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One of the most exciting moments in my recent media tour of U.S. and UN food security projects in Honduras came in the middle of a lush vegetable field in the township of Las Pavas. Surrounded by lettuce, broccoli, carrots and radishes, Nora Diaz told me that thanks to their home garden, her family -- unlike many in Honduras -- was able to stay together.
As part of the USAID ACCESSO initiative that targets 18,000 poor rural households in Honduras, the Diaz family was given assistance in the form of training, fertilizer, seed, and irrigation that allowed them to grow better and more nutritious food for their family. It also allowed them to produce a surplus that can be sold to generate income. Thanks to this, Mr. Diaz did not need to leave his family in search of work in the city, or abroad.
Mario Corea Pineda has gone a step further. He is a small farmer -- a carrot producer -- who, with the support of the ACCESSO program, has been able to improve the quality of his carrots so that they now meet market requirements, and are readily sold.
In my role as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Food and Agriculture agencies in Rome, I went to Honduras accompanied by five journalists from Central and South America to see the work the United States and the UN Food and Agriculture agencies are doing in the field. For me it is an opportunity to hear from U.S. and UN staff on the ground about their challenges and successes and, more importantly, from the people such as Nora and Mario, who benefit from the programs.
For the journalists who accompany me -- in this case all young and eager -- the tours are a precious opportunity to learn hands-on about what the United States is doing to improve food security through USAID and the Feed the Future program, and how its strong financial support of UN agencies such as the World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is improving the lives of poor and hungry rural families in the region.
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, with 65 percent of Hondurans living in poverty. It is sparsely populated and, as we discovered in just two days driving through the countryside, many rural communities are very isolated. It took us two hours driving on unpaved back-roads through beautiful, mostly uninhabited green hills, and past very primitive isolated homes, to reach the town of Reitoca. There, very much in the middle of nowhere, is a lively town of 1,000 people with a committed mayor and Municipal Grain Bank supported by FAO.
The Grain Bank has changed the lives of the farmers of Reitoca. They now have a communal facility in which to store their maize and beans so they can weather fluctuations of price and times of scarcity. The Bank buys grains at harvest time, when prices are low, and loans grains to needy families when prices rise, contingent on their commitment to use sustainable agricultural practices and evidence of shortages in the household.
In the hills of Reitoca, we also met with a farmer involved in a FAO project that is making a difference in rural mountain communities. Local famer Celso Sierra, dressed for the occasion in a brand-new shirt and shiny silver cowboy hat, explained how the agro-forestry techniques FAO advocates have enabled him to produce more, and in an environmentally sustainable way. "Now I re-harvest my own seed, I have planted trees to prevent soil erosion, and my maize yield has increased to four tons per hectare!" Celso Sierra told me.
WFP is the UN's "first response" organization for emergencies around the globe, providing timely food relief to areas hit by disasters as well as preventing hunger through programs to help communities become more food secure. In Honduras we visited a site that combined both of these roles. In Los Llanitos, a town hit by a flood last October, we observed WFP's School Feeding program in action. WEP's School Feeding program provides meals to school children, ensuring they get at least one nutritious meal a day and serving as an incentive for families to send their children to school.
Of the many promising projects that are making a difference in Honduras, the FAO/WFP organized urban gardens in the capital of Tegucigalpa were particularly striking. On the edges of an already poor city sit the colonias, or slums. In the heart of this slum of wood and tin shacks and mud, where there is no running water, vegetables are growing in the most unexpected places: truck tires, buckets, hanging coke bottles, suspended hammocks of plastic. 347 of these home gardens have been created in five poor city neighborhoods, providing women with vegetables, a sense of pride and accomplishment, and a community group. Twenty-year-old Zullema Ulloa, her best dress and heels contrasting with the shack behind her, told me how this garden made her feel good. "I not only spend less on these foods, and save money, but I am also contributing to the household economy, in addition to taking care of my son," she said.
All the projects we saw are making a difference. Now we must scale them up, so more people can participate and benefit, and ultimately break free of assistance. To do this we must work in partnership with UN agencies, NGOs, and national governments to ensure they invest in agricultural development and in women as well as promote involvement by the private sector. I was encouraged in Honduras by the active participation of the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Jacobo Ragalado, who I thank, along with my fellow U.S. Ambassador Lisa Kubiske for accompanying us enthusiastically on the tour, as well as by the eagerness of the representatives of the U.S. government and the UN agencies to strengthen their work in the future.
And I am happy to know that Nora Diaz, her two children, and her husband will be together this year.
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It is not so easy to find knowledgeable people like you, who are an expert about this topic.
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I am concerned about the continuing military support for Honduras as reports of human rights violations increase. Are we only concerned about the rights of people in the Middle East. It has been reported that there is a rising concern in Congress regarding these abuses. Please use the influence of the United States for the rights of ALL people.


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"You're absolutely right—and you can't stand up in your [expletive] Rolls-Royce, either."
"You can do this," I told myself. I stripped out of my yellow expedition jacket, wool cap, gloves, fleece layers, tights, rain pants and long underwear–down to my bathing suit. I was ready to step into the frigid South Atlantic Ocean off Deception Island to become a member of the Antarctic Polar Plunge Club.
The shipmates who'd planned to jump into the water with me had all copped out, maybe because it was sleeting and the water temperature was 33 degrees. Except for our ship anchored farther out and a small flotilla of Gentoo penguins watching curiously, it was going to be only me in the water. Most of my fellow passengers, looking like a colony of giant penguins in matching yellow expedition jackets, urged me on. Others walked along the volcanic black sand beach, taking photos of bleached whalebones and boat hulls, remnants of the days when Deception Island was a whaling center.
"Come on, plunge in now," someone yelled. Gingerly, I stuck my toe in the water. It was bathtub warm! Maybe that's why it's called Deception Island. I decided to walk into the water backwards, waving to my shipmates. But by the time the water came up to my waist, it turned frigid. I swam as fast as I could back to shore, where the giant yellow penguins seemed to applaud me.
Antarctica had been on my wish list ever since I saw a rare signed copy of Aurora Australis at New York City's Morgan Library & Museum and became fascinated by its author, British explorer Ernest Shackleton. On the 1907 Nimrod Expedition (on which Aurora is based), Shackleton failed to be the first man to the South Pole. Then, in 1914, he set sail on the Endurance, hoping to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent on foot. Within 85 miles of his destination, his ship became trapped on the ice pack. Miraculously, Shackleton and his men withstood extreme conditions, including frigid temperatures, until they were rescued 20 months later. All of his 27 crewmembers survived.
My trip was a totally different experience from Shackleton's. He and his men slept in flimsy tents and ate seal blubber; I was on a luxury cruise in a suite with a king-sized bed, easy chair and couch, phone, TV and private balcony. And while the Endurance crew spent all their time surviving, I spent mine exploring islands, dining on gourmet meals with fine wines, and learning about the continent from a top marine biologist, an ornithologist, a geologist and a polar historian.
Our first wildlife landing in the Zodiacs was at West Point Island in the Falklands, where we walked through fields dotted with yellow flowers and silvery green sea cabbage plants to a hilly trail. Everywhere were tussock grass clumps and you had to walk carefully to be sure you didn't step on a nesting penguin. Off the trail by a narrow stream were six little rockhopper penguins known as "Rockies," who jumped in and out of the water again and again like playful children, so close I could hear their webbed feet slap against the rocks.
Farther uphill was a rookery of 1,000 breeding rockhoppers and 4,200 Black-Browed Albatrosses, many with fuzzy little gray fur balls, their chicks. They sat still, making a continuous eh eh eh sound. The penguins were braying, wheezing, whistling and clucking, wound up like whirligigs. They waddled back and forth, used their stubby tails for balance and flapped their flippers as though they expected to fly any second. Bright yellow "eyebrows" dangled from their crests, which were spiky and black. They reminded me of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards.
I noticed that each species of penguin had a personality. The Gentoo–who loved to puff up their downy chests, look up into the sky and make whirring sounds reminiscent of a lawnmower engine–were also notorious thieves. They built their nests from pebbles, mainly by stealing their neighbors' rocks. The Chinstraps had a thin curved line of black feathers beneath their chins, which gave them a faint smile, like the Mona Lisa's. The Adelies were copycats; if one lifted its beak and began to whistle whoo whoo, hundreds would join in, turning the rookery into a cacophonous barnyard of raucous whistling.
The Macaronis were distinguished by their feathery yellow and black plumes, and when I saw my first two, I finally understood what the lyrics from Yankee Doodle Dandy meant: in 19th century England, any man wearing flashy feathers in his hat was called a Macaroni. My favorite were the King penguins, not because they were the largest species we saw, but because they were always in pairs, and like lovebirds, rested their heads on each other's chests.
After the Falkland Islands, our next destination was the South Georgia Islands, which some say God created so he could have a holiday. There was so much wildlife that at first I thought it was a mirage. In one rookery, penguins were packed together like the crowds in Times Square on New Year's Eve. In another rookery, endless lines of penguins four and five deep shuffled along like pilgrims on their way to Mecca.
And then there were the seals. I was always mesmerized by mama seals suckling their newborn pups, but I was also on the lookout for male seals who didn't want us there and stood in our way, barking. Once, I was tiptoeing past some huge elephant seals that looked like giant slugs when suddenly I heard loud honking and barking. Less than 10 feet from me, two elephant seals were attacking each other using their huge proboscises.
Surprisingly, the temperature usually hovered around 50 degrees, and sometimes it was warm enough to sit on my balcony in a T-shirt watching the Giant Petrels glide by or the playful Commerson's dolphins breaching alongside the ship. On the days we went ashore, there'd be several hikes from which to choose. On days at sea, I'd run laps on the outside deck or go to the gym and sit on the exercise bike while staring at the ocean glittering like an undulating blanket of sapphires.
For me, Antarctica was about icebergs and wildlife. The seal harems were like the Rockhoppers, constantly in movement. I sat on the beach watching them play in a big green meadow near the rustic remains of a whaling station. They were like two opposing soccer teams, scurrying back and forth on their flippers.
As I was watching, a tiny seal pup waddled up and looked at me with huge soulful eyes. I had to restrain myself from picking him up because you're not allowed to touch the animals and are, in fact, supposed to stay 15 feet away. Of course, that rule applies only to humans. One day, a fluffy brown penguin chick planted himself an inch from my face as he tried to figure out what kind of animal I was.
One morning we visited Grytviken, a former whaling colony where Shackleton's Endurance set sail in 1914. Eight years later, Shackleton died of a heart attack (his doctor said it was because he drank too much whiskey). The explorer's body was brought back and buried in the Grytviken whaler's cemetery. As is the custom, we stood over Shackleton's grave and toasted him with Irish whiskey, saving the last drop to pour on his grave.
I walked around to the back of his tombstone to see his favorite Robert Browning quote engraved there: "I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize." Then I walked to the nearby museum, formerly the whaling station manager's house, and looked in amazement at a replica of the J. Caird, the small lifeboat that carried Shackleton and five crew members 800 miles across open seas and wasn't much bigger than a closet.
Later that week, we hiked to Stromness, where Shackleton and two of his crew members slogged up the final 36-hour leg of their journey looking for help. They were freezing in the Antarctic winter and wore only flimsy threadbare clothes. For us, it was the austral summer–so warm I took off both my fleece layer and expedition jacket. I wondered how Shackleton could have possibly survived. And what about his men? When he and five of his crew sailed off on the lifeboat looking for help, he left the other 21 of his men on Elephant Island.
As we motored towards the island in the Zodiacs, hundreds of Chinstrap penguins leapt out of the water in greeting. The weather was too rough to allow a landing on Cape Wild, the beach where the stranded crew waited to be rescued for four months, and where there is now a bust of the Chilean captain whose ship rescued Shackleton's men in 1916.
For Shackleton, the sea ice and icebergs were the biggest enemy. For me, the icebergs were as big a draw to this continent as the wildlife. They were like massive sculptures shaped like billowing sails or elegant swans or like the eerie hoodoo rocks you see in Bryce Canyon. Every now and then, we'd pass a berg where one or two penguins were lazing in the sun or two seals were sleeping. And we'd pass close to icebergs as big as ship containers or railroad cars joined together. The Zodiac captain would always turn off the motor and we'd drift by this universe of silence.
One day, we hiked along a beach past huge Weddel seals, then up a steep hill where the snow came past our calves to a rookery of breeding Chinstraps. I was exhausted from carving my own footsteps, trudging uphill in the snow. I sat until it was time to go back down, but the hill looked even steeper from there than it had going up. "Slide," the expedition leader suggested. Slide? Without a sled? "Just lie down like Superman and go," he said with a grin.
I remembered that Shackleton, too, had arrived in a place too steep to descend, so he and his crew had sat on the ice and slid down, their first moment of happiness in 19 months. If Shackleton could do it, so could I. I plopped down on my belly, torpedoed my arms in front of me, and pushed off, screaming for joy. It was an ideal way to end a journey to one of the last pristine places on earth.
WHAT IT IS: Antarctica, the southernmost continent, is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and is largely covered in ice. It is accessible only by ships with icebreakers, most of which depart from Ushuaia, Argentina.
CLIMATE: November through March is Antarctica's austral summer. Most days average around 50 degrees. Weather changes easily from bright sun to rain, snow or sleet. Pack rain pants, additional layers, warm hat, gloves and long underwear.
GETTING THERE: Private jets fly to Ushuaia Malvinas Argentinas Airport in Argentina, which has a 9,186-foot runway. Landing fees and diplomatic clearance may be required. For information, call (888) 478-7286.
ACCOMMODATIONS (A): About two dozen tour operators host Antarctica trips. (Visit www.antarcticconnection.com for a list.) I traveled on Quark Expeditions' Sea Spirit (www.quarkexpeditions.com), which has cabins and suites for 112 passengers, all with exterior views, and 15 with balconies. The Owner's Suite has a separate bedroom, kitchen and living room, HD plasma TV/video player, bath with jetted tub and sliding glass doors leading to a large private sun deck.
FOOD (A-): Meals on Antarctic cruises tend to be plentiful and delicious. On my trip, lunch and dinner were four-course extravaganzas with homemade bread, multiple choices of entrees and desserts and a decent wine list. Before boarding the ship, have lunch in Ushuaia: Kapué for South American fare, Chez Manu for local abadejo seafood or Tante Nina for pickled Patagonian rabbit.
ACTIVITIES (A+): You'll spend most days on excursions to islands for the greatest penguin, bird and seal viewings in the world. At sea, expedition teams typically offer lectures on all aspects of Antarctica.
QUIETUDE (A+): Except for the braying colonies of penguins and birds and the occasional thunderous sound of a glacier calving and crashing into the sea, Antarctica is probably the quietest place on earth.
Also don't forget Polar Cruises at http://www.polarcruises.com - they've recently won the Conde Nast 2013 (and 2012) Top Travel Specialist award for Arctic and Antarctic Travel!
Great detailed article. I have also been on an Antarctic cruise with http://www.antarcticabound.com. They were fantastic and provided me with everything i needed.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - Research In Motion's (RIMM) third quarter earnings were expected to be of secondary importance to management commentary and the company's forecasts headed into a pivotal quarter that will see the launch of the much-anticipated BlackBerry 10.
Still, Research In Motion was able to throw a big curveball to investors and analysts on Thursday after beating third quarter earnings forecasts.
The Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry maker announced a change in the way it will charge users service fees, putting a putting a key source of revenue - that drove over 36% of the company's $2.7 billion in sales -- at risk. The announcement and a lack of specifics on how the change will impact earnings precipitated a 20% reversal in RIM's shares in after-hours trading.
Initial aftermarket share gains in excess of 10% now stand as 12%-plus losses in pre-market Friday trading.
Analysts reacted negatively to the policy change and raised new risks for the struggling mobile handset maker, as it tries to compete against Apple(AAPL) , GOOG(GOOG) and Microsoft(MSFT) -powered smartphone and tablet devices.
"RIMM reported better revenue and a smaller than expected operating loss amid low expectations. Its cash balance again grew through smart working capital management," wrote Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu, in reaction to RIM's earnings figures. Still, the numbers were overshadowed by the pricing strategy shift, which CEO Thorstein Heins unveiled on the company's earnings call.
"RIM will offer tiered services, with enterprises who only need basic email connectivity paying a lower monthly
Misek questioned whether the pricing change is a "Grand Bargain or Faustian Bargain," noting that the pricing change may make its relationship with carriers and businesses similar to more consumer-oriented competitors like Apple and Google, while it also could undercut a ballast to earnings.
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November 26, 2007 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Name the New WIC Data System Contest
SUBJECT 2: Update on New WIC Data System and Answers to Questions
SUBJECT 3: HANDS System Change - Effective 12/3/07
SUBJECT 4: Discontinued Paper Reports - Effective 12/3/07
SUBJECT 5: HANDS - Keying a Breastfeeding (B) woman to Nonbreastfeeding (N)
SUBJECT 6: New State WIC Office Staff Member
- Name the New WIC Data System Contest: For purposes of efficiency in applying for USDA funding for a new WIC data system, we used the name Missouri WIC Information Network System (MOWINS). This was not intended to be the final name for the new system. The New WIC Data System Steering Committee is looking for input and suggestions on what the new WIC data system should be called. Please send your suggested names to Mark Davis (email@example.com) or Larry Rutledge (email@example.com) for consideration by the committee. The contest will run from November 19 to December 14. Names can be submitted by individuals or by agencies. Get the creative juices flowing and send in your great names for the new system.
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The steering committee for the new WIC data system met on November 9. The steering committee decided to obtain input from LWPs in naming the new data system. Information on submitting a name for the new data system was in the WIC Updates of November 13. The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the implementation contractor for the new data system is almost complete. We hope to have the RFP "on the street" by early December 2007. The contractor should start work by March 2008. The questions and answers from the "blue card" questions from the October 2007 WIC Program Updates are attached.
If you have questions, contact Mark Davis at firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-526-5323 or 800-392-8209.
- HANDS System Change: The following changes will be in HANDS on 12/3/07, please see the attached document labeled "HANDS changes effective 12-3-07" for more details.
- Infant/child - cannot be their own guardian.
- Contact date field - renamed to Initial contact date.
- Contact date and contact type - removal of some fields.
If you have any questions about these changes, please contact the WIC help desk at 800-554-2544 or Melissa Seaver at 573-751-6489.
- Discontinued Paper Reports: Effective 12/3/07, there are six (6) WIC reports that will no longer be printed on paper or mailed to the agencies. Please see the attached document "Dec 3, 2007 Discontinued Paper Reports" for details of these reports.
Some of these reports and the information contained in them can now be found on the Crystal Reports web site. If you do not have access to this site, please reference the July 2, 2007 WIC Updates for information.
If you have questions about the web reports, please contact your district TA team members for assistance.
- HANDS - Keying a Breastfeeding (B) woman to Nonbreastfeeding (N): The attached document labeled "B to N Keying" is a detailed procedure on how to key a B to N record for a mom who quits breastfeeding. If you have any questions about this, please contact the WIC Help Desk at 800-554-2544.
- New State WIC Office Staff Member: Please join the Nutrition Services Team in welcoming Nancy Green to the Missouri WIC Program at the State office. Nancy is our new Nutritionist III in the Southwestern District Health Office, located in Springfield. She started with the Department on November 16, 2007.
Nancy was most recently the WIC Nutritionist and Registered Dietitian in Webster County where she filled the roles of Nutrition Coordinator, Breastfeeding Coordinator, and Peer Counselor Coordinator. She represented the local agency on the state VENA Nutrition Education Committee. Additionally, she managed the Webster County Missouri Foundation For Health Breastfeeding Grant. She brings a wealth of experience to the Southwest District Nutritionist III position, as well as her outstanding qualifications. Nancy has a BS in Home Economics - Dietetics and a MS in Human Nutrition, both from University of Missouri - Columbia, and is a Registered Dietitian and Licensed in the state of Missouri.
Nancy's responsibilities in Missouri WIC will include providing technical assistance to local WIC providers in the Southwestern District, monitoring, exempt formula approval, policy review and revision, literature review and revision, and training. We are happy to welcome Nancy to the WIC team in the State Office.
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Tampa Bay left tackle Donald Penn is athletic for a left tackle. The 6-foot-5, 340-pounder was a former All-State basketball player in high school and will tell you he can still dunk. He caught his first touchdown pass in 2010 against San Francisco and has been asking for another pass since. On Monday, he got his chance but it almost didn't come to be, according to coach Greg Schiano. Running back Mike James (Ridge Community) took the ball to the… Read More »


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Too Much of a Good Thing
How to know if you're overtraining
It was a crisp autumn day, the kind made for finding peace, and even though I was standing at the trailhead, I had zero desire to run. ...
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"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short."
—Chinese proverb
It was a crisp autumn day, the kind made for finding peace, and even though I was standing at the trailhead, I had zero desire to run. This complete lack of motivation was matched with chronically sore legs and a dizzy feeling every time I stood up quickly. Plus, food held no appeal, and I hadn't slept well in weeks. What was wrong?
The next day, I visited an experienced healthcare practitioner, who concluded that a summer of strenuous runs, long work weeks and a stressful relationship had cooked me. I was overtrained.
What Is It?
Overtraining is a deceivingly innocent word that describes a complex physiological condition brought on by a lack of proper recovery during periods of prolonged exercise. Overtraining is not the mild fatigue associated with logging more miles than usual over the course of a few days. Developing the overtraining symptoms takes much longer, and in its more severe form, the affliction can require over a year of recovery time.
To reach an overtrained state, you must put such a heavy demand on the body's repair-and-recovery mechanisms that they cease to function properly. The endocrine system and its family of glands like the pituitary, thyroid and adrenals are particularly vulnerable to such abuse. Then, dump an exhausted autonomic nervous system (flight-or-fight response, cardiac function and digestion) into the equation, and losing the ability to recover from athletic activity is the least of an overtrained athlete's worries.
"During cardiovascular exercise, cortisol and adrenaline from the stress glands are released. These hormones allow for an increase in mental focus, cardiac output and arterial pressure. This helps us run," says functional-medicine doctor and Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Rae Lynn Riedel, DC, CCN, of Denver, Colorado. "However, the overtrained athlete loses the regulatory nature of this hormonal release mechanism and the body starts to go haywire, releasing too much or too little cortisol and adrenaline. As a result, you might feel tired but wired, suffer from frequent colds or autoimmune disorders and even increase your cardiovascular risk. There is a metabolic reason why some famous long distance runners have died at middle age from heart attacks!"


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For nearly five years, Congress struggled to create a "Confederation of the United States." When the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified on March 1, 1781, George Washington wrote this letter of congratulations to the President of Congress. The text is in the handwriting of an aide, but the letter is signed by Washington himself. Text adapted from "Letters from George Washington and Samuel Cabble, and Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy" in the November/December 2008 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
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The Millennium Technology Prize is Finland's tribute to innovations for a better life.
The prize promotes technological research and Finland as a high-tech country.
The rationale behind the international Millennium Technology Prize is the extensive impacts of science and innovation on society, even on humanity at large.
General principles of the Millennium Technology Prize:
- Awarded to groundbreaking technological innovations that enhance the quality of people's lives in a sustainable manner.
- The innovations have been applied in practice and are delivering extensive change now and in the future.
- The innovations stimulate further cutting edge research and development in science and technology.
The Millennium Technology Prize is designed to encourage further cutting-edge research and development, it is not intended as a reward for lifetime achievement. The Millennium Technology Prize tries to bring the benefits of the Finnish practical and solution-focused mindset – one of the greatest strengths of Finland – to the whole world.
Candidates are sought from across the world and all fields of technology (excl. military technology). In a global world, people's lives are affected by common problems and solutions. It is therefore also essential that a Finnish prize can be awarded to anywhere in the world. Nominations for the prize can be made by academies, universities, research institutes and companies.
The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded by Technology Academy Finland (TAF). The prize is worth 1 million euros, and it is granted by the Ministry Of Employment and the Economy.
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Poll finds support for voter ID
March 5, 2009
While the Legislature routinely rejects Republican efforts to require New Mexico voters to show identification when casting ballots, a newly-released non-partisan poll indicates voters would approve the idea by a landslide.
The poll was conducted in November by Research & Polling Inc., an Albuquerque firm, as part of a study of electoral performance in New Mexico, led by University of New Mexico professor Lonna Atkeson.
Project partners listed include Secretary of State Mary Herrera and several county clerks around the state, including Santa Fe County Clerk Valerie Espinoza and Deputy County Clerk Denise Lamb.
"What's significant is that this poll wasn't done by a group of Republicans," said Sen. Diana Duran, Tularosa.
Senate Republicans have introduced legislation in this session that would let New Mexico voters decide whether a government-issued photo identification card should be required in order to cast a vote.
Among the findings in the poll:
* Almost 70 percent of those surveyed said they "strongly agreed" that photo identification should be required of each voter at the polls to prevent voter fraud. Another 15 percent "somewhat agreed."
* More than 43 percent said that in the past 10 years they had witnessed voter fraud.
* 50.2 percent say election fraud has changed the outcome of elections in which they have participated.
Atkeson said Thursday the high number of those who say they've witnessed voter fraud is troubling. She said the question might have been too vague.
An "Election Administration Memo" accompanying the poll results said, "We need to do a more in-depth study to understand what voters define as fraud and whether those stem from the larger electoral context or whether they observed inconsistencies in their own election experiences."
According to the poll, nearly 68 percent believe that fraud is more likely in mail-in absentee ballots than in-person voting.
Opponents of voter ID – which include most Democrats in the Legislature – can take heart in one finding of the poll.
Almost 65 percent of those polled said New Mexico's current Voter ID law is "just right," while less than 29 percent said it is "not strict enough." Before asking this question, the poll-takers read a statement saying, "New Mexico has a voter ID law that requires voters to identify themselves verbally by stating their name, address and birth year or to show a voter registration card or other identification card like a driver's license or utility bill."
According to the memo, "The data suggests that New Mexico's voter identification laws are not followed correctly much of the time. ... our observation efforts on Election Day showed little uniformity across and sometimes even within precincts. The current voter identification laws are not effectively administered."
The results are split on who the poll participants believe commits the voter fraud. Of those polled, 18.6 percent said Republicans were guilty while 19.4 percent said Democrats. More than 44 percent said "both do it equally."
According to the poll, there's not much public support for a proposal to allow same-day voter registration. Nearly 50 percent "strongly disagree" with the idea while another 16.5 percent "somewhat disagree." The House last month passed HB52, sponsored by Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, which would allow registration at the polls during early voting but not on Election Day itself.
Duran, who is sponsoring a voter-ID bill (Senate Bill 690), said she actually prefers the proposed constitutional amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 17, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Stuart Ingle, R-Portales. "The best way to do it is allow the public to vote on it," she said.
With just over two weeks left in the Legislature's current session, neither measure has been scheduled for a committee hearing.
Besides Atkeson, other principal authors of the study include R. Michael Alverez, a political science professor at the California Institute of Technology, and Thad Hall, an assistant political science professor at the University of Utah. The study was paid for by the Pew Charitable Trust and The Jeht Foundation.
A total of 800 registered New Mexico voters were interviewed. The margin of error is 3.5 percent.
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West Florida. Region in which Janie Crawford spends the early years of her life. The initial part of the novel is set in her maternal grandmother's house and charts Janie's coming into womanhood. Janie has been raised by her maternal grandmother Nanny who fled slavery with her infant daughter and later migrated to West Florida with her employers, the Washburn family. With the Washburns' assistance, Nanny purchases her own home so that she can properly raise and protect Janie from derision following the tragic rape and subsequent disappearance of her mother Leafy. On a particular spring afternoon, Janie experiences her budding sexuality beneath a blooming pear tree as a bee enters the inner sanctum of a pear blossom in the act of pollination.
When Nanny spies Janie kissing the shiftless Johnny Taylor, she immediately arranges for young Janie to marry Logan Killicks, a much older man who owns a house and some property, so that Janie will be protected from men whom Nanny fears will take advantage of her granddaughter. While Janie objects to this marriage, she nevertheless tries to make the best of it for awhile, until it becomes quite clear that she will never be able to live for herself in these circumstances. Thus West Florida becomes associated with her grandmother's dream and Logan Killicks's dream but not her own dream. When Janie meets Joe Starks, a traveler from Georgia, she walks out of her marriage with Killicks and casts her lot with Joe to pursue the far horizon.
*Eatonville. All-black town in central Florida just north of Orlando near Maitland. Janie comes here with her new husband Joe in pursuit of the horizon. When they arrive in Eatonville, Joe is disappointed with the place. Through Joe's energy and foresight Eatonville is soon transformed into a thriving town, but as the years pass Janie discovers once again that this is not the place of her dreams, but of Joe's. She becomes alienated from the townspeople and forbidden to participate in any of the community's rituals. In addition, as a woman in a male-dominated world Janie is oppressed, as evidenced by her being forced to wear her hair tied up and by the brutal way that Joe verbally humiliates her in the presence of the men of the town. When Joe dies of a lingering illness, Janie is liberated. Soon she meets a considerably younger man, Vergible "Tea Cake" Woods. Finally deciding that widowhood and life in Eatonville are too confining, she follows Tea Cake to Jacksonville where they marry.
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De muck. Name for the portion of the Florida Everglades south of Lake Okeechobee near Clewiston and Belle Glade. The name is derived from the rich black soil that grew lush vegetation. It represents a certain earthiness, a certain carpe diem spirit, as Janie and Tea Cake quit Jacksonville to live and work among the hordes of migrant workers. Like the weeds and vegetables, Janie flourishes in this locale among the folk with a man who loves her for who she is. Thus de muck represents the horizon for Janie, a place where she can finally realize the fullness of life and live out her dreams. Unfortunately this bliss is short-lived, for in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane, Janie is tried and acquitted for killing Tea Cake in a tragic act of self-defense. After she buries him in a lavish ceremony, Janie returns to her home in Eatonville where she intends to grow old.


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The swiss-cheese terrain of caves, sinkholes, and subterranean streams develops where highly soluble carbonate rocks, limestone and dolomite, lie close to land surface. Where the rocks are full of fractures and precipitation is a generous 36 to 48 inches per year, water continually flows through the cracks and between layers (called bedding planes), and "eats" them away.
Limestone is made up of the mineral calcite, a combination of calcium, carbon, and oxygen. Magnesium added to the formula produces the mineral dolomite, which largely makes up the sedimentary rock called dolomite.
Rainwater picks up carbon dioxide, first as it passes through the atmosphere, then as it contacts air in the soil. The water reacts with carbon dioxide to form a mildly acidic water that gradually dissolves carbonate rocks. The result is a karst landscape.


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Good read on Carolina SS Francisco Lindor, including a mention of him having a great shot of being baseballs top prospect after this season.
I have the guy in my dynasty league so I keep up with him pretty closely. We all know the story about his defense. But look out, he is starting to hit.


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Gremlins make long trip count in Escanaba
ESCANABA – The No. 2-ranked Houghton Gremlins gave little credence to the Escanaba Eskymos' solid all-around performance Friday night.
Showing they were every bit as good as their 13-1 record coming in, the Gremlins dominated on the floor. They got points in bunches, in transition and from the three-point arc and led from start to finish in a 64-38 non-conference victory.
"Our girls get after it on the defensive end and that also creates opportunities," said Gremlins' coach Julie Filpus. "We stress every day the importance of running the floor and accelerating and pushing the ball, and we did get some nice fast break points."
The game within the game was huge as well. Escanaba's Michelle LaFave and Houghton's Elisa Jurmu put on a dazzling offensive display throughout.
LaFave impressed with some nice no-look layups and putbacks while Jurmu displayed a shot that was smooth as silk and just as accurate.
LaFave finished with a career-high 25 points and nine rebounds, while Jurmu came away with a 24-point effort. Each easily led their respective teams in scoring.
"Michelle is a player. We don't give her a break and I think her and Jurmu really put on a good performance offensively tonight," said Escanaba coach Kelly O'Connell. "Michelle is working so hard out there. She's a gamer and she puts a lot of time in. Jurmu, you can try and stop her, but Houghton has three or four other girls that are going to hurt you. I have to praise them, they're just a very, very good basketball team."
Of Jurmu, Filpus said, "She's a competitor. She gives up a bit in size, but we never allow the girls to use that as an excuse. She's averaging about 21 points per game."
The Gremlins opened the game with a triple from the top of the key from Kelsie Richards. It was the first of six from downtown for the hot-shooting Gremlins, and they often came at key points in the game.
"It seems like we've been in the range of five-to-seven three-pointers a game and tonight we were right in the middle with six," Flipus said. "I thought they were very timely three-pointers as well. Alexa Johnson hit a big one late in the second quarter and Ashlyn Kero hit one in the third quarter after Escanaba had cut our lead down to 14."
Thanks to solid defense from players like Ashley Cook and Lynsey Collins, the Eskymos were able to keep within eight points after the first quarter, but the Gremlins quickly expanded their lead to 15 just 94 seconds into the second quarter. Richards was fouled from three-point land, making two of them and Natalie Datto followed with a triple to start the quarter off. The Gremlins went into the half with a 32-14 lead and basically coasted from there.
"Houghton is probably the best defensive team you're going to see in the Upper Peninsula. They're so long and athletic," said O'Connell. "We gave them some points in transition and they get up and down the floor so very well. Their transition game is outstanding. We tried to slow them down with some zone presses and I thought we played a very good game.
"I'd like us to be a little more patient on offense but a team like that is going to make you rush a little bit because they're in the passing lanes."
Despite the Eskymos getting decent looks in the first half, they had just 14 points to show for it, with 12 of those points being scored by LaFave and the other two coming on two Collins' free throws.
LaFave's performance was the one thorn in Filpus' side Friday night.
"We're definitely not happy with the work we did on LaFave tonight and we'll have to address that in practice, but she did have a nice game. She shot the ball well and rebounded well," Filpus said.
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AAEP Foundation, Zoetis Award Scholarships to Vet Students
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Four 2013 veterinary graduates who have dedicated their careers to equine health care will be awarded $4,000 scholarships from Zoetis and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation during the Focus on Students summer meeting in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 4-6.
The annual AAEP Foundation and Zoetis veterinary student scholarships reward graduating veterinary students with a dedication to equine medicine for their academic excellence, leadership in their school and chapter, and their long-term goals. These $4,000 awards are available thanks to donations from Zoetis customers who participated in the Industry Support Program from Feb. 1 though April 30. These veterinarians designate that a portion of their product purchases be used for scholarships for AAEP students. Together with these dedicated customers, Zoetis congratulates the following recipients:
- Megan Hays, VMD—University of Pennsylvania
- Alicia Yocom, DVM—University of California, Davis
- Shannon Smith, DVM—Cornell University
- Amy Cook, DVM—Iowa State University
Veterinary student applicants are nominated for the scholarships by representatives from their colleges. In addition to academic excellence, recipients are evaluated on their leadership abilities and involvement in activities benefiting the health and welfare of horses. Each accredited college or school of veterinary medicine with an AAEP student chapter can use its own criteria to nominate one fourth-year veterinary student who plans to enter equine practice.
Doug Braun, DVM, Zoetis' marketing manager, said the company proudly honors excellence among our newest colleagues in veterinary medicine.
"As an AAEP educational partner, we are delighted to honor these exceptional graduating veterinary students who have taken a special interest in equine medicine," Braun said. "We also recognize the vital role our dedicated customers play in sponsoring these scholarships, and we are pleased to continue supporting the leadership established by the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the AAEP Foundation."
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Conservation Status
Speothos venaticus exhibit low density populations. While protected in many countries, their populations are currently diminishing due to habitat destruction.
The IUCN Red List rates the species as "Vulnerable" to extinction, because it is becoming divided up into small populations that are separated by unsuitable habitat.
Bush dogs are listed in Appendix I of of the CITES, so international trade in the animals or their products is supposed to be highly regulated.
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BiologyIberian lynx are generally nocturnal creatures, with peak activity occurring at twilight when individuals leave shelter in order to forage (5). Both sexes are solitary and territorial, with male territories overlapping those of several females (5). Females reach sexual maturity at one year of age but will only breed once they are in possession of their own territory (6). The mating season peaks at the beginning of the year in January and February and births occur two months later (5). The female cares for her litter of one to four kittens (5) within a lair that may be located under a thicket or in a hollow tree. Weaning occurs at around eight months but juveniles tend to stay in their natal territory until they are around 20 months old (6). European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) make up the mainstay of the diet of the Iberian lynx, unlike the larger Eurasian lynx that feeds mainly on ungulates such as roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) (4). Small deer may be eaten on occasion, if rabbit numbers are low (6).


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Each year, Monumenta invites an internationally renowned artist to conceive of a site-specific installation for the great nave of the Grand Palais in Paris. The vast atrium space, which encompasses some 13,500 square meters, has been tackled previously by some of today's preeminent contemporary artists, including Anselm Kiefer, Richard Serra and Christian Boltanski.
This year it plays host to a colossal new work from the British sculptor, Anish Kapoor. Transforming the space into a red cavernous chamber that seems to extend beyond the scope of the structure that encapsulates it, Kapoor once again demonstrates the profound mastery of shape, scale and subtle use of eye-popping color that have made him such a force to be reckoned with on the international arts scene. Called Leviathan, the installation embodies the sense of awe-inspiring power and mysticism of the Biblical sea monster after which it is named. "My ambition," said Kapoor in the press release, "is to create a space within a space that responds to the height and luminosity of the Nave at the Grand Palais. Visitors will be invited to walk inside the work, to immerse themselves in color, and it will, I hope, be a contemplative and poetic experience." It is in this monumental, transfigurative setting that electronic music pioneer Richie Hawtin performed on June 21, through a creative partnership between The Creators Project and WeLoveArt. Hawtin's DJ set helped lend an entirely new artistic experience to the space through the integration of music. Photo credit: Pierre Emanuel Rastoin


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Dear Uncle Peter in BeninPosted Thursday, March 19, 2009, at 3:54 PM
Today I am pleased to announce the receipt of a special delivery email (addressed to "Dear friend,") informing me that my dear Uncle Peter Lund, a "seasoned European contractor with Benin Cement Company, Cotonou" unfortunately died in a plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on 25th December, 2003, leaving $22.1M in a "fixed deposit," which will be remitted to me at the rate of 60/40.
That's 40% for me, and 60% to a Mr. Mones Soliman, Auditing and Account manager of Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc Republic of Benin.
Oh, my! Looks as if this "dear friend" is going to be RICH! And all I have to do (at this point) is kindly email the following information: a. full name (mmm...I wonder why he doesn't have that already???) b. direct phone & fax number(s), and my direct email & any other information I "maydeem" helpful.
Mr. Soliman says, "no other person know about this account or have any information relating to this account." (Is that so?)
Not only that (to make the deal more tempting, no doubt), "The account has no beneficiary nor did next-of-kin other than him and my investigation reveal that his supposed next-of-kin died along with him in the crash." (How convenient!!)
Well, now, folks, this just sounds like such a good deal that I don't know if I can pass it up!! Forty percent of 22 million! I don't even know how to figure that up, but it sounds like a lot.
From what I've heard, the next part of the scheme is to ask me to send a hefty amount of money to a bank in Benin to pay certain expenses - or maybe taxes? - to free up my dear uncle's assets.
Poor, poor Uncle Peter! He was such a good, good, good friend to me as I was growing up in the slums of Calcutta so many, many, many years ago! And to think that my cousin Miquel - Uncle Peter's only child - died in the crash with him!
I am just almost too heart-broken for words!
I know this account MUST be legitimate, since Mr. Soliman assures me that he has "all necessary legal documents to back up this claim."
I would also be doing a kindness to the ENTIRE WORLD, since I would not be letting the funds go to "Benin Republic financial law on unclaimed bills which the government usually map out for the purchase of ammunitions which are the major course of connflicts in the west of Africa." (Misspellings are not mine, of course...)
I am further reassured by the fact that "this transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect both parties from breach of the law and it is 100% risk free and attracts no authorities..." (Sounds on the up & up to me!)
I am truly thrilled beyond words for this amazing stroke of good fortune (even though I'm incredibly saddened by Uncle Pete's death)! I shall sign off now and make a detailed list of ways in which I plan to spend my millions and therefore boost the U.S. economy in the process!
Good ole Uncle Pete! Rest his soul, he was always thinking of others..
I think the first thing I'm gonna do is buy a brand new herd of goats, the ones with the curling horns!
From the soon-to-be magnificent Tillman Manor, this is your millionaire reporter Madeline, signing off on THE FIRST DAY OF MY NEW LIFE!
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Yipee! It's PARTY TIME!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 3:56 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:OH, DEAR! I fear I have already violated the stipulations of Mr. Soliman's letter! He specifically said that all that was required of me was "absolute honesty, total commitment, co-operation & absolute confidentiality." (Ooops!!! I guess I kinda overlooked that last requirement, didn't I?)
Does this mean I don't get the money???????????
I think the first thing you'll need is a great BIG bucket to load up all that BS! I'm just so sad that it is you--not me, but I guess they couldn't find me since I'm GONE! You'll have to have help counting it all, I'm quite sure. We'll no doubt read of your excursions in the slick magazine headlines, as we wait to check out at the grocery store.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 4:23 PM
Along with that goat herd, I'd hire a really GREAT goat herder! Money no object!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 5:21 PM
MD, here's your one chance to escape the lonely Hills of Tillman, and have all the riches plus goats you'll ever desire. I say go for it, or at least pass the information onto 'Hoon',,,,,,just kidding of course. You're so lucky!!!!!!
-- Posted by changedname on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 6:07 PM
MD, Girlfriend you have got to get a better spam filter!! The e-mail I recieved a few years back was from Nigeria, and since the only folks I ever knew who were from there were emigres I worked with in Little Rock, and the names didn't match anybody I remembered!! To Wit, I called BS!! BUT, what a pity, It should have been a wondrous sight
watching her Ladyship riding to hounds across the Tillman Manor's uplands, whilst the tea was being readied for service on the south veranda!!! Just had to throw that one in, molater, kk
-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 9:07 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Oh, the glory of it all!! I wonder if my border collie would be willing to run with the hounds after the local fox population?? The horses would definitely have to be jumpers! Between the gullies and the barbed wire fences, the course would be a bit rough! "Tillman Manor Uplands" sounds glorious!
I had always heard of scams like this, but I had never seen one in PERSON! How some people can be so gullible as to get drawn into them is beyond me.
Besides which --- How do those creeps get the email addresses?
One thing about it -- At least most people who are savvy enough to BE on the "web" are savvy enough to recognize a rip-off when they see one. I think...
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 9:43 PM
MD, actually your next step would be to meet an acquaintance in Benin in a secret spot to go over all the paperwork! I was receiving this same crap, only from Nigeria, and I never replied...but then a few months later, they sent me a follow-up email telling me I'd have to do what I mentioned above to go ahead with the claiming of all my wonderful money. Only difference is, it wasn't a relative. It was supposedly someone who died in a plane crash here in the states that had an account in Nigeria. I do feel sorry for some of the older people out there, however, because there have probably been some to see this as a real email. Not me! If I didn't earn it, then it isn't mine!
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 9:58 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Is that the next step, then, dolphin? I know that one step is to send a rather "small" amount of money ("small" in comparison to $22.2M). Actually, I made up the "relative" part: That was just an assumption, added for effect...
What a hard lot you Americans are ! Not an ounce of sympathy in sight !
MD, I was distraught to read of your tragic loss. I am sure I speak for most when I offer my deepest sympathy. In such times it is difficult to think clearly, but I can tell you that 40% of $22.1 million is $8.84 million. Send me the .84 million and I shall come over, look after your goats, sort out your mathmatical problems and assail you with my bad grammar and British spelling. Make the cheque, (check?), out to Cash please.
Keep you chin up,
-- Posted by wartz on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 10:41 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:My dear Wartz, you have solved a major part of the dilemma occasioned by my unpresidented good fortune! Yes, indeed, your qualifications as DeJournett Goatherder seem to be entirely adequate for the job, as a British/Australian/New Zealand accent trumps all other qualities by a good mile! (kilometer??) Of course, you would have to learn to use our antiquated American system of measurement, since we failed to meet the Metric Deadline by about 20 years, I think... Still, with your mathematical abilities, you should have no problems in converting to miles, gallons, quarts and so forth! And all that for only .84 million! A bargain for sure!
I shall contact Mr. Soliman immediately!
Oh my 'wartz', you left an opening here I can't bypass,, some of us would have to keep our 'chins' up, but not dear MD, everything's in shape for most of us!!!!!!!
-- Posted by changedname on Fri, Mar 20, 2009, at 7:00 AM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Ah, Dexterite - you and Paul Corbin are a good match! Ever the gentleman, even if it costs you a good laugh! Thanks for not including me in your "double chin" joke!
Now- Madeline, you know that you are my best "Girl Friend" and I want to help you through the sadness of loosing your uncle.
I am sure that you are going to need some help in managing your financial affairs, and since I have made a complete study of the method used by Bernard Madan, you can place this whole affair in my hands and you will soon have nothing to worry about.
-- Posted by paulcorbin on Fri, Mar 20, 2009, at 9:44 AM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Paul Corbin, you rascal, you don't miss a thing, do you?? That's a good phrase you used - "You will soon have NOTHING to worry about!" "Nothing" is the key ingredient in this equation.
Wartz, do they use dogs to herd the goats (and sheep) in New Zealand, and if so, do they prefer border collies? (smartest dogs in the world!!)
I can see it now -- border collies trained to respond to a New Zealand accent!
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Mar 20, 2009, at 1:20 PM
ALL, I picked through three of these tragic excuses for scams just this past hour, thankfully, my spam filter caught all but one, the two were supposedly from Burkina Faso, and the one that made it to my e-mail was from some yo-yo in the U.K., the information on all has been forwarded to certain acquaintances of mine in the KS A.G.'s office and to another bd who works up at Leavenworth.....they have fun with this sort of crap, in the long term, of course....hope all is well down home, ROCK CHALK JAYHAWKS< GO MIZZOU!!!!!, molater, kk
-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Fri, Mar 20, 2009, at 1:50 PM
Where should we peasants send such scam information??
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Mar 20, 2009, at 9:40 PM
Dexterite; I think we have a different interpretation of "chin up". Out here it means to be brave, have courage etc. and in no way was I suggesting that the recipient of the huge financial windfall was deformed in any way whatsoever.
MD; we did, at one time have miles, tons, quarts, gallons and inches here but it was all far too expensive i.e. a gallon of gas,(petrol), was far more costly than a litre.
GL; Yes we have mostly collie dogs as sheep musterers but there are lots of other dogs which have been cross-bred for particular functions e.g. huntaway, heading, handy, yard etc.
And finally, a question for y'all. What do you call a native of Dexter? A Dexterite? A Dexterian? A Dexteronian? Response welcome !
-- Posted by wartz on Sat, Mar 21, 2009, at 3:20 AM
wartz,,, we call them 'miserable',,,,,,,,,,sorry couldn't pass this by.
-- Posted by changedname on Sat, Mar 21, 2009, at 7:43 AM
Hahaha! You won't "catch it" from me, Dexterite, but you'll probably get called on the carpet by some of the locals. (I just had to use a local colloquialism for Wartz's benefit!)
I haven't been a "Dexterite" for some 49 years...so I can see at least two sides to every local issue. I know I've mentioned it before, but the years my family spent in Dexter were the best of our family life. It was like ripping our hearts out to leave. Mom never really recuperated from it.
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Mar 21, 2009, at 9:47 AM
Ah, "petrol" -- That's another one!
Do the hood releases on your cars have a "B" on them for "bonnet"??
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Mar 21, 2009, at 9:51 AM
Oh, wartz, our "chin up" has the same meaning as yours - "Keep your chin up" means...ah.."Keep a stiff upper lip.."...ah, "Keep your head up and be brave." Dexterite was just trying to be funny! It's "senior humor"! We might as well laugh at ourselves as we fall apart.
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Mar 21, 2009, at 9:54 AM
GL; to my everlasting shame I had to go out to my garage and have a look at the bonnet catch on my car. It does not have a "B" but rather a dinky little illustration of a car with the bonnet up.
So, it's Dexterite then, is it? I rather liked the tone of Dexterian !
-- Posted by wartz on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 4:09 AM
Wartz, Dexterian is akin to Vegetarian so we couldn't be connected to that, love our beef and burgers too much. And pork bar-b-q, not to mention goatburgers, apologies to MD. I'll be scalped now and hung from the nearest yardarm.
-- Posted by changedname on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 7:24 AM
Oh, yeah! You Dexterites or Dexterians or whatever you call yourselves need to leave the goatburgers to Puxico!
For Wartz's benefit - Puxico is another town in Stoddard County, where they have an annual fall celebration they call "Puxico Homecoming." It involves a little carnival and their famous barbecued goatburgers.
When I was getting into goats several years ago, I wanted to buy some of the critters from a local fella, and he said that all his 75 goats were already promised to Puxico! He had them out in a big pen, where he had even built various wooden structures for the goats to jump and play on! Then he sold them to eat!!!!
There's no accounting for people's tastes!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 8:22 AM
Goatburgers were (are?) sold at the Bloomfield Fall Festival, also. A friend bought one for me once. I ate it, and then said--"Now, tell me the truth. What was it really?" I thought I'd lose it when she convinced me I'd really eaten goat! Baaah! It tasted like bbq--anything.
Our neighbors outside of Dexter had a "pet" goat for awhile. My daughter thoroughly LOVED to push treats through the fence to it. Then, one day we came home and he had been killed and was hanging by his hind legs from the clothesline. I couldn't believe it! These people were doctors from the Phillipines. We just never dreamed that was why they had the goat. I suppose they had goat burgers for awhile! I guess food is food--but I don't want to eat another goat. I'll stick with traditional beef, pork and chicken, and I prefer not to think about their lives before my table either.
My apologies to the Goat Lady--I didn't mean to eat a goat!
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 11:43 AM
Members, when I grew up my daddy had a 'Billy Goat and a Nanny Goat' that practically lived in our backyard. I learned a lesson very soon as a young boy,,,, never turn your back to any goat,,,,,,,,, you'll have a rude awakening, I mean I was rear-ended pretty quick.
-- Posted by changedname on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 12:24 PM
The billies are the worst about butting people, but even the others will do it on occasion. It's a goat's nature. If I ever have goats again, there will be NO BILLIES!! I will just import one for a day - and then return him to his own home. They are disgusting!!!
My sister controlled her diabetes and lowered her cholesterol significantly by giving up meat completely.
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 5:26 PM
goat lady, I hope you invite Mr Billy over more than once a year!!!!!
-- Posted by changedname on Sun, Mar 22, 2009, at 6:56 PM
Why? Once a year is sufficient. Those billies can really get around.
-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, Mar 23, 2009, at 4:39 PM
How on earth did we manage to lurch from discussing MD's inheritance through to decimal measures, dogs, miserable citizens, buttons on vehicles and the reproductive enthusiasm of billy goats ?
-- Posted by wartz on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 3:32 AM
Wartz, we're flexible and easily distracted.
-- Posted by changedname on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 6:45 AM
Hahahaha! You hit the nail on the head, Dexterite!!! Flexible and easily distracted.... that's good.
Buttons on vehicles...? I had to go back and look that one up, only to discover that I am the culprit who started us off on our current tangent! (Surely not! I'm usually straight as an arrow...)
Well, how to get back, how to get back......
Oh, yes! I've got it! Yesterday I received a new email about a teenager who posed on the internet as a fifty-something Casanova: He scammed a woman out of .... how much money was it?? He got caught and is spending some time in the HOOSE COW!!
There....that oughta be enough to keep Wartz busy for awhile!! I guess I'd better look that phrase up before tomorrow morning, when we have to answer our New Zealand friend's questions!
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 2:25 PM
Goat Lady--if you don't find the teen in the HOOSE-COW, look in the slammer. teehee.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 3:21 PM
GL, this could be the Casanova story you were referring to, a Nigerian student who fleeced a woman looking for Mr. Right out of $47,000, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-44WoOZ... A person recently contacted me about what she could do about being fleeced out of several thousand $ in an Internet scam. Suggested she contact the AG, but her money is gone.
If you'll recall MD the Feds tried to shove the metric system down the throats of Americans in the 1970s (e.g., Metric Conversion Act of 1975) and Americans spontaneously rose up as one and refused to accept forced metrication. One of the few times Americans showed they are more powerful than the government. The U.S. government is now trying to get the metric system accepted through the back door of indoctrinating public school students and other methods. It is disgusting that high school students today run the 1600 meters and not the mile like Jim Ryan and Gerry Lindgren. The independent spirit of the British had been too sapped by years of dependency on the government for handouts to effectively resist forced metrication. But even after all these years of having the metric system shoved down their throats not all the English have caved in like sheep (or is it "goats"). In October 2008 a 64-year-old woman in London was fined the equivalent of $10,000 after being found guilty of selling produce at a Farmers Market in ounces and pounds instead of kilos and grams as mandated by England's Weights and Measures Act. Now there is a heroine!!
-- Posted by FJGuy on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 8:24 PM
Good Morning,
I am afraid that Hoose Cow has me baffled. Enlighten me please.
I am a bit busy on a research project at the moment and would appreciate any help. The project is "The Reproductivity Rate of Penguins in the Persian Gulf". There seems to be a real lack of information about this vital subject but I am sure that some Dexterian will have some knowledge of this absorbing topic.
Contributions welcome.
-- Posted by wartz on Wed, Mar 25, 2009, at 3:45 AM
MD, just received an URGENT message from Mr Nestor Santori trying to reach his Missouri relatives, so I invited him to this forum. He has a fortune just waiting to be claimed, I suppose, didn't open his email because i knew at my age I couldn't resist the easy money. We are all so popular now, it's amazing.
-- Posted by changedname on Wed, Mar 25, 2009, at 11:22 AM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Oh, my! Do you think Mr. Nestor Santori is in communication with Mr. Mones Soliman, who contacted me?? Maybe they're cousins. Now some sharp sheister needs to come in and sell us a better spam filter!
Oops, I'll bet Wartz needs a definition of that one! But, oh dear, oh dear! I would have to kick MYSELF off the blogs if I said it!!!
Haha, oh, we all know what "sheister" means!!! Especially if we have the slightest bit of German in our upbringing!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Mar 26, 2009, at 5:11 PM
Condolences to you on you loss Madeline. How tragic, but lovely that you have found a way to put that fortune to good use. Having Warz to help in metric conversion and goatherding, what a wonderful multi-tasking friend !!! I would be so delighted to see the Manor. I can envision all the grandeur, formal dining, grand ballroom. Please remember all your peasant bloggers when you come into the funds. ;)
-- Posted by SKDellinger on Thu, Apr 2, 2009, at 8:55 AM
Now the country of Benin is issuing fake money orders in Kentucky,,,,,,BEWARE, there are nut-cases out there.
-- Posted by changedname on Thu, Apr 2, 2009, at 6:54 PM
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Madeline (Giles) DeJournett is the Advance writer for the North Stoddard Countian. A retired high school English/history teacher, she spent 32 years teaching in 5 schools in Missouri and Alaska. These days, she lives quietly with a menagerie of wild and domestic animals on 52 secluded acres in the remote Tillman hills south of Advance. She graduated from Dexter High School in 1960 and Southeast Missouri State in 1964. She can be contacted at email@example.com.
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Topic: First project, need help setting up a Model.
I have completed most of the blog tutorials from the main rails site, but I got itchy to try out something on my own.
I am going to develop a little site which will allow me and my brother to record the results of the many games of FIFA we play.
I would like the site to allow me to create a new "Event" or "Games Session" and from within this event I woud be able to create new best-of-3 input fields, which would simply spawn a few input boxes to allow me to enter the scores for those games.
Should I initially have an Events model which has_many Game models? Or should all of this fit into one model?
My next question is relating as to how I should best display this information. I would ideally like to have everything work within one page, the creating of events would be merged with the viewing of existing events; I would be simply adding a new event to the top of the list of old ones.
Would this be a case of using partials for Event/new and Event/ to get them to display next to each other in a page? Is this a good idea?
Would it be possible to have your opinion as to how you would approach this?
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GIST Management 2009 Update
|Posted by Julie Royster (jroyster) on May 13 2009
|GIST In the News >>
Evolving Molecular Medicine in GIST Management: A 2009 Update
by Genever Fox
I was fortunate to attend this 2 hour session on Wednesday evening, January 14, and to meet 2 list mates from GIST Support International, Nancy Berezin and Vicki Zuber, and Vicki's husband. It is so interesting and fun to put faces to the posts we read each day. I am sure we all took home some "pearls" of knowledge from the very interesting lectures in this continuing medical educational seminar held in conjunction with ASCO's GI Cancers Symposium. Webcasts of the CME presentations are available at THIS LINK.
The session was chaired by Dr. Demetri (from Dana-Farber). Drs. Jonathan Fletcher (Brigham & Women's), John Vetto (Oregon Health Sciences University), and Robert Benjamin (MD Anderson) all spoke about their respective areas of expertise in the GIST arena. They reviewed the history of GIST treatment and some of the early and still ongoing studies. I will try to summarize the points that I found the most interesting.
1. Although most GIST's are primarily driven by gain of function mutations in KIT (or less frequently in PDGFRA,) within each tumor there are small numbers of cells with other mutations. TK inhibitors are not effective on some of these mutations, especially the ones affecting the activation loop part of KIT (as opposed to mutations affecting the ATP-binding portion which tend to be sensitive to TK inhibitors.) Determination of the primary mutation will help prognosticate the initial response to therapy.
2. After a TK inhibitor knocks out the cells being driven by the primary mutation, the cells being driven by the less sensitive mutations are still able to grow into resistant tumors. Within one individual, there may be multiple resistant tumors each driven by different mutations. Some of these may be sensitive to a different TK inhibitor, such as Sutent or Nexavar, and some may not be sensitive to these drugs. That is why the response to the second and third line TK inhibitors is so variable among different patients. Mutation testing of the resistant tumors would be helpful in selecting the next drug to try but there may be multiple mutations found within a single patient.
3. Ultimately other targets within the resistant cells will have to be attacked for therapy to be effective. There is a lot of research going on looking at these potential targets (HSP-90, mTOR, PI3K, etc.)
4. All of the speakers seemed to feel that multiple drug therapy will ultimately be necessary to effect a long-lasting remission or cure in non-resectable GIST. Eventually new patients will be started on multiple drug regimes, similar to what is done with conventional chemotherapy.
5. Surgery is still the best shot at a cure now and the surgeons are getting better and more aggressive in excising tumors. Using a TK inhibitor (usually Gleevec) prior to surgery when the tumors are big is very helpful as long as you choose the right time to go to surgery. (An oncologist and surgeon with experience in this type of approach is likely to be crucial in getting the best outcome.)
6. Recurrent/metastatic tumors should be managed both surgically and medically if possible. For example, if a patient has multiple tumors and only 1 or 2 are growing while on a TK inhibitor, then the rogue masses should be removed if possible and the patient should stay on the TK inhibitor that is still controlling any remaining tumors.
7. For patients with tumors larger than 6 cm, 1 year of adjuvant Gleevec prolongs the interval before disease recurrence and is now FDA-approved. Studies where the adjuvant Gleevec is given for 2 years and 3 years are ongoing.
8. CT imaging is very good for monitoring response to treatment. PET scanning is also very helpful but doesn't need to be done on every patient. The speakers felt that PET scans are best used when CT results don't make sense or don't give the clinician the information they need to make appropriate therapeutic decisions.
9. The Exon 9 mutation is not as responsive to imatinib and requires 10 times as much imatinib at the cellular level in order to respond. Exon 9 patients should be taking more than 400 mg per day, ideally 800 mg if they can tolerate it, even if they are taking it in an adjuvant setting. When these patients progress, it is usually because they just aren't very sensitive to imatinib, not because of other mutations. That is why Exon 9 patients usually do well on sunitinib (Sutent.) When the Exon 9 patients progress while on sunitinib, it is because of other mutations.
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Now we normally associate this letter with the Big O but that is an entirely different post and wouldn't really fit in with my Mottos versus Insults theme. So today's Motto is
I wish I was more optimistic and yes, this is a word that I would ideally want to be used when someone describes me but, unfortunately I am more of a Realist. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm a pessimist, but I believe that if I expect the worst, I won't be dissapointed. It's kinda worked for me so far, but I really wish I could see the glass half full. Know what I mean? I guess I shouldn't wish something I'm not, right?
I'm not your bubbly giggly-girl. In fact, I wasn't a giggly girlie-girl, even as a teenager. I was always sullen and took myself very seriously. I thought I knew everything but now that I'm all "grown up", I don't take my self seriously at all anymore. In fact sarcasm is my modus operandi and humour is my medicine. I have lots of positive energy, just not in the ditsy bubbly kinda way...
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