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For this year's Super Bowl, companies are paying $4-million dollars for a 30-second commercial.
Not a bad investment when you consider some studies estimate at least half the people watching the game are watching just for the commercials.
A Colorado company, Viaero Wireless, is paying chicken scratch compared to that to air an ad in western Nebraska but they believe it could still have a huge impact.
"It's TV's biggest stage. It could be the right investment," said Lisa Murray, VP of communications for Viaero Wireless.
The rural wireless carrier figured the Super Bowl was the only way to promote their biggest promotion ever.
"If you have a Verizon phone we will pay you $600 to switch and try Viaero," Murray said. "The biggest audience on TV is with the Super Bowl so we felt like it was a natural fit."
Using the formula for past viral ads, the company hired a chicken from a talent agency in Denver to be their star. It's their take on the old question, why did the chicken cross the road?
"How do we get people to cross over from Verizon to give Viero a shot? It just kind of evolved out of that," Murray said.
But a chicken only crosses the road when it wants to. Unfortunately, the hired chicken didn't want to.
"We were kneeling in the snow and the wind for an hour and a half and we just couldn't get that chicken to cross the road," Murray said.
You can watch the struggles in out takes the company has posted online.
The solution and now star of the commercial is actually Murray's own chicken named Ruby.
"She promptly walked across the road. She preened. She posed. I guess the understudy always has less attitude, right?" Murray said.
The company has put all their eggs into this commercial, hoping Ruby will be a feathered formula for success like so many other animal stars that have aired during the Super Bowl.
The Viaero Wireless ad has already posted the video online to try and capitalize on the Super Bowl buzz. The ad will hit the airwaves in our area sometime after the game.


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To maintain and increase seed of advanced potato breeding selections from the Beltsville Potato Breeding Program. To put into tissue culture and rid of virus said selections.
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Culture plantlets on various media to induce organogenesis and rooted plantlets. Apply ELISA tests to detect potential latent virus infections. Nodal cuttings will be used to increase plantlets and produce microtubers. Plantlets, microtubers, and minitubers will be planted in the field for seed increases of pathogen-free stocks of advanced clones for further evaluation.
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Transform your little Umi fan into Milli with this easy dress-up craft. And snap a photo of her "Milli" moment!
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Cut out two egg-carton cups and trim it down to resemble Milli's node. Paint them yellow. Let dry. Note: For best results, use an egg carton that's made of foam and has a smooth surface.
Use a pushpin to poke a hole at the top center of the egg-carton cups. Push two pieces of pipe cleaners through each hole. Bend the bottom tip (about 1/4 inch) of the two pipe cleaners in opposite directions. Use duct tape to affix the bottom tips to the pink hair band where a "node" should be. Repeat the procedure to affix another two pipe cleaners with a "node" to the other side of the hair band. In order for the pipe cleaners to stick up firmly, make sure the directions of the two bended tips are in line with the hair band.
Pull down the egg-carton cups to the bottom of the pipe cleaners so that they are immediately on top of the hair band and completely hide the duct tape.
Cut two pieces of dark red ribbon that measure slightly longer than the exposed pipe cleaners. To create one ponytail on one side, sandwich the two bundled pipe cleaners, side by side, between the two pieces of ribbon. Apply fabric glue to the center and the edge of one piece of ribbon, stick it to the pipe cleaners along their length, then glue on the other piece of ribbon to seal the pipe cleaners inside. Try smoothing it out as much as possible. Cut away the additional length of ribbon. Repeat the procedure on the other side for the other "ponytail."
With the two ponytails sticking up on either side, bend them down from the bottom and shape them bit by bit to replicate Milli's "S"-shape curls. Make sure that the flat side of the �ponytails� faces the hair band.
Make movie night Umi-rrific with Team Umizoomi popcorn holders!
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This goody bag is dressed up for Dad's special day!
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Turn paper bags into your favorite math-loving team!
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With a few simple folds these printables take the form of Milli, Geo, and Bot
Milli spins her pattern powers into a string of dreidels this holiday season
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Here's the perfect accessory for your at-home PAW Patrol adventures!
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Top your at-home Lookout Tower with this flag!
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Deck out your pups with ears of their own!
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Not to fear, Dora and Friends gear is here! Make this Alana shirt!
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Print this decal and create a sporty tee for your explorer-to-be!
Turn a plain tee into the PAWfect tee!
Wallykazam! Wallykame! Print this magical decal to create a cute tee!
Get kids ready for Easter egg hunts by crafting a beautiful basket!
Add some fun to their feet with these Peter Rabbit shoe charms!
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Here's a printable purse that's fashionable & makes saving pennies fun!
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Crown kings and queens before the celebration begins!
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When a woman found out her husband was cheating on her, she decided to hit him and his mistress where it hurts: right in the local Walmart.
Beverly Rolston, 45, told police she made posters showing her husband having sex with a former friend of hers, and then put them at the Middletown, Ohio, store where the woman worked. On each one, she wrote "Hide your Husbands," along with a "vulgar phrase" that police didn't disclose.
Security video shows Rolston posting the nude pics inside the Walmart, although it's not clear how she got them in the first place.
Rolston has pleaded not guilty to one count of pandering obscenities. Her husband admitted to the affair.
Update: The Smoking Gun obtained the police report from the incident, along with Rolston's booking photo.
The report doesn't contain photos of the posters, but it describes photos of "a female with exposed breasts performing oral sex on a man." And the vulgar phrase that police wouldn't say out loud? "Number one dick sucker."
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Each network consists of a clinical trial unit led by a principal investigator and features an administrative component, community advisory board, and one or more clinical research sites, such as medical schools, academic health centers, hospitals, or outpatient centers, where the clinical trials are performed. For a complete listing of all of the clinical trial units and sites, see: HIV/AIDS Network Clinical Trials Units (CTU) and Clinical Research Sites (CRS).
In addition to the six HIV/AIDS clinical trial networks, NIAID also conducts early stage HIV vaccine research through the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The VRC Clinical Trials Core Laboratory performs Phase I human research of HIV vaccines developed at the VRC.
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At 2:54 p.m. Thursday, an officer responded to a report of worthless checks and possible forgery. A 36-year-old male came to police with a collection of checks used by a company on a closed bank account. Estimated losses are $14,091. The case is still under investigation.
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Clay Aiken for Congress? Don't laugh -- the "American Idol" runner-up appears to be serious.
The Washington Blade reports that Aiken has made calls assessing his chances of running for the seat held by Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers in North Carolina's 2nd District. Aiken has contacted a Democratic political consultant and pollsters, the Blade reports.
Ellmers narrowly beat Democrat Bob Etheridge in 2010.
Aiken has no political experience but is an outspoken advocate on gay and lesbian issues. His musical career has included a 2003 appearance on "American Idol," recordings and time on Broadway.


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ROANOKE, Va. (November 1, 2012)—GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney said Thursday President Barack Obama doesn't have a clue about how business works and he also took aim at Mr. Obama for suggesting the creation of a secretary of business.
"We don't need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business," he said.
Romney's words echo a television ad that his campaign started airing Thursday.
Mr. Obama has floated the idea of the new post as a way to consolidate nine agencies that now deal with business matters, and as a way to eliminate bureaucracy, calling it a "one-stop shop" for business owners.
Romney appeared at Integrity Windows in Roanoke, Va., which is owned by a family that Mr. Obama praised during his convention speech.


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New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds cheaper monthly mortgage payments significantly reduce mortgage default risk even when the principal value of the home stays the same.
The report, which was written by Andreas Fuster and Paul Willen, based its findings on the performance of what are called Alt A adjustable-rate mortgages, between 2008 and 2011. This class of mortgage was able to take advantage of the massive rate-cutting campaigns and other efforts to lower long-term borrowing costs conducted by the Fed.
"Interest rate changes dramatically affect repayment behavior," the report said. "Our estimates imply that cutting a borrower's payment in half reduces his hazard of becoming delinquent by about two-thirds," the authors found.
"Government or lender programs that allow underwater borrowers to refinance at a lower rate, or loan modifications that lower the interest rate, have the potential to significantly reduce delinquencies, and the view that principal reduction is the only way to meaningfully reduce defaults is incorrect," the report said.
The researchers noted their findings go "against the intuition held by some commentators that once a borrower's mortgage is sufficiently far underwater, it is always optimal for him to default."
What the researchers found is valuable for monetary policy makers. A cornerstone of Fed policy for some time has been to use asset buying and commitments to keep rates low for well into the future as part of a program to lower long-term interest rates.
Central bankers have hoped these low borrowing rates would help reinvigorate a heavily damaged housing market. Over recent weeks, central bankers have been talking more optimistically about housing activity picking up, and they have attributed some of it to the aggressive stimulus they've blasted the economy's direction.
When it comes to adjustable-rate mortgages, "monetary policy can have large effects on mortgage delinquency, and by extension, on the health of the housing market as a whole." That said, the authors warned that a rising interest rate environment could put these same mortgages back in vulnerable territory.


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San Francisco's MK Nobilette was voted off "American Idol" Thursday after stumbling during her performance of Pink's "Perfect."
The show's first openly gay contestant -- meaning she was out while on the show, so hold the email -- the 20-year-old seemingly recovered with a much better version of John Legend's "All of Me," reports say. Judge Jennifer Lopez seemed to want to keep her around. But that required a unanimous decision among judges, which didn't happen.
"It breaks our heart, but we have to say goodbye to you," said Harry Connick Jr.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Nobilette was the last contestant to be added to the bottom three, joining Dexter Roberts and Majesty Rose, before Rose was sent to "the lounge."
I don't know what that means, but it sounds positive.
The show also featured Lopez performing her new single, "I Luh Ya Papi," which apparently lit the Internet on fire with accusations of lip-syncing. Because that sort of thing never happens on television.
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Three players signed by USC in the 2012 recruiting class who were placed in junior college remain on the Gamecocks' board for the 2014 class. The Gamecocks are keeping in touch with OL Joe Harris of Georgia Military JC, DE Jhaustin Thomas of Trinity Valley JC, TX and DL Carlos Hood of Trinity Valley. The Gamecocks have not made a decision about offering any of the three at this point. Circumstances with high school recruits and scholarship availability will impact if the Gamecocks will offer any of their junior college placements.
Clemson 2012 signee Shrine Bowl DB Marty Williams of Fox Creek has, for at least the time being, given up football according to his former high school coach. Russ Schneider said Williams has been working in his home town after failing to qualify for his scholarship with Clemson.
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Application of core sociological concepts to formal and informal dance styles and analyzation of how cultural practices are shaped by wider social forces will be the focus of the course. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits. 150 Public Sociology Training in community based research methods. Students will learn how to collect and analyze data regarding a specific problem facing the local community. They also will assess the needs of community members and analyze them in relation to past and present social trends. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits. 201 Social Problems GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Analysis of current social problems and social policies: the definitions and causes of problems as well as the efficacy and feasibility of proposed solutions. 4 credits. 211 Introduction to Criminology GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Introduction to the field of criminology. Topics include the criminological enterprise, measuring criminal behavior; victims and criminals--profiles; theories of crime causation--biological, psychological, and sociological; crime typologies--violent and property. Police, courts and corrections will also be briefly discussed. 4 credits. 212 Law and Society GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 or PSC-101 Explores the relationship between law and society from a sociological perspective. Four key areas will be explored: sociological and socio-legal approaches to the study of law, legal institutions, legal actors, and law & social change. Primary emphasis on the interaction between society and law – how social forces influence the nature and content of law and how law influences behavior and beliefs. 4 credits. 213 Deviance and Social Control GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Examination of the different perspectives on how deviance is defined, factors that contribute to the likelihood of individuals being deviant, and finally, the forces that may prevent deviance. In discussing these three conceptual areas this class will deal with several classic as well as current substantive topics in the study of deviance, such as school shootings, bachelorette parties, gangs, soccer hooligans, Ponzi schemes, drug use in college, teen deviance, bankruptcy, and the Mafia. 4 credits. 215 Cultures of Control GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 State control in contemporary American society, showing how organizational cultures of control come to exist in their present form and what kinds of consequences follow. Exploration of "law in action;" how powerful bureaucratic structures interpret criminal law and apply it to individuals. Fundamental problems encountered in the administration of the American criminal justice system. It analyzes how the system of law and social control works by examining various components--lawyers, police, courts, and corrections. Each component is examined as an organizational structure with its own needs and interests. Also studied is the interaction between the various components of the criminal justice system and larger legal, political, and social communities. 4 credits. 220 Environmental Sociology Prerequisite: SOC-101 Investigating the relationship between social lift and the environment via the exploration of theoretical foundations and seminal texts, and engagement with the empirial world. Potential case studies will involve food systems and consumption, the impacts of urban and suburban development, an the potential for sustainable development. 4 credits. 221 Population, Economy and Society GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) and NE (Humans & the Natural Environment) Prerequisite: ECN-111, SOC-101 or 201 Same as ECN-235. Explores the trends and determinants of vital events such as fertility, mortality, marriage, divorce and migration from sociological and economic perspectives. Presents a brief history of world population change and explores current trends and theories that are used to understand them. Students may not receive credit for both ECN-235 or SOC-221 and SOC-222. 4 credits. 222 Population and Environment GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) and NE (Humans & the Natural Environment) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Analysis and review of basic population theory and trends, including a detailed study of the effects of demographic components (fertility, mortality and migration) on contemporary human society and the environment. Students may not receive credit for both ECN-235 or SOC-221 and SOC-222. 4 credits. 223 Urban Community GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Exploration of the dynamics of urbanization and urbanism, with an emphasis on American cities. The roles of urban places, institutions, and lifestyles are explored in depth. 4 credits. 225 Sociology of Development & Globalization GER: WC (World Cultures) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Explores development in the Third World, with a special focus on the continent of Africa. Addresses the question why such a large gap between rich and poor countries exists, why this gap is increasing, and how sociologists and global institutions such as the World Bank have addressed this problem. Issues of the environment, sustainability, the role of women in economic development, the WTO and the push for free trade and social problems in the Third World such as unemployment, poor labor conditions, industrialization, and ethnic conflict will also be addressed. 4 credits. 231 Media, Culture and Society GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Examination of the relationship between media and society. Covers various aspects of media, including television, radio, movies, popular music, the internet, advertising and public relations. Addresses the issue of how social forces shape media content, especially public and political interests. Also examines how needs of media organizations influence images and ideas presented. Considers ways in which media influences society. 4 credits. 232 Sociology of Contemporary Families GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Examining historical and current variation in the institution of the family, the construction of the "ideal" family and the impact of this construction for how the family as aninstitution both contributes to social order and perpetuates inequality. Marriage, divorce, child-rearing, work and family policy will be considered. 4 credits. 233 Sociology of Religion Prerequisite: SOC-101 Analysis of the role of religion, as an institution, in the social world. Focus will be at both the organizational, how religious groups form and grow, and the individual, how religion may influence or impact particular behaviors, levels. Most of the substantive material will center on religion in the United States, although some discussions of other contexts, as a comparison, will be made. This course will not address the philosophical truth or validity of particular religious beliefs. 4 credits. 234 Medical Sociology GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 and permission of instructor Introduction to the sociological study of medicine and the applications of sociology in medicine, emphasizing the sociocultural aspects of health and illness. Requires extensive field work at a Greenville hospital. Entry is by application only. To complete this application, click here. Course must be enrolled with PHL-302 and IDS-301. 4 credits. 235 Sociology of Education Prerequisite: SOC-101 Examination of the social aspects of education and schooling: the interaction between home, society and educational institutions; the ways that social inequities are reproduced through schools; and the ways that identities are formed through education. 4 credits. 241 Social Class in America GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Analysis of social stratification, status and social class in the United States. Relationship of social class to social intimacy, style of life, values, mobility and the socialization process. Structure and function of power systems. 4 credits. 242 Sociology of Gender and Sexuality GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Analysis of the role of gender in society. Exploration of the ways gender differences are culturally reproduced transforming male and female biology into masculinity and femininity. Historical and cross-cultural examples are examined as well as a discussion of the nature or nurture debate. Consideration of the influences of the family, media and language are included. Additional attention is paid to the role of gender in the social institutions (e.g., education, work, health care). 4 credits. 243 Race and Ethnic Relations GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 An exploration of racial, ethnic and religious minorities in United States and around the world. Topic covered include "race" and social identities; stigmatization and prejudice; inter-group cooperation, collusion and competition. 4 credits. 251 Social Movements and Collective Behavior GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Broad examination of social movements, considering movement emergence, movements' influence on social institutions, and movement success and failure. Special emphasis on framing, counter-framing collective identities, and internal dynamics of solidarity and division. A wide variety of case studies will be highlighted, ranging from the civil rights movement to transnational anti-systemic movements today. 4 credits. 260 Global Health Inequities GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior) and WC (World Cultures) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Examination of structural factors (e.g. poverty, post- colonialism) that lead to the unequal distribution of health across the world. Investigation of morbidity, mortality, epidemics; cultural factor shaping ideas about illness and healing; varying health care delivery systems, NGOs, etc. 4 credits. 261 Self and Society GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior) Prerequisite: SOC-101 Examination of the self at the intersection of the individual and society with particular attention to the interdependent nature of micro-level interactions and macro-level structures and institutions. Exploration of how sociologists understand the relationship between the self and society, surveying the fields of symbolic interactionism, social structure and personality, ethnomethodology, role theory, social exchange theory, phenomenology, social constructionism, and the life course. 4 credits. 262 Social Determinants of Health Examination of the role of social factors (social class, race, ethnicity, inequality) in shaping health outcomes. Fundamental or root causes of disease as well as the structure vs. agency debate are explored. The impact of social policies on health is also examined. 301 Sociological Theory Prerequisite: SOC-101 Philosophical and historical influences on classical sociological theory. This course introduces and critically analyzes the sociological theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, as well as more recent theoretical work following these classic traditions. 4 credits. 302 Methods of Social Research Prerequisite: SOC-101 Introduction to the basic techniques of social research including both quantitative and qualitative methods. Focus will be on strategies for conducting effective and valid research, as well as evaluating and critiquing social research. Team-based research projects are developed which are then completed in SOC-303. 4 credits. 303 Quantitative Research Seminar Prerequisite: SOC-302 Continuing introduction to basic techniques of statistics including descriptive and inferential statistics with an emphasis on the application and critical consumption of statistics. Completion of quantitative research project begun in SOC-302. 4 credits. 470 Qualitative Research Seminar Prerequisite: SOC-101, SOC-302, and at least one more sociology course numbered 200 or greater Advanced reading, research and discussion course for majors covering a specific topic in sociology. Topics vary by instructor and term and could include such topics as Sociology of Emotions, Masculinities or Ethnography of Everyday Life. Special emphasis on qualitative methodology. This course requires an independent or collaborative research project. May be repeated for credit based on change of topic. 4 credits. 471 Advanced Qualitative Methods Prerequisite: SOC-470 Advanced training in qualitative methods such as participant-observation and in-depth interviews. Students will learn how to design and conduct an independent research project in order to make a substantive or theoretical contribution to previous academic literature. 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CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. — Black Uhuru is one of the better known Jamaican reggae bands and its lineup has included some of its greatest stars.
Founded in Kingston in 1972, the one constant is that Duckie Simpson has always been the band leader. He plays now with Andrew Bees and Kaye Stahr.
Former members include Peter Tosh's rhythm section, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, Junior Reid, Michael Rose, Puma Jones and Don Carlos.
Uhuru, which is Swahili for freedom, won the first Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album.


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Exploring the Environmental Contributions of Autism
This post is by guest blogger Dr. Philip Landrigan. Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc., the Ethel Wise Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, is a pediatrician, epidemiologist, and internationally recognized leader in public health and preventive medicine. He has been a member of the faculty of Mount Sinai School of Medicine since 1985, the Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine since 1990 and is also the Director of the Children's Environmental Health Center. Dr. Landrigan has been a leader in developing the National Children's Study, the largest study of children's health and the environment ever launched in the United States.
The causation of autism is the subject of intense inquiry. Genetic factors are clearly important, and elegant genetic research has identified a series of anomalies – gene mutations, gene deletions, and copy number variants (CNVs) – that are persuasively linked to autism. But none accounts for more than a relatively small fraction of cases. Moreover there is substantial imbalance between the extensive and highly sophisticated information on the genetics of autism and the scarcity of investigation into potential environmental causes. This situation raises the possibility that still undiscovered environmental exposures also contribute to causation of autism perhaps acting in synergy with inherited genetic vulnerabilities.
The article I recently published in Current Opinion in Pediatrics explores the possible contribution of early environmental exposures in the causation of autism, with particular focus on the possible role of toxic chemicals. Support for the possibility of an environmental contribution to autism comes from the following two sources:
(1) Current understanding of the exquisite vulnerability of the developing human brain to toxic exposures in the environment; and
(2) Proof-of-concept studies that specifically link autism to environmental exposures experienced prenatally. These include thalidomide, misoprostol, valproic acid, maternal rubella infection, and most recently the organophosphate insecticide – chlorpyrifos, which is linked in prospective epidemiologic studies to Pervasive Developmental Disorder, a form of autism. The time of greatest vulnerability to these exposures appear to be the first trimester of pregnancy.
There is no credible evidence that vaccines cause autism. To address the possibility of a connection between the MMR vaccine or thimerosal and autism, a dozen highly credible studies have been undertaken in the US, the UK, Europe, and Japan. None have found credible evidence for a connection between the MMR vaccine or thimerosal and autism. Most persuasive among these studies is an investigation in Yokohama, Japan. There, the MMR vaccination rate declined significantly between 1988 and 1992, and no MMR vaccine was administered in 1993 or thereafter. Despite declining immunizations, the cumulative incidence of ASD increased significantly each year from 1988 through 1996 and rose especially dramatically beginning in 1993. Overall incidence of autism nearly doubled in those years.
To reveal as yet undiscovered environmental causes of autism, an interdisciplinary autism discovery strategy is proposed that combines toxicological screening, neurobiological research and prospective epidemiological study. Although the MMR vaccine and thimerosal are not credible causes of autism, the possibility remains open that there exist unrecognized environmental causes of autism. Most likely these are to be found among the High Production Volume chemicals to which pregnant women and children today are routinely exposed. The rationale for seeking environmental causes of autism is that, once discovered, these causes are potentially preventable.
A successful strategy for discovering the environmental causes of autism will need to be highly interdisciplinary. It will need to bring together researchers from toxicology, epidemiology, developmental psychology, developmental neurobiology, neuropathology, molecular genetics, genomics, proteomics, functional neuroimaging and medical informatics. Key elements will include toxicological testing of chemicals to which pregnant women are at risk of exposure, basic neurobiological research and prospective epidemiologic study.
Large-scale, prospective epidemiological studies such as the recently launched US National Children's Study are extraordinarily powerful engines for discovery of the environmental causes of autism. The National Children's Study is the largest study of children's health ever undertaken in the US. It will follow 100,000 children—a statistically representative sample of all children born in the United States from conception to age 21. It is the first large-scale prospective study of children's health to specifically measure children's environmental exposures, prenatally as well as after birth, using a combination of maternal and infant biological markers and direct sampling of the ambient environment. It will collect samples for genetic analysis from each mother and child. The National Children's Study will attempt to link children's prenatal and postnatal environmental exposures with the subsequent appearance of disease and dysfunction.
Given the currently reported prevalence of autism in the US, the study can be expected to include nearly 700 children with autism. The National Children's Study will provide an unparalleled opportunity to examine interactions between genetic and environmental factors in the genesis of autism. It will also bring together the researchers needed to succeed in understanding the causes of a complex disorder like autism. Potential for breakthrough discovery is high.
Landrigan, P (2010) What causes autism? Exploring the environmental contribution. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 22.


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Most recent performance
There are currently no scheduled performances of Die Zauberflöte. It was last on stage 23 February—11 March 2015 as part of the Winter 2014/15 season.
The Story
Prince Tamino promises the Queen of the Night that he will rescue her daughter Pamina from the enchanter Sarastro. He begins his quest, accompanied by the bird-catcher Papageno, but all is not as it seems.
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Mozart wrote Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) for a suburban theatre in Vienna, the Theater auf der Wieden, and drew on the magical spectacle and earthy comedy of popular Viennese theatre. As well as being a comedy, Die Zauberflöte is an expression of Mozart's profound spiritual beliefs. Enlightenment concerns with the search for wisdom and virtue are at the heart of this enchanting tale. Die Zauberflöte was an instant success with audiences and Mozart's supposed rival Salieri described it as an 'operone' – a great opera.
David McVicar's classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart's work. The audience is transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies. The setting provides a wonderful backdrop for Mozart's kaleidoscopic score, from the Queen of the Night's coloratura fireworks to Tamino and Pamina's lyrical love duets and Papageno's hearty, folksong-like arias.
News and features
Some things are better left unsung: Why composers use speech in opera2 November 2015
Composers have long explored the gamut of vocal expression from a whisper to a scream.
Saving the best until last: Our favourite operatic swansongs10 July 2015
Five of our favourite final masterpieces from opera's greatest composers.
New animations offer fresh take on classic operatic moments9 March 2015
Playful interpretations of extracts from Die Zauberflöte, Madama Butterfly, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and La traviata.
When opera meets pop music5 March 2015
From David Bowie and Kelis to Jeff Buckley and Weezer, the world of pop has a passion for opera.
Your Reaction: Die Zauberflöte 201524 February 2015
What did you think of David McVicar's production of Mozart's fantastical comedy?
Die Zauberflöte Musical Highlights: A tasting menu of different styles23 February 2015
We celebrate the wide variety of musical styles Mozart uses in this wonderful opera.
On Wikipedia
The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.
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text: Tonight's Daily Show took a look at an issue that should be a surprise to no one: that Fox News is little more than a mouthpiece for the GOP. How bad is it? Their hosts are reading position papers that the GOP sends out to help them shape the debate about the recovering economy. Yes, it really is that blatant.


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Ed Shenk
Personal Information
Shirley Hufstedler School of Education
Educational Leadership
San Francisco Beach St Campus
Program Director, ELM: K-Higher Educ.
Associate Professor
Alliant International University San Francisco
One Beach Street, Suite 100
San Francisco CA 94133-1221
Courses, Research Interests, Publications
Current Trends in Higher Education
Leadership in Learning Organizations
Student Personnel Services in Higher Education
student discipline issues, leadership in higher education: community colleges
Academic History and Background
EdD in Higher Education, University of Oregon
BA in History, San Diego State University
MPA in Public Administration, San Diego State University
Board Member on the California ACT Advisory Council
Professional Practice and Community Service
Napa County Hispanic Network President for 2006-08, 2006
Dr. Ed Shenk is currently an Associate professor and the Program Director for HSOE ELM program at the San Francisco campus. He joined Alliant International University in July 2005 and started full-time in January, 2006 after retiring from Napa Valley College where he was the Vice President of Student Services. He served at NVC for 30 years and was in community college administration for 35 years., 2005-2006
President of CCCCSSAA (California Community College Chief Student Services Administrators Association), 1991-92, 1991
Administrator, Napa Valley College, 1975-2005, 1975-2005
Editor, iJournal: Insight Into Student Services
Napa Chamber of Commerce board member/ committee chair, Ambassador
Bio and Links
Dr. Shenk served at NVC for 30 years and was in community college administration for 35 years. Ed was an administrator at Napa College since 1975 and served as the Chief Student Service Officer on campus beginning in 1981. His title was upgraded to Vice President, Student Services in 1987. He served as the Affirmative Action Officer and sat on the District-Faculty negotiations team for 14 years as some of the experiences he had at the college.
He has initiated several Institutes for the University on issues related to student services.
He was a highly visible leader within Student Services for many years. He served on the executive board of CCCCSSAA (California Community College Chief Student Services Administrators Association) for fourteen years and was president of the organization in 1991-92. He represented the field by serving on many statewide committees and special task forces.
He continues to be an active member in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrator (NASPA). He served as the faculty-in-residence on the Community and Two Year College task Force for the Division of Community Colleges in NASPA. He is often a presenter at the NASPA National Conference most recently in Chicago in 2010. He was recognized as the Outstanding Dean in NASPA's Region 6 in 2002. He continues to serve as the editor of the web based iJournal which focuses on community college issues in California and the nation. You can access the iJournal at www.ijournal.us He was also a long-time Board member on the California ACT Advisory Council.
Having a special interest in student discipline, leadership and professional development, Dr. Shenk was instrumental in initiating the Student Services Training Institute in which hundreds of California student services professionals have participated. He is a frequent facilitator, trainer, and speaker at local colleges and for statewide and national organizations. He has consulted with community colleges on organizational structure, customer service and strategic plans.
Throughout this time he has been active in the community as a board member and former president of the Napa Chamber of Commerce and an ongoing Napa Chamber Ambassador and committee chair, a member of the Napa City-County Library Foundation, a 4-H Sponsoring Committee member, a former Youth Soccer Coach, and once served as president of Phi Theta Kappa and American Heart Association. He received in 2002 a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Napa County Hispanic Network and served as president from 2005-07. He also serves on Napa County&aposs Airport Advisory Commission.
Dr. Shenk attended San Diego State University where he received a B.A. in History and an M.P.A. in Public Administration. He earned his Ed.D. in Higher Education from the University of Oregon. His wife, Sue Dee, recently retired as the Executive Director of Napa Valley Community housing, a builder and manager of affordable housing tin the Napa Valley. They have two grown sons and a daughter-in-law. Needless to say, living in the Napa Valley for over to 30 years, Dr. Shenk enjoys wine, travel, golf, bocce ball and a good mystery.


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Although conferences changed, the rivalry between UCF (6-1, 4-0 The American) and Houston (7-2, 4-1) was intense as ever. UCF held on to beat the Cougars 19-14 in front of 44,665 fans at Bright House Networks Stadium Nov. 9 putting them in the driver's seat for the American Athletic Conference's BCS bid.
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For a fabulous interviewer, Tom Hibbert – who has died aged 59 – was a fabulous interview.
Nary a word needed to be edited, or a phrase untangled, from the thoroughly enjoyable conversation I had with him in 2000 for In Their Own Write.
For obvious reasons, interviewing journalists can be tricky. This was not my experience with Hibbert. Probably because he didn't care, lacking the vanity which characterises this profession (or craft, or whatever it is that we do). Talking to Hibbert was akin to reading one of his rightly celebrated Who The Hell pieces: trenchant, enlightening and highly entertaining.
Here's a selection from that chat:
"I had my first letter published in Melody Maker in 1970. It was about Crosby, Stills & Nash and how crap Graham Nash was, which I think still stands up today."


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Interview with FFmpeg Developers
Two posts in two days after such a long silence, who'd have thought it…… And again it's about FFmpeg.
This time Phoronix has posted an interesting interview summary with Diego Biurrun,
Baptiste Coudurier, and Robert Swain, three of the many, but very key, developers working on the FFmpeg project. The interview covers some interesting topics about the future of FFmpeg, the difficulties of maintaining such a large project, managing developer motivation for writing codecs and the limited corporate sponsorship the project has so far received.
I've known Baptiste for a year or so, having met at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas in April 2008. I'd like to personally thank him for the work he has done on implementing DNxHD in FFmpeg.
Anyway, read the interview and learn something about behind the scenes at FFmpeg.
Also worth a read, which I just found today, is the Phoronix tests on NVIDIAs VDPAU drivers on a cheap chipset and graphics card.


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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Churchill, MB, CAN
DRAFTED: NSH: 2001-98 overall
* Established a career high in assists (12) and posted the second-most points (16) of his four-season career.
* Led the club in penalty minutes (124), and ranked second in fighting majors.
* Averaged 12:05 per game, up more than two minutes from his previous personal high from a season ago (9:53).
* Ranked second among Nashville forwards in hits (129) despite missing 10 games due to injury. The total is a career high.
* Played in his 300th with the club/in his career on April 3 in Chicago, becoming the seventh Predator draft pick to do so.
* Had points in five of seven games played (1g-4a) from Jan. 10-Feb. 14.
* Scored goals in back-to-back regular-season games for the first time in his career on Oct. 23 vs. Calgary and Oct. 25 vs. Los Angeles.
Career Notes
OT Points: none, Shootouts: none, Penalty Shots: none.
|2009-10: Matched his point output from the previous season in 21 fewer games (6g-10a-16pts), tied for the second-highest output of his career… Recorded a plus rating for the second time in his career (+2)… Amassed seven of his points (2g-5a) in just 15 divisional games… Scored goals in three consecutive games for the first time in his career in Nashville's final three games before the Olympic break from Feb. 10-14… Recorded a career-high four-game point/assist streak from Nov. 23-28 (4a)… Became the franchise's all-time penalty minute leader with a pair of fighting majors on Nov. 28 vs. Florida… Amassed a career-low 40 penalty minutes and four major penalties… Missed 30 games due to injury. PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all six of the team's postseason contests… Registered his second career playoff assist in Game Six.
2008-09: Established career highs in assists (12), games played (72), shots (138) and average ice time (12:05)… Led the club in penalty minutes (124) for the third consecutive season… Ranked second among Nashville forwards in hits with a career high (129)… Played in his 300th career game on April 3 in Chicago… Missed nine games due to injury.
2007-08: Established career highs in goals (11) and points (18)… His goal total in 2007-08 equaled his first three NHL seasons combined… Also attained a personal best in shooting percentage (11.2%)… Led the club in penalty minutes (100)… Scored his first career game-winning goal on March 1 at Dallas… Missed 18 games due to injury. PLAYOFFS: Appeared in all six of the club's postseason games… Tied for the team lead in goals (2)… Scored goals in each of the first two games of the club's WCQ series vs. Detroit. It was the first goal-scoring streak of his career – playoffs and regular season combined.
2006-07: Led the team in penalty minutes (116)… Led Nashville forwards in hits (89)… Missed 10 games due to injury/illness and five games due to suspension. PLAYOFFS: Played in four of Nashville's five WCQ games vs. San Jose and recorded his first career playoff point (assist) in Game Four (April 18).
2005-06: In 34 games played, posted six assists and 10 points, more than doubling his 70-game output from 2003-04 (4g-4a)… Tied for third on the club with a career-high +9 rating… Opened the season with Nashville but spent four stretches (Oct. 10-Dec. 15, Jan. 16-Feb. 4, Feb. 9-March 7 and April 30-June 15) with Milwaukee (AHL). Registered 27 points (13g-14a) in 41 games with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) and ranked second on the club in penalty minutes (133)… Ranked second on the Ads in penalty minutes (35) and third in goals (9) in the playoffs… Missed five NHL games due to injury. PLAYOFFS: Appeared in three of Nashville's five playoff games.
2004-05: Led Milwaukee in penalty minutes (266)… Also led Milwaukee with 41 penalty minutes in the playoffs.
2003-04: Led Nashville and ranked fifth among NHL rookies in penalty minutes (137)… Also led the Predators and ranked fifth among league rookies in major penalties (15)… Recorded his first multi-point game (1g-1a) on Jan. 10 vs. St. Louis. PLAYOFFS: Appeared in five of Nashville's six first-round playoff games.
AMATEUR: Voted Brandon's Most Popular Player in each of his four WHL seasons (1999-2003) and finished his Wheat Kings career ranked third all-time in penalty minutes (874)… Named a 2003 WHL Eastern Conference First-Team All-Star… Led Brandon (WHL) in penalty minutes (216) and tied for first in points (74) in 2002-03… Won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2003 World Junior Championships… Led Brandon in goals (32), assists (39) and points (71) and ranked second in game-winning goals (6) and penalty minutes (276) in 2001-02… Named the WHL Player of the Month for Dec. 2001… Performed for Team Orr at the 2001 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game… Won the hardest shot event at the 2001 Top Prospects Skills Evaluation (96.1 mph)… Recognized as Brandon's hardest worker in 2000-01… Led the 2000-01 Wheat Kings in playoff scoring with six points (2g-4a)… Captained Canada's U-18 team at the 2000 Four Nations tournament in Slovakia, capturing a gold medal… Skated for Team West in the 2000 U-17 World Hockey Challenge… Played for the OCN Blizzard (MJHL) in 1998-99, earning Rookie of the Year and Scholastic Player of the Year honors.
BACKGROUND: His hometown is Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, located on Canada's Hudson Bay… He splits his summers between Rankin Inlet and Winnipeg, Manitoba…. Fluent in English and Inuktituk… Became the first player of Inuit descent to skate in an NHL game when he made his NHL debut… Ranked eighth on The Globe and Mail's list of the top 25 sports figures in Canada for 2003… Nominated as Manitoba's Sportsman of the Year for 2000… His story has been featured in publications such as USA Today, Sports Illustrated, ESPN Magazine and MacLean's… Enjoys fishing, hunting and golf… Favorites include Tommy Boy (movie), Metallica (band/musician), Al Pacino (actor) and Nunavut (vacation spot)… Enjoys traditional foods such as raw caribou, seals, whale and fish… Playing for Team Canada at the 2003 World Junior Championships is his favorite hockey moment… Idolized the play of Wendel Clark while growing up… Nickname "Toots"… Single.
TRANSACTIONS: June 24, 2001 – Nashville's sixth choice, 98th overall (fourth round), in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.


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LOS ANGELES -- Backup goalie Alex Stalock will be in net for the Sharks when they try to close out the Los Angeles Kings in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series Monday night at Staples Center.
The change is one of two in the lineup for San Jose, which will be without the services of defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who did not make the trip. Vlasic left Game 5 early after being hit by Jarret Stoll on a play that earned the Kings forward a roughing penalty and after the game, Sharks coach Todd McLellan said Stoll's hit struck Vlasic in the head.
McLellan said Monday he does not have a timetable for Vlasic's return.
Matt Irwin will replace Vlasic in the lineup and is expected to be partnered with Dan Boyle, but McLellan said it's up to the entire defense corps to pick its game up with Vlasic, a member of Team Canada at the Sochi Olympics, out.
"It's not about the one you lose," McLellan said. "It's about the collective group as a whole that has to pull together and can overcome that loss."
Stalock has seen action in the past two games after McLellan yanked Antti Niemi, who gave up eight goals on 45 shots in Games 4 and 5 for a save percentage of .822. In those two games, Stalock stopped all 26 pucks he has faced with the exception of a goal that was nullified by a Los Angeles penalty.
The backup goalie said that playing in the past two games will benefit him in Game 6.
"Playing in both rinks, too -- getting a feel for the series, the speed and the intensity," he said. "It'll be a lot of fun."
Stalock's style includes pursuit of pucks in the defensive zone, trying to help his defensemen move up the ice more quickly. Even though that can be risky against teams that have the strong forecheck the Kings do, he said he didn't plan to change his approach.
"I have to play my game. If there's a chance to go out and play a puck that's going to help us, it's my plan to go out and do it," Stalock said. "But it's a road game, it's got to be a simple game and ultimately it's about stopping the puck."
The Sharks jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the series, but failed in their last two chances to eliminate the Kings. Still, forward Tommy Wingels said, the pressure isn't shifting to the Sharks because of that.
"I think the ultimate goal is to win that fourth game whether it be the fifth game, the sixth game or the seventh game of this series. Our feeling about it hasn't changed at all," Wingels said.
"We only look at the opportunity that presents itself that night. We don't look at it as mulligans allowed or a couple opportunities at it. We look at it as we want to get the job done in the present."


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SANTA CLARA -- Colin Kaepernick can evade defenders as the 49ers quarterback but he continues to encounter questions about his plentiful tattoos.
He confirmed that agent has applied for a trademark on the term "Kaepernicking," which describes his touchdown celebration of kissing the "Faith" tattoo on his right biceps.
"It's my way of saying I don't care what people think of my tattoos," Kaepernick said Thursday amid preparations for Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3 in New Orleans.
The second-year signal caller wouldn't predict if he'll do a lot of Kaepernicking against the Baltimore Ravens as the 49ers vie for their sixth Super Bowl championship, adding: "I don't know. I hope so."
One thing he did Thursday afternoon: He sent 15 pizzas to the 49ers' media trailer as a goodwill gesture. Just like the 49ers' playbook with him as their quarterback, there were a lot of options on the pizza toppings.


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hey everyone! i'm nikki. i've been running since Feb. of this year. I'm about 192 (down 26 pound since November woot!) and I race at like 12-MM. (i've done 3 5ks in the past 3 months and i'm training for a HM)
At each race I've been asked by the bigger gals if I'm walking too. Is it because I'm a big girl that they don't think I can run? I have improved greatly and I know speed will come with weight loss. I just don't get why they think bigger girls don't run. I usually pass a few people that go all balls out and realize they didn't train properly for the 5k and I know it ticks them off that they got beat by a big girl in a skirt.
I just am so dishearted by the fact that because of my size i'm not "accepted" into the runners world.
So am I the only woman that feels this way?
Nikki :)
Nobody puts baby in the corner!
For what its worth, I weigh 180 lbs and run ultras. I am probably the biggest ultra girl out there but I've completed my first 100 miler and have another coming up here in 20 days!
I get the same stuff but more so because I am overweight and old. It seems that if you are a combo of the two, you are sexpected to walk.
I have run and finished 4 HM's. And there are a bunch of women skinnier than I am who finish behind me.
don't let it bother you. Just keep on with what you are doing and tell them to stuff it!
I get "go walker" all the bloody time. I'm bigger than most runners (although no longer obese), I'm abnormally slow, and I have a shuffling, bad, running gait.
But I am running, not walking. Lots of walkers pass me; I'm not dissing them, BTW.
This is one of the reasons I am considering giving up entering races; it all seems like a lost cause.
i had spoken to a few women today that just assumed i was walking. like i said i'm not fast but i have endurance. i know that about myself. some of the guys at the race today were cute when i was running (after they had finished) and told me i was doing great and stuff like that. What's funny is that I didn't think that 37:58 was such a bad time! At the first race I did I ran 40:15 and I still beat out some runners.
Such as life I guess. I just guess it's another thing that I have to prove to the world. I was a cheerleader in high school. I was like 150-160 (I'd KILL to be that now!) and was captain senior year but every year I had to prove myself being the bigger girl. blah!
People judge on looks all the time and thats never going to stop - the assuption is that big people are unfit and small people are fit ..... I don`t care what people assume - I just go and do my thing. Actions speak louder than words
I love passing those 20 something Barbies and their "hot" boyfriends who assume they are in better shape than me because they are thinner than me. Hopefully it humbles them
I equally like it when I can show women who are built like me what I can do - because they see what is possible - like I did a few months ago - she can do it - so can I
NYC Marathon Nov 1 2009 - 4:03:13 ( 9:17 mm )
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I love passing those who assume they are in better shape than me because they are thinner than me. Hopefully it humbles them
I wouldn't get too down if someone of your build is asking you if you're walking too. You never know if it was hard for them to get out there, and they're just looking for some reassurance. If anything, tell them you've been training for this race and hope to set a PR, then wish them good luck.
For what it's worth, I don't think any real runners look down on any other runners. With the exception of the people who actually have a chance of winning races, we're all out there just trying to do our best and the competition is all with ourselves. If your best is a 17 minute 5k, great, I'll stay out of your way. If you're shooting for a 4-hour 5k, that's great too. I'll cheer you on; maybe not for 4 hours, but you get my point.
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There's plenty of time for rest when you're dead.
I just am so dishearted by the fact that because of my size i'm not "accepted" into the runners world.
I think the best way to have friends at a race is to bring your friends to the race. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot. Sometimes there will be a great vibe at a race and everyone will be really friendly. Other times, people will be trying to get "into the zone" and are doing their very best to ignore everyone else as they mentally prepare for the race.
In my small experience (and yours may very well vary), the longer the race, the friendlier the people. During a marathon, I have time to talk to you during the race. I may even want to be friendly with you before the race because it is simply wonderful to have someone to chat with to make the miles disappear behind you. In a 5K, I don't have time for that. If I want to do my best, I have to push, push, push. I have to focus.
At each race I've been asked by the bigger gals if I'm walking too.
Starting conversations is awkward. I try to think of a hook that will make you want to talk with me. I know others do this too. So, I don't think these other ladies are trying to "dis" you, but I can totally understand how it comes across that way. Still, this is an opportunity to find friendship and acceptance, or maybe even to build up someone else who has not progressed as far as you have. It might be a chance worth taking.
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Its like the rest of life. Most decent people respect someone that is working hard - No matter how fast they run or how much weight they lift.
I may be impressed by the speed some natural runners that are slackers have, but ...
I respect hard work
I am a big man (210#) that runs a decent time - I always feel like I am getting the eye ball for starting at the proper place in the starting chute - In front of most the skinnies.
For me its about competing - 1st against my self and then against others - I run and race for me.
Originally posted by bikegirl72:
At each race I've been asked by the bigger gals if I'm walking too.
I just want to add--- asking is great! It means they just want someone to walk with; You probably didn't intimidate them as much as some of the others (I'm sure because of the running skirt as much as being bigger).
People that bother me are the ones I overhear talking crap. (Recent race, had someone pointing at me and saying, "At least we won't finish last." For real. Which shouldn't have bothered me because if you are in any risk of finishing last in a 5K, you are going to be well BEHIND me. But why even say something like that?) Of course, anyone jerky enough to make comments like that are generally inexperienced enough that I beat them.
This is my fourth season running as a Filly (Athena). I think that I always thought about myself differently. I realized that I am just a larger target when at one race a person that I had been keying off the year before marked me as her target for the season. Just because you are bigger doesn't mean that you can't be faster. I am happy when I finish in the top 50 percent of a race. Just finishing makes you a winner.
Ok...let me say I was an athena at my first race...now I've lost weight and I guess am "skinny" or something like that.
I figured I'm chime in on something
there are always going to be runnerswhether they're skinny or not who are going to be rude and say inappropriate things. I get asked if I can really run since I apparently am not built like a runner and I don't have "runners" legs. Um...so chicken legs are a trait of my family...who cares...they do what they need to. And what is "really" running...like I what, don't run but just show up and dress the part?

However....most runners are just glad to see you out there. I run at a park. There are these 2 people that run there-the woman is probably 250 and the man has to be almost 400. When I see them, the first thing that crosses my mind is "wow, good for them" because I cannot imagine getting out there like that if I was overweight. I ran on a TM for 5 months until I lost 40+ pounds because I was embarrassed. Let me also clarify this by saying I'm not calling myself perfect or nice...I know I make judgments sometimes...but when people exercise...that's one time I don't. Of course, I do have to chuckle when I get passed by a skinny little thing who looks like they'd be a great runner, and she can only go 2 miles to my 15, then she asks me for advice, LOL -- looks can be deceiving...they could even be jealous of your dedication!
One more quick story...My mother is 58 years old (and an athena) and is training to walk the half marathon while I run the full...people laugh at her, tell her she's too old and she's crazy and she just thinks "who cares, at least I'm doing it" and that's a great attitude!!
I get the same reaction every time I run. I am a guy that weighs 275 lbs. (6'3") and it frustrates me that others don't think I can run. I started running last August, ran my first marathon in March, and I am currently training for my second marathon in November. Every race that has a Clydesdale division, some guy will approach me and generally the conversation goes like this............He will say, "It's great to see another Clydesdale out here." I always ask how much they weigh. Most of the time, it is around 220 lbs. I always reply, "let me know when you get to be 275!" They usually shut up after that.
I trained for the first marathon on my own. I joined a training group for this one. I went through the same headache. In order to join the intermediate group, you must be able to run 6 miles at once, at a 10 minute pace or better, and currently running at least 20 miles a week. When I registered I was told I might be in the wrong group, on the first day I was told the same thing, and then a woman in my group even questioned me.................the nerve!
The bottom line is that once I get past all the idiots, I love the attention and support that I get from friends/family and the spectators that yell for me while I am running........it's my drug of choice!
Keep your head up and Happy Running!
I run for me. I don't pay a lot of attention to what other people think or say.
I like when people talk to me, but I don't put a lot of stock in their opinions....every runner is different and everybody's out there doing the best they can. If someone asks me if I walk, I say, "sometimes" which is true. It doesn't make me less of a runner and it doesn't make me feel bad about myself.
This morning I was clumping along and a mountain biker passed me and said, "you can do it." I guess I could've taken offense...of course I can do it, you moron. But it didn't even occur to me. Most people are just trying to help, and just trying to connect.
And the rest can just stuff it.
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quote: If you have a better idea, post it.
quote: Some states would not bother at all, so the Fed has to step in due to this failing.
quote: If one state isn't playing nice with another, someone has to resolve the dispute since we don't really want them going to war with each other.
quote: All I see from you is "bla bla bla I'm a Communist."
quote: I read continuous stories about how some states are doing poor jobs at things that is their jurisdiction.
quote: All your posts have a similar theme, that personal freedom trumps everything.
quote: But you need to acknowledge that not everyone is as fortunate, and as a society we have decided it is better to keep those people afloat and help them than to step over their bodies in the streets.
quote: You said earlier to abolish the EPA. Well then who the hell is going to go after the companies that wreck the environment in the towns they live in.
quote: The right to bare arms is a good example (think what that really meant at the time)
quote: The constitution is old, and probably should be updated.
quote: The constitution is the current law and it should be followed by all, but that doesn't mean it can't be changed or re-drafted. Most of the stuff would likely survive the new version.
quote: LMAO! And the Federal Government doesn't do a "poor job"?? Oh man, there's not enough time in the DAY to list all of it's failings.
quote: But the Constitution is clear, we have virtually unlimited personal freedoms.
quote: Hyperbole.
quote: The EPA is just an extra, worthless, wasteful layer on-top of what we already have. Honestly, what do they do for us exactly?
quote: Wrong again. The Supreme Court already settled this, decades ago. We have an absolute right to firearms, and it has nothing to do with a well armed militia.
quote: What's "old" about the idea of NOT living under a tyrannical Government? And if you want to update it, fine. Pass Amendments! Instead of just passing mandate after mandate, which are largely illegal.
quote: I love how you think I'M the extreme one for questioning the EPA and wanting to preserve my basic freedoms, but it's perfectly rational to you that the entire Constitution should be re-drafted and modernized...
quote: Blame the people in the US who refuse to buy a diesel.
quote: Interestingly enough from the German manual it looked like the non-hybrid European version got better gas mileage than the U.S. hybrid version.


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SUGAR LAND, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team saw its 2013 season come to a close on Friday morning, falling in an 8-1 final against Central Arkansas at the Southland Conference Tournament.
The Islanders (33-24) battled the Bears to a scoreless tie until the top of the seventh, when UCA plated eight runs to put the game out of reach. Matt Danton (5-3) was tagged with the loss, pitching a shutout into the top of the seventh before giving up a single and committing an error on a sacrifice bunt. He was lifted after the first run and the Bears used six more hits to break the game open.
Before that point Danton had worked around hits in the first four innings to keep the game at 0-0.
After a final scoreless inning in the sixth, Danton gave up a single to start the seventh and made an error trying to get the lead runner on a sacrifice bunt. After the two runners moved up on a sacrifice bunt and giving up another single for the first run of the game, Franco Pace came on in relief and hit the only batter he faced to load the bases. O'Shea Dumes came in following the hit-by-pitch, but he was unable to get the Islanders out of the inning as he surrendered a grand slam that made it a 5-0 game. UCA added three more to take the 8-0 lead.
The Islanders got on the board for the only time in the bottom of the ninth as Jonathan Gonzales led off with a single, moved to second on an error as Zach Taylor reached on a fielder's choice, and advanced to third on a single by Jordan Lee that loaded the bases. After the first out of the inning, Stafford Brantley singled through the left side to plate Gonzales and make it 8-1 and keep the bases loaded.
It would be all the Islanders could get however, as a double play on the last pitch of the game ended it at 8-1.
Despite the finish in the Southland Conference Tournament, it was perhaps the most successful season in school history, with the team earning its highest ever finish in the league at second place. They also posted 33 wins to tie the second highest total in school history. They also had eight players recognized by the Southland Conference, including three First Team All-Southland members, the most in school history.
"You hate being the last man standing in that circle after talking to those 10 seniors," said head coach Scott Malone. "I want to talk about where they are taking our program, from where we were four or five years ago to finish second in the regular season. You look at the number of all-conference players, it's unheard of for Islanders baseball.
"The talent level is growing. 10 unbelievable seniors, you hate to see their season end. They really changed our program, and they really changed our guys."
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The lockout is on for the National Hockey League but that doesn't mean that local aficionados must abandon viewing their sport of choice.
And they don't have to go far to get their fix.
This season the Colorado Mesa University Mavericks have designated the Eagle Ice Rink as their home base. The university club team will play 12 games in Eagle this winter.
"This is good hockey, college level, and you can't watch the Av's this year," said Sheryl Staten, Eagle area manager for the Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation District. "They want to get as many people into the games as possible."
The Mavericks will open their 2012-13 season Friday, Oct. 19, when they face off against Western State College. Game time is 7 p.m. The second part of the weekend doubleheader is planned Saturday, Oct. 20, when the teams hit the ice at 5 p.m.
After their home opener, the Mavericks won't be back in Eagle until 2013, when they face Metropolitan State University on Jan. 11 and 12. The Western State skaters will be back in Eagle on Jan 25 and 26, and the University of New Mexico comes to town Feb. 15 and 16. The home season will conclude March 1 and 2 with games against Colorado School of Mines.
Even when the Mavericks aren't in town, there will be a lot of action at the Eagle Ice rink in the coming weeks.
"From Halloween through the second week in December, we have tournaments lined up," said Staten. "We are going to be jammin'."
Staten noted that the upcoming women's tournament will feature teams from Denver and Utah, and the youth tournaments will include kids from all over Colorado.
Here's the schedule:
• Oct. 27-28 - Women's Stick or Treat Tournament
• Nov. 3-4. 10-11 and 17-18 - Vail Sportsmanship Tournament
• Nov. 24-25 - Battle for the Bird 3 on 3 Tournament
• Dec. 1-2 - Midget Hockey Festival
• Dec. 8 - Mountain Mite Festival
For more information about hockey tournaments or programs, contact the Eagle Ice Rink at 970-328-5277.


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Geoff McFetridge designs Her
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After seeing Her, the film directed by Spike Jonze, I was incredibly curious as to who was the designer behind all the interfaces for the computer software. That'd be Geoff McFetridge, of Champion Studio. He was also responsible for the title sequence, the credits, the illustrations hanging above Theodore's work station and the tranport map for LA in 2025 - but it was the interface design that made the film so real for me.
Have you seen Her? What are your thoughts?


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October 31, 2006
He's led Richmond County schools for over a decade, sometimes with controversy for the way he's done it.
Today was the final day on the job for Dr. Charles Larke.
It's been one rocky road of a career for Dr. Larke.
But as of 5 o'clock, his time as superintendent came to an end...and he says that's okay, because he's leaving with what he really wanted.
After being the center of continuing controversy as superintendent of Richmond County schools, Dr. Charles Larke, the self-described country boy from Alabama, says he's ready to retire and move on.
"Well, you have mixed emotions," he told News 12. "You look forward to being stress-free starting at 5 o'clock today, then you realize you are going to miss all the people."
Larke says he couldn't be leaving with a better bang--dedicating the new Laney stadium, getting the annuities in his contract, and reaching 40 years in the school system--and he hopes his final gift will be the approval of the $230 million one cent sales tax package on the ballot in November.
"Every school will benefit from the technology and the textbooks," he said.
And symbolic of his first day on the job, Larke drove his antique Mustang, a car he hasn't driven to work in ten years.
While he's ready for the retirement ride, others are torn about his departure.
"He's been my mentor," said co-worker Lawrence Bennett. "He's been invested in my career since day one. I mean, he was in my wedding."
"I think Augusta's ready for a change, and I think a change would be good," said Richmond County parent Margaret Careway. "I think it would clarify a lot."
So it's a bittersweet bid goodbye from an educator who says he holds no grudges.
"I really feel good about everybody, and I hold no hard feelings at all," Larke said.
Larke will serve as a consultant for the board until March. That will give him 40 years in the school system for retirement.
Deputy Superintendent James Thompson will serve in the interim.
Some board members tell News 12 there won't be an active search for a permanent replacement until the first of the year.


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In the last part of our review of the 2011 edition of the l'Hospitalet Tournament, we will talk about the Big guys. These do not only include centers but a whole lot of Power Forwards as well as the number of real center players was limited. Let's take a look.
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Interview with a Revolutionary
I became obsessed with sodomizing Sheikh Arif round about the time his posters started crawling all over the streets. Today is July 20, 2012, right? A little over a year and a half after we toppled our president-for-life, Hosny Mubarak. Sheikh Arif's posters began to show up only three, maybe four months ago—when he announced he was running in the elections held by the Army to replace said president. They seemed to self-procreate. And the more I saw of them, the more intense was the impetus to make the bovine symbol of virility they depicted a creature penetrated. Penetrated personally by me, of course, and I made a pledge to the universe that it would be.


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United States Department of Agriculture
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1a.Objectives (from AD-416)
The overall objective of this project is to elucidate genomic mechanisms of detoxification and tolerance of ethanologenic yeast to biomass conversion inhibitors furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and thereafter to genome-wise manipulate and engineer more robust strains for low-cost biomass conversion to ethanol. This study will identify and characterize genes involved in pathways relevant to detoxification, biotransformation, and tolerance to furfural and HMF involved in biomass conversion to ethanol; and elucidate regulatory mechanisms of major gene interactions in relevant pathways involved in furfural and HMF detoxification and tolerance using computational prediction and mathematical modeling.
1b.Approach (from AD-416)
We plan to study genomic regulatory mechanisms of inhibitor detoxification by yeast during ethanol production from dilute acid-hydrolyzed biomass. We propose to characterize the genomic transcriptional profiling of wild-type and several improved, more inhibitor-tolerant strains in response to furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) supplied in a defined culture medium. To accomplish this, yeast cells will be sampled in a time-course study to isolate total ribonucleic acid (RNA) and conduct microarray experiments using two-color microarray with spiking universal external RNA quality controls. Inhibitor and inhibitor-conversion products, glucose consumption, ethanol production, and other byproducts generated during the fermentation process will also be monitored during the time-course study to establish metabolic profiles for wild-type and more tolerant strains involved in detoxification of biomass conversion inhibitors. Based on data from culture time-course studies, we will propose computational models to predict the behavior of the gene function and expression of natural and genetically engineered networks under furfural and HMF stress. A dynamic mathematical model using difference equations and estimate parameters will be applied and tested for its ability to describe gene regulatory network behavior. Based on these approaches, we will form testable hypotheses to explain molecular and genomic mechanisms of yeast detoxification and tolerance to furfural and HMF.
3.Progress Report