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Are we really mad to want Ashley out?
Former Guardian columnist (now Insideworldfootball), Matt Scott has given what appears to be a detailed argument as to why Ashley is good for Newcastle United. We would be mad to drive him out. As a piece of satire, it is admirable. However, it is not clear that satire is what was intended. The argument is laden with statistics.
The Guardian is of course noted for its position, at one extreme of a narrow spectrum of the broadsheet press in terms of political opinion. The Guardian started its life in Manchester, the Manchester Guardian carrying the first citation of a now commonly used quote from Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 29th June 1892: "there are three kinds of falsehoods, lies, damned lies and statistics".
Before addressing a selection of the points raised by Scott, there are some important principles with statistics. One of the keys is perspective. Scott is not transparent about the perspective that he adopts in compiling statistics. Another is to identify the range under consideration, more of which later. A further crucial element in interpretation is relative comparison. It is easy to see where Scott loses context.
That Scott is not a supporter of Newcastle United becomes
obvious. In an attempt to show that Newcastle
are not a top club, he produces the following graph of our post war league
He describes it as having "all the pulsing volatility of a cardiogram" but is a little unclear about his statistical techniques. In a broader context, Newcastle United have never been out of the top two tiers of English football.
Scott highlights that over the period he has selected, Newcastle have indeed spent 22% of their time outside the top flight. As is apparent, from his own graph, a significant proportion of those seasons was from the late 1970s to early 1990s. This is where context is badly missing.
Wherever Matt Scott was in the 1980s, being an Arsenal supporter, it might be assumed the affluent South East, he overlooks what was happening in the region. These were the Thatcher years, where the national economy remodelled itself. Deindustrialisation in an industrial heartland had effects that were reflected in the fortunes of the football club. Other great clubs from great cities, such as Sheffield, have yet to reclaim their sporting place.
A different perspective on Ashley's tenure can be represented in another era, that of the modern media financed Premier League. Before Ashley, Newcastle United were among the top 4 clubs in terms of Champions League experience.
Re-working Scott's graph gives us a different view of the
Premier League years, the data showing the last 20 years:
Adopting this perspective, we can see that after Ashley's arrival, performance has deteriorated with just 1 season above 10th (14%) as compared to 6 (46%) over the previous period. Seasons outside the top flight are 14% for Ashley, 0% before.
Scott also ignores FA Cup runs, but that is a different story.
He then goes on to selectively quote from the Ashleyout.com website. To add perspective, Ashleyout.com do not necessarily represent all Newcastle's shades of grey. As a site that has consistently supported Joey Barton's rehabilitation, we are in the change or go camp (although we are pleased to protest with them) and have set out a blueprint for Ashley himself. Scott ignores many of the excellent points that Ashleyout.com also state.
Scott makes the rather spurious observation that club debt is to Ashley. In different contexts, this does provide potential tax benefits to Ashley. In the event of transfer of ownership, the debts would have to be repaid in the same way that Ashley had to pay Sir John Hall, whose loan went towards ground redevelopment, which has gone no further under Ashley. Indeed, the sale of land now restricts that future possibility.
Also in context, Ashley could have done what other Premier League club owners have done, recapitalise so that the debt is absorbed. Ashley has his own reasons for controlling liquidity, as he has at Rangers.
Scott then turns to revenues. He seems to suggest tat a drop in match day revenue is a good thing: "this is a real-terms, post-inflation drop in per-game ticket revenue of almost 25% ..... what's the beef?"
No, Mr Scott, your analysis is flawed. Just as the recent election debate has centred on distribution of income, some of the very rich getting very much richer, the majority on middle and lower incomes have seen no improvement in quality of life. The real terms cut is not evenly distributed, with tickets that once cost £200+ for a match package (including catering) being sold to students for £16 or less.
The lower revenues further reflect a lack of quality on the pitch, lessening demand for an inferior product and are more than compensated for, from Ashley's perspective, by cost cutting in other areas.
For a man who seemed keen to demean our post war record in the league, Scott conveniently selects just one season's accounts to say commercial revenues have not fallen significantly. Similarly, he has picked an abnormal season for wage costs. He also conveniently neglects the context of other Premier League clubs when he justifies free advertising for Ashley's other brands.
There are some factors that have been severely overlooked. Newcastle are in the Premier League and profitable. Other clubs with a fraction of the support, have also become profitable, largely due to factors beyond management. The external environment of inflated media income has helped their cause.
Similarly, we should look at what those other clubs have done. The likes of Stoke Southampton and Swansea have invested, as has the rest of the Premier League, in building squads capable of maintaining that high income. Relatively, Newcastle United have fallen behind before our eyes.
Other factors that have not been measured are the overall health of the club, incuding the feelgood factor among supporters who have been used to entertaining, attractive, passionate football. The decibels are definitely down whist children with replice kit have been turned into billboards for loan sharks.
It may have been intended as a satirical piece, in which case well done. Satire depends on being highly selective. On the other hand, it may be a piece that has been written to provoke, based on the ignorance (either active or passive) that comes from a lack of depth.
The perspective and context are missing, statistical analysis is myopic. You have effectively given us the good news/bad news. Even if we only have 24 hours to live, our dentures will last for 20 years.


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I just can't thank everyone one enough for making 2011 the best year of Doll Diaries yet!! You all are amazing – from those who just stumbled on the site via a search, to to those loyal Doll Diaries fans who comment daily, send in photos, email me with ideas and scoop, and everyone who is part of this community. THANK YOU!!
We had almost 100 entries in the Holiday Gala – showcasing the talent you all have with setting up scenes, photographing your dolls, and most of all showing how much you really enjoy your dolls! I put together a video compilation of all the entries as my gift to all of you!!
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We would sail from New York Harbor to Liverpool on a Cunard White Star liner, the M.V. Britannic
The meals were all delicious. We had breakfast in the dining room; then elevenses on deck. Next was luncheon, followed by the evening meal. We ate freshly baked hard rolls with sweet butter. Fried eggs and rashers of Irish bacon. Leg of lamb and peas cooked with mint. The stewards wore white gloves and served in the French manner, using two spoons to plate the food we requested.
I ate caviar for the first time when I ordered it off the menu for myself while sailing home after having learned to read - and I mean really read, not Dick and Jane - while I was enrolled at The Rock Ferry Convent School during my stay in England. I was five years old.
The steward got a funny look on his face, and my young and beautiful mother looked at him and said in her most imperious English accent, "As she eats olives and anchovies," (which, by the way, she found extremely odd) "I imagine she will eat caviar. Please bring it to her as she requested." It came on a plate with little pieces of toast and tiny cubes of aspic, which turned out to be only a decoration. My mother was right. I loved the salty caviar on the dry crunchy toast.
At my grandfather's house
the food was wonderful too. We ate beautiful, crumbly, pale orange Cheshire cheese, and Hovis bread sliced thin and buttered. Eggs boiled softly after being plucked from under the bottom of a reluctant hen. Green onions (scallions) and red radishes. Chicken pies. And in the kitchen there was always a Victoria sponge cake and a plate of triangular current scones, not too sweet and perfect with a big cup of tea when I got home from school.
Last week, just when I thought I couldn't stand another miserable day, sure enough, Easter Sunday in the country dawned cold and dreary. It seemed more like Thanksgiving than Easter.
It started to rain and stayed gray, and bitter - the type of weather that comes as fall is heading into winter, not the type of weather you expect when winter is heading into spring. And I couldn't imagine that anyone in the City was thinking about putting on a new hat and patent leather shoes to parade along Fifth Avenue.
But I could imagine a big cup of tea and a scone right from the oven, which was perfect since David - over at Cooking Babbo - had suggested that my next recipe from Zuni should be the Orange-Currant Scones. And it was.
Orange-Currant Scones
Desserts & Pastry, Page 479
(A do-ahead recipe; see Addendum below.)
I got everything ready to make the scones and proceeded through the recipe.
These are delicious, with a perfect texture and crumb. They are so good that I am not surprised that Judy Rodgers "no longer bother(s) making special pastries for Sunday brunch..."
When I made these scones, I froze some of them in quart-size freezer bags. I took two of them out of a freezer bag and put them right into the toaster oven. They toasted beautifully; I split each one in two and lightly buttered the halves (but you don't even have to split them; just butter the toasted tops.) To gild the lily, I served them with this orange/elderflower marmalade available at Ikea. It's a favorite in my house.


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Program Requirements
The graduate program in the Field of Biophysics offers a Ph.D. program only. Our
program is designed so that students will attain competence in physics, chemistry,
mathematics and biology while doing research at the interface between physics/biology
or chemistry/biology.
Getting Started
New students meet as a group, and individually, with the Director of Graduate Studies. In this highly interdisciplinary area, the course requirements are instead "learning objectives", with actual courses tailored to the needs of each individual student, rather than having a fixed set of course requirements. Each student chooses three research groups for two-month rotation projects that start early in the fall semester, and continue until final exams in May, when the student chooses one group for Ph.D. research.
Special Committees
At Cornell, the progress of each graduate student is guided and supervised
by the Special Committee, also known as the thesis committee. This consists
of the research supervisor and two other faculty members, one of whom represents
a "minor" subject, chosen by the student.
In the fall semester of the first year, a typical student takes two or three
lecture courses, and does one rotation. Usually the second rotation starts
during the winter break, and the third rotation, along with two or three lecture
courses, keeps a student constructively busy during the spring semester.
By the second year, most students have completed the necessary core lecture
courses for their biophysics training, and start to take courses to satisfy
their minor requirement.
Throughout the academic year, well-known scientists give formal lectures on
their work in our Wednesday Biophysics Seminar Series. Students themselves
also invite and entertain some speakers. Other departments also have
seminar series that are of interest to Biophysics students, including the departments
of Physics, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Molecular Biology & Genetics,
and Molecular Medicine, and there are many more seminar series around the campus.
An important feature of our program is that, starting in the summer after
the second year, each student makes a half-hour formal presentation of their
research results to the other students and to the faculty. This Summer
Student Seminar Series provides valuable training in the necessary art of science
The Field of Biophysics has no teaching requirement for graduate students. However,
in most cases students who want to obtain experience as a teaching assistant
can make that arrangement, with the help of the Director of Graduate Studies.
Graduate students in Biophysics are required to pass two examinations during
their studies. The first one, termed the "A exam", should be
taken before or during the 5th semester of study. This exam is an oral
defense by the student in front of the Special Committee of an original research
proposal that describes the student's progress and research plans. The
second exam, termed the "B exam", is the thesis defense. The
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Hey penguins, Double Mvp here.
It's Thursday, so that indicates that the newest edition of the Club Penguin Times is out! The Club Penguin Times Issue #232 is full of very cool events. Read it below:
The highlight of the newspaper tells us that the winning Club Penguin Play Awards play will be at the Stage on March 30th.
Also, the next Club Penguin party will take place on April 1st… Aprils Fool's Day! This is one of my favortie parties every year… the Club Penguin team consistently does great in decorating all of the rooms.
Have you checked out the Cave yet? If not, you are in luck because it's here to stay! I really like that room, don't you? 😉
Check out the up-coming events:
March 26: New Igloo music and a new pin!
March 30: The winner of the Best Play Award will be on at the Stage! (I'm rooting for Ruby and the Ruby)
April 1: Aprils Fool's Day Party and a new Penguin Styles catalog!
There are a few great events to look forward to… I am looking forward to the Aprils fool's Day Party the most! How about you? Let me know by dropping a comment.
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Actress Moyo Lawal took to Instagram to share this photo of herself but got many talking as they feel something is wrong with the picture.
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At this very moment in time, there are dozens of hard-working individuals toiling away to put rAge 2009 together. These brave troops will work around the clock from now until 10AM on Friday the 2nd of October (which is when the doors open, in case you haven't been following) to bring you the biggest, the best, the most awesome gaming and technology event the continent has to offer!
Okay, now that the marketing speech is over, we can get to the good stuff. It's officially Day 2 of the build-up to rAge 2009, which means that the Dome is ours until Monday, when everything comes down after the event. Each day, we'll update this page with a new daily gallery of what's going on behind the scenes, so you can get a feel for just how much effort is required to put this event together. In case you're wondering what's happened to coverage of Day 1: there wouldn't really be much you show you aside from an empty hall and a few security guards, so we figured this is a better place to start.
Day 2
Walking into the Dome on Day 2, you wouldn't think that there's going to be an event going up in two and a half days. The floors tiles have been laid out, and a few of the stands are beginning to be assembled, but for the most part, it's pretty quiet. At least the team organising the LAN seems to be on top of things. All of the tables, cables and switches are already in place.


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the string of an archer's bow.
a string, typically of horsehair, for the bow of an instrument of the violin and viol families.
(especially in the Ottoman Empire) a similar string for killing people by strangulation.
verb (used with object), bow·stringed or bow·strung, bow·string·ing.
to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.
Origin of bowstring
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Get ye gone, or the bastinado and the bowstring shall be your portion.Dreamers of the Ghetto
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He must not beat her or strangle her with a bowstring or drop her into the Bosporus.In a Little Town
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He broke his bowstring, and his hand was numbed at the wrist-joint.
As the sound was not repeated, he strode in among the trees, setting an arrow against the bowstring.Hawk Eye
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the string of an archer's bow, usually consisting of three strands of hemp
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The American Education Group (AEG), Vietnam's most prestigious provider of American overseas study services and a pioneer of STEAM education in Vietnam, last week celebrated Cambridge Exam advancement for more than 100 of their STEAM English students on Children's Day in Ho Chi Minh City.
AEG's Cambridge Advancement Ceremony is a gala held for STEAM English students to celebrate their English advancement. AEG's STEAM English program is the first and only curriculum in Vietnam combining the American STEAM method with English-language learning to provide the young generation with the world's most innovative, effective learning method.
AEG attributed this success to their method of teaching English through STEAM, providing students with language skills in subjects essential to their future development. "We are immensely proud of our students' success this year on the Cambridge exams, and that is because we have such amazing kids," said Mr. Richard Sherwood, Founder and Chairman of AEG. "Each day in our classes they are doing so much more with their English than in a normal classroom. They build, they create, they engage, they innovate and they inspire. We believe in our kids doing so much more than just preparing for a test, but because they do so much more, they are able to walk into an exam with the necessary confidence, skills and desire to achieve."
Mr. Sherwood is a lifelong educator who came to Vietnam 20 years ago seeking the best Vietnamese students to attend America's top boarding schools and universities. He has spent the last two decades pioneering education in Vietnam through AEG, which has sent more than 2,000 local students to the US to study with financial aid and scholarships of more than $110 million.
Present in Vietnam since 1997, AEG is a long-time and leading learning center and overseas study consultancy comprised of leading educators from around the world. During the last 20 years, it has consulted with and sent over 2,500 students to the US. In 2015, it launched its Academic Centers in Vietnam offering STEAM English and Test Preparation Courses. It has two Academic Centers in Ho Chi Minh City, in District 3 and District 7.


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Welcome to the FAMILY porter history web site
3 William Oscar Porter
William Oscar Porter was born on May 13, 1875, son of John Henry Porter and Amelia Scott. He was the last of seven children. His mother, Amelia, passed away during or shortly after his birth.
According to notes written during a conversation with Lucille Porter, she recalled that Oscar was raised by his Uncle Otis Porter, the brother of John Henry Porter, and Aunt Hanna.
William Oscar Porter married Martha M. Anderson about 1900. Martha was born December 1883 in Arkansas.
Oscar died July 29, 1919, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Welcome to the FAMILY porter history web site
Hanna Porter, widow of Otis Porter is living with Oscar and his wife Martha in the June 5, 1900 Census in Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma. Oscar is running a restaurant, and Hanna works as a waiter in the business.
World War I Draft Registration Card, 1918.
In the June 1, 1880 census in Victoria, Knox County, Illinois, records the following. Oscar is "Living away from home". It is possible that with a new baby in the house, it was decided that Oscar would go live with Uncle Otis and Aunt Hanna.
Shown below is the June 5, 1880 Census in Lynn Township, Knox County, Illinois. Otis, Hannah, and their daughter Sarah Jane have a farm. Sarah Jane was engaged to be married to Orr William Annis on November 28, 1880. The marriage would make room in their home for Oscar to come live with them. Since Oscar's name does not appear in the census, it is possible that Oscar's move was taking place at this time.
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These transmissible vaccines will likely first be used in animals(that you eat of course) that carry diseases that can infect people. Some may use a weakened version of the virus, or attach a piece of the pathogen to a benign virus. Other treatments are aimed at people who are already infected and will prey on the virus dwelling in their cells.
It's early days for these kinds of vaccines and therapies, and scientists still have to show that they are effective and safe to use in wildlife or people.
There's already at least one vaccine known to be contagious, although it wasn't intentionally designed that way.
At all costs they are trying to reach the entire population with vaccines for complete and total world domination.
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Multifamily construction is booming as developers are racing to cash-in on inflated luxury markets. The shortage of affordable rental housing, however, has only been exacerbated by the recent boom in luxury construction. Now some of the nation's largest cities are flooded with luxury apartments, and construction cost has risen to a record-high.
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- Apartment completions beat projections by 46% in 2017
- Luxury buildings accounted for between 75-80% of new supply in the current cycle
- Rents for affordable housing are increasing while rents for luxury housing are flattening
Apartment completions in the 150 largest U.S. cities jumped to 395,775 units in 2017, beating 2016 production by a staggering 46 percent and more than doubling the long-term average, according to RealPage, an apartment management software and data company. Luxury, upscale buildings accounted for between 75 and 80 percent of the new supply in the current cycle.
"It's really tough to deliver product at those lower price points. The cost of land, the cost of building materials, the cost of labor. It's really about the same regardless of what product you're doing and it's just tough to make a deal work financially if you're going toward that middle-market price," said Greg Willett, chief economist at RealPage.
Despite rising incomes, nearly half (47 percent) of all renter households (21 million) pay more than 30 percent of their income for housing, including 11 million households paying more than 50 percent of their income for housing, according to a late 2017 report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
"While the market has responded to rental housing needs for higher-income households, there are alarming trends that suggest a growing inability to supply housing that is affordable for middle- and working-class renters, let alone those with very low incomes," said Christopher Herbert, the center's managing director.
Rents on the high end flattened in the last year, and landlords are starting to offer concessions, like high-end amenity packages or a month's free rent.
Investors, according to Bozzuto, are now moving away from new construction and instead rehabbing older rental stock. These so-called value-add projects just raise the rents on current tenants even more.
There are some government programs that offer developers financial incentives to build lower-income housing, but they don't meet the needs.
"Those are finite and many, many of us are competing for those very finite resources," said Bozzuto, adding that the luxury market is, "on the precipice of oversupply, but I think macroeconomic conditions are actually going to keep us this year from developing much further. Costs in particular, land costs, hard costs mostly driven by labor, will ultimately make it harder to build new buildings."
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and common environment (e.g., aspects of the social environment shared by siblings)
account for individual differences in aggressive behavior. They also reported that genetic
factors were slightly more important for males than females and that genetic factors
were less powerful among younger subjects. In a study comparing monozygotic twins
(twins that develop from a single egg and share genetic material) and dizygotic twins
(twins that develop from two separate eggs and share less genetic material), Hines and
Saudino (2004) found that "intimate partner aggression" (physical and psychological)
has a genetic component. Hines and Saudino concluded that "familial resemblance in
psychological aggression arises because members share the genes that influence this
behavior" (p. 714). They suggest that children inherit genes from their parents that
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predispose the children for aggression. Interestingly, Hines and Saudino suggest that
whether the aggressive behavior is expressed overtly may be more strongly related to
affiliation with aggressive peer groups than parental use of partner aggression.
In addition to the two studies just discussed, other studies also support the idea
that aggression is at least partially determined by oneКјs genetic makeup (e.g., Vierikko,
Pulkkinen, Kaprio, Viken, & Rose, 2003). However, we need to be cautious when inter-
preting the results from these studies for a number of reasons. First, the number of studies
establishing the genetic-aggression link is relatively small. Clearly, more research is
needed in this area. Second, the degree of contribution of genetics depends on the meth-
odology used. For example, observational studies tend to show stronger links between
heredity and aggression than do laboratory studies (Miles & Carey, 1997). Finally, we
must underscore that it is important to keep results that show a genetic influence in their
proper perspective. There is little evidence that genetics has a direct effect on aggression.
Instead, genetics appears to influence characteristics (e.g., personality characteristics)
that predispose a person to aggression. Just because someone has a genetic predisposi-
tion toward aggression does not mean that the person will behave aggressively.
The Physiology of Aggression
The brain and endocrine systems of humans and animals play an intricate role in mediat-
ing aggression. Research on the physiology of aggression has focused on two areas: brain
mechanisms and hormonal influences. The sections that follow explore each of these.
Brain Mechanisms
Research on brain mechanisms has focused on the brain structures that mediate aggres-
sive behavior. Researchers have found, for example, that aggressive behavior is elicited
hypothalamus A structure in when parts of the hypothalamus are stimulated. The hypothalamus is part of the limbic
the limbic system of the brain system, a group of brain structures especially concerned with motivation and emotion.
associated with aggressive Stimulation of different parts of the hypothalamus (called nuclei) produce different
forms of aggressive behavior.
In one study, researchers implanted electrodes in the brains of cats in various parts
of the hypothalamus (Edwards & Flynn, 1972). A small electric current was then passed
through these structures. When one part of the hypothalamus was stimulated, the cats
displayed the characteristic signs of anger and hostile aggression: arched back, hissing
and spitting, fluffed tail. This reaction was nondiscriminating; the cats attacked any-
thing placed in their cage, whether a sponge or a live mouse. When another part of the
hypothalamus was stimulated, the cats displayed selective predatory aggression. They
went through the motions of hunting; with eyes wide open, they stalked and pounced
on a live animal, but they ignored the sponge.
Research shows that other parts of the brain are also involved in aggression. There
is a neural circuit in the brain, including parts of the limbic system and the cortex, that
organizes aggressive behavior. No single brain structure is the master controller of
Furthermore, brain stimulation does not inevitably lead to aggression. In one
study, brain stimulation led to an aggressive response if a monkey was restrained in
a chair (Delgado, 1969). But if the monkey was placed in a cage with another docile
monkey, the same brain stimulation produced a different behavior: The monkey ran
across the cage making repeated high-pitched vocalizations. The expression of aggres-
sive behavior also depended on a monkeyКјs status within a group. If a more dominant
monkey was present, brain stimulation did not lead to aggression. If a less dominant
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monkey was present, stimulating the same part of the brain did lead to aggression.
Thus, even with brain stimulation, aggressive behavior occurred only under the "right"
social conditions.
Hormonal Influences
Researchers also have investigated the role of hormones in aggressive behavior. As men-
tioned earlier, high levels of the male hormone testosterone are generally associated with
increased aggression (Christiansen & Knussmann, 1987). However, the influence of tes-
tosterone on aggressive behavior—like the effect of brain stimulation—is complex.
Hormones come into play twice during the normal course of development in humans:
first, during prenatal development, and later, at puberty. Prenatally, testosterone influ-
ences the sex organs and characteristics of the unborn child. Testosterone levels are
higher for a genetic male than for a genetic female. The hormone permeates the entire
body, including the brain, making it possible that the male brain is "wired" for greater
aggression. Early in life, testosterone exposure serves an organization function, influ-
encing the course of brain development. Later in life, it serves an activation function
(Carlson, 1991), activating behavior patterns, such as aggression, that are related to
testosterone levels.
These two effects were shown clearly in an experiment conducted by Conner
and Levine (1969). Conner and Levine castrated rats either neonatally (immediately
after birth) or as weanlings (about 3 weeks after birth). (In rats, the critical period for
exposure to testosterone is within a day or so after birth. Castrating males immedi-
ately after birth effectively prevents exposure to the necessary levels of testosterone
for normal masculinization. The rats castrated as weanlings were exposed to the early
necessary levels of testosterone and were masculinized normally.) Other rats were not
castrated. Later, as adults, the castrated rats were exposed either to testosterone or to
a placebo.
The experiment showed that for the rats castrated neonatally, the levels of aggression
displayed after exposure to testosterone as adults did not differ significantly from the
levels displayed after exposure to a placebo. For the weanling rats, exposure to testos-
terone as adults increased the level of aggression compared to that of the rats receiving
the placebo. The levels of aggression after exposure to the testosterone or placebo did
not differ for noncastrated rats.
This study showed that early exposure to male hormones is necessary in order for
later exposure to a male hormone to increase aggression. Those rats castrated at birth
missed the "organizing function" of the male hormone; the normal process of masculin-
ization of the brain did not occur. Later injections of testosterone (activation function)
thus had little effect. Rats castrated as weanlings were subjected to the organization
function of the male hormone. Their brains were normally masculinized and more recep-
tive to the activation function of the testosterone injections received later in life. We
can conclude that high testosterone levels are effective in elevating levels of aggression
only if there is normal exposure to male hormones early in life.
Another experiment demonstrated that hormonal influences interact with social
influences to affect aggression. In this experiment, male rats were castrated and then
implanted with a capsule (Albert, Petrovic, & Walsh, 1989a). For some rats the capsule
was empty; for others it contained testosterone. These rats were then housed with another
rat under one of two conditions. Half the rats were housed with a single feeding tube,
requiring the animals to compete for food. The other half were housed with two feeding
tubes, so no competition was necessary. The treated rats were then tested for aggression.
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The results were striking. Testosterone increased aggression only if the rats competed
for food. If the rats were not required to compete, the levels of aggression were quite
low, about the same as those for the rats implanted with the empty capsule.
Another example of how situational factors can affect testosterone levels and aggres-
sion is provided by Kleinsmith, Kasser, and McAndrew (2006), who conducted an
experiment to see if handling a gun would increase testosterone levels and aggression.
Kleinsmith et al. informed male participants that they would be taking part in an experi-
ment on how taste sensitivity is affected by attention to detail. Kleinsmith et al. obtained
a saliva sample as soon as participants arrived at the lab. Testosterone levels were mea-
sured with the saliva sample. Then participants were led into another room where they
would perform an attention task. Some participants were given a pellet gun that was a
model of a Desert Eagle automatic pistol. Other participants were given the childКјs game
Mousetrap. Both groups of participants were instructed to write a set of instructions on
how to assemble or disassemble the gun or game. Following this task another saliva
sample was obtained. Next, participants were given a cup of water that had a drop of hot
sauce in it. Participants were told that a previous participant had prepared the sample.
After drinking the water sample, participants rated the sample. Finally, participants were
told to prepare a water sample for the next participant. They were provided with a small
cup of water and a bottle of hot sauce and told to add as much hot sauce to the water as
they wished. The results of the experiment showed that participants who handled the
gun showed a large increase in testosterone level when pre- and post-manipulation saliva
samples were analyzed (average change was 62 pg/ml). Participants who handled the game
showed a negligible increase (average change was .68 pg/ml). Additionally, participants
who handled the gun added far more hot sauce to the water (average was 13.61 grams)
than participants who handled the game (average was 4.23 grams).
Female aggression may also be mediated by hormones. In another study, the ovaries
were removed from some female rats but not from others (Albert, Petrovic, & Walsh,
1989b). The rats were then housed with a sterile yet sexually active male rat. Weekly,
the male rat was removed and an unfamiliar female rat was introduced into the cage.
Female rats whose ovaries had been removed displayed less aggression toward the
unfamiliar female than those whose ovaries had not been removed, suggesting a role
of female hormones in aggression among female rats.
Alcohol and Aggression
Our п¬Ѓnal topic relating physiology and aggression is to explore the relationship between
alcohol (a powerful drug affecting the nervous system) and aggression. There is ample
evidence showing a connection between alcohol consumption and aggression (Bushman
& Cooper, 1990; Quigley & Leonard, 1999). What is it about alcohol that increases
violent behavior? Is there something about the drug effects of alcohol, or is it a func-
tion of the social situations in which alcohol is used?
There is no question that alcohol has pharmacological (drug-related) effects on the
body, especially on the brain. Alcohol becomes concentrated in organs with a high water
content, and the brain is one such organ. Alcohol lowers reaction time, impairs judg-
ment, and weakens sensory perception and motor coordination. Under the influence of
alcohol, people focus more on external cues, such as people or events in the situation
that seem to encourage them to take action, and less on internal ones, such as thoughts
about risks and consequences.
Although alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, it initially seems to act as
a stimulant. People who are drinking at п¬Ѓrst become more sociable and assertive. This
is because alcohol depresses inhibitory brain centers (Insel & Roth, 1994). As more
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alcohol is consumed, however, the effects change. Drinkers often become irritable and
are easily angered. Levels of hostility and aggressiveness increase. Considering all the
effects of alcohol, it is not surprising that it is a major factor not only in automobile
crashes and fatal accidents of other kinds (such as drownings, falls, and п¬Ѓres) but also
in homicides, suicides, assaults, and rapes.
Research confirms that levels of aggression increase with the amount of alcohol
consumed (Kreutzer, Schneider, & Myatt, 1984; Pihl & Zacchia, 1986; Shuntich &
Taylor, 1972). In one study, participants who consumed 1.32 g/kg of 95% alcohol were
more aggressive than participants receiving a placebo (nonalcoholic) drink or no drink
at all (Pihl & Zacchia, 1986). The type of beverage consumed affects aggression as
well (Gustafson, 1999; Pihl, Smith, & Farrell, 1984). As shown in Figure 10.1, par-
ticipants who consumed a distilled beverage gave more severe shocks to a target than
those who consumed wine or beer (Gustafson, 1999). Gustafson also found that longer
shocks were given after consuming a distilled beverage compared to wine and beer.
In another study, participants in a bar were approached and asked a series of annoying
questions. In this natural setting, bar patrons drinking distilled beverages displayed
more verbal aggression toward the interviewer than those drinking beer (Murdoch &
Pihl, 1988).
How does alcohol increase aggression? Most likely, alcohol has an indirect effect
on aggression by reducing a personКјs ability to inhibit behaviors that are normally sup-
pressed by fear, such as aggression (Pihl, Peterson, & Lau, 1993). Although the precise
brain mechanisms that are involved in this process are not fully known, there is evi-
dence that alcohol is associated with a significant drop in the amount of brain serotonin
(a neurotransmitter), which makes individuals more likely to engage in aggression in
response to external stimuli (Badaway, 1998; Pihl & Lemarquand, 1998). Serotonin,
when it is operating normally, inhibits antisocial behaviors such as aggression through
the arousal of anxiety under threatening conditions (Pihl & Peterson, 1993). When
serotonin levels are reduced, anxiety no longer has its inhibitory effects, but intense
emotional arousal remains, resulting in increased aggression under conditions of threat
(Pihl & Peterson, 1993).
Mean Shock Severity
1 Figure 10.1 Mean
shock severity as a function
of type of alcoholic
Distilled Wine Beer beverage consumed.
Type of Beverage Based on data from Gustafson (1999).
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Alcohol has also been found to influence the functioning of the prefrontal cortex
of the brain, disrupting executive cognitive functioning (ECF), or functions that help
one use higher cognitive processes such as attention, planning, and self-monitoring
(Hoaken, Giancola, & Pihl, 1998; Pihl, Assad, & Hoaken, 2003). These executive func-
tions play a major role in oneКјs ability to effectively regulate goal-directed behavior
(Hoaken et al., 1998). In individuals with low-functioning ECF, aggression is more
likely than among individuals with high-functioning ECF, regardless of alcohol con-
sumption (Hoaken et al., 1998). If the ECF remains active after alcohol consumption,
alcohol-related aggression is lower than if the ECF is inhibited (Giancola, 2004). It is
apparent, then, that the inhibitory effect of alcohol on ECF is one factor contributing
to increased aggression after alcohol consumption.
When in an intoxicated state, one can override the effects of alcohol if properly
motivated (Hoaken, Assaad, & Pihl, 1998). Hoaken and his associates (1998) placed
intoxicated and sober individuals into a situation where they could deliver electric shocks
to another person. Half the participants in each group received an incentive to deliver
low levels of shocks (the promise of money). The results showed that intoxicated par-
ticipants were just as able as their sober counterparts to reduce the severity of shocks
delivered when the incentive was provided. However, when no incentive was provided,
intoxicated participants delivered higher shock levels than the sober participants.
Although the amount and type of alcohol consumed affect aggression, research
shows that oneКјs expectations about the effects of alcohol also have an impact on aggres-
sion (Lang, Goeckner, Adesso, & Marlatt, 1975; Leonard, Collins, & Quigley, 2003;
Kreutzer, Schneider, & Myatt, 1984; Rohsenow & Bachorowski, 1984). Generally,
participants in experiments who believe they are drinking alcohol display elevated
levels of aggression, even if in reality they are drinking a nonalcoholic placebo. The
mere belief that one has consumed alcohol is enough to enhance aggression. In fact,
even the experimenterКјs knowledge of who has consumed alcohol can affect the level
of aggression observed in experiments like this. An analysis of the literature shows that
the effects of alcohol on aggression are smaller when the experimenter is blind to the
conditions of the experiment (Bushman & Cooper, 1990).This relationship also holds
outside the laboratory. Leonard, Collins, and Quigley (2003) conducted a study in which
male participants were asked about aggressive events that happened to them in bars.
Leonard et al. measured several personality and situational variables. They found that
a belief that alcohol was the cause for aggression was related to the occurrence (but not
severity) of an aggressive encounter in a bar.
Expectations cannot account for the entire effect of alcohol, however. In some cases
even when there is an expectation that alcohol may lead to aggression, such an expecta-
tion does not increase aggression, whereas actual alcohol consumption does (Quigley
& Leonard, 1999). Social cues, expectations, and attitudes play some part in mediating
alcohol-induced aggression. However, the pharmacological effects of alcohol on the
body and brain are real. Probably through a combination of reducing inhibitions and
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A 23-year-old Indian woman has cut off the genitals of a Hindu religious teacher in the southern state of Kerala, claiming he raped her for years. Police said the suspect, named as Gangeshananda Theerthapada, would come to the woman's house to perform prayer rituals for her father's health. Her mother had hoped the self-styled holy man would ease the family's woes.
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Event the actual merits and physique information from hatha yoga—the preferred kind of yoga this present day. Hatha Yoga Illustrated offers approximately 650 full-color images to visually reveal seventy seven ordinary poses from hatha yoga that follow to all significant hatha types together with Iyengar, Astanga, Anusara, and Bikram.
person poses are provided from begin to end, exhibiting you ways to accomplish right alignment and respiring to make sure not easy but secure execution. the result's a rise within the effectiveness, either bodily and mentally, you'll event with every one pose. a number of pose diversifications in keeping with your individual choice, skill, and health point also are integrated.
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This is an exciting time for CFUZ - Peach City Radio - based in Penticton, British Columbia. We are a new and growing organization that hosts a 24 hour/day online web stream featuring original programming, automated music and syndicated shows. With the approval of our CRTC licence in May 2015, we have begun to transition to an FM broadcast from our newly constructed community radio studio. This is a pivotal stage in the development of CFUZ, and we are looking for the right person to make a positive impact on our organization.
Have we mentioned that Penticton is an amazingly beautiful place to live? Penticton is a city of 35,000 nestled between two beautiful lakes in the southern Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia. Visitors and residents enjoy year-round outdoor pursuits such as triathlon, climbing and cycling. With mild winters and dry hot summers, it's the centre of the Okanagan wine industry.
As the first ever CFUZ Station Coordinator you will build on the existing volunteer framework, and be responsible for the refinement of volunteer engagement, recruitment and training. You will develop documentation and implement training plans, producing a variety of training materials for volunteers. During your year as Station Coordinator, your goal is to ultimately engineer a roadmap through which volunteers may navigate CFUZ according to their strengths, areas of interest and expertise. All while having fun and fostering an enjoyable & productive studio atmosphere amongst our volunteers.
This work will have a tremendous impact on CFUZ through the cultivation of a well-trained, engaged and sustainable volunteer corps.
Design, document and lead volunteer training workshops and orientation sessions.
• Design, document and implement an effective and comprehensive training system for
volunteer leaders at CFUZ.
• Ensure all volunteers are trained in CFUZ studio operation and practises, as well as
CRTC and Broadcasting Act standards.
• Develop a library of multimedia training tools for CFUZ members and volunteers.
• Facilitate on-air training opportunities for volunteers.
• Work together with the volunteer and programming coordinators to develop individual
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• Attend monthly board meetings as a non-voting member.
• Research and implement volunteer coordination software.
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Required Qualifications
• Minimum 3 years employment or equivalent volunteer experience in a campus or
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• Experience with training, facilitating and coordinating volunteers in a variety of settings.
• Radio, audio, and video production skills.
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Somethings were just meant to go together. Like Apple pie and Ice cream. Springbreak and sunburns. Flannel Shirts and Bluegrass Music. Dark Stout and Coffee.
Although its been done before, a nice roasty Stout beer just goes with coffee. 'Nuff said.
When we first met the folks at Just Coffee on Madison's eastside we were blown away by their production facility, in awe of their strict standards for selecting coffee beans but most importantly their deep routed belief in fair trade, ethically grown and roasted coffee was what really made an impression on us.
We got to taste numerous varieties of coffee beans and see the roasting process up close at Just Coffee. Hearing Scott (Quality Manager and Certified Coffee Grader) talk about coffee revealed his insane knowledge but, more importantly, showed us how committed he was to sharing the Just Coffee story and educating us on the coffee's origins. He not only knew where every variety was grown, but he knew the family farmers who actually grew the beans.
After our first visit, we knew that a Hop Haus & Just Coffee pairing simply had to happen.
While numerous ideas were kicked around (like a mocha IPA) we knew that a simple beer recipe would allow us to showcase some wonderful locally roasted coffee.
So, we brewed a big stout with American hops. Grains include; Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Munich Malt, Midnight Wheat, Oats and Carmel Malt. Hops include: Warrior, Northern Brewer and Simcoe.
This beer is dark, roasty and easily drinkable for 8.1%. The American hops are noticeable but not overwhelming. As planned the coffee is the main attraction.
Instead of adding coffee to the beer in the fermenter and letting it sit in the keg we opted to serve the coffee/beer as fresh as we could. So, we are infusing the stout beer with coffee right in the tap line. A stainless steel canister filled with coarsely ground Just Coffee will be attached to the draft line and each pour of delicious stout will be filtered through these grounds. It doesn't get much fresher folks.
Enough about the beer already. Come over to Hop Haus this Friday and check out this fresh coffee stout. Also, we encourage you to check out Just Coffee (website link) or you can find their locally roasted coffee at local retailers.


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What's often thought of as the most fraught relationship—the one between mother and daughter—has roots in the mother's own identity and how it conflicts with the girl's growing (and necessary) independence and separation. The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Bernstein takes a look at one mother and daughter's relationship in "Why Mothers and Teenage Daughters Fight."
Basically (and, frankly, we moms are quite used to this), it's the mom's fault. A mother, psychologists say, sees her daughter as an extension of herself.
"Mom is putting her own expectations on her daughter," Roni Cohen-Sandler, a clinical psychologist in Weston, Conn., told Bernstein. "And the daughter feels she has to gratify her mother's needs or else she is a disappointment."
Cohen-Sandler, who counsels mother-daughter pairs in her practice, explores this idea more deeply in her recently published book, "I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You: A New Understanding of Mother-Daughter Conflict."
The conflict between mothers and daughters, while age-old, is actually part of the "kids getting older younger" phenomenon. Bernstein reports that girls as young as 10 or 11 and their moms are fighting, as girls are going through puberty at a younger age and often in families where the mom is experiencing her own dramatic hormonal shifts in perimenopause or menopause.
When the conflict starts, Cohen-Sandler reminds moms that they are still the adult in the relationship. "Your daughter can push all sorts of buttons, but you are responsible for understanding the feelings that are being aroused in you and for not reacting in ways that are not in your daughter's best interest," she told the WSJ.
What can moms do? They can acknowledge behaviors that they expect in their daughters, like telling them they appreciate the child coming home when she said she would or making plans as far in advance as possible.
And also, limit the criticism.
"It takes about five compliments to counterbalance every criticism," Lisa Fedder, a clinical social worker with offices in Englewood Cliffs and Maplewood, N.J., told Bernstein.
Girls and their moms can work together to negotiate this territory, speaking openly and laying out their expectations.
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Eric Holder for president? Bring it on! The ads write themselves
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Former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder raised eyebrows last week when he said that he may run for office, as in the Oval Office, and hed make his final decision by the end of the year. Given the trail of abuse and misconduct he left in his wake at the Justice Department, the opposing ads pretty much write themselves.
His time in the Obama administration was plagued with corruption that left a stain on the Justice Department, and he resigned with a dark cloud of scandal hovering over him.
Holder is the first Cabinet appointee to be held in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents relating to the Departments Fast and Furious scandal. The scandal permitted the sale of assault weapons to drug cartels in Mexico as a way to supposedly track them.
However, it was later discovered from internal communications that it was all just a front to win political points in the gun debate. Holder thought if the Obama administration could devise a dangerous enough situation, then they would be in a position to demand more gun laws.
While they were busy trying to score political points with assault weapons, people died. People like Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, who was killed with one of the almost 2,000 guns the Justice Department sold, but then failed to keep track of through the program.
Holders Justice Department was also embroiled in an IRS political persecution scheme that purposely targeted conservative and Tea Party groups who applied for tax-exempt status. Their applications were stalled, sometimes for years, while IRS agents probed for additional information that was inappropriate and out of the ordinary. Last year, the IRS admitted to the wrongdoing in court and publicly apologized.
However, in 2015, the Obama Justice Department, headed by Holder until Loretta Lynch replaced him in April of that year, announced they would not prosecute anyone at the IRS for the scandal. Their reasoning? Apparently after investigating they said no evidence was uncovered that any IRS official acted based on political, discriminatory, corrupt or other inappropriate motives that would support a criminal prosecution.
But of course there was no evidence, because the IRS destroyed countless hard drives containing the evidence. The apparent crime was bad enough, but Holders cover-up was even worse.
Recently, Holder, possibly getting his talking points in order for a potential presidential run, criticized the Trump administration for apologizing to conservative groups targeted by the IRS under President Obama. According to Holder, That apology was unnecessary, unfounded and inconsistent, it seems to me, with the responsibilities that somebody who would seek to lead the Justice Department should have done.
Maybe somebody should tell Mr. Holder the IRS already admitted they targeted conservatives, and Obama cronies can stop covering for them now. Former IRS official Lois Lerner publicly apologized and pleaded the Fifth Amendment when Congress brought her in for questioning.
She couldnt be prosecuted though, because the IRS destroyed her emails with all of those hard drives. Nothing to see here, right Eric?
Also on Attorney General Holders watch, large companies could make settlement payouts to groups not affiliated with their cases. President Trumps Justice Department put an end to this last year, as the payments were thought to help liberal organizations.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., released emails from the Justice Department last year which showed they had a say in who the money went to, and they may have once again discriminated against conservatives by ensuring conservative groups didnt receive settlements.
Eric Holder has a history of scandal and corruption that will follow him into any public office that he pursues. He tarnished our Justice Department with reckless discrimination, questionable judgement and outright lawlessness.
However, if Holder wants to run, bring it on. Hes given Republicans all the campaign material they need.
Lauren DeBellis Appell was deputy press secretary for then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., in his successful 2000 re-election campaign, as well as assistant communications director for the Senate Republican Policy Committee (2001-2003).


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Once upon a time...
Long before Herbs & Heart was a reality, there was a burning desire to contribute to a new way of thinking. We live in a world of over consumption, where being spoilt for choice has left us making blind decisions. When trends, and celebrity endorsed products become an obsession in society, despite no credibility of the product being any good, it seems, making misinformed decisions is now acceptable.
This is truly jarring in the case of Skincare. Consumers hold a high regard of established companies, believing false marketing gimmicks, and trusting their products to be effective, and most importantly safe. After all, with millions of dollars spent in R&D, we'd think that would be the case, right?
It's alarming how many companies abuse this trust. In Australia, over 9000 chemicals are introduced everyday, but only a handful are regulated, with many not even listed in the public database. What's worse is it seems to be common practice for companies to keep around 20% of chemicals off the label, some choosing to veil these chemicals under terms of 'fragrance' or 'parfum'.
We had to do something.
Mahatma Gandhi once said, 'Be the change you want to see in the world'; thus one sunny Sydney morning, a natural skincare line was introduced - one that offered an alternative to nasty chemicals whilst proving to be more effective than anything to come out of a lab.
This was the beginning of Herbs & Heart.
H+H to us is the opportunity to empower the consumer. We see a future where you can have it all. Flip over your product, and actually understand what it is you are reading. Be fully informed on the key bio actives in your skincare, and how they are benefitting your skin. Stand up to corporations who have put blinders over your eyes, fillers in your products and charged you their weight in gold.
Our hope is to build our product line to encompass every need in your cosmetic closet, in the future providing a service of individually customised skincare for your unique needs.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
I made a couple of pages using My Honey Bunny Bundle by Connie Prince, It is a wonderful set and so fun to work with!
I love this for the Build A Bear pictures I took when she made her bunny!
We spent awhile with my MIL today. Charli had to get some medicine for her cough and we talked to a friend from school about a security system. I am tired now and thinking about turning in soon.
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