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Peer review only works when qualified reviewers are willing to volunteer their time and expertise. When they won't volunteer, yet expect others to review their work, the system edges toward collapse.
In an article published July in the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, entitled "Pubcreds: Fixing the Peer Review Process by 'Privatizing' the Reviewer Commons," ecologists Jeremy Fox and Owen Petchey propose a solution to prevent selfish authors from exploiting the system: Privatize it.
Fox and Petchey propose the creation of a central bank they call the "PubCred Bank." This is not a bank where real money is transacted. Instead, it works on a form of symbolic coinage they call "PubCreds."
Review an article, and you are rewarded with one PubCred. Save at least three PubCreds, and you can spend them on submitting your own article for review. Handling editors receive half a PubCred for each manuscript they manage.
The desired outcome to such a symbolic banking system is to distribute the workload of review and avoid cases where authors exploit the time and resources of others without paying back into the system.
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, for example, uses a similar banking approach. A submission costs you two timely reviews or US $350. Authors may "borrow" review credits, but are fined if they are not promptly repaid.
Under the PubCred system, authors would need to pay into the system before they use it. Fox and Petchey do allow for "overdrafts," in which authors may hold negative balances. In the case of authors who are unable to pay, journals may provide waivers. Participating journals would be forbidden to pay more than one credit for a review (say, to persuade a qualified reviewer to participate), or to waive the fee in order to encourage submission. The changes in author behavior would be immediate, write Fox and Petchey:
This is effectively a means of privatizing the reviewer commons. Alternatively, our proposal can be thought of as simply making overexploitation of the reviewer commons impossible. Furthermore, individuals who attempt to publish smallest acceptable units (the "salami slicer syndrome"), or who resubmit rejected manuscripts without appropriate revision, would be free to do so, but would pay an appropriate price.
Essentially, Fox and Petchey are creating a central bank, in which everyone agrees upon the rules of lending. This is the antithesis of a laissez-faire free market economy where transactions are free from state intervention and authors, editors, and reviewers are allowed to negotiate their own deals. Under the central bank model, decisions to publish are dictated solely by the balance in one's account.
The authors have clearly thought through their proposal, providing specific details of how the banking system would operate and acknowledging many of its limitations. It is a proposal that is built on theory, knowledge of how the peer review system actually works, and an admittance that their proposal will not solve all of the problems of the current system. They have responded to many concerns on their blog. For all of these reasons, this is a proposal that should be considered and not dismissed on a few technical details.
On the other hand, Fox and Petchey assume a state of "crisis" that needs to be take on faith. They provide only anecdotes to support the notion that editors are experiencing more difficulty finding competent reviewers. Indeed, they freely admit the lack of any longitudinal data. More importantly, they assume that peer-review is a burden to researchers, and one that provides no benefits (such as being able to view relevant research ahead of colleagues, the power to influence its content (i.e., "you forgot to cite me!"), and ultimately, publication). Some journals publicly thank their reviewers and let the best join their editorial boards. It is far from a purely altruistic system.
Creating a monetary system — even a symbolic one — changes the incentives to review, and with them, the behavior of authors. As citation indexes changed the nature of citation behavior, we should assume that a review credit system would have similar effects. Some authors may resort to gaming the system:
Individuals in positions of power could coerce others to do their reviewing, in return for authorship. People are likely to find ways to cheat, and the PubCred Banking system may have to be modified in response.
Fox and Petchey acknowledge that such a central banking system requires its own source of funding and administration and may suffer from free-riders. For instance, journals that currently experience no problem in finding competent reviewers may refuse to join and benefit from the work of others.
Finding the funds to support such a system may be difficult since the return on investment is unclear. As most publishers have already invested in online manuscript review systems, Fox and Petchey argue that adding a banking system may not be onerous. They also propose a non-profit organization that pays for the system through online advertisement.
The real problem with the PubCred proposal is that it attempts to provide a global solution to local problems.
The search for competent reviewers is essentially the search for expertise — and expertise is a limited resource. The fact that experts feel overburdened with requests to review is not a sign of a system in crisis, but a sign of a healthy system that is able to locate these pools of experts. A central banking system, in contrast, attempts to maximize the efficiency of the system, spreads the responsibility of peer review around, and ignores competency in return for bodies. It is a system that would turn the meritocracy of science into a bureaucratic barter system.
If we are suffering, as many claim, from an avalanche of mediocre science, lowering the competency level for peer review is only going to make things worse.


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In February 2009, Ms. Stacey Bowen went away for an ordinary business trip. Upon returning to her home in Harrisville she found that her matching, solid-blue couch and loveseat were missing. In there place, were a mismatched, tattered couch and and loveseat. The only trace of the missing couch and loveseat was one cushion frozen to the ground in the backyard. There is currently only one person of interest, who was frequently seen sleeping on the couches and had been overhead threatening the matching set prior to her departure over a broken spring.
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Death Row Records' Baby Momma Drama?
HSK Exclusive – 'R&B Divas' may soon be upping its ratchet factor. That's because a Los Angeles spin-off of the TV One reality show is set to feature Michel'le Toussant, the singer who's a baby momma to BOTH Dr. Dre AND Suge Knight!
Sources tell us while Dr. Dre isn't backing plans of his son being placed in front of the cameras, Suge Knight is reported to think the idea is a good one.
Here's what an insider tells HSK:
"Dre has a 17-year-old son, Marcel, with Michel'le. Dre knows Michel'le is doing the TV show for the money and the spotlight — but he doesn't think it's a good move if she puts his son on a reality show.
Michel'le and Suge Knight share an 11-year-old daughter, Balei, and don't be surprised if you see a cameo from Suge."
Here's what Frequency Magazine is reporting:
"LA's cast is comprised of Chante Moore, Claudette Ortiz, Dawn Robinson, and Michel'le, and it will be airing in the fall.
R&B Divas" is not your typical reality series. The show provides a transparent yet vivid illustration of respect, teamwork, and real life camaraderie among women while avoiding the negative stigmas depicted in most reality series."


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A trio of players were reassigned Tuesday. New Jersey reassigned goalie Maxime Clermont from Albany of the AHL to the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL. New Jersey also reassigned defenseman Raman Hrabarenka from Elmira to the Albany Devils.
After New Jersey returned goalie Keith Kinkaid to Albany on Sunday, there were three goalies there, and it was only a matter of time before Clermont was reassigned. In his 90 minutes of action in the last week, Clermont was 0-1-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and .923 save percentage.
Hrabarenka was invited to camp last year and earned himself an AHL contract. As a rookie, he played in 34 games with Albany, posting a goal, four assists and a plus-one rating. In five games with Elmira this season, he has two assists and a plus-three rating.
Left wing Rostislav Olesz cleared waivers Tuesday and also was assigned to Albany. Olesz was drafted seventh overall in the 2004 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers. He played 14 games with Rockford of the AHL last season, totaling seven goals, 12 assists and a plus-five. In 10 games with New Jersey this season, he has two assists and a minus-one.


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I live near Rochester, New York (actually 25 miles south, but 1100 feet higher than Rochester, which makes it typically 6 or 8 degrees colder). It gets cold here. For winter climbing, which I do only when absolutely necessary, I use polypropylene glove liners under neoprene diving gloves. I think my diving gloves came from Campmor in New Jersey (they have a mail-order catalog). Over those, I wear my normal tower-climbing leather gloves to protect the neoprene from nicks and cuts from sharp surfaces on the tower. The neoprene gloves are great, but get the thinnest ones you can find to preserve as much flexibility and tactile feedback as possible. I also recommend getting ones with precurved fingers. My recommendation for cold-weather work is to wear *the right layers*. I start with polypropylene long underwear and sock liners, a layer of thin cotton, a wetsuit (the shorty variety--sleeveless and covers the legs only down to the knees--which I bought to use in triathlons), a heavier layer of cotton or wool, then a coat and finally my farmer-style Wall's "Zero Zone" coveralls. Works great, except that my leg movements are a bit restricted (not much more than the cold alone would cause, though). On my head, I wear a polypropylene balaclava (from Performance Bike Shop), then a neoprene ear band and a poly propylene knit cap. Inside my boots I sometimes use those chemical boot/glove heater packets that the mountaineering stores sell, but only when it's *really* cold (single digits or colder) or windy. It's not the temperature that makes this area colder--it's the wind! Polypropylene and neoprene are my two favorite synthetic materials for cold-weather stuff. The downside, of course, is that it takes me longer to dress for a tower project than it does to do the real work! >--73, Rus, NJ2L -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com Administrative requests: firstname.lastname@example.com Problems: email@example.com
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Thirty-two NFL quarterbacks will start for their respective teams this NFL season. Which one will find his fanny stuck on the pine first?
Looking back to one of the great quarterback position battles of the preseason, one has to wonder whether Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is the right man for the job in Seattle. Wilson beat out Matt Flynn, one of the biggest free agents on the market this past offseason, for the chance to start under center. If Wilson struggles early (as rookies tend to do in the pro game), will Pete Carroll make a switch involving his young QB?
And of course, there's the specter of Tim Tebow looming over the head of New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. If the Jets hit the trifecta of the team struggling, Sanchez struggling and Tebow playing well in his limited in-game appearances, Gang Green could have a serious quagmire on their hands.
Other quarterbacks on Bench Watch would include Jake Locker in Tennessee. The Titans are expected to contend for the AFC South this season, and Mike Munchak could be forgiven if he wanted to bench his struggling youngster to make room for Matt Hasselbeck, especially if a trip to the playoffs is riding on the outcome of some of those late-season games.
NFC North lead blogger Andrew Garda and I pony up our picks for "first benched" under center in 2012 in our latest video debate. Enjoy our takes in the video above and leave us your thoughts in the comments. Thanks for watching.


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Intel Corp., the world's largest maker of chips, has unveiled its new dual-core microprocessors for high-end servers that use more than four chips. The new central processing units (CPUs), are based on the outdated NetBurst micro-architecture and are likely to be the last processors that use it, however, the chips still offer generally high performance and power efficiency.
"Today's introduction continues an historic 'summer of servers' for Intel where we have now delivered a record 23 new processors in three market segments in less than 100 days," said Tom Kilroy, vice president and general manager of Intel's digital enterprise group.
Intel Xeon 7100-series microprocessors, earlier code-named Tulsa, feature two processing engines, 1MB level-two cache per core, unified level-three 16MB cache as well as loads of Intel's technologies, such as Hyper-Threading, virtualization, Intel cache safe technology and so on. The chips are available in typical thermal envelopes of 150W (those clocked at beyond 3.00GHz) and 95W (those that operate at or below 3.0GHz).
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"The Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7100 series is the best choice for demanding enterprise workloads based on new world record benchmarks, significantly outperforming the industry in key areas while not compromising on the reliability and investment protection that is so critical," Mr. Kilroy added to emphasize increased performance of the new dual-core server products.
The company added that Intel's 65nm ramp is proceeding "extremely well" with production already exceeding the company's total 90nm volume. This manufacturing ramp is enabling Intel to drive a fast dual-core Xeon Processor 7100 series ramp and "substantially revise" prices for higher end Intel Xeon processors delivering new levels of price/performance.
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Leading makers of servers, such as IBM, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens and HP have already unveiled machines powered by the new Xeon 7100 processors.


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Many of the events I work, such as CNN Heroes, honor those who forged ahead despite the odds to make this world a better place. As I stand in the shadows and listen to their stories I am emboldened by their fortitude. Their stories truly inspired me and equipped me with the courage to write this very article. I may, however, get "fired" for it.
Compass Group, PLC, the largest food contract corporation in the world enjoys high profits. Its Chief Executive, Richard Cousins, enjoys an annual multimillion-dollar salary and bonus. Meanwhile, my employer CxRA, one part of Restaurant Associates, one of over fifty subsidiaries of Compass Group, hasn't issued a raise in fifteen years. It deliberately prevented employees from using paid sick leave for months. It charged clients, who thought they were tipping us, service fees reaching over a million dollars.
I am but one of thousands of on-call catering butlers who work for CxRA (Catering by Restaurant Associates). We work in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut and Washington, DC. As an on-call employee, CxRA can stop giving me work or "fire" me for any reason without notice.
After an hour on the subway, I've started work at 5:00am to serve breakfast to executives in any one of the skyscrapers dotting NYC's skyline. I've worked until 2:00am passing hors d'oeuvres, pouring wine and moving tables at million-dollar birthday parties for children and gala events. If you watched the annual CNN's Heroes event on TV, I most likely was rushing to serve someone a special meal or pour coffee in the background.
At night I would be assigned VIP tables closest to the stage and farthest from the kitchen. There could be over 100 tables on the floor. Those that attend these tables are often the clients who pay for the event. Therefore, I must work harder than other butlers to provide exemplary service and am more responsible for the success of the event. All butlers however, both experienced and inexperienced, reliable and unreliable, receive the same rate of pay.
That pay is $19.00 an hour. Some view this rate as well compensated but there are costs. I have no vacation or personal days and, most importantly, no guaranteed hours. Only until NYC mandated it, I had no paid sick leave. In order to maintain an adequate amount of hours I must be available 24 hours a day and must be available at the last minute but sometimes this isn't enough. Butlers call the staffing office every day begging for work so they can pay their bills.
Meanwhile, I'm pretty certain clients, such as CNN, pay much more for my services now than they did years ago.
CxRA has hired over 8,000 people in NYC alone since they hired me. Each year they hire hundreds of new people grateful for a $19.00 wage. Unfortunately, many of these same people leave because they can't receive a stable income. I've only been able to survive because of unemployment insurance. Other butlers have qualified for Medicaid.
Some might say, "Find another job." but that's easier said than done. The prospects for better earnings elsewhere are dim. Even though the unemployment rate dipped to 5.9%, economist Barry Bluestone admitted, "over the last five years wages haven't been rising for most workers in America". Why should I be forced to leave a company that can easily afford to treat me better? I'd rather change the system I'm in than leave it for another.
Compass Group's own 2013 annual report declares a total operating profit of over a billion dollars (£802 million). Nearly half of the company's revenue is generated here in North America. This past July, Compass's shareholders approved the return of £1 billion in cash to themselves.
Though I haven't had a pay raise in years, Cousins has. His salary went up £3.17 million from 2009 to 2013 when he was paid £5.5 million as his salary and bonus. That's about 8.8 million dollars. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics $19.00 per hour in 1999 would be $27.13 today if adjusted for inflation. Is it too much to ask my wages be raised $3.00 to $22.00 per hour?
Wage stagnation and the stark disparities between the rich and poor are not only a national issue but a global one. Juliette Garside of The Guardian recently remarked on the historic pay gap in the U.K.:
At Compass Group, which employs many cooks, cleaners and security officers, the average pounds 13,000 annual salary is among the lowest in the FTSE 100 index. But chief executive Richard Cousins took home pounds 5.5m last year - 418 times more than his workers.
Because of CxRA's hiring practice and my on-call status, I always feel insecure about my job and was afraid to speak out. There's not an event that goes by that doesn't include a conversation among butlers about how badly we're treated. These conversations usually end with the resigning words "It is what it is." A couple issues (besides not ever having received a raise), however, compelled me to change those words to "Enough is enough".
First, CxRA charged a service fee anywhere from around ten to twenty percent of a client's entire bill. Clients would believe the charge was a tip for us, the catering staff, but we never saw a penny of it. Imagine how much it must cost to cater the annual CNN Heroes event at the Natural History Museum. Hundreds of people sit down to eat dinner after a reception. CNN could have been issued a service charge up to $100,000.
Every year in NYC alone, CxRA caters a number of large, high-profile events such as CNN Heroes and the Metropolitan Opera Gala along with thousands of smaller ones. Venues include Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, The Intrepid, Guggenheim and Brooklyn Museums. CxRA caters the Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week twice a year and the annual NFL Draft. Imagine how much those service charges would add up to over five years.
A class action lawsuit started by one brave butler, Dan Yahraes, demanded the money from these service charges be paid to us as clients expected. After a long fight, a settlement of a mere $1.5 million dollars was reached that spans five years and thousands of catering events. CxRA will most likely not even pay the full $1.5 million.
I will be required to fill out, notarize and mail in a release form along with a copy of a government issued I.D. and a completed W-4 form to receive my share of the settlement. Months ago, a notice was automatically mailed to the class stating a judge granted the lawsuit class action status. If CxRA knew who I was and where I lived then, why am I now required to take these steps? They will undoubtedly discourage some from getting the paltry sum that's due them.
The worst part, however, is the section titled "Grounds for Settlement Termination". Should the expenses of the lawyers, court filing fees, lead plaintiffs' payment and the submitted forms of the member class exceed $800,000, then CxRA has the right to walk away and pay us nothing.
Yahraes, who tirelessly spoke out about this lawsuit for the past three years was purportedly paid off by CxRA to "shut up and leave". He no longer works for the company and can no longer talk about the settlement.
Secondly, as of January 2014 CxRA extended paid sick leave to NYC butlers but didn't tell me or hundreds others we were entitled to it. In May, I sent an email to the office asking if I qualified for paid sick leave due to a NYC law that went into effect in April. The response was that I have paid sick leave. I was not informed at that time I already had it for over four months.
None of the managers notified me or any of my co-workers I spoke to that we had paid sick leave. I even called human resources (a toll-free number to an office in North Carolina) and the person I spoke to hadn't heard of it either. He suggested I communicate with my manager regarding the matter.
This would be the same manager who I personally emailed a month earlier stating I had to call out sick for two days. He never mentioned anything about my paid sick leave benefit at that time. Only after I spoke directly to NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioner Julie Menin on May 23 did CxRA send a notice to me and my colleagues about the benefit. Later, I was paid retroactively for those two days but I needed that money when I was sick.
All I ask for is a $3.00 wage increase and more job security. Invest more in me and my long-standing co-workers instead of continually hiring hundreds of people treating us all as dispensable. It will be better for the bottom line of Compass Group.
Compass Group, PLC employs approximately 500,000 employees worldwide. May I pass on the inspiration I received from CNN Heroes to them as I say, "I stand with you for better working conditions, wages and job security. There's power in your voice."
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Bravo, Nechesa! I applaud your bravery. As a mother, wife, and food service manager for many years, it has always sickened me that those who serve the needs of others are the least honored in societies that refer to themselves as religious. I have been fired for standing up to employers attempting to cheat the employees that I managed.
Now that I have the luxury of being on the side of being served, I am very careful about the wages I pay those who serve me. I would like for all those who consider themselves "righteous" to be called out on the amount of injustice there is in our employment compensation system. Our culture of unregulated capitalism is a blight on our earth. The fact that we allow employers to continue to import cheap labor rather than pay living wages to our own citizens is treasonous, in my opinion. The American dream is being suffocated by our corporate corruption.
Please keep us posted on your fate and the progress of your service industries' efforts.
Continue being a blessing.
My co-workers are so afraid. Someone just told me last week they were afraid to claim their share of the settlement for fear of not getting work. It's really sad. Even the captains are trying to hold on to the scraps that are thrown to them.
I will certainly keep you abreast of what happens.
I look forward to hearing from you.
You are a blessing.
My hat is off to you in sharing such bold events in your life. I can not help but wonder what is going through the minds of those that take such egregious amounts of resources. I can not help but wonder if a blank check were offered, what sum would suffice.
Its staggering and I can't help but wonder.
In solidarity,
Just knowing my story is read by others means so much to me. I hope that when the CNN Heroes event takes place, someone at CNN will at least take a different look at the tens of butlers waiting on them. Please feel to share the story from the CNN iReport page. The "share" numbers will indicate interest in the story.
Thank you again.


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Sounder reflects Armstrong's personal history, his knowledge of southern rural life, and his admiration for strong individuals....
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A tall man and his son stand on the rickety porch of their cabin this cold October; the boy rubs his hand on the top of his coon dog's head. His father got Sounder as a pup many years ago; the dog is about the same age as the boy. Three small children peek out of the door and want to pet Sounder, but it is too cold outside. The boy is proud to be older. Their cabin is one of many Negro sharecroppers' cabins scattered on the white man's plantation. Sometimes the boy and his parents attend church, and the boy tries to attend school but it is too far and too cold for him to walk in the bitter weather between harvest and planting times. Since he is not in school, the boy gets to hunt with Sounder.
The dog is aptly named, for his baying is louder and more distinct than any other dog in the county. His bark "fills up the night and makes music as though the branches of all the trees are being pulled across silver strings." Sounder is a rather ugly mix between a Georgia redbone hound and a bulldog, but he is a magnificent hunter. During the winter, when no other money is coming in for this poor family, the money from animal hides is welcome.
Tonight father promises to take the boy hunting if it is not windy. Inside, mother cooks a sparse dinner, for the hunting has not been good so far this year. Later, father leaves without Sounder or his son while the boy helps his mother shell walnuts while she tells him wonderful stories from the Bible. The boy finally sleeps, wondering where his father has gone. Everything outside looks the same in the morning except for the frost on the ground. It is cold and the boy warms himself a bit at the stove where he discovers pork sausages cooking in a skillet and a ham simmering in another pot. Pork sausage is usually only for Christmas, and the boy has only even smelled ham twice before in his life.
Mother is humming, something she does when she is worried. The boy and the other...
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The land is now stark and frozen, and almost no one passes by during the winter. Any speck on the horizon is a curiosity to people sitting on their cabin porches. On the third day after the meat appeared, the family still has plenty to eat. The boy leaves the cabin to go to the woodpile, but at the doorway he stands motionless, even when his father tells him to shut the door. Three white men rattle across the porch and push their way inside the cabin.
The men are rough and accuse the boy's father of stealing meat from the smokehouse as one of the men dumps the remaining ham onto the floor. The sheriff and his two deputies are clearly angry and disgusted at having to be here. One of the deputies says "stick out your hands, boy." The boy starts to raise his hands; however, the deputy puts the handcuffs on father's wrists. As the men prepare to leave, Sounder barks and begins growling and scratching at the cabin door. One of the men says father tore his overalls on the door hook of the smokehouse; threads from the hook match his overalls, and soon father will be in jail.
One man shoves the boy outside and commands him to hold his dog if he does not want them to shoot it. The boy drags Sounder into a corner, and the men prepare to ride off with their prisoner. The commotion and confusion are unsettling to the dog, but the boy manages to restrain Sounder. The men chain father to the wagon as Mother watches from the doorway. Sounder makes an awful, strangled noise and then drags the boy as he follows the wagon. One of the deputies shoots at the dog and Sounder falls. Finally mother speaks, telling her son to come inside. Sounder is still lying in the road and the boy feels sick.
As the boy brings in an armload of wood, he hears a sharp yelp from the road. He drops the wood and races to Sounder. He sees the dog struggling to run, but one shoulder and half the dog's face have been shot. The boy is crying and calls out,...
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For breakfast the family eats no meat, just biscuits and milk gravy. The boy is ready to go check on Sounder, but his mother is preparing to leave. She wraps the walnut kernels in brown paper and puts the remaining pork sausage and ham in a meal sack before dressing in her warmest clothes. She is going to the store to sell the walnuts; she does not say what she is going to do with the meal sack slung over her shoulder. Mother warns the boy not to wander too far looking for Sounder, as he is not likely to be found today. If a stranger comes to the cabin, he should say nothing. The boy nods but does not speak.
Mother leaves, singing a mournful song. Her son wants to run after her but only watches until she is just a speck in the distance and eventually fades into the earth. It is a dreary day and the boy worries that people are going to be unkind to his mother; he imagines the many cruel things which might happen to her in town. He had hoped the sun would shine so the ground would be softer when he has to bury Sounder. The boy wants to cry, but he does not.
He carries wood into the cabin, builds up the fire, and warns his siblings not to open the stove door. He takes Sounder's ear from under his pillow and is thankful his mother washes his sheets and pillowcase every week, just as she does for the people who live in the big houses. She also washes their curtains twice a year, but the boy has never looked through a window with curtains on it. The fire in the stove has burned down a bit, so he leaves to do his sad task: drag Sounder out from under the porch and bury him. He is not eager to do this awful thing, but he finally goes outside before it gets any colder. Sounder did not die in his favorite spot, as the indentation just behind the front steps of the porch where his master placed some coffee sacks for some insulation from the cold is empty.
Mother said Sounder would die in the farthest corner under the porch, so that is where the boy crawls. It is a dirty, dusty mess, but Sounder is nowhere under the cabin. The boy loses Sounder's ear as he crawls on his belly looking for the dog. It is unlikely that a wild creature carried the carcass away, so the boy thinks that perhaps Sounder is not as hurt as the boy thought and somehow managed to follow his master. Now the boy cries, and he walks the road as far as he dares. There is no sign of Sounder.
The boy feeds his siblings before carrying in wood for the night. Then he watches out the window for his mother. Finally he sees a speck on the road and it grows larger. He had hoped she might get to bring her father home if she returned the stolen meat, but she is alone. She tells her children that she returned the meat and comforts the boy, saying Sounder is probably healing his wounds in the natural way all animals know. The boy is not consoled.
Mother bought some fat meat, potatoes, and vanilla flavoring with her walnut money. She also brought a cardboard box. The boy sees the hurt in his mother's eyes, but she says nothing about what happened in town. Tonight mother hums as she picks walnut kernels. She does not tell one of her wonderful Bible stories, even though he asks her. The next morning, the boy searches for Sounder in the woods. He comes home bedraggled and discouraged—and without the dog. Mother reminds him loss is part of living, and their family was born to lose.
Weeks go by and Sounder does not return. For Christmas, Mother bakes two cakes, a small one and a large one which she places in the cardboard box from the store. The next morning, mother asks the boy to take the cake to his father. Women are not allowed in the prison, so the boy must make the troublesome trip. She watches him walk away; when he is far enough away not to see her tears, she hollers at him to "act perkish" so he will not grieve his father. The boy walks but is afraid, especially as he gets close to town. Church bells are ringing and the boy thinks about the worn-out toys people in the big houses gave his mother and wishes they would have given her an old book. He is certain he could learn to read if he had a book.
The boy is early and waits until the clock strikes twelve. The hateful guard frisks him and destroys the cake to ensure there is no weapon hidden inside it. Now it is a box of crumbs. The boy feels the same "hopeless hatred" he felt when the deputies took his father away and imagines the cruel death he would like the guard to experience. Finally the guard unlocks a gate and shoves the boy into a long hallway. His father is behind the fourth door down and is unchained. The boy has imagined asking his father how Sounder came to him as a pup, but now he only feels a mixture of pity and hate as he pushes the box of crumbs into his father's cell. The boy only talks about Sounder while his father only talks about coming home soon. He tells the boy not to come here again. The boy is the last to leave the jail and refuses to let the cruel guard see him cry.
On his way home from seeing his father, the boy decides not to tell his mother about the cake and regrets forgetting to ask his father where Sounder first came to him. He does not know where his father will be sent to work or when he will come home, and the boy worries about all of it. The boy tells his mother a few details about his visit to the jail before he asks if Sounder came home today. He did not.
The boy calls for the dog before he eats his dinner, and he also tells his mother that father does not want him to come visit again. Father will send word with the visiting preacher when he is coming home. Mother begins to pick walnuts and hum, but soon she is again singing her mournful song. That night the boy dreams...
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Sounder still waits for his master and mother hums nearly all the time. The boy helps her string more clothesline, and in the spring he goes to work in the fields. He is younger than all the other workers, and he is often afraid and lonely. The boy also does yard work at the big houses, and one of the men asks how old he is, noting that the boy is a hard worker for someone so young. The boy does not remember his age; he just knows he has lived "a long, long time."
Days, months, and seasons pass, but every time the restless boy wants to look for his father, mother tells him to wait, as it will not be much longer. The boy agrees that it will be a long journey, and he argues with his mother about going. He reminds her...
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When the boy arrives home from each long trip, Sounder hobbles down the road to greet him. Sounder wags his tail and paws the boy with his one good front leg but never makes any sound but a whine. When the boy tells his mother the bits of news he heard about where father might be, mother remains silent. A dynamite blast in a quarry killed and wounded some prisoners, but mother has the people she works for read the newspaper reports to her, and none of the victims is her husband.
Months of searching turn into years, and mother just adds more clothesline so she can do more laundry. She wishes the boy would quit looking, but every time he hears some hopeful scrap of information, she sends him some food and watches him go....
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Mother is full of questions when she sees her son, and he tells her all about the night he spent at the teacher's cabin. The teacher wants the boy to come back and go to school; he can live with the teacher in exchange for doing the man's chores. Mother is silent for some time and then says it is a sign and gives the boy her blessing. When he arrives at the kind man's cabin, all he has with him is his book.
The boy comes home to work during the summers so he can pay his family's cabin rent with labor, but during the winters he rarely comes home. Each times he returns, Sounder greets the boy; the dog wags his tail but never barks. Now both mother and son sing while they work, and the boy reads to his siblings...
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After launching his North American #TRUETOUR in New England earlier this month, Avicii will return the region this summer for a performance at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville on Friday, June 27 at 9 p.m.
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Avicii exploded onto the EDM scene in 2011 with his global smash, "Le7els." He released his debut album, "True," in September. The album features songwriting collaborations with Westport resident and Chic co-founder Nile Rodgers and country-pop singer/songwriter Mac Davis, along with guest spots from Imagine Dragons, Aloe Blacc, Adam Lambert and bluegrass singer Dan Tyminski.
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Four years after A Long Way Down, his droll, affecting novel about four would-be suicides, Nick Hornby is back. In Juliet, Naked, his new novel, Hornby returns to the territory his long-time fans will instantly recognize: obsession, fandom and popular music, the tropes that made his first two books, Fever Pitch and High Fidelity into bestsellers and him into a literary celebrity. Read more
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By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer
It was a passion for sports that made Bruce Scroggins a coach. But those in his field said it was his compassion for the athletes that set Scroggins apart.
Scroggins, 59, was a coach for numerous schools in New Mexico and Texas, a state champion many times over and a best friend to dozens.
"If you were his friend, you were his friend for life," his widow, Mary Jo Scroggins, said.
The Claude, Texas native, whose coaching stops included Clovis, Texico, Alamogordo, Bovina and Grandview, Texas, died July 26 of liver failure.
Longtime Clovis football coach Eric Roanhaus first met Scroggins when the two went to West Texas State University, but didn't get to know him until they both joined the Clovis football staff in 1973.
It was years later that he joined Roanhaus, and coached the offensive line — including the final two years of Clovis' five-straight state championships from 1981-85.
Phil Lopez, head football coach and athletic director at El Paso Bel Air High, said Scroggins moved him from offensive line to quarterback and cornerback in seventh grade. The move, a surprise to Lopez, led to a college football career at cornerback for New Mexico Highlands and helped pave the way for more than 25 years of coaching.
Lopez, entering his third year at Bel-Air, tries to be both a Roanhaus-style disciplinarian and a Scroggins-style friend.
"There's always a balance when it comes to a coaching staff," Lopez said. "Coach Scroggins was able to be that balance."
When Roanhaus would get on a player for a bad decision, Scroggins would be right there to remind him that play was in the past.
Lopez said a Scroggins saying he uses on his football team comes from his seventh-grade season, when the players were told to hold onto each other's shoulder pads and chant, "There ain't no flies on us." The players asked what it meant, and he told them they were never dead meat.
The players respected Scroggins, but never mistook his kindness for weakness.
"He loved the kids, and the kids knew it," Roanhaus said. "They knew it, and they would walk through fire for him."
The love built off the field, as well, as Scroggins could create a friendship or a romantic relationship quickly. Mary Jo Scroggins said she met him one Sunday in 2005 in the greeting card section of a grocery story, and they were dating "really, really quickly" after that.
Though the relationship only went a few years, Mary Jo said the romance was always there, whether it was through a note on the car windshield, surprise flowers or a soft drink delivered to her at work.
But it was in athletics where he excelled, and Roanhaus said his niche was more in track, where he played a pivotal role infusing winning in a program that now has 12 state titles.
"His first love was track," Mary Jo said. "He felt he and Bobby Tanner really started the track genes in Clovis and started the winning streaks in Clovis. He gave 100 percent to whatever sport he was teaching."
Scroggins also loved a joke, even if it was on him, and Roanhaus derided Scroggins' hometown Mustang football team as the Claude-hoppers whenever they lost a game.
Franky Leal of Clovis said as a player and a friend of Scroggins, he never saw the man without a smile.
But he wasn't without expectations.
"He wasn't one that would yell at you, but he would look you in the eye," said Leal, who played for Scroggins at Gattis Junior High and Clovis High. "If you did something wrong, he would make you understand you did something wrong and how you could be a better player."
And it didn't matter what level of player they were, said Eddie Kilmer of Alamogordo. Kilmer, who coached against Scroggins at Marshall Junior High and with him on the Clovis staff, said Scroggins always found a way to make a kid want to be a little better.
"Coach Roanhaus won a lot of games," Kilmer said, "because our average players played great, and Bruce had a lot to do with that."


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In the United States, a district court patent proceeding may include separate hearings before trial to determine such details as the meaning of claims language (Markman hearings) or the qualifications of and admissible content from expert witnesses (Daubert hearings).
These separate hearings permit the judge to rule on complex issues on which the parties disagree in order to streamline the case, sometimes resulting in a request for summary judgment before trial or pushing the parties toward settlement.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the standard applied in the Daubert case in 1993 as an essential component of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence, and stated that the trial judge was required to act as a gatekeeper before admitting evidence, and must determine that the evidence is scientifically valid and relevant to the case at hand. They ruled it should apply to all expert testimony, not just science, and that appellate judges should uphold the trial judge's ruling unless an abuse of discretion could be found.
The plaintiffs didn't use a French pronunciation of their name, and the standard is pronounced DOW(like cow)-burt in English.
In a Daubert hearing during a patent case, the qualifications and knowledge of witnesses may be opposed or limited, the admissibility or reliability of tests may be challenged, and the appropriateness of methodology can be adjudicated.
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 951 F.2d 1128, 1131 (9th Cir.1992).
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993).
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 43 F.3d 1311 (9th Cir. 1995). Certiori denied.


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By Michael Wilson
Related Scripture: Mark 8:3438; 9:3337; 10:3234
Bible Studies for Life
Director, Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence, Samford University
The Results of Knowing Jesus
Mark 8:34–38; 9:33–37; 10:32–34
Baseball legend and folksy philosopher Yogi Berra once said, "If you don't know where you're going, you won't know when you get there." Our society places inordinate value on goal setting and measurable results. We find it easier to plan when we have clear knowledge of where we want to go or what we want to achieve. Such an approach to planning and evaluation is effective in the worlds of education, manufacturing and commerce. With these, success is measured by tangible results. People are evaluated based on what they have produced, whether it is widgets made, sales obtained or degrees awarded.
Committed Christ followers produce results for the kingdom of God. Though often intangible and difficult to measure using the world's standards of assessment, such results can be observed by both Christians and non-Christians. This lesson presents the kind of results we should anticipate if we declare ourselves to be followers of Christ.
Willing to Deny Self (8:34–38)
Our nation is in the midst of an economic downturn unlike any seen in decades. Many have lost their jobs. Businesses have closed. People have been forced to go without because of disappearing discretionary income. Thankfully evidence that things are improving is becoming apparent. Yet one of the ironies of this slump is its main cause: We as a society engaged in excessive spending. The nation's economic system whirls around smoothly when production and consumption are in balance. Overconsumption knocked things out of balance, and things spun out of control. The economy thrived because we were quick to satisfy whatever material "want" we had. Many people went deep into debt obtaining cars, houses, boats, flat panel TVs and any number of other items they wanted. We like to have what we want when we want it. We work hard for our money. Why sacrifice anything in our quest for the good things in life?
Jesus called for an entirely different value system. Mark records the stunning announcement to His disciples: Only those willing to take up the cross — to suffer and die — could be His followers. No doubt Jesus had in mind Roman persecution and the killing of His followers. He also meant His followers would have to be willing to forget about themselves and their priorities and take on His priorities.
What good are things money can buy to enhance our physical lives if we lose our spiritual lives as a result? Followers of Christ reveal they have "taken up their cross" in the choices they make.
Ready to Serve (9:33–37)
The concept of the first being the last is found several times in the Gospels. In the culture of Jesus' day, one's greatness was measured by the company one kept. Someone associating with children of peasants or outcasts of society rather than the rich or people well situated in circles of influence would have little, if any, standing in the community. Jesus turned His culture upside down. He taught that by welcoming and giving attention to the powerless, His disciples would actually be welcoming the Powerful One who sent Him. It is far better to be welcomed and given standing in the Kingdom by the Father than to receive recognition in this life.
Prepared to Accept Suffering (10:32–34)
Jesus' teachings and actions were so countercultural the Gospel writers used the words "astounded" and "astonished" to describe how people responded to Him. Jesus faced rejection from and suffered at the hands of those who felt threatened by His teachings. He carried the burden of knowing many would hear Him but choose not to take His message to heart. Though most of us will never face death for our commitment to Christ, we will experience discomfort as we make choices different from those of our non-Christian neighbors, co-workers and friends. There is also suffering that reflects grief and pain over the world's brokenness and lack of response to the gospel. This is suffering that should motivate us to act in countercultural ways as we model the way of Christ in our lives.


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The Color Wheel
Release Date: May 18th, 2012
Not Yet Rated|1 hr. 23 min.
Plot Summary
J.R. and her younger brother, Colin, bicker and fight but finally bond after being pushed away by everybody in their lives.
Cast: Carlen Altman, Bob Byington, Kate Lyn Sheil, Anna Bak-Kvapil, Ry Russo-Young, Alex Ross Perry, Craig Butta,
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2013 Undergraduate Research Day
The 9th annual Undergraduate Research Day 2013 will showcase the achievements of undergraduate researchers from the University of Houston through poster and oral presentations. Student presenters include undergraduates from a wide range of majors and colleges at the University. The SURF 2013 students will present on their summer research projects, and will be joined by other undergraduates who conducted substantive research projects within the last year.
For more information visit thehonorscollege.com/urday2013
- Location
- Rockwell Pavilion and the Honors College, 2nd floor of the M.D. Anderson Library
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- Free
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Jef Lee Johnson, Sonny Thompson and Michael Bland: News From the Jungle
The most intriguingbizarre, evenmusical by-product of Vivendi's corporate devouring of Universal has been the spending of significant francs on some super-funky and super-modern releases with connections to the Minneapolis area. These include the new Happy Apple release, Youth Oriented (the French, evidently, are also involved over at Columbia with drum King, Dave 's other little band, the Bad Plus), Michel Portal's sprawling 3-disc collaboration with the folks involved here (augmented by Tony Hymas and Vernon Reid) entitled, Minneapolis, and this News From the Jungle.
The reason? French producer and part-time Minneapole Jean Rochard, helmsman of the Paris- based label, Nato Bear, and now an attaché of Universal who, evidently has a real nez for the real nouveau shit.
On the guitarist front, we have Jef Lee Johnson (yes, it's spelled right!), whose name-recognition factor has suffered from downright poor distribution of his recordings for long enough. Jef's been tearing it up in the jazz and pop worlds for twenty years now (he toured with McCoy Tyner in 1981), with employers as diverse as Ronald Shannon Jackson, David Letterman (yes, he was in the World's Most Dangerous Band for a minute post-Hiram), George Duke, D'Angelo, Roberta Flack, and Erkyah Badu. Due to Rochard's efforts, we have the inspired pairing of Jef with ex-Prince NPG section Sonny Thompson and Michael Bland- both big men who deliver big sounds!
The approach? A trio record built around Duke Ellington's jungle series of compositions (think "Black and Tan Fantasy" era) crossed up with takes on the current state of the "jungle." Evidently, Johnson was the last guy brought into the project, but he's largely the reason it winds up hanging together.
Within the confines of just the Ellington compositions, for instance, there's not another guitar- slinger on the planet who could give you equally virtuosic takes in such stylistically disparate territories. These include a measured, authentically contemporary-country claw-hammered trip on the "A Train" over to an ephedrine-laced, funk-vamp powered, jazzrock version of "Take the Coltrane." The latter sports an ideal distortion-thickened tone for the sequence of powerful sheets of legato lightning Jef discharges over Bland's athletic sprays and splays and Thompson's unwavering pulse. Exposing this side of Johnson's playing in even more raw a context, the bass is stripped away, pairing it with just drums implying a power- embellished blues, on the Rochard collaboration, "Jass."
Thompson and Johnson have world-class singing chops as well, and all variants are explored. Thompson sings sweetly in duo setting with Jef's acoustic on "In This Life" and then solo on Bacharach's (!) "This Guy's in Love With You," accompanying himself on upside-backwards strung left-handed (as he strings the bass) acoustic guitar. Johnson's vocals phrase behind the beat on a lugubriously languid reworking of his own "Jungle," which happens to fit like a glove into this concept, especially following the spooky slow-mo take of Duke's "The Mooche." All bending and creaking, slippery but exacting notes, "Mooche" has Johnson blending in acoustic on a second track, eventually overtaking his strat-tone with an acoustic gypsy-jazz solo. Another don't-miss showcase is Michael Bland's "Land Each Limb" which, along with the rest, heralds the drummer and bassist as a new rhythm section formidable in the international jazz community. Who else is ready to make the jazz jump from Paisley Park?
It's the mid-tempo burner "Little Leo" that serves as the best example of what the power in this New Generation of Power Trio is about, burning more incandescently in its middle than either end, showing how these three can build on each other and then, let go. With some across-the pond press and European dates booked, like now, here's hoping this three-way gets to continue on, and that Universal recognizes that we in the States are also hungry for such innovative and provocative internationally-inspired recipes fashioned from such classic, exploding-with-taste, all-American-grown ingredients.
Track Listing: 1) Open Season (Johnson), 2) Take the Coltrane (Ellington), 3) Insomniac Dance (Nato), 4) The Mooche (Ellington), 5) Jungle (Johnson), 6)The Dreamcoat (Nato), 7)Jass (Johnson/Nato), 8)This Guy is in Love with You (Bacharach), 9)Diving in F (Thompson/Nato), 10)Drop me of in Harlem (Ellington), 11)RSJ (Johnson/Nato), 12)Land Each Limb (Bland/Nato), 13)Little Leo (Johnson/Nato) , 14) In this Life (Thompson/Nato) 15)Take the A Train (Ellington)
Personnel: Michael Bland-Drums, Jef Lee Johnson-Guitar, Sonny Thompson-Bass,Vocals, acoustic guitar on 8, Jean Rochard-Producer
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Las Cruces Senior Center May Reopen Tuesday After Crews Find Source Of Carbon Monoxide
The sources of carbon monoxide (CO) inside the Munson Center owned and operated by the City of Las Cruces have been identified. Consultants and City staff will be on-site at Munson Center through the weekend to monitor systems operations. "If all goes well and air quality inside the building remains normal, we anticipate reopening Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the earliest," said D. Eric Martin, facilities management administrator for the City of Las Cruces.
Martin added, "The City retained the services of two outside consultants to examine all gas appliances inside the center to pinpoint where the gas is coming from," "They meticulously checked all gas operated systems to include gas pressure, connections, and settings."
The primary source of the gas is from the building's boiler system, which is used to heat the facility. While the 18-month-old boiler system itself is in good working condition, consultants found that settings were off, which affected gas pressure, system run times and air flow through the flue. "Because the boiler wasn't running long enough each time it kicked on, CO gas was unable to exit the flue. Cold outside air then forced the gas back down the flue and into the building," Martin said. "This situation doesn't occur in the summer because the air conditioning unit circulates a certain amount of outside air, which keeps the building clear of CO gas. The technicians made the necessary adjustments to the boiler and are currently monitoring the system to ensure proper operation."
Martin said a second source of the CO inside Munson Center was traced to the gas range vent hood inside the facility's kitchen, which is used to prepare meals for local senior residents.
According to Martin, "The consultants found that the vent motor and vent hood required maintenance to increase airflow to proper levels."
To help ensure continued proper operation of the systems, preventative maintenance will be increased beyond required levels. Also, the boiler room, which is centrally located inside the building, could be relocated adjacent to an exterior wall to help improve ventilation.
The consultants retained by the City are Las Cruces-based RBM Engineering, and an El Paso, TX-based representative of the company that manufactured the boiler.
While Munson Center remains closed, Dial-a-Ride patrons who normally dine at the center will be transported to the Eastside Center, 310 N. Tornillo St.
Patrons who drive themselves will be served at either the Benavidez Center, 1045 McClure Rd. or the Eastside Center.
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At the heart of modern physics lurks a terrible puzzle: the two main theories that describe the world we live in just won't fit together.
The story of George Boole is an extraordinary example of collaboration across the centuries.
Why do so many networks exhibit a similar kind of structure? It's because the rich tend to get richer!
The powers of x can work magic.
Continued fractions reveal the good, the bad and the beautiful side of numbers.
Here's a brief introduction to the possible future of computing.
What's stopping us from building useful quantum computers? And how long until we'll have them?
An untapped resource could provide the magic needed for quantum computation — and perhaps even open the door to time travel.


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Heat, Spoelstra finalizing new dealErik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat are "basically done" finalizing the terms of a contract extension for the coach, a person familiar with the situation said Sunday. Spoelstra was entering the last year of his contract after leading the Heat to three strai… (more)
Report: Coach Erik Spoelstra Agrees To Extension With HeatYesterday, the Miami Heat shuffled their coaching and executive hierarchy, moving Juwan Howard into an assistant coach position instead of the last man on the bench. They promoted Andy Elisburg to general manager — President Pat Riley will remain the to…Sources: dimemag.com ESPN.com
The extension is the extension: Heat ensures #Spoisms for years to come!As everyone knows, chronicling #Spoisms is my favorite part of this job. Well, my joy will continue into the near future, people. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra signed a multi-year extension to his contract on Sunday, the team announced. Spoelstra was enteri…Source: miamiherald.com


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What is in this article?:
- Researchers unlocking biomass energy
- Desirable source of energy
Currently, ethanol or other biofuels can only be produced in usable quantities if the biomass is pre-treated with costly, potentially toxic chemicals in an energy-intensive process. The new discovery could change that.
Desirable source of energy
Biomass is a desirable renewable energy source because fermentable sugars within the cellulose network of plant cells can be extracted with enzymes and then converted into ethanol. Unfortunately, it's a very complicated process, and one of the big difficulties in creating biofuels from plant matter is that cellulose tends to naturally orient itself into a sheet-like network of highly ordered, densely packed molecules.
These sheets stack upon themselves and bond together very tightly due to strong interactions between molecules — somewhat like sheets of chicken wire stacked together and secured by loops of bailing wire.
This stacking and bonding arrangement prevents enzymes from directly attacking most of the individual cellulose molecules and isolating the sugar chains within them.
During pre-treatment, researchers removed water and increased the ratio of ammonia. The result was seeing the so-called bailing wire being replaced with loose thread, which made it vulnerable to conversion into sugars.
The end result is a potentially less costly and less energy intensive pre-treatment regimen that makes the cellulose five times easier to attack.
While increasing the rate of enzyme success improves biomass conversion, this research also opens the door for future improvement of cellulose-degrading enzymes.
Chundawat and Dale worked with researchers from the GLBRC and the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The GLBRC is one of three Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers funded to make transformational breakthroughs that will form the foundation of new cellulosic biofuels technology.
The GLBRC is led by the University of Wisconsin, with MSU as the major partner. Additional scientific partners are DOE National Laboratories, other universities and a biotechnology company.
For more information, visit www.glbrc.org.
LANL is a multi-disciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. For more information, visit www.lanl.gov.


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Boost your child's health
The Doctors - | 10/29/2010, 7 a.m.
Certain health strategies take time: Your kids need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day and nine to 14 hours of sleep, depending on their age. But imagine you could help reduce your son's risk of obesity or protect your daughter's smile in the same amount of time it takes for you to warm up your car or pay for a cup of coffee. Some of the latest research shows just that. Here are eight quick -- and seemingly inconsequential -- tips that can boost your kids' health in a few minutes flat.
Hide the clicker.
Health boost: Improve diet, exercise and even grades.
What's the harm in plopping your toddler in front of his favorite cartoon marathon? You'll see when he hits grade school, according to a new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Researchers found that for every extra hour 2-year-olds spend watching TV, by fourth grade, they spend less time doing physical activity on weekends, consume more soft drinks and snacks, and show a 5% increase in body mass index (BMI). They also are less engaged in the classroom and have worse grades in math. Turning off the tube in early childhood may help cut down on excessive media consumption among school-aged children, as well. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found 8- to 18-year-olds average 4.5 hours of TV time and 7.5 hours of total media use every day. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children watch no more than one to two hours of "quality" TV a day.
Use a good fluoride toothpaste.
Health boost: Prevent tooth decay.
Tooth decay has a greater effect on children in the USA than any other chronic infectious disease: It affects one in four between ages 2 and 5 and half of kids ages 12 to 15. Daily exposure to small amounts of fluoride reduces the risk of tooth decay -- fluoride helps by removing plaque and strengthening tooth enamel. Once your little one is preschool age, have her brush twice a day with a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste -- too much fluoride can cause permanent stains on teeth. (Any toothpaste with the American Dental Association seal contains fluoride.) For younger children, just use a soft toothbrush. Another way to get fluoride: Drink water that contains it. If your tap water is not fluoridated, or if your family uses purified water, talk to your dentist; he may suggest supplements or other solutions.
Say goodnight at the same time every night.
Health boost: Reduce the risk of obesity.
Researchers from the University of California and University of Washington found that kids ages 4 and under who get less than 10 hours of sleep a night are nearly twice as likely to be overweight or obese five years later; for those ages 4 to 13, shortened sleep means a higher risk of shifting from normal to overweight or overweight to obese. According to the National Sleep Foundation, children 1 to 3 years old need 12 to 14 hours a night; 3- to 5-year-olds, 11 to 13 hours; 5- to 10-year-olds, 10 to 11 hours; and teens, 8.5 to 9.25 hours. (Adults need seven to nine hours.) A new study in the journal Sleep also found that teenagers who get less than eight hours a night are more likely to consume fatty foods and snacks that put them at risk for obesity.


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Kept things light and comfy for a short dinner with high school friends :) It's been a while since I last saw them. Too bad not all of them could make it, but I had fun nonetheless!
About today's look...
Truth be told, I hardly ever go for purple because I don't really find it flattering on me. So why the lavender blouse then? Well it all started for our octet exam. I was assigned the color indigo because we agreed on wearing the colors of the rainbow (HAHA); and I had such a hard time looking for an indigo blouse! It just so happened that my mother's favorite color is lavender. So I raided her closet (again) and found a number of purple vintage pieces. Well none of them were in an indigo shade...so I just kept my "finds" on standby. Especially this blouse right here. Oddly, despite its color, I fell in love with it :)
Vintage lavender blouse; Harem shorts from Pink Manila; Mary janes from Bulgaria; Accessories from Girl Shoppe
Sadly, I don't have photos from dinner. I was too lazy to bring my DSLR. No one else brought a camera either haha. Too bad.
I'll leave it here for now fellas! Watch out for my next post by the way! I'll be having a giveaway from Romwe.com :)
In the meantime, you can checkout my new look on lookbook.nu


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Palmetto Dunes Resort
Lined with stretches of sandy beaches and meandering lagoons, Palmetto Dunes is situated in the center of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina—and at the center of family and beach vacation fun with more than three miles of pristine oceanfront beach within the resort area.
If sports and recreation are your thing, this famous vacation resort affords guests the opportunity to tee off on three world-class golf courses or test their skills with a few sets at a nationally ranked tennis center. Outdoors enthusiasts and nature lovers are encouraged to rent a kayak or canoe and explore the 11-mile lagoon system with an abundance of wildlife. Anglers are also in luck at Palmetto Dunes as the lagoon offers plenty of great fishing spots, and a courtesy shuttle service will take you to Shelter Cove Marina, where a plethora of boating opportunities become available. And, don't miss the colorful fireworks at the marina during Harbourfest.
Wyndham Vacation Rentals offers numerous properties in Palmetto Dunes that can accommodate your trip to the South Carolina beaches, whether it's a couples retreat or family vacation.
Palmetto Dunes Highlights & Features
If there's one thing that keeps guests coming back to Palmetto Dunes, it's the resort amenities, including world-class golf courses, family-friendly events and recreation, easy transportation, plenty of shopping and dining and a premier oceanfront location.
- Free Shuttle Transportation on "The Dunes Buggy" Palmetto Dunes
- Tennis Center: 23 clay courts and 2 Nova Pro-Bounce courts lighted for night play
- Miles of Scenic Bike Trails
- Shelter Cove Harbour and Marina
- Three world-class golf courses: Robert Trent Jones, George Fazio & Aurthur Hills
- Boating, Fishing & family activities
- Fine Dining and Casual Restaurants
- Shopping
- The Dunes House: a great oceanfront dining experience
- Palmetto Dunes Outfitters: Eco-tours, bikes, kayaking and nature tours
Palmetto Dunes Accolades & Awards
You don't have to take our word for it. Ever since it's inception, Palmetto Dunes has been recognized as one of the top family, golf and tennis resorts in the nation and in the world. Here are just a few of the accolades bestowed upon the resort in recent years:
- Silver Medal/Top 75 Golf Resorts by Golf Magazine Arthur Hills Golf Course - One of 25 Best Courses You Can Play -
- S.C. Golf Course Ratings Panel Tennis Resorts Online ranked the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center 5th in the World


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Cajun Cauliflower Soup
4 tbsp olive oil
1 diced onion
3 diced cloves garlic
2 diced celery stalks
1/4 cup carrot, diced
1 head cauliflower
5 tbsp flour
2 qts. chicken stock
2 c milk
1/2 c heavy cream
3 tbsp cajun season
salt and pepper
Heat oil and saute onion. Add veggies and cook for 3-4 mins. add garlic, seasoning cook on low 10 mins. Sprinkle with flour. Add stock, milk, heavy cream blend until smooth then simmer on low for 15 minutes. Serve with sour cream.
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