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Parrotlets are sexually dimorphic, meaning you can tell males and females apart. In Pacific parrotlets, males typically have markings on their eyes, backs and wing feathers.Parrotlets may be tiny, but they have huge personalities. Their name literally means "little parrot." Most are found in South America, and they are the smallest parrot you can bring home. However, their small size doesn't mean they are a small commitment. Considering being a parrotlet parent? Here are five things you should know:
1) There are many species of parrotlet, but the most commonly kept is the Pacific parrotlet, also called the Celestial parrotlet. Sandee Molenda, owner of the Parrotlet Ranch, a co-founder of The International Parrotlet Society, and author of The Parrotlet Handbook said, "Using the term 'parrotlet' is a generic term and would be as incorrect as using the term 'Amazon' to describe the numerous species of Amazon parrots." The Pacific parrotlet has yet to become a common bird kept in pet stores, but there are many breeders who specialize in parrotlets. Other species are rare, but there are different mutations of the Pacific parrotlet.
2) Though they are small, parrotlets have some "big bird" traits. It is true that these parrots are pint-sized, but they are not as easy to care for as other similar sized birds. "Many people feel that because they are so tiny, they are birds very much like budgies or cockatiels," Molenda said. "They are not. They are very much a large parrot in a little parrot body." Parrotlets lack the domestication of popular pet birds like cockatiels, and this can lead to some troubles training the birds, especially for those inexperienced with parrots. "Pacific parrotlets are smart and have no problems taking advantage of people who are intimidated by birds."
3) Parrotlets are a great choice for those looking for a quieter parrot. While they are certainly not silent, parrotlets tend to have less noticeable vocalizations. "They chirp and chatter but they do not scream or shriek. Their voices are quieter than a canary as far as volume is concerned so they are perfect birds for people who live in apartments or condominiums." Parrotlet lovers note that female parrotlets are often quieter than males.
4) Parrotlets can be territorial and are best kept as single birds in their own cage. "Parrotlets, particularly Pacifics, are aggressive and territorial and when two are kept together as pets one will often become dominate over the other," Molenda said. This is a wild instinct that, while no longer needed in our homes, is still intact. Because of the birds' inclination to defend their nests from all other species of birds, they may not take kindly to another bird in their cage, even another parrotlet.
5) Due to their fast metabolisms, you must provide a parrotlet with plenty of food. "Gram for gram, they eat more than a macaw so there is no way you can 'overfeed them,'" Molenda added. So despite their small size, be prepared to offer up nutritious meals often. "They need a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, greens, cooked legumes, sprouts and grains." Molenda did not recommend pellets for parrotlets, but said that seed mix intended for birds like cockatiels make for a good supplement to fresh foods.
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I installed Fedora 3 yesterday and all went fine. I then figured there must
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The 12th Annual Youth Leadership Conference on Asian and Pacific Islander Health is several weeks away, and we are all very excited to meet each and every one of you. The Youth Leadership Conference team is working extremely hard to ensure that this year's program will be an inspiring and rewarding experience.
Below you will see important logistics regarding the conference. Please read this page in its entirety:
1. Traveling and housing information are posted here.
This page details:
- Airports that are suitable for fly-in.
- Directions to get from each airport to Stanford Campus.
- Dorm buildings you will be staying in for the duration of the conference.
- Dining services for meal accommodations.
2. Specific instructions for booking transportation from the airport to and from Stanford Campus are posted here.
- Three options are provided: Super Shuttle, South and East Bay Shuttle, and Taxi Cab.
- It also has further information from the nearby airports listed under Travel and Housing.
3. Once you arrive on Stanford Campus:
- The exact location of check-in is Crothers Memorial courtyard. It looks like this !
- Check-in time is from 2:00 - 3:00 PM. Do not come early, because there will be no accommodations prior to 2PM.
- You may either be dropped off at the end of Escondido Road or find parking at Parking Structure 6.
- There will be guiding signs posted around campus which will direct you to Crothers Hall, directions can be found here
4. All participants will be housed in Crothers Memorial, and dining will take place at Arrillaga Family Dining Center.
- Male and Female participants will be housed in Crothers Memorial, separated by gender-specific floors.
- Participants will share a room with two twin beds and a communal bathroom on each floor.
- Meal accommodations consist in dinner on August 6th; breakfast, lunch, and dinner on August 7th and 8th; and breakfast on August 9th.
- Each participant will receive a meal card that allows him or her to eat at the dining hall.
- A lost dining card will cost the participant $15 to be replaced.
- A lost dorm key will cost the participant $135 to be replaced.
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- During the conference, you will interact with physicians, policy-makers, and other professionals to represent your school and community. Therefore, we expect a business casual dress code. For women, appropriate attire includes dress shirts, blouses, sweaters, slacks, casual skirts, and dress shoes. For men, appropriate attire includes polo shirts, collared shirts, sweaters, casual slacks, khakis, and dress shoes. The business casual dress code does NOT include jeans, shorts, tank tops, sneakers, or flip-flops. Please note that there will be a good amount of walking required throughout the conference, so wear flat, comfortable shoes. Hats are prohibited at all times.
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Monday, March 20, 2006, 9:22 am
Joe Borchard Traded
The White Sox traded outfielder Joe Borchard to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for left-handed pitcher Matt Thornton this morning.
Borchard was told before he climbed on the 7:15 am bus for Surprise, Ariz., where the Sox play the Royals at 1:05 pm.
With his wife and dog waiting in his truck outside, Joe cleared out his locker, said goodbye to clubhouse staff and minor league coaches.
I wished him the best of luck and said we would see him down the line (like next week in Peoria, Ariz.)
Borchard, who was out of options and was a former first-round pick by the Sox, was traded for a fellow first round pick. Thornton was selected 22nd overall by the Mariners in 1998.
He gives the Sox yet another left-handed option over the spring's final two weeks.
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Ummm – Is anyone even remotely concerned about the Big Elephant in the room…we have won a measly 4 games so far? Just checking. I'm just a bit concerned, that's all. Anyone else?
I'm not too worried. If you look at the box scores you'll notice that most of the pitching has been done by players you probably never heard of. The offence is scoring runs. Spring training is not about winning games. Unless you're the Royals or Devil Rays and trying to boost ticket sales.
How could you be worried? Last year the White Sox had one of the worst spring records in the league. After that spring they went on to tear up MLB and win the World Series. Maybe we can do that very same thing again this year.


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Re: "Doing budget arithmetic — Bilingual education costly, ineffective, says Lynn Woolley," Tuesday Viewpoints.
Contrary to Woolley's statements, evidence for bilingual education is strong.
Woolley says scores "shot up" in Oceanside after bilingual education was dismantled in California in 1998. But scores for all students increased in California between 1998 and 2000; gains for Oceanside's English learners were similar to gains made in many districts that kept bilingual education.
The increase occurred because a new state test was introduced. The first time a new test is given, scores are low; scores then increase each year as students and teachers become more familiar with the test. After a few years, improvement stops. This happened in Oceanside and in the entire state.
Woolley notes that C. Rossell concluded that "immersion is best," but is not aware that in her review, Rossell miscategorized a number of bilingual education programs as "English immersion." Even so, in her most recent analysis Rossell concluded that there was no difference between English immersion and bilingual education, not that bilingual education is the "least effective." In her Texas study, differences are very small.
Every other scholar who has reviewed the research in recent years has concluded that children in bilingual education do better than children in all-English programs in English reading.
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I am 5'3" and according to calculations in Protein Power, 139lbs is the upper end of ideal weight. Maybe you are at ideal, too. Ideal for health, not for catalog models.
Over the past 2.5 years, I've lost somewhere between 60 and 65 pounds. I started at 215-ish pounds and I'm now 148 and 5' 5". I'm a 47 year old female who's having the typical hormonal changes associated with skirting the edge of menopause. My primary symptom (read...worst) has been insomnia. Like a light switch I go from sleeping deeply, easily and well, to being both unable to fall asleep or stay asleep. The changes correlate with my monthly cycle and so far all doctors have said is that when things get bad enough I'll sleep and they reassure me that just as soon as my hormones "settle down", my body will be able to sleep again because it won't be getting surprised by huge surges or collapses in hormone levels. On my worst nights, I take ambien to sleep. It's better than nothing, but it's not real rest.
At the early stages of my diet, I was totally CW. I simply reduced eating sweets, fries, chips and the like. A fairly easy 30-35 pounds came off in six months. Overall, I was eating approximately 1800 calories per day. Then I stalled. I stayed the course for months, but no new weight came off. Every chart told me that 1800 calories per day was a typical maintenance expenditure for a 155 pound female, so I was confused as to why I was stalled at 175/180 pounds. After almost 6 months of no change, I finally decided that stubborness wasn't going to work, I had to figure out what the problem was. I stumbled onto low carb literature (still hadn't found paleo or primal info yet). I lowered my carbs (I ate 30-50 grams per day on average) and the calories fell too...to about 1400-1600 per day. Weightloss started again and another 15 pounds or so came off. Then I stalled again. The next step was lowering my calories yet again...to 1200-1400 per day on average. I lost about 10 more pounds before stalling again. (FWIW, each stall lasts for months before I jump to conclusions) Next, I started calorie/carb cycling. It's been a royal pain in the bu## to keep track of, but I lost about 5 more pounds over approximately 3-4 months.
I've tried the leptin reset protocol...nothing really changed. I've tried eating no wheat or gluten products for months..nothing really changed beyond the changes I had already gotten by eating low carb. My current body fat percentage calculates to about 27% if I find an online calculator that takes into accout measurements of forearms and wrist circumference along with neck, waist and hips. If I purely use torso measurements, my body fat percentage is like 34%. This tells me that I'm storing most of my fat on my torso...and looking in the mirror shows it. I have a slim face, hands, arms and legs and a thicker torso. I've looked at photos that show examples of a woman's physique at differeing body fat levels and my torso really does look like the 30-34% range.
So I've started doing workouts during the last 5 weeks.....basically HIT as I read in Body by Science. I can't afford a gym though so I'm focusing on slow, accurate movements of core exercises like pushups, overhead presses (I have some resistance bands that are labeled as 19 pounds that I use), squats and since I can't do a pullup, I'm doing the exercises that build you up to doing a pullup and chinup. Doing the slow movements makes it hard to compare my fitness level to the typical rep based charts, but for instance...I can do 16 full length pushups (the last couple are super hard and I'm prone to cheat on those by dipping my head down, but I don't droop my back or do other cheats). I'm very interested in the workouts on Al Kavadlo's website too. I'm torn as to whether to approach bodyweight exercises using an HIT method or just "do 'em". I have to admit that my natural tendency is to prefer to just "do it" versus spending lots of time thinking and timing things. As soon as he has a kindle version of his book available, I'm probably going to buy his book and it should help me make up my mind which approach I want to take.
Ok..here's where I need advice. I've been tracking macronutrients for over a year on myfitnesspal. Over the last 6 months, I've averaged under 1400 calories per day, occasional days under 1000 and often with entire weeks at 1200 per day. During those 26 weeks, I've had about 15 "cheat" meals where I had to eat out due to being out of town etc...and no it wasn't all stacked into the recent holiday . Over the 2 weeks around Christmas, I cheated with 2 meals. On the cheat days, my calories went up to 1600-1800 for just that day.
So...no, I don't eat perfectly, but over the last year it seems pretty doggone close to me. I've *never* paid so much attention to food in my life. There have been months in there (usually 3 months at a time when I try an experiment) that I have eaten utterly clean (no wheat, low carb, and no whey powder, no milk). Since it didn't appear to make any difference, I've added whey back into my life as an occasional convenient meal (using unsweetened almond milk) and I eat some cheese during lunch and a clementine (or a small apple when clementines are off season).
It appears that my metabolism is running really slow. I'm guessing that I lost muscle mass over the obese years and due to the long period of conventional dieting when I first started this journey. The thing is...how do I get my metabolism back up to where it should be? I've already done long periods where my calories were 1200 per day and I'm not keen on lowering that any further. I've done about 5 hard workouts so far (about 1 month using Body by Science weekly regimen) using bodyweight exercises to failure (I'm talking can't stand up, screaming to get out the last rep or just to hold the position level of difficulty). I've also done a couple of bicycle sprint days because I have an exercise bike that it's easy to up the tension on. So...with 4-5 weeks of best-I-can-do exercises and eating 1200-1400 calories per day with 60 grams of carbs on average...there's been no weight loss or change of measurements. Nothing...nada. Lots of soreness, muscle weakness, and I rest for the week except for maybe a bike ride/sprints...low calories...for slightly over a month...but no change. I still have a 33 inch wasit and it's been that size for 4 months now....stalled before the exercies and it seems I'm still stalled even with the weight exercises.
Since I've been doing this for 5 weeks now, why am I not seeing any progress? What am I doing wrong? If I keep averaging 1200-1400 calories per day, is that reasonable...too high...too low? Am I wanting results too fast? I don't excpet much, but surely I should see *something* after 5 weeks of this experiemnt...maybe only 1/2 inch or a 1/2 pound of fat gone. ....something...anything. I'm at a loss as to what else I can try because I'm getting no feedback of change happening in my body to tell me anything is making any difference. With no feedback, I don't know what "protocols" to accentuate to optimize things for my physiology. I know over time an exercise routine will make me healthier and more fit, but I'm I wanting too much to also be able to reach like 20% body fat?
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I am 5'3" and according to calculations in Protein Power, 139lbs is the upper end of ideal weight. Maybe you are at ideal, too. Ideal for health, not for catalog models.
Female, 5'3", 50, Max squat: 202.5lbs. Max deadlift: 225 x 3.
I agree that you may be very close to ideal weight, so your body is holding on for dear life! It also sounds like this has been very stressful for you, and stress is no good for weight loss! I would recommend not counting calories for a good two weeks. Eat until you're satisfied, and don't worry about how many calories you're taking in. When you've eaten so little for so long, you could very well use a few weeks of a "diet-break" to get things moving again. I would even cut back on the exercise-walk and do some yoga, but nothing strenuous, and get a massage. In short, relax!!!
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Thanks for reading my long winded monologue sbhikes and tradawg. I can tell you both did because you came up as stumped as I am as to how to get through this stall.
One thing I do know, stall or no, I'm going to continue to do weightlifting/bodyweight exercises. I'm middle aged now and I *know* I've lost muscle mass. I'm also going to keep eating lower carb (as in under 100 grams per day) and I'll keep taking the vitamin K2, D3 and magnesium regimen that I started almost a year ago.
I'm not sure I can continue to worry about things like wheat/no wheat, whey/no whey, dairy/no dairy, fruit/no fruit, nuts/no nuts. I'm just going to eat healthier than I did when I was over weight and do my workouts. If that means I end up eating more than 1400 calories per day, then so be it. I'll keep using myfitnesspal to track information and I'll try to keep my calories under what should be a reasonable number for a women my height and age. Other than that...I'm tired. Tired of all this tracking of every morsel of food, micro and macro nutrient.
Have you tried IF? - Once a week, dont eat anything after dinner till the next day at around 2 pm?
So far, I've occasionally missed a meal, but usually I remember it by the next meal. (nothing healthy made me forget...I got the game Skyrim...trust me, many gamers exit this reality when they play that game) Usually, I may not eat tons more, but I eat a bit more than usual since calorically I can supposedly get away with it. I'll try to do IF "officially" now.
If you do a search on Mark's main blog (not the forum) for Mary Titus she is an older woman who has had a good experience with IF and she gives a lot of detail. She has written a lot on the protein power blog, too. Her comments are really interesting and helpful plus it helps she isn't a "dude bro".
Female, 5'3", 50, Max squat: 202.5lbs. Max deadlift: 225 x 3.
I don't have any advise about your stall, as I'm having a similar problem, but I did want to chime in that I've been doing the BBS workout for about a year and a half now and have put on a good amount of muscle, something other programs never did. I hope you'll keep that up even if it doesn't help with the fat loss, nothing feels as good as being strong
Also, have you tried having a day or two of high calories to try to keep your metabolism up? I have read of a few others doing this and thought I'd try it, maybe it could help you too? I have a really low metabolism too from a lifetime of dieting, if you find something that works I'd love a PM to let me know


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Amy Adams is in negotiations to star opposite Ben Stiller in 20th Century Fox's "Night at the Museum 2."
Pic kicks off when the artifacts from the Museum of Natural History are boxed up and sent to the archives at the Smithsonian in Washington. Adams will play an undetermined historical figure who has a crush on security guard Larry (Stiller).
Shawn Levy returns to helm the sequel, which has a U.S. release date set for May 22, 2009. Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon penned the screenplay, Scott Frank the most recent draft.
Levy's 21 Laps is producing alongside 1492 Pictures. Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe will serve as producers. Studio is eyeing a May start date in Vancouver.
Adams is onscreen in "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Enchanted." She stars in the indie "Sunshine Cleaning," which bowed at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Portland Mayor Sam Adams supports Milwaukie's bid to bring in single-A minor league baseball, said Milwaukie Mayor Jeremy Ferguson in an interview.
Adams committed to lend some Portland staff who are experts in facilities development for the proposal to land a team and agreed to coordinate with Milwaukie to figure out how the Tacoma station area can be used to make it easier for people to get to the potential stadium and downtown Milwaukie during a meeting between Ferguson and Adams on Monday.
"The success of the baseball stadium will largely depend on how successful we are in planning access into and out of that light rail station," Ferguson said.
Milwaukie received a state grant to develop that access, but the station is in Portland, so the two cities will have to determine what development is possible.
"They've been through land use planning before with PGE Park and Rose Garden Arena," Ferguson said. "They've really got the expertise and we've got the TGM grant."
Milwaukie City Council wants to buy an 8-acre property where an Oregon Department of Transportation maintenance yard sits now to build a baseball stadium. City staff is working with Mike Higgins, a former PGE Park official, to find a team to play in the stadium from the Northwest League. The stadium would seat 4,000 people, plus sky boxes, and cost between $20 and $30 million, by early estimations. The plan also includes renovating an empty administrative building on the property into a brewpub, in which the McMenamin brothers are "very interested."
After the Portland Beavers, a triple-A team, moved to Tuscon, both cities and teams investigated the prospect of filling the Portland area's baseball vacuum. Vancouver, Wash., city officials are also in talks with the Yakima Bears to move to Clark College, but are tied up in a debate about how Clark County would pay for the stadium.
Adams also said he would be interested in reviewing the city's plan to make the project feasible, Ferguson said. City staff is working on a finance plan that would determine the cost of building the stadium and running it, but that is still in its early stages.
If Milwaukie staff could find a suitable replacement property, Ferguson said, the state transportation department would hand over the maintenance yard. Ferguson said city staff have identified a few possible places within Clackamas County. A trade would greatly reduce the cost of the project.
"We are looking at the feasibility now, but we don't know until we get a little farther along in the planning what the property will cost," Ferguson said.
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Ferris State at TU women
December 1, 2011 - Zach Baker
Ball pressure, and plenty of it. TU has been pressuring the heck out of Ferris State, and the Dragons are hitting the outside shot. That has created an 11-4 TU edge at the 14:48 mark. Holly Focke is playing really well on both ends, at one point rebounding her own free throw miss.
Not sure what was in the water, but TU is killing it right now on both ends. Jillian Adam's short jumper makes it 18-5 at the 12:53 mark.
Ferris State's Christina Branch just hit a short jumper and was fouled. At the second media stop, it's 23-13 TU. Now 23-14 as she makes the throw at the 9:10 mark. Moments ago the lead was 32-16, but Ferris State has scored five straight points, with Tricia Principe's deep 3 happening moments ago. It's 34-21 after Jaeb scores a layup, then a steal by Amanda Baute sets up two foul shots for TU. The amazing thing? TU's leading by 13 and Jaeb has 3 points.
We go to halftime with TU leading 40-28. It finished the first half chilly, making just one basket in the final 3 1/2 minutes.
Early in the second half, and Tiffin leads Ferris State, 48-29. TU has opened the half on an 8-1 run. Jenifer Johnston just hit her third 3 of the game, and she has 13. Jess Harris has 6 boards, 4 this half, and we're at the 16:40 mark.
TU leads 50-32, 14:57 left in half. TU actually was losing the rebounding battle, but the defense and shooting have been so strong it hasn't mattered.
Dragons lead is at their highest point, 55-36, with a little less than 11 minutes left.
Jaeb was fouled as she made a jumper. With 9:43 left, it's 57-36. TU wins, 78-49.


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Dry Storeroom No. 1by Richard Fortey
Dry Store Room No. 1 is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. This book is a kind of museum of the mind. It is my own collection, a personal archive, designed to explain what goes on behind the polished doors in the Natural History Museum. The lustre of a museum does not depend only on the artefacts or objects it contains the people who work out of sight are what keeps a museum alive. I want to bring those invisible people into the sunlight. Behind the public facade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives. Through the stories of the numerous eccentric individuals whose long careers have left their mark on the study of evolutionary science, Richard Fortey, former senior paleontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. He delves into the feuds, affairs, scandals and skulduggery that have punctuated its long history, and formed a backdrop to extraordinary scientific endeavour. He explores the staying power and adaptability of the Museum as it responds to changes wrought by advances in technology and molecular biology -- 'spare' bones from an extinct giant bird suddenly become cutting-edge science with the new knowledge that DNA can be extracted from them, and ancient fish are tested with the latest equipment that is able to measure rises in pollution. Dry Store Room No. 1 is a fascinating and affectionate account of a hidden world of untold treasures, where every fragment tells a story about time past, by a scientist who combines rigorous professional learning with a gift for prose that sparkles with wit and literary sensibility.
Earth: An Intimate Historyby Richard Fortey
In Earth, the acclaimed author of Trilobite! and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earth's physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us. Beginning with Mt. Vesuvius, whose eruption in Roman times helped spark the science of geology, and ending in a lab in the West of England where mathematical models and lab experiments replace direct observation, Richard Fortey tells us what the present says about ancient geologic processes. He shows how plate tectonics came to rule the geophysical landscape and how the evidence is written in the hills and in the stones. And in the process, he takes us on a wonderful journey around the globe to visit some of the most fascinating and intriguing spots on the planet. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Wormsby Richard Fortey
From one of the world's leading natural scientists and the acclaimed author of Trilobite!, Life: A Natural History of Four Billion Years of Life on Earth and Dry Storeroom No. 1 comes a fascinating chronicle of life's history told not through the fossil record but through the stories of organisms that have survived, almost unchanged, throughout time. Evolution, it seems, has not completely obliterated its tracks as more advanced organisms have evolved; the history of life on earth is far older--and odder--than many of us realize. Scattered across the globe, these remarkable plants and animals continue to mark seminal events in geological time. From a moonlit beach in Delaware, where the hardy horseshoe crab shuffles its way to a frenzy of mass mating just as it did 450 million years ago, to the dense rainforests of New Zealand, where the elusive, unprepossessing velvet worm has burrowed deep into rotting timber since before the breakup of the ancient supercontinent, to a stretch of Australian coastline with stromatolite formations that bear witness to the Precambrian dawn, the existence of these survivors offers us a tantalizing glimpse of pivotal points in evolutionary history. These are not "living fossils" but rather a handful of tenacious creatures of days long gone. Written in buoyant, sparkling prose, Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms is a marvelously captivating exploration of the world's old-timers combining the very best of science writing with an explorer's sense of adventure and wonder.
Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earthby Richard Fortey
By one of Britain's most gifted scientists: a magnificently daring and compulsively readable account of life on Earth (from the "big bang" to the advent of man), based entirely on the most original of all sources--the evidence of fossils. With excitement and driving intelligence, Richard Fortey guides us from the barren globe spinning in space, through the very earliest signs of life in the sulphurous hot springs and volcanic vents of the young planet, the appearance of cells, the slow creation of an atmosphere and the evolution of myriad forms of plants and animals that could then be sustained, including the magnificent era of the dinosaurs, and on to the last moment before the debut of Homo sapiens. Ranging across multiple scientific disciplines, explicating in wonderfully clear and refreshing prose their findings and arguments--about the origins of life, the causes of species extinctions and the first appearance of man--Fortey weaves this history out of the most delicate traceries left in rock, stone and earth. He also explains how, on each aspect of nature and life, scientists have reached the understanding we have today, who made the key discoveries, who their opponents were and why certain ideas won. Brimful of wit, fascinating personal experience and high scholarship, this book may well be our best introduction yet to the complex history of life on Earth. A Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection.
Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolutionby Richard Fortey
With Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed Life, offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures. Trilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred million years ago. As bewilderingly diverse then as the beetle is today, they survived in the arctic or the tropics, were spiky or smooth, were large as lobsters or small as fleas. And because they flourished for three hundred million years, they can be used to glimpse a less evolved world of ancient continents and vanished oceans. Erudite and entertaining, this book is a uniquely exuberant homage to a fabulously singular species.
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STATE COLLEGE - Warrior Run's players lined the third-base line, trying to hold off tears of disappointment as their fans stood behind the team's dugout and offered a final round of applause for an unforgettable season.
The Defenders accomplished many firsts in 2012: a first league championship, first District 4 title and a first appearance in a PIAA championship game. One day that will matter to the girls that stood shoulder-to-shoulder on Beard Field at Penn State University on Friday afternoon as they had silver medals draped around their necks, but the way the Defenders lost in yesterday's PIAA Class AA championship game will likely linger for some time.
District 7 third-place finisher Neshannock scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 4-3 victory on a wild pitch and captured that program's first PIAA softball title while keeping the Defenders from their first.
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Warrior Run pitcher Taylor Parker walks off the field as Neshannock celebrates behind her after the Lancers won the state championship on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday at Penn State. View additional photos at cu.sungazette.com
"To lose in the bottom of the eighth inning on a passed ball, that is tough," said Warrior Run coach Garth Watson. "We just came up on the short end of the stick, but we have nothing to hang our heads about."
Madison Altmyer, who led off the bottom of the eighth inning, put Neshannock in position to win by turning on an 0-1 Tay Parker pitch and driving it down the right-field line and to the wall. She quickly picked up her third-base coach rounding second base and reached third without a throw.
Two batters later, Altmyer darted home after the wild pitch and scored an historic run before she was swallowed by her teammates.
"It was kind of no hesitation, just got to go," said Altmyer. "I wasn't really expecting it because she is a good pitcher and it hadn't happened all game."
Parker's final pitch sailed over catcher Lynn Vermilya and bounced off the backstop. The ball took a fortunate bounce for the Defenders and ricocheted straight back to Vermilya, who caught the ball and tried to outrace Altmyer to the plate, but the sophomore catcher couldn't drop the tag in time and the Lancers celebrated between her and their dugout.
Neshannock (24-1) became just the second team to defeat the Defenders (24-3) this season. District 4 runner-up Mifflinburg beat Warrior Run twice in the regular season, each time by a run.
Warrior Run fell behind by two runs after the first inning yesterday as Neshannock immediately showed off its team speed. Rayanna Furst led off with a bunt single, but didn't spend much time at first after Madison Shaffer slapped a single past Warrior Run third baseman Devin Nicholas that also eluded the glove of left fielder Katy Swartz and made its way down the left-field line.
"We knew exactly what they were going to do, but they were effective with that drag bunt," said Watson. "You see some small colleges and they don't drag bunt and slap like that."
By the time Swartz reached the ball and returned it to the infield, Furst and Shaffer had circled the bases for a 2-0 lead.
Warrior Run battled right back with a pair of runs in the second inning. The Defenders strung together three consecutive hits and scored on an illegal pitch and RBI groundout from Carisa Swartz.
The Defenders took their only lead an inning later. Parker drove a pitch into the right-center field gap and Jackie Clemens chased the center fielder to the other gap in left-center field and traded places with Parker. Clemens, however, remained stranded and Warrior Run left a runner in scoring position for the third consecutive inning.
Warrior Run left a runner on base in each inning and all but one of those were left in scoring position.
"We put ourselves in position to score, but we just couldn't get it done," said Watson.
Neshannock tied the game in the third as Furst again led off and reached on a bunt. She scored when a Marissa DeMatteo bunt found its way through the Warrior Run infield and into the outfield grass for an unlikely RBI single.
Parker and Amanda Furst each dodged trouble over the next four innings before Altmyer's leadoff triple in the eighth turned into the winning run.
Neshannock left the bases loaded in the fourth inning after Parker snagged a line drive and the Lancers had their leadoff hitter reach in the fifth and sixth but Parker didn't allow either runner to reach past second base.
Parker finished with eight strikeouts, including three consecutive to end the sixth inning. She walked one, hit two and threw just the one wild pitch.
"I feel bad for her," said Watson. "She's a great kid and the game definitely didn't come down to that."
Parker, who was hitting over .600 entering Friday's game, finished 3 for 4 with two doubles Carra Rishel added two singles.
Carisa Swartz is the lone senior starter who will not return next season, but leaves knowing the program is in a better place than it was her freshman season.
"It's so much better than it was," said Swartz. "Three years ago we looked like the Bad News Bears. We definitely looked a lot better this year and they are going to keep getting better because our coaching staff is amazing."
She later added, "I think that they are going to build on it definitely and they are going to let this soak in and then come back next year and make sure they come out on top."


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But that was in 2005. On Friday, Carey returned to the Magic Kingdom – but this time, she was a little more covered up. The singer, who is expecting her first child in the spring, was wearing a short but baggy Santa skirt.
"You could really see the pronounced belly," says an onlooker. "She's definitely not hiding it."
Although her wardrobe has changed, sources say Carey, 41, had boundless energy during her performance – which will be telecast Christmas morning on ABC.
The star entered the stage from an oversized Christmas card as she performed "Oh Santa." Then came a quick costume change and a return to the stage to sing "All I Want for Christmas is You."
Despite her growing midsection, Carey even hoofed it with some dancers from the Orlando Ballet. "She was really energetic," says a backstage source. "She had definite ideas about what she wanted onstage, and she was working really hard."
But it wasn't all work and no play. Dancers from the Orlando Ballet posed for pictures and got autographs from Carey. "She wasn't really talkative or anything, but she was really pleasant," says one of the dancers. "She's a real pro."
Notably absent: husband Nick Cannon, who was filming his own part of the parade across the country, at the Disneyland Resort in California.
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The Risks and Perils of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding could revolutionize fundraising for early-stage biotech companies, but beware of the pitfalls.!--h2>
Since the passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (H.R. 3606) last year, the financial and medical press has been buzzing about the potential for crowdfunding to revolutionize fundraising for early-stage biotech companies. Even more recently, a portal that is exclusively dedicated to crowdfunding biotech and healthcare start-ups launched at medstartr.com. Although there may be reason for biotech entrepreneurs to be excited about crowdfunding, there are significant limitations and risks to this approach as well.
Aside from crowdfunding, there is one more type of change coming for early stage corporate funding. Changes to Regulation D's Rule 506 will loosen restrictions on publicizing private offerings. This will allow companies to advertise more openly for investors—such as on patient advocacy websites or even possibly magazines and newspapers. Unlike with equity crowdfunding, Rule 506 investors must be accredited investors (for an individual this means having over $200,000 per year in income in each of the two most recent years or having at least $1 million in assets, excluding the value of the individual's primary residence) who because of the economic situation are better suited for risky biotechnology investments. In addition, unlike the limits placed on equity crowdfunding portals, a Regulation D Rule 506 offering does not limit the amount of equity raised.
Early-stage biotech entrepreneurs should closely watch the development of crowdfunding regulations by the SEC over the coming months and be aware of the significant risks and downsides of crowdfunding.
Krist Werling, Bob Cohen, and Michael Pilo work for McDermott Will & Emery.
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To be considered for a CIMIT grant, a proposal must present a collaborative, multi-disciplinary plan of work that specifically advances the likelihood that a new concept will yield benefit in the healthcare setting. CIMIT values proposals by teams that reach across CIMIT Consortium institutions and whose novel ideas may create technologies that can benefit several medical disciplines.
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The summary table provides an at-a-glace view of the objectives, eligibility requirements and status of all CIMIT grants and awards.
About CIMIT Funding
CIMIT awards grants primarily to principal investigators on faculty at the CIMIT Consortium institutions, however projects may include team members from other academic institutions and collaborators from industry. The POCTRN in Primary Care Awards and the CBSC Simulation Innovation Awards are national, however, collaboration with investigators within the CIMIT consortium is encouraged.
CIMIT funds projects across its portfolio of programs, but remains open to any innovative use of technology to improve patient care.
CIMIT does not support drug development, information technology-centric projects, basic research, or clinical trials.
CIMIT does not provide funding for Industry. With the CIMIT Engagement Program, companies can collaborate with the CIMIT community through strategic relationships to stimulate, target, and accelerate the implementation of innovative technologies across a broad range of patient-centric care environments.
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All investigators (especially first-time applicants) are urged to contact the CIMIT Site Miner at your institution and the leaders of CIMIT Program(s) most relevant to your application. Site Miner(s) can answer questions and connect you with CIMIT staff. CIMIT Site Miners, Program Leaders and staff can help you network with other CIMIT institutions, suggest potential collaborators, and advise on developing your pre-proposal application.
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Thursday night, the Waterfront Film Festival held its first Grand Rapids-based fundraiser at Celebration Cinema North.
I stopped by to chat with organizers, and while there's no official word on what films they'll be showing yet, they are launching the NewMedia Television Festival, which will present new TV pilots. They're accepting submissions now.
Waterfront will be celebrating its 10th year when the festival takes place June 12-15 in Saugatuck, and at the fundraiser, they showcased a few short films from past festivals to give any newbies a taste of what the fest has to offer.
I was surprised to learn that Oscar-nominated "Juno" director Jason Reitman attended Waterfront several years ago, presenting some of his short films. We watched "Gulp" and this terrific short, "In God We Trust":
It's rather amusing how the film portrays the afterlife as yet another exercise in corporate bean-counting.
They also screened an animated short by Don Hertzfeldt, whose use of simple line drawings and dark (very dark!) humor is quite effective. Here's "Billy's Balloon":
Continuing with the comedic fare, a slick and amusing 18-minute film entitled "I Am Stamos" (look for the cameo by Clint Howard!) is on YouTube (note: adult language.)
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|Deep breathing makes it easier
How many times during the course of a busy day do you stop and realize that you're hardly breathing? Caregivers have special demands on their time, energy, and mental, physical and emotional health.
Sometimes the stress can be so overwhelming you may even find yourself so tensed up you are hardly breathing, or are perhaps even hyperventilating. Breathing is obviously essential to life, so how do we re-train our bodies to breath properly? How does improper breathing start in the first place?
Take notice of your breathing
Take a deep breath. Notice how you are breathing. Do your shoulders or chest rise? Does it even hurt to take a deep breath? These are signs that your breathing habits need a makeover. Now try this: take a deep breath through your nose and concentrate on filling your diaphragm with air. You should notice your belly rising instead of your shoulders or chest rising. Now, slowly let the air out through your mouth. This act of focused breathing can become your norm if you practice mindful breathing. Why is this so important?
If you've ever watched a baby sleep, you may have noticed how deeply such little ones breathe. Their bellies fill right up with air and they look peaceful and content. This should give us a clue that deep breathing is a natural function. Our noses are there for a reason. When we breathe in through our noses, as opposed to our mouths, pollutants and germs get filtered out. We also get a more moist breath of air directed to our lungs. This helps prevent infection and gives a purer dose of air to our lungs.
Being self-conscious of our stomachs can prevent deep breathing. Society tells us we need to appear as slender as possible, so we may tend to hold in our stomachs, which in turn leads to shallow breathing. Shallow breathing prevents our lungs from filling with much needed oxygen, because the air only reaches the chest instead of traveling all the way down to the diaphragm. After inhaling oxygen, our bodies need to expel toxic carbon dioxide. If we don't practice deep breathing the body will become toxic, which can in turn lead to anxiety.
How can you fix it?
How can we kick this bad habit of improper breathing? The good news is that our bodies want to breath properly. Just a few minutes of mindful breathing every day can help you retrain your body to breath properly without even thinking about it. Ideally, you would spend several minutes a day perhaps laying down and just practicing deep breathing. Don't have that kind of time? Well, even practicing while you're sitting in traffic, or taking a couple minutes before your lunch break can help get you on the right track. Every little bit helps. If you're feeling ambitious and really want to make some good progress, exercises such as Pilates or yoga can really go a long way in changing your breathing habits.
Deep breathing can help ward off infections, reduce stress, control the heart rate and blood pressure, and clear the mind. It's worth taking a few minutes every day to practice this good habit.
Julie Ann Anderson is the owner of Home Instead Senior care office in Rohnert Park; mother of two and passionate about healthy living at all ages. Having cared for her parents, she understands your struggles and aims, through her website, www.homeinstead.com/sonoma to educate and encourage seniors and caregivers. Have a caregiving or aging concern? She'd love to hear from you at 586-1516 anytime.


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At the eleventh hour, Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced today a redeployment plan that will put on hold, and possibly eliminate, the planned layoffs of Hoboken Police officers.
In response, the Hoboken PBA has suspended its "Keep Hoboken Safe" campaign led by public relations firm Vision Media which included several public protests, t-shirts, flyers, banners and a TV commercial. The measure also calls off a mass e-mail to Hoboken residents and yet another protest scheduled for next week.
"I think it was the right outcome and it took a while to get there," said Vince Lombardi, president of the PBA. "It's unfortunate we had to get the public involved."
"I'm confident that we can move forward and settle our differences."
"I could breathe, put it that way, for the men in my rank," said Ed Drishti, president of the PSOA, a union for superior officers. "It's because we burned the midnight oil the last couple of days."
Drishti said that he and Lombardi sat down with Zimmer this week to discuss ways to save the jobs of the 18 officers who were set to be laid off today.
"It's been a very stressful week not knowing what was going to happen," said Jonathan Mecka, 24, who addressed the City Council on Sept. 15 to plead for his job.
Mecka showed up at City Hall just after the 11 a.m. press conference concluded to shake the hands of his union leaders.
Meanwhile, Josue Velez, a 24-year-old Iraqi war veteran, was all smiles.
"I'm happy as you can imagine," he said. "I feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders."
At the press conference, Zimmer spoke along with Chief of Police Anthony Falco, Sr. and Housing Authority Director Carmelo Garcia to explain the plan that takes attrition into account.
The city has accepted the retirements of five officers. Another seven have submitted written commitments that they, too, will retire by Dec. 1. One officer on disability will not be returning to the department.
Another five officers will be paid by the Hoboken Housing Authority as part of the recently formed Housing Authority Police Beaureau.
"Together these initiatives will enable us to achieve our financial objectives, while averting Police layoffs and making our streets safer with a 38 percent increase in patrol officers on the streets," said Zimmer.
The redeployment plan is subject to approval by the City Council, but officials are confident that there will be no police layoffs come December.
The layoffs of 17 city employees will go into effect as of the end of the workday today.
"I want to take the opportunity to thank those employees for their dedicated service to the City," said Zimmer.
Police officers, union leaders respond to Zimmer's layoff recall, "Keep Hoboken Safe" campaign suspended
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Haslett installs new attitude with Rams — and with it Bulger becomes a leader
Posted in October 19th, 2008
John Bohnenkamp
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Rams that routed the Dallas Cowboys 34-14 Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome is the same team, with a couple of new faces, that lost its first four games. The difference is who is the head coach. Scott Linehan's final weeks in charge of the Rams were punctuated with malaise. It was clear that he had lost the team, considering how the Rams lost to start the season. They wasted leads in games at home against the Giants and Bills. They didn't even bother to show up for games against the Eagles and Seahawks. Linehan's benching of quarterback Marc Bulger was the final straw. Bulger was a leader on the team, and shoving him aside in favor of backup Trent Green was a move that reeked of desperation. One of the first things Haslett, who was defensive coordinator under Linehan, did was put Bulger back as a starter. In wins over the Redskins last week and the Cowboys Sunday, the Rams played with a new determination. It helped that the starting quarterback was much more confident. Bulger was efficient against the Cowboys — 14-of-19 with no interceptions. He did take a beating — he was sacked five times and took a couple of wicked shots on runs. But he bounced back every time. Gone were the skittish feet that came with his early struggles this season, when he was swallowed by opposing defenses at every opportunity. Bulger is leading by example, but he is becoming more and more vocal. "I think Marc has stepped up his game," Haslett said. "He's kind of taken over the team. He's kind of in command, you could say. "He needs to take control of this team." Haslett speculated that Bulger has hesitated to be a leader in the past, because he was surrounded by veterans like Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt. "He was a young pup when he started," Haslett said. But now Bulger has to be in command. He still has Holt, and an experienced running back in Steven Jackson. But he also has young receivers like Donnie Avery, who is emerging as a playmaker in the offense. Haslett can bring the fire on the sideline, but it's Bulger who has to do it on the field. Bulger has been speaking out in the locker room, something he says is common. "People could read too much in that stuff," he said. But it has been clear the last two games, the way that Bulger led the final drive that led to the winning field goal at Washington, and the way he commanded the offense in Sunday's win, that he is in charge again. For the Rams' offense to work, it needs an efficient, accurate Bulger, a hard-nosed Bulger ready to absorb a few hits. It's what the Rams got Sunday, and the result was an impressive wins. The Rams hadn't scored 20 points in a game all season, but scored 21 in the first quarter against the Cowboys. The final score wasn't indicative of how the Rams actually dominated against the Cowboys, although to be fair the Dallas offense was out of joint without quarterback Tony Romo. Things are different under Haslett. But the Rams certainly have their confidence back. "It is not a secret — if you are in this league and you're not confident in yourself and you are not playing with that swagger, then things are going to go bad," Bulger said. He should know.
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