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Megalops atlanticus
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
|Regional Assessments:
Common Name(s):
Clupea gigantea Shaw [G.] 1804
Clupea thrissoides Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Megalops elongatus Girard, 1859
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Ward, Rocky, Blandon, I.R., de Leon, F.G., Robertson, S.J., Landry, A.M., Anyanwu, A.O., Shenker, J.M., Figuerola, M., Gesteira, T.C., Zerbi, A., Leal, C.D.A. and Dailey, W. 2008. Studies in conservation genetics of tarpon (Megalops atlanticus): Microsatellite variation across the distribution of the species. In: J.S. Ault (ed.), Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries, pp. 131-146. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Microsatellite markers demonstrated within- and among-population genetic variability. Over most of its range, genetic differentiation was subtle. Geographically isolated and peripheral populations were much more distinct. Populations from Florida, the Pacific of Panama, Gulf of Guinea, and Costa Rica, were genetically differentiated (Ward et al. 2008). It is unknown to what extent larval dispersal versus adult migrations contribute to this differentiation (Adams pers. comm. 2011).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2bd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Adams, A., Guindon, K., Horodysky, A., MacDonald, T., McBride, R., Shenker, J. & Ward, R.
|Harwell, H. & Raynal, M.
|Harwell, H.
This species is widely distributed in the Western Atlantic, and it also occurs in the eastern Atlantic and on the Pacific coast of Panama, and has extended its distribution as far northward as Costa Rica, presumably via the Panama Canal. The major threats to this species are the consumptive fishery, habitat degradation and loss (especially to sexually immature individuals (0 to 9 years)) and bycatch mortality. The substantial loss of habitat, large directed recreational fisheries throughout its range, and evidence of regional declines raise concerns regarding long-term population stability. There has been no formal stock assessment of tarpon in any portion of the species' range; however, multiple lines of evidence suggest that populations of Atlantic tarpon appear to have declined from historic levels throughout their range (Adams et al. in review). Although patchy, data on total commercial landings in Central and South America show large historical declines. Total global landings of M. atlanticus declined 84.5% between 1965 and 2007 (4,600 metric tons versus 712 metric tons), particularly in Brazil, and mostly during the early years of that time period, reflecting a drop in population size, not a change in fishery effort (FAO 2011). Using a generation time of 12.7 years (Froese and Pauly 2008), the estimated decline in FAO landings over three generations (38 years, from 1969 to 2007) is at least 60%. Although this decline is driven largely from regional commercial harvest, specifically landings from Brazil, the major trends in population are mirrored in landings data from other regions, albeit from a much smaller magnitude. In the United States, this species is regulated and over the last decade, populations in Florida appear to have remained stable; however, earlier records are statistically unreliable. Anecdotal evidence from recreational fisheries in Florida and Texas (pre-1990) suggest significant declines. Therefore, we infer that the global decline in abundance is at least 30%. This species is currently listed as Vulnerable under A2bd. Additional information about the direction and magnitude of regional population trends will warrant future attention.
|Range Description:
|Megalops atlanticus is widely distributed in the western Atlantic from Virginia (there have been records from Nova Scotia), southward along the Gulf of Mexico and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Zale and Merrifield 1989, Crabtree et al. 1995). In the eastern Atlantic, it is distributed along the west coast of Africa, from Mauritania south to Angola (Anyanwu and Kusemiju 2008). Adults have been observed off the south coast of Ireland (Twomey and Byrne 1985). This species has also become established on the Pacific coast of Panama and has extended its distribution as far northward as Costa Rica, presumably via the Panama Canal (Swanson 1946).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Angola; Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Benin; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Saba, Sint Eustatius); Brazil; Cameroon; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Curaçao; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Equatorial Guinea; French Guiana; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Ireland; Jamaica; Liberia; Martinique; Mauritania; Mexico; Montserrat; Namibia; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Panama; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sao Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Suriname; Togo; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – northwest; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – eastern central; Pacific – eastern central
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|In general, current estimations of abundance for this species are based on anecdotal evidence from the recreational fishery. In Florida, anglers suspect significant regional declines over the last 30–50 years, and anecdotal reports suggest declines compared to historic levels. Little scientific evidence exists to corroborate this. An analysis of the recreational Tarpon fishery in southwest Florida from 1902 through 1998 indicated that a decline in Tarpon captures began after the mid-1930s with a notable decrease during World War II (1941–45). The erratic pattern observed in this fishery could be attributed to the changes in social/recreational aspect of anglers recording data on a Tarpon scale or a decline in Tarpon landed by this fishery. There are no data currently available to test these two hypotheses. There is anecdotal information that the characteristics of the fishery changed from landings to catch-and-release, and there was a decline in recorded landings (White and Brennan 2010, Guindon 2011).
Similar to the reports from Florida, a decline was also observed in Texas in the late 1950s, although this decline appeared to be more dramatic (Ward pers. comm. 2011), and continued in the 1960s and 1970s (Winemiller and Dailey 2002). However, length modes did not decline over time as observed in Florida (Holt et al. 2005). Mechanisms for apparent declines may include habitat degradation and overfishing.
Florida state regulations granted Tarpon gamefish status in 1953, so they could not be commercially harvested or sold. By the 1970s, taxidermy was a booming million-dollar industry and Tarpon were killed routinely for mounts (Wade and Robins 1973), but the number of fish mounted each year began to decline in the mid-1970s (Crabtree unpublished data in Guindon 2011). In 1989, a new law was enacted and the harvest of Tarpon became regulated by Florida Statute. The number of harvest permits issued declined from 961 in 1989 to 280 in fiscal year 2009–2010, indicating a greatly reduced intended harvest, and a shift to a fishery that is almost entirely catch-and-release (Nelson 2002, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, unpublished data). In more recent years (1981–2010), most recreational catches of Atlantic Tarpon in the USA occurred along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Applying Florida sales of harvest permits to the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey data for Tarpon caught and released in Florida, (personal communication from the National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division 2011), indicates that less than 1% of the total catch is harvested (Guindon 2011).
Over the last decade, populations in Florida appear to have remained stable; however, earlier records are statistically unreliable (Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2011). One of the few estimates of a regional population of Atlantic Tarpon came from Boca Grande Pass. An acoustic survey was done in 1993, which estimated the Tarpon population in the Pass during peak spawning season to be between 24,700 and 25,400 individuals (Hedgepeth et al.1993). No similar data has been collected nor another population estimate made for this area since this study to determine whether or not abundance has increased or decreased. As this species is not primarily subjected to commercial fisheries, stock assessments have not been carried out throughout its range. Stock assessments or landings records in other parts of this species' range do not exist at present, particularly in developing countries.
Although more of the fishery appears to be trending toward catch and release, historically high levels of harvest (followed by dramatic declines) and continuing harvest in some areas, suggest cause for concern. In addition, M. atlanticus is a periodic species (Winemiller and Rose 1992), long-lived and late to mature, with correspondingly long generation length (>10 years), which may affect its resistance to and recovery from threats. Species with long generation lengths have correspondingly high population recovery time and are thus typically more susceptible to threats that cause population declines (Collette et al. 2011).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|The latitudinal distribution of Atlantic Tarpon is limited by sensitivity to low temperature (Zale and Merrifield 1989); in the extremes of their range, Tarpon experience winter thermal mortality circa 10ºC (Robins et al. 1977) and have an upper lethal thermal limit of 40ºC (Moffett and Randall 1957). Megalops atlanticus is tolerant of wide ranges in salinity and oxygen concentrations. Post-metamorphic juveniles are euryhaline, having been sampled from 0 to 45 PSU. The vascularized swim bladders of Tarpon allow aerial respiration, permitting juveniles to inhabit hypoxic inshore waters where they presumably experience low predation rates and have little competition for prey (Schlaifer and Breder 1940, Geiger et al. 2000, Seymour et al. 2004). Juvenile M. atlanticus habitats include stagnant pools, back waters, ephemeral coastal ponds and hurricane and storm overwashes, swales, and mangrove swamps and marshes, as well as man-made habitats such as mosquito impoundments and artificial wetlands (Dahl 1965, Wade 1962, Robins et al. 1977, Zerbi et al. 2001, Jud et al. 2011). These habitats are often extremely fragmented, which may have adverse effects on the population. Research is needed to document whether these habitats are sources or sink.
Late juvenile Tarpon utilize deep-water habitats such as canals and sloughs for emigration to coastal bays (Hunt pers. comm. in Kushlan and Lodge 1974). Adult tarpon (120 cm FL) are primarily coastal fishes that inhabit inshore waters and bays over a wide range of salinities (fresh to hypersaline) and temperatures (17–36°C) (Zale and Merrifield 1989, Crabtree et al.1995).
Tarpon may have resident, migratory, or mixed populations (Robins et al. 1977). Tagging studies indicate that some mature tarpon may undertake substantial and alongshore migrations (Ault et al. 2005, Luo et al. 2008), while others are residents of particular locations (Guindon unpublished data, sensu Robichaud and Rose 2004). These movements may represent repeated migratory patterns, or there may be significant annual variation in the movement pattern of individuals (Ault et al. 2008). Seasonal migrations may also occur. Migrations cross state and federal boundaries, which may impact regulation.
Juveniles start on a diet of zooplankton, small crustaceans, and insects (Harrington 1958). As older juveniles and adults begin to inhabit deeper-water habitats such as lagoons, creeks, canals, their diet transitions to larger crustaceans (penaeid shrimps, swimming crabs), polychaetes, and a suite of fishes as they grow (Whitehead and Vergara 1978, Boujard et al. 1997).
Reproduction and Development
Tarpon are batch spawners, and spawning season appears to vary by location. In Florida, spawning occurs presumably offshore from April through August (Smith 1980, Cyr 1991, Crabtree et al. 1992, 1995). Spawning in Costa Rica may occur year-round (Chacon-Chaverri 1993, Crabtree et al. 1997), similar to Puerto Rico, where peaks occur in March through May and July through September, respectively (Zerbi et al. 2001). In Brazil, spawning probably occurs from October through January (de Menezes and Paiva 1966). However, tarpon larvae have been recorded in the Gulf Stream through November (Harrington 1966), so spawning season may be prolonged or larvae may be transported long distances from more southern spawning locations. To date, active spawning events have not been directly observed.
Schools of gravid tarpon migrate from near-shore and inshore habitats to form large prespawning aggregations approximately 2–25 km offshore (Crabtree et al. 1992) presumably before moving up to 200-250 km offshore for spawning. The exact timing, cues, and zones of tarpon spawning have not been described, although it may be triggered by lunar cycles (Crabtree et al.1995).
Eggs and leptocephalus larvae have an extended oceanic planktonic stage (Phase I) followed by recruitment into fresh and brackish water nursery areas. Phase II begins at the onset of metamorphosis where larvae shrink in size from about 26 mm to 14 mm. Phase III is reflected by positive growth again through cycloid scale formation and is finished upon tarpon reaching sizes of ca. 40 mm in length (Harrington 1958,1966; Harrington and Harrington 1960). Phase II and Phase III larvae and juvenile tarpon will inhabit stagnant pools, back water, salt marsh and shallow mangrove lined areas that are low in dissolved oxygen and high in organic matter (Dahl 1965, Robins 1977, Zerbi et al. 2001). Metamorphosis is believed to take place in inshore waters. Age at recruitment to the estuary is 30–50 days (but recruiting larvae 20 days old have been captured in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida (Shenker et al. 2002).
Age and Growth
|Use and Trade:
|Megalops atlanticus is a major species in the recreational fishery in many parts of its distributional range. The recreational fishery for this species developed in 1885 in Florida. The scales are used for medicinal purposes in Brazil. In Africa, they are traditionally served at Christmas. They are consumed Central America, when collected as bycatch or from small directed fisheries. There are subsistence fisheries and some commercial sale of roe and flesh in Mexico and some of the Caribbean Islands (Adams and Guindon pers. comm. 2011). They are consumed readily in Colombia (Garcia and Solano1995). This species is cultured from wild stocks of juveniles in Nigeria (Anyanwu unpublished data). They are often taken as incidental catch by purse seiners, long-liners, and in gill nets in Mexico and Belize (Shenker pers. comm. 2011). Although they are not targeted by fisheries in Mexico and Belize, they often enter the market upon capture (Ault pers. comm. 2011).
|Major Threat(s):
Threats to this species include effects of catch-and-release fishing (lethal and sub-lethal) (Guindon 2011), recreational harvest, commercial and subsistence fisheries in locations outside of the United States, habitat loss, freshwater flow alterations, declines in water quality, run-off, habitat fragmentation, and habitat alternation, such as dredging, and temperature extremes. This species is long-lived, which may affect its resilience to and recovery from threats.
In Texas, a study done by Holt et al. (2005), reported that there was no obvious decline in length modes with time among tarpon caught in the recreational fishery. It was indicated that larger tarpon tended to be caught in more recent years, this may be evidence of size selectivity by the fishers to retain larger fish for display or acknowledgement. The results of this study indicated that there may be a lack of recruitment of tarpon into the Texas fishery, especially from Mexico, after 1960, perhaps indicative of decline in nursery habitat. Alternatively, this could be due to natural fluctuations in recruitment.
Evidence of over-exploitation was observed in the southwest coast of Florida, in the decline in average length in the catches (Bortone 2008). Moreover, inshore waters where juvenile tarpon occur (Shenker et al. 2002) are subject to habitat degradation due to increased human activities (Bortone 2005). It should be noted, however, that Bortone used scales largely collected and posted from 1910–1930; very few scales were from collections after 1980. This coincides with a marked shift in Florida in the 1970s and 1980s towards a catch-and-release fishery (Guindon 2011).
Effects of catch-and-release fishing on tarpon has been studied in two size classes of Tarpon. Short-term, post-release mortality of adult tarpon in the recreational fishery is due predominately to predation, and to a lesser extent physiological stress and injury (Guindon 2011). In the absence of predation, estimated post-release mortality is 5% for the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida. Other factors affecting survival of adult tarpon were the swimming condition of the tarpon at the time of release and hook location (Guindon 2011). The level of sub-lethal physiological stress was positively correlated with angling duration, handling time, and body size, especially in adult tarpon, whereas sub-adult tarpon showed less stress effects from angling (Guindon 2011). No short-term mortality was observed on juvenile tarpon released into a saltwater pond absent of sharks, and only one suffered mortality 43-hours after release. Delayed morality rates of adult tarpon are yet unknown.
|Conservation Actions:
Despite their ecological and economic importance, recreational fishery regulations for tarpon in the United States and abroad differ regionally. Alabama and Georgia have size limits and bag limits (one per person per day in Georgia, in Alabama a $50 tag is needed). North and South Carolina have no minimum size requirements and the limit it one fish per person per day. In Louisiana and Mississippi, there are no regulations. In Florida and Texas, a permit is required to harvest or possess a tarpon (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Guindon and Ward pers. comm. 2011). In Belize, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands, tarpon are catch-and-release only. In Mexico, the limit is two fish per person per day but no minimum size requirement exists.
In an effort to conserve fish stocks and their habitats, many countries are using marine protected areas in conjunction with existing fisheries regulations to build sustainable fisheries and protect marine biodiversity. Catch-and-release is commonly practised by recreational anglers with a strong conservation ethic who travel to the region. Current levels of international harvest and by-catch should be quantified, and the tertiary effects of catch-and-release fishing on tarpon should be determined to help maintain, if present, or create, if needed, a sustainable fishery.
|Adams, A., Guindon, K., Horodysky, A., MacDonald, T., McBride, R., Shenker, J. & Ward, R. 2012. Megalops atlanticus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191823A2006676. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
Whenever I watch religious debates, theists often come up with an argument against evolution pointing out that eliminating people with disabilities is a consequence of the "fittest to survive" as they do (not) understand it. Of course this is not the case, but it's easy to fall for it if one is not informed enough.
I have a disability myself, which would fall under disabilities and I would be on the theist's list to be eliminated by evolution. But how does religion actually deal with disability? My parents weren't very religious, I was rather treated normal, which made me quite of a fighter. Yet religious people around me would rather be pitiful towards me, insist that I must be an unhappy person. And when god comes into play, it is either a punishment for whatever or some sort of a test for whatever. None of these views are helpful or creditable in any way, apart from a god who isn't there in the first place.
However, on the atheist end, I'm able to tell where someone like me would stand. One thing has caught my eye when I was browsing through this forum, at some point there was a discussion whether people with disabilities have right to live or not (sorry, I'm too lazy to find the link right now ), but it was a bit disturbing, as I would quite likely be on the most-wanted list. My point of view is that everybody should be supported and guided as much as it's needed so everyone becomes the best that they can be, as independent as possible, as happy as possible, as strong as possible and, most importantly, learn as much as possible, from life, failures and successes, take as much responsibility for one's own actions and keep fighting.
The main problem I see on both sides is that people can't relate to it and would then assume how they think people with disabilities are supposed to be, act, live. They can't be blamed for not being able to relate, they simply can't just like people with disabilities will never know how it is to be "normal". But all the interpretations and implications is a different story, and if views are as I have mentioned above, there's a long way to go. Thoughts?
"Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." (Carl Sagan)
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RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
My experience with people who have a disability is that many of them are more "fit" than many others who have no disability.
The point about survival of the fittest comes again from people who don't understand that evolution is very very long process. It doesn't occur over a single generation or even a few. At any point in time, people with disabilities can be born so evolution would certainly not eliminate them even if they truly were less "fit".
And pxlgirl, judging by your post, you seem quite "fit" to me.
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25-01-2013, 11:40 AM (This post was last modified: 25-01-2013 11:51 AM by Vera.)
RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
First of all
Second of all, that thread was started by an extremely stupid (possibly 13-year-old) troll. Pay it no heed.
Third of all, there is no "normal". Or at least, not completely "normal", some are closer to the norm (if there is one, and I can't say I think there is), others - less close. Humans (and all living beings for that matter) are not perfect, never have been and never will be. A lot of "disabilities" result in extreme giftedness in other areas. This is not saying that we shouldn't keep trying to eradicate those disabilities that can be eradicated - but by eradicating the cause for them, not those affected by them (and by this I mean even before they're born).
Also, you're obviously a better person than me - that fact that someone doesn't have a disability, is no excuse for not being able to relate, or least try to. We all like to brag how empathetic we are, but for many it only works with those who are just like them. In other words, not empathy, but egotism.
EDIT: But yeah, few things are as obnoxious as religionists' self-righteous claim that an illness, misfortune, what have you, is punishment from god (or karma, or some other abhorrent vile thing).
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RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
Pxlgirl, you are awesome and strong. I have a good friend who is disabled, and he is smart, funny, and works hard. Medical science and technology enable him and others with disability or disease, to lead a normal life whereas in times past this would not have been possible. Religion didn't enable, for example, diabetics to take insulin and live long lives, science did. Evolution does not preclude advancements that help our quality of life.
Anyone who says that is god's punishment or bad karma is an insensitive idiot. First, they don't know that is the case because there is no proof. Second, why would they say that? To make themselves feel superior? I can only guess as to why people say things like that.
Godless in the Magnolia State
RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
Man I love Darwin. And man do I get cheesed when people don't understand him.
Impulse, just FYI, evolution can occur very rapidly.
Most people mistake fitness for strength or toughness or badassery or some such swill. Like tough guys win or might makes right of some crap. BS. The sloth, for all intents and purposes, is fucking useless lol. But it's incredibly fit. Fitness has to do with having the highest aggregate of adaptive traits.
But the thing most people fuck up is that adaptivity is not an absolute. It is entirely determined by two factors:
1 - Environment
2 - Time
A trait is adaptive only in a given environment. For example, gills are hella adaptive underwater, but fucking useless on dry land. So the idea that any given disability is maladaptive as an absolute is an absurdity.
Also, it's only adaptive in that environment at a given point in time, that is to say, within a specific temporal context. Being a dinosaur was boss until that whole thermonuclear asteroid explosion thing. Then it was a death sentence. So sure, being born without arms and legs to nomadic hunter-gatherers in 20 000 BCE may have been maladaptive. But that doesn't mean that it's maladaptive now.
The final thing that people fuck up is that genes aren't alone. They are in competition with memes. Sometimes they compete, sometimes they co-evolve. In the case of many disabilities, there are memetic traits that make the disability adaptive. Wheelchair ramps, surgeries, eyeglasses, crutches, physiotherapy and of course, cultural norms and legislation that normalise disabilities and support people with them. For example, you can't refuse to hire someone with a disability.
So someone can be born today with a very severe disability and be perfectly fit. That's not a circumvention of Darwin, that's proof of Darwin!
Ironically, the only way that being disabled would be maladaptive would be if these Darwin misunderstanding Theists declared that the disabled should be killed, like fatwa style or something.
As for those that don't understand what it's like, disabilities are one of the primary dimensions of diversity (like age, sex, skin colour). The primary dimensions cannot be changed (well, some disabilities can be healed, but you know what I mean). So some people are going to have prejudice towards the disabled. The only real remedy is love and exposure.
So you just keep on keepin on PX and fuck em if they can't take a joke
Peace and Love and Empathy,
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RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
What Vera said. Word for word!
But as if to knock me down, reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch, cut me into little pieces
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RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
I would echo what others have said about the notion of "survival of the fittest" being completely misunderstood for one thing. There are many ways to be fit. Look at Stephen Hawking. Sure, in a zombie apocalypse, he'd be eaten, but short of that, he's one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Beyond fit compared to most humans alive right now.
I also have a (mild) disability. There are certain limitations that I have as a result, but who doesn't have limitations, right?
One of my favorite examples of evolution and fit survival is that of a certain type of frog (bull frog of some type I think...its been a while since i read about this, so apologies if i don't get it perfect). Scientists found that there were two types of males that were equally successful mating with females. One was the typical burly man giant tough-guy frog who would fight with other tough guy males to win the chance to be with the female. Then there was the really skinny, nerd, sneaky male that would sneak in and mate with the female while the other males were beating each other up.
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." ~Rene Descartes.
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RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
Ditto to all. And normal what's that.
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RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
Wow, I'm really thankful for all your comments so far, it is really refreshing to hear something positive for a change. Don't get me wrong, I can cope with my disability (it's not the only minority group I am belonging to - and crash down every stereotype they come along with), but other people's reactions can raise eyebrows at times or even annoy the shit out of me, depending of the stupidity level of their comments.
I totally agree with what you all said about the term "normal", it doesn't exist in real life, although you might get a glimpse of a prototype of this normality in commercials and ads.
As far as evolution goes, Ghost had a point. Just like in the frog example, each individual has their own traits and techniques to survive. And the fact that so called disabled people are here, means that they were fit enough to be alive here and now.
"Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." (Carl Sagan)
RE: People with disabilities on both sides of the fence
In addition to what Vera said...
Most folks here are atheists. This means the thing they have in common is they don't have a belief in a god. That's the only unifying belief. Still yet there are other reilgious and non-religious folks who don't even adhere to the atheist label. There are ignorant 'evolutionists', maybe even atheists who beleive evolution is wrong (or at least our understanding is flawed), and in this case there are trolls masquerading as atheists. In any event don't fall into the trap of 'someone in x group said something offensive/stupid therefore it is an offensive/stupid group'. This is a place where freedom to say anything you want is encouraged so long as it isn't a link or image of nude humans, threats, or spam. That being said even intelligent people are bound to say something stupid on occasion.
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My company is primarily Windows machines, except for the Marketing Department, they use Mac's all the way. Our problem is that a previous employee left, and was gracious enough to return the iBook that he had, but it is locked. Their is only one login account on the machine. It is running 9.2. No one has checked it until now, when we have finally hired someone to replace him. Getting the password from him is not an option (we have tried before on some other Forms that he had locked). There is nothing on the box that cannot be replaced, so formatting the drive is not a problem. The problem is, that between all the IT changes within the company within the past year, i do not have OS 9.2, all i have is OS X 10.2. I am not all that familiar with Mac's, so forgive my ignorance in advance.
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Kelvin Benjamin declared for the draft only a few days after his star turn in the BCS National Championship Game, and really, it's not hard to figure out why.
Benjamin, a redshirt sophomore receiver whocaught the game-winning score
in the Seminoles' 34-31 against the Tigers, used his 6-foot-5, 234-pound frame and freakish athletic ability to terrorize defensive backs in his first year as a starter, catching 54 passes for 1,011 yards and 15 touchdowns.
With his massive size,insane reach and surprising speed for his frame ― he reportedly runs a 4.52 in the 40-yard dash ― it's easy to see why Benjamin has been drawing comparisons to star Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson
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draft analyst Jared Counterman. "And Baldwin was similar ― big and fast ― but I didn't see the type of body control with Baldwin that I see with Benjamin."
Baldwin's draft profile on NFL.com called him a huge receiver with deceptive speed (4.5 in the 40-yard dash) that showed the ability to track and high-point the ball, which are all traits that Counterman says Benjamin, who only played three years high school football, has.
However, Baldwin's profile also revealed that he was a sloppy route runner who wasn't a willing run blocker and occasionally took plays off. There have been some questions about Benjamin's work ethic ― hereportedly ballooned to 260 pounds as a true freshman, when he knew he wasn't going to play as he learned a complex playbook – and even he admitted that he was lazy
on and off the field when he first arrived at Florida State.
But he's since cut a significant amount of weight, which shows a commitment to getting better, and has flashed ability as a run blocker, a potential boon in a Chiefs offense that is heavy on screen passes and reliant on downfield blocking for star running back Jamaal Charles.
"There's a couple of really big blocks on his tape that wide receivers don't typically make, and they're always a little bit later in the game where he starts to mentally dominate the defensive back," Counterman says. "He's demoralizing to play."Still, Counterman says his biggest concern about Benjamin is his occasional tendency to drop passes, which he attributes to a lack of concentration from a still-raw player. "The Florida game, he put up big numbers but he had three really brutal drops," Counterman says. "But he's a big guy and he's gonna run really fast. The NFL is gonna love him. He's that trendy talent right now. He's going to win contested catches." For all of Benjamin's gifts, it's still early in the evaluation process, and it remains to be seen how high he will go in May's draft. ESPN has him ranked as the draft's No. 29 prospect while Optimum Scouting lists him at No. 43, which means he could be in play for the Chiefs, who pick No. 23 in the first round but don't have a second-round pick due to the Alex Smith trade. But while it remains to be seen if Benjamin is the type of receiver the Chiefs ― who are certainly in the market for another receiving type ― really covet, Counterman does think Benjamin could work in Reid's West Coast Offense. "You saw Dwayne Bowe ― he ripped Indianapolis up on the slant route, and that's what Benjamin can do," Counterman says. "This won't be the case in the NFL, but when he goes over the middle in college, no one wants a piece of him because he's 6-5 and 240 pounds. He's just really really big, I think he'd be a good fit in that offense, sure." Here are some highlights of Benjamin against Florida on Nov. 30, when he caught nine passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns: Here is another highlight reel from the 2013 season:


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Personally I think it matters, when you are on mailing lists for a project and/or community. I like having an etiquette, so everyone on the list replies either on top or bottom. Thus keeping the timeline of any conversation on the list in the right order.
When I was a core member at the Joomla project, we relied a lot on communication through mailing lists, and we had a clear etiquette for those lists.
With personal mails, it is less important.
Oh this requires more than an a/b answer :)
Bottom replies are easier to read, but you must be responsible. Replying to a long email with a one-liner way down there at the bottom isn't very nice. Trim out the bits that you're not really responding to. If you're giving an ultra-short-winded yes/no (and people do this!), maybe a top post is fine!
But to me the most important aspect of this debate is consistency. There are dead-set top- or bottom-posters who will break the flow of a conversation just to force their hand in the matter. If you're replying to a 2- or 3-level deep thread that reads bottom to top, is bottom-posting below all that (and thus closest to the oldest part of the message) really considerate of people who will be reading it?
Happy sensible-posting ;)
I also try and use a sensible set of rules to address this:
0. If a list has a rule, follow that rule. Usually I am trying to get information or be taken seriously, and this is an easy step toward achieving that.
1. If a list has That Guy, whose signature or sole purpose in life is to correct the egregious violations of the lists' quoting etiquette, then ignore previous rule. Just kidding, but it always crosses my mind.
2. If the primary conversation view is threaded (and the technology consistently works), then I top post. If the majority of people reading will be reading the conversation in context, then bottom posting would appear redundant.
3. But in more cases than not, messages are poorly threaded (threading messages has surprisingly few good solutions so far). So in these instances, I bottom post, for two reasons: context and aesthetics.
Context is clear, as my reply would only make sense after considering the previous information, which might be obscured by several levels. In a personal email, I do inline replies when it (a) makes sense and (b) doesn't matter if I sound like a question answering robot or debater. Do not inline reply most significant others:
>> and I just don't know if you really love me, James.
I do.
>> So I've been wondering about whether or not you'd be happier elsewhere.
Aesthetics, however, is a silly one, but one I attend to anyway. It turns out many quoted messages are in colored blocks. The colored blocks are often left justified, though this is not true necessarily for the containing text. So if the colored block is left justified, replies without the block naturally look like sub-points, like a header and the following content. To me, this looks correct to have the quote block first and the naked reply second.
4. Finally, if the quoted message is unnecessarily long, I often will remove as much as possible without obscuring the meaning, with appropriate annotations to signify this cut. I almost always remove any quoted media, such as embedded photos or video. I rarely, if ever, quote quotes.
5. There are probably more rules, but it turns out there are also rules about how much work I should get done today.
Hear hear to rule #1! ^_^
Nothing tempts me more to buck the etiquette, than insistence that I *must not buck the etiquette*.
If somebody is genuinely confused about what I'm saying, that's useful feedback, and I should reconsider how I expressed myself (including top- or bottom-post decisions).
If somebody just sees an opportunity to make their pet point, I am usually not sympathetic, as it is an unwelcome distraction from the topic of discussion.
Unless, of course, the topic of discussion is etiquette, in which case it's turtles all the way down!
The whole point is that an email should read like a court transcript. Some knucklehead(s) (probably Microsoft) gave users the option, then convenience crept in.
Who wants to scroll all the way to the bottom? Turns out nobody; I don't want to.
Now, emails read like a transcript - but in reverse.
Google, as we all know, is very standards-compliant, tribe. They have imposed a default 'bottom post' style in Gmail. I can't remember, or find the RFC that describes it, but I don't remember ever having seen a rule in an RFC either. The fact that they do this implies someone originally had an intent though.
Should it matter as long as the message was communicated?
Personally, I can't stand top-posting, but unfortunately in the corporate world (from what I've experienced) that is the default. I tried to bottom post for awhile, but after countless 'I didn't see your reply' or 'you sent a blank reply', I stopped. I blame Microsoft Outlook for this.
I am on one mailing list that specifically uses bottom post (or inline, which is usually better), but it is the exception, not the norm.
Let's not forget about [snip] and ellipses. For some conversations, inline posting (so noted at the top) makes sense. Always best to read it over, imagining oneself to be the recipient(s), before hitting the send button. Where a "transcript" isn't important, history 3 deep might be more than enough.
I hate bottom-posting. I have no interest in scrolling through a list of replies I've already read just to get to the newest one at the bottom.
As many already said, it depends.
1) If I am answering with a short answer to an e-mail that will not start a thread (e.g., "When and where are we going to lunch?") usually I reply on top since it is easier to write, to read and it is a "use and throw" mail
2) If the mail is/will be part of a thread, I usually reply on the bottom, so that it will be more natural to follow the discussion.
2.b) If the previous mail had several "items" usually I intervene my answer with the mail, to make it clear to which item I am replying.
Both in the case of 2 and 2.b, I can decide to cut away parts of the mail that are not important for my answer.
Of course, if the mailing list has a specific convention, I usually follow it.
Briefly: I have no rigid algorithm, I do each time what it seems more convenient for the specific context.
R's rules are almost exactly the same as mine, so thanks to him for that. I think there's a distinction to be made between public email conversations, say in support forums, where someone may find something months later via a web search, and ought to read things in order, top to bottom, and private emails that are often immediate (so the context is still in the reader's head) and disposable. For example, the "lunch?" "yes" kind of email exchanges. In fact, the inbox on my current Gmail shows the first line of the message, so a short top-posted reply doesn't even require me to open the message.
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I like top posting becasue I don't like scrolling the whole message to get the latest. I almost always want to see the latest response first.
I bottom post almost always, even in personal mails, not just in mailing lists. It just is more logical that the answer comes after the text you are answering to or commenting on. And yes you have to take some time and not be lazy and trim the text you are answering to and remove what you are not answering to. But unfortunately today many people are just too lazy to do all this.


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Jennifer Peterson picked up more than a good deal at the West Jordan Deseret Industries when she bought a blown-glass piece for $3 several days ago: She apparently brought home someone's cremated remains.
Peterson said she bought a blue-and-white glass ball filled with seashells and sand at the store because she's a fan of blown glass. After she bought it, she noticed a glass stamp on the bottom marked with the name of an Oregon-based art gallery, The Edge.
Peterson decided to go online to check on the item's value, but when she couldn't find the piece in the regular gallery section, she looked at a gallery of "memorial glass" blown glass mixed with cremated remains or cremains and found the same glass ball.
"I've got somebody's grandma in my house," she said Thursday. "Somebody, somewhere is missing. I'd like to return it to the owners and the family."
According to the gallery's website, a blown-glass piece similar to what Peterson bought costs $150. About one to three ounces of cremated remains are used to make the piece, which takes two to three weeks. Other blown-glass pieces, such as pendants, vases and plates, also are available as memorial pieces.
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Donaldson's perseverance may lead to All-Star spot
OAKLAND -- There was a time not too long ago when Josh Donaldson considered quitting baseball.
The boy who had dreamed of playing professionally since he was five wasn't having fun anymore. It was 2009, and Donaldson, 23 and in his second year as an Oakland Minor Leaguer, was middling with Double-A Midland in the Texas League.
OAKLAND -- There was a time not too long ago when Josh Donaldson considered quitting baseball.
The boy who had dreamed of playing professionally since he was five wasn't having fun anymore. It was 2009, and Donaldson, 23 and in his second year as an Oakland Minor Leaguer, was middling with Double-A Midland in the Texas League.
An ounce of disappointment, whether in himself or his team, would send him home in a fury. He'd grind over it all night, fall asleep angry and wake up the next morning to start the routine all over again.
The joy was gone.
"I was so consumed with whether I played well," Donaldson said. "I was so upset. I didn't know if I even wanted to play anymore."
Then there was a time not too long ago when Donaldson thought the A's would quit on him.
A conversation with then-RockHounds manager and current A's bullpen coach Darren Bush had restored his passion. If you can impact the game in some way every game, Bush said, you've done your job for the day.
But Donaldson had trouble meeting those standards as well. He made the A's Opening Day roster in 2012, but struggled to contribute, batting .153 with one home run and seven RBIs in 28 games over two stints with the team before the All-Star break.
Donaldson joined Oakland for a third time in mid-August, determined that this attempt would be different. He adjusted his approach at the plate and did his best to eliminate the expectations he had placed on himself for so many years. His concern became simply earning playing time in manager Bob Melvin's lineup.
"I didn't really know what my future was going to be with this organization," he said.
Such apprehension now seems like a distant memory. One year after two separate demotions to the Minors, Donaldson is the most consistent player on an A's team with the best mark in the Majors since July 1 of last year (105-61) and a candidate to become Oakland's first position player to appear in an All-Star Game since catcher Ramon Hernandez in 2003.
Oakland's third baseman is among the A's leaders in every offensive category. He owns a team-best .316 average with 13 home runs, 53 RBIs and a .909 OPS.
"Last year, at the second part of the year when he came back up the third time, something clicked in with him and he's taken it and used it and kept it and held on to it," said A's hitting coach Chili Davis, who used to tease Donaldson that he'd be fined for charging the mound with his stride.
Davis regularly provides scouting reports of the opposing teams' pitchers, pointing out areas of attack, but late last season he gave Oakland's batters scouting reports on themselves.
That's when it clicked for Donaldson.
"This is where he's going to pitch you, because this is what he looks at," Donaldson recalled Davis saying. "I looked at it, and there were some pitches where I was like, 'Wow.' Like, I knew it, but I didn't know it was like that."
The toughest pitches for Donaldson to hit last year were above the belt. It didn't matter the velocity or the type of pitch. If it was up, he was going to struggle because of the location of his hands through the zone. Last offseason, Donaldson went about fixing that.
Donaldson went 5-for-9 with two doubles, two walks, two RBIs and three runs scored over the weekend against the Cardinals, who entered the series tied for the best record in baseball before the A's took two out of three.
He also contributed two gems on the defensive end in Sunday's series finale, toppling over the tarp in foul territory to secure a popup and lunging to his right on a sharp ground ball in the seventh that saved a crucial run.
"He does it all," said starter Tommy Milone. "Defensively, offensively. I'm sure if he pitched he'd do that well, too."
Donaldson hasn't pitched since he was a freshman at Auburn. His occupation of third base, however, is a recent undertaking.
He was converted to the hot corner from catcher during Spring Training last year, and the transition has been seamless in comparison to his offense.
The biggest giveaway is his assertiveness on ground balls. Third basemen often can't see the shortstop while in pursuit of the ball, and Donaldson occasionally cuts in front of Jed Lowrie when making plays on slow rollers that a more experienced third baseman might defer on.
"I think he's much improved over the beginning of the year, too," Lowrie said. "There were a couple balls early that he was probably too aggressive on, but I would rather him be too aggressive than just let balls go by, so I have no complaints about him over there. He's been great."
The change of position has had an effect on his offensive approach as well. Donaldson concentrated on his abilities as a power hitter throughout much of the Minors, focusing on home runs rather than becoming a more complete hitter.
"I understood that if I hit 20 homers as a catcher, there was no reason why I wasn't going to be a Major League player," Donaldson said. "But then I realized I'm not the kind of guy that wants that. I hate striking out. I really don't enjoy that -- at all. It got to the point where I said, 'You know what? I feel like I'm a better hitter than this. I don't have to try to hit for power all the time. I can get base hits, I can hit doubles.'"
Such focus has paid off for Donaldson, who would be a lock for the All-Star Game if the American League's third-base pool didn't consist of such titans as Miguel Cabrera, Adrian Beltre and Manny Machado.
Donaldson is fifth in fan voting with 827,381 votes (Cabrera leads all of baseball with 5,844,165), but he could make an appearance if the players vote him in.
He's a realist in regards to his chances of starting and said he hasn't checked the votes -- "Why would I?" he asked. "Miguel Cabrera's going to get voted in" -- but he did say an All-Star selection would be "something even I probably wouldn't have dreamt. Even just being in the talks and that kind of stuff, it's definitely humbling."
And while there's no way around Cabrera's brilliance, Donaldson has been just as essential to the success of the A's, who are seven games better than the Tigers in the standings and just took consecutive series over two of the best teams in the National League in the Reds and Cardinals.
Oakland will continue its stretch of Interleague games against the NL Central on Tuesday with the Cubs, who drafted Donaldson with the 48th overall pick of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
The A's success, as it has been all year, will be reliant in part on Donaldson's play. That's not a bad position to be in. If Donaldson has proven anything this year, it's that there's no quit in his game.
Jeff Kirshman is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), currently the most common childhood-onset behavioral disorder, is nothing if not controversial. Nearly every aspect of ADHD from diagnosis to prevalence to medication, and even its mere existence, is disputed by at least one 'concerned' group. And honestly, who could blame parents for being hesitant to medicate their young children, especially since medications come with risks? However, ADHD is a very real (and prevalent) disorder which has discrete neurochemical and, as more and more research is suggesting, genetic causes. It has been linked with one neurochemical in particular.
What neural structures are theorized to underly the symptoms of ADHD? How is ADHD treated, and how does the most popular drug for it, Ritalin, work?
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Reduced Brain Activity in ADHD Patients
ADHD affects from 5-10% of children and adolescents, with boys 8 times more likely than girls to have it. The disorder is marked by an inability to focus attention and hyperactive/impulsive behavior. Often these symptoms are paired with poor social skills and difficulties at school, which makes for a very complex situation. One early study in 1990 discovered that brain activity was 8.1% lower in 30 of 60 brain region in adults who suffered from ADHD (measured by global glucose metabolism). The regions with the most significant decreases in activity were the premotor cortex and the superior prefrontal cortex (shown below, circled), which are regions which (among other things) mediate impulse control. That same year Biederman et al. reported that 28.6% of parents who are diagnosed with ADHD have a child who also has the disorder; the cautious suggestion was made that ADHD may have some genetic underpinnings. The next 17 years would lend much evidence to that effect.
So far over 10 genes have been suspected to be involved in the manifestation of ADHD, and many of these genes center around dopamine receptors or dopamine transporting molecules. Also, there seems to be no one gene which guarantees ADHD, but rather certain genes have been identified as denoting susceptibility to ADHD. (For the specific genes and there locations, go here.) Some of the genes may increase dopamine receptors in certain parts of the brain which may have the effect of depleting dopamine–which, as you will see, is an important player in ADHD.
Dopamine and Norepinephrine
ADHD was found to be the result of a deficiency of a specific neurotransmitter — here, norepinephrine. Like all neurotransmitters, norepinephrine is synthesized within the brain; however norepinephrine synthesis requires dopamine as an intermediate step. Specifically, the basic building block of each norepinephrine molecule is dopa; this molecule is converted into dopamine, which is then converted into norepinephrine. This is the normal process. Theoretically, if this dopa-to-norepinephrine synthesis is altered (say by certain genes), low levels of norepinephrine and ADHD-like symptoms could occur. Conversely, drugs which provide extra levels of norepinephrine relieve the symptoms of ADHD.
Its likely that the full spectrum of ADHD symptoms is not solely attributed to the prefrontal cortex, but rather entire pathways which interact together. These pathways do include the frontal/prefrontal areas (attention, impulse control) but also the limbic system (regulates emotions), the basal ganglia (this is the brain's "router," directing information), and the reticular activating system (affects attention and impulses, motivation). Since these areas communicate with each other, its likely that neurochemical problems in one area may affect others.
Drugs for ADHD
Ritalin and many other popular ADHD drugs (ie, Adderal) are stimulants: they make the brain produce more norepinephrine, relieving the symptoms of ADHD for as long as the drug is in the person's system. About 4 million Americans are currently on Ritalin or a similar stimulant, and about 70% of those diagnosed with ADHD respond to this class of drug. Like any drug, there are costs and benefits to treatment which should be weighed with a health provider. According to the graph below, the United States and Canada have seen sharp increases in Ritalin prescriptions over the past few years.
Other ADHD drugs (like Strattera) are selective norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors, which means it prevents norepinephrine from being degraded in the synapse. A potentially promising new ADHD drug (modafinil) was recently abandoned during clinical trails just this month when one of 933 children taking the drug developed a serious skin condition. This drug would have been an alternative to the stimulant variety, and focused more on producing states of wakefulness.
Environmental Effects?
Interestingly, the mystery of ADHD doesn't end with genes and neurotransmitters, as there is a well-documented environmental effect. For example, babies born prematurely face a significantly greater risk of developing ADHD than full-term babies (socioeconomic status was controlled for). Infants born at "34 to 36 weeks' gestation had a 70% greater risk of developing ADHD. And babies born before 34 weeks were nearly three times as likely to develop the disorder as those born at term." However one theory states that premature babies are a higher risk for hypoxia in the womb, which in animal models led to increased dopamine receptors in the brain. More dopamine receptors would, in turn, mean less norepinephrine in the brain as the required substrate (dopamine) would have a higher likelihood of being bound or degraded before it could be synthesized into norepinephrine.
One last mention: an interesting study conducted at Chicago Medical School suggests that children diagnosed with ADHD who do receive Ritalin have a reduced likelihood of developing a drug or alcohol problem in adulthood. It is thought that the stimulants actually reduce the pleasurable effect that the drug elicits from the brain, making drug-seeking behavior and addiction more unlikely. Another explanation is that the stimulant conveys improved impulse control which reduces the likelihood of partaking in risky behaviors like drug abuse, and increases the likelihood of performing well in school and developing positive social skills which would deter drug abuse.


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A lot of the more than 76 million baby boomers headed toward retirement are losing sleep at night, not because they're worried about having enough money to retire. They're wondering what they want to do with the rest of their life, according to Joan Carter, cofounder of Life Options Institute, an organization devoted to helping people plan for life after age 50.
If you're one of the millions of baby boomers beginning to think about retirement, here are tips from Ms. Carter:
1. Life's about more than money. Start thinking seriously about your retirement about five years before you expect to quit the workforce.
2. Make life plans. It is important to plan for the non-financial aspect of retirement by considering what will make you happy. Maybe you'll climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, or go dog sledding in Alaska or have time to write the next great American novel, or even continue to work part-time. Make a life plan and tick off your experiences as you move ahead.
3. Find a purpose. Find something on an ongoing basis that provides you with joy and structure to your life. This can involve travel, hobbies or even new career training.
4. Keep sharp. You may feel the need to replace the intellectual stimulation of work. If so, try learning a foreign language or musical instrument, or joining a retirement group that offers ongoing educational courses.
5. Volunteer. Getting involved in the community is a great way to give back, as well as a wonderful opportunity to interact and meet new people.
6. Develop new friendships. A measurement of whether people have a successful retirement is the strength of their social network--that includes family and friends.
7. Spousal input. Retirement often means a shared experience. Therefore make time to share your dreams with your spouse--you might be pleasantly surprised to learn that he/she wants to join you on that Mt. Kilimanjaro climb.
8. Remain healthy. There's an old adage: A lean horse for a long race. That means eating well, watching your weight and remaining active.
9. Financial stability. If you can't afford to retire yet, consider partial retirement--which can include working part-time in your current job or finding something new and exciting from which you can earn some money.
10. What's next in your life? Go to a helpful web site such as http://www.WhatsNextInYourLife.com to locate non-financial retirement planning tools.


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ARM and StarCore collaborate to offer StarCore models fully interoperable with RealView SoC Designer
CAMBRIDGE, UK – March 27, 2006 - ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] today announced that it has collaborated with StarCore™ to create simulation models for StarCore's SC1000 and SC2000 family of processors and associated peripherals that are fully interoperable with the ARM® RealView® SoC Designer ESL toolset. These processor and peripheral models are now offered in the RealView StarCore Model Library.
ARM offers RealView Model Libraries, which incorporate MaxLib® technology, for ARM processors and sub-system components, as well as IP models from StarCore, CEVA, LSI Logic, and MIPS. These models are used with the RealView SoC Designer for architectural exploration and system simulation to create and exercise virtual platforms. System and hardware architects use SoC Designer's cycle accurate and on-the-fly debugging and profiling capabilities to quickly and accurately pinpoint the optimum architecture, especially of heterogeneous multi-core designs.
ARM and StarCore utilized the RealView ESL API transaction-level model interfaces to ensure the StarCore models achieved the highest level of interoperability with the RealView tools. The RealView ESL APIs are the industry's first comprehensive and openly-available family of IP model interfaces for plug-and-play SystemC simulation that includes advanced model debug and profiling features.
"The integration of the StarCore models into ARM's RealView ESL development environment provides silicon designers with a seamless solution for StarCore system development," said Alex Bedarida, general manager, StarCore. "Having the SC1000 and SC2000 processor and sub-system family models available for use with SoC Designer gives our customers a significant competitive advantage, both in product quality and time to market."
"As customer design efforts focus more on systems combining IP from multiple vendors, ARM will continue to deliver best-in-class ESL design tools that make those designs commercially viable," said Bryn Parry, general manager, Development Systems, ARM. "This collaboration with StarCore demonstrates ARM's commitment to providing the best ARM and StarCore technologies to our customers."
The simulation models for StarCore's SC1000 and SC2000 family of processor cores and associated peripherals will be available in ARM's RealView Model Library during Q3 2006. Evaluation copies are available now from ARM.
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The Big Bang Theory may be the last word on the origins of the universe, but it's far from the first.
Through the millennia, humans have asked: How did everything come into existence? Modern science's answer is the Big Bang Theory, which posits that the universe sprang in an instant from a sub-atomic fragment. On Thursday, European scientists said observations by their Planck space probe support the theory.
The ancients, however, did not have $900 million machines to plumb the secrets of the universe. By revelation or by imagination, they came up with assorted explanations:
ARISTOTLE: The world always existed, at the center of the universe.
CHINA'S PANGU LEGEND: In darkness and chaos, a cosmic egg is formed. Two forces — yin and yang — act on the egg, which cracks and gives birth to Pangu, a being who over thousands of years separates the sky and the Earth, and eventually becomes one with the universe (his head is the mountains, his breath the wind, his sweat the rain).
HINDUISM: God (Brahman) created Brahma, whose day lasts 4,320,000,000 human years. In the course of the day, Brahma creates the universe and destroys it, using fire and water. The next day, and every day for his 100-year lifespan, he does it again. Meanwhile, an infinite number of Brahmas are creating an infinite number of universes.
ZOROASTRIANISM: The god of light, Ahura Mazda, created an egg-shaped universe of good — first spiritual, and then, after 3,000 years, physical. Then he made the perfect man, Gayomard, and the first bull. Meanwhile, another god — Angra Mainyu — created an opposite universe of evil, which contained everything but humans, which he could not make. So he invaded the good universe and killed Gayomard and the bull. But their seeds grew into the world's beneficial living things, and into a plant whose leaves formed Mashya and Mashyana, man and woman. Angra Mainyu's incursion introduced the bad things in the world, including the dark of night.
ABORIGINAL TRIBES: In an era known as Dreamtime, supernatural beings shaped the land and created everything that lived there, including men and women and the laws under which they must live.
GENESIS: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." And then, over six days, God created the rest.


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Despite the precision mechanics and computerization of modern agriculture, dogs are a part of farming and as it turns out, probably always have been.
In an industry increasingly reliant on complex technology, dogs still herd sheep; watch over cattle; detect invasive pests and plants hiding in produce for U.S. Customs; track metal theft through forensic marker recognition; and even hot-nose the trail of crop-destroying feral hogs. In addition to workaday value, for many farmers, dogs are simply ever-present, loyal companions — maybe a faithful Lab that is lord of the truck bed.
There are over 160 dog breeds in the U.S., and despite the unlikely physical spectrum that ranges from a mousey mini-Chihuahua to a lumbering Great Dane, they're all descended from wolves — probably 12,000-15,0000 years ago.
And dovetailing with dog domestication 12,000 years back came agricultural revolution. Hunters put down the bow and spear; gatherers stopped moving with the seasons; and the first farmers took up digging sticks and punched holes in the dirt.
According to a recent report in Nature, while all this was unfolding, the old curious wolf may have been watching from the periphery. Scientists have long claimed "dog domestication began when wolves were attracted to waste dumps near agricultural settlements in ancient times." The Nature report bolsters that argument with research on a genetic shift between wolves and dogs: Dogs are better at turning starches into sugars than their meat-eating wolf cousins.
As Discovery News reports, "While wolves have no genomic signature associated with starch consumption, dogs possess at least 10 genes that mutated to provide functional support for improved starch digestion. Wolves can digest starch, but the mutations allow dogs to do this much more efficiently."
Yes, absolutely, dogs love meat. But every dog owner knows the truth: French fries and bread also rank high on a dog's favorite foods. Dogs eat tater tots and wolves don't.
It's not exactly a stretch to consider that the lure of a constant food source may have been a factor in dog domestication. Twelve thousand years ago, maybe a farmer began splitting ground and hauling around a wolf pup. Sure, things have changed in the modern age, but farmers are still splitting ground, except the wolf pup has become a crazed rat terrier that rides in the pickup cab. Farming and dogs have always gone hand-in-hand.
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Adelaide's began a major reinvention two years ago and has more in store in the future. As one of the few florists left in La Jolla, the changes are necessary, owners said, to keep Adelaide's competitive against discount and bulk florists.
Chief operating officer and general manager Jerry Parent said Adelaide's traditional style has always been venerated in San Diego, but a major overhaul — changing everything from the store fixtures and paint to merchandise and pricing — was necessary to keep up with current trends and appeal to a broader audience.
"We're not trying to veer to too far away from what Adelaide's was, but also were trying to make sure we're encompassing the next generation," Parent said.
The store has been redesigned with more open space and bright, colorful paint. It added a new plant and potting department, where customers can create their own fixtures and displays. Succulents, a newer trend, are available to plant with rocks, moss and vases. European giftware and accessories, that Parent said can't be found anywhere else in the U.S., are also available to accompany floral displays.
"People are looking for things that they're seeing in New York or Europe," Parent said. "That's where we keep our eyes, on those trends that are happening there, and trying to bring them here so we're fresh, we're new and ahead of the curve."
Adelaide's has also added a Friday Flower Market, where customers can purchase flowers at wholesale prices. Each Friday, designers arrange different displays to provide examples of what can be created with the available flowers.
"That's what's new, that's what people are discovering with us," Parent said. "We're constantly evolving now. We really are offering something that's new and fresh and different as an independent florist."
Adelaide's has also been experimenting with its price structure. Parent said owners have been researching the market constantly to provide customers with the lowest prices they can.
Flower shops have changed tremendously over the 76 years Adelaide's has been in business. Traditional florists often have a hard time staying in business trying to compete with the low-prices offered by online and phone-in flower shops.
"The 800 number-type flowers are popular because it's easy, fast and inexpensive, and I can pick up the phone and order those types of flowers," Parent said. "The stuff that we do is unique, stylized and customized."
The store's website has undergone some major changes, as well. Parent said he wanted to provide customers with plenty of pictures and prices, giving them a good idea of what's available.
"Hopefully they can get a really customized arrangement at the same price they'd get for something that's being put together in the thousands by an 800-line number," Parent said.
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By Tate Slaven, '14
Who would have thought someone could become a top model while wearing recycled mac and cheese boxes?
Well, Maggie Morris and her Sweet Charity design, modeled by Brianna Wilson, did just that April 3 at the Trashion Fashion Show when Morris was named "Top Trashionista."
The annual Trashion Fashion Show is part of the Recyclemania initiative at St. Bonaventure University. The environmental student group Tread Lightly uses it to demonstrate multiple ways to incorporate recycling into daily life.
Twelve models prowled the catwalk and wowed the judges and the audience. Judges included Brenda McGee, senior vice president for finance and administration; Br. Ed Coughlin, O.F.M., vice president for Franciscan Mission; and junior Majella Shields, an Irish exchange student who will major in fashion management when she returns to Ireland for her senior year.
Friends and family filled the audience in support of the models and designers. Sophomore Ana Alonzo said she wasn't in the audience just to support a friend who was modeling, but also to support her behind the scenes.
"Chernice (Miller) messaged me about two hours prior to the show while I was at work," Alonzo said. "She needed me to do her hair and makeup; so, I left work immediately to help her out as I knew how important this show was to her."
Sr. Suzanne Kush, C.S.S.F., director of he Franciscan Center for Social Concern, welcomed everyone and explained that Trashion Fashion is both innovative and a way to heighten social consciousness about the importance of recycling.
Members of the Chatterton Slam Poetry Society shared poetry pieces after every fourth model to provide ample time for wardrobe changes. Sean Conklin, assistant curator at the Quick Center for the Arts, and Devereux Hall residence director Rebecca Wager co-hosted the show.
"For me, personally," Conklin said, "seeing the resulting ingenuity and creativity of months of hard work during the runway show reminded me why I continue to help organize this event and excites me for what will appear next year."
Top Trashionista runner-up was won by the House of QCA, designed by Evelyn Penman and modeled by Chelsea McBee. Top Models went to Sustainable Love, designed by Spectrum and modeled by Elli Perez and David Bryant.
Top Model runner-up went to Gatsby's American Dream, designed by Sean Conklin and modeled by Chernice Miller. The People's Choice Award went to Pokémon Master, designed and modeled by Adelaide Hahn.
Participating designers constructed inspired works of Eco-Couture Art, which highlighted the diverse knowledge and passions of the Bonaventure campus community.
"The participating mix of students, staff and administration in the Runway Show highlighted the creative and collaborative nature of our university," Conklin said.
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I was recently included in a Color of the Year Instragram mashup by Mike Kim (@mikekimtv).
I actually made the montage/collage twice. Once for my metaphorical face, the other for my actual face. (Some might even argue I'm the sock, too).
The honor is quite overwhelming.
But the presentation does beg the question: how did white people ever get stuck with the white color stigma? We're much more pink than we are white. I mean, look at my cranium. It's more like under-cooked chicken, or maybe pork ribs.
I've met a few albinos in my life. Now they're white. Some are even translucent.
Black people aren't actually black at all. Some are cocoa, and some are coffee (both preferred food beverages).
Asian people, like Mike, are olivey, much like Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Native American folks.
True Indians are like dark cinnamon buns. Probably from all the curry and chai tea they consume. That's my theory.
Anyone else notice the food theme?
Humans have forever tried to classify things. Science. Emotions. Music. It's part of how we're wired. But sometimes we try and classify things based on fear, insecurity, and sheer ignorance.
Like race and skin-tone.
Like my wife, I was raised in a "colorless" home by parents who never differentiated between skin color or race. They had Christian convictions about such biases. And also like her, it wasn't until I was an early teen that I discovered racism was still rampant in the United States – and the rest of the world for that matter.
Yet this spirit of racism is easily identified as a fraud, and something we as Christians must be the first to exterminate.
For one, the spirit of racism fails to take into account that all humans are made in God's image. To prefer one over the other is to alienate and shun the likeness of God himself. Doing so is anti-human, anti-Christian, and anti-God. It was God's fail-safe and the genius of making us after himself. To say you accept Jesus but you can't accept all men is tantamount to not accepting Jesus. Be careful.
If you have a basis, fear, frustration or vendetta toward a race, you need to repent and ask for Jesus' heart for that people group – because they're his people group made in his image.
And secondly, this spirit of racism didn't even get its color assignments right.
I'm pink, people.
What a scam.