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MILWAUKEE—Chris Bosh scored 14 points, LeBron James had 13, and the short-handed Miami Heat wrapped up their three-game trip through the Midwest with an 88-67 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
James Jones added 10 for Miami in place of star guard Dwyane Wade, sidelined a second straight game with a sore hamstring. The Heat also played without Ray Allen and Mario Chalmers.
It didn't matter against the team with the NBA's worst record. Milwaukee tried to match Miami's energy, but couldn't keep with the more talented opponent—even one without two All-Stars.
Defense keyed Miami's win. The Heat led 46-29 at halftime and held the Bucks to a season low for points in a half and in a game.
John Henson had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee.
On paper, this was a mismatch from the opening tip—the two-time defending NBA champions against a young, undermanned squad that fell to 14-59 on the season.
But the Heat at times played a bit disheveled, perhaps a little worn from their third straight road game and fourth in five contests.
James extended his consecutive-game streak of double-digit scoring to 564, the fourth-longest run in NBA history. But James only got to 10 with about 5:16 left in the third quarter on a 3.
Fresh off recording a triple-double in a 110-78 blowout win Friday night in Detroit, James had nearly as many turnovers (three) as points (four) in the first half. His two early buckets, though, came off open dunks that thrilled the crowd, a few of whom were wearing James jerseys.
Miami opened the game 3-of-14 from the field. The shooting improved, and the Heat clamped down on the other end and held the Bucks to 12-of-39 shooting (30 percent) in the first half, and 34 percent for the game.
The Heat held an opponent under 40 percent shooting for the fourth straight game, and ended their road trip with two straight wins after losing Wednesday in Indiana.
Just like Friday night, James spent the fourth quarter on the bench with a victory well in hand. The only drama in the second half when James would get to double digits in scoring.
A dunk with 6 minutes left in the third gave Miami a 54-38 lead. Khris Middleton missed a jumper, and James corralled the rebound before spotting up at the wing for his 3 to get to double figures.
Zaza Pachulia and Udonis Haslem exchanged buckets before Pachulia missed a jumper with about 4 minutes left. James got the rebound and then threw a long outlet pass to streaking Haslem down court for a layup.
James clapped, slapped his right hand on his thigh and waited down court on defense. His night was just about over.
Ramon Sessions had a game-high 15 points for Milwaukee, while Toney Douglas and Rashard Lewis each added 13 for the Heat.
Bothered by a sore hamstring, Wade watched in a gray suit and white sneakers in returning to the arena in which he played college ball at Marquette.


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Welcome to the May 2010 edition of the Military History Carnival featuring some of the best recent military history from around the web. This is the first time that Wig-Wags has hosted and it's been a pleasure to do. I've picked up some great information and hope you will as well.
Today's edition covers a broad range of topics including: camouflaged RAF biplanes (brink of WWII), the state of strategy, examination of the war college model, the role of the Navy in the recapture of Attu (Aleutian Islands) in 1943 (WWII), the Battle of Waxhaws (American Revolution), the Chicamauga Campaign (American Civil War), The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 (American Civil War), the digitization of Grant's Papers (American Civil War), the engagement at Wilson's Wharf at Fort Pocahontas (American Civil War), vexillology and the "real Confederate flag" (American Civil War), the lure of the Civil War, and horse-on-horse impact of cavalry charges.
Military History – Air Power
Site: Airminded
Post: Aeroretronautics
Author: Brett Holman
Date: 22 MAY 2010
Highlights: Brett provides a fascinating post about a photograph taken in 1939 showing Hawker Fury RAF biplanes (43 Squadron) and faux anachronisms.
Military History – Naval
Site: Naval History Blog
Post: May 30, 1943 Attu Recaptured
Author: HistoryGuy
Date: 30 MAY 2010
Highlights: Excerpts from the narrative of the campaign preserved by the crew of the Zeilin describing the hardships endured during the amphibious operations required to land American troops on the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
American Revolution
Site: Kennedy's Military History Blog
Post: American Revolution: Battle of Waxhaws
Author: Kennedy Hickman
Date: 29 MAY 2010
Highlights: Good summary of the battle along with the role played by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
American Civil War
Site: Bull Runnings
Post: "The" Confederate Flag
Author: Harry Smeltzer / Tom Clemens
Date: 13 MAY 2010
Highlights: Tom Clemens provides a history of the Confederate Flag. Learn why the "wind" played such an important role in the development of several versions of the flag of the Confederate government and the difference between those flags and the Confederate "military" flag. New word for me… Vexillology, the scholarly study of flags. Speaking of which, Tom has started a new blog highlighting his recently published book. See next site for details.
Site: ELEKTRATIG.
Post: Chicamauga, Stereos and Boris Godunov
Author: ELEKTRATIG
Date: 30 MAY 2010
Highlights: Reflections on Steven E. Woodworth's (ed.) The Chickamauga Campaign.
Site: The Maryland Campaign of September 1862
Post: Book Released
Author: Tom Clemens
Date: 13 MAY 2010
Highlights: Tom announces availability of his new book, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862: Volume 1: South Mountain. Clemens has edited the writing of Ezra A. Carman. This from his site:
"One of the campaign's participants was Ezra A. Carman, the colonel of the 13th New Jersey Infantry. After the horrific fighting of September 17, 1862, he recorded in his diary that he was preparing "a good map of the Antietam battle and a full account of the action." The project became the most significant work of his life."
Site: Battlefield Wandering
Post: Grant's Papers
Author: Nick Kurtz
Date: 20 MAY 2010
Highlights: Nick reports that the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant are now online courtesy of Mississippi State University. They can be viewed here. Nick demonstrates why having this important resource available to researchers is immediately beneficial. All 31 volumes of Ulysses S. Grant's collected papers were digitized. Beware the digital library site has been offline for the past several days or is experiencing so much traffic that it appears so.
Site: The American Legion's Burn Pit
Post: Battle of New Market: "Died on the Field of Honor, Sir"
Author: Siggurdsson
Date: 14 MAY 2010
- Participation of the Corps of Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) of Lexington, Virginia including a listing of cadets killed in action during the battle
- Background of the battle
- Quick bios of the "Antagonists," commanders on both sides
- Orders of Battle
Site: The Edge of the American West
Post: When and (to an extent) why did the parties switch places?
Author: Eric
Date:20 May 2010
- Reviews the opposing political views of the Republican and Democratic parties that contributed to the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1860
- Particular focus on Republican support of the expansion of federal powers and the passing of the law set known as "the Second American System" which kicked in federal funding for expansion projects including the transcontinental railroad and homesteading west.
Site: of Battlefields and Bibliophiles
Post: Making the Civil War Strange Again
Author: David Woodbury
Date:12 MAY 2010
Highlights: David muses on the fact that even those of us obsessed with the American Civil War will always be drawn to the discovery of something new.
"Some passing thought, or dawning realization, or new-found perspective gives you pause and fills you with awe, causing you to fleetingly grasp—in a moment of clarity—that it's not just a familiar narrative to dissect and critique or challenge or substantiate, but something that actually happened, a strange and amazing story about who we are and where we came from."
Site: The Sable Arm
Post: Fort Pocahontas
Author: Jimmy Price
Date: 17 MAY 2010
Highlights: Discussion of the re-enactment of the engagement at Wilson's Wharf at Fort Pocahontas in Charles City County.
Military History – Cavalry
Site: Investigations of a Dog
Post: The Crash of Horseflesh
Author:Gavin Robinson
Date:10 MAY 2010
Highlights: Gavin provides rather gruesome evidence of the effects of horse-on-horse impact like the kind that would have occurred in cavalry charges.
Military Strategy
Site: Blog Them Out of the Stone Age
Post: Mark Grimsley on Senior Service College Reform
Author: Mark Grimsley
Date: 28 MAY 2010
- Professor Grimsley provides a response to the question "Is the senior Service College Approach in Need of Radical Reform in Order to Serve Effectively in the Post-9/11 Environment?" as a part of the workshop on teaching strategy in a professional military education environment conducted at the U.S. Army War College on April 9. His comments are made richer by his personal observations of serving as visiting professor at the U.S. Army War College. Both You Tube video and text versions are provided.
- Professor Grimsley has also posted the conference keynote by Temple University's Richard Immerman titled "The Intellectual and Emotional Qualities Needed by Those Working in the Current National Security Environment."
Site: Kings of War
Post: The State of Strategy
Author: Thomas Rid
Date: 23 MAY 2010
- Rid tees up this question…"Who produced the greatest strategist of all time, dead and alive? America or Europe?
- Conclusions:
- America is surprisingly thin in strategic heavyweights whereas Europe has done quite well.
- There is a "dearth of strategic writing in recent years." Mere description of events in historic or journalistic terms doesn't count nor does number crunching.
- The 105 comments the post generated are worth a read.
Featured Military History Museums
Just for fun, I've listed several Military History Museum sites you may not have been aware of.
Kodiak Alaska Military History: The official web site of the Kodiak Military History Museum. The focus is on World War II.


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Edgar May
SPRINGFIELD - Edgar May, a Pulitzer Prize-winning
, a Vermont state senator and chief operating officer of
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, from Springfield, who dedicated his life to public service, died Dec. 27, 2012, at the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., where he made his winter home. The cause of death was a series of strokes, according to his sister, Madeleine May Kunin. He was 83. His family and loved ones were at his bedside in his final days.
May was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 27, 1929. He immigrated to the United States, debarking from the SS Manhattan in New York City on June 10, 1940, with his widowed mother and sister. The Jewish family left Switzerland because of the threat of the Holocaust. May, who recently discovered his green card, was proud to be an immigrant. He and his sister often quoted their mother's words, "Anything is possible in America."
May graduated from Princeton, N.J., high school in 1948. During his high school years, he lived with a family on a dairy farm in Skillman, N.J. He recalled that experience as a special part of his life, when he learned the importance of hard work, rising every morning at 4 a.m. to milk the cows and achieving his independence.
He attended night school at Columbia University of General Studies while working as a file clerk for The New York Times. A course in journalism taught by professor John Hohenberg inspired him to become a reporter. He completed his studies at the Medill School of Journalism at
Northwestern University
, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Achievement in 1997.
He was a veteran of the
Korean conflict
and served as a speechwriter for military officers, while stationed in Chicago. He became a resident of Springfield in 1965, after he purchased Muckross Park, which became his lifelong, much-beloved home. He treasured listening to its roaring waterfall and spent many summer days swimming laps, arranging picnics at his pond, and tramping through the woods. His nephews and his great-nephews caught their first fish in Edgar's pond.
His journalistic career began when he worked as a freelance writer for several years. His first reporting job was for the weekly newspaper The Bellows Falls (Vt.) Times. He later worked for the Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel and The Buffalo Evening News. While in Buffalo he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for local reporting for a 14-part series on the public welfare system, titled "Our Costly Dilemma." Other awards include the Walter A. Bingham Award of the Buffalo Newspaper Guild for outstanding journalism in Western New York; Page One Award Buffalo Newspaper Guild, and Best Feature Award from the New England Weekly Press Association.
The series resulted in a book, "The Wasted Americans," in 1964, which brought him to the attention of the Lyndon Johnson administration. Sargent Shriver asked him to join the War on Poverty. He served as inspector general of the Office of Economic Opportunity and fondly recalled establishing Head Start programs throughout the country. He was also deputy director of VISTA, the national service program designed to prevent poverty.
His government service initiated a lifelong friendship with the Shriver and Kennedy families. After May's wife, Louise Breason May, died in an automobile accident in Springfield and he was seriously injured, his physicians advised him that it was unlikely that he would work again, but he proved them wrong.
Shriver invited him to be his special assistant in the American Embassy in Paris. During those years, he lived in the same apartment building as the writer James Jones and became part of a social group of writers who enjoyed many evenings of fine wine and hearty camaraderie. He was a senior consultant to the Ford Foundation, 1970-1975, where he wrote for Corrections Magazine. In addition to prison reform, he focused on drug abuse prevention and enhancing citizen participation.
He married his second wife, Judith Hill May, in France, where they met, and returned to Muckross Park in Vermont in 1973. Although they divorced in 2001, they enjoyed life at Muckross Park for many years and provided a welcoming second home to the Kunin clan of nephews and nieces.
May served in the Vermont House of Representatives, 1974-1982, and the Vermont Senate, 1984-1990, where he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee. After leaving the Legislature, he expressed his appreciation for fine food by becoming associated with NECI, the New England Culinary Institute. He became a skilled pastry chef and wrote a manuscript of a cookbook for diabetics.
He began a new career in Washington as COO of Special Olympics, working closely with Eunice Shriver, from 1993-1995. Those years gave him a special appreciation of the needs of the disabled and their untapped potential.
When he returned to Vermont, he was not ready for retirement, and turned his energy to revitalize the city of Springfield, which had experienced a decline because of the loss of its highly regarded machine tool industry. When the city received a grant from the state in return for situating a prison there, May successfully lobbied the Springfield Board of Selectmen to use the grant to build a health and recreation center for the community in an abandoned Jones & Lamson machine tool building. He spearheaded an ambitious fundraising effort, was personally involved in the construction of the center, and recruited a substantial amount of donated material and volunteer labor, including female prisoners from the local correction center. He took great pleasure in watching groups of children cavorting in the pool, and seeing elderly citizens step carefully into the therapy pool. The community recognized his contribution by naming the center in his honor - The Edgar May Health and Recreation Center - on his birthday in 2009.
He continued to serve as a confidant and mentor to his many friends and neighbors from all walks of life, helping them to solve problems, both personal and political. He was proud to be a Vermonter, and took great pleasure in its beauty and admired its successful form of citizen government. He was seldom at a loss for words when discussing the events of the day.
He was very close to his family, including his sister, whom he escorted down the aisle of the Vermont House of Representatives when she was inaugurated governor for her first term in 1985. He took particular pleasure in the accomplishments of his nephews and nieces, and formed a loving relationship with his dear friend, Sarah Clay.
He is predeceased by his first wife, Louise Breason May. Survivors are: Madeleine May Kunin and her husband, John W. Hennessey, of Burlington; Arthur S. Kunin, of Shelburne; Maggie Lockridge, of Rancho Mirage, Calif.; his nieces, Micaela Bensko, of Valencia, Calif., Julia Kunin, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; his nephews, Peter B. Kunin and his wife, Lisa Kunin, of South Burlington, Adam W. Kunin and his wife, Jane Kunin, of Shelburne, Daniel Kunin, of Montreal and Burlington, James Lockridge and his wife, Victoria, of Burlington; his former wife, Judith Hill May, of Napa, Calif.; his goddaughter, Elena Schlossberg, of Haymarket, Va.; his great-niece, Sophia Lockridge, of Burlington; his great-nephews, Will Kunin, David Kunin, Sara Kunin, all of Burlington, Samuel Kunin and Jacob Kunin, of Shelburne.
The family wishes to express their gratitude for the love and care provided to Edgar May, by his good friends, in Green Valley, Ariz.: Peggy and Gunnar Bonthron, and Sharon and Gary Rezac Andersen.
In lieu of flowers, donations in honor of Edgar May's memory may be made to: Edgar May Health and Recreation Center, 140 Clinton St., Springfield, VT, 05156,
, email@example.com.
A celebration of Edgar May's life, will be held at the Edgar May Health and Recreation Center in Springfield on Sunday, Jan. 6, at 2 p.m.
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If UW's defense makes the expected jump and can complement the versatility the Badgers have displayed on offense through five games, Bo Ryan's team will be entertaining to watch and tough to defeat.
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Sophomore forward Sam Dekker added 14 points for UW (5-0). Ditto for junior forward Frank Kaminsky, two nights after his program-record, 43-point performance against North Dakota. Dekker had four turnovers, but he also scored six consecutive points to spark a decisive 24-8, first-half run to help UW take a 44-28 halftime lead.
Junior guard Traevon Jackson put together another solid all-around game and added 13 points, six rebounds, three steals, two assists and one turnover in 31 minutes. Junior guard Josh Gasser contributed 11 points, six rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes. Freshman guard Bronson Koenig added 10 points.
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"We have four or five guys that on any night could easily lead our team in scoring," Dekker said.
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"We knew that everyone on their team was a threat," he said. "That comes with their offense.
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Now the Badgers have to continue to shore the defense, which is allowing 68.6 points per game. That is an increase of 11.0 points per game through five games last season.
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Experimental evidence for evolution
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
Moderator: BioTeam
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Creationists hate the Lenski experiments because it blows holes in some of their most beloved paradigms:
1. Natural selection cannot lead to an increase in "information."
2. Evolution cannot produce new functions.
Interesting that you refer to "relentless pressure," as if nature is not capable of producing such pressures. It is.
Evolution works with what is already there. An entirely new metabolic pathway is unlikely to evolve from scratch. Therefore your critiscism that E.coli can normally "almost" make use of citrate anyway makes little sense. The point is a new metabolic function evolved in a relatively short period of time. And no, 30,000 generations is not a long time evolutionarily speaking. How long would it take to evolve a digestive system? Obviously longer than 30,000 generations. No one has ever suggested differently.
While extinction is important for evolution, since it frees up ecological niches that were previosuly occupied, it is not necessary for macro-evolution. In fact, the fossil record shows that many different related species can co-exist at the same time and even in the same location. Examples include the ancestors of both man and the modern horse. Now lets look at the Lenski experiment again. What would happen if the supply of glucose was cut off? It would quickly lead to the extinction of the non-citrate capable population.
You claimed that nothing else happened in 50,000 generations. This is completely false. The paper you cited mentions other examples of evolution in the introduction, including: higher growth rates on glucose, shorter lag phases, reduced peak population densities, larger average size, increased DNA supercoiling, defects in DNA repair, and changes in many gene-expression profiles. In fact, there are more than a dozen papers previously published on this project that were cited in this paper. What did you think there were about? Nothing happening in 50,000 generations?
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How does the fact that historical contingency DOES work in an actual evolutionary scenario provide evidence that "Darwinian theory does not provide the answers to cell development?"
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Hi robsabba
Thanks for your comments.
My response is as follows
As I am neither a creationist nor any other "ist" I'm afraid this comment of yours escapes me.
That E.coli can normally "almost" make use of citrate is not a critiscism.
It was simply stated as a fact and I am at a loss to understand how you could regard that as a critisism. I was only stating what Lenski was himself was reporting albeit I did paraphase it somewhat. However as you will note I clarified that "almost" bit in my second posting.
Actually no new metabolic function evolved. Please read the paper carefully.
The ability to digest citrate was already there. What was lacking was the ability to transport the citrate from the outside environment through the cell membrane into the interior.
This is how Lenski himself reports it in the paper
"The only known barrier to aerobic growth on citrate is its inability to transport citrate under oxic conditions" (para 5)
How did that capability come about? Well Lenski has been unable to identify the cause.
He refers to a few possible causes in para 5 & 6.
"Indeed, atypical E. coli that grow aerobically on citrate (Cit_) have been isolated from agricultural and clinical settings, and were found to harbor plasmids, presumably acquired from other species, that encode citrate transporters (44, 45).
Other findings suggest that E. coli has the potential to evolve a Cit_ phenotype. Hall (41) reported the only documented case of a spontaneous Cit_ mutant in E. coli. He hypothesized that some complex mutation, or multiple mutations, activated cryptic genes that jointly expressed a citrate transporter, although the genes were not identified.
Pos et al. (43) identified an operon in E. coli K-12 that apparently allows anaerobic citrate fermentation, and which includes a gene, citT, encoding a citrate– succinate antiporter. High-level constitutive expression of this gene on a multicopy plasmid allows aerobic growth on citrate, but the native operon has a single copy that is presumably induced only under anoxic conditions."
Please note my emphasis on the uncertainty he and others have expressed
However Lenski himself continues with this finding (para 7)
"Despite this potential, none of the 12 LTEE populations evolved the capacity to use the citrate that was present in their environment for over 30,000 generations. During that time, each population experienced billions of mutations (22), far more than the number of possible point mutations in the _4.6-million-bp genome. This ratio implies, to a first approximation, that each population tried every typical one-step mutation many times. It must be difficult, therefore, to evolve the Cit_ phenotype, despite the ecological opportunity"
According to standard evolutionary theory, every adaptation, even the most sophisticated, is the product of a series of simple adaptive steps. Adaptive steps are thought typically to involve a single mutation, though steps requiring two independent mutations may also be feasible under some circumstances. Whether by single mutations or double mutations, though, as long as each step of an adaptive path is both feasible and beneficial, it is commonly assumed that the path will be followed
The point that Lenski is making in part of the quote I have emphasised and underlined above, is that this experiment suggests that the common assumption of the standard (Darwinian) theory of successive one step mutations providing function isn't being borne out in his experiment.
This is the reason why he is suggesting that this experiment favours Gould's Historical Contingency proposal rather than the standard Darwinian explanation.
If you research the history of Gould's and Eldridge's theory of Punctuated Equilibrium you will appreciate why they are so controversial among some prominent evolutionary scientists.
Punctuated Equilibrium is a theory that does not agree with Darwinian explanation
I hope this also answers your last question in your second post quoted below
I'm a little bit tied for time to respond to your other comments but will do so very shortly
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
has anyone done a computer model/simulation of evolution?
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Here is the problem. Evolution, as we now see it includes point mutation, but it is far from the only source of novelty in genomes. Horizontal gene transfer (multiple mechanism involved) and gene duplication are also essential to the ability to evolve new genes. From this point of view, the Lenski experiment is overly simplistic as there are very limited possibility of exchange of genes in his populations :
-They are maintained in exponential growth: no dead cells to scavenge
-Absence of phages
-Absence of other bacteria that can act both as donor for new genes and also as a way to accelerate intraspecific gene exchange
-Limited environmental stress that could affect the genome (ie: UV)
So yeah it is far from being a true reflection of all that could drive evolution, but hey, you have to start somewhere, and this is a darn good one. And that demonstrate that creation of a gene de novo is probably not a very frequent event.
And as far as I understand it, the historical contingency is definitely a huge part of the evolution as it is now accepted, and was already part of Darwin's understanding, even if he did not emphasize it in the the origin of species. Granted, my lecture of it was probably contaminated by my knowledge of recent biology, but it does not seem that Gould was revolutionary on this respect.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
I included the ability to transport a molecule across a cell membrane as a "metabolic function." You can split hairs about that if you like, but the point is that these bacteria were now able to make use of a new carbon source that the ancestral population could not. As far as the rest is concerned, I may have misunderstood your use of the term "Darwinian." Many people use it interchangably with "evolutionary." It is hard nowadays to understand what people mean by the term. If you are specifically refering to classical evolution according to Darwin, then all I can say is that the science of evolutionary biology has advanced well past Darwin. In fact, Darwin knew nothing about where the variability that evolution works with actually comes from. He knew nothing about DNA or genes or mutations. You seem to be citing this parer in agreement with this conclusion. If so, I agree. Is that really your only point?
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Hi robsabba
I don't accept I was splitting hairs, - bringing meat to the table and digesting that meat are two different functions, the function that evolved in the Lenski experiment is the "bringing" bit. However we can agree to differ I'm sure,
When I use the expression Darwinian I am of course referring to the Modern synthesis or neo Darwinism as it is often known.
To avoid any further misunderstandings Let me firstly explain my current understanding.
Evolution is a fact. I don't think anyone seriously argues that point.
The question that needs to be properly answered though is
"what are the limits, if any to what evolution can achieve"?
The fundamental tenets of the modern standard theory are random mutations of genetic material followed by natural selection operating on populations, the process is gradual and this drives towards speciation.(new species)
A central tenet being in the words of Simon Conway Morris "that evolution is for all intents and purposes open-ended and indeterminate in terms of predictable outcomes."
A tenet incidentally that he actually disagrees with.
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/ ... 3.full.pdf
Eldridge and Gould argued that gradualism is not manifest in the fossil record as that shows rapid periods of evolution followed by long periods of stastis., hence Punctuated Equilibrium.
As canalon has noted, Darwin was aware of this privately but did not try to explain in his "Origin of Species" .His theory was based on gradualism and this gradualism has been retained in the modern synthesis.
Historical Contingency is a main driving mechanism according to Eldridge and Gould
As such it renders evolution fundamentally quirky and unpredictable and not repeatable.
According to Simon Conway Morriss however, evolution is broadly repeatable ( nearly non random) with contingency mostly confined to minor details.
This experiment is what good science is all about.
It is not relying on historical science but experimental science and therefore the data is dependable. What conclusions can be drawn from the results?
Lenski interprets the results in support of the Gould hypothesis, i.e. historical contingency
However Simon Conway Morris interprets these same results to support his understanding of
Evolutionary theory.
Michael Behe the articulator of the ID community interprets the results as supporting his view.
There are of course other opinions from eminent scientists
So who is right - is there a definitive answer?
In arguing his case Conway Morris puts it this way.
"That evolution is not utterly random is evident from the ubiquity of homoplasy, ( convergent evolution) at least within clades that encompass lower parts of the taxonomic hierarchy. The question, however, is does this principle extend to the major divisions of life? No definitive answer can yet be given, not least because the origins of the great majority of major groups are shrouded in obscurity, although jointly molecular data and the fossil record continue to make major assaults on this citadel of ignorance."
In English – science doesn't have an answer.
So why so much heat when someone dares to question standard theory?
I do find Morriss's take on this really amusing.
"Yet, if evolution is glaringly obvious, why is it not only greeted with growing hostility, but the siren-call of anti-evolutionary dogma, notably 'intelligent design', remains a rallying point to individuals that in any other respect fail to manifest any obvious sign of mental instability?
The reasons, of course, are complex and so far as the explication (and defence) of the science of evolution is concerned, it can hardly be assisted by those who ironically treat it as a religion (Midgley 1985)."
The fact is science does not have an answer to the origin of speciation
So as I see matters the original question of this thread "whether there have been any experiments conducted that provide empirical support for macroevolution."
As yet no
Lenksi's experiment is probably the most extensive yet and after over 20years of selective pressure over some 360,000 generations ( 12 x 30,000) has produced a minor novel trait.
However canalon has quite reasonably pointed out that the growth environment is somewhat simplistic, as it does not compare in wild nature. But this is a good start.
Here is some more food for thought
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1095/b ... 104.031302
some more information here
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... n13595924/
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
Attention, I did not say that. What I said is that historical contingency was tacit in the Origin of Species, at least when I read it, but certainly not punctuated equilibrium. Which is a definitely new evolution (pun intended) of the theory brought by Gould and Eldridge. I do not think that Darwin was anything but gradualist.
As for the convergence argument, I will need more time to read Simon Conway Morris argument in full, however, what it seems to go to, i.e. that convergence disprove contingency, seems to me quite wrong. Once again, my limited understanding of evolutionary theory being stated, I would say that those arguing historical contingency are not arguing that, in a very broad sense, the way life will develop cannot be predicted, but that how it will get there is constrained by history. hence that sometimes less than optimal solution will be adopted because a better one, that might have evolved from an ancestor has been lost and cannot be regained to improve the descent. But yes one can predict that life will try and exploit as many niches as possible in the environment. Mammals, insects and reptile (as birds) all have members that can fly. But the way flight evolved took very different path.
In that sense historical contingency is strong. And every time a new structure/pathway evolve, it will create both new possibilities and new constraints for the future generations of organisms. And those cannot neither be predicted, nor, and I think this is were I diverged with Conway-Morris, be dubbed as insignificant. For example the fact that insects have exoskeleton rather than endoskeleton will forever bring massive constraints as to the size/shape that they will be able to reach because of simple mechanical problems.
As far as I know, once again, the split between macro and micro-evolution is mostly used by ID/creationist rather than biologists who all assume that there is only a continuum (although probably not completely smooth, but certainly not a massive divide). That said, no, there are no controlled experiments that led to massive changes but:
- Think about time scale, doing this kind of experiment is not easy, for one thing funding to run an experiment that long is not exactly easy to secure (why is there only one Lenski? money is an important reason). And bacteria are quite fast at replicating.
- Look at dogs, certainly not a controlled experiment, but over a much reduced (compared to Lenski's bacteria) massive changes in body shapes, abilities and diversity have been selected in many domesticated animals.
- Controlled environment and nature are very different, how do you introduce phages, UV, other bacteria and other very important factors in your experiment? Those are challenges that have for the moment no answers, but they would be valuable.
In conclusion, the simple fact that Lenski has been able to do what he is doing, is wonderful and you should remember that if his bacteria have not evolved one specific trait, on the other hand they have changed a lot as compared to the ancestors, and maybe there are other important changes that have not been noticed in this experiment just because noone has looked at them yet...
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
My apologies, I understood from your comment that you were aware of the private note of Darwin that Eldridge drew attention to in an interview as curator Darwin at the American Museum of Natural History.
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/ ... dredge.php
You are quite correct, Darwin was a gradualist however he did note that the fossil record did not support his theory of gradualism and so put it down to a faulty/incomplete fossil record.
The problem as I see it is that paleontology is an historical science and therefore the data is subject to interpretation depending on the model used. It was in this background that Darwin formulated his theory.
However now we can rely on the science of genetics which of course presents actual data from experimentation. It is here that Darwinian theory is proving unfounded.
I would like to take up your other points shortly.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
A further response to canolan's last post
Actually all biologists do not all assume this continuum as you suggest. In fact for every biologist (Phd) who holds to the view of this micro/macro continuum another can be named who challenges that view
I would encourage you to examine the works of Jim Shapiro and others. Here is a start.
http://shapiro.bsd.uchicago.edu/21st_Ce ... _Evol.html
Your example is one of artificial selection not natural selection. A better example would perhaps be wolves and dogs, however in both cases the examples are varieties within the same species. I would argue your example supports the divide between species rather than a continuum.
I agree with you in the matter of controlled and natural environment being different, however I do not agree that the introduction of phages or UV would impact on the experiment to the degree that one might expect.
May I quote from part of the Shapiro paper cited above.
"The conventional view is that genetic change comes from stochastic (random), accidental sources: radiation, chemical, or oxidative damage, chemical instabilities in the DNA, or from inevitable errors in the replication process. However, the fact is that DNA proofreading and repair systems are remarkably effective at removing these non-biological sources of mutation.
For example, consider that the E. coli cell replicates its 4.6 megabase genome every 40 minutes. That is a replication frequency of almost 2 kHz. Yet, due to the action of error-recognition and correction systems in the replication machine and in the cell to catch mistakes in already-replicated DNA, the error rate is reduced below one mistake in every 1010(10 to power 10) base-pairs duplicated, and a similar low value is observed in mammalian cells (32). That is less than one base change in every 2000 cells, certainly well below the mutation frequencies I have measured in E. coli of about four mutations per every 100 to 1000 cells. (my emphasis)
In addition to proofreading systems, cells have a wide variety of repair systems to prevent or correct DNA damage from agents that include superoxides, alkylating chemicals and irradiation (33). Some of these repair systems encode mutator DNA polymerases which are clearly the source of DNA damage-induced mutations and also appear to be the source of so-called "spontaneous" mutations that appear in the absence of an obvious source of DNA damage (34). Results illustrating the effectiveness of cellular systems for genome repair and the essential role of enzymes in mutagenesis emphasize the importance of McClintock's revolutionary discovery of internal systems generating genome, particularly when an organism has been challenged by a stress affecting genome function."
Darwinian or neo Darwinian theory was for it's day, however with the advances in our knowledge of cell machinery those ideas really don't stand the test of experimental evidence.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
I would like to add some further evidence to this thread to support the view that the current Darwinian theory is in serious trouble.
Support for the gradualism of the standard theory is definitely declining.
This is most obvious among developmental biologists who are promoting a "New Evolutionary Synthesis". There is an online book on the National Center for Biotechnology Information website
You can read this new theory in Chapter 22 "New Evolutionary Synthesis"
Now it is often stated that the human genome contains about 25,000 genes. This actually represents, according to various estimates, from about 2-5% of the total genome. Most of the rest of these are regarded as junk DNA, leftovers from evolutionary process and the bulk of the standard neo Darwinian synthesis concentrates on these 25,000 or so called "coding genes". These are the ones that code for protein and regarded by Dawkins, for example, as the fundamental unit of evolution, in his "selfish gene" hypothesis.
In the last few years we have learned that over 90% of our genome transcribes into RNA sequences at some development stage in cells and tissue. They form part of an incredibly complex regulatory system.
"The eukaryotic genome as an RNA machine" is the title of a recent paper that discusses this.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/a ... /5871/1787
Most, if not close to all, of our chromosomal DNA consists of different types of genes that
have only recently been discovered.
The number in the human genome is now estimated to be 25000 protein coding plus an additional about 450,000+ RNA transcribed genes.
The vast majority of the genome therefore is transcribed, either into protein-coding genes or into regulatory RNA's.
Some of these RNA gene range in length from only 20 or so genetic letters to millions
of letters long.
In 2004 Francis Collins co authored a paper entitled
"Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution"
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 6.html#a56
Have a look at some of the images in this paper, 2 of which are worth a close look (I haven't yet obtained permission to post images direct to this forum)
For ease of reference open the url in a new tab
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 26_F9.html
Figure 9d of the paper shows the relative densities of SINE's (Short Interspersed Nuclear Elements) and LINEs (Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements).
Both these elements are types of mobile DNA known as Retrotransposons and together comprise about half of the mammalian genome.
Without worrying too much about the technical details just focus on the relative densities of these elements.
What we have here are the relative densities of LINEs and SINEs along 110,000,000 DNA letters of Rat chromosome 10 (From Fig. 9d of reference 1.)
The x-axis represents the sequence of letters in DNA and the blue line indicates where SINEs occur.
What is clear from the figure, LINEs (pink boxes) tend to peak in abundance where SINEs (blue boxes). taper off and vice versa There is therefore a compartmentalization of LINEs and SINEs in a kind of a bar code structure along the chromosome.
Now the paper then goes on to show the comparison between this density pattern on the Rat as compared with the Mouse chromosome.
Have a look at Fig 9c
The similarity of these two patterns is quite remarkable, as Francis Collins himself notes
"Despite the different fates of SINE families, the number of SINEs inserted after speciation in each lineage is remarkably similar:" (my emphasis)
The problem this evidence poses for Darwinian theory is this.
According to the theory the Mouse and the Rat diverged from each other from the last common ancestor (LCA) i.e. they became separate species. This took place about 20 million years ago (perhaps 12-22 million years).
So a natural question is:-
How could two separate lineages with their separate histories of random mutations (the paper suggests over 300,000 mutations) produce two almost identical patterns.
300,000 random mutation events in the mouse have to somehow match the 300,000 random mutation events in the rat.
Is that a realistic scenario ?
The fact is that these density patterns are highly Non Random.
Incidentally the same pattern occurs in the human genome.
The other fact is that these elements accumulate around the protein coding genes and are clearly now being seen to have a regulatory function.
In the light of all this emerging evidence it comes as no surprise that development biologists are openly questioning the standard dogma.
There is a lot more evidence but this I am sure is sufficient for the moment.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
This is something I've heard ID/Creationists say countless times.
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Updated: Number of schools, businesses closing Monday grows
Here's the latest listing--as compiled from area media--of schools, daycare centers and businesses that will be closed Monday Jan. 6 because of the bitterly cold temperatures:
Agape School
Alternative High School, Elkhorn (closed Monday and Tuesday)
Badger High School
Big Foot Union High School
Dalvary Community Church
Central-Denison Elementary School
Climbing Tree Child Care, East Troy
Combex, Inc., Lake Geneva
Continental Plastic Corp., Delavan
Delavan Christian Reformed Church
Delavan Christian School
Delavan-Darien School District
East Troy public and parochial schools
East View Elementary School
Elkhorn Schools
Faith Christian School
First Evangelical Lutheran School
Fontana Elementary School
Geneva Jt. #4 School District Woods
Geneva Head Start
Genoa City Jt. 2 School Dist. Brookwood
Lake Geneva Daycare Center
Lake Geneva Middle School
Lakeland School
Mt. Zion Christian School
Our Redeemer Lutheran School
Pantheon Industries, Whitewater
Primex Famiy of Companies
Reek Elementary School
Sandy's Upscale Consignment, Walworth
Sharon Community School
St. Andrews Parish School
St. Francis de Sales School
St. Peter's Catholic School
Star Center Elementary School
Studio 84, Whitewater
T.L.C. The Learning Curve Childcare, Elkhorn
Traver Elementary School
VIP Services, Elkhorn
Walworth County Health & Human Services—Nutrition, Transportation Elkhorn
Walworth County home-delivered meals program
Walworth County senior lunch centers
Walworth Elementary School
Whitewater Unified Schools
Williams Bay School
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy
One closing listed for Sunday, Jan. 5:
Community Church of Fontana (no morning service)
Other updates will be made as available.


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joke and raptors go hand in hand
joke and raptors go hand in hand
Anderson is not the reason we lost, we played well, we are not as good as Miami.
Valiant effort, no need for a scape goat.
someone else takes a shot and gets a bucket!
thanks for handing us another OT loss
Pre-overtime huddle chatter :
Casey: Mr. Anderson, you are the one.
Alan: I'm going back to back to back to back for Trinity.
Anderson relax u give us good minutes but its the you gins team jacking 3s in 5 mins to play is awful play and also early 3s in the shot clock lest in transition is chucking.
Lowry and DeRozan were supposed to be the guys we give the ball to in OT you need high percentage looks but whatever good game.
It is sadly, the product of not having a guy who demands the ball. This is one of those games where i would have preferred Lowry trying to play some hero ball, maybe just a bit.
I hate to say I predicted it back in the 4th but I knew it was coming.
This is also one of those games where even if you like Anderson's game, you gotta wonder if maybe it'd be better if he weren't around. If Ross were in the game in OT, I wonder if Casey would have let him miss...5?6? shots in a row? Yet, I would much rather see Ross take some bad shots in crunch time so he learns to make better choices.
missed the game but i noticed in the box score.. 18 Toronto FT's vs 38 FT's for Miami (wade 15) ..
is that legit?
All I wanna know is..........where is Pietrus at? LOL
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De Souza Rings the Changes at Bells
DE SOUZA is the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach champion, downing a flying Nat Young in the final and becoming the first South American to win here in 52 years.
When asked halfway through the event if he felt overshadowed by Gabby Medina, De Souza pointed out he was the highest ranked Brazilian. "Ding dong" chimed the Bell's bell in agreement shortly before flying out of Adriano's hands and clanging across the stage. Brazilians aren't meant to dominate here and the bell rolling across the stage served as a fitting metaphor for the destructive graffiti wrecked by the likes of De Souza, Cardoso and Toledo on the Aussie walls of Bells Beach.
I have been coming here a lot of years. I love the place. It has been a tough time for me recently. I started 2013 without a sponsor for the first time in many years. I had to believe in myself that a company would believe in me and one did.De Souza
"This is the most important event on tour to me," De Souza said. "Guys like Andy Irons, Kelly Slater, my hero Mick Fanning, they have all rung the Bell. I have been coming here a lot of years. I love the place. It has been a tough time for me recently. I started 2013 without a sponsor for the first time in many years. I had to believe in myself that a company would believe in me and one did. I have to say thanks to Pena for believing in me. I have a lot of people to thank, but all I want to do right now is ring the bell."
De Souza's win today vaults the young South American to world number 4 heading into the third event on tour in, his home event of Brazil. "I feel comfortable at home." He said. "But there is also pressure to perform. I am going to enjoy this win, recharge for the next one and hopefully I can keep it going."
Cue chat about the Brazzo invasion and the changing of the guard, whereas in truth it probably isn't half as interesting as it may appear. John John is injured, Slater has a bad back like most 40-somethings, Parko had to lose his consistent streak, Fanning creased his board, Medina is a shadow of of his pre-injury self. This was a great event to be a goofy and you could even call 2013 the return of the goofy, lead not least by Nat Young who was out there at dawn every day getting used to the vagaries of Rincon and The Bowl, dedication which almost paid off in a rookie win.
"It was a huge event for me," Young said. "Just to be in the field is a dream for me. I've looked up to the surfers in this event my whole life. The event has such a history behind it and I was honestly just excited to be here. Making the Final, I don't even have words for it. Of course I wanted to win it. I want to ring the bell as much as anyone else on tour. Don't get to it this year, but a Runner-Up finish is a big result for me and I'll take that into the next one."
Young's Runner-Up finish today pushes him to number 5, tied with reigning ASP World Champion Joel Parkinson on the ASP WCT rankings.
It's a hard one to take but you can't give anyone an inch on tour these days," Burrow said. "Nat Young has been surfing so well. He's a rookie, but he's really polished and really dangerous. I'll take a 3rd though and refocus for Brazil.Taj Burrow
Taj Burrow, perennial ASP World Title threat, continued his blistering Bells Beach run this morning against compatriot Kai Otton, in the Quarterfinals before coming up short to Young in their Semifinal bout. "It's a hard one to take but you can't give anyone an inch on tour these days," Burrow said. "Nat Young has been surfing so well. He's a rookie, but he's really polished and really dangerous. I'll take a 3rd though and refocus for Brazil."
Jordy Smith was one of the form surfers at Bells Beach throughout the event window, consistently notching up high-scoring rides. The powerful South African's run was ended, however, in the Semifinals at the hands of De Souza.
"Definitely disappointed that the score didn't come in for me at the end," Jordy said. "I really wanted to ring that Bell and felt like I've been surfing well all week. Congrats to Adriano (de Souza) though. He's been ripping. Everyone's been ripping and there have been some interesting results. Makes the year interesting. I'll take the momentum into Brazil."
1. Kelly Slater (USA) 11,750 pts
2. Mick Fanning (AUS) 11,700 pts
2. Taj Burrow (AUS) 11,700 pts
4. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 10,500 pts
5. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 9,750 pts
6. Nat Young (USA) 9,750 pts
1 – Adriano de Souza (BRA) 16.26
2 – Nat Young (USA) 15.83
SF 1: Nat Young (USA) 15.10 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.43
SF 2: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 18.44 def. Jordy Smith (ZAF) 18.40
QF 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 15.50 def. Kai Otton (AUS) 14.50
QF 2: Nat Young (USA) 17.27 def. Willian Cardoso (BRA) 14.83
QF 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.33 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.76
QF 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 16.77 def. Filipe Toledo (BRA) 13.20
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.23 def. Ace Buchan (AUS) 15.33
Heat 2: Nat Young (USA) 15.50 ef. Josh Kerr (AUS) 15.13
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.37 def. Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 14.63
Heat 4: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 18.34 def. C.J. Hobgood (USA) 12.94
Heat 1: Kai Otton (AUS) 15.87, Taj Burrow (AUS) 11.03, Nat Young (USA) 10.36
Heat 2: Willian Cardoso (BRA) 16.50, Josh Kerr (AUS) 16.40, Adrian Buchan (AUS) 16.00
Heat 3: Raoni Monteiro (BRA), C.J. Hobgood (USA), Adriano de Souza (BRA)
Heat 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 19.10, Filipe Toledo (BRA) 17.67, Mick Fanning (AUS) 17.03
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.33 def. Dusty Payne (HAW) 10.27
Heat 2: Kai Otton (AUS) 14.67 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.23
Heat 3: Nat Young (USA) 12.50 def. Julian Wilson (AUS) 10.50
Heat 4: Josh Kerr (AUS) 16.50 def. Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 14.17
Heat 5: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 17.47 def. Bede Durbidge (AUS) 17.16
Heat 6: Willian Cardoso (BRA) 16.66 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 14.96
Heat 7: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) 19.17 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 19.10
Heat 8: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 18.06 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 17.74
Heat 9: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 18.67 def. Kolohe Andino (USA) 16.00
Heat 10: Filipe Toledo (BRA) 15.10 def. Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.56
Heat 11: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 18.27 def. Alejo Muniz (BRA) 10.60
Heat 12: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.50 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.73
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) 16.50 def. Jacob Willcox (AUS) 12.16
Heat 2: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 15.90 def. Jack Perry (AUS) 12.17
Heat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 15.73 def. Oney Anwar (IDN) 7.43
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 14.10 def. Patrick Gudauskas (USA) 13.90
Heat 5: Tiago Pires (PRT) 17.57 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 17.27
Heat 6: Dusty Payne (HAW) 17.10 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 9.50
Heat 7: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 19.14 def. Glenn Hall (IRL) 11.77
Heat 8: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 18.10 def. Adam Melling (AUS) 11.33
Heat 9: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.60 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 14.23
Heat 10: Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 16.33 def. Travis Logie (ZAF) 15.43
Heat 11: Damien Hobgood (USA) 15.07 def. Kieren Perrow ( AUS) 14.60
Heat 12: Kai Otton (AUS) 15.43 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 13.43


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Merger Mavens
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom topped Thomson Reuters' list of law firms that advised on the highest-value mergers and acquisition deals last year, jumping from the No. 6 spot it earned in 2011. Skadden's success was partially due to several whopping transactions, including Rosneft Oil Co.'s $56 billion acquisition of Russian oil producer TNK-BP. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett—last year's top M&A adviser—and Sullivan & Cromwell rounded out the top three spots.
200 Deals that Skadden Arps advised on in 2012, down from 201 the previous year
$316 billion Total value of those deals, up from $233 billion in 2011
133 Deals that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, the second-place firm, advised on in 2012
$281 billion Total value of those deals, down from $295 billion in 2011
Discovery Decisions
E-discovery is certainly a buzzword in the legal industry these days, as courts across the country continue to issue decisions on the subject. Kroll Ontrack recently analyzed all of those opinions and found that most e-discovery decisions dealt with sanctions cases, although procedural disputes gained ground as a popular subject of judicial opinions.
32% Cases that addressed sanctions for issues such as preservation, spoliation and production disputes, a decrease of 10 percent since 2011
29% Cases that discussed procedural issues such as search protocol, production and privilege
14% Cases that discussed cost considerations, such as cost-shifting of e-discovery expenses
9% Cases that mentioned technology-assisted review or predictive coding, which had never been discussed in a reported opinion before February 2012's ruling in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe
Compliance Concerns
Anti-bribery laws—namely the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act—have been making headlines in recent months, as companies from Wal-Mart to Pfizer have been caught up in corruption allegations. But it's not just U.S. businesses that may be vulnerable to violations of these laws. A recent survey of Asia-Pacific companies by Kroll Advisory Solutions found that fewer than half of the companies surveyed had performed risk assessments on their exposure to the two acts.
48.7% Companies surveyed that had thoroughly assessed their vulnerability to enforcement of the two acts
51.3% Companies that had not completed such assessments, and either did not know the effectiveness of their compliance systems or believed their internal controls to be insufficient
70% Companies in the Asia-Pacific region that said they were at risk for corruption and bribery, according to an earlier Kroll study
Profitable Practices
Law students take note: If you want to find a legal job, consider focusing on litigation, business law or healthcare law. At least, that's what respondents to a recent Robert Half Legal survey advise. The 200 law firm and corporate attorneys surveyed predicted that those three practice areas will offer the greatest number of job opportunities in 2013. Robert Half Legal also noted that, with law firms and corporations competing for top legal talent, many organizations are upping their retention efforts in an attempt to hold on to valued employees.
22% Respondents who predicted that litigation will be the practice area with the most jobs in 2013
19% Respondents who said that general business/commercial law will offer the most job opportunities (tied with healthcare law)
12% Respondents who said it was "very challenging" for their law firm or company to find skilled legal professionals (45 percent said it was "somewhat challenging")
Evolving Expectations
As governments continue to pass complex regulations, and new technologies lead to more privacy and security concerns, GCs have found that their responsibilities are evolving, according to professional services firm KPMG's first Global General Counsel Survey. The 320 GCs who responded to the survey predicted that compliance with ever-evolving government regulations and ensuring data security will be their top business concerns over the next five years. On top of those responsibilities, more than two-thirds of respondents said that they are more involved in their organization's business strategy than they were five years ago.
81% General counsel who either report directly to board members or hold a seat on the board themselves
79% Respondents who said that involving GCs in the commercial decision-making process can mitigate risk and improve corporate performance
46% GCs who predicted that the volume and complexity of regulation will be their biggest business concern over the next five years
70% GCs who said that they are training their legal teams on legislative developments in an effort to reduce this risk


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Heidi Levine
Heidi Levine acts as national coordinating counsel, regional and New York counsel in a variety of contexts and represents clients in state and federal courts nationally. As national counsel, Heidi formulates and implements the strategy for teams of lawyers from DLA Piper and other law firms on all aspects of an engagement; most often in multi-district litigation proceedings. Representative engagements include Omniscan, Prempro/Premarin (hormone therapy), Phen-Fen, OxyContin and Propulsid.
Heidi is the co-managing partner of the New York office and a member of DLA Piper's governing Executive Committee, in addition to the firm's Policy Committee, Diversity Committee, Partner Nomination Committee, and Succession Planning Committee. She is a strategic leader and relationship manager for some of DLA Piper's leading global clients including Pfizer, GE / GE Healthcare and Novo Nordisk. She is the co-chair and co-founder of DLA Piper's national women's initiative, the Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW), and she served as the Hiring Partner for DLA Piper's New York office for five years beginning in 2003. Heidi has spent her entire career at DLA Piper (and its predecessor firms), beginning as a summer associate in the Baltimore office and later moving to its New York office as a young associate. She received her B.A. from University of Maryland and her J.D. from University of Baltimore.


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A powerful Christmas message in performance poetry
I'm in the Wisconsin Writers Association, and we have our share of poets among us. One of my best friends in the organization is LaMoine MacLaughlin, our former board president who has published several poetry books. Still, I admit I seldom read poetry, and I would never consider myself a poet. I've written a few poems. I bounced several off a former Wisconsin poet laureate, who told me he thought they were fine poems "in progress," that they're not yet finished.
Another friend recently sent me a link to a youtube video, "My Christmas Eve,"� by Bob Welsh, a storyteller, poet and public speaker. In this video performance, Welsh recounts his experience as an Ohio state trooper and the disconcerting responsibility of delivering devastating news to families, even on Christmas Eve.
Check it out. I think you'll find watching this four-minute video time well spent this Christmas Eve. I might consider myself a writer, but I'd be foolish to think I could craft a more powerful message to share with my readers on this holiday.
Merry Christmas.
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Death notices for March 10, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Robert L. Crawford, 43, Clinton, died Sunday at Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit. Arrangements are pending at Brian G. Mark Funeral Home, Clinton.
Mildred E. Ludwig, 103, Janesville, died Saturday at Rock Haven, Janesville. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Whitcomb-Lynch Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Janesville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of services Thursday at the funeral home.
Pablo Andres Villarreal, 22, Janesville, died Sunday in Rock County. Services will be Thursday at noon at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Delavan. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until the time of services Thursday at the church. Betzer Funeral Home, Delavan, is assisting the family.


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I just added it up in my head- I've nursed my children a combined time of 5 1/2 years*. And of course I don't plan on Ivy weaning any time soon so I could make it into the seven year mark. I only took a very short break between nursing Gray (he breastfed 2 1/2 years) and having Ivy. He weaned a few months before I had her. (He even stopped for a while when I had really bad morning sickness and then started up again.) I admit that I know he would have nursed longer, but I found it to be difficult and too uncomfortable for me late in pregnancy. And as wonderful as I've heard tandem nursing can be, I also confess that I was ready to only nurse a newborn by that time. (And I also confess we did try it tandem once or twice and that's it.)
One thing that I've always felt cheated about with breastfeeding is the "promise" that it uses up extra calories and the baby weight falls right off. I always keep on extra padding all over when I'm still breastfeeding. Especially in my arms and face. And then it's like right when they wean I finally lose those final clinging pounds. But I'm not really complaining because it is so so worth it.
I have never used a breast pump. I have never left my nursing child long enough that they needed a bottle. The thought of it makes my heart race and my knees shake. This is just me.
While I'm confessing, here's an embarrassing breastfeeding moment from a while back:
When Gray was just a newborn, hubby and I were at a wedding in a very large, old Catholic church. During the ceremony I needed to feed the baby, and since you could hear every little rustle or shoe click in that place, I thought I should take him in the back just in case he made too much noise. I walked into the first open room I found with a chair, sat down, and began nursing right away. I looked up, and to my horror- I was in the confessional! Now, I am not Catholic and have only seen these things in the movies, but I knew what it was and was afraid I would get thrown out of there if someone found out! I hopped up so quickly and searched for a less sacrilegious nursing area. When I got back to my seat I tried to whisper to hubby what had happened, but I got the church giggles and was laughing too hard! (This story originally published June 29, 2006)
Ivy has started to crawl up to me and ask to nurse and I love this age. She'll be busy and come seek me, and slow down and get in my arms. Sometimes I just sit there on the floor with her. Her eyes roll back. She plays with my hair, my necklace. She is comforted and so am I. So am I.
It's World Breastfeeding Week. Read more of my breastfeeding posts here.
*Originally posted August 2009. I breastfed a total of 7 1/2 years.


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Follow all the action as Stevenage Borough travel away to Rushden and Diamonds at Nene Park in the Blue Square Premier on 13-Feb-2010. The match kicks off at 15:00
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The 2018 World Cup finals draw takes place in Moscow on Friday, with England hoping to avoid a so-called 'group
Alexis Sanchez and Gareth Bale headline a host of big names who will be absent from next summer's World Cup
The Republic of Ireland edged their way into the World Cup play-off lottery after a priceless 1-0 victory in Cardiff
Few have left a greater mark on football than mesmerising midfielder and all-round gentleman Sir Bobby Charlton, who turns 80 on Wednesday.
Another World Cup qualifying bid ended in misery for Scotland after a 2-2 draw in Slovenia saw them miss out
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Following the removal of open Internet provisions stemming from the Verizon v. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision in January, the FCC has repeatedly stated that it would work to keep the Internet equitable for traffic of all types. On April 23, the FCC announced that new a proposal to preserve the concept of net neutrality will be released on May 15. Sources say that while the plan will protect traffic from Internet service provider favoritism, it will also allow for companies to pay for faster connectivity.
The move is seen as an attempt by regulators to find common ground between consumers and service providers, and is likely to leave no party fully satisfied. While consumer advocates argue that the ability to pay for preferred service will inevitably lead to discrimination against those who do not pay, service providers say it will allow them to provide customers with new products.
Providers are also likely to be subject to much more stringent disclosure statements when they strike deals for service priority. While customers are not likely to see pricing increases immediately, the service fees paid by content producers could potentially make their way to consumer down the road.
Currently content providers a like Google pay to use infrastructure that brings their information to the doorsteps of service providers, and providers then deliver that data to customers. Wall Street Journal reports that one cable executive says that the last leg of that journey should not be regulated any differently.
"Somebody has to pay for this, and if they weren't going to let companies pay for enhanced transport and delivery…it just seemed like this was going to come back to the consumer."
WSJ report that that the American Civil Liberties Union takes the exact opposite opinion, saying, "If the FCC embraces this reported reversal in its stance toward net neutrality, barriers to innovation will rise, the marketplace of ideas on the Internet will be constrained, and consumers will ultimately pay the price."
We'll bring you more when the plan has been released.
For more on net neutrality check out these stories:
FCC rules target broadcasters with multiple stakes in a single location
A new bidder emerges for wireless network provider LightSquared


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John Stanchak, Janesville (1923 - 2013)
March 19, 1923 - December 23, 2013
John Stanchak, age 90, of Janesville, died on December 23, 2013, at home. John was born to Michael and Rose (Szmajda) Stanchak on March 19, 1923, near Gorlice, Poland. In 1940 he was removed from his home by the German Wehrmacht and forced into labor in Germany for the duration of WWII. John remained in Germany after the war and married Clara Hartmann on February 26, 1949, in Germany. John, Clara, and three children, emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1955. They settled first in Lorain, Ohio, where he had relatives. The family, now with five children, moved to Wisconsin in 1968. He had been a resident of Janesville since 1974. John worked as an assembler of trucks for various companies until his retirement in 1990 from Dorsey Trailers in Edgerton. He was an exemplary worker and showed equal devotion to the welfare of his family. His passions in life were for small children, animals and gardening. Although most of his grandchildren lived far from Janesville, his two youngest lived close by, and John spent much of his early retirement providing day care for his young granddaughters, and the experience gave him great joy. He loved his succession of cats and was grieved at the loss of Lester, Mitzi and Norton. He is survived by his most recent cat, Kitty. John's neighbors knew him for his large vegetable garden and gifts of fresh produce in the summer months. Gardening matched his talent for hard work and his need to do something useful. After his wife had a stroke in 2005, John cared for her, doing all the things necessary to keep both of them in their own home.
John is survived by his wife of nearly 65 years, Clara Stanchak, who shared the journeys in his life from Germany to Janesville; his five children: Maria (Tom) Greulich of Woodstock, GA; Waltraud Arts of Madison, WI; Carl (Yelena) Stanchak of Colorado Springs, CO; Peter (Susan) Stanchak of Battle Creek, MI; and Christine (Kevin) Snyder of Edgerton, WI; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; his brother, James (Roberta) Stanchak, and sister, Stefanie Rewak, both of Lorain, OH; and nieces and nephews in Ohio, Germany and Poland. John was preceded in death by his mother and father; his older sister, Anna; and three younger brothers: Steve, William, and Peter.
A funeral service will be held at NATIVITY OF MARY PARISH, 313 E. Wall St., Janesville, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 28, 2013, with Fr. Stephen Umhoefer presiding. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday at the church. Burial will be at a later date at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Edgerton, WI. Memorials may be made to Nativity of Mary Church in Janesville or to the Rock County Humane Society. Brian Hansen Funeral Service, Janesville, 608-752-8800, is assisting the family. Online condolences may be made at www.hansenfh.com


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AIDS – a tritium disease?
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
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AIDS – a tritium disease?
Whether the discoverers of HIV have deluded themselves or it was ordered to them to conceal the tritium contamination?
In nature, tritium almost does not exist. Tritium penetrates DNA, RNA, proteins and other like hydrogen. The likelihood one penetrated atom to "blast" in the course of 12 years is 50%. Depending on that where it has penetrated, the harms to a given organism can be very heavy. Unlike the heavy radioactive isotopes, it is not found easily, and it penetrates without a problem and even an atom/ molecule is enough.
It is also possible tritium to activate cancer formations or microorganisms, which is seen in AIDS. Dead DNA and RNA fragments could be prepared (in order the tritium not to get diluted during the division) or viruses with tritium be prepared and they to cause infection with the symptoms of AIDS.
Tritium is given off by radioactive materials, atom blasts, nuclear reactors and some other... It is fully possible in California "the gay-infection" with tritium to have started with prisoners who worked in Nevada desert or maybe people serving in the army.
Tritium can retain for long in an organism exactly in blood plasma, mucus secret or lymph nodes – viscose liquids which do not convert fast.
It is not uncanny that in Ukraine there is a big boom of "infection with HIV" and exactly during the average in Chernobyl, in the socialistic camp the story of the deadly "disease" was spread. "HIV" strategy prevents eventual conception of ill children. "The epidemic" in the RSA also has reasonable explanation.
Tritium is not a stable isotope and it turns into helium. Since the bombarding in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, enough years have passed to say that tritium has diminished manifold. It is another question what genetic harms it has left.
There is something much more upsetting. The nuclear blasts may revive the petrol and gas fields. Nuclear blasts can extract petrol and natural gas from embers and carbon minerals. Tritium is the problem. There are blasts at which it is not given off in big quantities. There are technologies which purify it or simply it is waited for it to get transformed, but...
HIV and AIDS are linked.
HIV is a virus that can be purified.
Tritium is not linked to AIDS. No matter how much you want to ignore physics, chemistry and biology. And by reading your post you are willing to ignore a lot about all three. You do not make sense. Yes I know that English is not your primary language, it is painfully obvious and mostly irrelevant, but we would appreciate logic and reason in your texts.
And why the suspense?
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Fathers of aliens.
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So what? If tritium was *really* the key to AIDS, the HIV would not be necessary. H3 can replace hydrogen in every molecule, so it does not need key or anything to penetrate in your body. And even less so radioactive mice
Yet AIDS is caused by HIV irrespectively of the presence of anything special (including tritium) ergo, there is no link between tritium and AIDS.
There is a basal level of radioactivity on earth (will vary depending on where you live), I seriously doubt that the amount of tritium is a significant contributor, as compared to radon and others. As for the rest of your argument linking oil and nuclear explosion, it is not quite clear.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
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Usually, water and hydrocarbons with tritium which we engulf do not go directly into our DNA cells. But apparently, there are high tritium bearers which do intensive and direct implanting of the dangerous "explosive" in DNA.
Once again you are all wrong. Tritium is physiologically indistinguishable from deuterium or hydrogen. If it has been included in any organic molecule that can be used by a human, it will be processed the exact same way, and will end up in the exact same place than the non tritiated molecule.
Not that there is usually quite a low amount of tritium naturally, and that makes it mostly irrelevant in terms of radiation emitted as compared to other natural sources. But of course if one is working in the lab with H3 Labelled molecules, care not to ingest it is necessary, the low energy of the alpha radiation means however that there is really very little need to handle with special protection. The only danger comes from ingestion and metabolization of the tritiated material.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Honestly, I have never heard of Tritium, but I am still young when it comes to knowledge in many areas of science. I cannot, however, decipher much of the first post and would much appreciate it if someone could give me a quick rundown on what the substance is?
Also, I was under the impression that HIV was able to invade the genome because of the presence of Reverse Transcriptase, labelling it a retrovirus. I'm not sure how a connection has been made between this Tritium molecule and HIV but it seems rather irrelevant considering the behaviour of HIV itself has already been explained - a bit of a conspiracy story to me, at least.
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Just weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommended that Congress require the data broker industry to be more transparent and give consumers greater control over their own personal information. The agency issued a detailed report on data brokers and summarized the extensive data collection efforts that it uncovered in its study of the industry. So it was deja vu all over again when weeks later, a Wall Street Journal headline read, "Facebook to Give Advertisers More User Data." The article summarized Facebook's efforts to vacuum up its users' web browsing habits and sell that data to advertisers.
According to media reports, Facebook collects web browsing histories by placing lines of computer code on its users' computers, thereby gathering data about the websites its users visit. Facebook apparently also gathers data about which mobile apps its users have downloaded onto their mobile devices. The company had said it keeps this data only for security reasons — but apparently, there may also be a lucrative data mining potential for such information, as reflected in the sale of that data to advertisers.
Facebook's sale of web browsing history demonstrates the steady growth of mining of customer data. So just who is regulating this space? Who is protecting consumers? And from the industry's perspective, what legal framework can the industry rely on to guide its own legitimate commercial interests? The surprising answer is that a substantial legal and regulatory void exists.
It was precisely the opaque nature of how companies used consumer data to make credit, housing, employment and similar determinations that led to the passage of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in 1970. The FTC has brought over 100 law enforcement actions under the FCRA since then, but huge portions of the business fall outside the statute. Given the growing opportunities to collect consumer data — and the ever-increasing power to mine that data — it may well be the time to fill the void.
Data brokers collect and store billions of data elements covering virtually everyone in the United States. Brokers collect and aggregate data regarding everything from shopping preferences, to healthcare data, to public records such as lawsuits and arrests. Often the nature of the information sold is disturbing: a list of individuals in financial distress, diabetics, smokers in the household, and political and religious affiliations. Recent reports reveal utterly shocking data aggregation; for instance, the identity of rape victims, AIDS victims and people with addictions. Frequently this information is gathered and sold without consumers' knowledge. As the FTC chair put it, "You may not know them, but data brokers know you."
Some of the data collected may appear at first to be collected for fairly mundane purposes. For instance, software-generated groupings could simply label a person assumed to be a "biker enthusiast." That individual might receive special offers from the local motorcycle dealer. However, that same person could pay higher fees for life insurance because insurers reason that the person engages in risky behavior. The information gathered by data brokers poses a risk to consumers, including the denial of opportunities based on inaccurate information, public disclosure of information many consumers regard as private (e.g. their health), or even something as menacing as stalking. Moreover, storing vast amounts of aggregated data indefinitely may create security risks.
In February 2014, Senator John D. Rockefeller, (D-W.Va.) and Senator Edward Markey (D-Ma.) introduced a bill that would require data brokers to disclose more information about their practices and to give consumers more control over their information collected and sold by the companies. The data broker industry generally opposes legislation, asserting that effective self-regulation is the preferred solution in an industry that is changing quickly and growing rapidly.
Those collecting, aggregating and selling data would be well served to get out ahead of legislative and regulatory efforts. The absence of standards only serves to lead to further abuses and unwanted media attention — all of which can easily create a backlash against the industry. Current proposals urge relatively modest and balanced limits. For instance, the FTC has called for transparency across the data broker industry, providing more information about the sources of data brokers' information and giving consumers access and the ability to correct data used for marketing and risk mitigation products. Other proposals encourage data brokers to be more accountable by conducting due diligence on their customers' use of the data and creating contractual requirements that prohibit their customers from using the data in an unlawful manner.
Companies collecting and mining consumer data are in the frontier days of those efforts. The spread of smartphones, social networks, cloud computing and more potent predictive analytic data techniques have enabled the collection, analysis, use and storage of data in a way that was not possible just a few years ago. Tremendous benefits can flow from the insights of big data. But a backlash of consumers offended by the continued encroachment on their privacy, coupled with the risks of long-term storage of such data, could easily lead to upending business models based on big data. A proactive effort to regulate data collection and aggregation efforts is more likely to preserve the big data store in the long run.


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Janesville schools, others announce cold-weather closures for Tuesday
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Monday, January 27, 2014
JANESVILLE—The Janesville School District will remain closed Tuesday because of extreme cold, the fourth closing so far during the 2013-14 school year.
One day off is built into the school calendar, said Kevin Leavy, public information specialist for the district. The administration does not yet know when it will make up the three days.
Other schools have announced closures for Tuesday, as well. For a complete list, visit WCLO radio's closings page.
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Death notices for April 5, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Ronald L. Long, 86, Janesville, died Wednesday at home. Arrangements are pending at the Whitcomb-Lynch Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Janesville.
Alex J. Lyga Jr., 78, Clinton, died Friday at Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit. Services will be held at a later date. Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Aleya Cheyenne Wofford, 17, Beloit, died Tuesday at home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Beloit. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Saturday at the church. Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit, is assisting the family.