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Family-based association mapping in crop species
- Baohong Guo,
- Daolong Wang,
- Zhigang Guo,
- William D. Beavis
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Identification of allelic variants associated with complex traits provides molecular genetic information associated with variability upon which both artificial and natural selections are based. Family-based association mapping (FBAM) takes advantage of linkage disequilibrium among segregating progeny within crosses and among parents to provide greater power than association mapping and greater resolution than linkage mapping. Herein, we discuss the potential adaption of human family-based association tests and quantitative transmission disequilibrium tests for use in crop species. The rapid technological advancement of next generation sequencing will enable sequencing of all parents in a planned crossing design, with subsequent imputation of genotypes for all segregating progeny. These technical advancements are easily adapted to mating designs routinely used by plant breeders. Thus, FBAM has the potential to be widely adopted for discovering alleles, common and rare, underlying complex traits in crop species.
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- Title
- Family-based association mapping in crop species
- Journal
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Volume 126, Issue 6 , pp 1419-1430
- Cover Date
- 2013-06-01
- 10.1007/s00122-013-2100-2
- Print ISSN
- 0040-5752
- Online ISSN
- 1432-2242
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Topics
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- Authors
- Baohong Guo (1)
- Daolong Wang (2)
- Zhigang Guo (2)
- William D. Beavis (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc, 2369 330th Street, Slater, IA, 50244, USA
- 2. Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc, 3054 Cornwall Road, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
- 3. Iowa State University, 1208 Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011, USA


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Archie Comics for November 2008
- Posted by Johanna on December 22, 2008 at 6:41 am
- Category: Archie Comics
Archie & Friends #125
What I found an "intriguing loose end" from last issue is almost completely ignored in this followup. As shown on the cover, Veronica's left/been kicked out of the band, depending on whose version of the story you believe. I was interested in reading about how they deal with that complication, but instead, I got a boring, typical tale about the gang having to earn money for a vacation trip. The part that I wanted to read, the part that was promoted, is handled in one page of "Aww, come on, Ron! You gotta understand why I had to do that!" Very disappointing, and the story we do get isn't true to the characters, either.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #98
The last big manga storyline begins here, with lots of exposition as the Queen and Sabrina finally get a face-to-face talk.
I may be reading too much into things, but the Queen's story of being betrayed by her loving friend seems to me to have the subtext of an abused spouse … the bad guy cuts her off from her other friends, spreads lies so that no one will trust her, and takes her abilities from her, leaving her in a crumpled heap on the floor. She feels helpless and alone, keeping her powerlessness secret.
Or maybe I'm just having flashbacks to Mysa the White Witch and Mordru. I do like the message that the best way to win is to be honest and share the truth, however unpleasant, with those you trust and care about.
Betty #177
I especially enjoy Archie comics around the holidays, with their down-home heartwarming stories about helping others, decorating, and selecting the right gift, even for someone who has everything. Unfortunately, this comic misses the boat in all those areas.
The lead story is about how badly Betty is treated by salespeople, both with and without Veronica to take the spotlight. That's it, no point beyond showing clerks as only eager to help those with money. I would think that a lesson about giving good service to everyone might be more appropriate for the season.
Then there's one about Betty being glad that Adam's presence makes Archie jealous, even though Adam would make a better choice for her, given their shared interests and Adam's better behavior. Unfortunately, he comes off as a schlub, used only as a plot device. Betty enjoying that approach makes her seem more petty and less likeable.
Only the last story is appropriately festive, in my opinion; it features Betty paging through her diary to show glimpses of the characters as younger kids at Christmas. And even it ends badly, with Betty's jealousy of Archie kissing Veronica under the mistletoe.
Jughead's Double Digest #145
This reprint collection gets it right, though, with the first (new) story couching a story about helping the needy and charitable works in terms that both the character and audience will understand: donated pizza! It's also about being in the right place at the right time, both assisted (with the aid of an undercover Santa Claus) and on one's own (Jughead voluteering at a soup kitchen).
It's a shame that I had to wait almost until the end of the comic for any more holiday tales — many of the rest are amusing, especially the one in rhyme, the one with all the food puns, the sound effects, and the staging of Romeo and Juliet, but they're not as seasonal. (One or two are just dumb, like the found art story in which we're supposed to believe Jughead, or anyone, hasn't heard of Picasso.)
The last six stories finally get back to Christmas, with odd little twists, in keeping with Jughead's off-kilter view of the world, on gifts and Santa's secret identity and lots of consideration of the true meaning of helping others. It's a nice high note for an ending. (Ironic, isn't it, that last month I was complaining about the holiday stories being out there too early, and now I'm complaining that I don't have enough of them?)
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December 22, 2008 at 12:16 PMI was disappointed with the "Archie No More" storyline too. It either didn't have enough issues to develop or had too many. For a #125th issue, it seemed kind of weak.
The Sabrina issue I really enjoyed. Didn't think of the abused wife angle, but the bit about honesty – well, that's been almost the theme of Del Rio's entire run, hasn't it? The characters learning to be honest with themselves and honest with others? I'm waiting eagerly for issue #99 to see if my guess about who/what Hemlock is is right.
What'd you think of the B&V Spectacular? I enjoyed the "Jingles all the way" story a lot. Must have been in the right mood for it. :)
- Johanna Says:
December 22, 2008 at 2:06 PMI didn't have much to say about the B&V Spectacular, so I didn't cover it, but you're right, seeing Jingles and Sugar Plum together was kind of cute. I did want another story in that issue instead of just the backup features, though.


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It's a short mixtape only 4 songs but has some great dance/club music along with some slowdown R&b Hip-hop joints.
The best I can describe the music is, its very dark, in a good way, and very unique.
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Machines and the
Manufacturing Environment
The development of general-purpose machines in Great Britain in the late
1700s precipitated a fundamental change in the way products were created. The
impact of this shift from "making" to "manufacturing," though significant, was
comparatively localized and was resisted in some industries. The textile industry
survived labor resistance to mechanization largely because the lower prices that
could be charged for products produced by machine generated more business and
an attendant need for more labor. More widely felt was the innovation of inter-
changeable parts in the mid-l8OOs; which in the United States gave rise to the fac-
tory system. With the shift from general-purpose machine shop to factory, the
minimum efficient scale for labor increased from 40 to 100 people. widespread
adoption of the Taylor doctrine of scientific management in the early 1900s drove
the figure to 300. Development of a conveyor transport system in 1910 gave rise
to mass production, which led to a 62 percent drop in the price of automobiles. A
subsequent Unfold increase in demand led to a tripling of the auto industry's labor
force over Me next decade.
Mechanization of manufacturing reached its zenith in the mid-19SOs. Emphasis
subsequently shifted to monitoring (statistical process control); controlling
(numerically controlled machines); and, most recently, coordinating (computer-
integrated manufacturing) production. With each of these shifts, the information
load on the worker increased and the requisite technical skill requirements
changed. The introduction of robots in the 1960s and 1970s, and their diffusion in
the 1980s, changed the composition of indirect labor; maintenance went up and
manufacturing overhead declined. (The changing role of labor in the Japanese
auto industry is trued in Figure 2.) Given 100 blue collar workers today and no
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somewhat less dramatic a decline than that experienced in agriculture, which
today employs only 3-5 percent of the labor force.
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Employment in the U.S. auto industry dropped by nearly half in the 4-year period
between 1978 and 1982, leading to the development of retraining programs for
displaced workers. General Motors alone has retrained some 80,000 workers
since that time. Although software development in the information industry, with
its 20 percent annual increase in employment, might seem a promising destination
for displaced production workers, job retraining is complicated by an up to 20 per-
cent illiteracy rate among workers in some U.S. auto plants.
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in 1984 and again in 1987. Jobs were guaranteed to SS percent of the work force
in return for union cooperation in increasing productivity through technological
change. The impetus for this rough equivalent of lifetime employment came from
the auto workers' unions, with management subsequently coming to see its value.
Today, workers displaced by robots are pooled to await reassignment or retraining.
Any such layoffs that occur now are market related.
Other unions have achieved less cooperation than the United Auto Workers.
With a drop in the union work force from 35 percent in the mid-1950s to less than
17 percent in 1989, the role of unions in the U.S. economy is clearly declining.
Changes in the quality of labor must be managed carefully. Robotics is still an
evolving technology. As the special-purpose robots that displaced unskilled pro-
duction workers in heavy and dirty work are joined by flexible robots designed to
accommodate production of greater varieties of products in smaller quantities, the
requisite skill levels demanded of manufacturing's human work force will be
pushed still higher.
Robots are no longer considered special equipment, but rather advanced forms
of automated machinery. In facilitating the rapid growth of manufacturing,
robotics has precipitated expansion in many tertiary industries. Increasing demand
for consumer goods has necessitated expansion of distribution systems, including
transportation and communication. In Japan industrial robot technology developed
for primary and secondary industries is being applied in such areas as warehous-
ing, cargo handling, and maintenance. Examples include an unattended robotics
system for supermarkets and a maintenance robot for toll roads. Service industries
associated with education and amusement have expanded with the rising level of
consumption and increase in leisure time. Maintenance, cleaning, and repair have
evolved as a new type of service industry. The technology of the so-called trans-
port robot can be applied to the unattended transport of linens and meals in hospi-
tals and hotels. Already in Japan there are examples of robots in customer service
occupations, including a robot that takes orders and carries dishes in a restaurant
and a robot that substitutes for a company receptionist.
Low productivity in service industries, and in other industries, such as construc-
tion, is directly related to the lack of automation. The urgent need for robots in
these industries cannot be met with existing industrial robots, which are designed
largely to substitute for dedicated machines and, to a lesser extent, for manual
operations. A new generation of more flexible, intelligent robots is needed.


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Red Hat Acquires Amentra Consulting
The Linux company Red Hat has acquired system integrators Amentra and is now seeking to strengthen its Jboss business unit.
Amentra specializes in advisory services for companies interested in Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM). Amentra has been an active Jboss consultant for quite a while now are currently has around 140 staff in the USA, in places such as Washington, Philadelphia and Richmond. The company will be promoted as an independent Red Hat company; existing partnerships and customer contracts will continue unchanged. The purchasing price for the deal was not disclosed.
This acquisition sees the continuation of Red Hat's enterprise promotion with the aim of making its open source platform more attractive for businesses. This Red Hat initiative specifically targets competitor BEA; Red Hat is seeking to convince BEA customers to migrate to the open platform. Amentra's focus on BPM and SOA will help company integrate well and reinforce customer confidence in the Jboss platform. "The depth of solution-oriented consulting services provided by Amentra will help enterprises begin deploying JBoss Enterprise Middleware products," Craig Muzilla, VP of the Red Hat's Middleware Business unit explained. If things go Muzilla's way, Jboss will play an important role in 50% of all enterprise SOA projects by 2015.
Red Hat purchased Jboss in 2006 for US$ 420 m. Analysts maintain that the sector is not sufficiently integrated with Red Hat's operations and view the sector as a weakness in the company's portfolio.
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Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.
Intel Unveils Compute Stick
Four-inch-long computer on a stick lets you boot a full Linux system from any HDMI display device.
Obama Proposes Personal Data Notification Law
New statute would require companies to report break-ins to consumers.
TGXf Project Warns of File Transfer through Screen Pixels
Weird data transfer technique avoids all standard security measures.
Industry Giants Announce a Fix for the Password Mess
FIDO alliance declares the beginning of the end for old-style login authentication.


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February 7, 2012
Eva Scrivo wins Publishing Innovation Award
We wish a big Congratulations to hair and beauty expert, Eva Scrivo—for winning the Enhanced eBook Publishing Innovation Award for Eva Scrivo on Beauty. Along with this award, Eva received the Digital Book World's QED Seal of Excellence for quality, excellence and design.
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COCHON 555 returns to Des Moines
We're excited to be a part of this very unique and impressive event started by Iowa native Brady Lowe, Founder of Taste Network again this year. Please check out COCHON 555 on April 24th at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa. Templeton Rye Founder and President Scott Bush will be returning as a judge for the event.
WHAT: COCHON 555 is a competition featuring 5 chefs, 5 pigs and 5 winemakers. The event serves as a link to preserving heritage breed pigs by promoting breed diversity in the national community. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Iowa.
A group of chefs will each prepare a 140-pound heritage breed hog from head-to-toe for this friendly competition. Guests and professional judges will determine a winner based on presentation, utilization and overall best flavor. The winner will be crowned the "Prince or Princess of Porc." In addition, five selected winemakers will showcase their wines.
Each 140-pound pig can be pre-cooked, braised, grilled, pressed, pickled, rubbed, smoked, seared, sauced, spiced, injected, marinated, cured in any way, or otherwise prepared. Guests of the event will experience the chef creations during a 2.5-hour stand-up reception. For this event, COCHON555 will be inviting five of chefs from the Midwest.
Matt Steigerwald – Lincoln Cafe, Mount Vernon
George Formaro – Centro, Django, Des Moines
Hogan– Lidia's KC, Kansas City
Howard Hanna – River Club, Kansas City
Hal Jasa – homage, Des Moines
Butcher: Ryan Farr – 4505 Meats San Francisco
Chase Family Cellars, Napa
Hill Family Estate, Napa
Elk Cove Vineyards, Willamette
Madrigal Vineyards, Napa
Jasper Winery, Iowa
VIP EXPERIENCE: Starts early with a reserve wine tasting with Elk Cove Vineyards, artisan cheese reception with Gateway Market, cured meats from La Quercia, craft brews, Templeton Rye and best of all, guests can meat and greet with the chefs, winemakers and judges of COCHON555. (This portion is $150)
MAIN FLOOR: Guests will witness a whole pig butcher demonstration while consuming over 750lbs of swine, great wines, brews and pig perfect desserts. There will be an after party at a location to be determined. This is a full day of new and old relationships, great chefs, swine, wine and we look forward to sharing it with you. (This portion is $100)
WHERE: Hotel Fort Des Moines, 1000 Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
VIP – 3:30 pm
GA – 5:00 pm
For more information or to buy tickets, please visit www.cochon555.com.


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Woman identified in fatal crash
ASCENSION PARISH, La (NBC33) — Shortly before 10:30 am on September 7, 2013, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop A began investigating a two vehicle fatal crash that occurred on LA Hwy 930 south of LA Hwy 42 at Henry Rd. in Ascension Parish. The crash took the life of an Elsa Diaz,27.
The initial investigation by State Police revealed that the crash occurred as the Diaz was driving a 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser eastbound on Henry Rd. At the same time, a man was driving a 1999 Ford F-450 southbound on LA 930. For unknown reasons the Diaz failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Henry Rd. and LA 930. Upon entering the intersection, the PT Cruiser was struck by Heffley's F-450.
Despite the fact that she was wearing a seatbelt, Diaz suffered fatal injuries from the crash. Due to the fact that she was carrying a fake ID card, the female has not yet been identified. There were 6 passengers in the PT Cruiser at the time of the crash, including several juveniles. All were transported to local hospitals with minor to moderate injuries, except for one juvenile who was transported to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge with serious injuries. Impairment on the part of either driver is not suspected to have been a factor in the crash.


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A former schoolfriend of One Direction's Harry Styles has claimed that the singer's relationship with Caroline Flack was 'just physical'.
Harry was 17 when the pair started dating, and the age gap relationship saw 32-year-old Caroline being slated in the press.
Since splitting with Caroline, flirty Harry has been linked to a string of women closer to his age, including The Inbetweeners actress Emily Atack and model Emily Ostilly.
Harry's pal Will Sweeney told The People: "I remember asking Harry about Caroline and he laughed.
"He said it was more of a physical relationship than anything else. All his mates think he's a bit of a legend though. It's classic Styles.
"He definitely enjoys the attention and he's making the most of it."
Harry's One Direction bandmate Liam Payne recently revealed that the curly-haired cutie is the biggest celeb flirt in the world.
- Harry Styles gets knockback from female journalist
- Harry dumps Caroline for Amelia Lily
- Niall Horan becomes US heartthrob


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Put plainly, Metallica's last album, 1996's Load, made me angry: To see a band that I had always valued for its integrity change its music for what appeared to be commercial reasons was deeply frustrating. But after catching the quartet in concert earlier this year, I was able to listen to Reload with fresh ears -- and after doing so, I appreciated the decent band Metallica is rather than pining for the really good band it used to be. Make no mistake; the speed-metal days are a thing of the past for these guys, replaced by boogie tempos, cleaner riffs, and vocals from James Hetfield that growl only occasionally.
Hetfield's new style can be disconcerting at times: He actually croons the opening section of "The Unforgiven II," which sounds for all the world like Elton John's "Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding)"; executes an unexpectedly accurate Robin Zander impression in the Beatles-by-way-of-Cheap Trick middle section of "Carpe Diem Baby"; and willingly gives himself over to the Alice in Chains harmonies that mark "Where the Wild Things Are."
In the tidy sonic environment created by producer Bob Rock, this approach is effective. Although a few nods are made to Metallica's once relentless style, most of them are purposely brief. The playing of Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Jason Newsted, however, remains slashing and concise, and there's still passion in their professionalism. If you're waiting for another Master of Puppets, disappointment is assured. But considering the limp quality of today's heavy rock, Reload is well above average. Live with it or move on.
-- Michael Roberts
Juan Carlos Quintero
The Way Home
(Size 11 Records)
After a five-year hiatus, guitarist Juan Carlos Quintero is back with a disc that offers a new approach to his smooth jazz compositions. By choosing to remain deep within the grooves of Latin rhythms, Quintero has captured the spontaneous feel of previously lauded live performances while creating music that is at once gentle and passionate.
He has enlisted a fleet of percussionists to carve out these grooves, including Munyungo Jackson, who worked with Quintero during his days with now-defunct Nova Records, and Angel Figueroa, who has been known to hammer his bongos with Herbie Hancock. With Walter Rodriguez of Herb Alpert's band behind the trap set, Ron Powell doubling on world percussion, and Tiki Pasillas covering a variety of Cuban instrumentation, The Way Home shuffles from beginning to end.
"Libre" is a composition of rich emotional texture that has been constructed, so it seems, to literally breathe. A guitar ripples and drums commence, then drop out briefly only to resume with renewed vigor, eventually giving way to a galloping groove. Quintero's guitar solos mimic this inimitable pattern, soaring and then withdrawing into a delicious intimacy. Whether exploring the rhythm of cumbia ("El Pueblo") or the syncopation of cha cha cha ("Caminando"), Quintero achieves a delicate balance between the energetic release of his soloing and the elegant architecture of his compositions.
The magnificence of his touch can be heard and felt on the title track, a brooding bolero, in which Quintero's style extends from his native Colombia to the more melancholy style of his ancestral Spain. The Way Home comes to a lively close with a rumba tickled to life by drummer Walter Rodriguez, "APorque Si!" Quintero double-notes his solo so intricately here that the composition remains dynamically transparent, like a silk skirt worn by a girl lost in dance.
-- Victor Cruz
Gian Carlo Menotti
The Medium
Never before on CD, Menotti's lightning-quick opera blends calculation and camp drama. If Joan Crawford had been a diva, she'd have killed for the title role.
Menotti's music sounds like Americanized Puccini. The first act is close to musical and dramatic perfection. The second has its creaky moments, but on the whole The Medium is strong stuff. Aided by her daughter Monica and a mute boy named Toby, Baba, a bogus medium, bilks credulous clients trying to get in touch with their dear departed. One evening Baba feels a hand on her throat. Terrified and guilty, she drives her guests away and questions Toby. Did he see anything? Did he touch her himself? She tries insinuation, bribery, threats, and physical violence to get him to "speak."
By the end of the opera, Baba mistakenly shoots Toby and cries, "I've killed the ghost!" Monica runs for help, leaving her mother hoarsely whispering, "Was it you?" over the dead body. End of opera.
The Chicago Opera Theater has done an excellent job bringing this work to CD. As Baba, Joyce Castle has an impressive singing voice, and she brandishes it like an actress. Patrice Michaels Bedi is a tender Monica, and the bereaved parents are well sung and superbly characterized. The recording has been produced like a radio play, with sound effects added to keep the listener in touch with the action. The recording quality is vivid -- maybe too vivid, given the whippings and shootings in the second act.
-- Raymond Tuttle
G. Love and Special Sauce
Yeah, It's That Easy


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Parents have always complained that kids "grow up too fast." But in the case of young girls, it may really be true.
Last year, a study by the American Psychological Association found that the increase of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising and media is harmful to girls' self-image and healthy development.
Where We Live takes a look at how companies market clothes, styles, music and more to teenagers and "tweens." Do these trends encourage early sexual behavior? What role can parents play in stopping this early-onset "adulthood?"
We'll talk to young people about these issues. We'll also hear from Quinnipiac Professor Michele Hoffnung and Author Sharon Lamb. Her book is called Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes. We'll also speak with Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabees: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence.
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I was listening to the show, and I'd like to say it was a very interesting discussion. One thing I'd like to bring up is that growing up with alt/rocker style I always had pressure from other girls to conform to their standards of beauty. I was picked on mercifully in Middle School up to early high school because I didn't wear the trendy clothes, didn't care about make-up and because I had my own style. I was also taunted because of my high grades, and called a loser, a dork, a nerd, and even told "No one will ever love a girl like you". Now that I've reached adulthood, I see there's now many alternative model websites that have girls with tattoos and piercings. But many of them are skinny and really the same as the blonde hair blue eyed "normal" girls you see everywhere, just with tattoos and different colored hair. Many of these sites have finally made the move to add bigger models to their site, but users usually comment on these girls as "thick" or "fat" or other negative words. It's like you can't win, whether you're conforming to your own style or what the media sells you, it comes down to being thin.
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Thank you for doing the story about the effects of the media on girls' development. As an elementary school teacher and mother of a four year old girl, I am very concerned about this problem. I wanted to add that the billboards along our highways in CT should be removed. I get a sinking feeling every time I drive by one of those billboards that advertise the "adult stores," etc, with a picture of a scantily dressed, "sexy" woman. I think it's awful that everyone, but especially children, are subjected to these images every time they travel on the highway - there is nothing a parent can do to protect children from viewing them.
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Dear John,
Thank you to both you and your guests for this morning's segment on Where We Live. I'd like to comment that I grew up in a wealthy community where moms had augmentation surgery, my 11 yr old girlfriends got nose jobs and my second grade girl scout troop earned a "Beauty Badge†learning to give each other manicures and make-overs. How did I survive? Perspective.
My parents did a very good job at giving both my sister and I healthy doses of perspective. We had access to TV, but with discussion. We also had access to National Geographic. Intellects were cool and Teen People magazines were full of junk, according to my family. We weren't taught to fear media, but to judge it carefully, not personally. I think my parents gave us the world in balance, which quickly led to my sister's and my ability to rise above the pressures provided on TV and within our community.
We were also athletic, which gave us many reasons not to subject ourselves to the same pressures of looking "prettyâ€. We didn't have the time and being athletic was viewed as an acceptable alternative, giving us positive self-images without being conventionally tall, skinny, blue-eyed and blond-haired.
However, I would caution anyone who claims athletic involvement alone pads girls from the harmful media pressures to self-image and healthy development.
While I felt "cool†and was considered "popular†growing up on sports teams without following the ways of my Glamour-obsessed girlfriends and their surgically enhanced mothers, It was my involvement in sports that later led to an eating disorder. During my freshman year of college my coach assigned me a nutritionist to help me manage a "healthy anorexia†to get my body even leaner and more toned to achieve even faster times in my sport. I was already considered medically just heavy enough to be healthy, but at a new school with many other social pressures, how could I not question my body image reporting my daily eating habits to a critical nutritionist?
Thanks to the perspective my parents gave me growing up, though, I was able to get out after I started to feel "fat†and no longer pretty. I found another sport that actually required me to gain weight, still watch TV and make fun of the obvious media pressures, and read National Geographic. Since, I've put on maybe 5 lbs too many but feel as beautiful and accomplished as ever.
I guess the point of my personal story is that this healthy perspective was the best tool my parents could have armed me with, without having to shelter me from the world. Disallowing a TV or encouraging sports doesn't alone spare a young girl pressures, but allowing her to question the pressures in a healthy way will do more in the long-term.
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quote:Yes, on paper we may have the best offense in 2013 but if Les has it his way you will not get to see just how good these players really are.
quote:If we get some upgrades at reciever and Miles "lets" Mett pass early in the season, we could be pretty good.
quote:I agree with that. Mett was coming around towards the end of the season. We'll be getting some upgrades at reciever also. O-line looks like it's going to be bigger and meaner than ever. Hill is a beast at RB. Offense can't help but be good next season.
quote: quote: Yes, on paper we may have the best offense in 2013 but if Les has it his way you will not get to see just how good these players really are. Let's see, listen to you or listen to the coach with the most wins in the SEC since 2005? You lose BIG TIME!
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quote:So what frat are you in at Alabama?
quote:he will shoot us in the foot by playing too cautious and conservative.
quote:didn't we hear this type of stuff after 1/9. we heard our offense was going to be different this year. We did have injuries but even once we got going les pulled the reigns back in the arky game.
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Any one here know about the old S&W 640? I'm talking about the all steel 38special version instead the new school 357mag.
I've read my owners manual for my 686-4(made in mid 90's) looking at the chart for other models and what the ammo pressure level(+P) each model can handle, my 649 was not approved for +p but the 640 was approved for +p and an * was in the box rated for +p+ in 38 special. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Why is the 640 approved for +p and can handle +p+, but the 649 is not approved for +p? To me, both are made of steel!
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The reason for this post is that I like the old school snubbies(all steel). I think the snubbies that I have now are not approve for by the LE agency I'm applying for. I don't like the child safety lock on this new stuff.. I don't want to buy the new 640 because it's a 357magnum. If I buy a 357, I train with a 357. Also, for what I need this gun for the blast(muzzle flip & flash) is not worth the reduced performance and it will slow down follow up shoots.


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Red Bull RB7 - tyre warming strategy 08 October 2011
Red Bull have devised a clever way to maintain tyre temperatures in the garage. The FIA long ago banned systems designed to do this by heating the inside of the wheel rim, as introduced by Toyota in Canada 2005. Since Belgium this year, however, Red Bull have been placing a small, pre-heated aluminium cylinder (right) inside all four brake ducts, an idea tested by Williams some years ago. The cylinder's primary function is to heat up the brake discs, but it also stops cold discs and callipers from robbing the blanketed tyres of valuable temperature. Just before the car leaves the garage mechanics wearing special gloves remove the rudimentary brake duct covers (left) and take out the cylinders.


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ah..spring..and then the fun hurricanes and fires of fall
Do you realize that, like, every week there has been some major tragic things going on for a few months now..not just weatherwise. (Boston bombing,Kidnapped femlaes, Texas explosion, London axe hacking, Oklahoma tornado, and now Texas flooding.)
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Kahne and Budweiser Team To Help US Olympians - NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne and the No. 9 team's sponsor Budweiser have teamed up to feature a special paint scheme to honor the US Olympic Team during the winter games in Vancouver, Canada. Kahne's car will wear the special scheme during the 2010 season-opening Daytona 500 in February and the following weekend at Auto Club Speedway in California.
All proceeds from the sale of the die-cast cars will benefit our Olympians and their training.
Also helping make the announcement was former US Olympic Champion Dan Jansen, who is one of Kahne's neighbors.
"I just want to express my gratitude to Budweiser for the support," said Jansen. "I can't tell you what it means. I think that we are the only country in the world that does not receive one penny from our government. It's all realized through corporate and private sponsorships. I'm excited. Kasey lives about a mile from me. We hope it brings a lot of recognition to our Olympians."
"To have the Olympian Budweiser car is awesome," said Kahne. "When we unveiled it two weeks ago in St. Louis to the wholesalers and people who run the brewery and make all the quality beer, it was a lot of fun. There were 4,000 people who were excited, and we were, too. It's a great opportunity for our team to be part of the Olympics. I'm a fan of the Olympics, and I hope to get up there to see some of it. The die-cast goes on sale soon. Hopefully, we can help our Olympians a good bit."
Winners Named in Pilot Truck Driver Challenge - The top three 2009 NASCAR transporter drivers in the year-long Pilot Truck Driver Challenge were named this afternoon in a press conference in the Time Warner Media Center.
Winning the challenge was the transporter driver for the No. 20 JGR team, Tom "Thumper" McCrimmon, who won the $50,000 first prize and trophy. Second-place went to Bryan McClure of the No. 47 JTG Racing Team, who received $15,000. Taking third was a former champion, Peter Jellen, from the No. 18 JGR team, who received $10,000.
"I have to thank my partners who help me every week," said McCrimmon. "I have to thank Joe Gibbs Racing for making me a part of their team. I thought about this thing and told myself, 'you know you can do it.' And with Home Depot's help, I did it. Thanks to Pilot. Everything within the walls of these race tracks is a competition. And, thanks to Pilot, there is a truck driver competition. It's a place where we can showcase our skills. It's great."
Winning team owner J.D. Gibbs was also on hand and accepted a $50,000 fuel card for winning the challenge. Plans for the 2010 season call for $50,000 for the team in addition to the prize for the winning driver.


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'Tis also the season my husband had a great idea (the first of many, I hope) to bring me out of the no-vacation doldrums. We can't go to, say, the Caribbean, he reasoned, but why not pretend? We could investigate a few good Caribbean restaurants and then go back for a meal when our guests are in town. That way we'll all feel like we're on holiday.
Acting on the principle that a sound plan is best when quickly set into motion, we journeyed that very night to Haiti. Actually, we visited La Coupole, a Haitian restaurant on Sunset Drive. I was a bit concerned about our choice when I opened the door. With one fully mirrored wall, mauve linen napkins twisted into glasses, white tablecloths, and a white tile floor, the restaurant seems sterile, like a banquet hall where any type of cuisine might be served by a caterer. I appreciate the cleanliness, but aside from a few Haitian paintings on the wall, the atmosphere lacks character. Not even the piped-in music (generic pop) hints at La Coupole's roots. Fortunately, the menu gives it all away -- and for a nominal fee.
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Though the menu is limited (comprising two starters and eight entrees), the restaurant offers tasty renditions of the island's basic fare. A plate of fried malanga fritters, called acras ($4.00), were crunchy outside, smooth and light inside, with a chili afterkick intensified by an accompanying horseradish-heavy sauce of the sort you'd see in a shrimp cocktail. The same sauce came with the other appetizer, deep-fried chicken wings. The cocktail stuff seemed a little strange but we still enjoyed the juicy wings, which were coated with a crisp and flaky seasoned batter.
Entrees were preceded by green salads, refreshing if ordinary mixes of iceberg lettuce, sliced plum tomatoes, and slivers of green and red bell pepper. The dressings -- an oily Italian or a watery French -- were the problem here; they tasted bottled. The dinner rolls served with this course also appeared packaged. My advice: Save your appetite. The home-cooked dishes to come, generously plated, are worth your hungry attention.
Lambi, strips of sauteed conch smothered in Creole sauce, was tender enough to evoke a love song ($8.00). A slow-cooked, tomato-base sauce garnished with sauteed bell pepper and onion was tangy and piquant. Cabrit ($7.00) was simmered in an almost identical gravy and differed only in its main ingredient (rounds of goat meat) and a mellower sauce. The succulent, musky goat itself was some of the best I've had.
Goat is also available fried, as are turkey and pork. Although a trifle dry, deep-fried, unbreaded hunks of pork were tasty and plentiful, and greatly enhanced by a relish of pickled cabbage and carrot. All main courses were accompanied by terrific fried, pounded plantains (similar to tostones) and a mound of red beans and rice, steamy and fragrant but somewhat skimpy on the beans.
The waitstaff seemed a bit bewildered by our presence -- we weren't the only people in the restaurant, but we did seem to be the only paying customers -- and brought the check without asking if we wanted dessert. We ordered it anyway, choosing a slice of cheesecake ($2.50) over the only other option, chocolate cake. Like the decor, the dessert was presentable but somehow antiseptic, cleansed of nationality.
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If La Coupole was something of an assimilated experience, Irie Isle, a Jamaican restaurant in North Miami Beach, was downright culture shock. Located in a strip mall next to a reggae record shop and a tattoo parlor, the eatery is shabby (but clean), with an open kitchen, a few Jamaican airline souvenirs on the walls, and a blasting reggae soundtrack. Irie Isle is strictly counter service, with food presented in Styrofoam boxes, but you can sit and eat at one of the half-dozen tables if you wish. As you wait for your food to be prepared, nibble on a homemade beef patty (94 cents; the limited menu lists vegetable and curried chicken patties as well, but they weren't available when we visited). Though the disconcerting color of Velveeta (despite the absence of any cheese), the flaky pastries are delicious and are an excellent precursor to the "everyday dishes," or main courses, listed on a blackboard above the counter.
Piles of jerk chicken, already grilled, await your order ($5.99; $4.99 for lunch). Coated with crushed spices and brushed with a tangy barbecue sauce, the poultry (your choice of breast and wing or leg and thigh) was nothing short of fabulous, a zesty and filling entree. Oxtail and beans, sections of beefy tail stewed in a rich brown sauce with chunks of sweet carrots and butter beans, is another appetite-satisfying meal ($5.99; $4.99 for lunch). The beef, which had been braised first, was supple as a good pot roast, falling off the bone in hunks.


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It's fitting that La Lupe A One Woman Show is now in production, though the woman in question will be hard pressed to do La Lupe justice. Actress Lauren Velez takes on the challenge. Known for her work on such shows as Dexter, Ugly Betty, New York Undercover and Oz, the Brooklyn-born thespian will take the stage for one night in Miami Beach as the indomitable power that was La Lupe.
La Lupe a One Woman Show opens on Wednesday, April 15th at 7:30pm for one night only at the Colony Theater (1040 Lincoln RD, Miami Beach). Tickets run $35.
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VIDEO: Derelict pub site reveals hidden secret as 46 bodies are unearthed
Posted: July 10, 2010
|ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered 46 sets of human remains from what is thought to be a late-Roman cemetery during the redevelopment of a derelict pub.
The remains – including complete skeletons – were found during a dig at the site of the Talbot Inn, in Caistor, which is being transformed into a £1.3-million Lincolnshire Co-operative foodstore.
The site is being monitored by Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd because six sets of remains, believed to be Roman, had already been found during the pre-planning process.
Further graves were revealed and after consultation with the planning authority, a team from Pre-Construct undertook a five-week dig on the site.
As the dig came to an end on Thursday, the count was at 46 sets of remains, all of which have now been taken away for safekeeping and, eventually, burial.
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Fiona Walker, site supervising archaeologist, works on a full length skeleton which is thought to be an adult male.
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Rail-truck intermodal shipping combines the best of each transportation mode, making global trade economical and efficient.
A variety of indirect services provide prime opportunities for supply management to find savings and improve quality.
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Exfilna 2014
- Fecha de emisión: 27/02/2014
- Procedimiento de Impresión: Offset
- Papel: Engomado
- Tamaño del sello: 40,9 x 28,8 mm
- Tamaño de la hoja bloque: 105,6 x 79,2 mm
- Valor postal de los sellos: 3.16 €
- Tirada: 220,000
- Temática: Exfilna 2014
The Spanish National Philatelic Exhibition, EXFILNA 2014, will be celebrated this year in Torremolinos (Malaga). In its 52nd edition, we have the novelty of coinciding with the 1st European Convention for Collectors (ECC) which takes place in Spain. This show embraces different areas of collecting, such as bills, coins, bookplates, etchings, lottery tickets, among many others, and it dedicates a special section to philately and the stamp world. The ECC will be celebrated for the first time in a Spanish city and it is included within the type of international fairs embraced, often, by places like London (Stampex), Paris (Planète Timbre), and Italy (Veronaphil).
As in earlier years, EXFILNA 2014 has been organised by the Spanish Federation of Philatelic Societies (FESOFI) and has relied on the sponsorship of the Postal Service, among other institutions. In the Competition Class, more than 120 collections participate related to the groups and subgroups regulated by the Exhibition Rules, such as: traditional philately, postal history, thematic philately, aerophilately, astrophilately, postal stationary, maximaphily, tax philately, open philately, and modern philately. The section of philatelic literature has 25 participants. Also, during the exhibition several seminars on philately will take place and, for the first time, there will be an exhibition area where the philatelic novice can get to know the stamp, its history and evolution, its thematic diversity, its innovation towards a new perspective and, of course, what better way to start collecting stamps than to see a philatelic exhibition?
On the commemorative miniature sheet of EXFILNA 2014 we find the meeting place printed on the upper corner: Torremolinos from the 27th of February to the 2nd of March 2014. As a type of collage, the sketch includes different motifs and icons related to Torremolinos: the millstone, the typical skewers, etc. And the Tower, the area's emblem, is a main element, giving its image to the engraving stamp of this commemorative issue of the exhibition.
The Tower, known as the "Pimentel Tower", "Mill Tower", or "Mill Viewing Tower", is believed to have been built in the 14th century. It has the form of a rectangular prism and is 12 meters in height. In the tower there were various watch guards so that in the case of catching sight of enemy vessels they could make smoke fires, during the day, and light signals, during the night. In this way they alerted other towers to the danger.