem involves the topic of evolution. I've often stated publicly that evolution meets the scientific standard of "fact." But when I write an article or a comic on any
topic that sparks discussion on other sites, a commenter suspiciously appears each time to say, "Adams has no credibility because he doesn't believe in evolution." Dilbert readers don't expect all of their opinions to line up with mine, but evolution is probably the hottest of hot buttons for the technology crowd. If you're rumored to be anti-science, you're dead to them, and so is your product. That's a rumor with economic consequences.
If you wonder how the evolution rumor started, it's partly because I made the following argument: The evidence for evolution, by its nature,
fishy to the average non-scientist independent of the underlying truth. That's a statement about human perceptions, not the objective reality of the theory. The suggestion here is that if scientists could do a better job of packaging the evidence for evolution it might help convert the doubters. Malevolent posters often quote me out of context as saying, "The evidence for evolution smells like bullshit." Out of context it means nearly the opposite of what it means within context.
I've also famously predicted that the theory of evolution will be debunked in my lifetime. That sounds like crazy Creationist talk, and a direct contradiction to my statement that evolution is a scientific fact. The context for that prediction is the notion that a future Einstein might someday demonstrate that our common sense understanding of the passage of time is flawed. If that happens, every part of our observed reality will be debunked, sort of. Instead of focusing on evolution, I could have predicted that the history of your daily commute to work will be debunked. It's the same point but less catchy.
By now you are probably thinking that my prediction has nearly zero chance of being right. I'll let you in on an industry secret: You're correct. You know all of those books on the market that predict various economic bubbles, social upheavals, and disasters of all kinds? Most of those authors don't believe their predictions are likely to pan out. They're making calculated bets that in the unlikely event they guessed right, they will become famous. That's worth a fortune in future speaking gigs and book deals.
My contrarian prediction about evolution being debunked in my lifetime was the same sort of bet. It's unlikely that I'll be right. But if I get lucky, I'll be the one person who predicted it. And because of the "in my lifetime" condition, I can't be wrong until I'm too dead to care. This is the sort of thing I do that really, really, really pisses off some people, especially the anti-creationist bearded taint guy.
Keep in mind that Einstein debunked humanity's common sense understanding of gravity, and no one saw that coming. Your great grandfather probably thought the planet was exerting an invisible sucking force called gravity to keep him from floating away. But Einstein figured out that mass curves spacetime. That sounds different than an invisible sucking force. I'm just saying anything can happen.
Let's take a moment to call back the discussion of how the messenger changes the message. A large number of you are reading my explanation of the evolution rumor and dismissing it as my pathetic attempt at revisionist history. I'm back pedaling! I got caught being a moron and now I'm trying to save face!
See how this works? The messenger with a strong self-interest is automatically non-credible, and should be. There are some types of information that can only be communicated by an unbiased messenger. And the most unbiased messenger in the world is one that is imaginary, such as my invisible friend, PlannedChaos. Speaking of him, let's get back to my interview to mop up some lingering questions.
Isn't it fundamentally dishonest, and therefore immoral, to debate under an assumed name?
Yes. On the scale of immoral behavior, where genocide is at the top, and wearing Spanx is near the bottom, posting comments under an alias to clear up harmful misconceptions is about one level worse than Spanx.
Are you saying the ends justify the means?
Yes, sometimes. The types of people who act solely on principle are the ones who burn Korans and wonder why something went wrong.
How do we know this whole scheme isn't a Dogbertian prank. You have a dark history of doing exactly this sort of thing.
There's no way for you to know if it's a prank. The only person who knows the answer to that question is me, and I'm not credible. But for the record, my non-credible answer is that the entertainment value of this endeavor was only a side benefit. With that said, I have to confess that giving verbal wedgies to people who desperately deserve them, in a public forum, is a lot more fun than you imagine.
Didn't you once wear a professional disguise, including a wig and mustache, and pass yourself off as a famous consultant named Ray Mebert?
Yes, several years ago at Logitech's meeting of top management. I led them through a Mission Statement workshop that I manipulated to create the world's worst Mission Statement. The president of Logitech was in on the prank, and the San Jose Mercury sponsored the whole thing.
So you've been a douche for quite some time?
Are you a fame whore?
Yes, but I have ambitions to become a high-priced fame
. In my job, fame is just one of the tools. The main reason you've heard of Dilbert is that I'm a tireless self-promoter and I've been able to work with some of the best PR professionals in the industry. (I'm off the leash at the moment. You might have noticed.)
Are you just a troll?
If I understand the term, trolling involves off-topic comments with no purpose other than to get people worked up. My main purpose is generally to add context to the stuff that trolls and issue advocates have posted online about me. My primary motivation is economic as opposed to evil. But I do have a twitchy trigger finger when I run into sadists and bullies online. So while I generally enter an online conversation with the intent of suppressing damaging misunderstandings, I've been known to empty my clip once I'm there. I'm not proud of that. I'm also not proud that my personal hero is the bigger kid in this
. I'll own that.
I called you a genius on Metafilter. Is that proof that you are an ego-maniac?
No, that is not proof. But as circumstantial evidence goes, it's pretty good. The
that I'm an ego-maniac is that I'm interviewing myself in my own blog. I don't think I can be any clearer on that point.
I will add some context though. Keep in mind that creating the hapless Dilbert character largely in my own image launched a twenty year career of daily self-deprecation. Likewise, about half of what I write outside of the comic is unambiguously self-deprecating. I'm a short, near-sighted, bald, over-the-hill guy with a bad sense of direction and an astonishing lack of competence at 99% of life's challenges. It is also objectively true that I sometimes have good days. That last part is a thing called arrogance.
Another bit of context is that most of what I write outside of the comic is meant to be entertainment for a certain type of reader who likes to be exposed to a wide variety of viewpoints no matter how ridiculous. With the blog in particular, the explicit model is that I write down whatever dumbass theory pops into my head and try to sell it as God's final word. Then my readers shred it in the comment section, or sometimes say it's an old idea that's already been done. Taken out of context, many of my blog posts and even my Wall Street Journal articles would look like the crazy rantings of a guy who thinks he has all the answers to fix the entire world. At best, that's only half true.
And the last piece of context is that I created you, PlannedChaos, specifically to say things that are relevant to the debate but would be grossly inappropriate for me to say about myself. By analogy, if critics of President Obama start calling him stupid, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to whip out his SAT scores. But if one of his spokespeople reminds the public that the President has a law degree from Harvard, which by any objective measure puts him in the genius category, that's a legitimate response. Context is everything.
Are you going to go full-Sheen or is this mental breakdown more of a temporary thing that you can fix with rehab?
No promises, but I think I'll be okay if I lay off the crack pipe for a few days.
Why wouldn't it be better to just defend yourself online using your real name?
You're not a good listener. Watch what happens now that I have. Every part of this post will be taken out of context and twisted to its opposite meaning.
Are you going to smugly claim that you orchestrated everything that happened, including getting caught, and it is all part of your oh-so-clever plan? You do that sometimes.
Not this time. My plan came off the rails when I learned the hard way that Metafilter doesn't have a privacy policy. I assumed, incorrectly, that the worst thing that would happen is that I'd correct some rumors online, amuse myself, and get discreetly booted off the system by the administrators. Instead, the moderators acted on a tip, probably because I left bread crumbs in my comments the size of tractors, snooped into my not-so-private sign-up information, and threatened to make my identity public unless I did so myself. On the scale of immoral behavior, I think everyone involved scored about the same that day, unless one of us was also wearing Spanx. And if the moderators of Metafilter think the ends justified the means, for business or other purposes, I support that choice.
What's the point of trying to correct inaccurate rumors online when you often say no one is persuaded by new information?
That's a brilliant question. Are you a genius?
Just having a good day.
Rarely is anyone persuaded by new information once a strong opinion has been formed. But I like to think that some people haven't yet formed opinions on the question of whether I am a Holocaust Denier, to pick just one example. That's an actual rumor floating around the Internet. I hope to influence the undecided.
The second benefit of joining a debate that I might prefer had never happened is that once inside I can shift the conversation from something awful to something less so. We humans are wired to think that the most important fact is the one that gets repeated and discussed the most. This scandal started when I went to Metafilter to kill the rumor that I'm anti-science. But after I stirred up things, what are people discussing most often now?
They're mostly appalled that you invented a fake identity to call yourself a genius.
Wait for it...
Damn it! You're doing it again! You arrogant bastard!
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Apr 20, 2011
Am I the only one who doesn't give a damn?
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Apr 20, 2011
Dear Scott,
I am a law student at USC, the South Carolina one. I am responsible for my disabled mother and handicapped younger brother. I am not even close to wealthy. Life is stressful at times. There are days where Dilbert is the only bright spot. Thank you for the cartoon. Keep up the great work.
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Apr 20, 2011
I was just wondering: Is there a blog or forum out there anywhere that sets up rules for discussion that encourage original arguments - as opposed to endless responses to other people's comments?
I'm not saying that the arguments couldn't build on other people's thoughts but I would like to participate in a discussion in which each comment stands on it's own. I notice that *rules* often specify "no personal attacks", but attacks on ideas are fair game.
Fine - but I'd like to see an "attack-free" zone in which the focus is on formulating thought-provoking ideas not shooting down comments and ideas you don't like (usually by mis-interpreting them...).
I'm way too lazy to go out searching for such a place - and beyond way-too-lazy to start my own. (I did notice that www.thoughtfuldiscourse.net is available, however.)
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Apr 20, 2011
If you're a genius, you're a genius! OWN IT...
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Apr 20, 2011
Just saying
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Apr 20, 2011
Keep up the good work. I enjoy your strip and WSJ pieces. This controversy drove me to your site.
Do you think Charles Shultz would ever vision an electronic spat like this?
Regarding Trump, why don't you highlight how poor the results have been for his public companies?
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Apr 20, 2011
The Jerry Springer-like ripostes apparently suit your marketing, but my post suggesting that your defense of Marilyn Davenport was the one stupid thing I've ever witnessed of yours gets deleted. Is she your mom?
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Apr 20, 2011
What?! You're a Holocaust Denier?!
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Apr 20, 2011
I have at least 5 online personas (none of which is Scott Adams). One is specifically created to say what I really think of people and ideas in a way that can't ever hurt my clients' feelings or be linked back to me. The world is not a place with mature people who can take criticism and let's be honest some people really need criticism.
Scott, anyone who can be Dilbert, dogbert, catbert AND the pointy headed boss simultaneously is allowed to have multiple personalities. It is probably a job requirement. We love you.
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Apr 20, 2011
oooooo Portugal.
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Apr 20, 2011
"a whole thread full of people whose IQs are more than likely higher than his" That's sure as h*ll not what looked like to an outsider. What is Metafilter anywway? There are no original articles on the site. It is just a collection of links to other articles on the internet, and a group of people discussing it. In this particular thread they were discussing Scotts article in thze Wall Street Journal about his (uncommon as usual) ideas on education. They were ripping it apart with bad arguments and insulting him in his absence. Did anybody from Metafilter get articles published in the Wall Street Journal or in any other serious newspaper? I didn't think so."
We have plenty of authors and journalists over there. One is one of the premier novelists of Portugal. Many write for scientific journals. And one of them is Adam Savage, one of the Mythbusters guys. (His username is asavage, and he's out to us.)
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Apr 20, 2011
To tell you the truth I was not even aware of what was going on all day, saw you little story on yahoo and was like whatever and ignored it all day. Got board and here I am to say I never comment but nice job that was freakin funny!!! Your one funny ass guy, totally serious then BLAM! haha mad props. Loved it:)
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Apr 20, 2011
i've been following this the whole day and it's really amusing! i'm a bigger fan now more than ever! :))
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Apr 20, 2011
I'm Scott Adams and so's my wife.
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Apr 20, 2011
Dont know what all the fuss is about and dont really care as long as Scott keeps doing his strip.
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Apr 20, 2011
Sir, I know you meant no harm and were hurt by the harsh snarky comments. It's OK to want to get even but look at all the time you wasted with this petty crap. End it. If you have to take your butt to Rent a Center to get yourself a pair in order to stand and own up to a mistake, so be it.
It was wrong. When wrong an adult will stand up and say, "I was wrong." a child will make excuses.
[I said in this very post that I was wronger than wearing Spanx. Would you be happier if I moved it up the scale to something more like "wronger than driving 30 miles per hour in a school zone"? -- Scott]
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Apr 20, 2011
"I can tell you what the fuss was about. He abused our community standards-which granted was a nooby mistake-but then he was totally and completely rude and insulting to our mods and our site's founder. A man who is as honest and evenhanded and fair as one could ask for. I know this from personal experience, I might add."
I'll take your word that the mods and founder are honest and evenhanded... but then can you explain why Scott posting under a pseudonym was "outed" by those same mods? In MetaFilter's own FAQ is the following:
<i>Banworthy offenses include self-linking on MeFi, spamming the site with promotional links, abusing the site with excessive trolling comments or nonsense, excessive jokiness or snarkiness in AskMe, or over-the-top harassment or "outing" personal information of other users.</i>
Seems to me... well I don't really need to join the dots for you do I?
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Apr 20, 2011
it's kinda funny that you can write over 5,000 words Scott, and when I disagree I feel challenged and (sometimes) a little disappointed. And yet my fellow commenter can send my vision white in impotent rage.
I'm not sure what that means.
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Apr 20, 2011
"a whole thread full of people whose IQs are more than likely higher than his"
That's sure as h*ll not what looked like to an outsider.
What is Metafilter anywway? There are no original articles on the site. It is just a collection of links to other articles on the internet, and a group of people discussing it. In this particular thread they were discussing Scotts article in thze Wall Street Journal about his (uncommon as usual) ideas on education. They were ripping it apart with bad arguments and insulting him in his absence.
Did anybody from Metafilter get articles published in the Wall Street Journal or in any other serious newspaper?
I didn't think so.
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Apr 20, 2011
I better get some credit for defending Scott here...
How about you don't blatantly insult libertarians, the people most likely to defend YOUR individual actions against the anger of collectives, for a while?
[I will not rest until I have insulted everyone. -- Scott]
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My MIL says I'm selfish.
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|Thu, 01-24-2013 - 4:34pm
My mom is in very poor health right now, and has been unable to travel to see our family for several years. I've taken our kids on trips out to see her, but we only have so much money to do this. My MIL told my husband that she is upset that we aren't making the same effort to bring the grandkids to see her, she told him that she thinks I'm selfish. I feel like I'm in a no-win situtation. My MIL is in really good health, takes trips throughout the year with her sisters and is totally capable of coming to visit us. My mom, unfortunately, does not have that same capability. Should I feel guilty about this or just let her be upset? I was considering trying to talk to her about it, but it really, really bugs me that she's being so difficult about this when I don't know how much time my mom has left. It's really cooled my relationship with her, which I thought has generally been good up until this point. What would you do?
|Thu, 01-24-2013 - 7:39pm
There are several parts of your post that stand out for me, so I'm not sure which to reply to first! :)
One, no, you aren't being selfish. I'm assuming between available vacation time and available money, you can only take so many trips every year, your mother is sick, to the point where you indicate she may be dying, and your MIL is in fine health, if anyone's being selfish, it's your MIL.
My real question though is why did your husband share this with you? Does he agree with his mother? If I were you I would tell your husband that you only have so much vacation time/money available, and you want to make the most of your time with your mom before she's gone. He should be supporting you in that. You say in your post "I've taken the kids" I read that as you've taken the kids to visit your mom without him. Why can't he take the kids to visit his mother? I assume you're not barring him from doing that?
My own MIL moved a few states away 2 years ago to help my SIL raise her kids. My IL's are still married, FIL lives close by DH and I, and MIL has been back to visit 2 times in two years. She makes almost zero effort to keep in touch with my DH and absolutely zero effort to keep in touch with me. The two times she has been in town, she's broken promises to my DD and my BIL's kids about spending time with them in favor of sitting in her house alone with SIL's baby. (MIL's house is literally 2 minutes from my house and 15 minutes from BIL's.) Yet, she had the nerve to call my DH and complain the other day that "we really need to take a trip down to see her." DH and I both work full time, and only have a few vacation days every year. There is no way in H-E-double hockey sticks I am spending ANY of my vacation days visiting her, when she can't even be bothered to call us when she's in town. (There's obviously lot's more to the story, but that's the part that parallels yours.) Thankfully for me, I have a DH who agrees with me, and has no problem telling his mother exactly why we aren't going to be visiting.
Good luck to you, I say tell your DH how you feel, and just ignore your MIL. She had no right to call you selfish (frankly, I don't think that term even fits by the definition she wanted it to in this case), try not to let it bother you, and don't feel guilty at all about making the most of the time you have left with your mom!
|Fri, 01-25-2013 - 11:38am
I think it should be pretty obvious why you are taking the trips to see your mother & not your MIL--your MIL isn't sick & can travel. Your DH should be the one to tell her this, not you.
|Fri, 01-25-2013 - 1:38pm
Hi Chelsea,
I so agree with the other posts - you are not being selfish and your mil needs to be told this by your DH. I also think that it was wrong for your DH to tell you this (because it is hurtful) and unless he had a resolve to it, just served to upset you. I have lost both my mom and dad. My Inlaws were so insensitive to this and looking back, they were reall a&_&()*()&*( about it. But, there were so many times that I spent time doing things for them that I should have spent taking care of myself and visiting with my parents.
I think that selfish people are just that and can't think past their own needs. If it were me and it was brought up again, I would look them straight in the face and say that I'm sure if this was you and your son's situation that you would want me to encourage him to spend as much time as possible with you. And, hold them to an answer.
But I also think you should sit down and ask your DH why he felt the need to tell you about what they said considering the circumstances? Let him explain and put himself in your shoes - what would he want to do if it was his own mom/dad?
|Fri, 01-25-2013 - 8:32pm
I agree with the other posters and understand where you are coming from. My MIL, bless her heart, lives almost 400 miles away in another state and sometimes we don't see her for a year. We talk a lot when we can to catch up, but she understands that it is difficult for our large family to travel that far, and she lives in a single wide trailer and there isn't enough room for us all even if we camp out on the floor. So the few times we have gone to visit her we make it a big todo and stay at a hotel with a pool and bowling alley so it becomes an all around vacation.
She tries to come see us at least once a year to stay a month or longer. She is 84 and still in good health, though she really shouldn't drive anymore, so usually someone goes and gets her and brings her back.
My mother lived with us for a year before she passed away and my MIL never had a jealous moment. I hope you guys can work it out and that your hubby explains it to her gently that she is more able to come visit you all, then you all visiting her.
Maybe she will visit more often if you put it to her that way.
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- The Zion King—The Power Behind the Throne
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- Unmasking Middle East Threats; Iran & America Work Together Against ISIS
- Argentina Snubs Bankers; Stabilizes Own Currency
- Has Massive WWII Gold Hoard Been Found?
- In Just 35 Years, 232,000 U.S. Blacks Killed by Other Blacks
- "Greatest Living Scientist" Shunned for Telling Truth About Race, Forced to Sell Nobel Prize
- Bush, Rockefeller, Rothschild & Hitler
- Media Covers Up Black Hate Crimes Against Whites
- Rothschilds Want Iran's Banks
- Is 'IS' a CIA-Mossad Creation?
- DAV Top Brass Still Raking in the Dough While Vets Suffer
- Jews Who Control Hollywood Tell Stars: Better Not Mention Palestine
- The Secret WWII Gold Hoard That Changed the World
- Sandy Hook Parents Could Be in Danger
- Crash the Dollar?
- Reporter Admits Most Media Work for CIA, MI6, Mossad
- Hollywood Babylon: The Entertainment Industry's Dark Side
- How Much Gold Was Under WTC Complex?
- CIA Fueling New U.S. Drug Epidemic Using Cheap Afghani Heroin?; CIA, Obama Team Up to Hide Darkest Secrets
- Secret U.S. Bio Lab Moving from Plum Island to Kansas
- Is Washington Getting Ready to Nuke Russia?
- U.S. Sanctions Backfire as China, Russia Bypass New World Order
- The Real Mandela
- AFP eNEWSLETTER
- 9-11 Cop Breaks Silence
- Shopping in the Surveillance State
- U.S. Using Oil to Punish Russia
- Who's Forcing Gold's Price to Dip?
- Hungary Sheds Bankers' Shackles
- Rothschild-Israeli Ties to JFK
- WTC 'Jumpers' Phenomenon
- Obamacare Architect Jonathan Gruber Tells Honest Truth About Liberalism in Nation's Capital
- Federal Reserve's Attack on Gold, Silver A Warning Sign All Patriots Should Heed
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- Cheney's Long List Of Crimes
- AFP PODCAST & ARTICLE: The New World Order is Real
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- Eric Holder's Radical Past Uncovered
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This Labor Day weekend, as Americans everywhere closed out the summer with barbeques and trips to the beach, Miranda Cosgrove had a different plan. She decided to save dolphins.
Taking advantage of her break from school at the University of Southern California, where she studies film, Miranda flew to Bimini Bahamas with Oceana to film a forthcoming Public Service Announcement about the need to protect dolphins. Accompanied by her mom, Miranda landed in South Bimini amidst a rain storm and braved the elements as she drove to Bimini Sands Resort in a golf cart—the main mode of transportation on this tiny island.
Yesterday Oceana and its supporters braved foul weather to protest a truly foul idea. Armed with airhorns and megaphones they gave the Department of the Interior (DOI) a tiny preview of what is in store for the ocean's inhabitants should the Department allow seismic airgun testing to go forward in the Atlantic Ocean.
The DOI is currently reviewing a proposal to use seismic airguns to search for pockets of oil and gas in a huge expanse of ocean from Delaware to Florida. The effects of these round-the-clock tests, which will run for days on end with dynamite-like blasts firing at 10 second intervals, will be devastating to marine mammals and fish alike.
As Oceana marine scientist Matthew Huelsenbeck said at the event:
"There is only one word that I can use that sums up this proposal: unacceptable. The levels of impacts to protected dolphins and whales, including critically endangered species like the North Atlantic right whale are simply unacceptable."


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TUCSON - The National Weather Service has issued an Urban & Small Stream Flood Advisory for east central Pima County until 9:45 AM. This includes the east side of the Tucson metro.
According to News 4 Meteorologist Jeff Beamish, a trained weather spotter reported minor street flooding near Saguaro National Park East. Rainfall amounts with these storms are ranging between 0.50-1.00".
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Costco Black Friday Ad 2012
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The Costco Black Friday Ad 2012 has been "leaked". Doors for Costco will open at 9 AM on Friday, November 23rd. As I've mentioned before, my source at Costco said the TVs were lined up on carts and as people entered the store, they grabbed a TV (if that is what they were there for) and within 15 minutes all the TVs had been sold. I have no idea what time people started to line-up.
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If you want to find out all the Black Friday deals as they are leaked, don't forget to sign-up for Brads Deals [1].
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This jacket is adorable!
By Rachel the skier
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About Me Trendy/Stylish Dresser
Comments about Orage Pink Jacket - Women's:
My daughter researched new ski jackets forever looking for just the right one. She finally saw this one in a ski shop and fell in love. The fabric is so soft and the color is bright and easy to spot on the hill. She loves that the pockets are so soft!I was worried that the fabric was too nice for her skiing but we have had multiple long weekend trips (and she skis through the trees) and we haven't had any problems.
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This is my first down jacket I have purchased so it was a big one, and I could not be happier with my choice! It is a super warm down jacket with a long fit and super cute. I get the best of both worlds while shredding down the mountain with style and performance for a warm dry ride.
I would buy this coat again and again
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I receive compliments on this coat every time I wear it. It is so warm and I love the way it fits. The color is awesome!


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Fifth Third Bank's Dracula
- Fifth Third Bank
September 14 - October 31, 2012
originally dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston from Bram Stoker's Dracula
adapted by William McNulty
directed by William McNulty
The vampire hunt is on! Experience the Louisville Halloween tradition that drips with suspense and even more blood. This celebrated gothic screamfest is jam-packed with plenty of thrills and chills to keep you on the edge of your seat.
CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
Renfield- Marc Bovino
Count Dracula- Randolph Curtis Rand
Ms. Sullivan- Christa Wroblewski
Van Helsing- William McNulty
Dr. Seward- Michael Gabriel Goodfriend
Mr. Briggs- Alex Thompson
Lucy- Marianna McClellan
Johnathan Harker- Andy Reinhardt
Undead Ensemble- Noelia Antweiler, Maggie Gediman, Joseph Metcalfe, Derek Nelson, Faith Oukroop, and Angeliea Stark
"The gothic thriller is a perennial crowd-pleaser whose special effects (including pyrotechnics and a bang-up finale) never fail to impress the audibly appreciative audience." – Erin Keane, WFPL
"So even if you've seen "Dracula" so many times you remember V. Craig Heidenreich as the Count, it's never a dull way to welcome the fall season." – Erin Keane, WFPL Full Review
"Bovino took command of the stage in every scene (and received a well-deserved standing ovation at the end.)" – Louisville.com
"the audience…reacted with legitimate screams, screams of delight, and laughter." – Louisville.com. Full Review
"a great way to kick off the fall season…the acting was phenomenal. And, with all of the added special effects and perfection of each characters' emotions and dialect, it fells like you are in the middle of a movie" – The Gold Standard
"This is definitely an item you want to add to your list of Halloween activities." – The Gold Standard
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@dspalding991 Dracula at actors theatre with @lcthom10 you scuurrred yet? #ActDrac
@HereIsMySpout RT @ATLouisville: Vampire Hunt is almost over. Only 2 shows left of #ActDrac this year! Still some tix for #halloween show. Grab 'em while you can.
@Downtown_Lou RT @ATLouisville: Vampire Hunt is almost over. Only 2 shows left of #ActDrac this year! Still some tix for #halloween show. Grab 'em while you can.
@ATLouisville Vampire Hunt is almost over. Only 2 shows left of #ActDrac this year! Still some tix for #halloween show. Grab 'em while you can.
@PopCosmo Now I'm really (truly) nervous... off to see #Dracula at #Louisville Actors Theater. #hyperventilating #ACTDRAC #ATLouisville
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text: One of my most favorite blogs to read is house wren studio. If you have never visited Charlotte Lyons blog, please take a moment to amble over. You can read all about her sock kitty. It made me laugh because I thought of the sock puppet I made for my son when he was three. I am almost embarrassed to post the picture, since the puppet is so, well, sock like. Snobbish sounding as it is, I am a bit more creative. But, it is the first thing I ever made with my son and he picked out the buttons. (Yes, there are three.) I sewed them on, but that was as far as he wanted to go. He had me play talking with it for days, then he started play talking with it. After all these years, we still keep it on display. He doesn't want to send it into the "toy archives". I think tonight I will have sock puppet give my son a kiss good night.


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"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony."
Contributed by: Maria Green
"The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."
Contributed by: Dave Cohen
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"For any student of history, change is the law of life. Any attempt to contain it guarantees an explosion down the road; the more rigid the adherence to the status quo, the more violent the ultimate outcome will be."
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"Explore your higher latitudes . . . be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, open new channels, not of trade but of thought."
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Colds are an infection of the head and chest caused by a virus. They are a type of upper respiratory infection (URI). They can affect your nose, throat, sinuses, and ears. A cold can also affect the tube that connects your middle ear and throat, as well as your windpipe, voice box, and airways.
Over 200 different viruses can cause colds. The infection spreads when viruses are passed to others by sneezing, coughing, or personal contact. You may also become infected by handling objects that were touched by someone with a cold. Some of the cold viruses live up to 3 hours on the skin and on objects, such as telephones.
You are more likely to get a cold if:
People tend to get fewer colds as they get older because they build up immunity to some of the viruses that can cause colds.
You usually start having cold symptoms 1 to 3 days after contact with a cold virus. Symptoms may include:
Colds can usually be diagnosed from your symptoms. Your healthcare provider may need to examine you to rule out other serious infections, such as strep throat and sinusitis.
Common colds are different from influenza (flu), even though both are caused by viruses. Influenza usually develops more suddenly than a cold. When you have the flu, you develop fever and muscle aches within a few hours, even as few as 1 or 2 hours. The symptoms of a cold develop more slowly and are usually milder.
There are no medicines that cure a cold. You can treat your symptoms with nonprescription medicines such as aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, nose drops or sprays, cough syrups and drops, throat lozenges, and decongestants. Check with your provider before you take any of these drugs if you are already taking other medicines.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and aspirin, may cause stomach bleeding and other problems. These risks increase with age. Read the label and take as directed. Unless recommended by your healthcare provider, do not take for more than 10 days for any reason.
Check with your healthcare provider before you give any medicine that contains aspirin or salicylates to a child or teen. This includes medicines like baby aspirin, some cold medicines, and Pepto-Bismol. Children and teens who take aspirin are at risk for a serious illness called Reye's syndrome.
Do not give a child under age 4 any cough and cold medicines unless specifically instructed to do so by your healthcare provider. Children over 6 years of age may be given cough drops or hard candies to relieve a sore throat or cough.
Many cough and cold medicines may contain substances that should be avoided during pregnancy, such as caffeine, aspirin, and alcohol. Some cold remedies found in your local pharmacy can be safely used, but, if you are pregnant, check first with your healthcare provider before taking them. Most of the time, you can get by just by drinking plenty of fluids and getting extra rest.
Colds usually last 1 to 2 weeks. Sometimes you may get a bacterial infection after a cold, such as an ear infection or sinus infection.
See your healthcare provider if you have any of the following symptoms:
The following suggestions may help prevent the spread of your cold to others.
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Wheelchair tennis star Adam Kellerman is one of the great stories of unerring determination and will to succeed. Having recovered from cancer and a severe infection in his leg, Adam is now the second ranked wheelchair tennis player in Australia and stands ready to enter his first Paralympic Games at London 2012.
At the age of 12, Adam started experiencing pain in his right leg and, as time wore on, the pain grew worse. In 2003, he had a scan which confirmed he had a tumour in his right hip. Adam soon commenced chemotherapy, which was an incredibly difficult period for the teenager and his family. Post surgery, he developed an infection in his hip bone that lasted longer than the cancer itself. It eventually resulted in the removal of his right hip.
During this difficult period, Adam developed depression which lasted for two years until he found wheelchair tennis at the age of 16. It gave Adam confidence, making him feel alive again and excited about the possibilities that lay in front of him. After overcoming the initial challenge of moving the wheelchair, he has gone from strength to strength.
With the support of his parents, Adam made it onto the Australian men's team in 2009 and is now the 29th ranked player in the world. His career highlight played out at the 2010 World Team Cup in Turkey, where he won every match without dropping a set.
Adam is coached by Mick Connell at his training base at the University of Arizona in the US. He has since recovered from a long term shoulder injury sustained in 2010 and is back trying to achieve his goal of one day being the number one player in the world.
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text: Prost: It was a very positive day 17 July, 2013 Nicolas Prost Lotus E21 Nico Prost completed the first day of running at the Silverstone Young Driver Test by setting the eighth fastest time of the day in the team's E21. Nico ran through a programme of aerodynamic assessments over the course of a glorious day of sunshine at the Northamptonshire circuit. Davide Valsecchi will take over tomorrow with Nico returning to the car on Friday in a change to the original programme – which had seen Kimi Räikkönen set to take the wheel – made following clarification of FIA rules stipulating that race drivers would be unable to test anything other than tyres. Fast Facts: Track: Silverstone, England, 5.9 km Chassis: E21-03 Weather: Sunny, ambient 20-28°C, track 29-46 °C Programme: Aerodynamic data logging, upgrade assessment, latest tyre evaluation Laps Completed: 72 Classification: P8, 1:34.810 Interruptions: Minor delays in morning for niggle rectification What's Next? The Young Driver Test continues tomorrow with Davide Valsecchi in action. Nico Prost: "It was a very positive day where we completed everything in the itinerary. We only ran with the hard tyres today; focusing on comparison assessments of the latest parts for the car as well as aero work which meant we didn't make any setup changes. Considering this our pace was pretty good. I'm happy that I'll be running again on Friday when hopefully we'll be able to look for a bit more performance, but the important focus of this test is to complete a programme aimed at putting Kimi and Romain in the best position to be able to win the Hungarian Grand Prix." Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director: "Nico got our programme off to a strong start with fast and consistent laps all day meaning we have plenty of data to analyse overnight. We had a few niggles to sort in the morning, but were soon in our stride running with large aero-logging rakes and other data gathering equipment. We've evaluated some new updates which are looking promising and we have a good initial impression of Pirelli's latest tyres. Tomorrow is Davide's turn on driving duties and we expect another strong day of running. Looking to Friday, in a change to our original plan, we will now run Nico again. Once the details of what race drivers were allowed to do here became apparent, we would have only been able to conduct a very limited programme with Kimi. By running Nico again we can build on the work already carried out and hopefully be in the best position to develop the E21 ahead of Budapest." (Lotus) Tweet Related NewsF3 champion Ocon to test for LotusLotus: Special to be first on new Pirelli 18 inch tyresLotus: We were able to make tangible improvementLotus: There is plenty of potential in the E22Lotus: We ran through various aero and mapping assessmentsFootage of Grosjean losing his cool in Lotus garageLotus: We've ended our pre-season test programme with a lot of unknownsLotus: Certainly we are behind scheduleLotus: Unfortunately our new specification exhaust system failedLotus: We're still very early on in our understanding of this car


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SillybrryA step, perhaps...
I am reading "No Death, No Fear" by Thich Nhat Hanh, my favorite wise person in the world. As fear of death has always been one of the cornerstones of my psyche, I am hopeful that his incredible spiritual wisdom and insight may help me there.
I think that it will. I am not far into the book yet, but it is already calming me and reinforcing my sense of connection to everything, which I think is going to be instrumental in helping me conquer this particular fear. I think once I have this one figured out, the rest will fall into place rather well.
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I've known Shelby Burns for a long time—we're talking dirty diapers, snotty nose, high school boy troubles, to her profound career choice confusion, which eventually led her to community college. As she began attending, she was totally intimidated by the professors and other students, four words looped in her mind: "I think I can." And she did. Now, living in Hawaii, Shelby can be spotted being a creative designer by day and a crazy inspired insomniac by night.
Thank you for reading about this crazy, twisted, simple, humble, lovable, bright, elegant human-being, but she will not bombard you with her awesome list of adjectives. Besides, Shelby is tired of talking about herself in third person now, and thinks you got the gist of it. If not Email, Tweet, Facebook, Linkedin, text, or however you want to reach her to find out more.


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Polka-Dotted Insects: Here They Come
Ladybugs are easy to "spot."
As soon as the weather warms and those dratted plant-sucking aphids emerge, here come the polka-dotted ladybugs. The prey and the predator. The pest and the beneficial insect. The bad and the good.
Actually, many folks have already reported ladybug sightings. Facebook friends are photographing them and posting macro images. Ray Lopez of El Rancho Nursery in Vacaville said he's seen scores of them this season. The building that houses Fox 40 in Sacramento is resplendent with them.
In fact, tomorrow morning (Wednesday, Feb. 24) senior museum scientist Steve Heydon of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, will be interviewed by Fox 40 on that very subject: ladybugs! Look for a 7:20 a.m. live interview.
An article in today's Science Daily calls aphids "the mosquitoes" of the plant world. That's because they depend on the "blood" of plants to survive.
David Stern, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University, is quoted as saying "Look at this little insect, sitting on a plant and sucking plant juices. You don't realize that it is involved in a historic battle with plants for access to its life blood. All its genes have evolved to allow it to exploit its feeding relationship."
The article, about how an aphid's genome reflects its reproductive, symbiotic lifestyle, points out that an aphid can reproduce both sexually and asexually."
That's certainly a key factor in the aphids' evolutionary success.
All the more for the hungry ladybugs.
So, whether you call them "ladybugs" or "lady beetles" or by their family (beetle) name, Coccinellidae, they're found worldwide, with more than 5000 described species.
And they're coming to a garden near you...
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These 'Leaves' Are Made for Walking
Two newly moulted insects in the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, look just like leaves.
But these "leaves" are made for walking.
These are camouflaged insects (Phyllium giganteum), commonly known as "walking leaves." They're green, wide, and flat.
"They're hard to detect among the leaves," said senior museum scientist Steve Heydon. "It's surprising how long it takes visitors to find them."
The insects, natives of Malaysia, dine on bramble, oak, eucalyptus, raspberry, rose, and red/yellow salmon berry.
They mimic leaves in the wind by swaying as they walk, Heydon said. Females can reach a length of 5 inches.
"We got them as nymphs," Heydon said. "They grow very slowly, probably the slowest of all the insects we've ever had at the museum. It took nine months for them to moult and become adults, and they each did it within a day of each other."
The insects, splotched with red, look like green autumn leaves turning color. "With insect camouflage, there's never a perfect leaf," Heydon said. "You see simulated damage."
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis entomology professor, said she's always craved walking leaves for the museum. "They are so incredibly bizarre-looking," she said. "It's amazing how this insect develops new skin when its abdomen is as flat as paper."
The Bohart Museum of Entomology, founded in 1946 by the late Richard M. Bohart, former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, is dedicated to teaching, research and service. The insect museum houses more than seven million specimens, the seventh largest insect collection in North America.
The museum also includes live insects such as Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks, and black widow spiders.
But for now, the walking leaves are the big attraction.
At the Bohart, you can actually "turn over a new leaf"--and it will be an insect.
Walking Leaf
Shoulder to Shoulder
Vacaville resident James Moehrke was out geocaching last weekend in the Vaca Valley Parkway-East Monte Vista Avenue area of the city when he spotted some red-shouldered black bugs.
"There were many clusters, probably thousands of individuals, in the trees and a few on the ground," he recalled. Some were on deciduous trees and others on evergreen trees.
What were they?
At first glance, they looked like boxelder bugs.
We asked Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, to identify them.
"Soapberry bug or Jadera haematoloma," Heydon said.
They're a close relative of the boxelder bugs.
The soapberry bug is also known as "the red-shouldered bug" or the "golden raintree bug." It's mostly black except for the red eyes and red shoulders. The nympths are primarily red.
They're seed predators and often found on lychee, longan, maples and soapberry trees.
Biologist Scott Carroll, affiliated with the Sharon Lawler lab at the UC Davis Department of Entomology, researches the insects. He lectured on soapberry bugs at the 2007 meeting of the Entomological Society of America, describing them as "excellent organisms for studying responses to global change, evolution in action, ecological speciation, development and behavior."
Some of the fastest rates of evolution recorded are from this group as they have evolved new races on introduced host plants, Carroll told ESA.
The soapberry bugs fascinated Moehrke and his fellow geocaching players. He took time out to photograph them.
And yes, he found the treasure, the cache.
Along with lots of red-shouldered black bugs.
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Good news.
It's official. University of California, Davis scientists who manage campus biological collections have just received a five-year, $4 million grant to research the biodiversity of fungi, bacteria, plants, insects and vertebrates on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a southeast Asian island threatened by the loss of biodiversity in its tropical forests.
The International Cooperative Biodiversity Group Program is funding the grant. This is a multi-agency program led by the National Institutes of Health with contributions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation.
Principal investigator Daniel Potter, a plant systematist at the Agricultural Experiment Station and director of the UC Davis Herbarium, said "the alarming rate at which biodiversity is being lost in many tropical regions has resulted in an urgent need for such efforts."
The grant, "Biodiversity Surveys in
The international team involved in the grant includes UC Davis, UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and three
Biodiversity refers to all living things in a region and to their interactions of with each other and their surroundings.
The results are expected to aid human health, energy needs, and biodiversity conservation.
Co-investigators include UC Davis scientists from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Herbarium, Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology,
The project is sorely needed, said entomologist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and chair of the Department of Entomology. "For biologists,
The Bohart houses some seven million specimens from throughout the world and is the seventh largest insect museum in
Potter described it as an extraordinary opportunity. "When the call for the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group grant proposals came out in the fall of 2007, several of us involved in management of the biological collections here at UC Davis thought this could be an extraordinary opportunity to initiate a project that would include study of organisms in the multiple taxonomic groups (fungi, bacteria, plants, insects, vertebrates) covered by our collections and to engage in international collaborative research with implications for human health, energy needs, and biodiversity conservation."
Potter said that two other key participants in the project are his former student, Jeanine Pfeiffer, research director for social sciences at the Earthwatch Institute, and Elizabeth Widjaja, research botanist at Herbarium Bogoriense,
"Thanks to the excellent hard work of many colleagues at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and three Indonesian institutions, and with the wonderful guidance and assistance of the outstanding Interdisciplinary Research Support group in the Office of Research here at UC Davis, we were able to put together a strong proposal for an ambitious and exciting project," Potter said.
UC Davis is the lead institution from the
The project is organized into six associate programs: macro-organism surveys, led by Widjaja, microbial surveys, led by discovery of energy solutions, led by discovery of human health solutions, led by Len Bjeldanes, professor of toxicology, UC Berkeley; conservation research and vertebrate surveys, led by and conservation partnerships, training and ethics, led by Pfeiffer.
"We will also be forming partnerships with private companies aimed at the commercial development of natural products for pharmaceuticals and energy production," Potter said. They have also lined up collaborators from several other leading research institutions, including the
Potter said the results of the project will make significant contributions to a broad range of issues, including
- knowledge of the patterns of biodiversity in southeast Asia
- identification and isolation of natural products with potential therapeutic value to treat globally important diseases and to address human energy neeeds
- knowledge of the patterns of biodiversity in southeast Asia
- identification and isolation of natural products with potential therapeutic value to treat globally important diseases and to address human energy needs
- development of effective biodiversity conservation strategies and proactive outreach and education programs to promote those strategies
- establishment of models for effective and equitable internatinal collaborative partnerships and ethical and sustainable international sharing of biogenetic resources
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There's a lot of information available touting the benefits of social media for brands – Starbucks has over 10 million Facebook Fans, Comcast uses Twitter to engage with customers and instill brand confidence, Southwest Airlines has an entire site dedicated to blog posts, Flickr images, and videos. Social is exciting, and us marketing people (me included!) love something new and shiny. If it works for them, it will work for you, right? All you have to do is set up a page and wait for all the fans to come? I hate to disappoint my fellow marketers, but you're wrong.
I recently had a brand representative for a technical B2B business I've dealt with share their social media plans with me and ask for guidance. Practically exploding with enthusiasm, she told me about plans for a Facebook page and a Twitter account. Being familiar with the extremely technical nature of their products and services, and honestly wondering what the strategy was with these two venues, I asked what they planned to do with this new channel. "Talk to our fans!," was the reply. My next question seemed logical, at least to me, and I inquired what they were going to talk about? The response, "Our products, of course." My final question, which was met with a blank stare, was, "Do your customers want to talk to you, about products, on Facebook?"
Brands continue to run head-first into social without taking time time plan. Pages are created, posts are written, and when engagement and/or sales numbers don't skyrocket, marketers are left standing around the conference table scratching their heads, wondering what went wrong. The good news though is that any brand can establish a solid social media presence with some planning. You just have to be willing to stop and listen. The first step in your brand's foray into social media MUST be to Listen.
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From here, you can begin to recognize your social opportunity. Where could your brand and your customers benefit from your involvement? Take Comcast for example. It is no secret that customer service woes are a pain point for a lot of Comcast customers, and the 140 character tweet had in past offered many an quick way to vent about their experiences. Frank Eliason at Comcast recognized the huge opportunity to not only help customers in need, but also elevate the brand perception to existing and potential future customers by reaching out to these customers and trying to help them, The @comcastcares twitter account was created, and the rest is history. Now with a team of people working on Twitter, Comcast takes frustrated user tweets and turns them into an opportunity to redeem the brand and delight its customers.
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One of the great things about the iPhone is being able to play games that border the territory between toys and games. Some may argue that toys are ultimately a waste of time, but if you could pair the time wasting with a productively fun game then you'd probably have something like Moonz by ADXSoft. Moonz is a orbit physics simulator with a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun. Each level presents several gravity defying obstacles to which the player must fling objects in to. This is done by a…Watch The Video Review
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If you've ever had a burning desire to be a CEO of an airline company, then Air Tycoon by TRADEGAME Lab can fulfill that odd wish. For everyone else, Air Tycoon is a great management simulator that sucks you in to the complex world of competing airlines. Air Tycoon uses a standard touch based interface, with all your needed controls accessed through various menus on screen. Despite the rather bland appearance of the menus, the interface is extremely informative, providing all the stat…Watch The Video Review
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If you asked a monkey to throw a limited amount of sharp darts at a bunch of tethered balloons and scored him based on how many he managed to pop, you'd probably look a little mad. But if you buy Bloons by Digital Goldfish you can live out that dream in all of its puzzle based glory; or if it's not your dream, you can at least enjoy the plethora of clever puzzles within. The control is simple, with players draging their finger to set the power and angle of their shots. Annoyingly, the…Watch The Video Review


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DALLAS, Nov. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Further easing the development of processing-intensive applications, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) is unveiling a new system-on-chip (SoC), the 66AK2H14, and evaluation module (EVM) for its KeyStone TM-based 66AK2Hx family of SoCs. With the new 66AK2H14 device, developers designing high-performance compute systems now have access to a 10Gbps Ethernet switch-on-chip. The inclusion of the 10GigE switch, along with the other high-speed, on-chip interfaces, saves overall board space, reduces chip count and ultimately lowers system cost and power. The EVM enables developers to evaluate and benchmark faster and easier. The 66AK2H14 SoC provides industry-leading computational DSP performance at 307 GMACS/153 GFLOPS and 19600 DMIPS of ARM performance, making it ideal for a wide variety of applications such as video surveillance, radar processing, medical imaging, machine vision and geological exploration.
"Customers today require increased performance to process compute-intensive workloads using less energy in a smaller footprint," said Paul Santeler, vice president and general manager, Hyperscale Business, HP. "As a partner in HP's Moonshot ecosystem dedicated to the rapid development of new Moonshot servers, we believe TI's KeyStone design will provide new capabilities across multiple disciplines to accelerate the pace of telecommunication innovations and geological exploration."
Meet TI's new 10Gbps Ethernet DSP + ARM SoCTI's newest silicon variant, the 66AK2H14, is the latest addition to its high-performance 66AK2Hx SoC family which integrates multiple ARM Cortex™-A15 MPCore™ processors and TI's fixed- and floating-point TMS320C66x digital signal processor (DSP) generation cores. The 66AK2H14 offers developers exceptional capacity and performance (up to 9.6 GHz of cumulative DSP processing) at industry-leading size, weight, and power. In addition, the new SoC features a wide array of unique high-speed interfaces, including PCIe, RapidIO, Hyperlink, 1Gbps and 10Gbps Ethernet, achieving total I/O throughput of up to 154Gbps. These interfaces are all distinct and not multiplexed, allowing designers tremendous flexibility with uncompromising performance in their designs.
Ease development and debugging with TI's tools and softwareTI helps simplify the design process by offering developers highly optimized software for embedded HPC systems along with development and debugging tools for the EVMK2H – all for under $1,000. The EVMK2H features a single 66AK2H14 SoC, a status LCD, two 1Gbps Ethernet RJ-45 interfaces and on-board emulation. An optional EVM breakout card (available separately) also provides two 10Gbps Ethernet optical interfaces for 20Gbps backplane connectivity and optional wire rate switching in high density systems.The EVMK2H is bundled with TI's Multicore Software Development Kit (MCSDK), enabling faster development with production ready foundational software. The MCSDK eases development and reduces time to market by providing highly-optimized bundles of foundational, platform-specific drivers, optimized libraries and demos.
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- Age: Adult
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I am already neutered, housetrained, purebred, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
Snoops was picked up as a stray that was wandering the streets. He is a black, white, and tan Rat Terrier, mostly white with markings. He didn't look that bad when he came into the shelter, just your regular run of the mill stray dog look. The animal control supervisor has kept him, as we began to try and find a home for this beautiful boy. If you know Rat terriers, you know they can be some of the sweetest, most entertaining companions imaginable and we were both convinced he would find a good home in just a few days. I advertised him, she put his picture in the paper, I placed an ad about him in an online paper, we did all the things we normally do to try and place the dog. No takers. A couple of nibbles now and then but nothing serious.
As she can only hold the dogs for a short period of time, and his time being well passed, I decided we needed to take another route. She had noticed he seemed to have lost weight while being in the pound, regardless of the good treatment she gave him and was now exhibiting a cough. I wanted to have him neutered and checked out so I picked him up for a vet's appointment yesterday. I also had an appointment to have his picture professionally taken by our wonderful Collette Marie Photography studio (thank you Collette!) and wanted him bathed and all decked out in his finest.
I was totally unprepared for what took place between me and this dog. First of all, he was in a collar and leash I borrowed from one of my doggies and looked like a kid with new clothes. He was sporting that old collar like it cost millions. Then, he ran to my truck and jumped in the front like he was certain he belonged there, jumped over the seat to love both the children and constantly went from one of them to the other, loving on them for all he was worth. Never a growl when Sarah grabbed him around the neck to hug him and squeezed him a little too much.... only kisses of gratitude and excitement from Snoops. All the way to the vet's office he sat as close to me as he could possible manage, snuggling under my arm and showing his affection. Remember, I am still a stranger to this dog. He only knows what he feels and he feels loved.
First stop, vet's office. Snoops little ribs showed as I lifted him onto the table..... not a good sign. He has been fed well by the caring Linda at the pound. Intestinal parasites were discovered first -an easy fix. Next blood was drawn for a heartworm test. He did just fine until they removed the needle and it must have stung him because he started yelping and crying loudly. I was behind the dog and he was being held by the vet tech. While he was crying, his head swung around looking for me - still a stranger to him- for reassurance. He was released from her hold and jumped into my arms.
Test results showed a full blown case of heart worms. His neuter was cancelled for now and he came back home with medication and an estimate on the cost for his treatment. And I came back home with the most appreciative little doggie with a heart full of love to give to anyone who will accept it. I have pondered why he wasn't already adopted and now I know. God knew he needed medical help and he needs it fast. This he will get without a blink of an eye.... we will find the money for what he needs. I also believe this dog is a special boy and he is marked in my heart for a special person. He will NEVER stop saying thank you and he will NEVER stop saying "I love you" to that special someone. I fell in love with Snoops yesterday and couldn't wait until my husband got home to tell him about the grateful little Snoops. I had to return him to the pound last night for safe-keeping until I can make room for him here but rest assured, Snoops, I will return. We will find the means for the treatment you need and we will find you that forever place that will love you back as much as you love them.
Snoops is now heartworm negative! He is a happy healthy boy and is lookinig for someone to call his own!
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I remember one day last year, while looking at a picture of Tina Fey in a magazine, I noticed a fairly large scar in the left side of her face and asked my co-worker, "What is that scar from?" He looked at me baffled, dismayed - as if I had asked why Madonna still has a tooth gap - widely known questions that have no answers.
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