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The human brain is unique in that the human body is relatively small when ratios are compared among mammals. According to Science journalist Ann Gibbons, researchers have long known that an animal's overall body size plays a critical role in brain size (1998, 280:1345). In animals such as whales and elephants, large brains are compensated for by an increased size in other organs that can provide energy (e.g., larger heart and lungs provide more oxygen). But humans do not follow this rule. In the context of simian primates, for example, the human brain is approximately "three times larger than the value predicted for an 'average' monkey or ape with our body size" (Jones, et al., 1999, p. 116). If evolutionists are correct, then the human brain has tripled in size since "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis) walked this Earth, while our bodies have yet to even double in size.
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Known commonly as plasticity, this concept simply means that the brain is not as "hard-wired" or permanently fixed as was once believed. One of the properties of plastic is flexibility—many jars and containers are formed from plastic so that they will not shatter when dropped. In a similar manner, the brain once was considered to be rigid, like the well-known Ball® jars used for home canning of foods. But we now know the brain is "plastic" (i.e. flexible), and can "reorganize" itself. Research has shown that the brain is able to remodel its connections in order to adjust the organism's response to changing conditions. Previously, scientists considered the brain to be fixed or "hard wired"—that is, that it could not change, and once connections were in place, everything remained that way. However, we now know differently. Shepherd noted in his book, Neurobiology:
The inability to generate new neurons might imply that the adult nervous system is a static, "hard-wired" machine. This is far from the truth. Although new neurons cannot be generated, each neuron retains the ability to form new processes and new synaptic connections (1994, p. 222).
Interestingly, since this text was printed, additional research has documented the regeneration of neurons within certain areas of the brain. The cortical rearrangements that occur are not as simple as unplugging a lamp and plugging it into another socket. The changes observed by researchers indicate that if the brain were represented by a home electrical system, then many of the wires within the walls would be pulled out, rewired to different connections in different rooms, new outlets would appear, and some even would carry different voltages. Due to the colossal connectivity that takes place within the brain, any "rewiring," by its very nature, is going to have an effect on several areas. Shepherd went on to note:
These rearrangements have several interesting and important features. First, they show that thalamic inputs to the cortex are both extremely precise and also significantly plastic. Second, these changes take place over varying time scales; in some cases the shifts in representations are slow, developing over weeks, but in other cases they may be surprisingly rapid, beginning within a day or so, or even a few hours. Third, these changes are not limited to the primary cortex (p. 290).
In the 1970s, William Greenough and his colleagues initiated a multidisciplinary study of the cellular effects of raising animals in visually or motorically enriched environments (Greenough and Chang, 1989). This research group, which continues to monitor changes, identified that synapses can form, and dendrites can grow, well beyond the period of brain development. While this observation certainly is not unique to Greenough, he and his coworkers have shown most forcefully that the adult mammalian brain can add not only dendrites and synapses in response to behavioral demands, but also supportive tissue elements such as astrocytes and blood vessels. Many of these studies have been carried out in rodents and primates, which clearly demonstrates that plasticity is not a trait that humans "evolved" after branching off the alleged evolutionary tree. In fact, the very presence of plasticity in lower animals begs the question of why there would be further brain evolution, since these animals already possessed the ability to rewire and reorganize brain circuitry.
At first glance, as one ponders the creation/evolution controversy, plasticity might seem almost trivial. However, one should not overlook the importance of the ability for cortical rewiring and reorganization. But what, exactly, does this mean for evolutionists? Quite simply, it means that they now must explain why an animal that can change or reorganize its own brain would need to "evolve" a different brain. Why did Neanderthal man or Australopithecus afarensis need to evolve a "bigger and better" brain—if the one he possessed already was capable changing? Plasticity allows animals to adapt within minutes or days, not millennia.
For years, evolutionists have used animal specializations as the factor that promoted and demonstrates evolution. However, they no longer can legitimately use such examples, because these adaptations and specializations can be understood in the context of plasticity. This means that if the monkeys were forced to "crawl down out of the trees" to pursue food on the ground, the brain would have made the necessary changes within days—in that very generation, rather than over thousands or millions of years. Neuronal changes would allow an animal to survive on the new diet, and associated changes likely would even help the animal locate the new food source.
Neuroscience has experienced tremendous growth in the last ten years due to increased funding and increased interest in the brain. One of the most exciting developments that has come from this increased study is the discovery of brain plasticity. We now know that the brain is not as "hard-wired" and static as was once thought. But this discovery places a tremendous burden on evolutionists, who must now explain why brains that are plastic and capable of change in the first place would ever "evolve"? Additionally, evolutionists always have assumed that it took animals millions of years to change and adapt to a new environment or new diet. Yet according to recent data, this easily could occur in mere days. Quite simply, brain "evolution" does not fit the evidence. Brains are able to rewire themselves; thus evolution is unnecessary. Brains were created by an intelligent Designer, and always have possessed this incredible ability to change and reorganize.
Gibbons, Ann (1998), "Solving the Brain's Energy Crisis," Science, 280:1345-1347, May 29.
Greenough, W.T., and F.F. Chang (1989) "Plasticity of Synapse Structure and Pattern in the Cerebral Cortex," Cerebral Cortex, ed. A. Peters, E.G. Jones, 7:391-440 (New York: Plenum).
Jones, Steve, Robert Martin, and David Pilbeam, eds. (1999), Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Human Evolution (New York: Cambridge University Press).
Shepherd, Gordon M. (1994) Neurobiology (Oxford: Oxford University Press), third edition.


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Robert (Curtis): It just came out, I think today, Ariel Helwani and other places are reporting that Toquinho failed his drug test when he fought you. He's now going to be retroactively suspended from that time all the way to nine months. What's your response to that?
Hector (Lombard): Well, my response is like he needs to be a better person on the inside. You know? I think that the guy, something really wrong happened to him. You know? He needs to be a better person, inside and out. I say stuff about him, because he made the comment that he was going to break my leg regardless if I would have tapped or not. Which is, you know, I don't know what's wrong with that guy. And now, you know, that happened to him. I mean, he's a cheater. What else can I say?
Robert: With all the things that have happened between you and Toquinho, saying that he's going to break your leg, then making excuses after the fight saying that the only reason that he lost was that he broke his foot, and now being tested for steroids. Have you lost a lot of respect for him as a person?
Hector: Well, I never had respect for him from the beginning anyway. How can I have respect for a guy that intentionally breaks people's legs. I cannot have respect for that guy. You know, I think that he is a shame for the sport. The sport needs to clean up from people like him. I think that he needs to go and fight people in the street or something. This is a professional sport where you need discipline and you need to be a professional. Guys like that are bad for the UFC. They are bad for the sport. Shame on him.
Robert: When you did beat him, obviously in spectacular fashion, now knowing that he was cheating and using performance enhancing drugs, does that make your win even sweeter knowing that he was trying to get an unfair advantage because obviously he feared you?
Hector: Well, you know, it proves that ... I've always been clean and it proves that I've been competing like that without a thing. It proves that I'm an even better fighter. It bothers me like all the comments on the Net. They're always commenting on me, being on roids and stuff like that. I never talk sh-- even one thing. All my training partners and all the people that have been training with me, they know that. I'm muscularly built. You know? You can see since I started fighting MMA, I've was 185. Not the case for all athletes I believe, but since I start my professional career, I've always been 185 and I've always looked the way I do today. You know?
Robert: With Toquinho getting popped and now Joey Beltran along with other fighters, like Alistair Overeem, it really kind of casts a cloud over the sport and everyone assumes that all fighters are cheating. In your experience, you've said you've always been clean, do you see a lot of usage of steroids in the sport or do you really think it's the random person like Toquinho?
Hector: The facts talk. You can see the facts. They speak for themselves. But I don't want to make any comments about it. I'm gonna talk about myself. I've always been clean. I've always been. I've never cycled or any of the stuff they do. I'm constantly fighting, so I have no time to cycle and do all that, all the things that they do. For me, it's a different ball game. Other fighters fight once a year or maybe twice. For me, I like to fight. If I could, I would fight every two months I would be happier. It's not a case with me anyway.
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Last summer, fake Apple Stores appeared in China. According to website TechInAsia, this retailer, however, might catch a break because Google seems less prone to litigation in comparison to Apple's itchy lawyer fingers.
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Scott C. Hammond is also an organizational development consultant and specializes in whole systems change processes in scientific, technical and medical organizations. His clients include Alticor (Amway), Monsanto, Searle, Intermountain Health Care, KSL Television (NBC), The National Parks Service, NCS Education, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Exxon, General Dynamics, Word Perfect Corporation, The Western States Commission for the Advancement of Women's Health, The Colorado OBGYN Society, KBYU Television (PBS), General Electric, The North Monteray Unified School District and others.
He holds a masters degree in Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from the University of Utah. He has published numerous articles on organizational change, leadership and dialogic problem solving. He is currently writing on paradigm change and ideological conflict in culturally complex organizations. This includes applying lost person behavior psychology to organizations. As the author of Lessons of the Lost: Finding Yourself in Work, Life and Wilderness, Hammond is a regular guest in talk radio stations nationwide.
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Underwater explorer Jill Heinerth is famous for her daring diving exploits, from thrilling cave dives to adventures inside icebergs, but this May she set out on a challenge of an altogether different nature – to cycle across her native Canada spreading the word about water literacy along the way.
Jill and husband Robert set out from Vancouver, British Columbia in May 2013 with almost 7,000 km separating them from the finish line in Newfoundland. "My husband Robert McClellan and I arrived at "Mile 0", the Terry Fox Monument in St. John's Newfoundland on 15 August. The trip was one of the most challenging things either of us has ever taken on, and was very rewarding."
"Along the way, we met audiences large and small, sharing our mission of spreading water literacy through the project. We're incredibly grateful for all the continued support from our friends at Suunto who have embraced the project wholeheartedly," says Heinerth.The fulfillment of a life-long dream, the trip was about much more than just adventure. The We Are Water project is aiming to build a movement that unites people in positive experiences in the outdoors – enjoying adventure and challenge, and fostering stewardship of natural resources.
Jill's award-winning documentary, We Are Water, which explores the intricate and often overlooked ways in which clean water is essential to the health of the human race, picked up the Best in Show at this year's Cinema Verde Environmental Film and Arts Festival.
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On Saturday, the Frank Phillips College Plainsmen baseball team wrapped up the 2012 season with a pair of losses to the #9 Howard College Red Hawks 11-1 and 10-0.
In game one on Saturday, Howard's Clayton Crum had a good outing on the pitcher's mound by getting the win and limiting the Plainsmen to two hits. At the plate, Howard scored at least one run in every inning.
Chance Harlen had a double for the Plainsmen, while Andrew Landin drove in the lone Plainsmen run.
Zach Johnson got the loss on the mound for the Plainsmen.
In game two, four Red Hawk pitchers teamed up to cap off the regular season with a no-hitter. David Gates got the start for the Red Hawks with Austin Blunt, Dominic Moreno, and Reid Scoggins each seeing time on the mound in the Howard win.
Jacob Gonzales got the loss on the mound for the Plainsmen.
The Plainsmen end the 2012 season with a 16-34 overall record, 10-22 in WJCAC play.
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(1) In general
Subject to the amounts made available under paragraph (5)—
(2) Education and information
The Corporation shall establish a program under which crop insurance education and information is provided to producers in States in which (as determined by the Secretary)—
(A) there is traditionally, and continues to be, a low level of Federal crop insurance participation and availability; and
(3) Partnerships for risk management education
(A) Authority
The Secretary, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall establish a program under which competitive grants are made to qualified public and private entities (including land grant colleges, cooperative extension services, and colleges or universities), as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of educating agricultural producers about the full range of risk management activities, including futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt reduction, production diversification, farm resources risk reduction, farm financial benchmarking, and other risk management strategies.
(B) Basis for grants
A grant under this paragraph shall be awarded on the basis of merit and shall be subject to peer or merit review.
(C) Obligation period
Funds for a grant under this paragraph shall be available to the Secretary for obligation for a 2-year period.
(4) Requirements
In carrying out the programs established under paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall place special emphasis on risk management strategies (including farm financial benchmarking), education, and outreach specifically targeted at—
(B) legal immigrant farmers or ranchers that are attempting to become established producers in the United States;
(D) farmers or ranchers that—
(5) Funding
(A) for the education and information program established under paragraph (2), $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year; and
(b) Agricultural management assistance
(1) Authority
The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to producers in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
(2) Uses
A producer may use financial assistance provided under this subsection to—
(C) mitigate financial risk through production or marketing diversification or resource conservation practices, including—
(D) enter into futures, hedging, or options contracts in a manner designed to help reduce production, price, or revenue risk;
(E) enter into agricultural trade options as a hedging transaction to reduce production, price, or revenue risk; or
(3) Payment limitation
(4) Commodity Credit Corporation
(A) In general
The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(B) Funding
(i) In general Except as provided in clause (ii), the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to carry out this subsection not less than $10,000,000 for each fiscal year.
(C) Certain uses
Of the amounts made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall use not less than—
(i) 50 percent to carry out subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) through the Natural Resources Conservation Service;
(ii) 10 percent to provide organic certification cost share assistance through the Agricultural Marketing Service; and
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 524, as added Pub. L. 106–224, title I, § 133,June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 387; amended Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2501,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 263; Pub. L. 108–199, div. A, title VII, § 769,Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 40; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1603(g)(3), title II, § 2801, title VII, § 7511(c)(2), title XII, § 12026,May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1011, 1085, 1267, 1390; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1603(g)(3), title II, § 2801, title VII, § 7511(c)(2), title XII, § 12026,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1739, 1813, 2028, 2152; Pub. L. 112–55, div. A, title VII, § 716(a),Nov. 18, 2011, 125 Stat. 582; Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1609(b)(1), title XI, § 11027(c),Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 709, 977.)
References in Text
Section 1308 (5) of this title, which required the Secretary to issue regulations defining "person", referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was redesignated section 1308 (e) and amended by section 1603(b)(1) ofPub. L. 107–171. Section 1603(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 probably should be a reference to section 1603(b)(1)(C), (3)(A) of that Act, Pub. L. 110–246, which subsequently amended section 1308 of this title by striking out subsec. (e) and adding a new subsec. (a)(4) defining "person".
Pub. L. 110–234and Pub. L. 110–246made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234were repealed by section 4(a) ofPub. L. 110–246.
2014—Subsec. (a)(3)(A). Pub. L. 113–79, § 11027(c)(1), inserted "farm financial benchmarking," after "risk reduction,".
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 113–79, § 11027(c)(2), inserted "(including farm financial benchmarking)" after "management strategies" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 113–79, § 1609(b)(1), amended language inserted by Pub. L. 110–246, § 1603(g)(3). See 2008 Amendment note below.
2011—Subsec. (b)(4)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 112–55substituted "certain fiscal years" for "fiscal years 2008 through 2012" in heading and "2014" for "2012" in text.
2008—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 12026(1), substituted "paragraph (5)" for "paragraph (4)" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1)(B), (3)(A). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7511(c)(2), substituted "the National Institute of Food and Agriculture" for "the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service".
Subsec. (a)(4), (5). Pub. L. 110–246, § 12026(2), (3), added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2801(a), inserted "Hawaii," after "Delaware,".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–246, § 1603(g)(3), as amended by Pub. L. 113–79, § 1609(b)(1), inserted "(before the amendment made by section 1603(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008)" after "section 1308 (5) of this title)".
Subsec. (b)(4)(B)(i). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2801(b)(1), substituted "Except as provided in clause (ii)" for "Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii)".
Subsec. (b)(4)(B)(ii), (iii). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2801(b)(2), added cl. (ii) and struck out former cls. (ii) and (iii) which related to exception for fiscal years 2003 through 2007 and minimum amounts to carry out certain uses.
Subsec. (b)(4)(C). Pub. L. 110–246, § 2801(c), added subpar. (C).
2004—Subsec. (b)(4)(B)(i). Pub. L. 108–199, § 769(1), substituted "clauses (ii) and (iii)" for "clause (ii)".
Subsec. (b)(4)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 108–199, § 769(2), added cl. (iii).
2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–171added subsec. (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows:
"(1) Authority.—The Secretary shall provide cost share assistance to producers, in a manner determined by the Secretary, in not less than 10, nor more than 15, States in which participation in the Federal crop insurance program is historically low, as determined by the Secretary.
"(2) Uses.—A producer may use cost share assistance provided under this subsection to—
"(A) construct or improve—
"(i) watershed management structures; or
"(ii) irrigation structures;
"(B) plant trees to form windbreaks or to improve water quality;
"(C) mitigate financial risk through production diversification or resource conservation practices, including—
"(i) soil erosion control;
"(ii) integrated pest management; or
"(iii) transition to organic farming;
"(D) enter into futures, hedging, or options contracts in a manner designed to help reduce production, price, or revenue risk;
"(E) enter into agricultural trade options as a hedging transaction to reduce production, price, or revenue risk; or
"(F) conduct any other activity related to the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (E), as determined by the Secretary.
"(2) Payment limitation.—The total amount of payments made to a person (as defined in section 1308 (5) of this title) under this subsection for any year may not exceed $50,000.
"(3) Commodity credit corporation.—
"(A) In general.—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
"(B) Funding.—The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year."
Effective Date of 2014 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–79effective as if included in Pub. L. 110–246, see section 1609(b)(2) ofPub. L. 113–79, set out as a note under section 1471g of this title.
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234by Pub. L. 110–246effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 ofPub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
Amendment by section 7511(c)(2) ofPub. L. 110–246effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) ofPub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 2000, see section 171(b)(1)(A) ofPub. L. 106–224, set out as an Effective Date of 2000 Amendment note under section 1501 of this title.
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowlby Timothy Egan
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The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, "the stoic, long-suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect" (New York Times).
In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is "arguably the best nonfiction book yet" (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.
"Egan tells an extraordinary tale in this visceral account of how America's great, grassy plains turned to dust, and how the ferocious plains winds stirred up an endless series of 'black blizzards' that were like a biblical plague: 'Dust clouds boiled up, ten thousand feet or more in the sky, and rolled like moving mountains' in what became known as the Dust Bowl. But the plague was man-made, as Egan shows: the plains weren't suited to farming, and plowing up the grass to plant wheat, along with a confluence of economic disaster — the Depression — and natural disaster — eight years of drought — resulted in an ecological and human catastrophe that Egan details with stunning specificity. He grounds his tale in portraits of the people who settled the plains: hardy Americans and immigrants desperate for a piece of land to call their own and lured by the lies of promoters who said the ground was arable. Egan's interviews with survivors produce tales of courage and suffering: Hazel Lucas, for instance, dared to give birth in the midst of the blight only to see her baby die of 'dust pneumonia' when her lungs clogged with the airborne dirt. With characters who seem to have sprung from a novel by Sinclair Lewis or Steinbeck, and Egan's powerful writing, this account will long remain in readers' minds." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"All the elements of the iconic dust bowl photographs come together in the author's evocative portrait of those who first prospered and then suffered during the 1930s drought." Booklist
"Timothy Egan has written a popular history that masterfully captures the story of our nation's greatest environmental disaster....It is fascinating and emotionally wrenching, and you just can't stop reading." Chicago Tribune
"Egan's lively and incisive prose resembles a wild ride in a windstorm. The reader is quickly caught up in this terrifying juggernaut by Egan's perceptive connections between weather, politics, the economy and the people's suffering." San Antonio Express-News
"Egan...offers dramatic descriptions of the storms that vividly recreate their apocalyptic fury. He really excels...in capturing the human suffering they inflicted." Washington Post
"Most Americans...have a generalized notion of the Dust Bowl experience....What they don't have is an appreciation of the detailed, slow, particular unfolding of it that Egan provides." Los Angeles Times
"Egan has gone beyond statistics to reach the heart of this tragedy. The Worst Hard Time provides a sobering, gripping account of a disaster whose wounds are still not fully healed today." Boston Globe
"Egan has admirably captured a part of our American experience that should not be forgotten." San Francisco Chronicle
"[A] fierce, humane account of the nearly decade-long calamity of the Dust Bowl." Detroit Free Press
Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones in the darkest years of the Depression.
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2013 was a record-breaking year for the MGH Transplant Center with 207 transplants performed. The previous record was set in 2012 with 170 transplants.
According to data recently released by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the 22 percent growth also has landed MGH in the top spot for most transplants performed in the region, not only in 2013 but also in the national organization's nearly 30-year history of recording transplant volume.
Joren C. Madsen, MD, DPhil, director of the hospital's Transplant Center, says the growth is due to an alignment of processes that includes care redesign, outreach, personnel recruitment and the efforts of the entire Transplant Center staff who work tirelessly to go above and beyond, each and every day.
"The more transplants we do here at the MGH, the more lives are saved," Madsen says. "Everyone who is affiliated with the Transplant Center has a hand in that. The care for each transplant patient involves a minimum of 15 disciplines or role groups throughout the referral, evaluation, listing, transplant and post-transplant phases. It truly 'takes a village.' We provide first class patient care and as you can see, the results are inspiring."
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Mailbag: Trading for Travis D'Arnoud or Giancarlo Stanton
Jonathan Goeringer sent in the following e-mail: "As much as I want to think [the deal between the Marlins and Blue Jays] opens the door to a trade for Travis D'Arnaud, I can't help but think this could open the door to a trade for Giancarlo Stanton as well. What do you think of this possibility as it pertains to the Mets? Would a package of Wilmer Flores, Jordany Valdespin and Jeurys Familia work for Stanton?"
Michael Baron, ContributorIt makes absolutely no sense for the Marlins to trade Stanton – he is making around the league minimum and is not eligible for arbitration until next winter. Assuming he is healthy, Stanton is one of the great values in the sport with prolific power and is actually pretty good in the outfield despite his size. He is on the path to becoming an epic game changer for any lineup he is a part of. Even after he starts earning a higher salary through arbitration, he will be one hell of a value if he continues to produce at these levels. But again, it would just be an illogical move to trade Stanton, at least while he is earning the league minimum. Then again, these are the Marlins, and so anything is possible I suppose.
As far as your package is concerned, Flores and Familia would probably be an early starting point for a deal. The Mets are not at the stage where they can afford to deal too many prospects, even in a more realistic scenario for someone who is reportedly available.
In regards to D'Arnoud, Brian Erni mentioned his name on the MetsBlog Podcast last week as a possibility for the Mets. The Blue Jays acquired John Buck as part of their deal with Miami and sent Jeff Mathis to the Marlins in the process, leaving Toronto with D'Arnoud, Buck, and J.P. Arencebia. D'Arnoud is Toronto's top prospect and is said to possess everything a team would want in a young catcher: the ability to play the position at a high level all while hitting for both average and power. Catchers who project like that are hard to come by and incredibly difficult to develop considering if a catcher can hit, he is often moved from the position to preserve him for the long haul. While I would love for the Mets to be able to acquire D'Arnoud, Arencebia might be a more realistic target, and could potentially be had for less than what it would take to land D'Arnoud. In fact, the wrong move for the Blue Jays might be to trade D'Arnoud away, given his talents are so hard to come by.
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Voted by Men's Fitness as the "most functional" on their list of "best cases for your iPhone4/4S" the ExtremeCase offers a crazy level of protection, in an ultra-sporty design. There's no risk of your iPhone unexpectedly coming out of the case if it drops; the ExtremeCase is secured by six screws and acts as a 360-degree shield, witha built-in screen protector.
But what makes it really great for the rugged, outdoorsy type or active athlete are additional features, like the built-in loop at the top, which comes with a carbiner, so you can secure your phone when you're on the go or when you've set up camp.
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NEWPORT-The North Country Falcons trailed just 14-0 after the first half, but Rice turned on the jets in the second half, adding another 21 points and beat the Falcons 35-0 on Friday night.
Chris Jansen and Anthony Phillip each had a pair of touchdowns for the Green Knights.
The Falcons now stand at 0-5.
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By WILLIAM L. GIGLIOTTIContributing writer
A short time ago, Tom McCourt wrote an excellent article on Stolen Valor. If you missed it, it was in the Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 issue of the Sun Advocate. It is worth getting a back issue or reading it online.
Briefly stated, "Stolen Valor" refers to the large number of people claiming to have served in Vietnam and other conflicts, when in fact they were never there. As Mr. McCourt points out this means four out of five people that say they were in Vietnam were never there. Slightly over 2 million Americans served in Vietnam, but over 13 million claimed to be Vietnam veterans on the 2000 census. During the Vietnam war period, only 9 million men and women served, including those that were in the US, Asia, Europe, etc. and never went to Vietnam.
Sadly, the courts have ruled that this is free speech, meaning that these liars and cheats can lie about their veteran status and awards on resumes or to their girlfriends and others. There is not much we as individuals can do about the court ruling, but we can do our part by exposing them for the sleazes they are.
How do you check a Veteran's status and record? The simplest is the DD Form 214 which is issued to every serviceman and servicewoman upon discharge. It lists the duty titles, major schools and awards they received, as well as their dates of service and the character of service (Honorable, Dishonorable, etc). Regardless of what someone might tell you.... There is no such thing as a classified or secret DD Form 214. We all have one.
If you are an employer, and a job applicant lists a veteran status on their resume, you should ask to see their DD 214. If they don't have one, something is not truthful on their application. Do you want a liar and cheat in your cash register or dealing with your customers?
If your boyfriend tells you he was a SEAL or something, ask to see his DD 214. Even though most SEAL missions are highly classified, the fact that he was a SEAL is indicated on the DD 214. Also, you can ask him what his BUD was. All former SEALS can recite their BUD number and date. If he gives you a blank look, then something may be amiss. If he was an Airborne Ranger; Air Force Special Operator, etc. That will also be listed. If not...ask yourself, "Do I want to be in a relationship with someone that lies about this?"
All military medals and awards are listed on the DD 214. The details of why they got the award may be classified, but the title (Silver Star, Bronze Star, etc.) are always listed. (Administrative Awards such as Officer of the Year; NCO of the Quarter; etc. are not listed) Major schools are also listed, as well as other agency training programs. Sometimes military personnel are sent to schools conducted by state agencies; FBI, NASA and others. Minor courses are not listed. (Some DD 214s issued before the 1950s may not list some courses).
Virtually all veterans are proud of their military service and will be happy to show you their DD 214. If they have lost their copy, a duplicate can be ordered from the archives at the National Record Center.
You may ask "how bad can a little lie be?" Well, it is not a little lie. Throughout history our veterans have given their service in wartime. To have someone steal their honor is truly "Stolen Valor". To give you a snapshot of what Vietnam was about, I recommend you read Tom McCourt's outstanding book entitled "To Be A Soldier" After you read the book, ask yourself "is it really just a little lie?". When you read what life was like in Vietnam, you realize what an atrocity it is to claim you were there, when you spent your time in the United States or was never in the service. This is not meant to demean your service if you never went to Vietnam. Everyone was "eligible" to go and the government selected some and did not select others. You also did your duty and be proud of it. The troops in Vietnam would never have survived if it wasn't for the support forces in the States, and our nation would have been in deep trouble without the forces on front lines of the cold war in Berlin, the Korean DMZ, sitting in a missile silo, airlifting food and supplies, etc.
Be proud of your service... just don't claim someone else's.
When you lift up a rock and let the sun shine in, all the bugs and creepy things scurry for cover. By exposing these liars and cheats is the best way to protect the reputations and honor of those that have served. Public humiliation and embarrassment is the sunlight that will send these creepy people scurrying for cover.
(Bill Gigliotti is a professional speaker and Vietnam veteran living in Price)


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Miaki Ishii is an associate professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University who uses North American seismometers to understand how the magnitude 9 earthquake in Japan in March 2011 started and spread. On Tuesday, April 24, Dr. Ishii will visit the Museum to discuss what scientists know about this earthquake and what they have left to learn. She recently answered a few questions.
What geological forces caused the 2011 earthquake in Japan?
Miaki Ishii: At the site of this earthquake, the Pacific plate is colliding with the North American plate—that part of Japan, believe it or not, is considered part of the North American plate. When two things bump into one another, you have stress buildup, and to relieve it, there are earthquakes. In this case, a lot of stress had accumulated for over 1,000 years, and it was released all at once in a huge quake. Many faults failing at once also made this a large event.
Mobile Ammonites Stayed Put at Plains Methane Seeps
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Research led by Museum scientists shows that ammonites, an extinct type of shelled mollusk that's closely related to modern-day nautiluses and squids, made homes in the unique environments surrounding methane seeps in the seaway that once covered America's Great Plains. The findings, recently published in the journal Geology, provide new insights into the mode of life and habitat of these ancient animals.
In the Black Hills region of South Dakota, researchers are investigating a 74-million-year-old mound of fossilized material where methane-rich fluids once migrated through the sediments onto the sea floor. When the face of this cliff recently slumped off, a wide variety of bivalves, sponges, corals, fish, crinoids, and, as recently documented, ammonites, were revealed.
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Join the Museum's annual celebration of Earth Day with Spaceship Earth on Thursday, April 19. This Hayden Planetarium program takes viewers across the planet's verdant hills and blue oceans and into space to view Earth as only astronauts have seen it. Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart will guide the tour using the Museum's Digital Universe Atlas, an authentic 3D map of the cosmos that uses satellite data as recent as three hours old to digitally reconstruct the universe. Emmart recently answered a few questions about the experience.
Why is it important to take a look at Earth's place in the universe?
Carter Emmart: Earth Day was a direct result of the first images acquired by astronauts viewing our home from the humbling distance of the Moon. One planet, ours, in space, alive with life and color, covered mostly by water and a dynamic atmosphere with constantly shifting clouds, and all this seen from our national goal of reaching the Moon, our nearest neighbor, lifeless, without color or water, and without atmosphere. Regardless of how fascinating the rest of the planets, moons, and asteroids are, ours is paradise. We are part of this world, and our survival goes hand in hand with it. We respond to its beauty as we respond to any beautiful landscape filled with color, form, and the dynamics of nature. Our Earth Day celebration is a moment to sit back and revere our planet and our existence.
Podcast: SciCafe: Island Birds and Biodiversity
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From Darwin's finches to the Dodo, island birds have inspired groundbreaking scientific theories. The genomic revolution and increased access to islands are now enabling a new age of island exploration by researchers.
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Space dust and asteroid fragments reach Earth's surface every day, but only rarely do extraterrestrial objects cause serious harm. Scientists use increasingly precise technology to track near-Earth objects and gauge if a Cretaceous-style collision could be on the horizon. At the forefront of this research is MIT professor Richard Binzel, whose Museum lecture Asteroids: Friends or Foes? on Monday, April 16, evaluates the threat of asteroids and makes a case for how they might actually be useful to humans. Binzel recently answered a few questions about his research.


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K-Force is the name FSA give to their top-level race components and our 44cm (measured centre to centre) New Ergo model weighed in at 204g. That puts it firmly in the Very Light category. You can get bars a little lighter – but only by a few grams. It's also available in 40 and 42cm widths, oversized (31.8mm) clamp diameter only.
I got on really well with the not-too-radical New Ergo shape. The tops are level and the curve of the drop straightens a touch just below where the levers clamp. It's not completely flat there but it's less curved, so you get a comfy, non-cramped hand position. Then you get a generous amount of rearward extension so you don't necessarily have to reach miles forward every time you want to get down there.
The drop is 150mm so you can get a low, tucked position – a Compact version is available with just a 125mm drop if you prefer – and the reach (the distance from the clamping area to the furthest extension forward) is 80mm. There's a 2° outward bend too so you get a bit of extra leverage when you're chucking the bike around from the drops.
The bar is a continuous carbon/Kevlar construction with what FSA call a 'double-width single cable groove'. It's not actually a groove, it's just a flattened face at the front of the tops, but it does mean you don't feel your cables as much as you do with a purely round profile once you have your bar tape fitted.
The clamping areas for the levers and stem are reinforced and they're textured to add extra grip. Nothing has moved since we fitted the bars, so no complaints on that front.
As I said, I found the bar shape comfortable with several different hand positions, and there's enough downward flex on the drops to dampen out road vibration and stop unexpected potholes jarring right through your body. Testing has involved loads of big rides on these on some dreadful roads and they've felt great throughout.
There's occasionally a bit of flex when you haul on the drops too. Not a crazy amount, although if you want complete rigidity in your bars, you might want to steer (ahem!) clear. There are plenty of stiffer aluminium offerings out there, but then you have a weight penalty. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
To me, though, these are a good compromise between stiffness, weight and comfort. And as for the price, they're not cheap but this is about the going rate for a set of high-quality carbon bars.
Excellent shape; not the most rigid bars ever, but a good compromise between stiffness, weight and comfort
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Make and model: FSA K-Force New Ergo handlebar
Size tested: 440mm
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K-Force components are FSA's lightweight race range.
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BRASHER FALLS - First-grade teachers at St. Lawrence Central Elementary School this week learned that they will have projected class sizes of 24 students in three classrooms next year, which they say could be educationally detrimental for many students.
Teachers, in a handout provided to school board members at this weeks meeting, said the higher class sizes will result in an increase in behavioral issues, a hike in students not receiving the attention they need due to the higher teacher-studio ratios and an inability to follow the prescribed small group instruction in the districts tiered reading plan.
In an already high needs district, student needs are only going to increase. Adding two more students to a class may not seem like a huge difference. However, depending on the specific academic and/or behavioral needs of those two additional students in reality it could be like adding 10 more students, the teachers wrote.
First-grade teacher Aimee Perry said when she started teaching at St. Lawrence Central in 2000 classes had less than 20 students, a trend that continued for the first five years of her classroom teaching career. She said classes then increased to 20 or 21 students for the next few years. In the most recent years, it has been 22 or more students, and we can no longer look solely at the number. Many students are coming into our classrooms with high management or high academic needs, she said.
This year has been my most challenging, she said, noting in additional to classroom management she also has reams of data that must be compiled for her students. Considering we live in a high needs area, we are likely to receive even more high needs students. I love my job. I love working with children. But Im very concerned about meeting the needs of our younger learners. Classes of 24 will be very difficult, Ms. Perry noted.
Fellow first-grade teacher Kate Castaldo told the board Ms. Perrys concerns were shared by the other first-grade teachers. Aimee is not alone in having those high management needs. We see what is coming, and we are all dealing with the same issues, she noted.
Margaret D. Snyder, a high school English teacher, noted she was standing in front of the school board in her role as a parent, not a teacher.
Eighteen years ago, I first stepped foot on the SLC campus as a student teacher in Mrs. Sharon Browns room. I expected to complete my assignment and move out of the north country to a community more like the suburban middle class neighborhood I had grown up in. Instead, I fell in love with this school and this community. I fell in love with the energy of SLC. I fell in love with the people that chose to make this community the place where they would work and many of them lived, she said.
She noted she was hired to teach English in the district the following year and is her 17th year as a district employee.
Three years ago, after settling down in Potsdam and having my own children, my husband and I decided that not only was this the community that I wanted to teach in, it is the community that we want our children to grow up in. I had spent 15 years working with SLCs juniors and seniors. I saw the kind of people that this school and community could produce and these are the kind of people that I want my children to become. We sold our house in Potsdam and relocated in Brasher Falls, she noted.
She said, as a parent, she has major concerns with the current plan for first grade for the 2013-14 school year with class sizes expected to be in the 24-student per classroom range. These children have had to begin their school years in kindergarten classes with as many as 24 students, the largest kindergarten classes in recent memory. In addition to these large class sizes, there are a number of students in the cohort with high management needs, she said, noting similar class sizes as the students advance to three first-grade classrooms.
This is unacceptable. Twenty-four plus students in a primary class is not ideal under ordinary circumstances. In a high needs district, like ours, it is detrimental, she said.
Ms. Snyder said first grade is arguably the most important year in laying the foundation for a childs academic success. It is the learn to read year and my daughter and her classmates, coming from large kindergarten classes, are already at a disadvantage. It is also the year where the foundations of math, number awareness, and computation are made, she noted.
In addition to all the foundational academic concerns, children in first grade are still learning to socialize. Behavior management is an integral part of the first grade classroom; and in classes of 24 plus students, this becomes even more of a challenge. More students dictate a higher likelihood of persistent behavior issues and more bodies in the room make it physically harder for teachers to separate students who need more space to behave: a most basic classroom management tool.
She said she was concerned, her daughter, like many other students in the large classrooms, could become lost in the larger class sizes, missing the individual teacher to student contact that is provided in smaller classes.
I want her to be allowed to meet her potential. I want her to love school and feel supported and paid attention to. I dont want her crying at night because of the chaos in her classroom. I dont want her with persistent stomach aches because she in anxious about school and feels like no one is there to help her. I dont want her to get lost before she even starts an academic career, she said.
As an employee in this district, I am intimately aware of the financial crisis that we have been in the midst of for the last several years. I am, as a matter of fact a member of one of the departments that have been hardest hit, losing one and a half teachers in as many years. As a teacher, I know that as hard as I try, I cannot deliver the same level of attention to a class of 25 as I did to a class of 15. It is physically impossible to get to everyone in the time allotted. While this is a real problem in an 11th grade class, it is tragic in a first grade class, Ms. Snyder told the board.
While I know it is essential to balance our budget, doing it on the backs of the most vulnerable students in our district in not the way. I implore you to reconsider this decision to not add another teacher at the first-grade level. My daughter and all the other sons and daughters in her grade deserve more than this, she said.
St. Lawrence Central School Superintendent Stephen M. Putman said he couldnt dispute any of the issues raised by Ms. Snyder or the first-grade teachers. Two months ago, I would have recommended four first-grade teachers, he said.
But Mr. Putman said he didnt feel it would be fiscally prudent until the district has a contract with its teachers union and a better understanding of what that pact would have on the districts benefits costs. If those things get settled, that might make a difference, he noted.
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As fears over global markets grow, the European Central Bank (ECB) signaled that it would start buying more European-government bonds in an effort to prop up the economies and governments of beleaguered nations and the region as a whole. In other words, it will print even more money to temporarily bail out reckless regimes drowning in debt.
But rather than calming investors, the announcement only sparked more confusion and turmoil. Follow-up reports added fuel to the fire.
Citing traders, several news outlets claimed that the central bank bought Irish and Portuguese bonds on August 4 — not Spanish or Italian debt as was expected. Ireland and Portugal, of course, have both received hundreds of billions in bailouts already.
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