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Juggling Chainsaws: Carbon, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods in the Logging Landscape
Place two of the great conundrums of our time — conservation and food security — as trade-offs and you're bound to generate some controversy. The current hot debate on "land sparing v. land sharing" does just that, in an attempt to find the best balance.
The debate goes like this:
Land Sparing: "People need to eat, so conservation organizations should promote intensified food production in some places so we can totally protect other places (even if it means less wildlife in agricultural lands)."
Land Sharing: "People need to eat, so conservation organizations should promote wildlife friendly agriculture (even if it means a larger footprint in agricultural lands)."
Are you asking, "Does this simple dichotomy make sense?" Then check out a new review paper on this debate by Fischer et al. in Conservation Letters. They are concerned that the debate has become too polarized, and could be more productive if we take a step back and consider how to stop talking past each other, frame the debate in a constructive way, and be clear about assumptions and value systems. Towards this end, they lay out five friction points in the debate, and how to move forward on each.
It's not just about food
Here I am only taking on their first friction point: the debate has gotten mired down with a focus on food production — whether that be the raw tonnage of food produced, or food security, or food sovereignty. They suggest we take a step back to the fundamental issue of "land scarcity" because, "effectively, land use is the object of choice, and much of what is grown on land is not actually used to feed people (e.g., energy crops or fiber)."
I would add that we should expand the discussion to include not just biodiversity, but a range of conservation values such as carbon sequestration, hydrology, and other ecosystem services. In other words, this debate can help us think through how a defined landscape can produce a range of necessities (food, fiber, and fuel) while maximizing conservation values.
With that frame, let's follow Fischer's suggestion and think about another product of the land: fiber, or wood products. The wood products sector is the primary gatekeeper to the earth's remaining undisturbed forests, so it deserves more attention than its 1% of global GNP might suggest.
In the tropics, where decisions about land sharing vs. sparing are most dynamic and urgent from the perspective of both biodiversity and human benefits, about 20% of remaining native forests are subject to low intensity selective logging. There's a heated debate underway as to whether we should bother working with loggers to reduce selective logging impacts — an area where there's a lot of room for improvement but results are hard to measure. Fortunately new methods are emerging to verify lower impact logging, so that the conservation benefits of "sharing" nature with timber production can be carefully tracked. Meanwhile, a much smaller but rapidly growing portion of forests are being converted into high intensity tree plantations, which are usually exotic species, as revealed by a new global deforestation study.
Local interests in livelihoods from native forests can help protect forests
Which is the lesser of conservation evils, per unit of wood fiber produced? On the one hand, selective logging operations in native tropical forests often are responsible for building the first access roads into remote forests, and thus can be the first step towards forest conversion in some of the last vast tracts of native forests.
On the other hand, evidence is mounting that where logging companies have legal tenure, they function as barriers to deforestation — as or more effective than protected areas (see Gaveau et. al. 2013 and as reviewed by Griscom & Cortez 2013). The effect seems to be particularly strong when logging is community-based, probably because forest-based community owned companies have a longer-term interest in their site-specific forest business model than multinational companies.
Further, while conventional selective logging in tropical forests may not look pretty, a recent meta analysis concluded that these selectively logged forests retain over 80% of their biodiversity and three quarters of their carbon. Both outcomes could be measurably improved with better logging practices as mentioned above. To the extent that low impact selective logging can be done right, maintaining reasonable levels of timber production with very low biodiversity and carbon impacts, all while resisting deforestation, this "land sharing" approach to forestry should be a priority conservation strategy where protection alone is not viable.
Scale and location matter
Of course, it's not that simple. While much of the forest landscape seems to be quite resilient, certain areas — such as riparian zones, steep slopes, old growth forests, or places with endangered species — can be very sensitive to even limited impacts. So, we should probably lean towards "sparing" those places from logging.
As Fischer et al. point out, there's also the related question of scale. In the case of timber production, I have been talking about a large scale where we can contrast two very different production systems: selective logging across extensive native forests (sharing) vs. smaller areas converted to high intensity single species plantations combined with protected forest patches (sparing). And I offer the hypothesis that "sharing" native forests with selective logging offers a comparatively stronger conservation outcome.
But nested within this "sharing" selective logging system, a more fine-grained sparing vs. sharing debate has emerged with a study in Borneo by Edwards et al. It goes like this: to what extent should we "spare" the more sensitive parts of the logging landscape, while meeting the demand for timber production with higher-intensity selective logging (well short of conversion to plantations)? Edwards et al. conclude that within the context of "sharing" native forests with selective logging, it makes conservation sense to spare patches of old growth forest while nudging up selective logging intensity elsewhere.
Ready for one more twist? What if global demand for timber simply cannot be met with lower-intensity selective logging of native forests, without expanding into the sensitive landscapes mentioned? Even if we decide to promote selective logging with old-growth set asides as the best chainsaw juggling act in many landscapes, we likely still need a triage plan for identifying some places that will be converted to intensive plantations.
Moving forward
Ok, so it's complicated. Fortunately, there is a growing toolbox of sophisticated conservation planning tools that can handle this sort of complexity (like these). We can use these new tools to answer complex "land sharing vs. land sparing" questions with land use options that find a better balance between products we need and conservation values we can't bear to loose.
If we can do this in a way that respects the different value systems of critical stakeholders in a given landscape, then I think we can respond to Fischer et al.: the debate really is moving us forward.
The paper: Fischer et al. 2014. Land sparing vs. land sharing: moving forward. Conservation Letters. In Press. Early view available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12084/pdf
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Slam anyone you want, but don't knock Cribbs. He is the only football player we have had for a long time.
I hope they do great! I hope they go to the playoffs! I just don't think they will. Too mant rookies and too tough of a schedule.
Heckert stays. Holmgren is good soon. Shurmur is gone any time between Late October and January, depends on how bad it is.
Again, I am a full blooded Browns fan and with cheer for them each and every game in hopes that they prove this wrong.
Great story Bill. Glad that writers like you have the guts to call it the way it is.
One point though, ref: "...:but he wasn't a lucky one, either."
Depends on your perspective. Isn't Learner walking away with 1/2 billion profit? With bad luck like that I'll take some.
It is the fans that have suffered. It is Cleveland that has suffered.
"...there are a lot of people whose jobs are up in the air now, said a source."
Why did you add the "said a source" part?
What do you think?
Weak Wee
Some people do have a more positive outlook, (like me), but most remembers negative things more strongly and in more detail. The brain handles positive and negative information in different hemispheres. Negative emotions generally involve more wasted thinking, and the information is processed and burned into the memory more than positive ones. Thus, people tend to ruminate more about unpleasant events — and use stronger words to describe them — than happy ones. aka the Clevaland Bloggers.
This means all the negative Bloggers are average and the positive ones like you and I are above avearge! LOL!!!!!
Who cares what the stupid talking-heads think? Go Browns!!!
Ed -
10-4. Totally agree.
Mary Not K - Aren't you a Cav's writer?
Ed –
Perhaps the first time Shurmur has a crucial conversation, eyeball to eyeball, with Haslam one of your two choices will be decided. If Shurmur is not the real deal then your former outline may come true.
Given this late date I tend to think they will go into the season with Shurmur but they will pull out the hook quickly if it goes south. And it probably will, given the 3rd toughest schedule and all the rooks.
This year's team would have done better with last year's schedules. That thought and a $1.75 will get you a cup of coffee, though…
What is missing with the Holmgren regime and what I hope Haslam brings is a true sense of urgency. Haslam might fire the lot just for that.
No matter how much I want them to win, too many rookies and too tough of a schedule.
Shurmur is gone any time from November to January, depending on how bad it is.
I hope they keep Heckert.
Holmgren is gone before September. Jim Brown can explain to him how it feels.
Why did they clone Little? Heck they should have cloned Cribbs! Think of the special teams we would have!
Tom, MK, all - Congrats for the great coverage in the PD today. You hit everything soup to nuts, with the right amount of detail. Good job everyone!
MK - Special congrats for the Front Page story.
One question, though. Why was Bud's Spin on page 10 of the sports section when he is always on page 2, or even starting on page 1 of the sports section? Not today's stuff, but how was Bud's last story received at the PD?
Bud -
Page 10?
Warning shot in respect to comments in your last report?
Phillip -
Awesome writing. Please move to the sports section and join the Browns Beat writers! :)
T'man –
Your post is ridicules.
He is not a Steelers fan. He said that because he owns something north of 10% of their team.
He owns 10% of their team because he was putting his toe in the water and learning the ropes - - so when an opportunity presented itself he would be ready.
I'm sure he did not have a crystal ball telling him that the opportunity would be the Browns.
As Pukesburg is our no1 hated rival he will now be 1000% an anti-Steelers fan.
Get over it and grow-up.
Good point.
Thanks Terry.
Thanks D'Qwell.
Go Browns!
If this blog is any reflection of how the Browns fan-base feels then Holmgren has to go.
There is so much negative feedback towards him, not sure he could recover even if the Browns start winning.
Check that, winning fixes everything.
That said, while the talent level has improved there are too many rookies and too tough of a schedule to have a winning season this year.
They are not going to meet their goal of winning the division.
Also, the blogs are right. Holmgren's track record with the big decisions has been plain bad. The facts speak for themselves.
O...Holmgren gone when the ownership transfers.
O...Shurmur gone anytime between Nov and Jan, depends on how bad it is.
O...Heckert stays.
If a = b and b = c then a = c.
I often think many of the bloggers are over the top negative. It frustrates me.
But when I really exam what they are saying and discount the mean-spirited-way they are saying it, I truly feel they are right about this. bye-bye Mike. Go Browns.
You don't pay 1 billion bucks to harvest bad coaching. But you can't change coaches in Aug/Sep.
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The article should state that Girod Street IN FRONT OF ARENA IS CLOSED. Not the whole street.
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Actually Chris Paul signing an extension with Hornets puts him closer to a trade. See Carmello Anthony.
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Keep up the good work Mike!
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I know some people that went to Reliant stadium Sat. and they told me the food was much better(the cheese was actually hot for the nachos and hot dogs came with chili.) and the lower bowl seats were much better than the new Dome seats. On a side note I did a Google search and learned Reliant stadium is run by SMG too.
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The renovations are nice to the Plaza and Loge but not a damn thing has been done to the Terrace. The seats are pre-katrina seats so you can imagine what they smell like and it does not even match the seats on plaza. Not very color coordinated at all. The restrooms in terrace are a complete joke. I hope Doug Thornton gets a little more color coordinated maybe go take a class at Tulane and I hope some renovations are in the works for the Terrace.
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Is he the genius that charged $400 to see a women lip-sync Fri night at the arena? Other then that I like what has done to the Dome.
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Perfect timing on these pictures… my mantel will be decorated for Spring this weekend and this gave me great ideas. I'm sooooooooo over this weather. We are supposed to get more snow/rain/ice this weekend. Ugh!
Poor you! We have had the warmest winter in years, so far. We can almost feel Spring in the air. Dangerous feeling cause the weather could still turn on us every moment.
Stay warm, and happy decorating to you!
Since I have a two inch (maybe less) little mantle I've never thought to line up mercury glass, little posies of flowers in a line down the mantel under the mirror. I'm going to do this when the flowers begin to bloom! Simple yet a touch of spring!
Another idea was just the pop of yellow. I have a small ikea lantern left and I have yellow spray paint. I have a clear glass cylinder vase that fits on my little mantel and I have these unusual little yellow faux seed balls I can use. Ill tuck in clear glass items and a yellow tall candle taper I have. How fun!! I'm inspired to use my things new ways! Thank you for collecting all this inspiration in one spot!!
Glad you liked my gallery and found inspiration. Happy decorating to you!
Hi Marianne, hmm I love your aqua and white, and a touch of yellow is always warming. Hope your day is good as we had a most beautiful day yesterday and today we are white with snow. It is beautiful to watch it fall. Blessings and smiles, Emilou
It feels like Spring here, so it felt right to start thinking about Spring decorating. I sure hope winter doesn't come knocking on our doors, we like the warm winter. Enjoy the snow for both of us!
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I don't know Gimp coding or C, C++ or whatever it's using, and am new to the Gimp. (I'm really liking the Gimp BTW - has some stuff I don't remember Photoshop having too - lovin' that new layer from visible option & the right-click menu). I am running Gimp 2.0 on Windows Vista (yeah, I know, but I had to get it to support the tablet PC I wanted - would be nice to be able to use the pen's pressure sensitivity functions in Gimp too, but that's a question for another time). I have programmed off and on for over 3 decades, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities that I'd be able to code something if given good instructions.
Basically I'm trying to do batch watermarking with a file I want to use, placed where I want it, sized and colored the way I want it etc.
I made a .png that is the way I want it and sized so that if it's added as a layer on the same sized .jpg it will be ready to save as a .jpg right away, no other processing needed.
I don't need rotating, resizing or anything else. I already have the ability to batch size the images I want to do this with so that they are all compatible in this way size-wise. I just need to be able to pick which JPEGs I want to batch overlay a PNG file( that I pick for the batch), then be able to batch save the results (as JPG, of course).
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- pick the overlay PNG file for the batch
- pick the JPG files to have the overlay batch put on them
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-open JPG
-add PNG as new layer (over JPG)
-merge layers (might not be needed since saving as JPG)
-save as JPG (could replace the original JPGs or save to different folder that is created per batch)
Once I find something that can do this I'm hoping I can pick different individual PNGs for different batches as well, so don't want to be stuck with always being the same PNG for every batch, and don't want it to do anything about placement other than overlay it.
Any suggestions of how to code this or if there is a plug-in already (and where I can find it if there is one) or if there are other programs that will do this for me?
Thanks! :)
Were you ever able to find a solution? I am looking for almost the exact same thing. I have a PNG that I want to batch add as a border to a directory of JPG's
in case you are linux user you can consider imagemagick command tool - it is very powerfull - and complex.
your command would look like:
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alternatively you can use transparet png without "-blend" switch
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THE city is enjoying one its busiest Christmas shopping periods in recent years.
New figures have revealed a sharp rise in shoppers visiting Nottingham this year, despite the tough economic climate and ever increasing competition from the internet.
The number of shoppers reached a peak last Sunday when there was a 23 per cent increase compared to the penultimate Sunday before Christmas in 2011. Stores are now hoping for bumper sales during the run-up to Christmas Day
Neil Fincham, centre manager at The Exchange shopping arcade said: "We are expecting this to be an exceptional weekend."
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Compared to last year, there was a nine per cent increase in the number of shoppers in the city in November, a 12 per cent increase in the first week of December, and a six per cent increase in the second week of December.
Trader Jeff Allen, chairman of the Nottingham Business Improvement District, said: "This is great news for the city and we hope it translates into increased sales."


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Elk County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted a resolution Tuesday proclaiming their opposition to two controversial sections of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.
Officials said Tuesday that the sections in question, Sections 1021 and 1022, "as proposed, in limited circumstances," allows an American citizen to be "detained by our own United States government and by our Armed Forces" and detention "could last without trial until the end of the hostilities currently authorized by the authorization for use of military force."
In a 2-1 vote, the Fox Township Supervisors approved a five-year agreement with Elco Sintered Alloys Co. Inc. to construct a parking lot on their property to support the Sinterfire soccer field, located in the Fox Twp. Industrial Park.
"I can't see spending money on land we don't own," said Supervisor Dave Mattiuz, who cast the opposing vote. "Why can't we spend that money and put in more fields at the park?"
State Sen. President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, recently shared some of his legislative priorities for 2012.
"My legislative priorities fall on many different fronts," Scarnati said. "Currently, it is vital that we find the appropriate impact fee on Marcellus Shale drillers to ensure we are not only protecting our communities, but improving our economy as well.
Members of the boys' and girls' swim and dive teams at the St. Marys Area High School are not only good in the water, but they are good at raising funds for organizations in need as well.
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The National Association of Secondary School Principals and the National Association of Elementary School Principals issued the following statement in response to President Obama's proposals to reduce gun violence:
NASSP and NAESP applaud President Obama for his proposals to reduce gun violence and we pledge our support to ongoing efforts to make those proposals a reality. The president's proposals reflect many of the recommendations that our organizations submitted last week to Vice President Biden. We're encouraged by the call for support for more resource officers, school counselors, and psychologists, and that the decisions are made locally with schools. The recognition of the importance of open lines of communication among schools, community health agencies, and law-enforcement officials is also commendable. Stronger efforts to reduce bullying will be met with wide acceptance from school leaders, as will more resources to identify and address mental health issues and more training for educators to constructively participate in those efforts.
NAESP and NASSP are calling for more coordination between education and mental health service systems as a part of the comprehensive movement to prevent future gun and related violence in schools. Principals and mental health service providers need the ability to get students and their families the help they need more quickly without unnecessary policy barriers. "Principals should have immediate access to services for children who repeatedly demonstrate disturbing behaviors--not years later," said NAESP Executive Director, Gail Connelly. "The Administration and Congress must help set the models for how schools and communities can work together to serve and protect all students. This is the type of systemic change our nation needs to put an end to horrible violent events like Sandy Hook," she said.


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The plant comprises an adsorbent-filled tank (8) permanently interposed in the line (2), between the purification unit (3), operating by adsorption of solidifiable impurities from the gas mixture (5) containing carbon monoxide, and the cryogenic separation unit which delivers pure carbon monoxide at its outlet (6). The adsorbent in the tank (8), advantageously the same as the adsorbent in the adsorbers (4A, 4B) of the purification unit (3), has an affinity for carbon monoxide, thus making it possible to reduce the cyclic variations in the carbon monoxide production delivery rate which results from the cyclic operation of the adsorbers (4A, 4B) of the separation unit (3).
1. In a carbon monoxide production plant, comprising a cryogenic separation unit supplied with a gas mixture containing carbon monoxide via a feed line incorporating a purification unit which adsorbs impurities and comprises at least two adsorbers; the improvement wherein the plant further comprises a tank containing an adsorbent which has an affinity for carbon monoxide, this tank being permanently interposed in the feed line between the purification unit and the separation unit.
2. Plant according to claim 1, wherein the adsorbent in the tank is the same as the one in the adsorber.
3. Plant according to claim 2, wherein the adsorbent is a molecular sieve.
The present invention relates to carbon monoxide production plants, of the type comprising a cryogenic separation unit supplied with a gas mixture containing carbon monoxide via a feed line incorporating a purification unit which adsorbs impurities and comprises at least two adsorbers.
Pure carbon monoxide is used in a number of processes in the chemical industry and is most often generated from hydrocarbons by steam reforming or partial oxidation, and is thus in a mixture with hydrogen and methane from which it is separated in a cryogenic separation unit. Cryogenic separation processes require that the gas mixture to be separated is free of any traces of solidifiable components, essentially water and carbon dioxide, such purification being effected by an adsorption-purification unit comprising adsorbers containing at least one solid adsorbent such as alumina, a silica gel or a molecular sieve. To various degrees, these adsorbents have some affinity for retaining carbon monoxide as well. Because of this, the cyclic operation of an adsorption-purification unit leads to a variation, which is also cyclic, in the delivery rate of the carbon monoxide production at the outlet of the cryogenic separation unit. The downstream user station, typically a chemical reactor, will not in general tolerate such variations, and so the carbon monoxide circuit is generally controlled by branching off and combusting some of the carbon monoxide production in order to smooth the production delivery rate, with the associated drawbacks of production losses and waste reprocessing.
The object of the present invention is to propose a plant which allows the simple, efficient and inexpensive regulation of the carbon monoxide production in such a plant, while greatly limiting production losses.
To this end, according to one characteristic of the invention, the plant includes a tank containing an adsorbent which has an affinity for carbon monoxide, this tank being permanently interposed in the feed line, between the purification unit and the cryogenic separation unit.
Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will emerge from the following description of an embodiment, given by way of illustration but without implying any limitation, and made with reference to the appended drawing.
The single Figure schematically represents a plant according to the invention.
This Figure schematically represents a cryogenic separation unit 1 supplied with a gas mixture to be separated via a line 2 connected to the production outlet of a purification unit 3 which comprises at least two adsorbers 4A, 4B operated alternately for purifying, by removal of solidifiable impurities, an input gas mixture 5 containing carbon monoxide. The cryogenic separation unit 1 comprises a pure carbon monoxide delivery line 6 and outlet lines 7 and 8, typically for hydrogen and residual gas mixture.
According to the invention, a tank 8 is permanently interposed in the line 2, this tank having similar dimensions to the adsorbers 4A, 4B and being filled with an adsorbent, advantageously the same adsorbent as the main adsorbent in the adsorbers 4B, typically a molecular sieve.
The way in which the plant according to the invention operates can be summarized as follows:
In continuous operation phase, the adsorbents of the adsorber 4A, 4B in service and of the tank 8 are saturated with carbon monoxide and are therefore "transparent" with respect to the latter. When the adsorbers 4A, 4B are switched over, when the recently regenerated adsorber starts to be used, it becomes saturated with carbon monoxide, whereas the adsorbent in the tank 8 discharges some of the carbon monoxide which it was holding. Conversely, when the adsorber which has recently started to be used reaches carbon monoxide saturation, the adsorbent in the tank 8 resaturates with carbon monoxide, with the result that, as mentioned, the cyclic variations in the carbon monoxide production delivery rate are substantially smoothed.
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- A novel approach to probabilistic biomarker-based classification using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (2012)
- Pattern recognition approaches to the analysis of neuroimaging data have brought new applications such as the classification of patients and healthy controls within reach. In our view, the reliance on expensive neuroimaging techniques which are not well tolerated by many patient groups and the inability of most current biomarker algorithms to accommodate information about prior class frequencies (such as a disorder's prevalence in the general population) are key factors limiting practical application. To overcome both limitations, we propose a probabilistic pattern recognition approach based on cheap and easy-to-use multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measurements. We show the validity of our method by applying it to data from healthy controls (n = 14) enabling differentiation between the conditions of a visual checkerboard task. Second, we show that high-accuracy single subject classification of patients with schizophrenia (n = 40) and healthy controls (n = 40) is possible based on temporal patterns of fNIRS data measured during a working memory task. For classification, we integrate spatial and temporal information at each channel to estimate overall classification accuracy. This yields an overall accuracy of 76% which is comparable to the highest ever achieved in biomarker-based classification of patients with schizophrenia. In summary, the proposed algorithm in combination with fNIRS measurements enables the analysis of sub-second, multivariate temporal patterns of BOLD responses and high-accuracy predictions based on low-cost, easy-to-use fNIRS patterns. In addition, our approach can easily compensate for variable class priors, which is highly advantageous in making predictions in a wide range of clinical neuroimaging applications. Hum Brain Mapp, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Gender differences in associations of glutamate decarboxylase 1 gene (GAD1) variants with panic disorder (2012)
- Background: Panic disorder is common (5% prevalence) and females are twice as likely to be affected as males. The heritable component of panic disorder is estimated at 48%. Glutamic acid dehydrogenase GAD1, the key enzyme for the synthesis of the inhibitory and anxiolytic neurotransmitter GABA, is supposed to influence various mental disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders. In a recent association study in depression, which is highly comorbid with panic disorder, GAD1 risk allele associations were restricted to females. Methodology/Principal Findings: Nineteen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) tagging the common variation in GAD1 were genotyped in two independent gender and age matched case-control samples (discovery sample n = 478; replication sample n = 584). Thirteen SNPs passed quality control and were examined for gender-specific enrichment of risk alleles associated with panic disorder by using logistic regression including a genotype×gender interaction term. The latter was found to be nominally significant for four SNPs (rs1978340, rs3762555, rs3749034, rs2241165) in the discovery sample; of note, the respective minor/risk alleles were associated with panic disorder only in females. These findings were not confirmed in the replication sample; however, the genotype×gender interaction of rs3749034 remained significant in the combined sample. Furthermore, this polymorphism showed a nominally significant association with the Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire sum score. Conclusions/Significance: The present study represents the first systematic evaluation of gender-specific enrichment of risk alleles of the common SNP variation in the panic disorder candidate gene GAD1. Our tentative results provide a possible explanation for the higher susceptibility of females to panic disorder.
- Genome-wide analysis of rare copy number variations reveals PARK2 as a candidate gene for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2012)
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder. Genetic loci have not yet been identified by genome-wide association studies. Rare copy number variations (CNVs), such as chromosomal deletions or duplications, have been implicated in ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders. To identify rare (frequency ≤1%) CNVs that increase the risk of ADHD, we performed a whole-genome CNV analysis based on 489 young ADHD patients and 1285 adult population-based controls and identified one significantly associated CNV region. In tests for a global burden of large (>500 kb) rare CNVs, we observed a nonsignificant (P=0.271) 1.126-fold enriched rate of subjects carrying at least one such CNV in the group of ADHD cases. Locus-specific tests of association were used to assess if there were more rare CNVs in cases compared with controls. Detected CNVs, which were significantly enriched in the ADHD group, were validated by quantitative (q)PCR. Findings were replicated in an independent sample of 386 young patients with ADHD and 781 young population-based healthy controls. We identified rare CNVs within the parkinson protein 2 gene (PARK2) with a significantly higher prevalence in ADHD patients than in controls (P=2.8 × 10(-4) after empirical correction for genome-wide testing). In total, the PARK2 locus (chr 6: 162 659 756-162 767 019) harboured three deletions and nine duplications in the ADHD patients and two deletions and two duplications in the controls. By qPCR analysis, we validated 11 of the 12 CNVs in ADHD patients (P=1.2 × 10(-3) after empirical correction for genome-wide testing). In the replication sample, CNVs at the PARK2 locus were found in four additional ADHD patients and one additional control (P=4.3 × 10(-2)). Our results suggest that copy number variants at the PARK2 locus contribute to the genetic susceptibility of ADHD. Mutations and CNVs in PARK2 are known to be associated with Parkinson disease.


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Sullivan South became a bigger fish at the same time the pond got smaller.
If the Rebels follow a trend, they will be tough to handle in most sports for at least the next couple of seasons.
Because of smaller enrollment, South moved from the Class AAA world inhabited by the likes of Science Hill and Dobyns-Bennett to the Class AA ranks, where smaller schools roam. The Rebels' first seasons in the new digs begin this fall.
It should make a big impact right off the bat in sports like golf, girls soccer and volleyball. But most eyes are on football, where the Rebels basically traded the Indians and Hilltoppers for Elizabethton and Sullivan North in terms of postseason implications and the Three Rivers Conference title chase.
If the Rebels reach the playoffs, Class 4A might not be much more of a bargain than their previous 5A home. That's because teams like Greeneville, Knox Fulton, Knox Catholic and the Cyclones could present challenges in the postseason bracket.
As far as the regular season goes, most Three Rivers teams are welcoming the Rebels with open arms, at least until they have to play them.
"It's great," said Elizabethton head coach Shawn Witten. "The old Mountain Lakes Conference was great, and we have our scheduling back to where we don't have to play North Carolina teams. We picked up Tennessee High and David Crockett, so we're playing most of the old Big Eight schools. South dropping down is like us in 2009. I'm sure they are getting excited about it."
Elizabethton certainly got excited, reaching the state semifinals in its first football season as a Class AA team. The Cyclones returned to the semifinals in 2010, and made it again last season.
Traditionally Northeast Tennessee schools have done well across the board in the move from Class AAA to Class AA, including Unicoi County in the mid 1980s, Daniel Boone in the 1990s, Elizabethton in the early 2000s, and Sullivan East a few years ago.
Unicoi County is moving up as the Rebels moved down, at least for postseason purposes as the Blue Devils join Elizabethton, East and South in Class 4A. However, even the Blue Devils are upbeat about the arrival of South in the Three Rivers.
"When you get a quality team in your conference, it doesn't do anything but elevate your play," said Unicoi head coach Jerad Huskins. "I'm excited about them joining the league. And I'm sure South has excitement and something to look forward to. Look at the people they've been playing in the past: D-B, Science Hill and Tennessee High. However, there are no pushovers in our league. If you go to Mountain City and Happy Valley and think you're just going to roll over them, you're not going to do that. These teams take too much pride in what they do."
Johnson County head coach Mike Atwood said his team is familiar with the Rebels.
"We were in the league with them for eight years in the old Mountain Lakes, and we always enjoyed playing them," said Atwood. "We had a good relationship with South. They had a real strong sophomore class last year. It's the nature of the beast that they feel they should win the conference. And confidence is a good thing in high school sports. If you feel like you can win, you're ahead of the game."
South opens its Three Rivers season in Week 2 against Happy Valley. The Rebels play Unicoi County in Week 4 and Sullivan East in Week 7. They close with North, Johnson County and Elizabethton.
Greeneville quarterback Zack Finchum has recovered nicely from a serious injury during the baseball season.
Finchum suffered a broken jaw when he was hit in face by a broken aluminum bat while pitching in a game at Cumberland Gap in April. He returned to the baseball field later in the season, helping the Greene Devils reach the Class AA sectional before losing to eventual state champion Pigeon Forge.
Showing the injury is a thing of the past, Finchum put up some big numbers during Greeneville's first football scrimmage Friday against Morristown East. The junior completed 15 of 19 passes for 310 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for 69 yards.
There have been a couple of coaching changes in basketball recently.
Cloudland turned over its boys' program to Gary Harrison, who had been been an assistant under Brandon Carpenter for the past three seasons. Carpenter resigned earlier this summer to become an elementary school principal.
Harrison is a former Highlanders' standout, and will inherit a program that has reached the Class A state tournament five times in the last eight seasons. He said he will continue to stress the defensive pressure that has been a hallmark of Cloudland's success.
In another move, Sullivan South has turned over its girls basketball program to Torey Haile.
As for baseball, former Dobyns-Bennett standout Josh Warner has changed his coaching address. After leading Jefferson County to some very successful seasons, Warner will step down to the Class AA ranks by taking over at Gatlinburg-Pittman.


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Barbara Ann Barton age 74 of Edmonton died Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Barren County Health Care in Glasgow. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Amanda Sandidge Watson. Barbara was a homemaker and member of the Wisdom Faith Community Church.
She is survived by one son Mike Smith of Knob Lick. Two grandchildren, Marsha Houchens of Glasgow and Chad Smith of Cave City. Two great grandchildren, Presley Houchens and Alexia Smith. One brother Lane Watson of Edmonton. Two sisters, Helen Puckett of Tennessee and Sylvia Voakes of Bowling Green.
Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Morris "Shorty" Barton and two brothers. Rondal and Orville Watson.
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Time-Traveling to Your HEART: Baby Tardis
By Great White Snark | January 20, 2011
I'm mostly indifferent to all things Doctor Who, but I know that many of you Who fans–and I'm not necessarily looking at those of you with two X chromosomes… much–will absolutely blow your stacks under duress of adorbz when you see this kid whose packaging- and graphic-designer daddy made him this baby Tardis out of corrugated paper.
Via Mateo and Me, who resents me for using adorableness to create duress.
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January 21st, 2011 at 11:37 am
:::Passes out from sheer cuteness:::
Must show this to the Who-fan new parents I know…


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Poulsen says she's a bit nervous these days about the impact of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and won't know for months if the devastation from the nuclear plant will hurt her hay business.
"Our star is tied to Japan, so when they have a major economic problem like they are having right now, we're a little concerned," she says.
Despite the economic uncertainties, Poulsen says there are many upsides to her work life. She likes being her own boss and having the freedom to make business decisions. Poulsen runs the farm with one full-time employee and part-time help in the summer.
"I like wearing many hats. In one day, I can be a purchasing agent, marketer, heavy equipment operator, personnel manager, laborer, bookkeeper and mechanic," she says.
Poulsen is one of very few women in her community of 15,000 who farm, but that is not an issue as far as she is concerned.
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The next generation of data protection is not just about backup or replication into and out of the cloud, but about inexpensive recovery directly into a cloud in a hypervisor agnostic manner. Recovery is the key to backup and while we spend many hours ensuring that our backups happen in a timely manner, we spend very little time testing those backups and ensuring that recovery can happen at any time for any workload, not just those that are mission critical. Next generation data protection must also be extremely simple to use, setup, and configure. Is your data protection tool a next generation tool or lost in the past somewhere?
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Given the VNXe's expandability to include fibre channel cards in the future. This storage looks very attractive to those SMBs who have made the investment previously to move towards fibre. Making use of your existing infrastructure whether fabric or Ethernet would lower the cost of adoption for the low-end EMC product. The VNXe's expandability is one of those items that makes it an attractive tool for other uses. What are those other uses with respect to security, DR, BC, and disaster avoidance?
"What do you wish to monitor?", is often my response when someone states they need to monitor the virtual environment. Monitoring however becomes much more of an issue when you enter the cloud. Some of my friends have businesses that use the cloud, specifically private IaaS clouds, but what should the cloud provider monitor and what should the tenant monitor has been a struggle and a debate when dealing with them.


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81-year-old woman killed in Bennington crashStaff Report | July 11,2013BENNINGTON - An 81-year-old Bennington woman was killed Thursday morning when a vehicle she was riding in crashed into a tree, according to police.
Rachele M. Blott, who was sitting the backseat of the 2007 Buick four-door sedan, died of the injuries she suffered in the crash, police said.
The one-vehicle crash took place on Crescent Boulevard around 11:10 a.m. near the intersection with Westside Drive, police said.
Police said arriving at the scene they discovered that three sisters had been in the vehicle. The driver, Yvette Blott, 85, was pinned behind the steering wheel, and Colette D. Blott, 82, was out of the car trying to aid her sister in the backseat, Rachele Blott, according to police.
A preliminary investigation has shown that the vehicle was westbound on Crescent Boulevard and as it approached the area of Westside Drive and Pine Circle the car veered off the right side of the road and drove into a large pine tree, police said, adding that the car spun away from the tree and came to a stop..
All three sisters were treated at the scene by police and rescue and all were taken to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center for treatment. Police added that Yvette Blott was being transferred to the Albany, N.Y., Medical Center for back injuries, and Colette Blott was in stable condition at SVMC.
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Chinnor Seconds vs. Southend RFC
Chinnor Seconds hosted Southend, another National 2 league team with their second team in the shield, again a hard game in this very competitive league. After our experience from our trip down to them we knew it was going to be a hard and extremely physical and so it was.
In the first half Southend had the wind and the sun at their backs and needed to have at least a 15 point lead to have any chance for winning. From the onset the game was played between the two 22 metre lines with both teams attacking and defending well and very little to choose between the two sides, but Chinnor were struggling to settle down to play their normal rugby after their cup game on Monday night. On fifteen minutes Max Williams was harshly yellow carded for knocking the ball out of play, the ball had actually come one of their players. With 20 minutes on the clock the Ref then missed a crossing error and Southend took the advantage and scored a converted try. The Chinnor pack had dominated from the start and continued to put more pressure on Southend which caused a number of off the ball incidents with both teams equally to blame, but it took Chinnor till the thirtieth minute before they got their first points. Danny Burns scored a try after a lot of pressure from the Chinnor forwards and narrowed the gap to 7 points to 5, and that is how the first half ended. Chinnor were quietly confident knowing that Southend needed to have more points in order to hold the lead with the wind factor taken into account.
After a team talk at half time Chinnor came out more determined and played good rugby and put Southend on the back foot with the wind at their backs. Chinnor took the lead just on forty five minutes with a penalty by Sam Angell, 8 points to 7. Chinnor continued to take the game to Southend which frustrated them and they had no answer to the Chinnor pack and the off the ball incidents also continued. Fifty five minutes in Al Blewitt came off the bench and in five minutes scored two tries with some great work by the pack, one try was converted by Angell, and Chinnor had increased their lead to 20 points to 7. Chinnor kept using the wind to their advantage. Just on seventy minutes Trevor Powell kicked the ball down field from his own 10 metre line and when the Southend fullback finally got his hands on the bouncing ball he had three Chinnor players to deal with and no help from his own team which allowed Chinnor to clean out and send Angell over for a try and a bonus point. Another try followed when Max Williams picked up a ball on the Southend ten metre line and broke through the Southend backs by scoring under the posts, again converted by Angell. The game finished 32 points to 7 in Chinnor's favour. A very good team effort and man of the match this week goes to Simon Matthews a very influential player in tough games. Walter McGuicken. Chinnor Seconds Manager
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Rogers State University is changing very fast and for the better. Over the past year in general there have been several new additions to the RSU campuses. One of the biggest additions is the Centennial Center that is located at the main campus in Claremore. The new Centennial Center is a place that consists of meeting rooms, a 24-hour computer lab, bookstore and several other attractive places. The reasoning behind the name the Centennial Center is that 2009 marked the 100 year anniversary of Rogers State University. The new building is something that will bring students together and the best part of the building is the beautiful grand ballroom that has a breathtaking overview of the city and Douglas Lake. Another mentionable new addition to the historical campus is the Centennial clock that stands tall next to the new Centennial Center. Located on the Pryor Campus is a bigger and improved building that was built this past year that doubled the size of the building, the new rooms consist of office rooms, classrooms and a computer lab for the students.
Just in a couple years there have been huge changes and increased student interest and participation on campus. A big demand for an expansion of Greek life on campus is something that has been seen. This past year there have been two additions to the Greek life on campus. The organizations Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Sigma Alpha have been added to the existing Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Sigma Tau. The music scene on campus is expanding with the addition of choir. Concerts featuring jazz band and the choir are held on campus now.
Brittany Benson is a student at the Claremore campus that has been enrolled over the years and has witnessed the changes of Rogers State University first hand. One new tradition that has been added since she has been a student at RSU is Homecoming. Benson explains by saying "Homecoming has been one of the drastic changes on campus and will have a lasting impact on the lives of RSU students; not only were there RSU students involved, but also high school students that came to observe, which meant they got to see the spirit of the Hillcats". Speaking of Hillcat spirit, Benson also comments on the expansion of the athletic team by saying, "there has also been a big expansion of the athletic department; I enjoy going out and supporting the Hillcats as they represent RSU with the red, white and blue!". Over the past year the athletics teams has really had a huge impact on the University. The men's basketball team finished the year off being ranked number 1 in the NAIA division. Next fall there will be a RSU golf team, which will be the latest addition to the athletic department.
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President Obama has opened up a 9-percentage point lead over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, 51 percent to 42 percent counting leaners, according to a University of New Hampshire poll released Monday.
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I first posted this info in 2009, but it should still work.
If for any reason you find yourself with random missing tracks, (or are trying to recover from a dying hard drive like me), there is an easy way to isolate those missing tracks.
1. Create a standard playlist called "Not Missing".
2. Drag your entire library into that playlist. Missing tracks cannot be copied to a playlist.
3. Create a smart playlist called "Missing" where Playlist - is not - Not Missing.
Voila! All your missing tracks with the dreaded exclamation mark are now in a playlist. You have three options:
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Federal mine-safety regulators want to fine a Harlan County coal company nearly $600,000 for alleged safety violations that led to the death of a miner last year. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration announced the fine for Manalapan Mining Co. Inc. on Thursday. The fine is a proposed penalty because the company is contesting the citations that led to the fine.


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Curtis W. Clump, whose 33-year tenure as professor of chemical engineering included 13 years as the engineering college's associate dean for undergraduate affairs, died April 21 at his home in Bethlehem. He was 81 years old.
A witty man who loved taking bicycling vacations with his wife, Clump was praised by colleagues as an active scholar whose kind but firm demeanor and solid sense of ethics suited him well for the role of associate dean, which he filled from 1975 to 1988.
"Curt Clump was a true Lehigh person," said Mohamed El-Aasser, university provost and professor of chemical engineering. "His contribution was immense. He loved students and was very interested in their lives and professional development. He was always one of the kindest individuals I knew, and he never lost his wit."
"Curt Clump was a professional of the first order," said Don Bolle, chair of the electrical and computer engineering department, who served as dean of the engineering college from 1981 to 1988. "He contributed richly to his profession, to the development of his colleagues and, most of all, to the intellectual and personal enrichment of the multitude of students who passed through his classroom and his office.
"Curt's advice and presence were invaluable in the many issues that arose almost daily," said Bolle. "His unfailing good humor and energy and his finely tuned common-sense approach to both ethical and operational issues made him a veritable rock in the maelstrom of academe.
"He knew when and how to impart the lessons of life and reality to undergraduates in a manner that brooked little nonsense but also made them friends for life. Many are the graduates who made a point of stopping by his office when they returned to campus for a visit - and his door was always open to all. No matter the workload he faced, he never seemed in a hurry or not to have time for those who needed, or just wanted, a word with him."
Born in Reading in 1923, Clump served as a first lieutenant with the 755th Squadron of the 458th Bomber Group of the U.S. Army's 2nd Air Division in World War II. He flew 31 sorties from June to September of 1944 as a navigator on a B-24 combat aircraft and received a Certificate of Valor.
Years later, after meeting Bolle, Clump realized that most of his bombing missions had taken him directly over the suburb of Amsterdam in The Netherlands where Bolle lived during the war.
"It was quite a sight," said Bolle. "All these bombers were flying in formation, wing to wing, maybe a dozen in one group, then a gap, and a dozen in the next group. Curt flew literally right across the top of our house. The ground would shake from all the racket."
Home from the war, Clump received a B.S. and M.S. from Bucknell University, and, in 1954, a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1955, was promoted to professor in 1965, chaired the chemical engineering department in 1969-70, and became associate dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences in 1975.
In 1960, Clump and two of his colleagues, Alan S. Foust and Leonard A. Wenzel, both professors and former chairmen of chemical engineering, published a highly regarded textbook titled "Principles of Unit Operations."
"It was that book that helped bring world renown to Lehigh's chemical engineering department," said John Chen, the Carl R. Anderson Professor of chemical engineering and a former chair of the department.
Clump was elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, one of the foremost engineering professional societies, and was also a member of the American Chemical Society.
In 1985, Clump received the R. R. and E. C. Hillman Award from Lehigh for "having done the most toward advancing the interests of the university."
Clump and his wife, Marion Turner Clump, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary in March. They took many bicycling tours in Europe, the details of which Clump was fond of sharing with his colleagues at Lehigh.
"Curt had a great memory for everything," said El-Aasser. "When he talked about his trips to Europe, he could recall what he found on every corner of every street he traveled on."
Clump was a longstanding member of St. Johns United Church of Christ in Coopersburg, where he sang in the choir, and he was an active supporter of the Southern Lehigh Public Library.
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