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Alzheimer's disease inexorably devastates the brain. Tissues shrink as neurons die, while fluid-filled ventricles widen, in such critical regions as the hippocampus, vital for memory. But early on, the damage is subtle and slow to advance, which presents researchers with a formidable challenge—and opportunity.
If they could track the Alzheimer's process as it unfolds, they might use this knowledge to create a tool to identify effective treatments. And by spotting the very earliest signs of disease—even before symptoms appear—they could maximize the benefit of such treatments.
The quest for such biomarkers— patterns visible on brain scans and through cerebrospinal fluid analysis —has been a major focus of research over the past decade. As the search continues, refinements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in particular, are revealing more and more of Alzheimer's inside story.
With high-resolution MRI, researchers can now view the brain in millimeter detail, making it possible to delineate subregions within cortical and subcortical structures.
"We have a fairly good idea of patterns of atrophy leading from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD), what regions are hit most," says Dominic Holland of University of California, San Diego. "Synapse loss begins in the entorhinal cortex and spreads from there into the hippocampal region, then to the parietal and temporal lobes."
Holland and Anders Dale, who led the study, analyzed MRI images in groups of healthy people and in those with Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment who had been scanned every six months for two years. Using methods they had developed to rectify distortions that inevitably occur in MRI images, they tracked changes in key subregions of each individual brain, as well as in overall volume and ventricle size. When they looked for measures that had changed most, decline in brain volume and increased ventricle size stood out.
"The problem is, when you compare these changes in MCI or AD patients with changes in normal individuals, their significance drops way down," Holland says. Much brain shrinkage and ventricle growth, in other words, could be attributed to the effects of aging. For identifying "disease-specific changes," these global measurements were no better than neuropsychological testing.
But when the researchers reviewed patients' serial brain scans after correcting for the normal effects of aging, changes in subregions of the cortex were much more revealing. Most sensitive of all to the disease process, it appeared, was the thin layer on the underside of the temporal lobe called the entorhinal cortex.
In the study, which was reported in December 2009 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, the researchers interpreted their findings in terms of a most practical question: How large a clinical trial would be needed to show that a drug worked to slow brain deterioration in people with Alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment?
These "power calculations" suggested that measuring the entorhinal cortex would be the most efficient way to identify a drug effective against disease-specific brain changes. And the researchers concluded that the number of subjects it would take to detect a 25 percent reduction among patients with mild cognitive impairment would be 241, less than half as many as would be needed using global brain volume or a clinical dementia rating scale; for Alzheimer's patients, just 65.
Although potential utility in clinical trials is what drives much Alzheimer's biomarker research, "this is one of the first published studies to look directly at this kind of analysis, using power calculations to find the most sensitive ways of detecting change," says Neil Buckholtz, chief of the dementias branch at the National Institute on Aging.
MRI findings may spotlight a valuable drug more quickly than would watching the progression of a person's symptoms, but it would not be, in itself, enough to gain FDA approval, Buckholtz cautions. "The gold standard remains whether a drug has an effect on cognition, which is the hallmark of AD."
On the other hand, "a clinical endpoint can't distinguish symptomatic improvement from true disease modifying effects," as biomarkers that tap into pathophysiology aim to do. (For example, a drug like donepezil (Aricept), may temporarily improve cognition by increasing levels of a neurotransmitter, but doesn't slow the loss of neurons.) The two kinds of data are complementary, he says.
Another goal of Alzheimer's research, Buckholtz says, is identifying at-risk individuals earlier and earlier in the disease progress. "There are a lot of interesting studies looking at what predicts which people still within the normal range will go on to progress to MCI. The hope is to develop drugs that will stop progression at the earliest stage of the disease."
By using a relatively new variant of MRI, researchers at Tor Vergata University in Rome may have found such a means of prediction. They scanned the brains of healthy people aged 20 to 80 years, using standard MRI and also diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), which registers the movement of water in tissues. The participants also took tests of cognitive function.
As they reported in January in Neurology, the researchers found that as total volume of the brain and of the hippocampus declined with age, mean diffusivity—movement of water in all directions, as seen by DTI— increased in hippocampal tissue.
Like earlier investigators using structural MRI, the researchers didn't see any link between loss of hippocampal or overall brain volume and cognitive decline. But DTI findings were more rewarding: among subjects aged 50 or over, higher mean diffusity in the hippocampus was significantly associated with poorer performance on tests of verbal and visual memory.
"Conventional MRI only shows macroscopic alterations in brain anatomy," says lead investigator Giovanni Carlesimo. "DTI is able to demonstrate microscopic changes in nerve fiber structure. Increased diffusivity is generally interpreted to mean an increase in extracellular space, as a consequence of neuron, axon, and dendrite loss."
He noted that degenerative changes in the hippocampus occur early in Alzheimer's, and memory deficits are among the first symptoms. "Our hypothesis is that in otherwise healthy elderly people, the association of memory deficit and [microscopic] hippocampal changes represents a very early indicator of the disease."
The data, Carlesimo granted, are "preliminary… our hypothesis needs to be confirmed by the longitudinal evaluation of these individuals to confirm their higher susceptibility to developing AD." A three-year follow-up study is underway.
Norbert Schuff, of the Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, agreed that "a future study will have to determine whether the changes the researchers saw are actually related to AD pathology; they may be a simple reflection of aging." That reservation notwithstanding, the study represents a good step forward, he says. "It has put DTI on the map as a potential imaging marker for early AD."
"The paper shows that we now have another variant of MRI that seems more sensitive to capture the biological underpinning of memory deficits in a group without AD or MCI. … It could be [useful] to recruit for trials of a drug that might prevent the progression of these minor memory deficits, and perhaps to stop progression to AD."
Considering these two studies, Schuff says, "it's clear that both techniques have validation; in future research, we will use high resolution structural MRI and DTI together. The combination of structural changes and DTI changes may be more powerful than either alone" for identifying biomarkers for early detection of Alzheimer's.
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A total of four attacks were reported including a suicide car bomb on a police patrol, the AP conveyed.
The core of the attacks hit central Baghdad with three car bombs exploding in the span of a few minutes. The targets were the latest assaults directed at Iraqi authorities: near a compound with the Labor Ministry building, a court complex near the Iraqi-protected Green Zone and near the new site of the Finance Ministry after its previous building was destroyed in major attacks in August.
An official for Iraq's Interior Ministry said at least 112 people were killed in those three car bombs and at least 192 injured. About an hour before the Baghdad explosions, a suicide car bomber struck a police patrol in the mostly Sunni district of Dora in southern Baghdad, killing at least 15 people, said a police official.
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Saunders: If John Edwards is your lawyer, does it help or hurt?
Social scientists – OK, maybe just I – call it the "Johnnie Cochran Phenomenon."
After attorney Cochran helped O.J. Simpson become the first person in the world to skate on a murder charge – I know: He really wasn't, but you'd have thought he was the first person to get away with murder, judging by the vituperation that resulted – Cochran became even more hated than his ex-jock client.
Whatever you call that phenomenon, John Edwards is now being beat upside the head with it.
With Edwards back in the courtroom after his flirtation with politics was derailed by his flirtation with a woman who was not his wife, he is being subjected to a similar level of anger.
The former senator, vice presidential and presidential candidate was back in the courtroom last week representing a family seeking compensation for their son's brain injury.
Back to the future
Cases such as this one made Edwards rich and famous before he ran for office.
The only thing missing when he returned back to the future – OK, back to a Pitt County courtroom last week to help select a jury in this latest trial – was the silver DeLorean with the winged doors.
The same way I hated that movie, "Back to the Future" – especially the part where Michael J. Fox invents rock 'n' roll – is the way a lot of people hate Edwards. Why, you'd think, after reading some of the comments posted online, that Edwards had cheated on them personally when he succumbed to Rielle Hunter's blatant street-corner come-on outside New York's hot-sheet Regency Hotel.
Psst: He didn't. How one feels about Edwards may say more about the feeler – you – than it does about the feelee – him. Most of the comments I've seen were personal jibes, but one reader expressed what I consider a legitimate gripe: By taking himself out of the game with his wanton, unbridled behavior, Edwards removed from the political discussion any candidate in 2008 who was even talking about economic justice and poor people.
Are you angry at him for that? So am I.
Street-corner hunter
Whatever he did after being captured by the street-corner hunter – the repercussions were between his late wife and his children. They seem to have forgiven him. Why can't you?
Part of the animus toward Edwards is, of course, nothing personal. It's boilerplate lawyer bashing, a national pastime. Lawyering is not, in many people's eyes, an honorable profession – until they need one.
OK, all you Edwards-phobes out there. By a show of hands, how many of you would not dial his number if you were the plaintiff in a big-money case that called for a top-notch legal practitioner?
You can bet your Perry Mason boxed set that Edwards, pretty hair and all, would be at the top of my list of attorneys, even ahead of Algonquin J. Calhoun. He was – oh, never mind.
Having Edwards as one's law partner or lawyer has its advantages, no doubt. He's obviously a brilliant jurist who brings a certain je ne sais quoi to the proceedings, a quality that can positively sway starstruck, sympathetic jurors.
Of course, it can negatively sway people at the other end of the political spectrum from Edwards or people who are repulsed both by his behavior and that $200 haircut.
Craig Croom, a former District and Superior court judge who is running for an open seat this year, declined to speak specifically about Edwards, but he said that in his time on the bench, he saw attorneys antagonize juries. "Oh, that definitely can happen. It depends upon how infamous you are, or how long folks' memories are. It can become an issue of credibility. You can upset a jury if you as a lawyer object to everything."
I asked Catharine Arrowood, an attorney with Parker Poe and incoming president of the N.C. Bar Association, would she prefer an unknown attorney or one who is famous. "I'd want an attorney who knows what they're doing," she laughed. "There've been an awful lot of jury studies done, and how the jury feels about your attorney is something you're trying to get information on.
"I think what's most important, really, is how the lawyer performs in the courtroom. That's what the jury is going to pay attention to," she said.
If I were an attorney in a North Carolina courtroom, you know who I'd fear even more than a prospective juror who hated or loved Edwards because of his locks or anything else?
One who didn't know who the heck he was, as one prospective juror admitted last week.
There is a hilarious scene early in the movie "Deliverance" where Burt Reynolds gets lost in the woods trying to find the river. "Don't worry. I'll find it," he says after backing out of the dead end.
"It ain't nothin' but the biggest (expletive deleted) river in the state," one of the mountain men replies.
To any prospective juror who doesn't know who John Edwards is, all I can say is "He wasn't nothin' but the most polarizin' politician in the state."


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How can we establish a new theory for the perfect world for atheists?
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They looked older than they were! Oh, what were YOU talking about --?
I'd love to see fusion happen, but the breakthrough has been elusive so far.
Even ITER seems to be 15 years away...though I guess the situation is improving. A break even demonstrator plant is now projected to be 15 years in the future, instead of 30. That only took about fifty years to happen. At this rate, I might see breakeven happen before I die.
I know I am sounding cynical. I really do want it to succeed. But the track record so far has been abysmal; fusion has been nothing but an employment program for physicists.
As for getting into space, that's been a fond dream of mine since I was in school, but I don't see the government doing it while it continues to blow money on everything else (wars with no plan to win, entitlements, all the other bullshit the government engages in that consumes resources instead of producing them) instead. The only hope is that the private sector developments take off. The good news is, if it really has all the virtues claimed (and I believe it will), private enterprise will do it because it will pay; not money necessarily but producing more than it consumes. (Prediction: some people won't be able to stand the fact that it does pay, and bitch about it. How dare people make money by producing wealth!) The biggest hazard is that we burn all of our resources (and/or civilization collapses) before it begins to return more resources than it consumes, and find ourselves trapped. I fear we are dangerously close to that point now.
On a parallel note, NASA is now investigating the possibility of Roddenberry's Warp Drive, which was also thought to require more energy than it was worth, but another scientist, whose name at the moment escapes me, found a way to reduce that expenditure to a mere fraction of the original estimation - maybe he could get together with the fusion people.
Me too, and since my coffee is too hot to drink right now I can't think of anything else. I'll go with his answer, if it's ok.
There's never going to be a perfect world as long as humanity is around.
Sometimes, kOrsan, it's like you are reading my mind.
k0rsan is absolutely correct Sagacious - Its people. And I wish he'd come back and explain more because most people think that its some words in a book thats causes the problems.
"k" is a man of few words, who says what he has to say, directly and to the point, and leaves one thinking, "Who was that masked man --?"
Can't figure out what the little boys is doing. Holding up a red branch?
No, he's drawing something in blood with his finger - I don't get it either, I don't think "Nuff" was "said" --
Is it supposed to represent the olive branch or something maybe?


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An interesting mix of brown sugar, pecans, and sea salt fills this woven lattice-top bread. You'll need a heavy-duty stand mixer with paddle attachment.
- Yield
- Makes 1 loaf
- Dough
- 3 tablespoons plus 2 1/4 cups (or more) unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast (measured from 1 envelope)
- 3 tablespoons warm water (105°F to 115°F)
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sour cream
- 4 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces, room temperature
- Filling
- 1 1/2 cups pecans (about 6 ounces)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups golden brown sugar
- 1 egg, beaten to blend (for glaze)
- For dough:
- Mix 3 tablespoons flour and yeast in small bowl to blend. Add 3 tablespoons warm water; whisk until smooth. Let mixture stand until puffed, about 12 minutes.
- Combine 2 1/4 cups flour, sour cream, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, salt, and yeast mixture in large bowl of heavy-duty mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until dough is sticky, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons water if mixture is too dry, about 5 minutes. Add butter; beat until dough is smooth and soft, adding more flour by tablespoonfuls until dough is slightly firmer and pulls away from sides of bowl, about 5 minutes. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in warm draft-free area until at least doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, prepare filling:
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Toss pecans and oil on rimmed baking sheet to coat. Bake until aromatic, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle nuts with 1/8 teaspoon sea salt; cool on sheet. Coarsely chop pecans.
- Scrape dough out onto floured surface. Toss dough to coat with flour and press gently to deflate. Line work surface with long sheet of parchment paper; sprinkle paper with flour. Roll out dough on prepared parchment to 16x14-inch rectangle. Using offset spatula, spread butter lengthwise in 5-inch-wide strip down center of dough. Sprinkle sugar, then nuts over butter. Cut unfilled dough on either side of filling into 3/4-inch-wide diagonal strips. Fold alternating strips over filling on slight diagonal, forming lattice top. Fold loose ends under bottom edge of bread. Slide parchment with bread onto large rimmed baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in warm draft-free area until very puffy, about 1 1/2 hours.
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- Carbohydrates34 g(11%)
- Fat19 g(29%)
- Protein4 g(8%)
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- Sodium142 mg(6%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber2 g(7%)
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Emerging markets borrowers hit the ground running this year, so far selling bonds at the fastest pace since data collection began in 1995, in one sign that there's still buyers of developing economies' debt after a tumultuous past year.
Issuers have sold nearly $49 billion worth of internationally marketed debt through Friday, according to data provider Dealogic. That's well more than the comparable period in any other year on record. (The data include all types of bonds issued in both internationally used hard currencies and local currencies.)
Sovereign debt issuance has been bolstered by Eastern European nations, where issuers like Poland, Latvia and Slovakia are rushing to take advantage of still-low rates while they can, according to news reports. Companies like Pemex, the Mexican state-owned oil company, have come to market this week as well.
Performance among developing economies' debt is largely dependent on U.S. interest rates, so the sharp move higher in U.S. Treasury yields last year spooked investors abroad. The J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. emerging-market bond index had negative returns of 6.58% last year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Since the end of May, aggregate debt funds have seen cumulative outflows of 16.1%. Hard currency denominated bond funds have lost as much as 16.4% of their assets (see chart at left), while local currency denominated funds have lost as much as 18.1% to investor withdrawals, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch research.
But amid strong demand for the new debt sales, investor demand for emerging-markets funds could be stabilizing, particularly since U.S. rates stayed subdued as the Federal Reserve announced that it would scale back its bond-buying stimulus program. Here's Jane Brauer, quantitative fixed-income strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in a Friday note:
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|The Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men's Heavyweight Crew
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Harry Parker, The Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men's Heavyweight Crew, was widely regarded as the premier rowing coach in the United States before his passing on June 25, 2013. After taking over the heavyweight program in 1963, he brought tremendous success to the Crimson as his crews produced Eastern Sprints titles and national championships. He also guided Harvard to clear advantages over all its collegiate opponents, and has taken Crimson rowing onto the world stage to compete.
Parker finished his 51st season of his head-coaching tenure and his 53rd year overall at Harvard in 2012-13. Highlights of the Parker era included 22 undefeated regular seasons, 24 EARC Sprints varsity titles, 21 JV Sprints crowns, eight official national championship victories, and eight unofficial national crowns when the Crimson has gone undefeated against all major competition.
Parker also owned a 44-7 record at the Harvard-Yale
Regatta, including sweeps in the last six regattas, and had 18
student-athletes named Academic All-Ivy League over the last 20
In 2012, Parker was also awarded the Harvard Medal for extraordinary service to the university. The Harvard Medal recognizes extraordinary service from teaching, leadership, and innovation to fundraising, administration, and volunteerism.
Notwithstanding the many successes of his varsity crews, Parker took particular pride in the success of his so called lower crews; second, third and fourth varsity boats. He strove to ensure that every member of the varsity heavyweight squad received equal coaching attention and had a satisfying experience while on the team. As a result, Harvard's lower boats also enjoyed great success over the years and a large percentage of the oarsmen remained with the team for all four years.
The rate of success has continued throughout his time. Parker's
Harvard varsities have won three Intercollegiate Rowing Association
national championships since 2003.
In his final season, the Crimson varsity eight finished second in the nation. The Crimson finished fourth as a team at the IRA National Championships, with the varsity eight earning a silver medal, after capturing its fourth straight Rowe Cup at the EARC Sprints. Harvard was again unbeaten in the regular season and finished either first or second in each event it entered.
The 2011 campaign was one of the best in Crimson history. The varsity, second varsity and freshman eights won Sprints titles and IRA medals, including a runner-up varsity finish. Each boat was also undefeated during the regular season, as Harvard did not lose a dual race in which it entered an eight. Five athletes capped the year with a win in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. Following that season, Parker was awarded the USRowing Medal, given to the member of the rowing community who has accomplished extraordinary feats in rowing. It is the highest honor USRowing can bestow.
In 2009, his varsity eight went undefeated in dual racing for the 20th time since 1963 and gave him his 40th Harvard-Yale win with a 20-second victory over its arch rival. His 2007 and 2010 varsities completed the Sprints-Henley double, capturing Eastern titles in Worcester, Mass., and winning the Ladies' Challenge Plate in England.
The 2006 campaign saw the Crimson varsity win its seventh straight over rival Yale, while the second varsity rowed an undefeated season claiming gold at the Eastern Sprints and IRAs.
The latest run of unparalleled success was the most recent addition to Parker's already-impressive resume, as the varsity entered the spring of 2006 having won 24 consecutive dual matches covering 32 opponents. Parker's 2005 varsity continued the remarkable run by capturing a third straight gold medal at both Eastern Sprints and the IRA National Championship, retaining the Ten Eyck Trophy for overall heavyweight supremacy at IRAs, as well as a sixth consecutive victory over Yale.
Parker kept Harvard at the forefront of the rowing landscape, as his 2004 eight drew comparison with some of the top crews in Crimson lore and was mentioned among the top collegiate varsities ever fielded. That boat finished its third consecutive undefeated dual season, won sprints gold for the second-straight year, successfully defended its IRA National Championship and capped the season with impressive displays in international competition. Racing as the second U.S. entry in Lucerne at the World Cup Regatta, Parker's varsity finished sixth overall in a competition loaded with Olympic entries, finishing ahead of the Olympic eights of both France and Great Britain and just under two lengths behind the U.S. Olympic boat which would claim gold in Athens later that summer. At Henley, the Crimson again challenged itself against the stiffest competition, eventually falling in the finals of the Grand Challenge Cup - usually reserved for top international competition—by two-thirds of a length to the Dutch, the eventual silver medalists in Athens.
The 2002 season also ranked among his finest: the varsity and junior varsity went undefeated in dual racing, the JV's captured the Sprints crown—with the varsity earning a silver medal - and the varsity won the Ladies Challenge Plate while a JV four claimed the Britannia Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. His 1998 crew similarly won all of its dual races and completed its season by capturing the Ladies Challenge Plate.
Prior to the string of three national titles (2003-05), Parker's crews had been officially crowned national champions in 1983, '85, '87, '88, '89 and '92 after capturing eight unofficial crowns in the two preceding decades. His 1985 crew scored what would be considered a Harvard grand slam: a Sprints title, triumph over Yale, victory in the national championship race at the Cincinnati Regatta and a win in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley. Parker has also led Harvard to seven San Diego Crew Classic titles and two titles each at the Potomac Regatta and Redwood Shores Regatta.
Under Parker, Harvard crews also raced against the world's best and achieved amazing success. The 2004 trip to Lucerne continued an amazing tradition, as Harvard also won the 1965 Lucerne International Regatta, was a close second at the 1967 world championships, won the 1967 Pan American Games and captured the 1968 U.S. Olympic trials before taking sixth in the Games at Mexico City. His crews have also recorded several wins at the Nile Festival Regatta in Egypt. Additionally, Parker-coached Harvard oarsmen have rowed at every Olympic Games over the past four decades.
From 1964 in Tokyo until 1984 in Los Angeles, Parker regularly coached U.S. Olympic crews, leading both men's and women's entries to strong finishes. He coached the first U.S. women's eight to compete in the world championships, earning a silver medal in 1975. Parker later coached the U.S. women's eight to a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
In 1980, Parker coached the U.S. men's Olympic eight, which ranked second in the world prior to the boycott of the Moscow Olympics. In 1985, he coached single sculler Andy Sudduth '83-85 to an astonishing performance in the World Rowing Championships, during which Sudduth finished second and defeated four-time world champion Peter Michael Kolbe of Germany.
Six former Parker's oarsmen have competed in the last two Olympic Games. Artour Samsonov '02 (pair), Wolf Moser '98 (four) and Henry Nuzum '99 (double scull) rowed in Athens at the 2004 Games, while, Malcolm Howard '05 (eight) and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss '04 (pair) competed in Beijing. All three rowers in 2008 advanced to the grand finals of their respected races, with Howard and the Canadian rowing to gold. Among the other Olympians he has coached are 1984 silver medalist Sudduth, who rowed in the eight at Los Angeles, and Jack Rusher '89, a member of the 1988 U.S. eight that won bronze in Seoul. Richard Kennelly '87 won a silver medal at those same 1988 Games. Rusher also rowed at the '92 Games in Barcelona, where he was joined by Peter Sharis '90 and Chris Swan '90. Adam Holland '94 competed at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and there were three Crimson heavyweight oarsmen at the 2000 Games: Nick Peterson '95, Moser and Nuzum.
Parker's athletes are often among the top in their age group, and have garnered spots in international competition. In the summer of 2005 alone, five Crimson heavyweight oarsmen competed in the World Under-23 Championships in Amsterdam, including two from his national champion varsity.
Parker began rowing as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was part of victorious crews at Sprints and in Grand Challenge Cup. After graduating, he took up single sculling and won the gold medal in the 1959 Pan American Games. He then placed fifth in the single at the 1960 Olympics.


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Instagram is trying to get more interaction between users, and now we've got it!
The stories function will now allow you to ask questions of your followers and they can answer as many times as they like, according to Engadget.
Of course, this is in addition to the polling function that we have been able to use for some time now. The best part is, if you share the responses, the user's names and photos will not show, meaning you can avoid naming names and shaming people. It's all private to you, as the question-asker.
According to Engadget, the feature will be rolling down today.
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New today: a sticker in Instagram Stories that lets friends ask you questions! Learn more here: https://t.co/Hm71kpOu3y


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2012 USOT - Qualifying Standards
Revision 5/22/12
*In accordance with the amendments made to the Olympic Games qualifying standards in November 2011 by the IAAF, the Men's 400M qualifying standard has been adjusted from 45.25 to 45.30 and the Women's 400M qualifying standard has been adjusted from 51.50 to 51.55.
The Sport Committee Chair will, and only where necessary, adjust the standards no later than 45 days prior to the competition, based on entries received up to that time.
Due to recent arbitration, USATF may have no "Automatic" standard that is superior to the Olympic "A" standard. Thus, "Automatic" standards were adjusted in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 110mH and 400mH. The number of rounds have also changed from 4 to 3 in the 100m, 200m and 110mH to coincide with the Olympic Games program, where those who achieve the "A" standard will advance directly to the quarter-final round.
The Men's and Women's T&F Chairs will handle all entry appeals up to 48 hours prior to the start of competition in each event. Thereafter, the Entry Appeals Committee, consisting of two Athletes Advisory Committee members, one Men's T&F Committee member and one Women's T&F Committee member will have the sole responsibility to handle entry appeals.
For each event, the approximate field size (not the minimum) and number of rounds are shown. Also shown are the Automatic ("A") and the Provisional ("B") Qualifying Standards that will be used for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
All verified entries who have met the "Automatic" standard within the prescribed period, shall be qualified to participate in the U.S. Olympic Trials. Additional verified entries from the rank order list of those who have qualified with the "Provisional" standard, shall be invited to participate in the Trials only to the extent that the indicated field size has not been filled by those with the "Automatic" standard. An invitation will be extended to these additional persons based on verified entries in their performance rank order.


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MONDAY, June 17, 2013 (MedPage Today) — Children report sibling rivalry as emotionally distressing as being bullied by a peer, and adults should not dismiss it as benign, normal, or minor, a study found.
In a nationally representative sample, 32 percent of children reported one type of sibling victimization in the past year, according to Corinna Jenkins Tucker, PhD, CFLE, at University of New Hampshire in Durham, and colleagues.
Additionally, a regression model examining the relative effects of total types of sibling aggression and total types of peer aggression was significant, revealing that children and adolescents who were the victims of a greater number of sibling and peer aggression types had greater mental health distress.
Emotional distress was greater for younger children 1 month to 9 years than for adolescents, ages 10 to 17, who experienced "mild sibling physical assault," the authors reported online in Pediatrics.
But younger children and adolescents were equally affected by other sibling aggression, such as taunting and isolating, or stealing and breaking personal possessions, Tucker told MedPage Today.
"I thought it was fascinating that the sheer number of kids who felt they were bullied in their household — 30 percent to 33 percent — that's one out of every three kids," commented Steven Pastyrnak, PhD, from Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
"It's mind-boggling to know how many kids that are actually feeling that they're being bullied within their own households," Pastyrnak said. "That really does have a large impact on the emotional health of our kids."
While bullying by peers is often thought of as more serious than sibling aggression, the study showed that the mental health of victims experiencing sibling versus peer property and psychological aggression did not differ, Tucker explained.
Tucker and colleagues studied the effects of physical assault, when accompanied by a weapon and injury or not; aggression toward a sibling's property; and psychological aggression such as belittling, scaring, or isolating.
A nationwide sample was drawn from the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV). The sample included 3,599 children, ages 1 month to 17 years, who had at least one residential sibling younger than 18 at the time of the phone interviews.
Participants were selected by residential telephone numbers and random digit dialing, with a proportional representation of 63 percent whites, 13 percent African American, 18 percent Hispanic, and 6 percent other. Gender was evenly divided among the participants.
Most participants were from two-parent households (69 percent) or single-parent families (20 percent). Parents' education was divided among 46 percent with a bachelor's degree versus 27 percentwith some college and 27 percent with a high school degree or less. One child was randomly selected from all eligible children in a household by choosing the child with the most recent birthday.
Kids, ages 10 to 17, self-reported mental health status via telephone interview, using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children. For children younger than 10, a familiar caregiver completed the interview using the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children. Respondents were paid $20 to participate in the 45-minute interviews in English and Spanish.
Sibling and peer aggression were assessed by the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire that queried conventional crime, maltreatment, victimization by peers and siblings, sexual victimization, and witnessing and indirect victimization.
Based on an analysis of covariance, physical assault variables were significant for sibling physical assault with a weapon or resulting injury and for sibling physical assault with no weapon or resulting injury.
The overall models for sibling property and sibling psychological aggression also were significant, showing main effects for property aggression and psychological aggression.
The study had some limitations, most notably that the authors we not able to determine the direction of effects between aggression and mental health.
Nonetheless, "the findings ... should open our eyes as providers, as pediatricians, as parents to really be able to identify what's going on at home [and] to really not normalize. It's not ok for the kids to fight," Pastyrnak said. "We really do need to help develop parenting tools...so that we cannot only help the kids who are being traumatized, but also their siblings who are actually doing the bullying, as well."


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Remote switch operator
The ChickenSwitch is a portable device for remotely operating pistol grip control switches on electrically operated metal-clad switchgear. A 30-ft control cable connects the actuator to the operator station and allows breakers to be manipulated from outside the arc-flash boundary zone. It works with most manufacturers' switches and uses magnets to attach to the metal cabinet.
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Two-way radio
The Motorola i325 IS handset provides off-network communications capabilities. The handset is approved for use where flammable gases or vapors may exist, and it meets military specifications for resistance to blowing rain, dust, shock, vibration, high/low temperatures and pressure, solar radiation, humidity, and salt fog. It features a color display, Java and GPS technology, a rubber overmold, a sealed bottom connector cover, and a fixed antenna.
Nextel Communications
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Lightpole support
Developed for outdoor area and street lighting, the Sure-LOK system replaces the standard welds between a light pole and its base with a multi-piece concealed locking system that allows the pole to flex without snapping. The system keeps poles stable and connected to their bases in high wind and other environmental conditions. It consists of two-sided, wrap-around extruded-aluminum faceplates, two extruded-aluminum tenons, a base plate with washers and nylon locknuts, and a washer plate with four 12-in. hexagonal screws.
Beacon Products
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Safety eyewear
Brimz safety eyewear clips to the bill of a cap or visor. Made from hard-coated polycarbonate material, the lens is scratch- and shatter-resistant and has a wrap-around design that offers protection from all angles.
Brimz Clip and Flip Eyewear
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Multi-purpose alarm
With 32 alarm tones and an LED lamp, the Select-Alert multi-purpose strobe and alarm can be used as an alert for any emergency situation. Users have a choice of either a 100-dB or 85-dB alarm with alarm times of 15 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec, or continuous. The device is constructed of polycarbonate and is powered by a 9V battery or external 12-30VDC supply.
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Is HTC having a fire sale? Maybe. All we know is their solid and dapper HTC 8X Windows Phone is being offered via Groupon for a very reasonable $349 with free shipping. That's not for an AT&T version but a fully unlocked one with LTE bands (though those won't work on AT&T).
The phone comes with free returns and users can buy up to three phones.
The HTC 8X features 16GB of storage, a 1.5GHz dual core Snapdragon CPU, a 4.3" 720p display with an 8MP rear camera and a 2.1MP front facing one. It's a solid phone and at the price, makes a reasonable purchase if you travel around the globe on occasion or just need a back up phone.
Full specs:
- Windows Phone 8 mobile platform
- 4.3" 720p HD touchscreen display with Gorilla Glass 2
- 1.5GHz dual-core processor
- 88º ultra-wide-angle 8MP back and 2.1MP front cameras
- 1080p video recording
- Built-in amplifier and Beats Audio
- 16GB total memory with 1GB RAM
- Matte finish won't attract animals who like shiny things
- Talk time: up to 11.3 hours
- Standby time: up to 414 hours
- 1800mAh Lithium-ion polymer battery
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- Weight: 4.6 ounces
- Dimensions: 0.4" (L) x 2.6" (W) x 5.2" (H)
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0 Programs with Rian Jorgensen, Esq. Starting with "T"
Rian is a Senior Vice President of AHERN Insurance Brokerage (AHERN). For 25 years, he has specialized in lawyers professional liability (LPL), along with related executive liability lines of coverage, such as directors & officers and employment practices liability. As a broker who is also an attorney, Rian provides AHERN's clients with risk management consulting and insurance coverage counsel, in order to minimize loss and maximize claim recoveries. Rian began his career with J.H. Minet, the Lloyd's brokerage that pioneered LPL coverage. Prior to joining AHERN, he was a Claim Advocate at Marsh, in the financial and professional liability practice group. Rian is a graduate of Texas A&M University (B.A.) and Santa Clara University (J.D.).
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"Be Libertarian with me for one election," suggests Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in a recent advertisement. I've voted Libertarian in every election in which I've been eligible, so it's no surprise that I'm doing so again this year. But my previous votes weren't always enthusiastic. The party's track record nominating candidates is decidedly mixed and I've gone along with some of their selections not out of any real support for the candidates, but only to sustain the party until they nominated someone stronger.
This year they did. Johnson, a successful two-term former governor of New Mexico, is the most credible candidate the Libertarian Party has ever offered. And given the dismal competition from the two major parties, his timing couldn't be better.
I never had high hopes for Obama on economic matters but on a few areas, such as civil liberties, there was some expectation that he would be better than his predecessor (though even then there were warnings to the contrary). Instead, he's expanded some of the worst practices of the Bush Administration. To give only a brief summary:
Extrajudicial assassination via drone, even of American citizens, is now a routine part of the presidency.
Indefinite detention without trial has been signed into law and federal attorneys continue to defend the power in court.
Despite initial promise on medical marijuana, the administration has ramped up the pace of armed raids on clinics operating legally under their states' laws.
The administration has declined to bring any charges in cases of torture perpetrated by the CIA.
It goes with saying that Mitt Romney would be even worse on these issues. It's difficult to know his true position on anything, but one thing is certain: He is no skeptic of state power. He's hawkish on foreign policy, has no qualms using force to regulate personal behavior, and in the 2008 debates had this to say about indefinite detention without trial:
"I'm glad they're at Guantanamo. I don't want them on our soil. I want them in Guantanamo where they don't get the access to lawyers they get when they're on our soil. I don't want them in our prisons. I want them there. Some people have said we ought to close Guantanamo. My view is, we ought to double Guantanamo."
There's not much to say in Romney's favor on economics, either. His supposedly Ayn Rand-inspired running mate, intended to shore up his credentials, voted for TARP, auto bailouts, and Medicare Part D. Romney and Ryan likely offer to defenders of free markets what Obama offered to defenders of civil liberties: pleasing words followed by multiple stabs in the back.
Even by the usual low standards of presidential elections, the choices offered by the major parties this year are bleak. But unlike in past elections, the Libertarian Party has offered an alternative with legitimate credentials and appeal. A guy whom I think I could persuade some of my less explicitly libertarian friends to get behind. A guy whom I would actually be happy to see as president, if by some miracle he were to win.
Johnson, who governed as a Republican in a state dominated by Democrats, has cross-party appeal that could siphon votes from both candidates. He's an outspoken advocate for marriage equality, supports legalization of marijuana, calls for ending the War on Drugs and treating addiction as a medical issue, and recognizes an important role for government in protecting the natural environment from polluters.
On the American Civil Liberties Union's candidate report card [PDF], Johnson scored higher than Obama and any of the Republicans. He endorses repeal of the Patriot Act, an end to indefinite detention without trial, and a non-interventionist foreign policy.
Johnson is a more credible opponent of economic cronyism than Romney and Ryan, criticizing the complexity of the current tax code and the incentives it creates for lobbying on behalf of special interests. He endorses free trade and expanded opportunities for legal immigration. He concluded his terms as governor with a budget surplus and vetoed more than 700 bills. Like Josh Barro, I think the drastic cuts he calls for are unnecessarily severe in the short-term and do him no favors appealing to a broader base. I'm also unpersuaded as of yet by his tax policy. However such changes would have to come from Congress, not the executive branch, which would enforce the moderation with which he actually governed.
Johnson winning the presidential race is obviously a long shot, but he needn't win for his campaign to be worthwhile. Simply being allowed to participate in the presidential debates would dramatically alter their tone, which will otherwise be a race to the bottom on civil liberties, spending, and military intervention. The debate commission – closely tied to the major parties – excludes third party candidates polling under 15%, so for that reason alone it is worth supporting his campaign and raising awareness of it.
Polling suggests that with more awareness of his candidacy, Johnson could find more support. Voters have been fleeing affiliation with the major parties for decades. Poll analyses by the Cato Institute find that about 14% of voters fit a fairly strict definition of "libertarian." Under a broader definition as "fiscally conservative and socially liberal," more than 40% accept the label.
Nonetheless, convincing people to actually vote for a third party candidate is an uphill battle. There are two reasons I encourage them to do so, one practical and one principled.
First the practical reason: It's extremely unlikely that either Romney or Obama will miss your vote. Even if this turns out to be a close race at the national level, the race for electoral votes in your state may not be. Oregon, where I now live, appears to be of little consequence in the national election. The conclusion from FiveThirtyEight:
[…] in over 99 percent of the model's simulations, Oregon's seven electoral votes prove either a given for a winning Mr. Obama or unneeded for a victorious Mr. Romney.
The pessimistic view of this is that Oregonians' votes don't matter. The optimistic view is that we are free to vote our conscience. Are you tired of voting for war, civil liberties abuses, and cronyism? Congratulations! You needn't feel obliged to cast your lot with the lesser evil.
And that brings me to the principled reason to vote for Johnson. Politics necessitates compromise; rarely does one find a candidate that one agrees with on every issue. But there are some issues on which one should not compromise. Among these, I suggest, are imprisoning people without trial and overseeing a secret "kill list" of assassination targets.
This string of civil liberties abuses began under Bush but one thing you could say in Bush's favor is that at least he inspired a vocal opposition. Obama has largely bought them off, cementing excessive executive powers and leaving them intact for the next Republican president, whomever he may be. Concerns about civil liberties that seemed vital under Bush have been erased from the Democratic platform now that the party is in power.
There's a very good discussion of this recently between law professor Jonathan Turley and actor John Cusack. (John Cusack, who knew?) It's long but I highly recommend it. Here's one exchange:
CUSACK: Yeah, yeah. And so then it gets down to the question, "Well, are you going to vote for Obama?" And I say, "Well, I don't really know. I couldn't really vote for Hillary Clinton because of her Iraq War vote." Because I felt like that was a line, a Rubicon line –
TURLEY: Right.
CUSACK: — a Rubicon line that I couldn't cross, right? I don't know how to bring myself to vote for a constitutional law professor, or even a constitutional realist, who throws away due process and claims the authority that the executive branch can assassinate American citizens. I just don't know if I can bring myself to do it.
If you want to make a protest vote against Romney, go ahead, but I would think we'd be better putting our energies into local and state politics — occupy Wall Street and organizations and movements outside the system, not national politics, not personalities. Not stadium rock politics. Not brands. That's the only thing I can think of. What would you say?
TURLEY: Well, the question, I think, that people have got to ask themselves when they get into that booth is not what Obama has become, but what have we become? That is, what's left of our values if we vote for a person that we believe has shielded war crimes or violated due process or implemented authoritarian powers. It's not enough to say, "Yeah, he did all those things, but I really like what he did with the National Park System."
CUSACK: Yeah, or that he did a good job with the auto bailout.
TURLEY: Right. I think that people have to accept that they own this decision, that they can walk away. I realize that this is a tough decision for people but maybe, if enough people walked away, we could finally galvanize people into action to make serious changes. We have to recognize that our political system is fundamentally broken, it's unresponsive. Only 11 percent of the public supports Congress, and yet nothing is changing — and so the question becomes, how do you jumpstart that system? How do you create an alternative? What we have learned from past elections is that you don't create an alternative by yielding to this false dichotomy that only reinforces their monopoly on power.
The big question of this election is not who whether Romney or Obama is marginally better than the other. The question is how to fight the abuses of power that have been fully embraced by both of them. Voting for Johnson is one small way to do so. Imagine if 5 million or 10 million people voted for a candidate running on a platform of civil liberties, ending the Drug War, non-interventionist foreign policy, and an end to cronyism. You don't have to be a libertarian – you don't even have to want Johnson to win — to think that this would have a beneficial long-term effect on policy as the major parties try to win those votes.
That will never happen if voters allow themselves to be held hostage by Romney and Obama. And, for once, a third party has offered a worthy alternative. This year the surest way for the constituency supporting civil liberties, economic freedom, and social toleration to express itself is with a good turnout for Gary Johnson.


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Rafael Nadal's 41-match win streak at Barcelona Open ends with loss in quarterfinals
BARCELONA, Spain — Top-ranked Rafael Nadal's clay-court struggles worsened Friday as his 41-match winning streak at the Barcelona Open ended with a three-set loss to Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals.
Nadal was looking for his ninth title in Barcelona but lost 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, a week after going out in the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters to David Ferrer. Nadal, widely considered the greatest clay-court player of all time, hadn't lost in Barcelona since his debut as a 15-year-old in 2003, although he missed the tournament in 2010. He had not dropped a set here since the 2008 final.
The 20th-ranked Almagro converted his second match point, smashing a forehand down the line for his first career victory over his fellow Spaniard on the 11th try.
"I had a lot of opportunities in the second set," Nadal said. "I didn't take advantage of break points, so credit goes to him."
After failing to convert any of his five break points in the second set, Nadal missed a return in the tiebreaker to give Almagro a 6-5 lead. Almagro followed up with a crosscourt forehand winner to level the match and end Nadal's streak of 44 straight sets at the tournament.
Both players were steady on serve until an exchange of breaks made it 4-4 in the third, and Nadal then sent a shot long to be broken again and give Almagro a chance to serve for the match.
Nadal set up two straight chances to break back, but hit a forehand long and then sent a smash into the net with Almagro out of position.
Nadal then saved the first match point when Almagro's backhand flew wide. But Almagro used a serve-and-volley to save a third break point of the game before Nadal's long return set up the second match point.
Nadal hadn't been eliminated this early in back-to-back clay-court tournaments since 2004, when as an 18-year-old he also failed to get past the quarterfinals in Stuttgart and Bastad.
"This is an important win for my career," said Almagro, who celebrated wildly. Almagro will face Santiago Giraldo in Saturday's semifinals after Philipp Kohlschreiber retired with an injury while trailing 6-4, 4-3.
Earlier, Kei Nishikori of Japan and Ernests Gulbis of Latvia overpowered opponents to set up a semifinal meeting.
The fourth-seeded Nishikori continued his good run since returning from a groin injury with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic of Croatia, while the ninth-seeded Gulbis dismissed Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-1, 6-4. Gulbis saved all five break points against Gabashvili, who had knocked out the fifth-ranked Ferrer.


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I'm always on the look out for interesting reading on the topic of software complexity and failure. Through serendipity I came across this fascinating document from NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/418878main_FSWC_Final_Report.pdf ] on just this topic. I think one could easily remove the word "flight" from this document and see immediate applicability to their own enterprise environment.
What interesting sites have you come across on these topics?


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Convenient and Organized!
Add both charm and convenience to diaper duty with this sleigh-style changing table. A handy pullout drawer and 2 lower shelves ensure that supplies are close when duty calls. Includes a soft vinyl and foam mattress pad with safety strap and side rails help keep baby safe during changing. A great piece that will complete your nursery in style.
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In recognition of Family-History Month in October, Fort Bend County Libraries' Local History and Genealogy department will present the Second Annual Genealogy Symposium on Saturday, October 26, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, in the Large Meeting Room of the University Branch Library, located at 14010 University Blvd in Sugar Land, on the UH campus.
Long-time historian and genealogist, John A. Sellers, will share his knowledge, experience, and insight on a variety of topics designed to help family-history buffs explore different avenues of genealogical research. Registration will begin at 10:00 am, and different lectures will be presented throughout the day.
The first lecture, "Is Texas Part of the South?" will begin at 10:30 am. The background of the cultural origins of Texas has often been debated. What influences converged to give Texas its unique identity? Does Texas more closely resemble the Old South or the western frontier? Learn more about the history of Texas, the people and events that shaped its culture, and how this information can help family-history researchers. Various genealogical records and repositories in Texas will also be discussed.
At 11:45 am, Sellers will present "What Do You Mean, It Burned? Is All of Your Research Up in Smoke?" A researcher's worst fear is to learn that public records have been destroyed. Learn how to make the most of existing records, explore alternative sources, and modify research skills. Supplemental records that can be found beyond the courthouse will be discussed.
After a break for lunch on your own, the symposium will resume at 2:15 pm with the lecture, "Your Ancestors' Cousins and Their Value to Your Research." Hitting a dead end in family-history research does not necessarily mean the search is over. It may be time to branch out to the cousins on the family tree. Actual case-studies presented will demonstrate the value of collateral research. Learn how to incorporate time-lines and geographical studies to fill in gaps in genealogy research.
The final lecture of the day, "History's Role in Your Genealogical Pursuits," will begin at 3:30 pm. Social history – the history of everyday people and their lives – can provide colorful details to a genealogist's research. Learn how the history of places, events, and groups can help unlock genealogical puzzles.
Sellers is a fifth-generation Texan whose family roots run deep in Hopkins County in east Texas. He received his teaching certificate in History from Texas A&M University, Commerce, and has been lecturing since 1991. His genealogical research began in 1991, and he has become very familiar with courthouse records in several southern states over the years. An active member of the Hopkins County Genealogical Society, Sellers served on the organization's executive board for 15 years, and later as vice president and president. He has been on the faculty of Angelina College's Genealogy Conference in Lufkin since 1999, and has spoken nationally for the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society.
The program is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, however, and reservations are required. To register online at the library's website (www.fortbend.lib.tx.us), click on "Calendar," select "University Branch," and find the program. Participants may also register by calling the Local History and Genealogy Department at 281-341-2608.


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Firearms Instructor Recertification- Shotgun, Course #2028
This class is a recertification of Firearms Shotgun Instructor Course #2018 and is now a 16 hours in length and should be attended within 3 years of last certification. This course will provide the current shotgun instructor with the contemporary techniques and theories.
REQUIRED equipment for EACH student:
Required ammunition:
The following equipment is recommended:
Prerequisite: Patrol Shotgun #2013 and Handgun Update #2015 (#2015 within the last 3 years) or by permission of the WSCJTC Firearms Training Manager.
Course Requirements:
Dress Code & Identification:
Course Fee: $300
Revised May 2019