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To Mr. Cartwright's excellent rebuttal of the DI's spin on the Cobb County case, allow me to add the following:
Seth Cooper has a post up on DI's blog also trying spinning the Cobb County decision. In it he clings to the libel that defenders of evolution are just mindless robots reciting a party line as programmed: "it remains constitutional for students to critically analyze aspects of chemical and biological evolutionary theories," he says. Well, that's certainly a relief, eh?
The Discovery Institute has now begun to spin Judge Cooper's ruling in Selman v Cobb County School District. No word yet from Answers in Genesis. Let's be clear about the ruling from the outset:
For the above-stated reasons, the Court hereby FINDS and CONCLUDES that the Sticker adopted by the Cobb County Board of Education violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and Article I, Section II, Paragraph VII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia.
Creation Apologists should take note of that final point, lest they attack the ruling as if it were based solely on the federal constitution.
The Wnt genes produce signalling proteins that play important roles in early development, regulating cell proliferation, differentiation and migration. It's hugely important, used in everything from early axis specification in the embryo to fine-tuning axon pathfinding in the nervous system. The way they work is that the Wnt proteins are secreted by cells, and they then bind to receptors on other cells (one receptor is named Frizzled, and others are LRP-5 and 6), which then, by a chain of cytoplasmic signalling events, removes β-catenin from a degradation pathway and promotes its import into the nucleus, where it can modify patterns of gene expression. This cascade can also interact with the cytoskeleton and trigger changes in cell migration and cell adhesion. The diagram below illustrates the molecular aspects of its function.
This is greatly simplified, of course. There are different pathways and different roles in different cells under different conditions. Mammals have 19 Wnt genes, so far, and as I mentioned above, have diverse functions. The obvious questions are where all this complexity originated, and what role the original Wnt gene played. One way to answer this question is to examine simpler organisms that separated from our messily complicated lineage long, long ago, and by comparison, try to infer what Wnt genes were present in our last common ancestor. Kusserow et al. (2005) have done this in a sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, and got a somewhat surprising answer: our last common ancestor with a diploblast also had an elaborate array of Wnt genes.
Continue reading "A complex regulatory network in a diploblast" (on Pharyngula)
Huygens success = image = drainage pattern = rivers = rain = oceans.
(From CNN.)
Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words and a few billion dollars.
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An interesting interview with Ed Larson at the Washington Post. The Cobb decision, ID and the history of creationism, etc., are discussed.
An example of something that is not well-enough noticed by the media:
Many Christians accept the theory of evolution, seeing it as God's means of creation. Catholic schools typically teach the theory of evolution in biology classes, as do many other Christian schools. Indeed, many conservative evangelical Christians fully accept theistic evolution. For these people, the important point typically is to distinguish between scientific theories of physical origins and religious concepts of the human and divine soul. The judge in the Cobb County decision assumes this point when he repeatedly identifies those opposed to teaching evolution in public schools as "Christian Fundamentalists and creationists." Is is a sub-set of all Christians. Indeed, belief or disbelief in the theory of evolution divides the Christian church – which helps to explain why it is such a major issue for some Christians. This is as much a dispute among Christians as between science and religion.
In what is turning out to be a pretty darn good week for science, the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft has apparently entered the atmosphere of the shrouded moon Titan, the parachutes deployed, and data was successfully transmitted. This blows away all previous surface landings on extraterrestrial bodies and is, well, really cool.
Huygens-Cassini Live Blogging: Titan Touchdown
category - Science Update: 10:25 Cassini is now sending 'dummy packets'. The signal has been acquired by JPL/ESA. Good news.
Update: 9:35 JPL Mission briefing. "We know all three parachutes did deploy and the heat shield worked. We know it survived for at least half an hour on the surface of Titan." Note-some of the data intended for and likely received by Cassini "leaked" all the way to earth, in addition to the carrier signal, indicating data was received from onboard instruments. Cassini should turn to earth and start sending at 10:07 EST. 67 minutes later we begin to download Huygens data. It will take some time to compile
Update: 8:30 ESA/ESOC Mission briefing. Huygens is STILL transmitting earth time. Data Stream appears 'very rich'. Huygens appears to have survived and is still transmitting well beyond impact/touchdown on Titan's surface. Cassini will listen for Huygens's signal as long as there is the slightest possibility that it can be detected. Once Huygens's landing site disappears below the horizon, there's no more chance of signal, and Huygens's work is finished. Cassini-Huygens Data stream is scheduled to commence at 10:07 EST but will not be acquired until 11:14 EST earth time
Update: 7:50 Contact at JPL tells me that Earth bound radio observatory believes they also detected 'solid' image data from the DISR . This remains unconfirmed officially.
Update: 7:46 Data in stream confirmed. Doppler data from one of the onboard instruments was detected via earth bound observatory being transmitted to cassini. Hod damn I think this may have worked folks.
Update: 7:30 AM EST Mission Briefing From ESA/ESOC in Germany, reporting "We have a signal, so we know Huygens is alive". "Signal was solid for a long time". "Signal was solid for two hours!". Confirmed data transmission from Huygens to Cassini by earth bound radio observatories world wide!! Very encouraging!!!!
BBC: Moon mission 'probably a success'
Cassini webpage: Radio Astronomers Confirm Huygens Entry in the Atmosphere of Titan
The decision in Selman is pretty straightforward. When deciding whether something violates the Establishment Clause, courts apply the Lemon test, which says that something violates the Establishment Clause if it is (1) not adopted for a secular purpose (2) if its operation inhibits or promotes religion, or (3) if it creates an excessive entanglement of government and religion. More recent cases have combined the second and third parts of this test, but that's still the rough outline.
This just in from CNN
Judge: Evolution stickers must be removed from textbooks
Thursday, January 13, 2005 Posted: 11:42 AM EST (1642 GMT) ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) – A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that a school district in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, must remove an evolution disclaimer inside textbooks.
The stickers inside the Cobb County School District's science books said "Evolution is a theory not a fact."
The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper said the stickers violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Parents in Cobb County, a politically conservative area northwest of Atlanta, and the American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the stickers in court, arguing they violated the constitutional separation of church and state.
You can get the entire ruling in a 2 mb pdf file here.
I'm sure everyone has already heard about the discovery of a dinosaur-eating mammal from the Cretaceous. Here are some photos of the creature from the announcement in Nature.
I'm also sure that the scientifically-literate readers of the Panda's Thumb and Pharyngula won't be terribly surprised by this—the mammal-like reptiles are older than the dinosaurs, and mammals were contemporaries of the dinosaurs. The surprise is that what was discovered was a bandy-legged brute that was relatively large (about the size of your average dog) and was so danged uppity that it had been eating dinosaurs. That's a bit more temerity than had been expected from our long-lost relatives.
Continue reading "Repenomamus giganticus" (on Pharyngula)
In breaking news from The Christian Post, crack reporters declare:
ACLU Abandons Lawsuit Against Intelligent Design Notice
American Civil Liberties Union abandoned its lawsuit challenging a Pennsylvania school district's decision to notify biology students of theories other than evolution
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005 Posted: 4:32:27PM EST
Just kidding. This report is totally, 100%, clear-as-day false.
But this is a real live news story that just came across Google News. The "reporter" evidently misread this Thomas More Law Center press release, or read only the title ("ACLU Abandons Early Effort To Stop School District From Making Students Aware of Controversy Surrounding Evolution"). They appear to have mistakenly concluded that the ACLU et al. had given up, and then constructed an entire news story around this assumption.
It's actually a quite extraordinary bit of self-delusion, especially considering the last sentence in the TMLC press release ("The ACLU lawsuit will continue with a trial expected in early summer."). I think it highlights the fact that propaganda can have two messages: the official message, with technically accurate (well, sometimes) text, and the emotional message for the public, which is the message that the innocent reader gets. Put a snappy title on a press release, exude confidence, and declare victory, and, don't you know it, people conclude that you've won!
The ID lesson in Dover was originally scheduled to occur tomorrow, on Thursday. It now appears that it won't occur until next Monday or Tuesday. So we are still at ID-Day minus 5.
York Daily Record story: Dover to discuss "design" next week
Special section at the YDR: Dover Biology
York Dispatch: Dover delays biology class statement
The letters on the York Dispatch webpage are a bit harder to find, but there have been some excellent ones:
- "Pseudoscientific balderdash"
- "Dover board ignores the evidence"
- "New paradigm needed: More intelligent 'intelligent design'"
- "Teachers' 'sabotage' makes sense"
See also the many previous posts on Dover on The Panda's Thumb.
We skip one edition, and all the science contributions pile up—this week's Tangled Bank #19 is huge. Work is going to come to a standstill all across the country as everyone stops for a few hours to read about science…but we will be a better nation for it.
We're going to be sure not to miss any dates from now on, so do check our Tangled Bank schedule and honor roll, and submit a link to the next edition for the 26th of January, or volunteer to be a host!
Nick mentioned this in a couple of comments, but I think it needs a post of its own.
Richard Thompson, chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, which is defending the Dover Area School District's new "intelligent design" policy, responded to an open letter from biology and philosophy professors at the University of Pennsylvania. I don't think I'm the only one who finds it amusing that a lawyer thinks that he can correct Ivy League biologists about biology and science. Thompson begins,
Thompson Wrote:
If the level of inquiry supporting your letter is an example of the type of inquiry you make before arriving at scientific conclusions, I suggest that at the very least, your students should get their tuition money back, and more appropriately, the University should fire you as a scientist. It is clear that you do not have the slightest idea of the actual Dover school policy that you so vehemently condemn, and so let me educate you.
Wow, looks like the Dover Area School District sure picked a winner to represent them. There are numerous problems with Thompson's accusations, as I will demonstrate below.
(1) If scientist X passes a remark about the universe sure being a mysterious place, he has not thereby placed himself in the ID camp. ID is a specific set of arguments about specific scientific topics. Of those arguments I have seen, none struck me as very convincing.
(2) None of the ID people I have encountered (in person or books) is an open-minded inquirer trying to uncover facts about the world. Every one I know of is a Christian looking to justify his faith. This naturally inclines me to think that they are grinding axes, not conducting dispassionate science. This is, in my opinion, not only a path to bad science, but also a path to bad theology.
Last week, I received some delusional e-mail from Phil Skell, who claims that modern biology has no use for evolutionary theory.
This will raise hysterical screeches from its true-believers. But, instead they should take a deep breath and tell us how the theory is relevant to the modern biology. For examples let them tell the relevance of the theory to learning…the discovery and function of hormones…[long list of scientific disciplines truncated]
Dr Skell is a sad case. He apparently repeats his mantra that biology has no need of evolution everywhere he goes, and has never bothered to actually crack a biology journal open to see if biologists actually do use the theory. In my reply to him, I did briefly list how evolution is used in every single one of his numerous examples, but today I'm going to focus on just the one I quoted above: hormones.
Now I'm not an endocrinologist, and I don't usually read much in the hormone literature, so it was just chance that I stumbled across a review article on this very topic in BioEssays. My point is that you don't have to be an expert in the discipline to find evidence that Skell is completely wrong; all it takes is a casual perusal of the general scientific literature and a prepared mind (alas, I fear that creationists don't do the first and lack the second. One of the reasons I am concerned about science education in grade schools is that one of the aims of the creationist movement is to make sure our kids lack prepared minds, too.)
The review paper by Heyland et al. (2004a) is well worth looking up. It has a long introduction that covers several important themes in modern evo-devo, that I'll just summarize briefly here.
Continue reading "Evolution of Hormone Signaling" (on Pharyngula)
Just wanted to let everyone know that my recent travels have now concluded, and the new semester has begun. Consequently, regular blogging will now resume. Generally I post new material Sunday-Thursday, usually in the evenings.
A few days a number of us here at the Panda's Thumb, as well as some other "defenders of evolution" around the country, received an email from someone named Jonathan Sampson. Sampson's email said he was interested in seeing examples of concrete evidence that would possibly falsify evolution (and by this he meant common descent).
Now I know that a common creationist argument is that evolution is unfalsifiable - that the theory is so flexible that it can accommodate any evidence. Often I do not respond to such unsolicited emails, but I did this time both because it was addressed to me at my Panda's Thumb email address (and we are a a forum for defending evolution and reporting on anti-evolution news) and because I had just had my conversation about common descent with Jerry Agar. (See my previous post on this encounter here)
As this discussion progressed we found out that Mr. Sampson is the webmaster for and radio co-host with Kent Hovind (Dr. Dino), and that he was collecting responses with the idea of writing an article. After some discussion, Mr. Sampson and I agreed that we were not granting permission to each other to posts each other emails.
Here's a report on how my exchange with Mr. Sampson went.
Today's Salon.com has a good cover story by Michelle Goldberg focusing primarily on the Dover controversy, but also commenting on the general upsurge of neo-creationism around the country these days. Our own Nick Matzke gets quoted a few times: The New Monkey Trial. (If you're not a member, you can watch a short ad to see the article for free.)
Salon is a left-leaning rag, so the article focuses a lot on the political aspect of the "controversy", particularly the machinations of the Religious Right and their self-declared mandate. For a different political angle, see Origin of the Specious, an older article from Reason, which is one of my all-time favorites. It looks at anti-evolution as an ideological imperative for Neoconservative movement. Short answer: Neoconservatives aren't religious, but think it's important that everyone is. After reading these articles, try not to drive or operate heavy machinery.
Matt Brauer, a founding contributor to Panda's Thumb, has been noticeably absent lately. Courtesy of Ed Brayton we now know why. With Constitutional scholar Stephen Gey and philosopher/historian of science Barbara Forrest (of Creationism's Trojan Horse fame), he has been working on a massive analysis of the constitutionality of teaching ID in public schools, Is it Science Yet?: Intelligent Design Creationism and the Constitution. Be warned! It's a 195-page document. I won't reproduce the Abstract here: the link above is to it and the working paper itself is available for download at that link.
New paradigm needed: More intelligent 'intelligent design'
Richard D. Colling is chairman of the biology department at Olivet Nazarene University and author of "Random Designer – Created from Chaos to Connect with the Creator. His e-mail address is Richard Colling
Dr Colling points out how the debate about evolution and religious faith has been fueled by unsupportable statements by both atheists and creationists.
Fueled by bold, but unsupportable atheistic pronouncements from a few scientists that science and evolution render God superfluous, and reinforced by a continuous barrage of heated anti-evolution rhetoric flowing from scientifically naive creationist voices over many years, this idea of mutual exclusivity has seemingly become entrenched as the prevailing premise in contemporary American culture.
This has caused a tension which is now spreading into issues of public policy and education.
In an earlier essay, I described Antony Flew's apparent conversion from atheism to deism and took Professor Flew to task for accepting the arguments of the pseudoscientist Gerald Schroeder. I wished "that Professor Flew had read Mr. Schroeder's work more carefully or had consulted critical references to Mr. Schroeder's work before pronouncing Mr. Schroeder kosher."
According to Richard Carrier (2005), who has become sort of an unofficial mouthpiece for Professor Flew, Professor Flew now admits that he has been "mistaught" by Mr. Schroeder and also, astonishingly, blames Richard Dawkins for his own misunderstanding of abiogenesis, or the development of life from nonliving matter.
Mr. Carrier adds further that Professor Flew appears to remain a deist but calls his new belief a "very modest defection from [his] previous unbelief."
Carrier, Richard, 2005, "Antony Flew Considers God - Sort of," The Secular Web, http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=369…. Scroll down to "Update (January 2005)."
Young, Matt, 2004, "Antony Flew's Conversion to Deism," Panda's Thumb, http://www.pandasthumb.org/pt-archives/000687.html….
The Tangled Bank has been on a brief hiatus over Christmas, but it's coming back this Wednesday. That means, of course, that you've had a whole month to build up all kinds of spiffy stuff on science, and are anxious to share it with the world. So send a link to your science writing to me, or to email@example.com. The next edition will be online this January 12 at Science and Politics.


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Ok, I know that I'm not supposed to be attached to my earthly possessions. I know that.
I know that we're supposed to store up our treasures in heaven, and not on earth.
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew: 6:19-21
But I still felt a distinct sadness when I saw so many of my things laid out on a table with small purple, green, and yellow stickers on them this past weekend.
I still felt that twinge of anger when someone asked for a "bargain price" on the very possessions that I have come to love.
You see, these branches that most would overlook, were used as the centerpiece at our place card table at our wedding.
They have a deep, special meaning to me and I've had to say goodbye to them.
And see the plain red and black bowl below? My mom bought it for me many years ago. It's the very bowl where I've eaten countless servings of soup on chilly Chicago nights, and savored many a leftover.
Will someone else love it as much as I have?
In this whole moving process I've come to realize how much I love my "stuff"—the same stuff that I've threatened to get rid of each spring. But when staring at it on a moving sale table I realized just how deep my attachment to it was. And I'd be lying if I said that selling it all doesn't suck. A lot. It does.
I have to pray constantly for the Lord to help me let it all go. Because He truly is worth losing all of this "stuff." Changing my life in obedience to Him isn't easy, but it's an amazing privilege.
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere-Psalm 84:10
That being said…anyone in the Chicago area want some stuff? We've got lots left to sell!

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a sandy place, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, on the south-western border of the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles south of Megiddo. Its king was conquered by Joshua (12:21). It was assigned to the Levites of the family of Kohath (17:11-18; 21:25). It is mentioned in the song of Deborah (Judg. 5:19). It is identified with the small modern village of Ta'annuk.
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We all like to sing the praises of Nick Saban, Les Miles, Brady Hoke and Chip Kelly.
In the college football universe, it seems head coaches get most of the credit for a team's success or lack thereof.
But without an excellent assistant or two, the greatest head coach is going to struggle at times.
The 10 assistants on this list are the best of the best, the assistants that help make their program elite, or have seen vast improvement in recent seasons.


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"Atonement" will be the topic of the Christian Science service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14.
Although the concept of atonement is often connected to the idea of punishment or of making amends, this service will explore the idea of "at-one-ment" with God: "Atonement is the exemplification of man's unity with God, whereby man reflects divine Truth, Life, and Love." (Science and Health).
This view of unity is supported through readings from the Bible and Science and Health. "… the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God." (Hebrews 7:19)
The Christian Science Church of South Whidbey is located at 15910 Highway 525 (just north of Bayview and across from Useless Bay Road). Sunday school is also available at that time. Everyone is welcome. Call 321-4080 for details.
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The Hudson-based specialty retailer said this is the second straight year it is bolstering its in-store staff by more than 15 percent in anticipation of the busy holiday season.
Jo-Ann stores, started by two Cleveland families 69 years ago, was acquired in March 2011 by Leonard Green & Partners LP, a Los Angeles private-equity firm, in a deal valued at about $1.6 billion.
Its headquarters and executives remain in Hudson, and its store count has grown from 751 to 790 since the purchase. The company employs more than 23,000.
Jo-Ann said its customers enjoy creating handmade gifts and decor for the holidays, including hand-sewn clothes, decorating baked goods and other holiday projects.
"Having the flexibility and infrastructure to hire and train more than 3,000 seasonal Team Members in a relatively short period of time means our stores can continue to provide the same high level of customer service that our customers expect as in-store traffic increases during the holiday season," said Tom Williams, Jo-Ann's senior vice president of human resources, in a statement.
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The Michigan Republican legislators are becoming too greedy for power.
First, they changed the voting districts to ensure that their party would get elected. It is estimated that we will be stuck with Republican legislators for the next ten years due to this change.
Now, they want to change the voting laws from a majority of voters electing the president to only the electoral votes from their newly created districts to be counted toward the president's election.
Next, they will certainly find that the best method for voting is that only the certified Republicans can vote for president. That would ensure their dominance in presidential elections.
Finally, legislators need to realize that the opposite of greed is contentment with what you have. Shouldn't their redistricting have been enough to keep them happy? They need to stop there. Enough is enough.
Therefore, legislators need to remember that a democracy represents the will of the people, not just the will of the Republicans. Give all of the citizens a consideration when changing voting laws.
CLARE ANDRUS/Flushing
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[New York, NY] The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that a Periodic Review Board hearing has been scheduled for June 2 to review the detention of Guantánamo prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi.
Slahi's deeply personal memoir, "Guantánamo Diary," climbed to the top of The New York Times bestseller list last year and has been translated and published in more than 25 countries. The Mauritanian citizen has been imprisoned since 2002, but the U.S. government has never charged him with a crime.
An online petition demanding Slahi's release has gathered nearly 50,000 signatures.
"Mohamedou Slahi will finally get the hearing that President Obama ordered five years ago and that Mohamedou has sought for years, including fighting for it in court," said Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project."More than anything, Mohamedou wants to show the board that he poses no threat to the United States and should be allowed to return home to his family where he belongs."


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Health Policy, vol. 62, 2002, p.211-221
Paper examines the recommended standards for culturally and linguistically competent health care delivery released by the US Office of Minority Health in December 2000. Discusses the impact of these standards on health care organisations in terms of structural requirements, process requirements and outcome expectations.
P Dolan and J A Olsen
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002
Based firmly in the discipline of economics this book provides a clear rationale for public involvement in the market for health care. It looks at the issues surrounding:
N Serup-Hansen, J Wickstrøm and I Sønlø Kristiansen
Health Policy, vol. 62, 2002, p.161-172
The ageing of the population in Denmark is likely to have considerable impact on future cost of hospital services and a more modest impact on primary care costs. The cost projections, however, depend on the choice of projection method. When taking into account the elevation of costs during the last year of life, the effect of population ageing on health care costs is less than the traditional projection method would indicate. The difference between the projection methods is considerable for hospital costs, but small for primary care.
A van Raak, A Paulus and I Mur-Veeman
International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 15, 2002, p.552-564
There has been an increase in numbers of chronically ill patients with complex health problems living in the community. Provision of appropriate care for these "multiple problem patients" is complicated and potentially involves many agencies. Article uses resource dependence theory and institutional theory to analyse the Dutch government's strategies for encouraging co-operation between care providers.
J L Twygg
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 55, 2002, p.2253-2265
Article attempts to probe some of the sources of support for and resistance to marketisation of the health care system in Russia. It does so through a survey of head doctors in Russian clinics and hospitals and the heads of regional-level medical insurance funds. Results show that on the whole both head doctors and health insurance fund directors support the reforms, although the latter group's support is statistically stronger than the former's. Fund directors responses to the survey tended to fall into the shape of a standard bell around the average response, with small numbers of managers being strongly for or against the reforms. On the other hand head doctors split into two camps, one that strongly supports the marketisation of health care and one that would prefer to return to Soviet-style socialised medicine.
G R M Scholten and T E D van der Grinten
Health Policy, vol. 62, 2002, p.131-139
Dutch government policy (now enshrined in legislation) aims at the integration of medical specialists in hospitals and seeks to end their economic and organisational autonomy. The government has attempted to achieve this by including medical specialists in hospital management, with limited success due to their counter strategies. Led by the self-employed, medical specialists have opted in favour of a strategy of collective organisation in hospitals.
T Tenbensel
Health Policy, vol. 62, 2002, p.173-194
Article discusses the role of mediating bodies such as the Oregon Health Services Commission in interpreting the views of the public on health policy. Begins by outlining ways in which unmediated public input is regarded as the ideal by which the rationality and legitimacy of policy making can be evaluated, and how this ideal underpins a negative interpretation of the involvement of mediating bodies. Secondly argues that mediating bodies have been a constant feature of actual priority - setting processes that have involved public input, drawing mainly on experience in Oregon, New Zealand and the UK. Finally suggests that mediating bodies can enhance the rationality and legitimacy of priority-setting processes.
R Rhodes, M P Battin and A Silvers
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002
This collection of essays fall into three main categories: those which provide a broad theoretical basis for understanding the concept of justice in relation to the distribution of healthcare; those giving critical examination of how medical care is distributed in different countries and the particular advantages and injustices of those systems; and those looking at the special needs of different social groups and the specific issues of justice raised by the impact of various policies on healthcare distribution. The final section looks at the dilemmas facing those designing health-care systems.
G Meads
Primary Care Report, vol. 4, no.18, Oct 30th 2002, p.28-29
Primary care in East Africa is mainly delivered by non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Virtually all of these NGO primary care units operate under co-payment arrangements, whereby patients are charged a small sum for services. Throughout the region, for individuals and communities alike, services are community-based. Article discusses the relevance of these systems as models for UK primary care.
A M Guillén
West European Politics, vol. 25, Oct 2002, p.49-68
Italy, Portugal, Greece and Spain have enacted reform laws during the past 20 years with the intention of turning their health insurance schemes into national health services. Universalisation of access to public health care was at the centre of the political debate which led to the passing of the reform laws. Article analyses the policy making processes that allowed for such institutional change as well as the achievements and shortcomings of the implementation processes that followed.


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By Bob Bissen
During their upcoming national conventions, Democrats and Republicans will each adopt a party platform – a formal statement of their basic principles, objectives and positions on major issues. Included in those platforms will likely be positions on energy security, energy independence and renewable energy.
But a look back at the platforms adopted in 2008 shows some planks that are virtually identical, with little difference in position on key energy issues. Which begs the question – if both parties agree on the objectives, why can't they come to an agreement in Congress on how to achieve them?
In 2008, both parties agreed that the U.S. was facing a crisis in terms of its dependence on foreign oil. The Republican Party platform stated that "our current dependence on foreign fossil fuels threatens both our national security and our economy and could also force drastic changes in the way we live." Mirroring that sentiment, the Democratic Party platform said that "for the sake of our security – and for every American family that is paying the price at the pump – we will break our addiction to foreign oil." So both parties made bold statements on the need to take action – but one can argue that Congress has taken no real action to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
What about renewables? The Republicans said, "alternate power sources must enter the mainstream" and "in the long run, American production should move to zero-emission sources." The Democrats said, "we are committed to getting at least 25 percent of our electricity from renewable sources by 2025." Again, very similar declarations – but Congress has done little to actually move the needle toward significantly increased use of renewables.
And, finally, what about improvements in efficiency or upgrading the country's aging transmission grid? The GOP said it would "support measures to modernize the nation's electricity grid" and "construct better and smarter buildings." The Democrats said they would "install a smarter grid, build more efficient buildings." Has anything been done to move the nation in the direction of either?
Platforms are a snapshot in time, not unlike poll results, and are obviously influenced significantly by the candidate at the top of the ticket. In 2008, with Sen. McCain as its nominee, the GOP platform advocated "a long-term energy tax credit equally applicable to all renewable power sources." Fast forward four years – Gov. Romney announced last month that he would let the tax credit for wind energy expire at the end of this year.
One can argue about the reasons for the gridlock in Congress – there's certainly blame enough for everyone. But no one can argue that four years ago the two major political parties agreed that the U.S. needed to reduce its dependence on foreign oil, increase its use of renewables, build smarter, more efficient buildings and upgrade its transmission grid. So take what you read in these new platforms with a grain of salt – we know from recent history that there's always a chance that we'll look back in four years and see 2012 as yet another year of high-rhetoric, low-action platforms.
Bob Bissen is a senior director in APCO's Washington, D.C., office and a member of APCO's government affairs and energy & clean tech practices.


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KEIZER — At 10:00 a.m. Saturday, No. 8 Sheldon will aim to defend its 6A baseball state title against No. 2 North Medford at Volcanoes Stadium. North Medford beat Sheldon, 7-4, in a game on May 20 that served as a tune up for the postseason.
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Thanks in part to introductory offer, more are coming from all shores to Greenbelt Recreation Center
STATEN ISLAND, NY – SEA VIEW — The Parks Department's BEFITNYC program finished up its third session this past Monday, drawing more local residents to recreation centers across the city than ever.
It comes as no shock to regular gym rats at the Greenbelt Recreation Center that the Sea View site is attracting newcomers.
The BEFITNYC initiative offers a free day of membership on the first Monday of every month for those not registered to use the facilities at any of the more than 30 recreation centers across the five boroughs.
With the Cromwell Center in Tompkinsville – the only other recreation center on Staten Island – in line for a renovation and closing to the public in the near future, the Greenbelt Recreation Center, located at 501 Brielle Ave., is fast-becoming a go-to location.
Center facilities, programs and classes are available to all. They include aerobic classes, yoga, weight-training, cardio machines and more. Some classes still require a small fee.
"This is a place where real, everyday people can come and feel comfortable while they try to stay fit and healthy," said Marie Butler of Richmond. "The first time I came here, the staff and the other people working were so friendly and helpful. They almost make it feel like you're working out at home."
And even on non-BEFITNYC days, the price is right, according to some patrons.
"It's a fantastic facility, and while some gyms (on Staten Island) might charge a lot, it's so affordable here," said Huguenot resident Joyce Gilbert.
Annual recreation center memberships are $75 for adults, if the site has an indoor pool, and $50 for those without pools. Neither the Greenbelt Recreation Center nor Cromwell Center has an indoor pool. Seniors 55-years-old and up cost just $10, while children under 18-years-old are free.
BEFITNYC requires no pre-registration. Centers are open to the public from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the first Monday of the month. Some areas may not be available to the public between 3 and 6 p.m. due to after-school programming. Visit www.nycgovparks.org/befitnyc for more information.
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JACKSON, Tennessee - Julio Morban knocked in five runs and James Jones drove in four as the Jackson Generals defeated the Mobile BayBears 10-5 in a Southern League game on Saturday night.
Morban doubled twice and hit a three-run homer in the fifth that gave the Generals (2-2 second half, 31-39 overall) a 6-4 lead. Jones had three hits, including a solo homer in the fourth and a two-run shot in the seventh.
Jackson slugged five doubles and three homers in the game.
Dustin Martin hit a solo home run for Mobile (2-2, 41-32) in the fourth inning. Rossmel Perez had three hits and Martin and Mike Freeman had two apiece for the BayBears.
Archie Bradley (4-2) took the pitching loss, giving up six runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out six in five innings.
The teams conclude their series at 6:05 p.m. Sunday at the Ballpark in Jackson.
(To see a box score of this game, click here.)
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PARAMUS — A Brooklyn man was arrested Saturday after allegedly attempting to use a fraudulent credit card at a borough shopping center.
According to Lt. John Scully of the Paramus police, officers were called to the Best Buy at the Fashion Center mall for a complaint that a customer was attempting to use a fraudulent card.
As the store manager spoke with police, the suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Ricardo Baptiste of Brooklyn, attempted to flee in a silver Acura, Scully said.
He was stopped before leaving the mall parking lot, however, and an investigation determined that he had purchased various electronics with the fraudulent card. The card was also recovered from the vehicle, Scully said.
Baptiste was charged with theft and was later released pending an appearance in municipal court.


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I and many others agree with former Assemblyman Richard Merkt that our Constitution is not broken as proclaimed by the Star Ledger's Tom Moran. Merkt's views on the protections provided in this unique document prevents the concerns that he raised and which are shared by many. When I read Moran's editorial on Sept. 16 I was horrified by his contention. Merkt's contention is that the Electoral College does provide a definitive conclusion and without it, one can only wonder what impact of hanging chads would have across the entire country not just in Florida.
The idea to meter the number of Senators per the population of a state would only lead to heavily weighting the power of congress to only a few states. One can only imagine what our country would look like if California could dictate policy for the nation. The equalization of Congress was brilliantly handled by our forefathers with the creation of the House of Representatives, which is dependent on population as desired by Moran.
Moran's contention to allow the president to appoint Congress raises the concern of a dictatorship. We are already experiencing excessive use of executive orders, whereby congress's constitutional responsibilities are being bypassed. Once again Merkt is on target that this thought would have a significant negative impact.
I suggest that Moran do what I did this week and visit Independence Hall in Philadelphia and learn about the Constitution and its creation. Here he would have learned that its writers saw the need for the change he supports, however they made it difficult on purpose to prevent the abuse of power. Anyone who would like to change our Constitution, be forewarned of the three examples that were cited. Do not schedule a party to celebrate its passing, because many of us agree with Merkt and will defend our nation's Constitution as it is written. An uncountable number of Americans have done just that and pledged to defend it and have fought and died as a result of that pledge.
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Chip Kelly loves players that give him options on offense, and one of the biggest swiss army knives in the league just became available.
The New Orleans Saints are reportedly set to release running back Darren Sproles, one day before free agency is set to begin in the NFL.
Although he is now 30 years old and 10 years into his NFL career, Sproles has not shown many signs of slowing down. The running back finished last season averaging 4.1 yards per carry, and hauled in 71 passes for over 600 yards and two touchdowns.
Now that he is available, will the Eagles come calling?
Here is why Sproles would and wouldn't be a good fit for the Eagles:
Why He Would: As mentioned above, Kelly loves players who he can move around the field, or do different things with from the same spot. Sproles is still dangerous as a runner and out of the backfield, something that cannot be said for the Eagles current back up running backs, Bryce Brown and Chris Polk.
Although Brown is in someways a home run threat, and Polk has shown signs of being a nice power runner, neither are the player Sproles is -- even at 30.
Sproles is also a player that is most dangerous in space. Kelly did a nice job last year of getting DeSean Jackson out into space, but the wideout surprisingly did very little with it, as most of his big plays last season came on deep passes. Sproles' skill set is a dream fit for Kelly's strengths as a play designer.
Why He Wouldn't: Sproles is a dangerous player, but he does not present a great change of pace option from LeSean McCoy. Both are smaller, quick running backs. So while Polk or Brown might not be the home run threat that Sproles is, they at least give the defense another look.
There is also the question of how much Sproles would actually be able to touch the ball. With DeSean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Riley Cooper, LeSean McCoy, Brent Celek and Zach Ertz all firmly ahead of him on the depth chart, spending money on Sproles might not be the Eagles best use of their resources.
Throw in the fact that Sproles was not that effective as a return man last season (zero touchdowns in 41 kick and punt returns) and the Eagles are better off grooming a younger running back from the drat than they are bringing in Sproles.
Final Verdict: While the idea is tempting, the Eagles will likely not make a move to sign Sproles.
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- Orr, Emma Restall: Joint Chief of the British Druid Order
- Bobcat, Joint Chief of the British Druid Order, Priestess, author, poet and singer Emma Restall Orr has books to her credit including keystone works 'Principles of Druidry', 'Spirits of the Sacred Grove' & 'Ritual: A Guide To Life, Love And Inspiration', as...
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- "Shamans heals themselves. By working through their pain, they learn to help others." -Wounded Healin' "But the primitive magician, the medicine man, or the shaman is not only a sick man; he is, above all, a sick man who has been cured, who has...
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- "Rural ancestral homes are the traditional burial places for most Kenyans but some are now breaking from the custom and opting cremation, which means they do not perform ritual and religious burial rites," resident Mary Moraa said.
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- www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org
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HUBBELL - Halfway through what's so far been a harsh winter in the Keweenaw, homeowners and non-tourism private businesses are starting to feel an economic impact from snows that started early and haven't much slowed down.
All that snow has to be plowed and shoveled, and contractors in those businesses are having banner years. But for the owners of businesses and homes being plowed, or having their roofs shoveled professionally, the bills are adding up.
"We kind of consider it white gold for the plowing contractor," said Moyle Construction's Ed Marcotte, who coordinates Moyle's snow removal contracts for businesses such as Festival Foods, Taco Bell and McDonald's, as well as the Copper Country Mall and other Moyle properties.
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"It's unfortunate for the individual that has to pay for the extra work, but it's great for the contractor," he added.
Some businesses, like Houghton's Tadych's Econo Foods, try to keep down costs by buying necessary snow-removal equipment and scheduling their own employees to do the work.
Store manager Scott Rubich said heavy snows still increase costs as man-hours add up, and the store still has some extra expenses when it hires contractors with heavy equipment to move the huge snowbanks piling up from daily plowing.
But generally, he said, planning ahead keeps the costs manageable, even when snowbanks and costs are higher than normal.
"In my company, I'm the store it probably affects the most, so we gear up for it for the winter," he said. "I can control it by making sure we use our guys as much as possible, but I can't control nature."
He's already wondering whether he'll have to schedule employees to shovel the roof for a second time this year.
For homeowners without their own plow or snow-blower, it can be harder to control costs. Most small-scale truck drivers charge by the hour or per visit, and those visits are adding up.
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09-03-2007, 04:51 AM #1Newbie
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the biggest security issue i have with my clients is php c99 shell and similar php files, somehow these files uploaded on the website and from here they start attacking the websites.
i have seen also that once you upload the c99 php file you are able to see the accounts information ( such as a user name ) on the same server
so is there any way to disable this kind of php file or at least disable some function within the file!
i have been thinking to install and run a antivirus on the server , but i see sometimes they upload the encrypted version of the file , so the antirus can't catch the file as a torjan!
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Install mod_security on the server. Add tight rules to the mod_sec conf. You can disable php functions server wide using the option disable_functions in php.ini.
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<IfModule mod_block_worms.c>
BlockWormsSignature "r57shell.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "c99.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "cl.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "ShellBOT.txt" 500
BlockWormsSignature "shell.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "cgitelnet.pl" 500
BlockWormsSignature "phpshell.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "nstview.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "r57.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "phpHS.php" 500
BlockWormsSignature "r57pws.pl" 500
BlockWormsSignature "^/default.ida" 404
BlockWormsSignature "^/passwd$" 404
BlockWormsSignature "^/manual$" 404
BlockWormsSignature "^/backup.sql$" 404
BlockWormsLogFile /usr/local/apache/logs/block_worms_log
disable_functions = show_source, system, shell_exec, passthru, exec, phpinfo, popen, proc_open
Update rules for Mod_security:
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I made a script of this that check the server every nightWHMCS Services - sales (at) whmcsservices.com
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Wouldn't php_suexec be usefull there ?
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You can check here: http://gotroot.com/tiki-index.php?pa...security+rulesVIETHOSTING.VN - Dịch vụ Hosting, Tên miền, Email Hosting, Cloud VPS, Máy chủ tại Việt Nam
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Filename and/or signature blocking is completely pointless here.Your best bet is to disable the required php functions.
If you do not want to deal with all of the additional modules/rule updates then I would recommend installing: Hardened-PHP
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mod_sec is good for blocking c99shell, same with disabling functions. You could also enable open_basedir to stop the c99shell script from doing any damage outside of the users account.
I would first fix the problem of it being uploaded, then work on stopping the c99shell script from functioning on your server.
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You could also enable open_basedir to stop the c99shell script from doing any damage outside of the users account.
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On a server I once helped admin, I had the disable_functions set to:
disable_functions = exec,system,passthru,shell_exec,escapeshellarg,escapeshellcmd,proc_close,proc_open,ini_alter,popen,show_source,proc_nice, proc_terminate, proc_get_status, proc_close, pfsockopen, leak, apache_child_terminate, posix_kill, posix_mkfifo, posix_setpgid, posix_setsid, posix_setuid,dl,symlink
If you do not want to deal with all of the additional modules/rule updates then I would recommend installing: Hardened-PHP
Wouldn't php_suexec be usefull there ?
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[url removed] and [url removed] are malware (reported to [email protected]) whereby error.txt shows just an example of what php functions should be disabled.
However, the error.txt script (lower down) raises a question.
In the script, the hacker uses
$disablefunc = @ini_get("disable_functions");
Without disabling the entire "ini_get" functionality, is there a way to prevent ini_get from showing what functions are disabled?
Thank you.
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what about if the hacker uploaded a php.ini to remove the disabled functions ?
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The issue you really need to concentrate on are the vulnerable scripts that allow hackers to upload c99 or other shells. Actually, the hackers can (usually) very well do without uploading c99 - the shells simply offer a convenience layer for them.
So, find out exactly how the shells are getting uploaded (inspect your logs) and fix your security holes. No other way to not get hacked again.
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run these commands and see any nobody permission to upload in your server
find /home/*/public_html/ -perm 0777 -ls find /home*/public_html/ -uid 99 -lsLearn whatever you read ...
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Some of our customers use Mambo with external extensions,
When I turn on safe_mode their websites have problem ,
What should I do ?
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adoobi, there is another thread here;
Securing your server to prevent c99shell from accessing other accounts, and preventing it from being uploaded are two different things. Make sure you take steps on both of these tasks, it will help you in the long run.
c99shell can be uploaded purposely via the template manager.
Are the administrators (not owner) of the site on-board?
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You need more than just disabling php functions, upload protection is where it's at.Upload Guardian 2 - Malicious Upload Scanner - Windows and Linux!
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Late on Friday afternoon, Fred Hill is standing in the middle of a basketball court barking out orders. In his familiar high-pitched hoarse voice, he's moving players around trying to simulate what the upcoming opponent will be doing. Wearing a baby blue Seton Hall pullover and grey sweats, he adjusts his black-rimmed glasses and studies the practice notes in front of him. Something doesn't look right, so he repositions the players and tells them to run it again.
"They will do this!" he bellows. "Trust me."
Why does he say that? The team he is preparing the Pirates for is his former employer: Rutgers.
Four years after being forced out as the head coach of the Scarlet Knights, Hill is running the scout session for his new boss: Seton Hall. A lifelong Jersey guy who has sat on both sides of this rivalry, he says that is truly what he is focused on when the two teams meet for the first time Sunday night as non-conference opponents.
"I'm sure it'll be different," he says in a private moment after practice. "But I haven't even thought about it."
Privately, those around him admit that Hill personally requested the scout for Rutgers. It's hard to blame him for that move even though it's been four years since an incident at a university baseball game led to Hill's dismissal as head coach by former athletic director, Tim Pernetti. Hill — who spoke to The Star-Ledger this past week in his first wide-ranging interview since being ousted at Rutgers and returning home to New Jersey — declined to get into the specifics which led to his force-out in Piscataway.
These days, the 54-year old Hill is done with looking back at the past. After officially stepping down on April 19, 2010 from his head coaching position at Rutgers, Hill began a long and winding road which has landed him back in his home state once again. A year off from the sport. A two-year sojourn to Chicago to be an assistant coach in a league he had never stepped foot in. And finally, returning to Seton Hall — for a second stint — as an assistant coach.
"That didn't bother me — it didn't affect me," his new boss, Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard said when asked if Hill's tenure at Rutgers gave him pause to hire the coach this spring.
"I wasn't looking at it as, 'Hey, what is somebody going to be mad about?' I just looked at, 'Does he fit us?' If you start worrying about that, you can't hire anybody. You've just got to worry about what is best for your program. And he's been great so far."
The question of what Fred Hill did after he left Rutgers is answered very easily: A car.
A 2008, fully-loaded Mercedes-Benz S550. Navy blue. For a car guy like Hill, it was a dream ride, one that he had his eyes on for years. He finally got his hands on one shortly before he was forced out at Rutgers, which became the reason he was able to get through the one year away from the game of basketball.
The next 365 days after he left Rutgers was the first time in his adult life that he had not spent coaching on a sideline.
So, he decided to take trips around the area checking in on teams at all levels. Division 1. Divisions 2 and 3. High school. Seeing how coaches ran their programs, how teams did things differently. He saw it as connecting with the game on a different level.
"I took the whole month of December and went to the Midwest," Hill said. "Spent three days with Mike Brey at Notre Dame. Went to Chicago, spent three days at Northwestern. Spent a couple days with Ed Pinckney and Randy Foye with the Chicago Bulls. Then went to Detroit and spent four days with the Pistons and then went and spent four days at Michigan State and Tom Izzo."
Hill drove his S550 all over the Midwest taking the scenic route. After 29 years as a coach, going full-speed, he allowed himself to enjoy the surroundings. The only times he stopped between destinations?
"Pit stops," he said. "Gas, Combos and a Coke."
So when the year ended and Hill began to seriously consider getting back on the sidelines, it was a destination on that stop which gave him his opportunity. Once Northwestern assistant Mitch Henderson took the head coaching position at Princeton, Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody had an opening. Hill made a phone call.
Less than a month later, he was hired.
"It's who I am — I'm a coach," Hill said. "I never looked at it, from a basketball perspective, like I didn't do a good job or didn't get the job done. So when Bill called and asked if I'd take the job, it was natural to go back. It's what I've done for 29 years. I never gave (going back) a second thought. It felt good going back to that level."
In his two years at Northwestern with Carmody, the Wildcats went 32-33 with a NIT appearance. But following last season, the school decided to make a change, and Carmody was let go. And once again, Hill was out of a job — until he sat next to Willard at a game during last year's Tournament of Champions.
There are times when two of the Jersey kids on Seton Hall's roster give Hill grief for not getting them out of high school them when he was at Rutgers.
"He might've sent me some letters," senior Gene Teague, a Vineland native said with a smile before adding: "He should have."
"He recruited me at Rutgers," senior Brian Oliver, a Glassboro native said. "Then when I was transferring from Georgia Tech, he called me while he was at Northwestern. So on the third strike he got me."
It's those connections that made South Orange a natural destination for Hill after Northwestern. Even though he didn't know Willard well, he coached Shaheen Halloway during his first stint at Seton Hall under Tommy Amaker from 1998-2001. He helped Amaker build the Pirates' NCAA Tournament teams, including the school's top-ranked recruiting class of 2000, which included Eddie Griffin — the best high school player in the country.
"It just made a whole lot of sense to me," Willard said. "He'd been here before, he's from the area, knows the area. I liked the fact that he was a former head coach — I'd never had somebody like that on my staff before."
For Hill, there was another part of taking the Seton Hall job that appealed to him: He knows how close Amaker got to returning the school to its glory days of 25 years ago before bolting. There was a sense of unfinished business.
"I felt like we were on the cusp of doing something special here before we all departed," Hill said. "I had a great three years here. We had great recruiting success. I felt really comfortable with that. I think we can finish what we started."
He holds no animosity towards Rutgers. He still has friends within the school, within the alumni community that he speaks to often. He is serious when he says that he wants both schools — Seton Hall and Rutgers — to be successful and competitive in the future. Why? Well, because at his core, Hill is a Jersey guy who loves basketball. It's only natural.
Which is why he decided to return to New Jersey. When the hiring was official, Hill had to get back from where he was staying in Chicago to his home state to meet with Jaren Sina — then still uncommitted — on the last day of in-home visits. He got into the S550 and hit the interstate. (No time for scenic routes this trip.)
He drove straight through until he hit New Jersey.
"The last time I felt this way was at Rutgers — where I never expected to leave," Hill said of Seton Hall. "I was comfortable at Rutgers, just like I was comfortable at Northwestern. But home is home. ... You can never replace that."


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The HIPAA Privacy Rule and state law govern whether patients have access to psychotherapy notes. But understanding which one takes precedence and when is important to avoid falling into a legal morass.
The Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was created to provide standards for protecting the confidentiality of patients' individually identifiable health information. While the Privacy Rule gives patients a right to access their medical records, it permits psychiatrists who are covered by HIPAA to deny patients access to strictly defined psychotherapy notes. It's important to note, however, that under HIPAA psychiatrists are obligated to release these same notes to a third party if the patient requests that this be done. Moreover, laws in some states may allow patients firsthand access to those same psychotherapy notes, and such state laws continue to apply, notwithstanding HIPAA.


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How To Work Word Problems in Algebra
Your algebra learners will pick up some solid algebra problem solving skills and a plan of approach for some typical types of word problems in this scripted worksheet that shows how to set up and organize each type of problem, create the...
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Math is fun with algebra tiles! Young mathematicians explore eight expressions involving the distributive property and use algebra tiles to expand simple expressions. The resource is perfect for both guided and independent practice.
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Begin your next algebra unit with this introductory lesson on variables and algebraic expressions. This plan requires a SMART board and includes a SMART notebook file. The file contains a guiding question and two learning activities that...
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A brief presentation with laser-like focus, this video talks young mathematicians through the mechanics of simplifying algebraic fractions by factoring trinomials. While the factoring itself is assumed to be a mastered skill, the steps...
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Middle schoolers will identify the parts of an algebraic expression by telling the number of terms in one expression. Then they will collect like terms and solve three problems. Next, they will complete a table involving three sets of...
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|Oriental Magpie Robin on a Tree Branch
Oriental Magpie Robin. I've always thought of this bird as a corporate bird :-D Yes, because of the way it is colored, it appears as if it has worn a suit. Magpie robins too have a very sweet voice and are found almost anywhere in India. These are very well known as urban garden visitors. Although, in many areas, the number of Magpie Robins is now on a decline and the species is considered as one of "little concern" globally. I would also like to some day photograph the American Robin better known as the thrush.
Oriental Magpie Robins are insectivores, mainly feeding on insects and other invertebrates. They also feed on ants, geckos, leeches and sometimes even fish.
Sharing some photos of Oriental Magpie Robin in this post. All of these photos are shot using Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.
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|My Best Shot of an Oriental Magpie Robin
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Ilya Kovalchuk didn't have a clue which of his former teammates will be the first to try and take a run at blowing him up when the former Atlanta Thrasher returns to Philips Arena Tuesday for the first time as a visiting player with the Devils.
"I don't know. We'll see,'' he said with a laugh. "I don't know – it'll be a good game, because they are desperate for the points, and we are, too. This could be their last chance. So I hope it's going to be a good crowd and a very exciting and intense game.''
The Thrashers currently are on the outside looking in at the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. Atlanta is in 10th place in the conference, with 81 points -- three points back of Philadelphia and Boston, who currently hold the final two playoff spots in the East. The Rangers (82 points) sit in ninth place entering the final week of the season.
Kovalchuk, of course, was traded to the Devils Feb. 4, along with defenseman Anssi Salmela, in return for defenseman Johnny Oduya, winger Niclas Bergfors, and an exchange of draft picks. He said he hopes he doesn't get booed by Thrashers fans for not signing a contract extension with Atlanta, but he has no idea what to expect.
He's excited though, at least according to teammate Martin Brodeur.
"He talked about it this morning... he's excited,'' Brodeur said of Kovalchuk. "We could put his ex-team out of the playoffs. And I'm sure he went somewhere else because he didn't think he was going to make the playoffs in Atlanta. I'm sure that's what the whole thing was – a chance to win. But it's always special for a guy – I've seen it through the years, with guys going back to their old place, play against their old teammates, their old coaches, fans. And for us, we'll see Johnny (Oduya) and Bergie (Bergfors) too. It'll be interesting.''
Kovalchuk was told that some in Atlanta were upset at some of the things he said after being traded by the Devils. He was told that by calling the Devils a "first-class organization'' he somehow implied the Thrashers were less than that.
He didn't try to amend those remarks, however.
"No – you know what? To be a first-class organization, first off, you have to win on a consistent basis,'' he said. "And that's all different. And they got a lot of great young players who could be very good if they're going to treat them right and work with them right. So everything's in their hands. And I spent there, eight years, and I left everything (on the ice); every game, I played 110 percent. So, if I said something, it made sense to me.''
Brodeur enters the game with 599 career victories. But in the last year-and-a-half, he's taken over the all-time wins record, the all-time games played record, the all-time shutouts record. So does getting victory No. 600 mean much to the soon-to-be 38-year-old goalie?
"You know what? The number that I was aiming for was 551 and after that was the 600 mark. And it's right there,'' Brodeur said. "I knew this year (600) was a possibility, but I still had to win over 40 games to do it. We're down to four games left in our season, one more to do it. You know, like, in a season, I'm looking for 30 wins, 35 wins, 40 wins – this is one thing I was looking for when I was getting close, let's just get it over with. It would be nice, but we'll see.''


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Results tagged ' Hideki Matsui '
Yankees could trade for a DH
In a conference call with reporters discussing the Michael Pineda trade, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that he'd be more inclined to trade from his pitching depth to acquire a designated hitter than to sign one on the open free agent market.
When the Yankees officially announce the signing of right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, they'll have seven starters vying for five spots. CC Sabathia, Ivan Nova, Pineda, Phil Hughes, A.J. Burnett and Freddy Garcia are also in that mix.
"Maybe I use our excess pitching to find a bat," Cashman said. "That's a possibility. … We stretched the payroll to get (Kuroda) done, so I'm not sure what we have financially. I think we'll look at the trade market first and foremost and see where that takes us."
Among the DH options out there, the Yankees have reportedly heard from Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero and Raul Ibanez, but are not thought to consider any of them an urgent priority.
– Bryan Hoch
A's reportedly make offer for Beltre
The A's have reportedly offered free agent third baseman Adrian Beltre a five-year deal worth $64 million, according to ESPNDeportes.com. An A's executive confirmed Wednesday he saw the report but would not confirm or deny anything. Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman also said via Twitter that it "sounds like A's are willing to pay Adrian Beltre $60-plus million, but that's apparently not in ballpark of asking price."
It's well known by now that Beltre turned down a multi-year deal from the A's last year and instead chose to go to Boston, where he made $9 million on a one-year contract that included a $5 million player option for 2011 with a $1 million buyout. Beltre took the buyout and is now one of the most attractive free agents on the market, appearing to gain interest from nearly a dozen teams.
The A's currently have Kevin Kouzmanoff and new addition Edwin Encarnacion as options at third base. Both are eligible for arbitration and either and/or both could be non-tendered or traded depending on Beltre's status. Encarnacion is a DH option for the A's, but the club could look to upgrade through several free agent options, including Hideki Matsui. According to Heyman, Oakland is "in the mix" for the Japanese slugger.
— Jane Lee
Roundup: The Tigers have arrived to the GM Meetings
It was the Marlins who staked their claim in Orlando on Tuesday, when they traded Dan Uggla to the Braves and agreed on a three-year contract with John Buck. Wednesday is the day of the Tigers, apparently. The club agreed on a three-year, $16.5 million contract with setup man Joaquin Benoit, according to reports. Also, Detroit is said to be going after power-hitting lefty outfielder/first baseman/potential designated hitter Adam Dunn.
SI.com first reported the two sides were quickly coming together on a
deal, but ESPN.com followed up by saying nothing is imminent just yet.
Here's more from the second full day of the General Managers Meetings …
* Diamondbacks new general manager Kevin Towers is apparently kicking the tires on a potential trade of franchise player Justin Upton.
The Red Sox, according to USA Today, are said to be the ideal
candidate, but the New York Post wrote that the Marlins and Rays — and
perhaps the Yankees — are prime candidates.
* White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf confirmed to the Chicago Sun-Times that he would've let manager Ozzie Guillen go
to the Marlins if they would've given up the specific high-level player
he sought. Reinsdorf didn't say who, but he denied it was Mike Stanton.
* In need of a lefty bat, the White Sox have engaged in talks with Hideki Matsui,
according to SI.com. Matsui expressed interest in a return to the
Angels, but they'd like to keep DH a revolving door with so many
veterans in their lineup.
* Six to eight teams have spoken to free-agent starter Carl Pavano, according to The Washington Post, which names the Nationals as one of them. The Marlins, a source told MLB.com, are another.
* The Athletics traded speedy outfielder Rajai Davis to the Blue Jays in exchange for Minor Leaguers Trystan Magnuson and Daniel Farquhar, the club announced. Toronto also released right-hander Shawn Hill.
* The Rockies have expressed interest in A's third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, according to The Denver Post, which added that Jose Lopez, Jorge Cantu and Ty Wigginton are also on the club's radar.
* Brandon Webb is also reportedly drawing interest. According to
ESPN.com, the Dodgers, Pirates, Twins and Rangers have shown interest in
the right-hander.
* Seven to eight teams are reportedly interested in Jorge de la Rosa,
who is one of the top free-agent starters once you get past Cliff Lee.
The Rockies are a team that would like to keep him, but not if he gets an offer eclipsing four years.
— Alden Gonzalez
White Sox considering Matsui
With an eye toward left-handed power production, the White Sox have engaged free agent Hideki Matsui in conversation, according to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated. Matsui, 36, is coming off a solid season as the Angels' primary designated hitter and would be an excellent fit in Chicago's lineup. The cozy dimensions of U.S. Cellular Field also would have appeal to the legendary slugger from Japan.
Matsui expressed an interest in returning to the Angels, but they prefer to keep the DH open to a revolving cast of weapons. Matsui handled his occasional assignments in left field capably in '10 and was running better than he has in several years. He could handle a start a week, maybe two, in left without a problem. — Lyle Spencer


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Chervil Shallot Potato Salad
- 10 small red skin potatoes, sliced 1/4-inch thick
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup minced shallots
- 2 tablespoons diced red pepper
- Salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
- 1/2 cup packed chervil leaves
In a small saucepan of boiling, salted water boil the potatoes until just tender. Meanwhile, heat oil in a small saute pan. Add shallots and red pepper, and cook for 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a mixing bowl. When potatoes are just tender, drain and add them to bowl along with shallots. Add vinegar, and toss to coat. Cool salad to room temperature and add chervil. Adjust seasonings.
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
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Cat Deeley
"The Rainbow Morris gown is my favourite."
"What evening dress wouldn't be vastly improved by the inclusion of parrots, cocktails, mushrooms and strawberries? This dress is like Matthew himself, youthful, fun, bursting with life, energy and a wickedly delicious sense of humour!"
"I'd style this with some statement earrings and bangles galore, it would be perfect for the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. It's always unbearably hot, but in this magnificent gown I'd sashay along the red carpet with the soundtrack in my mind playing The Girl from Ipanema."
Cat is one of the foremost television presenters both in the United States and UK. She has won the 2012 Critics' Choice Award for Best Reality Host and has received two Emmy nominations. She divides her time between her homes in London and Beverley Hills.


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Welcome, Staff Sergeant Jack Jackson, to Halo Fanon: the wiki where you can write fan-made article(s) about the popular Halo series! Just follow these 3 basic rules and you will be guaranteed not to be flamed!
If you have any questions, ask the on duty admin or a member of the admin team
I saw you was asking 091 about what this place is. This is Halo Fanon, where people write fan fiction and articles that expand the Halo universe. I hope this helps. If you need anything, you can help me. Love is Noise Love is PainLove is these blues 07:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, as long as it sticks with in Halo Canon. Oh, and to sign a Comment, use --~~~~ Love is Noise Love is PainLove is these blues 07:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
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DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings have reassigned defenseman Brian Lashoff to the Grand Rapids Griffins, on a temporary basis, following Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks.
General manager Ken Holland said Lashoff will return to Detroit on Wednesday, when the 23-man roster limit is lifted at the trade deadline.
The move was needed to clear a roster spot for defenseman Danny DeKeyser, who was signed to a two-year contract on Friday and activated today. Holland, however, said its is doubtful they will dress DeKeyser for Monday's game against Colorado at Joe Louis Arena because he has only had one practice with the team.
The Red Wings will have defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo available for Monday. He completed a two-game conditioning stint with Grand Rapids.
The Red Wings can't sent down Gustav Nyquist, a healthy scratch today, because they likely will need him to play Monday.
Captain Henrik Zetterberg (groin) is expected to sit out for the second game in a row Monday.
"I don't know, but this is what I do know about groins: If you missed today you're probably not playing tomorrow,'' coach Mike Babcock said.
Mikael Samuelsson is out for Monday due to an upper-body injury that forced him to leave Sunday's game after the second period.
Holland said Samuelsson will have tests done on Monday, but the club believes he is day-to-day. Samuelsson just returned after missing 19 games with a broken left index finger.


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Over the past few decades, the vitamin supplement industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar marketplace. Claims abound that vitamin supplements can help you fight cancer, put the kibosh on heart disease, and even stop aging. Other studies have shown that there is little evidence that vitamin supplements do anything at all for already-healthy people. So who's right?
While vitamin supplements may not benefit everybody, they have been show to be very beneficial for those suffering from malnutrition or other vitamin deficiencies. However, the current popularity of vitamin supplements in the U.S. may have much to do with the American lifestyle. We're always on the go, with little time for properly prepared, well-balanced meals. We consume way too much fast food, most of which has little to no nutritional value. As a result, we don't get the vitamins and nutrients we need form our diets.
While there may be a debate over the relative benefits of taking vitamin supplements, there can be no doubt about the best way to get your nutrients. Getting your vitamins and minerals from the food you eat is more effective than taking multivitamins. In fact, eating a well-balanced diet eliminates the need for taking supplements. Period.
Therein is where the answer may lie: instead of taking vitamin supplement that may or may not provide health benefits, we should change our eating habits. We should eat more fruits and vegetables, and skip the fast foods and red meat. Because, whether or not vitamin supplements actually help, eating properly ensures you get all the nutrients you need. It's a slam dunk!


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UNDATED (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Will gas prices stay below $4 a gallon through the end of the summer?
A Purdue University economist says we will see cheaper prices due to an improving economy.
The study warns that prices could rise again if oil production is interrupted.
However, a GasBuddy.com analyst is expecting prices to jump to $4.15 by the end of the weekend.
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