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We use a quasi-experimental research design to study the effect of giving workers feedback on their relative performance. The setting is a firm in which workers are paid piece rates and where, for exogenous reasons, management begins to reveal to workers their relative position in the distribution of pay and productivity. We find that merely providing this information leads to a large and long-lasting increase in productivity that is costless to the firm. Our findings are consistent with the interpretation that workers' incipient concerns about their relative standing are activated by information about how they are performing relative to others.
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Effects of cigarette smoking and family history of alcoholism on sweet taste perception and food cravings in women. | |
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BACKGROUND: Despite popular beliefs that smoking affects the sensitivity and liking of sweet-tasting foods and beverages, few psychophysical studies have examined this phenomenon and none have taken into account the individual's family history of alcoholism (FH+), a predictor of heightened sweet preferences. METHODS: A within- and between-subjects study was conducted to determine the effect of both cigarette smoking and an acute exposure to nicotine on sweet taste sensitivity and preferences in women. Two groups were studied on 2 days separated by 1 week: women who were current smokers (n = 27, 18 were FH+) and those who never smoked in their lifetime (n = 22, 9 were FH+). Current smokers smoked nicotine-containing cigarettes during 1 test session and nicotine-free cigarettes during the other. The procedures were identical during both test sessions for the group of never smokers, with the exception that they did not smoke. Two-alternative staircase methods and forced-choice tracking procedures were used to assess sucrose thresholds and preferences, respectively, during both test session. Standardized questionnaires were administered to assess food cravings as well as smoking and alcohol usage and dependence. The Family Interview for Genetic Studies was used to detect alcoholism according to the DSM III criteria for family members up to second-degree relatives. RESULTS: Acute exposure to nicotine did not affect sucrose detection thresholds or preferences, but smokers had significantly higher sucrose detection thresholds than never smokers. The greater the smoking dose in pack-years, the lower the sucrose sensitivity. Regardless of smoking status, women who were FH+ preferred significantly higher sucrose concentrations and craved sweets more often than women who were not. CONCLUSIONS: Both smoking and having a family history of alcoholism had differential effects on sweet taste. Smoking was associated with decreased sweet taste sensitivity whereas having a family history of alcoholism was associated with heightened sweet preferences. These findings suggests that future research on the effects of smoking on food habits and cravings should take into account family history of alcoholism given its association with sweet liking and the increased likelihood to develop a tobacco disorder. |
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"IN 1555" says M. Louis Crié, "Pierre Belon, of Mans, well known by his travels in Italy, Greece, and the East, revealed himself as an observer of great sagacity and as a bold thinker. With him came at once the end of compilation and the beginning of observation. He added to the common treasure of knowledge more wealth than all his predecessors from antiquity and all his contemporaries put together." M. Gustave Tissandier calls him one of the great savants of the sixteenth century, who, like his contemporary, Bernard Palissy, would rather study facts in the book of nature than in men's books — "a conscientious observer, fascinated with the truth, we may consider him one of the initiators of modern natural history."
Pierre Belon was born at Soulletière, near Mans, in 1517, and died in 1564. His tastes for studies in natural history were developed at an early age, and were encouraged by his friend Rend de Bellay, Bishop of Mans, with whose aid he entered upon the study of medicine at Paris. There he formed a friendship with the poet Ronsard. Having obtained his doctor's degree, he went, in 1540, to Würtemberg, to attend the lectures of the botanist Valerius Cordus. In company with his teacher he traveled through Germany and Bohemia. The country was greatly excited over the controversies of the Reformation; and at Thionville, on his return journey home, he was arrested by the Spanish occupants, under suspicion of being a partisan of the new doctrines. He was obliged to buy his freedom with funds that were advanced by a learned gentleman named Dehamme, who was a great admirer of Ronsard. Returning to Paris, he found generous protectors in Bishop Duprat of Clermont, the Cardinal of Lorraine, and the Cardinal of Tournon. Tournon provided him with quarters in the Abbey of Saint-Germaine, and advanced the cost of the voyages which he desired to make for prosecuting his studies. The words in which Belon conveyed his request for this aid at once attest his earnestness in the pursuit of his object, and illustrate the spirit of a time when the small were free to call upon the great for help in such matters. "When you know," he said, "the desire that I have to obtain knowledge of the things pertaining to the material of medicines and plants, which I can not well acquire except by a long pilgrimage, you will be pleased to command me to go and seek them in distant regions, in the places of their origin."
Belon left France at the beginning of 1546, and was gone between three and four years. He went to Crete and Constantinople; then visited Lemnos, Mount Athos, Tlirace, and the Grecian islands; thence went to Egypt, where he made observations that have become famous at Alexandria and Cairo; traveled through Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople; and returned to France, by way of Rome, during the year 1549. To his friend Ronsard this journey had all the adventure and importance of a general exploration of the globe, and he celebrated it appropriately in verse, glorifying Belon as if he had been one of the greatest of navigators.
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Fig. 1. — Portrait of the Giraffe (after Pierre Belon). |
He was also given a residence in the Château de Madrid, in the Bois de Boulogne, where, during the remaining years of his life, he studied natural science and wrote his celebrated books. One evening in 1564, as he was crossing the Bois, on the way to visit his friend Jacques du Breuil, he was attacked, by highwaymen, it is supposed, and killed, in the forty-eighth year of his age.
The "Natural History of Fishes"[2] marks Belon, according to M. Crié, as the founder of modern ichthyology. While rectifying and enlarging what Aristotle had said, the Mansian naturalist gave a positive basis to ichthyology by descriptions and figures of a considerable number of species. In the 'Aquatilibus' are described a hundred and ten fishes, of which twenty-two are cartilaginous, seventeen fresh-water, and the rest sea fishes. . . . The figures representing them are easily recognizable, not-withstanding the simplicity of the style of the wood-engravings.
"His philosophical mind had a very correct appreciation of the genera. His groupings were made with a surprisingly just instinct. To an indefatigable activity he joined vast erudition. He brought to the front the study of nature and of the books that treat of it. . . . The feature that especially prepared new bases for the science of fishes was his observations on the thoracic and abdominal splanchnology of those animals. He gives with infinite sagacity correct details respecting the liver, its shape, and the number of its lobes; the spleen, its position, volume, and size; the gall; the intestine, its direction and disposition; and the pyloric appendages, which he called apophyses cæcos. Long before the fine researches of Cuvier, Mierendorff, Valenciennes, and Duvernay, Belon first studied the conformation of the liver in more than thirty species of fishes. We copy from this book a curious picture of a hippopotamus of the Nile devouring a crocodile (Fig. 2). The germ of embryology appears
Fig. 2. — The Hippopotamus of the Nile (after Pierre Belon).
in a most remarkable manner in a representation, in the first of the books named in our note, of the matrix and embryo of the porpoise. These works, in which the genius of Belon showed itself to be of a superior order, were followed by the book on the "Nature of Birds," * which is described by M. Crié as an "imperishable work, a fruitful source of instruction to the philosopher and the naturalist." It was the crowning work of Belon's life, and marks an era in the history of science, for in it was developed and illustrated the idea of a uniform plan of structure among animals. Belon had already in his "Fishes" and his descriptions of plants definitely applied the distinctions of genera and species, and had invented the binary nomenclature to take the place of the long-drawn and often not satisfactory descriptions with which previous authors had tried to mark these differences. More than one hundred and eighty years before Linnæus he had brought similar plants into single groups, to which he applied common or generic names — as Fagi, Ulmi, Fraxini, Aceres, Corni, etc. — and had then substituted for the usual descriptive phrase a specific name, sometimes an adjective relating to an external quality, as Smilax aspera, Smilax lævis, Papaver corniculatum; sometimes one of the common names of the period or of a celebrated person.
At the very beginning of his book on "Birds," Belon placed a representation of the skeleton of a bird face to face with a human skeleton, and marked by a common lettering the features and parts common to both. By this, creating the comparative method,
[3] he opened a new pathway in science. The thought of unity thus presented for the first time by Belon is the same that was declared two hundred and fifty years afterward by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Belon's division of birds — into the Fissipedes and the
Fig. 3. — Skeletons of a Bird and of Man.
AB. Birds have no teeth, but a cutting beak, strong or weak, large or small, according to the matter they have to pick to pieces and on which they live. M. Two long and narrow scapulæ, one on each side. Œ. Bone called the merry-thonght, or breast-bone, found in no animal except the bird. D. Six ribs, attached to the chest of the stomach in front, and behind to the six vertebræ of the back. F. The two bones of the hips are long, for there are no vertebræ below the ribs. G. Six bones of the ramp. H. The round bone of the knee. I. The sutures of the skull do not show unless it is boiled. K. Twelve vertebræ of the neck, and six of the back. L. The two key-bones. N. The bones of the arms or shoulders. O. The chest of the breast. P. The little bone of the elbow. Q. The large bone of the elbow. K. The bone of the wrist, called carpus. S. The knots and articulations, called condili. T. The pinion, called appendix, which is related to the wing as the thumb to the band. T. The bone after the wrist called metacarpium. U. The extremity of the wing, which is like our fingers. V. A number of bones at the end of the wing, two of which have the form of netting-needles (or shuttles); one larger and the other smaller, which is proportioned in the bird as in us the hollow of the hand, which is called in Greek Thenar, and in Latin Palma. X. The large bone of the thighs, one on each side. Y. The large bone of the leg. Z. The small bone of the leg. &. The bone given for the leg to birds, corresponding with our heel. AA. Just as we have four {quatre) toes on the feet, so have birds four (quatre') fingers, the hinder one of which is given in proportion as the big toe with us. BB. Four articulations in the outer finger. CC. Three articulations in this finger. DD. Two articulations in this finger, as also in the hinder one. Palmipedes—is precisely that of Cuvier which is taught in elementary books. Other correspondences of classification with the classifications of Linnæus and Cuvier will be found in the following: table:
Belon's classification. |
Classification of Linnæus. | Cuvier's classification. |
Day and night birds of prey. | Accipitres. | Birds of prey. |
Birds having flat feet and swimming on the water. | Anseres. | Palmipedes. |
Birds having flat feet, etc. | Seolopeces, or Grallæ. | Waders. |
Birds that build their nests on the ground. | Gallinæ. | Gallinaceæ. |
Birds that are found everywhere. | Galingale Passeres. | Gallinaceæ Passeres. |
Birds that haunt hedges, sticks, thickets, thorns, and briers. | Passeres. | Passeres. |
The main classification of birds has thus not been materially changed since 1555. The portrait of a wren is a specimen of the ordinary illustrations in "The Birds" (Fig. 4).
Belon composed a treatise on agriculture,[4] in which was included a list of exotic plants which it would be desirable to acclimate
Fig. 4.—The Wren (after Pierre Belon). |
in France, and suggested the foundation of an establishment for that purpose. Something of the kind was carried out under Belon's direction by René de Bellay on his estate of Touvoy, near Mans.
Besides the works already described, Belon published a history of conifers[5] and a treatise on the funeral monuments and sepultural usages of the ancients and the substances used by them for the preservation of bodies.[6] According to Renouard, he translated the treatise of Dioscorides into French. He also made a version of Theophrastus's "History of Plants," which has been lost. The magnitude of his works indicates that he had an enormous capacity for labor. His writings on anatomy, botany, agriculture, and medicine, as measured by M. Crié, display a rare critical faculty, and nearly all his observations overreach the horizon of his epoch.
A statue of the great naturalist was unveiled at Mans on the 9th of October, 1887, with an address by M. Crié. The portrait we publish is a copy of the engraving that was prefixed to the "Singularities," and represents Belon in his doctor's cap.
- ↑ "Les Voyages de Pierre Belon." "Revue scientifique," 1883, No. 7.
- ↑ "Histoire naturelle des estranges poissons marins, avec le vraie peinture et description du dauphin et de plusieurs autres de son espèce," 1551, with woodcuts; "Nature et diversité des poissons, avec leurs portraicts," 1553; " De aquatilibus libri duo, cum iconibus ad vivam ipsorum effigiem quoad fieri potuit," 1553.
- ↑ "Histoire de la nature des oyseaux, avec leurs descriptions et naifs pourtraicts retirez du naturel, escripte en sept livres," 1555.
- ↑ "Les remonstrances sur le défaut du labour et culture des plantes, et de la connoissance d'icelles, contenant la manière d'affranchir et apprivisoir les arbrcs sauvages," 1558.
- ↑ "De arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliisque nonnullis sempiterni fronde virentibus," 1553.
- ↑ "De admirabili operum antiquorum præstantia," 1553.


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Usain bolts to world record |
Phelps on the Mark
Federer-Wawrinka win gold
China denied medal sweep
Vijender, Jitender delight
Athletes fail to make a mark
Phelps is best ever: Spitz
Lithuania move closer to dream
20km walk
Borchin beat home 1996 Olympic champion Jefferson Perez of Ecuador (1hr 19.15) while Australias Jared Tallent (1hr 19.42) filled the bronze medal position.
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Jang Miran was crowned the strongest woman on the planet when she won Olympic gold and broke 3 world records to give S Korea their 2nd wlifting title. |
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Iraq's Dana Abdulrazak, who braved sniper fire and bombs in order to train and withstood a bid to ban her over Olympic politics, was a winner just by starting the women's 100 m opening heats on Saturday. Never mind the results showed that she finished sixth in the second heat in 12.36 seconds, 59th overall in a field of 85, and failed to qualify for the second round. What they did not show was how much it meant for her to represent her strife-torn homeland. "It wasn't important to be first. It was important to represent Iraq," she said. "I'm very happy to be here." Abdulrazak, 22, realised the dream that kept her training day after day while dodging bullets and bombs. |
In an 'epic' journey covering 2,400 km by a tricycle in five weeks, a 97-year-old grandmother has arrived at Beijing to watch the Chinese badminton team in action. Xiao Xincui started the voyage from Henan province sitting on the back of the tricycle paddled by her grandson Liu Xianghui. Old Xiao arrived in the Games Village to see women's singles champion Zhang Ning playing on Saturday. Xiao's grandson said he wanted to make the trip as a 'Thank you' gesture to his grandmother for bringing him up. |
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian was on Saturday stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won and then dumped in podium protest, an official said. The Swede, who won silver in Athens, grudgingly climbed the podium after finishing third in the 84kg class here on Thursday. But he left the medal at the centre of the competition mat before stalking off the stage with a raised clenched right fist. |
Usain bolts to world record
Beijing, August 16 |Jamaica's Usain Bolt won 100 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics in a world record time on Saturday, thumping his chest in celebration as he scorched to victory in 9.69 seconds.
The 21-year-old won his country's first Olympic title in the blue riband event and capped an astonishing rise to the top of his sport. His former world record was 9.72 seconds. Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago won the silver and American Walter Dix the bronze. Bolt's time was rounded up from 9.68 which was flashed up immediately after the race in the stadium. "I came here just to win, that was my aim," Bolt told the BBC. "I didn't even know I'd won the record till I did my victory lap. "I am just focusing on the 200 metres now. I came here prepared and I'm going to do it." Jamaican Asafa Powell, whose world mark Bolt bettered with a run of 9.72 in May, once again failed to deliver on the big stage and finished fifth. "I messed up big time," he said. "My legs died on me. Usain ran an awesome race. I'm very happy for him. "I really wanted to get that gold medal but it's just obvious I wasn't ready for it yet." World champion Tyson Gay of the U.S. did not even make the final, finishing fifth in his semi to end hopes of a showdown between the three fastest men ever. Bolt, a 200 metres specialist who had run only one professional race in the shorter distance before this year, will now turn his attention to becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win the Olympic sprint double. Anxious to avoid the tougher training regime of the 400 metres, Bolt reached an agreement with his coach last year that if he broke the Jamaican 200m record he would be allowed to try the 100. The reggae-loving Bolt duly delivered and ran an impressive 10.03 seconds in his first outing in Greece in July last year. The 6ft 5in (1.96m) world 200m silver medallist picked up where he left off with an identical time in his first outing of 2008 but his third run in Kingston was simply remarkable. His time of 9.76 was then the second fastest in history and his coach Glen Mills reckoned he could have broken Powell's record of 9.74 had he not turned to check on his rivals towards the end. Better was yet to come. In New York on the last day of May, Bolt, who because of his height sometimes struggles with his start, got off to a flyer and thundered down the track in 9.72 seconds. Jamaica had a new world record holder. Since then, he has oozed confidence and looked to be running well within himself as he stormed through the first two rounds of heats in Beijing. A keen cricketer before he turned to athletics, Bolt first announced his talent when he became the youngest world junior champion by winning the 200m in Kingston in 2002 at the age of 15. Now, he will be remembered as the man who brought the first 100m gold to his island, which in Linford Christie, Donovan Bailey and the now disgraced Ben Johnson had produced three Olympic 100 metres champions for other countries. Reuters |
Beijing, August 16 Trailing Serbia's Milorad Cavic in the 100 metres butterfly, he lunged forward on his final stroke to touch a hundredth of a second ahead, the smallest margin possible. Phelps, the sporting phenomenon of the Beijing 2008 Games, punched the air and screamed with joy as a capacity crowd in the Water Cube rose to hail him. "It's pretty cool, that's all I can say," said Phelps, who thought halfway he had blown it. "I am in a sort of dream world." On Sunday, Phelps can go one better than Spitz if he wins an eighth Beijing gold in the 100 medley relay. The man he may surpass was gracious with his compliments. "He can be called the best Olympian of all time," Spitz told America's NBC television, "not because he has more gold medals than anybody but in the way he's handled himself and in the way he's actually won under a tremendous amount of pressure." Phelps now has 13 career golds, four more than anyone else in the 112-year history of the modern Games. Only seventh at the turn on Saturday, Phelps's second length was one of the comebacks of his career. He clocked 50.58 seconds to Cavic's 50.59, close enough for Serbian officials to protest. FINA confirmed the result. "I personally looked at the video footage and it was very clear the Serbian swimmer touched second," race referee Ben Ekumbo said. Phelps said he was hurting during the last 10 metres. "It was my last individual race and I just wanted to finish as strong as I could," he said, laughing and waving at fans. Phelps's success is down to total focus and the perfect swimmer's physique of large torso and huge reach on short legs. His arm span is 3 inches (7.6 cm) more than his 6ft 4 height. The only surprise was that Phelps did not win in world record time, unlike his other six title-winning swims in Beijing. The women, though, were in record breaking form. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, who had won three silvers already in Beijing, finally struck gold in the women's 200 backstroke, bringing some rare cheer to her troubled homeland. She shaved 0.85 seconds off the previous world best. "I'm so excited I can hear my national anthem play, I'm so proud, it'll be exciting back home," said Coventry, who has been called a "golden girl" by President Robert Mugabe in a rare accolade from him for Zimbabwe's white minority. Reuters |
Beijing, August 16 The Swiss duo beat Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3 on Saturday. When Federer closed out the victory with a service winner, he threw up his arms and began hopping, then hugged his partner. The medal is the first in three Olympics for Federer, who has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles. He was beaten in the quarterfinals of singles at Beijing by James Blake and his four-and-half-year reign atop the rankings will end on Monday when Rafael Nadal becomes No. 1. Nadal in final
Spain's Rafael Nadal underlined his dominance of men's tennis with a three-set win over Novak Djokovic to reach the Olympic Games final. Nadal, who will face Chile's Fernando Gonzalez tomorrow, overcame a second-set lapse to win 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in two hours and 10 minutes yesterday. A horrendous error from the third-ranked Djokovic sealed it for Nadal when the Serb missed the open court with an overhead on match point. Nadal, who becomes world number one the day after the final, is now just one match away from adding the gold medal to this season's seven-trophy haul including the French Open and Wimbledon. The high-energy 22-year-old started with a bang, breaking at 1-0 and again at 3-1, before Djokovic picked up the pace. He struck again in the decider when Djokovic was serving to stay in the match, returning the Serb's hardest forehand and retrieving a drop shot. Djokovic fired his smash wide on the second match point.
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Beijing, August 16 Lu took game one easily 21-11 but lost the second 21-13 as Yulianti showed her reach during some tough rallies. In the decider, Yulianti had an eight-point run before the break at 11-8 and then scored seven straight points afterwards. Lu grabbed seven of the last 10 points but her deficit was too large and she burst into tears after losing 21-15. China's Zhang Ning successfully defended her Olympic women's badminton singles title on Saturday with a hard-fought battle over compatriot Xie Xingfang, becoming the oldest woman to win the gold. Xie took silver and Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti won the bronze. Zhang took game one 21-12 but Xie fought back to win the second, pushing her 33-year-old opponent all over the court. Zhang took an early lead in the deciding game but seemed to tire as it went on and allowed Xie to tie it up at 15-15. Flicking sweat to the sidelines and breathing heavily, Zhang somewhere found the energy to pick up the pace and turned the tables on 27-year-old Xie. Zhang clinched the match 21-18, jumping for joy before sinking to her knees, burying her head in her hands and wiping away the tears. Reuters |
Beijing, August 16 Vijender Kumar outpunched Thailands Angkhan Chomphuphuang in a virtually one-sided affair of the mens middle-weight (75kg) category to storm into the quarterfinals of the Olympic competition here today. The terrain looked easier for Vijender in comparison to what Akhil Kumar had against the World Champion yesterday as he posted a 2-0, 4-1, 4-0, 3-2 (13-3) win today. Vijender was completely in an attacking mode from the start as his Thailand rivals punches failed to give him any useful points. The Haryana-based boxers jabs and uppercuts proved too hot for Chomphuphuang to handle as the Indian raced to 6-1 lead after two rounds. As Vijender noticed his impressive points tally, he started his onslaught in the third round and grabbed four points while his rival kept searching for opportunities. In the last round the Thai boxer did manage to take two points against Indians three but it was a case of too little and too late. In the quarterfinals, Vijender will lock horns with Carlos Gongora of Ecuador. Indian hopes of a first Olympic boxing medal are high now with three fighters reaching the quarterfinals. The trio, coincidentally all called Kumar, a common name in India, will secure at least bronze if they win their next bouts. Jitender Kumar, light-flyweight, reached the last eight on Saturday by outpointing Uzbek Tulashboy Doniyorov 13-6 before Vijender followed him through with a 13-3 points win over Thailands Angkhan Chomphuphuang. Bantamweight Akhil Kumar had advanced on Friday, extending a brilliant run by upsetting Russian world champion Sergey Vodopyanov. Jitender, who survived a fright when Doniyorov opened a cut on his chin but was able to finish the bout, paid tribute to Akhil for giving him precious advice. Akhil had fought him (Doniyorov) before and knew a lot about him, Jitender said. We talked about the fight last night. I couldn't sleep but Akhil told me I would win. All the credit goes to him. Jitender will be tested in the next round when he meets Russias Georgy Balakshin. Akhil, who had outboxed 2005 world silver medallist Ali Hallab of France in the first round, seems Indias best bet. The shaven-headed 27-year-old, whose win over Vodopyanov came on Indias Independence Day, will face Moldovas Veaceslav Gojan for a place in the last four. Agencies |
Beijing, August 16 The track and field events continued to throw up disappointment as Vikas Gowda's Beijing Olympics campaign wilted in the qualifying round itself with the US-based Indian discus thrower failing to reach anywhere near his personal best today. Gowda, who had a similar experience four years ago at the Athens Olympics, hurled the discus 60.69 to finish 11th in Group A and 22nd overall, a performance way below his personal best and national record of 64.96m. Meanwhile, Mandeep Kaur too could not lift the gloom as she failed to qualify for the semifinals of the women's 400m event. Mandeep, who ran an impressive career-best 51.74 seconds at the 38th National Inter-state Athletics Championships in Madurai in June, could not repeat the performance here and timed 52.88 to finish sixth in the seven-athlete Heat Two and overall 33rd. First three from each of the seven heats and the next three fastest made it to the semifinals of the event. Heptathletes fail to qualify In women's hepthalon, Pramila, Shobha and Sushmita could not even cross the qualifying round for the final line-up of 15. True, Pramila today came up with the best show among the three Indians to finish 28th but it was not good enough for a place in the final. Shobha and Sushmita came 30th and 33rd respectively. Pramila secured 983 points in 100m hurdles, 903 in high jump, 639 in shot put, 894 each in 200m and long jump, 692 in javelin and 777 in 800m to finish with a total of 5771. Shobha totalled 5749 while Susmita aggregated 5705. Ukrainian Nataliia Dobrynska won the gold with an aggregate of 6733, while compatriot Lyudmila Blonska (6700) grabbed silver and American Hyleas Fontain (6619) bagged the bronze in the event. Agencies |
Beijing, August 16 Phelps, 23, on Saturday matched Spitz's record of winning seven gold medals at one Olympics with a fingertip victory in the men's 100 metre butterfly final. This not only puts him on a par with Spitz's record but also gives him a shot at topping that by bagging an eighth gold when he competes in his final event on Sunday, the 4x100 medley relay. "I think that he can be called, Michael, the best Olympian of all time, more so not because he has more gold medals than anybody but in the way he's handled himself and in the way he's actually won under a tremendous amount of pressure," Spitz told the U.S. television network NBC. Spitz, 58, said he always knew someone would eventually match the benchmark he set at 1972 Munich Games. He called Phelps's performance "epic" and said the Baltimore native represents "an inspiration to youngsters around the world." As Phelps has bagged gold after gold at Beijing, the world's media had been hunting for Spitz to get his reaction to the swimmer attacking his record after 36 years. There were rumours that he was in Beijing, then that he was in Hong Kong, and then that he was at home in California. However it turned out he was in Detroit, watching one of his two sons play in a basketball tournament. After Saturday's race Phelps told NBC that he thought he had lost the race that earned him a extra $1 million from sponsor Speedo which promised him a bonus if he matched Spitz's record. "As soon as I took the last half stroke, to be honest, I thought I had lost the race," he told the U.S. network that bought exclusive broadcasting rights to the Aug 8-24 Games. "And that was the difference, 'cause if I would have glided then I would have come up short. I've been lucky enough over the last four years to have two pretty good finishes in Olympic finals. I guess I'm blessed." Whether he wins an eighth gold medal or not, Phelps will leave Beijing as the most successful Olympian of all time. By Saturday he had lifted his gold medal tally to 13 which tops the previous record of nine held jointly by Spitz, U.S. sprinter Carl Lewis, Finnish distance runner Paavo Nurmi and Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina. Reuters |
Lithuania move closer to dream
Beijing, August 16 ''Our main goal is to win a medal here,'' Lithuania coach Ramunas Butautas told Reuters. ''That's what we're dreaming of and we'll do everything we can to achieve that.'' Guard Mindaugas Lukauskis led Lithuania's fightback, finishing with 20 points after Croatia had taken a three-point lead at halftime. Lithuania won Olympic bronze in 1992, 1996 and 2000 but had been overlooked before Beijing with the United States, Argentina and Spain expected to dominate the medals. ''We don't mind that,'' shrugged Lithuania's Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza. ''We don't need no attention. We all know what we can do.'' Croatia slipped to 2-2 in Group A to leave their quarter-final hopes in the balance. Meanwhile, Australia outmuscled Russia 95-80 to leave the European champions on the brink of elimination. Milwaukee Bucks centre Andrew Bogut scored 22 points in a physical game as the ''Boomers'' levelled their record to 2-2 to effectively secure a place in the quarter-finals. The struggling Russians slipped to 1-3 and would have to upset 2004 Athens gold medallists Argentina in their final Group B game and rely on a miracle from winless Iran. Bogut said he had no problems with winning ugly. Reuters |
Russian grabs maiden gold
Beijing, August 16 The 22-year-old, who served a one year drugs ban in 2005-06, had been swept up in a confusing story prior to the Games where his coach said that he had failed a drugs test but which was denied by the national team coach. Borchin beat home 1996 Olympic champion Jefferson Perez of Ecuador (1hr 19.15) while Australias Jared Tallent (1hr 19.42) filled the bronze medal position. Rustam Kuvatov of Kazakhstan set the early pace and was narrowly ahead after 2km just after the athletes had left the stadium. Kuvatovs flirtation with Olympic fame came to an end just after the 5km mark as he was caught and passed by Francisco Fernandez of Spain while Irelands Robert Heffernan took closer order on his shoulder. A group of 26 were now clear of the rest of the field. At the 8km mark Fernandez silver medallist in Athens and three times a silver medallist in the world championships - was joined up front by defending champion Ivano Brugnetti with Eder Sanchez of Mexico also prominent while Heffernan and Australias Luke Adams looked dangerous. AFP |
Melbourne, August 16 The tournament, supposed to be a showpiece of one-day cricket, featuring the top eight sides in the world, remains in limbo despite the ICC's position that the security measures they have implemented are sufficient to ensure the tournament could proceed. According to The Age, the ICC security task force yesterday briefed Australian captain Ricky Ponting, vice-captain Michael Clarke, chief executive James Sutherland and players association chief Paul Marsh. They also heard a personal reflection from Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson on the reality of life in Pakistan. But no decision has yet been made by Cricket Australia on whether to commit to sending the team, now that they have been briefed by the ICC they will make their decision in the next week and report to the ICC. Irrespective of that decision, Ponting knows that there will be players in the squad who will not tour. Matthew Hayden, Andrew Symonds and Stuart Clark have all raised grave concerns already. ICC general manager Dave Richardson briefed the Australians on the situation yesterday after speaking to the New Zealand team the day before. He said the Kiwis greeted the briefing with cynicism and animated opposition. Richardson said the tournament could still be shifted to Sri Lanka if the situation in Pakistan deteriorated or if it appeared so many countries refused to attend, or the squads they sent were so weakened that the tournament became compromised. Uncertainty grips PCB
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board ran quarter page advertisements in newspapers today announcing the launch of Champions Trophy but there is a sinking feeling of a losing battle among its officials and they are "expecting the worst" in the next few days, say sources. According to well-informed sources in the board, strong chances are that the Champions Trophy might be relocated or postponed even as Australia and New Zealand refused to confirm their participation despite briefings from ICC task force in the last 48 hours on the security arrangements being made for the event slated to be held from September 12. "Some teams have also raised questions about the timing of the competition in Pakistan when Muslims the world over fast in the holy month of Ramazan," one source said. "The truth is that even within the PCB there is a sinking feeling of a losing battle and they are expecting the worst in the next few days," said the source, who is well aware of the cricket developments said. The same feeling is prevailing in the ICC camp office in Lahore although no one is willing to speak on record. "If the ICC manages to convince the teams that Champions Trophy should be held in Pakistan then it would be a major achievement but at the moment most of the teams are in the comfortable position of defending themselves by pointing out that the travel advisories to them by their foreign office does not encourage travelling to Pakistan," the source said. Even former players are questioning the role of PCB during the exercise being carried out by the ICC task force to convince teams to play in Pakistan. PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf's continued absence from the country (as he is in the United States with his family reportedly on vacations) and the failure of the board to send senior board and security officials with the task force have come under scrutiny. "I don't understand this given the critical situation when the ICC task force was in Pakistan, the chairman was not in the country. Then why send coach Geoff Lawson to Australia and New Zealand when already in the past even the Australians were not convinced by his arguments about playing in Pakistan," former Test captain Javed Miandad told PTI.
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Asif leaves for Geneva
Karachi, August 16 Asif, who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug during the IPL, would come to know whether he faces more disciplinary action or not only after the "B" sample test. Asif's lawyer Shahid Karim has informed that they have hired a British sports medicine specialist Dr Graham who would accompany them to ensure that the test is conducted under specifications of the World Anti-Doping Agency rules. "We have obtained the best possible help to assist us in the case as Asif is adamant he is innocent," Karim said. Although the pacer - who spent 19 days in detention in Dubai airport for carrying a banned substance while returning home from India after playing in the IPL - has a tainted past, he said he was mentally prepared to face every situation and insisted that he never did anything wrong in his career. "We are having the 'B' sample test for the reconfirmation. And we have to be present there. Inshallah! I will be cleared," said Asif, who had tested positive along with fellow paceman Shoaib Akhtar for banned substance - Nandrolone in 2006 before the Champions Trophy, but escaped bans after an Appellate Tribunal cleared them on technical grounds. Asif is presently suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board and was not selected in next month's Champions Trophy squad, but he maintained he would come out clean and earn his place back in the national team. "If I am cleared which I am confident I will be, I will try to make a place for myself in the Pakistan team as soon as possible," he said. PTI |
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SAVING THE Alexander Archipelago wolfThe Alexander Archipelago wolf is an island wolf. These distinct wolves roam the islands and coastal mainland in the Alexander Archipelago, a network of more than 1,000 islands, glaciated peaks, and deep river valleys in remote southeast Alaska. This region is also home to the Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in North America, with some of the largest remaining stands of old-growth, temperate rainforest in the world. But the wolves and their rainforest home are under continued threats from industrial logging, road building, overharvest from hunting, and large-scale habitat loss as the U.S. Forest Service continues to plan big timber sales in key wolf habitats. The Center has been working to save the Alexander Archipelago wolf since 1996, when we and allies first petitioned to protect the wolf under the Endangered Species Act. After we filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect the wolf under the Endangered Species Act. Since then, officials have continued to deny the wolf Endangered Species Act safeguards, relying instead on the inadequate general protections bestowed under broader national forest regulations — so in 2011, with allies, we petitioned again to protect the wolf, the next year suing again after protections were delayed. In December 2009, we filed suit to save roadless areas on the Tongass National Forest, which make up 80 percent of the wolf's habitat. |
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TRMM TMI Quick Look Images, subsetted at Dartmouth from global mosaics prepared by Chris Kidd, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
In late January the south of Mozambique was hit by torrential rains which led to the flooding of the Incomati, the Umbeluzi and the Limpopo rivers in the provinces of Maputo and Gaza. Rainy season usually begins in March in Mozambique. From Feburary 4-7 the heaviest rains in 40 years renewed the flooding in Mozambique, swamping the capital Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola; many towns became isolated due to the destruction of roads and bridges. TRMM TMI data show this heavy rain starting over coastal Mozambique on February 2, and then intensifying and moving inland over northern South Africa and Botwana by Feburary 6th. This second episode of rain caused flooding in the provinces of Mpumalanga and Northern in northeastern South Africa and in central Botswana; new areas of Mozambique were also affected, including the central provinces of Inhambane and Sofala. The rain that Botwana experienced from February 7 to 9 was the equivalent to three quarters of the annual precipitation in that arid country; it caused the worst floods in 30 years.
TRMM TMI data show the heavy rain continuing over southern Mozambique through February 15. After a short break Cyclone Eline can be seen approaching on the 19th and then it can be seen coming ashore over Inhambane and Sofala Provinces on the 21st. Cyclone Eline caused extensive damage to the infrastructure in Mozambique, damaging roads, bridges, railway and electricity networks. Cyclone Eline also caused renewed flooding in Northern Province of South Africa, where it killed 6 people; then it moved inland over Zimbabwe, where the Limpopo River along the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe was at its highest level in 15 years. Cyclone Eline left much of Mozambique's southern Gaza and central Inhambane provinces accessible only by air. The cyclone killed an additional 17 people in Mozambique, most of them in the town of Nova Mambone in Ihambane Province.
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Ripa is an ultra-modern hotel located in a lively Trastevere area, near river Tiber in the extreme proximity to St. Peter, the Vatican and Porta Portese flea market. Spanish Steps, Imperial Forum, and Trevi Fountain can also be found in the very neighborhood of the site.
The property consists of 170 air-conditioned rooms, including non-smoking and disabled rooms; all appointed with a complete bathroom, Internet, mini-bar, heating, telephone, sat TV, hair-dryer and a terrace.
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Video TranscriptYOU CAN HELP THOSE IN MAYFLOWER AND VILONIA. 40/29'S PAIGE PREUSSE IS LIVE IN BENTONVILLE TO TELL US HOW. PAIGE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO HELP, RIGHT? THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN GET ON BOARD IN OUR COMMUNITY... WE'RE HERE IN THE SQUARE WHERE THIS VENDOR IS COLLECTING DONATIONS TO HOUSE ANIMALS IN NEED OF HOMES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES! NORTHWEST ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF DONATIONS SO FAR, "It's really heartwarming to know that people want to help and people want to do something." BUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERS SAY THEY'RE STILL IN NEED OF MORE! THEY'LL BE COLLECTING ALL NEXT WEEK AT THEIR LOCATION IN BENTONVILLE.... ON SATURDAY, THE GROUP WILL DELIVER ALL OF THESE ITEMS... TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS. "If you want to go to Central Arkansas and help out that'd be great." THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES, FIRST FAITH CHURCH IN BENTONVILLE IS LOOKING IS JUST NOW STARTING TO COLLECT DONATIONS: "we're not the first ones there, but we're the last ones to leave. several churches involved in the help CHURCH LEADERS SAY IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DONATE "We have people consistently coming in and out and they'll be watching for more donations to come in." THE CHURCH SAYS THEY HAVE A LIST OF SPECIFIC DONATIONS THAT YOU CAN BRING... AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARLY ITEMS YOU WOULD THINK, FOR INSTANCE BATTERIES, AND FEMININE PRODUCTS. WE'VE PUT INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH BOTH ON OUR WEBSITE...4029 TV.COM LIVE IN BENTONVILLE PP IN FAULKNER COUNTY, OFFICIALS PREFER THAT PEOPLE GIVE GIFT CARDS AND THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTING BOTTLED WATER.
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HoopsHype Courtney Lee rumors
Asking a player about his struggles right after he just shook your hand and told you how happy he was to see you again after a long offseason gives you pause in an effort to word that question as delicately as possible. Such was the case when a smiling, friendly and enthusiastic Courtney Lee stepped in front of a handful of microphones at Tuesday's Shamrock Foundation golf tournament and was – as politely as could be – asked to relive last year's nightmarish first season in Boston. "First of all you don't have to be scared to ask that question," Lee responded. "Last year was probably one of my worst years I've had being in the NBA. I spoke about it all the time. I said I've got to find consistency. I got back in the gym (this summer), worked on a lot of ball-handling, a lot of shooting, getting my shot back." MetroWest Daily News
Kyle Draper: Celtics guard Courtney Lee on Stevens hire "I'm excited to have him, I've known him for some years now so I've seen his work.." #CelticsTalk Twitter @kylerdraper
Adrian Wojnarowski: The Celtics are discussing the possibility of including either guard Jason Terry or Courtney Lee in the package, sources tell Y! Sports. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
Ainge wanted to include Lee and Terry in the deal, NBA sources said, but the Clippers are not interested in approaching the league's luxury tax. Boston Globe
The Clippers, sources say, are prepared to trade Jordan and Caron Butler's $8 million expiring contract in exchange for Garnett and either Lee or Terry, with Garnett waiving his no-trade clause to seal the deal. In a technically separate transaction, L.A. would also send at least one first-round pick to the Celtics to convince them to let Rivers out of the three years and $21 million left on his contract. ESPN.com
With the Clippers adamant that prized young guard Eric Bledsoe will not be included in a trade for Garnett, sources told ESPN.com that one proposed tweak to end the weekend stalemate in the talks is the prospect of the Clippers taking back the contract of either Courtney Lee or Jason Terry from the Celtics. ESPN.com
Shedding the long-term money owed to either Lee or Terry, sources said, could persuade the Celtics to relent on their demand that Bledsoe be included in the trade. A deal could be completed later Monday or by Tuesday, sources said. ESPN.com
Marc Stein: Clippers resistant to taking back both Lee and Terry. Another wrinkle: Both DeAndre Jordan (15%) and Jason Terry (7.5%) have trade kickers Twitter @ESPNSteinLine
Marc Stein: Will Celts settle for D. Jordan, C. Butler's expiring contract, one first-rounder and shedding either C. Lee or J. Terry? That's where are Twitter @ESPNSteinLine
Marc Stein: Lee & Terry each have two years and nearly $11M left on their deals. BOS still seeking other assets from LAC but Lee or Terry may clinch it Twitter @ESPNSteinLine
Brad Turner: Courtney Lee and Jason Terry names have come up, something the Clippers are digesting to get deal done. Twitter @BA_Turner
Mark Heisler: Talks to this point: KG to #Clippers--w/Doc, whether in this deal or not. #Celtics get DeAndre + No. 1. Celts say LAC must take Lee or Terry Twitter @MarkHeisler
Bill Simmons: Tweeted this yesterday, but Doc/KG/Terry/Lee for DJ/Butler/Green/pix is the non-Bledsoe outcome. DJ's 15% trade kicker hurts LAC's leverage. Twitter @BillSimmons
Alagappan likes to open with a parable about medicine, noting that almost two thousand years ago the Roman physician Galen theorized that all illnesses could be classified under one of four bodily fluids. As science evolved, doctors grew to understand that diseases and their cures were much more complex. And so it is now with basketball, Alagappan says, arguing that the oversimplified constructs of point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center should be replaced by a more sophisticated list of positions as varied as "low-usage ball-handlers," like Trevor Ariza and Courtney Lee, to "mid-range big men" like Brandon Bass and Glenn Davis. San Jose Mercury-News
Nothing went quite to plan for Lee during his first season in green. Despite starting nearly half the season, Lee never quite carved out a role for himself and shifted back to a bench role late in the year and struggled to get on the court. Lee logged two DNP -- Coach's Decisions over the final three playoff games of the season. "I expected [the first season] to go smooth, I expected to win and be playing late into June," admitted Lee. "Me, personally, my performance -- I was a little bit inconsistent all year; more than I would like to be. I don't want to be at all, but I was." ESPN.com
"I wasn't playing like my normal self," admitted Lee. "Roles changed a little bit, they wanted me to focus more on being a defensive player and spot-up shooter. I have a whole summer to get involved in doing a lot of spot-up shots, and working on my role, what it is going to be next year and whatnot. I'll be prepared for that, a lot better than I was this year." ESPN.com
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I honestly was not terribly psyched up to see this movie, which was officially the First Big Release of Summer 2009 - the trailers had some exciting scenes, but I wasn't getting any sense of a story from them. While there's good reason to complain about movie trailers that tell too much, I do like them to tell me something - I'm rarely pre-sold on a movie just because of its franchise, title, or stars. I'd like to know a little of what the movie's about before I plan to see it. But I liked the X-Men movies, and Logan/Wolverine is one of the most intriguing characters in that group...and he's played by Hugh Jackman! Who was I kidding about wanting to know a story? I went into this one without very high expectations, hoping to be pleasantly surprised; and while this wasn't The Dark Knight or even Iron Man, I can't say it was a letdown.The story actually wasn't bad, though. Logan looks pretty good for a guy his age, which I'm estimating as at least 175 - who knew? The movie was entertaining, stayed pretty consistent with X-Men conventions (to the best of my admittedly limited knowledge, anyway), and did make Logan's backstory quite interesting. It was a bit confusing at times, though, and could have used a little lighter hand and more humor in spots. I thought it worked effectively as a prequel and in setting up the first X-Men movie, but that also leads me to wonder whether any other X-Men will be getting "origin" stories - is there an audience for any character's story other than Wolverine's?
Star Trek
I grew up on Star Trek, have watched every one of the spinoff series for at least part of its run, and have seen allthe movies - clearly I'm in the target audience for the movie that went back to the franchise's roots. I was very psyched up to see this - and Tall Paul has downloaded every trailer for it that's come out since last summer, so he was looking forward to it even more than I was. Expectations were high, and as we started hearing and reading more and more good reviews, the excitement level ramped up. It's nice when anticipation is fulfilled.
It's safe to say that I was not at all disappointed with J. J. Abrams' re-interpretation of a classic. I was pulled in from the opening scene, and I thought the pacing was just right - no slow patches, but no real moments of sensory overload either. The casting was excellent as well; it was fun to see characters we know so well re-interpreted by different actors, and yet still feel like the characters we know. I particularly liked Chris Pine as Kirk and Karl Urban as McCoy - and next time, I want to see more of Simon Pegg as Scotty! I enjoyed a story that showed events that had only been referred to in prior stories, and readily accepted the premise that made this story possible. I also appreciated the little asides and references thrown in for long-time Trek and Abrams fans (there are some nods to Alias and Lost). Even with all that said, though, I really think anyone who enjoys a good story with strong characters, lots of action, and liberal dashes of humor can find something to like in Star Trek, even if they have no previous familiarity with it at all (but does such a person even exist?)
We waited until the second weekend to see this so we could go with our Trekkiest friends, but Tall Paul has already seen it a second time with Spencer, and I'm pretty sure I'll go back to see it in the theater at least once myself. The DVD will undoubtedly be in our home library by the end of this year (unless it's not out yet by then - but won't they want it on the market for the holidays?).
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The first Night at the Museum movie was an enjoyable comedy/fantasy for both kids and parents, and the sequel is in a similar vein. The whole movie takes place in one night, as (former) museum night watchman Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) tries to rescue some of the Museum of Natural History's discarded exhibits from the archives underneath the Smithsonian. The golden tablet that brings the exhibits to life at night has come with them - although it wasn't supposed to - and it happens to work at the Smithsonian too, where someone else wants to claim it. Since the Smithsonian is a much larger museum, the ensuing chaos is on a much larger scale.The comedy seemed to be on a larger scale as well; I thought the first movie was funny, but I don't remember laughing quite as much at that one as I did this time. Battle of the Smithsonian is light and silly-funny, but the humor is almost non-stop and the story is enjoyable. Ben Stiller is pretty good at playing obnoxious characters, but he isn't one here, and I like him much better. The funniest addition to the cast of characters is Hank Azaria as the Egyptian pharaoh who wants the golden tablet, and Amy Adams is adorable as Amelia Earhart. Christopher Guest's look as Ivan the Terrible seemed to have been borrowed from his role as Count Rugen in The Princess Bride, which is fine with me (he didn't have the sixth finger, though), but there wasn't enough Owen Wilson for my taste. If you're a fan of NBC's Thursday-night comedies, keep your eyes peeled for cameos.
We've been talking about a family trip to Washington D.C. next year, and now I really hope we'll be able to do it; our appetites have definitely been whetted for seeing the Smithsonian.
Bonus Pre-season Feature: I Love You, Man
This was actually a late-winter/spring-doldrums release, but since we saw it in late April, I'm counting it. I'd be surprised if it's still in theaters now - two months in movie time is kind of like dog years - but if you're a comedy fan and a movie renter, you might want to put it on your list.
A surprisingly sweet adult comedy about a guy who's definitely not a "guy's guy," I Love You, Man chronicles
I enjoyed a male-bonding story that didn't revolve around sports and/or chasing women, and where the humor
Have you been to the movies lately? What have you enjoyed - and what do you think people should avoid?
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The editors of the Journal of Southern Religion are pleased to announce the ublication of the vol. IX, 2006 issue of the journal: http://jsr.fsu.edu/Volume9/Front9.htm
SPECIAL FORUM "Re-reading Southern Religious Literature: A Roundtable Discussion on Jerry Falwell's Listen, America!" (New York: Bantam Books, 1980) EDITED BY TED OWNBY, PARTICIPANTS: SAM HILL, LAUREN F. WINNER, and RICHARD H. KING
INTERVIEW "Full Gospel Churches and Murder Ballads: An Interview with Steve Haisman on Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus," conducted by RANDALL J. STEPHENS
SPECIAL REVIEW Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus review by CHARLES REAGAN WILSON
ESSAY "Neither Inevitable nor Continuous with the Past: Writing about Jim Crow New Orleans and Religion," by JAMES BENNETT
ARTICLE "A 'Black-White' Missionary on the Imperial Stage: William H. Sheppard and Middle-Class Black Manhood," by JOHN G. TURNER
FEATURED REVIEW "Charles A. Israel. Before Scopes: Evangelicalism, Education, and Evolution in Tennessee, 1870-1925." Reviewed by BETH BARTON SCHWEIGER, JAMES S. BAUGESS, and KARL GIBERSON. Response by CHARLES A. ISRAEL.
The Journal of Southern Religion is a fully peer-reviewed academic journal reflecting the best traditions of objective and critical scholarship. It is published, in its entirety, on the Web at http://jsr.fsu.edu. The JSR is always interested in submissions on a variety of topics concerning religion in the South: film, music, gender, race, theology, regionalism, literature, the visual arts, etc.
Randall J. Stephens Editor, Journal of Southern Religion http://jsr.fsu.edu/
Assistant Professor of History Eastern Nazarene College 23 East Elm Avenue Quincy, Massachusetts 02170
e-mail: email@example.com web: www.enc.edu/history/faculty.html#Randall


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