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2013 Rivertown Follies set to take stage this week
Laughter, music and dancing will be featured in the 2013 edition of the Rivertown Follies, set for performances at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Cheboygan Opera House.
Probably more than can be imagined.
After all, this year's edition of the show, titled "Follies Yearbook ― Remember When," marks the 30th anniversary of a format that involves local talent in spoofs of movies, television programs and popular songs through singing, dancing and plenty of comedy skits. Director Suzanne Stark has been rehearsing various actors, dancers and vocalists to put together this year's mammoth show.
"We are a very large cast; the biggest in years," said Northland Players' publicist Renee Pelon. "We have about140 people including cast and crew. The caveman scene we did a few years back ― we have all the same guys back. Some old-timers have come back too with the new. We have 25 kids in the show."
Pelon said the large numbers have necessitated some logistical accommodations.
"Because of the problems with having such a big cast it has even affected where we are going to dress," Pelon said. "We are also enlarging the stage by opening up the back to the black curtain to give the stage depth. Jay Johnston built special steps with lights behind them to make it look great, but we still have to open up the back."
Because of the 30-year anniversary, Pelon has been researching the history of the Rivertown Follies. She estimated that over the years the group has donated in excess of $100,000 to area causes.
"We have given to 62 charities, some multiple times," Pelon noted. "We have supported the Opera House, and I believe we were one of the first shows in the renovated Opera House in May 1984. We have supported Project Playland, the Mackinaw Band Shell, bought risers, scrims for the Opera House, Habitat For Humanity, the Special Olympics, it just goes on and on."
This year's charities are the Cheboygan Compassionate Ministries, Straits Area Services and Northern Care Center.
"It is really something and makes me very proud to be a part of it for 24 of the 30 years," Pelon added. "We have had 60 different board members over the years."
Rivertown Follies tickets are on sale at the Opera House priced at $10 for all seats Thursday, with tickets for Friday and Saturday available in advance for $11 and for $12 at the door.


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High-resolution, high-density screens are expected on most high-end phones and tablets today. Everything from the iPhone 5 to the Samsung Galaxy S 4 to the Nexus 10 is trying to pack as many pixels as it can into a given screen size to increase the sharpness of on-screen text and images.
You often hold a phone or tablet pretty close to your face, so the benefits of a high-resolution, high-density display are easy to see. Perhaps it makes sense then that the technology hasn't been picked up as quickly in laptop computers. To date, there have only been a few serious contenders: Apple's 15-inch and 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros, Google's Chromebook Pixel, and now Toshiba's Kirabook.
We're sure that more high-density Windows laptops are on the way, but the Kirabook is the first to make it to market. The laptop raises some natural questions: Does a computer that is both thinner and lighter than the Pixel and the Pros skimp on battery life to achieve these feats? Is the Kirabook good enough to justify its jaw-dropping $1,599.99 starting price? Most importantly, can Windows support high-density displays as well as OS X, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, and others can?
Body and build quality
|Specs at a glance: Toshiba Kirabook
|2560×1440 at 13.3" (221 ppi)
|Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
|2.0GHz Intel Core i7-3537U (Turbo up to 3.1GHz)
|8GB 1600MHz DDR3 (non-upgradeable)
|Intel HD Graphics 4000 (integrated)
|256GB solid-state drive
|802.11n (2.4GHz only), Bluetooth 4.0
|3x USB 3.0, HDMI, card reader, headphones
|12.44" × 8.15" × 0.7" (315.98 × 207.01 × 17.78mm)
|2.97 lbs (1.35kg)
|3380 mAh
|2 years
|Starting price
|Price as reviewed
|Other perks
|Webcam, backlit keyboard
The 2.97-pound Kirabook crams the high-density display of a laptop like the Retina MacBook Pro (3.57 pounds) or Chromebook Pixel (3.35 pounds) into something that weighs about as much as the 13-inch MacBook Air. It's a bit thicker than some other Ultrabooks (0.7" compared to 0.5" for Acer's Aspire S7), but it's still light and very easy to carry around in a bag.
Most laptops today are either rectangles or gently rounded rectangles, but the Kirabook splits the difference. Its back corners are rounded and its front corners aren't. This is a simple design touch, but it helps to make the Kirabook easier to identify at a glance. Like other Ultrabooks, it uses a tapered design that's thicker in the back of the laptop (where the system components and fan are located) and thinner in the front, which angles the keyboard slightly toward the user.
The laptop's construction is partly "magnesium alloy" and partly plastic. The lid, palm rest, and keyboard area is all made of a lightly brushed gray metal, while the bottom case is made of plastic that has the same color but no brushed-metal texture. Four round, rubber feet on the bottom of the laptop are also joined by the stereo speaker grilles. The positioning means that sound is amplified slightly by a hard surface like a desk or table but muffled slightly by a soft surface like a couch or lap—either way, the sound quality is as middling as we've come to expect from most Ultrabooks. There's a bit of distortion at higher volume levels.
Update: Toshiba tells us that the bottom of the laptop is also made of magnesium alloy and not plastic—it looks and feels more like plastic than either the lid or the palm rest, but they're apparently the same material. I'm told that the lid is pressed magnesium alloy and that the bottom of the laptop is die cast, which accounts for the differences in how they feel.
There are also two fan vents on the bottom of the laptop, both used for the laptop's single fan. During light and general use, fan noise isn't a problem—in a room with light ambient noise the laptop is essentially silent. It's when the hardware starts straining that things get less pleasant. As the device picks up speed its fan sounds more and more like a vacuum cleaner.
Finally, the Kirabook has a nice selection of ports for a laptop of its size: three USB 3.0 ports (two on the left and one on the right—one of which can be used to charge a device when the laptop is asleep), a full-size HDMI port, a card reader, and a headphone jack.
Keyboard and trackpad
The Kirabook's keyboard shares similarities with past Toshiba keyboards, but overall the layout is an improvement over what we've seen from the company in the past. Most of the keys are just a bit shorter than they are in other keyboards, but they're just as wide—instead of being square, they're ever-so-slightly rectangular. The bottom row of keys (which includes the spacebar) is slightly taller, and the top row (the function keys, delete key, and a few others) is a little shorter and narrower. Arrow keys are half-height, as they often are in Ultrabooks. The key sizing and arrangement is very easy to get used to if you're coming from any other chiclet keyboard, and I was quickly able to type at my normal speeds.
The quality of the keyboard is also an improvement. Travel is good, and the keys are nice and firm—the mushiness we noticed on last year's crop of Toshiba Ultrabooks is entirely absent. Where the old Toshiba keys were also entirely flat, the Kirabook's are gently scooped to better fit your fingers. The keyboard's backlight is also bright and even. It's important to get the keyboard right when you're making a laptop, and the Kirabook got it right where other Toshiba Ultrabooks have failed.
The trackpad shares its shape with the laptop itself. The top edges are curved and the bottom edges are squared off. Aside from this thoughtful design touch, the trackpad is very much like all the other trackpads we've been seeing in Windows laptops lately. It's a single, clickable piece of plastic with a textured surface that supports multiple touch points. Basic gestures like two-fingered scrolling and pinch-to-zoom work as intended, as do the Windows 8 trackpad gestures. We had no issues with palm rejection. Some specific applications (Chrome, we're looking at you) had trouble with scrolling, but we're more inclined to blame that on Chrome than the Kirabook since other applications were fine.
The screen
The build quality and design of the Kirabook are generally excellent, but the screen is the real star of the show. At 221 ppi, its 13.3-inch 2560×1440 screen is playing in the same ballpark as the Retina MacBook Pros and the Chromebook Pixel. While it's not the first computer to market with this kind of a screen, it's the first Windows PC to include one (we'll talk more about how Windows handles the pressure in a moment).
The display itself is bright and colorful and, as is to be expected, optimized text and images look very crisp. Its viewing angles are worse than what we've seen in other high-end PCs of late, though; colors shift and you'll notice the screen washing out if you bend the screen toward yourself at a 70 or 80 degree angle. The screen doesn't become unusable unless you're looking at it from an extreme angle, but it's not quite as good as either the Pixel or the Retina MacBook Pros. The hinge is stiff enough that the screen doesn't wobble too much when you reach out to touch it, but not so stiff that it's impossible to lift the lid with one hand.
In the higher-priced, $1,799 and $1,999 models, the laptop adds to its list of features a 10-point capacitive touchscreen. The touchscreen uses a layer of Corning's Concore Glass, a scratch-resistant surface which reduces the overall thickness of the screen by integrating the touch layer into the glass itself. This is a bit different from "in-cell" touchscreens we've seen in phones like the iPhone and Galaxy S4, which integrate the touch layer into the LCD display rather than the glass itself (for more information about how modern capacitive touch works, see this article). Corning's marketing materials for Concore imply that its solution is better-suited to larger surfaces, but in both cases the implementation is similar: reduce thickness by integrating the touch layer into one of the others.
We spent some time navigating the OS, tapping and swiping various onscreen elements and playing games. We noticed no particular problems with the screen on our review unit. The screen picks up fingerprints and smudges (a sad but inevitable fact of life with gadgets) but my fingers glide across it without any undue resistance. The glass layer does make the screen extremely reflective, though.


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Today's News: Our Take - Night Court Creator Reinhold Weege Dies at 63
Reinhold Weege, who created Night Court and was a writer/producer for Barney Miller, died Dec. 1 of natural causes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 63.
Born in Chicago, Weege left Illinois to pursue a Hollywood career in 1976 after he was fired from his job as a suburban newspaper reporter, according to THR. He was eventually hired as a staff writer for Barney Miller, and left the show in 1984 to create Night Court.
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Night Court ran from 1984 to 1992. Weege, who was known as "Reiny" on set, retired from the show after six seasons, having received several Emmy and Writers Guild Association award nominations.
In addition to his work on Barney Miller and Night Court, Weege wrote for M*A*S*H, Semi-Tough and the Barney Miller spin-off Fish. He alsocreated the short-lived series Park Place in 1981.
Weege is survived by two daughters, a granddaughter and his ex-wife, Shelly Pierce.
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Apple is a company known for many things, but embracing copyright freedoms has not been one of them. The company loves creating new and innovative products that challenge the world's perception of what it thought it wanted, but it then turns around and aggressively protects those products from being poked or prodded too much by curious onlookers. Some believe Apple is in the right to do this, while others feel the company could set a better example when it comes to using (or abusing) copyright legislation for its own self-serving purposes.
This is a topic that recently came up during our Premier Subscriber chat with Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney Fred von Lohmann. von Lohmann pointed out that Google—a company that is often compared to Apple—has been at the forefront of the pro-innovation copyright agenda, fighting the good fight on behalf of tech companies and their users for many years. When it comes to Apple... not so much. The two companies could not be more different. Let's take a moment to summarize some of Apple's latest pro-DRM and pro-DMCA moves.
Apple <3s DRM
Apple has insisted for years that it would embrace an entirely DRM-free world if music, movie, and TV producers would get behind it. Those walls have largely been broken down when it comes to selling some forms of media (namely music), but Apple isn't exactly anti-DRM in any other sense. Aside from still offering DRM-laden movies and TV shows on iTunes (which can reasonably be attributed to content producers), Apple itself is happy to employ DRM to keep its own products from being used in unapproved ways.
The most obvious is the fact that the company uses DRM to guarantee that iPods and iPhones can't be used with any other software besides iTunes. Not only that, but Apple also uses technology to block out non-Apple devices from syncing with iTunes—� la the Palm Pre saga.
Apple also happily employed HDCP in its implementation of the Mini DisplayPort for its portable machines starting in 2008. This means that certain movies that are HDCP "aware" can now detect whether the movie is being output to an approved display—if not, the movie won't play. DisplayPort itself was designed as an open, extensible standard for computers that offers lower power consumption over DVI, so it was Apple's choice to massage HDCP into the mix for its own (and partners') interests. This is, of course, on top of the HDCP that's already implemented in the Apple TV.
Apple vs. jailbreakers
Given the above, Apple's stance against iPhone jailbreakers isn't too surprising. Jailbreaking allows third parties to create applications and add additional functionality to the iPhone that wouldn't otherwise be allowed, including running background applications and inevitably unlocking the device to be used on unapproved carriers.
Apple argues that this kind of activity is against the DMCA and should be illegal. Why? Because jailbreaking, to Apple, means circumvention of DRM, and why would anyone want to circumvent DRM except to do illegal activities? In its argument to Congress earlier this year, Apple said that the "class of works" (that is, unapproved software) that would come out of jailbroken iPhones infringe on Apple's copyrights—not to mention that such an activity could lead to the total and utter meltdown of the cellular network.
The EFF, on the other hand, says that neither jailbreaking nor installing legally produced programs would violate Apple's copyrights, and that's why jailbreaking should continue to be allowed under the DMCA (at least for the next three years). And, let's be honest here: there are relatively few iPhone users in the world who even want to jailbreak their phones. The threat of a hostile takeover by people using rogue iPhones is practically nonexistent, but Apple wants to exercise its control over all users, not just most of them.
Apple vs. people talking on the Internet
Again, this builds upon Apple's overall stance on DRM and users "breaking" it. Earlier this year, Apple took action on that stance by making legal threats against the company behind BluWiki, OdioWorks LLC, after members posted information discussing how to use the iPod with third-party software. Apple accused OdioWorks of disseminating information to circumvent Apple's DRM and enabling copyright infringement by hosting the pages on iTunesDB, which Apple believed was in violation of the anticircumvention provisions of the DMCA.
OdioWorks first complied, and then filed a lawsuit against Apple in order to defend the rights of its users. "Companies like Apple should not be able to censor online discussions by making baseless legal threats against services like BluWiki that host the discussion," OdioWorks owner Sam Odio said in a statement at the time.
The company asked the court for a judgment saying the discussion didn't violate the DMCA, but that challenge never got a chance to be tested in court—Apple decided to back off in July, notifying the company that it was withdrawing its takedown notifications. However, this wasn't the success that some had hoped for, as Apple didn't withdraw because of anyone's First Amendment rights. "Apple has stopped utilizing the code in question, rendering the code obsolete for the purposes at issue in this action. Publishing that code is no longer of any harm or benefit to anyone," the company said in its letter.
This means that if someone decided to post a new discussion to BluWiki discussing how to use the iPod with third-party software under Apple's new authentication methods, such threats could (and probably will) bubble up again.
It won't be over anytime soon
These are just a few (albeit major) examples of the steps Apple has taken to squelch open discussion and tinkering with its products, despite the fact that these activities barely affect the company's bottom line. Though most of Apple's customers don't know or care about these issues, they do affect us all to some degree or another—especially if Apple tries to use the DMCA in what some consider to be abusive ways. It certainly seems that Apple has embraced the concept of using DRM for the purposes of control, and this behavior is likely to continue for a long time.
Now, if you'll excuse me, it's time to go make a call on my iPhone while watching some movies on my Apple TV.


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09.04.2016 dodałem kilka najnowszych i ciekawych źródeł.
W nawiązaniu do ostatnich wpisów przedstawiam kilka najnowszych źródeł dotyczących językoznawstwa, genetyki, archeologii, czyli starej nauki itd. Robię to też i po to, żeby nie musieć w przyszłości np. użerać się z kimś, kto nie wie, nie zna, nie czytał, nie rozumie itp. np. tego co z tych wszystkich źródeł i dowodów wynika, np. dla rzekomych tzw. zapożyczeń od-irańskich, od-osetyjskich, od-hinduskich, od-germańskich i innych, "odnajdywanych" w j. słowiańskim, przez różnych allo-allo jęsykosnaftzóf i hałturytetóf. Gdyby ktoś jeszcze nie rozumiał, to piję do subkładu Z93, jak i haplogrupy G i ich występowania, itp.
Ci, co czytali artykuły poświęcone Osetyńcom, Kaukazowi, Germanom, językoznawstwie, genetyce itd, pewno nie odnajdą tu niczego niespodziewanego… bo najnowsze odkrycia i prace naukowe potwierdzają wszystko to, o czym piszę ja i mi podobni przeciwnicy przeciw-słowiańskiej doktryny allo-allo, opracowanej przez niemieckich rasistów i ich posłuszne i potulne sługi, zniewolone umysłowo, czy też finansowo… czy jak tam nie bądź…
Ci co nie czytali, niech lepiej je poczytają, bo tam i we wcześniejszych wpisach odnajdą to, o czym będzie mowa w następnych artykułach… w których będę odwoływał się do tych napisanych wcześniej i wiedzy i źródeł tam zawartych…
Miłego czytania życzę.
Źródła językowe:
Antun Mihanović and his contribution to Slavonic-Sanskrit comparative studies
First public presentation of Russian-Sanskrit Dictionary of Common and Cognate Words
New article "Non-Iranian origin of the Eastern-Slavonic god Xŭrsŭ/Xors" published
The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World
J. P. Mallory andD. Q. Adams
Źródła genetyczne, archeologiczne i antropologiczne itp, nawiązujące bezpośrednio lub pośrednio do Słowian, a szczególnie Lechitów:
Ancient European Population History webcast
Scandinavians in medieval Poland
PCA of RISE595, RISE596 and RISE598
Bronze Age steppe warrior affinity test
The sun and the moon, Srubnaya people, and R1a-Z93
Coldmountains said…
All Z93 samples so far are genetically really western shifted compared to Yamnaya. Sintashta for example was more western shifted than Erzya, Mordvins and other europid Uralics. That makes an Asian origin of Z93 unlikely and rather points to a West-East migration of Z93/Z94 starting from a place where they could take a lot of EEF wifes. The Poltavka R1a guy , who is also the oldest of the Poltavka samples, is genetically close to Srubnaya/Sintashta so he is probably representing an early intrusion of Z93 folks into Yamnaya/Poltavka and has the same origin like Sintashta/Srubnaya.
October 11, 2015 at 3:07 PM
Nirjhar007 said…
Krefter, I agree, Z-93 is older than previously suggested.
October 11, 2015 at 10:20 PM
Davidski said…
R1a-Z93/Z94 could not have existed among the native populations of both Eastern Europe and South Asia 2500-2000 BC. It's obviously from Europe and represents European admixture in South Asia.
October 11, 2015 at 10:52 PM
Coldmountains said…
I had a lot of that discussions elsewhere and know that you and others would still claim a Z93 origin in Central Asia/South Asia even if we would find the grave of the Z93 patriarch in Europe. Some basal R1a or R1a similar to Xiahoe will maybe be found in Pre-Andronovo South Central Asia but Z93 surely not. Z94 in South Asia is not even really diverse and R1a even less (only Z93 almost no Z93-). Rig vedic Indo-Aryans were pastoralist warlike semi-nomadic Indo-Europeans showing a lot of parallels to other Indo-Europeans. They praised Indra as destroyer of forts and Vedic rituals show exact parallels with Sintashta or Potapovka. There is significant NE European admixture among Indo-Aryans and Jatts and even some Brahmins have in some cases more NE European DNA than Pashtuns or Tajiks. But both are mainly L657 and Z2124 is just carried by a minority among them so you need to explain how they got it as mainly L657 carriers.
October 11, 2015 at 11:12 PM
Coldmountains said…
Oldest basal R1a is actually found today among few ethnic Poles and Russians. Z93* was not found in South Asia yet and just Z94* among one sample from Punjab. I previously also mentioned that Uralic languages have Proto-Indic loanwords certainly not of Iranian origin. But Scythians or Saka were Iranian-speaking and we don't know of any historical migration or presence of Indo-Aryans close to Uralics so in pre-historical times and prior to Scythians Proto-Indic languages were spoken not far away from Proto-Uralic languages. That is actually not really surprising because we knew already before than Indo-Aryans were the first Indo-Iranians which moved eastwards. BMAC is not relevant for the origin if Z94 and they were just Georgian-like teak farmers with a bit more ANE so they can be excluded as source for the EEF ancestry among Sintashta/Potapovka/Srubnaya. Yamnayas Near Eastern ancestry was more related to BMAC than that of Sintashta.
October 11, 2015 at 11:33 PM
Nirjhar007 said…
R1a-Z93/Z94 could not have existed among the native populations of both Eastern Europe and South Asia 2500-2000 BC. Is this something new from you?, no its not, so i'm not going to answer,
October 12, 2015 at 5:04 AM
Coldmountains said…
You were wrong and admit that. I was also wrong about other things in the past and I admit that. You are probably not even Z94 because someone carrying it would not argue such kind of things and would have no problem accepting a European origin of it. The only question about L657 or Z94 we need to answer now is where exactly they were born in Europe/North Eurasia. Explain the high NE Euro admixture among L657 Jatts for example and how Indo-Iranians speak Indo-European languages if they are originally not from Eastern Europe? Sooner or later we will get ancient DNA from Pre-IE Asia and no Z93/Z94 will be found there just like no R1b-L51 was found in Neolithic West Europe. If Sintashta/Srubnaya/Potapovka picked Z93 from BMAc than tell me how they show no genetic links to Central or South Asia and were genetically just the same like Lithuanians?
October 12, 2015 at 5:43 AM
Davidski said…
What they're saying there is that Z93 might be from somewhere like western Yamnaya, rather than Central Europe. I actually talked over e-mail to one of the authors about this. But again, it's probably not worded too well.
October 17, 2015 at 12:32 AM
Recent admixture in West Eurasia (including Europe)
Finno-Ugric Poles in Kushniarevich et al. 2015
Testing for genetic continuity in Poland from the Bronze Age to the present
CroMagnon said…
I doubt that there's direct descent from corded ware groups.
There has been way too much flux between CWC and Piast Poland for that. Rather, modern Poles descend, for the most part, from several groups, some of which are indeed ancestral to CWC, but perhaps not those very same ones from bronze age Wielkopolska.
August 15, 2015 at 4:05 PM
Krefter said…
What about the Slavic migrations? Did the Slavs come from east of Poland?
August 15, 2015 at 5:09 PM
Davidski said…
I doubt it.
M458 is the Slavic marker and it peaks in Western Slavs, including Czechs and Slovaks, who don't have much in common with East Slavs, at least relative to their western neighbors like Germans and Austrians.
August 15, 2015 at 5:40 PM
Dmytro said…
Where, in your opinion, do the other Slavic markers, viz., M558 and CTS10228 stand?
August 16, 2015 at 5:16 AM
Davidski said…
M558 might be in large part a Baltic marker. The early Slavs expanded over a huge stretch of Baltic-speaking territory, so a lot of Slavs today, especially East Slavs, carry Baltic lineages.
CTS10228 probably derives from southern Poland, but its launching pad with the Slavic expansions to the Balkans was probably further east.
August 16, 2015 at 5:22 AM
CroMagnon said…
M458 is not "the" slavic marker. It's a marker which expanded (or subgroups within) c. 500 AD. Afaik, most R1a in the Balkans is from Z280
August 16, 2015 at 2:59 PM
Davidski said…
Well I doubt the Proto-Slavs rushed for the Balkans as soon as they appeared.
Don't conflate the birth of a people with their first major expansions.
August 16, 2015 at 4:54 PM
batman said…
"Slavic" is a language, developing during late Roman times, as a 'lingua franca' of the trading communities around the Black Sea.
Thus there were never a "slavonic dna" – but rather a linguistic communion that developed the *slavonic-speaking' peoples. Mist of them were formerly prt of the Bulgars, who used to share language with the Hungarians and the Venedae, aka Sarmatian/Scytian.
The spread of the slavonic language goes hand in hand with the spread of the Eastern Roman Empire to the north. Thus it was Method and Cyril who got the task to form a cyrilian writing-system, to cover the language that had developed around the northern areas of the Black Sea.
Since Justitian it kept conquering new grounds up north – especially along the trade-routes/waterways towards the Balkans and the Baltic Ocean, where the North European markets were.
Since the russians (also) submitted to the trade-union of Konstantiopel – and thus converted to the Greek church – the slavonic languages could spread all along the northern areas too, from the vendic Vistula (slavonic: Wizla) to the uralian Venedae/Vänejä/Russians.
The spread of the Slavonic languages – as well as the Greek church – are clearly a case of cultural diffusion, NOT demic.
August 17, 2015 at 4:01 AM
Davidski said…
That's ridiculous.
August 17, 2015 at 5:33 AM
batman said…
Is there any line of reason, bassed on facts rather than assumptions – to explain such a blunt conclusion?
August 17, 2015 at 11:25 AM
batman said…
"If some prospective descendants of the Eulau haplotype carries lived until today, theirs actual haplotype must have a difference of GD=2 – 4, for the regularities discovered until this time say that each haplotype begins to mutate in a certain number of generation. It means that people today being with such difference from the Eulau haplotype can deem themselves as prospective descendants or close relatives of the people burried in Eulau 4 600 years ago."
"Haplotypes close to the Eulau haplotype up to a genetic distance 4 originate only from Norway, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. Not untill the GD=5 the other European countries do occur."
"This discovery represents another argument against the statement that each R1a haplogroup carrier living today in our country is of so-called Slavic origin. It is already the second support of the fact that R1a haplogroup has occured in middle Europe since the Neolith. It is likely that the people with haplotypes close to those from Eulau were the first, or the ones of them, who brought the R1a haplogroup to middle Europe."
"The fact that the recent haplotypes closest to the one from Eulau can be found in Norway, Great Britain, Czech Republic and Slovakia can point to a probable origin of R1a amongst Celts and Germans."
So the question remians – what haplotype is supposed to signify a "slavic" patriliniality ('tribe').
August 19, 2015 at 11:42 AM
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Low resolution STR haplotypes won't tell you much about R1a lineages, because 99% of the R1a in the world comes from a massive and rapid expansion and founder effect from Eneolithic Eastern Europe. The people expanding were early Indo-Europeans and ancestors of the Corded Ware.
That's why using a few STR markers a Norwegian R1a can look a lot closer to an Indian R1a than to another Norwegian R1a.
Slavic R1a lineages are just a subset of this massive Corded Ware R1a expansion.
August 19, 2015 at 2:22 PM
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Around 65% LN/EBA European ancestry in the Hindu Kush (?)
Badasses of the Bronze Age: Analysis of Andronovo, Battle-Axe, Corded Ware and Sintashta genomes – part one
R1a1a from an Early Bronze Age warrior grave in Poland
Ancient East European and West Asian admixture deep in Siberia
Ancient DNA from Iron Age and Medieval Poland
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Y-chromosome DNA from an Iberian Neandertal
The Srubnaya outlier
Inferring heterozygosity from ancient and low coverage genomes
Our ghost ancestors not so exotic after all
Higher than expected Denisovan admixture in South Asia
PC/nMonte open thread
Epic Bronze Age battle near the Baltic
R1a in Yamnaya
Rakhigarhi ancient DNA paper probably a while away
Indo-European phylogeny + Y-DNA R subclades
New insights into human adaptation and population structure thanks to ancient genomes
Extracting Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of present-day Melanesians
Sintashta, BMAC and the Indo-Iranians
D-stats/nMonte open thread
D-stats/4mix tour of ancient Eurasia
Irano-Turko-Slavic roots of Ashkenazi Jews?
On a mission in India
Human pioneers interbred with Neanderthals ~100K years ago
Central Anatolian Neolithic farmers similar to European Neolithic farmers
Upright for all eternity
ANE admixture in Caucasus Hunter-Gatherer Kotias
Ancient European mito genomes suggest single major dispersal of non-Africans + Late Glacial population turnover in Europe
Ancient Greeks and Romans may have imported a whole new genetic cline into Europe
Four major ancestries in mainland India
The enigmatic headless Romans from York
Y-HG J2 has a deep and complex history in South Asia
Ancient genomes from Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain
The Poltavka outlier
A cautionary tale from Armenia
Spatio-temporal segment sharing analysis featuring eight ancient genomes
Post your updated DNALand results! – Today
R1a-Z93 among priestly castes of Hinduists and Jews.
Great research paper with summary of modern aDNA breakthroughs
Loads of New mtDNA from Paleo-Europe
Neandertal Y-chromosome (finally)
mtDNA from 55 hunter-gatherers across 35,000 years in Europe
Humans in the central Siberian Arctic ~45,000 years ago
History of extant populations of India


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The busy fall season at LACMA officially begins this weekend with the opening of Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective. The exhibitions brings together more than a hundred objects, including works Price finished just a few weeks before his death earlier this year. Exhibition design was done by Frank Gehry, Price's longtime friend. The show has already gotten a rave review from the Los Angeles Times, which called Price "one of the great American sculptors of the last half-century." (PS: check out this great photo from the exhibition's opening this week: a who's who of L.A. greats turned out to see the exhibition.)
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Tonight award-winning saxophonist Kamasi Washington performs for Jazz at LACMA. Washington has performed with jazz greats like Wayne Shorter and Billy Higgins as well as pop stars like Snoop Dog, Mos Def, and Raphael Saadiq.
Tonight we've also got a special film screening open exclusively to members of LACMA Film Club, Film Independent, or the New York Times Film Club: the world premiere of Chu Chang-min's stylized costume drama Masquerade. The film stars Byung-hun Lee, who plays the dual role of a paranoid king and an actor who is forced to replace the ruler. Lee will be in attendance for the screening and will take part in a Q&A following the film. (Not a Film Club member? Join now—you'll get access to free screenings like this plus priority tickets to popular events like Jason Reitman's Live Reads and more.)
Spend the rest of the weekend checking out our other exhibitions or going deeper into our collection. Have you been up to the top floor of the Ahmanson Building lately? In the Islamic galleries we've just installed a beautiful fountain taken from a a reception room in a Damascus house, circa 1766-67. (More on this fountain on Unframed next week.)
On that floor you'll also an installation by contemporary Iranian artist Siamak Filizadeh, Rostam 2—The Return. On the western side of the same floor, take a walk through our South and Southeast Asian galleries for a number of smaller installations—Tibetan Thangka Painting and Furniture, Tibetan silver, 17th–19th century paintings and photographs from India depicting women, and experimental films from Alia Syed.
If you're here on Sunday, get inspired by Tony Smith's Smoke and make geometric art during Andell Family Sundays. Later that evening, the Salastina Music Society will perform works by Shostakovich at our free Sundays Live concert series.
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ROCKFORD - The cost to park downtown will rise in the new year whether you need a spot for a few hours or a monthly permit.
Rates at city-owned parking decks, surface lots and on-street spots will increase in an attempt to close the financial gap on the cost to provide parking, officials said.
It costs the city about $300,000 more to maintain and manage its 7,878 parking spaces than it brings in with fees. That pushes back maintenance needed on property like the concourse parking deck adjoined to the BMO Harris Bank Center, which had its top two levels shut down in June 2012 because of crumbling cement.
"In order to have a parking system that can support all the different special events and activities we have downtown, we need to make sure we invest in that system," said City Administrator Jim Ryan. "Unfortunately, we've had parking fees that have been subsidized for a long time."
The city is exploring ways to add parking downtown to make up for the concourse's closure.
The cost for a monthly pass at three parking decks and one garage will rise from $53 to $60. The lesser-used Pioneer deck near Coronado Performing Arts Center has a $49 fee, a lower cost meant to encourage more use. A one-month pass on most surface lots will increase from $43 to $49. Hourly rates at parking decks will rise, too. For example, parking for one to two hours will rise from $2 to $5 and parking for four to five hours will increase from $4.25 to $9.50.
Ald. Tom McNamara, D-3, said parking fees were increased to help balance the city's budget without increasing the property tax levy. McNamara is co-chairman of the downtown parking committee, which is made up of stakeholders including downtown business owners, residents and city officials that helped shape the fee structure with recommendations from city administration. The committee also looks more holistically at parking needs and logistics.
"With $300,000 annually going into deficit, we had to increase the parking fees," McNamara said. "We need to, as a city, be better able to maintain the parking we have."
Increasing parking rates was a difficult decision for all committee members and will be revisited next year, McNamara said.
The most drastic change in prices comes for roughly 75 people who hold permits for on-street parking in residential areas such as Chestnut Street and Indian Terrace. That permit allows people, most of whom live in the downtown area, to park in hourly on-street spaces without a time restriction. The permit increases from $10 a year to $10 a month.
"To some people $120 might not seem like a lot, but for some it would be a hardship," said Ald. Karen Elyea, D-11. "Although $10 is a little low, if we were going to increase, it should not have been that much all at once."
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COLLEGE NEWS: Local students share success
Central Michigan University
Local August 2012 graduates from Central Michigan University include Michael Griffioen of Belding, BS; Megan Holaski, Lake Odessa, BS; Terry Quillan, Lake Odessa, BS; Patrick Spitzley, Lake Odessa, BS; Lindsay Weber, Pewamo, BS; and Stephen Simon, Portland, MA.
Western Michigan University
Local Western Michigan University graduates for the 2012 summer II session include Aaron Michael Geer of Portland, who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree; and Marcus Alexander Diaz of Saranac who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.
Olivet College's Mayle earns Academic All-District VI honors
OLIVET — Olivet College junior Jenna Mayle, a 2010 graduate of Ionia High School, has earned 2012 Capital One Academic All-District VI Women's Soccer Team, selected by College Sports Information Directors of America. Mayle is a first-team selection, and advances to the Capital One Academic All-America ballot.
Mayle, a defender, was one of two Olivet players to start every game of the 2012 season. From her defense position, she recorded two assists. In addition, Mayle was named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 after playing every minute of two league contests.
Mayle carries a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She is a visual arts dual discipline with commercial design and business concentration major. Mayle also runs track for the Comets, and holds the school record in the 400 meter hurdles and ran a leg of the school record indoor and outdoor 4x400 meter relay.


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The British government today pledged (PDF) to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. And the tone of the comments was surprising: the government agrees that "copyright currently over-regulates to the detriment of the UK." CD (and perhaps DVD) ripping for personal use should become legal at last—and the government is even keen to see that the consumer rights granted by law can't simply be taken away by contract (such as a "EULA" sticker on a CD demanding that a disk not be ripped).
Responding to an independent study done earlier this year, the government has also endorsed the creation of a digital copyright exchange to facilitate licensing. Within limits, the government endorses the view that "the widest possible exceptions to copyright within the existing EU framework are likely to be beneficial to the UK."
The government's report is also significant for what it pledges not to do. The government says it will not bring forward the "site blocking" provisions of last year's Digital Economy Act. This is evidently not referring to the power of copyright holders to compel individual ISPs to block infringing sites after a lawsuit, but to a more comprehensive system whereby the government maintains a list of sites that all ISPs in the country would be required to block.
Probably the most important announcement is the expansion of copyright exceptions. Unlike the US, the UK does not have a broad, judge-made "fair use" doctrine that allows transformative uses of copyrighted works. Today's report doesn't use the phrase "fair use," but it endorses legalizing many of the same ideas. The government proposes to create "a limited private copying exception," to "widen the exception for non-commercial research," to "widen the exception for library archiving," and "to introduce an exception for parody."
Orphan works are out-of-print works that cannot be used by anyone because their copyright holders cannot be found. Legislation to address the problem has languished in the US Congress for years. The British government has now pledged to enact orphan works reform that would allow "both commercial and cultural uses of orphan works," once a prospective user has conducted a diligent search for the copyright holder and paid standard licensing fees.
The report devotes significant attention to the creation of a Digital Copyright Exchange, a centralized clearinghouse to improve the efficiency of copyright licensing efforts. The project is still in the planning phase and participation in the scheme would be voluntary. But the government vows to study ways to encourage and facilitate the creation of an exchange. One way it will do that is by ensuring that the government's own "Crown copyright" works will be available for licensing.
Patents receive only a brief mention in the report. The government pledges to "resist extensions of patents into sectors which are currently excluded unless there is clear evidence of a benefit to innovation and growth." It also promises to investigate the problems created by patent thickets, although it doesn't endorse any specific proposal for addressing the problem.
The report is significant not only for the specific policies it endorses, but also for the shift in tone it represents. For decades, policymakers around the world have steadily expanded the breadth of copyright and patent protections and ratcheted up enforcement. So the fact that the UK's official copyright agenda now consists mostly of creating new copyright exceptions and abandoning previously announced enforcement efforts suggests the pendulum may finally be swinging in the other direction. The individual reforms are important, but it is most significant as a barometer of the shifting political climate.
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Two weekends ago was the first annual Denver Botanic Gardens' Urban Homestead Tour. I was able to go on the tour and be a community sponsor. It was so much fun to see what others around Denver were doing at their homes. Each home that we visited was doing something different, and I thought everyone else might be as interested as I was to see our movement moving in the Mile High City.
The first homestead that we visited were neighbors of ours… we could have walked there, but I had no idea this place existed. We live in an urban area. Our lot is pretty small (in fact only two of the places we visited had lots as small or smaller than ours). So I was surprised to come upon the gem that Leigh and Diana have created in my 'hood.
Leigh is quite the craftsman. He built the house on the acreage (!) himself, including the above green house. The big trees were all on the property already, but the cherry, peach, plum and apple trees were all planted by the Bray's.
Inside the green house they are growing bananas, among many other beautiful plants that we'd never get to survive otherwise in Colorado.
The Bray's purchased the property from an elderly neighbor (Leigh said she told him she'd never sell), they worked with the city to narrow a portion of the ditch from 20 feet wide to 8 feet wide and at the same time got a the lane behind their property turned from a road into a walking path.
The Bray's have a large garden area. The older garden is in the background, and a newly dug garden, for 2013 is in the foreground.
Beyond the trees is where the ditch flows. Calling it a ditch seems silly – it's a beautiful, clean creek banked by green grass. They even have two bridges over it and a little row-boat. The bee hives are on the other side. I wish I had taken a picture of it.
The Bray's invited my boys to use the rope swing over it; I didn't let them, it was our first stop. But they did take them up on the offer to play in their tree house and zip-line in the yard.
The Bray's daughter (pictured with my little super hero-cowboys) convinced her parents to get chickens.
Leigh naturally built the coop himself. It's a great design; wired for brooding chicks and a heat lamp for the winter. Egg boxes that are easily accessible and a fully enclosed run.
See that second coop in the far background? (click on the picture for a better view). Leigh and Diana sell the coops that Leigh makes. They offer three fully assembled sizes to house from 2 to 12 hens, AND free delivery up to 50 miles from Denver. They can even be rigged with solar panels to power the lights. Check out their website: chickencoopsofcolorado.com
The next stop took us into the heart of downtown Denver. Matt McClusky of Foodie Call Catering opened his 2500 square foot garden to visitors.
Matt is using his lot to its fullest. I loved the hanging tomato plants all along his porch at the front of his house.
Just beyond the fence, all along the front of the house Matt has veggies growing:
If you walk around the side of the house, you'll see how he keeps pest out of the garden and nutrients in. My boys were totally scared of the scarecrow, and this is just one of the many compost bins I photographed on the tour.
All along the North side of Matt's property, he was growing a lush vegetable garden. I lost track of how many varieties, which included beautiful eggplant and broccoli plants taller than Henry.
Here you can see how he uses trellises along the fence line.
And here are more beds running the full length of his lot.
Finally, here are the super tall pole beans with a beautiful herb garden growing at the base.
The gardens and homesteads we saw on the tour were just amazing. This is the first of three posts that I plan to share about the tour. I'm so grateful that all the participants agreed to let me photograph and share their homesteads here, as well as opening their yards to the public.
Edit: I mistakenly stated in my original post that the Bray family had the city ditch moved, however, the ditch was hand dug in 1863 and it has been in the same place since that time. Instead, the Bray's worked with the city to narrow the ditch at the corner of their property back to its original size (8 feet wide) as stated above. I apologize for my mistake.


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Women's Situational Bind
Posted by The Situationist Staff on December 1, 2007
Last month, Lisa Belkin wrote a terrific summary (in the New York Times) of recent findings regarding the role of stereotypes in creating double binds, glass ceilings and other situational impediments to their success in upper echelons of the workforce. The name of her piece was "The Feminine Critique," portions of which we excerpt below.
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DON'T get angry. But do take charge. Be nice. But not too nice. Speak up. But don't seem like you talk too much. Never, ever dress sexy. Make sure to inspire your colleagues — unless you work in Norway, in which case, focus on delegating instead.
Writing about life and work means receiving a steady stream of research on how women in the workplace are viewed differently from men. These are academic and professional studies, . . . and each time I read one I feel deflated. . . .
"It's enough to make you dizzy," said Ilene H. Lang, the president of Catalyst, an organization that studies women in the workplace. ". . . [W]e still don't have a simple straightforward answer as to why there just aren't enough women in positions of leadership."
Catalyst's research is often an exploration of why, 30 years after women entered the work force in large numbers, the default mental image of a leader is still male. Most recent is the report titled "Damned if You Do, Doomed if You Don't," which surveyed 1,231 senior executives from the United States and Europe. It found that women who act in ways that are consistent with gender stereotypes — defined as focusing "on work relationships" and expressing "concern for other people's perspectives" — are considered less competent. But if they act in ways that are seen as more "male" — like "act assertively, focus on work task, display ambition" — they are seen as "too tough" and "unfeminine."
Women can't win.
In 2006, Catalyst looked at stereotypes across cultures . . . and found that while the view of an ideal leader varied from place to place . . . whatever was most valued, women were seen as lacking it.
Respondents in the United States and England, for instance, listed "inspiring others" as a most important leadership quality, and then rated women as less adept at this than men. In Nordic countries, women were seen as perfectly inspirational, but it was "delegating" that was of higher value there, and women were not seen as good delegators.
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While some researchers . . . tend to paint the sweeping global picture — women don't advance as much as men because they don't act like men — other researchers narrow their focus.
Victoria Brescoll, a researcher at Yale, made headlines this August with her findings that while men gain stature and clout by expressing anger, women who express it are seen as being out of control, and lose stature. Study participants were shown videos of a job interview, after which they were asked to rate the applicant and choose their salary. The videos were identical but for two variables — in some the applicants were male and others female, and the applicant expressed either anger or sadness about having lost an account after a colleague arrived late to an important meeting.
The participants were most impressed with the angry man, followed by the sad woman, then the sad man, and finally, at the bottom of the list, the angry woman. The average salary assigned to the angry man was nearly $38,000 while the angry woman received an average of only $23,000.
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Also this summer, Linda C. Babcock, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, looked at gender and salary in a novel way. She recruited volunteers to play Boggle and told them beforehand that they would receive $2 to $10 for their time. When it came time for payment, each participant was given $3 and asked if that was enough.
Men asked for more money at eight times the rate of women. . . .
There are practical nuggets of advice in all this data. . . . "Some of what we are learning is directly helpful, and tells women that they are acting in ways they might not even be aware of, and that is harming them and they can change," said Peter Glick, a psychology professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis.
He is the author of one such study, in which he showed respondents a video of a woman wearing a sexy low-cut blouse with a tight skirt or a skirt and blouse that were conservatively cut. The woman recited the same lines in both, and the viewer was either told she was a secretary or an executive. Being more provocatively dressed had no effect on the perceived competence of the secretary, but it lowered the perceived competence of the executive dramatically. (Sexy men don't have that disconnect, Professor Glick said. While they might lose respect for wearing tight pants and unbuttoned shirts to the office, the attributes considered most sexy in men — power, status, salary — are in keeping with an executive image at work.)
But Professor Glick also concedes that much of this data — like his 2000 study showing that women were penalized more than men when not perceived as being nice or having social skills — gives women absolutely no way to "fight back." "Most of what we learn shows that the problem is with the perception, not with the woman," he said, "and that it is not the problem of an individual, it's a problem of a corporation."
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To read all of Lisa Belkin's excellent piece, click here.
Several Situationist contributors are doing pathbreaking work related to the topics discussed in this post, including Susan Fiske (e.g., Fiske, S. T., Cuddy, A. J. C., & Glick, P. (2007). Universal dimensions of social perception: Warmth and competence. Trends in Cognitive Science, 11, 77-83) and Geoffrey Cohen (e.g.,. Uhlmann, E., & Cohen, G. L. (2005). Constructed criteria: Redefining merit to justify discrimination. Psychological Science, 16, 474-480). For related Situationist posts, see "Being Smart about 'Dumb Blonde' Jokes," "Gender-Imbalanced Situation of Math, Science, and Engineering," "Sex Differences in Math and Science," "You Shouldn't Stereotype Stereotypes," "Women's Situaiton in Economics," and "Your Group is Bad at Math."
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Several nonprofit organizations and community contributors provide grants for "for-profit businesses." These grants range in amount from a few thousand dollars to more than $100,000. To be eligible for these funds, businesses must obtain a business loan and identify an investor. They must also do adequate due diligence.
The downside to applying for government grants? The lengthy paperwork. It is time-consuming and technical. Before you submit an application, it is important to verify that you are eligible. The federal government spends billions each year to finance projects. However, these funds are often awarded through a competitive bidding process. Small businesses can benefit from certain programs that help them navigate the bidding process.
The National Minority Supplier Development Council provides business services, networking opportunities, as well as funding opportunities. The National Minority Supplier Development Council also has a network small business advisors in the community who can help businesses thrive and grow. Another small business-focused organization is Operation Hope, which offers eight-week and 12-week entrepreneurship training programs to help minority business owners start a business. Small Business Loan Requirements.
They require matching funds
Matching funds are required for many federal grants. In some cases, matching funds can come from other sources, such as in-kind services provided by an applicant organization. The match requirement is typically a percentage of project costs. In some cases, an applicant organization can provide the matching funds in the form of volunteers. However, these contributions must be related to the project's goals.
When applying for match funds, it's important to keep overhead expenses in mind. These expenses include marketing materials and tools, which are often overlooked. These expenses should be included in your proposal budget. If they aren't, they will need to be acquired for the organization or donated. For this reason, it's important to have a detailed list of your costs.
The match can come from universities or other nonprofit partners or philanthropic organizations. Federal funds can be used to provide match funds. However, this must be allowed. Typically, these funds can be provided in cash or in-kind form. Once the match has been secured, the project can proceed.
Grant notification listservs are available from some federal agencies as well as state agencies. By subscribing to this list, you can receive grant opportunities via email. You can also visit your state agency website to receive updates about grant opportunities. It's important to remember that federal match grants may require match funding, so it's important to review the guidelines carefully.
The grant budget template will help you explore other funding sources. It can help you identify potential donors, increase community outreach, and reexamine your budget structure. This process can be very beneficial for you and your organization.
They are not loans
Grants are non-repayable funds that are given to small businesses to help them grow. These funds may come from government agencies, corporations, and trusts. Banks and other private lenders are more likely to give loans. These loans usually require formal agreements. Grants can also be used for research and development and exporting.
In contrast, business loans require repayment and can be accompanied by collateral. They are often used to expand or start businesses. Business loans are more common, but business grants are more difficult to obtain. This is because business grants do not report to credit reporting agencies for personal or business credit.
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Grant applications are only accepted once a year, so it's important to begin early. Making mistakes can slow down the process, so make sure to proofread your application multiple times before you submit it. The key is to be passionate about your business and to back up your points with credible citations. Organizations want to invest in businesses that have potential to grow.
You can start by searching for grants that will match your business's goals. The federal government has several different grant programs. For example, the SBIR program is a highly competitive funding opportunity for small businesses. You must have fewer 500 employees and be a US-based business to qualify. The award will typically range between $50,000 and $250,000 for six months. It can take several weeks to complete the application process. Make sure you start early and have someone else proofread your work.
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Get your boat checked
Before you get on the water, make sure your boat is as seaworthy as you are by scheduling a U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Safety Check. This courtesy evaluation is a free, fast and convenient way to check your boat's compliance with state and federal boating equipment regulations. And don't forget to inspect your boat trailer as well.
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You wouldn't get behind the wheel of a car without a driver's education, so why would you get behind the wheel of a boat without proper instruction? A boat safety course will teach basic marine operation, navigation and safety, as well as federal and state boating regulations.
Still need convincing? The reasons for taking a boat safety course are as simple as 1-2-3 (and 4).
It's the law. 36 states now require operators to take an approved boating safety course as part of their boat licensing or safety certification process.
Other potentially life-saving tips to consider:
- Know the rules. Before launching your boat, learn the nautical "rules of the road" by taking a boater safety class. They are a large part of boating safety, especially when meeting, crossing or overtaking another boat. Learn the meaning of buoys and other water markers, maintain a safe speed and keep a watchful eye on the waters for smooth sailing. Check the U.S. Coast Guard Boating Safety Resource Center for approved boating courses.
- Protect against propeller strikes. Make sure all passengers are accounted for before starting the engine, and wear your emergency cut-off switch at all times. When people are in the water, ask one person to propeller-watch. Consider additional propeller-safety devices, such as guards or sensors.
- Dress for the water temperature, not the air temperature. Hunters and fishermen boating during colder-weather months should remember that cold water can kill — always wear life jackets while boating.
- If you can't swim, take lessons. Even a few rudimentary lessons could someday mean the difference between living and drowning.
- If your boat capsizes, stay with it. Not only will it provide flotation assistance, but it's easier for rescuers to spot.
- Always wear a right-sized, U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket. Wear it, don't stow it. Tucked-away life jackets are useless in an accident. In 2018, 77% of fatal boating accident victims drowned. Of those drowning victims, 84% were not wearing a life jacket.
- Be aware of carbon monoxide. All internal combustion engines produce carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless and poisonous gas. Poor cabin ventilation, blocked exhaust outlets and faulty equipment can contribute to the problem, but carbon monoxide emissions can affect the boat's swim platform and other areas near the engine.
- Don't boat under the influence (BUI). The use of alcohol is involved in about 19% of all recreational boating fatalities, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
- Leave a float plan. If you're going to be on the water for a couple hours, make sure someone on land knows where you're going and when you plan to return.
- Appoint an assistant skipper. Don't be the only person on your boat who knows how to operate the vessel and where the safety and first aid equipment is stored.
- Check the weather. Consult local forecasts before heading out, especially during hurricane season.
- Have communication options. Bring a mobile phone sealed in a water resistant bag, but don't rely on it completely.
- Use a kill switch lanyard. On power boats and personal watercrafts, this simple tether between you and the ignition key shuts the engine off if you fall overboard or lose your balance while driving, reducing the potential for harm to you or others in the water.
Gear to have on your boat
You can't always prevent emergencies on the water, but you can make sure you're equipped to deal with them effectively. The U.S. Coast Guard suggests you have the following items on your boat:
- Radio equipment
- Charts of the local area and a compass
- Anchor and extra line
- Tool kit for repairs
- Paddles
- Bailer or bilge pump
- Fire extinguishers
- First-aid kit
- Food and water
- Additonal clothing (such as warm clothes, a hat and foul weather gear)
- Personal items (sunscreen, medicines, sunglasses).
Purchase boat insurance
Your home, your car and your boat are all investments worth protecting, and that means buying boat insurance. Know your boat insurance options before you get in the water. Reviewing the kinds of coverage you may receive could help identify some potential discounts for safe boaters.