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Development of a permanent cell line derived from fathead minnow testis and their applications in environmental toxicology
The Bulletin, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory V49: 83-86
Vo NTK, Sansom B, Kozlowski E, Bloch S & Lee LEJ
published: 2010 | Research publication | Recent Publications
Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) is a widely used aquatic vertebrate model organism used extensively in toxicology both for regulatory testing and research. Fathead minnows are especially important in the study of environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) and cell lines derived from these organisms are being sought for ecotoxicological studies. In this study, we report on a newly established epithelial cell line from fathead minnow testis (FHMT-W1) and on their applicability for cytotoxicological studies. These cells could be useful for understanding mechanisms of testicular cell growth and differentiation in fathead minnow species as well as in toxicity response in aquatic animals.
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Dark Gaia's Minions are a species of supernatural monsters that appear in Sonic Unleashed. They are energy fragments of Dark Gaia, having gained physical form and life of their own after its premature awakening caused it to disperse across the Earth. They serve as the enemies fought by Sonic the Werehog in the nighttime stages of the game.
The members of Dark Gaia's Minions are a very diverse in terms of anatomy, coming in a variety of shapes and sizes. The majority of them resembles animals, with the bulk of them resembling humanoid chameleons with horns and spikes, while others look like large insectoid bees, sphere-shaped bats, large horned eels, and small bulldog-like dinosaurs. Others however, can look like phantom-like wizards, towering cyclops, blobby humanoids and even plants. Physical characteristics they share are usually freakishly appearances, blackish blue skin, and glowing body markings in different neon colors. Stronger variants of them however have neo red skin. Also, their bodies are all completely composed of Dark Gaia's energy.
Characteristics and culture
Dark Gaia's Minions lack any traits of sentience and operates solely on an innate desire to cause destruction, despair and harm to others. As such, they are very hostile and aggressive, attacking everyone that comes anywhere near them. They are also naturally compelled to cause psychological problems and erratic in other beings by possessing them.
Most of Dark Gaia's Minions are simple and animalistic in nature, only giving of growls and roars, and only have enough intelligence to fight effectively or carry out their goals of despair. Dark Gaia's Minions which are born with exceptionally high intelligence however, allows them to take on more humanoid appearances. Also, as the night and darkness are their element and they cannot withstand light, Dark Gaia's Minions are exclusively nocturnal creatures and only appear at night.
How Dark Gaia's Minions are created differs between each type. Usually, one of Dark Gaia's Minions is created when Dark Gaia's energy comes in contact with certain negative emotion, with the type of Dark Gaia's Minions depending on the emotions. In other cases, Dark Gaia's Minions can be the environment or flora that has been mutated by Dark Gaia's energy.
For many of Dark Gaia's Minions, there exists a stronger and tougher version of it, such as the Dark Fright and the Red Fright. These member are usually born from stronger forces and can be recognized by their neon red skin with cyan markings.
Powers and abilities
Dark Gaia's Minions as a whole possesses a diversity of powers, with each variant possessing their own specified selection of powers, such as elastic limbs, flight, reproduction, or even energy projection for power argumentation or devastating attacks. Humanoid members of Dark Gaia's Minions, such as the Nightmare variant, the Master variant and the Titans, have profound skills in hand-to-hand combat, and can be dangerously ruthless fighters, while more animal-like members simply attack by biting or stinging.
The level of physical abilities between Dark Gaia's Minions differs between their rank; the bigger and/or more monstrous the Dark Gaia Minion, the more powerful it is. The most powerful members tend to have powers that reaches superhuman levels, such as super strength, super speed and other abilities.
A common power amongst Dark Gaia's Minions is their ability to terrorize humans on a psychological level by literally possessing people and directly generating despair, negative emotions or even erratic behavior that are completely opposite to the person's personality, by latching onto the deepest, darkest part of the heart. An example of this is when the Ice Cream Vendor in Apotos starts to have a nervous breakdown when Sonic and Chip meet him again at night. People that are possessed by Dark Gaia's Minions have small purple clouds emitting from them. Each of Dark Gaia's Minions can also teleport to another location in a puff of purple smoke or emerge from black puddles on the ground. When Dark Gaia's Minions are defeated in battle, they dissolve back into energy form.
Dark Gaia's Minions have certain unique weaknesses. They cannot handle sharp sources of light which tend to weaken them or at least disturb their powers. As such, they can be exorcised with the light from the blitz of a camera. Also, if a person possesses a strong enough will, the psychological-changing effects from Dark Gaia's energies are nullified.
The entirety of Dark Gaia's Minions were created in the beginning of Sonic Unleashed. Seeking to harness Dark Gaia's limitless energies to construct Eggmanland, Dr. Eggman sought to awaken the entity within Earth's core. As such, the doctor lured Super Sonic into his Chaos Energy Cannon and used the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds to force Dark Gaia to emerge from its slumber prematurely. However, because Dark Gaia had yet to reach full maturity inside the Earth's core when Dr. Eggman awoke it, it was unable to support the weight of its own mass when it rose form the core, and as a result, broke into countless energy fragments that scattered across the globe. It was from these fragments Dark Gaia's Minions were born from.
From this point on, Dark Gaia's Minions began to terrorize the world as monsters that would appear at night and endanger the safety of Earth's people, and making Sonic's quest to restore the world back to normal more difficult as well. This continued for some time, until Dr. Eggman, being the one at fault for the sudden appearance of these monsters, devised a machine that created a homing beacon which could make all of Dark Gaia's Minions converge in one spot, so that he could rebuild Dark Gaia.
At the time Sonic the Werehog and Chip confronted Dark Gaia in the core of the planet, the beast had presumably reabsorbed all of its rouge minions in order to restore its being. When Perfect Dark Gaia then was defeated by Super Sonic and the Gaia Colossus, it was then sent back into dormancy and sealed in the Earth's core with Dark Gaia's Minions sealed along with it.
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- Dark Moray
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- Dark Gaia Phoenix
In other media
Archie Comics
In the Sonic the Hedgehog and its spin-off comic series published by Archie Comics, Dark Gaia's Minions are called Dark Gaia Creatures or Dark Gaia Monsters. In this media, they began appearing around Sonic's World during the Shattered World Crisis where they would appear at nighttime, and are created from the Dark Gaia Energy leaking from the planet. They first appeared in Sonic Universe #63 where a group of them ambushed Knuckles, but were defeated by Knuckles and the Chaotix. They went on to threaten other regions of the planet, including the undersea city of Meropis.

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After watching Knight and Day again I'm wondering if anyone else agrees Tom Cruise is terrific as the ex-Eagle Scout super spy but was it Mangold or one too many writers who botched Cameron Diaz's character? I'm guessing she was originally written (by actor, now hyphenate, Patrick O'Neill) as an over-achiever like Cruise -- a smart, succesful type-A civilian who spends too much time in the gym -- and not as the quirky idiot Diaz played for most of the film. But the script was fiddled with by nine writers over the long course of development, as they say, and it feels that way. I'll also never be a fan of James Mangold's penchant for turning villains into goofballs. What I judge a sad miss is salvaged by a surprisingly nuanced and very funny performance from Cruise. In other words, Team Cruise. Making good films is such strange alchemy. It's got a 6.7 on IMDb. Lifted only by Tom's platforms.


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Fighting Crohn's: Brianna's Story
Name: Brianna
Her story: When I was 15, I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, a gastrointestinal disorder that can affect any part of the digestive tract. I was constantly running to the bathroom and suffering from low grade fevers, abdominal pain and achiness, vomiting, nausea, anemia, weight loss, extreme fatigue, facial inflammation, dehydration, and an injured social life, among others.
I was introduced to Dr. Swati Kolpuru, an absolutely fantastic physician and individual, and was admitted to the hospital with an indefinite release date. Here, I went through blood transfusions and was advised that surgery was not an option. I eventually was prescribed a drug that stabilized my condition, and after about a year was able to get off the medication. I was weaned off of the drug and introduced to food, and I was back on track with school, cheer, dance, and my social life. I participated in Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis.
That summer, I relapsed completely. I was sent back to the hospital for my very first surgery, which was taken care of easily. My physician advised a change in medication, and I have been in remission ever since.
At this point in my life, I am doing remarkably well. I have been so inspired by my experience and the people I've met that I plan to study Physiology, go to medical school, and become a pediatric gastroenterologist.
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Hook: Gamakatsu SC-15 or equivalent, sizes 1 to 3/0.Thread: White 6/0 (140 denier).Belly: Pink Awesome Hair.Back: Light green Awesome Hair.Markings: Black permanent marker.Eyes: Small silver molded eyes.Gills: Red permanent marker.Note: Massachusetts fly tier Mike Martinek showedme how to make this fly. It's a great seatrout patternin any size. My favorite color combinations arechartreuse-and-white and chartreuse-and-pink. Adouble-prong, hard monofilament weed guard ishelpful for fishing grassy areas. The Electric Sushisinks fairly slowly. The chartreuse color is very bright,so it's very easy to keep track of the fly's position.


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Scrabble word: ALLIED
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Definitions of ALLIED in dictionaries:
- verb - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
- adj - related by common characteristics or ancestry
- adj - of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II
- adj - of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
- adj - united in a confederacy or league
- adj - joined by treaty or agreement
- Joined or united in a close relationship: allied tribes.
- Of a similar nature; related: city planning and allied studies.
- verb - to unite in a formal relationship
There are 6 letters in ALLIED: A D E I L L
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Miami Dolphins rookie Jonathan Martin supports Condi Rice at Augusta National
When former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was admitted Monday as one of the first two female members of Augusta National Golf Club, the news resonated inside the Miami Dolphins locker room.
Reserve cornerback Nolan Carroll was pleased to hear the news as his mother, Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll, has met Rice on a number of occasions, dating to the second Bush administration.
Then there was rookie right tackle Jonathan Martin, who saw Rice often during his days on the Stanford campus, where Rice teaches a graduate course in political economy.
"Ms. Rice is one of the most accomplished women I've ever met, obviously being a high-ranked member of the President's cabinet," Martin said. "She was awesome. She's a great supporter of Stanford football, came to a lot of games, was an honorary captain several times. I'm a huge fan of hers."
While Martin never got a chance to play golf with the groundbreaking stateswoman, he has been around her enough to know how much she loves football. Remember, before Roger Goodell put a stranglehold on the position, there was some talk out there about Rice as a potential candidate for NFL Commissioner.
"She's very passionate [about football]," Martin said. "She knows about O-line play, which not a lot of people do."
Martin said it wasn't uncommon for the Stanford football team to cross paths with Rice on their way into the school's weight room, usually before the sun had even come up.
"She is in our weight room at 5 a.m., getting a workout in," Martin said. "We're just coming in, she's leaving. She's kind of an inspiration to us."
As for the larger meaning of Rice, along with South Carolina financier Darla Moore, breaking down the mysterious wall of membership at Augusta National, Martin was enthusiastic about the historic announcement.
"I think it's great," he said. "She's a huge fan of sports. I really can't think of a better person to break that barrier."


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Corsair Obsidian 550D review -
Over the years, Corsair has released many products; from memory, to SSDs, to power supplies, towards gaming gear and of course PC cases. When Corsair for the first time introduced their Obsidian chassis series with the 800D, well it was simply a game changer. The Obsidian 800D to date has not been surpassed however in the lower segment Corsair definitely filled up the gaps from top to bottom as we have shown you in pretty much all cases we reviewed -- amongst them the Graphite and Carbide series.
But yeah, looking all the way back the one that created the most chatter was the their first ever Obsidian 800D chassis. Shortly followed by a smaller version, the 800D mini-me called 650D. From that Obsidian series now yet another model has been launched, the 550D. This case should offer all nice niche gadgets and features you may expect from the Obsidian series yet the 550D was designed for the audiophiles, the folks that have a dislike for for noise.
The end result is a mid-tower chassis with cool looks, low noise levels and the latest trendy features such as USB 3.0 front panel support, easy to clean dust filters and a solution that is once again pretty much tool free and comes in that scrumptious all black design.
- Warranty Two years .
- Dimension 20.9 x 8.7 x 19.5 .
- MB Support ATX, mATX .Expansion Slots 8 .
- Form Factor Mid-tower .
- Material Steel structure with black brushed aluminum faceplate .
- Drive Bays (x4) 5.25, (x6) 3.5/2.5 Drive Caddies .
- Cooling (x2) 200mm Fans, (x1) 120mm Fans .
- Front I/O (x2) USB 3.0, (x1) Headphone, (x1) Mic .
- Power Supply ATX (not included) .
As you'll notice throughout review Corsair has put some real effort into this case. Angled ventilation holes, vent covers and the usage of good noise dampening materials and of course that aluminum front door which can be opened from either side. An inaudible chassis doesnt mean it's lacking in cooling performance as it comes with plenty of fan mounts hen 120mm mounts actually. The chassis comes standard with two front-mounted 120mm intake fans and one 120mm exhaust fan.
The top panel provides room for two 120mm or 140mm fans, or a 240mm radiator for compatibility with Corsair Hydro Series CPU coolers and other liquid cooling systems. The side panel has mounting points for another two 120mm or 140mm fans for cooling multiple GPUs.
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The NFL Draft is now a week away and the publicity for former NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish is picking up. Jeff Dickerson of ESPNChicago.com posted this story on the NFL hopeful yesterday in his Bears Report blog. Dennis Dillon of SI.com filed this excellent article on Harnish today.
Another former Huskie with NFL aspirations, Scott Wedige, received some pub over the weekend. Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune, who has been breaking down the NFL Draft by position and previewed the centers on Sunday. Wedige was rated at No. 7 of the 14 centers listed and the last to receive a write up.


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The Okanogan Complex fires are almost fully contained at this point. The Hunter fire is at the "monitor" state as it is 95% contained. The Hunter fire is ending at 211 acres burned.
The Buckhorn Fire is at 4,638 acres and considered 75% contained.
Alexis West, an information officer for the complex, explains the evacuation levels for the Buckhorn fire and the dangers associated with it.
The Leecher fire is 90% contained and the acreage so far is at 1,320. The road closures there have been lifted. "CLICK HERE" for Audio


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Re-Designing Africa's Ox-Powered Farm Tools REMIX
Buying tractors or the fuel required to power them is far beyond the reach of most African small farmers. At the same time, they are tired from the energy draining attempt to raise their families bey
Raising the productivity of the subsistence farmers not only improves the health and economic position of those families directly affected but also stimulates the development of and infrastructure in tool fabrication, animal husbandry and the search for better seed and plant stocks. Progress to a better future can come only once subsistence needs have been exceeded.
Summary. Buying tractors or the fuel required to power them is far beyond the reach of most African small farmers. At the same time, they are tired from the energy draining attempt to raise their families beyond subsistence farming to surplus production with the hand hoe. Many have oxen or donkeys that can power a quadrupling of production with improved implements, inputs, and practices. In the 1960s, Africa missed out on the benefits of the Green Revolution, in part because it did not have the draft animal infrastructure that existed in Asia and Latin America. Later, the tsetse-fly-carried sleeping sickness of cattle was removed as an obstacle, but the designs of small-scale farm implements available in Africa have not changed significantly in the 40 years that have elapsed.
Picking up on the "Designing for the World's Poorest" projects at MIT and other institutions, it seems that we can focus outstanding skills on the challenges to Africa's small farmers. An international network of farmers, agricultural historians, Amish, metal fabricators and machinists could work together digitally and personally to meld historic and contemporary implement design elements in response to challenges from Africa's farm communities for appropriately-scaled, low-capital farm tools for draft animals. The productive potential of these re-invented tools could be diffused through local manufacturers and farmer field schools.
Needs Assessment. African farm production has dropped per capita. Africa has not enjoyed the agricultural gains in production experienced through the Green Revolution that have in turn funded farm mechanization and tractors in Latin America and in Asia. Most of Africa did not have a strong indigenous culture of using draft animals since sleeping sickness of cattle (trypanosome) carried by the tsetse fly prevented cattle from being worked effectively until veterinarian breakthroughs in the 1960s. Through the Sahel, much of East Africa, Southern Africa, Madagascar, oxen and donkeys are now accepted by many small farmers as the most practical means of working fields. Yet, there has been little investment in re-designing tools to meet the local equipment needs of draft animal farmers. Even for such basic tasks as planting and weeding, the choice of implements is dismal.
Required Resources. The needed creativity will emerge from direction and inspiration. By bringing resources together in a process, we no longer need to wait for the individual inspiration of a John Deere or Cyrus McCormick. The first resource required is a group of people from the field to detail the need (or opportunity). This means gathering and surveying farmers in the target farming communities to detail their needs-what is limiting their farm growth. They can usually quickly point to the seasonal bottlenecks in their abilities to handle the work load. Tillers International and others have done much of this work through field training and evaluations in various regions of Africa. With a farm-based focus on the tasks that limit expansion of production, we can present these needs-based challenges to resource groups that have knowledge of a wide range of existing options: older American/European farmers, rural historians, Amish farmers, and international extensionists. Once several relevant models are identified the design inevitably needs to be re-invented to the power of local draft animals and to the construction and maintenance abilities that exist in the target communities. Tillers International and others have gathered historical tool collections and international examples of options to inspire this process. Several of these are featured in the Michael D. Hluchyj Re-Invention Lab in Tillers' Museum. Indeed, several Amish implement manufacturers have joined Tillers on recent projects. Clustering these resources in intensive design sessions with internationally experienced metal fabricators and ag engineers nearly assures creative output. These design can quickly be put into farm trials in the target communities for testing and verification of appropriateness to the environment and farmer acceptability.
Commercial viability of manufacturing and marketing will be the long-term benchmark of success. To acheive commercial viability, innovations must prove attractive to community farmers. The designs will be built in the field with cooperating rural enterprises. These will be encouraged to build and market the tools to farmers with micro finance support. While the design network will not be sustainable without continued contribution support, the implement manufacturers will be encouraged to work from the beginning on an entrepreneurial model.
Business Case. This design network is not a business model itself but an innovation process based on a communication framework. Funding research, design and development from license fees for patents is not yet reliable in these rural markets. If it were, this research and development could be underwriten by venture capitalists. However, we would be working with local manufacturers throughout the design process to assure that implements would be grounded in local production practicalities. This would facilitate rapid hand over to manufacturing businesses. Post development sales revenues of the tools should cover actual manufacturing and marketing costs on a sustainable basis.
Plan and Execution. Tillers is collaborating with several development agencies in the field where weeding tools could immediately increase yields and reduce women's drudgery. These include CRS in Northern Uganda and Land O Lakes in Mozambique. We have recently included local manufacturers in discussions of their needs with Amish and other tool designers here in the US. Amish designers such as Pioneer Equipment of Ohio, Graber Steel and Hochstetler or Indiana, or I & J Manufacturing and White Horse of Pennsylvania have incorporated many contemporary design concepts into their equipment. Their designs are fresh and new. There is nothing archaic about the new generation of American draft animal implement designs. However, designs for Africa need to be smaller in scale for lighter draft animals and less expensive. Our next step would be to convene a "Threshing Floor" in which this talent would break the challenges down, create proto-types, test them, and repeat the process in rapid iterations until several ideas are ready for field testing in Africa. Tillers staff can then send or carry plans to African small manufacturers, help re-create proto types on site to test the practicality of local manufacture and maintenance. Given internet communication capabilities, farmer reactions could be back to the "Threshing Floor" panel in a couple of months for refinement and another iteration of improvement based on farmer comment and digital video feedback. The Africa Rural Connect prize could move the weeding re-design forward significantly and demonstrate the power of this approach to a wider group of funders. These implement designs would be available to interested agencies to help place in the hands of farmers with whom they work.
Real World Impact. Nearly a billion people are capable of benefiting from these re-inventions of draft animal implements. More immediately, Tillers International would itself focus dissemination of these re-designed tools to several thousand farmers in Mozambique, Uganda and a West African country. To the extent that this project is tuned to the reactions of local African farmers, more effective farm tools will move from lead innovators in communities out to the majority of farmers, especially as micro-credit becomes available. In the end, we should see some of the production abilities of small farmers in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania morphing into new designs that can transform the small farms of Africa into engines of change. Small African farms are currently producing yields that are 25 to 33% of those obtained at local experiment stations. New and more appropriate animal traction tools and practices should increase areas farmed by more than a factor of 2 and increase yields on each of those hectares by nearly double. Combined these affects can be to quadruple production by a pairing re-designed tools and better associated practices.
Richard Roosenberg RPCV Benin, 69-72, has also worked in a number of other countries with Tillers International including: Uganda, Tanzania, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Togo, Senegal, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. He believes that Africa has the potential of redefining rural development. Tillers includes a number of RPCVs in this project including: Brian Webb, Pat Crowley, Lynne Heasley, Clint Bolton, David Kramer, Jan and Ray Ott. You can learn more about Tillers International at www.TillersInternational.org
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When white supremacy tried to make a mark in American history it was viciously attacked quickly put down by the people of our nation . But Gay Supremacy is becoming a monster that carries greater evils than white supremacy ever did. White Supremacy was focused on how a group of people felt about another group of people. They created various barriers for those they hated and their views about their superiority to others provided the frame work for the citizens of this nation to search their hearts and understand that God has created every person in His image. However Gay Supremacy's hate reaches much farther than a specific group of people. Their is no common ground that can be reached. Their is no searching of the heart or consideration of God's principles. Their hate is generated only by self centeredness and hate for anyone who disagrees with them.
Any person who disagrees with their evil beliefs will be viciously attacked and destroyed. I could disagree with the beliefs of white supremacist and still hold to Biblical views about life, marriage and sexuality. Many people in America fought against their own kind in order to rid us of this hateful group but Gay supremacist have bullied every sector of our nation and now sit as the giant bully against all Americans who disagree with their radical agenda. Christians are not bigots because we don't embrace immoral lifestyles. Currently gay supremacist point their anguish at Christians but anyone who stand opposed to the Gay supremacist is game for utter annihilation.
Our state government must now take the lead in protecting the religious freedoms and right of expression of the citizens of their state from this new enemy the Gay Supremacist.
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Both Conservatism and Christianity has no problem with the right to live the gay lifestyle, in accordance with religious freedom which all Christian churches promote, so long as the gay lifestyle is not sanctioned by the State.
You raise an interesting point about "White Supremacy vs. Gay Supremacy" - driving people out of corporations is just like the KKK driving black people out of town, and liberal bullying is just like KKK cross-burning.
Just like White Supremacism claimed "States' Rights" support their actions, "Gay Supremacism" claims "Equal Rights" support their actions.
As conservatives, we must fight both White Supremacism and "Gay Supremacism" and support freedom for all races and sexual orientations.
You raise some even greater points, I wanted to get more research into what drove the thinking of white supremacy, so thank you for that contribution, so you see how important it is to rise against any group, black supremacist, red supremacist it's all wrong and I actually believe that along with the gay supremacist are this new group of black supremacist as well, as I think more about your comments. It seems as these types of people focus on some sort of right and then assert themselves to power. Interesting. I don't care if people chose to be gay or lesbian or whatever, but when these people start oppressing others then they have become supremacist because they are exalting themselves above others and saying that they are more important or superior or special than others. Now that we see the detriment this can bring to any nation, we should be careful when we hear of special interest rights. Thanks Dan for the input.
The Gays are doing what the the Blacks have done, tried to force on the Nation ,their Views, it does not work. The Blacks are back 100 years, in People's feelings toward them,and the Gays are becoming hated, for the same reason. You cannot shape Public Opinion by Force. You cannot become accepted, by seeing how outrageous, and ugly you can become. You have to be nice to be liked. In reality people, do not respond to force, they resist it. .The Govt right now protects them, but heed the Word, Government changes, but Peoples attitudes stay the same. What is not acceptable, will still not be acceptable. You are messing with Our Freedom of Religion, and that is unacceptable, and it will blow back on you.
I believe that black leaders severely mislead the black community during the sixties. We should have done as many other people have done. Asians in Houston has built up their own community. They did not come here demanding that we accept them. Middle Eastern people have done the same. They came here and got themselves planted and began investing in business and now own almost everything. We have to all get what you said, nothing can change a person's heart but God's Holy Spirit. You can not force people to accept you. They will only become more resentful. Black leaders should have been figuring out how to make better schools and communities and how to build a high quality of life and great communities, then those around us would have seen that we desire to contribute and not just demand stuff and like Jo said, that is what the gays are doing as well. Demanding us to change what we know in our hearts is wrong, that is not going to happen. They should have stayed living their lives and minding their own business. No one knows if a person is gay or not anyway unless someone makes it obvious. Like I said, I care that those who chose to live the gay lifestyle are making a path to hell for their souls, but other than that, I can work with them, live by them, they are people. But they don't have the right to force me to accept their way of life and I don't have a right to force anyone to like or accept me.
I am one of those folks who really don't care about another person's personal business and I am perfectly happy with people exercising their constitutional rights. So far this tsunami of hatred towards belief systems other than theirs has not yet infringed on my rights directly but there will be one hell of a surprise when and if it does. If they think I will roll over because they act like idiots, they are wrong. That said, I have known many folks who are practicing gays and they have been ok towards me.
"A gun free zone is a place where good people shoot the armed bad guys and acquire their guns for free"
Those folks may not have infringed on your individual rights but they have on many others. The bakery, The photographer, The guy that was at Mozilla, Hobby Lobby, Chic fa lay and, The preacher, and many others.
As you don't agree with them they have called you all sort of bad names and accused you of things you have never thought of.
Sooner or later we will all feel the compounding impact of Gay Supremacy in America and it won't be pretty but maybe then we will cherish the privilege of being free. We can not be elevating groups of people this must stop and now I hope Americans have learned a great lesson.
I have know many gays as well, my son is homosexual, but he comes over an lays on his moms lap as he did when he was a child he is 28 years old. He knows how his dad and I feel about his lifestyle, but our role is to show him grace and mercy, because God showed us grace and mercy when we were in darkness, but if my son tells me I have to accept him and his partner or he will not have fellowship with us anymore, then we won't have fellowship. We don't try and force him out of his choice and he has no right to force us out of ours.
I did not know your son was homosexual and I will pray that your attitude will change as you read medical and psychological journals on this subject, rather than one part of the Bible that isn't even in the Ten Commandments.
I also will pray for your son for having parents such as you and your husband who CHOOSE not to educate yourself on this subject. Please tell him that for me.
Gay bashers are like the Pharisees of the New Testament..pretending to be holy but rejecting Christ. You may think you are Christian but until you rid yourself of these ignorant and prejudicial judgments you cannot fully love your fellow man as Christ loved the church.
Medicine does not supersede Scripture. It does not matter if it is in the Ten Commandments, the Scriptures gives us instruction all throughout the Bible. My son is homosexual and he is missing out on the blessing of spending his life with a wife or even having children to take on his heritage. You don't tell me how to live my life as a Christian, Jesus does, so maybe if you read back over what you just posted you will see that you are the one who is a basher and uneducated. I don't care what human wisdom says, my son is living in sin, and relationship does not cancel out God's authority. You have swallowed the deceptions of this world and of man and you will be judged for it. But as for me and my house, we shall serve the LORD, on His terms and His way and if you don't like it well too bad.
Homosexuality is a sin, the "only" acceptable relationship where two people engage in sexual activity is a man and a woman married to each other. Everything else is sexual immorality. You can say whatever you want but it is what God says it is.
Mary: I agree that every sexual act outside the bounds of marriage between a man and women constitute sin.
Some and I hope that Nancy you are not one of them, think that God will look past some sins and only focus on the ones that we are readily agreeable to get over and repent of. My understanding of sin, no matter of the color of gray or black, unless repented of and washed away through the blood of the Lamb, who is Christ, will require an accounting of every person at the bar of judgment. No unclean thing, or person can inherit the Kingdom of God.
Some nonetheless will refuse to humble themselves and gain full use of the atonement of Christ. That stumbling block is called pride, or thinking we know more than God.
Mary: Keep loving your son, and seek the Lord's help continually and guess what, your prayers and efforts are bound to be rewarded the blessing of the prodigal son.
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The mother of a New York boy who was killed trying to save relatives in a trailer home blaze says he "made it big".
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The mother of an eight-year-old New York boy who died in a trailer home fire after saving six relatives said she is proud of his actions.
Tyler Doohan has been hailed as a hero after he was killed trying to rescue two other relatives from the blaze on Monday morning in Rochester, New York.
His mother Crystal Vrooman could not hold back tears as she spoke of Tyler.
"It makes me so proud that he went the way that he did," she told local TV WROC.
"He made it big, he made it really big and I'm really proud."
She remembered him as a happy boy.
"He just wanted to have fun. He never wanted to grow up and now he doesn't have to," she said.
Tyler was spending the Martin Luther King Jr holiday with his grandfather and other relatives when the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning, spreading quickly through the trailer as the family were asleep.
Tyler managed to wake six people up, then went back to try to rescue his disabled uncle and grandfather, but all three died in the burning home.
His actions have touched the nation. A fundraising page set up on YouCaring.com has raised almost $50,000 (£30,000) to help pay for the boy's funeral.
A local fire house is planning to pay tribute to Tyler at his funeral.
"I know Tyler would be so happy to see that to know that they're doing that and I think he deserves it 100 percent," said Ms Vrooman.
No date for the funeral has been set.
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Cork Bits: ideas for your Napa Valley weekend
It's that time again–Thursday afternoon and the countdown until the weekend begins is underway. As always, here are a couple local events that might be worth checking out.
Saturday, June 21st
- The 11th Annual Calistoga "Art in the Park" benefit will take place from 11am – 5pm at Pioneer Park on Cedar St. The outdoor event will include fine arts and crafts from over 30 artists and proceeds will go to childrens art programs in the community. In addition to fine arts and crafts, you'll be able to enjoy Napa Valley wines, food and live music. Call 707-942-0417 for more information
- The 2008 Taste of Howell Mountain event will take place from 2:30pm – 7pm at Charles Krug Winery in St. Helena. The event will start with a wine (only from producers in the Howell Mountain AVA, of course) and food tasting and a silent auction under the trees. A live auction starts at 5pm with some amazing auction lots. Some of the wineries in the Howell Mountain AVA include Atlas Peak, Cakebread Cellars, Ladera and Pina Cellars. All proceeds benefit the children of the Howell Mountain Elementary School. Tickets are $125 per person at the door. Call 707-965-2665 for more information
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BREWER, Maine -- The University of Maine men's ice hockey team celebrated the 2014 season at the annual Friends of Maine Hockey awards banquet on Friday night at Jeff's Catering in Brewer. The seniors were honored, along with the annual awards being presented.
The Friends of Maine Hockey Volunteer of the Year Award, presented by head coach Red Gendron, went to Doug Damon. Academic counselor Crissy Kerluke presented the Dale Lick Academic Achievement Award to sophomore Kyle Williams (Bowdoinham, Maine). The Naked 5 won the Madeline Bacon Spirit Award, presented by Doug Damon.
Assistant athletic director for public relations Laura Reed presented the Coca Cola Three Star Award to senior goalie Martin Ouellette (St.-Hippolyte, Quebec). Ouellette finished 15-15-4 on the season with a 2.29 goals against average. His .925 save percentage was second best in Maine hockey history, second only to Jimmy Howard.
Hockey equipment manager Kevin Ritz presented Stein Award. The award, given to the player who brings the team to the proper emotional level for each game, went to captain Brice O'Connor (Londonderry, New Hampshire). O'Connor was honored throughout the night as one of the best captains most of the players had ever played with.
The Richard Britt Award, presented to the player who persevered through difficult challenges, was presented to Connor Leen (Chester, New York) by Ann and Andy Britt and assistant coach Ben Guite.
Associate coach Jay Leach presented the Howard Neville Rookie of the Year Award to Cam Brown (Natick, Massachusetts). Brown played in all 35 games and finished with four goals and 15 assists for 19 points. He was the leading scorer among rookies. Leach also presented the Jack Semler Most Improved Player Award to Brady Campbell (Blenheim, Ontario). Campbell played in 21 games his rookie season, including the last 14 games of the season.
Lynne and son Sean Walsh awarded the Shawn Walsh Defensive Player Award to sophomore blueliner Conor Riley (Massena, N.Y.). Riley played in all 35 games for the Black Bears and tied for the team-lead with a +/- ranking of +13.
Director of hockey operations and athletic trainer Paul Culina handed out the Harold Alfond Most Valuable Player Award to Devin Shore (Ajax, Ontario). Shore led the team in scoring with 14 goals and 29 assists for 43 points. He was a Second Team All-American and named to the Hockey East First Team.
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We simply cannot believe it. There is a dark underside to the famous San Diego Comic-Con which took place this past weekend. It seems that sexual harassment has been a problem there, and we just don't know why. After all, all there are are hundreds of young women dressed in sexually charged outfits traipsing around like their comic book heroines. Or can we say heroines, as the word itself denotes a type of sexuality which is not right in the modern PC world? The question empathizes the schizophrenia of our world with regard to matters of gender, doesn't it?
To be sure, there no doubt are also young men in suitably (for the occasion) sexually charged costumes as well, so the point plays both ways, doesn't it? Maybe, but let's be honest: when pictures are posted online even on such mainstream sites such as AOL, what do you see? That's right, the ladies. And when all else is said and done, who is usually more victimized by such things? The ladies.
How can you not expect issues of harassment when you encourage such dress? We know that the fantasy world is fantasy. We know too that most everyone has their own ideas of the fantastic. But we also know that some ideas ought to be kept private, for decorum's sake if nothing else.
Yet more than decorum is at risk, as evidenced by the very fact of Comic Con and what it enables people to do. It surely goes farther that comic book conventions, a term which sounds decidedly quaint against the backdrop of sexual harassment. Quite simply, we cannot as a society argue that anyone, male or female, should be allowed to dress any way they want for the sake of milling around in public places and in the next breath contend that an impropriety has been breached when those folks are harassed. They have, we will say it and we mean it, at least to a degree brought it upon themselves. The society which allows platforms for this is in the dock as well.
Sexual harassment is wrong. It is a true moral evil. But when we permit public displays of things with overheated sexuality we ought not be shocked when some people cross the line. And their sins are not exclusively theirs.


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EUGENE - Heading into Friday's Civil War volleyball rematch at Oregon State, several Ducks are climbing up all-time team season and career categories after frequenting Pac-10 / NCAA charts all season long.
Last week, senior outside hitter Heather Meyers moved up a position on
the Oregon all-time season aces chart. Here are her current standings
and improvements to watch for:
- Career Service Aces – 2nd, 168 (1st is 200)
- Career Attack Pct. - 3rd, .291 (2nd is .316)
- Career Points – 3rd, 1,615 (1st is 1,852)
- Career Service Aces Per Set – 4th-t, 0.40 (3rd is 0.48)
- Career Kills – 6th, 1,314 (5th is 1,353)
- Career Attack Attempts – 9th, 2,912 (8th is 3,075)
- Season Service Aces – 6th, 55 (4th-t is 59, 3rd is 60)
In other UO all-time season categories, here are several other Ducks' current standings:
- Haley Jacob – Digs, 11th, 362 (10th is 379)
- Haley Jacob – Digs Per Set, 7th, 4.02 (6th is 4.03)
- Ariana Williams – Hitting, 11th, .303 (10th is .304)
- Lauren Plum – Assists Per Set, 5th, 11.78 (4th is 12.08)
On the national charts this week, Meyers ranked top five nationally in service aces per set for the seventh straight edition (fifth, 0.62), only .08 behind Emily Danks of Ohio State (first, 0.70).
For comparison's sake, the Temecula, Calif., native led the nation for five weeks last year and ended the campaign ranked 32nd nationally with her 0.43 per set average, while last year's national leader Ashley Herman of Delaware State logged a 0.63 average.
In other national categories in the top 50, freshman setter Lauren Plum climbed two spots nationally this week in assists (11.78 per set), and Meyers stood 34th in points (4.55 p/s).
Team-wise, UO ranked 15th nationally in aces per set (1.72), and also stood top 25 in assists (23rd, 13.19 p/s), hitting (24th, .262) and kills (25th, 14.10 p/s).
A complete list of Oregon's team / individual rankings follow:
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Aces – 15th, 1.72 p/s (leader Md.-Eastern Shore, 2.09)
Kills – 25th, 14.10 (leader Tulsa, 15.27)
Assists – 23rd, 13.19 p/s (leader Tulsa, 14.29)
Hitting – 24th, .262 (leader Stanford, .319)
Blocks – 202nd, 1.84 (leader Nebraska 3.10)
Digs – 234th, 13.72 (leader Yale, 19.07)
UO - NCAA Individual Rankings
Heather Meyers, Aces, 5th, 0.62 (Danks, Ohio St., 1st, 0.70)
Lauren Plum, Assists, 7th, 11.78 (Clampitt, Tulsa, 13.30)
Heather Meyers, Points, 34th, 4.55 (Henderson, Tulsa, 6.89)
Heather Meyers, Kills, 91st, 3.63 (Henderson, Tulsa, 6.39)
Katherine Fischer, Points, 110th, 4.05 (Henderson, Tulsa, 6.89)
Ariana Williams, Hitting, 196th,.303 (Delano, Nebraska, .437)
Katherine Fischer, Kills, 114th, 3.47 p/s (Henderson, Tulsa, 6.39)
Heather Meyers, Hitting, 192nd, .304 (Delano, Neb., .437)
Haley Jacob, Digs, 168th, 4.02 (Root, Valpo, 5.83)
Thanks to her three aces at then-No. 23 Arizona and ASU last weekend, Meyers handily leads active players in the Pac-10 Conference in career service aces (168) - 52 ahead of Arizona's Paige Weber (116) – and stands fifth in career kills (1,314) and ninth in career total blocks (254).
Glancing at the Pac-10 record books, Meyers stands third all-time in career service aces (168), and is only three away from the second-best mark in league history by Logan Tom of Stanford (171, 1999-2002). Season-wise, her career-high 55 aces in 89 sets of play in 2010 are four shy of a three-way tie for the eighth-best mark in league history that includes former Moore pupil Mira Djuric (59, 107 sets) in '05.
Pac-10 Most Service Aces - Career
1. 198 Daiva Tomkus, UCLA, 1986-89
2. 171 Logan Tom, STAN, 1999-2002
*3t. 168 Heather Meyers, ORE, 2007-present
3t. 165 Elaine Youngs, UCLA, 1988-92
5t. 162 Kim Glass, ARIZ, 2002-05
5t. 162 Brook Coulter, CAL, 1996-99
7. 161 April Ross, USC, 2000-03
8. 159 Natalie Williams, UCLA, 1989-92
9. 156 Sanja Tomasevic, WASH, 2002-05
10. 154 Terry Lauchner, ARIZ, 1987-90
Pac-10 Most Service Aces - Season
1. 91 Daiva Tomkus, UCLA, 1987 (134)
2. 87 Teresa Smith, STAN, 1986 (126)
3. 80 Kiyomi Morino, ARIZ, 1987 (100)
4t. 66 Logan Tom, STAN, 2001 (122)
4t. 66 Daiva Tomkus, UCLA, 1988 (114)
6. 63 Ashley Ivy, STAN, 2002 (122)
7. 61 Julie Jeffery, ORE, 1990 (107)
8. 59 Mira Djuric, ORE, 2005 (107)
8 .59 April Ross, USC, 2003 (113)
8. 59 Nancy Hillman, USC, 1988 (125)
- 55 Heather Meyers, Oregon, 2010 (75)
With three weeks to go before the Pac-10 announces its All-Freshman Team, several newcomers have been busy proving their worth among their nations' top newcomers.
This week, setter Lauren Plum ranked seventh nationally overall in assists (11.78) and tops among freshmen, and is one of only two frosh with Pepperdine's Kellie Woolever (19th, 11.37) directing a top-25 offense (UO is 24th at .262 and Pepperdine is 18th at .273).
Middle blocker Ariana Williams stood 15th nationally among frosh in hitting (.303), second among frosh in the Pac-10 and second overall for Oregon. Other Duck frosh ranked top 25 nationally in their class included Meyers (points, 17th, 4.55 p/s) and Fischer (points, 20th, 4.05 p/s; kills, 23rd, 3.47 p/s).
On the all-time Oregon lists, Plum's assist per set average (11.78) ranks fifth-best in school history and second in the modern scoring format (25-point, rally scoring). For comparison's sake, Plum is not far off then-senior Nevena Djordjevic's total (12.38) last year that ranked second nationally and third all-time for UO.
Williams' hitting mark also stands sixth all-time among Ducks and fourth-best among UO frosh all-time behind Meyers (.347, 2007), Stephanie Martin (.311, 2001) and Tanja Nikolic (.307, 1998).
In this week's Pac-10 stats, Williams owned the top frosh hitting mark in a match and second-best overall in the league this year – her .722 total (14K-1E-18A) against returning NCAA qualifier Florida International.
Plum topped Pac-10 frosh at all positions in doubles-doubles (6), and owned the best freshman aces mark (5) and fifth-best overall (behind four teammates' efforts) from the five-set win at PSU. The Poway, Calif., native posted the most assists among all league players in a three-set match (48) in 2010 from her collegiate debut against frequent NCAA qualifier Santa Clara, and her 65 in five sets at ASU is third-most overall among all players.
In this week's Pac-10 stats, Meyers continued to lead in service aces (0.62 per set), and ranked seventh in points (4.55 p/s), and Fischer stood third in double-doubles (11-tied) and aces (0.31 p/s), respectively, among UO's nine, top-10 individual sightings.
Not surprisingly, Meyers has been a frequent sighting in past years in the aces category and led the league as a freshman in '07 (0.41 p/s) and ranked second as a junior in '09 (0.43 p/s). In past years, she also ranked top-10 in hitting (2007, fourth, .347), kills (2009, ninth, 3.49 p/s) and points (2009, eighth, 4.25 p/s).
Among 2010 season highs, Meyers led the Pac-10 in most aces in a match (6) with her three efforts vs. American, Arizona State and PSU, as did Fischer with her six against WSU, while Plum was tied for fifth with her five at PSU. Oregon's 17 aces vs. Portland State was tops among teams in the Pac-10 this year - three more than the next best tally - and tied for eighth-best all-time in Pac-10 history.
Other Ducks ranked top-10 in best match totals this year include Williams (hitting, second, .722 vs. FIU), Fischer (hitting, fifth, .647 vs. American) and sophomore Jocelyn Levig (blocks, sixth-tie, 9 at Seattle)
In team categories, Oregon led the conference in service aces for the seventh straight week (1.72) over Oregon State and Washington (second-tied, 1.43 per set), and a complete list of Duck team and individual Pac-10 rankings follow:
UO - Pac-10 Team Rankings
Aces - 1st, 1.72 aces/set (OSU/UW, 2nd, 1.43)
Assists – 4th, 13.19 a/s (leader Stanford 14.07)
Kills – 4th, 14.10 k/s (leader Stanford 14.93)
Hitting – 5th, .262 (leader Stanford, .319)
Digs – 5th, 13.72 d/s (leader UCLA 15.34)
Opponent Hitting – 9th, .234 (leader UW .158)
Blocks – 10th, 1.84 b/s (leader Cal 3.06)
UO - Pac-10 Individual Rankings
Heather Meyers, Aces, 1st, 0.62 a/s (2nd, Jupiter, USC, 0.40)
Lauren Plum, Assists, 3rd, 11.78 a/s (leader, Bateman, USC, 12.44)
Katherine Fischer, Aces, 3rd, 0.31 (leader Meyers, UO, 0.62)
Katherine Fischer, Double-Doubles, 3rd-t, 11 (Owens, UA, 14)
Haley Jacob, Digs, 5th, 4.02 d/s (leader Ailes, Stan., 4.62)
Heather Meyers, Points, 6th, 4.55 p/s (leader Klineman, Stan, 6.26)
Heather Meyers, Double-Doubles, 10th-t, 6 (Owens, UA, 14)
Jocelyn Levig, Aces, 10th, 0.24 (leader Meyers, UO, 0.62)
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By Monica Lee
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SEATTLE – The Dawgs got off to a slow start offensively against the University of Utah Utes Friday Jan. 17 at Alaska Airlines Arena. But they found their rhythm late in the first half to come back from an early 13-point deficit and break their three-game losing streak.
Utah's sharp first half 3-point shooting led them to a 16-4 run over the first seven minutes of competition. Trailing 23-17, with five minutes remaining in the half, Jazmine Davis was issued a technical foul in the bustle of a personal foul called on Aminah Williams.
From that point, the Huskies turned the game around.
"We (just had) to buckle down," Williams said. "They were just outplaying us. We weren't getting through screens and (Michelle) Plouffe had two wide open threes at the top of the key. After that I think we knew, 'OK, we need to buckle down,' and that's kind of when we got back in it."
Defensively, the Dawgs didn't allow Utah to score again for the remainder of the half and forced the Utes to turn the ball over eight times to UW's four. They also cut Utah's lead to just two points to head into halftime, 25-23.
"We just talked about a little bit of a sense of urgency," head coach Mike Neighbors said about the turning point for the Huskies. "Early in that first half, it just didn't seem like we had a sense of the urgency. We were getting hit by screens and we were running right into it. We just didn't have that hop. And then all of a sudden we got it."
Although the Huskies struggled from the field, they were perfect from the free throw line in the first half, sinking 10 of 10 free throws and shooting 6-10 in the second half. Utah shot 9-25 percent from behind the 3-point line, five of which were in the first half.
Washington continued to keep up the pace starting the second half by quickly taking control of the game. Freshman Kelsey Plum immediately scored three points to seize the first Husky lead of the night.
The Dawgs' largest lead of eight points at 8:15 was whittled down to just one point with 25.4 seconds of regulation remaining. Walton added a free throw to UW's slight lead to put them at a 47-45 advantage.
Utah's Emily Potter took the game into overtime with a put back off of Plouffe's missed layup that the Huskies were unable to counter in the last 5.7 seconds.
Going into overtime tied at 47-47, Davis, Walton, and Plum scored field goals, while Williams focused on keeping Plouffe, the leading scorer of the night, from scoring a last minute basket.
"On the last play, we were really debating what to do defensively," Neighbors said. "Aminah had been locking Plouffe down so much, I just really went with my gut and hoped that she would at least try to be able to force her into a tough shot. I'll be danged if she didn't just go out there, tip it twice, and just completely blow the play up."
The speedy Husky defense kept the Utes to a 26.2 field goal percentage and 36.0 percent from the 3-point line to win the game 53-52.
Williams finished with the most rebounds of the night, pulling down 15. Every Husky that played in the game had at least one rebound and two points each. Davis and Plum both scored a team-high 14 points while Walton added nine points and Mercedes Wetmore finished with seven.
Washington will host No. 21 Colorado at Alaska Airlines Arena on Sunday, Jan. 19. Tip off is set for 4 p.m. PST.


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Will Murdoch shrink from the challenge?
The feud between Governor Paterson and Rupert Murdoch has exploded into all-out warfare of the mind. At The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council earlier this week, Murdoch took a question on bringing about civil discourse and, ironically, answered it by blaming the incompetence of New York's government on Governor Paterson's blindness and inability to read Braille. "He doesn't really know what's going on," he said. Murdoch called Paterson to offer his apology yesterday, and it seemed like the whole weird episode was done. But then today Paterson reignited the feud with a metaphorical white-glove slap to Murdoch's face. A challenge! "I think I would be willing to go on Jeopardy! with Mr. Murdoch anytime," he told WOR's John Gambling. Okay, not exactly sure how that addresses the blindness critique, but it's still a great idea. Why can't nations, gangs, and socialites settle their differences the same way?
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Berkeley, CA - The Cardinal finished up their season today with a bang - an 11-6 victory over Bay Area rival California and their fourth Western Women's Lacrosse League Championship in a row. Stanford entered the post-season as the top-seed after remaining undefeated in conference action and proved why they are bringing West Coast lacrosse into the national spotlight. The Cardinal spent three weeks in April ranked No. 20, after becoming the first West Coast Division I school to break into the IWLCA Top 20 poll.
Stanford started today's game on top with sophomore Liz Lanese (St. Louis, MO/Mary Institute & St. Louis CDS) scoring the first goal 1:50 into the game. The Golden Bears scored two goals over the next five minutes, but Lanese answered them with two more goals of her own, one at 8:41 and another at 13:11. To finish the half Stanford sophomore Addie Strumolo (Norfolk, CT/Taft School) and freshman Noor Dawood (Hudson, OH/Western Reserve Academy) each put in a goal and they were ahead 5-3 going into the break. The Card opened the second half with another Lanese goal, at 1:58, and one by freshman Abbi Hills (Lakewood, CO/Colorado Academy), at 4:05. California returned with two more goals, but it was all over after three-consecutive goals by Dawood. Lanese and Dawood dominated the field with a combined 9 goals and 7 groundballs. Sophomore Rachael Neumann (Woodbury, NY/Syosset HS), in her 18th start in goal, finished with 19 saves and a .76 save percentage.
Stanford ends the season 14-5 overall and 9-0 in the WWLL, finishing up a dynamic season at a great spot to look towards an NCAA bid in the upcoming years. The WWLL conference winner does not automatically qualify to be one of sixteen teams in the national tournament, but Stanford is still eligible for an at-large bid. This season under first-year head coach Michele Uhlfelder, a National Team member since 1991, is definitely an indication of the direction Stanford lacrosse is heading. After one break-out year and another conference championship the Cardinal is ready to step-up and look at the bigger picture, including more recognition for the West Coast.
Scoring Summary
Stanford 5 6 11
California 3 3 6
Goals: (S) - Lanese 5, Dawood 4, Hills, Strumolo, (C) - O'Mara 2, Edwards, Monger, Preble, Wu. Assists: (S) - Dawood 2, Conte, Hills, (C) - Dunnigan 2. Saves - (S) - Neumann 19,(C) - Coelho 21.


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Remans, R; Flynn, D F B; DeClerck, F; Diru, W; Fanzo, J; Gaynor, K; Lambrecht, I; Mudiope, J; Mutuo, P K; Nkhoma, P; Siriri, D; Sullivan, C; Palm, C A (2011). Assessing nutritional diversity of cropping systems in African villages. PLoS ONE, 6(6):e21235.
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Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, 40% of children under five years in age are chronically undernourished. As new investments and attention galvanize action on African agriculture to reduce hunger, there is an urgent need for metrics that monitor agricultural progress beyond calories produced per capita and address nutritional diversity essential for human health. In this study we demonstrate how an ecological tool, functional diversity (FD), has potential to address this need and provide new insights on nutritional diversity of cropping systems in rural Africa.
Methods and Findings: Data on edible plant species diversity, food security and diet diversity were collected for 170 farms in three rural settings in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nutritional FD metrics were calculated based on farm species composition and species nutritional composition. Iron and vitamin A deficiency were determined from blood samples of 90 adult women. Nutritional FD metrics summarized the diversity of nutrients provided by the farm and showed variability between farms and villages. Regression of nutritional FD against species richness and expected FD enabled identification of key species that add nutrient diversity to the system and assessed the degree of redundancy for nutrient traits. Nutritional FD analysis demonstrated that depending on the original composition of species on farm or village, adding or removing individual species can have radically different outcomes for nutritional diversity. While correlations between nutritional FD, food and nutrition indicators were not significant at household level, associations between these variables were observed at village level.
Conclusion: This study provides novel metrics to address nutritional diversity in farming systems and examples of how these metrics can help guide agricultural interventions towards adequate nutrient diversity. New hypotheses on the link between agro-diversity, food security and human nutrition are generated and strategies for future research are suggested calling for integration of agriculture, ecology, nutrition, and socio-economics.
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The gala will kick off at 7:00 PM at Tower City Cinemas with a screening of the Scottish romantic comedy, "Not Another Happy Ending," followed by an after-party at 9:00 PM at Post Office Plaza, located at 1500 W. 3rd St.
Directed by Scottish filmmaker John McKay and filmed in Glasgow, "Not Another Happy Ending" tells the story of Jane Lockhart (played by actress Karen Gillan), a writer whose debut novel brings her an unimaginable amount of overnight success and happiness, along with one catch- a serious case of writer's block.
As Jane continues to fail at finishing the last chapter of her follow-up novel, her editor Tom Duvall (played by French actor Stanley Weber) decides to take matters into his own hands.
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Facing charges of rape, sexual harassment, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, harassment of a witness and fraud, in accordance with a plea agreement, Moshe Katsav resigned from the presidency effective 1 July 2007. On 30 December 2010, Katsav was unanimously found guilty of "rape, sexual harassment, committing an indecent act while using force, harassing a witness and obstruction of justice" by a three judge panel, presided over by Justice George Kara. On March 22, 2011, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 2 years probation.
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