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Investors looking for a ray of sunshine following a week of dismal economic news and nervousness perpetuated by the Federal Reserve and a potential credit crunch in China got a three-course serving full of optimism today.
Regulators in both Chinese and U.S. markets did their best to downplay the worries that caused huge tumbles in the Shanghai Composite and broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) over the past couple of sessions. In China, the central bank pledged to provide liquidity as needed to ensure growth would not be compromised while two Federal Reserve Bank presidents did their best to calm investors that the Fed wasn't going to simply pull the plug on QE3 in one fell swoop.
In addition to these market-soothing comments, we had quite a bit of positive and meaningful economic data this morning. The Case-Shiller Index, which is a measure of home values in the 20-largest U.S. cities, rose 12.1% from the year-ago period and signaled continued stability in the housing market. Even consumer confidence demonstrated a strong rebound from its previous month's reading of 74.3 and rose to 81.4. If consumers are more optimistic about the prospects for the U.S. economy, then consumer spending is likely to increase, which is good news, since it represents a huge chunk of U.S. GDP.
For the day, the S&P 500 rose by 14.94 points (0.95%) to close at 1,588.03. In spite of the big move higher, three components easily blew past this nearly 1% move in the S&P 500.
Being welcomed back to the best-performers list after a brief absence is U.S. solar panel maker First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR ) which tacked on 7.8% for the day. The impetus behind the strong upward move appears to be yesterday's coverage initiated by JPMorgan which placed an "overweight" rating and a $64 price target, and Maxim Group's upgrade to "hold" from "sell." Like always, I wouldn't put too much weight behind these analyst ratings, because they're often just short-term share price drivers. Instead, investors should focus on First Solar's falling costs and growing competitive advantage over highly indebted Chinese solar panel manufacturers which could give it an edge moving forward.
Voice, data, and video services provider Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR ) also jumped an impressive 4.9% today in spite of no company-specific news. The reason Frontier is rallying does make sense if you consider that the company generates somewhat predictable cash flow and boasts a dividend currently yielding north of 10% -- two perfect ingredients for investors looking for a safe haven stock to buy in a tumbling market environment. However, investors should also be aware that Frontier is bleeding rural landline customers from its $8.5 billion, multi-state landline asset purchase from Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) announced in 2009. The deal has thus far been a smart move for Verizon, netting it some cash needed to build out its now dominant wireless 4G LTE network, while it's been a drag on Frontier's bottom line.
Finally, cruise ship operator Carnival (NYSE: CCL ) added 5% following its second-quarter results and announcing that current CEO Micky Arison will resign in a month. While I'm sure that investors are pleased with Carnival's adjusted-EPS of $0.09 compared with the expectation of $0.06 per share on the Street, I feel today's move is 99% tied to the exit of Arison. To put it mildly, Arison was a PR nightmare for Carnival over the past year and change, failing to step up when tragedy or calamity struck his cruise company time and time again. Although I'm not ready to give Carnival anywhere near a clean bill of health yet, Arison's stepping down is a big move in the right direction.
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Sessionsprovisional as of March 15, 2012, in alphabetical order
Community: A key sociological conceptLately, there seems to be a re-emergence of the debate about the concept of community. This can be observed within sociological theories and empirical research, but also in political philosophies' insights, in social movements discourse, in social policies design and in non-governmental organizations rhetoric.
Community, however, is not a new notion in sociological theory. In the perspectives of K. Marx, F. Tönnies, E. Durkheim, T. Parsons, the Chicago School, and others, community appears, from dissimilar points of view and different terminology, as a relevant object. Also, in recent sociological theory, community seems to be a central topic of discussion. It can be found in a plurality of analytic formulations, such as (a) the notion of "reflexive communities" in A. Giddens´ assessments about late modernity, (b) the idea of "community of communication" in J. Habermas´ theory of communicative action, (c) as a tool to comprehend contemporary societies in the works of Z. Bauman and M. Maffesoli, (d) as a criticized and useless concept in N. Luhmann's studies, or (e) related to the calling for deconstructing its ethnocentric and essentialist characteristics by diverse theoretical perspectives.
Parting from this variety of proposals, four dimensions in the analysis of community can be pointed out: (1) as an abstract ideal type of a certain kind of social relationship; (2) as an historical predecessor of modern society; (3) as a political utopia or horizon for social interventions; (4) as the ontological substratum of all sociality. These guidelines are not isolated from one another. On the contrary, and according to each case, they are combined in different ways, emphasizing one or the other, and remaining open to the construction of alternative dimensions that will complement them. Therefore, we invite all those who find themselves interested in the reflection about "community", to participate and contribute from multiple perspectives to the debate of its various dimensions and orientations.
Critical theories: A dialogue between Europe and Latin AmericaCritical Theory (with a capital `C` and a capital `T`) emerged at a specific place and a specific time. It was the expression of a group of young German academics who reacted to the dehumanizing experiences provoked by the crisis that Europe went through during the first decades of the 20th century.
Critical Theorists believed that their experiences and critique of modern societies were representative for all modern societies regardless of the experiences that people in other societies may have gone through. Adorno even thought that nobody who had not made the same experiences that he and his European colleagues have made were qualified to get involved in the important enterprise of Kritik. He was especially concerned about the "nonoccidental pleople", because he did not trust their critical faculties. Critical Theory was reserved for a selected group of Europeans. Today, however, we are realizing that beyond many affinities experiences in and within global modernity vary. For instance: post-colonial critique has not only argued convincingly that colonialism has been a constitutive element in the formation of global modernity, but it has also shown that in formerly colonized societies problématiques emerged that critical theories from the `North` were simply not aware.
Since Latin American societies gained official independence some 200 years ago, post-colonial experiences accumulated and reflected about in this part of the world are particularly rich. Not only can we find here alternative "projects of moderniy"—as some scholars already argue—but also very impressive critical theories, which are not reducible to the influence of European Critical Theory. Because of the different evolution of academic institutions, important voices of Latin American critical theories are not limited to the discourses of the social and cultural sciences. Although some of them may express genuine sociological interests they often blossomed in extra-academic realms, especially in the strong essayistic tradition.
It is my contention that critical theory too has to be provincialized. But not only that: after it is has become clear that there cannot only be one Critical Theory for all the different experiences made in and within global modernity, the multiplicity of critical assessments have to be put in a dialogical relationship. Mapping and translation of critical theories becomes one of the main challenges. The aim of this exercise is not to disqualify European Critical Theory, but to complement it with other critical theories. This session wants to stimulate a dialogue between European and Latin American critical theories.
Decentering sociology: Reconceptualizations for a global era
Democracy and democratisationThe concept of democratisation has achieved considerable prominence in sociology over the past few decades. Yet, democratisation has been used to characterise democratic changes in radically different contexts. On the one hand, democratisation is commonly used to refer to major transformations in political regimes, especially the transitions from authoritarian political orders to institutional arrangements typical of liberal democracies. Whether it refers to substantial changes in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa or the Middle East, in these contexts democratisation has usually involved the re-emergence or establishment of civil society and the promotion of the political rights of citizenship.
Nevertheless, in this version of democratisation the focus tends to be on the political order, with contemporary discussions differing from earlier interpretations of comparable developments in their lesser framing by the assumptions of modernisation theory. On the other hand, the concept of democratisation has come to be invested with new meanings in both advanced nation states and the global south. Indeed, democratisation has been equated with a variety of changes in social relations, extending from the transformation of intimacy to transnational regulations of the global order. Even so, in these cases the predominant meaning of democratisation is that of actions and processes that extend, expand, or radicalise democratic practices beyond the parameters of a liberal democratic political order.
In some cases, this image of democratisation is intended to reinforce and contribute to the realisation of the normative potential of a liberal democratic polity. However, in other cases this understanding of democratisation is inspired by the participatory and radical democratic critiques of the inadequacies of liberal democracy. These versions usually reference either the Ancient Greek meaning of democracy or the more modern ideal of democratising social institutions and hierarchical social relations in general, from the division of labour at work, schooling and pedagogy, gender and sexuality, culture and information, to social relations within the family. Democratisation is here equated with contesting the restrictions that liberal democracy and capitalist modernity impose upon both the theory and practice of democracy.
These divergences in the meanings and usages of the concept of democratisation raise a number of questions that this session seeks to address. Is democratisation a sociological category that details an unfolding and reinforcing process, in a manner equivalent to other concepts like rationalisation, globalisation, or modernisation? Does the concept of the 'democratisation of democracy' that has been used in related, but also different ways, by sociologists like Anthony Giddens and Bonaventura de Sousa Santos provide a means of reconciling the two dominant alternative understandings of democratisation in sociological discourses? Does democratisation actually mean substantially different things according to the model or paradigm of democracy that is taken as the point of reference, such as the models of participatory, deliberative, associative and reflexive democracy?
How should one assess these endeavours to incorporate new meanings into the notion of democracy? Given current theoretical understandings and practices, is the relationship between democratisation and governance inherently unstable? Whilst the idea of democratisation derives much of its normative connotations from its associations with social and political movements, has the prevalence of democracy over other political forms resulted in a paradox that is counter to democratisation, that is, is democracy a new ideology that has subordinated other images of emancipation? What has been learnt about democratisation from the variety of transitions to liberal democracy and their comparison?
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Global modernity. Sociology facing the post-western age
Postcolonialism and decoloniality: A dialoguePostcolonial studies is most usually associated with the triumvirate of Edward W. Said, Gayatri Spivak, and Homi K. Bhabha, although contributors to the field both pre-date these theorists and are disciplinarily more diverse. While postcolonial studies can be seen to have emerged within the humanities, more recently it has begun to influence the disciplines of the social sciences, particularly sociology. Decoloniality is the name given to a similar movement emerging in Latin America and focused, in particular, on the experiences of this continent in the context of understanding modernity. This roundtable session brings together key scholars working in both fields to discuss the commonalities and significant differences between the two theoretical perspectives and to discuss the implications of each for sociology more generally.
Power and slaverySlavery represents the most extreme form of an asymmetrical power relation. In no other social institution is power distributed as unequally. For this reason, slavery has become a metaphor for repressive political institutions in republican theory. Actual instances of slavery, however, encompass a wide variety of forms of domination, including transatlantic chattel slavery as well as more traditional forms of personal servitude, contemporary forms like contract slavery and arguably also so-called slavery-like practices, most prominently debt bondage. This implies that power is involved in extreme domination in more complex ways than is commonly thought.
Hence, examining the relationship between power and slavery in more detail holds the promise better to understand such domination: What types of physical, psychological, cultural and structural power are at work in the various forms of extreme domination referred to as slavery? How are they interrelated and how do they differ? Does the focus on slavery shed new light on fundamental theoretical problems like the relation between power and violence or power and authority? How are the respective mechanisms of power reproduced in different forms of slavery and when do they change or even break down? In which ways are actual forms of slavery comparable to political unfreedom? Under which conditions (characterized by power relations of what kind) are such analogies typically drawn?
This session invites empirical, typological, theoretical and conceptual contributions focusing on power and slavery in discussing these issues and related questions.
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Subjectivity, symbolic power and social justiceThe investigation of the idea of social justice and the constitution of power hierarchies requires focusing on the dialectical relationship between individual and society. Starting from Max Weber's methodological individualism, this session will discuss different perspectives on the correlation between the subjectivity of the individual actor based on knowledge structures and systems of relevance with objective power hierarchies for the analysis of social justice. To establish a bridge between subjectivism and objectivism – a task proposed by Pierre Bourdieu –, we may be able to apply the concepts of "habitus" and "symbolic power" to be able to confront the idea of social justice.
Symbolic power is based on the recognition of economic, cultural and social capital. Recognition, though, is related to the subjectivity of the individual actor which is determined by specific categories of perception and interpretation of the world. Correspondingly, social justice depends on the recognition of established categories and concepts of equality, solidarity, etc. The session will specifically, but not exclusively focus on theoretical orientations related to sociology of knowledge and phenomenology which serve to challenge these reflections in demonstrating how social justice is established through the confrontation of imposed power structures on the basis of individual decision making within social action.
Time and SocietyBecause of the inherently processual nature of action and society, all social structures are necessarily temporal structures . This session seeks to explore and specify the temporality of society in all its ramifications. Thus we invite contributions that approach the subject from a theoretical perspective and ask for the conceptions of time in different strands of social theory. Furthermore, we are looking for contributions dealing with the temporalities of particular social spheres such as the temporality of politics, education or the economy.
Finally, a specific interest lies in the identification of temporal conflicts that arise between cultures (multitemporality), classes or social spheres (desynchronization). The overall goal of the session is a clarification and specification of the concept of social time which is of interest to all scholars of temporality represented by the broad range of topics featuring in the interdisciplinary journal Time & Society. The journal is co-sponsoring this session and thus invites all readers and authors as well as everybody interested in the subject to a small reception following the presentations.

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For many years, specific groups have worked to keep heirloom plants from becoming extinct in an era of hybrid cultivation.
Probably the largest and most well-known of these groups is Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit organization supported by its members, who save and share rare garden seeds passed down through several generations. Founded in 1975, Seed Savers Exchange estimates it has distributed more than a million samples of rare garden seeds, many of which are used by seed companies, small farmers, chefs and home gardeners, according to the organization's website.
But seed saving and sharing isn't just the stuff of large organizations. Every season, home gardeners spend time gathering, saving and sharing the seeds of their favorite plants. Some of these seeds are not only being passed down through several generations, but many have traveled the globe with the growers who bring them along when they immigrate to new countries.
This is the story of a tomato variety that isn't well known, nor is it widely available, yet two different sources somehow found each other and work together to continue the heritage of what may have been a lost species.
The story begins with Audrey John, a Niles resident and curator of the historic Ward Thomas Museum. The museum, an impressive Victorian mansion located at 503 Brown St. in Niles, was built in 1862 by industrial leader James Ward Sr.
After the panic of 1873 drove the Ward family out of the area, the mansion sat abandoned for a short time before it was purchased in 1887 by John R. Thomas. The Thomas family maintained the 100 acre farm and established the Niles Fire Brick Company. It is believed that the youngest of the five Thomas children, Mary, who later married Jacob Waddell and continued to live in the house throughout her life, coordinated the planting of the gardens surrounding the mansion along with the construction of the greenhouse in 1925. Mary died in 1969, and in 1979, the house was deeded to the city. The Niles Historical Society was entrusted to establish the house as a museum and over the years the society has worked to restore much of the property and its adjacent buildings. Part of that restoration included the greenhouse and some of Mary Thomas Waddell's gardens.
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1. Cut tomato in half and scoop out seeds and gelatin-like material into a bowl or jar and add water until the seeds are covered.
2. Cover the container with cheesecloth or paper towel to keep insects out.
3. Let sit in a warm, dry place until the mixture starts to ferment and the seeds sink to the bottom.
4. Lift the layer of mold from the top of the mixture with a fork or other utensil and rinse the seeds thoroughly in a fine sieve.
5. Lay the seeds on wax paper or a glass plate to dry. Don't use paper towels or the seeds will stick.
6. Store in a sealed container in a dry place.
While the Niles Historical Society worked on those renovations, John's brother, Bill Bieber, while vacationing in Florida more than 25 years ago, acquired seeds from a friend of an unusual tomato he called ''Israeli.'' Over the years, Bieber saved the seeds from the plants he grew and also shared them with his sister.
''I'm a farmer from way back,'' John said. ''We had been farming for seven generations and I am very proud of how our family has worked the land and we've taken care of it,'' she said.
John began starting the plants at her home and growing her own Israeli tomatoes.
About the time John started growing the tomatoes, she was visiting Gilmore's Greenhouse on the corner of Niles Road and Virginia Avenue in Warren, when she spotted flats of tomato plants labeled "Israili tomatoes" for sale there. Coincidentally, John Gilmore also received seeds of the unusual tomato from an unlikely source.
Gilmore often starts unusual seeds that customers bring to his business, he said. In addition to the tomatoes, he also grows ''sweet goathorn peppers'' from seeds brought to him from a customer.
''These are guys who are really passionate about what they grow,'' Gilmore said.
The tomato seeds were given to him by a man who brought the seeds from Arizona, Gilmore said.
Gilmore said he's never seen the seeds available in catalogs, but believes they were grown for their tolerance to heat and drought. Gilmore has been selling the tomato seedlings at his business for about seven years, and when his original source for the seeds stopped bringing them in, John began sharing with him the seeds she saves each year.
''This year, I started 600 plants,'' Gilmore said. ''There are people who come in every year and specifically ask for them,'' he said.
Gilmore, who doesn't grow the tomatoes or save the seeds himself, depends on the critiques of his customers, he said. Customers tell him the pinkish-red fruits vary in size and, like most pale fleshed tomatoes, are lower in acid.
Not all tomato seeds can be saved. Hybrid plants, those first generation offspring of two parent plants, don't grow true from seeds. Only heirloom seeds, those passed on through many generations, have dependable characteristics. To avoid contamination from cross pollination, John said the Israeli tomatoes is the only variety she grows in her home garden.
This spring, along with the over-wintered red geraniums that adorn the museum grounds throughout the summer, John also started tomato plants in the greenhouse at the Ward Thomas Museum. At the Niles Historical Society's spring open house at the museum in May, plants were given to the first 40 visitors who stopped by to tour the museum and gardens.
The museum is open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. the first Sunday of each month and will be open at its regular time on July 4.


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Is There a Stochastic Trend in European Union Emission Trading Scheme Prices?
Don Bredin
University College Dublin
Cal B. Muckley
University College Dublin
December 10, 2009
The European Union's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is the key policy instrument of the European Commissions Climate Change Program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions to eight percent below 1990 levels by 2012. The key asset traded under the scheme is the European Union Allowance (EUA). To further curtail greenhouse gas emissions the EU Allowance prices should follow a stationary path about a persistent upward trend. In this vein, this article finds evidence to the contrary indicating the presence of a stochastic trend (a unit root) in EU Allowance prices during the period from April 2005 through to July 2009. This finding is indicative of an incoherence between the European Union ETS de jure policy, with regard to transiting to a low carbon economy, and EUA price behaviour.
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Keywords: CO2 prices, EU ETS, Energy, Kyoto Protocol, Unit root
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One Million Babies Don't Make it Past Their Birth Days: Let's Keep Birth Days A Cause for CelebrationOz Spies
A child's birth day is a cause for celebration and joy. It's also, far too often, dangerous: more than one million babies around the world die on their first day of life. Birth days can be hard for mothers, too. Around the world, a mother dies about every ninety seconds from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth.
Save the Children has just released its annual State of the World's Mothers report, and it shows both the risks to newborns and mothers around the world, and the opportunities to improve healthy outcomes for babies and mothers on birth days.
All mothers deserve the opportunity to have a supported birth, and access to life-saving care for their new bundles of joy.
Low-cost interventions like access to injectable antibiotics could save thousands of babies each year, according to Save the Children's report. Strategies like training health care workers, improving access to prenatal care, and supporting women and girls with holistic education and nutrition are already being put in place by organizations working hard around the world, and can have an even greater impact as they expand.
Here are two more organizations making a difference, at home and around the world, and two things you can do to address newborn mortality and maternal health.
EngenderHealth provides holistic training to healthcare workers, access to low-cost interventions, such as 50 cent pills that prevent postpartum hemorrhage, and information about family planning and contraception. Each year, EngenderHealth works in 20 countries around the world to support mothers and their babies. You can plant a flower in EngenderHealth's virtual garden, in honor of Mother's Day, and a generous donor will provide a $5 gift to support maternal and child health efforts.
It's not just mothers and babies in the developed world who need support. The US rate of preterm births – 1 in 8 – is higher than that of 130 countries around the world, and complications from preterm birth can cause trouble for babies and their mothers.
Florence Crittenton Services, a Colorado-based nonprofit providing education and support to about 500 teen moms, their children, and young fathers each year, works diligently to improve the health of young moms and their babies. Their attention to pre and post-natal support and information is having an impact: over 90% of Florence Crittenton's pregnant teens deliver full-term, healthy birth-weight (at least 5.5 lbs) babies. And, what's more, over 90% of Florence Crittenton's moms initiate breastfeeding – nationally, only 43% of women under the age of 20 do.
What can you do? Make your voice heard, or make a donation to Save the Children, EngenderHealth, Florence Crittenton Services, or other organizations providing support for maternal and child health.
Save the Children provides an easy way to advocate for increased support for maternal and child health and nutrition here.
Donate to support the work of nonprofits supporting new babies and mothers here and around the world, like these eight organizations helping moms this Mother's Day.


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I first met Micha and Jennifer Cameron-Lattek when they wrote to tell me about a brave and way cool project they were starting in Berlin. Though they were living in Berlin, Micha—who is German—and his wife, Jennifer—who is from Portland, Oregon—knew how great brewed coffee could be. They just couldn't seem … Read more →


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Several gravestones were damaged at a cemetery in Claremont this weekend.
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Terrorism task force members arrested him shortly after planting the fake device.
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A syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms that, added together, suggest a particular medical condition. In epilepsy, examples of these signs and symptoms would be things like the age at which seizures begin, the type of seizures, whether the child is male or female and whether they have physical or learning disabilities, or both. The results of an electroencephalogram (EEG) are also used to help identify epilepsy syndromes.
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If you would like to know more about an epilepsy syndrome, please speak to your doctor. If you would like to know more about epilepsy in general, please contact Epilepsy Action.
Epilepsy with myoclonic absences
Epilepsy with myoclonic absences is a rare form of epilepsy. It happens more in boys than girls, and approximately 25 out of every 100 children (one quarter) will have another family member with a form of epilepsy. The underlying cause of this epilepsy syndrome is unknown. Myoclonic absences may be seen in children with brain abnormalities or with some genetic disorders.
The child loses awareness of their surroundings. How much their awareness is changed will vary from child to child. This is accompanied by severe rhythmical jerking of both upper limbs (possibly one arm more than the other). There can often be a stiffening of the upper arms resulting in the arms being raised upwards. Sometimes jerking of the muscles around the chin and mouth, but not the eyes, may also happen. The seizure usually lasts for eight to 60 seconds. Seizures are more common when the child is tired or has just woken up.
Other seizure types such as tonic-clonic, drop attacks and typical absence seizures can happen in about two-thirds of children. Almost half of all children with epilepsy with myoclonic absences have some degree of learning disability before the start of their seizures. Of the remainder, a further half will develop learning disabilities and behavioural problems after their seizures start.
A description of the seizure given by the child and any eyewitnesses can help with identifying the particular seizure type in this epilepsy syndrome. An EEG will be carried out. The doctor may try to provoke a seizure by getting the child to hyperventilate (over-breathe) for up to four minutes. Although this may feel unpleasant, it is important in order to correctly diagnose this syndrome. The doctor may want to order further tests, including a brain scan and a blood test, to look for genetic disorders.
Treatment is often difficult, as seizures may not respond to epilepsy medicines. Commonly used epilepsy medicines include sodium valproate (Epilim), ethosuximide (Zarontin) and lamotrigine (Lamictal). A combination of lamotrigine and sodium valproate, or ethosuximide and sodium valproate, is often more effective than a single drug. Another epilepsy medicine, clobazam (Frisium) may also be helpful.
Information about treatments for children can be found on the Medicines for Children website.
There may be research studies open that are relevant to this epilepsy syndrome. Your child's doctor will be able to discuss this with you.
Epilepsy with myoclonic absences has a variable but often poor prognosis, with over half of all children continuing to have seizures into adulthood. Children whose seizures don't respond well to treatment are at particular risk of developing other seizure types. There is some evidence that these children are also most at risk of developing learning and behavioural difficulties.
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Police say an Irving man dropped his 5-year-old child off with a neighbor before killing the child's mother and himself Sunday.
The apparent murder-suicide happened shortly before 1 p.m. in the 1800 block of Jordan Court, a neighborhood just south of Airport Freeway near Carl Road.
Before the shooting, 44-year-old Luke Sy Dinh walked his child down the street and asked a neighbor to keep an eye on the 5-year-old. The neighbor quickly became concerned and called police.
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The National Weather Service regularly updates red flag warnings for Oregon and other states.
Checking in advance is a routine precaution that travelers should exercise every summer during fire season, if for no other reason than road closures are always possible.
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The "large fire map" on the website brings up a map of Oregon and Washington that shows where fires are burning. Locations on the map are clickable for detailed information on each fire.
The website provides the location of the fire, the lead agency fighting it, when it started, how large it is, what percent is contained, the start date, the cause and expected containment date.
It also details how the fire is being fought and how it affects the public, regarding highway, campground and other land closures.
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In order to protect public safety, land managers typically announce public-use restrictions on campfires, smoking and motorized travel during fire season. Some of these restrictions are already in place east of the Cascades, with more coming as conditions dry out.
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A regulated closure on private land protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry may also be in effect. Check locally.
These prevention measures help reduce the risk of human-caused fires during dry conditions. Public awareness of the fire danger and cooperation are essential to a safe fire season. Complete information is on ODF's website.Violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both.
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Do you think that after a murder, or a murder for your loved one to be exact, there should be a full out investigation on what happened? I would think, but what if the FBI failed to adequately investigate, or if they just flat out failed to investigate entirely? How would you, as an American citizen, respond?
On February 2, 2005 there was a murder in Montana near a Crow reservation. The murdered man, Steven Bearcrane-Cole, was shot in the forehead between the eyes by his co-worker Bob Holcomb on the grounds of self-defense. Both men worked at the Leachman Cattle Co. as farmhands, but in February of 2005 that would change forever. According to the University of Montana's Native News Project in 2009, this is what happened:
The shooting happened on one of Bearcrane-Cole's days off. His girlfriend, Melissa Costas, had dropped him off at the ranch after Holcomb called to ask him to help out for a few hours. After working in a field several miles from the barn and stock pens, the two men, who had been drinking, reportedly got into a dispute over a horse. Holcomb drove back to the barn in a truck pulling a horse trailer, leaving Bearcrane-Cole in the field. Ranch foreman Roger Reitman reported that Bearcrane-Cole rode up bareback on a horse about a half-hour later and headed for the dingy white and yellow trailer that served as a bunkhouse. Holcomb later told authorities that Bearcrane-Cole kicked in the door to the trailer and attacked him with a knife. Holcomb said he grabbed his .22 caliber pistol and, fearing for his life, shot Bearcrane-Cole between the eyes.
The six years that have passed, have passed without justice. The Cole family has sadly learned that they cannot count on the FBI to fulfill the investigation, as well as a second family who has joined the Cole's fight to get the justice that Steven so deserves. Apparently, the FBI has a bad rep for pursuing cases that involve Indian people. Hmmm…. interesting. What is most intriguing about this story is not that the family is suing the FBI for the justice that they deserve on behalf of their son's death, but the fact that this story wasn't published in any other news source. There has been some new evidence found but "
Despite this new evidence, the Coles were unable to get the FBI or the U.S. Attorney's Office to reopen their son's case. "We were told to gather more information and we did," says Jean Bearcrane, Earline's sister and attorney. "They still did nothing. How many non-Indian families have to do their own investigations and plead with the FBI to do its job?" (ICTMN)
How hard must it be to have to sit and wait for the investigation to begin/continue/end for the case of your loved one, but imagine how hard it must be to sit and wait knowing that the case is never going to be fully investigated? Sadly, this is something thousands of Native American people have to deal with every day. But even sadder is that no one knows. The media fail to pay much attention, if any at all, to the issues that happen within Indian Country. I don't mean sources like ICTMN, I mean sources like CNN, NY Times, and FOX News; the news sources that we see every day on television or in coffee shop news stands reporting the news that we need to hear. So why don't we need to hear about the first people that live here? Why don't these news sources discuss the many issues that go on within Indian Country? Perhaps any one of you can offer an answer, but the only thing that I can think of would be the want for American news media to keep this type of "bad media" out of our minds. That's not to say that is the true reason behind it, but once we start to make it a point to examine these issues, we find that there are more underlying problems than we would have previously expected.
The news coverage follows specific identitifiable patters, based on what is considered news worthy and what is not. Jaap Van Ginneken presents these ideas to us through his discussion of who is news worthy, like celebrities versus every day citizens. But in this case, we have the American grid of selection, where there seems to be this hierarchy of who is news worthy and who is not. Most recently, we have stories like the death of Steve Jobs and Amy Winehouse that take over the news stories for that day, week, month, even year! How important is it to hear that one of the most prestigious and iconic bureaus of the American government is being sued because they didn't do their job? Well, if it were the health agencies that failed to do their jobs we would hear about it, but because it is the FBI we are neglected to have the information presented to us. The question we have to ask ourselves is why aren't we hearing about these issues, what are the other issues that we aren't hearing about, and how can we make the change. Well, the Weave is trying to make that change, or at least make some of them more known, but you as a reader can help too.
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Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center is one of four institutions participating in a new study of rare genetic airways disorders, which is being launched as part of the National Institute of Health's Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN).
The research study will be lead by Dr. Margaret Rosenfeld, a researcher at Children's Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM), along with Dr. Ron Gibson, professor of pediatrics at UWSOM, and Dr. Moira Aitken, professor of medicine at UWSOM.
The study under way currently will attempt to find new, more effective ways of diagnosing rare genetic airways disorders such as primary ciliary dyskinesia. The network also plans to conduct a longitudinal study of the natural history of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Other institutions participating in the network, called the Genetic Diseases of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium, include the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University in St. Louis, and The Children's Hospital in Denver.
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The RDCRN expects to open more than 20 studies in the next few months at about 50 sites across the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Brazil. The RDCRN has received five-year funding awards totaling $71 million and is coordinated primarily by two NIH components-the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) and the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). A rare disease is defined as a disease or condition affecting fewer than 200,000 persons in the United States. About 6,000 such disorders have been identified, affecting an estimated 25 million Americans.
The initiative includes interventional trials to test new therapies or drugs, as well as longitudinal or natural history studies that will provide information about the characteristics of rare diseases and their progression over time. Each consortium in the network includes active participation by the relevant patient advocacy groups. In addition, the Coalition of Patient Advocacy Groups (CPAG) was created to represent the more than 30 patient advocacy groups involved in the network. CPAG has been instrumental in outreach to the affected populations and gaining their input into the development of studies.
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Friday's horrific shooting at a Connecticut elementary school dominated news coverage over the weekend. Locally, Tuesday's shooting at Clackamas Town Center remains a topic of great distress and discussion. Notable columns and editorials on this violence include:
The Huffington Post features a gripping essay from a mom who describes what it is like to live with a mentally disturbed son. She fears him; she tries to get help; she discovers there isn't much help available until after someone is violent.
"I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza's mother," she writes. "I am Dylan Klebold's and Eric Harris's mother. I am James Holmes's mother. I am Jared Loughner's mother. I am Seung-Hui Cho's mother. And these boys—and their mothers—need help. In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it's easy to talk about guns. But it's time to talk about mental illness."
Nick Gillespie of Reason magazine summarizes the four worst reactions to the Sandy Hook shooting and offers a better response. "Few good policies," he says, "come from rapid responses to deeply felt injuries."
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes in favor of better gun control. Kristof -- who grew up in rural Oregon and knows his way around guns -- describes the dramatic effect of Australia's national ban on certain kinds of rapid-fire long guns.
Charles Cooke of the National Review writes in opposition to more gun control. "There are at least two hundred million privately owned guns in America, and Connecticut regulates access to them more strictly than most," he says. Laws provide insufficient deterrents for deranged people, he argues.
The Oregonian editorial board writes about the two recent shootings and the need to have an entirely different conversation about violence. Associate editor Len Reed also writes a personal sketchbook about the Connecticut tragedy.
The Hartford (Conn.) Courant features an editorial in response to the school shooting. "The government has failed to protect us from shooters," the editorial says says, "but we have also failed to protect ourselves by getting help for friends or family members who need it. We need to think about social outcasts, about drug abuse, about violent video games and films, about what the Internet is being used for."
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* An editorial in today's print edition about Portland City Comissioner-elect Steve Novick's idea to deal with property tax compression, and a weekend editorial about needing to find a better way to cope with the stink at a Washington County food-composting facility.
* My column on the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which is trying to regain its footing after the national political debacle last winter over de-funding Planned Parenthood.
* A column by freelance contributor Elizabeth Hovde on getting the government out of the marriage business.
* Several good guest opinion essays in print and online, including one by local deli owner Ken Gordon asking what Gov. John Kitzhaber would give to make sure his business stays in Oregon.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Joseph Baldwin, a country rocker from Vina, has won a statewide songwriting contest linked to the Year of Alabama Music.
His upbeat tune, "I'm Alabama," was selected today at the Ritz Theater in Sheffield. Baldwin won the final round of a competiton sponsored by the Alabama Tourism Department.
The lyrics of his song include: "I'm an old yellowhammer right in your face, from Muscle Shoals to Amazing Grace. I'm Alabama."
Entries in the contest were whittled down through four regional rounds in Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery and Mobile.
Musicians entered 145 songs in the contest, according to the tourism department.
Baldwin took the grand prize -- $2,000 and an eight-hour recording session at FAME Studios. He beat three other finalists, who'll receive $500 each:
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Montgomery's Jason Givens and Joshua Pittman ("When Alabama Knows Your Name").
Eric Jones of Daphne ("Bama Agenda").
Baldwin attended Vina High School, according to his Facebook page. (Vina is in Franklin County, near Red Bay, in the northwest part of the state.) His MySpace page features three other songs: "Superman," "Shaky Ground" and "Between an Angel and Me."


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Welcome aboard!
Congrats on the new Nirvana. I am confident you will enjoy it. Sounds like you are ready for it too.
Did you order it stock or with the upgraded servos package? The boat works well with the factory servos, it's just better with the more powerful servos. It really only comes into play in heavier wind conditions.
Where will you be sailing it? Let us know if you have any questions. With you other RC experience you should catch on very quickly.
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I ordered the standard Nirvana from sailrc. I know it's 2.4 now and they removed the Nirvana II name returning it to Nirvana, but don't know if that means all the electronics are upgraded. For now I'm just going to add a sponge where the sail stays enter the electronics compartment and learn to sail on the stock equipment. After time I'll probably upgrade the boat to use my DX7 with a spare receiver, and possibly upgrade the servos with some spares that I have.
I really don't want to get too much into tuning and modifying. Would rather keep it simple at this point. I think that's why I burnt out on the other RCs. Constantly upgrading components, tweaking settings, adding more power and then breaking more expensive parts.
I just want to sit with my feet in the water and poke around.
I'll probably sail mostly on Menifee Lakes when I'm up there. Lake Wohlford and Dixon Lake are a short drive for me, but I don't know if they'll let RC boats on with the Quagga mussel concerns. I heard Lake Hodges lets gas/electric RC boats run and that's right next to my work, so may check that out too. If all else fails, I'll head down to Mission Bay and check out the RC pond and the coves there.
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I hope so! Actually, that's why I went with the Nirvana. Seems like the perfect boat for me. It appears easy enough to learn on in multiple wind conditions, yet advanced enough to keep me learning. I doubt I'd be happy with a cheaper model, or a knock off with issues.
I have a tendency to dive in head first, so this should be a good way to jump into RC sailing. Can't wait to get it next week and hopefully in the water next weekend!
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All the info and needed modifications are in this thread, most comprehensive data base on the Nirvana is right here, we have CORRECT input from everyone associated with the design, production, sales, and sailing of that boat. plus, a lotta smart mouth from me, a weekly movie, and insults from everyone..
If you have any questions, shoot em in here, there's a answer..and, if you get interested in class racing, most of the members of the national board of directors for the Nirvana class are here, Boomer being one, and Crash, the founder of this thread, another..and the butt wipe national class sec'ty comes around too..nobody likes him, tho, he gotta foul mouth, I heard..
Please take the time to read the earlier pages, all the questions you gotta have are in them, trust me..as I said earlier, welcome !!
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Morning guys....
Welcome aboard cmayer...I feel like you chose the right boat for your needs. A lot of us have been the same RC route and found our way here. I for one got tired of using the shovel to dig what was left of my planes out of the ground...
I hope you train someone to take over the controls when the fish bite...it's going to be tough to do both at the same time...
Oh...if you do get the new 2.4 stock radio with the boat...please post some pics...I'm not sure I've actually seen one yet.
Here's a movie...I don't know if I posted this one here or not...if I did....well sorry...just watch it again...
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Hey Crash-great idea for a video: don your european swim wear, a small head lamp, your snorkel and flippers. THEN, just after dark, slip into the sailing pond with your nirvanna hat and take pics of the gater and his mom !!! Bet they will never know that you aren't just sailing by.
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Last month, my sister and I went to Australia for our dream vacation. While there, our U.S. government went through the debacle of a shutdown. Over and over we were asked by the Australians why our government does not want to take care of our citizens. We explained, as best we could, and apologized. It slowly became our "apology tour."
While we experienced nothing but friendly, compassionate and welcoming people at customs in Australia, the same cannot be said for returning to LAX at the end of our vacation. While I do not condone the recent events that took place at LAX with the killing of a Transportation Security Administration officer, it appears that Susan Estrich ("Respect the brave men and women of the TSA") has never experienced entering Customs through LAX. After being on a plane for 15 hours, we were greeted with nasty, unhappy employees. It was like we landed in a Third World country. Most of these employees spoke broken English.
One woman, while in her customs uniform, criticized and belittled President Obama and the government. I find such behavior completely unacceptable. This is the very same government that is paying her salary. One Australian in line said, "You Americans never get it right." Once again, we apologized to the Australians standing in line with us because some were visiting the United States for the first time. My sister dealt with a gentleman in customs who made no eye contact, chewed gum and mumbled when he spoke to her.
These are the first impressions that thousands visiting our country for the first time are exposed to. Our reputation, as a country, is so tarnished. I'm pleading with our representatives in Washington, D.C., to stop all their games and do the jobs they were elected to do.
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I love pitts. Rotties, staffies, dobermans, you name it. There is no such thing as a naturally vicious dog, and NO dog, EVER, in fact no animal, ever attacks without good reason. Actually, the only creatures on this earth that just think "imma **** that ************ up just cuz" are humans.
And wasps.
And wasps.
#313 to #26 - hitlersoneballsack
Reply 0(04/02/2013) [-]
what about chuawawa's those mofo's are incredibly dangerous
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Don't forget Wolverines. Besides humans, they are the only species that has members that kills for the sheer pleasure of it.
#241 to #26 - kinkage
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i don't think that aggression is particular to one breed or the other, but i do believe that some breeds are more inclined to aggression than others. and since that bulldogs, pitbulls, dobermans and other similar breeds where originally bred for fighting, bloodsports, and protection. they not only are more inclined to be aggressive, but have the tools to really hurt someone.
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Yeah man. **** WASPS.
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I think some Chimpanzees will also kill other chimps just for the lulz.
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Just look at crime rate in the ghetto.
#29 to #26 - BizzarreCoyote
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Dolphins too
#27 to #26 - themisstophat
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And Honey Badgers...
They are naturally vicious.
They are naturally vicious.
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If they didn't give a ****, they wouldn't attack everything that moves...
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That is the complete opposite of what I typed...
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Honey badgers are bad ass *************. To be bitten by the world's most venemous snake, have a nap, and eat that bastard? Honey badgers are cool bro. When I die, I wanna be a honey badger.


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1904 Boston Americans vs. Chicago White Sox Game Panorama - Extremely Large
Starting Bid - $1,500.00 , Sold For - $8,812.50
Long considered by collectors to be one of the most striking baseball panoramas ever produced, this rare example captures a game in progress between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox at Chicago's South Side Park on August 14, 1904. The spectacular image, taken from the perspective of the left-field bleachers, encompasses nearly the entire field and grandstand areas, including all of the players. The White Sox are in the field, with the Boston batter patiently waiting at the plate as the pitcher tends to the rubber. The printed identification at the base of the photo reads "American League Park Chicago - Boston and Chicago - Aug 14 1904 - Attandance 30,198." The photographer's credit, "The Geo. R. Lawrence Co. - Copyright 1904," appears in the lower left corner.
What truly distinguishes this particular panorama from others produced at the time is its extraordinary combination of scope and clarity. Whereas the length of standard panoramas is approximately five times greater than their width (i.e., 40 x 8 inches), providing only a narrow "window" back in time, the offered piece presents a vista of mammoth proportions. The visible area of the photo measures 33 x 15 inches, thus offering a much more detailed view of the field. When looking at this piece, one can truly imagine that he or she is sitting in the left-field stands watching the action as it took place over 100 years ago. That effect is heightened by the exceptional clarity and contrast presented here. Every detail of the photo is remarkably clear and bright. This game was an important contest that summer, as evidenced by the filled-to-capacity grandstands. Chicago held a slim one-game lead over the Red Sox on August 14th, but by the end of the day they would be tied due to Boston's 5-2 victory. The Red Sox eventually held off both the White Sox and New York Highlanders to capture their second consecutive pennant in the fledgling American League.
The sheer size of this photo should come as no surprise to those familiar with the work of George Lawrence. In 1901 Lawrence produced the then largest photograph in history with his 8-foot by 4.5-foot photo of the Alton Limited, described at the time as the "Handsomest Train in the World." That photo later earned Lawrence the award of "Grand Prize of the World for Photographic Excellence" at the European Exposition. One of the most innovative and successful commercial photographers of his era, Lawrence delighted in producing awe-inspiring images of grand size, a fact duly noted in his business slogan that read "The Hitherto Impossible in Photography is Our Specialty." He was also a pioneer in the field of aerial photography, often using kites and balloons, known as his "airships," to suspend his camera hundreds of feet above the ground in order to produce photos of unprecedented scale. Lawrence produced a number of memorable baseball photos over the years, many of which captured World Series action in his hometown of Chicago. The offered piece is considered among his finest baseball works.
It must be noted that as large and impressive as this photo is, it is slightly smaller than originally issued due to moderate paper loss along all four borders (the original photo measured 44.5 x 18.25 inches). Despite the condition anomaly, the central image area remains completely intact and the photo, which is dry mounted on board, has been handsomely matted and framed so that no trace of any edge imperfections are visible. While technically in Good condition, the photo displays as Excellent and remains a paragon of early twentieth century baseball photography. As a point of reference, this is only the second example of this important panorama that we have ever offered. The other example, which was complete and in extraordinary Near Mint condition, was offered as Lot 18 in the Robert Edward Auctions July 15, 2000 sale and sold for $13,893. Matted and framed to total dimensions of 40.75 x 24.5 inches. Disclosure per section 13 of REA's terms and conditions: This lot has been consigned from the personal collection of an executive or employee of Robert Edward Auctions (or a relative of an executive or employee). Please Note: Due to the size and/or weight of this lot, shipping costs (depending on where it is sent and its method of shipping) may be substantial. Reserve $1,500. Estimate $3,000/$5,000. SOLD FOR $8,812.50
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