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PhD University of Zurich, Switzerland
Diploma National Museum of Natural History of Paris, France
MS University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, France
Research Interests
I am interested in the evolution of seed plants, particularly in the origin of flowering plants and the evolutionary development of flower and carpel.
I started with practical studies in plant architecture and used Monte Carlo Markov Chain processes to model branching patterns. Initially I studied the correlation between branching pattern plasticity and genetic diversity in the genus Cupressus, and later participated in a major project investigating the correlation between plant development and photosynthetic performances in different species of tropical trees in French Guyana.
Shortly thereafter, I began a PhD supervised by Peter Endress and comparatively studied the evolution of the flower and gynoecium (the female part of the flower) in two very closely related families of Sapindales, Anacardiaceae (mango family), and Burseraceae (frankincense family). Before I finished my PhD, advances in the molecular systematics of Sapindales showed that Kirkia (Kirkiaceae) does not belong to the Simaroubaceae and is sister to the Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae clade, whereas Nitraria, Peganum, and Tetradiclis, which were sometimes scattered in unrelated groups, actually form a robust clade now referred to as Nitrariaceae. Consequently, I compared the floral structure and development of Kirkia in the last chapter of my doctoral thesis and conducted an initial comparative study of flowers of Nitrariaceae prior to starting my postdoc.
While I am still keeping an eye on the systematics of Sapindales, I wanted to get back toward the "roots" of flowering plants and started a postdoctoral study with Ned Friedman on the embryology and reproductive biology of extant ancient lineages of flowering plants, such as water lilies and their close relatives.
- Friedman WE and JB Bachelier. 2013. Embryology in Trimenia (Trimeniaceae) and its bearing on the embryo-nourishing strategies in early flowering plant lineages. American Journal of Botany. In press.
- Tsuchimatsu T, P Kaiser P, C-L Yew, JB Bachelier, and KK Shimizu. 2012. Recent loss of self-incompatibility by degradation of the male component in allotetraploid Arabidopsis kamchatica. PLoS Genetics, 8: e1002838.
- Friedman WE, JB Bachelier, and JI Hormaza. 2012. Embryology in Trithuria submersa (Hydatellaceae) and relationships between embryo, endosperm, and perisperm in early-diverging flowering plants. American Journal of Botany 99: 1083-1095.
- Kretzschmar T, W Kohlen, J Sasse, L Borghi, M Schlegel, JB Bachelier, D Reinhardt, R Bours, HJ Bouwmeester, and E Martinoia. 2012. A petunia ABC protein controls strigolactone dependent symbiotic signaling and branching. Nature 483-341-344. (This paper was selected by the faculty of 1000 as a must read.)
- Zhao L, JB Bachelier, H-L Chang, X-H Tian, and Y Ren. 2012. Inflorescence and floral development in Ranunculus and three allied genera in Ranunculeae (Ranunculoideae, Ranunculaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 298: 1057–1071.
- Zhao L, W Wang, Y Ren, and JB Bachelier. 2012. Flower morphology and development in Asteropyrum (Ranunculaceae): implication for its systematic position. Annales Botanici Fennici 49: 31-42.
- Bachelier JB and WE Friedman. 2011. Female gamete competition in an ancient angiosperm lineage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 108:12360-12365. (This paper was selected by the faculty of 1000 as a must read.)
- Bachelier JB, PK Endress, and LP Ronse De Craene. 2011. Comparative floral structure and development of Nitrariaceae (Sapindales) and systematic implications. In Flowers on the tree of life. Eds. L Wanntorp and LP Ronse De Craene. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 181-217.
- Bachelier JB and PK Endress. 2009. Comparative floral morphology of Anacardiaceae and Burseracecae, with a special emphasis on the gynoecium. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 499-571.
- Bachelier JB and PK Endress. 2008. Floral structure in Kirkia (Kirkiaceae) and its systematic position in Sapindales. Annals of Botany 102: 539-550.
- Pichot C, B Lien, JL Rivera Nava, JB Bachelier, and M El Maâtaoui. 2008. Cypress surrogate mother produces haploid progeny from alien pollen. Genetics 179: 379-383.
- Bachelier JB and PK Endress. 2007. Development of inflorescences, cupules, and flowers in Amphipterygium and comparison with Pistacia (Anacardiaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 168: 1237-1253.

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Teach a man to fish and not only can he feed himself but he can teach others how to fish as well. We need to get back to basics. People should be able to feed, clothe, and house themselves.


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[Source: Wight, R. D., & Davis, S. F. (1992). Division in Search of Self: A History of APA Division 2, The Division of the Teaching of Psychology. In A. E. Puente, J. R. Matthews, and C.L. Brewer (Eds.). Teaching Psychology in America: A History (pp. 365-384). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.]
Officially, the American Psychological Association agreed on a divisional structure in 1944, but inaugurated them in 1945. The Society for the Teaching of Psychology began its existence simply as Division 2 (Teaching of Psychology). The divisions of General Psychology and the Teaching of Psychology received divisional numbers 1 and 2 because (a) they were the least specialized of the divisions and (b) might represent individuals who did not easily fit into more specialized divisions (Wight & Davis, 1992). The initial membership count was under 50, peaked at about 2,600 in 1976, and has stabilized, it appears, at slightly over 2,000 or so members. This current count does not include the growing number of members who have joined the Society as "affiliates," that is, nonmembers of the American Psychological Association. The total number of members of all types, including high school teachers and post-secondary teachers approaches 4,000.
The original designation of the Society as least specialized might be questioned at this point. Although the Society tries to serve teachers in all environments and therefore shows many facets, the existence of a highly successful divisional journal and the clear presence of divisional activities at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association suggest that teaching of psychology involves specialization that incorporates its own body of research and its own body of practice.


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Man arrested for stalking teen in Palm Bay, police say
Cops say 15-year-old ran home, called 911
PALM BAY, Fla. – A man was arrested after stalking a 15-year-old girl who was walking home from her bus stop.
According to Palm Bay police, 29-year-old Joseph Thompson called the victim over to his car just after 4 p.m. in the area of San Filippo Drive and Witchita Boulevard. When the girl kept walking, he got out of the car and chased her.
"My little sister is freaking out right now," the victim's brother told a 911 dispatcher. "He started following her, honking the horn at her and then he got out of the car, started walking. She called me crying, saying there's a guy following her."
The hysterical 15-year-old called her brother as she said Thompson followed her down residential streets near her home. He first followed her in his truck, then got out of the vehicle and ran after her barefoot.
He reportedly said, "Don't worry, I'm just going on a little jog," and asked her how school was.
The victim made it to her home, locked the door, and called her brother and mother, who then called 911 while Thompson paced back and forth outside, police said.
"There's a man following my daughter," the victim's mother told a 911 dispatcher. "She's in the house. She's very nervous. She hears somebody still outside."
Police said Thompson was found nearby with a condom in his pants pocket, and a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia.
Thompson was charged with felony stalking and a misdemeanor drug charge. He is in jail with a $10,000 bond.
Local 6 spoke with the girl and her parents, and they said the fact that that suspect could get out of jail at any moment worries them.
However, if freed from jail, authorities have requested Thompson be fitted with an electronic monitor, which means he won't be allowed to go near that girl, other children or schools.
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The Cboe DJIA BuyWrite Index (BXD) is a benchmark index that measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that sells DJX call options, against a portfolio of the stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM (the Dow).
A "buy-write," also called a covered call, generally is considered to be an investment strategy in which an investor buys a stock or a basket of stocks, and also sells call options that correspond to the stock or basket of stocks. This strategy can be used to enhance portfolio returns and reduce volatility.
In 2007 the Fund Evaluation Group (FEG) issued a new study entitled "Evaluation of BuyWrite and Volatility Indexes - Using the Cboe DJIA BuyWrite Index (BXD) and the Cboe DJIA Volatility Index (VXD) for Asset Allocation and Diversification Purposes." The paper studied the 109-month period from October 1997 to November 2006. The FEG study presented several findings on the 9-year performance of the BXD Index, including:
News Release - Study Issued by Fund Evaluation Group on The Cboe DJIA BuyWrite Index (BXD), Cboe DJIA Volatility Index (VXD), and Impact on Risk-Adjusted Returns
News Release - Cboe To Begin Disseminating Two New Indexes Based On The Dow Jones Industrial Average: Cboe DJIA Volatility Index and Cboe DJIA BuyWrite Index
BXD Daily Price History (.csv format)
Buy-Write strategies provide option premium income that can help cushion downside moves in an equity portfolio, but Buy-Writes often under perform stocks in rising markets. Thus, some Buy-Write strategies significantly outperformed stocks in 2000 - 2002 when the DJIA year-end price fell three years in a row, but Buy-Writes tended to underperform stocks in the late 1990s when the DJIA rose by more than 15% per year. Buy-Write strategies have an added attraction to some investors in that Buy-Writes can help lessen the overall volatility in many portfolios.
In 2002 the Cboe Options Exchange (Cboe) commissioned Professor Robert Whaley to develop the methodology for a benchmark index designed to reflect buy-write performance
The Cboe DJIA BuyWrite Index (BXD) is a benchmark index designed to track the performance of a hypothetical buy-write strategy on the DJIA. Announced in 2005, the BXD Index was created by Cboe under an agreement with Dow Jones & Company, Inc., and is based on prices of Options on the Dow (DJX), traded at Cboe. The BXD is a passive total return index based on (1) buying a DJIA stock index portfolio, and (2) "writing" (or selling) the near-term DJX Index "covered" call option, generally on the third Friday of each month. The DJX call written will have about one month remaining to expiration, with an exercise price just above the prevailing index level (i.e., slightly out of the money). The DJX call is held until expiration and cash settled, at which time a new one-month, near-the-money call is written. Data on daily BXM prices is available from October 16, 1997 to the present from options price quote vendors and at www.cboe.com/bxd (see the link Excel spreadsheet above).
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Most of us have heard that moderate drinking – a glass of wine a day – can be beneficial in preventing heart disease.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in early November, however, suggests that even moderate alcohol consumption can increase a woman's lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. Alcohol use already has been linked to oropharyngeal cancers, esophageal and, to lesser degree, stomach and colon cancers, so what does this news mean to you as you go into the holidays?
It doesn't mean that you shouldn't imbibe, but it does mean that you should be aware that alcohol is considered a carcinogen.
Here are six things to think about as you get ready for the parties and the tree-trimming.
- The JAMA article reported that women who drank three to six alcoholic beverages a week had a 15% increased risk of breast cancer. Women who consumed two drinks per day had a more than 50% greater risk than women who did not drink.
- If you drink to decrease your risk of heart disease, reconsider. There are far better ways to do that, experts suggest, than by having an alcoholic beverage. Regular exercise, weight control, not smoking, controlling blood pressure and cholesterol and healthy eating are all more beneficial. While it may be hard to factor in gym time during the holidays, try to manage at least a brisk walk of 30 minutes each day.
- Lifetime consumption of alcohol may be a factor in cancer risk, the authors of the study suggest. Cumulative consumption of alcoholic beverages over a period of years appears to place a woman at higher risk of developing breast cancer. Thus, if you are an older woman – particularly post-menopausal when excess body fat increases the amount of circulating estrogen in the body – think about slowing down the flow of alcohol.
- "But I only drink a few drinks once a week," such as at a party, dinner or girls' night out, you might think. Doesn't matter, the experts say, and binge drinking – typically defined as drinking three or more drinks in one setting – may actually be more detrimental than three drinks spread over the course of a week.
- Consider the effect on your body of the empty calories of alcohol. A glass of wine is 125 calories; a martini is about 190. To burn off the martini, you would need to walk about 45 minutes or swim about 20.
- The study's authors – as well as many other researchers – note that alcohol consumption is often under-reported. That is, patients do not typically like to tell their doctors how much they drink. Remember that your physician is there to keep you healthy or to heal you, not judge. Make sure you accurately report your drinking patterns to him or her.


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On Friday, June 17, 2011, the Hollywood Bowl celebrated its 90th season with fireworks, music performances, and a preview of the new Cirque de Soleil show, "Iris". This year, the Hollywood Bowl honored two new inductees to the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame: singers Gloria Estefan and Harry Connick Jr.. Actress Hilary Swank introduced honoree and New Orleans native Connick Jr., a friend since their on-screen performance of, "P.S. I Love You" together. The pianist and jazz singer start off somewhat stiffly with "The Way You Look Tonight", pausing afterwards to acknowledge the award. "I've never been in a hall of fame for anything so it's a big deal. I'm just honored," said Connick Jr., who noted that his voice had cracked a couple of times. "I'm sure you heard it. I don't care, I mean, it's not like I'm performing brain surgery on someone. If you make a mistake, it's OK. But I was thinking like the Cirque de Soleil people, like what's the equivalent of cracking a note for them? You die… So I'm very happy to be a singer. I might crack some more notes because it's very comfortable to know that I can do that and live."
After intermission, actor Andy Garcia introduced Gloria Estefan. Garcia explained, "We have a common bond. Our families, both fled to this country when we were young children to escape the repression of Castro's Cuba. Our parents had to start all over again, struggling to give a better life in Miami." Estefan also happens to be the first Latina to be honored in the Hall of Fame. Congratulations to both of these singers for their many contributions to the music world.


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How should Esther 4:14 be translated and understood?
For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (ESV)
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Assistive Technology Decision-Making Overview
Both IDEA 1997 and IDEA 2004 defined assistive technology devices and services.
§ 300.5 Assistive technology device. Assistive technology device means any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve
Assistive technology service. Any service that directly assists a child with a disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology device.
IDEA 1997 and as ammended in 2004 also identify the responsibility of schools in the provision of assistive technology, both at school and at home (provided the IEP team determines the assistive technology is needed to ensure FAPE):
§ 300.105 Assistive technology.
(a) Each public agency must ensure that assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, as those
An important consideration of the IDEA 1997 regulations indicated that "every child must be considered for assistive technology" as part of the development of the IEP.
(a) Development of IEP—(1) General. In developing each child's IEP, the IEP Team must consider—
(v) Consider whether the child needs assistive technology devices and services.
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The Beguiling and Simon & Schuster Canada welcome Emily Carroll to Toronto on Tuesday, July 15th, to celebrate the release of her new comics collection Through The Woods, in a special event hosted by Sam Maggs.
In this event, Emily Carroll will present from Through The Woods to the assembled audience. A spirited interview with journalist and writer Sam Maggs (The Mary Sue, The National Post) will follow. The event will take place at The Lillian H. Smith Library, home of The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy, in their large auditorium.
Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation "His Face All Red," in print for the first time.
Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to "Our Neighbor's House"—though coming back might be a problem. Or find yourself a young bride in a house that holds a terrible secret in "A Lady's Hands Are Cold." You might try to figure out what is haunting "My Friend Janna," or discover that your brother's fiancée may not be what she seems in "The Nesting Place." And of course you must revisit the horror of "His Face All Red," the breakout webcomic hit that has been gorgeously translated to the printed page.
Already revered for her work online, award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll's stunning visual style and impeccable pacing is on grand display in this entrancing anthology, her print debut.
More info on Emily Carroll and her work can be found at www.emcarroll.com
Voted "Awesome Geek Feminist of 2013," Sam is (among other things) a writer and editor for geek girl culture website The Mary Sue, and a games journalist for the National Post. Sometimes you can catch her on MTV Canada, or on her two-lady Let's Play YouTube channel, "the c_ntrollers." Sam mostly loves Stargate, Victorian fiction, Pacific Rim, BioWare games, Carol Danvers, and Jeff Goldblum.
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Natural Resource Management - Haiti
Providing rural communities in Haiti with the economic incentives and knowledge to improve the management of critical watersheds and natural resources
The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Economic Development for a Sustainable Environment project (DEED) provides an alternative to the previous models of natural resource management (NRM) projects. DEED, a three-year project in Haiti, envisions a market-based approach that integrates improved management of lands and other natural resource assets with expanded enterprise and job opportunities in the production of suitable high-value crops, creating livelihood options for hillside farmers currently trapped in continued poverty. Linking the management of natural resources to sound conservation while simultaneously offering livelihood options will provide the essential stimulus for promoting sustainable watershed management. The project targets two watersheds to complete this work – Limbé in Haiti's North Department and the river systems around Montrouis in Haiti's West Department.
DEED creates these linkages by introducing livelihood improvements into all aspects of watershed and natural resource management. DEED establishes a collective vision, facilitates participatory planning, and builds partnerships in its communities that deliver results through concerted action. It employs innovative approaches to mobilizing target communities and producer groups (PGs) and helps them develop land-use and business plans that not only help protect fragile natural resources but also create employment and business opportunities. DEED unlocks the potential for growth in the two target watersheds by delivering the technical services, training, and business support needed to build the local skills and capacity to sustain growth.
DEED works across six integrated technical components, each with a set of specific activities and results that contribute to the overall program.
These are:
- Strengthening Community-Based Producer Groups, Associations, and Enterprises
- Promoting Alternatives to Hillside Farming
- Promoting and Improving Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM)
- Assisting the Government of Haiti to develop sound NRM Policies and Management Systems
- Developing Watershed Restoration & Management Plans with Watershed Stakeholders
- Promoting Alliances with the Private Sector to Leverage DEED Resources
The key results that DEED is expected to deliver include:
The project is planned to be implemented for five years (March 2008 to February 2013) in two separate phases of 3 and 2 years respectively.
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Project to support access to market for marginalized farmers
June 2013, Rome – Poor women and youth in marginalized areas of Kenya and South Sudan will gain improved access to markets for their agricultural produce, under a new project agreement.
The $1.9 million project falls under a broader FAO-Italy programme of food security through commercialization of agriculture, in Eastern Africa, West Africa, Central America and the Caribbean.
The project represents one of the major areas of FAO/Italy cooperation, which focuses on the integration of small farmers into the market through support to cooperatives and small and medium enterprises. It also responds to the national development strategies of Kenya and South Sudan.
Project activities in Kenya and South Soudan will foster a demand-driven approach for better access to markets and support commercial production of selected food commodities, horticulture and livestock. This will be done through training in better farming techniques for youth and women groups and through support to cooperatives and small and medium agro-enterprises.
The agreement was signed by José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General; Betty Achan Ogwaro, Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Cooperative and Rural Development of South Sudan; Felix Kiptarus Koskei, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Kenya and Giampaolo Cantini, Director General, Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
This is the first agreement signed for the benefit of marginalized farmers since South Sudan became an FAO member country on 15 June 2013.
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Anyone that is part of the healthcare IT and EMR world has to realize that we're in a really incredible time for healthcare IT and EMR. There's has never been more energy, excitement and actual investment in the Healthcare IT world than there is now. If you don't believe me, buy your ticket to Las Vegas and attend HIMSS 2012 and I'm sure you'll see what I mean. I have a feeling that HIMSS Las Vegas is going to be bigger than ever with more money flowing as well.
Just to provide a few examples of what's happening, the prominent IT investor Esther Dyson has invested in 20 Health IT investments. That's a whole lot of investment in healthcare IT. She obviously sees some real opportunities available at this time in health IT.
Another recent announcement was the recent batch of 15 Rock Health Startup companies. This is just one of at least 3 or 4 health focused incubators out there. Plus, the latest batch of health IT startup companies from Rock Health even has Neil Versel singing their praises after a previous not so glowing review of the health startup incubator (or health accelerator if you prefer).
One other thing that is easy to underestimate is the value that the US government is putting on supporting healthcare innovation through entrepreneurship. Normally I'm as skeptical as anyone in putting any sort of faith in government to produce results. I still think they have their hands tied in a lot of things, but I give a lot of credit to Aneesh Chopra, Todd Park and Farzad Mostashari for doing their very best to kick against the challenges of big government while enabling health entrepreneurs to be successful.
Priya Ramachandran wrote about an example of one initiative the government is putting forward to help entrepreneurs: Access to Public Health Data. Every time I hear someone talk about the data that's available from these public repositories of health data, the entrepreneur inside of me kicks in with ideas on how to use that data for good.
It is a really tremendous time to be an entrepreneur in healthcare. I do think we still need a better platform for health IT startups to launch their products and get funding. I have a few ideas I'm working on in this regard. More on this in the future.


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The story of Oscar Pistorius allegedly shooting Reeva Steenkamp in cold blood does raise pertinent questions about a number of vital issues, ranging from domestic violence to the treatment of women in our society. But, why must the untimely death of a model at the hands of a national hero take precedence over other matters of national importance?
The country collectively gasped as the news of a shooting at Pistorius's upmarket Pretoria home broke early on Valentine's Day morning.
But if you removed the fame aspect of the characters involved, it would be just another occurrence in our crime-ridden society.
Steenkamp is one of roughly 2 500 women who suffer the same fate annually in South Africa – often through the actions of their spousal partners.
Taking violent assaults, rapes, and other sexual misdemeanors against women into account, Steenkamp is approximately one of 200 000 yearly victims.
Yet the nation has been spellbound, hanging onto every minute detail of the unfolding drama.
All but two South African newspapers ran with the shooting as their lead story on Friday morning – despite President Jacob Zuma's State Of The Nation address on Thursday evening.
The ensuing media frenzy has been a leading cause of South African citizens ignoring the other very pressing issues that haunt our country almost on a daily basis.
As we heard about how Oscar wept in the courtroom, we quickly forgot about Zuma's speech that was filled with more empty promises.
As we pondered what Oscar might be sleeping on in his Brooklyn police station holding cell, we stopped thinking about the Nkandla saga and the multibillion-rand private sector collusion being investigated in the construction sector.
And as news trickled in that Oscar allegedly shot Reeva through the bathroom door, we collectively gasped and stopped thinking about the gang rape and murder of Anene Booysen.
This is not to say that South Africans should not be outraged that one of our national heroes could be guilty of premeditated murder.
If Oscar is found guilty and sentenced to jail time, it will mark the most spectacular fall from grace in South African history.
But surely we should be circumspect in our reaction and employ some perspective?
In the three minutes it has taken you to read this article, approximately 10 women would have been raped. Yet we are not outraged and shocked in the same manner as we are in the Pistorius incident.
Perhaps the answer lies in the media's coverage of the event, which raises serious questions about our ethics.
Staying true to the maxim of "if it bleeds – it leads", has led to the flouting of a court order compelling the media not to publish pictures of court proceedings and the possible violation of the subjudice rule.
The story of a beautiful blonde allegedly murdered by a disabled national icon will certainly sell more newspapers and magazines than covering another corruption scandal, another sexual assault or another murder in South Africa.
But it doesn't mean that it should take charge of our national psyche.


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FRIDAY, April 3, 2009 (HealthDay News) -- Parking the kids in front of the TV might seem like an easy way to grab a couple of minutes to relax after work or make dinner, but too much TV time is definitely not a good thing.
Researchers have found that, along with significantly increasing the risk of childhood obesity, the likelihood of behavioral problems also goes up when kids watch more than two hours a day of TV.
"Sustained TV watching has a negative effect on behavior and social skills," said Carla Weidman, a psychologist in the child development unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
When children are watching TV, she explained, they're not engaging in other important activities, such as imaginative play. They're also not interacting with others to learn social skills and appropriate ways to resolve conflicts."
"When TV is used as a babysitter or passive entertainment, that's when it's a problem," said Dr. Christopher Lucas, director of the early childhood service at the New York University Child Study Center in New York City. "But, the reality is that parents can't interact with their children all the time, and they have a need for a temporary babysitter."
Some parents might take comfort in the idea that television offerings include educational programming.
"There's a belief that if children are put in front of some educational medium, that it's somehow a good thing," Lucas said. "But, there's evidence that the positive effect of educational programming in the absence of parental interaction is modest."
The average child today spends 45 hours a week with some form of media, compared with just 30 hours in school, according to a report from Common Sense Media. Prepared by researchers from Yale, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and California Pacific Medical Center, the report compiled data from 173 studies on children and media and found that media exposure can contribute to childhood obesity, tobacco use, drug use, alcohol use, poor school achievement, sexual behavior and attention problems.
Problems from media exposure can start at a young age. Johns Hopkins researchers found that by the time a child is 5½, those who've regularly watched more than two hours of TV daily are much more likely to exhibit behavior problems. In fact, aggressive behavior was more than doubled in youngsters who regularly watched more than two hours of television daily.
And, the Hopkins study, which was published in the journal Pediatrics, found that 20 percent of kids from the 2,702 families studied watched more than two hours of TV a day. More than 40 percent of the youngsters had their own TVs in their bedrooms.
"I recommend removing the TV from the bedroom," Weidman said. Along with creating sleep problems, she said, parents simply have no control over what children are watching in their bedrooms, and they're not monitoring the programming.
"There are positives, such as educational TV, but you have to use it judiciously and monitor what the child is watching," she said. "Remember, you are the parent, and you make the decisions. Don't allow TV-watching decisions to be driven by the child."
Lucas agreed. "Try to involve yourself in your kids' media consumption," he said. "You should be aware of what they're watching, and don't have the TV on during meals or in the bedrooms."
But, he said, "don't beat yourself up too much if you plop your kids in front of a DVD sometimes." It's the constant, repeated exposure that seems to increase the risk of behavioral problems, he said.
And one more thing, Lucas suggested: Don't use the TV as background noise. Even young children, who don't understand the news, can pick up on the worry it might cause you, he said.
More information
The Nemours Foundation has more on how TV affects children.


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Open Standards are the foundation of cooperation in modern society. They allow people to share all kinds of data freely, prevent vendor lock-in and other artificial barriers to interoperability, and promote choice between vendors and technology solutions. Open Standards are implementable with Free Software, and thus provide full competition in the market. FSFE advocates for fair competition, interoperability of solutions, and choice for consumers. Open Standards are necessary prerequisite to ensure these freedoms.
What is a technical standard?
A technical standard is a set of commonly agreed rules in regard to technical systems. It is usually documented in a so-called 'standard specification' that describes ways to consistently organise information so that it can be understood and used by multiple independent applications. Standards which are used for information storage are called 'formats', and those for transmissing information are called 'protocols'.
A standard establishes common ground that provides means for interoperability and competition. The antipode of standardisation is monopoly: users of one product or service can only interoperate with users of the same product or service. Therefore, standards are used to enable competition for the public benefit.
Standards can also be beneficial for innovation by allowing all actors on the market to innovate on top of the standard and build their own services in order to serve the standard.
Why Open Standards?
The problem arises when a standard is owned by one market player that uses her position to control the further development of the standard, or tries to manipulate it through licensing policies in order to exclude or include some specific groups of actors. In this case, the standardisation is used for contrary purposes than promoting competition and interoperability.
The full competition in the market is, therefore, provided by standards that are open. As Open Standards are freely available without any restrictions, they allow standardised technology to be used in products and services without any a priori advantage based on the ownership of the standard. As a consequence, the access to technology is allowed to all actors on the market irrespective of one's business model.
What is an 'open' standard?
Open Standards are implementable with Free Software. If a standard does not meet the following criteria, it discriminates against Free Software and cannot be thus called an 'open' standard:
An Open Standard refers to a format or protocol that is:
- Subject to full public assessment and use without constraints in a manner equally available to all parties;
- Without any components or extensions that have dependencies on formats or protocols that do not meet the definition of an Open Standard themselves;
- Free from legal or technical clauses that limit its utilisation by any party or in any business model;
- managed and further developed independently of any single vendor in a process open to the equal participation of competitors and third parties;
- Available in multiple complete implementations by competing vendors, or as a complete implementation equally available to all parties.
This way the standard ensures that technology is accessible for everyone, irrespective of business-model, size, or exclusive rights portfolio.
Why should a standard be minimalistic?
The aim of standards is to establish a common ground in technology and enable different applications to interact with each other. With more and more data being digitally stored, the more important is to ensure its portability between different applications. This is why it is essential to make sure that the format one chooses to store their data is accessible with multiple applications, irrespective of vendor or a technical solution.
This is why the standard needs to be not only open, but also 'minimalistic', in order to solve the technical problem adequately, and allow as many implementers of that standard as possible. In other words, there is a need to assess whether the standard is as simple as possible, and as complicated as necessary.
Overburdened standards with multiple unnecessary features gives its vendor an advantage: it is more difficult for another implementer to adequately read the format, and the customer is forced to a vendor lock-in. In addition, standards bloated with rarely used features leave backdoors and vulnerabilities for malicious attackers to take advantage of.
Standard that is implementable with Free Software
Reference implementation
For software standards the actual standard is defined through both the formal specification and the actual implementation. Acquiring the formal specification is often not enough in order to implement the standard for complex digital systems. For any company wishing to implement the standard, knowledge of existing implementations is often even more valuable than the formal specification, as this helps to avoid the extended trial-and-error process for resolving ambiguities in formal specification.
Hence, for a standard to be sufficiently 'open', the openness needs to address both the specification and implementation.
Consequently, for open implementations it is economically more beneficial to publish reference implementations under a Free Software licence. This will allow the reference implementation to be freely available and also act as a formal specification without the institutional process of standard setting.
Patents in standards
Sometimes, the standard specification includes technical solutions that are needed in order to implement the standard. These technical solutions can be protected by patents. Whoever wishing to adopt and implement the standard has to, therefore, acquire the appropriate licence from the patent-holder.
Industry has turned to different licensing practices in order to overcome the issue of patents essential to standard implementation: for example 'royalty-free' (RF) or an alternative 'fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory' (FRAND) terms. FRAND terms are incompatible with Free Software. Furthermore, due to the fact that FRAND are usually kept secret, it is impossible to prove whether the imposed terms are objectively 'fair' or 'non-discriminatory'. Consequently, FRAND can be used as a tool to manipulate the standardisation process to exclude competition.
While RF licensing is addressing only the royalty-payment criteria, it does not address other restrictions that may be placed on adoption and implementation of a standard by Free Software. In this regard, the licensing policies of patented technology in standardisation have to be compatible with the widest range of actors on the market, as the purpose of standardisation is to promote competition and to allow innovation on top of it.
It is noteworthy, that hardly any new system in ICT is built without the use of Free Software, and the exclusion of companies basing their products on Free Software from standardisation can significantly hamper innovation. Therefore, the appropriate licence for standard-essential-patents is the one that is not placing any restrictions to the standard implementation with Free Software, i.e. 'restriction-free', according to the Open Standard definition.
What can you do?
As a citizen
Insist on Open Standards: don't let your government, university, employer, or a local public administration push you into using locked down formats.
As a politician
- Promote policies that in practice ensure competition and innovation in standardisation, i.e. minimalistic Open Standards implementable with Free Software.
- Promote licensing policies that are based on 'restriction-free' terms in order to achieve the widest adoption of standards and allow their implementation by all actors on the market.
- Prioritise the use of Open Standards in public procurement and software development in order to increase the interoperability of all software solutions used in public sector.
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Can Coffee and Tea Extend Your Life?
By Michael A. Smith, MDIn a recent issue of the Journal of Nutrition, an article was published showing a lower risk of mortality for coffee and tea drinkers over an 11-year average follow-up period.1
The study included 2,461 participants (over 40 years of age) and formed part of the Northern Manhattan Study. At baseline, the participants were free of stroke, cancer, and heart disease.
Researchers examined the association with food questionnaires during an 11-year follow-up. The majority of participants were coffee and tea drinkers, and the results were impressive.
A 7% reduction in mortality was seen for each additional cup of coffee ingested per day. Strong protection was seen in those who drank 4 or more cups of regular caffeinated coffee. Additionally, a 9% decreased risk of mortality was seen for each increased cup of tea per day.
The proposed beneficial mechanism is the high antioxidant content of these beverages, although the researchers concluded that more research is needed.
Watch our own Dr. Mike Smith explain in the short video below:
- J Nutr. 2013 Aug;143(8):1299-308.