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Still remember the rumor we talked about last month about the series? Guess it is time to confirm. According to the leak photo of June issue of Newtype which is going to be released this Friday, the second season of TV Anime Chuunibyo demo Koi ga Shitai! (中二病でも恋がしたい!) was announced. The official Twitter also indicated the official website will be updated tomorrow, and probably with the new information about the second season.
The rumor we talked about in March and the promotion video about the "Contract Renew" turns out to be a whole new season as we all expected. With the story ended well in the first season, I would personally hope to see more about Mori Summer and Dekomori. Then things left for us to predict is the airing schedule. We all know that Kyoto Animation is going to air another new TV Anime Free! in July, and meanwhile, Kyoukai no Kanata was also announced and the studio will have a tight schedule. Thus the second season of Chuunibyo could be available no earlier than this Fall, or even this Winter. Well, these are all assumptions, will get back for other information when available.
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Once upon a time, back in the early days of the Web, marketers would spend lots of time gathering links that would encourage visitors to click on them and drive traffic. Somewhere along the line, Google's PageRank algorithm changed that, and marketers became obsessed with building (or buying) links that helped them rank in the search engines.
Now that Google has gone on a crusade against paid links, and has begun discounting suspected paid links in its ranking algorithms, marketers have once again returned to the concept of building links that drive traffic.
That idea was a common theme this week at SES Toronto. Just about every session offered the same general advice: stop chasing algorithms and build a site that people will trust; build links that will drive qualified traffic, and the SEO benefits will follow.
Get Into the Experience Business
In the "Beyond Linkbait" session, which I had the privilege to moderate, Mike McDerment, CEO and co-founder of Freshbooks, explained that even though he had spent his past life as an SEO, he purposely built Freshbooks.com to not be search engine friendly.
The site is still built to be crawlable by search engines, but instead of optimizing title tags and on-page copy for certain keywords, McDerment made sure the titles and pages would entice users to click on Freshbooks' listing in the search results, and feel comfortable about the company once they got there.
"We're in the experience business, and relationships are the currency," McDerment said. He noted that, contrary to popular belief, businesses don't want to do business with other businesses. They want to do business with people, especially people who understand them well.
By building a business focused on building relationships with people, Freshbooks was able to explode its traffic, and get many more customers than it would have gotten through SEO, he said.
McDerment has instilled at Freshbooks a culture of "making love to the customer." One example where Freshbooks has gone above and beyond to please customers was when a man in Fiji objected to McDerment's posts about new Triscuit flavors, because they were unavailable in his country and he was dying to try them. The company promptly sent him some boxes of the new crackers, and he subsequently blogged about it, got picked up by ReadWriteWeb, and then wrote an article for the Fiji Times newspaper about his experience.
Another time, one of the company's Twitter followers tweeted about getting stood up for a date. The Freshbooks employee responded that Freshbooks would never stand her up, and then the company sent her flowers. That also resulted in positive blog posts and happy customers.
Focus on the End, Not the Means
The other presenter in the "Beyond Linkbait" session was Greg Jarboe, president and co-founder of SEO-PR. Jarboe shared a similar theme, woven through three of SEO-PR's clients.
"Too often, people get stuck on the artifact — the links. Links shift in value. They're a means to an end. Getting traffic to your site — that has value," he said.
Jarboe uses a news hook to build links. By creating press releases that are optimized to rank well in Google News, SEO-PR is able to drive traffic directly to client sites. By building personal relationships with journalists and bloggers, SEO-PR is able to get talked about in places where potential customers will find his clients.
Moving Forward by Looking Back
Before Google made links the be-all, end-all of search engine marketing, people used to focus on advertising in places that would bring the right users to their site. And then they would focus on building a site that would keep them interested once they arrived, and persuade them to buy something, if that was their goal.
When search traffic got cheap and abundant, it was often easier to just get more people to come to your crappy website and still get enough to buy something, than it would be to target relevant traffic, and build a site that converted well.
Now, increased competition makes search traffic less cheap and less abundant, at least on the more competitive terms. So now, marketers are realizing something they should have known all along: Google rankings are not the end goal. Google rankings are one means of getting to the end goal, which is getting customers to spend money on your site.
Many marketers did know this all along, and those are the ones that don't freak out every time Google changes its algorithms. Now, it seems there are more people out there like them, going back to put the "marketing" back into "search engine marketing."
Submissions are now open for the 2009 Search Engine Watch Awards. Enter your company or campaign before July 17, 2009. Winners will be announced at SES San Jose.
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How Not to Get Derailed This Holiday
We call this the Holiday Season. Family, food, fun and train wrecks, all rolled into one span of days, Thanksgiving through New Years. There are memories rolling like thunder through our minds and emotions, traditions that seem to come back around again and again -- some so sweet and some reoccurring nightmares. Why we always go there is one of life's great mysteries. I am from a Big Ol' Southern family and our home scene at holiday times was Cat-on-A-Hot- Tin-Roof-on-steroids.
I can look back now and it was so funny, crazy, tragic, and real all at once. But today, I no longer have an emotional charge around any of that stuff. I have cleaned and cleared my life for many years and I am at peace with it all. Life goes on and so do we, peacefully if we have done the work to let go and live for today's real-time moments. I'm fortunate to be where I am today and GRATEFUL--very, very grateful--to be living life with my Eyes, Heart, Mind and Spirit wide open to the here and now.
That's my gift to myself – and a reminder that the holidays have not always been the peace and freedom I know today. Over the years I have picked up a few valuable tips on keeping the Holiday Cheer clean, clear and HAPPY!
Lee McCormick is the co-author of Dreaming Heaven: The Beginning is Near (Hay House), the powerful JourneyBook, DVD and meditation that enables you to walk in the footsteps of Lee and his fellow guides as they take you on a journey to your authentic self by following the pathways of the great mystery school at Teotihuacan, Mexico, first created by the Toltec masters thousands of year ago. Lee is the founder of The Integrative Life Center in Nashville, as well as formerly The Ranch Recovery Center in Tennessee, and The Canyon Treatment Center in Malibu, California.For more information, go to www.dreamingheaven.net or www.spiritrecovery.com.


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Aripiprazole for Prevention of Relapse to Cocaine Use in Methadone-Maintenance Patients
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Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 28, 2008
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|May 8, 2008
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|April 16, 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Aripiprazole for Prevention of Relapse to Cocaine Use in Methadone-Maintenance Patients
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|Aripiprazole for Prevention of Relapse to Cocaine Use in Methadone-Maintenance Patients
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- To determine whether aripiprazole prevents relapse to cocaine use more effectively than placebo in cocaine-abstinent patients maintained on methadone.
- Individuals between 18 and 60 years of age who are current cocaine users seeking methadone treatment.
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Background. Though methadone effectively treats opioid dependence in polydrug users, some abstinent patients relapse to maladaptive use of cocaine during treatment. Relapse may be triggered by cocaine-associated cues. Work in a rodent relapse model has demonstrated that the atypical neuroleptic drug aripiprazole (Abilify), a partial agonist at dopamine D2 receptors, can block relapse to cocaine use induced by cocaine-associated environmental stimuli or by priming doses of cocaine.
Scientific goals. To determine whether aripiprazole prevents relapse to cocaine use more effectively than placebo in cocaine-abstinent patients maintained on methadone.
Participant population. A total of up to 275 opioid-dependent outpatients abusing cocaine and opioids (110 evaluable) will be enrolled. Target enrollment will include 40% women and 60% minorities (mostly African-American).
Experimental design and methods. The study will be a randomized double-blind clinical trial with two treatment groups (55 per group): aripiprazole (15 mg oral daily) and placebo. All patients will receive standard treatment (methadone daily and individual counseling weekly) for 39 weeks. To establish abstinence prior to aripiprazole induction, contingent vouchers will be given for each cocaine-negative urine specimen during the first 12 weeks (weeks 1-12). Participants who are abstinent from cocaine during weeks 11 and 12 will be randomized to receive aripiprazole or aripiprazole placebo in weeks 13 through 27 (induction, weeks 13 and 14; taper, week 27). From weeks 28-33, participants will receive methadone and counseling only, and then will be offered assistance to transfer to another program; those who do not transfer will undergo an 8-week methadone detoxification. The primary outcome measures will be time to relapse and longest duration of cocaine abstinence. Secondary objectives include evaluating whether the treatment groups differ in self-reported changes in drug use and proportion of drug-negative urine specimens. In addition, drug use, drug craving, stress, and HIV-risk behaviors such as injection practices will be assessed via electronic diaries (ecological momentary assessment, EMA).
Benefits to participants and/or society. Participants will receive methadone, drug counseling, and contingency-management therapy. The methadone, counseling, and voucher interventions are likely to reduce participants use of heroin and cocaine and HIV risk behaviors. Aripiprazole may reduce the incidence of relapse to cocaine use.
Risks to participants. Participants may experience side effects from aripiprazole and methadone and discomfort during withdrawal from methadone and aripiprazole. Methadone could raise serum levels of aripiprazole via inhibition of CYP2D6 metabolic pathways. The EMA component of the study may generate some assessment burden.
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April 9, 2014
Meltem Demirors, MBA '15, at the Clean Energy Prize Kickoff Event last semester
The MIT Clean Energy Prize organizing team has announced 21 semifinalists in the seventh annual competition, which is open to graduate and undergraduate students from any university across the United States. Several teams featuring MIT Sloan students are included among the semifinalists.
The MIT Clean Energy Prize is a student-organized business plan competition where teams can submit their own clean energy or technology ideas into one of three categories: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, or Infrastructure & Resources. Over a period of several months, the teams are mentored and critiqued by panels of venture capitalists, CEOs, lawyers, and academics.
This year, more than 60 teams from 24 universities across the United States expressed interest in the MIT Clean Energy Prize. Following the first round of judging, 21 teams were invited to enter the semifinal round of the competition. These teams receive mentoring, a $1,000 stipend, and access to MIT Clean Energy Prize resources such as partnerships with startup accelerators and a wide network of clean energy experts.
On April 27, a panel of expert judges will then review the plans. The top two teams in each category will move on to the finals on April 28 at the Sheraton Boston, when the six teams will compete for the $125,000 MIT NSTAR Clean Energy Prize and the $100,000 U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clean Energy Prize. Three track winners will each receive $25,000. In addition, the top MIT team will be automatically entered into the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.
The MIT Clean Energy Prize, conceived by the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Massachusetts-based utility NSTAR Electric, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, the law firm Morrison & Foerster, GE Ventures, and global energy group GDF Suez.
The semifinalist teams that include MIT Sloan students are listed below:
Belleds Technologies: Team members: Nicola Azevedo, MBA '14 Michael Chen, MIT PhD candidate, Chemistry Matthew Kerr, SB '14, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Alan Zhou, PhD '94, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Kanoot: Team members: Anass Afilal, MFin '14 Joseph Farias-Eisner, MBA '15 Tristan Jackson, MBA '15 Doug Powell, MIT PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering
SparkFull: Team members: Shari Goetsch, EMBA '15 Joe Schloesser, EMBA '15 Zafer Sahinoglu, EMBA '13
uLink: Team members: Mayank Agarwal, MBA '14 Wardah Inam, MIT PhD candidate, Power Electronics Daniel Strawser, MIT PhD candidate, Computer Science
Unified Solar: Team members: Arthur Chang, MIT PhD candidate, Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Finance Anas Al Bastami, MIT Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems Jorge Elizondo, PhD candidate, MIT Electrical Engineering Jinyeong Moon, PhD candidate, Electrical Engineering at the MIT Laboratory of Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems


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The potentially fatal Irukandji syndrome is relatively common in tropical waters throughout the world. It is caused by the sting of the Irukandji jellyfish, a family of box jellyfish that are almost impossible to detect in the water owing to their small size and transparency. Using collated medical records of stings and local weather conditions, we show that the presence of Irukandji blooms in coastal waters can be forecast on the basis of wind conditions. On the Great Barrier Reef, blooms largely coincide with relaxation of the prevailing southeasterly trade winds, with average conditions corresponding to near zero alongshore wind on the day prior to the sting. These conditions are consistent with hypotheses long held by local communities and provide a basis for designing management interventions that have the potential to eliminate the majority of stings.
1. Introduction
Irukandji are small transparent jellyfish (figure 1a) that cause the potentially fatal Irukandji syndrome [1–4]. Their stings produce debilitating illness, with some patients requiring life support and a significant number experiencing recurring symptoms [5–8]. At least 14 Irukandji species are known, and stings have been confirmed throughout coastal, reef, and island tropical and subtropical waters globally [9–12] and may increase further with climate change [13]. While most stings remain undiagnosed, particularly in the developing world [10–12], reported hospitalizations in Australia are typically 50–100 per year. The financial impact on tourism and the practical safety implications for marine-based industries, such as fisheries and commercial diving, can be enormous [4,14]. For example, the costs of cancelled tourism bookings following two fatalities on the Great Barrier Reef in 2002 have been estimated to be in excess of $US65M [12].
Anecdotal accounts from lifeguards and other beach-users over many years raised the hypothesis that stings coincide with periods of low northeasterly wind. In this interdisciplinary study, we combine medical and environmental data to test this hypothesis and demonstrate significant capacity in forecasting Irukandji blooms.
2. Material and methods
The northern Great Barrier Reef coastline was selected as the focus for the study as it is a major hotspot globally for documented Irukandji stings. We related sting data that we obtained from hospital and ambulance records (sting times and locations) to local model winds within the period January 1985–August 2012 (see appendix in electronic supplementary material). Wind estimates were obtained from the European Reanalysis (ERA-Interim) model produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts [15]. These winds were selected on the basis that for any future applications comparable products are available globally as part of routine weather prediction services. However, very similar results were obtained when winds from a local meteorological station (Cairns airport) were used in the analysis (not shown).
Sting data included primary information such as date, time of day and locality of stings, as well as secondary details such as age and gender of the sting victim, where on the body they were stung, their activity at the time of the sting and their general medical condition. While the sting database is almost certainly the most comprehensive available for anywhere in the world, there are extended periods during which stings were not recorded. Sting data are also not a perfect indicator of the presence of Irukandji. For instance, no stings may occur during a bloom event due to low beach usage at the time. We have thus focused our analysis on conditions leading up to and immediately following recorded sting events.
For each sting event, we defined time zero as the time of the sting and then compiled hourly time series extending both backward and forwards 16 days. These time series included both the alongshore wind component (the coastline runs approximately northwest to southeast and southeasterly winds were designated as positive) and the cross-shore wind component (southwesterly offshore winds designated as positive). Wind data around all sting events (82 when ignoring multiple stings on any single day) could then be plotted on a single time axis, from which time series of the average and median values were calculated. Data for the various events were then combined by calculating averages, medians, and 25th and 75th percentiles for the two wind components across all 32-day time series.
The second stage of our analysis looked at how effective the use of wind data would have been in reducing sting rates over the historical period. Management interventions (e.g. mandatory protective clothing or short-term closure of beaches) were assumed to be triggered by a fixed threshold in the alongshore wind component. We varied the wind threshold for intervention (southeasterly component dropping to 1.0, 0.0 or −1.0 m s−1) and the length of time the intervention was left in place (1–5 days). In all cases, it was assumed that there were no stings while the intervention was in place. Results are summarized by a χ2 analysis and then graphically in terms of the trade-off between the percentage reduction in days that stings would have occurred and the percentage of days affected by the management intervention.
3. Results
Most Irukandji stings occurred during summer (December–February), when southeasterly trade winds (alongshore) tend to be less persistent (figure 1b). When we compared these winds with the timing of stings, we found most stings coincided with a short-term drop in trade winds that left only an onshore seabreeze component (the correlation with total wind speed was lower). Averaging across the time series revealed a minimum in the average alongshore wind component (dropping to near zero) on the day prior to stings (figure 1c). There was significant variability across individual stings with the separation of 6.2 m s−1 in the 25th and 75th percentiles on the day of the stings (figure 1c) being fairly typical of the entire time series (not shown). However, the degree of alignment is remarkable given the potential for confounding physical and biological processes to influence the relationship.
The finding that southeasterly winds tend to weaken significantly over the days immediately prior to sting events (figure 1c) suggests that interventions based on wind conditions may be effective in preventing stings. Hence we compared the frequency of one or more stings with the frequency of no stings on days when a management intervention was implemented in the model (i.e. a beach closure when the northwest wind component was positive) or not (no beach closure) over the main Irukandji season (November–March). There were significantly more sting days when there were conditions for an intervention (53 sting days and 1075 no sting days) than on days without (24 sting days and 2025 no sting days) (χ2 = 38.3; p < 0.0001). When we reduced the temporal autocorrelation in the sting and wind records by removing days that had stings within 5 days following a previous sting, there were still significantly more sting days when there was an intervention (28 sting days and 1100 no sting days) than on days without an intervention (nine sting days and 2040 no sting days) (χ2 = 25.6; p < 0.0001).
There is clearly a trade-off between stings prevented and the number of days that interventions are practical or acceptable. To make this trade-off explicit, the potential effectiveness of management interventions triggered by a fall in southeasterly windspeed below a range of thresholds is summarized in figure 1d. For example, interventions triggered by a threshold of −1.0 m s−1 (i.e. reversal to northwesterly winds) and maintained for only a single day affected 31% of all days and reduced sting days by 61%. To reduce sting days by 90% required intervention on 64% of days. The reduction in the actual number of stings was higher than these figures because multiple stings occurred on approximately 30% of sting days.
4. Discussion
Currently warnings, beach closures and other management interventions are based on confirmed Irukandji stings or specimens, or in some cases dense blooms of salps (an unrelated planktonic organism). This strategy has proved highly effective in preventing further stings. However, reactive closures are harmful to the tourism industry (as well as the people stung!) and sampling is costly and has its own inherent risks. Similar monitoring and interventions have been difficult to implement in reef, island and industrial contexts.
Earlier and objective warning could yield better safety outcomes. Several days' notice of when and where infestations are likely (based for example on a southeasterly wind threshold of 1 m s−1; figure 1c) would offer valuable time for councils and lifeguards to implement higher level warnings and other prevention strategies, and for tour operators and other industries to move to safer areas or defer work where possible.
All days from November to May and all beach, island and reef locations are currently treated for management purposes as equally moderately high risk for Irukandji stings. This has proved to be frightening for tourists and costly for the tourism industry. We have demonstrated in our study area that days associated with a prolonged weakening of trade winds are higher risk than the majority of days in which normal trade wind conditions prevail. While the primary purpose of developing a forecasting system is to provide an early warning to reduce stings, an important outcome is also to identify which days and locations are lower risk.
Our results have led us to develop a hypothesis about the biophysical processes that drive Irukandji blooms in near shore environments. This hypothesis relies on a number of assumptions relating to the life cycle of Irukandji, which is poorly known. For example, beyond the shallow near shore zone, there are no direct observations of their distribution geographically or through the water column [4]. A week-long metamorphosis suggests that they are already metamorphosed prior to weakening of the trade winds (i.e. wind changes are not the trigger). Indeed, half-grown specimens and mature adults in the same samples indicate that metamorphosis is likely to be continuous [4]. While the occurrence of stings at offshore reefs suggests a broad distribution across the continental shelf, juveniles with remnant umbilical cords in samples suggest that there are also breeding grounds close to shore. Our hypothesis is therefore developed on the assumption that Irukandji are for the most part resident offshore (at least beyond normal recreational swimming depths) and that metamorphosis is continuous (at least throughout the sting season).
Under typical trade wind conditions, turbulent kinetic energy is high throughout the ocean surface mixed layer, and there is a mean downwelling flow (onshore near the surface and offshore at depth). Under these prevailing conditions, we would expect that any Irukandji medusae swimming up into the water column would be carried further offshore (figure 2a) and to the north. While they could return shoreward by swimming into the surface onshore flow (figure 2a), anecdotal evidence suggests that when buffeted by turbulence Irukandji tend to stop swimming and sink [4], a response that has been well documented in other types of jellyfish [16]. Switching between swimming and sinking may help Irukandji retain their position on the inner shelf by recirculating [17] or they may simply find shelter near the seabed. In any case, their absence in the near shore environment under downwelling conditions (as evidenced by the rarity of stings) seems to confirm that they spend limited time near the surface under trade wind conditions.
As the trade winds weaken, turbulence decreases and the thermocline (that was previously pulled downward near the coast by downwelling flows) relaxes towards a more horizontal state. This relaxation process moves deeper water onshore as a cold intrusion (balanced by offshore flow at the surface), carrying any Irukandji in their pelagic phase onshore (figure 2b). Such intrusion events in the Cairns region have been estimated to carry 0.15–1.5 × 106 m3 of water (per longshore metre of shelf) within a bottom intrusion of depth around 15 m [18], corresponding to cross-shelf excursions of 10–100 km consistent with earlier estimates of 30–100 km based on measured current velocities [19]. These large events would be capable of transporting Irukandji across most of the shelf width; however, much smaller events are more common and would be sufficient to transport Irukandji from inner-shelf habitats. If this process continued indefinitely, then Irukandji would tend to be carried offshore again as they approached the surface (figure 2b). However, this flow decays as the thermocline equilibrates, leaving other processes such as the northeasterly seabreeze and flood-tide excursions (2–5 km, [19]) to carry Irukandji into shallow water (figure 2c). This scenario is broadly consistent with our empirically observed relationship between weakening of the trade winds and the appearance of coastal Irukandji blooms, although further field sampling of Irukandji under a range of oceanographic conditions will clearly be required to test details of the underlying hypothesis.
Our model assumes that medusae would be actively staying below the turbulent zone until the waters become more favourable for these delicate hunters [4]. This trigger cannot occur in the polyp phase because of the delay associated with metamorphosis (ca 7 days). Similarly, complex movements have been demonstrated for other species of jellyfish [20–23] and should be tested for Irukandjis. A variety of methods are currently in use to assess jellyfish movement patterns, including particle tracking models [23] and direct measurements of currents [24] and are likely to prove informative towards refining our knowledge of the influence of winds on stinging incidence.
Our results demonstrate the value of local knowledge in generating scientifically testable hypotheses. While the long-believed, locally observed correlation with northeasterlies is indirectly supported by our results, it is the associated weakening of the southeasterlies that offers a longer, more robust forecasting ability. We anticipate our findings will lead to the development of technologies for delivery of improved public and occupational safety objectives, e.g. making forecasts publicly available via the web, radio, SMS or smartphone apps. Moreover, since the underlying oceanographic processes are widespread, this approach is likely to be applicable in reef and island localities, as well as other regions of the world, where there are Irukandji.
The authors gratefully acknowledge those who have contributed to the sting database, including R. V. Southcott, J. H. Barnes, P. J. Fenner and K. Moss.
- Received December 14, 2013.
- Accepted April 17, 2014.
- © 2014 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 18, 2009) - Academic research that is cloaked in secrecy by researchers who refuse to share their data or methodology is contributing to bad public policy, according to a new study released today by independent research organization the Fraser Institute.
Politicians and policymakers often rely on peer-reviewed academic research to justify public policy decisions, without realizing that academic peer-review rarely, if ever, involves verifying the data and calculations. Because many researchers do not release their data, results are rarely subject to independent replication. This allows flawed research to go unchallenged, which is detrimental to public policymaking, concludes the study, Check the Numbers: The Case for Due Diligence in Policy Formation. The complete study is available at www.fraserinstitute.org.
At the heart of the problem are frequent refusals by researchers to release the data and computer code upon which they base their conclusions. The problem is compounded by academic journals that are unable or unwilling to check the content they publish.
"This study arose out of our experiences attempting to replicate published empirical research and our concerns about the way unaudited research is used in public policy formation," said Ross McKitrick, study co-author and Fraser Institute senior fellow.
"When a piece of academic research takes on a public role, such as becoming the basis for public policy decisions, then practices that obstruct independent replication prevent the proper functioning of the scientific process and can lead to poor public decision making."
McKitrick, economics professor at the University of Guelph, and co-author Bruce D. McCullough, professor of decision sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia, summarize replication efforts of more than 1,000 economics articles published since the 1980s. Most authors did not release their data when asked, and of those who did, only a small number of results were reproducible. McKitrick and McCullough also examined cases from a broad range of academic disciplines, including history, forestry, environmental science, health, and finance, in which influential studies were later found to be flawed, but only after lengthy battles to get access to the underlying data and, in some cases, years after policy decisions had been made based on the flawed results.
Some of the key examples McKitrick and McCullough explore are:
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on mortgage lending
A 1992 study by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston purported to show a widespread discrimination against minorities in the Boston mortgage market. This study quickly became the basis for government mandates to relax lending rules, allowing people who did not meet traditional lending requirements to obtain mortgages. This ultimately contributed to the current U.S. financial crisis.
When independent researchers attempted to replicate the study, the underlying data were inaccessible. Key information was eventually obtained using the Freedom of Information Act, which revealed coding errors in the original data that invalidated the results. But the replication process took six years, by which time the new lending rules had long been enacted.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on obesity
A 2004 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed obesity kills 400,000 Americans annually. The study attracted significant media attention and resulted in the U.S. government immediately allocating $60 million for obesity-related programs.
But other researchers soon discovered that the study's data were unreliable and that a proper peer review had not been conducted. The next year CDC scientists estimated the number of deaths attributed to obesity might only be 26,000, and the CDC began downplaying any numerical estimate of deaths related to obesity.
The "hockey stick" graph and climate change
A 1998 study into the climate history of the northern hemisphere, led by Michael Mann, resulted in a graph implying the Earth's climate cooled slightly for 900 years and then warmed rapidly in the 20th century. The graph was used extensively by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate and played an influential role in convincing governments around the world to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in 1992.
But when independent researchers McKitrick and Stephen McIntyre tried to replicate Mann's results, they were stymied by his refusal to identify the data he used and to clarify key steps in his calculations. Using what little data were available, they found errors in Mann's work that invalidated his conclusions.
In 2006, the U.S. National Research Council investigated the issue and concluded that Mann's study failed key tests of statistical validity. Mann's conclusions were also deemed insupportable by an expert panel led by Edward Wegman, professor of statistics at George Mason University and chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Theoretical and Applied Statistics, which was convened at the request of the U.S. Congress.
"Publicly-traded companies are required by law to ensure transparency and veracity in all their financial reports. Yet the same stipulations don't apply to academic research or academic journals, even when large amounts of public money are at stake," McKitrick said.
"Disclosure of data and code for the purpose of permitting independent replication in no way intrudes on or imperils academic freedom. Instead, it should be seen as essential to good scientific practice, as well as a contribution to better public decision making."
The Fraser Institute is an independent research and educational organization with locations across North America and partnerships in more than 70 countries. Its mission is to measure, study, and communicate the impact of competitive markets and government intervention on the welfare of individuals. To protect the Institute's independence, it does not accept grants from governments or contracts for research. Visit www.fraserinstitute.org.
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The other week – and for only the second time in 10 years – a customer declined to pay an invoice. I'm not going to go into the reasons – it wasn't an especially acrimonious discussion, and it boiled down to a mis-understanding more than anything else, but still – it burnt for a little bit. But, in my new spirit of positivity and productivity I swiftly (enough) decided to see what lessons I could draw from it.
1. My business is very much dependent on the trust I build up
Over 10 years I've built up a lot of credit in the 'trust' department. People trust me to do a good job, to do it on time, and to do it for a price commensurate with the value I provide. In turn, I trust them to pay me. I also trust them to recommend me to their networks, I trust them to speak well of me because word of mouth is probably my biggest single marketing channel.
But the relationship between that trust and my income is too closely linked. Everything is based on a one to one level. I earn the trust of one company or individual, and one company or individual repays that trust (financially and socially).
I'm wondering if there's a way to introduce a multiplier here – a way to leverage that trust relationship so that the benefits are far greater than one to one.
2. I am still largely trading time for money
Most of the work I do trades time for money – I put in a number of hours, and I get paid in more or less direct proportion to those hours. I've talked (to myself, to colleagues, to friends and family) a lot in the past about breaking that relationship, about charging more on value than on time – but it's always easier to talk than to do (although this short, free, e-book: Breaking the Time Barrier would help anyone looking to do that), and, apart from a few notable exceptions, I haven't been particularly successful with that.
I've also started making money from the by-products of my business – and have done that with some success, both with the website hosting I offer my clients and with the email marketing. And those work well.
But if I want to achieve some of the financial goals I've set, then I need to make a greater break from that time:money relationship. That means some different ways of monetising my services – whether that's through better application of the 'charging by value provided' idea, or by packaging my knowledge in more saleable chunks – like with the For Website Owners book I'm writing.
The change is coming – it's just figuring out how best to make it.
3. What kind of customer do I want?
I've often wondered whether it's better to have a small number of high-paying clients, or a large number of low-paying customers. Swings and roundabouts. My business is entirely built around a small number of clients. I typically prefer this – fewer relationships to manage, I feel like I know each of my clients personally, and even the ones whom I've never met, feel like good friends. (Often, especially the ones I haven't met!)
If you're selling products or services to many thousands of people, what different issues arise? Well, customer 'hate' is inevitable – you're always going to get people taking advantage of the anonymity provided by the internet to dump on you, your services, your family, whatever. But there's also a degree of anonymity afforded the product creator – a remove from the day to day interactions, the meeting and greeting, that go hand in hand with a client business.
I know many web designers who have moved into building web apps – wanting to get away from the client cycle of agency or freelance work. They're then surprised that trading a few customers for many, many customers hasn't solved their problems.
So the lesson here, I think, is to figure out who the customers are that I want, and build something for them. Whether that's one of me to a few customers, or one to many, whether it's one really big thing, or many many smaller things. You're going to have a better experience working with the customers you want to work with than with the customers who you've fallen into working with.
I'm only just beginning – but I'm working on ways in which this business, the business of web design with TickTock, can be more enjoyable for everyone involved. Hurrah!


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Red Carpet Rundown: Everything Was Bad & Everyone Looked Miserable At The NME Awards
Last night saw the NME Awards at The Troxy in London. With it came all the sexy accents and amazing moments one might expect. For example, music legends Johnny Marr and Ronnie Wood played "How Soon Is Now?" and Yannis from Foals lit a cigarette inside (okay, that second one is just kind of amusing). Oh, and One Direction won the Worst Band award while Harry Styles won the Villain of the Year award, because England is amazing and gives awards for stuff like that. Lucky meanies!
But along with the weird awards granted to teenagers who've just been hit in the groin by a shoe, there was also some genuinely terrible fashion that went down. Not just "has awkward taste" bad; these outfits were horrible in so many ways that they make Look At This F'ing Hipster seem like a Vogue editorial. From bellbottoms to sheer everything to bad accessories, this red carpet was almost entirely a disaster zone.
Oh, and everybody looked really miserable for some reason.
I'm unsure of the look Charli XCX is going for here, but whatever it is was a terrible idea. Platform creepers + ripped tights + …well, actually, you have eyes and can tell how ridiculous this ensemble is.
For the most part, The Temples' outfits were just fine. But I do not discriminate bad male vs. female fashion, and I will never not crinkle my nose at a purple velvet shirt paired with too-tight pants and a gold chain (this outfit pops up in LA more than you can imagine).
C'mon guys, we talked about this: no more cut outs! For shame, Laura Whitmore…shame.
Oh dear, Florence Welch, what on earth are you doing lately? First the Godzilla/Poison Ivy costume, and now this?
Ronnie Wood dressed like his normal self while Sally Humphreys actually looked rather stunning. Granted, the bar was set pretty low style-wise, but compared to everybody else, she might as well be crowned Belle of the Ball.
I know Russell Kane is a comedian, but this animal print bonanza is no laughing matter. I can't tell if he is running away from publicly wearing these clothes or simply trying to give us all a really good look at how terrible this outfit is. Either way, he needs to stop matching his hair to his shoes.
Singer Sky Ferreira chose a normal outfit for any ol' day. Although seriously: why was almost everybody scowling or looking pained at this event? Was Harry Styles that much of a villain?
Sorry, Aluna Francis, but those half-zipped sneakers plus that minidress look very silly together.
Musicians Carl Barat and Edie Langley looking (appropriately?) miserable for the occasion. Apparently the schoolgirl look was big last night.
We have no idea who this guy is, but holy shit @ this outfit.
Jade Williams chose a mint green dress suit.
Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson of the synthpop duo Hurts reminded me that a man in a crisp black outfit can invariably woo me no matter what.
Again, not sure who this unlisted guest is, but she looks like a combination of Eva Longoria and Kim Kardashian (i.e. she is very pretty). However, the poofball shoes and boxy matador jacket need to go immediately.
This outfit is rather weird, but Holly Cook is doesn't look like she might vomit or cry unlike 95% of everyone on the red carpet. Therefore, this is one of my favorite looks.
This is Deap Valley and, yes, this is the worst pair of red carpet looks you have likely ever seen.
THANK YOU KATY B FOR LOOKING ADORA — dammit, those shoes. :( Well, nevertheless, this is easily one of the best looks on this list, so we'll take it!
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Ti boys' track defeats EKMW
TICONDEROGA — Shawn Silliman registered three wins in the Ticonderoga boys' track team 76-52 defeat of EKMW on May 13. Silliman, Jay Hebert, Skyler Gilbert, and Marcus Moser won the 400 and 1,600 relays. Hebert contributed wins in the 200 and 110 hurdles as well. For EKMW, Jonathan Gray won the 1,600, 800 and 3,200.
EKMW girls' track triumphs over Ticonderoga
TICONDEROGA — With four wins, Halie Snyder helped EKMW girls' track defeat Ticonderoga 72-56 on May 13. Lily Whalen won both throwing events for EKMW, and Sarah Snyder contributed victories in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 relays. For Ticonderoga, Lillith Ida added wins in the 400 relay, high jump and 100 hurdles.
Lake Placid golfers whallop Seton Catholic and AuSable Valley
LAKE PLACID — Kiefer Casler led the Lake Placid golf team to victory over Seton Catholicm and AuSable Valley with a 38, the low score of the day on May 13. Nate Devins of AuSable Valley registered his team's only point by winning a match with a score of 41.
Crown Point baseball beats Westport
WESTPORT — The Crown Point baseball team defeated Westport 16-10 on May 13, in a continuation of a game that began April 24 but was called because of darkness. In their victory, Crown Point benefited from five Wesport errors, three walks and one hit batsman. Crown Point employed five pitchers throughout the game, who totaled 18 strikeouts.
Johnsburg baseball pummels Keene
NORTH CREEK — Leading Johnsburg baseball to a 7-4 victory over Keene on May 13, Kyle Labounty threw seven strikeouts in a complete game performance. For Keene, J.T. Giglinto registered three singles.
Chazy baseball defeats ELCS
LEWIS — Chazy handed the Elizabethtown-Lewis baseball team a devastating 21-4 defeat on May 13. Josh Barriere and Derek Drake contributed to the win for the Eagles, with both registering three hits. Hayden Guay, Tyler Hicks, Alee LaPierre and Kade Collins each contributed two hits for the Eagles.
E'town Lewis golfers triumph over Crown Pt.
ELIZABETHTOWN — Leading the Elizabethtown-Lewis golfers to a 6-0 win over Crown Point, Wesley Putnam and Boyce Rawson both shot 41. Zac Noka-Bailey, Justin LaPier, Doug LaVien, and Caleb Denton also contributed victories for the Lions. The Panther's Noah Macey registered a 45.
Chazy baseball beats Westport
WESTPORT — The Chazy baseball team defeated Westport 9-6 on May 14. The game was a continuation of an earlier competition that had been suspended in a tie. For Westport, John Doyle registered a RBI triple. Chazy won the match despite surrendering nine walks pitching.
E'town-Lewis baseball crushes Minerva/Newcomb
OLMSTEDVILLE — The Elizabethtown-Lewis baseball team defeated Minerva/Newcomb 6-3 on May 14. For the Lions, Hugh Harwood led the Lions with a triple and a single, with Colden Blades contributing a double and a single.
Schroon Lake golfers defeat Willsboro
SCHROON LAKE — Seth Swires registered the low score of the day, a 39, for Willsboro. But his team was still defeated 3.5-2.5 by Schroon Lake golfers on May 14. Levi Williams, T.J. Harcia, and Tanner Stone all earned victories for the Wildcats.
AuSable Valley golfers quash Saranac
PLATTSBURGH — The AuSable Valley golf team demolished Saranac in a one-sided 5-1 defeat on May 14. Austin LaDieu recorded Saranac's only victory of the day in a 38-40 win over Nate Devins. For the Patriots, Lucas Finnegan, Kyle Hart, Riley Taylor and Ian Rennie all won matches.
Moriah baseball triumphs over Keene
KEENE — The Moriah baseball team handed Keene a lopsided loss in a 11-4 defeat of the Beavers on May 14. For the Vikings, Austin McKinnon had two hits; Tom Rancour had two singles; Jordy Greenough and Billy Larrow contributed doubles.
Chazy softball beats Westport
WESTPORT — The Chazy softball team demolished Westport in a 21-7 victory on May 14. Pitching for Chazy, Paige Barcomb gave up just two hits across seven innings. Westport registered seven errors defensively.
Plattsburgh baseball blasts AuSable Valley
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh High baseball team handed AuSable Valley a one-sided, 13-3 loss on May 15. For Plattsburgh, Shawn Courson had a triple, a single and an RBI. Jack Tolosky contributed a triple and a single. Andrew Bechard had two singles and an RBI. For the Patriots, Mike McDonald had a triple.
Beekmantown track sweeps EKMW
BEEKMANTOWN — Both the Beekmantown boys' and girls' track team defeated EKMW on May 15. For the Beekmantown boys, Nate Foster and Colin Quackenbush each claimed three wins. For the girls, Courtney Wilson won four events, while Kallie and Kirsten Villemaire both won three.
Saranac track beats AuSable Valley
CLINTONVILLE — Both the Saranac boy's and girl's track team defeated AuSable Valley on May 15. For the Chief boy's team, Zach LePage, Caiden Goodman, Justin Liechty and Sobaan Ayub won three events apiece. For the girls, Sabrina Bruno and Janyll Barber also won three events apiece.
AuSable Valley softball triumphs over Plattsburgh
CLINTONVILLE — The AuSable Valley softball team defeated Plattsburgh High 13-3 on May 15. For the Patriots, Logan Snow registered four hits and Miranda Shefer had three. Plattsburgh High pitcher Jamie Bedard gave up 14 hits and five walks.
AuSable Valley golfers defeat Seton Catholic
AUSABLE FORKS — The AuSable Valley golf team defeated Seton Catholic 4-2 on May 15. Nate Devins shot a career low, a 36, for the Patriots. Lucas Finnegan, Kyle Hart and Riley Taylor contributed wins for the Patriots as well. For Seton Catholic, David LaFountain and Dawson Pellerin won matches.
Snyder sets record
SCHENECTADY — Halie Snyder of EKMW had an impressive showing at the 74th Annual Eddy Meet on May 17. She won first place in the 400, with a time of 55.59 that broke the previous record. Snyder placed second in the 200.


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About Facing Addiction
"I could never have imagined that, 16 years after this photograph was taken, I would be talking about Austin's life in the past tense. My beautiful boy, filled with promise and hope, died from an accidental drug overdose when he was 20 years old. Now, all I have are fading memories and shattered dreams. Addiction to alcohol and other drugs is stealing America's youth and is our country's #1 social and health issue. After Austin's death I left my career to devote my life to help bring an end to this horrific crisis." – Jim Hood
Addiction is an insidious, "hidden" public health crisis, directly impacting over 45 million Americans. In truth, everyone knows someone who is or was afflicted by addiction. Yet, unlike every other major health issue in America, there is no comprehensive, well-funded national organization that exists to address the addiction crisis.
Facing Addiction was "born" on October 4, 2015, with a historic concert and rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., when an unprecedented group of entertainers, politicians, advocates, and "everyday Americans" came together to tell the country that we must unify our voices to turn the tide against addiction.
Why did we do this? Because addiction now impacts one in three households in America, claims a life every four minutes, costs our country $442 billion each year, and is stealing a generation of our youth. Since our launch event, we have worked relentlessly to build a national movement capable of deploying effective programs and comprehensive solutions to turn the tide on this public health crisis.
In November 2016 the U.S. Surgeon General issued the seminal report, Facing Addiction in America, which irrefutably reaffirmed addiction as an illness. As with other illnesses, we can dramatically impact the addiction crisis through education and prevention efforts, earlier intervention, more and better treatment, longer-term recovery care, far more research, and advocating for policies and funding that will help support this effort.
There is hope. We are working with the best people and existing resources in the field to implement the first-ever comprehensive strategic plan to finally address this issue. Together, we can effect change that will spare families from the grip addiction has on their loved ones. We can mobilize advocates with the proper tools and resources needed to shift their communities into a long-term, public health response. We can build empathy and compassion for this issue broadly in society. We have made extraordinary progress in a short time and are already seeing significant impact from our work, thanks to people like you. This goes beyond passion for us. This is our purpose.
There is so much more that we need to do to scale our strategic plan to meet the size of the current problem. Every moment counts and is the difference between life and death for those who are suffering. We need millions of people to join this movement and support our work.
It will take time and persistence. We humbly ask for your continued support, and that you stick with us for the long haul. Together, we can and will succeed.
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The leaked specs of Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue
by Mar 18, 2013 5:26 pm0
We have got the new information about the latest 7 inch Android tablet from Huawei, its called MediaPad 7 Vogue. The tablet is rumored will have two versions, but it has not been confirmed in detail of the models.
From the leaked information appeared via DLNA certification process, MediaPad 7 Vogue will be powered by quad-core 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz ARM Cortex A9 ARM processor.
Other specifications revealed is a 7-inch screen with 1024 x 600 resolution, and packs with WiFi, HDMI, DLNA, and running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. But there is no information about the release date and price of the Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue.


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"The Life And Times Of Prophecy"
Dancing With The Stars & "Fresh Brince Of Bel Air" Star Alfonso Ribeiro gave his Fans what they've been waiting forever for…
To Perform his Infamous "Carlton" Dance that has been marked in the minds of so many fans who loved the show where he played Will Smith's Cousin.
And making Judges wait a few weeks before the nostalgic return of the Carlton proved to pay off, as he and partner Witney Carson received perfect 10's across the board… the only perfect score of the night
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Even Muhammad Ali and Will Smith would Call Him The Greatest !!
In this Lost World we're living in… and this Nauseating Entertainment Industry where we Worship Undeserving False Idols… One True Hero Has Emerged… CHARLES RAMSEY !!
A Man of True Expressions… Charles has become an Internet Sensation and a Global Phenomenon after Rescuing Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight from the home of Ariel Castro, where it is reported they were held Captive for 10 years. The Rescue has led to 2 stories from this entire Ordeal… The girls finally being freed and rescued, and Charles Ramsey as the Dude who was at the Right Place… and the Right Time, and Destiny and History is Made.
The Interview that captured the Heart of the World was Ramsey's Vivid Depiction of what happened when he first spotted Amanda Berry screaming for help from Castro's Home… Complete with "Mack" Donalds as his Trusty Sidekick. In that small 30 second interview, he gave probably the Greatest Rescue Quote of All Time
"I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a Black Man's Arms…
Dead Giveaway… Dead Giveaway"
And with that quote, just as they Aut0-Tuned Antoine Dodson to make "The Intruder Song", iTunes saw the #1 Selling Download "Dead Giveaway" take the Nation by Storm.
But it didn't stop there folks… He became a Meme due to his resemblance of "Sho Nuff" from "The Last Dragon"… but that comedy behind that resemblance is nothing compared to the Honor that is Charles Ramsey. Cause he was interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper the Day after, where he expressed his dismay that he never knew the girls were there for the entire year he lived next door… and how he wished he had. When Anderson suggested "Reward Money", Charles Said "Give That Money to the Victims… I have a job".. then proceeds to bust out his paycheck as a local dishwasher. These are words you would never hear from the mouths of anyone… Let alone a Dishwasher from Cleveland who resorts to McDonald's for his daily sustenance. Since he caught the attention of McDonald's, even saluting the Hero via Twitter.. Let's hope they try to make some healthier food for those that rely on them to satisfy their hunger when financially strapped in these Economic Times. Especially considering the only reason they were lucky enough to get Such Amazing PR is the fact that they target Lower Socio-Economic Classes.. and inevitably deteriorate their Health As Well.
FYI: Wasn't Bruce Lee once a Dishwasher ? Yeah.. that's why they BOTH Kick Ass.
I personally loved when Charles said he realized their Captor was Sexually abusing them.. that had the Police not come, He himself would have been facing "Triple Life".. meaning he would've beaten the Living Hell out of the Abuser, and his 2 brothers before they were released.
If you've heard his 9-1-1 Call.. You would probably consider him a hero just for cussin up a storm on probably The Biggest News Story of Our Year… A tragic Decade that actually has a "Happy" ending, for lack of a better word considering the circumstances. Oh yeah, and the McDonald's PR Campaign continued when he told the 9-1-1 Dispatcher "I was sittin here with my M(a)c(k) Donald's Right … Eatin' My Lil Food Right".. "I'm Just Here With My M(a)c(k) Donalds"… or what about when he said "That's Not My Address.. I'm Smarter Than That Brah"
and "I Don't Have a Fu@kin Clue Brah I just said I came From M(a)c(k) Donalds"
Then news surfaced of Charles's own troubled past with Domestic Violence. He said that his past is what taught him to be a good man today. And being a good man today is exactly what he became… at the right place, at the right time… to put an end to 10 years of torture and torment to 3 women who had far too much taken from them. His Past Means Nothing To Me. Because of where he was placed that day, he didn't just save 3 women.. He Saved the World. That within itself should be considered Adequate Atonement.
What Charles Ramsey's Story has become is a story of Nobility, and Honor, in the most Unassuming of Places.. The most Unlikely of Characters.. well, at least in the Judgmental Eyes of a Narrow Minded America… and in an area that most would consider Impoverished.
The Bible says "Blessed are Those Who are Poor.. For They Are Rich In Spirit".. and Right now, Charles Ramsey has proven himself to be one of the Richest Men Alive. He has spoken from his heart, from News Journalists, to 9-1-1 Dispatchers, to Anderson Cooper, to all of our World. His Heart is on his sleeve and he is only sugar coated by his honest and descriptive tongue, that gave us all a peak into what it was like, to discover and rescue 3 women who needed it most.
I am Thankful a Man like Charles Ramsey stumbled into our World's View. A Man Like Charles Ramsey could teach Our World and Everyone in it what Life is really about.
Our Celebrity Culture, and our Society as a Whole has been overtaken by Darkness and Immorality and we have Lost our Way. The story of the Kidnappings alone should be proof of that.
But to know that a Man Like Charles Ramsey was Destined to Destroy a Dark Decade is Evidence that There IS IN FACT Light at the End of Every Tunnel.
We can only Pray for the Patience that we could one day see it.. just as Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight did when they saw Charles.
And just as we did when we saw Charles. It's not the Entertainment Factor. It's not the Hero Factor. It's not his "I'm Not A Hero.. I'm A Charistian. I'm An American Speech"… but it's EVERYTHING he is. Even down to the nuances people tried to make fun of.
What He Has Become is Unlike Anything We Have Ever Seen.
The Greatest Rescue Hero, in A Humble Human Being.
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"The Weather Is Hot And Girls Are Dressin Less,
And Checkin Out The Fellas To Tell Em Who's Best"
U Damn right Sun !!! It's about that time again. Summertime is kickin off and it's Memorial Day Weekend. Crazy part is, it's been somewhat of a cold and breezy weekend so far in Tinseltown, as well as in Las Vegas… so Unfortunately, you've got some pretty conservatively dressed women here, however, they are all damn fine so it really don't matter.
Diddy's Brand Ciroc Vodka kicked off their 2nd Annual Cabana Club at the Skybar in the Mondrian Hotel on the Sunset Strip, and they just so happened to give a Sneak Peak of the new film, "The Sunset Strip"… Yes, How appropriate.
And the event brought out some Elegant and Classy Ladies of Beauty, such as Swedish Woman of Wonder, Malin Akerman, Whipped Cream Surprise Amy Smart and The Apple of New York's Eye Gabrielle Loren who hosted on The Red Carpet for PopStopTV.com. It felt more like happy homes though, cause Malin brought her Husband, Drummer Roberto Zincone, and Amy brought her Husband, and father to their newborn, HGTV House Man Himself, Carter Oosterhouse. Damn, that's a lotta house right there.
And speaking of houses and homes and shizz… Gabrielle Loren is actually up for Maxim Magazine's Hometown Hottie !! And you can cast your vote for her everyday until Wednesday May 30th by clicking on the link below:
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Gabrielle managed to bring EVEN MORE HOTTNESS to the Table by transportin' two of her Besties from Her Hometown Lands of New York, Rachel Nes and Dana Hirsch !! Suddenly, the 70 Degrees in LA is lookin mo' like a Hunnit and Fitty Thousand !!
And if all that damn hottness aynt enough to warm up this breezy Memorial Day Weekend, a few more folks stepped through to the spot, like Simon Rex, and Jesse Metcalfe from Desperate Housewives and the new Dallas. But they aynt nearly as easy on the eyes as these Memorable Maidens Of Memorial Day, so the dudes had to get left in the dust.
Check out more pics of all that Hometown Sunset Strip Hottness by checking out the Gallery Below
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Dr. Dre came pimp ridin outta Katana in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd last night, in a Phantom that only a Super dope Hip-Hop Beatmaker can make, not to mention makin that Eminem and 50 Cent Money.
Also at Katana nom nom'n on some sushi last night was Will Smith, who's ready to see the opening of Men In Black III, and Jordin Sparks, altho I saw none of those fools.
Just the man who brought the Chronic to the World. Too bad it's just taking us forever to Detox
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Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Sweetheart, Tatiana Ali and Melissa Molinaro graced the world with their presence at the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Premiere Party held in Downtown Los Angeles, and they definitely stunned the crowd as only they could do.
The party was filled with some amazing sponsors and catering to keep the party properly fueled, while the crowd watched the Disney Show's Premiere Episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on ABC.
The Tear Jerking Show/Episode also included none other than Rihanna to surprise Barbara Marshall, an amazing woman who dedicates her time and opened the Jubilee House in North Carolina with her own money to help homeless women veterans get back on their feet after leaving service. Apparently once RiRi heard word of what Ty Pennington was doing for Barbara, she knew she had to get involved.
Well, Causes and Women like these are definitely worth celebrating, and definitely worth bringing out some Beautiful Faces such as Tatiana's and Melissa's to make it just that much more memorable.
Yes, Have Mercy On Me
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were just spotted hanging out and having lunch in Malibu, California today, after a heavy 24 hours of Media Frenzy that claimed the couple have decided to separate after 13 years of marriage, an unprecedented length of time for most Celebrity Couples. The two were spotted having a beachside lunch, before shopping at Malibu's Colony Mart with smiles ready for all the cameras worldwide.
The original article was published by In Touch Magazine, driving the internet wild on the thought that the Hollywood Power Couple have separted, ironically the same day as more Earth Shaking news of New York and Virginia's Earthquake erupted across the nation.
The two have consulted their legal counsel regarding any options they may have in filing a cause of action against the publication, as the couple publicly stated that their marriage is "intact"… whatever that means.
And now, TMZ is trying to put out rumors that somehow, Marc Anthony, fresh off separation from Jennifer Lopez, is part of why their marriage may be on the rocks, something like Will walked in on Jada and Marc "together"… Holy Crap these are some heavy rumors !!!! The two celebrity couples are a part of a small click of Celebrity Powerhouse couples in Hollywood that also includes David Beckham, Victoria Beckham as well as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
So this is what happens when the rumor mill begins… and a Monster is born.
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Will Smith was seen filming scene… For "Men In Black III", which will also be in 3D, in Coney Island along the Brooklyn Peninsula in New York yesterday.
Homey's back to his action film days cause he was spotted filming a chase scene that required him running for hours and hours… ya know how they have to get all those different angles in film. Must be rough, but at least he'll probably make $20 Million for all his chasing efforts.
This scene also apparently takes place in the 60's somehow. I guess a bit of time traveling will be a part of the plot for this one. But we obviously won't be able to know or see too much yet. The film's not due to be released for about another year, with currently scheduled release date to be May 25, 2012…
If we ever get there
Today's Hollywood.TV Celebrity GPS includes our favorite Devil Rocker, Marilyn MANson holding hands with someone not so handsome.
This segment also includes David Beckham kickin some balls before walking off the field with his Soccerpop Guild and Will Smith making New York Scream.
Steve-O looks like he's speaking rather coherently these days, even though newly single Joe Jonas is speaking not at all.


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"As cities, regions and countries fight for investment spend, transport infrastructure is the 'x-factor' in investor's decisions. Almost half of decision-makers said 21st century integrated transport infrastructure will make or break the economic prospects of a location." – Professor Austin Smyth, head of the department of transport studies at Westminster University in London, England, from the recent report Smart connections: The essential role of transport for borderless business
I'm certainly preaching to the choir here when discussing the vital importance of transportation funding – not just in the U.S. but globally as well. Yet now there's a study out that shows transportation investment is critical not just in the macro-economic scheme of things but down on the day-to-day business level, where the quality of transport infrastructure in a city or region is front of mind in four out of five business location decision-makers.
Now, a point of full disclosure: this report,Smart connections: The essential role of transport for borderless business , written by Professor Austin Smyth, head of the department of transport studies at the Westminster University in London, received its funding from the Invest Thames Gateway, the lead international inward investment agency for the Thames Gateway region in England.
[If you don't know, the Thames is the largest river in England, and the 'Thames Gateway' refers to the river's tidal basin and estuary area to the east of London.]
Obviously, they've got a vested interest in securing more transportation funding – and this report plays nicely into that need. However, Professor Smyth is a solid academic: formerly professor of transport economics at the Transport Research Institute at Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland from 2003 to 2006, during which he also held an appointment as director of the National Institute for Transport and Logistics (NITL) in Dublin, Ireland, Smyth came to Westminster University to promote an integrated portfolio of research, teaching and learning activities. So I think, anyways, his findings in this study are based on solid analysis of transportation issues.
Smyth's report found that the ability to deliver integrated transport systems – covering road, rail, air, and water ports – is what will distinguish the regional economic successes of the future, as that "integration" is critical to a city or region's ability to provide fast, easy access to world markets, skilled workers and to bring businesses together quicker.
The study also polled a wide slice of business executives in the Greater London area and found that:
• 81% of senior business people rate transport as more important than ever for business on national, local and international levels;
• 63% said that transport was essential to attracting an increasingly mobile and demanding workforce;
• 52% of respondents cited the globalization of business as increasing the demand for efficient and integrated transport networks;
• 46% responded that virtual business is no substitute for real time face-to-face contact and that "holistic" transport systems are essential to bringing businesses together;
• Half of respondents cited committed government support to transport infrastructure as essential to their future investment decisions.
According to Smyth's research, the essential benefits for business of being able to access integrated transport networks were cited as: access to potential customers (56%); access to labor pools (41%); ability to drive efficient operations (39%); providing a high quality of life for employees (28%).
When considering the make-up of transport networks, respondents defined the ideal investment location of the future as having the following attributes:
• Access to integrated transport networks—that combination of road, rail, ports and air (62%)
• Proximity to international markets (34%)
• Access to international airports (31%)
• Proximity to a major city (31%)
• Access to sophisticated road and rail networks (29%)
• Commitment to sustainability (17%)
I think it's very interesting that the access to integrated transportation networks is the top concern among the business executives polled in this research, far outweighing access to any single mode (air transport) or even two modes (rail and roadways).
That shows, I think, that business is really looking at transportation from a multi-modal perspective – a perspective that doesn't necessarily detract from trucking, mind you, especially if truckers lead the way in offering such combined modal services to businesses.
"Transport infrastructure represents the future for both business locations and business. Sophisticated and effective transport networks translate as accessibility and connectivity, making borderless business possible," Smyth noted in his report. "In the future, access to integrated transport networks and proximity to international markets, will, undoubtedly, be among the most influential factors for investors."


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How often should a blood glucose monitor be replaced? How can I find out about promotions on monitors that will lower the price?
Blood glucose meters may never need to be replaced if they are providing accurate results and strips are still available. The newer meters have lots of "bells and whistles," but are not necessarily better. Your local big pharmacy such as Osco, Walgreen's, WalMart, or K-Mart should be able to tell you about promotions. Many diabetes centers have free meters to give away, so don't rush out to buy one if you can wait to talk over your prospective replacement meter with your diabetes team.
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It is 9:55 a.m., and driver Eddie ``Steve`` Stephenson is seated in his usual spot behind the bus` big, black steering wheel, just an arm`s length from the fare box with the Exact Change Only sign.
The 47-seat, inter-city bus pulls away from a stop in front of the Denny`s Restaurant at the Delray Mall, and moves through light traffic. Stephenson is making the second of two runs on a Monday morning between Delray Beach and Deerfield Beach on CoTran bus route 1S-1. At the moment he has only 10 riders for company, including a few ``regulars.``
Passengers who pay 40 to 80 cents to ride Stephenson`s bus are in good hands. Attesting to that is a gold CoTran ring Stephenson wears. It is an award signifying a decade of accident-free driving for the public transit worker who joined the county-operated bus system 14 years ago.
But passengers can feel even safer now.
After all, not everyone gets to ride daily with the Florida State Transit Association`s Bus Driver of the Year.
Stephenson, 57, of Haverhill, clinched the state award Dec. 18. He was nominated for the top honor after receiving the CoTran Bus Driver of the Year award for the second time. (He was county driver of the year for the first time in 1980).
The state transit association will honor him with a trophy and a $500 savings bond at its annual convention in Sarasota on Sept. 24-26.
It is the first time a CoTran bus driver has won the state contest. CoTran has had two nominees become runners-up in the contest in years past, but never a winner, said Joe Brown, a CoTran supervisor. Stephenson beat two other finalists -- bus drivers from Broward County and Jacksonville, he said.
Not bad for a guy who got his start washing buses in Boston at age 16, and decided to stick with the bus business ever since.


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Monday, 09 December 2013 07:05 AM
Rising money market rates and bond yields indicate the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is tightening liquidity conditions, to reduce debt levels and contain credit growth, but there is little sign of a sharp turnaround in monetary policy.
Annual consumer inflation unexpectedly slowed to 3 percent in November from an eight-month high of 3.2 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday. Analysts had expected the inflation rate to hold steady at October's level.
"Inflation will not be a big problem in the coming months and we expect monetary policy to stay neutral," said Luo Wenbo, an economist at Xiangcai Securities in Shanghai.
From a month earlier, consumer prices fell 0.1 percent, the first fall in six months and a touch weaker than market expectations they would be flat.
"While headline inflation could moderate further in December, due to a high base last year and the PBOC maintaining a tightening bias on liquidity, upward pressures on inflation remain," Jian Chang, China economist at Barclays Capital in Hong Kong, said in a research note.
Producer prices fell 1.4 percent in November from a year earlier — the 21st consecutive month of decline — versus a fall of 1.5 percent in the previous month, the bureau said. On a monthly basis, producer prices were unchanged.
A strong jump in exports and a run of surveys of factory and service sector activity indicate the world's second-largest economy has regained some momentum since arresting a protracted slowdown in the middle of the year.
But data on factory output, fixed-asset investment and retail sales due on Tuesday is expected to show some moderation, consistent with expectations annual growth will slow slightly in the fourth quarter from the third.
A Reuters poll in October showed annual growth was forecast to slow to 7.5 percent in the final quarter of 2013 from 7.8 percent in the September quarter. Full-year growth was forecast at 7.6 percent - the weakest in 14 years, but just ahead of the government's target of 7.5 percent.
China's leaders have said they will accept slower growth as they try to remake the economy so it is not dependent on investment and exports and instead driven by consumption, services and innovation, which they consider more sustainable.
Top government think tanks, which make policy proposals for the leadership, are debating whether the growth target should be cut to 7 percent in 2014, but the official China Securities Journal said the government would probably keep it at 7.5 percent.
"Reform is more important than growth, but that does not mean that we will allow a 'hard landing' in China's economy. We need appropriate economic growth to help maintain employment and social stability," the paper said in a front-page commentary.
"Economic growth target for 2014 is more likely to be maintained at around 7.5 percent," it said.
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People can follow vegan diets by not eating meat, fish, poultry or other animal products such as eggs, dairy and honey. In order to maintain their health, vegans must eat a variety of products that are nutritionally sound, such as fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, whole grain products and beans.
In order to replace the protein from meats, vegans can eat foods such as lentils, tofu, peanut butter, soy milk and whole wheat bread. Because of the lack of animal products, vegan diets are low in saturated fats, and in order to maintain their health vegans should limit their use of high-fat foods that are otherwise allowable, such as oils and margarine.
People who are vegans should spend between 10 and 15 minutes in the sun two to three times per week to replace the vitamin D that is lacking in vegan diets. They can also choose products that have been fortified with vitamin D, such as soy and rice milk. To ensure proper iron levels, vegans should eat foods such as bok choy, soybeans, lentils, kidney beans and kale. People can stick to their vegan diets when eating out by choosing dishes such as vegetable burgers, lentil stew, eggplant dishes without the cheese, Thai vegetable curries and hummus.


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On the task bar above members and guess see two new links "Yserbius.Org Home" and "Vote Here"
the first is a link to our new front end of the website which is linked moreso to the forums. Stay tuned for more updates to this new feature.
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Besiktas officially signs Celtics draftee Colton Iverson
The big man moves to Turkey
Besiktas officially sign Colton Iverson for the coming season, his agent Adam Pensack told Sportando.
Iverson has been selected with the 53rd overall pick by the Celtics in the 2013 NBA Draft.
"The Boston Celtics don't have roster space for Colton Iverson at this point so he signed a one year deal in Turkey with Besiktas. Boston's coaches are putting together a development plan for him and Boston will attend 3 or 4 of his games this year to monitor his progress. Boston invested quite a bit to acquire the 53rd pick to draft Colton and they plan to invest further in his development because they believe he can help them next year and beyond" his agent Adam Pensack told Sportando.
Colton Iverson finished his college career averaging 14.2ppg and 9.8rpg with Colorado State.


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The design and construction of the transportation infrastructure is becoming more complex, especially as new products and procedures are becoming available. Some highway agencies are tending towards end result specifications within their current designs providing general conceptual plans. The future contractor's competitiveness may depend on the ability to manage the planning, design, and construction of these projects in a cost effective manner. Improving the construction process within the transportation infrastructure has become an item of high priority. A national task force has been established to develop recommendations for implementation on a short-term and long-term basis. This paper presents some of the barriers and opportunities regarding improving construction management, quality, and cost.
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Locarno Film Fest: 'Listen Up Philip' With Jason Schwartzman to Screen in Competition
Joel Potrykus' indie drama "Buzzard" will also screen at the 67-year-old Swiss festival.
ROME — This year's edition of the Locarno Film Festival will have at least a slight American accent, as the festival will welcome back two U.S. indie directors who took some of their earliest international steps as filmmakers at the storied Swiss event.
The 67-year-old lakeside festival announced Tuesday that Alex Ross Perry and Joel Potrykus would be bringing their latest features. Both directors came to Locarno early in their careers: Perry with the romantic comedy The Color Wheel in 2011 and Potrykus a year later with the comic fantasy film Ape.
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This year they're both back. Perry's Listen Up Philip, which will screen in the main competition, tells the tale of a young writer suffering from creative crisis and romantic problems. It stars Jason Schwartzman in the main role and Jonathan Pryce as an elderly cohort. Both Schwartzman and Pryce will attend the festival.
Potrykus, meanwhile, offers his sophomore effort, coming-of-age drama Buzzard, to Locarno's Concorso Cineasti del Presente section. Like Ape, the film stars Joshua Burge in the main role.
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"We want to highlight the welcome return of two directors," Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian said in a statement. "Not only to signal an obvious continuity with the recent past but above all because for us the films of Alex Ross Perry and Joel Potrykus are among the most interesting in the recent crop of independent productions."
Locarno, which will take place this year August 6-16, will announce its full lineup July 16.
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Today's lead editorial in the Greensboro News & Record provides a civics lesson for conservative state House members trying to escape responsibility for the state's declining commitment to public education:
"Stung by 'outrageous claims' that they cut school spending, N.C. House Republicans responded with a 'fact sheet' that blames cities and counties….
This is a dodge. In North Carolina, state funds cover the bulk of K-12 costs because the state constitution assigns responsibility to the legislature. Local governments are allowed to supplement state appropriations for school operating expenses but are not required to do so….
After terming the GOP claims a "shabby political strategy," the editorial concludes this way:
"If Republican legislators want to shift that burden to local governments, they'll have to rewrite the constitution."
To which, all a body can say is: Don't give these guys any ideas!
Read the entire editorial by clicking here.