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SEATTLE -- The Washington women's soccer season is underway. While the team is led by a deep and talented senior class, the Dawgs have also added a group of talented freshmen. GoHuskies.com got a chance to speak to each of the new Huskies. Today, Amanda Perez.
Why did you come to Washington?
Perez: "I always felt like Seattle was the perfect fit for me. The University of Washington's soccer staff and team were a huge part of my decision. I've wanted to be a part of the program since I was little."
What do you hope to contribute this season and in your career as a Husky?
Perez: "Getting my first CAP with the full women's Mexican National Team."
What is the greatest moment of your playing career so far?
Perez: "Playing with my two older sisters, Veronica and Stephanie, in our front yard. I always had to get the ball when it got stuck underneath our car."
What is your first memory of playing soccer?
Perez: "The first thing I remember is the shin guards being bigger than my legs."
What do you do for fun?
McElvaine: "Play soccer-soccer tennis, Settlers of Catan, and a competitive ping-pong game here and there."
Who is the most inspirational person in your life and why?
Perez: "My eldest sister Veronica. She is the most humble person I know and my role model on and off the field."
What is your favorite meal: I love kung pao shrimp, but I have to go with my grandma's enchilladas.
What is your favorite movie: Remember The Titans.
What is favorite type of music: Anything I can sing along with.
If you didn't play soccer, what sport would you play: Indoor soccer.
What is the best book you have ever read: The Kite Runner.


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Remember last week when you missed out on the Manhattan Project by Jonathan Hickman & Nick Pitarra? Well you still have time to order Secret by Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim. The cutoff date to order is the coming Monday, so do yourself a favor call, e-mail or swing by your shop tell them to make sure you have a copy in your pull list. If I haven't convinced you then maybe this trailer (courtesy of CBR) will, or it won't…I'm such a nice guy I even included the solicit info after the trailer in case you missed it.
A man gets shot in London, a law firm gets broken into in Washington, an accountant gives away the password to his computer, and something put to sleep 20 years ago awakens. What is the unsavory relationship all these things share, and how could it bring down two of the largest governments in the history of the world?
It's SECRET, a brand new, ongoing, monthly comic from the creators of A RED MASS FOR MARS.
Brought to you by award-winning writer JONATHAN HICKMAN and break-out talent, RYAN BODENHEIM, SECRET is an espionage thriller that takes a deep look into the shadow world existing between the government and private security firms.
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Dr. Timmy Gambin with the GROplan Project and researchers from France, the United States, and Malta announced the discovery of the oldest shipwreck in the Mediterranean that has been found to date. The discovery was announced in the Times of Malta on Aug. 25, 2014. The exact location of the vessel will not be released until all of the ship and its contents have been recovered. This measure is necessary to prevent theft of ancient artifacts for sale to individual collectors.
To date the archaeologists and anthropologists have recovered 20 lava grinding stones that weigh about 77 pounds each and 50 wine storage vessels called amphorae. The ship is located roughly one mile off Gozo Island. The artifacts date to 700 B.C.E. and are thought to be Phoenician.
The scientists estimate that the ship was possibly 50 feet in length. The wreck is about 400 feet deep. The cargo indicates the ship was sailing from Sicily to Malta when it sank. Photos of the dive site and a replica of a similar Phoenician ship can be seen here.
The Phoenician civilization was one of the first that was dependent on trade. The Phoenicians developed the galley and the two decked bireme. The Phoenicians are credited with developing the first known alphabet. The Phoenician civilization lasted from 1550 B.C.E. to 300 B.C.E. The Phoenicians are considered to have a Canaanite origin. The civilization was conquered by the Persians and then by the Greeks. Tyre and Lebanon are considered to be the centers of Phoenician civilization.
The Phoenicians are documented to have sailed from the coast of Lebanon to the Pillars of Hercules. Ancient texts including Egyptian, Greek, and the Hebrew Bible reference the Phoenicians as a thriving trade culture that existed as city-states. The ship may be the oldest and most complete Phoenician ship ever recovered.


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Maori Affairs Minister challenged in Parliament
The Labour MP for Te Tai Tonga has used Parliament's question time to challenge Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples - asking what he's done for vulnerable whanau.
Rino Tirikatene asked how Dr Sharples is making gains when Maori have gone backwards under his watch
on every major statistic that matters, including income, jobs, housing and well-being.
Dr Sharples rejected Mr Tirikatene's statement and said that Maori were succeeding.
He said the Maori Party and the Government managed to secure $1 billion for Maori in this year's budget, and demanded to know what Labour has done.
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Sweet delicious watermelon is a favorite fresh treat during the summer months. Today you can buy five common types of watermelon including seeded, seedless, mini, yellow and orange varieties. Ripe watermelon not only tastes great, but because it is 92% water it helps keep us hydrated. Plus it is a nutritionally dense food which is an excellent source of minerals, antioxidants, and several vitamins. Just one cup of watermelon offers 17% of vitamin A and 21% of vitamin C needed for the day. It also offers 2% of iron and 1% of calcium along with thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, panthothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, choline, lycopene, and betaine.
"Watermelon contains higher levels of lycopene than any other fresh fruit or vegetable (15 to 20 mg per 2-cup serving) and is part of a healthy diet." National Watermelon Promotion Board
How to tell when a watermelon is ripe
While thumping a watermelon may work for people with an ear to "hear" when a watermelon is ripe, there are also visual cues that can be used to tell when a watermelon is ripe. If you buy a watermelon that is not quite ripe, it will lack the sweetness you're looking for while the texture of an overripe watermelon and be mealy and unappealing. The following steps can help ensure you get a ripe watermelon that offers the taste and nutrition you're looking forward to.
Overall look and condition
The first thing you want to look for when choosing a watermelon is that is firm, symmetrical and free of bruises or other damage. Ripe watermelons are less shiny than their unripe counterparts.
A ripe watermelon should feel heavy for its size. Remember, a ripe watermelon is 92% water.
When watermelon ripens on the vine, the vine gradually withers and begins to unfasten from the watermelon. It leaves behind a "bellybutton." If the melon is picked too early, some of the vine will still be attached to the melon and looks like a curled, dry, pig's tail. Don't buy a melon with a tail. As for the bellybutton itself, some are very small and others larger. Some think smaller bellybuttons mark sweeter watermelons, but this is a matter of personal opinion.
Look at the belly
On the underside or belly of the watermelon, look for the spot where the watermelon rested on the ground. On a ripe watermelon, the spot should be a creamy yellow. If the spot is white it is not ripe yet and if it is too yellow it is overripe.
Following these steps will take the guesswork out of choosing a watermelon and help you tell a ripe watermelon from their unripe or overripe counterparts.


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3 Reasons You Should Ask For Customer Feedback
by Tim Jahn on June 3, 2011
After every Entrepreneurs Unpluggd event, we send out a short survey to the folks who came asking for their feedback on the event. A few days later, after people have had time to fill out the survey, we review all the feedback, both positive and negative.
This feedback directly influences what changes we make for the next event, what aspects we want to highlight more, and what parts need to stay exactly the same. This feedback is invaluable to us. And it doesn't cost us anything to get.
We simply ask for it.
1. Learn what your customers like and don't like
When you ask your customers to give you feedback on your product and/or service, you're going to learn what they like and don't like about it. This information is huge! If you know what's working for your customers and what isn't, you can tweak things to better serve your customers.
For example, we've learned consistently that people love the intimate atmosphere at our events. But after one event, we learned that people felt the lobby for networking was too small and uncomfortable. We fixed that by choosing a venue for the next event with a much bigger area for networking.
2. Make customers feel important and involved
By asking for your customers to provide you with feedback, you're communicating that you value their opinion, and you care about what they have to say. Your customers feel important because you're treating them as such and they feel involved in shaping your products/services.
3. Constantly improve
You can consistently improve your products/services and keep them being the best they can be. Ultimately, this will lead to better business, better sales, and a better customer experience (which starts the loop all over again!).
Are you ready for feedback?
There's a lot to be gained from getting customer feedback and absolutely nothing to lose. All you have to do is ask!
How has customer feedback helped you build your business? Share in the comments below!


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College Hockey:Northeastern Dominant Throughout in Blanking of Providence
Huskies' Thieseen Notches Fourth Shutout of Season
BOSTON — Northeastern and Providence were only separated by four points coming into this weekend's two game series, but with a 3-0 shutout the Huskies extended their lead to six over Providence College Friars at Matthews Arena Friday night.
Brad Thieseen was the clear star of the game making 37 saves on the night-more than a couple at point blank. Special teams were also key as NU collected two power play goals and a short handed goal.
Before two minutes could even elapse there were three penalties called in the game, giving a precursor to the physical battle that was to come. It was a 4-on-3 situation when NU grabbed their first tally. Bryan Esner was working the points during the PC power-play.
After he deflected a pass he used his speed and went tearing down the ice beating PC defender Cody Wild in the foot race then deked goalie Tyler Sims to put the puck in the back of the net.
"That was huge, anytime you get a goal late in the period, any period, its a big boost, you feel good about yourself going into the locker room" NU head coach Greg Cronin said after the game.
On the flip side, PC head coach Tim Army was a little more displeased, "We didn't get it done [on the 4 on 3], and worse case scenario we gave up a goal on it, which is more damaging then if they had a 4 on 3 and scored on it. I thought that was a turning point in the game."
PC defender Cody Wild was whistled for a boarding call at 19:49 of the first. Without 11 seconds on the clock NU had little time to waste. Joe Vitale won the draw back to Steve Birnstill who took the shot on net.
After Sims made the first save, and with time ticking down, Joe Santilli found the puck at his stick, back handed a pass to Birnstill who took another shot on net. Once again Sims made the save but Ryan Ginand was there for NU to put the rebound home, scoring with 0.02 left on the clock.
"I think [giving up a goal with 0.02 seconds left] takes a lot of the wind out of your sails. I think its a huge advantage and momentum swing for the team that scores in those situations versus the team that gives that up. It's very difficult to rebound from that." Tim Army said.
Providence head coach Tim Army made a goalie chance for the second and third periods, brining Chris Mannix in for only his second ever game.
"I thought it was the right move at that point in time. I thought that Chris played really well in the last two periods." Tim Army continued, "We did it earlier in the year versus BU when Chris went in and played real well. I was trying to wake our guys up a little, and say 'We gotta find a way to compete harder in this situation'".
Northeastern would strike again in the second when Kyle Kraemer set Joe Santilli up for an easy bang-home goal. The play all started with a great individual effort from the freshmen Kraemer. Kraemer kept the puck in at the point and quickly spun around and moved back towards the net.
As Kraemer deked his defender he saw Santilli to his left. With Mannix committed on the shot, Joe Santilli had no issue putting the picture perfect pass into the back of the net.
"I mean unbelievable pass, that was one of the best passes I have ever had given to me for a goal. I'll take those all day." senior Joe Santilli said after the game.
With Northeastern up by a trio going into the third they could focus a little bit more on defense. Even with Providence putting up a barrage of shots, the NU defense did a good job of driving them to the outside, giving PC shooters little space to work with.
Any shooter who was able to get through was then stonewalled by Brad Thieseen who made no mistakes and was in perfect position all night long. The game marks the freshmen's fourth shutout of the season.
"I knew coming in that I was going to get a lot of rubber and be into the game right away," freshmen netminder Brad Thieseen said, "It helps a lot to feel the rubber all the way though and not have stretches when your sitting back and not having to do much but your in the game the whole time."
On the night NU's Brad Thieseen made 37 saves. PC's Tyler Sims made 5 and Chris Mannix made 15. NU's power-play was 2-5 and PC continued to struggle a man up going 0-5.
With the win the Huskies move closer to a .500 record, they are now 12-14-4 (8-11-4) and have now won four times as many games as they did last season. Northeastern also helped to solidify themselves a playoff seed as they move eight points ahead of PC.
Northeastern can clinch the playoffs tomorrow with a win over Providence and a Merrimack win or a tie with UMass-Lowell who play against each other again tomorrow night.
Providence on the other hand has some catch-up to do with UMass-Lowell trailing by only one point for the eighth and final playoff seed. The two teams will meet again tomorrow night at Schneider Arena at 7 P.M.
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A national committee of experts in agriculture, climate science, commerce, and disaster relief released its National Climate Assessment (NCA) today, which documents impacts on public health, transportation, energy sector, water supplies, agriculture, ecosystems, the oceans, as well as changing, more destructive and extreme weather patterns already underway because of Climate Change and impacts on specific regions of the country.
"Climate change, once considered an issue for a distant future, has moved firmly into the present," the report states. "Corn producers in Iowa, oyster growers in Washington State, and maple syrup producers in Vermont are all observing climate-related changes that are outside of recent experience. So, too, are coastal planners in Florida, water managers in the arid Southwest, city dwellers from Phoenix to New York, and Native Peoples on tribal lands from Louisiana to Alaska. This National Climate Assessment concludes that the evidence of human-induced climate change continues to strengthen and that impacts are increasing across the country.
"Americans are noticing changes all around them. Summers are longer and hotter, and extended periods of unusual heat last longer than any living American has ever experienced. Winters are generally shorter and warmer. Rain comes in heavier downpours. People are seeing changes in the length and severity of seasonal allergies, the plant varieties that thrive in their gardens, and the kinds of birds they see in any particular month in their neighborhoods.
"Other changes are even more dramatic. Residents of some coastal cities see their streets flood more regularly during storms and high tides. Inland cities near large rivers also experience more flooding, especially in the Midwest and Northeast. Insurance rates are rising in some vulnerable locations, and insurance is no longer available in others. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlier in the spring, last later into the fall, and burn more acreage. In Arctic Alaska, the summer sea ice that once protected the coasts has receded, and autumn storms now cause more erosion, threatening many communities with relocation."
"The Plan acknowledges that even as we act to reduce the greenhouse-gas pollution that is driving climate change, we must also empower the Nation's communities, businesses, and individual citizens with the information they need to cope with the changes in climate that are already underway," the White House stated.
The report is the nation's foremost comprehensive, peer-reviewed analysis of the impacts of climate disruption, showing the effects of climate change in New York and across the country.
"The report shows the significant toll on families' health and wallets that extreme weather is already exacting in New York. It also makes clear that these impacts will only grow worse if we fail to curb carbon pollution, the main culprit behind climate disruption," said Kim Teplitzky, Deputy Press Secretary, Northeast & Mid-Atlantic for the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign.
The report highlighted Long Island (fig 9.1) showing that hotter temperatures will increase smog pollution and lead to increases in asthma and asthma-related hospitalizations. High levels of smog cause air alert days where vulnerable populations including kids, seniors and people with respiratory disease are urged to stay indoors or risk serious threats to their health.
Additionally, the report shows that Long Island is at risk from more rain and snow, stronger hurricanes and increased flooding that damages property and infrastructure and threatens public safety. Over the last 50 years the Northeastern U.S. has seen a 70 percent increase in precipitation during the strongest storms – the highest increase in the nation.
"This report clearly lays out the threats to health and economic security families on Long Island are facing from climate disruption. It's time for action from Washington, and it's time for Governor Cuomo to show leadership by investing in renewable energy sources like offshore wind that will reduce our dependence on dangerous fossil fuels. Long Island's families deserve a strong, common-sense plan to protect our health and security," said Lisa Dix, Senior New York Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club, based on Long Island.
"The need to move away from dirty fossil fuels such as coal and fracked gas, the leading sources of climate-disrupting carbon pollution, could not be clearer or more urgent," said Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. "It's time that we as a nation end our dependence on fossil fuels and hasten the shift to readily available, cost-effective clean energy sources, like wind and solar. Today's climate report shows the cost of inaction is far too great."
More than 240 authors from across the country with diverse expertise helped create the National Climate Assessment. The findings are considered conservative estimates of the impacts of climate disruption. The full report can be found at http://www.globalchange.gov
Here is a fact sheet from the White House:
What Climate Change Means for Regions across America and Major Sectors of the Economy – The U.S. National Climate Assessment
"…Science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind…those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it—they're busy dealing with it," President Barack Obama stated at Georgetown University, June 25, 2013.
Today, delivering on a major commitment in the President's Climate Action Plan, the Obama Administration unveiled the third U.S. National Climate Assessment—the most comprehensive scientific assessment ever generated of climate change and its impacts across every region of America and major sectors of the U.S. economy.
The findings in this National Climate Assessment underscore the need for urgent action to combat the threats from climate change, protect American citizens and communities today, and build a sustainable future for our kids and grandkids.
Developed over four years by hundreds of the nation's top climate scientists and technical experts—and informed by thousands of inputs from the public and outside organizations gathered through town hall meetings, public-comment opportunities, and technical workshops across the country, the third National Climate Assessment represents the most authoritative and comprehensive knowledge base about how climate change is affecting America now, and what's likely to come over the next century.
And, for the first time, to ensure that American citizens, communities, businesses, and decision makers have easy access to scientific information about climate change impacts that are most relevant to them, the U.S. National Climate Assessment is being released in an interactive, mobile-device-friendly, digital format on www.globalchange.gov.
Today's announcement is a key deliverable of the Climate Action Plan launched by President Obama last June—which lays out concrete steps to cut carbon pollution, prepare America's communities for climate-change impacts, and lead international efforts to address this global challenge.
Climate-Change Impacts on Key Sectors of Society and the U.S. Economy
• Health: "Climate change threatens human health and well-being in many ways, including through impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, threats to mental health, and illnesses transmitted by food, water, and disease carriers such as mosquitoes and ticks. Some of these health impacts are already underway in the United States. Climate change will, absent other changes, amplify some of the existing health threats the Nation now faces. Certain people and communities are especially vulnerable, including children, the elderly, the sick, the poor, and some communities of color. Public health actions, especially preparedness and prevention, can do much to protect people from some of the impacts of climate change. Early action provides the largest health benefits." (NCA Highlights: Human Health)
• Transportation: "The impacts from sea level rise and storm surge, extreme weather events, higher temperatures and heat waves, precipitation changes, Arctic warming, and other climatic conditions are affecting the reliability and capacity of the U.S. transportation system in many ways. Sea level rise, coupled with storm surge, will continue to increase the risk of major coastal impacts on transportation infrastructure, including both temporary and permanent flooding of airports, ports and harbors, roads, rail lines, tunnels, and bridges. Extreme weather events currently disrupt transportation networks in all areas of the country; projections indicate that such disruptions will increase. Climate change impacts will increase the total costs to the Nation's transportation systems and their users, but these impacts can be reduced through rerouting, mode change, and a wide range of adaptive actions." (NCA Highlights: Transportation)
• Energy: "Extreme weather events are affecting energy production and delivery facilities, causing supply disruptions of varying lengths and magnitudes and affecting other infrastructure that depends on energy supply. The frequency and intensity of certain types of extreme weather events are expected to change. Higher summer temperatures will increase electricity use, causing higher summer peak loads, while warmer winters will decrease energy demands for heating. Net electricity use is projected to increase. Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production. In the longer term, sea level rise, extreme storm surge events, and high tides will affect coastal facilities and infrastructure on which many energy systems, markets, and consumers depend. As new investments in energy technologies occur, future energy systems will differ from today's in uncertain ways. Depending on the character of changes in the energy mix, climate change will introduce new risks as well as new opportunities." (NCA Highlights: Energy Supply and Use)
• Water: "Climate change affects water demand and the ways water is used within and across regions and economic sectors. The Southwest, Great Plains, and Southeast are particularly vulnerable to changes in water supply and demand. Changes in precipitation and runoff, combined with changes in consumption and withdrawal, have reduced surface and groundwater supplies in many areas. These trends are expected to continue, increasing the likelihood of water shortages for many uses. Increasing flooding risk affects human safety and health, property, infrastructure, economies, and ecology in many basins across the United States… Increasing resilience and enhancing adaptive capacity provide opportunities to strengthen water resources management and plan for climate-change impacts." (NCA Highlights: Water)
• Agriculture: "Climate disruptions to agriculture have been increasing and are projected to become more severe over this century. Some areas are already experiencing climate-related disruptions, particularly due to extreme weather events. While some U.S. regions and some types of agricultural production will be relatively resilient to climate change over the next 25 years or so, others will increasingly suffer from stresses due to extreme heat, drought, disease, and heavy downpours. From mid-century on, climate change is projected to have more negative impacts on crops and livestock across the country – a trend that could diminish the security of our food supply… Climate change effects on agriculture will have consequences for food security, both in the U.S. and globally, through changes in crop yields and food prices and effects on food processing, storage, transportation, and retailing. Adaptation measures can help delay and reduce some of these impacts." (NCA Highlights: Agriculture)
• Ecosystems: "Ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society are being affected by climate change. The capacity of ecosystems to buffer the impacts of extreme events like fires, floods, and severe storms is being overwhelmed. Climate change impacts on biodiversity are already being observed in alteration of the timing of critical biological events such as spring bud burst, and substantial range shifts of many species. In the longer term, there is an increased risk of species extinction. Events such as droughts, floods, wildfires, and pest outbreaks associated with climate change (for example, bark beetles in the West) are already disrupting ecosystems. These changes limit the capacity of ecosystems, such as forests, barrier beaches, and wetlands, to continue to play important roles in reducing the impacts of extreme events on infrastructure, human communities, and other valued resources… Whole-system management is often more effective than focusing on one species at a time, and can help reduce the harm to wildlife, natural assets, and human well-being that climate disruption might cause." (NCA Highlights: Ecosystems)
• Oceans: "Ocean waters are becoming warmer and more acidic, broadly affecting ocean circulation, chemistry, ecosystems, and marine life. More acidic waters inhibit the formation of shells, skeletons, and coral reefs. Warmer waters harm coral reefs and alter the distribution, abundance, and productivity of many marine species. The rising temperature and changing chemistry of ocean water combine with other stresses, such as overfishing and coastal and marine pollution, to alter marine-based food production and harm fishing communities… In response to observed and projected climate impacts, some existing ocean policies, practices, and management efforts are incorporating climate change impacts. These initiatives can serve as models for other efforts and ultimately enable people and communities to adapt to changing ocean conditions." (NCA Highlights: Oceans)
Climate Trends in America
• Temperature: "U.S. average temperature has increased by 1.3°F to 1.9°F since record keeping began in 1895; most of this increase has occurred since about 1970. The most recent decade was the Nation's warmest on record. Temperatures in the United States are expected to continue to rise. Because human-induced warming is superimposed on a naturally varying climate, the temperature rise has not been, and will not be, uniform or smooth across the country or over time." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Extreme Weather: "There have been changes in some types of extreme weather events over the last several decades. Heat waves have become more frequent and intense, especially in the West. Cold waves have become less frequent and intense across the Nation. There have been regional trends in floods and droughts. Droughts in the Southwest and heat waves everywhere are projected to become more intense, and cold waves less intense everywhere." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Hurricanes: "The intensity, frequency, and duration of North Atlantic hurricanes, as well as the frequency of the strongest (Category 4 and 5) hurricanes, have all increased since the early 1980s. The relative contributions of human and natural causes to these increases are still uncertain. Hurricane-associated storm intensity and rainfall rates are projected to increase as the climate continues to warm." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Severe Storms: "Winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity since the 1950s, and their tracks have shifted northward over the United States. Other trends in severe storms, including the intensity and frequency of tornadoes, hail, and damaging thunderstorm winds, are uncertain and are being studied intensively." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Precipitation: "Average U.S. precipitation has increased since 1900, but some areas have had increases greater than the national average, and some areas have had decreases. More winter and spring precipitation is projected for the northern United States, and less for the Southwest, over this century." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Heavy Downpours: "Heavy downpours are increasing nationally, especially over the last three to five decades. Largest increases are in the Midwest and Northeast. Increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events are projected for all U.S. regions." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Frost-free Season: "The length of the frost-free season (and the corresponding growing season) has been increasing nationally since the 1980s, with the largest increases occurring in the western United States, affecting ecosystems and agriculture. Across the United States, the growing season is projected to continue to lengthen." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Ice Melt: "Rising temperatures are reducing ice volume and surface extent on land, lakes, and sea. This loss of ice is expected to continue. The Arctic Ocean is expected to become essentially ice free in summer before mid-century." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Sea Level: "Global sea level has risen by about 8 inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. It is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet by 2100." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
• Ocean Acidification: "The oceans are currently absorbing about a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere annually and are becoming more acidic as a result, leading to concerns about intensifying impacts on marine ecosystems." (NCA Highlights: Climate Trends)
Climate-Change Impacts in Regions across America:
• Coasts: "More than 50% of Americans – 164 million people – live in coastal counties, with 1.2 million added each year... Humans have heavily altered the coastal environment through development, changes in land use, and overexploitation of resources. Now, the changing climate is imposing additional stresses..." "Coastal lifelines, such as water supply infrastructure and evacuation routes are increasingly vulnerable to higher sea levels and storm surges, inland flooding, and other climate-related changes." (NCA Highlights: Coasts; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Northeast – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia: "Sixty-four million people are concentrated in the Northeast. The high-density urban coastal corridor from Washington, DC, north to Boston is one of the most developed environments in the world, containing a massive, complex, and long-standing network of supporting infrastructure. The Northeast also has a vital rural component." Communities in the Northeast "are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge." (NCA Highlights: Northeast; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Southeast and Caribbean –Virginia, W. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, and the Caribbean Islands: The Southeast and Caribbean region "is home to more than 80 million people and some of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas… The Gulf and Atlantic coasts are major producers of seafood and home to seven major ports that are also vulnerable. The Southeast is a major energy producer of coal, crude oil, and natural gas." "Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land-use change, causes increased competition for water in this region. There are also increased risks associated with extreme events such as hurricanes." (NCA Highlights: Southeast & Caribbean; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Midwest – Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin: "The Midwest's agricultural lands, forests, Great Lakes, industrial activities, and cities are all vulnerable to climate variability and climate change." "Longer growing seasons and rising carbon dioxide levels increase yields of some crops, although these benefits have already been offset in some instances by occurrence of extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, and floods." (NCA Highlights: Midwest; NCA Highlights: Overview
• Great Plains – Wyoming, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas: The Great Plains region "experiences multiple climate and weather hazards, including floods, droughts, severe storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter storms. In much of the Great Plains, too little precipitation falls to replace that needed by humans, plants, and animals. These variable conditions already stress communities and cause billions of dollars in damage. Climate change will add to both stress and costs." "Rising temperatures lead to increased demand for water and energy and impacts on agricultural practices." (NCA Highlights: Great Plains; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Southwest – California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado: "The Southwest is the hottest and driest region in the United States. Climate changes pose challenges for an already parched region that is expected to get hotter and, in its southern half, significantly drier. Increased heat and changes to rain and snowpack will send ripple effects throughout the region… and its critical agriculture sector." "Drought and increased warming foster wildfires and increased competition for scarce water resources for people and ecosystems." (NCA Highlights: Southwest; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Northwest – Idaho, Oregon, and Washington: "The Northwest's economy, infrastructure, natural systems, public health, and agriculture sectors all face important climate change related risks. Impacts on infrastructure, natural systems, human health, and economic sectors, combined with issues of social and ecological vulnerability, will unfold quite differently in largely natural areas, like the Cascade Range, than in urban areas like Seattle and Portland or among the region's many Native American Tribes." "Changes in the timing of streamflow related to earlier snowmelt reduce the supply of water in summer, causing far-reaching ecological and socioeconomic consequences." (NCA Highlights: Northwest; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Alaska: "Over the past 60 years, Alaska has warmed more than twice as rapidly as the rest of the United States…The state's largest industries, energy production, mining, and fishing—are all affected by climate change." "Rapidly receding summer sea ice, shrinking glaciers, and thawing permafrost cause damage to infrastructure and major changes to ecosystems. Impacts on Alaska Native communities increase." (NCA Highlights: Alaska; NCA Highlights: Overview)
• Hawaii and Pacific Islands: The U.S. Pacific Islands region "includes more than 2,000 islands spanning millions of square miles of ocean. Rising air and ocean temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, changing frequencies and intensities of storms and drought, decreasing streamflows, rising sea levels, and changing ocean chemistry will threaten the sustainability of globally important and diverse ecosystems…as well as local communities, livelihoods, and cultures." "Increasingly constrained freshwater supplies, coupled with increased temperatures, stress both people and ecosystems and decrease food and water security." (NCA Highlights: Hawaii and the Pacific Islands; NCA Highlights: Overview)
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'Dogs Cap Season With 129 Combined Academic All-MW Honors
Two of the department's 12 winter and spring sports - baseball and women's swimming and diving - scored 17 selections each.
Eighty-Six 'Dogs Honored to Academic All-MW Teams
Two of the department's 12 winter and spring sports - baseball and women's swimming and diving - scored 17 selections each.
'Dogs Break Three More Records
The swimming and diving team concluded the MW Championship meet by breaking three more school records.
`Dogs Place Second In 200 Free Relay
The Fresno State swimming and diving team had a second place, record breaking 200 free relay race on day three of the championships.
Bulldogs Sights Set On MW Championships
The Fresno State swimming and diving team will compete at its first Mountain West Championship meet this week.
Last Updated: August 23, 2014
2013-2014 (Senior): Named to the 2014 Mountain West Spring Academic All-Conference team ... swam a personal-best in the 200 Freestyle at the Arena Invitational with a time of 1:55.16 ... posted her top times for the 2013-2014 season in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke at the Mountain West Championships with a 1:04.10 in the 100 and a 2:17.38 in the 200.
2012-2013 (Junior): In her third season as a Bulldog Dockendorf swam a season best time in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:17.75 finishing 19th at the MW Championships and in the 100 breaststroke she finished 19th as well with a 1:04.41 ... swam a season best time of 2:06.04 in the 200 IM at the MW Championships.
2011-12 (Sophomore): As a sophomore Dockendorf broke the school record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:04.80 at the WAC Championships ... recorded a season best time in the 200 Breaststroke clocking in at 2:15.56 ... swam a season best time in the 100 breastroke 1:03.48 earning a 6th place finish at the WAC Championships ...clocked a season best time in the 200 butterfly with a 2:09.61 ...will compete in the 2012 Olympic Trials this June in the 200 Breastroke.
2010-11 (Freshman): One of the top breaststroke competitors for the Bulldogs in her first year...the top competitor in the 200-yard breaststroke clocking a time of 2:17.81 at the Arena Invitational...this time ranked fourth best in the WAC...recorded a season-best time at the WAC Championship Meet in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:05.07...earned the first WAC swimmer of the week honors since the return of the program in 2008...earned the award for her performance in her first collegiate swim meet where she individually won the 200-yard breaststroke and helped earn a third of her teams points.
Dos Pueblos Senior High School: Four year letterwinner on the swim team ... named three-time team MVP (2007, 2009, 2010) and Athlete of the Year (06-07, 07-08, 09-10) ... set her high school and Channel League record for the 100 breaststroke (1:04.9) and the 200 individual medley (2:06) ... led her team to a 5-1 record her senior year.
Personal: Parents are Michael and Renee Dockendorf ... has one sister, Jordan, who plays college tennis at UCSB and transferred from UCLA ... hobbies include dancing, photography, and filming ... her biggest athletic thrill was as a 14 year old, she made the 2007 Senior Nationals cut in Clovis by .04 in the 200 breaststroke ... chose Fresno State because of the coaches and the swim team as they are always unified and together and have a great sense of humor.
Michelle Dockendorf
Fresno State Career Bests
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The beautiful Harrigan Creek trail is one of the new hikes featured in the all-color 2013 edition of "The Summit Hiker." The half-day trek is a hike into history, traversing mellow pastureland reminiscent of Summit County's ranching heritage.
The land "down the Blue" runs north from today's Silverthorne to the county line. It stretches long and lean as the Summit County cowboys who once lived in this pastoral, mountain-rimmed grassland, ribboned by rushing creeks such as Harrigan.
The U.S. Homestead Act allowed settlers to work, and eventually gain ownership of, 160 acres of government land. Miners fed up with the bone-wrenching labor and bone-crunching accidents in the tunnels and shafts of Breckenridge mines said "humbug" to mine labor in increasing numbers after 1900. They moved down the Blue to homestead ranches. Log cabins with sod roofs and dirt floors characterized the earliest ranch homes. Hard work from dawn to dusk characterized the lives of ranchmen and their wives. They ran cattle, raised dairy cows, trained horses, grew hay and tended vegetable gardens. They fed chickens, picked wild berries, hunted game and fished in streams such as Harrigan Creek.
Drive 10.2 miles north on Highway 9 from Silverthorne Interstate 70 exit 205 (or 7.7 miles north from Silverthorne Elementary School) to the Columbine Ranch. Continue past the Blue River Campground. Be watching for a driveway at left just before mile marker 112 and across from the Acorn Creek Ranch entrance. Turn left into the flat, open meadow, and park in the lot. Do not block ranch road access.
The trail begins on a footpath from the parking area and heads northwest to meet the old ranch road at 0.7 miles. Here, the route turns southwest, climbing through aspen and brush. A pleasant uphill walk takes you to pastureland punctuated by relics of ranch history — wagon remains, rusty haying equipment and irrigation ditch-digging tools. Later, a windowless log building anchors a hub of former ranch activity.
On the gentle upper slopes of the meadowlands, find a good perch for a picnic lunch. This is trail's end for this hike, a 2.3-mile walk.
Notice the richness of the luxuriant grasses, once grazed by buffalo, which crowded the Blue Valley before settlers came. Later, these grasses made a nutritious munch for cows during Summit County's ranching era, 1905-60. In September, when the aspens turn gold here, the rich grasses are tinged with red, creating a colorful fall display.
Above, the grassy slopes give way to lodgepole pine forest. There, a trail penetrates the trees to climb a hill and meet the Gore Range Trail (GRT). Hikers who wish to extend their trek can ascend the trail west another 1.2 miles to the Gore Range Trail. From there, you might choose to travel to Boulder Lake by taking a left turn on the GRT (south) and walking 1.3 miles to the Boulder Lake Trail. Then, a short 0.3-mile climb brings you to the lower lake.
Author-historian Mary Ellen Gilliland has revised and expanded "The Summit Hiker" to include new foot trails, plus Hikes for Tykes and Fishing Lakes for Anglers. The guidebook and its companion, "The Vail Hiker," are available at local book and sporting goods stores or online at summitandvailhikes.com.


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Referees Wear Pink for October Breast Cancer Awareness
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The State Referee Committee endorsed the wearing of pink jerseys supplied by Score Sports (OSA sponsor) and the referees will wear them throughout October. "We will authorize the use of the pink jersey every October (Breast Cancer Awareness month) for the foreseeable future," says SRA Ron Poulsen.
A set of three pink jerseys were donated by long time referee and assessor, Ed Michaud, as a way to honor the many who have had to fight breast cancer. The SRC wishes to thank Ed for this generous donation.
"We had many teams, both men and women's, compliment the decision to allow our state's officials to wear these jerseys during October," says Dale Watts, SDI. "Having lost a wife to cancer, it is gratifying to see so many of our officials support this issue."
Casey Ivanoff, Chris Pauley, and Michael Cummings from Lawton wore pink at their matches at Big Green.
Lance Stewart, Joe Forler, and Sue-Z Forler kick off their finals match at Soktoberfest wearing the pink jerseys.
Referees at Soktoberfest wearing pink jerseys: Lisa Jorgensen, Bob Pasha, Steve Holder. Captains: Kristin Phaneuf with Linoma from Nebraska and Laura Adams from Rehab. Jerseys were donated by Ed Michaud in memory of all breast cancer victims.


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We'll break our radio tags rule for this one. J. Rocc debuted a new Mos Def and Talib Kweli track last night, produced by Madlib, on BBC's Radio One. Untitled – Blackstar (Mos Def + Talib Kweli) prod. Madlib Via: CK
In an interview with HipHopFiend.Org, Ski breaks down why Mos Def did not appear on the final version of 24 Hour Karate School. A lot of people are asking why Mos Def wasn't on "24 Hour Karate School" despite tracks like "Taxi" and "Cream Of the Planet" being used to originally promote the album (via [cont.]
G.O.O.D. Fridays Saturdays latest release is a non-album track. Nice. We're getting spoiled now. LISTEN: Kanye West – "Don't Look Down" (feat. Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Big Sean) Kanye West – "Don't Look Down" (feat. Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Big Sean)
Wow, what a shame…. All those delays for Ski Beatz long awaited 24 Hour Karate School, and in the end, none of the previously released Mos Def collaborations made the final cut. Blame industry rule #4080. Do Ski a favor and buy the album and then tack on those deleted Mos Def cuts to your [cont.]
According to the October 2010 issue of XXL with Kanye West on the cover, Mos Def is the new signee to West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint. With the recent signing of Pusha T from The Clipse, the roster continues to become the most exciting in the industry. And speaking of Kanye West, Rap-Up magazine has stated that [cont.]
Happy G.O.O.D. Friday (via Monday)! Kanye West gets the celebration started with another allstar lineup with the Mighty Mos Def digging with a deep shovel on this one, supported by Raekwon the Chef, The Gap Band's Charlie WIlson, and Swizz on the mic. LISTEN: Kanye West "Lord Lord Lord" (feat. Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon, [cont.]
Here is video footage of NASA's Mos Def holographic presentation, presented before a live audience. That's cool and all, but where can we buy a Lisa Ann hologram?
NASA I.S.I.S Program with MosDef & Astronaut Leland Melvin from OpenLineMedia on Vimeo. "Leland Melvin and myself are working with the Instituting Science in Schools Program, sponsored by NASA and I'm just here to give the young people some inspiration, some positive encouragement and some good information about science, technology, creativity and discovery and how [cont.]
Ski Beatz is gearing up for the Feb. 12 September 7th release of 24 Hour Karate School, with this latest video directed by Creative Control and featuring the Mighty Mos Def.
In the video Mos performs for the Gulf Aid Benefit to help raise money to clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf Coast. For more information and to help, contributions can be made here.
Mos Def will join Lenny Kravitz, Ani DiFranco, and a host of other artists for Gulf Aid, a benefit concert in support of those affected by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, reports the Associated Press. The benefit will be hosted by Rehage Entertainment, and will also feature Allen Toussaint, Zachary Richard, [cont.]
The ambidextrous Mighty Mos Def shows off on Jools Holland. Give the drummer some.
Another interview by Zane Lowe, an otherworldly Mos Def speaks on leaving Geffen Records, the future of his music, and Jay Electronica.
Here we have a unreleased version of the Goapele track featuring Mos Def. This was to be the original album version but due to some behind the scenes issues, was changed and the album version featured Clyde Carson instead. This track was on Goapele's 2005 release, Change It All. Currently Goapele is working on her [cont.]
Sun finally out, snow melted where you're at? Lack of new Mos Def in your life? Max Tannone who remixed Jay-Z and Radiohead as well as a Beastie Boys Project has a new remix tape out. Featuring Mos Def over old roots reggae and ska tracks its hard to argue against something like this when [cont.]
Mos Def – History from hanagroove on Vimeo.
Jay Elec returns to his hometown and invites the crowd on stage to join him in performance of "Exhibit A". Also joining him was Mos Def, who proceed to exhibit Brooklyn live on stage. [Source: TSS]
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And one more from Ski Beatz hotly anticipated 24 Hour Karate School, which drops March 30th and will be available for download here at HipHopSite. Oh, and that Ski Beatz exclusive we were talking about here a few weeks back? We'll show it off one week from tomorrow. The first hint was that it's not [cont.]
This aired last week on Nick. Late pass, we know this is old to all the soccer moms and baby daddies out there.
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6-9-1, NFC East Division · 1997 NFL Season Summary
SRS: Total -3.0, Offense: -0.7, Defense: -2.3, SoS: 0.5, avg is 0.0.
Scored 317 points (19.8/g), 19th of 30 in the NFL. Allowed 372 points (23.2/g), 24th.
Differential of -55 points (-3.4/g), 22nd. Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.
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Offensive Coordinator: Jon Gruden
Defensive Coordinator: Emmitt Thomas
Other Notable Asst.: Bill Callahan (Offensive Line), Juan Castillo (Tight Ends) and Sean Payton (Quarterbacks)
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
LITH PTA Taking Orders For Flower Fundraiser
The group's annual Flower Sale was started as a means to fund beautification projects and to improve the schools' campus setting. Proceeds from past flower sales have provided the money to plant dozens of trees and shrubs. CMPTA President Dana Wiley said, "I think it's by far the greenest and most gorgeous campus, but I am a bit biased."
Ten-inch baskets are $14 and flats of 48 flowers are $13. "We are pleased to be able to offer 2007 prices with tax included," said Wiley. The group's flower order page is here: http://www.cmpta158.org/Beautification_Flower_Sale.html
In the pic: CMPTA sold a lot of flowers at its annual sale last year.
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The nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards were announced by Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences President Cheryl Boone Issacs on Jan. 16.
As is tradition, the reveal of the nominations surfaced a few surprises and a few snubs. Arguably the biggest coup of the year came in the form of Christian Bale's lead actor nomination.
Though "American Hustle" has been picking up steam of late, many were surprised to see Bale's name crop up for his performance as a combover-loving con man, over the likes of still acting Oscar-less screen legend, Robert Redford for "All Is Lost", perennial favorite Tom Hanks for "Captain Phillips" or even relative newcomer Oscar Isaac for his acclaimed titular turn in "Inside Llewyn Davis".
Funny man Jonah Hill snapped up his second supporting nod for his work in Scorsese's divisive "The Wolf of Wall Street". Few may have expected Hill to receive the nomination, but for our part, we're glad it happened. The guy practically stalked Leonardo DiCaprio while in Mexico as only part of his campaign to claim the part, and after winning it, he went on to completely nail it, so the recognition is well deserved.
Meanwhile, "Saving Mr. Banks" and its leading lady Emma Thompson were completely shut out. A nomination for Thompson was considered a sure thing, though it will probably come as some consolation to Thompson that she was knocked out of a race that was over before it even began. The Oscar has been Cate Blanchett's to lose since "Blue Jasmine" premiered all the way back in July 2013.
The Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" wasn't wholly shut out, but received no major nominations, only smaller nods for cinematography and sound mixing. Take a minute to let this sink in: Gore Verbinski's disastrous reboot of "The Lone Ranger" received as many nominations as the Coen brothers' beautiful portrait of a week in the life of a Greenwich Village folk singer in 1960. Ouch.
Considered dark horse contenders by some, "Her" and "Philomena" both triumphantly captured Best Picture nominations. "Her" director and scribe Spike Jonze also scored an original screenplay nod, while "Philomena" was additionally represented in the adapted screenplay and lead actress pools.
"American Hustle" and "Gravity" led the pack with 10 nominations each. Though it did not crack double-digit nods, "12 Years a Slave" follows just on the heels of those films with nine total nominations.
The full list of nominees is as follows:
Best Picture:
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Director:
David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Actor:
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyer's Club"
Best Actress:
Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"
June Squibb, "Nebraska"
Best Original Screenplay:
"American Hustle"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
Best Adapted Screenplay:
"Before Midnight"
"Captain Phillips"
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf Of Wall Street"
Best Animated Feature:
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Ernest & Celestine"
"The Wind Rises"
Best Foreign Feature:
"The Broken Circle Breakdown," Belgium
"The Great Beauty," Italy
"The Hunt," Denmark
"The Missing Picture," Cambodia
"Omar," Palestine
Best Visual Effects:
"The Hobbit: The Desolation"
"Iron Man 3"
"The Lone Ranger"
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
Best Cinematography:
"The Grandmaster"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
Best Costume Design:
"American Hustle"
"The Grandmaster"
"The Great Gatsby"
"The Invisible Woman"
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Documentary Feature:
"The Act of Killing"
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Dirty Wars"
"The Square"
"20 Feet from Stardom"
Best Documentary Short:
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"Prisoner Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"
Best Film Editing:
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"
"The Lone Ranger"
Best Music (Original Score):
"The Book Thief"
"Saving Mr. Banks"
Best Music (Original Song):
"Alone Yet Not Alone" from "Alone Yet Not Alone"
"Happy" from "Despicable Me"
"Let It Go" from "Frozen"
"The Moon Song" from "Her"
"Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
Best Production Design:
"American Hustle"
"The Great Gatsby"
"12 Years a Slave"
Best Short Film, Animated:
"Get a Horse!"
"Mr. Hublot"
"Room on the Broom"
Best Short Film, Live Action:
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre" (Just Before Losing Everything)
" Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa?" (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
"The Voorman Problem"
Best Sound Editing:
"All Is Lost"
"Captain Phillips"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"The Lone Survivor"
Best Sound Mixing:
"Captain Phillips"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Lone Survivor"
The 86th annual Academy Awards will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and will take place on March 2.
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Incidence Data on Diabetes from India
Shashank R Joshi*
Knowledge of incidence and prevalence of a disease is vital in Community Medicine to control a disease. It is important in Internal Medicine for clinical diagnosis and presumptive treatment on a probability model. Prevalence informs the total case load at a given time. Incidence yields a pointer to extent of attention required and choice of measures. Incidence of a disease or condition measured over time gives a trend line. It may help to understand causality; e.g., Exposure to asbestos and pleural epithelioma or else, metabolic syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes. It may also measure efficacy of an intervention towards prevention; e.g. Routine Pap smears and Cancer Cervix prevented. It is interesting to observe how the combinations may alter strategy or approach to a disease by magic of numbers as under:
There are two main types of epidemiological studies – cross-sectional and longitudinal.1,2 Cross-sectional studies allow us to see a 'snapshot or still photograph' of the number of people with a particular illness at any one point in time. It tells us how widespread the disease is. For example, a cross-sectional study could allow us to count all the people with diabetes (that is, the prevalence of diabetes) at any one point in time. Prevalence is calculated as the number of people with the characteristic in question divided by the total population at risk for that characteristic.
On the other hand, a longitudinal study involves at least two time points and allows us to view a 'motion picture' to observe the change occuring in the population during the intervening time. Thus allows us to examine change over time. It also allows us to look at the incidence of an illness, which means the number of new cases that develop within a particular period. Incidence tells us about the rate at which a disease is occurring. Incidence is calculated as the number of new cases of an illness or an endpoint divided by the population initially at risk for developing that illness. Known cases are excluded from the calculation. In the case of diabetes, then, incidence considers the outcomes for the individuals at time point #2 who did not have diabetes at time point #1. Incidence reflect the rate at which healthy people in the population acquire the disease.
Why is an incidence study so important? In a prevalence study, we can only look at factors associated with the outcome in question. For example, we can see that people with diabetes also tend to have abdominal obesity or limited physical activity. However, we can only point to associations between these different variables. In an incidence study where we follow the same individuals over time, we can move beyond association to causation. We can see which characteristics at time point #1 caused the outcomes in those same people at time point #2. By looking at this, we can also learn what characteristics have predictive value for the outcome of interest. For e.g. we observe that patients of type 2 diabetes also tend to be obese. This data could indicate any of three possiblilties, viz. one, obesity could cause diabetes, two, diabetes could cause obesity and three, the two may be coincidentally found together without their being any causal association. Hence, a prevalence study cannot assert causation; it merely detects associations. Moreover, an incidence study allows us to get a better sense of all cases of an illness. In prevalence studies, we miss severe cases that have recently resulted in death. By sampling at two periods, we can learn about the causes of death of people who die between times #1 and #2.
In summary, the strength of an incidence study is that we can examine causation and we can include cases of all severity. An incidence study is often more complicated to do, as it involves keeping track of the respondents over a period of time. This can be very difficult at the community level anywhere, but particularly in a country like India where tracking of individuals is a great challenge. This is why the classic study presented in this issue of JAPI by Mohan et al3 assumes great significance as it is the first incidence study on diabetes and pre-diabetes in India among native Asian Indians. The authors present a long term follow up of the Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS). The baseline CUPS studies were carried out in 1996-97 and several prevalence data on diabetes and metabolic syndrome have been published based on these baseline data. In present study Mohan et al present 8 year follow up data on the CUPS cohort. Among 476 subjects who had normal glucose tolerance at the baseline 13.4% (n=64) developed diabetes and 10.1% (n=48) pre-diabetes, during the follow up period of 8 years. Of the 37 individuals with impaired glucose tolerance at baseline 40.5 % (n=15) developed diabetes during the same period. The overall incidence of diabetes was 20.2 per 1000 person years of follow up while the overall incidence of pre-diabetes was 13.1 per 1000 person years of follow up. These figures appear to be much higher than those published from the west showing once again the well known increased susceptibility of Indians to diabetes.
Survey of literature shows that there is very little data on incidence of diabetes in Asian Indians or indeed even south Asians in general. There is no incidence data on Native Asian Indians. There is a study amongst South African Indians (migrants Asians) with a 10 years follow up by Motala et al.4 It is a prospective community study in a South African Indian cohort which was studied (10 years) from Durban showed in 563 subjects a higher incidence. This study had only 22% follow up. Mohan et al's CUPS cohort had a better follow up of 52% and is a systematic landmark study among the Native Asian Indian population.3 Another study where incidence data available is the study by Dowse in the Pacific and Indian Ocean population. This study5 reports that the highest incidence rates (above 15 cases/1,000 person years) were observed in the Pima Indians, rural Wanigelas of Papua New Guinea, Nauruans, urban Samoans and Indians in Mauritius. Intermediate rates, between 5-15 cases person years were seen in Creole and Chinese Mauritians, Maltese, Mexican Americans and rural Samoans while the lowest incidence was found in Europid Americans and Frenchmen, and Papua New Guinea Highlanders. Based on this, Dowse had predicted even as early as 1996, that "continuing modernization and increasing obesity in heavily-populated regions of the Indian sub-continent, Africa and China may produce large epidemics of diabetes".5,6 It is of interest that the predictions made by Dowse in 1996, have now come true and India has the largest number of people with diabetes in the world.7
This study also presents the risk factors for incident diabetes for the first time in India. Obesity (both generalized and abdominal) and hypertension were predictors of diabetes in this population. However the strongest predictor of incident diabetes was the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) developed by Mohan and colleagues and published earlier in JAPI.8,9 Thus the usefulness of IDRS to predict diabetes has now been validated by a longitudinal follow up study. Interestingly, IDRS has also been shown to help detect metabolic syndrome and coronary artery disease in the community.10
The study is admittedly small and there was only a 52% follow up although due to rapid migration in urban India, this still is a good followup rate. Also, as the data is from the urban area of one state, obviously more data is needed from other parts of India particularly from rural areas where the incidence rates may well differ. Nevertheless, the study is an obvious first step in the direction of providing much needed incidence data from India.
Indeed, the publication of data such as this augurs well for epidemiology in India. While excellent prevalence studies have been published from India, the time has come when India also publishes world class incidence data as well. As India is currently the epicenter of the diabetes epidemic, future projections on the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes are extremely valuable to the Govt. of India which has launched the National Program for control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke on Jan 4th 2008.11
It is now possible to use instant study as a model. If cohorts of suitable population are identified and motivated in various cities to begin with, we will understand differences across various geographical areas and ethnic groups. It will be possible to screen the high risks with lesser efforts and better outcome. It will be possible conduct clinical trials with a high level of credibility of the results. It will be possible to evaluate the impact of different treatment protocols as well as lifestyle changes.
It is hoped larger incidence studies on a nation wide basis will become available soon. More importantly it is hoped that with lifestyle modification the incidence of diabetes can be significantly reduced in India in the future.
1. Beaglehole R, Bonita R, Kjellstrom T. Basic Epidemiology. World Health Organization, Geneva. 2003; 29–51.
2. Rothman KJ, Greenland S. Types of epidemiologic studies. In : Modern Epidemiology, Second edition, Lippincott – Raven Publishers. East Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA 19106 – 3780. 1998; pp 67–78.
3. Mohan V, Deepa M, Anjana RM, Lanthorn H, Deepa R. Incidence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in a selected urban south Indian population (CUPS-19). J Assoc Physicians India 2008; 56:152-7.
4. Motala AA, Pirie FJ, Gouws E, Amod A, Omar MA. High incidence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in South African Indians: a 10-year follow-up study. Diabet Med 2003;20(1):23-30.
5. Dowse GK. Incidence of NIDDM and the natural history of IGT in Pacific and Indian Ocean populations. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1996; 34 Suppl: S45-50.
6. Dowse GK, Gareeboo H, Zimmet PZ, Alberti KG, Tuomilehto J, Fareed D, et al. High prevalence of NIDDM and impaired glucose tolerance in Indian, Creole, and Chinese Mauritians. Mauritius Noncommunicable Disease Study Group. Diabetes 1990; 39: 390-6.
7. Sicree R, Shaw J, Zimmet P: Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in India. Diabetes Atlas. Gan D Ed. International Diabetes Federation, Belgium 2006; pp 15-103.
8. Joshi SR. Indian diabetes risk score. J Assoc Physicians India 2005; 53 : 755-7
9. Mohan V, Deepa R, Deepa M, Somannavar S, Datta M. A simplified Indian Diabetes Score for screening for undiagnosed diabetic subjects. J Assoc Physicians India 2005; 53: 759-63.
10. Mohan V, Sandeep S, Deepa M, Gokulakrishnan K, Datta M, Deepa R. A diabetes risk score helps identify metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in Indians – the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES - 38). Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2007; 9: 337-43.
11. http://www.diabetesmoz.com/2008/01/ accessed on February 18, 2008.


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In Parasha Netzavim, Devarim 30:16, we learn the commandment to love Hashem, to walk in His ways, and to keep "His commandments [mitzvosav] and His statutes [v'chukosav] and His ordinances [u'mishpatav]." I thought this verse might be distinguishing between the written Torah, oral Torah, and rabbinic law, or perhaps between Torah, rabbinic law, and customs. But I can't find a source that explains this. To what is the verse referring?
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חוקים (Hukim) are generally considered laws that the logic behind them may be obscured, and not easily understood. An example of this is the law of פרה אדומה
משפטים (mishpatim) are generally laws that their logic is more apparent for the wellbeing of civilization such as do not murder. For more in depth discussion, see for example: http://www.kipa.co.il/jew/pash/52/42814.html