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David Jarvis, senior consultant at the IBM Center for Applied Insights discusses the key guidance in IBM's report, "Cybersecurity education for the next generation."
About the report
POWERS: IBM has just released a new report on the state of cybersecurity education. It's called Cybersecurity Education for the Next Generation, Advancing a Collaborative Approach. David Jarvis is a senior consultant at the IBM Center for Applied Insights and one of the co-authors of the study. David, why did IBM publish this report?
JARVIS: IBM produced this report primarily because in industry and government, there's been a lot of reports, news articles, analyses saying that there is a skills gap -- that there's not enough cybersecurity professionals today or projected into the future.
And instead of looking at the demand side -- looking from industry or from the government side -- we decided to look from the supply side and look at academic programs and look at what leading practices that they have so we can actually look from the supply side to see how we can better address the skills gap going forward. And this is part of our overall cybersecurity innovation program efforts at IBM.
POWERS: Based on the interviews you did with academic institutions across the world, what guidance does IBM have for academic institutions?
JARVIS: What we found was that there were really three main areas of leading practices that we identified through our interviews, and they all involved collaboration. So the first was really collaborating within your own institution, within your own academic institution trying to become more interdisciplinary or holistic working across technical disciplines, across computer science, engineering, working with other schools like law, engineering, policy as well.
There was another collaborative area that we looked at looking at industry, co-evolving with industry. So, becoming more hands on or getting involved...or, having industry get involved as well.
And then thirdly, we also looked at expanding collaboration globally. We found that not enough academic institutions were actually collaborating formally with universities around the world with respect to cybersecurity. There was a lot of informal collaboration between professors developing papers but there were no formal kind of university to university programs that at least we saw through our interviews.
POWERS: What were some of the best practices at academic institutions that you found during your interviews?
JARVIS: So, we have three case studies in our paper that highlight these three areas of collaboration that I talked about previously, and these were really excellent examples that we found for those three areas of collaboration.
So, the first was, Temsasek Polytechnic, which is a university in Singapore, and they have a very unique approach to hands-on education. So what they're doing is they're in the...they're in the kind of planning phases and building phases of developing a student-run security operation center.
So, starting next year, students are actually going to manage the security environment -- information security environment -- for the university. So that, they're hoping is going to provide them really excellent hands-on training.
Another area that we saw that was interesting was with the Rochester Institute of Technology, R.I.T. Now, they actually have a dedicated undergraduate program in cybersecurity, which is...isn't very common. Most programs are at the PhD level or at the Master's level. And so, they talk a little bit about the challenges that they face, why they thought that it was important to specialize early at the undergraduate level.
And then the third area that was really interesting -- and this is more on the collaborating globally with other academic institutions -- was North Carolina State. And what they're doing is they received a grant from the National Security Agency to work with other universities to help develop a science of security or to approach security problems with a bit more of a scientific method so they can really not just react and respond to the crisis of today but really solve long-term security problems that we're facing so we're not going to have to operate like we do today.
POWERS: Once again, the report is called, Cybersecurity Education for the Next Generation, Advancing a Collaborative Approach. You can download the report at bit.ly/2013seced. That's bit.ly/2013seced.


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What makes the difference between a cryptochrome and DNA photolyase? A spectroelectrochemical comparison of the flavin redox transitions
Cryptochromes and DNA photolyases are highly homologous flavoproteins that accomplish completely different tasks. While plant cryptochrome1 functions as blue light photoreceptor that triggers various morphogenic reactions, photolyases repair UV-induced DNA damages. Both enzymes share the photoactive cofactor, noncovalently bound FAD. For photolyase, the reaction mechanism involves electron transfer to the substrate from the excited-state of fully reduced flavin. For cryptochrome, photoexcitation of the oxidized flavin leads to formation of the semireduced radical FADḢ. Key parameters for the redox state of the flavin in the cell are the midpoint potentials E1 and E2 for the oxidized/semireduced and semireduced/fully reduced transitions, respectively. A link between cryptochrome function and its cofactor's redox states has been suggested early on, but no reliable determinations of midpoint potentials have been available. Here we report spectroelectrochemical titrations of cryptochrome1 from Arabidopsis thaliana and photolyases from both E. coli and Anacystis nidulans at pH 7.4. For the cryptochrome, we obtained E1 ≈ E2 ≈ -160 mV vs NHE, strongly deviating from the photolyases where FADḢ could not be oxidized up to 400 mV, and E2 ≈ -40 mV. Functional and evolutionary implications are discussed, highlighting the role of an asparagine-to-aspartate replacement close to N5 of the flavin.
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|Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Aspartate, Blue-light photoreceptors, Cell membranes, Cofactor, Cryptochrome, Cryptochromes, Cyanobacterium, DNA, DNA photolyase, E. coli, Electron transfer, Escherichia coli, Free radical reactions, Genes, Key parameters, Midpoint potentials, Morphogenic, Nucleic acids, Photoexcitation, Photolyase, Photolyases, Plants (botany), Proteins, Reaction mechanism, Redox state, Redox transition, Spectroelectrochemical, Spectroelectrochemical titration, Spectroelectrochemistry, UV-induced DNA damage, article, bacterial protein, chemical structure, chemistry, cryptochrome, deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase, flavoprotein, metabolism, oxidation reduction reaction, riboflavin derivative
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Balland, V, Byrdin, M, Eker, A.P.M, Ahmad, M, & Brettel, K. (2009). What makes the difference between a cryptochrome and DNA photolyase? A spectroelectrochemical comparison of the flavin redox transitions. American Chemical Society. Journal, 131(2), 426–427. doi:10.1021/ja806540j

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Who We Are
Overview of American Viniyoga™ Institute
Ancient Insights. Modern Healing.The American Viniyoga™ Institute is an organization of yoga practitioners and professionals sharing core values, guided by the spirit of Viniyoga and dedicated to offering quality experiential, education and professional training opportunities in the fields of health and fitness, therapy and self care, and personal transformation.
We honor the integrity of ancient yoga teachings while making them relevant and practical today. We are connected by the teachings of Viniyoga™ through Gary Kraftsow, MA, E-RYT 500, who evolved this approach to yoga from the teachings of T.K.V. Desikachar and T. Krishnamacharya of Madras, India.
Gary Kraftsow, MA, E-RYT 500, is Founder and Director of the American Viniyoga Institute.
Viniyoga™: an approach to Yoga that adapts practice to the unique condition, needs and interests of individuals and groups - giving practitioners the tools to individualize and actualize the process of self-discovery and personal transformation.


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The Utah Jazz's Feel Good Tour continued Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
After a win over reigning NBA champion Miami, four days between games and a steady climb up the Western Conference standings because those around them keep losing, the Jazz got back to business by beating Cleveland.
Randy Foye scored 20 points and Derrick Favors tied a season-high with 19 as Utah rolled to a 109-98 victory over the Cavaliers.


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U. S. composers have yet to make a name for any great profundity. That the herd of them is, however, swift, timely, can scarcely be disputed. News songs now figure prominently in Tin Pan Alley. The most recent tells of the sinking of the Vestris.
Proudly she sailed from New York City,
Bound for a Land o'er the sea;
And on her deck were wives and husbands and children with hearts gay and free;
They sailed on their way, o'er the deep blue ocean, never a thought of fear;
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Don't Look Down... But I Just Have To!I don't feel too guilty about fearing heights, it's sensible and evolutionary.
I don't have many problems with natural highs - up trees, on mountains, peering over cliffs - it's the man-made stuff that really gets to me. Tightropes between skyscrapers would be my worst scenario. I've flown, with occasional stomach slumps when I suddenly realise where I am, and that's not too bad. I'm not sure if I'd stop myself doing something through fear of being up high? It's unlikely anyone will offer me a high paying job cleaning the pigeon crap off of cranes so it's fairly harmless fear.
But, to practice, if I stare at this photograph for a couple for seconds, my shoulders hunch, I get a bubble of nothingness filling my head a few inches above my eyes. Something dead slides slowly down my spine. I know I could never do this. Never. This is what my nightmares are like.
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It never fails. You have your whole day planned out, and your goal today is to be a lazy slob. Then you get the dreaded call. It could be from a friend, a relative, or even a coworker. The voice on the other line says cheerfully, "We're coming over to your house. We'll be there in thirty minutes." You look around your home at the mess you've let accumulate and scream. You can't let them see your place like this. They'll think that you live like this all the time. They'll tell everyone you know. What to do?
This is the time when you start saying, "Why didn't I just do the little bit that needs to be done every day, so my house would already look nice?" Well, you can't go back in time, so you need to learn to clean in a hurry.
The basic order to cleaning in a hurry is to focus on 1) you, 2) areas your guest will most likely be spending time in, such as the entry and living room, 3) the kitchen because nobody likes eating from a seemingly unsanitary kitchen, 4) the bathroom because nobody likes spending time in dirty bathrooms but at least it's not as bad as eating from a dirty kitchen 5) the details.
The following items are listed from most important to least important, so do them in order.
Delegate tasks.
The more people who have in your home during the cleaning spree, the better.
Light some incense or scented candles or use an aromatherapy diffuser to cover up any odors (especially in bathrooms).
The sooner you do this, the more time the scents will have to fill your home. Avoid air fresheners, they're too obvious, and we all know that real flowers don't smell like that artificial stuff in a can. Incense, natural aromatherapy sources, or scented candles are quick and it makes you seem like a person who is in touch with his/her own spirituality and has this sort of thing going on all the time. You should also open up your windows and doors while you use these aromatic items to help spread out the scent and reduce the amount of allergens that build up (such as smoke from the incense or candle or even microscopic oil droplets in the air). Don't worry about "letting out the smell" because fresh air smells better than stinky air covered up with a nice scent and even with the windows open you'll still have enough scent to make your home smell pleasant (besides, too much of a good thing, even nice smells, is overwhelming, and that's a bad thing). One of my favorite ways of filling my house with wonderful smells all day is with my slow cooker, a perfect aromatherapy diffuser. If I'm cooking with my slow cooker, the smell of the food fills the house all day, and that is typically a pleasant smell. If I'm not cooking, I fill my crock pot with water, herbs, spices and fruit peels (orange peels work great) that reflect the season.
Clean yourself up.
If you're not looking presentable, go brush your hair, wash your face, brush your teeth, throw on some decent clothes, and if you have time put on some quick makeup. Try to do all of this within 5 minutes, no longer. Even if your house is clean, if you are a mess you won't be present your best self. After all, your guests will be looking at you more than your house.
Throw misplaced items that your guests will probably see into a room no one will see, and close the door.
This is where it pays to have a storage area, basement, or spare room, but you can always use any bedroom or office in your house. If something belongs in the trash, by all means throw it in the trash rather than in your pile. You may want to bring a trash can into the room your are working on if there is a lot of trash that needs to be thrown away, so you don't have to make a hundred trips to the trash can. It's also best to have a huge basket or box that you can throw all of those misplaced items into and carry to your hiding place all at once rather than making many trips. If you have time after you finish the rest of this list, go ahead and try to put some of those things back where they belong.
Hide those dirty dishes in the dishwasher.
No dishwasher? Put them in the sink and fill it up with soapy water. The more bubbles the better. It will give the illusion that you were in the process of cleaning before your guests called (and it's perfectly fine to tell them this if they give your bubbly sink full of dishes any strange looks). Don't throw your dirty dishes into the refrigerator or oven. If you end up having to cook while your guests are in the room with you (because everybody ends up in the kitchen), you'll have to explain why you have an oven or refrigerator full of dirty dishes.
Wipe down the counters in the kitchen.
Dirty counters can be rather disgusting to your guests if you end up serving food. Would you want to eat food from a restaurant that had a dirty kitchen?
Wipe down any tables that your visitor might use.
Typically living room tables are pretty clean (unless you have kids), so only clean them if they are obviously dirty. Any eating surfaces should definitely be wiped down because nobody wants to eat on a dirty table.
Wipe down the counters, sink, and toilet (or even clean the toilet) in the bathroom that your visitor may use.
I must admit, I get a little grossed-out when I go to someone's house, visit their bathroom, and find hair or toothpaste that they spit out on the counter or in the sink. I also get disgusted by a toilet that has any remnants of "business" that may have occurred there. I rarely feel like I know somebody well enough to want to be exposed to any remains of their bodily functions, and chances are your guests don't want to be exposed to yours. If your bathtub or shower is dirty, just close your shower doors or shower curtain (if you don't have one you may have to rinse out and wipe down the bathtub and shower surfaces).
Vacuum any place that your visitors can see (if it's needed).
This includes hard floor surfaces (such as in the kitchen) because it's quicker than sweeping (just make sure you use the proper attachment or setting to keep from scratching up the surface). Start with the most obvious places, like the living room and entry, and work your way to less obvious places.
Straighten up your decorative items.
If you have any decorative items, especially in the rooms where you expect your guests to be in, make sure they are all neatly arranged. For example, instead of a pile of magazines in the corner, stack them neatly or decoratively on the table. Straighten up books in your bookshelf. Fluff pillows, and fold blankets (or drape them artistically for that lived in look).
Get out the window cleaner and start shining things up.
Start with anything that is obvious, like the television screen, glass cabinet doors, glass tables, mirrors (especially in the bathroom), and such. Then work on things like picture frames since guests often end up looking at such items.
If you don't have time to get through the whole list, just do as much as you can. If your guests are over during the evening, you can always dim the lights to make the mess seem less noticeable, and as a bonus it makes your gathering more intimate.


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DAYTON, Ohio (Jul. 9)
Mrs. Dorothy B. Moyer, national vice-president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, died here yesterday, aged 58. She was the wife of Elmer L, Moyer, president of the Jewish Community Council of Dayton.
Mrs. Moyer, one of the outstanding Jewish communal leaders here, has served as vice-president and secretary of the Jewish Community Council, secretary of the Community Welfare Council, chairman of the Jewish Community Center, and campaign chairman of the women's division of the United Jewish Campaign. She was also treasurer of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, president of the Ohio Federation of Sisterhoods, and national treasurer of the Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority Foundation.
Mrs. Moyer was also active in all major civic and community endeavors in the Greater Dayton area. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow, at Temple Israel.


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Winston-Salem, N.C. - NC Central (1-3) claimed an eight-rebound edge and fought to a 35-35 halftime score that put Wake Forest (3-0) on the ropes, but the Demon Deacons shot an overwhelming 60.6-percent from the field in the second half on their way to a 93-79 win.
Wake received a major lift from behind the arc, as it shot an impressive 12-17.
"It's embarrassing," NC Central head coach LeVelle Moton said. "We embarrassed ourselves, our university for a team to shoot 58-percent on us. I've never seen nothing like that in my life. No disrespect to Wake Forest, but if we played the Lakers they shouldn't score 93 points on us."
Going into the game Dominique Sutton was pacing the Eagles with a team-high 20.7 points per game. Nikita Mescheriakov had the lion's share of the responsibility to defend the Kansas State-transfer.
Sutton finished with a hard-earned 14 points after scoring only two in the first half.
"He's trying to face up, and go one-on-one every time, so what we did when he caught it we just doubled him," Mescheriakov said. "I felt that we did a great job as a team. I felt we played really well on offense. Good defense creates good offense."
Mescheriakov complimented his strong defensive effort with a career-high of 15 points, 11 of which came in the first half to keep the Deacs in the game.
"I'm really proud of Nikita," Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik said. "He really rose to the occasion tonight in terms of defending without fouling. That's not a knock on him, but with his background and where he comes from, the games are officiated a little bit differently. He's had to change a lot of his habits in many ways."
Travis McKie also netted a career-high, scoring 25 points, and C.J. Harris finished with 22 points after only scoring four in the first half. Tony Chennault added 14 points, and Chase Fischer chipped in 10 points off the bench to give Wake Forest five players in double figures for the first time this season.
This was Chennault's second double-digit scoring-performance in a row. The sophomore point guard also dished out six assists to only two turnovers, and also recorded two steals.
"We tend to forget about Tony Chennault," Bzdelik said. "He is beginning to understand decisions as a point guard."
Continuing with the theme of Wake's impressive offensive statistics efficiency was an integral part to the Demon Deacons success, as they scored on 26 of their 39 second-half possessions.
"We took good shots - shots we've practiced; open shots," Bzdelik said. "We practice those kinds of shots. Of course, offense is a variable, and sometimes you can get open shots and not make them, but when you're taking shots you practice that are open because we're moving the basketball, there's a better chance of it going in."


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Reminder: GeneaBloggers is giving away two tickets good for admission to the upcoming Arizona Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona on January 22-23, 2010.
To win, simply go to this post and in the Comments section tell us how attending a Family History Expo would help you with your genealogy research. Let us know what sessions or presenters interest you the most and how you would use the knowledge learned to further your family history activities!
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American Institute
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- Clifton, New Jersey | Margate, Florida | Toms River, New Jersey | West Hartford, Connecticut
- Online (asynchronous and hands-on campus lab training) and Campus (Day and Evening Classes) Education
- Financial aid assistance is available
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Our Traits:Following are some of the important traits of American Institute.
- To offer a different kind of learning, the American Institute strives every day.
- American Institute considers its students as a family and they also believe that the students will flourish and thrive in caring environment.
- A student focused approach is adopted by the American Institute.
- The American Institute believes in personal attention and small sized classes.
- Staff and faculty always seek to focus on the goals of students.
- A hands-on training is provided to the students so that the students could be prepared to enter into the chosen fields.
Our Programs:At American institute students can explore our programs and they can take a decision for the career of choice. The American Institute provides a wide range of degree and diploma programs in the following fields.
- Health care
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Our Locations:The American institute bears the honor of providing education to the students at 5 different locations.
1. West Hart Ford- Connecticut:
At the West Hart Ford- Connecticut location, the American Institute offers different diplomas ranging from Diagnostic Medical Sonography - General Concentration to Computer Systems & Business Applications.
This institution has been providing education for about 84 years.
2. Clifton, New Jersey:
At Clifton, New Jersey, campus of American Institute, a blend of degrees and diplomas are offered. A hands-on approach is adopted at this campus. This campus also bears the honor of providing educational services for about 84 years.
Following are some of the important features/benefits of sonography career:
- Personal Satisfaction: Helping others and being a part of the healthcare team may become a source of personal satisfaction.
- Job Growth: According to the United States Department of Labor statistics, the employment opportunities for diagnostic medical sonographers are likely to increase by 18% through 2018.
- Work Environments: Different types of work environments become a part of this field. These environments may include hospitals, imaging centers, mobile services or a physician's office.
- Professional Advancement: In this field various opportunities come forward through cross training, application specialties, continuing educational courses and relocation possibilities.
At Kissimmee, Florida campus, a blended type of learning is offered. This blended format includes on campus labs, online theory and clinical externships. A range of degrees and diploma programs are offered at this campus.
The programs range from Bachelor of Science degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Cardiac Concentration to Associate of Applied Science degree in Respiratory Therapy.
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The American Institute Alumni Association is comprised of a community of instructors, graduates, employers and administrators. It offers different tools in order to foster the career success of Alumni of American Institute.
Career related support and resources are provided to ensure the long-term excellence of educational programs offered at American institute.
The American Institute Alumni Association service is provided free of cost to American institute's graduates.
Registered American Institute Alumni Association members can enjoy the following benefits:
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In addition to the study "Media industry", a detailed research of the sector was developed through analysis of the companies that registered this activity as core business and declared their data to NTRO (NACE codes analyzed: 1820; 5911; 5912; 5913; 5914; 5920; 6010; 6020; 6391; 7311; 7312). For a segmented approach of the domain companies were structured in 13 groups of size: 0; 0-100 K EUR; 100-500 K EUR; 500 K-1.000 K EUR; 1-5 Mn. EUR; 5-10 Mn. EUR; 10-20 Mn. EUR; 20-50 Mn. EUR; 50-100 Mn. EUR; 100-500 Mn. EUR; 500-1.000 Mn. EUR; OVER 1.000 Mn. EUR.
Number of companies analyzed: 11,128 (2013)
The report is structured as follows:
1. Graphic analysis and interpretation of the following categories of indicators:
a) Dynamic - annual variation of:
i. Turnover
ii. Profit
iii. Number of employees
iv. Number of companies
b) Profitability
i. Net profit margin
ii. Turnover / employee
iii. Profit / employee
iv. Turnover / company
v. Profit / company
c) Management
i. Inventories turnover
ii. Total assets turnover
iii. Receivables turnover
iv. Total debts / total assets
d) Debt ratios – total debts / total assets
2. Graphic analysis of the net profit formation of companies groups breakdown by turnover criterion.
Indicators calculated for 2008-2013 provide an extensive and thorough assessment of the development and influences registered in the market and are a barometer that addresses both companies on the specific field and firms in the consulting, auditing, market research areas.
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We all know goals motivate us, and it feels fab to finally reach one. So what is your next Dreamstime Milestone ?
For so long mine has been to get a "people shot" accepted. And of course, like with everything else, i spent way too long perfecting it, before i even submitted one. Today, i got my first portrait accepted, which was also the first portrait i ever submitted. It feels great knowing im finally breaking through that huge milestone. But in true maggie style, ive been so particular about the quality, that i only submitted one, to test the water. So now whats my next milestone ?
Maybe ill go for a "second portrait accepted" goal, or how about my "first portrait sale". That would be a great one!
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Why did this bond index fund recently shoot up to the top of the charts?
On Aug. 11, Morningstar's Christine Benz noticed something quite peculiar--the single best-performing intermediate-bond fund over the trailing month, out of 1,238 funds in the category, was Vanguard's Intermediate-Term Bond Index
This wasn't indexing according to The House That Jack Built. The theory behind indexing is that low expenses coupled with an average portfolio gradually leads to above-average results. Each month, the index fund tends to be only very slightly above the norm, just a few basis points. But month after month that modest advantage becomes compounded, so that the index funds over time climb the rankings ladder.
But landing in top thousandth? After one month? What in the name of Bogle had happened? And what can we learn from this oddity?
What happened is unambiguous, and obvious upon reflection: The index fund invests quite differently than do the other funds in the category. Specifically, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index has one of the longest durations of any fund in the category (34th on the list), and one of the highest allocations to Treasuries (15th). With bond prices rallying sharply amid a flight to quality, in a flashback to 2008, the fund rode the bull. It gained 4.6% for the one-month period through mid-August, more than triple the category's average, and a full 50 basis points ahead of any nonindex fund. (In what likely was the worst stretch of relative performance in Bill Gross' long career, the Vanguard fund beat titan PIMCO Total Return
Most intermediate-term bond funds benchmark their performance relative to the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index. (The fund that tracks that index, Vanguard Total Bond Market Index
Index-fund wanderings occur more often than you might expect. For various reasons, ranging from the idiosyncratic design of an index, to market architecture (that is, one security, one sector, or one country dominating the market), to fund-manager beliefs, an index fund frequently will not serve as a neutral position for its category. This can also occur because of external market preferences. For example, if foreign governments prefer long-dated Treasuries to shorter securities and to government agencies, then U.S. government funds will likely favor the latter in their portfolios.
The Benchmark Fallacy
This effect leads to what I call the Benchmark Fallacy. If an index fund can differ from its peers so dramatically as to be the top fund in a huge category over a 30-day period, then it can also differ from its peers so dramatically as to corrupt active versus passive comparisons.
Indeed, that is what occurred with international stock funds a generation ago, when they almost universally trailed the Japan-laden MSCI EAFE index during the 1980s, then turned around and almost universally outperformed that same index the following decade.
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With Wipeout, Motive and Rookie Blue, ABC finished as the 2nd-most-watched TV network on Thursday night.
At 8pm, ABC's Wipeout was up by double-digits week to week in viewers (+16%) and young adults (+20%), tying its highest Adult 18-49 rating of the summer.
During the 9 o'clock hour, ABC's Motive drew more viewers than NBC's The Winner Is for the 4th straight week, leading by 10%. In addition, the ABC freshman drama held even week to week among Adults 18-49 and was up 20% in Adults 18-34 to deliver a 5-week high – since 06/27/13.
Surging over its lead-in with viewers (+13%) and young adults (+25%), ABC's Rookie Blue ranked the most-watched TV series during Thursday's 10pm hour for the 4th consecutive week, outdrawing NBC's Hollywood Game Night in the time period by 1.0 million viewers. On average, Rookie Blue is up 5% over the same point last summer, marking its most-watched season in 3 years – since 2010.


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Tree Farm Conference in Kirksville
Thu, 23 May 2013 14:37:29 GMT —
Missouri Department of Conservation
Woodland landowners from around the state are invited to attend the 34th annual Missouri Tree Farm Conference May 31 â?? June 1 at the Days Inn, 3805 S. Baltimore St., in Kirksville.
The conference is part of the Missouri Tree Farm Program, which provides help to landowners on woodland management for wildlife and timber production.
The Program also helps connect participating landowners to others with similar interests.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is cohosting the conference.
Missouri Department of Conservation
For more information on the conference, contact the Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri (FWAM) at 818-645-5399
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We have much to celebrate this weekend, what with the Nats home opener this afternoon. They are looking good, so spirits will be high. Of course taxes are due next week so the (surely very few) procrastinators among us may be frantically digging for deductions this weekend as well. Aside from taxes and baseball what else is there?
Today: We have already established that the Nats are coming home today and
Justin's Cafe is celebrating their return with an all-day block party. (Correction, this is on Saturday). You can stop in before or after the game or just skip it altogether. There will be beer trucks and food on the street as well as Justin's own menu.
Friday: Celebrate the publication of our very own Robert Pohl's new book, Wicked Capitol Hill at the Hill Center at 7pm. The rest of the country loves to paint our neighborhood with a general disdain which should really be aimed at those they have sent to work under the big white dome. Robert has done us no favors, and in fact, he has painstakingly recorded every last one of this area's naughty past in a new, juicy book. Face it, who doesn't love a good scandal story? Raise a glass to our in-house historian, pick up a copy (or ten) of his book and hobnob with your neighbors.
After you pick up some new reading material head over to the Atlas at 8pm for an evening of improvisational jazz with some knockout performers, Endangered Blood, guitarist Noveller and locals DC Improvisers Collective. This triple bill is an impressive line up of established and emerging artists so you can be the person at the cocktail party in two years when you say "Oh Noveller? I saw her way back in 2012."
Saturday is offers you so many opportunities to feel good about this community. Start with Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. CHAW needs you! Help them celebrate 40 years of bringing the arts to people of all ages on the Hill. They have big plans to connect the community, literally. Head over around 11 and prepare to be CHAWsome! Then go meet some new neighbors — Justin's Cafe is celebrating their return with an all-day block party.
Head across the river for the very first LUMEN8 event. Sponsored by ARCH Development Lumen8 is primarily an arts and pop-up retail festival. Saturday is the opening day with events and exhibits throughout downtown Anacostia. The Pink Line Project is sponsoring Lightbox which will feature exhibits, installations, performances and retail all day. Some of the installations will be on display through May but don't miss this chance to see our neighbor shine. The full performance schedule is here.
The big leaguers may make big money and get headlines but for me Little League is baseball at its best. Saturday is the opening day for the second season of the Capitol Hill Little League. The games will be held on fields all over the Hill but the opening day festivities kick off at 5:30 at Payne Elementary School. Be prepared for some All Americana cuteness as the Player Parade includes kids marching in the uniforms. Rumor has it there will a bake sale and some other treats available.
Saturday evening the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the doomed voyage of the Titanic. The Titanic Memorial (which I just learned existed), has lived at the end of waterfront park for 34 years. Long story. Saturday evening there will be 50 feet tall projections of the Titanic. The promenade will be lit with 1517 projections to honor those who died. music from the era will be played concluding with a performance of "Neaer My God to Thee" which was the last song the band played on deck before the ship sank. For the truly hardcore there will be a ceremony and wreath laying in the wee hours of Sunday morning at 12:30 am. Who needs Kate and Leo?


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Macy's (M) is soaring in early morning trading on Thursday after a series of announcements after the bell a day earlier. Shares had spiked 7.1% to $55.49 by market open.
On Wednesday, the retailer reported comparable store sales, including those from departments licensed to third parties, rose 4.3% over November and December, the key holiday shopping season months.
"Even in a questionable macroeconomic environment with challenging weather in multiple states, the positive response from our customers during the holiday season is yet another vote of confidence that our well-established strategies continue to work for us," said CEO Terry J. Lundgren in a statement.
The company also maintained its prior full-year earnings guidance to between $3.80 and $3.90 a share and said it expects comparable sales growth in the second half of 2013 to be in the range of 2.8% to 2.9%. Macy's is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 25. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect net income of $3.87 a share for fiscal 2014.
For fiscal 2015, Macy's anticipates comparable sales to increase between 2.5% and 3% and net income in the range of $4.40 to $4.50 a share. Analysts have consensus of $4.37 a share.
In a separate press release, the Cincinnati-based business said it hoped to realize approximately $100 million per year as it implements a series of cost reductions including store closings and 2,500 layoffs.
"We began five years ago with a set of business strategies that were largely untested by a national retailer of our size and scope. As the success of these strategies has unfolded, we have identified some specific areas where we can improve our efficiency without compromising our effectiveness," said Lundgren.


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Body Image & Self-Reflection: Complete These 15 Sentences
Mondays can be rough for many of us, and this doesn't create the ideal environment for building a better body image. To help you turn that around, every Monday features a tip, activity, inspiring quote or some other tidbit to help boost your body image – and kick-start the week on a positive note.
Got a tip for improving body image? Email me at mtartakovsky at gmail dot com, and I'll be happy to feature it. I'd love to hear from you!
When we're working on improving our body image, self-reflection is important. It can help us spot patterns and connect to our core. To dig deeper into our thoughts and feelings. To evaluate and to reassess.
In the writing class that I'm currently taking, some of the prompts include completing sentences and seeing where that takes you. Such an exercise is also a great form of self-reflection.
Today, I thought we could do a similar exercise but of course with body-image related questions.
So take out a piece of paper, and jot down the following questions. See what you come up with. Write from your heart.
Doing so might help you discover things that are blocking or boosting your body image, help you get in tune with your thoughts and feelings, figure out what's important to you. Or just spend some time thinking about where you're at.
Again, either way, it challenges you to reach for the truth. To open up your heart and let it do the talking.
Here are 15 sentences to get you started:
- I am beautiful because
- I am strong because
- My favorite physical activity is
- I nourish my body because
- My loved ones make me feel great about my body when
- My loved ones make me feel bad about my body when
- I feel best about myself when
- I feel bad about myself when
- A truly positive body image means
- I love being me because
- I wish that I could give myself permission to
- I always feel comfortable in my own skin when
- The lesson I've learned about my body image this year is
- If I could change one thing about my life it would be
- My favorite part about spring is
Feel free to share your completed sentences below!
P.S., Check out the Self-Discovery Series round-up at Mara's Medicinal Marzipan. You'll find tons of great posts on change!
Tartakovsky, M. (2014). Body Image & Self-Reflection: Complete These 15 Sentences. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 24, 2017, from https://blogs.psychcentral.com/weightless/2011/04/body-image-self-reflection-complete-these-15-sentences/


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After searching the country for nearly a year to find the next president of Hackensack University Medical Center, the search committee decided the best person for the job already was in the building.
Ihor S. Sawczuk, who currently serves as an executive vice president and the chief medical officer, will assume the role as president April 4, the hospital announced Thursday.
Hackensack University Health Network CEO and President Robert C. Garrett, who has held both the health network and medical center CEO and president positions, will continue in his role at Hackensack University Health Network, and ultimately, of Hackensack Meridian Health, once the merger of the two health systems is complete.
Garrett, who announced last April that he was stepping down as head of the hospital, said in a release that he is confident HackensackUMC will be in good hands.
"For 15 years, HackensackUMC has been fortunate to have Dr. Sawczuk as not only a physician — but as one of our most well-respected executive leaders," Garrett said. "His various roles — as executive vice president, chief medical officer, vice president of academic affairs and chairman of the Department of Urology — are a direct reflection of his influence and demonstrated leadership within our medical center and beyond."
Sawczuk also recently received the first academic appointment as professor of surgery at Hackensack's upcoming school of medicine with Seton Hall University.
HackensackUMC was selected as the state's top hospital, according to the 2015-16 rankings of U.S. News & World Report. It was ranked No. 4 in the metro area.
Sawczuk began his time with HackensackUMC in 2001 as chairman of the Department of Urology. Since then, he has helped guide the medical center on a path of clinical, research and academic excellence, according to the release. His emphasis on cutting-edge technology has elevated the Department of Urology to become one of the leading programs in the country.
During his tenure as chief academic officer, his commitment to academic advancement was evident in his leadership role in the creation of the upcoming school of medicine, and the oversight of HackensackUMC's affiliation agreements with Georgetown University School of Medicine and Stevens Institute of Technology.
"We are proud to have a physician of Dr. Sawczuk's stature as an integral part of our leadership team," Garrett said. "The board and I are confident that the new HackensackUMC president is someone who shares in the values and mission of our great hospital."
The nationwide search produced six finalists for the job.


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Cash for Vote case : ACB questions 5 witnesses - Updates - Tv9
Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 03:49 PM
Anti Corruption Bureau officials have summoned five people to be present in ACB office in cash for vote scam today i.e on July 20. TDP leader Pradeep, Pulla Rao Yadav, Sudheer, Manoj and Telangana TDP MLA Revanth Reddy's driver Raghavendra Reddy are the persons who have reported to ACB office. The investigation is likely to be completed by 5PM today. They have reportedly told that they have no connection with the case and added that they will help in the investigation process of ACB.


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After a dozen seasons, nine wins, 32 other podium finishes, 13 pole positions and over 1000 championship points, Mark Webber raced in F1 for the final time at Sunday's Brazilian GP.
It all seems a long way from the weekend when he made his F1 debut, for Minardi, in 2002. For Mark, though, the memory of his first race and the emotional impact of this weekend's last grand prix are very vivid indeed, as he told us...
First race, Australian Grand Prix, 2002: you weren't confirmed at Minardi until near the start of the 2002 season. How tight was it between being an F1 driver or not?
It was very close. It was just three weeks before Melbourne that I got the news, so that winter hadn't exactly been super comfortable for me. I was very much looking at not having a drive, which would have meant heading back to Australia for touring cars or something like that. I had a three-race contract; that was all we could manage. But we did Melbourne and things started to change.
It really hits you then, what you're doing. You have all these engineers around you, all these people working on the car, even at Minardi. It's suddenly a very big deal. I had it in sportscars to a degree but there you're sharing with other drivers. F1 is different. This is about you, your situation and about you putting the weekend together. There are all these things you never really thought about before arriving in F1.
It was an eventful race. You rose through the field after a multiple accident at the start but in the latter stages of the race, when you were fifth, you had some mechanical problems. How nerve-wracking were the final laps?
I just wanted the car to finish. I remember [Minardi boss] Paul Stoddard saying before the race "if you just finish the race we'll be proud" and then he came on the radio and said: "under no circumstances should you let [Mika] Salo past". He was pushing me hard for fifth and that was the difference between one and two points. Those were real points back then, not like the ones they hand out nowadays. The diff was gone in the car; it was completely broken. But somehow it stayed together. Then Salo arrived on me. That was the thing that surprised me I think. I knew he was coming, I knew he was in a quicker car, the Toyota, but still I was saying to myself, "nah, I'll be alright. When he arrives on me I'll just do what I can to keep him behind." I was pretty composed.
Were you less composed when you go out of the car and saw the reception waiting for you? You were, after all, the first Australian since Alan Jones to score championship points and they even marched you up to the podium to celebrate.
I was overwhelmed by the result. How the hell was that possible? I think I used up all my credits in Melbourne in that first race because I never got on the podium again. I got on the podium every other place in the world but not there. It was incredible.
It's always a tough decision for an athlete to leave the top level. Are you still totally comfortable with the choice?
It is a difficult decision for any sportsman or woman to make because it's against your DNA. Is it putting the white flag up? To a degree it might be. But it basically comes at a time when you just know that there are enough things that you don't want to do anymore. I used to think about this sport every day and I don't anymore. But now it's different. I could continue if I wanted to, of course I could, but I don't want to test my driving ability and my standards too much at this level. I still think I'm driving well but I don't want to be around not driving well.
Often with decisions like that – where you announce it and there's a gap to the end result – it seems like the eventuality becomes unreal, that it will never actually arrive. But it's here now. So how do you feel about it?
Yeah, it's here, but I think I'll be fine until Sunday. That will be a little bit tricky as that will be the last time, the last day at work at this level. It's a big thing. I've got the counsel of a few sportsmen and women I've looked up to about it. It certainly isn't an easy thing to get right. Frank Bruno wasn't one of the ones I called but I do remember him saying to me years ago that the biggest fight you have is when that day arrives. It certainly was for him. There's a lot of adrenaline involved in what we do and that isn't around anymore [when you retire] which is why I've got to do something else [the World Endurance Championship]. The results I've had in F1 have been great. I never thought I'd get those and I'm very proud of them, but it's about the journey as well and I've had an amazing journey. I would have been very happy growing up and staying in Queanbeyan because I wouldn't have know any different. But when you start to delve into other areas of life, other places, then it really is a case of 'wow, this is a ride'. And it was a great ride. You sometimes get more out of that than the actual results.
Two hundred and fifteen races... it's a lot. At this level the most important thing is to be flexible. You have to keep learning. It's the same as at Roland Garros and Wimbledon – those surfaces are largely the same but the playing and winning techniques are constantly changing. As a driver you always have to evolve because if you don't adapt, you're dead. I'm trying to get that across to youngsters now, as well. I've got one now in Mitch Evans. You have to as many strings to your bow as possible in order to survive. Myself? I've been through a lot of emotional phases in my career. Obviously super serious about my profession, which was most of the time, all-encompassing for the people around. But that's what I believed had to happen at the time because maybe I did not have the most absolute natural flair and talent but I knew that if I grafted and worked hard I'd soon get awesome results. It was a big admission and I needed to do that. But I also smashed a lot of guys who had more talent than me, because they didn't work as hard as me. They didn't have the career I've had. I learned that about myself. How important it was to graft and just get my head down. I've been doing that for most of my career. It starts and stops with the bloke in the mirror, you're the one that has to do it; no one's going to give it to you.
Is there any unfinished business in F1?
You'd love to have the experience you have now early in your career but you can't put an old head on young shoulders. There's no career that's on a rocket ship all the way through. There has to be adversity and testing moments. There have to be wrong decisions; there have to be mistakes. We all make mistakes. You don't learn too much if you're never challenged. Some of the race I learned the least in were the ones I won! You often learn more when you don't get it handed to you, because you want to work out why.
So you're happy to be coming to end of this track?
Yep, it's time for a change.
Finally, in one sentence: What Formula One did it mean to you?
Tricky... It was precision. It was the pinnacle.
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Alcohol availability and crime: a robust approach
The relationship between alcohol availability and crime is investigated in this study. It first considers common parametric specifications that have been used in the literature. After applying a powerful consistent conditional moment test for correct specification, it is found that these common parametric specifications are rejected by the data. The study then proceeds with a robust nonparametric method that can have a rate of convergence close to that for a correctly specified parametric model when the underlying relationship is somewhat linear. The application of nonparametric methods reveals structure present in the data that would remain undetected when applying common parametric specifications, but more importantly reveals that the impact of alcohol availability is considerably higher than one might believe on the basis of the misspecified parametric model. It is also found that the marginal effect of alcohol availability on crime changes with the level of alcohol availability.
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From Faith to Greater Awe!
My dad was a servant of the Lord from the time he was converted at age seventeen to his homegoing in 1999 at age 90. He was a beloved Bible teacher and mentor all his life, even serving as a pastor for seventeen years during one stretch. His view of the natural world was through the lens of God's mighty providence and miracle. He had always held the traditional 6000-year view of the age of our Earth.
Very late in life his view of the creation-its grandeur and antiquity-expanded. The change began with our visit to the Wheaton College bookstore while delivering our daughter for her freshman year in August 1993. We picked up several RTB resources, including The Fingerprint of God. Not having the time to read them when we returned home, we handed them over to Dad, an inveterate reader. Many months later, Dad showed me several other RTB books he had ordered on his own, including The Creator and the Cosmos. He was devouring these books with a passion. As a result, Dad's grasp of the majesty and greatness of God, already very strong, increased dramatically. We spent many hours discussing the goodness of God in creation and enjoying the night sky. Dad even viewed Comet Hale-Bopp through eyes failing with macular degeneration.
He voiced regret that he could "only read for 45 minutes at a time" (sometimes a problem for people with perfect vision!). God's gift to him in his waning years was the ability to read on his own that "The heavens declare the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1). Contributed by James Virkler, friend of RTB.
What Others Are Saying
"Evolution has just been dealt its death blow. After reading Origins of Life with my background in chemistry and physics, it is clear that [biological] evolution could not have occurred."--Richard Smalley, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate-Chemistry, 1996
In the Mailbox
"Just want to let you know that I pray for you regularly and will start making an effort to pray for you daily. RTB has made a huge impact on my life...RTB periodicals, books and reasons.org, along with the most important habit of daily Bible study and prayer, are arming me for daily spiritual warfare. In my engineering department, I work amongst a healthy group of skeptics and evolutionists. I had a wonderful opportunity just this afternoon to witness to them, using much information gleaned from the pages of RTB sources (including Origins of Life). Of course you can't argue someone into the Kingdom, but we can sure use 'science for bait'." Randy Watkins - Greensboro, NC
Stars - Gentle Reminders
When you see the stars at night ...would you mind letting them be a gentle reminder to pray for Reasons To Believe? They can also be a great reminder to praise our marvelous Creator!
Fun With Science
What Are Stars Made Of?
by Mark Ritter
Ever wonder how astronomers figure out what stars are made of when we've never even been to our own star, the sun? It has to do with light.
A hot body like an incandescent light bulb or the sun itself will give off all kinds of wavelengths of visible light. Our eyes see this flood of wavelengths as a single white light. But shine the light through a prism, something that can spread out the light into its different wavelengths, and you will see the familiar rainbow of colors from red to violet.
Now the different atomic elements give off certain unique wavelengths of light when they are energized. For example, you can see the strong yellow wavelengths of sodium in those sodium vapor lamps that illuminate streets and parking lots. Or you can - carefully - sprinkle some table salt, a sodium compound, onto a lit stove and watch as yellow flashes light up the kitchen.
Not only do the elements of the periodic table give off unique wavelengths, they will also steal those wavelengths when given the chance! And this is the key to finding out what stars are made of.
A hot star emits the whole rainbow of colors from its surface. But there are cooler atoms there in its atmosphere preying upon some of those wavelengths as they attempt to fly out into space.
For example, a sodium atom, the same little critter that gives off those yellow wavelengths, will steal them away if they happen to pass by. An astronomer inspecting the spectrum of the star sees that those yellow wavelengths are missing and concludes that the star must have sodium in it. Ta da!
It is a great gift from the Light of the World that the lights in the heavens can reveal to us the marvelous design and makeup of a gloriously enormous universe.
Mercy or Injustice?
Terri Schiavo-was her death an act of mercy or an injustice? Euthanasia is one of the tough questions RTB scholar, Kenneth Samples, addresses in his relevant book, Without a Doubt: Answering The 20 Toughest Faith Questions. Below is an excerpt on this topic.
Euthanasia: The Right To Die?
The term euthanasia literally means "good death" or "happy death." It is further defined as the "taking of a human life for some good purpose, such as to relieve suffering or pain." It is therefore sometimes referred to as "mercy killing." Forms of euthanasia may be considered when people are nearing death or suffering from terminal illness. Ethicists have identified two basic types of euthanasia: active and passive.
1. Active Euthanasia: (including suicide and assisted suicide): To intentionally and/or actively take the life of a terminally ill patient, either by the patient himself (suicide) or by the assistance of another (possibly a physician, family member, or friend). Active euthanasia actually produces or causes death. This means that the patient's death results not from the terminal illness itself but from the specific act of euthanasia (lethal dose of medication, gunshot, etc.).
2. Passive Euthanasia: To allow a terminally ill patient to die naturally without intervening, usually by withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining (artificial) treatment. Passive euthanasia permits death to take its natural course but does not actually cause death itself.
The traditional Christian view: Most theologians and ethicists who hold a traditional or historic Christian viewpoint accept the active-versus-passive distinction logically and morally. However, they would view active euthanasia as morally offensive and unacceptable. Such action violates the scriptural principle that prohibits suicide and homicide-the intentional taking of "innocent" human life (Ex. 20:13; Deut. 5:17). Many Christian ethicists believe that given the state of human sinfulness (original sin, total depravity: Ps. 51:5; 58:3; Prov. 20:9), active euthanasia weakens respect for human life and sets a dangerous precedent.
Passive euthanasia, on the other hand, has been generally accepted by traditional Christian theologians and ethicists but with some careful qualifications. Passive euthanasia can be acceptable if natural life-sustaining measures (air, water, food) are not deprived (though artificial measures may not be necessitated). Further conditions cited to justify passive euthanasia are when the physical condition of the patient is irreversible, death is imminent, and further treatment can only lead to a burdensome prolongation of death.
Kenneth continues the discussion by providing a biblical alternative in hospice care. For answers to other tough questions on abortion, hypocrisy in the church, God and evil, Pascal's Wager, the Trinity and more, we invite you to read Kenneth's book.
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Theistic Evolution
What is theistic evolution?
Theistic evolution takes many forms but the general theme is that God used the natural evolutionary processes to bring about his desired results concerning life on planet Earth, culminating in the appearance of human beings. Advocates of this position typically propose that God intervened directly at the beginning of the creative process (origin of the universe) but afterward worked solely through natural processes to give rise to humanity. Some who hold this position suggest that God may have intervened to create the first life form and/or to give a living creature (possibly a hominid or bipedal primate) a soul or spirit, thus ensuring the appearance of the first man. Many who hold this position interpret the early chapters of Genesis as figurative, archetypal, or mythological in nature.
Does Reasons To Believe affirm theistic evolution?
No, we do not. Rather, Reasons To Believe affirms that God has repeatedly and directly intervened in the creative process to create, for example, the first members of each kind of species. We reject macroevolution. Further, RTB affirms that God created Adam and Eve in a direct, special, and personal way. Thus, the early chapters of Genesis reflect a reliable historical narrative.
ABC recently hosted a television special on UFOs. This prime-time program has opened up new opportunities for Reasons To Believe to speak on the subject from a biblical and scientific point of view. Since the special aired, Hugh Ross has had 22 interviews (both on secular and Christian stations) regarding UFOs. Learn more about RTB's position on extraterrestrials and UFOs through the following resources.
- Lights In the Sky and Little Green Men, by Hugh Ross, Kenneth Samples, and Mark Clark
- The rUFO Hypothesis (DVD)
by Hugh Ross, Kenneth Samples, Mark Clark, Greg Koukl (moderator)
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Thursday, September 21, 2017
Mouth Diseases
Circular red spot on tongue
My 21 year old son has a circular red spot on his tongue. He said it started out as a small white spot like an ulcer, but has now enlarged to a red circular spot about 1/2" in diameter. What could it be?
There are a couple of things that may be causing this discoloration on the tongue. Without actually examining the mouth, I can only guess what is going on. One possibility is that your son has what is known as "geographic tongue" or "benign migratory glossitis". This disorder is characterized by the loss of filiform papillae that result in reddened irregular circular macules (circinate lesions) surrounded by a white band. The lesions heal, and then others erupt. The cause of BMG is unknown but has been linked with psoriasis, diabetes, stress, anemia, elevated Candida yeast carriage, changes in diet (cheese, fruits, and some vegetables have been associated with occurrences) and hormonal imbalances related to menstrual cycles and pregnancy.
There is no gender or age predilection for BMG, but may have a genetic component as BMG has been associated with familial clustering.Fungal infection (erythematous candidiasis) may be considered but in most cases would not be observed as a well circumscribed circular patch. Trauma secondary to biting the tongue may be related to a circular lesion but generally there would be an associated laceration on the dorsum of the tongue. If it persists, I would suggest that you have your dentist or primary care provider evaluate this condition.
Richard J Jurevic, DDS, PhD
Formerly, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
School of Dental Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Sapp shocked — shocked! — when murder case comes up
Published: January 29th, 2013 | Tags: Super Bowl XLVII, NFL Network, Ray Lewis, Rich Eisen, Warren Sapp
One had to feel for Ray Lewis on Tuesday. This is supposed to be the big guy's Final Ride, and yet the Super Bowl's biggest non-game day event turned into a double whammy for him: First he had to answer to allegations that he attempted to acquire deer antler spray; then he was asked, once again, about his involvement in a murder case 13 years ago.
Ex-Miami Hurricanes stick together, and on NFL Network, analyst Warren Sapp clearly wasn't down with the idea that someone with a microphone would bring up a trial that was settled well over a decade ago.
As for Lewis himself, he didn't seem irritated that it was brought up. He simply declined to offer any new thoughts on an old subject.
Maybe if someone would ask Lewis a linebacker question (like which team is more physical, the Ravens or 49ers, or what his role would be Sunday in containing Colin Kaepernick's running threat) Lewis could have spewed forth as only he can and filled a solid three to four minutes of video for everyone to enjoy.
Instead, we get the (admitted) pleasure of watching Warren Sapp get real with Rich Eisen.


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CELTIC manager Neil Lennon is at the centre of a police investigation following a gesture he made towards Rangers supporters after yesterday's Old Firm derby.
The complaint came after the Celtic boss cupped his ears in a mocking gesture to Rangers fans who were allegedly taunting him with provocative chants after yesterday's 0-0 draw at Ibrox Stadium.
Strathclyde Police put an extra 1,000 officers on the streets in a move to prevent any disorder surrounding the Old Firm clash.
The decision to boost police numbers followed concerns about rising sectarian tensions after parcel bombs were sent to the Celtic manager and high-profile fans Paul McBride, QC, and former MSP Trish Godman last week.
However, despite fears of a surge in violence, there were just nine people arrested after the game, with six arrests made in the grounds and another three immediately outside.
A police spokesperson said all arrests were for "minor offences", such as being drunk inside the stadium and breach of the peace.
They added: "We can confirm that we have received a complaint about Neil Lennon at the end of the Rangers Celtic match.
"Strathclyde Police officers were in attendance at the time and would have taken action at that time had they deemed it appropriate."
Immediately after the match, Lennon responded to questions about his gesture. He said: "Don't ask me about that, It's called humour, all right?
"Don't distract away from my team's performance. Don't even write about it. You have the photographs, I'm sure, but it's just a bit of fun. I don't want to distract from my team's performance today. They were men. Real men. Stood up to everything that Rangers threw at them and came back for more."
When asked if some fans might not see his gesture as humour, he added: "That's their problem. It's only a bit of fun. Don't ask me about it again."
Les Gray, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation who said in February that the only solution to the drunken violence sparked by every clash between Rangers and Celtic was to ban the games, added yesterday that he thought Lennon would regret his actions.
"He has been under a lot of pressure recently, but I think he will find that over the next few days he will be disappointed in himself and wish he hadn't done it," he said.
However, Mr Gray added that, with just nine arrests, he thought the fans had behaved well.
• Opinion is predictably split on Neil Lennon
• Neil Lennon can't resist gesture, but it's no laughing matter
Celtic's chief executive, Peter Lawwell, defended his manager. he said: "It is laughable that such a ludicrous complaint has been made, given the abuse Neil Lennon received throughout the match. It says more about those making the complaint than it does about Neil Lennon."
Mr Lawwell praised the behaviour of fans, adding: "On behalf of the club, I would like to applaud the manager and players for their magnificent efforts today. It's also very important that we thank our supporters, too, for the positive backing which they gave to the team.
"Clearly, it's been a difficult week for Neil and he deserves enormous praise for the way he has handled this very tough period. I know Neil has been very humbled by the support given to him by our fans during this time, and they were magnificent in the way they backed him and the team this afternoon.
"They were a credit to the Club, and their backing will be vital over the final few weeks of the season."
Martin Bain, chief executive of Rangers did not mention the Lennongesture, but said in a statement: "We are very grateful to our supporters for the way they got behind the team in a week that has been dominated by the issue of sectarianism.
"The club is hugely encouraged by the response we got from our fans and in particular by the atmosphere they generated around kick-off.
"We have been informed by the police that there were no sectarian arrests at the stadium and both the police and the SPL were happy with the crowd's behaviour at today's game."
However, some Rangers fans were less than impressed. One supporter said: "It was disgusting; he didn't need to do that.
A spokesperson for anti-sectarian charity Nil By Mouth said: "Millions of people around the world will have been captivated by an enthralling sporting occasion, and both sets of fans should be commended for expressing their vocal support in the right manner.
"Nevertheless, responsible behaviour has to be demonstrated at all times, whether it be in a football stadium, the street, pub or at home." Following a briefing after the match from Strathclyde Police, and representatives of Rangers and Celtic, First Minister Alex Salmond said overall the feedback had been positive.
But he added: "Now we have embarked on a process, there will be no let-up - we will continue until we have driven all traces of sectarianism from our beautiful game of football and from Scottish society as a whole."


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" Brand: Trixe / Type: Dog Toys "
Eddie our lovely black cocker spaniel needs a lot of interaction and play to keep him entertained but for the times during the day that we are not around I like to have lots of toys around for him to play with. I think its also part of his breed that they get a bit bored and like to chew things they shouldn't chew, such as pour wooden table legs which he doesn't do so much any more but as such I like to have lots of toys around for him to play with. We now know what kind of dog toys Eddie likes and prefers and the ones which he is not going to destroy in a day or two and this toy is definitely one that has stood the test of time. As dog toys go it is tough, durable, different from a lot of dog toys on the market and a lot of fun for Eddie.
Strangely enough this dog toy does look a lot like a barbell. It is thin in the middle and then it goes out on either side just like a barbell does. I think this makes it really easy for Eddie to grab it in his mouth and carry it around almost like he would with a bone. In fact this toy quite resembles a bone too and is also what it looks like to me. Its quite small but sometimes they are the best toys as dogs can just carry them around.
The toy is blue and white in colour and is quite eye catching. What I like about it is that if Eddie takes it outside with him I can easily spot it in the grass and do not need to go searching for it if he has lost it. The barbell is made of a really tough rubber which is great as Eddie can gnaw and chew at it and it doesn't rip or tear or anything like that. We have probably had this toy for about three months now and it still looks as good as new. The great thing is he can bite it with his teeth and he doesn't even puncture it either. What I like about this toy is that its a bit bouncy as well which I think is to do with the rubber its made of. Often Eddie will have a great time with it just batting it with his paws and it jumps around on the kitchen floor and he loves to watch it and chase it and its really quite funny.
The toy has lots of little rubber bobbles all over it so it gives it a bit of texture as well which must be fun when he comes to chew it. The barbell then has little tiny openings on it, pores they call them and what you can actually do with this toy is to fill it up with water and then as Eddie chews the toy the water will seep out of the little tiny holes. This is how the toy really differs from regular toys. In Pets at Home they really recommended this toy as a summer toy and Eddie really likes it after he's been for a long walk and is in need of water to drink. On the packaging they also gave the time of filling this up with water and putting it in the freezer so the toy would be really cold and give your dog a different feeling when playing with it.
All in all a fun dog toy.
Trixie H2O Barbell the sky blue floating dog toy.


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SWITCHED AT BIRTH's Maiara Walsh Lands Lead in Amazon's ZOMBIELAND
Amazon has officially landed its latest lead for its impending ZOMBIELAND pilot.
SWITCHED AT BIRTH's Maiara Walsh has signed on for the role of con-girl 'Wichita,' originally played by Emma Stone in the 2009 film, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Click here to read the original report.
Walsh joins Sundance star Tyler Ross, who will play 'Columbus,' (previously Jesse Eisenberg) the narrator of the series. Abigail Breslin's character, 'Little Rock,' sister of 'Wichita,' has gone to showbiz newcomer Izabela Vidovic. As of now, the final lead, 'Tallahassee,' has yet to be cast.
Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick penned the ZOMBIELAND pilot and executive produce with the movie's producer, Gavin Polone.
ZOMBIELAND told the story of an off-beat kid trying to reach his parents in Ohio following a zombie outbreak. The film starred Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Stone, and Breslin.
Walsh has previously appeared on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, and MEAN Girls 2.
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A few books ago, Thomas Pitt ran afoul of his superiors at Scotland Yard and was assigned to investigate crimes against the state with Victor Narraway and the Special Branch. Early one morning in 1893, he is called by Narraway to Buckingham Palace. The bloody body of a prostitute -- throat and abdomen viciously slit open -- has been found in a linen closet. Edward, the Prince of Wales, had hosted a party the night before: entertaining four Victorian entrepreneurs eager for the Prince to support their grand plan to build a railroad stretching from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt. Once the wives had gone to bed, the leader of the group, Cahoon Dunkeld (I continue to admire Perry for the intriguing names she provides her characters), arranged for a visit with some prostitutes. Two left, one did not. The Queen is due back in a few days and this unpleasant mess must be cleared up before her arrival.
Pitt and Narraway quickly conclude that the murder is one of the three railroad men (not Cahoon), but the evidence is contradictory and the gentlemen themselves obstructive. Even with the help of his housemaid Gracie, brought to the Palace to be Pitt's eyes and ears on the inside, Pitt cannot solve the puzzle before another death occurs.
Perry is clearly deeply enmeshed in her history, and she likes to explore the class divide (epitomized by the marriage of son-of-a-gamekeeper Pitt with socially connected Charlotte). She explores the internal lives (occasionally ad nauseum) of her characters, but also enjoys concocting an intricate puzzle. I've felt in reading the last few that her books are sometimes weighted down by everything she throws into them. I had this feeling in Buckingham Palace Gardens, while at the same time the denouement felt really rushed and overly reliant on coincidence. There's also some oddly enlightened Victorians in this novel who want to leave Africa for the Africans. I'm not even sure Westerners felt that way about Africa 100 years later.
this.]. He has a very actor-y voice -- rich and resonant with lots of variation. He is very good at characterization -- the more obvious choices through social class, but I particularly admired the subtle differences between his voice for Pitt and for Narraway (the latter was quick, nasal and emphatic, Pitt speaks slower and slightly deeper). His women also sound female without being femmy (many a male narrator has failed in this area). Page does substitute volume for emotion with certain characters, I found the bombastic and loud voice he gave to Cahoon to be earshattering upon occasion. Like Katherine Kellgren, he's an American who can put on a mean British accent (I think he's originally from the U.S. ... maybe not). It might be interesting to hear him read something in his own "native" tongue.
On my first trip to London in 1977, I read in some guidebook that if you approached the guards at the gate of Buckingham Palace and asked to sign the Queen's guestbook, you were permitted to enter and walk across the red gravel to that part of the building that fronts the inner courtyard. We entered a doorway, and sure enough, there was the guestbook awaiting my signature. I wonder if you can still do that.
[The aerial view of Buckingham Palace, showing the gardens behind, was taken by Brendan and Ruth McCartney as part of the geograph.org.uk project and was retrieved from Wikimedia Commons.]
Buckingham Palace Gardens (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, Book 25) by Anne Perry
Narrated by Michael Page
Brilliance Audio, 2008. 12:35