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Radiation Therapy Center - Las Cruces, NM
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Las Cruces Oncologist Doctors for Radiation Therapy
Type of Physician: Oncologist
What is a Oncologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; the oncologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors. These subspecialists decide on and administer chemotherapy as well as consult with surgeons and radiotherapists on other treatment for cancer.
Specialty: Oncology (Medical)
Common Name: Cancer Doctor
Oncologist Doctors in Las Cruces * results
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Shravan K. Narmala
New Mexico Cancer Center
1160 Commerce Dr Ste A
Las Cruces, NM 88011
(575) 522-0441
- 1 office location(s)
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Marcelo Chauvet
El Paso Oncology Internal Medicine
2022 Murchison Dr Ste 100
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 533-5388
- 3 office location(s)
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Armando Beltran
El Paso Oncology Internal Medicine
2022 Murchison Dr Ste 100
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 533-5388
- 3 office location(s)
- 5
Diane McElyea
Mesilla Valley Hospice
299 Montana Ave
Las Cruces, NM 88005
(575) 523-4700
- 1 office location(s)
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Mark M. Landeros
El Paso Surgical Associates PA
1700 Curie Dr Ste 1500
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 543-9600
- 1 office location(s)
- 7
Spencer J. Frink Sr
El Paso Orthopedic Surgery Group
1755 Curie Dr Ste C
El Paso, TX 79902
(915) 533-7465
- 3 office location(s)
- 8
Zina Nale
Garbar Breast Care Center
4801 Alberta Ave Ste C115
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 215-6040
- 1 office location(s)
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Mutombo Kankonde
Greater East Cancer Center
11601 Pellicano Dr Ste A2
El Paso, TX 79936
(915) 307-3354
- 1 office location(s)
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Emergency Contact for Las Cruces
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Nearby Las Cruces Hospitals results
- 1Memorial Medical Center
2450 S Telshor Blvd
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011
(575) 522-864
- 2Mountainview Regional Med Ctr
4311 E Lohman Ave
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88011
(575) 556-760
- 3Mesilla Valley Hospital
3751 Del Rey Blvd
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88012
(575) 382-350
- 4Peak Hospital
5045 McNutt Rd
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88008
(575) 589-003
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Chip Industry Deal May Be Game Changer For Foreign M&As in Japan
Deal makers involved in the $29 billion, chip-equipment industry marriage between Applied Materials Inc. and Tokyo Electron Ltd. investors got the type of reassurance they often seek — and rarely receive — in corporate unions: a resounding thumbs-up from the stock market.
It's unusual to see the stocks of both companies involved in M&A deals surge after the transaction is announced, because of a litany of possible red flags. The fit isn't right. The acquirer paid too much. The list goes on and on. It wasn't the case this time. Shares of Applied Materials closed up 9.1% on Tuesday while Tokyo Electron shares subsequently jumped 13% on Wednesday in Tokyo.
The stock gains are a sign of a deal successfully put together – no small feat in a cross-border deal fraught with thorny cultural differences. The highly unique structure of the deal enabled Tokyo Electron to brush aside concerns that had derailed other foreign acquisitions in Japan, providing a game-changing template for future deals by overseas companies.
So what's so special about the deal's design?
At first glance, the accord is an effective purchase of Tokyo Electron by bigger rival Applied, with Applied shareholders taking a 68% stake in the merged entity. But the agreement is structured in a way that seems about as close to a merger of equals as these deals get.
Instead of a conventional takeover by turning Tokyo Electron into a subsidiary of Applied, the two are setting up a new holding company that will be based in the Netherlands. Why go Dutch? The companies deliberately chose a neutral third country that wasn't Japan or the U.S. to maintain "equality," opting for a place with user-friendly regulatory and tax systems.
The new firm plans to have an 11-member board, with each company nominating five representatives with the last director being a mutually agreed upon candidate — an unusual concession since Applied shareholders will own 68% of the stock. Applied CEO Gary Dickerson plans to move to Tokyo to serve as chief executive of the merged group, while Tokyo Electron CEO Tetsuro Higashi will become chairman. The merged group will have dual headquarters in Tokyo and Santa Clara, and dual listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
"It almost seems like a merger between domestic firms if we take a look at the details of the integration and the distribution of personnel," said Takuya Yamada, a senior fund manager at Astmax Asset Management Inc., which has around $1.2 billion in assets under management.
"By using this method, it may be possible to ease the discomfort" of partnering with foreign firms, said Mr. Yamada, who doesn't own shares in Tokyo Electron at this time.
The number of foreign takeovers or investments into Japanese companies is relatively small, and a cross-border merger of equals is unheard-of. Japanese executives are often reluctant to join forces with foreigners due to concerns about relinquishing control and implementation of operationally efficient but socially-taboo measures such as layoffs and plant closures. Many foreign M&A deals in the past have involved financially troubled Japanese firms, for example Micron Technology's $2.5 billion purchase of Elpida Memory Inc. last year after the Japanese chip maker filed for bankruptcy protection.
Claudio Aritomi, an analyst at Macquarie Capital Securities in Tokyo, said the merger between two of the semiconductor industry's biggest suppliers could become a catalyst for further consolidation as Japanese companies come to the realization they can't be "global survivors" without teaming up with the key players worldwide.
"Given that this merger is not motivated by financial stress of any of the parties, we think this transaction underscores changes to management attitudes in Japan," Mr. Aritomi said.
"People are first going to be expectant of what's going to be the outcome of this transaction. If they see that the new entity is going to be realizing synergies quicker than expected, it's not going to be too late for other companies to follow suit," he added.
To be sure, the bigger challenge ahead is whether the "spirit of a merger of equals" will actually work in managing the joint group efficiently.
"Shareholder value will rise with lower costs, increase in revenue and market share. But the next phase is whether the company can be managed properly," Mr. Yamada said.
Goldman Sachs & Co. advised Applied Materials on the deal, while Tokyo Electron worked with Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. Jones Day and Nishimura & Asahi acted as legal counsel to Tokyo Electron, while Applied Materials was advised by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Mori, Hamada & Matsumoto, and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek.


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A new East Lansing city ordinance could stop people from carrying concealed weapons into city buildings and East Lansing parks.
East Lansing police Chief Louis Muhn says the new ordinance is a proactive effort to prevent crime and protect East Lansing residents in public places including the East Lansing Library, the Hannah Center and the Aquatic Center.
Rod Collins, the communications director for the Michigan Coalition For Responsible Gun Owners, says the new ordinance would violate Michigan's Firearms Preemption Act - which stops local governments from putting regulations on the transportation, ownership and possession of firearms.
Other opponents say the ordinance would not deter crime. Some say criminals will continue to commit crimes whether or not an ordinance is in place, and many people who commit crimes with concealed weapons never apply for concealed weapons permits.
Community members and city leaders will discuss the issue during Tuesday night's city council meeting.
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State Requirements to Obtain a Permit to Carry a Concealed Weapon
Operating Under the Influence 2nd offense (257.625(1)(8)(b))
Reckless driving (257.626)
Driving on a Suspended License 2nd offense (257.904)
Hindering or obstructing weights and measures enforcement officer (290.629)
Hindering, assaulting, or committing bodily injury upon director or authorized representative of the Motor Quality Fuels Act (290.650)
Possession of a controlled substance (333.7403)
Displaying sexually explicit materials to minors (722.677)
Assault or domestic assault (750.81)
Aggravated assault (750.81A)
4th degree child abuse (750.136B)
Accosting, enticing, or soliciting, a child for immoral purposes (750.145A)
Vulnerable adult abuse (750.145N)
Solicitation to commit a felony (750.157B)
Impersonating a sheriff, conservation officer, coroner, constable, or police officer (750.215)
Illegal sale of a firearm or ammunition (750.223)
Illegal sale of a self-defense spray (750.224d)
Sale or possession of a mechanical knife (750.226a)
Improper transportation of a firearm (750.227c)
Failure to have a pistol inspected (750.228)
Accepting a pistol in pawn (750.229)
Failure to register the purchase of a firearm or a firearm component (750.232)
Improperly obtaining a pistol, making a false statement on an application to purchase a pistol, or using false identification to purchase a pistol (750.232a)
Intentionally aiming a firearm w/o malice (750.233)
Intentionally discharging a firearm w/o malice (750.234)
Possessing a firearm on prohibited premises (750.234d)
Brandishing a firearm in public (750.234e)
Possession of a firearm by a person less than 18 years of age (750.234f)
Intentionally discharging a firearm aimed without malice causing injury (750.235)
Parent of a minor who possessed a firearm in a weapon free school zone (750.235a)
Setting a spring gun or other device (750.236)
Possessing a firearm while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drug (750.237)
Weapon free school zone violation (750.237a)
Stalking (750.411h)
Reckless, careless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in injury or death (752.861)
Reckless, careless, or negligent use of a firearm resulting in property damage (752.862)
Reckless discharge of a firearm (752.863a)
Violation of a law of the United States, another state, or a local unit of government of this state or another state substantially corresponding to a violation described above
The applicant has not been convicted of any other misdemeanor in this state or elsewhere in the three years immediately preceding the date of application.
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August 11, 2005
Hundreds of people showed up at Patriots Park Thursday hoping to find work at the new Target in Evans. And you still have two more days to drop off your resume.
Taketra Patterson is one of 2,000 people that managers expect to come out between Thursday and Saturday.
"I came to apply for a position at Target," Patterson said.
Managers expect around 2,000 people to come out between Thursday and Saturday.
"A lot of people, a lot of response today," said Fred Swindell, Target employee.
They will fill positions in every area, like cashiers, human resources, guest services, and even people to run the new Pizza Hut and Starbucks that will be in the store.
Team leader Anthony Childress says they will hire most of the people on the spot; some may have to come back for a follow-up interview.
"We're just excited about being able to offer jobs to the citizens here in Evans," Childress said.
Prospective employees watch a DVD about the company, fill out applications and go through a series of interviews. Management at Target says the construction is going well, and everything is one time. They hope to move their new inventory into the new building by September 1.
All of the new hires will start training once the new building is done. It will take about thirty tractor-trailers to fill up the store once it is ready.
The hours at Patriots Park are from 8am-6pm Friday and 9am-4pm Saturday. And 12 is on your side with directions to the job fair. Take I-20 to exit 190, take a right on Lewistown and a left on Columbia Road. The entrance to the park will be two miles on the right. Follow the signs with the big red bulls-eye.


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CA and IBM, two of the so-called Big Four in systems management software, announced this week a federated configuration management database (CMDB) system for interoperability of their software. Something like this comoing from two of Big Four (BMC, CA, HP and IBM) wouldn't normally hold much meaning for open source players such as GroundWork, Hyperic and Zenoss, but it actually does for a couple of reasons.
First, part of the technology that CA and IBM are using to link up their systems management software, which allows it to share information between the two CMDBs, is actually …[Read more...]


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Liberated from the old biological constraints. The farm could now be managed on industrial principles, as a factory transforming inputs of raw material – chemical fertilizer – into outputs of corn. Since the farm no longer needs to generate and conserve its own fertility by maintaining a diversity of species, synthetic fertilizer opens the way to monoculture, allowing the farmer to bring the factory's economies of scale and mechanical efficiency to nature. If, as sometimes has been said, the discovery of agriculture represented the first fall of man from the state of nature, then the discovery of synthetic fertility is surely a second and precipitous fall. Fixing nitrogen allowed the food chain to turn from the logic of biology and embrace the logic of industry. Instead of eating exclusively from the sun, humanity now began to sip petroleum.[Fritz Haber and the fixing of Nitrogen allowing synthetic fertilizer to be developed]
Michael Pollan
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Large Print Press), Pages: 45
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.


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Making 3D work over VNC
By user13366078 on Jan 08, 2009
Dave recently played around with VNC on his computer and an iPod touch. While it worked surprisingly well, the achilles heel of many remote access solutions kicks in when you try doing some 3D stuff, such as a game, Second Life or maybe a scientific application.
This reminds me of one of the best kept secrets at Sun: We fixed the 3D-over-VNC problem.
Just check out the Sun Shared Visualization Software, it is free and based on open source packages and it works like a charm. For example, here is a picture of the ISC 2008 conference in Dresden where you see a molecular visualization program in 3D stereo at the LRZ booth in Dresden, which is actually running in Garching near Munich.
That's right, the server runs in Munich, the client is in Dresden, there's more than 400km air line in between (probably close to double that in terms of network line) and we saw close to 30 frames per seconds of intricate molecular modeling madness that we could manipulate interactively like if the server was around the corner. In this case, the "server" was a supercomputer that fills the halls of the LRZ compute center, so it wouldn't quite fit the showfloor, thus they used Sun Shared Visualization to deliver the images, not the whole supercomputer, to Dresden.
And this is an increasingly common theme in HPC: As data amounts get bigger and bigger (Terabytes are for sissies, it's Petabytes where the fun starts) and compute clusters get bigger and bigger (think rows of racks after racks), your actual simluation becomes harder to transport (a truck is still the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to transmit PB class data across the nation). The key is: You don't need to transport your data/your simulation/your research. You just need to show the result, and that is just pictures.
Even if it's 3D models at 30 frames per second (= interactive speed) with 1920x1080 pixels (= HDTV) each frame, that's only about 180MB per second uncompressed. And after some efficient compressing, it boils down to only a fraction of it.
This means that you can transmit HDTV at interactive speeds in realtime across a GBE line without any noticeable degradation of image quality, or if you're restricted to 100 MBits or less, you can still choose between interactive speeds (at some degradation of picture quality) or high quality images (at some sacrifice in speed) or a mixture (less quality while spinning, hold the mouse to get the nicer picture). And this is completely independent of the complexity of the model that's being computed at the back-end server.
The Sun Shared Visualization Software is based on VirtualGL and TurboVNC, which are two open source projects that Sun is involved in. It also provides integration with the Sun Grid Engine, so you can allocate multiple graphics cards and handle reservations like "I need 3 cards on Monday, 3-5 PM for my presentation" automatically.
So, if you use a 3D application running on Linux or Solaris and you want to have access to it from everywhere, check out the Sun Shared Visualization Software for free and let me know what you've done with it. Also, make sure to check out Linda's blog, she runs the developer team and would love to get some feedback on what people are using it for.
P.S.: There's some subtle irony in the LRZ case. If you check their homepage, their supercomputer has been built by SGI. But their remote visualization system has been built by Sun. Oh, and we now have some good supercomputer hardware, too.


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redball wrote: You didn't like my edit that made the '12-'13 thread into the '13-'14 thread? Well fine.
Ohio State wouldn't have won the championship last year but they would've made it a better game. Probably the same this year. They're at #2 for good reason.
T-Wrex wrote: Better than the Lambau Leap...
Limbs wrote: Pettigrew and Suh are what they are. Pettigrew is going to drop/fumble the ball at crucial times and Suh is... Going to be Suh. Hopefully it works out. I'm more concerned with Pettigrew.
Suh is a monster. I'd hate him if he wasn't a Lion.


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The best start in school history? It's just taking care of business, says Talia Caldwell, who thinks there are better things ahead for the Cal women.
Caldwell had a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds to help the No. 8 Golden Bears continue the best start in school history with a 70-43 victory over George Washington on Friday night at Haas Pavilion.
"It feels good to get through the preseason," Caldwell said. "We can look into the Pac-12 and know our identity. We know what we can do and we want to do it better, cleaner and harder."
Layshia Clarendon and Gennifer Brandon each added 12 points for the Bears (10-1), who open their Pac-12 season next week with three of their first four games against ranked opponents -- including No. 1 Stanford twice.
"We need to raise our level, but we're ready for this," Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. "This team has the highest basketball IQ I've ever coached. I think we have unlimited potential."
Megan Nipe and Shi-Heria Shipp each scored nine points to lead the Colonials (6-6).
Illinois 70, Georgia 59: Karisma Penn had 27 points and 19 rebounds, and host Illinois (7-5) sent No. 6 Georgia (12-1) to its first loss of the season.
Kentucky 90, Alcorn State 23: Samarie Walker had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 7 Kentucky (11-1) allowed its fewest points in school history with a win over visiting Alcorn State (0-9).
UCLA 97, Missouri 94: Shabazz Muhammad hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:01 left in overtime to help UCLA (10-3) upset No. 7 Missouri (10-2) in Los Angeles and extend the Bruins' winning streak to five games.
Travis Wear, who finished with a career-high 22 points, added a jumper with 12 seconds left to close out the Bruins' first win over a top-10 nonconference opponent since 2007.
Muhammad tied his career high with 27 points.
Phil Pressey finished with 19 points and a career-high 19 of Missouri's 21 assists,
Gonzaga 94, Baylor 87: Kevin Pangos made seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points to lead No. 13 Gonzaga (12-1) past visiting Baylor (8-4).


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The 34th Annual Shellie Awards brought all the pizazz of a Broadway opening to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts this past Saturday night. Sparkling gowns, oh-so-high heels and creative suits and tuxedos adorned those in attendance. As a San Francisco Giants' fan, I must admit emcee Jeff Collister's orange vest and tie and World Championship baseball cap certainly caught my eye.
The annual awards ceremony not only recognizes the abundant talent in our local theater community, but also gives the community a chance to renew friendships and just plain schmooze and compliment one another on how great everyone looks.
To me, it's also a reminder of how lucky I am to be involved with such creative, energized people. Age doesn't make a difference, as youngsters and those over 80 enthusiastically embrace and share stories from previous shows. Winning one of the actual Shellie Awards is icing on an already delicious cake.
And, speaking of awards, Center Repertory came away the big winner with a total of nine Shellies, followed by Diablo Theatre Company (five), Town Hall Theatre (three), Contra Costa Musical Theatre (two) and Butterfield 8 and Pittsburg Community Theatre, with one each. Unfortunately, the other five companies in competition came away empty-handed, which, in the case of the Willows Theatre that was forced to close midseason last year, seems a shame.
When all the glitter finally settled, the following received awards (musicals named first, followed by plays): Actress — Brittany Danielle ("Xanadu," Center Rep) and Ginny Wehrmeister ("Pgymalion," Town Hall); Actor — Robert Brewer ("Little Shop of Horrors," CCMT) and Mark Anderson Phillips ("Rumors," Center Rep); Supporting Actress — Lynda DiVito ("Legally Blonde" DTC) and Kerri Shawn ("Rumors," Center Rep); Supporting Actor — Derek Travis Collard ("Little Shop," CCMT) and Kevin Burns ("Laughter on the 23rd Floor," PCT); Scenic Designer — Kelly Tighe ("Smokey Joe's Cafe," Center Rep) and Martin Flynn ("Picasso at the Lapin Agile," Town Hall); Costuming — Victoria Livingston-Hall ("Xanadu," Center Rep) and Liz Martin ("The Tempest" Butterfield 8") and Michael Berg ("Rumors," Center Rep); Lighting Designer — Michael Palumbo ("Legally Blonde," DTC) and Chris Cuptill ("Picasso," Town Hall); Director — Gia Solari ("Legally Blonde," DTC) and Timothy Near ("Rumors," Center Rep); Choreographer — Jennifer Perry ("Xanadu," Center Rep); Music Director — Sean Kana ("Legally Blonde," DTC); and Overall Production — "Legally Blonde, the Musical" DTC and the play "Rumors," Center Rep.
Stuck between childhood and adolescence, the "tweens" in Dan LeFranc's "Troublemaker, or the Freakin Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright" pulsate with mischief in Berkeley Rep's production running through Feb. 3.
Berkeley Rep commissioned the play about a 12-year-old boy who, along with his pals, thinks of himself more as a super hero, protecting his mom as well as his image of his deceased dad. LeFranc, who received the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award for "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake" and several Drama Desk nominations for his 2011 "The Big Meal," fashioned a wonderfully energized language for his young characters in "Troublemaker."
It's 1984 in working-class Rhode Island where Bradley and his best friend battle the rich kid and his goons. Told from Bradley's point-of-view, the first two acts dramatize the rich imagination of young people as they create their own vibrant world, often placing grown-ups as the enemy.
Directed by Lila Neugebauer, "Troublemaker" infuses Berkeley Rep's Thrust Stage with tons of youthful enthusiasm as nine powerful actors bring Bradley, his fellow students and the grown-ups to life.
While LeFranc's rich language and action scenes are compelling, the play tends to wander and would benefit by cutting 30 minutes or so. For tickets, call 510-647-2949 or go to www.berkeleyrep.org.
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�What are you talking about?� (I hear you say.) �All we do is argue these days. About gun control, abortion, Obamacare��
No, we don�t argue about these things at all. Or at best, only one side argues.
�What? Doesn�t it take two to argue? Or fight, make up, or tango?�
Let me back up a bit.
I�m using �argument� in the formal sense used in logic. You have a set of statements, one of which is the conclusion. You�re claiming if all the other statements are true, the conclusion has to be true.
I thought of this a few nights ago when a teacher friend of mine was venting about an exchange he had in the teachers� lounge.
The issue was gun control legislation, but it could have been anything.
What frustrated him was another teacher making assertions about what he should or should not be legally allowed to have, based on feelings, uninformed opinions, and flat-out assertions of what is or isn�t freedom.
�Is this what passes for argument among these people?� he said.
I�ve run into the exact same phenomenon. And what�s worrisome is, an awful lot among academics. You know, those people who are preparing our children to deal with the world?
I have an acquaintance I�ve known for well over 30 years who teaches history in an eastern college.
He vents a lot on Facebook, and recently something struck me.
In more than 30 years I have never heard him construct an argument. What he does is attack the sources he disagrees with. Sometimes he asserts dark and shady secrets in their past, having nothing to do with their opinions or positions. But lately it�s been simple name-calling: �idiots,� �fools� etc.
I hear this a lot, from a lot of different people. What passes as argument takes the form of an attack, not on the opinion but the person holding the opinion.
In formal logic this is called the ad hominem (�to the man�) fallacy, and can take few different forms.
The one I see quite often in political arguments starts with assuming the conclusion, then claiming if you disagree you are a terrible person.
I�ll use the example of Obamacare. If you are in favor of Obamacare, please remember I�m criticizing what passes for the argument � not the conclusion. That�s the first elementary mistake students make in freshman logic.
�Obamacare will bring down medical costs and make health insurance available to all the uninsured people. People against Obamacare want medical costs to go higher and poor people to have no insurance. That�s because right-wingers are heartless.�
Hold it! Agree or disagree, the argument is not that the claimed benefits are undesirable, but that Obamacare won�t produce them. That it will in fact drive costs higher and make medical care less available.
Secondly, it asserts an ulterior motive for holding a contrary opinion. (The argumentum ad hominem circumstantial.)
May I point out that motive is one thing we cannot know for sure, because it resides in people�s heads, and is what we are most likely to lie about, even to ourselves.
I believe that this inability to argue is more common on the left, though certainly not unknown on the right.
Why? For one, the so-called �conservative� movement is more intellectually diverse than what�s called �liberalism.� (I put liberalism in quotes because I�m old enough to remember when �liberal� meant something far closer to some kinds of conservatism these days, as it still does in Europe.)
Conservatism is in fact at least three or four �movements� in a loose alliance. The opposite ends of that alliance, libertarians and social conservatives positively loathe each other. Consequently, they argue a lot.
For another, establishment liberalism dominates media and the social sciences and humanities in universities.
The result is, right-wingers have to defend their opinion a lot more often than left-wingers, even among themselves. Left-wingers spend most of their time with people who agree with them.
They don�t learn to argue, because they don�t get their daily exercise defending their position.
An old journalist, Frank Meyer once said, �We find comfort among those we agree with, growth among those we disagree with.�


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Char- ) %gosia I 9{ezvs c :3 news piiBfkation of the J sSafisft arid %ootenai 'TriBess of the 'Jtatfiend India """j 'Keservatio VOLUME 16, NUMBER 15 M HUCKLEBERRIES McDonald Peak is off-limits to humans for now Two grizzly bears were seen on McDonald Peak Aug. 13, prompting a closed-to-humans order from the Tribal Council Aug. 14. For six of the past seven years, about half of the Mission Mountains' estimated two dozen grizzly bears have been seen on McDonald Peak in late summer, filling up on ladybug beetles and army cutworm moths there. To decrease the chances of grizzly-human confrontations, the Council usually closes the 10,000-acre area each year from late July to early October following recommendations from Tribal and BIA wildlife experts. The closure's been called every year in late July since 1981, the first year the peak received official biological attention, except for 1985, when the grizzlies were no-shows. The 1987 closure is two weeks later than usual. It's hoped that the bears will find plentiful high-elevation food so they won't need to venture into the human-populated foothills for more pre-hiber-nation filling up before the snow flies. Officials note that the closure affects only 10% of the wilderness area and is part of a grizzly-bear management plan. Trails leading to the area will be posted. Wilderness users are reminded, too, that there may be bears elsewhere in the mountains, so caution is advised. The Bread Basket helps people in need o 00 0) 4 « s « He fe «e ! At least once in our lives, most of us have come across hard times. Bills to pay, clothes to buy and mouths to feed can sometimes ambush a family. It's times like that when you've depleted your resources and you just don't know where to turn that you really need a helping hand. It's times like that when we're lucky to have caring neighbors who are eager to lend that hand. . . neighbors like the people at the Ronan Bread Basket The Bread Basket, which opened its doors in June, is serving needy families by giving out food baskets each month. The organization is run by a board of nine women from the Ronan area who are volunteering their time and hard work to see that people aren't going hungry. One of the three co-chairwomen, (Continues on page two) Í ATTENTION, CUTTERS: A meeting for post-and-pole cutters has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Flathead Post and Pole Yard in Dixon, beginning at 9 a.m. Pole yard manager Aaron Jones said the topics to be discussed are the general policies and regulations concerning sawlog harvesting. For more information, call 246-3591.
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Something happened this last weekend that hasn't happened in Minnesota for more than a year – significant snow that affected the entire state.
More than twelve inches of snow was reported in some areas, with winds gusting at 30 mph. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, there were 637 crashes statewide and 1,139 spinouts or requests for help by 6 a.m. Monday morning.
St. James reported snow fall of about 3.1 inches with wind out of the northwest at 30 mph on Sunday night. The snow, though significant, was not enough to merit a snow emergency. It did create plenty of work for the plows of St. James which ensured the roads were drivable following the storm. Residents also helped each other out – shoveling snow along the sidewalks.
The snow caused a slight delay in the area schools. St. James High School was delayed two hours. Snow fall is not something strange in this area of the country. Minnesota usually sees a few large snow storms every winter.
This year is the first in which winter storms have been named. The blizzard that came through the Midwest over the weekend was named Caesar and is the third winter storm this year that has been given a name. The first two were Athena and Brutus. This has caused a stirr in the weather community among those who believe that named storms will affect insurance rates – as they do for named tropical storms. However, insurance companies have denied any claims that named winter storms will create higher insurance rates.
Last year was an unusually warm and mild winter for the area. There wasn't much snow and it was one of the warmest winters on record. This year is already showing glimpses of a much harsher winter – which is creating mixed emotions among residents of St. James.
It's exciting to see the snow, especially for those among us who like to play in the snow – but commuters are hoping the snow stays at a manageable level.
It does look like the snow is here to stay and winter can finally be welcomed in as weather predictions don't have the temperature rising much above freezing anytime soon. There is a possibility of more snow in the forecast though, in the upcoming weeks – so keep an eye on the radar and look out for Christmas snow storms while you plan your commute accordingly or sign up for CodeRed at the city of St. James website to receive weather warnings on your phone when they are issued.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Wednesday, April 24, 2013
DENMARK, S.C. (WRDW) -- The past few days have been tough for Lasonia Sojourner of Denmark.
"I try not to let my emotions show," she told News 12, before pausing to collect herself.
Needless to say, it's been tough for Sojourner.
"It has just caused so much hurt, so much pain, and I pray that no other family has to go through this," she said.
Last week, she got call from a guidance counselor at Denmark-Olar Middle School. She says the counselor told her there was a rumor going around that her 13-year-old daughter had sex in an unsupervised locker room.
She says the only finite evidence the school had was four pairs of underwear found in the locker room.
Sojourner says what happened next was a witch hunt by faculty that caused the rumor to spread even more. She says the confidentiality of her daughter's identity was compromised over and over as a teacher and the guidance counselor interrogated students.
"It's like she pieced everything and puzzled everything and nothing would fit, and she still forced misleading information into a puzzle and caused a fire," she said. "A fire that continued to spread."
Nevertheless, her daughter was suspended for giving conflicting information. They said she was in the gym during fourth period and not during second period as her daughter had suggested. As it turns out, Sojourner says, her daughter was in the gym during both periods.
On Tuesday, in a meeting between the family, the principal, the guidance counselor and the superintendent, Superintendent Thelma Sojourner, who is related to Lasonia by marriage but said she's still impartial, finally realized it was all just rumor, and the suspension was lifted and Lasonia's daughter was exonerated to some extent.
"[The superintendent] said, as a school, we have damaged these children," Lasonia says.
Lasonia even got a personal apology from the principal, Daryl Brockington, but she says that's not good enough neither for her nor her daughter.
"It definitely hurts," she said of the incident. "It burns."
Superintendent Sojourner confirmed that she did cut the meeting short on Tuesday because of all the rumors, but she couldn't tell News 12 much, since it's still technically an active investigation.
Lasonia also says the guidance counselor nonchalantly told her about a previous sexual assault in the locker room and even named names, which she says is certainly against district confidentiality policy and inappropriate, at the very least.
The superintendent couldn't tell us if the counselor will face disciplinary action or even be fired.


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August 24, 2006
With three armed robberies in two days, it seems that Richmond County's convenience stores and restaurants look like easy targets for thieves.
A string of recent armed robberies are still unsolved. Two of them happened yesterday, the first at Triangle Gas on Deans Bridge Road in Augusta. Just one hour later, there was a second robbery at Windsor Package Shop in Hephzibah.
Finally, early this morning, there was a third armed robbery at the Waffle House on Deans Bridge Road.
While investigators are busy following leads, they say there are ways store owners can deter crime like this.
Dark shadows are a great hideout for robbers. It's why good lighting and visibility can keep criminals away.
Managers at Mom and Pop's Convenience Store make sure their lights come on every night.
"Like our safety, like convenience, customer can see at night," says manager Vipul Patel.
"If it's lit up there's less places for them to kind of hide in the shadows," says Lt. Jimmy Young of the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. "There's a better chance that maybe a passerby or customer will see something suspicious, and then we've got a potential witness."
Which could lead to a physical description, or maybe even a license plate number.
We shined our spotlight on North Augusta's Circle K and found it had a well-lit parking lot with fluorescents on all four sides of the building.
But the B & P on Broad Street had no side lighting.
Lt. Young also suggests keeping front windows poster-free. That will give patrols a better view inside from the road.
"It's expensive because I pay up there, it's $60 a month," Patel says of Mom and Pop's extra lighting.
While the extra electrical bill may be costing clerks, police say the extra security can be quite a payoff when it comes to shutting the lights off on criminal cases.
It's as easy as going to your local hardware store. Outdoor lights can range from $20 to $80.
It is well worth the investment--good security for under a hundred bucks.
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BERKELEY -- Waterside Workshops at Aquatic Park is having a fundraiser Sunday for its programs that benefit troubled teenagers that includes boat rides, wooden toy-making for kids and food.
From noon to 6 p.m., the public is welcome at 84 Bolivar Drive where kids can assemble prefabricated wooden toys. Organizers are suggesting a $10 donation. Teen interns also have been busy making kitchen tools like cutting boards and cheese boxes that will be for sale.
For six years now, the organization has been teaching teenagers who have been in trouble with the law, or who are headed in that direction, how to build boats and bicycles and work in a cafe. This time of year they switch their skills to making the parts for toys that kids can put together during their holiday event.
Executive Director Amber Rich said the workshops are hoping to get enough donations to match a $10,000 challenge grant by the end of the year from the Miranda Lux Foundation.
Waterside works on a $200,000 a year budget, Rich said, which comes from a variety of sources and allows it to take in 30 teenagers a week to teach them something about using their hands, having responsibility and running a small business.
"The internship is run like a small business, so the first thing we do when the kids come in is give them responsibility," said Rich. "That's what makes us different. It's like they just got a job and they start working in that role."
Rich said a lot of her interns are 17 years old and completely on their own. They have basic needs, like finding a place to live and finding food to eat.
"A lot of kids are very angry about their situation," Rich said. "They are very tired of the juvenile system. What I hear over and over again is that the social workers are just paid to care about them. That's how we are different. We're not social workers. We're running a small business that they become a part of."
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ELIZABETH - The Wirt County Board of Education has expelled a student over a bomb threat last month.
Board members voted to expel the student for 365 days for violations of state code, Superintendent Dan Metz said.
"We are not trying to make a statement, but this is what happens and should happen," Metz said.
Metz declined to identify the student or provide any information about the student or the expulsion. Instead, he provided a copy of the board's Jan. 8 meeting minutes.
"The reasons for the expulsion are within the minutes of the board," he said. "It spells out why the student was expelled."
All Wirt County schools were placed on lockdown after a bomb threat was made Dec. 17 at the high school. The threat came just two days after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn.
West Virginia State Police responded along with the Wirt County Sheriff's Office, Elizabeth-Wirt Volunteer Fire Department, Wirt emergency officials and a bomb-sniffing dog. The school was swept, nothing was found and students were returned to the school.
Sheriff Keith Wilson declined to specify how officials were made aware of the threat.
Law enforcement reviewed video from the school to narrow the search for suspects, the sheriff said. A 16-year-old girl was interviewed and confessed during a second interview, Wilson said.
"She was arrested the day we got the confession," he said.
State Police placed the girl in custody and charged her with the false report of a bomb, Wilson said. The juvenile remains in custody pending a hearing next week in circuit court.
Wirt County Prosecuting Attorney Ted Davitan did not return a call seeking comment.
Metz said he was extremely pleased with the local law enforcement and their work to solve the case.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are making another run at reinstating local taxes on vehicle sales after Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed last year's attempt.
A Senate committee on Wednesday considered a proposal that would let local governments impose a tax. Voters then would decide whether to continue it.
The legislation seeks to reverse a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that local sales taxes cannot be charged on vehicles purchased out of state or in private transactions. Instead the high court said a local "use tax" could be charged if approved by local voters. Creating local use taxes have had mixed results before voters.
Supporters of the legislation say many cities and counties are losing tax revenue while vehicle dealers in bordering states now have an advantage over Missouri businesses.
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, center, accompanied by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, right, express their frustration after the Senate passed a bill to fund the government, but stripped it of the defund "Obamacare" language as crafted by House Republicans, Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (CNN) — Our Congress sucks. This is truly one of the few things we agree on. In fact, a new CNN poll released earlier this week found that Congress has only a 10% approval rating. When you think that 10% of Americans believe Congress is doing a good job, you have to ask yourself one question: Who are these people?! (Imagine this asked with true Jerry Seinfeld-esque exasperation.)


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SAN JOSE -- Speaking out for the first time since news leaked that San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks may face criminal charges for the alleged assault of a teammate, prosecutors said Wednesday they are still debating whether to charge the star player.
The alleged assault surfaced after this newspaper reported that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office had obtained a felony warrant for Brooks' arrest last week -- and then mysteriously put it on hold.
Wednesday, supervising deputy district attorney Luis Ramos blamed himself for the premature filing of the warrant, saying he'd given it to a secretary to type before talking to his boss. He forgot to retrieve it and it was automatically referred to a police officer who would bring it to court for a judge's signature. The office is still deciding whether Brooks will be charged with a felony or a misdemeanor -- or not at all.
"It was my mistake," Ramos said.
Meanwhile, the office's internal debate continues over how to treat the June 8 incident in which Brooks allegedly struck 49ers nose tackle Lamar Divens three times in the head with a beer bottle and then punched him in the face during an argument over car keys outside Brooks' house in San Jose. The alleged attack left Divens bloodied and requiring three stitches, according to court documents.
Buoyed by the taped eyewitness statements -- and by Brooks' prior record -- prosecutors who routinely handle battery and assault cases think Brooks should face felony charges. The recall of the warrant has raised concerns among some line deputies and certain higher-ups in the office that celebrities are being given preferential treatment.
But Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu-Towery, who will decide whether to prosecute Brooks, said she had the warrant recalled only because the investigation isn't finished, not because the office is treating Brooks with kid gloves. She said Ramos was supposed to consult with her before taking any action.
"It was a screw-up," she said, "we're still investigating the case."
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Sinunu-Towery said the final decision about charges is up to her, and she stressed she will not be influenced by Brooks' fame or the team's popularity. The 49ers will be moving next year into a new, $1.3 billion stadium in Santa Clara.
"This is my call and I am not a fan of football,'' said Sinu said. "I think the game is too violent. I got my husband to give up his season tickets (for the 49ers). I do not care about getting seats (in the new stadium).''
Asked why the office is proceeding so cautiously on what appears to be a routine matter, Sinunu-Towery's boss, Chief Assistant Jay Boyarsky, noted the high-profile nature of the case.
"It's not every case that's on ESPN's crawl,'' said Boyarsky, the second in command in the office.
Sinunu-Towery noted that prosecutors in the unit responsible for issuing criminal complaints had recommended that no charges be filed. But Assistant District Attorney David Howe thought otherwise, and brought the case to Sinunu-Towery for review since she supervises the team that would handle it.
Brooks, 29, and Divens could not be reached for comment. The 49ers on Wednesday issued a brief statement acknowledging the brewing controversy.
"We are aware of the situation involving Ahmad Brooks,'' spokesman Bob Lange wrote in an email. "Out of respect for the legal process, the club will have no further comment at this time."
The NFL, the most popular professional sports league in America, is no stranger to off-the-field criminal misconduct by its players.
The league has been under particular scrutiny in recent weeks with the arrest of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is in jail after pleading not guilty in the shooting death of a friend, whose body was found on June 17.
Thirty other NFL players, according to a database compiled by U-T San Diego, have been arrested since early February, which marks the beginning of the football off-season when young, rich athletes find themselves with extra time on their hands and sometimes find trouble, too.
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However, Brooks was not arrested the day of the incident, which is fairly routine in similar cases.
According to the application for Brooks' arrest, the incident unfolded after Brooks, Divens and other 49er players spent the evening of June 7 at different players' houses. Eventually they decided to go to downtown San Jose, and they kept drinking.
The unidentified witness said Brooks was too intoxicated to drive home, so Divens drove. When they got to Brooks' house about 2 a.m. on June 8, Brooks asked for his keys. Divens pretended to chuck them onto the grass and then started to hand them to him.
Brooks then allegedly clocked Divens -- 6-foot-3 inches, 340 pounds -- in the head with a beer bottle. Brooks allegedly began cursing and then struck him in the head again. Brooks allegedly asked Divens, "Do I need to get my (expletive deleted) gun?" and struck him again. Prosecutors also allege in the warrant that Brooks punched Divens.
Divens did not call police until about 3 a.m., more than an hour after he left Brooks' house and returned to his hotel in Santa Clara. The officers told Divens they would take statements from witnesses, according to their report. They also noted that Divens told them that Brooks was extremely drunk and had said to Divens that he had a gun.
"Due to these facts and a possible violent confrontation, Lt. Acosta instructed me to have the incident documented and let the District Attorney review and file any subsequent charges,'' according to the police report.
According to the court documents, a San Jose police sergeant called Divens three days after the incident asking if he still wanted to press charges.
Divens said he and Brooks were in touch and nearing a resolution. Two days later, Divens phoned the officer and told him he wanted to "drop it."
Brooks, 29, is an integral part of one of the NFL's most formidable defenses. The outside linebacker was named a second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press for his performance last season, recording 47 tackles and 6.5 quarterback sacks.
He helped clinch the team's 28-24 victory over Atlanta in the NFL Championship game by knocking down a key third-down pass on the Falcons final drive.
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I won this great big lottery the other day. I rushed around and bought new houses and all the usual stuff, then I had enough left over to get a new sports car. Before I went to look at the latest Porsches and Ferraris, I thought I might have a look at the new MicroKlapt V16 F1 GT Ultimate. They had all these ads with everyone dancing around going, "Wow", so it looked pretty good.
I sauntered into the showroom and there she was. Roof-line about the level of my knee-caps? Yep. Foot-wide tyres? Sure has. Motor right behind the cockpit? I started fooling around to get the engine-cover up so I could check out the motor. A salesman came rushing over, wringing his hands.
"Oh no, sir, you mustn't try to do that. You're not allowed to look in there. That's all secret patented stuff in there."
"But I want to take a look at that glorious 7 litre, quad cam, twin turbo,V16 before I buy it."
"Well, you can't, because the engine-cover is welded shut."
"Why on earth would you want to do a thing like that?"
"Because, sir, if you could look at the engine you might try to copy the Intellectual Property that's inside it. Then you could start building your own 7 litre, quad cam, twin turbo, V16 engines and MicroKlapt Corporation could lose a lot of money if someone was to do something like that."
"But what if I need to put oil in it?"
"Ah, sir won't have to worry about that. The ingenious designers at MicroKlapt Corporation have developed our patented Automatic Oil-Add System to relieve the user from such concerns. As soon as the engine sensors discover that the motor requires additional oil, this little light flashes on the dashboard, and a spoken command tells you, Add oil immediately. Then you press this little red button, a small hatch springs open next to the engine-cover and a little funnel automatically comes out for you to pour oil into it."
"How do I know when to stop pouring?"
"Ah, some clever sensors MicroKlapt have built into the engine tell it when it has had enough, and the spoken command, Stop pouring comes out of this speaker mounted here. Please remember, that to maintain your MicroKlapt Genuine Continued Customer Satisfaction Guarantee Agreement, the MGCCSGA for short, you must only ever use the MicroKlapt Genuine Approved Oil, MGAO 731942865, which has been specially formulated by MicroKlapt for your particular model's motor. We supply this for a mere $599 per litre."
"Isn't that a trifle expensive."
"Ah, my dear sir, the peace of mind you get from your continued MGCCSGA can never be too expensive."
We took it for a run, but I was totally underwhelmed with the lacking performance.
"Why does it sound like a four cylinder Corolla motor and not like a V16?"
"Ah, that's because of all the casing we have had to put around the motor to give you the extra security of knowing that no-one can get in to look at it. But MicroKlapt have added a special switch so you can have the sound piped directly into the cockpit, if you wish."
The roar of a V16, revving wildly, suddenly erupted out of a speaker directly behind my head, and I nearly ran off the road. We pulled up in front of the showroom again.
"But why is it so slow? I mean, that was a 1970s, Russian two-cylinder Trabant that blew us off at the lights and this is supposed to be a V16."
"Yes sir, but please remember the security. MicroKlapt have welded enough armour-plated steel around the engine-bay to build two full-sized SUVs. You've got to expect a small performance trade-off if you want secure peace of mind. You just don't get that with a Trabant. Anyone can get in and look at your motor. Besides, there's the extra weight of all the radio equipment."
"What flaming radio equipment?"
"Well, as soon as you start your motor, the sensors in the engine bay check to see whether you've tried to change anything. Then they radio to MicroKlapt headquarters to see if it's alright for you to drive off, or not. After that, they tell MicroKlapt everywhere you go in it."
"But I don't want to be tracked all over the place."
"Look, MicroKlapt only does this for your own security. Just think if someone stole your car, MicroKlapt will know exactly where it is at all times."
"But I will need to get in and put bigger turbos on it to overcome all the extra weight."
"I'm sorry, but your MicroKlapt Agreement strictly forbids you from doing anything like that."
"But I'm buying the blasted thing. I want to be able to get in and change anything I want, just like I do with the Kubuntu on my computer."
"That's where you are very wrong, sir. MicroKlapt doesn't actually sell you the car, it only leases it to you, under the strict license that you don't try to do anything they might disapprove of."
I told him just what he could do with his MicroKlapt and started heading down the street to have another look at a Porsche GT2 that I liked the look of, when the alarm-clock rang, and I turned over in bed.
"What a stupid dream," I thought to myself. "Who would ever try to sell a car with all those ridiculous conditions attached."
It seemed to remind me of something, but the thought faded as the morning wore on.
20 years later...
10 black garbed soldiers, ominous and armed to the teeth, with neo-FAST logos emblazoned upon their backs, arrive one morning to confront the MD at the head office of KarBuntu Motors (R&D).
Their squad leader, a combat trained, Auto-GPL lawyer, is met by the MD.
MD: Can I help you?
SL: We're here to discover the designs and other IP involved in your enhancement of the Kubuntu automobile framework due to your violation of the Auto-GPL in one key area.
MD: But, we've always been most careful. All purchasers of KarBuntu products are always given full documentation, and Auto-GPL licenses to free use of all our designs and IP, for the unconstrained modification, reproduction and sale of our vechicles.
SL: Did you or did you not allow Gil Bates of 3 Acacia Gardens, to test drive your latest prototype?
MD: Yes...
SL: He is therefore entitled to unobfuscated copies of all the designs involved in the development of the prototype.
MD: But no, surely not. We haven't even been paid yet for the years of research we done, by the KarBuntu Users' Finance Company. He's contracted to test drive them, and thus exempt from obtaining copies of the design.
SL: It seems there was no such contract. You have supplied an Auto-GPL licensed vehicle to an end user, for their domestic use.
MD: Oh dear. So what happens now?
SL: Because of your non-compliance in failing to disclose documentation to him at the time he came into possession of the vehicle, its designs and IP are now forfeit, to be delivered immediately to this discovery envoy, whereafter we will publish them on your behalf for the benefit of all.
MD: But, we'll go bankrupt! All our staff are depending upon the sale of our R&D to pay off our costs.
SL: You should have been more careful.
MD: And what if we resist?
SL: We will take it from you.
MD: And what if you don't find it, or it's encrypted?
SL: You and all your staff will be persuaded to retrieve or decrypt it at leisure in our Cuban IP recovery facility.
MD: Can't you just wait until we get paid for it?
SL: IP is theft. You should know that by now.
Microsoft secrecy
Is Microsoft afraid to open code to public scrutiny because so much of it has been "borrowed" or otherwise stolen from any source, including Linux? It is no secret that Microsoft paid Apple for the use of the "Windows" GUI and for Apple Talk. Internet Explorer originated as freeware, decades ago. I would like to see an impartial audit of Microsoft software - not likely to happen while Microsoft is so generous with gifts of money (better known as bribes).
Trabant is not russian made
Actually, Trabant is not russian-made, it's from East Germany :)
German Trabbies
That's true, but we tended to loosely identify the whole Soviet block as being "Russia" at one time. This is a bit like calling US citizens "Americans" when they actually occupy only a fairly small section of the American land-mass, although in the case of the Soviet States they were all part of the same political entity, like it, or not.
It's interesting to note that the technologically advanced Germans degenerated to the standard of producing the likes of the Trabant, after such a few years as part of the Soviet monopoly, while the free competition that was allowed to continue, just a few miles away in West Germany, was producing highly advanced vehicles like Porsche and Mercedes.
This helps demonstrate the bad effect that the Microsoft monopoly has been having on the development of software. Monopolies will always tend to discourage technical advancement by their very nature.
A trabant may not have been the best example...
...and I'm not sure that identifying trabant with USSR was worth it: trabant cars polluted a lot, were far from being fuel efficient, and quite difficult to maintain considering how simple they were. In that sense, a Lada would have been a much, much better comparison: simple yes, but also reliable to the extreme.
Other 'simple' cars such as the VW bug (modular and reliable) or the Citroen 2CV (polyvalent and modular) would have been much better metaphors for Free Software.
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Elizabeth Freeman and Janine Brown, from the Elephant Diagnostic Lab at the Zoo's Conservation and Research Center, are examining how environmental and social factors affect the well-being of African savanna elephants in zoos in order to maximize their reproductive potential.
Yet, the North American population of African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) is not self-sustaining (Olson & Wiese 2000), even though recently enhanced breeding efforts have lead to increased pregnancy and birth rates. With restrictions and political concerns associated with importation, zoos must enhance the reproductive success of their elephants to maintain the population.
|The normal ovarian cycle (pink) of elephants lasts about 14-16 weeks. This means that an elephant is typically able to conceive about once every four months. However, some zoo elephants do not cycle (blue) but instead maintain baseline levels of progesterone over time. We are trying to find out why.
One impediment to reaching this goal, identified by Elephant Diagnostic Lab, is that a third of African and a tenth of Asian elephant females that are hormonally monitored do not exhibit normal estrous cycles (Brown et al. 2004 Survey of the Reproductive Cyclicity Status of Asian and African Elephants in North America) and a female who is not cycling normally cannot conceive. The causes of acyclicity and whether it is strictly a zoo-related problem is not known.
Because acyclicity is more prevalent among African elephants, Freeman and Brown are focusing on that species for now. By discovering whether zoo-related factors contribute to the high rates of ovarian inactivity, they hope to enhance reproductive success and improve zoo management to ensure the continued survival and well-being of African elephants in zoos.
Through the analysis of survey, studbook, and environmental data on 123 elephants—70 cycling, 31 noncycling, and 22 with undetermined status—Freeman and Brown produced a mathematical model of zoo-related factors that may be associated with ovarian acyclicity. Results show that climate and zoo location do not affect normal estrous cycles. African elephants living in cooler climates experience at least the same amount of ovarian activity as those in warmer regions.
Thus, there is no scientific evidence that living in northern climates adversely affects reproductive activity in African elephants. In fact, wild African elephants are known to be highly adaptable to a wide range of temperatures, altitudes, latitudes, and terrains (Sikes 1971). Results also found no specific health or dietary factors among these females that impact estrous cycle dynamics. This provides further evidence of the excellent care zoo elephants are given.
Model results also show that heavier, older, and more socially dominant females that have long-term relationships with their zoo herdmates are more likely to be acyclic. This relationship between acyclicity and social rank among zoo elephants deserves further investigation. In the wild, the largest and oldest female in the family unit is dominant and serves as the matriarch (Archie et al. 2006). Within zoo 'families', a single female also acts behaviorally as a matriarch and peace keeper, and our results suggest those females are more likely to be acyclic (Freeman et al. 2004 Examination of the Interrelationships of Behavior, Dominance Status, and Ovarian Activity in Captive Asian and African Elephants).
Rather than being a zoo-related oddity, ovarian acyclicity may be an adaptation of existing evolutionary mechanisms whereby some dominant females dedicate more energy to maintaining the social order of their 'family' unit than towards future reproduction.
This notion is supported by demographic studies that show reproductive rates decline among wild elephants with age (Laws et al. 1970; Moss 2001) and as they reach matriarchal status (B. Archie, unpublished data). Natural declines in reproductive success among wild elephants suggest that it may be inevitable that dominant African elephants held in zoos will eventually cease cycling. It just may be occurring at younger ages in zoo females who have never given birth than those observed in the wild. We are currently designing methods to non-invasively monitor ovarian activity in the field to investigate factors that affect ovarian activity of wild elephants and discover whether acyclicity is strictly a zoo-related phenomenon.
Preventing reductions in the zoo elephant population will require creating herd structures that promote reproduction. Although the goal of most zoos is to create multi-generational groups that are more similar to wild families, one intermediate strategy may be to move elephants between zoos to create breeding herds that contain an older female—one past the age of reproduction—who can serve as the noncycling matriarch. This might allow younger and more genetically valuable females to cycle and breed.
An interesting finding of the survey study was that transferring elephants to other zoos did not inhibit normal reproductive cyclicity, and in fact the model suggested it was stimulatory. Thus, creating this type of social environment might help us maximize reproductive potential and lead to the development of a self-sustaining North American African elephant population.
Archie, E. A., Morrison, T. A., Foley, C. A. H., Moss, C. J. & Alberts, S. C. 2006. Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana. Animal Behaviour, 71, 117-127.
Brown, J. L., Olson, D., Keele, M. & Freeman, E. W. 2004. Survey of the Reproductive Cyclicity Status of Asian and African Elephants in North America. Zoo Biology, 23, 309-321. pdf
Freeman, E., Wiess, E. & Brown, J. 2004. Examination of the interrelationships of behavior, dominance status, and ovarian activity in captive Asian and African elephants. Zoo Biology, 23, 431-448.
Laws, R. M., Parker, I. S. C. & Johnstone, R. C. B. 1970. Elephants and habitats in North Bunyoro, Uganda. East African Wildlife Journal, 8, 163-180.
Moss, C. J. 2001. The demography of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) population in Amboseli, Kenya. Journal of Zoology, 255, 145-156.
Olson, D. & Wiese, R. J. 2000. State of the North American African elephant population and projections for the future. Zoo Biology, 19, 311-320.
Sikes, S. K. 1971. The Natural History of the African Elephant. New York: American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc.


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Alan Henceroth's career in the ski industry started with a simple premise: He loved the sport and wanted a way to blur the lines between work and play.
Henceworth started as a bus boy 30 years ago in the cafe at Keystone Resort, "purely for the skiing," and stayed for the next five years. In 1988, he moved to Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, where he was employed as the ski patrol director.
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No two days are exactly the same for a man in Henceroth's position. He makes sure the ski area opens on time and runs smoothly throughout the day. A lot of his time is spent interacting with workers and guests on the mountain.
"Alan's greatest trait is his sense of humor," said Tim Finnigan, the director of mountain operations at A-Basin. "He can talk to the first-year lift operator as well as a 40-year local with a very open and caring attitude."
Finnigan is another longtime employee at the ski area. He was on the ski patrol when Henceroth came in as the director.
"We've made a lot of turns together," Finnigan said.
They still like to sneak out onto the mountain when they can.
"While we're out there we don't just go skiing, we talk about projects that have come up and grooming and snowmaking and the day-to-day stuff. Alan still likes to be involved in it," Finnegan said.
Interacting with the guests and employees at A-Basin is one of the ski manager's favorite parts about his job.
"We've got a really special group of people working here, and I've built some extraordinary relationships with some of the people I've worked with over the years," Henceroth said.
He also tries to keep guests at A-Basin happy.
"They have as intense of feelings about the place as I do. I appreciate them coming here and I think they appreciate the work we do to give them some skiing and snowboarding," the general manager said.
Both Henceroth and Finnigan say they've stayed employed at A-Basin because they appreciate the unique setting at the mountain. At 960 acres, the ski area is big enough to offer a diverse ski and snowboarding experience. But it's not so big that you get lost in the crowd, they said.
One of Henceroth's challenges is to keep improving the ski area while preserving the things that make it unique.
In the past 10 years, he's been involved in several major projects at A-Basin, including the addition of snow-making capabilities, the construction of the rental shop building and the Black Mountain Lodge, a mid-mountain restaurant, located adjacent to the top of Black Mountain Express lift. Henceroth also played a big part in the Montezuma Bowl expansion, which increased the ski area's terrain by 80 percent during the 2007-08 season.
"All of our guests and our employees have really high expectations. We want to keep the vibe of the place the same, but we want to steadily work on it," Henceroth said. "Trying to get buy in and create a place that everybody likes is a challenging task. It takes a fine touch sometimes to do things that everybody likes."
Finnigan applauded the A-Basin COO for his ability to follow through with his plans.
"Alan is very motivated and clear thinking. When he has a vision for something he pushes forward with his vision to become a reality," he said.
But when Henceroth sees something isn't working, he's not afraid to back off if the situation calls for it, Finnigan added.
Henceroth is modest about his long-term success at A-Basin.
"I've been lucky to be around at the right place at the right time, when some good changes were happening and opportunity was created," he said.
And he doesn't plan on working anywhere else anytime soon.
"It's been a good place for me and I hope to be here quite a while longer," he said.


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U.S. marshals capture escaped Tuscaloosa teen
Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:32 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:32 a.m.
U.S. marshals in north Alabama on Wednesday afternoon captured a Tuscaloosa teenager and another juvenile who escaped from a state detention center.
Brandon Kyle Evans, 16, is one of three teens who escaped from the Mount Meigs youth facility in Montgomery on Saturday night after a violent fight with guards. Evans was seen in Tuscaloosa County and is suspected of stealing six guns from a home off Alabama Highway 69 South.
The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, police departments in the area and members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force had been searching for Evans since Saturday.
Investigators have warrants to charge Evans as an adult with first-degree assault, first-degree escape and conspiracy to commit first-degree escape. The other two escapees, who live in Franklin County and Huntsville, haven't been named because they are considered juvenile offenders.
The teens are accused of beating a Mount Meigs guard, causing one to lose a thumb and some teeth, before stealing a car and crashing through a security fence.
Reach Stephanie Taylor at stephanie.taylor@tuscaloosa news.com or 205-722-0210
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Dane Cook posted a statement on Twitter a short while ago apologizing for his "bad judgment" in poking fun at the Aurora theater massacre less than a week after the shooting occurred.
"I am devastated by the recent tragedy in Colorado & did not mean to make light of what happened," the comedian tweeted. "I made a bad judgment call with my material last night & regret making a joke at such a sensitive time. My heart goes out to all of the families & friends of the victims."
During a stand-up performance last night at LA's Laugh Factory, Cook suggested that if the massacre victims had not been shot they would have asked to be shot upon realizing The Dark Knight Rises "was a piece of crap."
[tweet via @danecook]