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Bo Mou
Executive Committee
Karin Brown
Bo Mou (Chair)
Carlos Sanchez
Anand Vaidya
Advisory Board
Karl Toepfer, Dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts
(the ex officio)
Rita Manning, Chair of the Philosophy Department (the ex officio)
Noam Cook
Peter Hadreas
William Y. Jiang
Christian Jochim
Tom Leddy
Tommy Lott
William Shaw
Richard Tieszen
CCP Philosophy Faculty
(Co-initiators of the CCP project and their main research areas, including their CCP related areas of specialty/competence in italics)
- Karin Brown PhD, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York: Ethis and Political Theory, feminist philosophy; Buddhist philosophy
- Noam Cook PhD, MIT: Philosophy of Technology; Applied Ethics, Applied Philosophy; Japanese philosophy
- Peter Hadreas PhD, University of California at Berkeley: Phenomenology; Aristotle, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Philosophy of Music, Philosophy of Economics, Business Ethics, Merleau-Ponty; 20th Century Continental Philosophy
- Tom Leddy PhD, Boston University: Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Ancient Philosophy, Plato, Nietzsche; Comparative Chinese-Western Aesthetics
- Tommy Lott PhD, University of California at Los Angeles: Modern Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy; African American philosophy; Africana Philosophy; Cultural Studies
- Rita Manning PhD, University of California at Riverside; Chair of Philosophy Department: Ethics, Political Philosophy; Feminist Philosophy; Global Justice
- Bo Mou PhD, University of Rochester: Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophical Methodology; Chinese philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
- Carlos Sanchez PhD, University of New Mexico: Phenomenology, Philosophy of History, Applied Ethics; Mexican/Chicano Philosophy; Latin American and Iberian Philosophy
- William Shaw PhD, London School of Economics: Ethics, Political and Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Science and Social Science, Marx; Comparative Approaches to Ethics and Social-Political Philosophy
- Janet Stemwedel PhD in Philosophy, Stanford University; PhD in Chemistry, Stanford University: Philosophy of Science (esp. Chemical Theory and Practive), Metaphysics(esp. Causation), Ethics of Science, History of Science; Comparative Approaches to Philosophy of Science, Feminist Philosophy of Science
- Richard Tieszen PhD, Columbia University: Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Mathematics, Phenomenology; Comparison of Analytic and Continental Philosophy; Eastern and Western Views on Logic and on the Nature of the Mind
- Anand Vaidya PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara: Philosophy of Mind and Psychology, Metaphysics and Epistemology; Indian Philosophy
CCP Faculty in Other Departments/Schools
- William Y. Jiang PhD in Management, Columbia University; Chair of Dept. of Organization and Management: Strategic Management, International Human Resource Management; Comparative studies of Confucian and Western approaches to management
- Christian Jochim PhD in Religion, University of Southern California; Chair of Dept. of Humanities: Chinese Religion and Philosophy, Contemporary Confucianism, Comparative Religions Studies
- Richard E. Keady PhD in Religion, Claremont Graduate University; Coordinator of Comparative Religion Studies Program: Comparative Religions, Process Philosophy, Contemporary Social and Ethical Issues, Ecology and Religions
- Chan Phan PhD, University of Chicago; Humanities: Comparative Religious Studies and Philosophy
- Iris Xiaohong Quan PhD in Management, University of California at Berkeley; Dept. of Organization and Management: Technology and Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship; Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Approaches to Management
- CCP Associates:
- CCP Associate Members consist of (1) part-time Lecturers, Emeriti, graduate students and visiting colleagues at SJSU, (2) interested professionals from local educational and civic institutions, etc. who are interested in participating in the CCP activities and are willing to become CCP members.


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February 19, 2014
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The BCGEU is holding information sessions across the province to discuss the tentative 17th Master Agreement for members in the public service.
Tentative Memorandum of Settlement, highlights summary and ratification bulletins for component agreements for BCGEU members in public service
The Public Service Master Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement for the over 25,000 union members working in the public service across the province.


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JP:You are missing an important point - Cindi came in to Ventrilo a very long time ago (over a year) and when she got feedback, it annoyed her. I too hopes she comes in JUST TO TYPE TO US - while listening to us speak :)Cindi knows she will never be pressured to use a mic. But Cindo may not know that EVERYONE participates in text chat and voice chat simultaniously. And sever members use NO MIC - they are strictly text chat - so Cindi wouldn't be alone out there - PS several are ladies too!Just thought I'd fill in a few blanks. Now with 15 spots open for all chatters, we are peaking every night around a dozen or more!!! I see increasing to 30 is right around the corner.I'm not totally sure, but I figure it is the only VOICE/TEXT Beekeeping Chat going. There are several fine text only, but voice opens up a whole new world of learning about beekeeping and making friends.Those not chatting yet, I'll keep hounding you, make up any name - no password or other info needed, just check out the NIGHT-SCHOOL of beekeeping you are missing every night - seriously, we have a good crowd ALWAYS ready to cover any beekeeping question.
suprstakr. I have been meaning to mention that I like the picture of the field in your avitar. Have a great day, Cindi


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Vermont House approves collecting profiling data
MONTPELIER – After about 90 minutes of impassioned debate about alleged racial profiling by police, the Vermont House on Thursday advanced legislation to collect data statewide on the race of people pulled over in traffic stops.
Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said the state police and several departments around Burlington already have "bias-free policing" policies.
"It is not OK for someone to travel in one part of Vermont and to fear being racially profiled because that part of Vermont does not have law enforcement policies that are consistent with bias-free policing," Lippert said.
Perceived bias in Vermont's criminal justice system has been an issue for years. Rep. Kesha Ram, D-Burlington, said African-American men make up less than 1 percent of Vermont's population, but about 13 percent of its prisoners.
Republican Rep. Douglas Gage of Rutland told his colleagues he teaches at a prison, and that none of the black inmates had ever complained to him that they had been racially profiled.
"Collecting data on this will put one more burden on local police officers ... especially during an emergency response," Gage said.
But others argued it was necessary to collect data on roadside stops to see whether the training against bias police officers are receiving is having the desired effect.
"You can't have training and policies in place and then have no way to (know) if they're working," Ram said.
Lippert said Vermont passed a law calling for police officers statewide to be trained in racial sensitivity, but that compliance had not been consistent and that no one was currently responsible for ensuring the policies are put in place and followed. The bill would put that responsibility on the state Criminal Justice Training Council.
The new bill would require all police departments to follow bias-free policies substantially similar to those used by the Vermont State Police and recommended by the attorney general's office.
The bill would be a win for the advocacy group Migrant Justice, which represents immigrant farmworkers in Vermont. The group had argued for adopting the state police policy, rather than one adopted by a state oversight board, because the police version calls on officers to not automatically assume that people who appear to be Latino should have their immigration status checked, unless they're found engaging in criminal behavior.
The bill also called for new standards in conducting investigative line-ups for eyewitnesses to identify perpetrators, and for police to make audio recordings of interviews when they have a suspect in custody in a homicide or sexual assault investigation.


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Decoding Bernanke's Messages: An Analyst's Take
Was the market's reaction to the Fed appropriate? The Cato Institute's Mark Calabria describes recent market moves as a "sugar rush." Photo: AP.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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I do think we're getting to the point where you're going to see how may I wouldn't say it I mean I would say unless loose because again ... we've got a ways to go before we would have Fed policy might then describe this type ... being so ... what I think that that that chairman is trying to signal is that the economic conditions have improved in a way of it again ... it's an arrest you look at the unemployment forecast and so the Fed see some chance of getting to six and a half next year ... rather than in twenty fifteen which is again you know certainly ... a quickening of the pace of the gonna take away these units they are ... I think it's actually corrected the market is reacting to that of the industry chairman surprising that does not ... look this is we've been saying anything different overtime in addition the news ... once we thought we got to these thresholds ... the organ of the changes ... I think the market is just and taking market systems rather than ... expecting that this would happen so quickly ... so I think the marker reaction is certainly appropriate ... if you look it this way ... well if you're on a sugar high and somebody tells you the data to be a little less sugar you know just the prospect of not getting as much sugar ... is gonna have a have a bad impact ... that this is exactly what's happened so ... I don't think the market has reacted actual changing from a policy the markets reacted to ... well you know maybe this is gonna go away sooner than we thought ... that and again that was going to happen sooner or later ... I think I think this is just the was going to be inevitable ... and of course I think it's something that the Fed should worry about while ago ... so certainly don't think is a lot of froth there that's going to disappear once the market start to fully digest this ... again this could certainly lead to temporary depend on what the Fed decides dimly in the year ... yes I'm ... my plan and things that the statement once again mentioned fiscal policy drag ... out ... when you look and Fed policy and if the economy now ... how does the debt ceiling ... debate fit into either ... the outlook for either ... what silly but it makes the seven little more reluctant to try to let up on the gas you know one of the things I think the Fed is the attentions of its bond purchasing is was can happen with the deficit isn't as much for a lesser need for government financing ... you know that certainly gives the Fed the little that maneuverability ... go to the extent that the debt ceiling the extent that the fiscal outlook either of the state or national level ... starts to raise questions about ... the sustainability the debt with us can affect the Treasury market that's can affect interest rates ... so I don't think of the back of their mind the Fed will present their job is someone ... trying to use sterilized if you will neutralize the impact of fiscal policy ... so you know ... I think the chairman would like to see fiscal policy not be as much of the headwinds ... of United might disagree on what that actually means but at the end the day I think they're trying to ... work in concert with what they think the executive branch and Congress is doing ... given that the Federal Reserve has ... little influence on actually trying to force the executive branch ... are Congress to change this behavior ... the macam ... gym and did to point out that he is concerned about inflation ... a little rugged laptop or declining instead of inflation ... and we had to Columbia to billion the Saints ... on that point he was concerned about ... pulling for the risk of falling prices ... so time ... has a big deal with that in India is the isthe summon it that can ... hold it back in this process ... well you know I I was actually very busy this question was that in a race because ... I surely an incredible and also myself why do we necessarily feel like two percent is the definition of price stability sore that it was important that question was raised I was a little known satisfied with the chairman Xience are the sort of ... well we need inflation so that we can cut rates more in the future ... while the Fed can generate a new level of inflation a really wants they really wanted inflation ... they can get that out there in the marketplace ... know it's a corny keep in mind and I wish someone actually pushed him on this a little bit more ... that some of the Fed's policies are fundamentally Spencer Pratt a ... unit you have been stepping on the gas in one hand for paying interest on reserves to banks in the same time to keep some liquidity out of the system ... so to hear the I would like to for the chairman really try to reconcile that away ... so I would say ... I don't see risk of deflation this country and one and then in fact one of things I disagree with the chairman on ... you look at you know that decades of deflation in Japan and it was never really a deflationary spiral was always fairly small levels of inflation ... I think it much bigger Proms in Japan than inflation ... I think we have much bigger structural problems here in the U S has been in the sort of disinflation and all ... so I put that pretty low and along with the prior reason I would worry about ... fundamentally because I know the Fed can always simply inject inflation the system they


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[Slim Thug - Hook - 4x]
Still Tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues
Pimpin' four hoes, and I'm packin' four fours (Hanh!)
Now look who creeping look who crawling still balling in the mix
It's that six six long dick slim nigga sticking your chick
Pullin tricks looking slick at all times when I'm flipping
Bar sipping car dipping grant wood grain gripping
Still tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues
Pimpin' four hoes and I'm packing four fours
Blowing on that indo GameCube Nintendo
Five percent tint so you can't see up in my window
These niggas don't understand me cuz I'm Boss Hogg on candy
Top down at Maxi's wit a big Glock nine handy
Pieced up creased up staying dressed to impress
Big Boss belt buckle under my Mitchell and Ness
Oh, Gucci shades up on my braids when I Escalade
When I'm ridin' Sprewells sliding like a escapade
I got it made the big boss of the nawf
Ain't shit changed I still represent (Still..), Hanh!
[Slim Thug - Hook - 4x]
Still Tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues
Tippin' four hoes, and I'm packin' four fours (Here Lizard, Lizard, Lizard)
Ay Bigg Tyme
I'm tryna see the president dead (presidents dead?), that's what I said
But not the one in the white house man, the one with the green presidents head
Blue or red I'm still ridin', ladies be tellin' me that I'm sexist
And I guess it's, cuz I always love the money over dresses
Always been about them horizontal lines through them S's
That's a dollar sign, Impala flyin' watch how she undresses
Don't matter, if she black or white, dark or bright, she ain't actin' right
I'mma take that pretty braud out to eat, and then leave her there with a
Niggas tell me they look up to me, and I know what y'all mean
Cuz I'm balling with tall green stacks taller then Yao Ming
All King, Koopa the Don, cruise with a gun
If being rich was a contest, Chamillion you would've won
I know, but watch the jealousy cuz ya still a get trampled
If you got whipped in the past then ya still a example
Treatin' niggas like Swishahouse flows, nigga what?
Soon as he start talkin' slow we gon' chop that boy up
[Slim Thug - Hook - 4x] {Chopped & Screwed}
Still Tippin' on four fours, wrapped in four vogues
Pimpin' four hoes, and I'm packin' four fours
This version of of of the song is the original version produced by Bigg Tyme, which was recorded and released around 2002. This was several years prior to the release of the famous version that blew Slim Thug, Mike Jones and Paul Wall Up. Due to beef between Mike Jones and Swisha House, Chamillionaire removed Mike Jone's vocals.


text: The Evaluation and Assessment program of the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) assists colleagues in making evidence-based decisions for their programs and services. With increased calls for greater accountability in higher education, it is imperative that student affairs educators rely on both empirical and trustworthy data when designing intentional and student-centered learning environments. This program assists DSA staff in demonstrating how effectively they fulfill their department's mission and desired learning outcomes.


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Sunday, January 31 is the birthday of composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828.) In 31 short years he composed over 1,000 works, including 9 symphonies, operas, many piano and chamber music works, 600 songs, and the famous "Unfinished Symphony." He was barely employed during his lifetime and only after his death did composers including Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn champion his works. He is especially known as a writer of fabulous melodies.
I think the best short example of Schubert's genius is his song Der Erlkönig. The text (written by Goethe) tells the story of a father riding through the night trying to bring his sick child to safety. The repeated octaves in the piano represent the quick footsteps of the horse. The singer must portray the father, the Elf King, the child and a narrator. I still remember the first time I heard this song and followed the translation. The gut wrenching ending shocked me. Schubert uses incredible economy, yet the depth of expression in astonishing. Has any composer since had a bigger emotional impact with so few notes?
Here is a video performance of Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. An English translation of the text follows.
Who rides so late through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He holds the boy safe in his arm
He holds him safe, he keeps him warm.
"My son, why do you hide your face so fearfully?"
"Father, do you not see the Elf king?
The Elf king with crown and robe?"
"My son, it's a wisp of fog."
"You lovely child, come, go with me!
Nothing but beautiful games I'll play with you;
Many colourful flowers are on the shore,
My mother has many golden robes."
"My father, my father, can't you hear,
What the Elf king quietly promises me?"
"Be calm, stay calm, my child;
It is the wind rustling in the dry leaves."
"Do you want to come with me, fine lad?
My daughters should already be waiting for you;
My daughters lead the nightly folkdance
And rock you and dance and sing."
"My father, my father, and can't you see there,
The Elf king daughters in the gloomy place?"
"My son, my son, I see it well:
It is the old grey willows gleaming."
"I love you, your beautiful form entices me;
And if you're not willing, I shall use force."
"My father, my father, now he takes hold of me!
The Elf king has wounded me!"
It horrifies the father; he rides swiftly,
Holding in his arms the moaning child.
He reaches the yard with great difficulty;
In his arms, the child was dead.
Jack Fishman
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Web: www.sasymphony.org
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota's row crop harvest advanced again last week with the soybean harvest nearing completion.
The U.S. Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that light showers teased parts of the state over the weekend but make no significant dent in the growing season precipitation deficits.
Precipitation was fairly widespread but totals were fairly limited. Topsoil moisture is rated at 5 percent adequate, 18 percent short and 77 percent very short.
The corn for grain harvest is 78 percent complete and the soybean harvest is 94 percent complete. Both are ahead of the five-year averages.
Cattle conditions are rated at 65 percent good to excellent, 30 percent fair and 5 percent poor.


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the quote "the world is a tragedy to those who feel, a comedy to those who think," has also been credited to Horace Walpole. In fact, it too was featured as a quote of the day on a certain october 24. It has recently been featured on may 9th and credited to Jean de La Bruyere. I find this interesting. Could anyone clarify which man claimed this quote initially? —This unsigned comment is by Gowikiit (talk • contribs) .
- As for date, unless it is misattributed to La Bruyère, La Bruyère was the precedent. But a question if really Walpole said it (either quoting or not) or just it is misattributed is interesting.
Thank you for bring it up! --Aphaia 05:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


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Enceladus geysers mask the length of Saturn's day
Saturn's little moon Enceladus is 'weighing down' Saturn's magnetic field so much that the field is rotating slower than the planet. This phenomenon makes it nearly impossible to measure the length of the Saturnian day with techniques used for the other giant planets.
"No one could have predicted that the little moon Enceladus would have such an influence on the radio technique that has been used for years to determine the length of the Saturn day," said Dr Don Gurnett of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. Gurnett is the principal investigator on the Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS) experiment on board NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The radio technique measures the rotation of the planet by taking its radio pulse rate - the rhythm of natural radio signals from the planet.
A new study of Cassini data, reported this week in the online version of the journal Science, determined that Saturn's magnetic field lines - invisible lines originating from the interior of a magnetised planet - are being forced to slip relative to the rotation of the planet by the weight of electrically charged particles originating from geysers spewing water vapour and ice from Enceladus. These results are based on joint observations by two Cassini instruments - the RPWS and the magnetometer (MAG).
The neutral gas particles ejected from the geysers on Enceladus form a donut-like torus around Saturn. As these particles become electrically charged, they are captured by Saturn's magnetic field, forming a disc of ionised gas, or plasma, which surrounds the planet near the equator.
The particles weigh down the magnetic field so much that the rate of rotation of the plasma disc slows down slightly. This slippage causes the radio period, controlled by the plasma disc rotation, to be longer than the planet's actual rotation period.
Scientists conclude the period Cassini has been measuring from radio emission is not the length of the Saturn day, but rather the rotation period of the plasma disc. At present, because of Saturn's cloud motion, no technique is known that can accurately measure the planet's actual internal rotation.
Finding out the length of Saturn's day has been a challenge because the gaseous planet has no surface or fixed point to clock its rotation rate. Initially, the approach was to use periodic regular radio signals, as has been done for Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. However, Saturn's radio period has turned out to be troubling in two ways.
It seems to be a pulsed signal rather than a rotating, lighthouse-like beam. Secondly, the period seems to be slowly changing over months to years. The day measured by Cassini is some six minutes longer than the day recorded by NASA's Voyager spacecraft in the early 1980s, a change of nearly one percent.
"We have linked the pulsing radio signal to a rotating magnetic signal. Once each rotation of Saturn's magnetic field, an asymmetry in the field triggers a burst of radio waves," said Prof. David Southwood, co-author, Imperial College, University of London, and ESA's Director of Science. "We have then linked both signals to material that has come from Enceladus."
Based on the new observations, scientists now think there are two possible reasons for the change in radio period. The first theory is that the geysers on Enceladus could be more active now than in Voyagers' time. The second is that there may be seasonal variations as Saturn orbits the sun once every 29 years.
"One would predict that when the geysers are very active, the particles load down the magnetic field and increase the slippage of the plasma disc, thereby increasing the radio emission period even more. If the geysers are less active, there would be less of a load on the magnetic field, and therefore less slippage of the plasma disc, and a shorter period," said Gurnett.
"The direct link between radio, magnetic field and deep planetary rotation has been taken for granted up to now. Saturn is showing we need to think further," said Michele Dougherty, principal investigator on MAG, Imperial College London.
Note for editors
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA and ASI, the Italian space agency. The Cassini orbiter was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The magnetometer (MAG) team is based at Imperial College, University of London (UK). The Radio and Plasma Wave Science experiment (RPWS) team is based at the University of Iowa, Iowa City (US).
For more information
Prof. David Southwood, ESA Director of Science
Email: david.southwood @ esa.int
Jean-Pierre Lebreton,
ESA Huygens Project Scientist
Email : jean-pierre.lebreton @ esa.int


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A man driving in the Washington Park neighborhood crashed his car head-on into another vehicle this afternoon after he was shot, authorities said.
The man was driving in the 5900 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when he was shot in the shoulder, causing him to crash into another vehicle, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss.
Fire Department personnel took a 25-year-old man who had been shot in the back to John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County in critical condition, Fire Department spokesman Sean Flynn said.
No one was in custody.
Twitter: @ChicagoBreaking


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Each year, travel experts around the world, from Frommer's to Lonely Planet, compile a list of what they think the top destinations in the coming year will be.
Sometimes they're right on the money -- who wouldn't have guessed London would be a top destination in 2012 what with the Olympics and Queen's Diamond Jubilee in one year, -- while other times it seems what was predicted to be a trendy destination never really takes off.
At the start of the year, Lonely Planet put Uganda, Myanmar and Ukraine at the top of their 2012 travel list, none of which I've heard much about after the list was released. Frommer's named the Bay of Fundy in Atlantic Canada, Beirut in Lebanon and Chongqing in China as their top destinations for 2012.
Hindsight is always 20/20, though. With that in mind, I count down what I thought the top five destinations of the year past were.
1. London, England
London was the "it" destination of 2012, welcoming millions of tourists during the summer Olympics and during celebrations for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. The release of the James Bond film Skyfallhas kept London in the spotlight through the final months of 2012.
2. Costa Rica
Costa Rica has matured as an adventure destination, especially for rainforest treks and zip lining, but the Central American country is also gaining notoriety for its resort getaways. I'm still shocked that time and time again this year, after asking a colleague where he or she was headed on vacation, I heard the answer Costa Rica.
3. Washington State
The United States continues to be the world's top destination for Canadians, though Washington State was, ahem, thrust into the spotlight this year when the 50 Shades of Greytrilogy, which takes place in Seattle, took the world by storm this past summer. Fans of the raunchy read have flocked to Seattle attractions mentioned in the books. Forks, Washington continues to benefit from literary tourism as well, as fans of the Twilight Saga are still finding their way to the small town to see spots frequented by Bella, Edward and Jacob. Plus, now that marijuana has been legalized for personal use, expect Washington to continue its climb as a must-visit U.S. state thanks to marijuana tourism.
4. Mayan Riviera, Mexico
With the fascination (terror?) about the end of the Mayan calendar on Dec. 21, 2012, there has been a renewed interest in travel to the Mayan Riviera and the Mayan ruins in the area, like Chichen Itza. Attractions in the Riviera have introduced a number of events to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar, as have resorts.
5. New Zealand
With the release of The Hobbitmovie this month, there has been a renewed interest in travel to New Zealand, especially to sites made famous in the film and in Peter Jackson's previous Tolkien trilogy Lord of the Rings.The very real farm where Hobbiton has been constructed is especially worth a visit and is open for tours.
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For the enterprising RIA firm that's diversifying its asset management strategies—and is looking for outside expertise in its selected areas of specialization—it's more essential than ever to choose the right asset management providers.
Sure, it's a given that you want an asset manager who delivers superior historical performance, whether you're relying on them for their expertise in fixed income, alternative investments, real estate, micro-caps or any other of the innumerable investment options. But you also want to select a manager who offers something else—namely, operational advantages that not only enhance your client service, but boost your firm's bottom line as well.
In terms of data flow, what types of turnaround times are you getting from your asset managers? How would you rate the quality of the data? The consistency?
In today's fast-paced operational environment, your clients expect to receive information quickly, reliably and accurately. That's why many RIAs are finding it difficult to carry on "business as usual" with asset managers who continue to use outdated data management systems. Because the fact is, even if the asset manager's performance is good, there can be delays in the flow of data to you, and ultimately from you to your client—an impediment for which the client holds you (and not the asset manager) accountable.
Furthermore, in addition to increasing your client service challenges, the data bottleneck can hurt your firm's profitability. That occurs when your staff is forced to operate in a reduced timeframe on its end to compensate for slow turnaround times from your asset managers. This can result in increased operational costs for you—from hiring and training additional staff to increasing the work hours allocated to complete the reconciliation and reporting processes in a timely fashion.
To put it another way, you may find yourself using inefficient "solutions" that simply don't scale.
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How do you help maximize the efficient flow of data from an asset manager to your RIA firm—and from there, from you to your client? What's the best way to hone operational efficiencies and reconciliation processing times?
At the outset of your relationship with the asset management provider, your firm needs to lay out what it expects in terms of the data content that's delivered, along with the format and timing. Hopefully for both parties, the asset manager already has the requisite solution in place that can efficiently feed your reconciliation and reporting engine. If not, they should agree to implement one.
The good news is that for asset managers may not have to change operations in a significant way to meet your data expectations. Due to increased demand for more efficient data reconciliation, my firm now works with more than 150 boutique and mid-market asset managers to deliver data in precisely the way they, and their clients, have requested.
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(Image "August" by Michael Shaughnessy)
An opening for Michael Shaughnessy's work titled :3.2.7 will be held on Friday, September 20 from 5-7 pm at The Leonard R. Craig Gallery in the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts (UCCPA) at 42 Depot Street in Unity, Maine. Admission to the event is free and refreshments will be available. The exhibition at will feature a site-specific construction on display outside of and within the gallery, and runs September 20 through November 1.
Shaughnessy has been an artist for 30 years and his work is primarily made from common hay. He has held exhibitions and installations in museums, contemporary art centers and universities across the country, including such places as the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Massachusetts. In 2011, Shaughnessy received the William E. and Helen E. Thon Jurors' Prize at the Portland Museum of Art Biennial.
Shaughnessy states: "Each work an artist creates is a relic of the individual and culture that produced it. These works are reflective of not only the artist's expressive intent but of the larger cultural ethics, aspirations and identities out of which it comes. The artist is both reflective and anticipatory of how those things are changing and evolving. The work in the Leonard Crag Gallery, entitled 3.2.7, is a response to the changing culture and ethic relative to our place on the earth by a response to Richard Serra's piece 4.5.6 at the Colby Museum of Art in nearby Waterville. By the material nature, the institutional context, the economies they represent and the process by which they are made there is a distinct contrast. In that much is said and reflected. Each speaks for its time, its location and how we are evolving relative to our common ground."
Shaughnessy was raised in Kansas City and lives in Portland, Maine, and is a long-term environmental and political activist. He is active with the Sierra Club, and was a founding board member and is currently the president of the Friends of the Presumpscot River. He has held elected office and worked as an active participant of numerous political and social change causes. Since 1987 Shaughnessy has taught drawing, design and sculpture at the University of Southern Maine. He is entrepreneurial-minded and a constant inventor and in 2001, he developed the first national program combining art and entrepreneurial studies.
In 2012 Shaughnessy set out on a 10-week journey, taking a large hay ball for a cross-country ride on a small car to meet America. The project was titled "Wonderment: The Hay Ball's Journey Across America". First exhibited at the Tampa Museum of Art, the ball of hay was a fixture in Portland, Maine, and during its travels across America became a combination of performance art, sculpture and public art laced with humor and social interaction. Shaughnessy is currently writing about the adventure and the people he met along the way.
For more information, please contact Ben Potter, Professor of Art/Curator of the Leonard R. Craig Gallery at 207-948-9239 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
In recent years Unity College has gained national attention for a variety of achievements including: its focus on sustainability science, the leading-edge of 21st century ecological problem solving and the vanguard in the fight for the mitigation of global climate change; its groundbreaking "green" innovations such as the award-winning TerraHaus, the first student residence on a college or university campus built to the Passive House standard, the most energy efficient building standard in the world; and for being the first college in the United States to divest from investments in fossil fuels, igniting a growing national movement in higher education. Unity College has repeatedly received superior placement in the Washington Monthly magazine annual college rankings, including being named among the top baccalaureate colleges in 2013.
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Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Platonic Solids
The Platonic solids or Platonic polyhedra are the convex polyhedra where all faces are copies of the same regular polygon, and the same number of edges meet at every vertex. There are five of these shapes: the tetrahedron (like a pyramid but with a triangular base): cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron.
Recent versions of Blender include an addon called "Regular Solids", which lets you instantly generate these and a whole bunch of other similar shapes. However, the following steps do not require any addons.
|Applicable Blender version: 2.67.
The Tetrahedron[edit]
Bring up the Add Mesh menu (Shift+A), and select a Cone. Set the number of Vertices to 3, leave Radius 1 at its default value of 1.000 and Radius 2 at 0.000. Now, set the Depth to . To make sure that you have a regular tetrahedron, you can check the lengths of the edges (in Edit Mode, press N to open the Properties panel and locate the checkbox Length in the section Edge Info).
The Cube[edit]
This happens to be a built-in shape in Blender. Just bring up the Add Mesh menu, and select Cube. Done!
The Octahedron[edit]
This shape is the dual of the cube—it has vertices where the cube has faces, and faces where the cube has vertices. To make it, first create a cube. Press Tab to switch to Edit mode. All the vertices should already be selected. Press W to bring up the Specials menu, and select the Bevel function (or select it directly with CTRL + B ). As you move the mouse, you will see each vertex of the cube turn into a triangular face; don't bother getting the shape exactly right, simply press LMB to finish the drag. Then, look in the panel that should have appeared at the bottom of the Toolshelf on the left of the 3D view (press T to toggle its visibility); you should see an editable numeric field labelled "Offset". Type the value 1.0 into this field, and that should exactly form the octahedron shape.
Finally, bring up the Specials menu again, and this time select Remove Doubles.
The Icosahedron[edit]
Bring up the Add Mesh menu, and select an Icosphere. Set the Subdivision to 1. Simple!
The Dodecahedron[edit]
This shape is the dual of the icosahedron. To create it, make an icosahedron as above. Then do what you did to make an octahedron out of a cube: press Tab to switch to Edit mode. All the vertices should already be selected. Press W to bring up the Specials menu, and select the Bevel function. As with the octahedron, press LMB to finish the drag. Then set the Offset value to 0.607, the closest I could find.
Then, bring up the Specials menu again, and this time select Remove Doubles. However, the default Merge Distance of 0.0001 will not be enough to remove all the doubled vertices; change this to 0.001, and you should see the message "Removed 40 vertices" briefly flash up.
What's the dual of the tetrahedron? Try applying the Bevel operation to one of those; what do you end up with?


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The Cleaner, Happier, Healthier hygiene intervention was developed and tested in 2013, featuring the Sesame Workshop characters. Through broadcast television, four public service announcements (PSAs) addressed washing hands with soap, using a latrine, wearing sandals, and drinking clean water. The main audiences were young preschool children and their parents or guardians.
Research occurred in Bangladesh, India, and Nigeria, exploring the reach and impact of these PSAs. Although low percentages, from well-drawn samples of extremely vulnerable populations in these countries, reported awareness and recall of these messages, such percentages can reflect large numbers of viewers. Considering data from the participating children, measures of knowledge and attitudes were associated with engaging in several of the behavioral outcomes. As well, awareness and recall of the PSA messages predicted "all the time" for several of the hygiene behaviors. In contrast, parents' reports of PSA awareness and recall were not associated with reports of children's hygiene behaviors.
Conducting reach studies is extremely difficult, especially in developing countries and communities. Despite the challenges, this study is encouraging. Participants reported seeing the messages, and in several models, this "reach" predicted reports of hygiene and health behaviors. Lessons learned from this case study and research can offer valuable insight into the production of future health PSAs, especially with harder-to-reach populations.
Keywords: children, media, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Sesame Street, public service announcements, hygiene, television
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How do you know if you have an incomplete abortion?
An incomplete abortion is an abortion that has only been partially successful. The pregnancy has ended— no fetus will develop, but your body has only expelled part of the tissue and products of pregnancy. If you have prolonged bleeding, too much bleeding (much more than a regular menstrual period), pain in your belly that does not go away after a few days of taking the Misoprostol, pain that is unbearable, fever, continued bleeding after three weeks, or pain when pushing on your belly, you may have an incomplete abortion. You must go to a hospital or a doctor to have an ultrasound and to get treated if you have any of these symptoms. This is absolutely necessary because the tissue and blood that remains in the body can cause heavy bleeding or an infection. The treatment of an incomplete abortion is legal everywhere.
In countries where women can be prosecuted for having an abortion, it is not necessary to tell the medical staff that you tried to induce an abortion; you can that say that you had a spontaneous miscarriage. There are no tests that can show that a woman has done a medical abortion. It is extremely important to treat an incomplete abortion. The treatment for incomplete abortion is called a vacuum aspiration, or "curettage." Any clinic that can deal with complications of miscarriage can also help women with incomplete abortions, because the symptoms are the same. Sometimes treatment with 2 extra tablets of misoprostol might be enough.
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We can use json objects to send the data to the client side using post or get method. That works perfectly cool. My concern is pther way round.
Let say I have a data store and i want to send this data store to the server then what is the best approach to do that. Further do extjs provide any method for this.
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J.P. Morgan Will Pay $700 Million in 'Whale' Fines
Regulators are expected to hit J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. with at least $700 million in penalties as part of a settlement related to the bank's handling of the London Whale trading loss. Colin Barr reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.
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... the the ... regulators are expected to hit JPMorgan Chase with at least seven hundred million in fines related to the London whale trading loss last year joining me now is Wall Street John all ... markets head of the colon bought ... he was to come modeling of great new set of some of the JPMorgan ... that's a lot of money ... yep ... thermo money and it's un this all stems from the Whale trading loss in the U last year ... aam piano was more than six billion dollars in this is the latest ... evidence that regulators are trying to make a point of saying will cure internal controls were not good ... he'd do better in terms of managing people and managing the risks ... in this of this entire story pitch because of the start of the of the whale episode by April two thousand twelve ... JPMorgan was widely thought of as the strong U S bank win the opening weekend lots of insolvent role that said ... if you know this was all I ... could and did the assumption was correct assumption was that these guys who we did the worst financial crazy yes ... by it by being smarter and more discipline than everybody else ... in the last the last year and half has cast more doubt on ... so it's it's been it's been a bad bad right for them and I'm sure that they would say ... that that's not true and that the ... kid that while they are these the middle of the states that they actually are or you play disciplined in the devil year they have integrity to point out that senior management has not been ... accused of any wrongdoing in the bank has denied ... and physical now does this flying the seven hundred million dollars penalty ... which which is nothing compared to the brilliance that she lost in the trade ... from the different fields of medicine ... will write the afflicted it one of those to sell most of their unbelief reported their working for his one with the SCC ... the SCC is under new management with Mary Jo White in she you're one of her caught up with synopsis is that ... is that people will not be able to simply say aam we don't know what happened there will pay a fine with us walk away from it she wants people to admit that they did that they could've done things the better that they did it make mistakes it for supper so within were ... we haven't had that settlement as yet that's coming in you when we were reporting that come the next few day aka and tumble what that will become confronted by bias ... and in Nymex crude all going off one of things I find interesting here is that of ... a big multi billion dollar loss because of how much messed up trading when the self correct and if you just let a ... company that made it that's right go bust ... right well that that is part of Iraq was that's one way of looking at ... me I don't think there's any risk of JPMorgan going cost of this there was a lot of money it made them look very bad ... um diamond Christina James signed and the CEO made the comment early on in this in what turned out to the crisis he said this isn't this to keep on he's been ... he keep his admitted that that was that was not a known smart thing to do with that they've they've displayed in the display to the beginning ... so aam this this is been a bad that upset them ... by the same token there's not this is not been something to put that this is not a replay of financial crisis where when you actually did have a full financial system since the collapse in what is ... what people believe that would have laughed if it hadn't been for government intervention ... with this this this was a bad trade by these guys they did not put themselves in danger of the of the JPMorgan has to ... more than one billion dollars of shareholder capital so they're stealing six billion dollar loss is bad that song like to be with them for for you and I would like governing bodies maybe for me I mean did I ... hear caliber of course ... it's always applies to


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Shang Tao Media Arts College is an Edexcel BTEC centre approved to offer Higher National Diplomas (HND) in 3D Animation and Multimedia. It is registered with the Ministry for Higher Education, Science and Technology (MOHEST), Media Council of Kenya, and the Commission for Higher Education in Kenya.
Robust Specialized Setup
Shang Tao Media Arts College is a highly specialized academic instituition that now occupies Four floors on Hazina Towers in the UpperCentral BusinessDistrict(CBD)Area. The entireinstitutionis setupto offer only one course:3D Animation and Multimedia. This is theonlyinstitutionthat offersonly one course as an immersive experience. The entire college is focused on, Movie/Film, TV, Music and
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- A whole floor fully equipped with professional blue and green screens, shooting lights, reserved for TV virtual sets & Video shooting.
- Professional media equipment e.g. Teleprompters/ Auto cues for voice over & visual casting.
- Over a hundred professional 3D Visualization and Animation benches with Dual Screen setup.
- Over a hundred professional editing benches with dual screen setup.
- Fully furnished e-Library with hundreds of training video tutorials.
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Finished another excellent book. Glynn Harrison (formerly a professor of psychiatry at Bristol University) offers guidance for Christians as they attempt to negotiate the widening gulf between Christian sexual ethics and those of mainstream culture. As he rightly observes there is much more pastoral reflection to be done but his book is an excellent and very readable starting point.
Welcome! Whether you've just moved to the area, or have lived here all your life, we hope this helps you to find out everything you want to know about our church.
We are a large and lively church situated close to one of South London's busiest traffic intersections. We cater for all age groups and stages of life with a membership of over 400 people with 600+ people each Sunday across congregations. We are dynamic in our outlook, and bring together people from all walks of life and from different nations. We love to see new people! Services begin with a warm welcome and an invitation to join in celebrating the good news about Jesus Christ. Our worship is vibrant and lively as we lift up His name together. We expect God to meet with us and speak to us. Outside of our services and the activities at church, we are very active in our local community. We work alongside other agencies and run our own projects to express the love of God in a practical way. Our vision statement drives what we do.
We want to enable people from all backgrounds to become mature followers of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Our address is below and a map of our location is Purley is at contact us.
If driving, parking can get quite chaotic - especially when arriving for the 11.15am service when the 9.30am service may still be emptying! Our Sports Cage immediately before the church has the most parking spaces - turn right soon after turning into Banstead Road. Other possibilies are the main car park for disabled parking (go past the Sports Court and the main church building and turn right into this smaller car park), parking on Banstead Road (including the red line on Sundays) plus other local roads. We recommend arriving 15 mins early to allow time for parking, walk to church and finding your seat.
Expect a very warm welcome particularly from our Host Team who will be able to answer your questions and direct you where to go. There will be approx 30 mins of worship songs, a short time of prayer and an offering collection (please don't feel you have to give). After the notices one of our pastors will give a sermon and there will be a chance to respond/receive prayer at the end of the service.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served following morning services, and before the evening service. This gives time to meet and catch up with other people.
There are groups for children at both morning services, groups for young people are at the 11.15am service.
Children stay with their parents at the start of the service as we worship together for the first part of the morning. An announcement is made when the children need to go to their groups. You will need to go with your children and register them the first time they attend.
Tumblers 6 months to 2 years old - children under 6 months are welcome but should be accompanied by their parent/carer
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Young people's groups are held in the youth centre at the United Reformed Church (URC), which is just down the road. Meet at the URC from 11am or ask someone from the Host Team to take you there.
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Surgical Weight Loss – Patient Care and Treatment
The surgical weight loss team focuses on weight-loss surgery – sometimes called stomach stapling or bariatric surgery – for patients with clinically severe obesity.
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To schedule an appointment or to get more information, please call717-531-7260
Severe obesity with a body mass index (BMI) of greater than 40 is associated with a 6- to 12-fold increase in overall mortality, when compared with non-obese individuals.
Modifications in diet, behavior, exercise and medical weight loss regimens should be the initial approach to weight management. However, these approaches don't always work for everyone over the long-term.
Surgical treatment of obesity (bariatric surgery) may be considered when the risk of obesity related medical problems exceeds the risk of complications related to surgical intervention.
The goal of the bariatric surgery program is to give you the tools to maintain the weight loss achieved after surgery. While the amount of weight loss varies, most people lose up to a third of their body weight. Weight loss is most rapid for the first 6 months, then slowly plateaus approximately 18 to 24 months after surgery. Most patients experience significant improvement or resolution of weight-related medical problems following bariatric surgery.
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Getting started
It's easy to get started with the surgical weight loss program.
- First, attend an information seminar. Please call 717-531-7260 to register. At the seminar you'll have the opportunity to ask questions of our bariatric surgeon, and we'll give you all the forms you'll need.
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- Have your primary care physician complete the physician history form (PDF), order blood work and provide 6 months of office progress notes. Mail or fax the information to our office. (Please call the Surgical Weight Loss office to confirm receipt.)
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Penn State Surgical Weight Loss has been performing the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for over 30 years. It is considered the gold standard in bariatric surgery.
Gastric bypass works by restricting food intake and decreasing the absorption of food calories. Food intake is limited by creating a small stomach pouch that is about the size of an egg. Additionally, food absorption is reduced by "bypassing" part of the digestive tract.
At Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, almost all gastric bypasses can be performed laparoscopically, using five small incisions rather than one large incision. Laparoscopic gastric bypass patients usually have less pain, quicker recoveries and fewer complications. Not all patients are suitable for laparoscopy. Patients who are super-morbidly obese, who have had previous abdominal surgery or who have complicated medical problems may require a traditional abdominal incision.
After gastric bypass, patients can expect to lose on average about 60 to 80 percent of their excess body weight.
Having gastric bypass surgery does not guarantee weight loss. This surgery is not effective without behavior modification and nutritional counseling. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of gastric bypass patients can regain weight, usually due to the return of bad eating habits.
Sleeve gastrectomy
The sleeve gastrectomy is now the most common operation for weight loss in the world. It has been performed at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for over eight years. In this operation, a narrow tube of stomach is created, making the stomach about the size of a small banana. The larger, stretchy part of the stomach is completely removed. This operation is done laparoscopically, through small incisions. The advantages to this procedure are that it is usually a quicker operation than the bypass and does not involve any rearrangement of the intestines. In addition, patients feel less hunger after this operation.
Weight loss results with the sleeve and improvement of weight-related medical problems are very similar between the sleeve and the gastric bypass.
Revisional surgery
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center bariatric surgeons also perform revisional bariatric surgery.
If you had your bariatric surgery at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center or have relocated from out-of-state and are problems like weight re-gain, vomiting or abdominal pain, please call 717-531-7260 and speak with the program coordinator.
For those who had bariatric surgery done locally (Harrisburg, York, Lancaster or Reading), please call the original bariatric surgeon for a consultation. We traditionally do not see patients who've had their surgeries done locally and whose surgeons are still in practice.


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Nick Lachey claims he was booted from Bengals-Chargers game
Bengals win 20-13
A Cincinnati native and performing star rooting for his hometown team says he was booted from the game.
Nick Lachey posted on Twitter Sunday evening, "Just got kicked out of the chargers stadium and couldn't be prouder! Go Cincy Bengals! #whodey"
"chargers fans have no sense of humor!" he next tweeted.
His final tweet read "Bengals win again. i'd talk trash to everyone in SD, but what's the point? you already had me kicked out of the stadium and you still lost."
Lachey did not provide details about what happened. He tweeted Monday morning that, "Majority of charger fans were awesome yesterday, thanks for the hospitality! Sadly, there is always one guy that ruins it for everyone....."
The Bengals beat San Diego 20-13 for their fourth straight win.
NBC has signed Lachey as the host for its new singing game show series, "The Winner Is" according to the Hollywood Reporter.


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Canadian progress on combatting greenhouse-gas emissions would sway American views on Alberta's oil, U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson says.
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, U.S. President Barack Obama told the Congress that climate-change action is coming, one way or another. He devoted a substantial part of a speech outlining his second-term agenda to pledges to both reduce emissions and beef up U.S. energy security – but he gave no hints of where Canadian oil fits in.
His ambassador in Ottawa, David Jacobson, said that when Canadians can show progress on climate change, it has an impact on Americans' judgment of whether the energy-security benefits of oil-sands imports outweigh the environmental impact.
"It does," Mr. Jacobson said in an interview on Wednesday. "I think that there are an awful lot of folks who are trying to make up their minds, and trying to draw the right balance between these two things, who I think will be moved by progress.
"There has been progress. As I've said many times before, there needs to be more progress."
The ambassador's comments were made on a day that 48 environmentalists, including the head of the Sierra Club, were arrested in Washington as they protested against TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
Mr. Jacobson took pains to note that he's not drawing a direct link to the proposed pipeline, which would carry Alberta bitumen to Texas, or suggesting that climate-change action will clinch its approval.
But in Ottawa, the Harper government is clearly already making that connection: it has stepped up arguments that Canada is making progress on emissions, and will step up action in lockstep with the United States, as it lobbies for for Mr. Obama to approve the pipeline this spring.
Mr. Harper's government has made a top foreign-policy priority of popping the so-called bitumen bubble – getting Alberta oil beyond glutted markets in Western Canada and the U.S. Midwest, where it fetches lower prices than oil sold in other refining hubs – as well as ensuring the world will accept Canadian oil on its markets one day.
The U.S. President gave no clues in his speech about whether he'll green-light that pipeline. And Mr. Jacobson isn't going to scoop the President.
But the ambassador's remarks send a message that Canada's action on greenhouse-gas emissions are a factor in the country's trade interests, especially in oil. Where once Ottawa emphasized the energy security the oil sands can offer, it's being told that climate-change action, mitigating the environmental downside, may tip the balance. And that political calculation could spread to other potential markets.
Keystone XL has become a lightning-rod issue for climate-change activists in the United States.
On Wednesday, several prominent environmentalists were arrested for tying themselves to the White House gates to protest against the pipeline – including environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, which for the first time in 120 years suspended its policy against civil disobedience because of the Keystone issue.
Their protest has a straightforward message: that the pipeline is a line in the sand for climate change, and Alberta oil must stay in the ground.
But the Obama administration doesn't see it that way – as a straight-line environmental choice between whether Alberta's oil can be burned or not. Mr. Jacobson says the administration sees it as a balancing of economics and security with the environment.
"What we are trying to do is to try to strike the right balance between our energy needs, our need for safe and secure energy, the fact that everyone understands Canada is our safest and most secure foreign supplier of energy – and the environment and climate change," Mr. Jacobson said. "I'm not sure that talking about lines in the sand is the right way to do it."
Mr. Obama also promised in his State of the Union speech to beef up U.S. energy security by speeding up oil and gas permits, though just how Canadian oil fits in is unclear. The balancing Mr. Jacobson talks about suggests that for Mr. Obama, Keystone's not a "no-brainer" as it was for defeated Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. Mr. Romney talked a lot about "North American" energy security; Mr. Jacobson said the Obama administration takes a "tiered approach" – it would rather get oil from the United States first, but Canada tops the list of outside suppliers.
"If we've got to get oil from someplace, Canada is a safe and secure source of it," Mr. Jacobson said. "Having said that, though, there is a balance that needs to be struck. There is a balance within Canada, and there is a balance between Canada and the United States."
Campbell Clark writes about foreign affairs from Ottawa


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TUCSON, April 30 (UPI) -- Gardening is good for the brain, and microbes in the soil may be the reason why, U.S. researchers suggest.
Dr. Charles Raison, an associate professor of psychiatry in the University of Arizona College of Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona said the physical benefits of gardening have been known for decades. People who live near green spaces and who have access to natural environments live longer than people who don't.
"There are now a number of studies to suggest gardening might beneficially impact a range of conditions: obesity, dementia, schizophrenia, depression," Raison statement.
Scientists found contact with Mycobacterium vaccae, a bacterium that lives in soil, can improve cognitive function and mood, Raison said.
"What's remarkable is that this micro-organism seems to know how exactly to signal the brain areas we believe are most important for reducing depressive symptoms," Raison said. "It's like it immediately goes on a mainline right up to this one particular area of the brain."
So far, most studies of M. vaccae have been done in animals, but Raison said he was hopeful future studies in humans could yield a new tool for fighting depression and other mood disorders.
Environmental psychologist Roger Ulrich found in 1984 hospital patients who had a view of trees and other green spaces outside their windows healed more quickly and with fewer complications than patients who faced a brick wall. Ulrich's finding was published in Science.


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AEMO's national electricity emergency responsibilities are outlined in the Power System Emergency Management Plan, while in Victoria AEMO has additional responsibilities under the Victorian Energy Emergency Communications Protocol.
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ESSAYS ON PRODUCT TRADE-INS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSUMER DEMAND AND RETAILER BEHAVIOR by Ohjin Kwon A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Ful¯llment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) May 2010 Copyright 2010 Ohjin Kwon
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|My dissertation research examines implications of product trade-ins for consumer demand and retailer pricing behavior. Although product trade-ins are very prevalent in many durable goods markets, such as golf clubs, home appliances, and automobiles, there has been relatively little academic research examining this phenomenon. I examine how information provided by consumers' previous purchases can be leveraged to predict their future choices and its implications for retailer pricing decisions.; In the first chapter, I propose a spatial autoregressive multinomial probit model in which the preferences and marketing mix responsiveness of different consumers depend upon their relative proximity to each other. Unlike previous applications of spatial models in marketing that have focused on the impact of geographical proximity between consumers, I develop a contiguity metric which accounts for the similarity between consumer's previous purchases. I demonstrate that information about a consumer's previous purchase can be harnessed to predict the choices of other consumers for other products as well as simply to improve choice predictions of the same consumer for the same product, known in the marketing literature as structural state dependence.; I estimate the proposed model using transaction data for new car purchases in the midsize sedan market. The proposed model outperforms the commonly used random coefficient probit model as well as other spatial models that are based solely on the geographic closeness between consumers or that only incorporate preference or response correlation individually, but not together. I show the spatial correlations in one market may be used to yield more accurate predictions of consumer demand in other markets. I also show that ignoring spatial correlation based on previous vehicle similarity is found to underestimate the elasticity differences between brand-loyal consumers and switchers.; Building on this idea, in the second chapter, I investigate how the information provided by the trade-in decisions of a consumer impacts the new car pricing decisions of a retailer. First, I develop a theoretical model of the phenomenon, and use it to derive the optimal new car prices with and without trade-in information. Second, I test the predictions of my theoretical model by estimating a hedonic regression model of new car prices obtained from transaction data in the midsize sedan market. Finally, I develop and estimate a structural choice model and conduct a series of counterfactual analysis to quantify the benefit of trade-in information to the dealer.; The unique equilibrium solution of my theoretical model suggests that retailers charge a premium on new car when consumers trade in their used cars and that the premiums are even higher if the traded in vehicle is more similar to the new one. My empirical analysis supports my theory by showing that consumers who traded-in a used vehicle paid a higher price for the same new car than those who did not. Further, those consumers who traded in used cars that were of the same make and model of the new vehicle paid an even higher premium on their new car purchase. The structural model estimation results and counterfactual analysis show that price discrimination based on consumer trade-in information reduces market share but increases retailer profits because retailers end up leaving less money on the table. This demonstrates that the better information about consumer preferences provided by trade-ins substantially impacts dealer profits.
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Recurrent genetic deletion linked to autism
Loss of a small portion of chromosome 16, known as 16p11.2, is significantly associated with autism report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in an article, published Dec. 21, 2007, online by the journal Human Molecular Genetics.
Although this genetic "microdeletion" occurred in only four out of 712 subjects with autism (0.6%), it is the second most common recurrent genomic disorder associated with autism, which affects about one out of 160 children in the United States.
"We suspect that 16p11.2 microdeletions are a risk factor for autism spectrum disorders generally and may cause mild autism in some families," said study author Susan Christian, PhD, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago. "By disturbing the network of affected genes, this loss of selected genes may underlie the development of autism."
The deletion results in the loss of about 25 known genes. "Twelve of those genes appear to be part of a single genetic network that includes genes involved in cell-to-cell signaling and interaction," said first author Ravinesh A. Kumar, PhD. postdoctoral scientist in human genetics at the University of Chicago, "At least three of the deleted genes are primarily expressed in the brain and are thought to influence behavior," he added, "which makes them very promising candidates for autism."
The authors suspect the lost or damaged genes may also be involved in other cognitive, language and social impairments.
To find genes linked to autism, the researchers scanned the entire genomes of 180 subjects with autism searching for submicroscopic pieces of DNA that were either lost or mistakenly duplicated in patients diagnosed with autism. They first found that two out of those 180 (1.1%) had a deletion in region 16p11.2, on the short arm of chromosome 16. None of the 372 control subjects had the same deletion.
To confirm that result, the researchers screened DNA from an additional 532 subjects with autism. They found two additional subjects with the same deletion (0.4%), which was seen in none of the 465 controls. Combining the two samples produced a total prevalence of 16p11.2 deletions of 0.6 percent.
The 16p11.2 region is flanked on both sides by bands of segmental duplications, short strings of nearly identical DNA that predispose to the loss, shuffling or amplification of this region during genetic recombination. "Many human diseases are caused by these types of chromosomal rearrangements, however, this is the first recurrent microdeletion in autism too small to be seen under a microscope," said Christian.
The most common known genetic cause of autism, linked to about one to three percent of cases, is a much larger duplication of part of chromosome 15, involving about a dozen genes. The chromosome 15 abnormality is associated with autism as well as intellectual disability (www.idic15.org). The chromosome 16 deletion, by contrast, is not consistently associated with intellectual disability.
"Although this only explains about one-half of one percent of autism," said co-author William Dobyns, professor of human genetics and pediatrics at the University of Chicago, "it provides the best clues yet for finding the specific genetic changes that lead to the disease. This is a small region with a limited number of genes, including several strong candidates, each of which merits a closer look. The next step is to find the specific gene or genes involved. There may be one gene within that deletion that is at the core of the problem."
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Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Cooking on the Quick
Our last challenge for Weekend Cook and Tell was for all of you to share your favorite time-friendly eats. We called this Cooking on the Quick. Frankly, I was overwhelmed by the response and have decided to bookmark the page for my own selfish future needs. (Baby Zog requires much chasing.) Take a look and see what in-a-crunch ideas you will want to bookmark for yourselves.
You don't have to sacrifice nutrition when pressed for time. richa recommends her Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Hash Browns. Just "coat the bellas, grate some russet, mix in herbs 'n cheese, drizzle evoo, and bake!"
J.W. Hamner cooks ahead for the week (a wise idea). When he's in a true time pinch, J.W. utilizes his pressure cooker for optimal results. "Just this past weekend I woke up Saturday morning home alone with the fiance in Maine for the week and nothing to eat in the fridge or freezer. I was able to run to the store and still have Alton Brown's pressure cooker chili on the table in time for lunch... with plenty of leftovers to get me through the week."
Just because you have time to cook, doesn't meant that quick recipes aren't useful. lemonfair provides with us with a list of 10 quick recipes. My favorite quick tip of hers, is to keep precooked pasta or rice in your refrigerator to add to dishes. It's truly genius and a belly-lifesaver. You can toss precooked linguini noodles (or whatever you have on hand) with this delicious peanut sauce. I'm totally biased when there's peanut sauce involved, but I'm positive that this is delicious.
Mhays chimed in with a cheesy, eggy, crunchy concoction of Soft-boiled Egg & Pimento Cheese Soldiers. And let's be real, you can't go wrong with any of those descriptors. You're likely to have all of these ingredients sitting in your kitchen.
He may be loco, but at least Loco_food_guy's loco is channeled in the right direction - food. If you've got 15 minutes, then you have time to make his Fish Soup. A few San Marzano tomatoes here, a dash of garlic there, and a pour of clam broth, and you're nearly there!
We had quite a few quick and easy recipes that involved adding something to pasta. Take lemonfair's idea of keeping precooked pasta on hand, and add pesto, and any leftover veggies or chicken sitting in the fridge a la scargosun. Or you could use claireOOTO's quick dish of Minestrone to add your precooked shell pasta to.
Finally, Healthiersteps likes to throw together these Baked Corn Fritters. And they're gluten-free to boot!
A big thank you to everyone for sharing their short and sweet recipes for this week's Weekend Cook and Tell challenge. Be sure to head over to Talk and read about next week's challenge: The Body on That Buttermilk.
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