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"Great Story -- Narration a Little Off"
This is a first rate thriller. The characters are all well defined and the antagonist suitably evil. I know there will be comparisons to the Millenium series, which is a bit unfortunate because the only comparisons are the geography and genre. Just plain excellent. I had to ding it a "star" only because of the narration. The narrator has a great voice but sometimes speaks far too fast and I miss several words and his patrician accent is difficult for a born and raised Californian.
"An Absolute Mess"
Normally, I enjoy Mr. Rollins for what he is -- a good and believable storyteller. It is the adjective that fails miserably in this story. Usually I can suspend disbelief with the best of them. Heck, I enjoy science fiction, fantasy, historical novels and just about every genre there is. But this book just never works for me. You can only pile too many impossible events together until the whole story dissolves into an unintentional black comedy. I will note one scene (spoiler alert) to illustrate my point. Two Sigma operatives join forces with an underworld assassin and a Chinese Triad to raid a North Korean Prison Camp. Huh? I got the feeling that Mr. Rollins was never sure whether he was writing sci-fi, adventure or history. In the end, it just does not work.
"Marvelous Mystery. Narration Nyet."
Chekov once wrote: "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there." Baldacci follows Chekov's advice to the letter. Every character, every plot twist (and there are many) and every adjective is a foreshadowing of things to come. And, in a sense, I just gave away the shocking ending. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. It is by no means a perfect book, being too over the top to be considered great. But the careful crafting of a detailed and complex mystery is so good that it should keep you in giddy suspense for the most of the book, at least until Chekov's words resonate. Now my complaints: the sound effects are, at best distracting, and at worst, mood killers. Moreover, the male and female performances just do not work for me.
"Really Enjoyed A Wild Ride"
I can't tell whether it is the fantastic performance by Hillary Huber (I would listen to her read the phone book) or the writing of Taylor Stevens. The story is delicate and the violence often and bloody. I do not like the subject matter (cult abuse of children) or the gratuitous violence and yet the book was hugely entertaining. The central character is compelling, if somewhat of a superwoman. I will read her next book as long as Hillary Huber narrates it.
"Damn I Love Connelly's Writing"
Harry is back. Connelly deals with some very difficult subjects in this book, including ones that makes my skin crawl, pederasty and child abuse in general. However, he does so in a way that is not offensive just difficult to read because of my hardly unique loathing of all things related to child abuse. If you like the character of Harry Bosch you will enjoy the novel. The story will rip you up in parts but the denouement is ultimately satisfying and his observations about the effects of child abuse are graphic and profound.
"Sorry Mr. Rollins Too Far"
I have read (and enjoyed) a number of the Sigma Force novels. Usually, I enjoy the ride and can ignore the junk science that Mr. Rollins love to throw into his novels. His formula is to take a piece of true history, mix it with some science and a lot of junk science, season it with a little lust and maiming and top it off with a good strong sprinkling of larger than life heroes. This time he just went too far. It seems as if it is more a paen to Mormonism than it is a novel. That's okay, but his own science gets in the way of the what to me was blatant proselytizing. Anyone remotely familiar with anthropology and natural history will simply turn off to his book. It was bad enough that I doubt I will read the next Rollins book. There are a lot better books that give the respect that Mormonism and every religion is due.
"Distracting Narration"
I agree with the others. The dual narration in this book is jarring and always forced. Good, not great, story hamstrung by the "actors" and the whacked out sound effects. If only for the bad recording, please do yourself a favor and skip this one. Personally, next time I see a dual narration such as this, I will pass.
"Perils of Pauline"
Okay. I was vastly disappointed. The concept and multiple plot lines seamed like a winner until the book deteriorated into – yes – the Perils of Pauline. Our poor heroine( just like Pauline in the silent movies) escapes trains, assassins, machine guns fired point blank, ex-KGB operatives and a homicidal witch – err substitute "b". It's high/low point is when she and her "partner" race headlong through a seven layer wedding cake (I can't make this stuff up). This idea had such promise and failed so miserably,.
"Great Fantasy"
I have avoided fantasy for several decades. I just find most fantasy novels rather tedious and not very logical. This book is quite different and quite amazing. Sanderson has created a very believable alternative universe where 21st century America is held up to a prism of discrimination based on eye color, magic that is neither good nor bad, and the echoes of other great fantasies are obvious. If this sounds as if I am criticizing the book, I am not. I also recommend The Passage by Cronin. Both books will make you cheer and cry.
"Worth a Read or Listen"
Okay -- it does slow down in parts and it does tend to the pedantic. However, I will definitely read or listen to this author again. I learned a lot and though the mystery isn't that much of a mystery, how it is unraveled is worth the read. Give it a go!
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From Four Acres Under Glass to 400, Two Brothers Turn Risky Hydroponic Venture into Sustainable SuccessJanuary 9, 2014 | Marianne Peters
Shortly after immigrating to Ontario, Canada from Italy in 1961, brothers Tony and Gino Mucci planted their first vegetable crop on rented land. In 1969, they built a wood frame greenhouse, and in 1975, they put four acres of crops under glass—a risky venture during a time of high-mortgage rates, as well as high fuel and labor costs.
The investment paid off. Today, Mucci Farms continues to make investments in its profitable business, especially in the area of sustainability.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA—DaVinci, Einstein, Howard Hughes, Steve Jobs – each one a visionary whose unique view of life prompted innovations and inventions that – whether in art, science, industry or technology – continue to shape the evolution of our world. Today, faced with challenges of global warming and water shortages, visionaries in sustainable agriculture are creating unique farming concepts, products, and practices to address the food needs of a growing world population while at the same time developing viable local economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, restaurateurs, and investors.
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Archi's Acres and the World of Living BasilMay 30, 2013 | Trish Popovitch
"We wanted something that was sustainable, but was a really good deal for the customer. We call it bioponic. That means we use all organic practices. We have a definite crop production and we are always sold out." - Karen Archipley
While deployed in Iraq, Colin Archipley used his down time to work on the avocado farm he and his wife Karen bought back in 2006. "His whole mission was to save our farm," remembers Karen. The farm was purchased between Colin's second and third assignment in Iraq. When he wasn't out battling the tension in Haditha, Colin was on the phone figuring out how to make his farm successful. The desire to make a positive lasting difference in the world was hampered by outrageous San Diego water rates. They had to find a way to reduce their $845 water bill and make their farm efficient and sustainable. A switch to bio hydroponic agriculture, a change of main product and the luck of partnering with some big names in the world of organic food and Archi's Acres was well on its way. Read More
Reno, NV Startup Sees Opportunity in High Tech, Inexpensive Irrigation Control Systems for Small FarmersJanuary 31, 2013 | Nicola Kerslake
When Reno, NV based sustainable agriculture enthusiast Eric Jennings noticed one morning that, yet again, his irrigation system had watered his sidewalk more than his backyard farm, he decided that it was time to put his engineering skills to good use. "Water is expensive and scarce in this area, and wasting it just bugged me so much that I started tinkering around in the garage" Jennings noted. Most of the commercially available water irrigation control systems were either prohibitively expensive or excessively complex; "there was just nothing around designed for the small farmer" he concluded.
Around six months' later, he'd created Pinoccio; a small, cheap microcontroller with an embedded WiFi unit that could be combined with a soil moisture sensor to control irrigation remotely. Read More
Fish and Greens Grow Together on Rooftop Farm in Winter Gardens, Fla.January 30, 2013 | Jan Fletcher
Traveling from farm to market has never been a shorter trip than it is for the produce grown by Green Sky Growers, a rooftop aquaponic farm, in Winter Gardens, Fla. The farm's main client is a restaurateur housed in the same building. Delivering fresh produce is a mere one-minute commute in an elevator.
The unique aquaponic operation arose through the personal vision of Bert Roper, an aquaculture expert from Winter Gardens, Fla., whose ancestors settled the area more than a century ago. Although Roper passed away in late 2012, his legacy lives on. It's visible in the lush, edible greenery that draws nutrients from a rooftop pond atop a multi-rise, 3,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Read More
With Focus on Innovation and Profit, California Farmer Grows Unique Berries for Every SeasonJanuary 21, 2013 | Danielle Davis
It's 10:30 AM at the Saturday Santa Monica farmer's market and the 600 plus baskets of Pudwill Farms blackberries and raspberries are already sold out. A few flats of plump, crisp looking blueberries are left but they're going fast, too. One customer asks when those "incredible alpine strawberries" will be back. "Soon," promises Roy Soto, the vender, with a knowing wink. It's the middle of winter and this is why the public and the finest California restaurants revere Pudwill – for producing a varied selection of flavor-boisterous berries year round.
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Video: Keynote Address on Importance of Embracing Sustainable Ag from Colin Archipley of Archi's AcresJanuary 10, 2013 | Robert Puro
At the Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference at UCLA Anderson School of Management this past October, we had the pleasure of having Colin Archipley deliver the keynote address. In his presentation, Colin, a decorated marine sergeant and founder, along with his wife Karen, of Archi's Acres and the Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training (VSAT) program, discusses the importance of embracing sustainable agriculture and its essential role in feeding a growing world population.
A Head of Lettuce from 1,000 Miles Away, or a Sack of Greens from the Vertical Urban Farm Across Town?January 2, 2013 | Melonie Magruder
In a perfect world of competitive business, twenty-first century startups have some high hurdles to overcome: the ideal is to offer a product that is beneficial for the consumer, leaves a negligible carbon footprint, has a sustainable operating model and contributes socially and economically to the community at large.
FarmedHere might be the poster boy for such a business.
The two-year-old startup grows salad greens, herbs and fish in a multi-stack, vertical agriculture setup, using aquaponic and aeroponic cultivation methods in an abandoned industrial warehouse about seven miles from downtown Chicago. Read More


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Celebrations broke out across Telangana Thursday with parliament giving its nod for statehood to the region with the Rajya Sabha Thursday night passing the bill.
As soon as Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien announced passing of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill by a voice vote, supporters of Telangana took to streets in Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region.
"Our dream has finally come true," said one of the activists, who rushed to Telangana martyrs' memorial near assembly building here for the celebrations.
Telangana supporters danced in joy, distributed sweets and burst crackers at different places in Hyderabad.
There were celebrations at Telangana Bhavan, the headquarters of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Osmania University.
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- Toss warm pasta with reserved water and pesto until well blended. Garnish with grated parmesan cheese.
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Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel, the hero of North Africa, fitted perfectly with the cliches of Nazi propaganda. In October 1944, however, Rommel was forced to take his own life, as Hitler was convinced that the 'Desert Fox' was implicated in the July Bomb Plot. Like many of those who surrounded Hitler, Wehrmacht chief of staff Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel was simply too weak to accept where his actions were leading. Instead, he took refuge in obedience without limit.
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The processes of Globalization have assisted in changing the nature of employment practices. Key concepts in employment relations are introduced and analysed using a select core of countries' practices.Comparative analysis includes both the 'macro' level of national systems (including labour legislation, employee and employer representation, and bargaining structures) and the 'micro' level of the enterprise/workplace. Selected source countries will vary from year to year, but will originate from the following list USA, Australia, Japan, the Philippines, China, Thailand, South Africa, Germany, Norway, Saudi Arabia.
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Diamond In The Rough
Car: '69 Plymouth Road Runner
Owner: Clay Bates
Clay Bates' 383 is a classic example of a mild, albeit well-tuned, low-deck. Though Clay's 'Runner is a work-in-progress and a bit on the rough side, we felt it representative of many cars owned by our readership (and ourselves, for that matter). Sporting a 10:1 compression ratio, a mild hydraulic stick, a torque-enhancing Edelbrock Performer intake, and a 750-cfm carburetor, plus 171/48-inch Hooker headers, and an MP electronic ignition, Clay consulted his crystal ball for a scientific guestimate of between 260 and 270 hp. Well, the crystal ball was right on the money when the dyno rollers came to a stop, and the printout read 265 hp. With a crystal ball like that, we wouldn't even need a dyno anymore! With a few well-chosen parts that work well with the overall combination, Clay's Road Runner was able to produce very respectable numbers.
Engine: 383 big-block
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Cylinder Heads: Stock cast iron, Comp ductile iron adjustable rocker arms
Camshaft: Mopar Performance hydraulic flat-tappet, 280-degrees advertised duration, .474-inch valve lift
Induction: Edelbrock Performer intake, 750-cfm Edelbrock carb
Ignition: Mopar Performance electronic
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Owner's Guess: Between 260 and 270 hp
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Car: '86 Shelby GLHS
Owner: Rob Walsh
Before some readers cry foul because we included a front-wheel-drive, four-cylinder buzz bomb in this article, keep in mind these cars were American made and showcased a grave attempt on Shelby's part to produce a front-drive econobox that did more than get good mileage. Also keep in mind, these were hands down the fastest cars available at Dodge dealerships (authorized Dodge dealerships) in 1986 and able to run deep in the 14-second bracket. Many a 5.0L Mustang got spanked by these specially produced Omnis. If we had one, we would have removed every decal and added simulated wood siding, an AARP bumper sticker, perhaps some curb feelers . . . OK, we're getting carried away, but you get the picture. These souped-up turbo and intercooled four-doors were sleepers of the highest order. Rob Walsh of Spokane, Washington, went a couple steps further with the addition of a fully ported cylinder head, a hotter cam, and the now defunct Super 60 kit containing a larger turbo, a different MAP sensor, and larger injectors that were available from Mopar Performance. While originally rated at 175 hp and 175 lb-ft of torque, Rob has considerably upped the ante to the tune of 203 horses and 240 lb-ft of torque at the rear, er front wheels. Can't argue with that.
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Induction:Stock EFI, Super 60 turbocharger
Ignition:Stock electronic, Stage II computer
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Transmission: Stock manual trans
Best e.t.:12.90 @ 108 mph
Owner's Guess:210 hp
Dyno Results:203 hp, 240 lb-ft of torque


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Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was released. After six weeks or more of speculation, hearsay and anonymous quotes, the day finally arrived. I was convinced the rumors and stories were just that, nothing but rumors. I'll be the first to admit I was wrong. I just couldn't see any reason to get rid of him. In that article I discuss how unlikely it would be for the to cut him because of his personality. Especially with his level of production. But I will say it again, I was wrong, at least partially.
I am not trying to save face here but there appears to be more to the story than we know or ever will know for that matter. I think Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly can handle the personalities of his players. I don't think he shied away from players that were difficult to work with. Jackson's alleged gang connections is an extraordinary story. At first I was sceptical but the more I think about it but the more details come out the more I wonder how much of it is true. I am not going to speculate on that for the moment.
In either case, I do think there is more to the story and in the coming days the truth may come out. But the fact remains that the Philadelphia Eagles no longer have the deep threat of Jackson running down-field. Let's hope they have a plan to replace that threat.
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Miss USA 2011 contestants on whether evolution should be taught in schools. Just…wow.
This is fascinating. Especially Miss Hawaii's line: "Everybody should have their opinions taught."
This post is a continuation from my previous post, "Release the wasps (no, really, release the wasps) Part I," which I put up on Wednesday. If you haven't yet read it, please do, as it will provide a bit more context as to what I'm writing about today.
In my earlier post, I wrote about two parasitic, non-native wasps, which I released as a part of the USDA APHIS EAB Biocontrol program. This post will be used to provide background on the Emerald ash borer and why the decision was made to release non-native wasps in order to control it.
The Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a member of the sun-loving family,Buprestidae (~15,000 known species), commonly known as the Jewel beetles or the Flat-headed borers. These beetles can be found feeding from the crown downwards, on hardwoods, tending to be specialists, meaning that each beetle will often only feed on a particular species or genera of tree (This specialization is often emphasized in the common name of the beetle, e.g. the Bronze birch borer, Twolined chestnut borer, Bronze poplar borer, Emerald ash borer.) Behind this specialization are physiological and morphological implications for the beetles. Organisms that have spent a great deal of time feeding on one, or a few, closely related species will evolve mechanisms that improve their ability to feed upon that species, or genera.
I think it's worthwhile to break this down and think about it. Evolution always favors adaptations that improve fitness.
In order to understand how the fitness of the beetle is being changed, I'm going to define a three words I have mentioned, to provide a more clear picture.
What is a mechanism? A mechanism is a process that achieves a result.
For instance, you may have seen numerous comics or jokes that involve this sort of setup (forgive me for using an academic setup here…),
Step 1. Read papers on topic of interest, decide to study it.
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Publish results!!!
Step 2., is what could be referred to as a "black box," because one understands the input (the knowledge required to study a topic), as well as the output (publishing a paper on it), and does not necessarily need to know (unless YOU are the one performing the study), the mechanism (or work) that allowed Step 1. to proceed to Step 3.
To be more specific about my usage of mechanism now, I refer to mechanisms that improve a beetle's ability to feed upon a tree. A general explanation could be, "evolution," whereas more specific explanations could be, "larger or smaller mandibles" to chew with, or "chemicals specific to dissolve a particular wood tissue", etc.
Mechanisms are what generally answer questions such as, "How does X species do Y?"
What is an adaptation? An adaptation is a particular change in an organisms biology specific to a certain situation. Examples of adaptations are: the ability to regulate body temperature (These organisms, of which we are one, are known as endotherms), coloration that assists in hiding from, or escaping predators, (also known as camouflage), and the evolution of cognition.
It is important to recognize that in the case of the beetles being able to feed more efficiently, these adaptations ARE the mechanisms which produce the resultant efficiency of particular beetle species performing well on particular trees.
What is fitness? Fitness can be defined in a few different ways, but they all fundamentally refer to the health of the organism. For the sake of synthesis, I am going to use the Emerald ash borer as an example. When the Emerald ash borer was first discovered in the United States, researchers performed a study to determine what the "host preferences" of the beetle were. These preferences refer to its propensity to eat the foliage of, as well as lay eggs upon, and chew into the phloem of particular tree species. (also see: 1,2) It was found that the Emerald ash borer would occasionally lay its eggs on species aside from ash (Fraxinus spp.), under both laboratory and field conditions, but would only eat ash foliage. In spite of laying eggs on these non-ash species, Emerald ash borer larave that attempted to bore into the phloem and construct galleries always failed, ultimately ending in death.
To be utterly facetious, death is the complete opposite of fit. I hope you're beginning to see where I'm going- there is something about the nature of the tissues within the wood, specific to particular tree species, that makes it difficult, or rather, impossible, for an Emerald ash borer to develop on a non-ash species.
This evokes the concept of a trade-off: if you want one thing, you have to give something else up. A generalist is able to eat a little of a lot of things, whereas a specialist is able to eat a lot of a few, or one particular thing.
Since the Emerald ash borer is more of a specialist than a generalist, it would be adaptive for it to develop means to eat more ash, and less of other species. An example of a strategy it MAY (I put this in caps because there is no evidence to this claim, it is my speculation-but, if research were done, I believe results would fall along this line) employ is secreting chemicals via its saliva, that help detoxify tree defense compounds that are specific to ash species. If this speculation is true, then it would add some context as to why the Emerald ash borer performs so poorly and cannot develop on non-ash species: it doesn't have compounds to detoxify tree defenses, the defenses overcome the beetle, and therefore, the Emerald ash borer dies.
To finally define fitness in terms of the Emerald ash borer, a fit beetle would lay more eggs and produce more of, and larger larvae, than an unfit, or less fit beetle. What I just explained above, in terms of fitness, are components that could leads to more fit beetles, with respect to the evolution of the beetle (I say this as I am not taking into account any abiotic or external biotic effects).
Now that I have defined those terms, and given context to the situation, you hopefully understand how beetles which tend to feed on and develop inside of, a few or particular species of tree, may begin to form a close evolutionary relationship with its host, over time.
This close evolutionary relationship is termed, coevolution, also known as the Red Queen Hypothesis. The Red Queen posits that if one organism is high specialized to another, so that, it could potentially cause the other to go extinct, the second organism must evolve (like a counter-defense), in order to persist. This leads to the famous Lewis Carroll quote (from which the Red Queen is named),
"…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place."
This implies that the two organisms, continue to counter-evolve to each other's evolutionary adaptations to improve their respective fitness', in an endless struggle. Can you imagine ash trees and the Emerald ash borer, over generations upon generations, struggling against one another for dominance?
Most likely you can't imagine this, because you probably live somewhere in the United States. One thing I haven't mentioned yet (that if you are familiar with the Emerald ash borer, you already know), is that the Emerald ash borer is not a species native to North America, it is endemic (native to), East Asia. Because it isn't native consider the situation above, regarding coevolution. There are two possible outcomes: (1) The Emerald ash borer is too specialized upon Asian ash, that it will fail to survive on North American ash or (2) The Emerald ash borer will be able to use its adaptations and feed very heavily upon ash that have NOT evolved defenses to it like its East Asian hosts.
Before I respond to the obvious answer above, I want to note that the Emerald ash borer in East Asia responds to East Asian ash just like our North American Agrilus respond to their respective hosts (you can find some context a few posts back, here), they become noticeable only during stressful events. What I mean, is that, Agrilus only become a problem when there is a drought, or a flood, or an outbreak of another insect, that weakens the host trees of Agrilus. Once the trees has less vigor, the beetles go to work attacking the trees. After the area has had time to recover, the beetles are maintained at low levels and are not an issue until the next big stressful event.
In North America, the Emerald ash borer does not wait until trees are weakened to attack, because it does not need to. That is why the Emerald ash borer has been deemed invasive and dangerous to the North American ash.
Look at this map of where the Emerald ash borer is as of May 2nd, 2011. It was only found in Detroit, MI in 2002 (was likely around since 1992, just unnoticed), and has spread rapidly through its own feeding, and most likely, transport of firewood.
Because the Emerald ash borer is so voracious and moves quickly due to various factors, is why biological control (the wasps I released), in conjunction with systemic insecticides, cutting of ash, and environmental education, is being used to slow the spread of the beetle; so that it may be able to be more effectively managed in the future.
Some Emerald ash borer resources:
Emerald ash borer: Invasion of the urban forest and the threat to North America's ash resource
The Biology and Ecology of the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
The Chemical Ecology of the Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
Cost of potential emerald ash borer damage in U.S communities, 2009-2019
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In March 2011 issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE), Partel, Szava-Kobets and Zobel, of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia, posit a very interesting and novel way of looking at local-species diversity and the absence thereof. I feel that this timely paper will spark much contention and work over the next few years, especially considering that climate change is occurring as I write this, and species shifts/migrations beginning to be large issues. Thinking about both the observed diversity, as well as what species might be absent from a particular area, is going to be of increasing importance.
The three term "dark diversity" as the absence of species from a suitable habitat when the species exists in the local species pool. Therefore, a simple calculation of dark diversity is subtracting the local observed species from the total number of species that exist in the region that could occupy the suitable habitat. The authors acknowledge that their definition of local species diversity is similar to the definition of alpha-diversity, drawing upon the local species pool, but their definition of dark diversity is much different from the concepts of beta- and gamma- diversity. Beta-diversity is the turnover between the gamma and alpha pools of species diversity, where dark diversity only deals with species existing in a particular type of habitat. (For a brief overview of alpha-,beta-gamma- diversity, go here)
What is the take-home message about this concept? It provides a dimensionless indicator that we can use to compare different habitats or regions around the world. Three examples the authors provide are of a plant diversity across grasslands, fish diversity in different lakes, and birds in a tropical forest. A final and interesting point the authors bring up, with respect to their now dimensionless indicator, is that temperate ecosystems have higher numbers of the available species from regional pools than tropical ecosystems.
I am not the only person that finds this concept interesting. In the most recent issue of TREE are two responses to the original paper, and a third by the authors. You can find them below.
Partel M., Szava-Kovats R., and Martin Zobel. Dark diversity: shedding light on absent species. TREE 26(3): 124-128.
Scott C.E., Alofs K.M., B.A. Edwards. Putting dark diversity in the spotlight. TREE 26(6): 263-264.
Karel Mokani and Dean R. Paini. Dark Diversity: adding the grey. TREE 26(6): 264-265.
Partel M., Szava-Kovats R., and Martin Zobel. Discerning the niche of dark diversity. TREE 26(6): 265-266.
Additional references
Robert Whittaker paper discussing gradient analysis and diversity
One thing that I am fascinated with more than anything else is is strategy. Usually equated with games of the mind such as chess, rather than everyday life, strategy can both subtle or overt, but when it comes to the end of the day, it's all-encompassing.
Another thing I'm pretty head-over-heels for is public radio. If you don't listen to public radio, honestly, you should. There is so much variety and tons of quality programming. So now you're wondering why I've completely changed the subject and have gone off on a tangent…Well, it's because, by the glory of all things good in public radio and science, there just happens to be a show that took on this very issue. That show, RadioLab, does an absolutely excellent job not only on this one specific episode, but in general. I won't ramble too much more about it, but know that it's a worthwhile listen for anyone interested in science, be it on those actual radio things, or as the free podcast.
Finally, the show, entitled, "The Good Show" covers a few of the basics regarding what strategy is, what strategies there are, and a few of the key players that and involved in furthering research on the subject.
On that note- you should go listen to it…
But before I end this brief post, let me just introduce you to a simple thought experiment that has been foundational to research on strategy.
This though experiment is something you may very well have heard of before, it's called, "The Prisoner's Dilemma."
Imagine two crooks, bank-robbers,murders, or some other type of criminal offenders have been caught for a crime. Although apprehended, the police don't have quite all the evidence they need to really put the two in the slammer for committing the aforementioned crime(s). So, what the police decide to do is split the two prisoners up for a period of time then take each one, individually into a room and say…"your other guy, you know he ratted you out, you're going to go away for 5 years in prison…But, if you spill the beans on him, we'll make you a deal, cutting that time, to only a year." The prisoner ponders this offer and has to decide whether he is going to reciprocate against his partner, or if he is going to keep silent and not say anything. These two options are now to be referred to as "defect," and "cooperate," respectively.
Here's the kicker, the police don't actually have much evidence at all, and-they're liars. The other prisoner did not say anything, in fact, the police have yet to even meet with him yet. They are trying to trick the prisoner into giving them the testimony they need in order to convict him and his accomplice.
So let's step back away from the thought experiment for a moment and consider that each prisoner has two unique choices he can make. We can therefore look at all the possible outcomes just like a Mendelian punnett square
There are four possible outcomes:
(C,C), (C,D), (D,C) and (D,D)
where C= cooperate and D= defect
It's easy to understand the outcomes of each of these situations by assigning a value to each decision and outcome. The graphic to the left (which I'm so graciously borrowing) assigns the most logical values for this situation, "years in prison."
So lets run through these situations:
(C,C) where both prisoners cooperate they both get 2 years in prison
(C,D) Prisoner 2, Henry in the case of the graphic, defects, squealing on his partner, leaving him with a quick 1 year in prison and his partner with 5 years in prison.
(D,C) Prisoner 1, Dave, defects, and ends up with the same deal as Henry would have if he defected, 1 year in prison for the rat, and 5 years for the transgressed.
(D,D) Both Prisoners 1 and 2 defect, giving testimony that the other was the leader of the crime, and they were simply the accomplice. Due to the contradiction, neither can be fully convicted, but they still both end up with 3 years in prison each.
SO. What is a prisoner to do? It's obvious if this testify that their partner was in charge that they will receive the least amount of time in prison. If they say nothing, they will end up with more time in the slammer. This is where the dilemma comes in. Both prisoners are told that their partner ratted them out. This means, if they believe the police officers words, then they will go away for 5 years and their partner will get off with a much reduced sentence. So what is to be done?
None of the options are really obvious to the prisoners as they are not privy to exactly what evidence is held against them. They also cannot speak with their accomplice to confirm or deny the statements made against them.
Again, I ask, What is a prisoner to do? Well, Robert Axelrod, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, wondered the same thing. Except, he approached the problem with a little more robust treatment than just thinking and anecdote. Axelrod decided an excellent way to determine what to do was to hold a contest. The guidelines of this contest were relatively simple, contestants would write a program that would "play out" this situation a number of times, against a program of another contestant. Instead of "years in prison," point values would be assigned to the programs, based upon their decisions, respectively. The highest point value would be assigned to the best outcome, or the least amount of time in prison. Therefore, the prisoner who defected against his cooperating accomplice would receive the most points.
By running these simulations over time, particular strategies, or (sometimes) conditional behaviors would be highlighted as good, bad, better, etc. Therefore, one could use these as guides as to what to do in the Prisoner's Dilemma. I'm not going to elaborate too much on these strategies, except for the winning one, was known as "Tit-for-Tat," which I believe Wikipedia does a good job of explaining (this is verbatim from the site):
This strategy is dependent on four conditions, which have allowed it to become the most successful strategy for the iterated prisoner's dilemma:[1]
- Unless provoked, the agent will always cooperate
- If provoked, the agent will retaliate
- The agent is quick to forgive
- The agent must have a good chance of competing against the opponent more than once.
In the last condition, the definition of "good chance" depends on the payoff matrix of the prisoner's dilemma. The important thing is that the competition continues long enough for repeated punishment and forgiveness to generate a long-term payoff higher than the possible loss from cooperating initially.
A fifth condition applies to make the competition meaningful: if an agent knows that the next play will be the last, it should naturally defect for a higher score. Similarly if it knows that the next two plays will be the last, it should defect twice, and so on. Therefore the number of competitions must not be known in advance to the agents.
Therefore, always cooperate, and if someone burns you, burn them back; but be forgiving.
That's the Prisoner's Dilemma, foundational for a basic understanding of strategy, and a central tenet of game theory.
Thanks for sticking with me for the rather lengthy explanation. Now if you haven't already, GO LISTEN TO RADIOLAB. It's a great show and the episode features Robert Axelrod, who does a much better job explaining his own work than I.
If you'd like to pursue this subject a little bit further I'd suggest two books, one which is rather technical (read: full of math) and the other, which is written towards a popular audience, but still features all of the meaty bits of science (sorry I can't equate science to veggies folks)
Read: "Evolution and the Theory of Games" by John Maynard Smith
Read: "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins
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Washington • The Secret Service says a man has been arrested after he climbed over a fence at the White House.
Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary says the man climbed over the fence around 4 p.m. Sunday and was immediately arrested. The White House briefly went into lockdown after the incident, which is standard procedure.
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Step by step tutorial of the blue/green snake paper 53 drawing I did.
1. Take the pen (left one), not the marker and fill in most of the screen. Move as fast as you can because then the stroke becomes huge.
2. Take the marker for the edges and missing bits.
3. Use the brush to fill in the last bits of the edges (pass 3 times slow and it is 100% filled)
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Verizon FiOS Mobile Remote signals beginning of the end
TV remotes as we know them could become obsolete as mobile phones take over as the most capable IPTV remote
For those consumers who often misplace the remote, fight over who controls it, or just cant figure out how to work it, Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has a solution. It announced Mobile Remote today on its blog, an application that turns Android Mobile phones only the Motorola (NYSE:MOT) Droid or HTC Imagio at launch into fully integrated FiOS TV remotes.
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According to Yankee Group analyst Vince Vittore, Verizons Mobile Remote is a harbinger of things to come.
Verizon was smart to leverage the mobile phone for its TV service, Vittore said. I think it signals the beginning of the end of the remote control as we know it.
Vittore stressed that it is just the very beginning, but remote controls could be and should be migrating to the mobile phone. Remote digital-video recording capabilities have been around for awhile now, but Verizon is the first to take the device from the command-and-control level to a fully integrated remote control. The app gives Droid and Imagio owners the same functions of the standard FiOS remote, including the ability to change channels, pause, rewind and fast forward, but it also leverages the mobile platform to transfer photos one at a time from the handset to the TV where users can view a slide show of the photos. The integration also lets users import their favorites list from the TV to the cell phone and automatically mutes the TV when a call comes in.
Droid and Imagio phone owners can set up the service through the handsets app store and pair the device with their in-home WiFi network through a new Mobile Remote Widget on the TV. After the phone is registered, the remote is active. Verizon promised more Mobile Remote handsets to come in the future.
[Handsets] are differentiators anyway for the wireless side of the world, so why not use them for differentiators for your traditional wireline business units? Vittore asked. That way you can provide some differentiation that the consumer can see in their hands, they can feel it and they get the idea of it.
The mobile remote concept should be particularly appealing to a carrier like AT&T that has exclusive rights to the iPhone. While AT&T offers remote DVR access via the iPhone, there is no reason for it not to actually leverage the iPhone itself as a remote, Vittore said.
That is clearly an iconic differentiating product that you have in your stable, why not use it across platforms you can? he asked. It wouldnt cannibalize any TV revenues, but it could drive more revenue via data plans. This is one area where telcos that own a wireless arm have an advantage over the cable incumbents.
Despite the advantages, however, IPTV hardware is typically the last to change, and the standard up, down, left right remote will likely be no different. They wont go away entirely, Vittore said, but they are destined to become a niche product. Companies have explored new form factors for the remote control, ranging from touchscreens to voice-controlled to Wii-inspired point-and-click motion. But, the main ingredient for a successful launch could be that it has to come from the service provider, and it has to be free. Consumers have demonstrated they are interested in using anything that increases flexibility, but they are not necessarily willing to pay for it.
This gets pushed into the market, not from a consumer-demand perspective, but from a service-provider push perspective of them saying this gives us a really differentiated device that allows for a high degree of flexibility and a huge amount of personalization, Vittore said. It allows the service provider to think about services beyond the screen.
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Superb service (have used you before).Posted by Michael Geaney, 16th September 2009 at 11:19am
Your reps professional, friendly and efficient.
One point we noticed on our return from Santorini (30 degrees C) to Manchester (cold) was that that the car's heating had been turned on - nice touch!
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Used the Manchester PPS Meet & Greet - excellent service all round - we were running late on getting to the airport and they were very understanding - upon our arrival home the car was ready and waiting as promised - just what you need when you get back to windy rainy UK after leaving the sun jsut a few hours before. Would fully recomment using them and we certainly will in the future,Posted by J Mahon, 30th August 2009 at 08:40pm
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Having recently used the services of Manchester Meet and Greet I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks for a brilliant and efficient service.Posted by Brian Green, 3rd May 2009 at 09:50pm
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As in the past, the service I received from Manchester Meet and Greet was excellent. The driver, when phoned said he would be 5 minutes arriving and he was! I felt perfectly secure despite the fact that it was just my daughter and I travelling, and it was so nice getting straight into a warm car and being able to drive off immediately without having to wait for a transfer bus to some remote carpark then to find the car! I throughly recommend them.Posted by Wendy, 3rd November 2008 at 04:22pm
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