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Zy'Derrion Benard Williams
Zy'Derrion Benard Williams, two week old infant son of Troyal Benard Williams Jr., and Latasha Renae Williams, passed away Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Graveside services are Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at 4 p.m. from New Hope M.B. Church Cemetery in Artesia. Visitation is today, from 2 – 5 p.m. at Carter's Mortuary Services Chapel. Carter's Mortuary Services are in charge of arrangements.
Christine Smith Trawick
Christine Smith Trawick, age 94, passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, at Waverly Personal Care Home.
Dee L. Rhea
Dee L. Rhea, age 87, passed away Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Dee L. Rhea was born Jan. 25, 1924, in Hickory Flat, to the late Rosie May Ausburn and Thomas Jefferson Rhea. He worked in Maintenance for the TXI United Cement Company in Artesia, then after he retired he worked part time in Maintenance at NMMC-West Point. Mr. Rhea was a member of West Point Church of God. Dee L. Rhea married Frances Louise Smith on April 15, 1944, in Houston.
Lillian Grace McMullin Moore
Lillian Grace McMullin Moore, age 73, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Pheba, to Noel McMullin and Mona Lou Spears McMullin. She was a member of First Assembly of God. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at Memorial Funeral Home in Houston, with Bro. William Frasier and Bro. D.W. McGee officiating. Burial followed at Pheba Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Virginia Bock
Virginia Bock, age 88, passed away Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 at the home of her niece Dorothy Cole. She was born April 3, 1923, in West Point, to the late Hattie Bell Stroud and Tony Bock Sr. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and was retired from Big Yank and Knickerbocker. Funeral services were 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, at Robinson Chapel with the Rev. Mike Smith officiating. Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery.
Martin Gibbs
Martin Gibbs, age 66, passed away Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at University Hospital in Chicago, Ill. Funeral services were Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, at 11 a.m. from Trio Primitive Baptist Church, with Elder Barry Huddleston officiating. Burial followed in Trio Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Carter's Mortuary Services was in charge of arrangements.
Patrice Manya Tucker Owens
Patrice Manya Tucker Owens, age 36, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, at University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital. Funeral services are Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, at 11 a.m. from The Church, with Pastor Michael Cannon officiating. Burial will follow in Poole's Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from 3 – 6 p.m. at Carter's Mortuary Services Chapel. Carter's Mortuary Services is in charge of arrangements.
Mary K. Keel
Mary K. Keel, born July, 26, 1934, to the late Ramond Marston Kirkwood and Irene Burns Kirkwood, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at her home in Paragould, Ark. She was preceded in death by her sister, Joyce Kirkwood Scott. She retired from AmSouth Bank in Birmingham. Ala. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Paragould, Ark.
Doris Pate Champion
Doris Pate Champion, age 77, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point. Doris Elba Champion was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Webster County to the late Edna Trull Pate and John Wesley Pate. Mrs. Champion worked in bookkeeping and customer Service for Renasant and earlier the Peoples Bank for 19 years. She was a member of Old Aberdeen Road Church of Christ Family. Doris Pate Champion married Bobby Joe Champion April 16, 1954, in the Irish Colony of Clay County.
Larry Gene Britt
Larry Gene Britt, age 56, of Lenoir City, Tenn., passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at his home.


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13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem . | 13 Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons. |
14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying , What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: | 14 "In days to come, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. |
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go , that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem . | 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both man and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.' |
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. | 16 And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand." |
17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go , that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said , Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: | 17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, "If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt." |
18 But God led the people about , through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. | 18 So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle. |
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying , God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. | 19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had said, "God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place." |
20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. | 20 After leaving Succoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. |
21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; to go by day and night: | 21 By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. |
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. | 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people. |
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By Susan Milius In nighttime flying duels, Mexican free-tailed bats make short, wavering sirenlike waaoo-waaoo sounds that jam each other's sonar. These "amazing aerial battles" mark the first examples of echolocating animals routinely sabotaging the sonar signals of their own kind, says Aaron Corcoran of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Many bats, like dolphins, several cave-dwelling birds and some other animals, locate prey and landscape features by pinging out sounds and listening for echoes. Some prey, such as tiger moths, detect an incoming attack and make frenzied noises that can jam bat echolocation, Corcoran and his colleagues showed in 2009 (SN: 1/31/09, p. 10). And hawkmoths under attack make squeaks with their genitals in what also may be defensive jamming (SN Online: 7/3/13). But Corcoran didn't expect bat-on-bat ultrasonic warfare. He was studying moths dodging bats in Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains when his equipment picked up a feeding buzz high in the night sky. A free-tailed bat was sending faster and faster echolocation calls to refine the target position during the final second of an attack. (Bats, the only mammals known with superfast muscles, can emit more than 150 sounds a second.) Then another free-tailed bat gave a slip-sliding call. Corcoran, in a grad student frenzy of seeing his thesis topic as relevant to everything, thought the call would be a fine way to jam a buzz. "Then I totally told myself that's impossible — that's too good to be true." Five years later he concluded he wasn't just hearing things. He and William Conner, also of Wake Forest, report in the Nov. 7 Science that the up-and-down call can cut capture success by about 70 percent. Using multiple microphones, he found that one bat jams another, swoops toward the moth and gets jammed itself. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 201
Keyword: Hearing
Link ID: 20435 - Posted: 12.20.2014
by Andy Coghlan If quitting smoking is one of your New Year's resolutions, we might have just the thing. Cytisine, a plant extract commonly used in eastern Europe to wean people off cigarettes, appears to be much better at the task than nicotine replacement patches and gums. Not to be confused with the DNA building block cytosine, cytisine is an alkaloid extract from the laburnum or golden rain tree (Laburnum anagyroides), which grows all over Europe. It works by blocking nicotine's access to the brain's pleasure receptors. Like nicotine, cytisine is toxic when ingested in large amounts but is safe at low doses. It is produced commercially mainly in Bulgaria and Poland, and has been used as a quitting aid in eastern European countries since the 1960s but is largely unknown elsewhere. Clinical trials carried out in the 60s and 70s did not meet US and European standards so did not lead to wider adoption. Researchers in New Zealand have now carried out a fresh trial of cytisine. They recruited 1310 smokers who intended to quit and gave exactly half of them cytisine as a course of tablets, taken daily in diminishing doses for 25 days. The other half received standard nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) – either as patches, gums or lozenges – for two months. The researchers noted the number of people who managed to abstain from smoking at one week, one month, two months and six months into the trial. Throughout, they found that people taking cytisine were less likely to have smoked than those using NRT. Six months in, 143 of the 655 cytisine recipients were still not smoking compared with 100 in the NRT group. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Drug Abuse
Link ID: 20434 - Posted: 12.20.2014
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - You might want to be careful about who you call a birdbrain. Some of our feathered friends exhibit powers of perception that put humans to shame. Scientists said on Thursday that little songbirds known as golden-winged warblers fled their nesting grounds in Tennessee up to two days before the arrival of a fierce storm system that unleashed 84 tornadoes in southern U.S. states in April. The researchers said the birds were apparently alerted to the danger by sounds at frequencies below the range of human hearing. The storm killed 35 people, wrecked many homes, toppled trees and tossed vehicles around like toys, but the warblers were already long gone, flying up to 930 miles (1,500 km) to avoid the storm and reaching points as far away as Florida and Cuba, the researchers said. Local weather conditions were normal when the birds took flight from their breeding ground in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Tennessee, with no significant changes in factors like barometric pressure, temperature or wind speeds. And the storm, already spawning tornadoes, was still hundreds of miles away. "This suggests that these birds can detect severe weather at great distances," said wildlife biologist David Andersen of the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Minnesota, one of the researchers in the study published in the journal Current Biology. "We hypothesize that the birds were detecting infrasound from tornadoes that were already occurring when the storm was still quite distant from our study site," Andersen added.
Keyword: Animal Migration; Hearing
Link ID: 20433 - Posted: 12.20.2014
|By Joshua A. Krisch There is a mystery on Tiwai Island. A large wildlife sanctuary in Sierra Leone, the island is home to pygmy hippopotamuses, hundreds of bird species and several species of primates, including Campbell's monkeys. These monkeys communicate via an advanced language that primatologists and linguists have been studying for decades. Over time, experts nearly cracked the code behind monkey vocabulary. And then came krak. In the Ivory Coast's Tai Forest Campbell's monkeys (Cercopithecus campbelli) use the term krak to indicate that a leopard is nearby and the term hok to warn of an eagle circling overheard. Primatologists indexed their monkey lexicon accordingly. But on Tiwai Island they found that those same monkeys used krak as a general alarm call—one that, occasionally, even referred to eagles. "Why on Earth were they producing krak when they heard an eagle," asks co-author Philippe Schlenker, a linguist at France's National Center for Scientific Research and professor at New York University. "For some reason krak, which is a leopard in the Tai Forest, seems to be recycled as a general alarm call on Tiwai Island." In a paper published in the November 28 Linguistics and Philosophy Schlenker and his team applied logic and human linguistics to crack the krak code. Their findings imply that some monkey dialects can be just as sophisticated as human language. In 2009 a team of scientists travelled to Tai Forest with one mission—to terrify Campbell's monkeys. Prior studies had collected monkey calls and then parsed vague meanings based on events that were already happening on the forest floor. But these primatologists set up realistic model leopards and played recordings of eagle screeches over loudspeakers. Their field experiments resulted in some of the best data available about how monkeys verbally respond to predators. © 2014 Scientific American
Keyword: Language; Evolution
Link ID: 20432 - Posted: 12.20.2014
By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News The precise part of the brain that gives people a sense of direction has been pinpointed by scientists. People with stronger nerve signals in their "internal compass" tended to be better navigators. The study, published in the journal Current Biology, suggested people get lost when their compass cannot keep up. The researchers in London hope the discovery will help explain why direction sense can deteriorate in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have long believed that such a signal existed within the brain, but until now it had been pure speculation. Volunteers were asked to navigate through a virtual environment Volunteers were asked to navigate towards certain objects placed in four corners of the virtual room They were then asked to navigate the area, from memory alone, while their brains were being scanned by an MRI machine. The scans revealed a part of the brain - known as the entorhinal region - fired up consistently during the tasks. The stronger the signal in the region, the better the volunteers were at finding their way around correctly. Dr Hugo Spiers, who led the study, said: "Studies on London cab drivers have shown that the first thing they do when they work out a route is calculate which direction they need to head in. "We now know the entorhinal cortex is responsible for such calculations and the quality of the signals from this region seem to determine how good someone's navigational skills will be." Dr Martin Chadwick, who was also involved in the study, explained: "Our results provide evidence to support the idea that your internal compass readjusts as you move through the environment. BBC © 2014
Keyword: Animal Migration
Link ID: 20431 - Posted: 12.20.2014
By ADAM FRANK In the endless public wars between science and religion, Buddhism has mostly been given a pass. The genesis of this cultural tolerance began with the idea, popular in the 1970s, that Buddhism was somehow in harmony with the frontiers of quantum physics. While the silliness of "quantum spirituality" is apparent enough these days, the possibility that Eastern traditions might have something to say to science did not disappear. Instead, a more natural locus for that encounter was found in the study of the mind. Spurred by the Dalai Lama's remarkable engagement with scientists, interest in Buddhist attitudes toward the study of the mind has grown steadily. But within the Dalai Lama's cheerful embrace lies a quandary whose resolution could shake either tradition to its core: the true relationship between our material brains and our decidedly nonmaterial minds. More than evolution, more than inexhaustible arguments over God's existence, the real fault line between science and religion runs through the nature of consciousness. Carefully unpacking that contentious question, and exploring what Buddhism offers its investigation, is the subject of Evan Thompson's new book, "Waking, Dreaming, Being." A professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Thompson is in a unique position to take up the challenge. In addition to a career built studying cognitive science's approach to the mind, he is intimate with the long history of Buddhist and Vedic commentary on the mind too. He also happens to be the son of the maverick cultural historian William Irwin Thompson, whose Lindisfarne Association proposed the "study and realization of a new planetary culture" (a goal that reveals a lot about its strengths and weaknesses). Growing up in this environment, the younger Thompson managed to pick up an enthusiasm for non-Western philosophical traditions and a healthy skepticism for their spiritualist assumptions. © 2014 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Consciousness
Link ID: 20430 - Posted: 12.20.2014
By GINA KOLATA After three decades of failure, researchers have found a treatment that greatly improves the prognosis for people having the most severe and disabling strokes. By directly removing large blood clots blocking blood vessels in the brain, they can save brain tissue that would have otherwise died, enabling many to return to an independent life. The study, published online Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine and conducted by researchers in the Netherlands, is being met with an outpouring of excitement. One reason the treatment worked, researchers suspect, is that doctors used a new type of snare to grab the clots. It is a stent, basically a small wire cage, on the end of a catheter that is inserted in the groin and threaded through an artery to the brain. When the tip of the catheter reaches the clot, the stent is opened and pushed into the clot. It snags the clot, allowing the doctor to withdraw the catheter and pull out the stent with the clot attached. About 630,000 Americans each year have strokes caused by clots blocking blood vessels in the brain. In about a third to half, the clot is in a large vessel, which has potentially devastating consequences. People with smaller clots are helped by the lifesaving drug tPA, which dissolves them. But for those with big clots, tPA often does not help. Until now, no other treatments had been shown to work. One in five patients who had tPA alone recovered enough to return to living independently. But one in three who also had their clot removed directly were able to take care of themselves after their stroke. And that, said Dr. Larry B. Goldstein, director of the Duke Stroke Center, is "a significant and meaningful improvement in what people are able to do." © 2014 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Stroke
Link ID: 20429 - Posted: 12.18.2014
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website A link between autism and air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been suggested by scientists. The Harvard School of Public Health team said high levels of pollution had been linked to a doubling of autism in their study of 1,767 children. They said tiny particulate matter, which can pass from the lungs to the bloodstream, may be to blame. Experts said pregnant women should minimise their exposure, although the link had still to be proven. Air pollution is definitely damaging. The World Health Organization estimates it causes 3.7 million deaths each year. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, investigated any possible link with autism. It analysed 245 children with autism and 1,522 without. By looking at estimated pollution exposure during pregnancy, based on the mother's home address, the scientists concluded high levels of pollution were more common in children with autism. The strongest link was with fine particulate matter - invisible specks of mineral dust, carbon and other chemicals - that enter the bloodstream and cause damage throughout the body. Yet, the research is unable to conclusively say that pollution causes autism as there could be other factors that were not accounted for in the study. Consistent pattern There is a large inherited component to autism, but lead researcher Dr Marc Weisskopf said there was mounting evidence that air pollution may play a role too. BBC © 2014
Keyword: Autism; Neurotoxins
Link ID: 20428 - Posted: 12.18.2014
by Helen Thomson HAVE you read this before? A 23-year-old man from the UK almost certainly feels like he has – he's the first person to report persistent déjà vu stemming from anxiety rather than any obvious neurological disorder. Nobody knows exactly how or why déjà vu happens, but for most of us it is rare. Some people experience it more often, as a side effect associated with epileptic seizures or dementia. Now, researchers have discovered the first person with what they call "psychogenic déjà vu" – where the cause appears to be psychological. The man's episodes began just after he started university, a period when he felt anxious and was also experiencing obsessive compulsions. As time went on, his déjà vu became more and more prolonged, and then fairly continuous after he tried LSD. Now, he avoids television and radio, and finds newspapers distressing as the content feels familiar. There are different theories as to what is going on, says Christine Wells at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, who has written a paper on the man's experiences. "The general theory is that there's a misfiring of neurons in the temporal lobes – which deal with recollection and familiarity. That misfiring during the process of recollection means we interpret a moment in time as something that has already been experienced," she says. Surprisingly, when Wells gave the man a standard recall test, he scored more similarly to people of his own age without the condition than those with epilepsy-related déjà vu. An MRI and an EEG scan of his brain activity also showed no abnormalities. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Emotions; Learning & Memory
Link ID: 20427 - Posted: 12.18.2014
Jason G Goldman We humans don't typically agree on all that much, but there is at least one thing that an impressive amount of us accept: which hand is easiest to control. If you use one hand for writing, you probably use the same one for eating as well, and most of us – around 85% of our species – prefer our right hands. In fact, "there has never been any report of a human population in which left-handed individuals predominate", according to archaeologist Natalie Uomini at the University of Liverpool in the UK. Lateralisation of limb use – that is, a bias towards one side or the other – usually begins in the brain. We know that some tasks are largely controlled by brain activity in the left hemisphere, while the right hemisphere governs other tasks. Confusingly, there is some crossing of nerves between the body and the brain, which means it's actually the left side of the brain that has more control over the right side of the body and vice versa. In other words, the brain's left hemisphere helps control the operation of the right hand, eye, leg and so on. Some argue that this division of neurological labour has been a feature of animals for half a billion years. Perhaps it evolved because it is more efficient to allow the two hemispheres to carry out different computations at the same time. The left side of the brain, for instance, might have evolved to carry out routine operations – things like foraging for food – while the right side was kept free to detect and react rapidly to unexpected challenges in the environment – an approaching predator, for instance. This can be seen in various fish, toads and birds, which are all more likely to attack prey seen in the right eye. © 2014 BBC.
Keyword: Laterality; Evolution
Link ID: 20426 - Posted: 12.18.2014
By Sandhya Sekar A well-fed female mantis is irresistible to a male. She's chock-full of eggs and draws him in by producing high levels of pheromones. Now, a new study reveals that starving females can deceive males by enticing them to their doom. Researchers have found that female false garden mantises (Pseudomantis albofimbriata, pictured) that were fed just a quarter of what others got actually produced more pheromones than well-fed females—and attracted almost twice the number of males. This is despite the fact that the number of eggs in the starved females was less than 10, compared with more than 60 eggs in well-fed females. The finding, reported online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, is the first experimental demonstration of sexual deception using false chemical signals in any animal. The starving females seem to be treating the males as easy prey to gain nutritional benefits and potentially produce more eggs. © 2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Keyword: Chemical Senses (Smell & Taste); Sexual Behavior
Link ID: 20425 - Posted: 12.18.2014
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Higher rates of obesity and ill-health have been found in shift workers than the general population. Health Survey for England data showed they were in worse health despite often being young. The lead researcher told the BBC that the rise of zero-hours contracts may be increasing the numbers doing shift work and could raise "pretty serious problems" for the nation's health. Scientists said it was "fairly clear now" that shift work was unhealthy. The report, by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, showed 33% of men and 22% of women of working age were doing shift work. They defined shifts as employment outside 0700-1900. Rachel Craig, the research director for the Health Survey for England, told the BBC: "Overall, people who are doing shift work are not quite as healthy as their counterparts doing regular working hours." The data showed 30% of shift workers were obese, compared with 24% of men and 23% of women doing normal hours. Meanwhile, 40% of men and 45% of women on shifts had long-standing health conditions such as back-pain, diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease compared with 36% and 39% of the rest of the population. Younger people Shift working is most common in the 16-24 age group with nearly half of men and a third of women having this working pattern. The rates fell with age so that fewer than a third of men and a fifth of women were working shifts after the age of 55. Ms Craig said that, overall, young people should be in better health: "You'd expect less ill-health and fewer long-standing conditions that reflect lifestyle like obesity, so it makes it an even stronger relationship [between shifts and poor health]." BBC © 2014
Keyword: Biological Rhythms; Obesity
Link ID: 20424 - Posted: 12.16.2014
|By Marissa Fessenden Songbirds stutter, babble when young, become mute if parts of their brains are damaged, learn how to sing from their elders and can even be "bilingual"—in other words, songbirds' vocalizations share a lot of traits with human speech. However, that similarity goes beyond behavior, researchers have found. Even though humans and birds are separated by millions of years of evolution, the genes that give us our ability to learn speech have much in common with those that lend birds their warble. A four-year long effort involving more than 100 researchers around the world put the power of nine supercomputers into analyzing the genomes of 48 species of birds. The results, published this week in a package of eight articles in Science and 20 papers in other journals, provides the most complete picture of the bird family tree thus far. The project has also uncovered genetic signatures in song-learning bird brains that have surprising similarities to the genetics of speech in humans, a finding that could help scientists study human speech. The analysis suggests that most modern birds arose in an impressive speciation event, a "big bang" of avian diversification, in the 10 million years immediately following the extinction of dinosaurs. This period is more recent than posited in previous genetic analyses, but it lines up with the fossil record. By delving deeper into the rich data set, research groups identified when birds lost their teeth, investigated the relatively slow evolution of crocodiles and outlined the similarities between birds' and humans' vocal learning ability, among other findings. © 2014 Scientific American,
Keyword: Language; Genes & Behavior
Link ID: 20423 - Posted: 12.16.2014
By Candy Schulman My mother's greatest fear was Alzheimer's. She got Lewy body dementia, or LBD, instead. This little known, oddly named, debilitating illness afflicts an estimated 1.3 million Americans, the actor and comedian Robin Williams possibly among them. It is often misdiagnosed because its signs, such as hallucinations and body rigidity, do not seem like those of dementia, but in the end it robs people of themselves even more painfully. I first noticed my mother's cognitive difficulties when she was 88. Until then, she'd led an extraordinarily active life: She was a competitive golfer with a bureau full of trophies, a painter and a sculptor. Every Hanukkah she hosted a lively feast for her eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. This time, though, she needed my help planning, shopping and cooking. She was having difficulty with the guest list, trying to write every family member's name on a piece of paper, adding up the numbers to see how many potatoes to buy for latkes. Her concentration became frayed and she kept ripping it up and starting again, close to tears. Several months before that, she had sent me a Mother's Day card that was illustrated with childlike prose, colorful illustrations and glitter hearts. The poem on the cover was printed in a playful purple font: "For you, Mom. For kissing my boo-boos, for wiping my face. . . . For calming my fears with your loving embrace." On Mother's Day and the rest of the year, Mom added in a shaky script, "thanks."
Keyword: Alzheimers
Link ID: 20422 - Posted: 12.16.2014
|By Emilie Reas If you carried a gene that doubled your likelihood of getting Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? What if there was a simple lifestyle change that virtually abolished that elevated risk? People with a gene known as APOE e4 have a higher risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in old age. Even before behavioral symptoms appear, their brains show reduced metabolism, altered activity and more deterioration than those without the high-risk gene. Yet accumulating research is showing that carrying this gene is not necessarily a sentence for memory loss and confusion—if you know how to work it to your advantage with exercise. Scientists have long known that exercise can help stave off cognitive decline. Over the past decade evidence has mounted suggesting that this benefit is even greater for those at higher genetic risk for Alzheimer's. For example, two studies by a team in Finland and Sweden found that exercising at least twice a week in midlife lowers one's chance of getting dementia more than 20 years later, and this protective effect is stronger in people with the APOE e4 gene. Several others reported that frequent exercise—at least three times a week in some studies; up to more than an hour a day in others—can slow cognitive decline only in those carrying the high-risk gene. Furthermore, for those who carry the gene, being sedentary is associated with increased brain accumulation of the toxic protein beta-amyloid, a hallmark of Alzheimer's. More recent studies, including a 2012 paper published in Alzheimer's & Dementia and a 2011 paper in NeuroImage, found that high-risk individuals who exercise have greater brain activity and glucose uptake during a memory task compared with their less active counterparts or with those at low genetic risk. © 2014 Scientific American
Keyword: Alzheimers; Genes & Behavior
Link ID: 20421 - Posted: 12.16.2014
By Nicholas Bakalar Poor sleep in older adults may be linked to brain changes associated with dementia, a new study has found. Researchers studied 167 men who underwent sleep tests in 1999 and died by 2010. The study, in Neurology, recorded sleep duration, periods of waking up and episodes of apnea, and used pulse oximetry to measure oxygen saturation of their blood. On autopsy, they found that those in the highest one-quarter for duration of sleep at oxygen saturation of less than 95 percent were almost four times as likely to have higher levels microinfarcts, small areas of dead tissue caused by deprivation of blood supply, as those in the lowest one-quarter. Compared with those in the lowest 25 percent for duration of slow-wave (deep) sleep, those in the highest one-quarter were about a third as likely to have moderate or high levels of generalized brain atrophy. "Prior studies have shown an association between certain types of sleep disturbance and dementia," said the lead author, Dr. Rebecca P. Gelber, an epidemiologist with the Veterans Administration in Hawaii. "These lesions may help explain the association." © 2014 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Alzheimers; Sleep
Link ID: 20420 - Posted: 12.16.2014
|By Ingrid Wickelgren Confusion is one symptom of a concussion. But confusion may also characterize decisions about how soon to let an athlete play after taking a hit to the head. Sizing up symptoms such as dizziness and nausea is subjective, after all. Now a study suggests that a blood test could objectively determine whether or not the damage is bad enough to put a player on the bench. The work is in the Journal of Neurotrauma. [Robert Siman et al, Serum SNTF Increases in Concussed Professional Ice Hockey Players and Relates to the Severity of Post Concussion Symptoms] A strong blow to the head causes chemical changes within nerve cells that damage their structural proteins. Among the debris is a protein fragment called SNTF—which in more severe cases, spills into the bloodstream. The new study followed 20 professional hockey players who got concussions with symptoms that lasted six days or more. And blood levels of SNTF were much higher one hour to six days later than were levels of the protein fragment in eight other athletes who had gotten concussions that cleared up within five days. Levels were also low in 45 non-concussed players tested during the pre-season. A blood test for SNTF might thus forecast recovery time from a head injury. Combined with other neurological tests, levels of this molecule could help doctors tell athletes when it's safe to suit up again. © 2014 Scientific American
Keyword: Brain Injury/Concussion
Link ID: 20419 - Posted: 12.16.2014
By David Noonan It was the day before Christmas, and the normally busy MIT laboratory on Vassar Street in Cambridge was quiet. But creatures were definitely stirring, including a mouse that would soon be world famous. Steve Ramirez, a 24-year-old doctoral student at the time, placed the mouse in a small metal box with a black plastic floor. Instead of curiously sniffing around, though, the animal instantly froze in terror, recalling the experience of receiving a foot shock in that same box. It was a textbook fear response, and if anything, the mouse's posture was more rigid than Ramirez had expected. Its memory of the trauma must have been quite vivid. Which was amazing, because the memory was bogus: The mouse had never received an electric shock in that box. Rather, it was reacting to a false memory that Ramirez and his MIT colleague Xu Liu had planted in its brain. "Merry Freaking Christmas," read the subject line of the email Ramirez shot off to Liu, who was spending the 2012 holiday in Yosemite National Park. The observation culminated more than two years of a long-shot research effort and supported an extraordinary hypothesis: Not only was it possible to identify brain cells involved in the encoding of a single memory, but those specific cells could be manipulated to create a whole new "memory" of an event that never happened. "It's a fantastic feat," says Howard Eichenbaum, a leading memory researcher and director of the Center for Neuroscience at Boston University, where Ramirez did his undergraduate work. "It's a real breakthrough that shows the power of these techniques to address fundamental questions about how the brain works." In a neuroscience breakthrough, the duo implanted a false memory in a mouse
Keyword: Learning & Memory; Emotions
Link ID: 20418 - Posted: 12.16.2014
By Bruce Bower In the movie Roxanne, Steve Martin plays a lovesick guy who mocks his own huge schnoz by declaring: "It's not the size of a nose that's important. It's what's in it that matters." Scientists demonstrated the surprising truth behind that joke this year: People can whiff an average of more than 1 trillion different odors, regardless of nose size (SN: 4/19/14, p. 6). No one had systematically probed how many scents people can actually tell apart. So a team led by Leslie Vosshall of Rockefeller University in New York City asked 26 men and women to discriminate between pairs of scents created from mixes of 128 odor molecules. Volunteers easily discriminated between smells that shared as much as 51 percent of their odor molecules. Errors gradually rose as pairs of scents became chemically more alike. Vosshall's group calculated that an average participant could tell apart a minimum of more than 1 trillion smells made up of different combinations of 30 odor molecules. Really good smellers could have detected way more than 1 trillion odor mixtures, the scientists said. Smell lags behind sight and hearing as a sense that people need to find food, avoid dangers and otherwise succeed at surviving. Still, detecting the faint odor of spoiled food and other olfactory feats must have contributed to the success of Homo sapiens over the last 200,000 years. Perhaps many animals can whiff the difference between a trillion or more smells. For now, odor-detection studies modeled on Vosshall's approach have been conducted only with humans. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2014.
Keyword: Chemical Senses (Smell & Taste)
Link ID: 20417 - Posted: 12.16.2014
by Andy Coghlan It may not sound very appetising, but an edible powder made from waste excreted by bacteria in our guts may help people to avoid gaining weight. Stabilising a person's weight could have a major health impact, says Gary Frost of Imperial College London, because as people on Western diets grow older, they tend to put on between 0.3 and 0.8 kilograms per year on average. A fatty acid called propionate is released when the bacteria in our gut digest fibre. Propionate makes people feel full by activating cells in the large intestine that produce the satiety hormones GLP-1 and PYY: these tell the brain that it's time to stop eating. But to trigger a big enough dose of this appetite-suppressing signal from gut bacteria alone, people would have to eat extremely large amounts of fibre. To get around that, Frost and his team made the molecule in a concentrated form called inulin-propionate ester (IPE). "That gives you eight times the amount of someone following a typical Western diet," he says. To test its appetite-stemming properties, the team gave powdered IPE, mixed in with fruit juice or a milkshake, to a group of overweight volunteers every day for six months. A type of ordinary fibre was given to another set of people, who acted as controls. Only one of the 25 volunteers taking IPE put on more than 3 per cent of their body weight over that time, compared with six of the 24 controls. One reason for this might be that the IPE recipients ate around 9 per cent less over the six months. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 20416 - Posted: 12.13.2014


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BitCoins! I have no idea what they have to do with the current discussion, just throwing it out there.
Re:Lost? The title sencha to the wrong place... (46 comments)
Spend much time at urban dictionary?
Re:Lost? The title sencha to the wrong place... (46 comments)
ExtJS lives on as one of Sencha's products.
Re:Star Wars (1200 comments)
R2D2 simply refuses to speak anything other than astromech droid because he's elitist/racist/facist. Same goes for all the astromech droids. Every time they tried to fix the 'bug' they'd get a droid that sabatoges shit instead of fix it so they gave up. Now go rewatch the original trilogy enlightened. If we could understand them it would probably be a never-ending stream of rants on how george lucas fucks up every computer related scene in his movies.
Would a counter-earth be directly observable? (175 comments)
Our orbit isn't perfect. So maybe the counter earth would be visible in the sky just beside the sun. But would go behind it and reappear out the other side each time one of the planets passed perihelion. Is our orbit eccentric enough for this?
Re:Sadism (126 comments)
How about video of people being murdered in Lybia, you sicko? In all seriousness, I know it's newsworthy but nobody wants to watch stuff like this. I didn't hit play on any of these but if the captions are at all accurate: EXTREMELY NSFW
Re:Got what ya wanted (414 comments)
I meant to say bytes from different sources costing different. Bytes from different times of the day costing different only concerns me if it leads back to the first one.
Re:Got what ya wanted (414 comments)
Will some bytes cost more than other bytes? That would be an easy next step, so I consider this a step away from net-neutrality.
Re:iPad is a great device for kids (417 comments)
Sounds like the perfect vector to introduce my mom to PCs
Re:Slashvertisment if EVER I saw one. (140 comments)
This exploit reveals your passwords to a website that you visit (although I have not RTFA), which is a bit different.
The slashvertized tool does not send passwords to a website. It reveals passwords to you when you run the tool locally. This is not news.
At the risk of putting this company out of business here's a 'cracker' for passwords stored by most browsers.
What happens next is (174 comments)
Re:Better than the alternative? (367 comments)
Worked for Iran!
Re:top secret (287 comments)
Any ideas on why they need such a secret and stealthy UAV in Afghanistan for?
These are overkill for Afganistan but they need field testing anyway?
The taliban got better at dealing with the current drones?
More drones are needed to support the extra troops and the current models are end-of-life?
Re:Using the truth to bolster a lie (291 comments)
Perhaps the model of charging X amount for X speed is flawed then.
In Canada/USA/Europe and other locations the current model is broken.
You are misinformed, Rogers already uses a "data and speed billing model". E.g. Their regular plan has a 60GB monthly cap with overage charges. (I'm a customer). So now, with the cap system in place, they need to back the f*** off the traffic shaping agenda.
Red Hat Web Server (739 comments)
Seconding Web Server.
It wasn't until I was finished with PC gaming that I tried Ubuntu as a desktop. Before that it was just easier to pirate windows.
Re:Why walk... (137 comments)
I thought nuclear subs could wander under the ice cap. Would it be too hard to measure the ice from one? Or is renting a nuke sub just way out of price range?
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Thanks so much for the tip. All converted now.
I also took the advice of another comment here and created an account so I could turn off openDNS's search page.
And I must say I'm astounded at the changes Rogers is making lately. And I don't think they're done.


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Author Finds Inspiration in Humor
Who she is: Danielle Ganek
What she does: Viking just published Ms. Ganek's second novel, "The Summer We Read Gatsby," about two half-sisters looking for love in the Hamptons. Her first, "Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him," a send-up of the art world, was released three years ago.
Where she lives: On the Upper East Side with her husband, David, of the hedge fund Level Global, and their three children Harry, 15 years old; Nicholas, 13; and Zoe, 9.
The back story: Ms. Ganek spent most of her childhood years in Switzerland before matriculating at Franklin and Marshall. Though she planned to write fiction, when she moved to New York, she worked in magazines (Women's Day and Mademoiselle) and for the French department store Galeries Lafayette. On the side, "I was always writing about female characters who were wrestling with creative ambitions," Ms. Ganek said. Eventually having children, "Being disciplined about my time really helped me find time to write," Ms. Ganek said. "There was no luxury of 'feeling blocked.'"
The turning point: "I was that unpublished mom slash writer slash wife," Ms. Ganek said. "People would roll their eyes, and nobody was waiting for my manuscript." When "Lulu" was in a relatively polished place, television journalist Juju Chang introduced Ms. Ganek to an agent, Leigh Feldman who helped her sell it.
She goes out: Once during the week, once on weekends. Whereas she used to stay home for the kids, "Now my kids say, 'Go out! Aren't you going out?' All the more reason for us to stay in."
Where she writes: "My desk is a mess so I tend to write on my bed or on the sofa," Ms. Ganek said. "I did have this fanciful notion that I would go to the library, but I'm such a people watcher that I was so distracted. I really need to be locked in a room to be productive."
Charitable interests: Ms. Ganek has chaired events for the American Ballet Theatre and is involved with the Southampton Fresh Air Home, a camp for underprivileged disabled children in Long Island; the Robin Hood Foundation; and New York Hospital.
Observational tactics: "I usually carry around a little notebook or I'll send myself a note on the Blackberry," Ms. Ganek said, of where she gets some of her ideas. "I'm always paying attention to absurd ironies. I have a tremendous appreciation for anything humorous."
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What breath is to the physical body, hope is to the human spirit. Hope is what consoles us. It is the fuel that energizes us, gets us up in the morning, and propels us through the day.
- John R Claypool
Guideposts co-founder and best-selling author Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
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to "Where there is hope there is life." Why did he do this? Because, as
he put it, "You're never beaten down as long as you have hope."
The real-life stories of hope here show how individuals in desperate
straits clung to a glimmer of hope and were richly rewarded. Read on
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The words that renewed one woman's hope at just the right moment.
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After years of searching, one woman finally finds the right school for her son...and a renewed sense of hope.
How to heal the emotional, mental and spiritual trauma of suddenly losing everything.
When a mother has trouble naming her newborn, she turns to God for help.
An encounter with a remarkable elderly couple helps one woman realize just how blessed she is.
After a tragic school shooting, this Amish community relies on their faith to help them feel safe again.
Change comes in many ways and in many forms. But no matter what form the change takes, it starts with fearless self-honesty.
How a devastating illness inspired one man to get creative and embrace positive change.
This prayerful offering from Christian singer Michael W. Smith has been an amazing source of hope and inspiration for him and his audiences.
Daisy Fuentes finds hope in the children at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and recalls how she kept her faith through her mother's battle with cancer.
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It's an opportunity for mentorship and the chance to experience the real-world challenges of a contemporary librarian, from data management to communications: working in Canada's top-ranked library system.
A groundbreaking medical innovation developed and brought to market by Professor Paul Santerre has won top prize from the 2014 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Awards.
The University of Toronto's Faculty of Dentistry has been putting smiles on patients' faces for decades – providing state-of-the-art dental care for vulnerable people at about half the cost of regular clinics.
Universities play a key role in building and strengthening cities, helping them connect with the world and reinvent themselves in dynamic ways – and it's a symbiotic relationship, says award-winning urban theorist and University of Toronto president Meric Gertler.
Blame it on Gwyneth Paltrow.
The newly single actress has been credited by celebrity magazines with popularizing "oil pulling" among her fans. This latest beauty regimen is an ancient Ayurvedic practice of swishing virgin coconut oil around the mouth for up to 20 minutes.
Paltrow claims oil pulling adds a shine to her teeth and gives her an Oscar-winning smile.
Ten U of T professors have been awarded new Canada Research Chairs and five more have had their chairs renewed as announced by the Government of Canada on Nov. 14.
In total, the government is providing $108.9 million across the country through the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program to support 135 newly-awarded and renewed chairs.
When U of T Dentistry professor Richard Rayman laces up his shoes to run in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on October 20, he'll be just one of more than 20,000 competitors in the event. But for Rayman, the event will mark a major milestone – it'll be the 300th time he's run a marathon.
Forty-one researchers from across the university have won Connaught New Researcher Awards to help them launch their academic careers.
The program is designed to foster excellence in research and innovation among researchers at the assistant professor level who are within the first five years of their first academic appointment.
Professor Paul Santerre began his career at the University in 1993 in the Faculty of Dentistry and is a member of the Centre for Biomaterials, where he has conducted research into biomaterials - molecules and polymers designed to interact with biological systems – and their applications. He became a core faculty member at the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) in 1999 when this unit was merged with the Centre for Biomaterials, and has been IBBME's Director since 2008.
On the evening of November 5th, more than 100 students, faculty, volunteers, alumni and friends gathered at U of T's Faculty of Dentistry to honour student award recipients and to launch the first phase of the Faculty's $18 million campaign.
Dean Daniel Haas announced the success to date of the faculty's initiative, which has already secured $9.6 million—more than half the goal.


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Shipwrecked castaway Lemuel Gulliver's encounters with the petty, diminutive Lilliputians, the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted scientists of Laputa, the philosophical Houyhnhnms, and the brutish Yahoos give him new, bitter insights into human behavior. Swift's fantastic and subversive book remains supremely relevant in our own age of distortion, hypocrisy, and irony.
About the Author
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), a poet, satirist, and clergyman, published many satirical works, among them A Modest Proposal.
Robert DeMaria, Jr. is Henry Noble McCracken Professor of English at Vassar College. He has published widely on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature.


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1 "Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"-- let Israel now say-- | 1 They have greatly oppressed me from my youth-- let Israel say-- |
2 "Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2 they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me. |
3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows." | 3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long. |
4 The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. | 4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked. |
5 May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! | 5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. |
6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, | 6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow; |
7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, | 7 with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms. |
8 nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!" | 8 May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD." |
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers. (English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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OXFORD, Ohio (WKRC) -- The Miami University men's basketball team played a back-and forth-first half against the University of Toledo, but the Rockets caught fire in the second half to send the RedHawks to an 83-70 loss on Wednesday night at Millett Hall.
Sophomore guard Geovonie McKnight amassed a career-high 18 points to lead all players. Senior guard Quinten Rollins and junior guard Will Sullivan also scored in double figures with 14 and 11 points, respectively.
The RedHawks (8-10 overall; 4-3 Mid-American Conference) scored seven straight to go up 9-4 five minutes into the game. With Miami up 15-10, Toledo (18-2; 6-1 MAC) took back the lead with seven straight points to take a 17-15 edge at the 10:33 mark.
Shortly after, the RedHawks got back-to-back baskets from McKnight and senior forward Will Felder to reclaim a two-point edge with 8:59 to play in the opening half, 19-17. Miami trailed Toledo 25-23 with less then seven minutes left in the half, then sophomore guard Willie Moore tied the game 25-25 with a steal and a dunk.
It was a tight first half that consisted of six ties and four lead changes, resulting in neither team leading the game by more than six points. Trailing 35-31 with a minute left till the break, McKnight stripped Julius Brown of the ball and dunked at the other end to cut the deficit to two. Toledos Jordan Lauf answered with a layup to cap the first-half scoring with Miami trailing, 37-33.
Toledo scored the first six points of the second half to stretch its lead to 43-33. After a timeout, Sullivan scored Miamis first 3-pointer of the game, cutting the deficit to seven at the 17:03 mark. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Toledos Justin Drummond, however, gave the Rockets a 13-point lead. Miami didnt get closer than 10 points the rest of the way, with Toledo leading by as many as 18 points.
The Rockets had four players score double figures, led by Drummonds 16 points. He also led all players with 11 boards.
Toledo shot 55 percent from the field while Miami made 41.5 percent of its shots. The Rockets also held a 44-26 edge in rebounding.
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When we first introduce ourselves to someone in person, we tend to give them our business card, but what about e-mail? Outlook allows us to send a contact our own business card or anyone else's through e-mail as an attachment. If the recipient is using any modern e-mail program, they will be able to save that business card into their own contacts. Let me show you how this works. While composing an e-mail, I will place my cursor where the business card should appear. From the Ribbon in the Message tab, I will pull down Attach Item and then Business Card.
Business cards that I have already included in past e-mails show here. But to find a business card that I have not yet used, I will click Other Business Cards. My list of contacts appears, and I will choose the person that I'd like to include. Remember that you can type a few keys on your keyboard to jump to a specific contact. I'll press OK, and their card is automatically inserted where my cursor was. Note also that a VCF was attached to the e-mail. This attachment contains all of the contact's information, like their e-mail and phone number.
The recipient of the e-mail can easily save this to their own contacts. Sending a business card is a great, quick way to pass on information, and remember the next time you go to use this feature, contacts you've already sent will appear in the list. In chapter 7, I cover how to customize the look of someone's business card, but for now, let's move on to tip number eight.
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By Jim Cotter, Susan Lewis & David Patrick Stearns & Jason Peifer
Jim Cotter speaks with Simon Shaheen. The Palestinian composer, and oud and violin virtuoso, performs at the Kimmel Center this weekend.
Susan Lewis looks at Philadelphia Dance Projects' upcoming series. Performances over three weekends will pair?local contemporary dancers with?dance artists from around the country.
Jason Peifer explores the legacy of Charles Darwin, as numerous Philadelphia organizations celebrate the "Year of Evolution." February marks Darwin's 200th Birthday.
David Patrick Stearns profiles Placido Domingo. The super-star tenor performs with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in mid-February.
More Information:
- Simon Shaheen at the Kimmel Center
- Philadelphia Dance Projects
- The "Year of Evolution" celebration in Philadelphia
- Placido Domingo Official Website


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AS CHILE'S first conservative president since the return of democracy in 1990, Sebastián Piñera has bent over backwards to reassure the country of his compassion and tolerance. The television and airline magnate's latest bid to be seen as moderate, however, may have got the better of his business sense. In March he sent a bill to Congress that would require the state to pay working mothers for up to seven months of maternity leave—more time than women get in France.
Mr Piñera's concern for the plight of Chile's working women is justified. The country ranks 33rd of the OECD's 34 countries for female labour participation, ahead only of Turkey. And its current maternity-leave scheme, which offers six weeks of time off paid by the state before birth and 12 afterwards, is regressive: 52% of payments go to the richest fifth of women and just 5% to the poorest fifth.
In an effort to redress these failings, Mr Piñera promised during his campaign to increase Chile's state-funded post-natal maternity leave by as much as 12 additional weeks. On taking office, he appointed a commission to advise him on the reform. Its report inconveniently discouraged the president from implementing such a large extension of the programme. It noted that the country's current scheme is already generous by Latin American standards, and that offering more time off was unlikely to help poorer mothers. Instead, it recommended extending the benefit to informal and short-term employees.
Extra maternity leave would probably not bring many more women into the workforce. Most local economists say that the biggest obstacle to female employment in Chile is the country's restrictive labour laws. One requires companies that employ 20 or more women to pay for child care. Little wonder that so many Chilean firms have precisely 19 female workers. Another rule prevents businesses from firing women for two years after they become pregnant—creating an incentive to fire them earlier, or not to hire women of childbearing age at all.
Mr Piñera has taken some of these arguments to heart. His proposed reform grants maternity leave to some temporary workers, such as rural fruit-pickers, and reduces the two-year ban on firing pregnant women by three months. Yet he is unwilling to abandon his campaign promise. His bill would provide an additional 12 weeks of state-funded maternity leave at just under half the current subsidy level, and prohibit all but the richest 20% of mothers from working during that time. (They were exempted because matching their high salaries would have been prohibitively expensive.) Still, the new benefit would cost the government an estimated $150m-200m a year—a hefty burden given the costs of rebuilding after Chile's 2010 earthquake.
The bill will not be voted on for months while the president's congressional allies negotiate with their opponents—who want to make the law even more generous and water down its few attempts at cost control and labour-market liberalisation. Chileans may have elected a conservative president, but at least on some social issues, the centre-left still holds sway.


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Pretty soon Shake Shack will be more than a place to slurp milkshakes and throw back a burger or two, it will serve as a bastion of public art.
A Celebration of Fergie's New Freewall
Freewall Philadelphia is a mural project dreamed up by David Guinn, a prolific muralist with the Mural Arts Program who saw something missing in the city's wall-art scene: a place where non Mural Arts-affiliated artists could use a wall as a canvas without doing something illegal. Hence the side of Fergie's on Sansom between 12th and 13th — a building that's now become an outdoor art gallery.
Up now? Desiree Bender's wheatpaste The Fawn. Next week Freewall holds a celebration and fundraiser for the newest Bender's wheatpaste, hoping to to match a Knight Foundation grant. More info to come…


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T.S. Atul Swaminthan
A website on eminent musician, D. Pattammal, was launched recently in the city by Bharatanatyam and Kathakali exponent V.P. Dhanajayan in the presence of V. Ramanarayanan, Editor, Sruthi , M.V. Subramanium, Founder, Saraswathi Vaggeyakara Trust, and sons of Pattammal – D. Chandrasekhar and D. Natesan.
The website, www.dpattammal.com, traces the journey of the musicologist, who has composed more than 650 songs in Tamil and is one of the few Vageyakaras to compose songs in all the Melakartha Ragas.
The legend
Speaking, Mr. Dhanajayan, said, "When we were rehearsing for Jayadeva's Geetha Govindam, Amma used to come to Kalakshetra everyday, teach us, and appreciate what we did. She used to teach the beginners at Kalakshetra and work with our musicians during compositions. We took lot of efforts in popularizing Amma's works. We used to rehearse her compositions day and night, and made it a great success. The website contains detailed information on the great works done by the eminent musician."
V. Ramanarayanan, said, "The website dedicated to Pattammal is a fine piece of work. It is a wonderful initiative by D. Chandrasekar and D. Natesan.
In a lighter vein, he added it was good that both Chandrasekar and Natesan did not become musicians. "Otherwise, they would not have found time to create the website."
He pointed out that Rukmini Devi Arundale said Amma must have been inspired by the compositions of Jayadeva Geetha Govindam to have sung well. She was surprised that Pattammal was able to translate and sing Gita Govindam in Tamil, he added.
"During my informal meetings with Amma, she used to discuss music for days. Her mind was active thinking about music. Her compilations had a grounding of culture and history of our country," M.V. Subramanium said.
"Her compositions kept many people poised and brought inner harmony. She used to discuss a lot about her compilations. It brought people of different altitude and attitude together. People were subdued to her music because of her reverence to the art, which has become rare these days. Amma has done something worthwhile for music," he added.
He released a CD containing compilations of D. Pattammal 'Carnatic Isai Thuvakka Padalgal' for the beginners.
D. Chandrasekar said that the website is an effort by passion and love for their mother and Carnatic music.
The website features a number of her compilations and compositions sung by singers. It will help the beginners to update their knowledge in various aspects of music.


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The Most Untaxed Overseas Profits
Bloomberg, in an August 2013 report, took the 70 companies in the S&P 500 Information Technology Index, added the five companies in the S&P 500 Internet & Catalog Retail Index, and ranked them on how much undistributed earnings they hold outside the US.
Not included in the ranking were TE Connectivity and Seagate Technology, as both have headquarters outside the U.S., Bloomberg said.
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Japan nuclear crisis sends ripples across Europe, causes rethink in Germany
The Japan nuclear crisis has 'consequences for the whole world,' German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today ahead of an emergency EU meeting on nuclear power.
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Japan's nuclear crisis is sending ripples of unease across Europe, with the European Union convening an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss safety measures for its nuclear power plants and Germany announcing a total rethink of its use of nuclear energy.
Chancellor Angela Merkel today suspended a plan to prolong the lifespan of Germany's 17 nuclear power plants, which are among 195 across a continent still haunted by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 25 years ago. Britain, Switzerland, and Finland also announced reassessments of their nuclear programs.
"Everything will be reviewed," Ms. Merkel said at a press conference in Berlin. "If a highly developed country like Japan, with high safety standards and norms, cannot prevent the consequences for nuclear power of an earthquake and a tsunami, then this has consequences for the whole world."


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Friday, April 18, 2014
(Burnsville, MN) -- A 33-year-old Burnsville man is facing criminal sexual conduct charges for allegedly assaulting a teenager during a photo session. Eric Rutherford told WCCO-TV after being charged yesterday that he never drugged or touched the girl, despite her allegations. A criminal complaint indicates the two met in February, and Rutherford picked the teenager up at her home in Minneapolis and took her to Burnsville. The victim alleges he entered a room while she was changing clothes, put his hand in her underwear, and touched her several times.


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MMRG Festival set for Aug. 9
Sunday, August 3, 2014
MILTON MILLS — This year's 12th annual Woods, Water and Wildlife Festival, presented by Moose Mountains Regional Greenways, MMRG, and Branch Hill Farm/the Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust, will take place on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 307 Applebee Road.
Returning festival attendees will be happy to see their favorite activities. Volunteer instructors from NH Fish & Game will lend poles and bait to kids for the Let's Go Fishing! event at the pond. Nature experts from Squam Lakes Science Center display rescued animals and the Traveling Barnyard has a petting zoo. Junior Ecologist Hayrides to the Salmon Falls River stop for a lesson about the importance of our streams for wildlife and water quality. Our Kids Discover the Forest and Nature's Playground events feature stations amongst the ferns and tall trees. Staff of nearby farm museums, local craftsmen and a beekeeper demonstrate traditional rural skills. Kids get creative in the Tree Cookie Craft Corner, try building their own birdhouses, and explore the corn maze. Homemade salads, desserts, hot grilled food, and cold smoothies will be on sale along with T-shirts and raffle baskets of local fresh produce and kids' items. The festival takes place rain or shine; no pets please. Rest rooms and most events are wheel chair accessible. For more information, to volunteer or to sponsor an event, call (603) 978-7125, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.mmrg.info/festival. |


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Dr. Craig A. Alter, MD
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Dr. Craig A. Alter graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1987. He works in Philadelphia, PA and 3 other locations and specializes in Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology. Dr. Alter is affiliated with Abington Memorial Hospital, Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia, Doylestown Hospital and Aria Health Torresdale Campus. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Years in Practice: 28 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Graduation Date: 1987
Hospital Affiliations: Abington Memorial Hospital, Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia, Doylestown Hospital, Aria Health Torresdale Campus
Specialties: Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetology
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This is a discussion on Olympic Arms now takes a stand against States enacting gun bans restrictions within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Story below Olympic Arms to New York State Take Your Business Elsewhere...
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Well now. If the companies making the money off New York State said screw you to the powers that be in NY it seems the business will go as usual argument is making a hard left turn. Thats what now two large suppliers of weapons saying ehhh you crossed the line this time bub
Emails sent to smith Glock and Sig as suggested. I think ill point out to my reps in Ky that should they let this play out here they may well be shooting Hi points in the near future if they can get them.
" It is sad governments are chief'ed by the double tongues." quote Ten Bears Movie Outlaw Josie Wales
I hope other gun companies join suit and boycott NY.
Yay, I found my next choice for an AR. (If prices are ever sane again)
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.--->Herbert Spencer
Springfield xd 45, Sig Sauer SP2022(9mm),Remington 700(.308), Yugo M10 variant w/IZH Kobra optic,...and lots of ammo for all of 'em.
Interesting way to turn the tables. Imagine if ALL gun companies refused to sell to states that enacted anti 2-A laws?
I guess those states would have to get their weapons from gun shows.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Jean that would be fun to watch. I can see the prices go up as they approach the tables.
Semper Fi
"Marines don't surrender-they win or die." from Brute
Cool. Now let's see a company of consequence do it. One that, say, supplies the majority of law enforcement and civilian sales in said state(s).
Still can't pay me to buy an Oly.
Excellent move. I think we should all boycott New York, quite frankly.
Just sitting here waiting for Remington to leave :) Then things will start to pick up here in NY....
My entire family is from NY and I haven't been back in years and years. Won't go. Love the people and the land, hate the government.
Happened to CA several years back when they enacted the .50 cal ban... Barrett stopped doing business with them when they attempted to place an order. Even told them if they sent in any for service they would be confiscated.
All i have to say is good more for us...
and I wonder if the police have turned in their high cap Mag's yet for their new 7 rounders... We could use a few more used high caps on the market now supplies are running short.
"The sword dose not cause the murder, and the maker of the sword dose not bear sin" Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac 11th century
Yeah I'm stuck here for now. FL is an option though..
Could you enlighten me about FL's pistol laws?
Do you need a permit to purchase a handgun there, or just to carry.
I know of someone that took their guns to FL not using an FFL, but they let their CT pistol permit expire and didn't renew. Now I'm wondering if there's a way to get the guns that they have, mostly pistols..to an FFL in FL and then sent to an FFL in NY to have them put on my permit...
BTW police are exempt in NY. :)
Police are not exempt according to the new laws.
Florida is a concealed-carry, shall-issue state. Pay the license fee, follow directions on the application, mail it in, and receive your concealed carry license. This applies to all weapons you can legally own and possess; if you can conceal an M16, you can carry it via the license. Open carry is not permitted unless on private property or if acting in official law enforcement or security capacity.
Buying a handgun in Florida requires a 3-day wait period unless you have your CCL, in which you can leave with the new pistol in-hand on the same day.
Remember that each time a firearm passes through an FFL, you'll probably pay a transfer fee. For the Tampa-through-Central-Florida area, transfer fees usually run $25-50.
BRAVO for Olympic Arms! I really hope Remington moves out.
I lived in Long Island as a young child, then my family moved away when I completed third grade. I had fond memories of NY (I was young and foolish) and returned to Long Island to complete college at SUNY Stony Brook. While living there, I quickly grew to hate NY: My ex-wife comes from NY, my car was stolen in NY, and I almost lost my life twice.
That is FOUR STRIKES.
I will never go back!
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Australian National Eisteddfod Competitions
The Australian National Eisteddfod invites entries in more than 200 age and level based sections - from 6 years and under to open, for solo and group performance and competition in voice and instrument. This year there are six competitions:
- Bands and Orchestras – concert, jazz, brass, rock and school bands and orchestras (most sections non-competitive)
- Choirs - including The Australian Choral Challenge
- Piano- including open piano recital
- Speech and Drama- including the Bard competition and Speech choirs
- Singing
To enter, please check the appropriate syllabus, rules and competition dates on competition page. Then print/download, complete and post the entry form to join the fun and excitement of eisteddfod competitions.
This is an accommodation list particuarly suited to large groups (like choirs).
Please Donate
The Australian National Eisteddfod is a registered non-profit community organisation and is always in need of sponsorship and support to enable the events to be undertaken. To maximise accessibility, the organisation keeps the costs for participants and audiences as low as possible. Every donation, however small, is greatly appreciated, and will be used to assist in providing opportunities for many groups and individuals to grow and learn in the performing arts.
Donations will assist with covering the expenses incurred through running the Eisteddfod, including, but not limited to:
- the engagement of qualified, experienced expert adjudicators to provide advice and guidance for performance growth;
- the hire of leading venues for events which offer performers a unique experience;
- trophies, medals and certificates;
- prize money; and
- refreshments to help the many volunteers we need each year to conduct the events.
Donations are tax deductible.


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Avant Garde Cineteca Madrid Glows With Dozens of LED Tubes
Posted By Tafline Laylin On March 12, 2012 @ 12:36 pm In Architecture,Green Lighting,Green Materials,Green renovation | No Comments
Cineteca Madrid's library is intersected by a trapezoidal staircase woven with clear plastic tubes filled with energy saving LED lights [5] that give off just enough light to allow visitors to browse an incredible collection of materials related to cinematheque but not so much that it ruins the slightly brooding ambience. Black wood derived from certified forests [6] give the floor, walls and ceiling further contribute to this heightened sensory experience.
The 244 square meter film set is open to young filmmakers with a low budget but is mostly used to show documentaries. It's set in an open space and designed to be adaptable. Once the film is complete, it can be shown in one of two 239 seater theaters that will blow your mind. The walls are completely wrapped in recycled black rubber tubing [7] also filled with LED lights that gifts space with stellar acoustics.
Josemaría de Churtichaga + Cayetana de la Quadra-Salcedo [4] managed to bring the Madrid City Council's [8] commission to life. And did we mention that the team made very few adjustments to the existing brick building, preferring instead to adapt to its particular restrictions. Uhm… can anyone spare a plane ticket to Madrid?
+ ch+qs [4]
Via Knstrct [9]
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:[3] Cineteca Madrid: http://www.mataderomadrid.org/
[4] ch+qs: http://www.chqs.net/project-tipo-76.htm#
[5] LED lights: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode
[6] certified forests: http://www.fsc.org/cw.html
[7] recycled black rubber tubing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_recycling
[8] Madrid City Council's: http://www.madrid.es/
[9] Knstrct: http://knstrct.com/2012/03/07/matadero-gets-a-new-theater-library-madrid/
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Winged Guardian mount in action {WoW}
May 31st 2011 6:26PM It won't let me past the check in screen so I can't buy one... is anyone else having this issue?
Encrypted Text: The art of the gank {WoW}
Feb 18th 2010 8:47AM Okay.
I play several Rogues and this article offends me.
First off. I consider PVP to be a waste of time,
gank .... it implies one-shotting my opponant, whoever he or she is.
next off... both factions in this game are at war, weither we like it or not.
I find the use of the words "innocent blood." deeply offensive.
I come from a millitary family and I also have millitary experiance so the use
of those two words really pisses me off.. there are no innocents in war.. lets
be clear about this now.
One of Four things has happened.
He's flagged because he is an Idiot.
He's flagged deliberatly
He's in a PVP quest or in battlegrounds.
So.. Maybe I missed something but I stopped reading this article when I saw "Innocent Blood"
Do not feed me that...it gives me indigestion.
WoW TCG Card "Lady Kath" honors mother with brain cancer {WoW}
Dec 28th 2009 4:03AM Seriously.. what is it with people who flame on others who wish to honor their mothers. this makes me angry, have you no heart 13? I have lost family recentkly and your comments discust me.
Raid Rx: Healing Lord Marrowgar {WoW}
Dec 8th 2009 7:06AM We shall we.... today is a good day to die!
For the Alliance!
WoW Moviewatch: Level 1 Dwarven Hunter Raid {WoW}
Nov 19th 2009 9:35PM Whats with all the naysayers? I'd like to see or even hear about all you naysayers orginizing NINTY people for a one time raid..
give it a rest... it was a good vidio and I for one liked it a lot.
some people are just jerks. you know who you all are... naysayers..
bloody clowns.
Music from the MPQs {WoW}
Aug 30th 2009 5:47AM I've been looking for the in game music files and I can't find anything.
I never knew one could do this. actuly go into the game files and find the music... I wanna find the instance music... where would i go for that?


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The Cribs Announce Details for New Album, 'For All My Sisters'
The Cribs have shared details for their new record, 'For All My Sisters.'
The Cribs have shared details for their new record, 'For All My Sisters.'
Could that be Dave Grohl and Ric Ocasek working with the Cribs?
British visual artist and musician Martin Creed is perhaps best known for his controversial 2001 winning of the British art award the Turner Prize for 'Work No. 227, the lights going on and off,' an installation piece featuring an empty room with lights that flicker on and off. Creed numbers all his works, and thus 'Work No. 1431' is his music video for 'Anna,' the new single off the Cribs' latest album, 'In the Belly of the Brazen Bull.'
After duking it out in a battle of the songs with the Scissor Sisters' brand-new single 'Only the Horses,' the Cribs have become the latest winners in Diffuser.fm's Sound Off with their single 'Come On, Be a No-One.' As the reigning champs, the British trio will take on Metric and the quartet's 'Synthetica' single 'Youth Without Youth.'
Congratulations to Cake for winning Diffuser.fm's Sound Off for four consecutive weeks. Their song 'The Winter' dominated every competitor it came up against, and now Cake are official members of the Sound Off Hall of Fame. This also means that it's time for a new batch of competitors, and this week, the Cribs are going head-to-head with Scissor Sisters.
The Cribs, 'Come On, Be A No-One'


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