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For the third year in a row, Sébastien Loeb Racing will be on the French GT Championship.
News from Audi focusing on the weekend of 1 - 2 February 2014.
A very interesting Q/A with Christopher Haase about his debut with the Audi brand in GT racing, the 2013 season and his expectations for 2014.
The TSF Asia All Star Challenge has concluded after three exciting GT Master races in Taiwan today.
The TSF All Star Challenge is taking place in Taiwan this weekend and the J-Fly Racing team already had a very strong GT Master Cup race.
The former DTM driver debuted in the demanding ADAC GT Masters.
The TSF Asia All Star Challenge is taking place at the Penbay International Circuit in Taiwan this weekend.
The big news this weekend was the return of the reigning two-time Macau GT Cup champion, Edoardo Mortara.
The Macau GT Cup is being held alongside the GT Asia season finale.
The big news this weekend is the return of the reigning two-time Macau GT Cup champion, Edoardo Mortara, in his his #1 Audi R8 LMS Cup backed Audi R8 LMS ultra.
The IBER GT finale was held alongside the finale of the International GT Open.
The round seven finale was a three-hour race event and one Audi R8 LMS ultra was entered.
The headliner for the Audi teams is the return of Mr Macau Edoardo Mortara, the reigning two-time Macau GT Cup champion.
The International GT Open season finale concluded with the second and final race at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today.
A special non-championship race was scheduled for Sunday, the Highlands 101 in New Zealand
Championship leader Alex Yoong out of final round after crash. Adderly Fong can clinch the title after his third place in qualifying. Macau veterans, Edoardo Mortara and André Couto, on front row of the grid.
IBER GT Championship and GT Open: Audi teams and drivers have busy weekend.
The #6 Audi R8 LMS ultra showed again strong performances in a demanding Aussie GT field.
Season final for Audi starts out with a victory.
Alex Yoong and Adderly Fong in final contention for the title. Mr Macau" Edoardo Mortara joins round 11 as a guest driver. Season finale will be part of the 60th anniversary of the Macau GP.
Apexed is a column by Dion von Moltke. Von Moltke drives the Flying Lizard Motorsport Porsche in the American Le Mans Series, now TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. He will be writing a regular column with Motorsport.com discussing racing, from...
Race two was held on Sunday and the Audi R8 LMS ultra lined up in pole position.
The second race is scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
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A gray-haired, mustached man with a passing resemblance to Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland has been pacing through the Angels clubhouse and pregame dugout most of the season in blue jeans, polo shirt and running shoes.
He often says hello with kind eyes to the players and coaches. He uses both hands for a handshake, immediately communicating compassion and his eagerness to help with performance.
His name is Ken Ravizza, a sports psychologist and Cal State Fullerton kinesiology department professor who has spent more than three decades mentally coaching elite athletes.
The Angels hired him back to be a team consultant this season after he spent two years with the Tampa Bay Rays. He originally began working with the 1985 Angels on the suggestion of then-pitching coach Marcel Lachemann, now a special assistant to Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto.
Ravizza can't talk about which Angels have voluntary sought him out. But now might be a good time to make an appointment.
Time is running out for the team, which was projected, built and bought to reach the postseason.
If the regular season ended today, the Angels would be disappointed and done. No AL West division title. No wild-card berth. Just a lot of flexibility when it comes to booking October tee times.
But there's still a chance, a reason for the Angels to fight and fans to hope with 15 games remaining and mathematical possibilities on their side. The Angels are third in the wild-card scramble behind Oakland and Baltimore, 21/2 games behind the Orioles, in a race in which the top two teams make the postseason.
There's also must-win pressure, which every Angel in the clubhouse acknowledges but tries to ignore.
"Pressing" to perform doesn't work, Ravizza will tell them. Forcing yourself to get in the "zone" is impractical and "overrated," since "we're not at that level all the time ... not there enough. We're not in flow states that often, maybe 20 percent of the time," he has said.
Pressing gets hitters choking on a bat right up until the strikeouts. It gets fielders taking risks, trying to make miracle plays that would turn water into whine.
On Sunday at Kansas City, Angels shortstop Erick Aybar snagged a Jeff Francouer grounder in the fourth inning and gunned an off-balance throw wide of first base, resulting in a throwing error and allowing Billy Butler to jog home from third for the Royals to close in, 4-3.
Attempting to do too much got a gambling Albert Pujols to try to stretch a triple out of a stand-up double in the fifth inning. Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar rifled the cut-off throw to third to catch Pujols for the third out, with hot-hitting Torii Hunter coming up next.
The Angels eventually held off the Royals to get their second victory in the three-game series and show some resilience after Saturday's late-game letdown.
Sure, there was urgency and desperation and whipsawed emotions, especially after the Angels went into the bottom of the ninth on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium with a 2-0 lead and wound up losing, 3-2, to the Royals four Ernesto Frieri pitches and two Kansas City home runs later.
Trying to keep his players from doing too much is why Manager Mike Scioscia keeps preaching so much in these postseason-pushing days about playing "loose" and "free."
There's no productive place pressure, pressing, urgency, desperation or emotions in the lineups right now.
"Urgency is a funny word," Scioscia has said. "You're always going out there with a purpose of trying to win a game, but you have to balance it with playing free, don't worry about mistakes, you go out there and make plays, and that's where we're at our best."
Winning, especially in streaks like the 30-13 in a stretch from late May into early July or going 15-3 before dropping three consecutive games to the Athletics last week, created "a much different clubhouse. We're having a lot of fun," outfielder Vernon Wells had said.
The Angels laughed, chased and wrestled Alberto Callaspo to the Angel Stadium grass after his Sept. 7 pinch-hit single that gave the Angels a 3-2, walk-off victory over Detroit.
Angels ace Jered Weaver returned Thursday from biceps tendinitis, knowing the Angels needed to break a three-game skid to the Athletics. He got his 17th victory, saying, "I felt free and easy."

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These steps will show you how to configure your PS3 to use a proxy server.
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Once you have confirmed that the computer is working correctly, make a note of the correct IP Address and Proxy Port, you can then proceed with configuring the proxy setting on the PS3.Make sure that your PS3 is connected to your network and that this is the same network as your computer.You now need to edit the network settings on the PS3 to configure the proxy. To do this, go to Settings and then Network Setings. Now choose your existing network connection, press right button all the way until you see Proxy Server. Press the X button on Use.On the Proxy Server page, in the Address field, enter the IP address of your computer that you have the proxy server running on. In the Port Number field, enter the Port for the proxy server.If you have followed our Proxy instructions, the port will usually be 6588 for a Windows system or 8080 for a Mac, either way you should have confirmed this on the computer.
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Before you waltz up to the counter and rehearse some lame Stabuckas speak, you better recognize that all the espresso drinks are made with three shots here. So your gingerbread soymilk double decaf mocachino is actually going to have six shots in it, pal. Not that you can or should be allowed to get that. You should get a breve.


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Refining the results of a 2013 study, researchers have found that atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, is associated with only one type of heart attack – the more common of the two types. The study, led by Elsayed Z. Soliman, M.D., Public Health Sciences, is published in the April 27 online issue of Circulation.
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The ABC has featured George Institute researchers Professor Cathie Sherrington and Dr Leanne Hassett and their innovative AMOUNT trial.
The Asia Pacific Cardio Renal Forum was held in Sydney on the 8th and 9th of May, and was a chance for cardio-renal professionals and experts in the Asia-Pacific region to address management methods and the association between, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
PEDro, the world-leading Physiotherapy Evidence Database, was featured at the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) Congress in Singapore.
This year World Hypertension Day's theme is 'Know Your Numbers', and encourages people to be aware of how high blood pressure can affect your health, and cause conditions like preventable stroke, heart disease and kidney disease.
The lives of 800 Victorians can be saved every year if people reduce their salt intake by less than a teaspoon a day, according to new research by The George Institute for Global Health.
The George Institute for Global Health welcomes the Federal Government's commitment to the Medical Research Future Fund that was announced in the Budget.
Kate Hunter is a Senior Research Fellow in the Injury Division at The George Institute, has over ten years' experience in injury prevention research and has produced several reports and guidelines for government and non-government organisations. Kate is a recipient of a Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
"My PhD means a significant achievement not only for me, but for my family and the many Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities that I interviewed and who were involved in my PhD research. To them all, I am indebted."
Parents, governments and businesses are being urged to do more to #SaveKidsLives during UN Global Road Safety week, this week.
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Markets have been in a state of upward swing since Narendra Modi has taken charge at the Centre. Stocks, Foreign Institutional Investors (FII), and share markets have seen positive gains with a pro-business reform based government that promises a bevy of changes after Arun Jaitley introduces his budget.
Though the stock market had crossed 25,000 mark on May 16, election results counting day, with Narendra Modi winning a landslide victory, putting an end to the abysmal market performance under the UPA's tenure, this is the first time the markets crossed 25,000 mark on Thursday.
In order to mark the occasion, Amul, which can be called the Indian version of Google Doodle – not timely but situational posters that take a stand, came out with a poster.
Read: Markets gained and Sensex crossed 25,000 points after Narendra Modi led BJP won 272+ seats
The poster shows the beloved Amul girl standing next to the Stock market Bull. The caption, 'Dalals' Treat' (a pun on "Dalal Street", which is Indian version of Wall Street) features at the top of the poster, while the tag-line 'Share Stock' is written at the bottom to commemorate the bullish run.
Also, there are upward green arrows which are symbolic of gains by different sectors beautifully captured within the poster. Kudos to Amul for bringing out the 'apt and meaningful' poster.
Amul Topical : Sensex crosses 25,000! pic.twitter.com/qo0j4id4oQ
— Amul.coop (@Amul_Coop) June 6, 2014
Here's how markets fared surging 25,000 points on Thursday:
Benchmark share indices had gained momentum in the latter half of the trading session on Thursday on renewed buying interest to end at record highs, with metal and information technology shares leading the gains. Further, reports that monsoons are expected shortly also helped improve sentiment.
The BSE Metal Index was the top gainer, up 3.3%, followed by Power, Oil and Gas, IT and FMCG indices, up 1.5-2% each.
FMCG shares firmed up on hopes that normal monsoons would help volume growth in the rural segment. Hindustan Unilever ended up 4.3% and ITC ended up 0.7%.
In the broader market, the BSE Mid-cap ended up 1% and Small-cap index gained 1.4%.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 214 points at 25,020 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 72 points at 7,474.
The rupee was trading higher at 59.29 per dollar as against the last closing level of 59.33 tracking gains in domestic stock markets after they surged to record highs.
In the oil and gas sector, Reliance Industries gained 0.8% and ONGC ended up 2.92% on hopes that subsidy burden would reduce on reports that oil marketing prices would hike retail fuel prices.
Technology shares also witnessed short covering and rebounded in late trades to end with gains. Infosys gained 1.5%, Wipro rose 1.8% and TCS ended up 0.7%.
The market breadth was positive, with 2,157 gainers and 866 losers on the BSE.


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Requirements for a Minor in International Studies
An International Studies Minor requires a minimum of 19 credit hours as listed below. Students are encouraged to chose a focus area and select courses to correspond with it, such as Hispanic Studies, Italian Culture, etc.
No course can count both towards the Gen Ed Curriculum or the student's Major and the International Studies Minor.
1. A minimum of six credits in a global language at the 200-level or higher. All courses must be taken in the same language and at least one of the courses must be taken at Bellarmine University. If a student is a heritage or native speaker of a language other than English, alternative arrangements for completing this requirement can be made through consultation with the minor coordinator in the IPO.
2. A minimum of six credits in multi-cultural or cross-cultural disciplinary areas, chosen in consultation with the minor coordinator. See list below.
3. A minimum of six credits (and min. of 4 weeks) of either a university level study abroad and/or a work internship (in the U.S. or abroad) in an international and/or intercultural setting.
4. A one credit independent study that will bring together the student's cumulative international experience during their years at Bellarmine University and abroad and/or work experience and its relationship to their coursework and career/personal goals. The student is required to write an 8-10 page paper in coordination with the minor coordinator.
Courses pre-approved to count towards the International Studies Minor are:
Anthropology: all ANTH courses
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Global Languages: All Language courses at the 200-level and above are pre-approved to count towards the 6 hour language requirement for the minor.
Interdisciplinary Courses: All IDC. 301 junior seminar courses are pre-approved to count as part of the multi-cultural/cross-cultural disciplinary requirement. Students chosing this option realize that they must take an IDC. 301 in addition to completing one for the Gen Ed requirement. One IDC. 301 course cannot fulfill both.
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During the year the Japanese economic performance was mixed, but it was recovering from a recession that caused a decline in output in 1998 and only a modest rise of 0.3% in 1999. Growth in 2000 was expected to be 1.5–2%. The year began well, with quarter-on-quarter output increasing by 2.4% in the first three months; after a seasonal correction taking into account the fact that 2000 was a leap year, it probably would be nearer 1.5%. April to June saw a further 1% rise (4.2% annualized), but there was a slowdown in the second half of the year.
Economic indicators during the first half of the year were mixed. Personal consumption of durable consumer goods was buoyant, which reflected the growing confidence of consumers. Sales of cars, electrical goods, and, especially, mobile phones and computers were particularly buoyant. The rate of increase in business and housing investment decelerated in the second quarter, however, with the slack being taken up by public investment generated by the government spending packages announced in 1999. The recovery in the corporate sector was being helped by strong import demand from much of Asia, and this boosted industrial output, which in turn stimulated investment spending, particularly in information technology. (For Industrial Production, see Graph II.)
Although the recovery was patchy, it was sufficient for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to raise its call rate (the target interest rate on uncollateralized overnight call loans) from virtually zero to 0.25%. This brought to an end the 18-month emergency "zero interest-rate policy" (known as the ZIRP), which had been introduced in the face of sluggish private demand and fears that the economy was on the verge of a serious deflationary spiral. The ZIRP had effectively prevented market speculation on higher future interest rates and a stock market meltdown. The interest-rate move was not unexpected and had no adverse consequences in the financial markets. Interest rates remained extremely low for the prevailing business conditions. (For Short-term Interest Rates, see Graph III.)
Confidence continued through the second half of the year. The BOJ's Tankan survey confirmed the improvement in business conditions for large manufacturers, particularly the electrical machinery and telecommunications sectors, which were benefiting from the information technology-related demand. Increasing domestic demand was helping the automobile and industrial machinery industries, while the retail and construction sectors exhibited less confidence. Small enterprises were continuing to recover, albeit more slowly.
Labour-market conditions were improving, with the unemployment rate stabilizing at 4.6–4.7% (October) and a rising trend in the number of job vacancies. An emerging problem, however, was the mismatch of skills to jobs, which was curbing employment growth. For the first time in two years, wages were rising, largely because of overtime worked, and bonus payments increased in the summer. The rate of inflation was not an issue, since consumer prices were expected to rise by less than 1% over the year. (For Inflation Rate, see Graph I.)
There were many casualties in the corporate sector. In July the well-known department store Sogo collapsed. On October 9 the 12th largest life insurance company, Chiyoda Mutual, became the biggest bankruptcy in Japan since World War II. Restructuring of Japanese companies and the heavily indebted banking sector continued. This was encouraged by tax aid and other incentives under the Industrial Revitalization Law, as well as more transparent accounting standards. The progress of these reforms was at least partly reflected in unprecedented levels of investment. In the year up to March 2000, direct inward investment more than doubled over that of the previous year to exceed $20 billion. More than half of this was accounted for by M&A activity, led by France with $6.7 billion in FDI. Renault SA took a controlling share of the Nissan Motor Co., and other French companies purchased Japanese life insurance companies. Japan's outward direct investment at $66.7 billion was the second highest on record and reversed a two-year decline.


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Fleas are extremely common, and are also the most common reason for a cat to develop a skin problem. The most common flea to be found on cats is the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), but rabbit and hedgehog fleas can also cause an infestation. Flea bites are itchy for all cats and can lead some to develop allergies (flea-allergic dermatitis), whilst the parasites also act as intermediate hosts for certain tapeworms. Also, a heavy infestation can cause anaemia in kittens, which is potentially life-threatening. Remember, fleas bite humans too!
Fleas are the most common external parasites of both cats and dogs. Adult fleas can live for 7-14 days and will divide their time between living on your cat to feed and returning to the carpet to lay eggs. Females lay a large amount of eggs every day, which fall to the ground and hatch into tiny larvae that burrow into carpets, upholstery and often the cat's bed. They then develop into pupae, remaining dormant for many months. When they sense warmth and vibration, the adult fleas emerge and jump onto a passing host - your cat - to start the life cycle again. Fleas can also potentially transmit diseases, including certain blood parasites.
Often owners think their cat cannot have fleas as they haven't seen them. This is because cats are so good at grooming and removing fleas and flea dirt that there may be no evidence of fleas, apart from the itching and scabbed areas. The most obvious sign is persistent scratching. However some cats will not scratch but rather over-groom themselves, sometimes leaving bald patches. Cats with flea allergies are itchy, over-groom and may have scabs and red, sore areas. Fleas are dark brown and 1mm or 2mm long. You may find them or see them in the carpet, or you may notice tiny black specks of flea dirt (flea faeces) in your cat's coat during combing. To test if they are flea dirt, put the black spots onto damp tissue paper and, if they are feal dirt, they will turn red from the digested blood they contain. High humidity and temperatures make late summer the peak season for fleas, but central heating in winter means you need to de-flea throughout the year.
Always consult your vet about flea treatments and preferably use a veterinary licensed product as this shows it has been tested for safety and effectiveness.
NEVER USE A DOG FLEA PRODUCT ON YOUR CAT AS THESE CAN BE EXTREMELY TOXIC AND RESULT IN DEATH. The active ingredient, permethrin, causes severe neurological signs in cats. Also remember not to treat dogs living with cats with products containing this chemical as they may be exposed by close contact. If treating a dog with such a product then separate the dogs and cats for several days. See http://www.vmd.defra.gov.uk/fsf/adverse_safety.aspx for a list of flea products that are potentially fatal to cats.If your cat is affected then the reaction should be reported to the veterinary medicines directorate. See www.fabcats.org for more information.
To tackle fleas, you need to treat your cat as well as your house. Therefore use a combination of topical products to kill adult fleas (adulticide) and a treatment for the house that prevents the eggs developing into adults (insect development inhibitor or growth regulator).
Powders are a rather old-fashioned and messy way of treating fleas. The powder needs to remain on the coat to be effective and can be swallowed or inhaled causing illness.
Sprays are also used less frequently since the development of 'Spot-on' treatments. The noise of a spray can also upset a nervous cat. However, a pump action spray containing fipronil can be useful for very young kittens for whom the spot-on treatments are not licensed.
Flea collars are generally not very effective as they have a limited range of effect (around the collar). Also remember that all collars in cats MUST have a quick release system or the cat can get their leg caught in the collar or the collar caught on something in the environment. These collars can also cause hair loss or irritation around the neck.
These products are now the simplest and most effective way of treating and preventing flea infestations. They are usually small vials contain a small amount of liquid applied to the back of the neck. They may kill fleas and some also prevent the development of eggs and there are a number of different brands available. The duration of action varies between products. Consult your vet for more information.
Tablets and liquids are available that are absorbed by the cat and either kill fleas when they bite or sterilise them so they cannot reproduce.
An injection is available to prevent the development of flea eggs but a topical treatment may need to be used at the same time.
As well as treating your cat you may need to treat the house too. As mentioned above, some of the topical or oral treatments also provide some help in preventing household infestation by preventing fleas laying eggs or preventing the eggs developing. Household sprays are also available for carpets and furnishings. Always follow the manufacturer's instructions which usually include advice on how to use your vacuum-cleaner to bring the eggs and immature fleas in your carpets and upholstery to the surface, then kill the fleas with the spray so they stop hooking onto the carpet, and then re-vacuum. When you're finished, spray the vacuum cleaner with flea spray and throw away any vacuum bags. If you don't spray the vacuum cleaner, you run the risk of redistributing the same flea eggs back onto the carpet through the exhaust of the vacuum next time you use it. Read the instructions carefully and DO NOT USE SPRAYS NEAR A FISH TANK. Always remove animals from the treated areas until these have been ventilated.
Severe infestations in the house may require pest control treatment. Always ensure all animals are removed from the treated areas.
Flea repellent products often contain 'natural' ingredients such as oil of citronella and eucalyptus. Such products may have not undergone the safety testing of veterinary licensed products and so could be either ineffective or potentially toxic to cats. It is always preferable to use a veterinary licensed product.
Consult your vet to discuss the best flea-control products for your cat. Flea control is vital all year round to ensure your cat's health as well as prevent the family being bitten.
Ticks are parasites that bury their mouthparts under a cat's skin and suck blood back into their bodies. Unfed ticks are tiny, have eight legs, and can be black, brown, red or tan in colour. Once they attach themselves to your cat, they can swell up to the size of a pea. There are several types of tick that affect cats and dogs in the UK including the sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus), hedgehog tick (Ixodes hexagonus) and dog tick (Ixodes canisuga). Humans can also be bitten by ticks. Some ticks can also transmit diseases, although this is less of a problem in the UK.
Ticks are just large enough to be visible, particularly when engorged with blood when they look like small warts. You'll usually find them around the head and neck areas. Just part your cat's fur and run your fingers along the skin. On close inspection you can see their legs at the level of the skin. They may cause some irritation at the site of the bite.
Don't rush to pull a tick out as you may leave the mouthparts behind, causing a sore area of infection or inflammation. Instead ask your vet or vet nurse to provide you with a specially designed tick removal tool that removes the mouthparts as well, and ask them to show you how to use it. When you have removed the tick, check it's head and legs are present and there is nothing left at the level of the skin. If you are worried something was left behind, consult your vet or vet nurse.
Some flea products also kill ticks and some provide some protection against them, although they may require more frequent application than needed for protection against fleas.
Along with effective flea control, removal of ticks is vital to keep your pet healthy. Discuss the best protocol to prevent infestation with your vet.
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UAF Anthropology Department welcomes new Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Elaine Drew
Dr. Drew is a medical anthropologist and applied anthropologist. Her research emphasizes a collaborative process involving community and academic partners who work together to share knowledge, resources, decision-making and accountability. She has collaborated on a wide range of projects, including a study of diabetes risk appraisal among Yup'ik communities in remote Alaskan villages; a culturally-based media intervention to reduce diabetes disparities among Latinos in Milwaukee; a culturally-tailored cancer prevention program among the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa emphasizing cultural knowledge and the celebration of the spirit; and a critical examination of biomedical perspectives on fatalistic health behaviors among rural women diagnosed with cervical cancer.
In addition to research, Dr. Drew has considerable experience in cultural brokering and scientific diplomacy and often serves as a resource for other investigators on issues related to the cross-cultural translation, adaptation, and validation of study protocols and instruments. She is currently working on a study funded by the Greenwall Foundation that aims to revise the Belmont Report and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) research ethics regulations so that they effectively include and operationalize the ethical principles of community-engaged research.
The UAF Anthropology Department is happy to welcome Dr. Drew. Her contact information will be on our website shortly. She is interested in working with new PhD and MA students on medical and applied anthropological topics.
Free Public Lecture TODAY: Climate Change and Human Land Use in Ice Age Alaska
April 23 at 6:00pm in the Museum of the North
Thursday, April 23, 6:00pm at the Museum of the North
Dissertation Proposal Defense: Reindeer, Dogs, Horses, and Furs: A Critical Ethnography of Hunting Economies among the Tozhu of Southern Siberia (Republic of Tyva, Russian Federation) (Tayana Arakchaa)
5 May 2015 at 9am in Bunnell 402
Dissertation Defense: Wrestling, Archery, and Horse Racing in Buryatia: Traditional Sport Competitions as a Mirror of Social Change (Stefan Krist)
4 May 2015 in 302 Bunnell at 10am
Colloquium: Graduate Student Research Showcase
1 May 2015 in 302 Bunnell
Please join us for our annual colloquium highlighting graduate student research. Presentations last roughly 9 minutes per student.
Tentative schedule
3.30 Kelly Harrigan
3.40 Della Hall
3.50 Hanna Stewart
4.00 David Lukaszek
4.10 Nick Schmuck
4.20 Kaitlyn Fuqua
4.30 Davin Holen
Thesis Defense: Once upon a time: an anthropological exploration of two Gwich'in stories (Man in the Moon; The Old Woman and the Brushman) (Monika Frey)
1 May 2015 in Bunnell 402 at 10am
Thesis Defense: Natural Histories of Yup'ik Memoirs (Caroline Crecelius)
29 April 2015 in Bunnell 302 at 10am
Thesis Defense: A reconstruction of steppe bison (bison priscus) mobility in the yukon-tanana uplands and implications for prehistoric human behavior (Crystal Glassburn)
10 April 2015 in Bunnell 402 at 10am
Workshop on DEER Study: 9-10 April in Port Heiden
Patrick Plattet and Amber Lincoln will be conducting a workshop in the community of Port Heiden April 9th and 10th, reporting on their findings from their research project titled, The DEER Study, Documenting the Ethnohistory and Ethnoarchaeology of Reindeer Herding on the Alaska Peninsula. Research collaborators from seven Bristol Bay communities will participate as will DEER Study collaborators from the Katmai National Park and Preserve, NPS in Anchorage and King Salmon. Please see our website for more information, the DEER Study,
Thesis Defense: Exploring the relationship between diet and osteoporosis in medieval Portugal using stable isotope analysis (Sharla Luxton)
APRIL 8 2015 at 8am in BUNNELL 402
This project investigates the relationship between health and diet in medieval Portugal by combining data on the occurrence of osteoporosis with information on past diet derived from stable isotope ratios. The aim of this project is to identify whether different sources of protein influenced the prevalence of osteoporosis in three populations. Individuals from three different regions of Portugal were previously evaluated for bone mineral density at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and bone samples from 79 of these individuals underwent stable isotope analysis at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Collagen suitable for isotopic analysis was extracted from all individuals and indicated a negative correlation between bone mineral density (BMD) and nitrogen isotope values for females at one site and a positive correlation for males at another site. These results, combined with the lack of a clear relationship between BMD and nitrogen values for the other subgroups, suggest a complicated relationship between dietary protein source and the occurrence of osteoporosis. While samples sizes are small, the data indicate that future analysis is warranted, particularly considering the high incidence of osteoporosis and the economic and individual strain of the disease.
Evan Charles: A Celebration of Life
2 April 2015, 5:30 Wood Center Ballroom
Please see here for the details regarding the Celebration of Evan Charles' life.
UAF presentations at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
25-28 March 2015
KARA C. HOOVER1 and FRANK L. WILLIAMS2
1 Anthropology/Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2 Anthropology, Georgia State University
Variation in regional diet and mandibular morphology in prehistoric Japanese hunter-gatherer-fishers
Previous research has identified a relationship between mandibular morphology and diet (e.g., coarse diets result in more robust mandibles). Prehistoric Japan is an excellent place to explore the significance of this relationship in shaping mandibular morphology due to the pronounced regional dietary variation. South/West Honshu Jōmon engaged in broad spectrum foraging, Northeastern Honshu Jōmon were fisher-gatherers, Hokkaido Jōmon were maritime (sea mammal) foragers, and the immigrant Okhotsk maritime (sea mammal) foragers with some rice. We test the hypothesis that diet variation across temporal and spatial zones will be reflected in mandibular morphological traits. Metric measurements were utilized to test for regional differences with both archaeological time period and biological sex as covariants. ANOVA results for region with time period as a covariate indicated all variables except corpus height and breadth are significantly different among regions but for the time period covariate, significance is only present for corpus breadth and the dimensions of the ascending ramus. ANOVA for region with biological sex as a covariate indicates all variables except corpus height are significantly different. Biological sex as a covariate only rarely demonstrates significant p-values. Generally, North Hokkaido, followed by Southwest Hokkaido exhibit the largest mandibles whereas South/West Honshu have the smallest. Multivariate analysis indicates a separation between North Hokkaido and South/West Honshu. Differences in mandibular morphology are better explained by regional diets than by temporal trends and biological sex.
CARRIN M. HALFFMAN1 , ROBERT SATTLER2 and JAMIE L. CLARK1 .
1 Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2 Natural and Cultural Resources, Tanana Chiefs Conference.
Bone collagen stable isotope analysis of three late Holocene humans from Interior Alaska
Three prehistoric human skeletons were uncovered at the Tochak site near the inland Alaskan community of McGrath on the Upper Kuskokwim River. The skeletons include an adult male (35-40 years), a younger adult male (19-20 years) and a child (2-3 years). Direct radiocarbon dating suggests an age of 1,000 years cal. BP. Ethnohistorical reports suggest that the indigenous Athabascan people of this region were mainly hunters, rather than fishers, but paleodietary studies have never been conducted in interior Alaska. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis ( δ13C and δ15N) was conducted on bone collagen from the humans, and on faunal remains from a youngercomponent (ca. 350 cal BP), including domestic dog, bear, beaver, and freshwater fish. For the humans, δ15N values are relatively high and remarkably similar (15.2-15.3‰). The δ13C values are also similar in the adult and subadult males ( -18.8‰ and -18.4‰, respectively), but slightly lower in the child (-19.6‰). The human carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios are elevated over those of the prehistoric bear from the site, and are consistent with a diet that included a substantial proportion of marine-feeding animals, such as anadromous salmon found in interior Alaskan rivers. Two dog specimens from the younger component also show elevated δ13C and δ15N values consistent with a salmon-rich diet. These results suggest that fish, including salmon, were a critical resource for late Holocene populations in west central Alaska, both for human consumption and for dog provisioning, and contradict historical accounts of a subsistence emphasis on terrestrial mammals.
Lecture by Caroline Hervé: The construction of Inuit Leadership in Nunavik (Arctic Quebec, Canada)
30 March in Schaible Auditorium at 6pm
For more information, please see the abstract here.
Ben Potter to speak at the Yukon Science series
Transformations in Subarctic Prehistory: Ice Age Infants, Ancient Houses, and the Peopling of the New World
Ben Potter will present at the Yukon Science Institute lecture series, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, on March 15th, 2015. The title of the talk is "Transformations in Subarctic Prehistory: Ice Age Infants, Ancient Houses, and the Peopling of the New World."
Details at: https://www.facebook.com/events/421968541303052/
Thesis Completion Fellowship Applications due Friday, 13 March
For more information and application materials for students in their final semseter or year, see here. Preference is normally given to PhD students but a few one-semester fellowships for MA students are awarded depending on the applicant pool.
David Koester to speak at GSRL in Paris
Colloquium: Werewolves of the Sea: Human-killer whale (Orcinus orca) relationship in the North Pacific
Tobias Holzlehner (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Monday 9 March at 3:30 pm in Bunnell 302
North Pacific mythology and sea-mammal hunting practices reflect on a close relationship of mutual exchange between humans and orcas. Imagined as a shape shifter that switches seasonally between wolf and whale form, orcas play a pivotal role in maritime hunting communities past and present. Tracing human-orca relationships along the Pacific Rim shows not only a common mythological substrate and an intricate human-animal relationship that developed over hundreds of years, but furthermore sheds light on how humans relate to other sentient and highly intelligent beings outside of their own species. Comparing indigenous knowledge with the understanding behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology have about orca communities reveals distinctive epistemologies, which yet come to surprisingly similar conclusions.
Geist Fund at UAF Museum
We are pleased to announce the request for proposals for the 2015 Otto William Geist Fund. The fund was established by Otto Geist in 1963 for the explicit purposes of:
- Acquisitions of archeological or paleontological material for the University.
- Financing in whole or in part expeditions for archaeological or paleontological field research.
- Scholarships or fellowship grants for students majoring in anthropology (archaeology) or paleontology.
Dulce Tentación (Sweet Temptation): A Culturally-Based Media Intervention to Improve Diabetes Prevention among Latinos in Milwaukee
NEW DATE: February 27 from 3:30-5:00 in Rasmussen 340 (Media Classroom)
Elaine Drew (Community-Campus Partnerships for Health) is a finalist for a faculty position in EPSCoR and the Department of Anthropology. In this presentation, Dr. Drew will give an overview of her academic background and action research orientation, describe a recent diabetes study to serve as an example of her approach to research, and end with a discussion of future goals. In the example study, Dulce Tentación (Sweet Temptation), Dr. Drew led a community-academic research team to create and test a culturally appropriate and theory-based Spanish-language teledrama to improve diabetes prevention among Spanish-speaking Latinos residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The study team administered the 1-hour media intervention to participants (N=125) who completed pre-post surveys assessing diabetes knowledge, health attitudes, and behavioral intentions. Participants also provided information on demographic factors, health history, and level of acculturation. In the analysis, all survey responses were dichotomized as "correct" or "incorrect" and were analyzed using McNemar's test to assess whether, among those responses that changed from the pre-test to the post-test, responses were more or less likely to shift from correct-to-incorrect than from incorrect-to correct. The results showed the greatest positive changes occurring in diabetes knowledge, with most items indicating knowledge improvement. While two knowledge items did show a negative intervention effect, the vast majority of transitions in all categories of the survey were "positive," even when the differences were not statistically significant.
URSA-SUgR (Summer Undergraduate Research) Award Opportunity
UAF undergraduate students are invited to apply for one of ten URSA SUgR awards of $5,000 (to fund student salary, stipend, tuition and/or supplies). Any undergradute student with good academic standing and a commitment from a faculty mentor is eligible for funding. Funding will cover activities conducted between June 1 and August 21, 2015. The project may extend beyond August 21, but funding must be spent by that date. The application deadline is February 27, 2015.
Click on this link to download a copy of the SUgR Request for Proposals.
Click on this link to download a copy of the SUgR Award Application Form.
Applications must be emailed to email@example.com by February 27, 2015. Award winners will be notified by email and announced on this website by March 13, 2015. Students may apply for more than one URSA award.
Water and Waste in Bolivia: Assessing the Relationship between Local Communities, New Infrastructure, and Environmental Change
February 13 from 3:30-5 in Bunnell 302
Ecological and Reproductive Decision-Making in Northern Eurasia
February 9 at 4-5:30 in Rasmussen 340 (Media Classroom)
Sveta Yamin-Pasternak and Collaborators Publish in Current Anthropology
Stormy Fields Awarded URSA Grant
David Koester: Itelmen Resistance and Religiosity in the Flux of Russian and Soviet History
David Koester (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Visiting Senior Researcher at GSRL, UMR 8582 CNRS/EPHE) will be speaking in the Seminar Religions de l'Asie septentrionale et de l'Arctique: Itelmen Resistance and Religiosity in the Flux of Russian and Soviet History on Tuesday 13 January 2015, 11:00 - 13:00. EPHE, bâtiment Le France, salle 124, 190 avenue de France, PARIS 13e.
Murdock Institute technology grant brings Next-Generation Sequencing instrumentation to UAF
Anthropology Faculty Dr. Hoover CoI on project
The new year will bring an extremely fast, highly accurate, and very inexpensive next-generation DNA sequencer to University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists and students. Housed in the Institute of Arctic Biology's DNA Core Lab managed by IAB microbiologist Mary Beth Leigh, the NGS technology will increase the pace of research, promote faculty recruitment, retention and competitiveness for funding, and help educate the future generation of life scientists. The instrument purchase was made possible by grants from the UAF Technology Advisory Board (PI Eric Collins) and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust (PI Mary Beth Leigh with CoIs R..Eric Collins, Jiguo 'Jack' Chen, Andrea Ferrante, Karsten Heuffer, Kara C. Hoover, and Link Olson).
MA Thesis Defense: Patrick Hall
Functional Comparisons Between Formal and Informal Tools Sampled from the Nenana and Denali Assemblages of the Dry Creek Site [no abstract available]
Eat what you smell: patterns of global variation in human olfactory receptors
Kara Hoover is giving a talk in the Linguistics Department at Radboud University (Nigmegen, Netherlands) on her research conducted in collaboration with colleagues in the Evolutionary Genetics Department the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (where she is currently a Visiting Scientist). The talk will be held on 3 December and focuses on variation in genes that control the sense of smell--particular attention is paid to those genes that are closely linked with food odors such as malt, meat, and fruits.
The Shaman, the Saint and the General Secretary as Historical Effects in the Social Dynamics of Life in Rural Kamchatka
Arctic Roundtable Discussion - The Peopling of the Americas
Arctic Roundtable Discussion, Friday, November 14 at 5:30pm in AKST
An evening of discussion and discovery exploring the times, routes and lives of the first humans to inhabit North America. Co-hosted by the Arctic Institute of North America - Alaska and the National Park Service. Panelists include:
Dr. David Meltzer: Henderson-Morrison Professor of Prehistory, Southern Methodist University
Dr. Dan Mann: Professor of Geography, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Dr. Ben Potter: Professor of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mike Kunz: BLM Archeologist, BLM Arctic Field Office
MA Thesis Defense: Erin Dinneen
23 October, 8am, Bunnell 402
Amber Lincoln's ethnographic installation "History Felt" (3-7 December in Washington DC)
Anthropology Colloquium: David Meltzer 13 Nov 3:30 Bunnell 302
Folsom adaptations and Younger Dryas environments in the Rocky Mountains
Dr. David Meltzer (SMU), Thursday, Nov 13, 3:30-5 PM at Bunnell Rm 302.
Folsom adaptations and Younger Dryas environments in the Rocky Mountains. The Upper Gunnison Basin on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains is, today, one of the coldest regions in the continental United States. It was surely just as cold at the tail end of the Pleistocene. Yet, there is now evidence Folsom Paleoindian groups, whose geographic range was long thought to have been largely restricted to the Great Plains, occupied the Upper Gunnison Basin during the Younger Dryas. Excavations in the last dozen years at several high elevation localities in the basin, particularly the Mountaineer site, coupled with paleo-ecological investigations at cave and lake sites in the basin, provide insight into Folsom adaptations and environments. Not least, these results yield a rare glimpse into what these otherwise highly mobile hunter-gatherers did when they stopped.
Dr. Meltzer's visit is sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America.
URSA Research Showcase: Joshua Reuther
Prehistoric Landscapes and Humans in Alaska
Joshua Reuther, Curator of Archaeology at UA Museum of the North, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology
Wed, October 8, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, UAF Schaible Auditorium
Anthropology Society
The Anthropology Society meets Mondays at 4:40 in the Nook, 319 Bunnell.
PhD Prospectus Defense: Shiaki Kondo
Time: September 26th (Fri) 10 am. Place: Bunnell 402. Prospectus Title: Hunters, Christians and Native Americans in Alaska: An Ethnography of Spirituality in the Upper Kuskokwim Region
PhD Dissertation Defense: Michael Kenyhercz
Friday September 19th at 9:30am in Bunnell 402. Molar Size and Shape in the Estimation of Biological Affinity: A Comparison of Relative Cusp Location Using Geometric Morphometrics and Interlandmark Distances
Anthropology Department Orientation
For all new and returning graduate students, please attend the Anthropology Department Orientation at 3pm on 5 September in Bunnell 302.
Tenure-track position in Social/Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology PhD Students receive Artic Social Sciences DDRIs
Congratulations to our PhD students for successful dissertation improvement grants on Northern Adaptations in Kamchatka (Russia): Fishing for Dogs or Fishing for Snow (Lisa Strecker) and Reindeer and Dogs in Modern Tozhu Mixed Economy of the Republic of Tyva (Russia) (Tayana Arakchaa).
MA Thesis Defense: Fawn Carter
May 8, 10:30 am (402 Bunnell)
Josh Reuther, research talk at Center for Applied Isotope Studies, University of Georgia (May 13th)
Undergraduate Research Day, Tuesday April 29
Stop by the Wood Center Multi-level Lounge between 10am-2pm to see research posters by anthropology majors Ana Fochesatto and Meaghan Trevena. Ana's poster is about catcalls and street compliments in Latin America and Meaghan's is about verbal aggression among girls.
MA Thesis Defense: Cecilie Ebsen
May 5, 9am (Bunnell 402)
Public lectures by candidates for the Ethnology Curator position at the Museum of the North and Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Megan Smetzer
Monday April 7: 3:30 pm – Public lecture, 302 Bunnell (Co-opting the Cooperative: Tlingit Women's Beadwork at Mid-Century)
Amy Phillips-Chan
Friday April 11: 3:30 pm – Public Lecture, Bunnell 302 (Inupiaq Narratives Reanimate Objects of Cultural Heritage and Beauty: A Community-based Approach to Knowledge Production)
Katrin Simon-Sakurai
Wednesday April 23: 3:30 pm – Public lecture, Bunnell 302 (Noise and the Thickening Earth: The Power of Stories in an Alaskan Yup'ik Community)
Amber Lincoln
Tuesday April 29: 4:00 pm – Public lecture, Bunnell 302 (Mementos [Paisat], Museums and Meanings: Restoring relations among Inupiaq ethnographic collections in Great Britain)
Anthropology Society Triva/Pizza night: May 3 at 5pm (302 Bunnell)
The Anthropology Society is having a Trivia/Pizza Night to celebrate the end of the semester. The Trivia Night will be on Saturday May 3rd at 5pm in Bunnell 302. Pizza will be provided and we encourage all of you to come take part! We hope to see you all there to help us celebrate in the semester ending!
These defense: Dental caries prevalence in ancient Egyptians and Nubians
Konstantine Triambelas. Please see abstract here.
Anthropology Open House
Please join us 27 February all day for open house activities in our new space in Bunnell Building. For a map of campus, see here. For parking information, see here. Taku & Nenana lots have kiosks for ticketing as well as regular shuttle service to Wood Center and Eielson, respectively. Bunnell is a short walk from our old building (Eielson) and a slight longer walk from Wood Center.
Anthropology Brown Bag!
March 4 in Bunnell 301A from 1-2
Lisa Strecker and Tayana Arakchaa will be presenting dry runs of their Alaska Anthropological Association meetings presentations on Tuesday March 4 in 301A from 1-2.
Fellowship! Geist fund
The Otto William Geist Fund was established by Otto Geist in 1963 to support:
-Acquisition and conservation of archeological or paleontological material for the University.
-Financing in whole or in part expeditions for archeological or paleontological field research.
-Scholarships or fellowship grants for undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology or paleontology. Proposals from other fields are considered if strongly tied into these disciplines.
Application Deadline: March 29, 2013
Anthropology Brown Bag!
February 20 in Bunnell 301A from 1-2
Cecelie Ebsen will be presenting a dry run of her Alaska Anthropological Association meetings presentations on Tuesday March 4 in 301A from 1-2.
Graduate School Travel awards
To apply for a travel grant, travel must begin before July 1 of this year. There will be another competition for travel after July 1 later.
Anthropology Coloquium: February 21st, 3:30 PM in Room 302 Bunnell
Current Upper Paleolithic & Mesolithic Research in Cis-Baikalia, Russia, Dr. Alekesi Teten'kin
Anthropology Coloquium: February 7th, 3:30 PM in Room 302 Bunnell
Babylonian Astronomy Under Arctic Skies, Dr. Wayne Horowitz
David Koester co-organizes Symposium on Comparative Studies of Indigenous Cultures around the North Pacific Rim
David Koester is co-organizer of a "Symposium on Comparative Studies of Indigenous Cultures around the North Pacific Rim" at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan, January 11-13, 2014. He is speaking at the symposium on January 12.
Kenyhercz Dissertation Prospectus Defense
Funded Master's Degree Positions to Study the Gender and Change at University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks is seeking to recruit a graduate student interested in pursuing a Master's (or Ph.D.) degree at the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a research focus on gender and change in Arctic Alaska. Student funding is provided by a research grant from the National Science Foundation. Successful applicants will be offered two years of funding, including a stipend of approximately $28,000/year, field research, tuition, benefits, and research expenses.
We are particularly interested in students with backgrounds in the human dimensions of environmental systems or environmental anthropology. Please click here for more details and information on how to apply.
2014 Field School in Subarctic Archaeology: Mead Site
Dates: May 19 to June 21
Mead site is a multicomponent site consisting of at least 4 components dating from 14,000 to 1,400 years ago in deeply buried stratified contexts in the mid Tanana Basin, near Delta Junction, Alaska. This site has received little investigation given its importance in the early prehistory of northwest North America, but initial excavations have yielded lithic tools, organic tools, and faunal remains from multiple components. Along with Broken Mammoth and Swan Point, this is one of the oldest sites in northwest North America, and indeed in the Western Hemisphere. The presence of faunal remains and lithic artifacts within stratified contexts provides an opportunity to document patterning in site use and test hypotheses about technology, subsistence, and settlement of ancient populations in Interior Alaska.
For more informationon the 2014 field school: click here.
Alaska Anthropological Association Meetings in Fairbanks
Call for papers
The 2014 meeting will be held at the Wedgewood Resort, 212 Wedgewood Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (452-1442). Workshops will be held on Wednesday, March 5 and the conference will begin that evening with an opening reception at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum (located on the conference grounds).
Call for Sessions, Papers, Posters, and Workshops Anthropology and art are diverse subjects in their own right but are closely intertwined on many levels. Anthropology and Art--the theme of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association--is intentionally broad and was chosen to explore the multiple interconnections of Anthropology and Art. The theme may be applied to the past or the present, and to Native or Non-Native topics.Presenters, as well as workshop and session organizers are encouraged to develop sessions, papers, posters, and workshops that incorporate the theme of the interface of anthropology and art; however, as always submissions that relate to any of the four fields of anthropology are welcome. In keeping with the conference theme, the use of a range of media is encouraged for all presentations.
The deadline for submissions for sessions, papers, posters and workshops is January 1st, 2014. Abstracts are limited to 100 words or less. For more information, please visit the annual meeting website.
Kara Hoover interviewed for Scientific American blog on pheromones and mating
Kara Hoover interviewed for Scientific American Mind blog post by Julia Calderone on human pheromones and pheromone parties.
Ben Potter gives three talks in China on Beringian archaeology
2013 GIS Modeling and Intersite Variability in Eastern Beringia. Special Lecture to Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Prehistory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. December 20, 2013, Beijing, P.R. China.
2013 Site Structure and Organization in Eastern Beringia. Special Lecture to Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Prehistory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. December 11, 2013, Beijing, P.R. China.
2013 Traces from Northern Forests: An Emerging Synthesis of Beringian Prehistory. Special Lecture to Institute of Global Ethnology and Anthropology and Ethnic Minority Study Center of China. December 5, 2013, Beijing, P.R. China.
Ben Potter gives a talk at the Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference
2013 Technology and Economy Among the Earliest Prehistoric Foragers in Interior Eastern Beringia. Paper presented at the Paleoamerican Odyssey Conference. October 17, 2013, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (with Charles E. Holmes, and David R. Yesner)
David Koester participates in an Indigenous Mapping Workshop
December 5-8 David Koester participated in an Indigenous Mapping Workshop jointly sponsored by Google Earth Outreach and the University of Arizona through a National Science Foundation grant, Ben Colombi, PI. The workshop brought indigenous students and scholars from Kamchatka, Russia both to learn about creating maps using Google Earth tools and techniques and to work with researchers to plan indigenous mapping projects over the next year.
2014 Symposium on Comparative and Collaborative Studies of Indigenous Cultures along the North Pacific Rim
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka Japan (12 January 2014)
"Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Issues: Comparative Studies of Kamchatka Peninsula" David Koester (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Despite differences in culture and language and vast differences in political histories in the 20th century, there are many similarities in the fates of indigenous peoples on both sides of the North Pacific. Some of the similarities are based on parallels in the surrounding environment at corresponding latitudes. Some occurred as a result of political resemblances of 18th to 20th century colonial practices. Others occurred because of shared technological and economic legacies of the industrial revolution. This presentation outlines the history and contemporary position of the peoples of Kamchatka in relation to developments and issues on the eastern side of the North Pacific.
Kara Hoover gives two research talks on human olfactory evolution
Univeristy of Alaska Anchorage and the University of Cincinnatti
My olfactory population genetics research engages with the long-standing assumption that the sense of smell has little to no functional significance in primate (and particularly) human evolution. Yet, there is tremendous genetic, geographic, and cultural variation in olfactory perception. The field of olfactory science is young—the receptors were discovered in 1991—and there are currently few known genotype-phenotype relationships established. Of the ones that are known, most of them are related to diet and food preference. My research on allelic frequency variation OR7D4 serves as the first link between perceptual/cultural and microevolutionary factors shaping the distribution and diversity of human olfactory receptor genes. OR7D4 is an olfactory receptor associated with sex pheromone detection and pig meat preference. I found significant differences in human populations with more variant alleles occurring in Eurasia: 34% of Europeans and 47% of Asians are not sensitive to androstenone. Less sensitivity to androstenone is correlated with increased preference for pig meat. An interpretative narrative to this analysis is the long prehistory of pig hunting and domestication in Asia, where pork is a stock food item today.
UAF Anthropologists at the AAAs in Chicago
David Fazzino, session co-chair with Ethan Sinsabaugh (UAF)
The Occupy Movement Is Dead, Long Live the Occupy Movement!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013: 9:15 PM Conference Room 4L (Chicago Hilton)
The Occupy Movement in the United States started as a response to economic policies that exacerbated disparities between social classes. The Occupy Movement was propelled by rational actors who demanded economic equality through a variety of means, most notably the physical occupation of public land. During this, the Occupiers were being portrayed in the media accounts as upper-class urban campers who had a vague notion about what they were protesting. Whereas this might have been an accurate portrayal of some I encountered in my two years as a participant of the Occupy Movement, in reality there were a variety of reasons fellow "campers" shared with me for their participation. In addition to my two years as a participant observer, I conducted semi-structured interviews with ten of the most active occupiers in three different settings (Phoenix, Arizona, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Rochester, New York). This paper explores four facets of the Occupy Movement's inner-workings: 1. The physical layout of the protest sites, 2. The internal economy within the Occupy Movement, 3. The informal political infrastructures within Occupy, and 4. The role social media had in regards to the distribution of information and ideas.
David Koester, paper
To Speak Or Not to Speak, and Other Existential Questions: Discussions On the Itelmen Language By the Few Who Speak It
Thursday, November 21, 2013: 3:15 PM, Chicago Hilton, 5E
When the number of speakers of a language dwindles and speech events in that language become socially marked occasions, the waning language and even 'language' as an abstract concept can become objects of discussion. At the same time, practitioners of an 'endangered language' can be steadfastly resistant to seeing their means of speaking as 'language', that is, as an abstract system that enables humans to communicate. There are now less than 10 fluent, confident speakers of the Itelmen language of Kamchatka, Russia. In the summer of 2012, the healthy and able among the confident speakers were brought together for eight days of discussions and documentation. This paper examines the metalinguistic and metadiscursive aspects of those discussions. In questions ranging from orthography to linguistic authority to language variation, participants in the workshop expressed a range of views. They mentioned the power of language transmission over time, the nostalgia associated with childhood use of the language and its association with ancestors, the social and personal value of song, the authority of linguists and a series of other revealing pronouncements about the status of 'the language' as fewer and fewer people speak Itelmen.
Robin Shoaps, paper
K'iche' formal pronouns at the crossroads of theological tension, linguistic anxiety and cross-linguistic discursive circulation in Sakapultek evangelical discourse
In the past decade, use of K'iche'-derived formal pronouns (lal/lanh and alaq/laq) has gained traction in the diminishing realm of Sakapultek-language evangelical Christian radio broadcasts and sermons. Formal pronouns, which are not native to the Sakapultek language (Du Bois 1981), have conventionally appeared in traditionalist oratory and prayers directed at Maya deities and in ritualized greetings between married people and their godparents and in-laws. In this paper, I approach the evangelical embrace of lal as a window into contemporary theological, linguistic and ethnic difference which become prominent only in local Maya, not Spanish-language, evangelical prayer. I demonstrate that linguistic ideologies about respect erase the seeming incongruity between Spanish language Christian prayer practices (which involve the informal pronoun in addressing God) and apparently "necessitate" the (clumsy) incorporation of K'iche' formal address forms in Sakapultek. I draw from my research among K'iche' Pentecostals to suggest that increasingly emphatic K'iche' discourses about the importance of lal use in divine address reflect anxiety about linguistic and cultural change, and play into long-standing Sakapultek ideologies of linguistic inferiority. These K'iche' and Sakapultek linguistic ideologies, coupled with increased intercommunity contact between K'iche' and Sakapultek-speaking evangelicals and widespread circulation of K'iche' evangelical discourse have set the scene for Sakapultek evangelicals to adapt formal pronouns in prayer. Lal use has gone hand-in-hand with valorization of a once-despised immigrant K'iche' population and the elevation of a hybrid K'iche'-Sakapultek-Spanish register into a communicative ecology that once condemned salient code-switching.


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Avramovic told reporters Friday that he would be leaving his position after the AFF Suzuki Cup final. Singapore beat Thailand 3-1 in the first leg of the final this week, with the return leg being played Saturday.
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The 63-year-old Serbian took over as Singapore coach in 2003 and led the Lions to two consecutive AFF titles in 2004 and 2007.
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Have you ever wanted to access your workstation's desktop remotely? How about accessing your desktop on a server machine? That's just the sort of problem I needed to solve recently. I was responsible for setting up and managing a group of Linux servers. By the fifth trip to the lab to access a GUI console for various reasons (badge access, key codes, flights of stairs, etc.), it was time to find a solution that would allow me to use my workstation to access X desktops on various server machines.
Some may think that the standard X tools used to handle remote sessions would be sufficient to solve my problem—something like:
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However, the solution I was looking for needed to provide more than just basic functionality. It needed to be more administrable, appear more automatic and be easier to use for developers new to Linux. There are pitfalls associated with authentication, session management, etc., that require some knowledge of the way X works. For example, I often forget to type xhost +host1 when using remote X clients. I also have been on the receiving end of a puzzled look when trying to explain the xhost authentication scheme to a Linux newbie. Since this development project was not the time to teach developers the basics of X, I was looking for a solution that fulfilled all of these requirements.
A couple of solutions would allow me to manage the X sessions more easily. The solution I chose for this project was the X display manager, or xdm, although another popular solution is vnc. I chose xdm over vnc for two reasons. First, vnc has a server-side requirement to have a dæmon running for each shared desktop. Second, I already had X server software installed on all of the workstations and didn't see the need to install additional client software. Other choices are kdm and gdm, part of the KDE and GNOME packages, respectively.
X is the graphical support system used in most UNIX environments. If you are using GNOME or KDE on your Linux desktop, then you are making use of the X Window System. It is defined and maintained by the X Consortium (www.X.org). Most Linux users use an implementation of the X Window System offered by the XFree86 Project (www.xfree86.org). xdm is a display manager that enables flexible session management functionality. While xdm is usually thought of as "that GUI logon screen that auto-starts my X stuff", it is actually much more powerful, as we will see.
In the X world, the terms client and server can get a little confusing. Specifically, an X server is the application that controls the keyboard, mouse and display resources. A client is an application that makes requests for the server to perform actions on its behalf (i.e., display a window with some set of specified characteristics). This is a little different for those of us used to thinking of applications running on our workstations as clients.
xdm uses the X Consortium's X display manager control protocol, XDMCP, to communicate with the X servers. This allows X servers to obtain session services from servers running xdm. Three types of queries can be sent by X servers:
Direct—asks the named host directly to display a login screen.
Broadcast—broadcasts a message to all hosts on the network, and the first to answer offers the login-processing services.
Indirect—contacts a named host running xdm and asks it about known hosts with which it may communicate. The xdm server will present a list of available servers willing to manage an X session. The X server will eventually end up communicating directly with the selected host to obtain login-processing services.
One of the initial reasons xdm was created was to allow for management of X terminals. These devices are basically a display, keyboard and mouse with embedded X server software; all intelligence is located on a server in the network. xdm was used to push login screens and manage sessions for these devices. Several years ago these devices were popular because access to UNIX workstations was limited. Users who wanted to access graphical desktops at their desks were either lucky enough to have a UNIX workstation at their desk or required one of these devices. Lately these devices have become less popular and are being replaced by PCs running X server software, such as Linux and other Unices (Solaris x86, xBSD, etc.) or Windows (running Hummingbird Exceed or the like).
When using xdm to manage these X sessions there are some configuration gotchas. At first glance, it may appear that if you configure xdm (in order to take advantage of XDMCP), you get either a local X server started (i.e., the console goes into graphical mode when xdm starts) or, if you disable the local display in xdm and use startx, it doesn't give you access to the chooser. The configuration described here allows any XDMCP client to access the Linux server desktops (subject to X security provisions, of course). It also demonstrates one way to configure xdm in order to get both a local X desktop and access to other server desktops from the workstation.
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There are a few things I really hated about it when I first got it:
- The new startup "apps" screen. I just want to go to the desktop.
- The charms bar. Every time I slide my cursor to the edge of the screen, it pulls it up.
- I had to go through and change all the default media programs.
- No start/windows button on the desktop, but you can install a program to fix that.
It took me a couple of weeks to adjust and get things to my liking. Other than that, I love it just as much as any other Windows. The biggest improvement to me seems to be speed.
I actually really love it. I don't understand why people complain so much about the "metro UI". It's not the IDEAL for desktop, but it's very usable and I think it's kind of pleasant. If you get a laptop with a touch screen, I believe Windows 8 is the idea OS. When you don't have your mouse, using a trackpad can be a pain. I often find myself just touching the screen instead of using the trackpad to speed up my workflow when I'm outside the office.
Metro aside, the whole OS Boots fast, has some awesome desktop features (a great task manager), and no issues with any drivers/software so far.
The search feature is really great and is actually one of my favorites. Just hit the windows key on your keyboard and start typing. Need to edit your mouse properties? Just hit the button and type "mouse" – the settings search serves up shortcuts directly to the correct place in your control panel. I always hated clicking through control panel windows to try to find the correct way to adjust something, this just makes it a lot easier and faster.
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On the other side there are a few minor things I dislike…When I open a Photo it gets open in an Microsoft Image Viewer – and I still don't know how to navigate it without always closing it with Alt + F4. The same for PDF's – but I'm still fine with that. Once a day I will find it out for sure
when you install adobe reader and you want to open a pdf file windows will inform you that there are additional software you can use to open that file. You can then chose the default application to open that file type.
At least is how it works on my setup. Also there is the old way of right click and chose the default application to open the file with.Opening photos with the metro app is annoying but you can still use the previous desktop photo viewer
cheers for the tip
It's faster, enough said.
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I'm still on Windows XP.. lolz..
Switch to Windows 7, you will definitely feel better.
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