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Photo By Chron fileHouston is the coolest city in America? Really? Some of these lists will surprise you.
Photo By Brett Coomer/ Houston ChronicleHow about being ranked as overall one of the best cities by Business Week and Bloomberg? Yup, Houston made that list thanks to the local food scene, sports teams and parks.
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Photo By Karen Warren/ Houston ChronicleHouston was ranked as the sixth most miserable sports city by Forbes. Well, at least the Texans are good.
Photo By Patrick T. Fallon / Chronicle fileIAH Houston came in as one of the worst airports in the U.S. in a Travel + Leisure list.
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Photo By Dave Rossman/ For the ChronicleThe beautiful Hermann Park made this top 10 parks list from Homes.com.
Photo By Todd Spoth/For the ChronicleWe aren't talking about weather here, but Houston topped a Forbes' list as America's coolest city.
Photo By Andrew Rebman/ For the ChronicleHouston knows how to keep its young professionals happy. Houston came in at No.20 according to this list from CareerBliss.
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Photo By Mayra Beltran/ Houston ChronicleThe American Planning Association named Buffalo Bayou one of the nation's 10 "great public spaces."
Photo By Chronicle fileWe have one of the best children's museums in the country according to Forbes.
Photo By APRanking top Houston companies by market value, it is no surprise ConocoPhillips fared well.
Photo By HandoutHouston takes home some of the biggest paychecks in the country says Forbes.
Photo By Smiley N. Pool/ Houston ChronicleThe Street named Houston one of the cities that were poised for greatness in 2012. Do you think we will be on this list for 2013?
Yet again Houston is receiving accolades for being awesome. This time it has been ranked in Travel & Leisure's list of Best U.S. Cities for Affordable Getaways.
Coming in at No. 7, Houston got high marks for meals being $3 cheaper than the national average, with T&L adding that sticking to Tex-Mex is easier on your wallet. Midtown bed-and-breakfast La Maison and Miller Outdoor Theatre were also mentioned.
Heat and humidity weren't mentioned, so the T&L crew probably wasn't here last summer.
San Antonio came in at #3, with the historic sites downtown, the winding Riverwalk, and Christmas tamales playing a part in enticing vacationers.
Rounding out the rest of the list was Nashville (2), Minneapolis (4), Memphis (5), Salt Lake City (6).
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Expanding mission sending
Mission co-worker Tim Carriker helps Brazilians work across cultures
By Pat Cole
Marta and Tim Carriker
Although Tim Carriker has spent his entire mission career in Brazil, this Presbyterian mission worker's influence is felt around the world.
Carriker arrived in Brazil in 1977 amid a growing surge of interest in international mission sending among Brazilians.
After six years in a church planting ministry, Carriker, working with the Brazilian partners, helped organize the Evangelical Missions Center in Vicosa. In those days opportunities for mission training were few in Brazil.
"They would basically give them two weeks of training and send them off," says Carriker, who serves alongside his wife, Marta.
In South America as well as Africa and Asia, the school's graduates have planted new congregations and developed new Scripture translations. It has been a model for other mission education programs. "Today there are more than 100 schools and mission departments in seminaries all over Brazil because of that one program that began nearly 30 years ago," Carriker says. The center educates students from the Presbyterian Church of Brazil and other denominations.
Carriker, who holds a doctorate in missiology and New Testament, left the faculty in 1992, but he continued to teach at other Brazilian schools during the 1990s. In 1999, the Carrikers began working with the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPIB). Tim serves as its coordinator of continuing education for pastors and as a missiological consultant. Marta assists mission teams from the United States who come to Brazil.
Though the IPIB supports only a handful of international mission workers, its leadership has asked Tim to help expand the church's mission outreach. Both domestic and international mission in Brazil require cross-cultural strategies and sensitivities, he says. "Brazil is culturally, economically and socially very diverse, which makes national ministries very cross-cultural in nature."
In addition to teaching and consulting, Carriker has helped prepare Brazilians for mission through his writing. He has authored nine books in Portuguese, mostly on mission topics, and he has edited several others. Currently he is general editor for a mission study Bible that will be published by the Brazilian Bible Society.
"It's the kind of thing we can do as missionaries," Carriker says. "Many Brazilians just don't have the time or the financial support that would allow them to do that."
The study Bible is a five- to six-year project, which he expects will be completed within the next year and a half. It will be a resource for mission leaders, pastors and lay people as they study what the Scriptures say about mission.
As Presbyterian World Mission celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2012, Carriker says that the same calling that nudged U.S. Presbyterians to share the gospel in other nations inspires Brazilians to work across cultures.
Presbyterians in Brazil realize they are heirs of a strong mission tradition that made its way to their country in 1859, Carriker says. "Every year they celebrate their own Reformation Day, the coming of North American missionaries." He adds that "there is a tremendous sense of accomplishment among Brazilians that they are now sending missionaries as well to other parts of the world."
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The first Presbyterian missionary to Brazil, Ashbel Green Simonton, sensed a call to international mission after hearing a chapel sermon at Princeton Theological Seminary. He went to Brazil in 1859 shortly after his ordination.
More than 150 years later, Presbyterian World Mission continues ministry in Brazil through its partnership with Brazilian churches and institutions, its facilitation of the Brazil Mission Network and through sending mission personnel who serve at the invitation of partners.
In addition to Tim and Marta Carriker, six Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-workers serve in Brazil:
Gordon and Dorothy Gartrell. The Gartrells work in partnership with the United Presbyterian Church of Brazil in Belem in ministries of church planting and leadership training. They are helping a small church grow through a ministry of leadership development. Once that church is stronger, they will begin work in church planting. Read more.
Farris and Thelma Goodrum. The Goodrums serve in Vitória at the Center of Theological Formation Richard Shuall, a ministry of the United Presbyterian Church of Brazil. They teach Christian education, administration, evangelism, music and pastoral ministry. Read more.
Joshua and Kim Vis. The Vises serve at the Ecumenical Institute of Post Graduate Studies in São Paulo, where Josh teaches biblical languages and literature to future church leaders. The school is one of the few institutions in the region that offers a doctoral degree in theology. Read more/
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Baghdad said it wanted U.S. air strikes as the insurgents, led by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), battled their way into the biggest oil refinery in Iraq and the president of neighboring Iran raised the prospect of intervening in a sectarian war that threatens to sweep across Middle East frontiers.
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Washington and other Western capitals are trying to save Iraq as a united country by leaning hard on Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to reach out to Sunnis. Maliki met Sunni and Kurdish political opponents overnight, concluding with a frosty, carefully staged joint appearance at which an appeal for national unity was read out.
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Homeopathic Individualized Q-Potencies versus Fluoxetine for Moderate to Severe Depression: Double-Blind, Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial
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Dr. Ken Schallenkamp, assistant professor in the College of Business and Technology at Black Hills State University, will publish an article on "Networking and the Success of Entrepreneurial Ventures" in an upcoming issue of the International Journal of Management & Enterprise Development.
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Outstanding employees and 2008 retirees will be recognized at the annual Black Hills State University employee recognition reception Friday, April 25 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union Jacket Legacy Room.
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Black Hills State University photography students were chosen as finalists for the 28th Annual College Photographers Competition sponsored by Photographers Forum Magazine and Nikon camera.
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My grandfather John Cassidy was a man of few words. Â I only remember two things from him on the subject of politics.
The first was — "Follow the dollar," if you want to understand what is happening with government.
The second was — "Democrats always get us into wars."
John Cassidy was a veteran of World War 1 in France and he was not a man to tell war stories. Â When I asked him to, all he said was, "It was pretty terrible." Â And that was it.
I had to concede the point. Â World Wars 1 and 2, Korea, Vietnam. . . pretty much encompassed the recurring nightmares of his life. Â With his knowledge of World War I, how did he experience WW 2, Korea, and finally Vietnam?
Since then, not to be left far behind in the race towards even more death and misery. . . the Republicans have gleefully taken the lead on war. They can always count on the Democrats  generally sticking to the official program on national security issues.
We're back full circle to the Democrats on this one. Â Without a coherent plan evident to anyone, we are moving directly towards firing high explosive ordinance into a neighborhood of the world stocked everywhere with kegs of gunpowder and fuses just waiting to be lit.
How stupid do you think the world will judge this bi-partisan consensus on the role of war in the life of the United States?
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Why do we put up with insane structures of mega death on a continental scale?  Maybe we should just start living as though, you know, the Reign of God was an actual daily moment by moment reality here in Oklahoma City and wherever we are.  It's seems to be a subversive thing to do.  It would be a grand under-mining of the systems of organized stupidity that so often throw up terribly complicated situations where there is no evident good guys but only a proliferation of bad guys.  Maybe then the systems of organized  stupidity won't work so well because they no longer are what they were.
Demons who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls should watch out because we are coming after them to chase them back to the hell from which they came. Â BY the way we live our lives. . . by the way we grow communities of purpose. . . Living as if the reign of God is a reality calls for a radical rearranging of personal, economic, and social realities.
It will be worth the effort. Â "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control."
In the meantime, more short term, I pray every moment for all the people of Syria and that whole region of the world, that the fruit of Spirit will be poured out on them. Â I want peace to prevail and evil to fail. Â If someone can show me something I could actually do, I would do it. Bringing weapons of mass destruction to bear on Syria will solve nothing. It only serves the interests of the terrorists, who will see it as proof of their assertions about the U.S. It will drive them to propagate their own responses of violence, thus escalating the cycle of violence.
It is organized stupidity at work. Runnin amok I should say.
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Question: Is it better to take AP classes and receive a lower grade than to take easy classes and receive high grades? According to Seamus Malin, who spent years reviewing applicants as a Harvard admissions officer, "it depends". While that might not be the answer you're looking for, in today's podcast with Seamus we'll cover everything from AP classes, the risks of academic burnout, and the decline of students' writing skills.
AP Classes, Academic Burnout, and the Decline of Writing Skills (transcript)
Karl Schellscheidt: Hi, I'm Karl Schellscheidt. Welcome to ePrep. I have Seamus Malin in the studio with me today. Seamus is a former administrator of Harvard University. He's an awesome guy with a wealth of knowledge that he is thankfully sharing with us today.
Seamus, I've been asked by many parents over the years, "Should my child take the honors course and risk getting a B or should they take the lower level, a regular course where they're almost guaranteed the A?" Where's the balance? Should you take hard classes and risk getting poor grades or should you go with the easy classes and just get high grades? How do admissions people value that situation?
Seamus Malin: It's a very thorny question because it covers a range of other sort of subliminal issues, and that is the fact that students feel a certain comfort in subjects A, B, and C, but not in D and E; and therefore what sort of pressure should they be putting on themselves for D and E?
The general rule of thumb that I think is still the right piece of advice is that you really should take the most challenging course load that is possible for you to take. That needs some explanation. When I say, "that's possible for you to take," I don't mean it's possible for you to take because the courses are offered in the school. That doesn't mean that therefore because there are 10 AP courses that you need to take six or seven of them. Wrong. When I say, "that it's possible for you to take," I mean possible within the context of your life. What is it that you can accomplish academically and non-academically so that you will be at your best?
I really do think, though, that people who duck the tougher subjects across the board are going to be at a disadvantage, no question. So you've got to go and push yourself to take honors level classes, but not in all five or six subjects, not every year. You need to have a balance within the program. Some courses you're simply never going to feel completely at home at, and therefore if you decide as you progress through it you've only got one more course to go and you've done the basics really well, you don't necessarily have to push yourself into the AP category in that area if it's not something that really resonates with you.
But you certainly should be going after a substantial load of courses that are going to be the most challenging available. Most important is to be sure that there's a balance there between those kinds of challenging courses that push you and then some others that are requirements of the school necessarily, but don't demand of you the level of excellence that are going to resonate in the university level.
So it's a long-winded, somewhat waffling answer which says basically yes, go for challenge, but be sure the challenge is sane.
Karl Schellscheidt: And I just want to add my own little personal perspective on this. I've tutored a lot of kids over the years and every year I get a few kids who I actually feel pretty bad for. I feel like they're taking six AP classes and they're doing this and they're doing that and they are just completely consumed by work. And I'm not just talking about from Monday through Friday, I'm talking about every weekend, every holiday they have, every vacation it seems like they have projects to do and things to do and they're just kind of resume building. They're just kind of building a resume and they're not thinking about anything else.
And sometimes when I get these kids I feel like saying, "Take a break. Go see a movie tonight. You are overdoing it. And I think in a way you're running the risk of burning yourself out and just losing your interest in learning and education," because I think if you overdo it, you really do run that risk.
One of my own little personal jokes with parents is when we try to set up tutoring, Friday afternoon is not a great slot. Not too many kids want to get tutored on a Friday afternoon. And so I've always told the parents when their schedule is getting tight, "Well I can do something Friday afternoon, but that's not a real popular slot for kids." And I wind up getting some kids who, because their schedules are so overloaded that's the only time they have, Friday afternoon.
And so I wind up spending some of my Friday afternoons tutoring kids who I really wish that I weren't tutoring in some ways. I almost feel like they would be better off sleeping on a Friday afternoon than taking the lesson from me because they're already well prepared.
I feel like if you work hard in school and do all the things you're supposed to, you will be pretty well prepared for a test like the SAT. I think it's a very appropriate test and I feel like a lot of kids just overdo it. They're overscheduled. They do too much that's above and beyond the call of duty. And I agree with you 100 percent that you need to be careful about overdoing it. You need to be careful about over scheduling.
Seamus Malin: You do. And the problem with the college selection end, the students who are doing all these things, they present a file to you that is impressive. In a sense your heart goes out to the kids, as you just said, and you say them, "I wonder if they've had a childhood."
But then you say to yourself, "That's my value. That's what I care about. Should I hold that value against these kids in making a decision?" Because whether they've been advised poorly or whatever, this is what they've done. Now, it's hard to hold that against them, but in your heart you wish they hadn't done it. You wish they had smelled the roses a little bit more and enjoyed life a little bit more and decelerate because in fact the burnout issue you talk about does sometimes get postponed to the college years.
And that's why I've become a big advocate for people taking a year off between secondary school and college. Not to sit on the porch or just to play video games, that's not what I'm talking about. It's to do something productive and interesting, but at least low key. And I've talked to a lot of families who are very scared about that and I try to reassure them saying, "No, if you want to take a year off, you have a place at college x, ask them if they'll defer you for a year if it's in your heart because believe me, if you take the year off then, you will hit the ground running and be ready to go and have a fabulous four year career. So what if you're a year older than the other people. It doesn't make any difference." So I'm very keen on that.
Now the only other thing I would say about this, Karl, is this, if you are making a claim in your application that you are passionate about subject x, then it's going to look very odd if you have not opted for the toughest courses in that topic. If you are a passionate scientist, it's going to look very odd if you have not pursued the tough courses in physics and chemistry and math and so on. It doesn't mean you have to be doing really exclusive English literature and so forth; you don't have to be doing that. If you like and you want to, okay. But if you're making a claim and it's a vivid claim, you've done summer work and you write independent work, etc., that this is your field, then you better be darn sure that you have opted for the most challenging courses in those areas or your whole case is undermined.
Karl Schellscheidt: Right. Let me just make one last comment. I think we've spent a lot of time just now, a few minutes, talking about the kid who might be at risk for burning out, who's doing too much. And I think we can agree that that student is still the minority.
Seamus Malin: Yeah.
Karl Schellscheidt: And I would say on the other end, where the bigger numbers are, are kids who just clearly aren't doing enough. I think there's a very small percent at the top, those kids are risking burnout and doing way too much. And I see the greater numbers as kids who just aren't doing enough, aren't really challenging themselves, are graduating from high school, and some I would even say graduating from college, without being able to write well, without knowing grammar, without basic math skills.
And I see that in business where I communicate through email a lot with people. And I get emails from professionals, from marketing people and other business people that are just pathetically wrong, dramatically wrong, and in a way embarrassing. So I just want to throw the caveat out there that while there are some students that are at risk for burning out, I think the greater majority need to push themselves a little bit more. They need to not be afraid to take those classes and really transcend what they are now.
Seamus Malin: That's right. Yeah, you need the challenge. But you've put your finger on another big issue which is the communication issue. I mean, we're living in the 21st century and it's the video age. I'm a former English teacher; I love English literature, still keep reading as much as I can. There's no way around reading. You've got to keep reading.
The fact that you watch videos can have in fact quite some interesting challenges in the video world; it's not just all mindless stuff by any means. But reading enhances writing and the teaching of writing has I think declined in this country, frankly, over the years. And in looking at the kind of essays I used to read in college applications in the 60s and 70s as opposed to the 90s, was dramatic. There just is a real drop off in the ability to express oneself clearly, lucidly, and with tight prose, and there's a lot of catch-up that needs to be done.
That said, universities have had to adjust. So the writing centers in universities now are some of the most exciting, educational places, for the wrong kinds of reasons perhaps but nonetheless it's not the end of the world. Students need to take advantage of writing centers because as you say, if you're going to go into the world of business later on, even though the email world is a whole different lingo, you want to be a good communicator no matter where you are. And if you are two things, a) a good communicator and b) a speaker of a foreign language, you will have some very interesting career options down the road. Those are things that you can directly do something about in the college years even if your secondary schooling has not been as good as you would have liked it to be.
Karl Schellscheidt: Awesome. Thanks so much, Seamus. Just to summarize, we got a little bit off topic and we were talking about whether a B in a hard class was equal to an A in a lesser class. And the answer was, it depends. So I apologize that I let you down, didn't give you a straightforward answer, but hopefully the conversation that Seamus and I just had will give you some food for thought, will allow you to think about the issues and decide what's best for you and your child.


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Journalist David Rohde met with a class of Willamette students who are learning about Afghanistan culture and conflict.
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A class of Willamette University undergraduates studying Afghanistan culture and conflict gained powerful insight Tuesday from a unique teacher: New York Times journalist David Rohde, who was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2008 and held captive for seven months.
Rohde was visiting campus to deliver the fall Atkinson Lecture, but he also spent an hour with the class of about 20 students, engaging with them about their lessons on Afghanistan's tribal culture and U.S. military involvement in the region.
Rather than just recounting his story of capture or sitting back and answering questions, Rohde acted like a professor, sharing some of his knowledge while questioning the students on their views of issues like the importance of tribal elders in Afghanistan, or the differences between that country and Iraq.
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"The next paper they have to write for class is about negotiation with the Taliban," said Bahram Tavakolian, the students' professor. "I know they valued the inside perspective Mr. Rohde gave them."
With the students and in his evening lecture, Rohde described what he observed during the seven years he worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including the seven months he spent as a captive.
"I won't have simple answers, and I will not tell you what to think," he said in the evening lecture. "But I hope that what I have to say tonight will help you think about Afghanistan and just how complex and dangerous a place it is."
Rohde was on his way to interview a Taliban commander as part of his research for a book when his vehicle was overtaken and he, an Afghan journalist, and their driver were taken hostage. They were moved into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where Rohde witnessed Taliban control over soldiers who were not well-educated and were easily receptive to extremist ideas.
Rohde and the other journalist eventually escaped, a suspenseful story that he recalled for the audience and one that will be retold in his upcoming book, "A Rope and a Prayer," out Nov. 30.
He detailed two of the largest problems that he sees facing the U.S. war in the region: a failure of the American efforts in Afghanistan, due partly to not devoting enough troops and aid workers in the early part of the war; and a safe haven that the Taliban enjoy inside the tribal areas of Pakistan.
"I don't have any clear answers to this basic question of, 'Can America succeed in Afghanistan?'" he said. "I will say that simply withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and Pakistan is not realistic, and simply building more schools will not counter militancy, nor will sending more young American soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan and trying to solve the situation there solely by military means."
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How much will shadow wrestling do for me if I do it consistently until the season for 30 - 45 minutes every day? Like 20 minute soft drilling, going through the motions of take downs and escapes at a slower pace, going over things I want to work on and then ten - fifteen minutes of hard shadow drilling, like in intervals of 1 - 3 minutes?
I noticed a big difference when I started to spend a few minutes doing low singles every day, and just wondered how much of a difference I would see if I committed to 30 - 45 minutes a day of shadow wrestling? Will it improve my speed a lot?


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Although a Washington County Schools official said a bomb threat at a high school was an apparent hoax, the administration and law enforcement will be looking into who made the threat.
Around noon Tuesday, Daniel Boone High School was evacuated after school staff discovered a bomb threat written on the wall of one of the school's annexes.
According to Assistant Director of Schools James Murphy, the school was evacuated shortly after the discovery of the message, which indicated that there were "bombs in the school."
"We're not going to take anything for granted that it's not true," Murphy said. "You just don't assume that it's child play. We notified the (Washington County) Sheriff's Department and they brought a bomb dog in who sniffed for explosives."
Before the arrival of the sheriff's deputies, however, around 1,300 students and staff members were evacuated to Ken Green Field, where, Murphy said, they would remain for around 75 minutes. During that time, according to Sheriff Ed Graybeal, deputies searched classrooms, lockers, offices and bathrooms themselves and with the assistance of a K-9 unit on loan from the Unicoi County Sheriff's Department.
"We made an entire sweep of the school, just everything," Graybeal said. "She (the K-9) did good, then we cleared everything and allowed the students to return to class."
Students and staff returned to the school before 2 p.m. Though no explosives were discovered, Murphy said it may not mean the end of any potential legal action.
"The school system and the sheriff's department looks at this as a crime," Murphy said. "We expect to find out who did this one."
Graybeal confirmed his officers would be investigating the source of the threat, adding that, to date, every student accused of making a false threat had been discovered and charged.
"We will definitely be following up," Graybeal said. "We've charged everybody so far with every one that we've had.
Murphy added that, in addition to legal penalties, the responsible student would face penalties from the school system, as well.
"They would be moved to the alternative school (Asbury Optional High)," Murphy said. "Then they would have a hearing before the Student Disciplinary Committee. Based on the results, additional suspension may or may not be recommended."
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Earlier report posted at 12:20 p.m.:
Daniel Boone High School in Gray has been evacuated in the wake of a bomb threat.
The Washington County Department of Education sent a text alert to parents indicating that students and staff members had been relocated to the school's football stadium.
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Population of newly discovered lemur in Madagascar down to last 50 individuals (photo)mongabay.com
July 30, 2013
The Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus lavasoensis) inhabits three isolated forest fragments in the Lavasoa Mountains in southern Madagascar. Like other dwarf lemurs, the species is nocturnal, dwells in the forest canopy, and hibernates during the cool, dry season, living on fat reserves stored in its tail.
While the species was first discovered in 2001, genetic analysis has only now revealed it to be distinct from the closely-related Cheirogaleus crossleyi.
"Together with Malagasy scientists, we have been studying the diversity of lemurs for several years now," said Andreas Hapke of the Institute of Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in a statement. "It is only now that we were able to determine that some of the animals examined represent a previously unknown species."
Over the past dozen years, Hapke and other researchers have collected samples from 51 individuals. But the scientists say that number may represent the entire population of the species.
"Preliminary estimates indicate that there are less than 50 individuals remaining," according to a statement from Johannes Gutenberg University. "The Lavasoa Dwarf Lemur is thus rare and extremely endangered."
Cheirogaleus lavasoensis. Photo by Andreas Hapke
Cheirogaleus lavasoensis joins the growing list of new lemurs described by scientists. More than 40 have been documented since 2000.
Lemurs occur naturally only on the island of Madagascar. Widespread habitat loss means that more than 90 percent are considered at risk of extinction, according to the IUCN Red List. At least 17 species have already gone extinct.
CITATION: Dana Thiele, Emilienne Razafimahatratra, Andreas Hapke (2013). Discrepant partitioning of genetic diversity in mouse lemurs and dwarf lemurs – biological reality or taxonomic bias? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.019
|AUTHOR: Rhett Butler founded Mongabay in 1999. He currently serves as president, head writer, and chief editor.
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This has been a long time coming, but our gifts to our founding Diggnation members are here. A few months ago, we updated our release policy to allow all Revision3 viewers to enjoy the same video releases for free at the same time, retiring our advanced access to Diggnation for members. We wanted to say "thank you" to those who had paid annual memberships in our early days – your support hasn't gone unnoticed!
To give you a preview of your gifts, the Revision3 staff has taken the time (after work, of course) to model the limited edition 2008 Diggnation shirts. Those of you who registered with us as paid members in the past will receive these in the mail except yours will be extra cool because they'll be signed by Kevin Rose! We think the shirts came out awesome, and hope you do, too.
When you get your shirts, maybe you can take a picture of yourself and post 'em in the forums. Enjoy the photos!
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Dell Inspiron 17R-3530DBK
SpecificationsNotebook: Dell Inspiron 17R-3530DBK (Inspiron 17 Series)
Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 17.3 inch, 16:9, 1600x900 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 3.3kg
Price: 800 euro
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Reviews for the Dell Inspiron 17R-3530DBK
Source: PC Mag
The Dell Inspiron 17R (I17RN-3530DBK) delivers solid performance, thanks to its Core i7 CPU and a generous helping of DDR3 RAM. While it doesn't blow the competition away it holds its own with other similarly priced and similarly configured desktop replacements. But a higher-resolution display would be a welcome upgrade, as would a Blu-ray player. An hour or two more of battery life would sweeten the deal. If you want a bit more graphics muscle, fuller sounding audio, and a durable metallic finish, the HP dv7-6143cl is the way to go, though it'll cost you $120 more.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/18/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.
2630QM: Fast Quad-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
17.3": Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
3.3 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.
Dell: Dell Inc. is a multinational technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Based in Texas, Dell employs more than 82,700 people worldwide (2009). In 2006, Dell purchased the computer hardware manufacturer Alienware. In most countries, the laptops are directly sold to consumers by Dell and each notebook custom-assembled according to a selection of options. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
70%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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What's so good?
By Sophie Wright | Feb 28, 2013 | Total plays: 58,705
What started as a solo project for 19-year-old Tim Swanston turned into a duo following the explosive response that this Beyonce cover, created with friend Kurtis Tupangaia, has received since its upload on SoundCloud two days ago. The combination of Tupangaia's haunting vocals with the brooding, acoustic guitar work by Swanston make the cover nearly unrecognizable from its original form.
Nearly 1000 listens and 50 downloads in less than 48 hours is an amazing feat for such a small, unsigned act, especially for what was nothing more than a late-night home project. By the time this review is posted, I'm guessing those numbers probably will have doubled. Not exactly what you'd expect from a pair of university students studying Economics and Town Planning, hey?
Settling. are currently working on their first EP, due to be released some time in June. After Tim hopefully passes his accounting exam, that is.


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In the mid 1960s, the Federal Aviation Agency selected Plantronics as the sole supplier of headsets for air traffic controllers, and thereafter was selected to supply headsets to the operators of the Bell Telephone company.
Pacific Plantronics assembled its Space Environmental Communications (SPENCOMM) division to begin working on a reliable solution. SPENCOMM personnel traveled to NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center) and Kennedy Space Center to meet with and get design feedback from Schirra and several other astronauts, including Gordon Cooper.
Together, SPENCOMM and NASA spent only 11 days to create a working microphone design for space communications and Schirra was the first to use the new communication technology during the Sigma 7 (Mercury-Atlas 8) mission. Significant redundancy was built into these headsets, as each microphone circuit had two transducers and each receiver had 5 transducers--in addition, the headsets were used in pairs. The use of these SPENCOMM-NASA headsets in astronaut spacesuits continued through the remainder of the Mercury program, the Apollo program and on to this day.
And in 1969, U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong stood on the moon and transmitted through a Plantronics headset one of the most enduring sentences in history:
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind...
miniaturized headset wherein a hearing-aid size microphone transducer and a similarly miniaturized transducer are placed in a capsule mounted near the user's ear; speech is conducted to the microphone via an acoustic tube positioned near the user's mouth, while incoming communications emanating from the receiver are conducted to the user's ear via a second acoustic tube.
The MS-50 was known commonly as a Larkin-type headset and it could be used with either a light headband or the temple bar of an eyeglass frame as the supporting member for the transducer housing.
In addition, users found that if a longer ear tube on the MS-50, the headband could hang around the user's neck. With this discovery, it became possible to rapidly adjust the headset to any of six different positions, increasing comfort for long-term wear. The six positions are on eyeglasses to the wearer's left or right, on headband to the left or right, and around the neck to the left or right. When the longer tube is on a headset worn on the headband in the traditional location, excess tube may be coiled around the headset support pad on the appropriate side, or left free and slack.
A self-supporting headset having a housing which accommodtates a receiver and microphone. A flexible acoustic tube adapted to communicate between the auditory canal of the ear of the user and the receiver secured to the bottom of the housing, and an adjustable acoustic tube secured to the top of the housing with its distal end adapted to be disposed adjacent to the mouth of the user to transmit sound to the microphone.
In the 1980s, Plantronics ventured into new areas to create a line of cordless products using infrared technology. Though the technology utilized was the same one being used by television remote controls, it had the advantage that the link did not require an FCC telecommunications approval. One of the first products used the infrared beam to create a communications link between a small transmitter and a base unit which was connected to the telephone network. This product was the first "echo-free" speakerphone for use in conference rooms. The small transmitter could be handheld or clipped to clothing to ensure a good pickup of the speaker's voice.


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That's why we feature our color-coded Mountainzones trail map. Each Mountainzone™ features a variety of terrain so nearly every ability level can enjoy the area. Read about our seven unique Mountainzones below or view them on our Interactive Trail Map:
The PayDay/Town Mountainzone connects the mountain to Park City's historic Main Street via the Quit 'N Time and Creole runs and the Town lift. This Mountainzone offers the King's Crown Terrain Park, the lighted PayDay run for night skiing/riding and the NASTAR course. Served via the PayDay Hi-Speed Six-Pack and Town lifts.
The Crescent Mountainzone is the gateway to the mountain, providing access to over 2,000 acres of skiing and riding terrain. This mountainzone offers very diverse terrain as it services our main beginner learning area and some of our premier Signature Runs®. Crescent Mountainzone also includes the Eagle Superpipe and 3 Kings Terrain Park, which is open for night skiing/riding. Served via Crescent Hi-Speed Quad, 3 Kings and First Time lifts.
The King Con Mountainzone provides the most intermediate terrain on the mountain, including the new Neff Land terrain park and Merrill Mini 13' halfpipe. The immaculately groomed runs are great for carving perfect turns and the ungroomed terrain is ideal for learning to ski/ride the moguls. Served via the King Con Hi-Speed Quad, Eagle, Eaglet and Silver Star lifts
The Silverlode/Bonanza Mountainzone is perfect for all ability levels and provides access to a majority of the mountain from the Summit. Homerun, our longest run, begins in this zone and allows beginner skiers/riders access from the Summit to the Resort Base. Adventure Alleys, located through the trees near Claimjumper and also off of Mel's Alley, are perfect for kids; intermediates will like Assessment and Powder Keg; most advanced should check out our Signature Run Prospector. Little Kings terrain park has beginner park features for little and big jibbers. Served via the Silverlode and Bonanza Hi-Speed Six–Pack lifts.
The Thaynes/Motherlode Mountainzone is the most underutilized and has some of the best advanced terrain on the mountain. The Motherlode Meadows area provides pristine snow for advanced levels. The trees off of the upper portion of Jupiter Access provide fantastic tree skiing and riding. TNT, one of our Adventure Alleys and the longest of the five, winds through the trees. Served via the Thaynes and Motherlode lifts.
The McConkey's/Pioneer Mountainzone provides some of the most spectacular views on the mountain. Featuring a variety of hikes from the tops of McConkey's and Pioneer lifts it also offers off-trail and tree skiing and riding. For intermediate skiers/riders Georgeanna run is an ideal spot for taking scenic pictures. Plus, the Adventure Alley Powder Monkey, allows intermediates the chance to explore the trees. Served via the McConkey's Hi-Speed Six–Pack and Pioneer lifts.
The Jupiter Mountainzone features a large variety of hike-accessed terrain, backcountry-style experiences, wide-open meadows, challenging steeps and big powder stashes. It's the place to be after a big snowfall. Served via the Jupiter lift and is for expert-only skiers and snowboarders.
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There are two types of gallstones
- Cholesterol stones
- Pigment stones
In the western world 80% of the gallstones are cholesterol stones. These are pale yellow in color. Usually formed due to crystallization of cholesterol.
Bile pigment stones
These are very different from cholesterol gallstones and pathogenesis is also different. Pigmented stones are further categorized into 2 subtypes,
- Black
- Brown
Black pigment stones
Black pigment stones composed of calcium bilirubinate and a network of mucin glycoproteins. These substances precipitate in conjugation with calcium carbonate and/or calcium phosphate. These stones range from very dark brown to black. Pigment stones are seen in 40% - 60% of patients with hemolytic anemias. Pigment stones can occur even without hemolysis. .
Brown pigment stones
These stones have alternative tan and brown layers and muddy in appearance. Brown stones are usually composed of calcium salts and fatty acids.


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|Chairman's Speech (Dewan Housing Finance Corporation)
|Year : Mar '14
Dear Members, Your Company has completed 30 years of living by the Vision laid down in 1984 by its Founder Chairman, Late Shri Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan of ''every Indian to have a home of his own''. This Vision has assumed greater importance today for your Company and India, as the country''s population of 1.2 billion suffers a housing gap of 63 million units. DHFL will play a crucial role in the Government''s ''Mission Housing'' programme to alleviate the housing gap in India. About your Company Your Company has serviced millions of customers, majority accounting for small ticket loans (average loan size being below Rs. 20 lakh). During FY 2014, DHFL integrated the erstwhile First Blue Home Finance Ltd. operations with its own and in FY 2013-14 the merged entity reported a 17% PAT and 25% disbursement increase. Your Company is set to grow its asset base of Rs. 44,000 crore to Rs. 1 lakh crore by 2017. The recent foray into insurance through DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance Company Ltd. empowers your Company to provide customers with the option of insurance to cover risks and safeguard their family. By providing all consumer groups with relevant housing loans, insurance, education loans, fixed deposits and small savings schemes, your Company has emerged as one of the leading financial services companies in India. The next leap Three decades ago, DHFL was amongst the first housing finance companies in India to focus on the country''s semi- urban and low middle income segment. I am happy to say that we stayed the course and contributed to the cause of independent home ownership in what is perhaps the largest semi-urban population cluster in the world. DHFL''s relevance in its business continues to get increasingly pronounced with every passing year. Rural India is more prosperous today than ever, marked by a gradual transition of subsistence agriculture to a commercially viable model, thus leading to greater aspirations to build bigger and better homes. Despite these positive realities, mortgage finance is still under-penetrated at only 9% of India''s GDP against double digit penetration in peer ASEAN countries. At DHFL, we perceive an opportunity in this mismatch - there is a large community of customers who are credible but do not possess adequate income proof; they are trustworthy but remain unbanked. Your Company continues to respond to this reality with a customised business strategy encompassing proprietary appraisal methodologies extending beyond simplistic documentary evidence. Your Company continues to balance organic growth with strategic acquisitions, catalysing the growth of its loan book, revenues and profits. Your Company widened its presence across semi-urban locations in FY 2014, which will translate into enhanced customer access. Your Company is not only expanding its reach but evolving its systems and processes to build a holistically sustainable business model. There are a number of immediate factors underlining our optimism. The country''s economic indices have shown an upward movement after a prolonged slowdown. The new Government appears focused in strengthening the cause of infrastructure, housing included. DHFL strengthened its reach and offerings during the slowdown and is now well poised and equipped to capitalise effectively on the economic recovery. We invite you to be a part of India''s exciting housing finance story and seek your active cooperation in our journey ahead. Kapil Wadhawan Chairman & Managing Director
|Source : Dion Global Solutions Limited


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Linux Games Podcast #9: Enemy Territory Quake Wars Spectacular!October 22nd, 2007 by TimeDoctor
The latest Linux Games Podcast episode is up. Podcast 9 is our Enemy TerritoryQuake Wars special!
Joining myself on this episode are Dustin "Crusader" Reyes, and id software'sTimothee Besset guest stars to talk about Enemy Territory Quake Wars.
URL dump from this episode:
EnemyTerritory: Quake Wars
id software
TrittonAX360 Gaming Headphones
X-FiLinux Drivers
InHell Mod for Doom 3
Last ManStanding
LinuxGames.comthrough the ages
NewOpenArena Patch
Get those thenconnectto wheeljack.telefragged.com so Dustin will be up in yo Grillz,sucka!
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Also known as: Immunization
Giving a vaccine to stimulate a person's immune response. Vaccination can be intended either to prevent a disease (a preventive vaccine) or to treat a disease (a therapeutic vaccine).
See Related Term(s): Vaccine
Also known as: Inoculation
A substance administered to trigger an immune response against a particular disease. Most vaccines are designed to prevent a person from ever having a particular disease or to only have a mild case of the disease. However, therapeutic vaccines are intended to treat specific diseases. Although researchers are testing vaccines both to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, no HIV vaccine is currently approved for use outside of clinical trials.
See Related Term(s): Preventive HIV Vaccine, Therapeutic HIV Vaccine
The pox-type virus used in the vaccine that eradicated smallpox. Researchers are studying the possibility of using a modified, milder version of the vaccinia virus to develop a vaccine against HIV infection.
See Related Term(s): Vaccine
A neurological disorder associated with advanced HIV infection. Vacuolar myelopathy causes the protective myelin sheath to pull away from nerve cells of the spinal cord, forming small holes (vacuoles) in nerve fibers. Symptoms of vacuolar myelopathy include weak and stiff legs and unsteadiness when walking.
See Related Term(s): Myelin
Also known as: Coccidioidomycosis
Also known as: Herpes Zoster, Human Herpesvirus 3
A type of herpesvirus that causes chicken pox. After initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV), the inactive (latent) form of the virus can remain in the body. If the latent virus becomes active again, it can cause shingles.
See Related Term(s): Herpesviruses, Opportunistic Infection, Shingles
Also known as: Visceral Adipose Tissue
In genetically engineered vaccines, a vector is a bacterium or virus that transports antigen-coding genes into the body to provoke an immune response. (The vector itself does not provoke an immune response or cause disease.) A vector may also refer to an organism, especially an insect, that transmits disease-causing agents.
See Related Term(s): Genetic Engineering
Also known as: Genital Warts
Vertical transmission of HIV refers to HIV transmission from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding (through breast milk).
See Related Term(s): Sexual Transmission
The change in the genetic makeup of a virus population as the viruses mutate and multiply over time. HIV evolves rapidly because of its high mutation and replication rates. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) and the body's immune response can also influence HIV evolution.
When a virus is present in the body but exists in a resting (latent) state without producing more virus. A latent viral infection usually does not cause any noticeable symptoms and can last a long period of time before becoming active and causing symptoms. HIV is capable of viral latency, as seen in the reservoirs of latent HIV-infected cells that persist in a person's body despite antiretroviral therapy (ART).
See Related Term(s): Latent HIV Reservoir
The amount of HIV in a sample of blood. Viral load (VL) is reported as the number of HIV RNA copies per milliliter of blood. An important goal of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is to suppress a person's VL to an undetectable level—a level too low for the virus to be detected by a VL test.
See Related Term(s): Viral Load Test
A laboratory test that measures the amount of HIV in a blood sample. Results are reported as the number of copies of HIV RNA per milliliter of blood. Examples of viral load tests include quantitative branched DNA (bDNA), reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and qualitative transcription-mediated amplification. Viral load tests are used to diagnose acute HIV infection, guide treatment choices, and monitor response to antiretroviral therapy (ART).
See Related Term(s): Qualitative Transcription-Mediated Amplification, Quantitative Branched DNA, Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction
Also known as: Rebound
When a person on antiretroviral therapy (ART) has persistent, detectable levels of HIV in the blood after a period of undetectable levels. Causes of viral rebound can include drug resistance or poor adherence to an HIV treatment regimen.
See Related Term(s): Undetectable Viral Load
Also known as: Replication
The process by which a virus multiplies.
See Related Term(s): Life Cycle
Also known as: Set Point
Also known as: Virologic Control
When antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces a person's viral load (HIV RNA) to an undetectable level. Viral suppression does not mean a person is cured; HIV still remains in the body. If ART is discontinued, the person's viral load will likely return to a detectable level.
See Related Term(s): Undetectable Viral Load
Also known as: Tropism
When HIV selectively attaches to a particular coreceptor on the surface of the host cell. HIV can attach to either the CCR5 coreceptor (R5-tropic) or the CXCR4 coreceptor (X4-tropic) or both (dual-tropic).
See Related Term(s): Dual-Tropic Virus, R5-Tropic Virus, X4-Tropic Virus
The presence of viruses in the blood.
Also known as: Virucide
A substance that can destroy or inactivate a virus.
Also known as: Viral Suppression
A type of HIV treatment failure. Virologic failure occurs when antiretroviral therapy (ART) fails to suppress and sustain a person's viral load to less than 200 copies/mL. Factors that can contribute to virologic failure include drug resistance, drug toxicity, and poor treatment adherence.
See Related Term(s): Treatment Failure
The study of viruses and viral diseases.
Also known as: Viricide
A microscopic infectious agent that requires a living host cell in order to replicate. Viruses often cause disease in humans, including measles, mumps, rubella, polio, influenza, and the common cold. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
Also known as: Intra-Abdominal Fat, Visceral Fat
Fat tissue located deep in the abdomen and around internal organs. Use of certain antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can cause excessive accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT), which increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes.
See Related Term(s): Lipodystrophy
Also known as: Visceral Adipose Tissue
Also known as: Viral Load
Also known as: Varicella Zoster Virus