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Chester of Hillisburg was driving east on Indiana 28 near County Road 830 East when he veered off the road and flipped his Chevrolet truck. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
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Steve recommends the Sustainable Living Festival site (part of Sustainability Month) as a portal to worldchanging stuff in Australia.
Our Australian allies over at Earth Info have got it goin' on too, though.
Any other sites/ resources folks'd recommend? Where do you get your information on Australian worldchanging projects, people and tools? What should the rest of us know about?

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Fantastic fun at a reasonable price.By Rachael on 23/03/2013 9:43:02 PM
I enrolled my son in Kindercraft classes after going to a Splodge session in the school holidays. My son didn't like to get his hands dirty and I wanted to prepare him for Kindy by doing more art and craft. Splodge is very competitively priced with a vast range or activities. Each session has a theme and the children are kept busy from the moment they arrive to the momen (...) Read more
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For more than 30 years strong, students and fans of the University of Michigan and The Ohio State University have taken their battle off the field to help save lives through their annual Blood Battle. This year is no exception.
From Nov. 1 through 21, the archrivals will partner with the American Red Cross to see which university's supporters can bring in the most blood donations.
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The new Series 9, the Samsung Series 9 900X3B, is not something that the Korean giant has chosen to label an Ultrabook. Specs-wise it is one, but the only conclusion we can draw is that is that "ultra" doesn't cover it. It's better than that.
Rather like the MacBook Air, it's very possible that the Series 9 could achieve the same super high status. At just 12.9mm thick, on the 13-inch model, slim doesn't do it justice and with only 1.16kg on board, you can hold it on the palm of your hand without so much as a strain.
Like its predecessor, it's beautifully crafted, has a great looking isolated keyboard and one piece glass trackpad combo and it's so aerodynamic that it looks like it'll take off at any minute.
On the inside, you're looking at a second generation Intel Core CPU with a Core i5 at the very least. There's up to 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage on an SSD and as narrow a bezel as possible to maximise your screen size while minimising the chassis.
The improved 160-degree viewing angle super bright HD screen lives up to its promises and there's no clunky port flaps to bother with this time. Instead, each of the sockets is carefully milled in in such a way that they come across more as part of the art than anything else.
Naturally, it'll cost you an arm and leg when it arrives but we can imagine quite a few people willingly giving up their body parts to own one.
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To jump-start our New York State economy we need two new programs. First, we must implement a jobs plan similar to the one passed by the State Senate last year with bi-partisan support. This plan uses tax breaks to incentivize business owners to employ new hires and streamlines business regulations. Second, we need to change the tax structure to relieve the middle class from the heavy burden imposed by exorbitant property taxes. Our middle class families need more disposable income to make sure local businesses can succeed.


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"Institutions, Economic Freedom, and the Wealth of Nations"
"Freedom as Development: Reflections on James Gwartney's Contributions to Measuring Institutions"
"The Soft Side of Economic Freedom"
"Culture and Freedom"
"The Geography of Economic Freedom"
"Economic Freedom Research: Some Comments and Suggestions"
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"Ostrom and Liberal Education: The College Classroom as Knowledge Commons"
"Yet Another Path: Another Path: Expanding De Soto's Framework using Ostrom's Insights"
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|Until Grant every time the Yanks got whipped they ran back to Washington with their tail between their legs. While they regrouped there....Lee also regrouped. They never kept the pressure on Lee full time. When Grant took over he had all Union forces on the move across the country. Which is something Lincoln had begged every one of his commanders to do. Grant was determined in 1864 to hound Lee and keep the pressure on and pin him down. It was the only way Lee could be defeated. There wasn't any nice way of going about it except through brute force. The Wilderness and Spotsylvania bled Lee badly of irreplacable losses. Like I said....McClellan was great at organizing and even planning....but he wilted under pressure. IMO, I just don't think he would have pulled off Grant's 1864 offensive and eventual victory.


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U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: Dead on arrival
Contemptible as it is convoluted, the Arms Trade Treaty that sailed through the United Nations on Tuesday — and with considerable U.S. support — deserves swift rejection by the U.S. Senate as a fitting rebuke to the Obama administration for foisting this nonsense on the American people.
Hailed by naive supporters and gun-grabbers alike, the treaty is supposed to stem the flow of conventional weapons to terrorists and other thugs. How? By guilting the world's bad actors who supply the weapons into abiding by the treaty's stipulations. The treaty itself has no enforcement mechanism, The New York Times reports.
Why would the U.S. be a party to this "historic" U.N. "accomplishment" when, in fact, America already employs some of the toughest policies on the export of arms? As Heritage Foundation security policy expert Ted Bromund points out, "Negotiating treaties that the other side won't respect is a fool's errand. Unfortunately, we're continuing to play the fool."
You see, the U.S. didn't simply support the treaty. Team Obama was "hugely constructive" in shoving the pact through Turtle Bay, according to a U.N. official. This, after the Obama re-election machine last year beat a hasty retreat from the treaty's negotiations.
Americans' Second Amendment right to bear arms has been tortured enough by "gun-control" lawmakers and their half-cocked assumptions. Now the Senate is supposed to ratify a treaty that would defer to the unaccountable arrogance of the United Nations? Absolutely not!
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Two Things for Boys to Learn Before Entering Middle School
She said that other boys figure out if the boys know these two things. They specifically seek to find this information out. If the boy does not know these two things they are labeled "through high school graduation" and will be picked on and terrorized until high school is over. She said these are the basis for labeling a boy naive or weak or stupid or gullible or ignorant or sheltered.
They are:
1. All the details of sexual intercourse and sexual male body issues (ejaculation, wet dreams and masturbation).
2. The real deal on Santa Claus.
She went on to tell me that before her son entered middle school (fifth grade in their town) they had a detailed sex talk. She said that the child's readiness is not important, it is more important that the child not be pegged and targeted for their ignorance due to anything under her control. She said since she knows that fact about kids in middle school there was no way she was going to send her son off unprepared. For them the Santa talk happened in fourth grade when he had suspicions and asked about it and she came clean.
I also think the reason she converted over to dressing her son in all Hollister and American Eagle clothing (primarily Hollister) is to avoid any negative stereotyping due to him not wearing the coolest trendy clothes.
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- Shez said...
that is mind boggling on so many levels. Parents like this are setting their kids up to follow the herd and all that comes with this behavior. I sometimes think that our food allergies are a blessing as my kids have become used to being different at a really early age.
It also makes me happy we homeschool. I've heard horror stories about peer pressure from kids as young as 2nd grade in a school nearby.
- Friday, March 27, 2009 at 7:59:00 AM CDT
- audrey said...
The sex talk crops up earlier than middle school. I'm not bothered by discussing it with ds, but using it as a barometer for "acceptability" is pathetic. IMO, a parent falling for that is a little pathetic, too.
And the clothes issue... well, I won't even go there. *roll eyes*
- Friday, March 27, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM CDT
- christinemm said...
We take the approach to answer questions as deep as the child feel comfortable. For that reason some details have not come out yet.
I find other times that details we spoke about are forgotten. Such as having to explain my monthly period four times when kids burst into the bathroom, through the closed door. I would have thought they'd have remembered the last time I talked about it.
I couldn't believe the main thing about kids being that cruel to label kids for years based on those things. I didn't know schooled boys were like that.
- Friday, March 27, 2009 at 4:05:00 PM CDT
- Jane said...
Is that what our job as parents should be, to make our kids appear "cool"? How about teaching them how to be compassionate human beings and not pick on someone just because they're "nerdy"?
- Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 5:19:00 AM CDT
- Love 2B Homeschoolers said...
This is such a hard call, having been on the receiving end of all that ridicule because of my ignorance at that age. In 8th grade in my Catholic school so many of my classmates had older siblings and knew so much more than I did. I had a very hard time socially at that age since I wanted so much to be one of the "cool" kids and I rejected the others, because I knew how they were made fun of.
The fact is that many children that age would give up Santa in order to be accepted by their peers; to many children that age, peer interaction is everything. Even now I see my 12yo and the other middle school aged kids in our playgroup segregating themselves to hang out.
And as far as sex is concerned, if my child were to go to school with kids who know all about it, I feel it would be best to tell them all of it myself, not even so he can be "accepted", but for no other reason than to be sure he gets accurate information!
None of this changes the fact that I am saddened by the necessity of having to "mainstream" our children if they want to go to school. But unfortunately, it is a reality. Kids can be brutal, and I'd rather my child be prepared for what socializing with them will be like.
And again, I'd rather all that sex info came from me.
- Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 10:02:00 AM CDT
- Jennifer Sikora said...
This is the very reason we began homeschooling in the first place. In our area, a sex education class is taught to beginning middle school students (from EVERYTHING like sex, being gay, how to have sex your first time).
My husband and I put on the brakes and said THAT is enough. We prayed asked God what to do, and He said homeschool...so we jumped right in and never looked back.
I can not imagine ever putting my children back into public school EVER!
Thanks for posting this as a reminder to why we love homeschooling.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 8:31:00 AM CDT


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I 've had a long career -- going on 45 years -- and it's going to get longer before it gets shorter, if you get my drift. Thanks to the economy and bad luck in the state lottery, I'll probably be hooked to the plow a lot longer than I would have liked.
The same goes for lots of folks, I'm sure.
But my longevity is only pertinent to make this point: I've worked for a lot of bosses over the years. Some very good ones, and some good ones. And a couple I'm less than thrilled about.
And one of the things that's always separated the good ones from the not so good ones is the respect they've shown me and my co-workers.
Show me a boss who screams across the room at an employee, and I'll show you a boss who is totally unprofessional.
Show me a boss who can't control his/her temper, and I'll show you someone who should not be a boss.
Show me a boss who disrespects an employee in front of his/her co-workers and then later apologizes to that employee behind closed doors, and I'll show you a boss who is a coward and unprofessional to boot.
Show me a boss who thinks it's OK to reduce an employee to tears to make a point, and I'll show you a boss who is a bully, one who has lousy communication skills and worse human relations skills and one who probably would be better off working at another job -- say by himself/herself out in the wilderness somewhere.
Over the years, I've worked for one or more bosses who did all of those things listed above. Not to me, so much, but to co-workers.
And because I have a low tolerance for such things, I always made it a point to take the boss aside, behind closed doors, and told them I believed their words or actions were abusive.
That almost always did the trick.
So I'm a little surprised to hear from York County President Commissioner Steve Chronister that there's a problem in county government with employee abuse -- it seems clear he's talking about elected and/or appointed department heads or managers.
Not all of them, but some of them.
That it's happening at all, however, is alarming.
How widespread is the problem? Well, I don't know. And Chronister isn't naming names or revealing circumstances.
Perhaps I shouldn't be too surprised. The county government is, after all, just one more workplace -- one of the largest to be sure -- in York County.
So if abuse of employees is tolerated in private working environments -- and it too often is -- then it's probably reasonable to assume it might be present in public working environments, too.
But it shouldn't be happening in either.
Chronister, of course, finds himself in a tough spot on this issue because he's not truly the boss of elected officials. They -- the 10 row officers, especially -- run their own offices and their own employees without a lot of intrusion by county commissioners.
So it's become a matter of principle for Chronister. He apparently has seen with his own eyes examples of employee abuse that have made him uncomfortable. He considers it unacceptable.
I consider it unprofessional as all get out.
Therefore, Chronister has proposed the county's first code of conduct for elected and appointed officials. It's eight pages long, and it covers a lot of territory including public meeting conduct, conflicts of interest, misuse of authority, use/misuse of public resources, avoiding personal comments that could be considered offensive, fidelity in office and conduct in the work environment.
It's common sense, he said. And it's necessary. Why? Well, because there's just no way shouting at or physically threatening an employee can be tolerated in a professional work environment.
And county government aspires to be a professional work environment.
The new rules would, for example, forbid "abusive conduct, bullying or verbal attacks." That's a good place to start. But the rules are fairly all-encompassing.
The goal, Chronister said, is to minimize those occurrences when managers/officials might be tempted to manage by intimidation.
"We just want our employees to know they're protected," Chronister said. "If they're harassed or intimidated, there are steps to make sure it doesn't happen again."
The code does not detail specific penalties, but it does establish a tone from the top. Get your act together. Treat people well. Or get out.
I like the idea that county government is setting the standard for every private employer in York County to follow as to how employees should be treated.
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Two of the three men who are still eligible to become Coffee County's next sheriff are Enterprise police officers.
After tallying the votes from Tuesday night, there's a republican runoff set for July 18.
On the GOP side, retired army Lt. Colonel Dave Sutton garnered 1,721 votes to lead a three-way race.
He led long-time Enterprise police officer Ricky Barnes by 238 votes.
With neither candidate having at least 50 percent plus one vote, it forced a runoff.
Perhaps the most surprising race of the evening occurred in the democratic primary; third term Sheriff Ben Moates lost to Enterprise police officer Lance Tindol by 251 votes.
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AMITY – Jarred Montgomery pitched a two-hit shutout and Jared Thompkins hit a three-run home run as the Dayton baseball team shut down Class 3A West Valley League rival Amity, 11-0, in five innings on Tuesday night.
Following Thompkins' third-inning home run, the Pirates (4-3, 3-0 WVL) poured on seven runs in the fourth inning, punctuated by a two-run double by Caleb Letney and an RBI double by Jarred Ashley. Letney, Dayton's leadoff hitter, went 3-for-4 in the contest.
Amity starter Donald Goodwin absorbed the loss.
The Pirates host Gervais tonight at 5 p.m. and play Central at 1 p.m. Saturday in Independence.
Amity (3-7, 1-2 WVL) hosts Colton tonight at 5 p.m. before playing at Warrenton at noon on Saturday.
Also this week:
Yamhill-Carlton 3, Astoria 2 (8)
YAMHILL – Tanner Myrick scored the tying run on Quentin Benson's groundout in the seventh inning and Braden Martin brought Zach Rhodes home with an RBI double as the Tigers defeated the Fishermen in their Class 4A Cowapa League debut Tuesday.
Michael Mitchell and Ryan Bray also drove in runs for Yamhill-Carlton (2-6, 1-0 Cowapa). Benson picked up the win with two scoreless innings in relief.
Y-C played at Astoria on Thursday. The Tigers will face Junction City on the road Saturday at 1 p.m.
Willamina 9,
Gervais 4
WILLAMINA – Dylan Blakely tossed a complete-game three-hitter, striking out seven, and the Bulldogs scored six runs in the fifth inning for their first Class 3A West Valley League win of the season over the Cougars.
Coty Brown went 2-for-4 with two RBI for Willamina (2-9, 1-1 WVL). Mark Mayes hit a two-run single in the fifth inning, and Josh McCormick went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Willamina plays at Rainier tonight and at Sheridan on Tuesday. Both games start at 4:30 p.m.
Toledo 15,
Sheridan 4 (5)
SHERIDAN – The Class 3A Spartans allowed nine runs in the fifth inning in a five-inning loss to the Class 2A Boomers in Wednesday night's nonleague contest.
Hayden Purrone went 1-for-3 with two RBI for Sheridan (4-6, 0-2 Class 3A West Valley), while Matt Bushbaum went 1-for-2 with an RBI. It is the Spartans' fifth consecutive loss to date.
Sheridan plays Horizon Christian tonight at 5 p.m. in Tualatin before the Spartans rekindle their rivalry with Willamina Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Scio 11,
Sheridan 6
SCIO – The Class 2A Loggers defeated the Class 3A Spartans in a nonleague contest Tuesday afternoon in Scio.


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At the end of last year, I was contacted by my state tax office. I don't know about you, but I don't like receiving letters from any tax office, unless it has to do with a refund! Unfortunately, this letter wasn't about a refund. It seems the state wanted to be paid more frequently.
For the last few years, I had been running quarterly payroll. This is a common way for small businesses and sole proprietors to pay themselves. It takes less book keeping and generally costs less money than running monthly payroll. For some reason, my state decided they wanted me to start paying myself (read: them) monthly.
That presented a problem for me, as it would increase my payroll expenses. I had been using PayChex since I started paying myself a salary several years ago. I didn't have any problems using PayChex. But after contacting them about moving to monthly payroll, I realized my payroll expenses would increase fairly substantially. So I did what most entrepreneurs would do – I looked for alternatives. I found several nice options, but decided to go with ZenPayroll. 3 months in, I'm very pleased with the move. Not only do I save a lot of money (more than 50% per year), but the process is even easier than it was with PayChex (which was already easy).
What they offer:
ZenPayroll offers most features required to track your payroll, including profiles for salaried employees, hourly workers and contractors, vacation time & sick days, tracking pre-tax payments and deductions (401k and other retirement contributions, HSA accounts, health insurance, etc.), reimbursements, and more.
They aren't a full-service benefits company, however. They can track and process payments for your retirement plans and health insurance (as far as payroll and taxes go), but they don't actually offer those services in-house like some of the larger companies that specialize in payroll and benefits. Check out their FAQ section for more info on what they do and don't offer.
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Don't let the "15 minute" setup claim fool you. It will take you longer than 15 minutes to set up your payroll, even if you are experienced and have all your documentation in front of you. The process should take about 30 minutes to set up a profile for the first person, depending on how well-versed you are with payroll forms, whether you have all your information handy, etc. It takes a little less time to set up additional employees, and there is a cool feature which allows individuals to set up their own profile (important for security, since you can set up direct deposit through ZenPayroll, which is how I set up my payroll). They allow each user to have their own profile within the company profile, so each user has access to his or her records, can change direct deposit information, etc. They also offer bank-level security, so your data is secure and encrypted. Need more security? They offer two-level authentication so no one can get in if your password is compromised.
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Once you get your system set up, you receive an email right before your payroll is due. Simply log in, verify everything is correct, click a button or two or three, and payroll is done. It's that easy. From there, ZenPayroll deducts the payroll funds from your checking or savings account, direct deposits the payroll into your employee's bank account, and sends the taxes to the appropriate places (state, federal, unemployment, and anything else you have designated). The first quarter just ended and ZenPayroll automatically filed the 941 forms with the IRS, and the Unemployment Insurance forms with my state. They do this each quarter, and kick out the W-2s at the end of the year. W-2s are included in the pricing, which is something many other payroll providers charge extra for.
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Running payroll is as simple as it gets. I receive an email once a month reminding me that payroll needs to be run. I log in to my ZenPayroll account, click the "Run Payroll" button, and verify nothing has changed. Click the verify button, and it's done. Then I download the pay stubs. The entire process takes 3-5 minutes. And again, all the ancillary paperwork and taxes are taken care of for me.
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The pricing is what intrigued me the most, as it was less expensive than almost any other payroll provider I could find, and less than half the price of many payroll providers. There pricing is very basic, as you can see:
This is a simple and easy to use pricing structure, and one that appeal to many small businesses. To put this in perspective, I was paying $130 every quarter with PayChex, which comes out to $520 per year. But I also had to pay a quarterly charge of $10 to have my payroll stubs mailed to me, and an annual $90 fee for my W-2 forms to be mailed to me. I spent around $640 last year on my payroll (and my payroll expenses were set to increase this year with the transition from quarterly to monthly!). My business has two employees, so my payroll comes out to $33 per month for 12 months, or $396, a savings of $244 over what I paid last year (and even more than it would have been, since I had to move to a monthly payroll, which costs more than quarterly payroll).
*The savings was actually even greater, because ZenPayroll is offering 2 months free at the time of this writing, saving me over $300 compared to what I spent last year.
Downsides to ZenPayroll
ZenPayroll is still in the startup phase. I was a little hesitant to go with a startup at first, primarily because you never know how long startups will be around. But I saw that ZenPayroll had recently received a large round of funding, and I also realized this space is ripe for disruption. There are a few major players that charge a lot of money for basic payroll services. This is fine for large corporations that need a service that will run payroll and package it with 401k plans, health insurance, HR services, and other benefits management.
But there are many small businesses like mine that don't need those added services. Why pay for all the overhead when I only need to run payroll for myself and my wife? I think there is a large enough market to support them as they continue to grow.
They also aren't a full-service HR benefits provider like some of the other payroll providers. This is a benefit for me, because I can receive excellent payroll service without having to worry about paying additional overhead for services I don't need and won't use. But this could be a different story for other small businesses.
Are they a good fit for you?
That depends on the size of your business, what services you need, how much you are currently paying, and whether they are currently available in your state. For me, it was a great move. I get to save a few hundred dollars on payroll each year, and the process is simple, and worry-free. I'm happy with the move.
If you have a small business, I encourage you to check out some alternatives to your current payroll provider. You may be able to save a lot of money in the long run!


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Not everyone has a yard to grow food in. However most people have at least one window, and most of those people heat their homes in the winter, so guess what? In effect, they also have a year round green house just waiting to be DIY-ified into a Window Farm!
While certainly an exciting opportunity for apartment dwellers and those without any soil to till, Window Farms are a useful option for everyone in that they are viable year round.
What with population growth, limited water resources, suburban sprawl reaping huge profits for those developing prime farmland, rising fuel costs, and a host of other challenges for agriculture, the cost of food is only going up. So growing as much of your own food as possible makes a lot of sense.
Take a look at the Window Farms Blog where you can get building instructions, safety warnings and access to R & D from previous and existing projects.
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In a story about livestreamers amid the chaos, The Guardian reports Shively and William Gagan, working through the Turkish border town of Guvecci, obtained two interviews from a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey, footage of a pro-Assad rally in the president's Turkish hometown and a recorded plea from Syrian freedom fighters for arms and foreign intervention.
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The duo established itself in the late 1970s with a trio of singles in "Sara Smile," "She's Gone" and "Rich Girl." It then began dominating the charts with No. 1 hits such as "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" and "Maneater."
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Southmoreland High School commencement on Friday
Southmoreland High School will be hosting its graduation program on Friday with approximately 140 seniors receiving their diplomas.
The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
"These students have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership and character," high school principal Daniel Krofcheck said. "It has been a pleasure for all of us here at SHS to have worked with them both inside and outside the classroom."
This year's valedictorian is Shelby Poorbaugh, who will be presenting one of the speeches to the class at the graduation ceremonies.
Poorbaugh has been involved with the Alpha gifted program, is vice president of the National Honor Society, is treasurer of the Spanish NHS and enjoys arts and music.
"I'm going to tell the seniors to forget the rules of high school, strengthen what they believe in and go out into the world in an intelligent manner," Poorbaugh said.
Poorbaugh said she is thrilled to be one of the commencement speakers.
"I'm very honored to be speaking," Poorbaugh said. "I'm a little nervous, but I'm honored."
Poorbaugh, 18, is the daughter of Cindy and Scott Poorbaugh of Scottdale.
Salutatorian is Kaidia Pickels, 17, who will also give a speech at the ceremony.
Pickels has been active in Outdoor Odyssey, NHS, French Club, Alpha gifted program, Marching Band and Pep Band.
"I'm going to tell the students that graduation is not a number," Pickels said. "You are not graduate number this or graduate number that, you will graduate as a person and to go on to begin the next important stage, and it's because of this high school that they will be able to do that."
Pickels said she had hoped to speak at graduation as a way to thank her fellow classmates who have become important to her.
"I'm excited," Pickels said. "I was really hoping that I would have the chance to give a speech so I can tell the students what effect some of them had on me and how I feel that they helped me to become the person that I am today."
Pickels is the daughter of Mary and Dwayne Pickels of Scottdale.
"I have been here for 20 years and I have come to expect a lot from our students, in terms of personality, talents and academics, and the Class of 2014 has certainly lived up to my expectations," Southmoreland Superintendent John Molnar said.
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Katie Onofreychuk passed her Final Oral Exam on September 23, 2013. Katie's focus is on clinical practice. She will be starting her new position with Essentia Health developing a program integrating behavioral health into primary care settings.
Cynthia Seguin passed her final oral exam on Monday, October 14th 2013. She will be pursuing employment with county or tribal child protection; her area of interest is with children and families. Cynthia wants to eventually work towards her LICSW and work with childhood trauma. She is currently writing a book about child abuse titled "The Silent Scream" that she wants to publish.
Rebecca Fix passed her Final Oral Exam on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013. Her focus is on clinical practice working with children and families, and her area of interest is working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a holistic setting. Rebecca passed her LGSW last August and is searching a position where she can attain her LICSW.
Michelle Carlson Schwartz passed her final oral exam on August 15th, 2013 and has completed all requirements for her MSW degree. She is currently working as an Intake Worker in the Child Protection Program at Leech Lake Tribal Child Welfare in Cass Lake Minnesota.
Kirsten Hedlund passed her final oral exam on May 15, 2013. Her special area of interest is in macro practice, community organizing and community development from a feminist perspective. She is moving to Detroit, Michigan and will be seeking employment as an MSW there.
Amanda Radtke passed her final oral exam on May 14, 2013. Amanda's area of interest is clinical practice and she plans to pursue her LICSW. Amanda has accepted a job offer and will begin her career as a psychotherapist at the Human Development Center in Cloquet, Minnesota.
Shelly Symons passed her final oral exam on May 10th, 2013. Her focus is on clinical social work in early childhood mental health. Shelly will continue to provide mental health services to children on the Child and Family Services Team at HDC and seeks to obtain her LICSW in the future. She wishes to provide a specialized focus in TF-CBT with families who have experienced domestic violence.
Valerie Trulsen passed her oral exam on May 13th, 2013. She passed her LGSW exam the middle of this last April and is moving to Grand Rapids where she accepted a job working with families who have children with autism and developmental disabilities. Valerie's new job will allow her the opportunity to provide services all over the Range as well as work towards her LICSW.
Tim Berdahl passed his Final Oral Exam on May 2, 2013. His special area of interest is in clinical social work and he completed his advanced field placement at Grief Support Services at Essentia Health – St. Mary's Medical Center. Tim works as a pastor at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Duluth.
Bridget Hines passed her oral exam on May 9th, 2013. She also passed her LGSW test at the end of April of this year with the intent of earning her social work clinical license in the future. Her special area of interest is children's mental health. Bridget is searching for a position in the schools and looks forward to working with children and their families.
Shinay Rasmusson passed her Final Oral Exam on May 10, 2013. Her special area of interest is in working in micro and macro practice settings with particular emphasis on diversity and equity. Shinay is starting a new job with the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency in Virginia, Minnesota as a Minority Job Coach.
Joni Nordberg passed her final oral exam on May 9th, 2013. She also passed her LGSW exam this week and will be staying in Duluth. Joni's plan is to find a job that can provide supervision for her LICSW. She enjoys working with adolescents and adults.
Jessica Sweeney passed her final oral exam on May 8th, 2013. Jessica's focus is on clinical social work with adolescents and hopes to start an adventure-based therapy program. She will continue residing in the Duluth area.
Jensina Rosen passed her final oral exam on May 9, 2013. Her special areas of interest include social work research, community planning, and policy analysis/development. After graduation, she will remain in the Duluth area and pursue a career in macro social work practice.
Ryan Mairs passed his Final Oral Exam on May 9, 2013. His special area of interest is in clinical social work and working with veterans. He has recently been hired as a Readjustment Therapist for the VA working out of the LaCrosse Vets Center. in Wisconsin. Ryan also passed the ASWB Exam at the Master's Level for the Certified Advanced Practice Social Worker license.
Megan Havrilla passed her Final Oral Exam on May 8, 2013. Her special area of interest is in program development and macro social work practice. Megan is returning to Michigan following graduation where she will be seeking employment.
Nicole Vaineo passed her oral exam on May 6th, 2013. Nicole focused on the clinical aspect of the program; she hopes to obtain her LICSW. Nicole passed the LGSW test in February of this year. She was hired on at Accend Services in Duluth, MN as a clinical associate.
Kirsten Jensen passed her oral exam May 1, 2013. Her area of specialization is child welfare and she was a child welfare scholar. Kirsten obtained a position at Scott County Social Services as a Child Protection Worker.
Heather Giancola passed her oral exams on May 6, 2013. Heather had a double focus in the standard program - both clinical and child welfare. She will continue to work as a social worker at Carlton County. In the future, Heather and a few other graduates hope to open a private practice providing clinical social work services to people in Carlton County.
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I'm here in Washington, DC, at the second annual mHealth Summit, where I gave a talk and conducted a keynote interview with Bill Gates. During a wide-ranging discussion, Bill stressed that improved health is the key to controlling many of the world's most challenging problems. In keeping with the mHealth theme, Bill discussed the role of the mobile technology—especially the cell phone—as a tool for improving medical services in various populations.
Here are just a few of the highlights of the Q&A:
Kristin: You've stated that the mobile phone, like other computing platforms before it, is not the panacea for healthcare. Given the cell phone's ubiquity, what are your thoughts on the possible advantages over the preceding technologies?
Bill: Computing technology has been great for healthcare, but primarily on the research side. Although it would be difficult to measure, some combination of the Internet, digital database, and collaboration tools really have changed medical research. In the case of the cell phone, there's a chance to go beyond that and actually be there with the patient, there in the clinic, which might not be staffed with a fully trained doctor. So there's a lot of opportunity, but we have to approach these things with some humility. There's not always Internet and data connections out there, and when people are sick they are often too late for some cell phone type application to do something for them. There's absolutely a role, but we have to hold ourselves to some pretty tough metrics.
Kristin: So what, then, do you see as the main applications for mobile health, and what specifically will be most impactful?
Bill: I think it is always valuable to go back and ask what the key metric is you're trying to improve. Maybe the simplest one is the number of kids who die each year under the age of five, which is about 8.5 million. If you go back to 1960, that was about 20 million, so there's been a pretty dramatic reduction. About a third of that's been achieved by an increase in income, which gives you better nutrition and better living conditions, but the majority of it's been done through vaccines. Smallpox was killing 2 million a year; now it kills zero a year. Measles was killing a million and a half; now it's killing about 300,000 a year.
So, now we say to ourselves, what can we do with this 8.5 million? That actually breaks into two parts: There's the first 30 days of life, which is about 3.5 million deaths, and then there's the 30 days to 5 years, which is about 5 million deaths. There again, vaccines are going to be the key—malaria vaccines, respiratory, diarrheal—but the question is, how will cell phones fit in? If you could register every birth on the cell phone, get the fingerprints and get a location, then you could go around and make sure the immunization happens. Vaccination coverage in some poorest areas, like the north of Nigeria and the north of India, are below 50 percent. So you could get a huge improvement if you could just take the vaccines we have today and get those delivered.
So when I think about the biggest impacts [for mHealth], I think of patient reminders, improvements in the supply chain for medical goods—making sure there's no counterfeits and no stock-outs—and finally, this sort of digital patient record, where the high payoff is vaccination coverage.
Kristin: In regards to the Gates Foundation Grand Challenges, you've had two calls now and are about to announce a third, can you tell me what type of projects have been funded?
Bill: We're in a phase now where we are doing these Exploration Grants, which are kind of small, $100,000 each, trying to catch a set of wild ideas and people who wouldn't ordinarily apply. We've done some in mobile health ... If you want to do cheap diagnostics, the idea that your communication screen comes from the mobile phone and all you have to do is sample preparation and signal detection and then that whole backend is just sitting there for free, it's clearly a huge win. Some of these diagnostic things, in malaria or TB, will probably be the first areas where we'll be able to say without this mobile phone application people would have died.
Kristin: You've said that R&D can prevent future disasters and that research investments are important to mitigate some of the problems facing the world. These problems are vast and diverse, and often dependent on location. Do you believe generalizations can be made, and if so, what are they?
Bill: In general, the world underfunds research because the person who takes the risk of doing the research doesn't capture the full benefit of having done it. Capitalism does amazing things, but it has this systemic problem in terms of research not doing enough, and it has another systemic problem in that the needs of the poorest won't be prioritized the way they would if you put a more human-values driven system in. Of course government steps in for things that the market doesn't work well on, such as funding for basic research. The Gates Foundation tries to take the diseases of the poorest and fulfill that role that the market-driven signals aren't going to.
How do we get more investment in research? Well, the Internet is a great platform. The world as a whole is getting more science and engineering graduates. And so whether it's energy or biology or robots or software, people underestimate the amount of innovation that's going on. Part of the reason people have such bleak views is that they assume technology stays the same.
Kristin: How does education lead to better healthcare outcomes?
Both health and education are great examples of behaviors where you have to put in effort now for a benefit that comes a lot later. It's like when kids drop out of high school—did nobody tell them that the fun jobs are the ones that pay really well and you're not going to get one? And likewise with health, there are some things that are pretty straightforward. We had an experience in South Africa where we saw that awareness of AIDS was very low among teenagers, which is where the disease acquisition was taking place. So we said, let's raise awareness. And we did. We were the biggest billboard buyer in the country, and we drove awareness up to 97 percent. We'd ask people "How do you get AIDS?" and they could explain it. "How do you stop yourself from getting AIDS?" and they could explain it. And we saw no behavior change. When we interviewed people, we found that the time horizon is such that a disease which is seven or eight years out when compared to the here and now activity is just not that big. If AIDS killed immediately it would be better, because you'd see these piles of bodies outside of bars or brothels and people would think "I don't know if I want to go in there or not. It looks suspicious."
Kristin: What about the one-off nature of mHealth projects? How do we break down silos?
Bill: Look for problems with gigantic scale, where several hundred thousand deaths a year could be avoided if it was solved well ... things like vaccine coverage, TB drug follow-up, and TB diagnosis. The lens of did-it-work has to be a very tough one ... because it's possible to see things that worked in the microcosm but then, when you scale it up, it's not going to work that well.
Kristin: So, we're saving these people and letting them have a better quality of life, but is that really true? Are we just letting them live on to face harder challenges to come, particularly in slum areas like Mumbai, where population growth is actually outstripping the city's population growth.
Bill: Most of the world's population growth is in urban slums. The key thing in this question—the most important fact that people should know and make sure other people know—is that as you improve health and save children under five, that reduces population growth. That sounds paradoxical, but within a decade of improving health outcomes, parents decide to have fewer children. There is no such thing as a healthy, high-population growth country. No matter what problem you care about, environment, schools, nutrition, unrest, the key thing is that those problems are insoluble at a 3 percent per year population growth rate.
In these developing countries, by age five, over a third of the kids have had some insult in terms of cerebral malaria, birth asphyxiation, parasitemia, not enough nutrition because of diarrhea. [Consequently] their brain is not developed properly and so they're never going to be a fully productive member of society. The same thing that gets rid of the death gets rid of the sickness, the morbidity, and so it's a huge payoff.
Kristin: What's the next big thing in technology?
Bill: Robots. If you don't want to go to a convention, just send a robot. Seriously, though, there are a lot of medical procedures that can be done by robots. When we look at something like infant mortality, there's a certain level you can't get below if you can't do C-sections. C-sections require a sterile environment, but the procedure itself is fairly routine and could be done by a robot.
Computers are learning to see, learning to talk, learning to listen, and learning to move around. This is where robotics is headed. The dexterity things are maybe five years behind, but they'll come. And once a robot learns a task, it doesn't forget how to do it. It can do it 24 hours a day.
As a founding sponsor of the mHealth Summit, Microsoft External Research is committed to using mobile technology to promote healthcare for underserved populations around the world, whether they are found in the jungles of the Brazil, the slums of Mumbai, or rural areas of the United States. Through our Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare Initiative, Microsoft External Research is collaborating with academics and researchers around the world, providing them with the tools, technologies, and resources needed to develop creative and novel healthcare solutions that are accessible, affordable, and easy to use, helping to mitigate the growing healthcare concerns in underdeveloped nations around the globe. Through collaborations with the academic research community, Microsoft Research aims to tackle healthcare problems through mobile technology and ultimately further the understanding and treatment of diseases affecting millions worldwide.
—Kristin M. Tolle, director of Natural User Interactions, the External Research division of Microsoft Research
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A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and so, apparently, is an idle computer. On November 18, scientists from Oregon State University (OSU) will begin harnessing the idle time of thousands of personal computers to study climate modeling and the resulting weather effects on the Pacific Northwest and California. This project illustrates the power of "citizen scientists," in this case, the thousands of individuals whose personal computers will be leveraged during idle times. By lashing together the computing power of these privately owned PCs, the OSU team will create a digital network with the computational chops of a supercomputer.
The OSU participation in this worldwide initiative, under the leadership of Philip Mote, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, will study the reliability of various climate simulation models in the western United States. Microsoft Research provided primary funding for this initiative, with additional support coming from the Bureau of Land Management, the California Energy Commission, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The work at OSU will join that already underway in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Since the project's inception in 2003, hundreds of thousands of citizen scientists have donated their spare computer processing power to run global climate change models. During idle times, the personal computers collect data on regional climate information, including temperature, winds, and humidity, which is then compiled and fed into climate model simulations.
Experiments in the OSU-led initiative include predicting regional weather events-including droughts, floods, and temperature extremes-during the 2020s and 2030s, and forecasting the possible climate impact if global temperatures rise two, three, or four degrees by the end of the century.
Surface temperature in the global model - you can watch this progressing as your model runs.
Mote notes that the rationale behind these climate modeling studies is elegantly simple. "In less than two months, we can run 40,000 different year-long climate simulation models with our network of volunteers. A dedicated supercomputer, during that time, could simulate a couple hundred years worth of data."
"It's exciting that both climate modeling and computer technology have advanced to the point that people at home can contribute to the effort to study climate change," he added.
Individuals in the western United States who wish to donate their computer's spare processing power are encouraged to visit www.climateprediction.net/weatherathome, where they can register to have the climate model application downloaded. Much like a screensaver, it will run only when your computer is idle.
—Dan Fay, director of the External Research division of Microsoft Research
On November 11 and 12, 2010, an international group of distinguished researchers met in São Paulo, Brazil, to expand ongoing environmental research on the Brazilian tropical rainforest ecosystem. The workshop built upon the Sensor Nets in Tropical Forests, a pilot project that deployed a sensor net in a 1 km2 area of forest in Serra do Mar, Ubatuba, southeast of Brazil. The workshop was sponsored by Microsoft Research-FAPESP Institute for IT Research, a joint venture of the External Research division of Microsoft Research and FAPESP (the São Paulo Research Foundation).
The gathering brought together scientists from the United States, Chile, Canada, and Brazil, representing such diverse disciplines as phenology, climate science, soil ecology, successional forestry, micrometeorology, and earth system modeling. Among them was Dr. Carlos Nobre, one of the world's foremost researchers on climate change, whose talk, "The Fate of the Amazon Forest in the 21st Century," discussed the impact of global warming, climate change, and fires to the balance of the Amazon forest.
The distinguished attendees identified and tied together a multidisciplinary set of research problems with technology development and collaboration requirements, creating an experiment plan that broadly charts several years of environmental experiments and technology development. In the course of developing the plan, the researchers spent considerable time reflecting on how technology can support them in the ongoing research, pondering the implications of using new methods and technology support to conduct their science. There was broad consensus that environmental science is faced with enormous data-driven challenges-from data acquisition to data management, cleaning, provenance, annotation, visualization, sharing, publication, discovery, and archival. These challenges are accompanied by acceleration in problem complexity and the need for new, integrated multidisciplinary approaches to research.
In response to these important and daunting trends, it is essential to develop new technologies and particularly new computational solutions. In the collaborative rainforest project, we find just such interdisciplinary and data complexity problems, and we see this as a tremendous opportunity to solve specific problems by flexible, extensible, and adoptable means. By so doing, we will build solutions with applicability beyond their immediate corresponding problems.
—Juliana Salles, senior research program manager in the External Research division of Microsoft Research


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Darvish: "I have to change"
Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish admitted the obvious on Wednesday night. Walks are messing with his mind.
"I'm going to have to turn over a new leaf next time out," said Darvish, speaking through an interpreter. "I'm going to have to think differently from here on out. Become a new pitcher, a better pitcher."
Darvish matched a season-high by giving up six walks in five innings during a ragged no-decision in the 11-10, 10-inning win against the Los Angeles Angels at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Darvish allowed seven runs overall, with five of the walks scoring. His ERA rose to a season-high 4.38.
For the season, Darvish has given up 70 walks to tie Toronto's Ricky Romero for the second-highest total in the American League. Only two major-leaguers have allowed mroe walks: Cleveland's Ubaldo Jimenez, with 72; and San Diego's Edinson Volquez, with 76.
Darvish described what is an ironic situation. He goes into starts focusing on not allowing walks and ends up with a high walks total. The desire to cut walks is causing him to pitch cautiously on the corners — "nibbling" is the term — rather than challenging hitters. That leads to more walks.
"I'm starting to think maybe I'm thinking too much about the walks," Darvish said. "I'm paying too much attention to not walking guys. Those are the things I hear from people around me.
"Those things are getting into my head, kind of affecting my mentality. I'm thinking maybe next time, whether I walk 10 guys, I'm not going to be afraid of walking guys as long as I pitch to my all and my team wins. I'm going to clear my mind and not even think about it."
Darvish allowed four walks during the six-run third inning. Darvish said he pitched aggressively to No. 8 hitter Chris Iannetta but lost confidence after walking him. Darvish followed with a walk to the No. 9 hitter, Andrew Romine.
"I was disappointed about that," Darvish said of the walk to Iannetta, hitting .197 at the time. "I think I let that affect the next hitter. That's what happened."
Darvish continues to tinker with his delivery, but he did not blame the walks on poor mechanics or the Angels' familiarity with him.
"It was more me than their approach," he said.
Darvish's next start is scheduled for Monday at Boston.


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Is Dan Gossip Girl?
Is Dan Gossip Girl?
If dan is gossip girl they have ruined my life and christmas!!
I also think Dan is Gossip Girl it makes alot of sense, especially after the latest episode!!Omg only 2 eps left soo soo soooooo sad :'(
Dan is so gossip girl, I just watched the latest episode, and all signs point to it, for one it has to be someone on the cast, two he is a brilliant writer and has been in love with Serena since 9th grade when the first blast came out, its all about the upper east side to which he always wanted to be a part of. and as we now know he has a major dark side to him and he did always try to be fair and honest. the facts add up it cant be anyone else. not to mention it was always really easy to be GG because everyone listened to her and wrote in to her, or him
If you watch all the seasons up to and including the return of Bart Bass, then rewatch the pilot, signs point to Dan from being in the train station at the same time, to a cut away from a GG comment with him at his computer and his first denial of interest with the comment "that's for chicks".
I would love it if it was any guy. It is just beautifully dumb.
Poll has a question about the possibility of Dan being Gossip Girl. Since the show has gone against everything it has established thought out its entirety and love OMG moments, he could be.
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MAY 7 — Prior to Bersih 2.0, I cautioned the organisers that we must be careful about using street demonstrations lest trouble should erupt and the government should declare an Emergency. The practice of democracy in our country is tenuous and we should be extra careful in our actions so that irresponsible parties cannot take advantage of the situation to bring chaos.
At that time, the government was not interested in engaging the Bersih organisers and the opposition, and ministers were openly contemptuous of opposition demands for a review of election practices. They even refused to let the Bersih organisers use Stadium Merdeka as the venue for the gathering. The hardliners in Umno prevailed, so Bersih 2.0 became inevitable.
Bersih 3.0 was different. I thought that both the prime minister and the home minister were far more receptive this time around. They offered suitable alternatives to Dataran Merdeka. There was an obvious change on the part of the prime minister in dealing with public issues like Bersih.
Anyone can see that he was trying to engage the public, and some of this was successful, others not so much. At least he was instrumental in the formation of the Parliamentary Select Committee that made many recommendations for reform to the Election Commission. The opposition itself accepted these recommendations.
As such, there were no threatening statements prior to Bersih 3.0 from the government and the police. Indeed, I think that the police exercised more restraint than before (until the barricades were broken, that is). I thought the organisers should have accepted the offer of an alternative venue. Had this decision been taken, there would have been no trouble and street violence. But even Bersih chairperson Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan came across as being unreasonable in her demands, much to my surprise.
I believe that the right to assemble in a peaceful way is fundamental to a democracy, especially in the demand for free and fair elections. However, we need to take into account the views of others, especially the police. The right to peaceful assembly does not mean the right to assemble anywhere we want, especially when the authorities present alternative sites that are equally accessible and suitable.
So now we are presented with a scenario that is both frightening and complex: according to the Pakatan Rakyat, they no longer trust either the police or the Election Commission. They certainly don't trust the government. So it has become impossible for either side to engage in dialogue — each side will only harden its stance — and it seems that all parties are now looking for outright combat, not discussions and compromise.
Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will press on with a nationwide roadshow of defiance and street power. PAS has even offered to organise Bersih 4.0. If we let things go unchecked, I believe there will be more violence and even loss of life.
We are entering a new and dangerous phase in Malaysian politics. The hawks in Umno will say to the prime minister: "Your accommodation and change are sure signs of weakness, so move over..." How can this be considered "progress" for the country?
I fully understand why DAP vice-chairman Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim and many others in the opposition are opposed to street demonstrations of the kind we have witnessed. We are from the old generation who have seen with our eyes the bloodshed and violence that can happen in this country.
We certainly want change and reform so Malaysia will be better run, with corruption and abuse of power minimised. At the same time, we ourselves must never resort to violence in our efforts to attain change and reform. This means that we must do everything possible to reduce the opportunity for the other side (the side with guns) to resort to violence as well.
It takes both sides to exercise restraint and to act responsibly. The prime minister will not be able to do this on his own — the opposition must be willing to play by the same rules.
It is election time anyway. There is no need to create a false momentum by resorting to "people power" the way the Arabs did. The people want the right to assemble and to protest but there are many who will decide to cast their votes based on who can help sort out the economic difficulties we are all facing.
The people want a stable government that can address some key bread-and-butter issues. The opposition should therefore focus on these issues and earn the support of the people without resorting to street power.
This might not be as exciting as a public demonstration but it is certainly better to be safe than sorry.
* Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is president of Parti KITA.
* This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of The Malaysian Insider.


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Every October, scientists and the public from around the world eagerly await the announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. This year, the prize was given to three U.S. scientists for the discovery and identification of telomeres and telomerase, a process that seals off the tips of chromosomes like the cap on the end of shoelaces, and is a key to understanding both aging and cancer.
Telomeres are essentially caps that protect the ends of chromosomes. The telomerase enzyme determines the length of the caps. The longer the caps, the more frequent the chromosomes can be copied, therefore, controlling how often the cell divides.
The potential impact of this discovery is obvious. Inhibiting the enzyme activity can reduce the cell capacity to divide, a hallmark of cancer. In aging cells, the caps, or telomeres, become shorter. Thus, maintaining telomerase activity may prevent aging.
The Nobel Committee cited the scientists' work that was published approximately 30 years ago (telomeres in 1978 and telomerase in 1985). This means that two of the recipients were in their 30s and one was in her 20s when they made these discoveries.
Intriguing selection process
The secretive nomination and selection process of the committee remains intriguing, and continuously generates rumors and fascinating stories. According to Alfred Nobel's instructions in his will, the committee members should always be selected from the Karolinska Institute faculty in Stockholm. In 1901, the committee included 19 members. Today, it includes 50. A total of 195 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
I visited Karolinska Institute in 1999, and had the opportunity to meet with its president, Dr. Hans Wigzell. At the time, Dr. Wigzell was the chairman of the Nobel Assembly that awards the prize in medicine. The following year I invited him to visit M. D. Anderson and to give a lecture on his scientific work in immunology. However, my hidden agenda was to get him to meet with our young medical oncology fellows, to discuss the award and to inspire them. He graciously accepted the invitation.
As planned, Dr. Wigzell met with our fellows in a small conference room over coffee and bagels. The informal meeting lasted 90 minutes, and the discussion spanned many interesting topics and anecdotes regarding the Nobel Prize. Although he couldn't reveal any secrets, he provided very important facts and insights.
The first fact was that nominations are kept very secretive and are not released to the public. You know that you got the prize when someone calls you from Stockholm early in the morning, shortly before the announcement is made public. So this is not like the Oscars. Although several investigators are nominated on a short list, the names remain secret and, therefore, there is no reward or even an acknowledgement for being nominated. Nothing to write about in your C.V.
The second fact was that no matter how important the discovery might be, the award is given only to a living scientist. No award is given after death.
The third, and most important observation that I recall from our meeting with Hans Wigzell, was that the majority of awards were given to scientists for discoveries that they made when they were young, mostly when they were in their 30s. A remarkable observation that strongly endorses the notion than many creative ideas come from young, unestablished investigators.
However, these discoveries have to be validated over time, and thus the awards are frequently given 20-30 years after their discoveries. This year's award was no exception.
Funding the young still critical
As research funds continue to decrease, a debate in the scientific community is focusing on who should get more research support: established senior investigators or new junior investigators. No one argues that established senior investigators should continue to receive research funding. However, a quick look at the history of the Nobel Prize and its laureates should convince everyone that funding young investigators is also critical for the continued progress through major discoveries that will have the greatest impact on humanity.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Creative Minds
Every October, scientists and the public from around the world eagerly await the announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. This year, the prize was given to three U.S. scientists for the discovery and identification of telomeres and telomerase, a process that seals off the tips of chromosomes like the cap on the end of shoelaces, and is a key to understanding both aging and cancer.
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This is a great blog post. Very interesting, timely, and informative. When you describe your hidden agenda, I can also detect the heart of a great teacher at work, desiring to expose the next generation to greatness in their field and provide inspiration and hope to keep toiling despite adversity and obscurity. Wish I could have been in that room for those 90 minutes, sharing the coffee and bagels! Thanks for sharing details of that meeting with the readers of your blog.
Dear Don-
Thank you very much for your kind words. It was indeed a very interesting meeting. Professor Hans Wigzell is a very nice and down to earth man. If it wasn't for a phone call interruption that he received on his cell phone from the Swedish prime minister, you would not have felt how important he was. That by itself was a wonderful teaching moment. How to be modest and humble at the peak of your career.
Best wishes,
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Double-blind test of SACD and DVD-A vs. Redbook 16/44 in JAES Septembe, (hint: no surprises!) (bumped from 2007 in post #35)
Double-blind test of SACD and DVD-A vs. Redbook 16/44 in JAES Septembe, (hint: no surprises!) (bumped from 2007 in post #35)
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"Audibility of a CD-Standard A/D/A Loop Inserted into High-Resolution Audio Playback". E. Brad Meyer and David R. Moran. JAES 55(9) September 2007. It's worth noting that members of the BAS wrote the paper and performed in the tests. You'll need an AES membership to access the article, so no link.
Claims both published and anecdotal are regularly made for audibly superior sound quality for two-channel audio encoded with longer word lengths and/or at higher sampling rates than the 16-bit/44.1-kHz CD standard. The authors report on a series of double-blind tests comparing the analog output of high-resolution players playing high-resolution recordings with the same signal passed through a 16-bit/44.1-kHz "bottleneck." The tests were conducted for over a year using different systems and a variety of subjects. The systems included expensive professional monitors and one high-end system with electrostatic loudspeakers and expensive components and cables. The subjects included professional recording engineers, students in a university recording program, and dedicated audiophiles. The test results show that the CD-quality A/D/A loop was undetectable at normal-to-loud listening levels, by any of the subjects, on any of the playback systems. The noise of the CD-quality loop was audible only at very elevated levels.
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eretsua is suggesting that a CD using the same mastering as vinyl will sound exactly the same as the vinyl. The implication is the vinyl will faithfully produce every nuance of the master every bit as well as CD. How this was missed and/or glossed-over by all but Arny is anyone's guess.
Anyhow I dont think it is in any way controversial to say that eretsua was dead-wrong.
Now one might suggest that he meant to say passing vinyl through CDDA is a transparent process, however that is not what he said (twice). Why Arnold would agree with David with an "Of course!" seems a little strange. Maybe I'm wrong and no one got it right.
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Seton Catholic Central's Michael Perry won two matches in Saturday's State Qualifier to win the consolation final and earn the last spot in the state tournament. Perry defeated Maine-Endwell's Michael Pham, 6-0, 6-1 in the consolation semifinals before dispatching Lansing's Andy Parkes, 6-2, 6-2, in the final.
Perry joins Union-Endicott's Evan Vail and Oneonta's Emerson Kelby in the state tournament. Kelby beat Vail, 6-0, 6-2, in the championship final.
On the doubles side, the Norwich team of Zan and Colin Stewart won twice to take the consolation title and earn the final state berth. ...