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IRVINE >> Clippers center DeAndre Jordan could have answered the question with one word. "Did your experience in the Olympics give you more confidence?" At first, Jordan did his part to make for an easy transcription.
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Across many research disciplines and practitioner based institutions such as aeronautics, space travel design, religious studies, cognitive science, digital gaming, architecture, philosophy, business, business leadership and management, educational leadership and management, outdoor education, adventure therapy, school based education and childhood growth and development, the concept of 'connectivity' has begun to surface as a critical issue. Connectivity is defined as "a sense of being a part of something larger than oneself. It is a sense of belonging, or a sense of accompaniment. It is that feeling in your bones that you are not alone" (Hallowell 1992) Enlarging on this notion, Lerner (2010) believed it is the means by which people 'fit' into the world around them. In other words they gain 'a sense of self'' and identity by actively working on "enhancing their connectedness to others." With the exponential creation of technological networks and avenues, humanity has on the one hand developed more opportunities to connect to one another in ways never thought possible, while at the same time there has been an increase of people expressing a deep sense of disconnection to those around them. "Human beings have a powerful need for connectedness" (Lee & Robbins, 2000). We appear to be at a cross roads to develop our sense of connectivity to bridge the gap between the perceived social, superficial 'connectedness' to a deeper sense of intimacy. Therefore, 'connectivity' has come to be an overarching spectrum that deals with how people connect within the coterie of the family, social emotional frameworks within friendship and community groups, and means of connecting across the globe through social media. Given the physiological, psychological and socio-emotional concerns and pressures humans face in this current era, this project seeks to give research and practical voice to what it means to define 'connectivity'. It also aims to pull together how each discipline speaks to others as the planet digitally shrinks but the spread of humanity continues unabated with serious issues such adolescent suicide, loneliness and depression, all related to the notion of 'connectivity'.
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Connectivity and Social Media
* How have current issues such as the Facebook and Twitter 'Kony 2012', Arab Spring revolution, Japanese tsunami discussions developed a sense of connectivity?
* What do these phenomenon reveal about current needs to connect?
* Do these modes develop genuine engagement with others?
* How does social media connectivity engender a sense of wellbeing, socio-global agency, and a more humanistic approach to problem solving?
* Does 'open access' software promote global awareness and change?
* How does the notion of 'open universities increase humanities sense of connectivity?
* Who are the new techno-rich and new techno-poor, and what does it mean for global connectivity?
Connectivity and Gaming Communities
* Do gaming communities offer cross cultural learning and engagement?
* What are the various forms of obvious and unconscious learning that global gaming develops?
* What new forms of literacy does global gaming require?
Connectivity and Social Emotional Intelligence
* What types of educational systems and ideologies support optimal social emotional awareness?
* Where does social-emotional learning fit in an ever-increasing global village?
* What role does resiliency play in deepening connectivity in children, adolescents and adults?
* How can we develop systems of connectivity to ameliorate the instances of effects of bullying in school and in social media outlets?
* How do we ensure 'connectivity' in the adolescent years?
* Where does the concept, and practices that lead to connectivity, fit into the current school based curriculum?
Connectivity as a precept of wellbeing
* The definition of 'connectivity' for specific disciplines and how this definition has arisen within specific research paradigms
* The diversity of nature of 'connectivity' forms within specific cultures, or across cultures how these relate to the creation of societal health
* How have the older forms of 'connectivity' narratives, understanding and practices have migrated into new the digital age?
* Where, why and how the 21st century's concept of 'connectivity' started, why it started where it ends in and amongst the current set of discipline understandings and research?
* Where does sexuality fit into the concept of "connectivity"?
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* What is the intersection between cognitive, psychological and psychological health and how this cross-section relates to a holistic concept of 'connectivity'?
* Where does 'self, and the notion of identity fit with the idea of connectivity?
* What forms of 'connectivity' need to be created so as to ensure societal and individual wellbeing for the coming decades?
* How does 'service learning' create connectivity and wellbeing?
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Critical Materials For Clean Energy Economy 0 commentsRare Earth ElementsRare earth elements have geochemical properties that make them typically dispersed and not often found in concentrated and economically exploitable forms [Wikipedia]. These metals are used in many hi-tech devices. In particular, rare earth elements are used in clean energy applications such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, photovoltaic cells and energy-efficient fluorescent lighting. Clean energy technologies currently constitute only about 20 percent of global consumption of critical materials. However, their share of total consumption is expected to grow as the use of these clean energy technologies is expected to grow rapidly.
Source: Critical Materials Strategy, U.S DOE, 2010.Export restrictions placed by China for rare earth metals have raised conserns of supply disruptions. However, the Critical Materials Strategy published by U.S Department of Energy in December 2010 points out that only a handful of rare earth elements are actually at risk of supply disruptions in medium term (5-15 years).
Table 1. Critical materials for clean energy technologies (Data source: Critical Materials Strategy published by U.S Department of Energy in December 2010)
The table 1 summarizes the key data in the DOE report in my opinion. The materials that are either listed as critical (red) or near critical (yellow) are bolded. The "criticality"-factor in the table is a sum of "supply risk" (1 = low; 4 = high) and "importance to clean energy" (1 = low; 4 = high) as determined by DOE in their report (see pictures below from the report for reference). Higher number indicates higher risks.
Short term Criticality Matric. Source: Critical Materials Strategy, U.S DOE, 2010.Medium term Criticality Matric. Source: Critical Materials Strategy, U.S DOE, 2010.If you want to know more about these critical materials I suggest that you check this rare earth primer, this excellent article about lithium and information about the periodic table.Only five metals continue to be critical in terms of supply risk in medium term (5-15 years).· Dysprosium (Heavy REE) is used in permanent magnets for wind turbines and vehicles with electric drive trains.· Neodymium (Light REE) isused in batteries for vehicles with electric drive trains and in permanent magnets for wind turbines and vehicles with electric drive trains.· Terbium (Heavy REE), Yttrium (Heavy REE) and Europium (Medium REE) are used in fluorescent lighting phosphors.Most rare earth mines in operation provide lots of Lanthanum and Cerium as will do those mines that are the most likely to come online in the next 5 years. Therefore,Lanthanum andCerium supply situation looks rather good compared to many other strategic materials.
Table 2.Projects that have possibility to come online in the next 5 years (Data source: Critical Materials Strategy published by U.S Department of Energy in December 2010)The most attractive rare earth elements are naturally the ones with the highest risk of supply disruptions in medium term (5-15 years): Neodymium, Europium, Terbium, Dysprosium and Yttrium. These metals are highlighted as red in the table above. In terms of critical REO content out of total REO, the projects can be ranked as follows:1. Alkane Resources: Dubbo Zirconia project (32,3%)2. Avalon Rare Metals (AVARF.PK): Nechalacho project (29%)3. Great Western Minerals (OTCPK:GWMGF): Hoidas Lake project (24,3%)4. Arafura Resources (OTCPK:ARAFF): Nolans Bore project (22,3%)5. Lynas Corporation (OTCPK:LYSCF): Mount Weld project (15,7%)6. Molycorp (MCP): Mountain Pass project (12,2%)7. Vinacomin/Sojitz/Toyota-Tsusho: Dong Pao project (10,7%)I happened to notice that Lynas Corporation has reported a bit different distribution of REO materials in their investor presentation from March 2010. Based on that report, the percentage of critical REO out of total REO is 19,1%. Nevertheless, I decided to go with DOE figures to be consistent as it was not possible for me to get data from all these corporations regarding exact REO content. Before investing in any of these companies, I suggest a thorough review of their resources and other projects as well as funding.Lithium and two other metals determined as "near critical" to clean tech by DOEThree metals are determined to be "near critical" in medium term (5-15 years).· Lithium isused in batteries for vehicles with electric drive trains.· Indium and Tellurium are used in photovoltaic thin filmsforsolar cells.Regarding Lithium the U.S. DOE reports: "Lithium is the only key material that shifts into a higher criticality category from the short to medium term. This change is due to the rapid increases in market penetration projected for vehicles using lithium-ion batteries, which increases lithium's importance to clean energy. This market penetration would significantly increase demand even as lithium production capacity increases, thus increasing supply risk slightly."Lithium is best played in my opinion with Global X Lithium ETF (NYSEARCA:LIT) that includes lithium miners and battery manufacturers. The valuations of most companies included in the ETF are quite reasonable when compared to rare earth companies that are not even producing anything yet.Back To UltraLong's Instablog HomePage »
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Rikers Captain Terrence Pendergrass Arrested for Inmate's Death
On August 18, 2012, Jason Echevarria, a 25-year-old inmate at Rikers Island, swallowed a chunk of detergent powder. Guards had passed out the soap balls so that the inmates could clean their cells, which had been flooded by a sewage back-up. Echevarria soon began shouting for help. He banged on his cell door, told correction officers that he had eaten the soap ball, and demanded medical attention. A guard informed his captain about the situation and the captain told the guard that he should only call him if he needed help pulling a body out of a cell. A pharmacy technician and another guard also told the captain that Echevarria looked like he was in bad shape. The captain did nothing.
Guards found Echevarria dead the next morning.
On Monday, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced that the Rikers captain, Terrence Pendergrass, has been arrested and charged with violating Echevarria's rights.
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"Jason Echevarria should not have died," Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement. "As alleged, Terrence Pendergrass abused his power as a Rikers Island captain in charge of a vulnerable population of inmates with mental health issues by denying Echevarria access to medical care despite his obvious and urgent medical need for it."
The federal complaint charges that Pendergrass acted with "deliberate indifference to a serious medical need" and "knowingly ignored and instructed others to ignore [Echevarria's] need for medical help."
Echevarria had been staying in the Mental Health Assessment Unit for Interacted Inmates following multiple suicide attempts. He swallowed a battery on one try.
On August 18, 2012, toilets in the unit overflowed and flooded the cells of Echevarria and others. So, the complaint states, guards passed out the soap balls, "a powerful disinfectant/detergent combination in powder form" containing ammonium chloride. Prosecutors note that NYC Department of Correction policy states that "inmates are not supposed to be provided with a soap ball unless the soap ball is diluted in multiple gallons of water before use."
At 1:40 p.m. a rookie correction officer gave Echevarria a soap ball that had not been diluted. Three hours later, Echevarria banged on his cell door, screamed for help, and told another guard, Raymond Castro, that he had swallowed the soap ball and needed medical treatment.
Castro then told Pendergrass. According to prosecutors, the captain said in response that Castro "should not call on Pendergrass if there were live inmates in cells. Rather, [the guard] should call on Pendergrass only if [the guard] needed help with an extraction of an inmate from a cell or if there was a dead body."
Later in the day, the guard saw vomit in Echevarria's cell. He again went to Pendergrass. Pendergrass said that the inmate should "hold it."
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At around 5:30 p.m., a pharmacy technician walking through the unit to pass out medication saw that Echevarria's face was discolored and heard from another inmate that Echevarria had eaten the soap ball. The pharmacy technician told a guard that Echevarria could die if he was not treated. This guard informed Pendergrass and Pendergrass told him to write up a report. Surveillance footage showed that Pendergrass then went to Echevarria's cell and looked through the window "for several seconds."
When Pendergrass clocked-out at 11 p.m., Echevarria had not received any medical attention. The guard's report was never filed, according to the complaint.
Around 8:30 the next morning, correction officers found Echevarria dead in his cell. There was blood around his mouth. The NYPD initially called the death a suicide, but the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled it a homicide because of the "denial of medical care." The examiner determined that he had died from "injuries caused by the ingestion of a caustic substance." He suffered internal chemical burns and scarring along his esophagus and his trachea.
The Bronx District Attorney's office declined to file charges in the case. Castro, meanwhile, was fired in July 2013 and Pendergrass was demoted from captain. In his wrongful termination suit, Castro stated that the captain gave him a "direct order" to not contact a medic.
"Sadly, as alleged, Mr. Pendergrass took his authority as a supervisory correction officer to the extreme," George Venizelos, who oversees the FBI's New York field office, said in a statement.
Prosecutors charged Pendergrass with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Pendergrass, who is 49 and an 18 year NYC corrections veteran, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Echevarria's family has also filed a civil lawsuit against the city's corrections department
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Too early to wax ?
Just got a new snowboard.... is it too early to wax it ? since its prolly another 2 months before snow starts to fall... or should i wax it now to protect the base and wax it again when the snow starts to fall ?
How often do you guys wax your boards ?
is it brand new? if so I wouldn't bother since you still have that fresh factory coat on.
but It's funny you asked, because I just waxed mine this morning because I was bored out of my mind. :cool:
lol it was a new board yes... but last year's model ? so its been sitting in the store for a year.. jsut got it at 50% off so i was just curious.... is there such thing as over waxing ? i doubt if i over wax my board it will damage it ?
I mean I don't see why you would need to wax it just to protect it, when it's just going to be sitting in your closet.
Some people wax every other day, some every week, some once a month, some never do...
If you're riding every day/every other day I think you would be fine waxing it once a week. It's just a fun ritual to do..
You will be find riding it a few times, then waxing it up.
no i dont... but i was told by the store that i should put a layer of wax on it to protect it from drying out or something ? cant really remember what he said...
i will learn how to wax myself eventually......
Use unicorn wax with goat turds that were hand picked by virgins.
and yes I would like to see your youtube of you waxing yourself...on second thought probably not
Definitely do it yourself, after two wax jobs you will have your money back.
Heres a good video lesson by a member here.
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In a surprise raid sleuths attached to the Vellore unit of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC) wing seized over Rs 71,000 from officials at the sub-registrar office in Kaveripakkam on Thursday.
The surprise raid led by Deputy Superintendent of Police of DVAC, Vellore, M Balasubrmanian and Inspection Cell Officer of District Inspection Cell, Abdul Haq, lasted from 4 pm to 10 pm. The team seized around Rs 71,000 of unaccounted money from the officials at the office, including Rs 18,000 from sub-registrar A Anandammal, said a police officer.
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Two players will unquestionably be center stage Friday night — Eaton's Austin Ekeler and Platte Valley's Logan Sitzman.
It goes with the territory in relation to the type of football season's each is having.
However, what happens in the shadow of the spotlight could play huge as the two teams battle for supremacy in the Class 2A Patriot League at 7 p.m.
"This is a big game, no doubt, a big game," Platte Valley coach Troy Hoffman said. "Now, it's big for all of the reasons that are obvious, but it's also big because of the respect we've earned, the respect we give to Eaton, and it certainly will give one team an advantage for one of the four playoff spots."
The obvious factors are:
» Both teams are 4-0 in league play. Eaton is 6-0 overall while Platte Valley is 5-1, losing only to Kent Denver early in the season.
» The two programs are regarded as leaders in the 2A ranks.
» Neither team is ranked lower than fifth in any of the state's ranking systems.
» Each has the numbers to go along with its reputation, playing as the heavy favorite from week-to-week.
Now, let's get to the personnel — Ekeler and Sitzman in particular.
"Nobody has stopped him, and I'm not sure that's what you do," Hoffman said. "What you do is try to limit his big plays. Limit it to two or three instead of seven or eight."
Ekeler is definitely Eaton's go-to guy, who has responded with 1,308 rushing yards, scored 20 touchdowns, averages 218 yards-per-game, and is a threat each time he touches the ball, averaging 9.9 yards-per-carry.
Sitzman has directed the Broncos' offense to an average of 451.4 yards each week, is a double threat who has thrown 10 touchdown passes and according to veteran Eaton coach Bill Mondt, can improvise much like Ekeler.
Sitzman is the team's leading rusher with 700 yards and 10 rushing touchdowns
"They both have the ability to see the field and then break left or right," said Mondt, who sees Sitzman as "a little better runner than he is a passer."
That brings each team to its supporting cast, and their ability to understand their roles.
Outside of Ekeler, the Reds don't have much of a rushing attack. Don't need one.
Senior tight end Tim Sieg leads the team with 252 receiving yards, averaging 18-yards-per-catch from senior quarterback Britton Abbott, whose touchdown-to-interception ratio is 8-to-4.
By comparison, the Broncos have a much more balanced offensive attack, but Sitzman carries the bulk of the load, and has spread his receptions to mainly Trey Johnson (181 yards, two touchdowns), Adam Bethal (208 yards, four touchdowns) and Jacob Smith (161 yards, two touchdowns).
Broncos Jake Creech and Wyatt Meeker, both juniors, will be called on to slow down Ekeler, sealing the corners to prevent him from breaking a big play.
"You can't coach that," Mondt said in reference to Ekler's ability to break from the pack. "It comes naturally. He's the best running back I've ever coached."
Likewise, Eaton's Sieg (defensive end) and interior lineman Trey Stephens will be relied on to mainly contain Sitzman.
"He (Sitzman) has the stats, but we preach that if somebody takes him away from us, somebody else should be open," Hoffman said. "If we make the correct reads, there's chances for other players to have a big night.
"This is a big game for both of us, and we've told the kids to soak it in, play their hearts out on every play and ultimately, good things will happen."
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Brooklyn rapper Muller St-Cyr, the Trouble Gang artist with an uncanny Biggie-esque flow is unfortunately on his way back to jail after catching a gun charge in 2012. Rather than disappear, St-Cyr is using the occasion to mark a new commitment to success, albeit 8 months in the future. Check out his farewell (for now) track "The Road to Rikers Island," it doesn't get any realer than this. See more on Muller St-Cyr here.
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These words seem even truer today then they were when the famous naturalist who helped to save Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks first spoke them.
With a growing awareness of the effects of man's decisions on Earth it is important for the citizens of the Santa Clarita Valley to listen to his words of wisdom.
As the June 11 hearing date for Newhall Land's river permit approaches, Muir's thoughts on the connectivity of nature are foremost in my mind.
It is our responsibility to protect Southern California's last "wild river," the Santa Clara, from suffering the same fate as the L.A. or Santa Ana Rivers, which are now no more than concrete channels.
The Santa Clara River is a crucial part of a wildlife corridor that connects two habitat areas in the Angeles National Forest between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Castaic Ranges. The corridor is a unique transition zone between coastal and desert habitats.
According to Keith Hay of the Conservation Fund, "Corridors hold more promise for the conservation of the diversity of life then any other management factor except stabilization of the human population."
John Hopkins, one of the original founders and board members of the Friends of the Santa Clara River, and a well-known biologist, explains in an article titled "Protecting Biodiversity" that wildlife corridors reduce extinction by allowing animals to move between habitats.
This helps to preserve genetic diversities within a species, species diversity within an ecological community and ecological diversity with in a region - all three of which are crucial elements of conservation.
How will this new plan for the river protect the wildlife corridor?
The spreading of urbanization in Southern California, and especially in the Santa Clarita Valley, has brought many species and entire communities to the brink of extinction.
According to Hopkins, 33 percent of California's mammals, 40 percent of California's amphibians and 57 percent of California's plants are naturally rare or at risk of losing entire ecosystems and masses of species unique to their ecosystem.
Along our own river, in spite of a management plan that was supposed to save and protect them, many of our local endangered or threatened species seem to have disappeared.
Biological surveys must be conducted for Newhall's original river plan in order to show that the new proposal for the Newhall Ranch area is really workable. There is no need to guess at this question.
In addition, riparian woodlands (the scientific name for the native plants we see along the Santa Clara River) in particular have been reduced to less than 5 percent of their original extent.
That is one of the many reasons our river is so unique and special, and of such great regional importance.
The natural beauty and unique life forms of California are made vulnerable by habitat fragmentation and urban sprawl.
Maintaining the natural connectivity between them is imperative to facilitate long-term biodiversity of the region.
The riparian habitats of the Santa Clara River are particularly important in this arid climate because they serve as critical habitat to birds and mammals. Santa Clarita is the only major urban stretch of the river.
Now Newhall Land and Farming has a new plan to develop in the floodplain west of Interstate 5, only this time we can be wise to the consequences of letting such a plan go unchecked.
The practice of avoiding development within the floodplain is becoming more common throughout the country. Federal agencies are required to evaluate potential effects of development within the flood plain and consider alternatives.
More than 500 communities throughout the country have established "greenways" projects that do not develop in the floodplain at all but instead protect the natural river environment and enhance the urban experience.
The local Sierra Club group has promoted just such a plan for the Santa Clara River for many years. Greenways are also instrumental to preserving wildlife corridors.
Preserving the wildlife corridor is especially important due to the effects of global climate change.
Habitats and ecosystems may not be able to move into other locations as needed to adapt to changes in the weather if there are human barriers.
In addition, genetic variation, aided by wildlife corridors, is essential for long-term survival and adaptation to new climatic conditions. Does Newhall's new plan adequately address this?
The Santa Clara River is indispensable not just to the human species, but also to the rest of the species that call the Santa Clarita Valley 'home.'
This is our opportunity to protect a local treasure that is rapidly becoming extinct, a natural free-flowing wild river and all its jewels of biological diversity. To do so we must ensure the preservation of the wildlife corridors.
To view the Newhall Ranch River Plan online, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/regions/5/newhall.
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Maurice Jones-Drew's Time Running Out In Jacksonville
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A late-season surge might save the Jaguars from finishing with the worst record in the NFL, but it?s hard to ignore how far Jones-Drew?s play has fallen this season.
Through 12 games, the eighth-year pro is averaging a startling 3.2 yards per carry. Whether it?s Jones-Drew?s body of work ? his 1,764 career carries is fifth-most among active players ? or last season?s Lisfranc injury that?s the cause, it?s clear his best days are behind him.
Moving on after this season seems like the best option for both sides. Jones-Drew can make a last gasp at contributing to a contender, and the Jaguars get more flexibility to rebuild.


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The Genetic Epidemiology Branch designs and conducts interdisciplinary clinical, epidemiologic, genetic, and laboratory studies of persons, families, and populations at high risk of cancer. These investigations identify genes and exposures conferring cancer predisposition, and explore the combined effects of predisposition and specific exposures.
GEB investigators have been studying families with specific constellations of disorders for more than three decades. Some families have been participating since the 1960's; many have enrolled in more recent years. Studies include investigations into the etiology of melanoma, familial blood and lymph node cancers, esophagus cancer, and chordoma, a rare bone cancer.
Families who participate may come to the NIH Clinical Center for a clinical evaluation or be evaluated locally. Currently, recruitment is most active in our studies of melanoma and lymphoproliferative malignancies.
See Active Clinical Studies in GEB to find studies that are actively recruiting families.
GEB investigators design and conduct highly interdisciplinary studies in populations to evaluate the relevance of genetic variations in cancer etiology. This work is carried out through clinical, epidemiological, genetic and laboratory approaches, using a broad range of methodologies including case-control, cohort, family-based and molecular epidemiology designs. We also develop new methodologies to address specific design and analytic issues. Examples of selected studies are listed below.
A number of studies of breast cancer among Asian women have been conducted to investigate the complex relationship between breast cancer risk factors and clinical features (including breast cancer subtypes and outcomes) in Asian populations. Investigators are also exploring a study to be conducted in Africa with the focus on characterizing the somatic landscape of breast cancer among sub-Saharan African women and relating the somatic profile to etiologic and clinical factors.
A case-control study was conducted to evaluate the role of pigmentation and host factors in the etiology of melanoma in populations with a wide range of pigmentary phenotypes and intense sun exposure.
Investigators are conducting research studies to understand the genetic contribution to the etiology and outcomes of osteosarcoma, a primary bone cancer of adolescents and young adults.
The Environment And Genes in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) Study is a large, population-based case-control study designed to investigate the genetic and environmental determinants of lung cancer and smoking persistence. EAGLE uses an integrative approach that allows combined analysis of genetic, environmental, clinical, and behavioral data.


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Only 30% of people actually use the Yellow Pages Book. When the cost of creation & distribution for each book can be so high, it seems counterproductive to produce physical copies of the YP Book when they offers a website that is just as useful.
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Think back to the last time you sifted through the Yellow Pages Book that is complimentarily sent to your home. Can you even remember? The fact is that only 30% of people actually use the physical Yellow Pages Book. When the cost of creation & distribution for each book can be so high in more than just the monetary sense (environmentally-
As statistics regarding the Yellow Pages Book were collected, the numbers were staggering in relation to how much a physical advertisement costs in relation to a web-based advertisement. It also became apparent that, especially in the environmental sense, Yellow Pages Books are relatively inefficient when compared to their web counterpart.
The average Yellow Pages Book contains approximately 625 pages. According to the Yellow Pages Association, 555 million Yellow Pages Books are distributed in the United States annually, which means that approximately 346,875,000,000 pages are printed. Taking this idea a step forward, only 40% of these pages are made of recycled materials, so the other 60% (208,125,000,000 pages) are made from brand new resources.
So, now there is the disposal of the 70% of Yellow Pages Books that people never use. This is where the real money comes in. According to the Product Stewardship Institute, it costs $54 million dollars a year to dispose of the unused Yellow Pages Books. Using the average salary rates from 2010 for Americans, ($46,300), eliminating this cost of disposal could create 1,166 jobs.
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DONUT 1: Our first order of business during today's busy day at DB.com is the status of back-spasm'y swingman Caron Butler. The two-time All-Star's ups and downs this year are now "downs'' as he's missed the Mavs' last two games. He's spending time in the ol' hyperbaric chamber and he did participate in Sunday's workout, on at least a limited basis.
But Mavs coach Rick Carlisle still doesn't know if he'll have Tuff Juice at his disposal tonight against New Orleans at the AAC.
"I don't know yet,'' Rick said Sunday. "Day-to-day.''
DB.com will keep you updated on that, and …
DONUT 2: And …
Also on our agenda today:
*A shootaround report that focuses on Dirk's UberAnkles.
*An exclusive look at Tyson Chandler's numbers and emotions as he prepares to oppose his former team.
*A Mavs-Hornets preview.
* "Mavs Afternoon Drive'' with all the latest news and notes leading up to the game.
*My TV appearance for FS Southwest on the Hornets pregame show … for all y'all readers in Louisiana and thereabouts.
DONUT 3: It appears that the great Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post is taking on the challenge of rehabbing Allen Iverson's image.
Good luck with that, kind sir.
Michael's piece is anchored by two powerful statements. I dispute both.
First: "Don't get me wrong, Allen Iverson shouldn't have to play in Turkey - or anywhere in Europe or Asia. Iverson, now 35 years old, should be taking his curtain calls here, at home, for an NBA team, preferably a contender. You can't convince me that Iverson can't help a good team, that he can't come off the bench and be an asset …''
Michael, I'm not getting YOU wrong; you're getting IT wrong.
When an NBA player wants the money or sees his skills erode or pisses off potential stateside employers, he can move to Europe.
When an NBA player wants the money AND sees his skills erode AND pisses off potential stateside employers, he MUST move to Europe.
DONUT 4: Second: "The look on Allen Iverson's face in that moment he was introduced to his new life was one of pure amazement, equal parts shock and fear. And that gave way to the realization that these people halfway around the world - in a place he never thought much about and would never have reason to - loved him, adored him.''
Sportswriters (yours truly and the truly great ones like Wilbon) never get this right: The people of Turkey were NOT cheering for A.I. They do NOT love A.I.
They were cheering for a cartoon character from TV. They love his posters. They adore his image.
If they actually knew Allen Iverson – the way all those NBA coaches and all those NBA general managers who know him well enough to have caused him to have to go to Turkey -- they might be less likely to "love him, adore him.''
DONUT 5: I think I'm going to quit whining about Dirk being disrespected. The kids nowadays can't even name "Tim Duncan'' if you spot them the "Spurs'' and the "three-time MVP''!
Check the short video from "Jeopardy'' …
Two more things I take from this:
One, I like how the girl knows "Parker.'' Likely due to who he's married to.
Two, I love Alex' inability to hide his disappointment. "Nooooouuuuuuuhhhhh,'' Trebek says to the boy's "Carmelo Anthony'' guess.
DONUT 6: NY media outlets report that the Yankees "personally'' visited Cliff Lee in Arkansas. How else would you visit a free agent? Impersonally?
DONUT 7: I mentioned over the weekend that Shawn Marion has shown high-level effectiveness almost no matter what he's asked to do.
Most guys, it's, "Tell me the rules/boundaries/definitions and I'll play by those.''
One night (Boston) he's asked to take just two shots.
The next game (Memphis) he's required to make a season-high 10 shots on a season-high 15 attempts.
On Friday (Philly), let's do it again, 8-of-11 for 16 points.
And on Monday? Especially if Butler is back, Marion's offensive might be back-burner.
This is "role acceptance'' over "role definition.'' Marion is suddenly Carlisle's Cover Guy for the idea.
DONUT 8: Chris Bosh says he's glad to be out of Canada because those years with the Raptors deprived him of the ability to watch what he calls "the good cable.'' As in, cable TV.
Is Chris being funny? Or stupid?
Toronto isn't Mars. Toronto has cable. Their citizens watch NBA League Pass. They've seen "The Sopranos.''
I assume Chris is being stupid, and it's rather amazing that a person as technologically astute as he is – with the Social Media and the self-made documentaries and all – couldn't find a way to use his $15.6 mil salary to CALL somebody to hook him up.
From Raptors coach Jay Triano: "I don't remember one day when he came into practice and said he was mad because he didn't have the good cable.''
From David Teel (here's a shameless plug) , a friend of DB.com and the proprietor of AV Spots, which installs top-class audio and visual systems into businesses and homes (of lots of people just like Chris): "I wish Chris Bosh would've called me. We can install something in five minutes that would've given him access to anything he wants. In Canada, in Dallas, maybe even on Mars. That can be done.''
DONUT 9: Jerry Jones keeps trying to fight the perception that his hands-on style makes the Cowboys coaching job undesireable.
I think he shouldn't fight so hard … so he can instead simply make a good hire.
Quote from Mr. Jones: "I will say that before I made the decision with Wade Phillips, I had Super Bowl-winning coaches solicit this job," Jones said during his weekly show on The Fan.
Somewhere in there, there is some semantic elbow room. "Solicit''? Does Jerry mean two coaches "approached'' him about it? Or "offered their services''? Did the actual coaches send resumes? Or did their agents simply inquire?
And this "Super Bow-winning coaches'' line … that is meant by Jones as an endorsement of their quality. But if it means "Barry Switzer,'' maybe it's not the powerful phrase Jerry means it to be.
We're probably talking about who here?
Dungy or Holmgren? Nah.
Cowher, Shanahan, Gruden and Billick? Certainly, in terms of their agents poking around at different times in the last few months.
Bill Parcells? Do you think Parcells and Jerry have talked about "stuff''? You bet. About Parcells coming back here to coach? No.
Jimmy Johnson? Same thing … the old associates still talk. But not about this. Absolutely not.
And now to semantics: Remember when Dan Reeves was going to be hired here? Had an office and everything, to be the "assistant GM'' or "consultant'' or "Operations Boss'' or something? I bet Reeves and Jerry had many conversations about coaching. …
But Jerry, what's the point of revealing a peek at this issue? So everyone will talk about it, speculate about it, and push off of the front pages the fact that this is still -- even after Jason Garrett's impressive 33-20 debut against the Giants on Sunday -- one of the most underachieving teams in NFL history?
Oh, yeah.
DONUT 10: iDealGolfer.com will fix you up with daily specials on chances to play DFW's finest courses at a discounted rate that is being revealed ... right now! (How about Fort Worth Hawks Creek Golf Club for half-price? That's $25!) Dig it!
DONUT 11: Great line from our own Michael Dugat, who writes:
In 2010, Pacquiao now has two victories in Cowboys Stadium … which puts him two victories ahead of this year's Cowboys squad in their own stadium.
DONUT 12: Mark Cuban guides us to the Top 10 Movies Every MBA or Entrepreneur Should See.
DONUT 13: Again, I'll see you at the AAC tonight, where just before the game I'll do a TV taping for FS Southwest's "Mavs Insider'' and I'll do a live spot for FS Southwest on Mavs-Hornets … that will air in the Hornets market. So if y'all are watching tonight from the Bayou, I'll tug on my ear for you or something.


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"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
Katharina Grosse
About the artist
Katharina Grosse was born in 1961 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. Grosse is a painter who often employs electrifying sprayed acrylic colors to create large-scale sculptural environments and smaller wall works. Interested in the shifts of scale between 'imagining big' while being small in relationship to one's surroundings, she explores the dynamic interplay between observing the world and simply being in it. By uniting a fluid perception of landscape with the ordered hierarchy of painting, Grosse treats both architecture and the natural world as an armature for expressive compositions of dreamy abandon, humorous juxtaposition, and futuristic flair. Her projects often suggest complex narratives through the inclusion of everyday objects, psychedelic vistas, and evocative titles. By building up layers of color with an expressive immediacy, she enables her work to become a material record of its own making and, perhaps, an inscription of her thoughts. But, Grosse says, "I am the painting trickster. Don't believe me!"
Katharina Grosse studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she currently teaches, having previously been a professor at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee (2000–10). Among the honors she has received are the Oskar Schlemmer Prize (2014); Fred-Thieler-Preis (2003); Stipendiaten der Stiftung Kunstfonds (1995); Schmidt-Rottluff-Stipendium (1993); and the Villa-Romana-Stipendium, Florence (1992). Major exhibitions of Grosse's work have appeared at Public Art Fund (2013); Nasher Sculpture Center (2013); De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Netherlands (2013); MOCA Cleveland (2012); Mass MoCA (2010); Arken—Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen (2009); Prospect New Orleans (2008); Renaissance Society (2007); De Appel, Amsterdam (2006); Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati (2006); Taipei Biennial (2006); Bergen Kunsthall (2005); Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall (2004); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (2004); São Paulo Bienal (2002); and the Hammer Museum (2001), among others. Katharina Grosse lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Artist website
Gagosian Gallery
Katharina Grosse: Just Two of Us, Public Art Fund, New York


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Macro-Regional Strategies
The EU's economic policy is based on political experiment and innovation. We are placing the macro-regional strategies into this learning procedure and positioning them compared to the economic policy toolkit of the EU. After analysing and comparing these new concepts (Baltic Sea, Danube and other potential macro-regional strategies) we classify the EU's economic policy in terms of implementation and coordination. Accordingly, macro-regional strategies are cooperative, have soft coordination and their territorial-functional focuses reflect increasing differentiation and integration. In our view, potentially feasible, more tightened fiscal and sectoral coordination through macro-regions can give a new impulse to the cooperation on EU level and improve EU's competitiveness. Still, limited EU resources, insufficiently deep integration and softer coordination can all enhance the fragmentation further and can notably limit the room for manoeuvring of the EU in tackling external, internal challenges.
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A Node.js protocol buffer wrapper
It's a very simple wrapper around protocol buffers library by Google. It uses dynamic message building and parsing based on protocol schema you can get by compiling protocol description. I know that wrappers do exist, but I didn't like them.
Supports Node.js 0.10+ (thanks to bgdavidx). For browser support see alternative pure JS implementation: ProtoBuf.js.
Any string/byte field you pass to Serialize can have optional toProtobuf method which must return Buffer. Thanks to cleverca22 for this nice suggestion and pull.
Please, note that Node.js versions before 4.x are not officially supported and may break eventually. It is highly recommended to update your project to at least LTS version (currently — 4.4.5).
Make sure you have node, node-gyp, compiler and libprotobuf binary and development files. Either provide LIBPROTOBUF environment variable:
LIBPROTOBUF=/usr/local/lib/protobuf npm install node-protobuf. Or install pkg-config for autodiscovery and then simply install like this:
npm install node-protobuf.
Note: first paragraph might be outdated, you should always use Visual C++ version compatible with your Node.js installation.
First you have to obtain Microsoft Visual C++ 2010. Express is fine, but if you install SP1 then you'll need to reinstall x64 compilers from here. Node.js distribution for Windows already includes node-gyp tool, so you don't need to worry about it. VC++ 2012/2013 should work as long as you have compiler version compatible with your Node.js installation (i.e. 64 for 64 and 32 for 32). For any problems compiling native modules on Windows consult node-gyp repository.
Next, compile libprotobuf. Get it from Google, open vsprojects/protobuf.sln and compile it according to your OS version. For Windows 64 you must compile 64-bit library as Node.js is 64-bit on your system. By default there is only 32-bit target, so you have to add 64-bit manually. Open libprotobuf project properties and set CRT to Multi-Threaded (not DLL). Compile libprotobuf Release.
Next, run vsprojects/extract-includes.bat, it will copy required headers in vsprojects/include.
Create LIBPROTOBUF environment variable pointing to some folder where you'll put libprotobuf files. You can use SET LIBPROTOBUF=path from command line prompt, or use tool like RapidEE. Put libprotobuf.lib to $(LIBPROTOBUF)/lib and include files to $(LIBPROTOBUF)/include. You're done.
Now just
npm install node-protobuf and it should be fine.
Looks like it's as simple as
brew install protobuf before installing npm package.
You are not required to generate any JS code from your protocol buffer description. Everything happens dynamically.
var fs = require("fs")var p = require("node-protobuf") // note there is no .Protobuf part anymore// WARNING: next call will throw if desc file is invalidvar pb = new p(fs.readFileSync("protocol.desc")) // obviously you can use async methods, it's for simplicity reasonsvar obj = { "name": "value"}try { var buf = pb.serialize(obj, "MySchema") // you get Buffer here, send it via socket.write, etc.} catch (e) { // will throw if MySchema does not exist}try { var newObj = pb.parse(buf, "MySchema") // you get plain object here, it should be exactly the same as obj} catch (e) { // will throw on invalid buffer or if MySchema does not exist}
Protobuf(buffer[, preserve_int64])
Parses binary buffer holding schema description. You can get schema by calling
protoc protocol.proto -o protocol.desc.
Please note, that both high and low bits must be unsigned if you want to Parse. Serialize will return unsigned only too. You have to work with bit parts to create full number using some other library, e.g. Int64.
Also, if you don't care about int64/uint64 presicion in JS, you can forget about preserve_int64 and all 64-bit integers that come to Serialize will become just Numbers, but if they are bigger than 2^53 you'll lose some data.
Protobuf.serialize(object, schema, [callback])
Serializes plain object with accordance to protocol schema (i.e. message described in you protocol description file).
Accepts optional callback parameter which is essentially a function in Node.js callback style, i.e. function(error, result) {}. In case of exceptions (see below) they are passed as first parameter to callback.
Protobuf.parse(buffer, schema, [callback, limit, warn])
Parses Buffer (or UInt8Array for example, just anything that is binary data array) according to schema.
Accepts optional callback parameter which is essentially a function in Node.js callback style, i.e. function(error, result) {}. In case of exceptions (see below) they are passed as first parameter to callback.
Optional limit argument allows to set the maximum message limit. If the optional warn argument is not set, the warning threshold is set to limit/2.
Protobuf.parseWithUnknown(buffer, schema, [callback, limit, warn])
Same as parse(...), but parses unknown fields and writes them to $unknownFields key in result object. Pull request by Stephen Parente.
In case you want to get list of all available schemas in a descriptor, just call this method.
Thanks to @colprog for a suggestion.
var schemas = pb.info()// returns an array, e.g. [ "Test", "Data" ] for test suite (see test/test.proto and compare)
While serializing you can supply either strings or integers as enum values. E.g. you can pass
obj = { enumValue: "first"} // also validobj = { enumValue: 0}
While parsing you always get string. E.g. after parsing buffers serialized from both objects from above you'll get this:
parsedObj = { enumValue: "first"}
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Maurice Herzog, 93, the first man to climb a 26,5454-foot Himalayan peak despite losing all his fingers and toes to frostbite, died Friday.
The mountaineer, who went on to scale the heights of French politics, became a household name after his 1950 Annapurna climb.
A statement from the Elysee Presidential Palace said he died in France, but it gave no further details. He had lived just outside Paris.
A photograph of Mr. Herzog waving a French tricolor atop the peak in Nepal captured a seminal moment before the grueling descent, during which subzero conditions led to the amputation of all his fingers and toes.


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A new World Vision survey found that most Americans (who typically make charitable donations during the holidays) do not plan to change the amount of their holiday charitable giving this year due to global crises, the biggest exception are millineal men.
Local Chicagoland runners will take to the streets this weekend to run 6K as part of a national effort to raise money for clean water and sanitation systems in rural Kenya. The event, hosted by World Vision, takes place November 1 at 9 a.m. at Montrose Harbor in Chicago.
Children are now thriving in today's lush green landscape of Antsokia, which was one of the hardest-hit areas 30 years ago, where an estimated 1 million people were affected by famine in Ethiopia.
Somalia is on the brink of famine again, as the world celebrates World Food Day.
A new report to be presented on World Food Day (16 October) challenges conventional thinking on food assistance — it's not just about distributing food packages — and gives new ideas to feed the hundreds of millions of children who go to bed hungry each night.


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Ed Rampell: This L.A. Opera production of Gioachino Rossini's Cinderella <(La Cenerentola) is nothing short of a sheer delight. It ranks amongst the most enchanting of all of the operas I've ever seen.
Wagner's Dutch Treat
Ed Rampell: What is Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer) if not a rip-roaring ghost story, highly charged by greed, and lest we forget, sexual frisson?
Il Postino: Going Postal
Ed Rampell: Going postal: A rare work of art with working class heroes who are Communists, luminously, imaginatively brought to life onstage by a creative collective of talents worthy of Neruda's poetry.
Mozart's Sublime Class Struggle, Cross-Dressing Romp Triumphs at L.A. Opera.
Ed Rampell: Every once in a while there's an uplifting work of art that makes one feel glad to be alive. L.A. Opera's exuberant production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1786 The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), conducted by none other than Placido Domingo himself, is one of those rare artistic experiences that enable audiences to walk on air and be grateful to be living, if only so they can experience such a rapturous, joyous vision and affirmation of life.
LA Progressive: May 9 to 15, 2010
Articles by Rev. Irene Monroe, Randy Shaw, Georgianne Nienaber, John Delloro, Ed Rampell, Noman Solomon, Paul Hogarth, Paul Loeb, Ivan Eland, Jim Fuller, Carl Matthes, Andrea Christina Nill, Tom Hall, Charley James and Lulu Demaine, Berry Craig, Tom Degan, Robert Reich, Carl Bloice, Tracy Emblem, Tina Dupuy, Jeffrey Blankfort, Anthony Samad, Michael Sigman, and Johnny Townsend
The Great Reckoning of Ragnorak: Wagner, Valhalla, Wall Street and the Twilight of Capitalism's Gods
Ed Rampell: L.A. Opera's culmination of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungen is not only the fourth, final and finest installment of the four part Ring Cycle, but goddamn, Götterdämmerung is the greatest opera I've ever seen in my entire life!!!
L.A. Opera Rescues Conflicted Sexuality from Obscurity and the Nazis
Ed Rampell: The current production of The Stigmatized is the opera's U.S. premiere and part of L.A. Opera's "Recovered Voices" series, which, according to press notes, is "a multi-season initiative to revive the works of composers whose lives and careers were cut short by the Nazi regime." Schreker's saucy work, set in 16th century Genoa, was originally presented in Germany in 1918, and can be viewed as being part of the edgy postwar culture of the Weimar Republic that included sexually charged works in various cabaret acts and by playwrights such as Bertolt Brecht.