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Norma Barr is an internationally recognized leader developer, executive coach, performance development designer and organizational development consultant and advisor. Barr & Barr Consultants, a thirty-two year old firm, specializes in the people side of business as a fundamental platform for financial performance, leadership, coaching, organizational development, talent development / retention, and ultimately profitability. One of Norma's areas of expertise is observation skills to provide descriptive feedback to an organization, executive group, or individual behavior on patterns of persuasion, influence methods, power, conflict, verbal / nonverbal behavior, group dynamics, and analytical, strategic, and relational thinking.
Mickey Brown is Deputy Director for the Eastern Region of the National Weather Service. His daily duties include overseeing NWS operations, handling personnel, and labor relations throughout Eastern Region. Mickey is a member of management's team for the National Labor Council. After graduating from Cook College, Rutgers University with a B.S. in atmospheric science in 1987, Mickey worked for two private meteorology companies in the New York City area. He has served in numerous positions in his career at the National Weather Service. Mickey lives with his wife, Marcelle, and their two sons, Joseph and David, on eastern Long Island.
Susan Buchanan is the acting director of NOAA Communications at the National Weather Service. Her 15+ years of professional experience in communications includes 9 years with NOAA, three of which have been with National Weather Service Public Affairs. Prior to joining NOAA, Susan ran the national press office of the Peace Corps after serving as editor of the agency's corporate and external communication publications. Prior to that, she managed the communications office for the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council in Charleston. Susan holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and Journalism from the University of South Carolina and a Master's Degree in Public Relations Management from the University of Maryland.
Carol Collier was appointed Executive Director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on August 31, 1998. The DRBC is an interstate/federal commission that provides a unified approach to water resource management without regard to political boundaries. Before joining DRBC, Ms. Collier was Executive Director of Pennsylvania's 21st Century Environment Commission. Prior to that, Ms. Collier was the Regional Director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Southeast Region. Ms. Collier has a B.A. in Biology from Smith College and a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.
Rick Day was named the senior vice president for Operations in September 2008. He is responsible for the safe and efficient flow and continuity of the FAA's air traffic operations in the U.S. domestic and international airspace assigned to U.S. control. With more than 30 years experience in air traffic, Day oversees all gate-to-gate air traffic operations encompassing commercial, military, general aviation, and space transportation. The scope of his duties includes 144 million yearly operations and some 30,000 employees responsible for the infrastructure, engineering and requirements, standards and procedures, acquisitions, and air traffic control staffing and training. Day holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management and human relations from Mid-America Nazarene University. Day served six years in the United States Air Force Reserves.
Julie Demuth is an Associate Scientist III with the National Center for Atmospheric Research Societal Impacts Program. In addition, she is pursuing her PhD in Public Communication and Technology at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on improving the communication and use of forecast and warning information with an emphasis on forecast uncertainty and high-impact weather events. Julie also organized and implemented the annual Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) workshop for the past four years. Julie is a member of the AMS Board on Societal Impacts, the AMS Board on Enterprise Communication, and the National Weather Association Committee on the Societal Impacts of Weather and Climate. Julie has a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from the University of Nebraska.
Brian DiGiacomo has been with the Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel since 1991, and is currently the Chief of the Employment and Labor Law Division. Before becoming the division chief, Brian served as the Chief of the General Law Division from 1996 to 2005, and the Department's Senior Counsel for Fiscal Law from 1993 to 1996. His contributions to the Department have been recognized through awards of the Department's Gold and Silver Medals, as well as several Office of the General Counsel and Office of the NOAA General Counsel distinguished attorney awards. Brian received a B. S. in economics from St. Bonaventure University and a J.D. degree from Syracuse University in 1982. Brian lives in Arnold, Maryland, with his wife and two college-age children.
James Faulkner has been with NOAA for 17 years - primarily in the employee and labor relations arena, but has also worked in the areas of executive staffing, organizational assessment (the Survey Feedback Action initiative) and HR policy/program management. Prior to NOAA, Jim began his HR career working in the two most industrial places of the federal government: the Navy Shipyard in Philadelphia and the Naval Ordnance Station in Indian Head, Maryland. Jim honed his employee and labor relations craft at these DOD facilities. He has carried these skills over to NOAA, working cases for most line and staff offices over the past 17 years. Jim earned his Bachelor's of Science Degree from Penn State in 1986. While a Maryland resident for 20 years, Jim is a native Philadelphian and remains a loyal fan of that city's fine professional sports franchises.
W. Craig Fugate was appointed as the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2009. Prior to coming to FEMA, Mr. Fugate served as Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. His agency coordinated disaster response, recovery, preparedness and mitigation efforts with each of the state's 67 counties and local governments. Mr. Fugate began his emergency management career as a volunteer firefighter, emergency paramedic, and finally as a Lieutenant with the Alachua County Fire Rescue. Eventually, he moved from exclusive fire rescue operations to serving as the Emergency Manager for Alachua County in Gainesville, Florida. He spent a decade in that role until May 1997 when he was appointed Bureau Chief for Preparedness and Response for FDEM. Mr. Fugate and his wife Sheree hail from Gainesville, Florida.
Dr. Holly Hartmann is Director of the Arid Lands Information Center at the University of Arizona, and a co-investigator within the Climate Assessment for the Southwest, a NOAA-funded Regional Integrated Science and Assessment project. Holly serves on the Climate Working Group of the NOAA Science Advisory Board. She is a member of the AMS Committee on Climate Services and the AMS Board of Economic Enterprise Development. She is also on the Board of the International Environmental Modeling and Software Society's Board and an Associate Editor of their journal, Environmental Modeling and Software. Holly received her MS degree in water resources management from the University of Michigan and her PhD in hydrology and water resources from the University of Arizona.
Dr. Jack Hayes is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Assistant Administrator for Weather Services and National Weather Service Director. Prior to this position, Dr. Haves served as the director of the World Weather Watch Department at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Before joining the WMO, Dr. Hayes served in several senior executive positions at NOAA, including as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAA Research and the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the National Ocean Service. As Director of the Office of Science and Technology for the NWS, Dr. Hayes had oversight of the infusion of new science and technology essential into weather service operations. Dr. Hayes received both his Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in meteorology from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. A Fellow in the American Meteorological Society, he also graduated from Bowling Green State University, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Dr. Hayes has been married to his wife, Sharon, for over 37 years and has three grown children.
Byron Noriyoshi Kunisawa, founder of CULTURAL SOLUTIONS, INC., is a third generation Japanese-American who was born in an internment camp at Topaz, Utah, and spent his early childhood in an African-American community in West Oakland, CA. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and a Master's Degree in Educational Administration from San Francisco State University. He is an internationally recognized lecturer and consultant in the areas of: Workforce Diversity, Organizational Development, Multiculturalism, and Systemic Change. He is the creator of the theory: Designs of Omission, and founded the Multicultural Training Resource Center (MTRC) in San Francisco, California, one of the first organizations in the nation dedicated to addressing the needs of culturally diverse populations and the organizations that served them. Byron resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be contacted at his website: Diversity101.com.
Margaret (Peggy) Morse has been an Employee/Labor Relations Advisor with NOAA in the WFMO Employee/Labor Relations Division office in NOAA since 2009, where she presents the Employee Relations portion of NWS Management and Supervision course. From 2007-2009, Peggy was an Employee/Labor Relations Advisor with Department of Navy. In that role, she served as chief negotiator in Department of Navy (DoN) labor contract negotiations, represented DoN before various third parties in administrative forums, and served in various training roles for DoN employee/labor relations training courses. Peggy holds a BA from SUNY Oneonta and a Masters of Library/Information services from USC.
Barry Myers is CEO of AccuWeather, Inc. He previously served as the company's Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Barry has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the American Weather and Climate Industry Association, the weather industry's trade association, for almost two decades and the group's Chairman for Government Relations. He has served as advisor to three different Directors of the United States National Weather Service at the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization Meetings in Geneva. He presently serves as an advisor on the Environmental Information Services Working Group of NOAA's Science Advisory Board. Barry is a recognized expert in weather information exchange internationally and public/private/academic relationships in the weather field here in the United States. He received B.S. and M.S. in business administration and economics from Penn State and a J.D. from Boston University law school.
Dr. Jeffrey K. Lazo is Director of the Societal Impacts Program at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He is an economist with extensive experience in nonmarket valuation of environmental and natural resource commodities. His current work focuses on the communication and value of weather information and the economic impact of severe weather events. Jeff is a member of the NOAA Science Advisory Board's Environmental Information Services Working Group, the World Meteorological Organization Forum on the Socio-Economic Applications of Meteorological and Hydrological Services and WMO's WWRP Societal and Economic Research and Applications Working Group. He is editor of the new American Meteorological Society journal Weather, Society, and Climate. Jeff received a BA in economics and philosophy from the University of Denver and his Masters and PhD in environmental and natural resource economics from the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Dr. Heather Lazrus is a postdoctoral research associate and the deputy director of the Social Science Woven into Meteorology (SSWIM) program housed at the National Weather Center and jointly funded by NOAA and the University of Oklahoma. Heather obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Washington in the field of environmental anthropology. Heather's research interests fall within SSWIM¹s objectives to improve the efficacy of weather forecasts and warnings, reduce social vulnerability to atmospheric and related hazards, and understand community and cultural adaptations to climate variability and change.
Dr. Jane Lubchenco was sworn in as the ninth and first woman Administrator of NOAA in March 2009. Her scientific expertise includes oceans, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. She received a B.A. degree in biology from Colorado College, a M.S. in zoology from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in ecology from Harvard University. While teaching at Harvard (1975-1977) and Oregon State University (1977-2009), she was actively engaged in discovery, synthesis, communication, and application of scientific knowledge.
Dr. Lubchenco has studied marine ecosystems around the world and championed the importance of science and its relevance to policy making and human well-being. A former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the International Council for Science and the Ecological Society of America, she served 10 years on the National Science ecosystems, with recent work in Svalbard, Greenland, and the Alaskan arctic. Dr. Lubchenco has provided scientific input to multiple U.S. Administrations and Congress on climate, fisheries, marine ecosystems, and biodiversity.
Dr. Lubchenco co-founded three organizations that communicate scientific knowledge to the public, policy makers, the media and industry. She co-chaired the Synthesis for Business and Industry of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, an international scientific evaluation of the consequences of environmental changes to human well-being. She also served on the Pew Oceans Commission, the Joint Oceans Commission Initiative, the Aspen Institute Arctic Commission and the Council of Advisors for Google Ocean.
Melissa Tuttle Carr is an independent consultant, working as a Freelance Meteorologist/ Weather Producer at CNN in Atlanta, GA, and as a contractor for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO. Previously, she spent over eleven years at The Weather Channel (TWC) in Atlanta, GA. Melissa has an extensive background in broadcast meteorology and in data, product and project management. Melissa was the TWC liaison to the NWS for over two years. She is a 2006 fellow of the Weather and Society-Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) program and created the WAS*IS Partnership Initiative. She sits on the AMS Board on Societal Impacts and recently served as the Social Science Expert on the NWS Service Assessment team for the Southeast Flooding event of September 2009. Melissa has a Bachelor of Science degree in atmospheric science from the University of Wisconsin.
Chris Vaccaro is the acting Media Relations Director at NOAA headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. Prior to joining NOAA in 2004, he was a science/weather journalist with USA Today's print, online and broadcast divisions. Since Hurricane Gloria struck his Long Island home in 1985, Chris has had an avid interest in meteorology and he first crossed paths with the NWS as a student intern at the NWS office in Upton, N.Y. Chris earned an undergraduate degree in meteorology and social science from Lyndon State College and holds a Masters in Communications from the University of Oklahoma. He is also a graduate of the WAS*IS program and is currently on the AMS Board on Enterprise Communications.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
The simple answer is "no" – the way state pension ages have been altered is not fair. Women have been hit comparatively harder. Meanwhile, those who thought they were planning carefully for changes in the age they could start to claim their state pension have seen the rules change more than once since it was first made clear retirement ages were going to be pushed upwards.
But, and it is a major but, the argument goes that this had to happen at some point for clear economic reasons – so one section of society had to take the pain. The section of society taking that pain will invariably be upset to say the very least, but if it wasn't them, it would have been someone else. So what are the facts? Well, as things stand – and that is important to remember because there is nothing to say the parameters will not alter yet again – the moment of "equalisation", when men and women first have the same retirement age of 65, will be November 2018.
This will entail a sliding scale of retirement ages for women up until 2018, a calculation which can be done online using the Pensions Advisory Service calculator.
It's worth noting that the calculator is not up to date yet, because technically the age changes have not yet been passed into law. The sliding scale will see state pension ages altering by months at a time – for instance, an individual may find they now have a pensionable aged of 61 years and eight months. The 2018 date is two years sooner than previously planned. Following 2018, the pension age for both men and women will increase in tandem to 66 in 2020. Increases to 67 and 68 are also planned for 2036 and 2046 respectively, but these could well come forward.
Michelle Mitchell, Age UK's charity director, said: "Plans to increase the state pension age quicker than planned is bad news for the millions of older people, particularly the very poorest, who are unable to work for longer.
"Women will be hard hit by this change of policy, seeing their state pension age rise by six years between 2010 and 2020 compared to just one year for men.
"The government is breaking the promise it made in the coalition agreement not to start increasing state pension age to 66 for women before 2020.
"The poorest will be hardest hit as they are generally more reliant on their state pension and have lower life expectancy."
Further reform was needed, said Mrs Mitchell, to ensure a higher state pension and a simpler system.
Ros Altmann, Director General of Saga, said the proposals had "unfair and disproportionate consequences for a significant number of women" who were already past their mid fifties and had no time to make up for the lost pension income they have been expecting.
"About half a million women will be affected adversely.
"These women were told, some years ago, that their pension age would increase from 60 to around 63 or 64.
"They accepted this change without fuss and set about planning their finances in anticipation of receiving their state pensions later than previously expected.
"But the government has suddenly moved the goalposts on them."
There was never going to be agreement about this issue, the speed at which it was implemented and which age groups should pay the –
literal – price. The hit had to come at some point, but the fairness debate will not go away for some time.
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Dir: Julien Temple. Ire-UK. 2007. 123minsJulien Temple is the film chronicler of British punk music, first with The Great Rock And Roll Swindle (1979) and twenty years later with the much more accomplished The Filth And The Fury (1999). Temple is still on the upswing with Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, an admiring yet thorough documentary homage to the founder of The Clash, who died in 2002 at the age of 50.
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Feel the Cool Breeze Sweep Over You at the Cairo Citadel
Published by Jason Hussong, Writer
Country: Egypt
The Experience
Egypt's Citadel is one of the most popular medieval sites in Cairo encompassing three mosques, a military museum and a beautiful park. These ornate history-laden complexes harbor is a simpler pleasure though, an outcrop above Cairo perfect for catching a cool breeze. In 810 A.D. the governor had a pavilion constructed so people could sit back, relax, and enjoy the grand views of Cairo while basking in the refreshing breeze. Muqattam Hill was a great place to relax and enjoy the day long before the Cairo Citadel was built, and is so once again following the movement of the seat of government to its new home, the Abdin Palace, in the 1860's.
The Cairo Citadel has changed significantly over the years as various leaders have left their own mark on the complex. The most prominent and well known of these changes was the addition of the grand Mohamed Ali Mosque, which has dominated the Cairo skyline with its piercing minarets since its completion in 1848. Beside the Mohamed Ali Mosque is the Mosque of al-Nasir Muhammad, and although not as large, it offers greater eloquence. The beautiful masonry and ornate craftsmanship displayed here is the quintessential Ottoman style used in many Islamic monuments, and have captivated countless people over the years. The only original parts of the once mighty fortress that remain from initial construction are parts of the walls and a well that once supplied the Saladin Citadel with water. Unfortunately the area around the 285 foot (87 meters) deep Bir Yusuf Well is not open for tourists to investigate.
Defense of the Cairo Citadel is no longer a concern as it was in Saladin's day. Instead today, the three mosques built in its boundaries serve as active homes of prayer; the large military museum remembers a long history of the armies that have ruled over Egypt; and a park, not far from the small Suleyman Pasha Mosque, is a great place to relax and let a cool breeze sweep over you. After a day exploring Egypt's Citadel and all it encompasses in its mighty walls, it's easy to see why the non-Pharaonic structure is so popular, with tourists and locals alike, as a fantastic spot to relax and enjoy the wind washing over you.
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Also, the nearby Khan el-Khalili bazaar is a great nearby spot to stop and pick up some snacks if you plan to have a picnic within the Citadel's walls. It's also worth a visit though once you're done at the Citadel. It's winding alleys make for an interesting adventure as you shop, haggle for bargains, sip tea and explore the ancient maze of shops at night.
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- iStyle Cairo 6-Day - GAPAdventures.com
- Do Cairo your way! Choose from various iStyle optional activities and create an itinerary that's perfect for you. Some of the many options include: a day trip to Alexandria, one of the greatest cities of the Hellenic world; an exploration of Islamic Cairo's medieval citadel, markets and mosques; tours of Coptic Cairo, the world-renowned Egyptian Museum, the Great Pyramids of Giza or other lesser-known ruins; camel rides, Nile cruises and more. There's even a camel market!
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- Egypt Travel Guide (8th Ed.) - Lonely Planet
- The voracious energy of Cairo, the grandeur of Luxor's monuments, the laid-back vibe of Dahab and the remote beauty of the Western Desert oases: Lonely Planet's bestselling guide to Egypt packs in more treasures than Tutankhamun's tomb.
- The Citadel of Cairo: A New Interpretation of Royal Mamluk Architecture (Hardcover)
- Top 10 Cairo and the Nile
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- The Citadel in Cairo - TourEgypt.net
- One of Cairo's most popular tourist attractions is the Citadel which houses a number of museums, ancient mosques and other sites, located on a spur of limestone that had been detached from its parent Moqattam Hills by quarrying.
- Historic Cairo - UNESCO.org
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- 36 Hours in Cairo - NY Times.com (newspaper)
- CAIRO is third world and first world, Islamic world and pharaonic world, a teeming city that jars all the senses, all at once. There are thousands of years of history in this city of 18 million people, and that history can be seen in the people themselves: the modern-day ful seller peddling his stewed beans from a decorated cart, the felucca captain guiding his sailboat through the murky Nile, the young man riding a bicycle through traffic with a ladder-sized tray of bread balanced on his head.
- Cairo, Egypt - National Geographic.com (magazine)
- Cairo's 14th century Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan is one of the largest in the world. Some believe that buildings contain stone from the Pyramids of Giza.
- Old Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 1990 - National Geographic.com (magazine)
- "Built inside the Citadel, the former headquarters of Egypt's rulers, the Turkish-style [Muhammad Ali] mosque honors the early 19th-century leader credited with bringing the nation and Cairo out of a medieval past—and into vexing modern times."
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When: 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4
Where: Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla
Tickets: $10 and $15 (free for UCSD students)
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The phrase "borders-leaping music" applies both literally and figuratively to the Mark Dresser Trio, which performs Friday night, Feb. 4, at UCSD's Conrad Prebys Concert Hall.
"Our music is rich in rhythm and sound, and it references the jazz tradition and the world of experimental and extended techniques," Dresser said. "We toured extensively from 1999 to 2002, but this will be our first performance anywhere since 2003."
Dresser, a Los Angeles native, is a San Diego Symphony and UCSD alum who has been a professor of contemporary music at the La Jolla campus since 2002. He is justly hailed as one of most daring and accomplished contrabassists in cutting-edge jazz and New Music, two styles he performs with equal fire and finesse.
Joining him in the trio is Switzerland's Matthias Ziegler, who is the principal flutist in the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Ziegler performs on an electroacoustically amplified contrabass flute, an alto flute, bass flute and a piccolo. He also plays a quarter-tone flute (which enables him to play all quarter-tones and chromatic multiphonics), and an instrument of his own invention, the Matusiflute (which features a vibrating membrane and was partly inspired by the Chinese bamboo flute).
The trio's lineup is completed by New Yorker Denman Maroney, who may be the world's foremost hyperpianist. That phrase was coined to reflect the manner in which Maroney creates a unique sonic array by playing the inside of his piano with violin bows and altering the tone and pitch of the piano by sliding on the strings with everything from steel cylinders, a cow bell and copper bars to Tibetan prayer bowls, a plastic water bottle and CD cases.
Friday's two-part concert will feature nine compositions, all written by Dresser. One of them, 2002's 16-minute-long "Sonomatopoeia," features a "video narrative and score" by Tom Leeser, the Program Director of Art & Technology at the Center for Integrated Media at Cal Arts in Valencia.
"This is music written for impovisers," Dresser noted. "But most of it is written for these specific improvisers in the trio. We've each developed individual musical vocabularies that I've learned quite well and have written for specifically."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Home Is Where We Trust Our Eyes - Poem by Mark Heathcote
Home is where we begin to heal
Life is a strait jacket
I wish I could just take off this vest
Because home is the place
A comely angel makes her homely, nest.
Home is where we trust our eyes
And shut the window
On our stray-cat outside thoughts
Home is the place we don't go prowling
For a saucer of congealed milk
Or another's rheumatic; touch of silk.
Home is a rainbow, can't you understand
There's a poisoned inkwell in my head
Running dry writing letters to a life outside
These four walls I wish were dead.
Home is an island on a weekend honeymoon…
It's a gypsum palace somewhere in paradise.
Home is where we begin to heal
And take off that life's strait jacket!
Home is a rainbow you can't distrust
Home is where we all must trust our eyes.
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Uencounter.me has partnered with a number of travel bloggers who share our core values of integrity, honesty, and transparency. Over the next several months, we are highlighting them in our Partner Series. We hope this allows you to get to know them better and remember, you can follow all of their travel and blog posts via their personal pin map on uencounter.me!
The tenth in our series introduces Sarah, a travel blogger with a passion and author of Sarah Somewhere; we asked her a series of questions and her answers follow:
Please tell us a little bit about you personally:
In February 2012, I embarked on an indefinite travel adventure with my boyfriend after selling our home, quitting our jobs and saving our pennies!
How long have you been blogging and why do you do it?
Sarah Somewhere is almost a year old! I wrote my first ever blog post when I had just applied for a voluntary redundancy from my job of eleven years. I love to write. I'd always wanted to write, but felt I had nothing to say. With all the fear, uncertainty and excitement circulating with me during the biggest change of my life, I needed to share it! It proved to be extremely therapeutic, made everything feel real and helped me connect with a wonderful community of bloggers and travelers doing similar things.
How did you decide upon the title and direction of your blog?
I struggled for a while to come up with a title, and then one day my boyfriend said casually, how about "Sarah Somewhere?" I knew that was the name. It fit extremely well with the fact that we wanted to travel without plans and agendas (in the beginning anyway), and that I had absolutely no idea how things were going to turn out. Even if I ended up penniless and homeless, I'd always be "Somewhere!" But thankfully, it hasn't come to that yet.
What is your favorite blogging experience?
Definitely 'meeting' my dear friends Kim (So Many Places) and Hannah (Furtherbound) online. I've never struck up such a bond with anyone I haven't met in real life before! We've just launched a new blog together (Rickshaw Run Diaries) chronicling our participation in the Rickshaw Run India in January 2013. It's going to be wild!
What has been your most treasured travel experience?
Doing this! Honestly, I have travelled pretty widely, but selling everything and leaving our old lives behind to create a life that is truly ours has been the scariest and most amazing experience of my life. Sure, the destination list is wonderful; Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Laos, China, Mexico, but taking this huge risk on the hunch that you can actually realize your dreams and create your own destiny (and BE HAPPY) has been the singular biggest blessing.
If you could return to any one of the locations you have visited, where would it be and why?
Well, I'm currently in Mexico for three months, after which I'll be going to India for the Rickshaw Run. But I can definitely see myself coming back! It's my first taste of Latin America, and I've fallen head-over-taco in love with this country!
What location is at the top of your bucket list today?
I'd love to visit Cuba. I'm not sure if we will get there this time due to expensive flights, but one day I'll get there! I've heard it's a magical place, and obviously culturally very intriguing. I'd love to walk the streets of Havana lined with classic cars, and observe life unfolding.
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Vermont's transportation system faces an annual shortfall of $240 million over the next five years. A new report predicts the average gap between the state's annual funding sources, roughly $457 million, and the cost of paying for basic infrastructure needs, estimated at $700 million per year.
This year alone Vermont will see a roughly $30 million gap in state transportation revenues, according to Rep. Patrick Brennan, the chair of the House Transportation Committee. The shortfall could affect the state's ability to draw down more than $100 million in federal highway funds. That's because the federal Department of Transportation requires states to come up with a 20 percent match rate. Last year, the state had to borrow money to draw down all of its federal funds.
Meanwhile, state officials anticipate federal funding could decline significantly this year and into the future. This transportation fiscal cliff comes at a time when Vermont is rebounding from years of infrastructure neglect and is making permanent repairs to roads and bridges damaged by Tropical Storm Irene.
"The infrastructure is coming back slowly," Brennan said. "If we don't address the money situation, we're going to lose all the ground we've made over the last few years so I'm hopeful we can come up with something in the short term and maybe in the long term we can look at larger ticket items like vehicle mile tax."
The latest information about the state of the state's Transportation Fund was published this week in a new report from the Section 40 Committee on Transportation Funding.
The study indicates that this year's gap is part of a long-term, national transportation revenue trend that could have a lasting impact on the state's infrastructure and economy. If the state doesn't take immediate steps to generate new revenues on its own, state officials warned that road repairs will be delayed and bridges that need to be replaced could be put off-limits for heavy vehicles or closed.
Even so, maximizing federal funds remains, the state's primary strategy, according Brian Searles, the secretary of the Agency of Transportation.
"We can see a time coming when our federal funds would be at risk because of a reduction in state funds," Searles told lawmakers on Thursday. "So our job is together to pursue some strategies to increase levels of federal funding … because there is no way or at least it's going to be very difficult to raise $240 million plus a year. We're a small state — you've already heard half our budget comes from federal sources — we just don't have the capacity to do this on our own."
The report outlines the causes of the state and federal revenue shortfalls and cites 15 possible revenue sources that could shore up the state's transportation coffers.
Officials look for other sources of revenue
The problem is part of a national trend. The main revenue source for the Highway Trust Fund is the 18.4 cent per gallon federal gas tax. As Americans have reduced consumption, gas tax revenues have slipped. Consequently, Congress has had to shore up the Highway Trust Fund with money from the General Fund. The federal Highway Trust Fund, which funds 50 percent of Vermont's transportation budget each year, could go bankrupt if Congress, which is faced with deficit reduction cuts, decides to gut funding for the program. The federal government is also changing its reimbursement formula for states, and that shift could have a negative impact on Vermont's access to highway money.
State transportation fund revenues are somewhat more diversified. The 20-cent per gallon state gas tax generates about $61.6 million per year, or about 24 percent of the state budget. (Over the next 20 years, state gas tax revenues will decline by about 50 percent, officials said.) The state's $253.9 million in revenue sources include motor vehicle fees ($75.6 million), purchase and use taxes ($58.3 million), a transportation infrastructure bond fund ($22.8 million), diesel taxes ($16.1 million) and other revenues ($19.5 million).
The Section 40 Committee on Transportation Funding proposed tax and fee increases that could be used to fill the $30 million state gap this year. The options include increases in taxes or fees on vehicle inspections, leases, rentals, tires, gas, fuel, diesel, vehicle registration, the purchase and use tax and an ad valorem vehicle tax. A potentially controversial items on the list include a reduction in the purchase and use tax contribution to the Education Fund.
Searles said the state needs to look at short-term tax and fee increases, though he declined to give specifics until the governor's budget is released next week. "Everything," he said, "will be on the table."
Agency of Transportation officials held up a 1.51-cent vehicle miles travelled(VMT) tax as an eventual substitute for the gas tax. Car manufacturers in the United States are developing GPS technology to track vehicle miles, and insurers are looking to use VMT as a way to more fairly apply premium rates for drivers, Searles said.
Searles said a utility-based, VMT model could take a decade to implement and would have to be initiated at the federal level. The state could then piggyback on the program.
The VMT raises many policy questions, including personal privacy and social equity issues, Searles said. Is it appropriate to monitor where and how far people travel? Is it fair to ask low-income people who live far from work to pay more for transportation?
Other states are also trying to raise transportation revenues in anticipation of federal cutbacks, Searles said. Oregon is working on a VMT this year, and he pointed to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's recent proposal to increase revenues for transportation by $1 billion a year. "Everybody is looking at this," Searles said. "We have to have our own conversation about what works for us."
Brennan said none of the taxes and fees will be popular.
"I don't think anything we do will make the general public happy because it will inevitably involve some money coming out of their pockets whether it be a few pennies on the gas tax, or whether it's the VMT tax or a tax on tires or vehicles, it'll affect the public a little bit," Brennan said. "It all boils down to what the public requires or wants for a transportation system."
The Section 40 Committee on Transportation Funding also looked at the possibility of eliminating $55 million in funding for town highways. Steve Jeffrey, a member of the committee and the executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, said in that scenario municipalities would have no recourse but to raise local property taxes.
"To the degree that we try to meet this $240 million gap by cutting back on expenses and the potential that some of those would be focused at municipalities is a big concern to us," Jeffrey said.
Towns maintain 80 percent of the road mileage in Vermont, Jeffrey said.


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Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] Looking for next of kin: military memorial forCapt.Lawrence Celmer, Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:30:36 -0600
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Going in on Whitepages and just putting in the name Celmer I found 5 in NY
and three in NJ. Any idea of his wife"s name. Dorothy
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> By Heather Nellis, Recorder News Staff 1/17/12
> In April, fallen U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Lawrence J. Celmer of
> Amsterdam will be honored for his ultimate sacrifice at a plaque
> dedication ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in
> Quantico, Va.
> But the surviving members of Celmer's Marine Corps Basic Class of 1963
> at the College of the Holy Cross want to share that ceremony with
> Celmer's relatives, and are hoping some will come forward so they can
> be personally invited.
> For the past three months, retired Marine Colonel Edward A. Cercone
> has worked tirelessly in hopes of finding Celmer's kin, but to no
> avail.
> "We are trying to identify any living relatives, no matter how
> distant, of Capt. Celmer, to advise them of this memorial for their
> information, and to inquire about their possible interest in attending
> the dedication," Cercone said.
> Celmer was 26 years old when he was killed on March 18, 1967. He
> suffered a fatal gunshot wound to his upper left chest while carrying
> out a search and destroy mission at the province of Quang Ngai during
> the Vietnam War.
> The only child of former Amsterdam Police Chief Andrew Celmer,
> Lawrence "Larry" Celmer's death was widely publicized by the local
> media, including the Recorder. It still mentioned his name several
> years after his military funeral, like when a local fellow serviceman
> was killed, or when the city's Rotary Club would dole out a
> scholarship in Celmer's name.
> His mother, Valeria, died in 1978, and the former chief passed in
> 1992, and the trio are buried together in the St. Stanislaus Cemetery
> in Amsterdam.
> But classmates are hoping there may be some distant relation to the
> small family that was once so high profile their name was regularly
> printed by the local paper, often when the chief would comment on the
> city's crime, or even Larry's name, as it appeared frequently with
> childhood friend Donald Popielarz, including a wedding announcement
> when Celmer was the best man at Popielarz's wedding in August 1962.
> It wasn't the first time Celmer stood up for a friend getting married;
> he did the same for four-year Holy Cross college roommate Paul O'Keefe
> several weeks after graduating college.
> O'Keefe remembered his "good friend" Larry in their college glory days
> as "a very outgoing, personable and social type of person -- in
> contrast to me, but never the less, he was very friendly, he had a lot
> of friends and he was very popular."
> He said they became college roommates "by pure luck," as O'Keefe's
> father was an insurance adjuster who worked regularly with Chief
> Andrew Celmer through his police work.
> "They used to have lunch together, and somewhere along the line, they
> realized both of us were going to Holy Cross. We were both given
> admission on the late side, so they didn't have enough housing on
> campus, so we lived in a private home off campus. But we got along
> fine, and ended up rooming together the next three years."
> Celmer was graduate of the Wilbur H. Lynch High School who would later
> study chemical engineering at the Worcester, Mass. college, and
> O'Keefe said the roommates were "hard-pressed by our studies."
> "We both had to work very hard to do reasonably well. We were immersed
> in our studies, and by our senior year, we eased up and had some fun,"
> O'Keefe remembered.
> Gloversville native Dominick Izzo said similar social calendars are
> what brought him and Celmer together their sophomore year of college,
> and though they never knew each other until their undergraduate
> schooling, Izzo started picking up Celmer in his car when the pair
> would drive to Massachusetts.
> "We all went to the same college, and we were all in the same Navy
> ROTC program together," Izzo said. "He was one of the funniest people
> I've ever met in my entire life. We didn't have frat houses at
> college, but we made up the difference at big weekends. Our social
> calendars were very much intertwined for three years; we liked the
> same kind of girls ... Every single day for three years, we did
> something, or chatted, or argued about politics, or talked about
> sports."
> Izzo said one of "the most shocking days of my life" was the day he
> learned Celmer had been killed in battle. He said he was watching the
> news with his wife and three young children.
> It was Celmer's second tour in Vietnam. The Amsterdam Evening Recorder
> reported his death three days later, noting Celmer was believed to
> have died almost instantaneously.
> It would take nearly 12 days for his body to return to the city,
> enough time for the chief and his wife to drive back from their
> vacation spot in Florida to their Sanford Avenue home.
> The March 21, 1967 paper reported Celmer's death as the seventh area
> Marine to die in that war zone, the village where he died about 50
> miles south of the large Marine base at Chu Lai.
> Celmer had completed his required tour of duty in Vietnam and had
> volunteered for another year of war zone duty, where he was a marine
> search and destroy company commander at the time he was mortally
> wounded, the paper reads.
> "The last letter Larry sent to me in 1966 said he wanted to go into
> action, that he was volunteering to go to Vietnam," Izzo said. And
> despite the national controversy that erupted as the war escalated
> into the late 1960s, "when I look back, Larry's death was such a loss,
> it's so frustrating, but I don't think it was done in vain. He did
> what he wanted to do.
> "I pray for him every day," Izzo said. "That's how close I felt to
> him. It's tough to forget someone like that."
> And to his classmates, he'll never be forgotten. In addition to his
> name engraved on the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C., he'll be
> forever idolized with eight of his college classmates on a plaque that
> will be dedicated in April.
> Relatives interested in the ceremony, or anyone interested in
> providing further information, can reach out to Cercone by calling
> (703) 323-6358 or emailing .
> Contact Heather Nellis at
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> Bob Sullivan
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E
Common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli (Smith) Dye and X. campestris pv. phaseoli var. fuscans causes severe losses to yield and quality in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Resistance to CBB is quantitatively inherited, with low to moderately high heritability. However, previous studies suggested that CBB resistance could be retained even after five recurrent backcrosses. The objective of this research was to assess the response to one and two recurrent backcrosses for the introgression of CBB resistance into susceptible dark red kidney (DRK) bean. A double-cross [Wilkinson 2 (R=Resistant) / DRK 2 (S=Susceptible) // DRK 1 (S) / VAX 3 (R)] was made to introgress CBB resistance from the Middle American gene pool into DRK bean. The double-cross F1 of 707 plants was assessed in the greenhouse using direct pathogen inoculation scored on a 1-9 scale (1<4 = resistant, 4<7 = intermediate, 7-9 = susceptible). Selected resistant plants were backcrossed with DRK 1 (2188 BC1F1 seeds). The BC1F1 was screened for CBB resistance and selected resistant plants backcrossed with DRK 1 (1080 BC2F1 seeds). The BC1F2 and BC2F1 and their progenies were assessed for CBB resistance in the field and greenhouse. The fifteen breeding lines with the highest levels of CBB resistance from each backcross were selected. The four parents and 15 BC1 and 15 BC2 lines were evaluated for CBB reaction in the greenhouse. The mean disease severity index (DSI) for the 15 breeding lines was 4.3 for the BC1 and 5.7 for the BC2 compared with 7.5 for DRK 1 and 7.2 for DRK 2. After a single backcross, the majority of breeding lines remained resistant to CBB. However, after the second backcross, only one breeding line was rated resistant to CBB. The implications of these results for breeding will be discussed further.


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By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Americans hold strong and conflicting views about immigration that underscore the difficulties Congress will face in reaching a final legislative deal on the issue, an analysis of USA TODAY polling data shows.
ON DEADLINE: Which group are you in?
The public splits into separate camps over whether illegal immigrants should be able to work toward citizenship, whether they help or hurt the economy — even whether immigration is an urgent problem that must be addressed.
Those disagreements are reflected in the Senate immigration bill that passed Thursday and the House bill, passed in December, which takes a tougher approach. A conference committee will try to resolve conflicts between the two measures on the issue, President Bush's top domestic priority before Congress.
A USA TODAY breakdown of public opinion, based on Gallup polls taken in April and May, finds Americans falling into four clusters that are roughly equal in size but vary dramatically in point of view. The groups can be characterized as "hard-liners," "unconcerned," "ambivalent" and "welcoming."
"You're talking about irreconcilable groups that represent substantial parts of the population," says Roberto Suro, director of the non-partisan Pew Hispanic Center. "A compromise that 50% of the population can go for leaves half the public feeling unhappy, and very unhappy."
Among the findings in the USA TODAY analysis:
• Traditional partisanship doesn't drive views on immigration. Gender, education and family history seem to do as much to shape attitudes as political party or ideology. Significant numbers of liberals and conservatives are divided among three of the four groups. Moderates spread across all four.
In Congress, too, partisanship doesn't rule on this issue. Republicans are particularly divided: 23 Senate Republicans voted for the immigration bill, 32 voted against it.
• Those who want to take the toughest steps against illegal immigration also feel the most urgency about the subject. Two-thirds of the "hard-liners" call the issue "extremely important." No one in the most lenient group, the "unconcerned," feels that way.
The intensity of their views magnifies the clout of those most opposed to citizenship programs. "They project a loud voice," says Frank Sharry of the pro-immigrant National Immigration Forum.
"The people whose political decisions are based on a candidate's immigration stance are mainly pro-control, pro-enforcement people," says Mark Kirkorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports tougher enforcement.
The "hard-liners" are also the most Republican group? one reason many House Republicans, especially those considered at risk in November's elections, may be reluctant to compromise.
• The four groups are starkly at odds on basic issues, making it difficult to see common ground. No one in the "hard-liner" group supports a proposal to allow illegal immigrants to work toward citizenship, but more than three-fourths of those in the other three groups do. The Senate bill includes such a provision; the House bill doesn't.
In two of the four groups, overwhelming majorities say removing illegal immigrants would hurt the economy. In the other two groups, solid majorities say it would help.


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Petition Aims to Repeal Houston Equal Rights Ordinance
Time is running out for Houston voters to sign a petition which could force a repeal of the mayor's controversial equal rights ordinance. A coalition of local church groups has launched an online campaign to stop the ordinance from going into effect.
"We need 17,000 signatures to force City Council to either repeal the ordinance or put it on the ballot so people can vote," says Jonathon Saenz with the group Texas Values.
"That website has drop locations, you can download the petition yourself and sign it, you can take it to your neighbor, get it notarized and get it in," he says.
Saenz says council members themselves reported calls of 4-1 to as high as 10-1 against the measure.
"The only reason to some people it seemed like there was support for the ordinance is because in the last meeting the mayor stacked the deck with all of her supporters, and effectively pushed everyone else to the end of the line," he says.
The petition signatures will be turned over to the city clerk Monday.


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Everclear and AceShowbiz are partnering to give two lucky fans the chance to see the band live during their launch party in Las Vegas.
In a joint partnership with AceShowbiz, rock band Everclear are giving away a trip for two fans to watch the band performing live in Las Vegas. The band have released their new album "The Vegas Years" and on Sunday, April 20 will celebrate it with a party in the Sin City where two lucky fans can meet the members personally.
The winner will get to watch the band performing from the V.I.P. section of the renown Mandalay Bay. Along with the trip and meet and greet session, the eligible winner will get an autographed copy of the the band's brand new CD that has hit the stores on Tuesday, April 15.
Contest has been opened since date 8 and will be closed on Thursday, April 17. The winner will then be announced one day after the competition ends. For more information regarding the eligibility and rules, log on to AceShowbiz's contest page.
"Vegas" is a compilation made up of live tracks, released materials recorded between 1994 to last year and a bunch of new cuts. There are several cover songs that include The GoGo's' "Our Lips Are Sealed," Tom Petty's "American Girl," and Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town."


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CHICKASHA, Okla. – With a tie game headed into the ninth inning, USAO was able to push across a run to take the 10-9 victory at Bill Smith Ballpark in Chickasha on Monday afternoon.
With the Rangers leading 2-1 through two innings of play, NWOSU extended its lead to 5-1 with after a three-run homer by Joe Cervantes. USAO scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to trail by two.
Northwestern added two more runs in the fifth inning, taking a 7-3 lead, but USAO answered with four runs on four hits and two errors, tying the game at 7-7 through five innings.
The two teams were tied at 9-9 after the Drovers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and NWOSU scored two runs in the top of the seventh.
After neither team was able to score in the eighth inning, the Drovers held NWOSU scoreless in the top of the ninth inning, despite leaving a runner on second base.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth inning for USAO, the Drovers tripled, followed by an intentional walk. An RBI single drove in the winning run to lead to the one-run USAO victory.
Both teams had 14 hits on the afternoon with George Flores and Cervantes leading Northwestern with three-hit games, as both had home runs. Cervantes tallied four runs batted in, while Flores had two RBI and added a pair of doubles.
Garry Thomas started on the hill for the Rangers and pitched four complete innings. He allowed eight hits and five earned runs while fanning one. Jordan Flittie pitched to seven batters in an inning of relief before Chase Phelps threw the final 3.1 innings. Phelps (3-2) took the loss and allowed one run, four hits and struck out four batters.
The Rangers (24-21, 7-19) host Mid-America Christian University for a 2 p.m. nine inning game on Thursday, Apr. 21 at Myers Stadium.
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by Staff Writers
Reston, VA (SPX) Nov 20, 2012
Much biological research on climate change focuses on the impacts of warming and changes in precipitation over wide areas.
Researchers are now increasingly recognizing that at the local scale they must understand the effects of climate change through the intertwined patterns of soils, vegetation, and water flowpaths-not forgetting the uses humans have made of the landscape.
In the December issue of BioScience researchers describe how aboveground and belowground responses to springtime warming are becoming separated in time in a forest in New England.
This and other indirect effects of climate change could alter the dominant trees and other plants in the region as well as the wildlife present, with likely consequences for local industry and tourism.
The observations could be a bellwether for changes in forests elsewhere. The researchers, led by Peter M. Groffman, analyzed findings from the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire, which has been studied for 50 years. Warming means spring has advanced and fall has retreated over that time.
Together with increasing snow and rain, this has led to an increase in streamflow in winter and summer-but to a decline in the winter snowpack. The declining snowpack should favor deer at the expense of moose-which seems to be happening.
And the earlier thaw means soils have been warming earlier in the springtime. Significantly, the interval between snowmelt and full leaf growth has increased-by 8 days over 50 years.
Soil nutrients can be more easily washed out during this transition period, and soil freezing can also occur. This can in turn threaten some tree species, including yellow birch and sugar maple-the main source of maple syrup. Soil invertebrates are also killed by soil freezing, so the species of birds that feed on them will likely change.
Groffman and his colleagues stress that research into the likely effects of climate change should examine a full range of landscapes, including those affected by biological invaders.
Research should also take advantage of the range of temperatures at different elevations to explore the effects of expected warming.
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Subject: Categorical Exclusion under 21 CFR § 25.31(c)
Biotest Pharmaceutical Corporation requested categorical exclusion from an environmental assessment pursuant to 21 CFR 25.31 (c), which applies to a biologic product containing substances that occur naturally in the environment when the introduction of the product does not alter significantly the concentration or distribution of the substances, their metabolites, or degradation products in the environment.
I evaluated the request for categorical exclusion and concluded that this request is justified as the product meets the applicable exclusion criteria in 21 CFR Part 25, and that there is no information indicating that extraordinary circumstances exist.
Destry Sillivan, Acting Branch Chief Date
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- Honorable Judge Michael Obus, NY State Supreme Court
Revoke Cond'l Discharge for Sean Lynde aka MacKenzie re Agg. Animal Cruelty
Graphic Designer, Sean Patrick Lynde has changed his name to Sean Barry MacKenzie, and is violating the terms of his conditional discharge for Felony Aggravated Animal Cruelty. He is an escalating danger to humans, animals, and society.
Honorable Michael Obus, Judge New York State Supreme Court
Daniel Rosen, New York State Court Attorney
Michelle Parisien, New York State Court Attorney
Please revoke Sean Patrick Lynde's (who changed his name to Sean Barry MacKenzie) conditional discharge.
I am deeply concerned about the case of Sean Lynde (aka Sean MacKenzie or "MacKenzie"), a Manhattan man who is back in the news after cyber-harassing new victims, attempting to extort NYC based startup company 20@ LLC ("TwentyAt"), and earlier methodically killing ex-girlfriend Rachael Strate's two senior cats (15 and 17 yrs.) and three little kittens. Cyber-harassment, animal torture and murder are serious crimes that demand your utmost deliberation.
You may recall that in October 2008, MacKenzie allegedly poisoned Cleo, whose body was found with a mouthful of detergent behind a dryer. He bludgeoned Zoe so severely, a veterinarian euthanized her. Reports indicate that the unknowing Strate, innocently next adopted kittens Willie and Betty (with Sean Lynde aka Sean MacKenzie's seemingly enthusiastic participation). Within 48 hours, Willie was permanently crippled and brain damaged while Strate was at work and MacKenzie claims Betty "fell off a countertop" to her death. After Strate brought home two more kittens, one named Emo vanished and Bonafide turned up with a broken neck despite the order of protection she had taken on Mr. Lynde, which he violated.
MacKenzie seemingly derives pleasure from prolonged suffering as further evidenced by past charges for crippling a kitten and instigating a sixth cat's disappearance.
Violence against animals is a well-documented precursor to violence against humans. Indeed, MacKenzie already vented rage on Strate in March when he reportedly smashed her Apple Macbook. As you are well aware, he subsequently stalked her and violated a court order to stay away from her. He posted a picture of her on Craigslist along with an ad soliciting sex, and aimed numerous menacing, offensive and false online posts about her as psychological torture.
In January 2012, MacKenzie began a new wave of cyber-harassment against NYC-based startup TwentyAt, targeting not just the company, but the founders personally as well. MacKenzie has claimed sole responsibility for putting up hundreds of online attacks and posts, plaguing sites such as Yelp (under accounts of fake restaurants), Twitter and Tumblr. He has chose to use his graphic design skills to photo-shop offensive images of the founders personally on sites like Flickr, Pinterest, and others.
Repeat attacks suggest a predatory style that is a sign of "organized and premeditated violence against others," says Dr. Randall Lockwood, an animal behaviorist with ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Initiatives who consults with cruelty investigators, law enforcers and mental health professionals.
Prolific murderers such as the Boston Strangler, Son of Sam, Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy practiced on animals before graduating to humans. Dennis Rader, notorious for the Bind-Torture-Kill murders in Wichita, Kansas, confessed to strangling cats and dogs before his sadistic spree. Men prosecuted for animal cruelty are five times as likely to be arrested for other violent crimes, claims Utah State University professor Frank Ascione.
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Olly Murs is well on his way to international stardom. The 'X Factor U.K.' runner up, currently opening for One Direction on tour, clearly gets along with his headliners. Murs did a duet with Niall Horan in a pretty hilarious acoustic rendition of his first stateside single, 'Heart Skips a Beat.'
Murs and his band combine vocals, acoustic guitars and stools to create the acoustic version of the electro-pop tune, and it's just as catchy as the original. Towards the middle of the clip, the camera trails off to the bathroom, where Horan is sitting — with his pants up, mind you — on the john, playing guitar.
Horan emerges from the restroom eventually and sings and dances along with Murs, contributing various "skips" to the chorus. Horan's got impressive guitar skills that fans may not see that often, so it's fun to see him with an instrument having fun with his pals.
The acoustic version of 'Heart Skips a Beat' lacks a bit of the touches that made the original so attention grabbing, but it's still pretty infectious. The original hit No. 1 in England last year and earned a BRIT nomination for Best British Single, and the exposure the single will garner from 1D's tour will surely put it on the map on this side of the pond (especially if this video has anything to do with it). Why? Well, after their serenade, Horan closes the video by… well, you'll see. And you'll laugh.
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Citation: Turner AM (2013) Fifty Years On: GWAS Confirms the Role of a Rare Variant in Lung Disease. PLoS Genet 9(8): e1003768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003768
Editor: Scott M. Williams, Dartmouth College, United States of America
Published: August 22, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Alice M. Turner. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: AMT is funded by the Alpha-1 Foundation, NIHR, Linde REALfund, MRC CiC, Mologic and The Hospital Infection Society. The funders had no role in the preparation of this article.
Competing interests: AMT has received research grants from the Alpha-1 Foundation, and is closely linked to the UK AATD registry which receives funding from Grifols, a manufacturer of AAT augmentation. The author has never received research monies directly from a pharmaceutical entity with an interest in AATD.
This year, 2013, is the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of alpha one antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), a disease caused by mutation in SERPINA1, which predisposes to early onset lung disease, specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this issue of PLOS Genetics, the timely study of Thun et al. [1] investigated alpha one antitrypsin (AAT) levels with a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach in a cohort recruited primarily for studies of asthma. They demonstrate that, although a genome-wide association is detected for a common variant in SERPINA1, the association disappears after adjusting the results for the presence of the known rare variants that cause AATD (PiZ and PiS). The observation of this "synthetic association" illustrates the potential for detection of rare genetic variants, with minor allele frequencies (MAF) of less than 1%, to revolutionize the understanding of pathogenesis.
Importantly, the approach used by Thun et al.—the sequencing of SERPINA1, fine mapping, and a conditional approach to statistical analysis in the regression model—does not depend on knowing the rare variants on which models need to be conditioned, and was able to reliably identify known variants with MAF 1%–5%. It is therefore a nice demonstration of the potential for sequencing to reveal rare variants and ascertain their true contribution to traits. Thun et al. have also compensated for known environmental exposure that interacts with genes, such as cigarette smoke exposure ("ever smoked"), enhancing this analysis by use of a proxy measure for smoke intensity (hsCRP). The robustness of the results was demonstrated using a second large cohort. The clinical relevance of this work was demonstrated by looking at lung function as the outcome, although this revealed a more complex scenario. The results leave some unanswered questions, such as the observation that variants influencing expression which lie outside SERPINA1 exons are not accounted for, and that recent expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data for SERPINA1 did not report their associated SNPs.
Since the advent of GWAS it has become increasingly obvious that this research design cannot detect the majority of the heritability of most studied traits. Several ideas have been proposed to explain this "missing heritability," including gene–environment interaction, reduced power of GWAS to detect functional variants due to low levels of linkage disequilibrium with causative SNPs, and undetected rare variants. Thun et al. [1] provide an excellent realization of this last hypothesis. Most GWAS have picked up common variants that confer only a small measured increase in risk (increased odds ratios [ORs]), but have missed by design rare variants that confer larger ORs of disease. AATD and GWAS of COPD and lung function are perfect examples of this as they failed to detect both the PiZ and PiS variants, despite the well-established role of these mutations in lung disease. Only through a huge meta-analysis of over 20,000 individuals and smoking interaction modeling could the influence of PiZ [2] on lung function be detected. Thun et al. could use their analyses to begin to address the longstanding debate regarding the role of AATD in lung disease at the population level. Specifically, does carrying a single abnormal SERPINA1 allele increase risk of lung disease at the population level [3]? A demonstration of an association, even at low AAT levels not considered truly deficient, would mean that AAT pathways are relevant to a far larger proportion of the population than previously thought. For this reason, the work of Thun et al. is not only an interesting example of synthetic association, but has potential clinical importance since it suggests that even small variation in AAT level could affect lung function [1].
Since rare variant analysis is a topic of great interest to genetic epidemiologists at present, it is worth reprising how understanding AATD has moved clinical medicine forward. It was first described in 1963 by Laurell and Eriksson, who reported an absence of the α1 band on protein electrophoresis of serum taken from a patient at a local respiratory hospital [4]; this missing band was due to very low circulating levels of AAT. The observation that people with this deficiency developed early-onset emphysema and COPD suggested a role for pathways involving AAT in pathogenesis(summarized in Figure 1). The main function of AAT is as an anti-protease, which protects tissues against neutrophil elastase (NE) [5]; the protease–antiprotease hypothesis of emphysema resulted directly from this knowledge and has driven much of the research into COPD. Clinically significant AATD-related lung disease occurs in approximately 1 in 2,500 Caucasian individuals who usually carry the PiZ or PiS variants of SERPINA1; importantly, both SNPs confer an increased risk of lung disease in carriers who smoke and in homozygous individuals who do not smoke [6]. However, COPD is very common, affecting up to 20% of smokers and 11% of non-smokers worldwide, and is projected to be the third most common cause of death by 2030 [7]. Consequently, changing the direction of research in COPD had potential to greatly affect population health. At the time of detection of AATD, COPD as a term was not in common use; rather, patients were described as having emphysema or chronic bronchitis, both diagnosed by clinical features and chest radiography. It is now a common term and is diagnosed by a reduction in FEV1/FVC ratio on spirometry—a simple test of lung function—and may be further characterized by more complex lung function tests and computerized tomography (CT) scanning of the lungs.
(1) Polymorphisms in DNA lead to structural changes in AAT which interact with (2) environmental exposure to cigarette smoke, amongst other influences. The combination of gene+environment leads to (3) neutrophilic inflammation in the lung; the main driver of disease is an inability to protect from the harmful effects of NE released by neutrophils. (4) Proteolytic destruction of lung tissue leads to the typical clinical pattern of emphysema, usually worst at the lung bases, as shown on this reconstructed image. (5 & 6) In addition, AAT polymers present in the lung, whose formation occurs due to the PiZ and to a lesser extent the PiS variant, play a smaller role in augmenting inflammation by attracting other inflammatory cells such as macrophages.
Genetic research into the etiology of lung dysfunction in the general population [2] as well as the risk of COPD [8] has succeeded in identifying many variants that are significantly associated with these outcomes. Candidate gene approaches discovered other relevant proteases [9], and our increased understanding of the inflammatory cascade leading to neutrophil activation and NE release has guided the implementation of therapies targeting inflammation, the most common of which is inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). However, anti-inflammatory therapies have not been a magic bullet for COPD sufferers; indeed, the main trial seeking reduction in mortality showed only a trend in this direction (p = 0.052) when ICS were combined with long-acting beta agonists (LABA) [10]. However, lung function, flare-ups of the disease (known as exacerbations), and quality of life have been shown in many studies to improve with ICS/LABA combinations [7]. Relevant to the current paper on SERPINA1 variants as a predictor of AAT, specific treatment for AATD has been developed in the form of AAT augmentation therapy. A meta-analysis of 1,509 patients in observational studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) concluded that it was beneficial, because decline in lung function was slower upon treatment [11]. More sophisticated measures of lung disease using quantitative analysis of CT scans have shown that augmentation is beneficial in the RCTs alone [12]. Whether or not the recognition that rare variants explain common variant associations at SERPINA1 with AATD changes clinical practice remains to be seen, but the story should be a source of inspiration for genetic researchers to continue pursuing rare variants and their potential use in disease prediction and targeted therapy.
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- 2. Obeidat M, Wain LV, Shrine N, Kalsheker N, Artigas MS, et al. (2011) A comprehensive evaluation of potential lung function associated genes in the SpiroMeta general population sample. PLoS One 6: e19382.
- 3. Sorheim IC, Bakke P, Gulsvik A, Pillai SG, Johannessen A, et al. (2010) alpha(1)-Antitrypsin protease inhibitor MZ heterozygosity is associated with airflow obstruction in two large cohorts. Chest 138: 1125–1132.
- 4. Laurell CB, Eriksson S (1963) The electrophoretic alpha 1 globulin pattern of serum in alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 15: 132–140.
- 5. Carrell RW, Jeppsson JO, Laurell CB, Brennan SO, Owen MC, et al. (1982) Structure and variation of human alpha 1-antitrypsin. Nature 298: 329–334.
- 6. Luisetti M, Seersholm N (2004) Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. 1: epidemiology of alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. Thorax 59: 164–169.
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- 8. Pillai SG, Ge D, Zhu G, Kong X, Shianna KV, et al. (2009) A genome-wide association study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): identification of two major susceptibility loci. PLoS Genet 5: e1000421.
- 9. Hunninghake GM, Cho MH, Tesfaigzi Y, Soto-Quiros ME, Avila L, et al. (2009) MMP12, lung function, and COPD in high-risk populations. N Engl J Med 361: 2599–2608.
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- 11. Chapman KR, Stockley RA, Dawkins C, Wilkes MM, Navickis RJ (2009) Augmentation therapy for alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency: a meta-analysis. COPD 6: 177–184.
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The HOHNER AirBoard App for iPad, iPhone and Android
The AirBoard app enables musicians to add a unique sound to their compositions and performances. Need more volume? Plug the headphone output of your smart phone or tablet into a sound system and let the jams begin!
How to Play
The HOHNER AirBoard app is a realistic simulation of the actual HOHNER AirBoard, all the sounds in the app are high quality audio samples from the real instrument. Like the real AirBoard, you can play the app by blowing into the microphone and pressing the keys, or you can turn off the blowing feature and play by just pressing the keys.
When the blowing feature is turned off, where you touch on the keys changes the volume of the notes. Closer to the end of the key is louder, higher up is softer. You can even slide your fingers up and down to get an expressive tremolo effect.
The first time the app is run on a device running iOS 7, it will ask for permission to use the microphone. You must allow this if you want to use the blowing feature.
The instrument has over a three octave range. Select the octave while playing by touching the Red, Blue, or Green buttons above the keyboard. The matching small colored jewels on the keyboard show the current octaves.
Touch the 'i' icon on the lower right corner of the screen to show the instructions/settings page.
On the settings page you can turn on/off the blowing feature, and set the blowing sensitivity.
Touch the Hohner logo at the upper right corner of the screen to visit the Hohner AirBoard website.
All settings are saved when the app exits.
If using the app with an iPhone headphone that has a microphone on the cord, to use the blowing feature you must blow into the headset microphone. If using a headphone without a microphone, you can listen in the headphone while blowing in the microphone on the device.
On iOS 7 devices, if blowing is not working, or you previously declined permission to use the microphone, go in to the iOS Settings/Private/Microphone panel and turn on the switch for the AirBoard app to allow it to use the microphone, then restart the AirBoard app.
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Q: (iOS) I'm not hearing any sound from the app, please help! Other programs are making sound!
A: Please check that the mute switch on your iPad is turned off.
Even if other apps are making sound, this app, which allows you to play along with music in your iTunes collection has to respect the setting of the iPad's mute switch.
In the iPad Settings app you can select between orientation lock or mute for the physical switch on the side of the device.
If you've selected orientation lock for the switch, then the mute is on the far left side of the task bar. Double click the home button and then slide the task bar all the way to the left.
In iOS 7, the mute switch is also available in the Control Center by sliding up from the bottom of the screen.
This video explains about the assignment of the mute switch.
Q: (iPad version) The sound stops when I put four fingers on the screen.
A: Go into the iPad Settings app, and disable the "Multitasking Gestures" feature.
If it is on, when you put 4 fingers on the screen, Apple completely takes over the system, stops the sound and starts switching between apps.
Q: How should I set the sensitivity slider on the settings page?
A: Adjust the sensitivity slider until sound only occurs when you blow, but not so high that the sound from the speaker causes the sound to play on its own.
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While its songs aren''t always as memorable as those of Tony Toni Toné--the million-selling but still underappreciated band that spawned singer Raphael Saadiq--the debut of R&B trio Lucy Pearl does flash some of the same smart, unpredictable spirit. Along with ex-En Voguer Dawn Robinson and former Tribe Called Quest beatmaster Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Saddiq brings his trademark eye for detail to the funky party anthem "Dance Tonight," the school-days nostalgia of "Remember the Times," and the self-explanatory rager "Can''t Stand Your Mother." Guests Q-Tip and Snoop Dogg are slyly affectionate on the love-jones celebration "You." Finally, it''s certain that Lucy Pearl will be remembered as 2000''s only neo-soul album to include both a hard-rock workout ("Hollywood") and a college marching band. --Rickey Wright