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Monthly Archives: September 2010
"One in Eight Million" series wins an Emmy
The superb series of audio slideshows profiling the lives of ordinary New Yorkers, called "One in Eight Million" won an Emmy in the category of "new approaches to news and documentary programming."
If you haven't checked out this series, photographed by talented NY Times staffer Todd Heisler, and produced by other staff members from the Times, you're in for a treat.
It is simple, powerful multimedia storytelling at its best: no bells and whistles, fancy graphics, or celebrity subjects. Just the subject's voice telling his or her story running under Heisler's evocative black and white photography.
For about a year, Heisler profiled one New Yorker a week, and I have to confess, I used to wait in anticipation for the next biography, so well done are these pieces and so unique and fascinating the subjects.
Heisler has moved on to other projects, but the series is still up and will provide a lot of inspiration for anyone who wants to tell stories with their photographs….
You Look Different, Did You Change Your Lack of Hair?
Well, I've gotten more than a few emails asking me "what's up with the new look of the blog, and what's with all the unrelated and out of order posts?"
I would have given you guys a heads up that I was throwing my hat in with the folks at Pixiq in an effort to be able to continue spending as much time blogging as I have been without having to moonlight as a cab driver to pay for bandwidth and food, but the "porting" of the blog happened while I was in Africa and a little ahead of schedule.
We're giving this a try as the new home of the blog. It works out better for me, and I think, once you get used to the new look, that you'll find a lot more information from a ton of great sources here.
As for the excerpts of my book that are getting posted, not to worry, that'll wind down. The Pixiq folks were concerned that in my absence in West Africa, there wouldn't be enough fresh content coming in. So you're getting some nice swaths of my last book….free! Yes, I may have changed the gear in my bag since that book was written, but most of the other info is evergreen.
I've got the blogroll of my links back up, and true, you can't jump directly to my listings of seminars and workshops (we're working on that), but, er, not a lot of folks did that at the old blogsite, so I figured it's no great loss:-).
I'm still learning the new template, and I expect that there'll be some gaffed posts until I figure it out (software genius that I am). But hang in there and you'll get the same Photo Traveler bullsh…,er, I mean, wisdom you've been used to.
Talking Travel Photography
I had the chance to sit down and chat with fellow travel photographer Rosanne Pennella about a wide range of issues affecting traveling photographers and Nikon got it all on tape.
We chatted about how we plan for an assignment, how to overcome security and language barriers, when to go to favorite places, and a whole range of other topics.
You can see the video here on Nikon's site.
Dr. Krist, you're needed in the O.R., stat!
Wow, what a trip Senegal is! Incredible place but tough on docs and patients using the less-than-ideal infrastructure. Take the above photo for instance.
My friend Dr. Al Ruenes and his colleague, Dr. Serigne Gueye, were doing a fistula repair on a patient in a remote clinic south of Dakar when the power went out. So they've got the patient opened but can't see a thing.
Well, as much as I love my Nikon Speedlights, it was continuous lighting that saved the day because I pulled out my little headlamp flashlight and my Lite Panels Micro Pro LED on camera video light, handed them to the docs, and they were able to finish the operation with a nice main light and a broader fill!
The docs liked the light quality so much, they continued to use it even when the lights came back on (probably a good thing, since we lost power a couple of times that day!)
We're wrapping up here today and hope to be home tomorrow. It's been an incredible experience seeing what obstacles are faced and overcome here on a daily basis. Hope to have some video up (but, it's going to take a while).
I hardly shot a still while I was here….video took up all my concentration, and I'm still making rookie mistakes. I'll have more on that in another post.
A One-Man, Video-Shootin', Senegalese Band
I'm off to Senegal to shoot a short documentary on the volunteer work of my friend Dr. Al Ruenes. Al is a urologist who regularly visits Senegal to teach new techniques to surgeons from all over Africa, and while he's there, does a whole slew of pro bono procedures for Senegalese patients.
Also coming is renowned plein air artist Bob Beck. He's going to make paintings of the trip, I'm going to make the short video, and when we get back, we're going to try to use this stuff to raise money for an operating theater Al hopes to fund in Dakar.
Originally, my son Brian was coming along to do the video duties, and I was just doing stills and audio. But then, young Brian had to go and get a great new gig as an associate producer for a new series at Discovery Channel and couldn't get the time off.
(Oh sure, let a little thing like a major career move get in the way of a trip with the old man….sheesh, these kids!)
So it's up to me to do my one-man band routine.
I'm only mildly panicked, as I've spent a lot of the summer studying up, shooting a lot of video to try to get my chops somewhat up to snuff. Even at that, I've got a long way to go as a videographer, but I'm ready as I'll ever be by tonight, anyway!
And just like in my still shooting, I've been researching and finding the smallest, most reasonably-priced stuff that will do the job right.
So it's going to be a little quiet on the blog for the rest of the month. And comment moderation could be very slow, so if you post a comment and it doesn't show up for a while, it is nothing more nefarious than a bad or non-existent internet connection in my location!
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March 29, 2010
Bigger Than Life
Reviewer: James Van Maanen
Rating (out of 5):***(4 stars for Ray completists/aficianados)
I am a Nicholas Ray aficionado, so why I am giving Bigger Than Life only three stars (and barely that)? Because, for all the little background beauties the film contains -- from its consistent and fascinating use of milk to the symbolic difference between a home's upstairs and downstairs (and the DVD extras by Brooklyn writer Jonathan Lethem and Mr. Ray's widow Susan point many of these out quite well) -- the foreground is non-stop melodrama served up in sledge-hammer style. This was certainly not always the case in Ray's work. Consider In a Lonely Place, for me perhaps the best of his films, in which the fore-, middle- and background, not to mention theme and execution, are consistent and beautifully rendered throughout.
Bigger Than Life, however, is something else. Never less than interesting, despite the very odd casting choice of James Mason in the leading role as a rather untypical American grade-school teacher, the movie tells the tale of a man with a probably fatal illness who is given the (at that time) new wonder drug Cortisone to relieve painful symptoms and save his life. Trouble is, it's addictive with crazy-making side-effects. The film was made in the mid-1950s, when conformity was an art form and the USA has just endured the height and sudden decline of McCarthyism. A full decade after the end of WWII, times were tougher for the struggling middle-class than was often let on, and so the leading character must moonlight for a taxi cab company (has that trade ever seen a classier dispatcher than James Mason?) without telling his wife.
Based on an article by Berton Roueché about a similar case history, published the year previous in The New Yorker, the movie, being a Hollywood product, must tread ever so gently on the doctors who actually prescribed the medication and upped the dosage to see how much their patient could tolerate. By blaming the victim, the movie turns this into a kind of Man With the Golden Mouth (the Preminger film Man With the Golden Arm was made just the year before). And the film's ending, which is by any Hollywood standard a happy one, falls apart almost immediately upon consideration. You may also wonder, at one point, why our hero's school-teacher friend has seen an article in a high-level medical journal which his own doctors evidently have not.
Yet Bigger Than Life holds you oddly rapt, due to all that "background detail" plus the director's movement from a flat, almost-television-level look in the beginning to a frame full of odd angles and enormous shadows, as Mason's character whacks further and further out. There's some interesting acting on display, too. Mason is always worth watching and the under-rated Barbara Rush as his put-upon wife unveils layer after layer of anger, warmth, fear and hope. In the role of their young son Ritchie, Christopher Olsen does the standard, strained 50s-style "acting" required of kids of that day, while a relatively youthful Walter Matthau passes muster as the couple's best friend. The musical score (by David Raksin) is of its time: over the top and telling us what to feel at every intersection. But, then, that's what music was supposed to accomplish, back in the day.
High points of an otherwise rather prosaic screenplay (credited to Cyril Hume and frequent Bond movie scribe Richard Maibaum, with, according to the IMDB, un-credited help from Ray, Mason, Gavin Lambert and Clifford Odets!) include an interesting husband-wife conversation about being boring and the Mason character's speech on parent-teacher night – which is both dead-on correct and utterly bizarre, coming as it does from a fellow who is clearly going 'round the bend. Later the character gives his own three-word interpretation to the finale of the Bible's Abraham & Isaac story, and it's a lulu. There's so much to enjoy in Bigger Than Life, that I probably should upgrade its star rating. It stands, I think, as a testament to Ray's skill at battling Hollywood's insistent kowtowing to the powers-that-be and the status quo. Don't waste a moment wondering who won.
The DVD extras include those interviews with Lethem and the surprisingly youthful Mrs. Ray, plus a profile of the director, the original trailer for the film, and Criterion's usual excellent commentary track, here featuring British critic Geoff Andrew, who wrote the book The Films of Nicholas Ray.
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The only thing I really got (which I'm still recovering from) is a cracked knuckle. One of the most annoying injuries ever. Its pretty much healed now, but its like the whole knuckle is bruised, and its going to be like that for a while. I never understand how people can get so messed up IN CLASS. When I spar or work a technique I always try to be careful for my partner... yet theres a guy I know who has done only 8 months worth and he has already cracked his knuckle (alot worse than me) and now is out of training for a broken foot bone.
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i thought this thread was going to be about the first persian gulf war.
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Fat people disgust me in every way imaginable. I was at Freindly's with my girl tonight and saw a bunch of fat fuckers. I felt sorry for the pavement they were killing and the people who had to see them. .
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> Knocked a tooth out (aikido bokken work)
> broken a finger (aikido)
> dislocated a shoulder (aikido) (all the same guy)
I'm surprised he was still willing to play with you after the first two...
I don't have a long list yet. Dislocated a guy's shoulder in Aikido (but he'd had it dislocated several times before - he quit the art after that :( ). May have hyperextended an elbow or two in tournaments. Never had serious joint damage done to me. [looks around for wood to knock on].There are no wrong threats, only wrong answers. (Strategy game truism)


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We slip across the border on a quiet Saturday morning. The air is moist but heavy with dust in the early light. With the sun yet to rise from behind the Sierra de Juarez, the sky is the gray-brown color of the sand below.
Six of us ride from El Paso into Juarez dressed in race kit, our legs wobbly in the morning. We smile timidly and offer a quick greeting to the Mexican federales standing with black assault rifles slung low around their waists. They wave us through. "Buenos dias," is all they say. We turn right, toward the Benito Juarez soccer stadium and the start of the mountain bike race called Chupacabras 100km.
"Nervous?" I ask Yohans Mendoza, 37, riding next to me.
"Yes, of course."
"Mmhmm," I say. I am scared, too.
"I wasn't going to do this again this year," Mendoza says. "Too much risk. But my friends"--he gestures at the others--"they talked me into it."
I don't know if I should be doing this either. For years I've wanted to compete in the Chupacabras, drawn to its staggering popularity in Mexico, relaxed atmosphere and unusual course. But that was before a war broke out in Juarez.
Yesterday I drove across the border with Chupacabras organizer Carlos Willis to register and interview some riders. Few people walked the streets. Military transports loaded with soldiers roamed the city. Many of the bars and shops in the tourist section downtown were empty; businesses were sealed shut with steel rolltop doors.
"Have you ever been to Juarez?" Willis asked me.
"Well, welcome to the most dangerous city in the world."
Benito Juarez Stadium, 8:55 a.m.
The comforting odors of frying tortillas, chile-roasted corn, coconut sunscreen and the unmistakable bubble-gum scent of a certain chain lube drift through the stadium's grassy fairgrounds. Rock music thumps from concert speakers and vendors sell Powerade and race jerseys. In the parking lot, a thousand riders in colorful team kit fill the narrow start corral.
The 100-kilometer Chupacabras is one of the world's largest single-day mountain bike races, attracting as many as 3,600 riders and 45,000 spectators. Unlike most races of this kind, which start in remote mountain towns, the Chupacabras begins in the gritty heart of Juarez, an industrial border city of 1.5 million people. The course rolls along the city's edges for the first 25 miles before heading into the mountains. While hundreds of professionals and club riders contest the event, many at the start today are local residents who have never raced a bike before. I scan the mass of riders, looking for Domingo Brito.
I met the short, wide-eyed man yesterday at registration. Huge bar-ends protruded from his handlebar and pegs the size of beer cans extended from his rear axle. His chrome bike cost maybe $100 new, and new was a long time ago. Even more improbable than his bike was Brito's right shoe, which had a protrusion of its own: a 3-inch-thick orthotic sole, the result of a broken femur 22 years ago that left one leg shorter than the other.
While Brito and I spoke, his daughter--who was about nine or 10--wrapped herself around his leg. They had ridden in together 15 kilometers from their home outside Juarez, the girl balanced on the massive pegs. "It's okay," she said softly, in Spanish. "He's a good driver."
Though this would be Brito's first Chupacabras, the 36-year-old spoke confidently about the race. "This bike is my only transportation; I've been riding it every day for 20 years," he said. "I think I have the strength…. I'm here for the challenge."


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If it has wheels, you can race it. Mike Haag keeps you up to speed on the racing scene in and around South Texas in his Motorsports blog.
Monthly Archive for March, 2012
Maroney grabs third Nitro Jam Ironman at San Antonio Raceway
MARION – Defending Fuel Altered champion Ron Maroney drove to his third consecutive victory Friday night the IHRA Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway. Maroney, behind the wheel of "Blind Faith," defeated rookie Kyle Hough in the final round with a winning pass clocked at 6.531, 191.65 mph. Hough posted a 6.816, 206.42 mph run. […] [Read More]
Friday's Nitro Jam results at San Antonio Raceway
MARION – Friday's final results from the IHRA San Antonio Nitro Jam Day One at San Antonio Raceway. The race is the second of eight in the 2012 Nitro Jam Series: PROSTALGIA NITRO FUNNY CAR John Hale, Addison, Texas, '69 Mustang, 10.863, 78.95 def. Peter Gallen, Broomall, Pa., '76 Monza, broke. PRO FUEL DRAGSTER Bill […] [Read More]
Smallwood looking to keep momentum going at San Antonio Nitro Jam
MARION – Cherissa Smallwood is on a roll in the Pro Fuel Dragster division on the IHRA Nitro Jam circuit. Smallwood, who drives the "Nitro and Lace" dragster, enters the pair of races this weekend at San Antonio Raceway after having won last Friday's race at the Arizona Nitro Jam. "It felt good to open […] [Read More]
Shockwave semi jet truck coming to San Antonio Nitro Jam
MARION – The legendary Shockwave Semi Jet Truck will return to San Antonio Raceway this weekend for the IHRA Nitro Jam. The 30,000 horsepower Super Shockwave jet semi will make multiple exhibition runs down the quarter-mile dragstrip on Friday and Saturday night. Shockwave, which currently holds the record in the quarter mile for trucks at […] [Read More]
Texas natives ready for Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway
MARION – Texas drivers Kristen Dennis and John Hale are ready to fire up their engines and race this weekend at the Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway. This is a hometown race for us," said Kristen Dennis, driver of the "Ladies First" Pro Fuel Dragster in a news release on Wednesday. "I have family, […] [Read More]
Nitro Jam to feature Grave Digger vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle monster truck war
This weekend's Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway will feature two of the most popular monster trucks in the country battling it out on the quarter-mile dragstrip. The legendary Grave Digger monster truck, driven by Randy Brown, will meet the fan-favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles machine, which will be piloted by newcomer Joey Parnell. The […] [Read More]
Local motorsports radio show to help fire victims
Tracksmack with Dawn Murphy, a locally produced motorsports radio show, will hold a fundraiser at Bubba's Burgers-Fries on Saturday for the restaurant's owner J.L. Wingo, whose home in Southeast Bexar County was severely damaged by a lightning strike and fire early Tuesday morning. Murphy said she will broadcast her motorsports and NASCAR racing show live […] [Read More]
Carl Edwards, Fort Worth SWAT team participate in Operation Gossage
Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage was held hostage briefly on Wednesday and was eventually rescued by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards and the Fort Worth SWAT Team. Billed as "Operation Gossage," Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Ford on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit, took part in a live tactical "scenario" during […] [Read More]
Ultimate Man Caves revealed at Bristol Motor Speedway
If you are a fan of the DIY Network show Man Caves, you will definitely want to mark your calendar and set your DVR to record the show on Friday, August 17 at 8 p.m. CT. This past week at Bristol Motor Speedway, the DIY Network was onsite at Bristol to create a race-ready man […] [Read More]
I-37 Raceway, Thunderhill Raceway results
Results from Saturday's races at I-37 Raceway near Pleasanton and Thunderhill Raceway near Kyle. I-37 Raceway Front Runner Feature Race 1. 66c Cindy Snider 2. 12 Roy Easler jr 3. 113 Hailee Marcx 4. D3 Kirsten Blevins 5. 01 Lindy Schroat 6. 08 Landon Sowder 7. 5 Dillon Gaither 8. 33, did not start Street […] [Read More]
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Shortly after taking that stand, Johnson quit politics "cold turkey." Gearing up for another election that, by the time you read this, will no doubt have produced a slew of new complaints (and $4.5 million and counting in new independent expenditures between June and November), he seemed at peace with his decision to re-enter the fray.
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By 19 Turkeys from USA on 2010-04-29 14:49:54Things I liked:This is an excellent pistol for the money! It will shoot along side the $2,000 PCP pistols. I placed it in a vice and shot 5 shot groups at 18 yards (I shoot IHMSA silhouettes & that is the ram distance). The best group was under .07". The second best was under .17". Getting sight settings, I fired a 39x40 at the first match I entered it in. After that, I hit 4x5 1/20th scale chickens at 18 yards. Using the pump, it took 72 strokes to fill from zero and 30 to fill after 70 good shots. I have since purchased a used scuba tank & DIN to Foster adaptor.
Things I would have changed:A better trigger, but a good trigger job can make it very acceptable.
What others should know:I added a set of RB grips and a LPA mim rear sight. The notch is a bit wide but much better than the narrow Williams notch. (We shoot indoors & the light is not perfect plus being older I need a Merit aperture on my shooting glasses that reduces the amount of light entering my eye.)
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By Ed from USA on 2014-01-13 17:34:54Things I liked:The gun balances quite well and shoots good groups at 10 meters.
Things I would have changed:The grip should be thicker and the trigger should be much lighter for serious shooting. Plus, it should come with a rear sight.
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T-SQL Tuesday #14 Resolutions
Time for T-SQL Tuesday!
This months event is hosted by Jen McCown who has chosen the topic of "techie resolutions".
I hate to make overly general statements, but I can wrap this up in two words…. Catch Up!!!
I have spent much of the past year putting out fires with existing implementations and projects, and as such have not had adequate time to catch up with new technology. A new project is promising to begin in the near future will utilize SQL 08R2 and will take full advantage of many of its new features and functionality.
SSRS and Mapping
One of the more interesting facets of this project is to utilize SSRS to create reports that will take full advantage of the geo spatial data that we have collected. I have limited experience working with geo spatial data types in SQL, limited being lab and classroom only, and am excited to begin putting out this data to use in distributed reports.
I am very excited about this technology and providing our data in a familiar tool, excel, to the masses.
Working with PowerShell has been on my "Some day" list. Over the past few years the movement and reliance on this technology is obvious and I can't afford to procrastinate any longer.
During the PASS conference I had the time to install and work with SQL 11, Denali. Unfortunately I was dragged back into the cruel reality of work upon my return home and have had little time to explore since. I am committed to tinkering with the CTP before it blossoms into a release to market and I am once again struggling to catch up.
I have so many more goals, Ohio State winning a national championship, the TB Bucs making it back to the playoffs, the Magic topping the Southeastern and surpassing the Heat, but I'll save these for later.


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Many spouses wonder how to fix a broken marriage. It is unfortunate for so many marriages to end up in failure. The entire ordeal takes a huge toll on a couple's emotions and their finances. The fact of the matter is, many couples had fights before they were married. Yet they work through them and got married. So why can they not work through them after they are married? Here are the seven biggest reasons for marital problems.
- Communication. We have all heard communication is the key, but do any of us actually have effective communication? Years ago, folks used to have dinner together and talk about their day with each other. This not only increased speaking skills but it also increased listening skills. To communicate effectively all of this need to spend more time listening and understanding exactly what the other person is saying.
- Boredom. This is not the same kind of boredom as in nothing to watch on television. We call slip into a daily routine that becomes incredibly boring. It is though we are going through the motions of life, without really experiencing life. This is unavoidable because of our hectic schedules. Nevertheless, anyone wanting to know how to fix a broken marriage would be wise to break out of the boredom and remember why he or she fell in love.
- Money. Finances and budgeting are a huge cause of tension in many households. Here is a suggestion. Have your own separate bank accounts. Then have a joint bank account where each contributes toward the household bills. Set a fair amount for each person to contribute to the household expenses. You can even have a joint savings account together as long as you have your own separate accounts.
- Kids. The kids can come between a couple, only if you let them. There will come a time when the kids are grown and gone but your spouse will still be with you. Try to keep that in mind.
- Religion. Each person's religion should be respected, as they would want their own religion respected. It should be decided before marriage what religion the children will be raised in. If not, talk about it now. Alternately, you could wait until the children are old enough to decide for themselves.
- Spare Time. It is good to set some time aside just for yourself. However, setting time aside for each other is more important. Try to spend at least 15 minutes a day with just each other, talking about your day.
- Cheating. Do not do it. It is not worth it. It can cause a lot of pain for the other person: pain you would never want to feel yourself. Affairs can destroy trust, but with time, sincere apologies, and true forgiveness, the marriage can be built up again.
Common Mariage Problems and How to Fix Them
It is a sad fact that many spouse need marriage help but are afraid to ask, for fear of looking like they have failed. If you are here, thank you for taking the first step to fixing your relationship.
There are numerous well-defined reasons that make the difference between a happy marriage and a not so happy or woeful one. First and foremost the couple should mutually come to terms that they both need to seek help, be it spiritual or emotional, a marriage check-up of some sort. It doesn't necessarily has to be going to a love guru or marriage counselor, not even confiding it right away to your family or closest friends, for working things out should be dealt first by the very parties concerned. Discussion will help to clarifying issues and finding the true reasons you are fighting and need marriage help.
Are you presenting a solid and united front in parenting? Does one of you become so emotionally attached to them, making them the center of your universe to the point of setting aside your dutiful responsibilities with your mate? Think again.
Wealth and Finances
Are you living within your means, within a planned and consensus budget? Issue with money between couple is a big no-no. Improper mishandling of finances and couple's wrong attitude about it, not the money itself can destroy a relationship. Remember that keeping money under control also means keeping a marriage strong
Sexual Intimacy
Are we mainly focused in achieving satisfaction for ourselves rather than pleasing the other? In clearly defining the meaning of love and lust can we more understand that selfless love makes us full and not empty. For lust can never wait to get but love can always wait to give.
Parents and In-Laws
Are you the type who hold your spouse's family in high regard? The quality of relationship you have with your in-laws has a great effect on the kind of marriage you are building. Extended-family conflict is no laughing matter. Do we strive to show them a lot of courtesy and respect or are we the type who makes them the brunt of our jokes when with friends or own family?
Do you have the kind of relationship that empowers each other towards the goal of developing a personal faith in God, or at least strong moral stances? A couple with a regular spiritual nourishment produced a victorious and strengthened marriage.


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The start is at 22nd on Grand, near Crown Center. It heads north to 13th St. to provide a gradual downhill followed by a long, gentle uphill. Check out the Sprint Center and Power & Light District. Turn right on 13th St. just past the College Basketball Experience followed by a right on Oak and enjoy a long gradual downhill, passing by the Kansas City Star. Turn left onto 18th Street where you'll enjoy a flat out and back section to the turnaround point just past the 71 Highway bridge. Turn left on Grand to navigate a final small gradual hill over a bridge to the finish line. With just a few turns and long stretches of straight roads, it'll be easy to settle into a good rhythm.


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At his weekly Angelus this weekend, Pope Benedict blessed the Baby Jesus for nativity scenes. His little address is very interesting. If what he says is true (I'll let the reader judge that), it contains the key to true joy:
"It is a source of joy for me", said the Holy Father, "to know that your families still conserve the custom of making nativity scenes. Yet it is not enough to repeat the traditional gesture, however important it may be. We must seek to live what the nativity scene represents in the reality of our everyday lives: that is, the love of Christ, His humility and His poverty".
"The blessing of the 'Bambinelli' – as they are called in Rome – reminds us that the nativity scene is a school of life where we can learn the secret of true joy. This does not consist in possessing many things but in feeling ourselves to be loved by the Lord, in making ourselves a gift for others, and in loving one another.
Let us consider the nativity scene: the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph do not appear to be a very privileged family, they had their first child amidst great hardship, yet they are full of intimate joy because they love one another, they help one another and, above all, they are certain that God is at work in their story".
"And the shepherds", the Pope asked, "what reason do they have to be happy? That newborn infant will certainly not alter their poverty and marginalisation. Yet faith helps them to recognise in the 'child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger', the 'sign' of the fulfilment of God's promises for all the men and women 'whom He favours', even for them!"
For this reason, Benedict XVI explained, true joy consists in "feeling that our individual and community lives are touched by and filled with a great mystery, the mystery of the love of God. In order to be joyful we need … love and truth, we need a God Who is near, Who warms our hearts and responds to our most profound expectations."
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Authorities in Oklahoma say Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Justin Blackmon has been arrested on an aggravated DUI charge after he allegedly had three times the legal amount of alcohol in his system.
Stillwater Police spokesman Capt. Randy Dickerson says the 22-year-old former Oklahoma State star was arrested early Sunday morning.
Dickerson says a breathalyzer test showed Blackmon had three times the legal amount of alcohol in his system.
The Jaguars drafted Blackmon with the fifth pick in this year's NFL draft in the hopes that he could upgrade the league's worst offense.
Jaguars spokesman Dan Edwards says the team is aware of the report and is gathering information.
Blackmon was released from jail Sunday afternoon on $1,000 bond.
Payne County Sheriff Sgt. Brandon Ingham says jail records didn't list an attorney.
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3 Misra MC, Parshad R. Randomized clinical trial of micronized flavonoids in the early control of bleeding from acute internal haemorrhoids. Br J Surg . 2000;87:868-872.
4 Ho YH, Tan M, Seow-Choen F. Micronized purified flavonidic fraction compared favorably with rubber band ligation and fiber alone in the management of bleeding hemorrhoids: randomized controlled trial. Dis Colon Rectum . 2000;43:66-69.
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7 Wadworth AN, Faulds D. Hydroxyethylrutosides. A review of its pharmacology, and therapeutic efficacy in venous insufficiency and related disorders. Drugs . 1992;44:1013-1032.
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Remember your Blink-182 obsession in the '90s and early Naughties? We remember ours, that's why we were so excited to see our favorite pop-punk band take to the stage on Conan last night to perform "After Midnight" from their new LP Neighborhoods. "After Midnight" took us for a trip down memory lane, with the sentiment of "Going Away To College" and the dynamic, roof shaking sounds of "Feeling This." While it doesn't have the attitude of the kind of stuff Blink-182 gave us in Dude Ranch and Enema Of The State, "After Midnight" is what we've come to expect from a more mature, grown up Blink-182, and we love it (plus, there's nothing we adore more than Travis Barker smashing a drum kit). "After Midnight" is draws on the tortured elements of the Blink-182 persona, retaining hints of teenage romanticism and the absurdist whimsy-realism dichotomy Blink-182 creates with their lyrics and layered beats. After all, how long can grown men sing about alien invasions and doing untoward things to dogs and pirates?
Concert Review: There's No Need For Smartphones While Listening To The Warm, Rollicking Sounds Of Dawes
At the risk of sounding like a codger, the experience of going to see a concert live and in the flesh has diminished over the last few years, a time during which smart phones and digital cameras have become ubiquitous. Sure, audiences have always been easy to distract mid-concert—be that for beer, conversation, what-have-you—but over the last five years or so, the live concert experience has suffered because many members of the audience are too busy either taking crappy digital pictures or tweeting about the show instead of enjoying the vibes, mannnn.
I bring this up because at last night's Dawes/Blitzen Trapper show at New York City's Webster Hall, there were a surprising few number of people who experienced the show through a 4-inch handheld screen because they were, *gasp*, actually present in the moment! This kind of warm attentiveness is something that bands tend to react really positively to, and four gents of Dawes were no exception: Their rollicking, 90-minute(ish) set of "classic indie" songs went over like gangbusters with the demographically diverse audience last night, one that was a pleasant mix of hipsters in tight fitting plaid shirts, recently-graduated-yet-quickly-aging frat stars, bearded bros looking to kill time before next year's Bonnaroo, and Lefsetz-reading Boomers.


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Inauguration is hub for 3 days of celebrations
Pat McCrory has been North Carolina's governor for almost a week, but the celebrations are hardly over.
Thursday began three days of traditional festivities expected to attract thousands to honor the state's new chief executive, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest and the eight other Council of State members — capped by Friday night's gala presentation and Inaugural Ball at the Raleigh Convention Center.
"It's a great tradition and a great honor," said Pat Wilkins, president of the Junior League of Raleigh, which has put on the charity ball since 1933. "We also do it to celebrate North Carolina and to impact the community."
The hub for the glitter is Saturday morning's formal inaugural ceremony on the south side of the old Capitol building, with the inaugural parade in downtown Raleigh to follow. A new conservative-leaning organization also is holding its own celebration Saturday that the governor and new first lady Ann McCrory plan to attend, the governor's office said.
In contrast to custom, the governor and lieutenant governor took their oaths of office in a pair of smaller ceremonies inside the old Capitol — McCrory last Saturday and Forest on Monday. Both wanted to be installed before the new Legislature convened Wednesday. The two will take the oaths again outdoors Saturday as the remaining council members follow tradition and get sworn in during the public ceremony.
McCrory has held open houses this week in Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro and New Bern. He'll also hold the traditional open house Saturday afternoon at the Executive Mansion.
"We also wanted to make the whole week an opportunity of getting to know North Carolina and meeting the people, and then having the final celebration here in Raleigh," McCrory said recently. The location for Saturday's ceremony, which will be broadcast statewide, also will be different. Most recent inauguration ceremonies have been held on the steps of the state library.
This year, Supreme Court justices will swear in 10 council members while looking down Fayetteville Street, the main thoroughfare in downtown Raleigh.
The new venue is "a signal that we're opening up to the city of Raleigh, which is my new home and it's not just a government inauguration," McCrory said. "It's a people's inauguration on 'Main Street.'"
The Junior League events began Thursday evening event with the $125-per-person Council of State reception at the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts. McCrory planned to attend Thursday night's informal "Rock the Ball" concert event at a theater designed to attract the younger crowd.
North Carolina-based music is a big part of the weekend, with folk rockers The Avett Brothers and country-rock notables Parmalee playing at the Gala Presentation and live music at the ball.
As with past inaugurals, individuals and North Carolina corporations are helping share the financial load for the event with sponsorship levels ranging from $600 to $50,000.
Wilkins said 3,500 people were expected to attend the Gala Presentation and Inaugural Ball and that ticket sales didn't seem to have been hurt by Saturday night's festivities by the new Foundation for North Carolina Inc.
The foundation says its two public events are sold out, with an expected 3,000 people attending. There's also a separate private dinner featuring the McCrorys.
"It's really just a celebration of North Caroilna," foundation spokesman Dan Spuller said.
The foundation was formed after McCrory's victory in November in part by Republican political activists, including McCrory campaign adviser Jack Hawke. The group intends to serve as a research think tank promoting policy proposals.
Patrons could pay $25,000 or $50,000 memberships to the foundation and receive tickets for Saturday night's events and attend two conferences in which McCrory will participate, the foundation said. Single tickets were $75 to Saturday night's reception and $1,000 to the VIP reception, Spuller said.


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Join us for an evening with your local candidates seeking your votes in the November election. This is a great opportunity for you to prepare yourself with knowledge as you go to the polls.
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The terms user experience and user research are often thrown around, but the truth is these terms have very clear, if broad, definitions.
- User experience is the sum of a person's interaction with a product or service.
- We often include a person's ability to use the product or service, a person's feelings towards the product or service, a person's perception of the product or service, as well as the resulting reactions and behaviors in the implied meaning of the term.
- User research, or user experience research, is a set of techniques and methodologies implemented to create and improve the user experience.
- User research involves strategy, defining specifications and relationships, setting priorities, and investigating interactions and architectures as well as the sensory experience (e.g. vision, touch, hearing).
- User research combines knowledge in psychology, neuroscience, statistics, computer science, engineering, art, design, business, and marketing; sometimes it may include knowledge from biology, anatomy, geography, anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, set theory, and sociology.
The next questions that naturally come up are:
- Why conduct user experience research?
- How do I conduct user experience research?
- What do I need to know to conduct user research?
We'll be following up over the coming weeks to answer these questions. Stay tuned!


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As Democrats and Republicans prepare for Election Day, the Sam Houston State University Junior Fellows and Samuel Walker Houston Elementary School are preparing for the future-by teaching kids the importance of voting.
The Junior Fellows arrived at Samuel Walker Houston Elementary to host a mock election for students, who learned by actually casting ballots.
The exercise involved students K through 4, and was customized to the age group.
The final result of their mock election showed President Obama received 67 percent of the votes with Romney receiving 33 percent.
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Women- and minority-owned businesses that do state construction projects can now apply for low-interest loans through a new state program.
Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill Tuesday that creates the Disadvantaged Business Revolving Loan Program. It allows the Illinois Department of Transportation to make the loans to businesses that have contracts with the state.
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The law takes effect immediately.
The state will put in $3 million to get it started. Officials expect the program to become self-funded eventually.
Quinn says women- and minority-owned businesses don't always have the resources to bid on state projects. For more, visit www.ilga.gov.


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Rethinking Memphis
What the Grizzlies did to the Thunder Sunday won't make the Spurs feel much better. But the game confirmed what the Spurs coaches said not only after the first round, but also during. Such as: There were times when they felt, given the power and control of Memphis, they were the ones coaching the underdogs. […] [Read More]
Spurs winning the West more than just a note
There won't be much of a ceremony. The Spurs might even hang the banner when no one is watching. The banner will hang on them, too, if they lose in the first round. For a franchise that has won championships, winning a conference is usually just a note. But the Spurs did more this time. […] [Read More]
A-Train gets a ride from the ABA
Former college player of the year. Averaged an NCAA record of 22.7 rebounds per game at Jacksonville. Won a title in the ABA. Could defend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as well as any human could. And might have been as strong as anyone who ever played. Who cares if he's only the third best center in Spurs' […] [Read More]
Memory of Liz — Jerry begins the circus
In the first month of his first season in Dallas, Jerry Jones outlined what kind of owner he would become. Then, before a game against the Redskins in Texas Stadium, this is how an official began the coin toss: "Captains from Dallas, meet the captains from Washington. Captains from Washington, meet Liz Taylor and Jerry […] [Read More]
Spurs sometimes cry, too
It was June 1999. And in the back of the Madison Square Garden visitor's locker room, standing alone, were two friends already comparing championship notes. That's when Antonio Daniels told Tim Duncan he couldn't believe what had almost happened. Daniels admitted to Duncan he'd almost cried out on the floor, in front of everyone. Duncan […] [Read More]
Nets' gamble — AJ connecting with Deron Williams
If I'm Sam Presti, I love the trade. On consecutive days Presti's Thunder has seen its divisional opponents trade away their superstars. If I'm the Jazz, I'm depressed. Utah officials might have made the logical move, believing they would have lost Deron Williams in free agency in 2012. But they just traded away a young, […] [Read More]
What the McDyess tip saves
Gregg Popovich was walking through the locker room the other night with a plate of food, ready to join his staff for a late dinner after beating the Rockets. And then he stopped with a serious look on his face. "What do you think?" he asked. "We're gonna lose what, one, maybe two more games […] [Read More]
Bonner's longshot — why he's made for All-Star weekend
The Spurs contacted the NBA recently to get an idea how many from their franchise will be invited to All-Star weekend. They were thinking, for example, they would need to make arrangements for Gary Neal and DeJuan Blair, since both will likely play in the rookie-sophomore game. So they asked whether Matt Bonner would be in […] [Read More]
Next time, RJ will get a heat check
Richard Jefferson is different this year, all right. In his post-game interview Wednesday, for example, he smiled. He should have after what he did. And after Jefferson talked about other differences between last year and now — how he has learned to fire instead of read — he credited his teammates. "They were swinging the […] [Read More]
Parker secure — for now
Both sides wanted this to happen, and Gregg Popovich never saw another side from Tony Parker. During the summer, after every conversation, Popovich always came away convinced. New York? No, Parker wanted to be here. Parker said as much Saturday when his extension was announced. "It's home here," Parker said. "I love being with Pop […] [Read More]
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BBC in a tuk-tuk
Publication Date : 20-08-2012
Quick initial assessment of Bangkok from Rajan Datar, who hosts BBC World's popular travelogue series "Fast Track": Thais have a fetish for cars.
His astuteness must be why they call it "Fast Track".
After a week shooting an episode on Thailand for the show, Datar has decided we're also friendly, liberal-minded and more tolerant of foreigners than our neighbours tend to be.
Datar says Thailand is a natural subject for his programme because tourism continues to surge here despite the global financial turmoil that has crippled the industry in Mexico, Spain and Greece.
An Oxford and London School of Economics graduate who is, conveniently enough, a travel nut, Datar initially had finance in focus while working on BBC2's "The Money Programme". He wrote and hosted more than 30 half-hour spots that admirers say breathed new life into the staid old "Beeb".
Then he fronted "Rough Guide to the World", Channel 4's "People's Parliament" and, back at BBC2, "The Net", which covers the new communications media. And for two years he was a reporter on "Newsnight", specialising in culture and social trends, while at the same time hosting the BBC World Service art-and-film programmes "The Strand" and "On Screen".
Datar's travelling days truly began while he was playing bass for the band Maroon Town, which played nearly a thousand concerts in 30 countries, while releasing five albums.
This is actually his second visit to Bangkok, for which his homework extended to the Lonely Planet guide and the online Nation and Bangkok Post.
The Thailand episode of "Fast Track", which airs on September 1 and 2, takes Datar to Kanchanaburi and Pattaya as well as Bangkok, all affordable and controversial destinations for tourists. But he believes Thailand's cultural and spiritual wealth needs to be better promoted.
"Thailand doesn't need to struggle very hard to get tourists - people have been coming here for a long time - but I've found that people from the West are smarter about destinations these days, especially the young travellers. They know more about Thailand's culture.
"And the West," he says, "is at the end of the line for materialism now, with big banks and big companies caught in a major economic crisis. So Westerners are looking for some great spiritual experiences here in Asia, and Thailand in particular."
Datar says the show has thus far taken him to 50 countries, but Bangkok is one of the cities that's secured a special place in his heart. He loves the people. One of those who'll appear in the Thailand episode is the tuk-tuk driver who whisked him around town and showed him a great time. Datar calls him "Mr Thailand".
"He smiled at me and offered to take me for a ride. Despite his limited English we could get along and connect. Where else could you possibly ride in a tuk-tuk listening to Johnny Cash songs?
"Meeting people transforms your travel experience," Datar says. "Regardless of their country or culture, people have similar concerns, worries and issues these days. There's a universal sense of humour. I've derived much of my inspiration from meeting different people."
He had a lengthy conversation with a monk at a Bangkok temple, learning a bit about the religious life, and in Kanchanaburi visited the so-called "Tiger Temple" to check on the big cats that are controversially housed there. He visited the Death Railway - and gazed toward Myanmar. He looks forward to visiting and believes more Thais should too, now that the country has opened up to tourism.
Datar tackles much else in Thailand. Some aspects are whimsical, like our fascination with K-pop and the backpacker phenomenon. Others are grave, such as over-development in the resort destinations and prostitution and paedophilia in Pattaya. He said he's tried to tell both sides of the stories, but acknowledges he'd never be able to adequately encapsulate Thailand on the show.
"I can't say I've 'done' Thailand, and I don't think 'Fast Track' can be responsible for people's perceptions of the country. Those perceptions are also shaped by 24-hours news as well as other sources.
"But we'll offer a portrait of the country within the time frame we have. We mention four words about the [yellow shirts' 2008] airport siege, for example."
For his own part, what Datar takes away is the belief that Thailand has to correct its global image as merely a "backpackers' destination".
"It's true that young people come to Thailand during their gap year between college and work and they love the full-moon parties. As long as these things are available, that image will persist. But people are smarter now too. There's more to Thailand than just fun, fun, fun."
When he's not scouring a destination for information he can put on the show, you can usually find Datar on the beach, reading. He says he'll never stop travelling, though.
"Travel is about learning who you are. It makes you a better person."
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Thanks to Matthew Septimus for the photos and hope there are more to come. I eagerly await the complete Frank Stella work, The Stations of the Cross, and would like to know the entire story of the commission. All best wishes to all for the Jubilee Church at the Vatican.
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I believe Frank Stella studied under Joseph Albers at Yale. Albers would have been a stronger influence that Jackson Pollock.
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Really nice pictures an article. i want to know if can you contact with Stella?. I'm a student of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, and i'm doing a work about Frank Stella, but i can found good information about his book "FRANK STELLA: IRREGULAR POLYGONS". maybe can you know a email, direction or something how can i contact with him.
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Charles Darwin (1809-82).
Taxonomy became more complicated towards the end of the eighteenth century with the discovery of a multitude of species in the tropics. Around this time scientists were realising that it wasn't enough to simply name species--it was also important to try to elucidate the relationships between them.
Early depictors of relationships produced diagrams that looked like road maps, with a beginning and an end, to represent the relationships between different species. They were essentially constructed as scales or ladders, and human beings were always at the top of the scale. It was really a two-dimensional view of nature, a place for everything and everything in its place. But at this time scientists were also starting to wonder about the how of biological diversity.
In the 1830s Charles Darwin embarked on the voyage of the Beagle with Captain Fitzroy, as a gentleman naturalist. They travelled around the continent of South America, stopping and collecting specimens along the way. They went to the Galapagos Islands where Darwin collected many organisms, among them the birds, which would come to be known as Darwin's finches. Throughout the voyage, Darwin observed the world around him and formulated questions as to how it had all come about. When he returned to England and settled back into the scientific establishment he started working towards the answer.
Wallace's Standard wing Bird of Paradise, Semioptera wallaceii, discovered by Alfred Russel Wallace in South east Asia and named after him.
About 20 years later another young Englishman, Alfred Russel Wallace, went with his beetle-collecting friend Henry Walter Bates on a collecting venture to South America. He spent four years there collecting specimens, mostly birds and butterflies, to sell to avid collectors of natural history objects back in London. The collection was embargoed by customs for some time but this was only the start of Wallace's trouble. Once he had finally booked passage and the ship set sail on the way back to England, disaster struck. Halfway across the Atlantic it caught on fire and sank, along with the entire collection. Wallace lost absolutely everything--four years of hard work and substantial financial investment. Remarkably, instead of giving up as lesser men might have done, Wallace recovered from this blow and set off on a new expedition, this time to the Malay Archipelago in South East Asia. He collected butterflies and birds of paradise, animals for which there was a huge market in England, particularly in London. The Victorians were fascinated by all sorts of exotica, and by natural history in general; unusual specimens and rare species could fetch a high price in the London auction houses.
This specimen of the butterfly Asterope sapphira was collected by Henry Walter Bates, the travelling companion of Alfred Russel Wallace, in the Amazon in the 1850s.
Wallace wrote a letter to Darwin from the island of Ternate, off the coast of what is today called Sulawesi, outlining a theory that he'd been developing, about the origin of species and the nature of organic change. Darwin was astonished--Wallace was describing the same natural system that he had been contemplating for 20 years, but had never had the nerve to publish.
Two papers outlining the theory of the origin of species and evolution by natural selection were read, in the absence of both men, at the Linnean Society of London. Wallace was still in Asia and Darwin lived a reclusive life in Kent. The theory they independently articulated was to completely change the way people think about the world around them, and also the way that taxonomists work. The two dimensional road map design of relationships between organisms was replaced by Darwinian ideas of ancestors and descendants.
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913).
Darwin went on to write The Origin of Species, a book with many words (still considered by Darwin to be only a synopsis of his theory!) but only one picture. This image depicts how, through time, new species arise and existing species go extinct. A key factor that Darwin introduced to the study of taxonomy was the time dimension. For the first time, scientists realised that the Earth's complement of species was not the same one that had always existed, but that the story was much more complicated. So because of Darwin's ideas, taxonomy went from being a finite to an infinite science. Taxonomy no longer represented the task of listing all the species that came into being at the time of the Creation but instead became a completely different sort of discipline, one that knew no bounds--a prospect both exciting and a little scary.
Darwin pushed along the transformation of a central biological concept, that of homology. Before Darwin, homology, or sameness, referred to structural or functional similarity. After Darwin, homology came to define two or more organisms that are structurally the same, and derived from a common ancestor. This is the current usage of the word in systematics and taxonomy. So Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection brought the ancestry theme to homology.
Voyriella (left) and Burmannia (right) from the forests of Central America.
It is easy to assume that homology is relatively trivial and simple to determine. But it's often extremely difficult to know whether two organisms are homologous or not. For example, both birds and butterflies have wings but, because birds and butterfflies are not closely related, it's clear that they are not homologous structures. Although they have the same function and both allow their organism to fly they are not derived from the same anatomical structure. A bird's wing has bones in it, a butterfly's do not--they are non-homologous structures. They do of course have a common ancestor, as all living organisms do, but they do not have a close one. Other homology relationships are harder to determine.
Voyriella is a tiny species belonging to the gentian family, which grows in the forest of Central America, is a saprophyte and does not contain any chlorophyll. Another plant occurring in the same forests, Burmannia of the family Burmanniaceae, similarly does not contain any chlorophyll. Is this character homologous? Since it is known that these two plants do not share a close common ancestor, it can be extrapolated that the character is not.
Two plants, both in the genus Solanum, Solanum triphyllum and Solanum tridynamum, both have very irregular anther shapes, giving them zygomorphic flowers, i.e. they have only one plane of symmetry. The stamens however are very subtly different in the two species, the irregularity in Solanum triphyllum is due to the two side stamens, while that of Solanum tridynamum is due to the lower stamen. Thus, irregularity of anthers in these two solanums cannot be interpreted as homologous, because it is due to different things. These two solanums share a closer common ancestor than do the two saprophytic plants, but it is essential for taxonomists to carefully analyse each character before coming to conclusions.
Determining homology is one of the taxonomist's main tasks. Patterns of homology generate hypotheses about relationships between species. Organisms' characters are analysed in order to determine whether or not they are homologous and can be used to determine relationships. It is of little utility to group organisms using only functional structures--we all know birds and butterflies are not related evolutionarily, but if we classified on ability to fly they would be grouped together.
The publication of The Origin of Species created a revolution in thinking, both for the scientific community and society as a whole. How hard do you think it was for people to refute the traditional dogma and accept a new explanation for life on Earth?
After Darwin and the development of evolutionary thought, relationships between organisms were represented on diagrams that resembled trees, rather than road maps. The German biologist Ernst Haeckel was one of the most imaginative creators of these tree diagrams. One of the problems with these metaphorical diagrams was that human beings were always seen as being on the top of the tree, the pinnacle of evolution, just like those road-map diagrams before the incorporation of the time dimension.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings are playing coy about their interest in linebacker Desmond Bishop.
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier declined after minicamp practice Tuesday to confirm that Bishop was visiting with the team. After Bishop was released by the rival Green Bay Packers on Monday, the seventh-year veteran told several Wisconsin media outlets he planned to speak with the Vikings in Minnesota.
Frazier said he didn't want to "verify any reports" and that any free agents brought in for workouts are "no reflection on our team." The Vikings have moved Erin Henderson from his outside spot to middle linebacker, but wherever Henderson plays there will still be one position in that group left unproven.
Bishop became a starter at inside linebacker for the Packers in 2010, his breakout season.
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