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He coached three years in the Canadian Football League before joining the Denver last year as the Broncos switched from zone blocking gap and power blocking system, a transition the Raiders appear to be undergoing after the departure of head coach Tom Cable, line coach Jim Michalczik and line assistant Chris Morgan.
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The past few days I've felt like I was beating my head against a wall trying to solve this research problem. Some of my data wasn't coming out right and for the life of me I could not figure out why. I checked all my spreadsheets, recalculated formulas, traced the units so that they all made sense and I was getting nowhere. I wound up getting distracted with other unimportant tasks because I was struggling so much with this problem.
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In a separate, but similar situation, I was working with one of our the instruments in my lab. This machine measures glucose and lactate from any sample presented to it. It's been working pretty well, but it spontaneously decided that it didn't want to function normally. It's not that complicated of an instrument, but aside from a few basic maintenance tasks I knew about, there's not much that can be done to it when it's broken. But for whatever reason, it just wasn't working. I went through the troubleshooting manual a couple of times and did various things to see if I could get it to work, but, again, it was all for naught. Eventually I decided to call the company's support and see if they had any suggestions. Turns out, they weren't that helpful.
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I share these two stories to really drive home my tips of the day(s). The first is to take a real break when you're struggling with something. This means go do something that's not a normal part of your routine. For most people, going on a walk is pretty out of the ordinary and so I highly recommend taking the time to do this, even if it's just outside around your building. You may be surprised at how you feel when you come back.
The second point is that you shouldn't wait to ask for help. In my situation, help came in the form of the company's support line, but help can come in other forms. Take some time to see if you can figure something out yourself, but don't wait forever to ask for help. Other people will either know more than you about something, or they can offer a contrasting point of view that what you have.
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I got back my results from my Nat Geo GENO 2.0 DNA test. Mostly boring, and not surprising. An almost perfect match for modern German.
Me = 44% Northern European
36% Mediterranean
19% South-West Asian
German = 46% Northern European
36% Mediterranean
17% South-West Asian
UK= 49% Northern European
33% Mediterranean
17% South-West Asian
Only 2.3% Neanderthal, which is on the low side for a Western European. I was surprised by that. I have been called a Neanderthal so many times!
The only interesting thing was supposedly 3.8% Denosovian. Very high for a Western European
The Northern European comes from the original hunter/gathers of Europe
I guess the Mediterranean comes from the Romans?
The South-Western Asian is from the original first farmers from the Fertile crescent that spread al over Europe.
No Native American, which surprised me, given my Mother's family's oral traditions, and my own complexion.
Not really sure how much confidence I have in the findings, but it was worth a couple hundred bucks to find out.
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Fox News' Jesse Watters Mocks Immigrant Taxi Drivers
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A Fox News segment billed as an effort to uncover the opinions of New York City taxi drivers on immigration reform repeatedly mocked non-white immigrants' national origin and ability to speak English.
The July 1 video package, part of a recurring segment on The O'Reilly Factor dubbed "Watters' World," featured clips of Fox contributor and O'Reilly producer Jesse Watters conducting man on the street interviews with cab drivers. Fox host Bill O'Reilly described the impetus for the segment, saying, "Many immigrants, both legal and illegal, drive taxi cabs. So we sent Watters out to check out that situation."
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Jamal Jackson threw two touchdowns and running back Steven Miller racked up 186 all-purpose yards Saturday in Appalachian State's 28-25 win over Samford in Southern Conference action.
Appalachian State (5-2, 3-1) built a 21-10 halftime lead behind Jackson's first touchdown pass of the day, a 48-yarder to Miller.
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, of the Nutfield Genealogy blog, has started a new meme for Thanksgiving—to list your ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower.
I know of only one: James Chilton, believed to be the oldest passenger on board. A signer of the Mayflower Compact, he died 8 December 1620 while the ship was anchored in Provincetown Harbor.
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James Chilton, wife unknownLocated in Provincetown, Massachusetts, this is a memorial for the Mayflower passengers who died while the ship was anchored in the harbor there:
Isabella Chilton married Roger Chandler
Sarah Chandler married John Solomon Leonard
Isaac Leonard married Deliverance Ames
Benjamin Leonard married Hannah Phillips
Caleb Leonard married Jemima Minthorn
Rhoda Leonard married Luther Cary
Ephraim Cary married Matilda Gandy
Rhoda Cary married Joseph Franklin
Ruth Franklin married David Snider
Myrtle Snider married William Yawman (my grandparents).
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Ed Lucas makes Miami Marlins roster, then gets hurt
Ed Lucas spent 10 years in the minors trying to land an Opening Day roster spot. He finally did Thursday morning when the Marlins opted to keep him over Donovan Solano to be their utility man.
It's strange how life works out sometimes.
Hours after Solano left the Marlins clubhouse for Triple A New Orleans with his head down, Lucas, 31, was struck in the hand by a pitch from Cardinals reliever Scott McGregor in the eighth inning of a meaningless Grapefruit League game.
Now, Lucas is headed to the disabled list with a non-displaced fracture in his left hand, and Solano, who started 92 games for the Marlins at second base in 2013, will be called back up on Friday.
Before Lucas' injury, the Marlins had all but set their 25-man Opening Day roster Thursday morning. They cut seven players and manager Mike Redmond made it known the team planned start the season with second baseman Rafael Furcal (strained left hamstring) on the disabled list.
Derek Dietrich and utility man Jeff Baker are in the running for the starting nod Monday night at second base against the visiting Rockies. The Marlins want to make sure Furcal, who hasn't played since March 15 and is eligible to come off the disabled list April 6, is ready for the long haul.
"We know this guy is a gamer and a warrior and he wants to be out there," Redmond said of the 36-year-old Furcal, on whom the Marlins spent $3.5 million to be their leadoff hitter. "At the same time too ... get him healthy and 100 percent so he can play five or six days in a row and not just one or two. That's the important thing for him."
The only other move left for the Marlins to officially announce sometime before Monday: that Marcell Ozuna, who struggled at the plate this spring (he bumped his average up to .186 with two hits Thursday), has won his position battle with top prospect Jake Marisnick and Brian Bogusevic.
The team reassigned Marisnick to Triple A New Orleans on Thursday and plans on cutting Bogusevic, who was acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Justin Ruggiano trade. The team is hoping Bogusevic, who hit just .174 this spring, will accept a minor-league assignment if and when he clears waivers.
Marisnick, who still has options, had no choice but to accept his reassignment despite hitting .432 with five doubles and four stolen bases this spring.
Despite Marisnick's better numbers, Redmond said the Marlins needed to look beyond that, and take into account the impact Ozuna made last year with energy, power and run producing.
"There's no doubt [Ozuna] hasn't had a great spring," Redmond said. "So that made the decision even tougher. We just felt like Jake needed to go down [to the minors] and continue to play. There's no doubt that this guy is the center fielder of the future for us. Jake has got a lot of weapons. He can do a lot. We just felt he needed to go down there and continue to get some more at-bats. So that day when he comes up, it's for good and he's out there every single day. That's it."
Redmond also announced that Tom Koehler would begin the season in the starting rotation, with Brad Hand headed to the bullpen.
The bullpen is rounded out by closer Steve Cishek, setup man A.J. Ramos, long reliever Kevin Slowey, right-hander Carlos Marmol and left-handers Mike Dunn and Dan Jennings.
The bench is also set and will feature left-handed pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs, catcher Jeff Mathis, outfielder Reed Johnson and now Solano.
• Opening night at Marlins Park is going to feature a vastly different lineup for the home team than the season before.
Other than Solano, starting right fielder Giancarlo Stanton and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, six of the nine players Mike Redmond wrote down on his 2013 Opening Day lineup card are not going to be around.
In fact, three 2013 Opening Day starters — Placido Polanco, Juan Pierre and Casey Kotchman — are out of baseball altogether. And of the 25 players who broke camp with Redmond last spring, only nine will still be with the team come Monday night.
• Hard-throwing reliever Henry Rodriguez was among the five other players the Marlins reassigned to minor-league camp Thursday. Redmond said the Marlins would like to keep Rodriguez in the system, but he has an out clause in his contract.
"He's a guy who we would love to be able to keep in the system and kind of pitch and get himself back into good throwing condition and get some innings with him," Redmond said. "This guy has got an amazing arm. He's throwing 100 miles per hour.
"It's just the things we talked about — having command. He just hasn't pitched that much for us. The role we see him in, having so many young pitchers, we need guys down there that can throw multiple innings. We just don't feel right now he's able to do that. But I hope we're able to keep him in the system and build him up. You never know."
• With a 6-4 victory, the Marlins completed a spring training sweep of the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals, winning all six games between the two teams.
Coming up
Marlins RHP Jacob Turner (2-1, 2.79 ERA) vs. Yankees RHP Hiroki Kuroda (1-0, 6.48), 7:05 p.m., Tampa.
Marlins RHP Tom Koehler (1-1, 1.50) vs. Yankees RHP Ivan Nova (2-1, 3.66), 1:05 p.m., Tampa.


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Content in its many forms is a constant draw and the American consumer continues to show us that they want to be entertained and engaged. Media fragmentation drives us to continue to ensure that measurement meets the growing demands to follow that consumer from point of contact to point of purchase.


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After a busy start to the quarter, things are finally slowing down. Part of the reason I have been so busy is because I have over-committed myself for the first quarter (taking 4 classes, teaching 2 classes, and leading the Fisher Graduate Student Association). It also doesn't help that my Cincinnati Reds made it to the playoffs (I needed to go home last Sunday to attend the game… I really didn't have an option since the Reds haven't been to the playoffs in fifteen years.) This past weekend I attend a friend's wedding in Philadelphia. If the wedding was a year earlier, I don't think I would have attended since I was worried about the classes during my first year. As a second year student, I know what is expected of me and I know how to better manage my time so that weekend excursions are possible.
Tonight's blog entry needs to be short because I am still slightly behind on my finance and strategy homework, but stay tuned since I'll be posting some big news in my next blog entry.


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Signs That the Qur'an's Values will Prevail
Many verses refer to the global prevalence of the Qur'an's values in the Golden Age, the latter years of the End Times. These verses have great parallels with our Prophet's (saas) sayings related to the Golden Age. Clearly, this prevalence is a sign of the Golden Age described by our Prophet (saas), for such an event has not occurred yet. Some verses about how this phenomenon will come about are as follows:
Allah has written, "I will be victorious, I and and My Messengers." Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Mujadala: 21)
They desire to extinguish Allah's Light with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His Light, though the unbelievers hate it. He sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, though the idolaters hate it. (Surat as-Saff: 8-9)
They desire to extinguish Allah's Light with their mouths. But Allah refuses to do other than perfect His Light, even though the unbelievers detest it. He sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, even though the idolaters detest it. (Surat at-Tawba: 32-33)
Allah confirms the Truth by His words, even though the evildoers hate it. (Surah Yunus: 82)
Those before them planned, but all planning belongs to Allah. He knows what each soul earns, and the unbelievers will soon know who has the Ultimate Abode. (Surat ar-Ra'd: 42)
We destroyed generations before you when they did wrong. Their Messengers brought them the Clear Signs, but they were never going to have faith. That is how We repay evildoers. Then We appointed you after them to be successors on the earth so We might observe how you would act. (Surah Yunus: 13-14)
The Qur'an relates the following divine law in many of its verses: Those who have a pure faith in Allah and do not ascribe partners to Him will inherit the earth. Some examples are the following:
We wrote down in the Zabur, after the Reminder came: "My righteous servants will inherit the earth." (Surat al-Anbiya': 105)
We will leave you the land to live in after them. That is the reward of those who fear My station and fear My threat. They asked for Allah's victory, and every obdurate tyrant failed. (Surah Ibrahim: 14-15)
Musa said to his people: "Seek help in Allah and be steadfast. Earth belongs to Allah. He bequeaths it to any of His servants He wills. The successful outcome is for those who guard against evil." They said: "We suffered harm before you came to us and after you came to us." He said: "It may well be that your Lord is going to destroy your enemy and make you the successors in the land so that He can see how you behave." (Surat al-A'raf: 128-29)
Rather We hurl truth against falsehood, and it cuts right through falsehood and causes it to vanish! Woe without end to you for what you portray! (Surat al-Anbiya': 18)


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Wondo's path to a spot on the United States' 2014 World Cup roster has been the definition of a Cinderella story.
The Danville native grew up playing the sport he loved since the age of 2. From being an all-star at De La Salle High School, he went on to lead the Chico State Wildcats, ending his collegiate career with 34 goals in 89 games.
A fourth-round pick of the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft, Wondo spent most of his first five professional seasons terrorizing defenses in the now defunct Reserve League. Even in 2010, the year he burst onto the scene with a league-leading 18 goals to capture his first Budweiser Golden Boot, Wondolowski was an unused substitute in the club's first two games.
That all changed on April 17, 2010 when he started against the New England Revolution after injuries left San Jose short on forwards. He capitalized, scoring the game-winner. One week later, he buried a penalty in a 3-2 loss against Chivas USA. He did it again the following week with a wünder strike to beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 and again one week after that in a 4-0 drubbing of New York.
Fast forward to 2014 and Wondolowski's name has the 2012 Volkswagen MLS MVP tied to his name as well as two Budweiser Golden Boots, three MLS Best XI selections, one CONCACAF Gold Cup Golden Boot, 19 national team caps and nine goals for the USA. Four years ago, Wondolowski was barely a starter and now he's among the most accomplished strikers in the American stable.
Now, he's headed to the international stage to hopefully give the U.S. Men's National Team that extra 'W' they need to compete. Earthquakes faithful can rally around one of the great success stories in league history. After all, he's our Wondolowski, and he makes us happy.
Some of our favorite images of Wondo on his Road to Brazil:
1. Wondo starting early at the age of 2:
photo graciously provided by Wondo's grandfather, William Elliott
2. That defender had no chance:
3. Is there an extra 'W' on that jersey too?
4. 2013: Wondowlowski happens. Hat trick against Belize in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, earning his Golden Boot honors and prompting him to stitch an extra 'W' on the inside of his collar for each USMNT game thereafter
5. 2014: Scored three of the United States first four goals of 2014 with a brace against South Korea and a back-post finish against Mexico. And voila, #Wondo4Brazil becomes a reality.


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By Seth Vertelney, Goal.com
The USA earned four points in two Hexagonal matches, and Goal.com breaks down several talking points ahead of the team's next qualifiers in June.
After an opening game loss to Honduras, the United States got right back on track in its next two Hexagonal matches, winning 1-0 over Costa Rica in a Denver blizzard, then snatching a hard-earned 0-0 draw against Mexico in the Azteca Stadium.
The results couldn't have been better timed for Jurgen Klinsmann, as his grip on the locker room was strongly called into question by a Sporting News story in the days leading up to the Costa Rica game. With four massive points in the bag, what has the United States learned from its last two matches?
The United States has more defensive options than previously thought
When the U.S. roster for the Costa Rica and Mexico games was announced, the team's defense looked paper-thin, inexperienced and on course for disaster. Two games later, and Jurgen Klinsmann has the proverbial problem every coach loves to have: a selection conundrum.
In just his second U.S. appearance, Matt Besler showed he belongs on the international level. Does Klinsmann continue to go with the Besler-Omar Gonzalez pairing, or does he restore Geoff Cameron to central defense, where he hasn't featured for Stoke City? If Cameron continues at right back, where does that leave Timothy Chandler and Steve Cherundolo? Could Chandler see time at right mid, where he's played at the club level? Could Cameron see time at defensive midfield, or even left back? Fabian Johnson's left back spot looks secure, but DaMarcus Beasley at least proved to be a serviceable alternative. Ditto Clarence Goodson at center back.
Brad Guzan is going to be a factor
It is perhaps a bit early to say the Americans have a goalkeeping controversy on their hands, but Brad Guzan's displays against Costa Rica and Mexico did nothing to quell his growing reputation as a top-quality goalkeeper. Aside from flapping at air on a corner kick against the Ticos, Guzan did not put a foot wrong in either game, and came up with a number of clutch saves and clearances against El Tri. Howard is almost assuredly still the USA's starter, but the 28-year-old Aston Villa man has closed the gap remarkably quickly in the last six months or so.
The Hexagonal is evenly matched
After three games and zero wins, it's pretty clear that Mexico won't be able to steamroll its way through qualification, as many expected. Much like El Tri, the United States looks a strong, but beatable side. Through its own results and outcomes in other matches, the Americans will know they won't be able to win games just by showing up, much as they should never be trounced in any match. Honduras looked good after four points against the Yanks and Mexico, but then fell 2-0 at Panama. Jamaica, which grabbed a shocking 0-0 draw at the Azteca, is currently in last place with two points, but only three points back of group leader Panama. In short, this group should be tight all the way through autumn.
The United States still thrives in a dogfight
Changing a team's ethos is not a short-term project, as Klinsmann can certainly attest. Though the German wants the United States to win using a proactive, possession-based style, the Americans got four points from these two matches through classic, Bob Bradley-esque wars of attrition. Against the Costa Ricans, Clint Dempsey's early goal and the subsequent heavy snowfall meant the USA could bunker in and defend its lead to the bitter end. Mexico was always going to have a majority of the ball and, though the Yanks had some decent spells of possession, the final 20 minutes saw them hold on for dear life, relying on resolute defending, quality goalkeeping and Mexican profligacy to ensure a vital point.
The offense is still lacking
Four points is a fantastic outcome from this two-game series, but the results do paper over some of the offensive problems this team faces. In the two games, the United States combined for just four total shots, only one of which (Clint Dempsey's goal) was on target. Snow or no snow, Azteca or no Azteca, that's not good enough.
With one striker, the team needs to generate service from the flanks, or attacking thrusts through the center of midfield. The team's lack of width is a long-standing issue, but it did manage five successful crosses out of 10 against Costa Rica, and three out of nine against Mexico. Though he's still in red-hot club form, Jozy Altidore's barren run with the national team continues, and he just hasn't been able to get on the end of enough service. Additionally, Michael Bradley is the team's best option in a deep-lying possession role, but also a vital cog in the attack. When he's more focused on the former, the United States struggles in the final third. Dempsey can't be the team's only attacking option in the center of the pitch.
You need a bit of luck
OK, so this one hardly counts as a new revelation, but in two close games, it's jarring to think how close the USA came to two entirely different outcomes. Against Costa Rica, Altidore's strike was going wide before a deflection took the ball directly into the path of Dempsey, who had a wide-open net staring him in the face. A Costa Rica goal was correctly waved off for offside but as Taylor Twellman pointed out during the ESPN broadcast, the linesman likely wouldn't have seen the infraction through the snow if the incident happened on the far side of the field. Perhaps even more fortunate for the Americans, the blizzard and snow accumulation didn't really pick up steam until after the goal, paralyzing Costa Rica's late efforts to equalize.
At the Azteca, the Yanks were fortunate to see Chicharito miss a couple chances he would usually bury. Mexico also had two penalty shouts waved off, particularly a late Maurice Edu challenge on Javier Aquino that looked for all the world like a PK. In the end, two steady performances plus a few lucky breaks was just the equation this team needed.


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William (Bill) Davis, who has held the position of Executive Director of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) for 16 years, announced his intention to retire from the post early next year.
Under Bill's leadership, the AAA experienced 16 years of balanced budgets and growth of its operating reserves. In addition to his constant efforts to increase political support for federal grants for anthropological research, Davis also helped to raise more than $6 million in grants to develop and fund cornerstone projects of the Association, including the award-winning public education project RACE: Are We So Different? and the world's largest anthropological electronic library, AnthroSource. At the same time, he worked to expand the reach of anthropological scholarship through participation in global accessibility programs.
Bill has also been a key player in expanding public engagement and drawing attention to the contributions of anthropologists. He built an extensive print and electronic media relations program, helped create forums that facilitated anthropological participation in such debates as those over the US census categories, the Human Terrain System, and the displacement of indigenous populations, and has consistently kept the association current on national and local legislative and policy proposals that affect the discipline and the profession.
Thinking globally, Davis ushered the AAA into the digital age with the development of AAA's first website, paving the way for active engagement with social media. He extended AAA's international relations through the inception of the Association's Committee on World Anthropologies and active membership in the World Council of Anthropological Associations. By obtaining official NGO status for the AAA at the UN, Bill increased access of anthropologists to international policy-making.
"Bill has served the association with dedication and diligence, improving our management functions and solvency, transforming our publications program and amplifying anthropology's visibility nationally and internationally," says AAA President Leith Mullings.
Outside of AAA, Davis has contributed greatly to the Association community. He is the Past President of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives. Davis has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Humanities Alliance, and Chair of the Executive Committee of its Conference of Administrative Officers of the American Council of Learned Societies. He is also an active participant in BoardSource, the American Society of Association Executives, the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers and the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.
In a statement released earlier today, Davis noted that "I feel both fortunate and proud to have had the opportunity over these years to represent the interests of anthropologists and anthropology to the world of scholarly societies, higher education, government, the media and the public at large. My position has been extremely rewarding both professionally and personally, and I am truly grateful for the wonderful opportunities I have had in serving the members of this association."
JDG Associates has been retained by the AAA to conduct the search for its next Executive Director.


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The woman killed in a North Baltimore crash with a car being followed by police was on her way to the home of her pregnant daughter, who gave birth to a girl later that day, her family said.
Angel Chiwengo, 46, of Reisterstown was among three people killed in a collision at York Road and Northern Parkway early Tuesday involving a sedan being sought by police. Andrew Baker Jr., 54, who was driving a Jeep with Chiwengo inside, was critically injured. Two people in the sedan were killed.
Chiwengo's brother-in-law, Nathan Franklin, said the newborn girl will be called "Hope," a name chosen to represent the family's desire to overcome their loss.
"It's very difficult at this point," he said. "It's not making any sense."
Baltimore police revealed little information about what led to the accident, citing the investigation. The department has said officers had attempted to stop the sedan prior to the crash. Baltimore Police Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez said Wednesday that Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts was on the crash scene that night.
"The incident and its magnitude was clear to the commissioner," Rodriguez said.
Batts "made it clear that we are to get to the truth of the matter," Rodriguez said. "He has also made it clear the department's pursuit policy must be adhered to. We will go wherever the evidence takes us."
The Baltimore Police Department's policy prohibits officers from chasing suspects in vehicles except under "exigent circumstances," including when officers believe that failing to pursue could lead to injury or death or there isn't time for another approach.
Commanding officers are supposed to approve such pursuits. Rodriguez declined to release details about communications with the officers who attempted the stop.
"Because this is an active investigation, because of the magnitude of what is there, I cannot release everything," he said.
Rodriguez confirmed that the officers were riding in a rental car, and said it was fitted with emergency equipment, including lights and sirens. He would not say whether police believed the equipment was activated.
Rodriguez said Batts believes the department is "not best served" by rental vehicles and wants to phase them out.
According to police, the incident began when plainclothes officers in the unmarked vehicle "observed suspicious activity that was criminal in nature" near Harford Road and East 25th Street and tried to stop two men in a Honda sedan. The car fled and the officers "followed," police said.
The sedan collided with Baker's Jeep at the intersection of York Road and Northern Parkway. Devell Johns, 26, and Terrell Young, 28, who were riding in the sedan, were killed.
Attempts to reach their relatives were unsuccessful.
Young, who police said had an alias of Tavon Brown, had a pending drug distribution case and in 2006 was sentenced to five years in prison for a drug conviction, court records show.
Johns was charged with assault and burglary this year, a case that was placed on the inactive docket by city prosecutors, indefinitely putting off prosecution. He received 232 days in jail in Anne Arundel County on a weapons charge in July 2012. A 2009 robbery charge was dropped in the city, records show.
Chiwengo was from the Democratic Republic of Congo and had lived in the U.S. since 2002, according to her sister-in-law, Bijou Mutombo. Mutombo was "very close" to Chiwengo and has been married to her brother for 16 years.
"She was a nice person," said Mutombo, a fellow Congolese immigrant. "She liked to smile all the time."
Chiwengo and Baker both worked at Doubletree by Hilton Baltimore North in Pikesville. Baker is an engineer and Chiwengo worked in the housekeeping department. Franklin said Baker was giving Chiwengo a ride to her daughter's home in Parkville at the time of the crash.
"She was a great person," said J.T. Thornton, director of human resources at Doubletree.
Thornton also had kind words for Baker, who was working to secure a job for his son at Doubletree.
"He's a hardworking person," Thornton said. "He is always helping others. Really affable."
An earlier version of this article incorrectly described when Chiwengo's grandchild was born.


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Concussions are serious business. They occur often, especially in sports, and can be deadly if not treated properly.
Concussions are serious business. They occur often, especially in sports, and can be deadly if not treated properly.
At a forum at East Stroudsburg University on Saturday, an ESU professor discussed the signs of concussion, how to treat them, what laws govern them and when it's safe — and not safe — to return to sports after ward.
"All concussions, even if they are minor, are serious and should be taken seriously," said Gerard Rozea, associate professor in ESU's Department of Athletic Training, who led the forum in the Warren and Sandra Hoeffner Science and Technology Center.
First, said Rozea, who has treated many athletes with serious head injuries, it's important to be able to recognize the signs of concussion.
If you have a temporary loss of consciousness, a headache, pressure in your head, ringing in your ears, slurred speech, feel confused or as if in a fog, have amnesia about the traumatic event or dizziness, you may have sustained a concussion.
But concussions can be tricky, because they may not initially be symptomatic. If an athlete has a concussion and does not let it heal properly, then goes back on the field and has another major head injury, there is a great chance the brain will rapidly swell. Often this leads to death, according to the Mayo Clinic's web page on concussions.
People who have just sustained trauma to their head should look out for sleep disturbances, psychological adjustment problems and depression, a sensitivity to light and noise, disorders of taste and smell or concentration, and problems with their memory.
Rozea said that even though the seriousness of concussions is widely known, many athletes, especially those on high school and middle school teams, are still playing after sustaining head trauma. There are not enough regulations on the books concerning concussions.
In 2012, Pennsylvania passed a law that affects all athletes who play on school teams and their coaches.
According to the law, coaches must take training courses on concussions. In addition, if a student athlete has a concussion, the student may be pulled out of the game by a game official, coach from the student's team, certified athletic trainer, licensed physician, licensed physical therapist or other official designated by the student's school. The only time that a player can return to play is when he gets the green light from a doctor or another medical professional with expertise in the field of concussions. If the athlete doesn't get OK, by no means can he return to play.
Coaches who fail to comply with the law can be barred from coaching for life.
"Concussions are not a joke, which is why they put these laws out there," said Rozea.
About 40 people attended the forum on Saturday. Most were ESU students majoring in athletics.


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The NCSE office was recently turned into a time traveling scavenger hunt as a way to prototype a new app-based science outreach activity called Geology Park. This activity breaks new ground for NCSE as it's specifically meant to help adults as well as young people engage with science, and because it integrates real-world tangibles with an NCSE-designed mobile app. Geology Park also breaks the mold of typical science outreach activities in that participants are able to engage without necessarily needing oversight by a facilitator or interpreter.
A Maryland high school environmental club uses a grant from NCSE's Science Booster Club to transform an overgrown garden into an oasis of native plants and beauty, drawing in the surrounding community to help along the way.
The opportunity to directly engage with people in Iowa about climate change and evolution just got a whole lot easier with a $270,000 three-year grant from the Carver Charitable Trust.
The great success of the Science Booster Club Program and the new grant are strong testaments to the power of creating deep partnerships between academic institutions and nonprofit organizations.
As you might have heard, the primary goal of NCSE's Science Booster Club program is to bring evolution and climate change education to public spaces. But that's not all! Booster Clubs raise funds and use the proceeds to fund teacher grants. This fall we were able to accept grant requests from any teacher in a state where we have a booster club, making for an especially competitive funding cycle.
In 2017, NCSE's Science Booster Club program expanded nationally, providing free, engaging educational opportunities to more than 120,000 people in ten states: Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Maryland, Tennessee, and Texas. Our teacher micro-grant program also went national, with grant opportunities expanding beyond Iowa to all the states where booster clubs are active. Booster club members locally raised and awarded ten micro-grants to teachers in six states. These local fundraising efforts allowed teachers to purchase basic equipment such as scales and thermometers, which their districts could not afford to purchase, to enhance their science education experiences. In all, 3,400 students had enriched science learning experiences because of the impact of the micro-grants.
Those of us who coordinate the science booster clubs are inspired by the number of individuals, supporting organizations and institutions, as well as local businesses that came forward this past year to directly support the science booster clubs in their communities. We'd like to thank everyone who supported our grassroots community events, many of which were in Iowa. My sincere hope is that our work in Iowa will provide a national model for growth and change. As we have seen through the success of our national expansion, that process has already begun.
2017 has been a great year for the Science Booster Club Program. Thanks to the support of our donors, the efforts of our volunteers, and the enthusiasm of our staff, we've succeeded in our national expansion. From serving over 50,000 people in Iowa in 2016, we're scheduled to serve over 120,000 people across ten states in 2017. As you can see in the map below, we are working in a broad, largely connected area stretching from Nebraska to the Eastern seaboard.
One of the most satisfying components of the NCSE Science Booster Club program is its microgrant program, in which some of the funds raised by the booster clubs are given away to teachers so that they can provide their students with more hands-on science experiences. In my last blog post, I wrote about some of the teachers who received basic measurement equipment through the Fall 2017 SBC microgrant program.
Kyle McElroy is a graduate student at the University of Iowa who has been working with the Science Booster Club program since the summer of 2015. This is a blog post about his recent experiences in Des Moines.
This fall, thanks to the generosity of our donors and supporters, we were able to provide ten science teachers with equipment they need to give their students a chance to experience science for themselves. Our conversations with teachers across the state of Iowa during our pilot phase, and now nationwide since our national expansion, indicate that many teachers lack the scientific equipment they need to teach even basic scientific principles, much less complex concepts like evolution and climate change.
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Hugo Chavez's Cancer Battle Leaves Cuba With Just as Much to Lose
Havana – When it was revealed last month that President Hugo Chávez's cancer had returned, the news shocked not only Venezuelans but millions of Cubans who have come to depend on Chávez's largesse for everything from subsidized oil to cheap loans.
Venezuela along supplies about half of Cuba's energy needs, meaning the island's economy would be in for a huge shock and likely recession if a post-Chávez president forced the island to pay full price for oil.
Havana learned important lessons about overdependence when the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union threw the country into a deep crisis. Trying to avoid the consequences of a similar cut, the Cuban government has been diversifying its portfolio of economic partners in recent years, looking to Asia, Europe and other Latin American nations, and is only about half as dependent on Caracas as it was on the former Soviet Union.
Cuba is also working to stimulate its economy back home by allowing more private-sector activity, giving a leg up to independent and cooperative farming, and decentralizing its sugar industry. A stronger Cuban economy would in theory have more hard currency to pay for energy and other imports.
Also getting off the ground is an experiment with independent nonfarm collectives that should be more efficient than state-run companies. And next year, another pilot program is planned for decentralized state enterprises that will enjoy near-autonomy and be allowed to control most of their income.
"This could have good results," said a Cuban economist who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to the foreign media. Cuba "is also thinking of boosting foreign investment in areas of the national economy, including in restricted areas like the sugar industry."
One of the country's top goals has been to make the island's struggling economy less dependent on a single benefactor.
Under the leadership of Chávez, who regularly calls former Cuban President Fidel Castro his ideological father and has followed parts of the Communist leader's governance playbook, Venezuela has sent billions of dollars a year to Cuba through trade and petro-aid.
Some people are saying the demise of Chávez is also going to be the demise of Communism in Cuba because the regime's going to collapse and the people are going to rise up.
Bilateral trade stood at a little over $8 billion last year, much of it in Cuban imports of oil and derivatives. In return, Havana primarily provides Venezuela with technical support from Cuban teachers, scientists and other professionals, plus brigades of health care workers. Analysts say those services are overvalued by outside standards, apparently costing as much as $200,000 per year per doctor. Experts peg the total Venezuelan subsidy to Cuba at around $2 billion to $4 billion a year.
While business with Venezuela makes up 40 percent of all Cuban trade, it's still a far cry from the days when the Communist Eastern Bloc accounted for an estimated 80 percent.
"A (loss of) $2 billion to $4 billion would definitely pinch. But it is not the same relative weight as the sudden complete withdrawal of the Soviet subsidies in the early '90s," said Richard E. Feinberg, a professor of international political economy at the University of California, San Diego. "Cuba's not going to go back to the days of bicycles. Could it throw the Cuban economy into recession? Yes."
That kind of resilience would result largely from Cuba's successes in courting foreign investors for joint ventures.
Last month, authorities announced a deal with a subsidiary of Brazil's Odebrecht to manage a sugar refinery, a rare step in an industry that has long been largely off limits to foreign involvement.
China has invested in land-based oil projects, and along with Canada is a key player in Cuba's important nickel industry. Spain has ventures in tourist hotels and tobacco, while French company Pernod Ricard helps export Cuban liquors. And since 2009, Brazil has been a partner in a massive project to modernize and expand the port at Mariel, west of the capital.
Trade with China alone was $1.9 billion and rising in 2010, and Raul Castro paid a visit to Chinese and Vietnamese leaders earlier this year to help cement Asian relationships.
But while Havana says it wants to boost foreign investment, obstacles remain. The approval process for investment projects can be long and cumbersome, and pilferage, disincentives to productivity and government intervention can cut into efficiencies. Foreign companies also pay a sky-high payroll tax.
Feinberg, who wrote a report on foreign investment in Cuba published this month by the U.S. think tank the Brookings Institution, said that while a number of foreign companies are successfully doing business with the island, others have run into problems, sending a chilly message to would-be investors. In particular he noted the recent cases of a government takeover of a food company run by a Chilean businessman accused of corruption, and contentious renegotiations of a contract with Dutch-British personal and home care products giant Unilever amid shifting government demands.
"The Cuban government has to decide that it wants foreign investment unambiguously. I think now there seem to be divisions among the leadership," Feinberg said. "Some are afraid that foreign investment compromises sovereignty, creates centers of power independent of the leadership or is exploitative."
He estimated Cuba has left on the table about $20 billion in missed investment over the past decade by not following practices typical of other developing nations. Instead, Cuba received $3.5 billion in foreign investment in that period.
Experts say a worst-case scenario for Chávez wouldn't automatically translate into the oil spigot shutting off overnight.
If Chávez's hand-picked successor, Vice President Nicolas Maduro, were to take office, he would likely seek to continue the special relationship.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles has said he wants to end the oil-for-services barter arrangements, but could find that easier said than done should he win. The two countries are intertwined in dozens of joint accords, and poor Venezuelans who benefit from free care by Cuban doctors would be loath to see that disappear.
"You can't flip the switch on a relationship like this," said Melissa Lockhart Fortner, a Cuba analyst at the Pacific Council on International Policy, a Los Angeles-based institute that focuses on global affairs. "It would be terrible politics for him. ... Switching that off would really endanger his support far too much for that to be really a feasible option."
For Cuba, Chávez's latest health scare capped off a year of disappointments in the island's attempt to wean itself from Venezuelan energy.
Three deep-water exploratory oil wells drilled off the west coast failed to yield a strike, and last month the only oil rig in the world capable of drilling there without violating U.S. sanctions sailed away with no return in sight.
Yet time and again Havana has shown that it's nothing if not resilient, weathering everything from U.S.-backed invasion and assassination plots in the 1960s to the austere "Special Period" in the early 1990s, when the Soviet collapse sent Cuba's GDP plummeting 33 percent over four years. When hurricanes damaged the country's agriculture sector and the global financial crisis squeezed tourism four years ago, Cuba tightened its belt, slashed imports and survived.
"Some people are saying the demise of Chávez is also going to be the demise of Communism in Cuba because the regime's going to collapse and the people are going to rise up," Feinberg said. "That's probably yet another delusion of the anti-Castro exile community."
Still, many Cubans are nervously tuning into the near-daily updates about Chávez's health, carried prominently in state media.
"I don't know what would happen here," said 52-year-old Havana resident Magaly Ruiz. "We might end up eating grass."
Based on reporting by the Associated Press.
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The Plant Genetic Resources Preservation Program maintains NPGS's entire collection of genetic resources. (Plant Collections) This centralized collection provides efficiency for managing the > 10,000 plant species within NPGS as well as greater security for the collections that are currently maintained only in fields, orchards or nature reserves. The program also provides long-term back-up storage for microbial collections. Management of PGRPP collections fall along cross-cutting issues of ownership and ease of preservation. Seeds are stored under so-called "conventional" storage conditions of optimized relative humidity (25% RH at 5°C) and -18°C and are expected to maintain viability for several decades to centuries, depending on species. These conditions are lethal to vegetative propagules (such as woody buds or meristematic shoot tips), and complex cryoprotective procedures followed by storage at liquid nitrogen temperatures are required to maintain viability. Assessments of health of newly-received materials and periodic monitoring to detect changes in viability are required to alert NPGS curators when inventories need regeneration. NLGRP provides training opportunities for germplasm preservation methods and repository infrastructure.
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Objective 2. Develop, adapt, modify and/or apply methods for secure long-term back-up preservation of selected vegetatively-propagated crops, especially Allium, Fragaria, Ipomoea, Humulus, Musa, Prunus, Pyrus, Rubus and Ribes.
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Despite goals of 100% back-up of NPGS collections, about 22% of seed accessions and 85% of the vegetatively-propagated accessions are not at NLGRP. These "un-secured" accessions are at risk from tornado, hurricane, flood, pandemic disease or climate change. The PGRPP works with curators within NPGS and across the world to identify at-risk seed and vegetatively maintained collections to back them up securely.
Vegetative propagules are more difficult to cryopreserve than seeds. They often require aseptic culture, application of cryoprotectants, or encapsulation and desiccation to a certain level of moisture content. Procedures have only been developed for selected species and often optimization for specific genotypes within a collection is needed.
Microbial genetic resources are used for research on food safety, plant productivity,diversity of soil microflora and plant diseases. These valuable collections need back-up storage to ensure against loss. PGRPP is coordinating with various microbe collection curators to create culture collections at NLGRP.
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This research focuses on working with NPGS curators to provide high quality genetic resources for the development of new cultivars, genetic stocks, germplasm releases, and bioproducts. This program provides critical information to determine when accessions are declining and in need of regeneration and develop a pipeline with curators to ensure safe long-term storage of our crops and microbes. In addition, this program works to ensure information and protocols for storage of various plant species are provided to customers, stakeholders and others involved in genetic resources preservation worldwide.
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