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Arti was born in Catskill New York. Always wanting to play the drums he played on oat meal boxes, his mother's pans and the arms of chairs because they had a soft sound to them. When he was 11 years old, he finally got to take drum lessons in school under the direction of Harold Fredericks. He was in the sixth grade when he started taking lessons but could not enter the school band until he was in the seventh grade. Arti's mother played snare drum in an all-girl drum and bugle corps before Arti was born. Arti was given his very first opportunity to play in a band by Hank Yost and Jamie Dinklelocker. Hank and Jamie lit the fuse in Arti that continued to burn with a band called "The Spirits of Sound". This band became very popular at Coxsackie-Athens Central High School. The band was formed with Arti, Steve Riley, Doug Wager, Marc Turnello and Ronnie Ray.
While studying at The University of Albany in New York Arti was playing with piano player, John Esposito in a band called "Skytrain". John told him that he sounded like Jack DeJohnette and that he should study with him. John somehow got Jacks number and gave it to Arti. Arti called Jack and began taking lessons. It was studying with Jack DeJohnette that inspired Arti the most to pursue a musical career. Jack is the guy who Arti attributes to much of his success today. Jack gave him his first big gig with Kalaparusha and Peter Warren. Additionally, while at the University of Albany Arti played in a trio with Clyde Criner and Santi DeBriano. He also played in another band with Dave Rostetter, Jodi Shane, Greg Speck and Bernie Molita.
Arti left home to go on the road with a show band where he played in The Four Seasons Hotel circuit from Montreal to Vancouver Canada and throughout the United States. During this time he was called to play with a band in England where he also studied voice at the London School for Singing under the private direction of Arnold Rose.
After leaving that band he then pursued his career in New York City playing jingles and various projects with different bands as well as song writers. While recording for singer David Wolf , producer Ron Frangipani recommended Arti to Janis Ian who he toured the world and recorded with for the next few years. When that tour ended Arti got to play with many musicians in the New York and Connecticut region. He played with Larry Coryell, Randy Brecker, Bill Evans, Randy Klein, Jessie Austin, Marion Meadows, Joe Melotti, Kevin Jenkins, Paul Spinner, Bill Payne, Alex Foster, Pete Levin, Roger Ball, Brian Keane, Michael Torsone, Sal Giorgiani, Paul Branin, Vicki Sue Robinson, Eartha Kitt, Tom Elias, Kit Hane, Michael Bolton, Brian Torff, Ali Ryerson, Blue Lou Marini, Joe Beck, Ron Murray, Rex Cadwallader, Mike Asetta, Jim Cammack, "Cookie" Thomas, and many more. In 1988 Arti married Joanne which slowed him down just enough to honeymoon in Hawaii.
In 1993 Dave Mills commissioned Arti to play in a jazz trio with a string quartet at Yale University. The pianist for that project was Ahmad Jamal. Ahmad rehearsed once with Arti and several days later while sitting at a string quartet concert leaned over and whispering asked him to play a performance with him. The date was Dec. 2nd and it was a date that Arti had already booked with Randy Klein. However, Arti asked Ahmad where the performance was and when Ahmad said Carnegie Hall, Arti immediately replied "I think I can do it". Arti called Tony Lewis another great drummer and asked Tony to cover the date with Randy for him. Randy agreed to let Tony play and Arti was at Carnegie Hall with Ahmad Jamal on Dec. 2nd 1993. Arti once again toured the world and recorded with Ahmad for the next year. While in Scotland Arti played with Ahmad opening for Jack DeJonette and once again Jack became part of Arti's success by recommending that Sonor Drum Company take on Arti as an endorsee. Afterwards came endorsements with Vic Firth drumsticks, E-Mu products, and Evans drumheads. On September 19th 1994 Arti and Joanne had their first child and in October of that year Arti left Ahmad's band to be closer to his family. In 1995 Arti played a couple of dates with Ahmad in Pittsburgh and at the Jazz Bakery in California.
Arti began working at the Foxwoods Casino as one of the house drummers where he played with many of the groups that came there including Harry Connick, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Connie Francis and Ray Cousins. On his way home from a performance at Foxwoods Arti was in a fatal head on collision. While Arti survived it took a while for him to recover from that traumatic experience.
Arti has put his own band together to perform jazz education concerts and workshops throughout the school systems in Connecticut for Young Audiences. He is a member of the Music Teachers National Association. He has recorded many albums and CDs with a host of singers and musicians from Boston to Philadelphia. He has also done shows like Phantom Of The Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar. Arti recently performed with Paul Brown, George Caldwell, Longineu Parsons and Tina Fabrigue in "Ella Off The Record" a twelve week sold out show about the life of Ella Fitzgerald. He did a one act play which Avery Sharpe scored and starred Jasmin Guy and recorded the percussion tracks for the HBO Joe Louis sports special. He currently his playing percussion on a project written by Cuban composer Jorge Martin with Yehuda Hananni on cello and Bill Schimmel on accordion scheduled to be recorded in November as well as his own solo project.
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Just war
Just war doctrine attempts to define situations wherein the waging of war becomes a moral necessity. It lays out criteria by which a Christian is intended to determine whether or not a specific war was entered into and is conducted in a virtuous manner, that killing becomes a moral necessity. The doctrine was developed by theologians of great influence in much of non-Orthodox Western Christianity, such as Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas. This principle was the underpinning of Roman Catholic doctrinal support for the Crusades, presumably including the Fourth Crusade.
By contrast, Orthodox Christianity has never developed an explicit "just war" doctrine, and the weight of Tradition is that the taking of human life is never a morally edifying act, although circumstances may require that such an act be taken, it would only be as an alternative to an even greater evil.
The idea of a "lesser evil" is, at best, a difficult and imprecise way to look at warfare. Fr. Samuel Harakis, after his study of the Fathers, has concluded that "no case can be made for the existence of an Orthodox just-war theory". In 2003, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople stated that "in a few specific cases the Orthodox Church forgives an armed defense against oppression and violence" but that "war and violence are never means used by God in order to achieve a [just] result". In addition, the examples of countless martyr-saints can be consulted to show Orthodox Christians who refused to use force even upon threat to their lives and families, up to and including their deaths.
This might be read to mean that Orthodoxy embraces pacifism. However, the Orthodox Church recognizes not a few militant saints, such as Alexander Nevsky. Likewise, Saint Cyril, Apostle to the Slavs, is recorded as stating the following:
- Christ is our God Who ordered us to pray for our offenders and to do good to them. He also said that no one of us can show greater love in life than he who gives his life for his friends. That is why we generously endure offences caused us as private people. But in company we defend one another and give our lives in battle for our neighbors, so that you, having taken our companions as prisoners, could not imprison their souls together with their bodies by forcing them into renouncing their faith and into godless deeds. Our Christ-loving soldiers protect our Holy Church with arms in their hands.
This statement apparently contradicts the words of Patriarch Bartholomew and the witness of the martyr-saints. However, while Cyril provides an Orthodox justification of a specific war, he does not extend it as a doctrine of "just war". That is, Cyril explains that circumstances may exist wherein it is desirable for an Orthodox Christian to take up arms. However, his statements do not extend to the claim that they do so as an innately virtuous act. The Orthodox combatantants would be driven by necessity and love for each other, not the belief that what they do is a positive good, in and of itself.
The apparent contradiction between Bartholomew's statement and that of Cyril can be further resolved when examining the words of Saint John Chrysostom, when, in his On the Priesthood, he stated:
- Christians above all men are not permitted forcibly to correct the failings of those who sin. Secular judges indeed, when they have captured malefactors under the law, show their authority to be great, and prevent them even against their will from following their own devices: but in our case the wrong-doer must be made better, not by force, but by persuasion.
Thus, according to John Chrysostom, the Christian response to wrongdoing is not the use of force, even if it may be a necessary act on the part of secular authority. Thus, while it may be permissible by circumstance, it is not thereby transformed into virtue.
Bartholomew I. 2003. "War and Suffering." Cosmic Grace - Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew I. Ed. John Chryssavgis. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. 2000. The Orthodox Church and Society: The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church. Belleville, Michigan: St. Innocent / Firebird Publishers.
- The Sounds of Religion in a Time of War by Richard John Neuhaus, First Things, 133 (May 2003): 76-92
- Moral Clarity in a Time of War by George Weigel, First Things 128 (January 2003): 20-27


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I asked for six things, including these:
- Traditional mathematics curricula.
Spokane's K-12 math curricula must be replaced with more traditional curricula. This should happen now, not in 18 years when the next wad of taxpayer money floats by. There is money to do this now; it's just being spent on other things. The district could lay off a couple of $100,000 administrators and use their salary to buy traditional curricula.
- Math tutoring.
Our students desperately require tutoring that's based on a traditional approach (direct teaching, traditional algorithms, no calculators, little or no group work, a logical progression of concepts, and regular practicing of skills) so they can catch up to where they should have been. There are many ways to access this tutoring. Some of it might even be free.
- Proper assessments.
An assessment is required to determine which math skills are missing. This assessment can't be the WASL or SASL because neither is based on the new standards.
It won't be pleasant to see the results of proper assessments, but the results will be truthful and accurate. With truth and accuracy, we'll have some hope of filling in the gaps before the students try to graduate.
After the "Coffee and Conversation," a cameraman asked me if I thought the district had been listening to its constituents. This is a tricky question. I've been researching public education since January 2007. I've interviewed dozens of people, including two school superintendents, a former curriculum director, a former board president and three curriculum coordinators. Despite the flood of evidence that ALL of our math curricula are seriously deficient, no central office employee has ever acknowledged it to me.
On the other hand, were administrators polite to me? Always. Did they accommodate requests for information and private meetings? Almost always. I presume they listened, but I think they didn't agree with me, they wouldn't say they agree with me, or they didn't give a flip about what I said. I told the cameraman that administrators have always been polite and accommodating but didn't appear to agree with me.
Spokane's newest board member is Dr. Jeff Bierman, a physics professor at Gonzaga University. On Feb. 25, Dr. Bierman supported my comments, agreeing that the math curricula are weak and that changes need to be made. He said he chooses to supplement the instruction for his own children. That was the first time I heard anyone associated with the administration publicly acknowledge the curriculum problem.
The mistake would be to think this welcome support will change the math curricula. In January 2009, curriculum coordinators said they planned to recommend retaining two of our disastrous (reform) curricula for Grades 5 and 6. Although Dr. Bierman's Feb. 25 comments were soon echoed by a parent, a high school math teacher and a college mathematician, he was the only board member or district employee at the meeting who spoke publicly in support of traditional mathematics.
What's desperately needed is a firm push from parents and teachers. Supporters of reform math occupy the seats of power. Parents, students, teachers, college professors, tradespeople and businesspeople – we all have a vested interest in how well math is taught. This district has serious problems in mathematics that directly affect our families. It isn't an exaggeration to call it a crisis.
Students are not learning the math they need to even begin college. They don't have the math they need to get jobs that require arithmetic (much less algebra, geometry, trigonometry or calculus). Our high-school graduates will be competing against private-school students, homeschooled students, and students from places like Finland, Singapore, California and Massachusetts – most of whom will have enough mathematics for college. (More and more of those graduates are being accepted on Washington campuses, and there are only so many seats.) A solid math education will help students secure a future. This isn't being extremist – this is being a realist. But it's hard to get this message across.
I hear: "Life is short. There's more to life than academics." (True. But school isn't "life." School is supposed to be about academics.)
I hear: "The district is doing the best it can." (If it were doing the best it could, things would be better than they are.)
I hear: "I don't know anything about math, so I can't comment." (Most parents and teachers know when the children can't multiply or divide. They can comment about that.)
I hear: "It will work itself out." (It hasn't "worked itself out" in 20 years. But if we participate, it might work itself out in time to benefit our children.)
I hear: "Not everyone will go to college. There are plenty of good jobs you can get without a college degree." (True. Many of those jobs require math, however.)
I told my daughter about the mathematicians and advocates who are YOPPING, who have worked hard for decades to try and rid the country of the scourge of reform math. I told her how they've done research, presented evidence, gone to meetings, testified in legislatures, built Web sites and blogs, and written Letters to the Editor. "I'm not alone," I said. "Across this entire country, many Hortons have been fighting for Whoville."
"Then why haven't things changed?" she wondered.
Why indeed. What do I tell her? That it's easier and more convenient to turn our backs while the monkeys toss Whoville around? That many teachers won't speak up for Whoville because they're afraid they'll get into trouble? That many parents won't speak up because they're too busy and distracted to hear or believe the message? That many school administrators will believe in reform math – despite all contrary evidence – until they die? That lots of them would rather not hear from us at all?
Parents and teachers: The time is now. This is the children's future we're talking about. They live in Whoville, and they're being miseducated – betrayed – by math curricula that fail them – from kindergarten all the way through Grade 12. Please call the school board. Write letters. Talk to the principal. Attend school board meetings. Tell the board what you see in the classroom. Talk to the PTA or PTG. Say no to counterproductive math curricula. Opt out of the math WASL. Demand better materials. Supplement at home and in the classroom with traditional curricula. Get this critical issue out in the open.
I don't know if it takes a village to raise a child, but I believe it's going to take a village to push reform math curricula out of our schools. Give a great and mighty YOPP. Make them hear you. Help open career doors for the students. Help save Spokane's Whoville.
Please note: The information in this post is copyrighted. The proper citation is:
Rogers, L. (February, 2009). "Students need parents and teachers to speak up." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/
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There are a lot of ways you can describe formula. Expensive. Annoying to make with the cleaning of the bottles and the mixing if you get powder. What is needed if you don't breastfeed. And contraband. As of now, in Massachusetts, new mothers will not be getting free formula samples to take home with them. And it's all an effort of encouragement. To help babies get the best start. To help moms.
I believe some time around the advent of formula, the master plan was to get people to think the synthetic breastmilk was better than the real thing straight from mama. But the thing is, we didn't know very well back then. We painted things with lead, made things with BPA, you know, did things that have jeopardized our health, unknowingly.
Then somewhere along the line, breasts became completely and totally sexualized and breastfeeding rates plummeted. Which takes us to today where 57 percent of Americans think breastfeeding is an obscene act.
The push of free samples -- that subliminal advertising, that mother's little helper all too tempting for a new mom who may be struggling with nursing her first baby -- is what derails many from giving their babies the best stuff on Earth. The stuff that comes from mom, pure and perfect and everything your baby needs. Breastmilk.
The hard truth is that studies prove that mothers who breastfeed and get those free formula samples when leaving the hospital are less likely to be breastfeeding by the time baby was 1 month old. It's like the anti-breastfeeding serum. And Massachusetts isn't the only state to say no more. The ban on formula samples is happening in many places around the country and soon we may be a no free formula samples in hospitals kind of country.
I realize some will blast all this. Question what the mothers who can't or don't want to breastfeed should do. Act as if the world is ending because *gasp* free samples of formula won't be coming home with new moms in their hospital stash right next to all the extra absorbent maxi pads.
I want to say this: I love formula. It's fantastic. It should be more awesome and companies should be more careful about making it as safe and as great as possible. Many of us need it. But if you want free formula samples, contact the formula companies. You will get them sent to your home and coupons and all that jazz. The banning of the free samples from the hospital is something I applaud even though I know how needed formula is because hospitals should have their patients' best interest in mind. And if a mom wants to breastfeed and has the free sample formula in her home and in a moment of insomnia decides to give baby just one bottle, that one act can ruin a woman's chances of breastfeeding until the recommended 6 months by the American Academy of Pediatrics, or the World Health Organization's 2 years. We shouldn't be ruining chances when it comes to this. There shouldn't be a free temptation, given to a mom at a tender time, a whirlwind moment filled with overwhelming emotions.
Formula is great, and needed, and so necessary for so many. This isn't an attack on formula or those who use it. It's instead an effort to help breastfeeding. At no one's expense.
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All the wet weather this summer had many Wiregrass farmers wondering if they'd ever see the sun.
Now we're seeing how their crops were affected.
A ticking clock is the sound farmers have been getting used to this year.
But finally, "It's harvest time in Southwest Georgia. We should be almost halfway through and we're really just getting started," Farmer Greg Mims said.
Cotton farmers have Mother Nature to thank.
"It's been an unusual year. It started out difficult, then we had a lot of rain, we got some bowl rot in a few cases, we had some fruit loss due to the cloudy days. So we're not looking at a bumper crop this year," Extension Agent Rome Etheridge said.
The unusual year continues, as the chilly weather blows in a bit early.
"It just puts more stress on you trying to get through with the harvest season before we start getting freezing weather," Mims said.
"I'm getting some calls from farmers about this coming weekend. We're going to have some cool temperatures," Etheridge said.
Although the cotton harvest is a little behind, this weekend's low temperatures aren't anything to get frantic about.
"Just go ahead and let this happen, I don't think it's going to be cold enough to hurt us," Etheridge said.
In fact, the cold could be a good thing.
"A light frost on mature leaves can cause them to come off by themselves so it might actually be a help," Etheridge said.
Mims hopes to be done harvesting by early December if the weather cooperates.
Etheridge warns farmers to keep an eye out for hard freeze conditions.
If that happens farmers may need to put chemicals on their cotton to open it sooner.


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SALT LAKE CITY, January 07, 2013 — inContact, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAAS), the leading provider of cloud-based contact center software and contact center agent optimization tools, today announced that inContact CEO Paul Jarman and CFO Greg Ayers will present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference at 4:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at The Palace Hotel, New York.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be available on inContact's Investor Relations website at http://www.incontact.com/virtual-call-center-company/investor-relations.
About inContact
inContact (NASDAQ: SAAS) helps contact centers around the globe create profitable customer experiences through its powerful portfolio of cloud-based contact center software solutions. The company's services and solutions enable contact centers to operate more efficiently, optimize the cost and quality of every customer interaction, create new pathways to profit, and ensure ongoing customer-centric business improvement and growth. To learn more, visit www.inContact.com.
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Why you should add Arequipa to your Indie/RTW trip
- The White City is very unique, as many of the buildings are built of white volcanic sillar.
- Arequipa is surrounded by three volcanoes, making for fantastic views no matter where you are.
- It's a great base for hikes and trips into Colca Canyon, the second deepest canyon in the world.
- Monasterio de Santa Catalina is a unique and impressive site to visit - an over 400-year-old convent that was completely closed to the public from its inception in 1579 until 1970.
- The Plaza de Armas in the center of the city is a great place to hang out and take in the beautiful city.


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Age 14, 8th grade
School: Francis Parker School
Hometown: San Diego, California
Snigdha enjoys reading random facts in encyclopedias, particularly those topics pertaining to science or history. In her spare time, she also likes to read whodunits and adventures, and she collects unique coins from around the world. Snigdha competes in Science Olympiad and has earned several medals. She and her teammates will be attending the California state competition this year. At school, Snigdha participates in math club, MATHCOUNTS, Math Field Day and other math-related events. She attends the San Diego Math Circle each week. Snigdha is an executive member of the school Yearbook Club and she plays violin. She is fluent in Telugu. Snigdha participated in the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee, tying for 27th place.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Hometown: West Melbourne, Florida
Stuti likes to read, write and draw. She is interested in computer art and design, and she is currently learning computer programming. Stuti also likes to swim. She enjoys learning languages like French, and she can speak Hindi and Oriya. At school, Stuti is a member of National Junior Honor Society and Math Bowl. She received state recognition for the Duke Talent Identification Program and the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Stuti likes to spend time with her family, especially playing and dancing with her sister. Stuti tied for 19th place in the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Age 12, 7th grade
School: Junior High School 74 Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hometown: Bayside Hills, New York
Arvind excels in math and science, and he can sing "The Elements" song by Tom Lehrer. He would like to become a physicist like his role model, Albert Einstein. In both 2009 and 2012, Arvind received an award for high honors from the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University. Outside of school, Arvind participates in tennis, basketball, drama and Indian classical music. He speaks Telugu and Spanish, and he enjoys reading. Arvind's favorite book is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Arvind participated in the 2010 and 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bees, tying for 9th place in 2010 and 3rd place in 2011.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Kingston College
Hometown: Spanish Town, Jamaica
Gifton likes participating in competitions, and he enjoys singing and dancing. In his spare time he participates in track and field and football, and he plays checkers and computer games. At school, Gifton is deputy head boy, is on the Quiz team, and participates in the Chess and Math clubs. He excels in math and earned the highest math grade in his school. Gifton is learning to speak French, and he really likes to spell. He hopes to become a doctor someday. This is Gifton's first trip to Washington, D.C., and he's really looking forward to it.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Lakeview Junior High School
Hometown: Pickerington, Ohio
Nicholas is a year-round competitive swimmer, and his favorite events are the 500-meter freestyle and 50-meter backstroke. Last summer, Nicholas placed third in the 50-meter backstroke at the Tri-County Championships, and he was on the 200-meter freestyle relay team that took first place. Nicholas is also an avid LEGO collector. He likes to use his spelling skills playing Scrabble, and he's good at chess. This year, Nicholas has started playing ping-pong in a school club. He has played violin for nine years and is a member of the Suzuki Music Columbus Tour Group. Nicholas participated in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bees, tying for 17th place in 2009, 33rd place in 2010 and 14th place in 2011.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Home School
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lena enjoys foreign languages and other cultures, especially from the far north or Spain. She is very interested in politics and current events, and each day visits the BBC, CNN and Spanish-language websites to scan the latest news. A published author, Lena is the former executive editor of YALDAH, a national magazine for Jewish girls, as well as the layout editor for her synagogue's 16-20 page monthly newsletter. Lena has written articles for the children's magazines Stone Soup, Cricket, New Moon Girls and Creative Kids. She volunteers at Friendship Circle, an organization for Jewish kids with special needs. Lena participated in the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Ave Maria Catholic School
Hometown: Parker, Colorado
Frank's best school subject is math, and he was a Colorado state finalist in the MATHCOUNTS National Competition in 2011 and 2012. He is also musically inclined, playing violin in the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as piano. Frank participates in theatre and has played the lead roles in Dracula and Oliver Twist. He is a defenseman on the Parker Hawks Lacrosse team and a member of the varsity basketball team at his school. Frank is a 4.0 honor roll student, John Francis Regis Scholar and a Boy Scout. In his spare time he likes sculpting and reading.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Pleasant Lea Middle School
Hometown: Lee's Summit, Missouri
Jordan takes piano and voice lessons, and she composes music and lyrics in her free time. This past fall, she wrote an a cappella choral composition, which the Lee's Summit Youth Chorale performed throughout the year. Jordan is a member of that chorale, along with the eighth grade Black and Gold Honors Choir at school. Jordan and several friends are currently planning a benefit concert to raise funds for a family member's medical expenses. Jordan also mentors seventh graders, takes advanced studies coursework and acts in the school Awards Assembly theater program. One of her favorite hobbies is reading and writing poetry and stories. Jordan participated in the 2010 and 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bees.
Age 14, 8th grade
School: Dover Middle School
Hometown: Dover, New Hampshire
Emma enjoys writing, drawing and reading. She was reading proficiently at age two, and today her favorite novel is House of Leaves. Emma likes to listen to many genres of music and loves to play her piano and trumpet. She is in the school concert and jazz bands, and she plays classical piano. Emma rides horses competitively in the discipline of Hunter-Jumper. She is also a member of the school drama club. Emma is a Girl Scout who has earned the Bronze Award. She and her troop often volunteer at a local soup kitchen. She has two Dalmatians, Dottie and Buddy. Emma is a high honor roll student and wants to be a neurosurgeon.


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How to DIY a Wrist Corsage for Your Wedding Day
[[opening: When it comes to choosing your wedding flowers, there's a lot to learn. Every Tuesday, we'll feature all you need to know about an in-season flower. From colors and care to costs and all sorts of wedding floral design inspiration, we're your "best bud."
This week, we're showing you how to make a wrist corsage.]]
The wrist corsage has come a long way since your 10th grade dance! The more modern version — featuring elegant flowers like peonies, ranunculus, or garden roses — feels like a fresh take on the oh-so-trendy floral crown, and is perfect for brides, bridesmaids, and wedding VIPs. It's also surprisingly easy to DIY a wrist corsage.
How to DIY A Wrist Corsage
(Makes one corsage)
One large "cupped" peony
Two ranunculi
Small bunch lamb's ear
Glue gun
Corsage wristlet
Optional: pretty ribbon
1. Trim the stems of your flowers and greenery to about ½ an inch.
2. Decide how you'll arrange the stems on the wristlet before gluing. (It will be impossible to move them once they are glued down!) Be sure to position the greenery and flowers so the stems don't show.
2. Glue 2-leaves of lamb's ear onto the wristlet.
3. Glue the peony's stem onto the wristlet, holding it down for 10-15 seconds.
4. Glue on the ranunculi, arranging them to cover the other stems.
5. Optional: Tie ribbon in a bow and glue it on as a finishing touch.
We suggest treating yourself to a floral corsage for your bridal shower or rehearsal dinner. (You could also be ultra-hip and wear it as an anklet!) Or walk wedding shower guests through this simple tutorial and send each one home with their corsage as a favor. However you wear it, this pretty and celebratory detail is sure to stand out!
Flowers, greenery, and wristlet for wedding corsage courtesy of Afloral.com
— By Rachel Miller


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5-24-2010 Progressive Field
I didn't arrive at this game until almost 5PM, as I left after work. The gates had opened at 4:30, so I was operating at a disadvantage from the beginning. Couple that with that fact that only six balls reached the center field/right field seating area from the time I arrived until 6PM, and you have a recipe for a frustrating day.
I got my first ball of the day off the bat of Shin Soo Choo.
The stadium was pretty empty, so I ran over to the section the ball had landed in and waited for the ball to roll down to me as two guys searched frantically where the ball had hit.
I got my second ball of the day from Tony Sipp.
Game: 4 balls (2 hit, 2 thrown)
Season: 139 balls (85 hit, 31 thrown, 9 device, 14 found)
Games: 21 games
Average: 6.62 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 717 balls
Streak: 117 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 10,166


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TEDxRainbowStreet is introducing distinguished speakers, who will share with us "behind the scenes stories", challenges, and accomplishments, that will... Read More →
is on October 19th, 2013.
What is TEDx? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx – local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At TEDx event, TEDTalks videos and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.
Amman in a Street is all about the energy and creativity that exists in a street with a wide mix of people, diversity certainly makes Rainbow Street and gives Amman a more interesting perspective. Connecting the down town to the center of Amman, the modern with old, creating a buzz about cultural events and generating inspiration to many people and businesses, all adds up a different piece to Amman's puzzle.
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Pet owners may receive protection from 'lemons'
SPRINGFIELD -- The state's first "Puppy Lemon Law" would seek to protect consumers who purchase a sick dog or cat from an Illinois pet store was approved by an Senate committee Wednesday.
State Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Park Ridge Democrat, sponsored the proposal, which he said would reduce the amount of lawsuits filed between pet owners and pet stores.
"We have a good consumer protection bill that going to make sure that if people purchase sick dogs and cats that they would have a capacity to have a remedy for that," Kotowski said. "It's caused a tremendous amount of heartache and cost a lot of money out of their pocket, and this will be an opportunity to recover."
The Senate panel approved the plan by an 8-5 vote.
Under Kotowski's idea, if a veterinarian confirms that the purchased pet had a disease present at time of purchase, the owner has the option to either return the animal and get a refund or keep the animal and have the pet store pay up to twice the cost of the animal for the treatment of the disease.
Opponents of the proposal took issue with animal shelters being exempted, which leave those who adopt cats or dogs from shelters with no similar recourse.
Kotowski said there is a huge difference between spending $1,000 for a dog at a pet store versus the smaller amount one pays a shelter for immunizations.
He likened it to the difference between purchasing an item from Nordstrom versus going to a thrift shop.
State Sen. Dale Righter, a Charleston Republican, took exception with Kotowski's characterization, saying he was essentially saying those who cannot afford to buy from a pet store don't deserve consumer protection.
The measure now could now face a vote on the Senate floor.


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Attention Guys!
I've bot debating the right way to treatment this subject for a while, but I've determined to just go for it. Online dating is something many of us have attempted at this point, but sadly, slew of people are failing at the basics. There is certainly a need for Online Dating Etiquette for Boys 101.
I know you are thinking I am a female, so shouldn't I write for women instead? No, women are not attempting to impress mij online (and failing). I am only looking at fellows's profile pages and being subjected to their failed attempts to woo mij. So therefore, I am writing this with boys ter mind. If there are some guys out there that would like to write Online Dating Etiquette for Women 101 to let gals know what wij should be doing to impress you, by all means, please create it. I am sure there is a need.
So, let's start our journey, shall wij? It is time to give guys some helpful pointers on how to win overheen women online.
No Creepy Photos
Some of you guys are just creeping women out. I know that is a bit blunt, but it needed to be said. When posting photos for your profile pagina, please avoid photos that look like mugshots, creepy webcam photos ter your parents' basement, and random shirtless photos. Even if you look indeed hot, you look conceited when you pose without your T-shirt. If you indeed want to vertoning off how awesome your six pack look, at least go to the beach and take the photo. You will look like a glad, joy dude at the beach instead of a conceited loser at huis.
When posting online dating pics, all of the following photos are acceptable:
- A nice head slok
- A photo of you SMILING
- A picture of you with your dog or cat (women are suckers for that)
- A photo of you having joy with friends or family
I do not recommend posting a photo of you with your children. Make sure to mention your children ter your profile, but posting photos of them on a webpagina is not the best idea. I want to date you, not your kids. Furthermore, it is most likely not the safest idea for your children.
While wij are on the subject of bad photo ideas, don't postbode photos of you with your ex. That photo says to mij you don't know how to budge on. Even if that is the case, the world doesn't need to know it.
Profile Basics
When you are creating your online profile, think of it almost spil a resume or application. When applying for a fresh job you want to personages yourself te the best light possible. The same goes for online dating. You should always be fair, but also present yourself ter a joy and interesting way.
If at all possible, proofread your profile. I can't believe how many typos I read on some profiles. Naturally, some people are bad spellers. That cannot be helped. But at least attempt proofreading your profile. When your profile is utter of errors and typos, I think one of two things: A) you are a total idiot (I won't date you) or B) you waterput no effort into your profile at all (I still very likely won't date you).
If you are looking for a relationship, you very likely want to tone down all of the lovemaking talk on your profile if you have too much of it. If you are looking for a one night stand, you most likely want to amp up your hookup talk since other details won't matter spil much. Reminisce that people are going to truly read your profile. Make sure to come across spil accurately spil possible.
Make sure to be fair about significant aspects of your life, like your children. No woman wants to start dating a man only to find out 1 month down the road that he has Five kids te another state and keeps them during the summer. Be fair about your kids! Be fair if you are divorced or are going through a divorce. Be fair if you are a drinker or a smoker. Eventually wij will figure all of that out, so the sooner it comes out the better.
The Polite Very first Email
When you very first treatment a lady online, you need to treatment with a nice ordinario email message. A good message is one that concentrates on why you would like to date hier based on hier profile. You can mooipraterij hier on hier looks, but don't go overboard. Very first of all, no one wants to date a stud that sounds desperate and pathetic. 2nd, it would be nice to know if you took the time to read the profile at all.
If you don't tell mij anything you like about what I wrote ter the profile, I know you did not bother to read it. Also, if you tell mij something that is exactly opposite of what I waterput ter the profile, that shows you don't truly care. For example, if a woman mentions she is a vegan, yet the man recommends taking hier to Outback Steakhouse, it seems like he did not read the profile at all. Sure, maybe a vegan can still go there, but that is very likely not a top choice.
Make sure you are not aggressive te the very first email! I cannot stress this enough. I have deleted or blocked more than a few guys for being too aggressive. Examples of being too aggressive ter the very first email:
- You give your phone number ter the very first email before she even responds.
- You wait one day and send another email.
- You wait one day and send another email requesting to know why she did not call.
- You have already made detailed plans for the very first date, yet she has not even agreed to go with you yet.
- You commence talking about all the perverse things you will do to hier.
- You discuss how well she will mesh with you and your family already.
- You insist on picking hier up to take hier somewhere for the very first date instead of meeting somewhere public.
- You mention you've "seen hier around" and list some of the stores or restaurants where you believe you have actually seen hier.
I am not kidding when I say I have honestly seen every single one of thesis mistakes at least merienda while using online dating sites. Guys, many of you are being too aggressive. Not only does it come off spil needy or desperate, ter many cases it comes off spil downright scary. Zekering doing thesis things now!
The Big Date is Eventually Here!
After weeks of talking online and maybe some phone calls, the big day has eventually arrived to go out on the date. Make sure to meet somewhere out ter public so neither of you will be too jumpy or feel unsafe. Just recall guys, there are some crazy chicks out there, so meeting te public is not just a safety precaution for hier.
Some good public places to meet are coffee houses, cafes, or a restaurant. I've heard of people meeting up at caf, but that is very likely not the best idea for the very first date. Sure, it can take the edge off, but unless the two of you have already agreed this date is all about hooking up, the folder is most likely not the best spot. When all else fails, I have actually met dates at the mall. Considering there are always restaurants at the mall, it is not spil bad spil one might think. It is also very public.
Another pointer, don't ask if you can bring your child along on the very first date. Yes, this has happened to mij, too. A child has no place on a very first date. If you can't get a sitter for your child, you most likely are not ready to date. Ask someone. anyone. to babysit your kid. Your child does not need to get fastened to a fresh person yet. All of that should toebijten much zometeen down the road.
Eventually, have joy on the date. Even if you don't think you clicked on the very first date, but you had joy, it is always worth providing it another attempt on a 2nd date. If it doesn't work out, that is OK. There are other single women out there waiting for you. Online dating can be joy and arousing. Also, I know at least Four couples that met online that are now joyfully married. So give it a attempt, but be safe and wise about it.
More Online Dating Hubs!
If you are using online dating websites, you are very likely just an media person looking for a date. However, sometimes people can get too carried away. Check out this list and see if you are too obsessed with online dating.
If you are using online dating sites, but no one everzwijn responds to your messages, you might be using some terrible pick up lines. You can check out some coetáneo messages that were not such a fine idea.
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With the approval by the county planning commission to allow expansion of Windborne Energy's planned wind farm between Aulne, Peabody, and Florence, there was opposition Thursday.
Those in opposition still voiced their opinion against the wind farm as a whole.
"Most of my neighbors do not want this tax exempt eyesore," Tom Britton read from a prepared statement. "It will devalue our property and raise everyone's electric bill."
Rex Savage of Windborne Energy said while sometimes that is the perception associated with wind farms, it usually does not happen. He said he had a list of approximately 20 studies from organizations like the National Association of Realtors with hundreds of thousands of statistics regarding wind farms.
"There were only two places in upstate New York where there might have been an effect on property value," he said.
While the expansion of the turbines will ultimately raise the cost of construction, it should raise the production of the turbines "remarkably," according to Savage.
Savage said his group has done 17 evaluations since June, and there will be a few more to come.
"It is amazing how this has changed month to month," he said. "When we get around to June we'll have a full year's data to say spacing pattern x-y-z is the max we can get out of this situation."
The expansion will not include any additional turbines, remaining at 118 total with a maximum capacity of 200 megawatts. Savage said only one new lease had been added due to expansion.
He explained at the meeting that he would not avoid the fact that some would not like the wind farm, but a greater majority in the community had shown support.
USD 408 board member Chris Sprowls expressed support, saying the community needs the wind farm.
"We're doing it because we believe it's a good thing for the county," Savage said. "We're trying to make a living and we're not apologizing for it."


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Ever wondered why it's not possible to dial a phone call from a Windows application using your VoIP Account? So did we, and we solved the problem: Download and install SIPTAPI to initiate calls from your favorite TAPI application (e.g. MS Outlook or CRM applications).
Problems with SIPTAPI? -->SIPTAPI FAQs
Do you need support? --> SIPTAPI Support
SIPTAPI is a TAPI Service Provider (TSP) for MS Windows. SIPTAPI enables you to initiate phone calls from TAPI applications (like MS Outlook) via your SIP PBX or with common SIP VoIP phones.
SIPTAPI itself is not a complete SIP phone, but acts as a "3rd Party Call Controller" on your SIP devices, instructing them to call the desired phone number. See the following figure for details:
SIPTAPI comes in 2 flavors, either as "free" or as "commercial" version. The free version supports a single line only. The commercial version supports multiple lines and thus is suitable for Windows terminal servers. Furthermore, the commercial version supports inbound call indication.
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You can download the free SIPTAPI from the Sourceforge project website (see link on top of this page). Please contact us for information about the commercial SIPTAPI.
Supported operating systems (32bit and 64bit):
SIPTAPI should be compatible with every SIP-conform device that supports call transfers (REFER method). SIPTAPI is sucessfully tested with:
SIPTAPI should be compatible with every TAPI application. SIPTAPI is known to work with:
SIPTAPI comes with an installation manual and a tutorial which describes the details of SIPTAPI.
See SIPTAPI Support for details how to debug your problems.
The SIPTAPI software is not a complete TAPI application - SIPTAPI is only a "TAPI provider". To use the Windows telephony features you also need a "TAPI application" which uses the TAPI providers to initiate calls. The most simple and universal available TAPI application is "Phone Dialer" (dialer.exe) which comes with Windows. Another worth mentioning TAPI application is the freeware "Phoner" (do not confuse with Phoner Lite). Phoner is especially useful for testing purposes as it is used for SIPTAPI testing. Using Phoner you can find out if the problems are within SIPTAPI or your proprietary TAPI application.
If your CRM application supports TAPI natively, there is no need for an explicit TAPI application.
But if your CRM application does not support TAPI, or for example you use a web-based CRM application, there is another useful tool: dial.exe. dial.exe is a small command line utility which initiates phone calls using the default TAPI dialer (usually dialer.exe). dial.exe can be integrated via the command line or via the callto: and sip: URL handler. Note: dial.exe can not be used on Windows terminal servers (Citrix).
SIPTAPI is open source, licensed under GPL version 2.
SIPTAPI is open source. Thus, feel free to download the source code and add new features yourself. The source code is hosted in the SVN Repository at Sourceforge.
Please see SIPTAPI.txt how to build SIPTAPI yourself.
If you need extensions for SIPTAPI but do not have the time or resources yourself we're happy to implement your feature requests time & material basis. For further information and pricing, please contact klaus.darilion (at) ipcom.at with a description of the required work.


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This example shows how to use the output of one MATLAB® function as an input to another. This ability to specify a function's output as an input of another function serves a wide variety of purposes. Here we illustrate its use for finding zeros, optimization, and integration.
A MATLAB function is a file that starts with the keyword function. This is what the function
humps looks like:
type humps
function [out1,out2] = humps(x) %HUMPS A function used by QUADDEMO, ZERODEMO and FPLOTDEMO. % Y = HUMPS(X) is a function with strong maxima near x = .3 % and x = .9. % % [X,Y] = HUMPS(X) also returns X. With no input arguments, % HUMPS uses X = 0:.05:1. % % Example: % plot(humps) % % See QUADDEMO, ZERODEMO and FPLOTDEMO. % Copyright 1984-2014 The MathWorks, Inc. if nargin==0 x = 0:.05:1; end y = 1 ./ ((x-.3).^2 + .01) + 1 ./ ((x-.9).^2 + .04) - 6; if nargout==2, out1 = x; out2 = y; else out1 = y; end
This figure shows a plot of
humps in the domain [0,2] using
fzero function finds a zero of a function near an initial estimate. Our initial guess for the zero of
humps is 1.
z = fzero(@humps,1,optimset('Display','off')); fplot(@humps,[0,2]); hold on; plot(z,0,'r*'); hold off
fminbnd function finds the minimum of a function in a given domain. Here, we search for a minimum for
humps in the domain (0.25, 1).
m = fminbnd(@humps,0.25,1,optimset('Display','off')); fplot(@humps,[0 2]); hold on; plot(m,humps(m),'r*'); hold off
integral function finds the definite integral of
humps in a given domain. Here it computes the area in the domain [0.5, 1].
q = integral(@humps,0.5,1);
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The Commonwealth Youth Games are a small-scale version of the Commonwealth Games. It is designed for young athletes generally between the ages of thirteen to eighteen years.
In the year 2000 the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) took on the added responsibility of the Commonwealth Youth Games, open to athletes 18 years of age and under, the Youth Games provide an excellent opportunity for aspiring young athletes from the Commonwealth with a taste of what the Commonwealth Games has in store for them in the future.
The inaugural Commonwealth Youth Games was held in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2000, these were followed by the second set of games in Victoria, Australia in 2004 and the third in Pune, India in 2008.
In such a short space of time the Youth Games has grown in stature and this is evidenced by award of the 2011, fourth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games to the Isle of Man.
These Youth Games are set to take place in the city of Douglas and Castleton in Isle of Man. At the end of the 2011 edition onwards, the Games will revert to a quadrennial cycle.
We can also look forward to the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games which has been awarded to Apia, Samoa.
The IV Commonwealth Youth Games is scheduled to take place from the 7th - 13th September 2011 in Isle of Man, with most of the sporting action expected to take place in the capital of Douglas. The Organising Committee has now finalised the sports programme of events to be held over the 3 day period of 9th, 10th and 11th September 2011 where over 1,300 athletes and 350 officials from 71 countries are expected to attend and participate in three days of non-stop competition.
Isle of Man, otherwise known simply as Mann, is a self-governing British Crown Dependency located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. It is home to a population of over 80,000 people, with more than 26,000 of the overall population residing in the island's capital of Douglas.
The Isle of Man has a temperate climate with cool summers and mild winters, and a rich cultural influence that goes as far back as the Iron Age. The official language of the Isle of Man is English. Manx Gaelic has traditionally been spoken but is now considered "critically endangered".
Although the Isle of Man is not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, by virtue of its relationship with the United Kingdom, it is entitled to participate in several Commonwealth institutions, including the Commonwealth Games and thus was awarded the opportunity to host the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games.
Mr. Geoff Karran, Chairman of the CYG Organising Committee, said, "With less than 300 days until the opening ceremony, plans are now in full swing to deliver a Games that the Island can be proud of. This is the most important multi sporting event that the Island has ever hosted and it is essential that it begins in spectacular fashion. With that in mind, I am delighted to officially launch plans for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games."
The Opening Ceremony of the Games will be held on Thursday 8th September 2011 at the newly refurbished Douglas Bowl and the Closing Ceremony will take place at the Villa Marina on Monday 12th September 2011.
All 71 nations of the Commonwealth will be represented at the most prestigious sporting event the Isle of Man has ever hosted. Athletes will compete in seven sports on the programme for the 2011 CYG.
The featured sports are: Athletics, Rugby, Swimming, Badminton, Gymnastics, Cycling and Boxing.
The signature mark of the CYG is its mascot. The mascot is a Manx cat called "Tosha" which was designed by Douglas man Andrew Martin and named by competition winner Vicki Skellorn of Ramsey, Isle of Man. The name "Tosha" is Manx Gaelic and means "to be first" or "the winner".
Are you interested in being a volunteer at the Isle of Man 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games?
Over the next year the Organising Committee of the CYG 2011 will be looking for approximately 1500 volunteers with a variety of skills and experience to assist throughout the games in a number of roles. All friendly, helpful individuals who are interested in sport, the Isle of Man and other cultures are invited to apply. There are no language skills required.


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What is Easter? Fun Facts
Happy Easter from Ginger!
Easter is a joyous holiday celebrated by Christians in early spring. There are many
different Easter traditions, and our favorite is the Easter egg hunt.
Roots in the Middle Ages
While the Easter Bunny may seem like a modern concept, the idea of a bunny
bringing eggs for Easter is traced back to at least the 17th century. The Easter Egg
Hunt is a game where decorated, chocolate or candy eggs are hidden for children to
Easter egg hunts can be fun with just a few people or an entire town. According to
the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest egg hunt in the world included
80,000 eggs hidden in an American town of just 950 people.
Virtual Easter Eggs
In today's electronic world, virtual Easter eggs have hatched on the scene. In the
world of high-tech, internet and gaming, interesting spinoffs of the "Easter egg" have
A "virtual Easter egg" is a hidden feature, message or joke that can be found in video
games, websites and even movies. For example, websites "hide" eggs in their sites
and ask users to "find" them.
Our 3 Favorite Google "Easter Eggs"
Google dominates the online Easter egg hunt. Their Easter eggs consist of hoaxes,
pranks and jokes on unsuspecting visitors to their site.
We have spent some time searching and here are our favorite Google Easter Eggs!
1. Do the Harlem Shake.
If you search "do the Harlem shake" on Youtube, and wait a minute, the
entire search page and video previews will do their own digital Harlem Shake
right in your browser.
2. Do a barrel roll!
Searching this phrase on the Google home page will cause the page to spin
360 degrees horizontally, giving you the same perspective as if you were in a
rolling barrel.
3. Have Gmail wash your clothes.
If you go to the Gmail Suggest a Feature Page, you can suggest Gmail to do your laundry. (Go to Gmail > New Features > Help > Additional Resources > Suggest a Feature > Feature Suggestions Page > Helpful Additions.)
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May 2006
A mythological chimera decorates a plate, ca 350-340 BC. Source: Musée du Louvre, Campana Collection, Paris; photo by Jastrow.
Ancient Greek mythology is replete with references to part-human animals. There is the monstrous half-human, half-bull Minotaur; the Gorgon sisters (one of whom is Medusa) with hair of writhing snakes; the Sirens who are sweet singing sea nymphs each with the head of a woman and the body of a bird; and, not to be forgotten, there is the infamous Sphinx with the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird. Part-human creatures are also a staple of modern science fiction, as in H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr Moreau,1 where animals are vivisected into part-human creatures, or George Langelaan's The Fly, in which a scientist emerges from his disintegrator-reintegrator machine with the head and arms of a fly.2
But part-human animals are not only science fiction—they are also science fact. While not as monstrous as the creatures of lore, part-human laboratory animals raise some important ethical and societal issues.
What does it mean to cross species boundaries?
First, from a biological perspective, it is surprisingly difficult to answer the question What does it mean to cross species boundaries? This is true not only because of the number of species concepts (according to some, as many as 22),3 but also because species boundaries are not fixed.
- Species concepts: One classic definition of species is the biological species concept. This definition emphasizes the importance of reproductive isolation or lack of genetic exchange that separates species.4 By this account, crossing species boundaries would involve the transfer of genetic materials between populations of organisms that do not interbreed. In cases where such interbreeding can be achieved artificially, as in the laboratory, the raison d'etre of the biological species concept is undermined. Other accounts of species may be brought to bear in place of the biological species concept, but the consensus among biologists is that no single species concept will be sufficient for all situations.
- Species boundaries: One of the consequences of our evolutionary past is that genes, gene regulatory networks, epigenetic developmental processes, and features of the biophysical environment are widely shared by different kinds of creatures. The idea of fixed or rigid breaks between species plays no role whatsoever in contemporary biology. Indeed, the fluidity of species boundaries has been revealed through the techniques of comparative genomics, warning against the interpretation of species as unique types.
Given the difficulty in defining species once and for all, and also the flexibility of species boundaries,5 what does it mean to cross species boundaries?
When we refer to species and the crossing of species boundaries,5 we do so based on the following simple idea: Every individual human contains a human genome. In all likelihood, this genome will not be representative of other human genomes and will contain a lot of DNA that is contained in many other kinds of organisms, thanks to our evolution from a common ancestor. The same will be true with nonhuman organisms, such as a rose or a rat or a Rhesus macaque. As such, when we refer to crossing species boundaries, we refer to the combination of genetic or cellular material from two organisms that would generally be understood, in lay terms, as belonging to different species: a human as understood by most lay people, a Rhesus macaque as understood by most lay people, and so on.6
Hybrids, transgenics, and chimeras
A geep: a sheep-goat chimera produced by combining the embryos of a goat and a sheep. Not to be confused with a sheep-goat hybrid, which can result when a goat mates with a sheep. Photo: Dr. Gary B. Anderson of Univ. of California, Davis.
There are many types of interspecies organisms including hybrids, transgenics, and chimeras, each of which is created through different sorts of processes. Hybrids are created through breeding. Transgenics are produced through genetic manipulation and modification. Chimeras are the result of cell or tissue transplants.
Hybrids are created by breeding across species. Hybrids are generally the result of combining an egg from one species with sperm from another to form a single embryo. Hybrids contain recombined genetic material throughout their genome and throughout all the tissues in their body.
Transgenics are the result of gene transfer. Typically, transgenics contain transferred or manipulated genes in addition to the host nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. One exception may be a transgenic embryo comprised of the entire complement of nuclear DNA from one organism fused with an enucleated egg cell from another.
Chimeras comprise a mixture of cells from two or more genetically distinct organisms of the same or different species. They are mosaics at the cellular level; individual cells are derived from either the host or the donor but not both.7
Note that chimeras and transgenics need not cross species boundaries, whereas hybrids are always interspecific.
Multiple applications
Crossing species boundaries happens all the time in nature and in agricultural settings, and it has a long history in developmental biology and immunology laboratories. Consider just a few examples:
- lateral gene transfer between bacteria, whereby genetic material is transmitted horizontally from one organism to another8
- the crossing of strains of wheat; the insertion of genes from a plant (or an animal) into a plant to improve crop yield and robustness9
- the mating of a horse with a donkey to create a mule; the fusion of sheep and goat cells to create a "geep"10
- the transplantation of cells and tissues from one species of frog to another, and of neural tissue from quails to chickens, to study the complex processes of development11-13
Crossing species boundaries between human and nonhuman animals is also commonplace:
- Animal tissues, cells, and their derivatives are often transferred to humans, whether by using insulin produced from pig or cow pancreases, injecting flu vaccines cultured in fertilized chicken eggs, or transplanting heart valves from pigs into humans.
- Human genes and cells are often transferred to animal hosts to create humanized animal models (such as OncoMouse, which develops human cancers14), to grow humanized tissues that can be transplanted back into humans (such as sheep with human livers15), or to test the developmental potential of transplants.16
Stem cell research
In the first few years of human stem cell research, most of the ethics discussions centered on the use of human embryos as sources of stem cells. Research to derive human embryonic stem (hES) cells involves removing cells from the inner cell mass of a human blastocyst, which destroys the developing embryo. While this debate continued, further debate on the ethics of cloning to produce children, and cloning for biomedical research, emerged. This debate arose in response to claims about the anticipated benefit of future stem cell therapies using cells from cloned embryos, which would allow patients to receive transplants of cells containing their own DNA.17
While these issues remain ethically contentious, a new debate has recently emerged concerning the ethics of crossing species boundaries to make part-human chimeras. Stem cell scientists and others insist that this cross-species work is important to basic science and a necessary step on the path to regenerative medicine. They maintain that it would be unethical to involve humans in stem cell transplantation research without first having studied the safety and efficacy of the human cells in nonhuman animals.
Ethical controversy
Issues of health and safety, especially given the possibility of zoonosis, or the transfer of a disease from nonhuman animals to humans, have long been front and center in the ethics debate about cross-species work.18 In the last decade or so, with the increase in science options for the crossing of species boundaries, other ethical issues have come to the fore.
In 1997, Stuart Newman, a developmental biologist sponsored by biotechnology activist Jeremy Rifkin, sought to preclude the creation of a humanzee—a part-human, part-chimpanzee chimera. Together, Newman and Rifkin tried to patent the relevant technology so that they would be able to restrict its use and to promote a vigorous social dialogue about the desirability of such part-human beings.19 They were unsuccessful in obtaining the patent, leaving open the possibility that humanzees may soon walk among us, with or without patent protection. Examples of recent research involving the transplantation of cells and tissues into prenatal nonhuman animals (embryos and fetuses), the transplantation of cells and tissues into nonhuman animal brains, and the transplantation of cells and tissues into the brains of nonhuman primates, serve to make this point:
- Scientists at Harvard University have published their research involving the transfer of human neural stem cells into the developing fetal brain of bonnet monkeys.20
- Scientists in Israel have reported that human embryonic stem cells transplanted into chick embryos differentiated into neurons.21
- Scientists in Nevada have reported on inserting human neural stem cells into fetal sheep to assess their developmental potential.22
- Scientists in California have reported on the development of functional neurons in mouse brains, where the neurons were derived from human embryonic stem cells.23
While this research is ongoing, a debate has erupted about the ethics of creating part-human beings in response to proposals from some stem cell scientists to use nonhuman primates as an assay system for testing the developmental potential of human stem cells. The fact that biologists are especially interested in transplanting human neural stem cells into the brains of nonhuman primates24 intensifies the controversy about humanzee-like chimeras.
The ethics of creating part-human beings
The ethical debate has been multivocal, with moral considerations raised from many perspectives, both religious and secular. The central moral concerns with creating part-human beings include worries about the following:
the unnaturalness and intuitive repugnance of certain kinds of creatures, such as part-human combinations25
the threat of intensified moral confusion regarding the creation of novel part-human beings who violate the pragmatically clear moral demarcation line between species upon which current institutions, structures, and social practices are based5
the potential for transferring moral status to nonhuman animals by conferring on them characteristically human cognitive capacities, which may or may not threaten human dignity24,26
the possibility that enhanced animals would deserve to be treated as if they were human subjects but would continue being treated as if they were unenhanced nonhuman animals27
the moral status of nonhuman animals, especially primates, as experimental animals28
Scientists and others who advocate cross-species work argue that the part-human animals will be useful as disease models, assay systems, or organ sources.16,29 They dismiss the worries about repugnance, deny the potential for moral confusion, and endeavor to sidestep concerns about moral status and potential threats to human dignity. They also rely heavily on current norms for research involving humans to legitimate preclinical cross-species research in nonhuman animals.
Additionally, advocates of transhumanism, the movement to enhance humans using biotechnology, argue that the creation of hybrids, transgenics, and chimeras may be useful in the quest to radically alter humans.30 They see an opportunity to improve upon human nature and to enhance cognitive and physical performance—an idea that is itself morally controversial.31
Toward a constructive public debate
Unfortunately, much of the public debate on the ethics of crossing species boundaries is characterized by sensationalism and political posturing. While some commentators have attempted to explore the moral dimensions of interspecies research in careful and respectful terms, many of the media reports have exaggerated the conflict, providing more heat than light. Even so, attempts at public education and public engagement have tended to reveal the persistence of the moral controversy. This suggests the need for scientists, ethicists, and others to take seriously the ethical concerns that have been raised. The voluntary guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research recently published by the National Academy of Sciences arguably are an attempt to do just this.32 As we have argued elsewhere, however, considerably more debate and discussion is needed about the fundamental underlying values.33,34
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