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Follow that microlight: Birds learn to migrate
By Rebecca Morelle
Science reporter, BBC News
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"Yes, people think we're crazy," says Johannes Fritz, with a wry smile.
And surveying the scene, it is easy to see why.
We are in a playing field, in a small village in Austria, close to the Slovenian border.
In it stands a makeshift camp, with all the usual outdoors paraphernalia.
But it is the large aviary, containing 14 northern bald ibis and two human "foster parents" who are gently tending to their avian flock that really draws your attention.
That, and the microlights parked nearby.
For the past couple of days, this unassuming spot has been home to the Waldrapp team, "Waldrapp" being another name for the northern bald ibis.
But the group will not be staying here for long: they are part-way through a month-long effort to take these birds on a 1,300km flight from Germany to Italy.
However, this is no ordinary migration. The scientists are teaching the birds their route by getting them to follow a microlight.
Building trust
The project forms part of a wider conservation plan to save this critically endangered bird, explains Dr Fritz, leader of the Waldrapp team.
The northern bald ibis was once common throughout Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East.
But today, because of habitat loss and hunting, it has vanished from Europe, leaving diminished populations in Morocco, and just a handful of these distinctive birds in Syria.
Along with other groups around the world, the Waldrapp team is looking into the feasibility of reintroducing birds born in captivity into the wild.
But it is not as simple as opening a cage and setting them free.
Without any knowledge of their migration route, which is usually passed on by their parents, the zoo-born birds cannot survive.
So, inspired by a similar project in America called Operation Migration, the scientists teach them their flight plan instead.
But it is a time-consuming process. It begins in spring. As soon as the birds hatch, they are introduced to their new human foster parents.
Then for the next few months, the human stand-ins spend almost every waking hour with the birds, feeding them, grooming them and playing with them.
Sinja Werner, one of the two foster parents in this year's team, says: "We try to be their parents, as best as we can. It's important that they trust you."
Finally, this bond becomes so strong that the birds are willing to follow their parents anywhere. Even if they are sitting in a microlight.
Conservation crisis
While no doubt expensive, people-power heavy and time intensive, the Waldrapp project forms part of a growing movement that is taking conservation further than it has ever gone before.
Gone are the days when saving the flora and fauna was just about safeguarding habitats and putting species protection plans into place.
Thanks to the fact that we are in midst of the biggest extinction crisis since the dinosaurs were wiped out, some researchers are saying we have to go further.
As well as concentrating on the traditional methods, they claim that we need to invest in and embrace more extreme, more experimental approaches, from hands-on reintroduction programmes like these, to shifting species around the globe and even cloning.
Professor John Fa, director of conservation science at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, says: "We are talking about over 6,000 species under threat, we are talking about pollution increasing, we are talking about habitat fragmentation, we are talking about invasive species. There are many, many threats and these threats are still there.
"In some situations, species are so low in numbers that the only way to deal with their survival is through more intervention, and I think it is pushing us with coming up with more innovative ideas, it is pushing us into coming up with extreme ideas."
And this project certainly fits the bill. The next morning, we get to witness the team in action.
As dawn breaks, the camp emerges from the darkness into a hive of activity, getting ready for a planned 200km flight that should take the team across the border into Slovenia.
The final preparations are made, and foster parent Sinja takes one last look at her birds before climbing into the microlight.
With a quick burst of speed, it powers across the dewy meadow before gliding up into the air, the fog-drenched countryside becoming ever more distant below.
The aviary opens, and the birds also take to the skies, encouraged by their adoptive mother who repeatedly yells into her loudspeaker: "Here Wileys, come come".
But, it soon becomes clear that the "Wileys", an affectionate nickname for the birds, need a bit more convincing.
Every now and again the foster parent's efforts seem to be working, and the birds gather in a tight V-shaped formation behind the aircraft.
But moments later they scatter, accompanied by increasingly desperate yells from above, pleading with them to come back.
This bizarre mid-air procession continues back and forth for the next 90 minutes, but today, just like naughty children, the birds simply will not do what they are told.
Finally, the team calls it a day, landing a measly 10km from where they set off.
Back on track
A few weeks later, Dr Fritz gets back in touch.
After this early setback, he said, the birds started to behave, eventually completing their 1,300km migration and arriving in Italy in record time.
He said: "The migration 2010 was fantastic and extraordinary.
"For the first time, the flight speed and the flight distances are fully comparable with that of the wild migrating birds."
With the migration now complete, this flock now have their "flight plan" in place, hopefully allowing them to make their own unassisted migration back to Germany when the time comes for them to breed.
But whatever the future holds for these birds, one thing is certain: these kinds of hands-on conservation efforts are far from easy - or predictable.


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Sielaff will also assume responsibility for Group Interior Design
Wolfsburg, December 21, 2011: Stefan Sielaff (49), currently Head of Audi Design, has been appointed Head of the Volkswagen Design Centre in Potsdam effective February 1, 2012. He succeeds Thomas Ingenlath, who is leaving the company. Sielaff will also assume responsibility for Group Interior Design at the same time. In this function, he will report direct to Walter de Silva, Head of Group Design.
Stefan Sielaff joined the Volkswagen Group in 1990, beginning his career in the interior design department at Audi. From 1995 the design graduate was entrusted with setting up the Group's Design Centre Europe in Spain. In 1997 he was placed in charge of the Design Studio in Munich and was appointed head of Audi Interior Design in the same year. In 2003, Sielaff moved to DaimlerChrysler as Design Director of the Interior Competence Centre, returning to the Volkswagen Group in 2006 to become Head of Audi Design.
Stefan Sielaff has been instrumental in shaping Audi's brand identity in recent years. He further developed the single frame, the characteristic face of the Audi brand, and designed the LED light arrays with which Audi set a new standard in the car industry. Numerous show cars such as the Audi e-tron Spyder or the A2 e-tron were inspired by his creativity. The numerous series vehicles that bear his signature include the Audi A6 and the A8 as well as the A1 and Q3.

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Oscars Party -14yr- Oscar Cake
October 2004
Laura in USA, Philadelphia
For my 14th birthday party i threw an oscars party.
I made the invitations on the computer and I pretended they were tickets to get into the oscars award ceremony.
I told all my friends to dress up like they were movie stars and to wear really glamourous outfits.
We found an old red carpet in my grannys garage which we laid down on out driveway and we put mini outdoor lights down the side of the carpet to make it look like flashing camera lights. When my friends arrived my sister and her friends stood on the side of the carpet and screamed the names of my friends pretending they were real celebrities. My mom got a photo of each girl walking up the red carpet on the digital camera and we gave them out at the end of the party in the goody bags.
When all 11 of my friends arrived we went out in to the backyard were i'd put up a big hollywood sign in the trees and we pretended we were on Hollywood Bouleavard and each girl stuck down a star on the ground with the names printed in it. My mom took more photos of each girl putitng their star in the ground.
Next we went in to the living room and had pre dinner drinks and my dad made little cocktails for each of us. After that we proceeded in to the dining room which was the awards room for the night and we ate an amazing dinner which my mom prepared for us.
Then we held our own awards ceremony were I gave out awards for most craziest friend, most glamourous friend e.t.c. My big brother who was studying woodwork at university made each of my friends a mini award and carved thier names into it. My friends adored them.
After our awards ceremony we all went into the den where we watched the real oscars on tv. My mum bought us in popcorn, sundaes, birthday cake and mini chocolates which we brought from the mall in a little chocolate shop.
The cake was in the shape of an oscars award and it had each of my friends names printed around the side and my name in the middle.
Once the show was over I gave out my goody bags which included their awards, the photos of them, some little nail varnishes, lip glosses, sunglasses and a voucher for the nail salon in the mall.
Then all their parents came to collect them. It was a super party and all my friends are still talking about it and its nearly a year after.
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ICD-10-CM Code M24.659
Ankylosis, unspecified hip
Billable CodeBillable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
M24.659 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of ankylosis, unspecified hip. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code M246 is used to code Ankylosis
Ankylosis or anchylosis (from Greek ἀγκύλος, bent, crooked) is a stiffness of a joint due to abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of the joint, which may be the result of injury or disease. The rigidity may be complete or partial and may be due to inflammation of the tendinous or muscular structures outside the joint or of the tissues of the joint itself. Noma—a gangrenous disease still widespread among malnourished children living on the borders of the Sahara desert—can cause ankylosis of the maxilla and mandible, impairing the ability to speak and eat.
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Osseous ankylosis has fused two vertebrae of this North Atlantic right whale specimen
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #553-554 - Bone diseases and arthropathies with MCC.
- DRG Group #553-554 - Bone diseases and arthropathies without MCC.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Ankylosis of hip joint (disorder)
- Ankylosis of joint of pelvic region (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Consider laterality specification
Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code M24.659 and a single ICD9 code, 718.55 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: M24.65 - Ankylosis, hip


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Why Nashville bloggers don't live-blog meetups: I feel compelled to respond to visiting lostremote.com blogger Steve Safran, who smacked down the local folks attending this a.m.'s meetup with the complaint that "nobody (was) liveblogging…Come on, gang. A local station is reaching out. It's worth writing about."
Steve, first let me point out that writing about WKRN reaching out is something I have done on many, many occasions. So I think I can speak for a few bloggers in Nashville when I suggest that Nashville bloggers get together to visit and laugh together — to do lots of things herds of monkeys enjoy doing when they get together (heck, we even enjoy pickiing fleas off one another) — and then when it's all over, we'll blog about it.
While I think Michael Roseblum is truly about the most entertaining and enlightening presenter one could enjoy, sitting down for a presentation is not the Nashville blogger meetup way. That said, Steve, I think you did a swell job of blogging the meetup, especially of Michael Rosenblum's standup. However hanging out with folks like Aunt B is more pleasant when I have my computer shut-off.


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Apples of Gold
Radio Script for August 29, 2008
"Beware of the Permission Givers"
Hello, I'm Doug Apple…with Apples of Gold.
Sister Susie is struggling with her marriage.
It's no big thing, really. They just aren't getting along. It's the little foxes that spoil the vine, they say.
Then along comes Susie's friend Sally. They went to high school together and still get together for coffee sometimes.
So Susie pours out her troubles to Sally in the booth at the Latte Grande.
"You know what?" Sally says, "Life is too short. When me and Scott weren't getting along I figured, 'Why put up with it?' Divorcing him was the smartest thing I ever did."
"So you're saying I should leave Steve? I don't know, Sally…"
"Oh, hey, I'm not saying you should leave Steve. Not at all. I'm just saying that you don't have to be unhappy. I mean, look at me. I'm dating Alex now and I've never been happier."
"So what should I do?"
"Look, Susie, do what you want. Do whatever you think is best. But if you're looking for permission to leave Steve and start fresh, you've got it."
And that's the way it goes, a thousand times a day. One person toys with doing wrong, and someone else gives them permission to do it.
And that leads me to offering this warning: Beware of the permission givers.
Oh, it's not always so blunt. They don't literally say, "I give you permission." No, what they usually say is, "I did it" – with the subtle hint that – "You can too."
"You mean you run that business out of your garage and never report the income?" "Nope. Why would I?"
See, when someone else does something wrong, it has a way of giving you permission to do the same. Beware of that.
Romans 1:32 talks about people who know right from wrong, yet choose to do wrong anyway. But they don't stop there. It says they also approve of others who do wrong.
See, we are all wired to seek the approval of others, to one degree or another. And when we have an opportunity to do wrong, one thing we consider is what other people will think. If our action will be roundly condemned by everyone, we probably won't do it.
But when temptation comes along, it is usually accompanied by a permission giver. There will be someone to give you the approval you are looking for. And that will make it so much easier to give in to the temptation.
So like I said, beware of the permission givers.
Now it doesn't have to be a friend. It could be an article in a magazine. Or a character in a novel.
For example, let's say you are bored in your marriage, and now someone else has caught your fancy. And now you read a bestselling book like "The Bridges of Madison County." The characters in that novel become permission givers. They did it, and so can you.
Song lyrics can be permission givers. Anything that portrays something wrong as being okay can act as a permission giver.
This is one reason it is so important to spend time with God and His Word. God's standards must become our standards. We must be tuned in to His measurement of what's right and wrong. Then when anything comes along that deviates from His standard, we know it.
Now here's part two of this lesson. Don't be a permission giver yourself.
If someone is tempted to do wrong, don't ever give them permission to do so.
Now listen to this. I think Christians need to be careful about telling grand tales of their past misadventures. If we aren't careful, we end up giving permission to others to do the same.
And think about this. Our current actions always give permission. Anything and everything we do, right or wrong, is a giant declaration that, "This is okay."
Romans 14:22 says, "Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves."
Sure, you may not stand up in church and announce that you approve of something sinful, but listen. If you do it yourself, you are approving it. When we do anything, we automatically give other people permission to do the same.
So don't be a permission giver. Don't approve of doing wrong, which means don't do wrong yourself.
Permission givers have a powerful influence. They set the standard for right and wrong. And we are all more likely to do wrong if someone gives us permission to do so.
So if you want to do right, if you want to stay on the straight and narrow, then be careful who is around you. Be selective of your influences. Beware of the permission givers.
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Alan Sepinwall interviews "Mad Men" creator Matt Weiner
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With the finale of "Mad Men" airing last night, TV critic extraordinaire Alan Sepinwall spoke with the show's creator Matt Weiner to discuss the excellent fourth season. It's a fantastic interview where we get Wiener's take on the eternal "Who is Don Draper?" question, the relationship between Don (Jon Hamm) and Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) and the New York Times ad. It's a great way to say farewell to "Mad Men" for a year. Also, Sepinwall's recap of the finale is, as always, an insightful perspective on the episode.


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Saturday, August 2, 2014
Bronzed Cheeks and Beach Waves
For the past week I have been soaking up the sun at the beach (just in case you haven't seen my obnoxious amount of pictures on my Instagram). Because I've been spending most of my time outside I've been on a bit of a makeup detox, wearing absolutely nothing but sunscreen all week (which my skin hasn't been loving...but more on that later). However, we always have family pictures on the last night of vacation at the beach house, so I decided to embrace the natural glow with just a tiny bit of makeup for the family pics...and a selfie or two, of course.
For my hair I kept it pretty natural, only using a few spritzed of my much loved R + Co Rockaway Salt Spray. On my face I buffed in a tiny bit of my Natura Bisse The Cure Sheer Cream, as well as my Natura Bisse The Cure Sheer Eye. I finished off the look with an amazing new discovery, the Lush Charisma Skin Tint, which I used a few strokes of on my cheekbones and nose. After that I added a bit of gloss (Chantecaille's Brilliant Gloss, of course) and mascara and I was done! Easy, breezy and bronzed, my favorite kind of effortless look.
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You have such a natural, healthy glow, it's amazing what a bit of sunshine can do for the sun! I always wear a lot less make-up on holiday. Enjoy the sun - I'm jealous! :)ReplyDelete
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Florida Gators basketball (2-0) opened the home portion of its 2015-16 season Monday by upending the North Carolina A&T Aggies (0-2) at Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida.
With the 104-54 victory, the Gators won their first home game under new head coach Mike White and improved to 26-0 all-time against teams from the MEAC. Florida also scored 100+ points for the first time since 2011 and registered its 21st largest margin of victory ever.
OnlyGators.com breaks down Monday's home opener with five quick-hitters:
It was over when: Any hope North Carolina A&T had of getting back in the game was erased by redshirt junior forward Dorian Finney-Smith, who broke out of a slump with back-to-back threes as part of a 10-0 run that pushed Florida ahead 62-31 with 15:34 to play. Finney-Smith shot just 4-of-10 but hit 3-of-6 triples and hauled in a team-high 10 boards.
Prominent players: After a relatively quiet performance in his return to the court on Friday, redshirt junior guard DeVon Walker was nails for the Gators, posting a team-high 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting with four boards; he filled up the stat sheet with an assist, steal and block, too. Also impressive once again was sophomore F Devin Robinson, who went 5-of-9 from the field but hit all three of his free throws to finish with tied with Walker with 15 points and seven rebounds.
Standout stat: Florida shot exceedingly well from beyond the arc, hitting 15-of-29 attempts. Eight of the 10 Gators that attempted a three drained at least one, and UF went 8-for-13 from downtown in the second half.
Still dealing with issues: UF committed 23 fouls and 13 turnovers on Monday.
What it means: Nothing. You're supposed to take care of your kids, and UF is supposed to beat NC A&T. The Gators topping the Aggies by 50 is not particularly noteworthy either as Florida has beat MEAC teams by an average of 36 points in four prior meetings since 2010.
Next up: The Gators will hit the road again to play in the neutral-site portion of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off, taking on St. Joseph's on Saturday and either Old Dominion or Purdue on Sunday. UF's game Saturday will tip at 2:30 p.m. and air live only on ESPN3.com. Should the Gators win, they will play on ESPN2 Sunday at a yet-to-be-determined time.
Everything else: Redshirt sophomore center John Egbunu made 6-of-7 field goals for 13 points with five rebounds and two blocks … redshirt freshman G Brandone Francis-Ramirez (13 points) and sophomore point guard Chris Chiozza (11 points) combined to go 6-of-10 from beyond the arc … junior PG Kasey Hill notched a team-high eight dimes … Florida had 50 bench points and averaged 1.43 points per possession … the Gators never trailed, breaking a tie 44 seconds into the game and leading for 39:16


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The launch of Fall Winter is always one of the most exciting campaigns of the year. New styles, colours, visuals and a chance to make a big impression.
We have spent the last couple of weeks planning, organising, producing and installing bespoke props for the Swarovski UK Fall windows and we are really excited to now share the finished photographs.
In order to promote their new Remix collection (which we love by the way) the windows take on a vintage vinyl record vibe with giant, Swarovski encrusted records.
To supplement these great displays, in thirteen locations across the UK, we were given the task of creating hanging bespoke record displays, like mini versions of their large vinyl record.
Beginning with the plans of each window, we plotted the number of record runs that would fit and suit each window space.
Creating the art working was a pleasure using the four new looks from Brand Ambassador Karlie Kloss – Romantic, Rock Chic, Glam and Timeless and then with the artwork complete we produced test prints followed by the real thing – all in-house – direct to media printed 3mm foamex, cut to shape records (including hanging holes)! A bit of a mouthful but well worth it. The finished records had rich colour and even felt similar to the real thing…a bit like a trip down memory lane for those of us who remember vinyls.
Once all the 250+ records were produced, the fun could really begin. The next stage was to apply over 50,000 self adhesive crystals to the front and back of the records in order for them to really sparkle whilst hanging in the windows. Using three different sizes and shades of crystal we produced a swoosh of sparkle on each record that really shimmers as they gently sway in each window location.
When the records were finished (and of course quality checked) we prepared each run using fine 1mm wire, crimps and discreet hanging systems. The completed runs were then packaged up and sent off (with detailed instructions and diagrams) to our amazing installation team who then, over the course of three days, visited the thirteen stores to hang each record run.
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Wood and Waves
Hand built from locally sourced wood and based on a spitfire propellor. Otter surfboards are the closest thing you'll get to riding a wave like the Hawaiian pioneers from years gone by.
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James Otter has perfected the manufacture of the hollow wooden surfboard at his workshop in Cornwall. His work is a labour of love and when he gets the opportunity he is out riding the waves at one of the local beaches.
We wanted to better understand what made James tick and find out more about his connection with wood and waves, so we spent a weekend with him in the workshop and at a variety of beautiful beaches on the South coast. During our time with him we captured these unique boards being made and also witnessed his effortless wave riding on these wooden pieces of art.
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Blessed Rust Vultures
Blessed Rust Vultures, the debut EP from Vancouver's The Villain Avian Symphony, teeters on the edge of outright sonic chaos for nearly its entire 10-minute run time. A deranged conglomeration of screamcore, punk, and electronica, the EP is overflowing with a visceral intensity that is sure to propel The Villain Avian Symphony directly into the hearts - and earbuds - of the more extreme inhabitants of the metalcore scene.
With a roster comprised of veterans of the Vancouver-ish metal scene, with 3 Inches of Blood guitarist Justin Hagberg and former The Black Halos bass player Denyss McKnight perhaps the most well-known, The Villain Avian Symphony certainly does not lack talent. The almost freestyle structure of the three songs on the EP seems to indicate that the musicians were encouraged to explore creative avenues that were perhaps too avant-garde for their other projects, with quite literally a cacophony of screams, blast beats, and exotic riffs dominating the album.
Nowhere does Blessed Rust Vultures venture closer to pure, unrestrained noise than on "Titanis". The middle track on the EP is, at its foundation, a fairly straightforward example of screamcore. Tremolo riffs and gang shouts punctuate the chaos, however, offsetting the furious beats and throat-ripping shouts. Melody makes a rare appearance in the latter half of the song, with cohesive riffs edging out the bedlam while a distorted guitar solo makes a brief incursion. McKnight's vocal style is dominated by alternating shrieks and guttural howls, though on occasion he adopts a sneeringly traditional punk style. Together with those aforementioned gang choruses, I found McKnight's less extreme vocals to be more meaningful than his feral barks. Then again, I'm probably not a member of The Villain Avian Symphony's target demographic.
For me, the most interesting elements of the band's sound are McKnight's synth contributions. The electronica aspect is subtle, but when moved forward in the mix Blessed Rust Vultures has a bit of a Nine Inch Nails appeal to it. The title track holds a few catchy keyboard moments, but the strong programming presence on "November Lions" makes the EP's final track the most infectious. The contagious underlying melody created by McKnight is a nice contrast to the unadulterated rage of the screaming vocals and pure punk drive.
With Blessed Rust Vultures, The Villain Avian Symphony will undoubtedly spark significant interest within the screamcore community. If that's your scene, don't hesitate to make yourself more familiar with this EP.
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Today CIA officials have admitted that one way they secure loyalty in hard-to-penetrate regions like rural Afghanistan is to bribe people with Viagra. Covert operators have often used trinkets and sex as a way to loosen the tongues of possible informants, but Viagra is a new twist. Not surprisingly it works particularly well among older male tribal leaders in Afghanistan, who can have up to four wives.
According to the Washington Post:
Not everyone in Afghanistan's hinterlands had heard of the drug, leading to some awkward encounters when Americans delicately attempted to explain its effects, taking care not to offend their hosts' religious sensitivities.
Such was the case with the 60-year-old chieftain who received the four pills from a U.S. operative. According to the retired operative who was there, the man was a clan leader in southern Afghanistan who had been wary of Americans — neither supportive nor actively opposed. The man had extensive knowledge of the region and his village controlled key passages through the area. U.S. forces needed his cooperation and worked hard to win it, the retired operative said.
After a long conversation through an interpreter, the retired operator began to probe for ways to win the man's loyalty. A discussion of the man's family and many wives provided inspiration. Once it was established that the man was in good health, the pills were offered and accepted.
Four days later, when the Americans returned, the gift had worked its magic, the operative recalled.
"He came up to us beaming," the official said. "He said, 'You are a great man.' "
"And after that we could do whatever we wanted in his area."
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In light of the revelation of NSA spying on every American citizens' communication whether phone or email, an American citizen must ask few questions:
First, why would the NSA need to do this? The answer we have been getting from the Obama's administration is that it is necessary to stop Jihadist from attacking the U.S.
Second, due to the Obama administration directive to remove any reference of Jihad, Islamic terrorism and Islam from any training manuals of counter terrorism training at the FBI, why would they claim that spying on the American people is to stop terrorists from attacking the U.S.? Who then are the terrorists? According to Obama's admin, they are not Muslims. Then who are they looking for?
Well, according to DHS, they are Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, "right-wing" religious people who believe in the Bible and guns, and patriots.
If such spying is so necessary, why are American Mosques off limits? Considering that Mosques are breeding ground for radicalized Muslims. This in itself is an outrage. To spy on every American and not the institution that trains and brainwash Jihadists? Can you imagine the U.S. government in 1939-1945 spying on and investigating every American, but not Nazi training centers in America? This would never have happened.
One must also ask, why would the U.S. government do this? You have to see the pattern of the Obama's administration support of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) agenda and allowing the infiltration of MB agents into high level of the American government.
This is a very clear and present national security danger to the American people by not having a watchful eye on the breading ground for Jihadists. The American government is fighting a very dangerous, politically-correct war that makes the American people the enemy, and the Jihadists the innocent.
It is very clear that the American government from both sides of the aisle has had a pro-Islamic agenda since 2009, and this policy has been advanced at the speed of light. Any American freedom-loving citizen would like to have his government be his/her protector from any enemy whether domestic or foreign. Unfortunately, this is not the case with the current administration. Here are some of the Muslim Brotherhood agents who have been appointed to a high-level government posts that would undermine American freedoms and national security:
- Arif Alikhan – Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Mohammed Elibiary – Homeland Security Adviser
- Rashad Hussain – Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
- Salam al-Marayati – Obama Adviser – founder Muslim Public Affairs Council and its current executive director
- Imam Mohamed Magid – Obama's Sharia Czar – Islamic Society of North America
- Eboo Patel – Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships
As an American patriot, you must contact your Congressmen and Senators. Demand of them to stop this infiltration by Muslim Brotherhood infiltration and for the FBI to keep an eye on every Mosque in America. America is worth fighting for.


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Diabetes: A 'Complex of Causes'
Results from what the New York Times calls "an explosion of new research," indicated that the cause of diabetes and type 2 diabetes is more complex that previously thought.
With 73,000 deaths a year, diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in United States. For decades, the medical profession has regarded diabetes - or the body's inability to regulate glucose - as a failure in communication between the pancreas, the liver, muscle and fat.
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However, working with mice, Dr. Gerard Karsenty of Columbia University has recently found that a hormone released from bone may help regulate blood glucose. In other studies, researchers have demonstrated that signals from the immune system, the brain and the gut play also critical roles in controlling glucose and lipid metabolism. (The findings are mainly relevant to type 2 diabetes.)
When Dr. Karsenty first dislosed the findings at a conference, the scientists in attendance "were overwhelmed by the potential implications," said Dr. Saul Malozowski, senior adviser for endocrine physiology research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. "It was coming from left field. People thought, 'Oof, this is really new.'"
Elevated blood sugar is the hallmark of diabetes, but now it seems that the reasons underlying abnormal sugar levels "differ tremendously from person to person," said Dr. Robert A. Rizza, a professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. "Rather than giving everyone the same drug," Rizza adds, if doctors can ascertain which signals are involved in a particular case, treatment can be tailored to the individual.
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In previous work, Dr. Karsenty had shown that leptin, a hormone produced by fat, is an important regulator of bone metabolism. In this work, he tested the idea that the conversation was a two-way street. "We hypothesized that if fat regulates bone, bone in essence must regulate fat," he said.
Working with mice, [Karsenty] found that a previously known substance called osteocalcin, which is produced by bone, acted by signaling fat cells as well as the pancreas. Dr. Karsenty found that in mice prone to type 2 diabetes, an increase in osteocalcin addressed the twin problems of insulin resistance and low insulin production. That is, it made the mice more sensitive to insulin and it increased their insulin production, thus bringing their blood sugar down. As a bonus, it also made obese mice less fat. A deficiency in osteocalcin could also turn out to be a cause of type 2 diabetes, Dr. Karsenty said.
Another recent suspect in glucose regulation is the immune system. In 2003, researchers from two laboratories found that fat tissue from obese mice contained an abnormally large number of macrophages, immune cells that contribute to inflammation.
For a long time, inflammation has been suspected in some what to insulin resistance, which precedes nearly all cases of type 2 diabetes. In fact, around the turn of the century, aspirin was given to diabetes patients regularly. In recent years, the relationship of obesity, inflammation and insulin resistance has become a hot topic of reseach.
"Certain cellular anti-inflammatory proteins may now be important new targets for drug discovery for diabetes treatment," said Dr. Jerrold M. Olefsky of the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.
With new understanding comes new hope for different and more effective treatments of one of America's deadliest diseases.
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Management Systems: Behavior Control And Output Control
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Behaviour-control and output-control are opposing methodologies managers employ in control-systems. Organizational requirements are determined by size, goals and other variables. Control-systems are mechanisms "for adjusting course if performance falls outside acceptable boundaries" (Davidson & Griffin, 06), allowing adaptation to change. They include procedures for "monitoring, directing, evaluating and compensating employees", and influencing behaviors with the objective of having the best impact on both firms and employees' (Anderson & Oliver, 87).
Control-systems are divided into those monitoring outcomes, and those monitoring the individual stages of a process (behaviors), "many sales-force systems are a mix of behavior and outcome-based control". Choosing a system is dependent on "the relative costs of measuring behavior versus outcomes and the various forms of uncertainty that creates risk in the environment" (Anderson & Oliver, 87). "Organizations can choose to screen employees at the gate, incur high screening and staffing costs, and then rely on output controls. Or, organizations can be less selective in choosing employees, and rely on behavior controls by investing heavily in monitoring and training systems" (Challagalla & Shervani, 97). Different systems have their own relative impacts on organizations.
Managers monitor employee behaviors, directing and evaluating based on subjective measures of abilities and activities; not just outcomes. The manager makes sure that employee input and behavior reflects his expectations. Results should be at a certain level, long term, if the employee is deemed to be following the defined behaviors of the firm. "To ensure cooperation the firm pays largely on a fixed basis (salary). The firm assumes risk to gain control" (Anderson & Oliver, 87). This attracts the risk-averters who are contented with a secure source of income and happy to follow direction and have performance reviews. Along with this shelter and security comes employee loyalty and commitment to firms.
Managers make decisions to increase or decrease salaries, promote or sanction employees' using "more complex, subjective" evaluations based on behaviors not measurable outcomes (Anderson & Oliver, 87). Managers dictate the level of performance required, not market pressures. Management cost increases because more monitoring is required. In evaluating performance, certain variables are rated, including "routine activities like daily call-rate", and capabilities, "skills and abilities like negotiation, presentation, interpersonal-communication", product knowledge etc (Challagalla & Shervani, 97). Behavioral-control "operates in �real time' during task execution" (Abernethy & Brownell, 97), which allows for consistent, perpetual updates to strategy, whereas output-control only allows for periodic assessment.
Behavior-systems afford managers more control over employees through interaction and relationships, employee participation and corporate culture. Managers impose their own ideas of "what salespeople should be and do to achieve results". Managers can have employees' focus on the firms' long-term strategy as opposed to their individual goals to earn maximum commission seen in outcome-based systems. Emphasis is placed on enhanced customer service, goodwill and reputation, and "pioneering new product lines" instead of focusing on the products that are easier to sell. "Managers can direct salespeople to perform behaviors as part of company strategy", this enables development (Anderson & Oliver, 87).
Behavioral-systems "eliminate inequities that arise using output measures", when "factors beyond employee control have major impacts on results". Whilst subjective judgments are often considered bias, situations can arise in which they are necessary to adjust evaluations (Anderson & Oliver, 87).
In firms that have high levels of training (firm-specialization), "when experience with organizations creates valuable specialized-knowledge and relationships" these employees are valuable and irreplaceable. "With outcome control and little credible threat of replacement, management may have a lack of actionable alternatives", if there is "high uncertainty and irreplaceable salespeople" (Anderson & Oliver, 87) the behavioral-control system is necessary.
Experienced managers prefer behavior-control, they are confident in their ability to direct effectively. "Ego considerations" are used in behavioral-systems to avoid issues arising from error or shortcomings because managers "may not know what behavior to exercise to achieve desired results" (Anderson & Oliver, 87). Behaviour-control "tends to blur the distinction between descriptive and normative theory" in that it "embraces the rational assumption: managers use the practices that are best for firms" (Snell, 92). Managers are required to know exactly which directives have the best impact on their firm, this is unlikely.
Behavioral-control has disadvantages wherein complex and "subjective ratings of salespeople by managers introduce bias, ignorance, halo effects, and lack of credibility" in evaluation. Managers' beliefs can be perceived as unfair, "a brash salesperson who outsells a more personable, high effort compatriot" would not be as highly valued in a behavioral-system as they would in an outcome-system (Anderson & Oliver, 87). As complexity increases more strain and cost is placed on management.
The output-control system involves objective measuring of results with little direction creating a semi-autonomous relationship with management. Salespeople are allowed to achieve using individual strategies and held accountable for results only. Market pressure dictates performance, reducing managerial costs, and making each salesman an "entrepreneur" (Anderson
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From day care providers to school bus drivers, California regulations require fingerprints and extensive criminal background checks for almost any worker who may be left alone with kids. But those same requirements do not apply to ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft, which have become popular with teens.
To help keep kids safe, the state's Public Utilities Commission relies on the companies to enforce their own policies that prohibit drivers from picking up underage riders traveling alone.
But as the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit uncovered, those rules are ignored every day, potentially putting thousands of kids at risk.
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One Peninsula teenager said she learned about the risks firsthand during an Uber ride home last February. She said her driver made sexual passes after she told him she was only 16.
"He started randomly asking me weird sexual questions," she said. "He was asking me if I was a virgin; if I wasn't. How old I was when I lost my virginity."
She asked NBC Bay Area to hide her identity out of fear of further harassment. She said she tried to ignore the driver's questions until he pulled over on the freeway and asked her to move into the front seat. Feeling alone and scared, she complied.
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When the driver finally reached her home the teen said his last words to her made her stomach turn.
"He's like, 'Is it wrong that I have a boner right now,'" she said, "and he looked down at his pants and it was really out there. It was disgusting."
When she contacted Uber the next morning, the company apologized and refunded her fare. Then Uber kicked her off the app, citing customer terms of service that requires all riders to be at least 18 to sign up or ride alone.
With no access to her account, she had no idea who allegedly harassed her and whether he continued to drive.
San Mateo Police Sgt. Amanda Von Glahn said investigators couldn't find him either. Uber, like many companies, requires a subpoena before it will release a driver's name to law enforcement. But Von Glahn said police could not obtain a search warrant because the teen's allegations amount to a misdemeanor and not a felony.
"It's frustrating that we can't take that next step," she said.
The teen and her family are now suing Uber, citing "negligent hiring and supervising." But the company contends that the driver is an independent contractor, not an employee. As part of the lawsuit, Uber revealed the driver's name in court last month, and police are now investigating.
Uber declined an interview request but pointed to its guidelines, stating customers must be at least 18 to sign up or ride alone. A company spokesman said drivers and riders who violate the guidelines "risk losing access" to Uber.
Uber's main competitor, Lyft, also prohibits unaccompanied minors from using the platform and encourages drivers to cancel rides from kids traveling alone. Those in violation can be "permanently banned," a Lyft spokesperson told NBC Bay Area.
The Peninsula girl's story is just one of a string of claims from teenagers who allege they were sexually harassed or assaulted while using a ride-hailing app.
Both Uber and Lyft prohibit drivers from picking up minors as part of a compromise with the California Public Utilities Commission. The CPUC requires ride-hailing companies that primarily transport kids to fingerprint their drivers and conduct expensive criminal background checks that include searching child abuse records.
Uber and Lyft fought against imposing those mandates to their background checks, arguing that it's not necessary because their apps are meant for adults. The CPUC relies on the companies themselves to enforce the policies prohibiting unaccompanied minors from using their services.
But Joanna McFarland, the founder of HopSkipDrive, a ride-hailing company designed specifically for kids, said she believes every driver who picks up kids should be fingerprinted.
"When driving kids, the bar is higher," McFarland said, adding, "We have driven hundreds of thousands of children. I think given the scale of several rideshare companies, it's certainly possible they are driving vast numbers of unaccompanied minors."
While Uber and Lyft guidelines say drivers aren't supposed to transport kids, NBC Bay Area found some drivers are breaking the rules. The Investigative Unit went undercover near schools and malls across the Bay Area and recorded more than a dozen ride-hailing drivers willing to take underage riders.
NBC Bay Area spoke with one man who drives for both Uber and Lyft who turns down ride requests from minors up to 10 times a week. Mike told NBC Bay Area that he suspects the companies are turning a blind eye to the growing number of kids using their apps and the drivers willing to take them.
"It just takes one time, one incident, and it's a tragedy," Mike said. "Regulators need to make sure riders and drivers get the education that this is not acceptable."
Commissioner Liane Randolph expressed concern in 2016 that rideshare companies "may be transporting unaccompanied minors." The CPUC is now considering whether additional regulations are necessary, but hasn't taken any concrete action.
Nick Zanjani, the head of the agency's Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division, said the commission intends to debate how to best protect minors using ride-hailing apps in upcoming meetings.
"I think it's a great idea to tee this important issue up in the context of the proceeding," he said. "I'm looking forward to seeing the comments that are received and seeing what rules and regulations we can develop."
In the meantime, Uber and Lyft told NBC Bay Area they encourage drivers to report underage riders to their 24-hour support lines so they can take appropriate action. Lyft will not penalize drivers for canceling minors, according to the company. Last week, Lyft sent an alert to drivers reminding them to decline underage riders.
Mike said it was the first alert he received from the company since he started driving a year ago.
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Atlanta Mayor Approves Plans for Future Turner Field
- Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves and the 1996 Olympics, will get its "third life" when Georgia State University converts it to a college football stadium
- Officials announced a signed purchase and sale agreement between Georgia State and the real estate firms Carter and Oakwood Development Group. Details of the financing weren't immediately available, though Reed has told reporters that Georgia State has committed at least $200 million toward redevelopment of the 70-acre site.
- Georgia State, with more than 53,000 students, is one of the nation's largest universities. Its main campus is in the heart of downtown Atlanta, just north of Turner Field.
Georgia State will continue to compete in Atlanta for fans with Georgia Tech. Neither State nor Tech will be able to outgrow University of Georgia in terms of football fandom. Georgia State's investment in to Turner Field and the development of the 70-acre site will have additional benefits for the school. While lauded as a move for their football team, I wouldn't be surprised to see this venue after receiving renovations look to compete with other local venues for small to mid-size events such as football and soccer games.
Dolphins' deal with Hard Rock worth a quarter of a billion by Barry Jackson
- The 18-year deal to rename the facility Hard Rock Stadium is believed to be worth about $250 million, equal to $14 million per year.
- AT&T pays the Dallas Cowboys about $19 million per year for naming rights, while MetLife's deal for the Giants/Jets stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, is worth $16 million annually.
- "Instead of selling [personal seat licenses] to fans for $100,000 a seat or something, this money helps us partly pay for that $500 million [stadium] renovation," Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel said.
- Hard Rock International chairman Jim Allen said the company had been approached about stadium naming rights deals in other markets but "this was the only one of interest to us, because of the location, the tribe being here, and Miami is a gateway to Latin America."
I don't necessarily agree with Hard Rock International that this agreement makes sense. This will be the 10th official name change and the fourth different 'brand/name' attached joining Sun Life, Landshark and Pro Player respectively. Will the Miami fans identify with this new name? The length of the deal along with the financial terms are great news for the ownership in Miami that just made a large investment in to the infrastructure of the stadium. This naming-rights deal hinges upon Stephen Ross securing additional soccer games at the venue and being able to get the Super Bowl back in Miami. If Miami is able to swing multiple Super Bowl's out of this, it could pay off handsomely for Hard Rock International. Garfinkel said this will help them to avoid hefty PSL fee's, I am unsure if they have the market in Miami to sell the PSL's.
ESPN Tops Sports Sites In July Unique Visitors, But MLB.com Leads In Avg. Time Per User by Eric Fischer
- MLB.com avg. time per user beat out ESPN: 65.5 minutes to 59.4 minutes
- ESPN tops ranks in reach engagement for 29th straight month and unique visitors by a long shot
- MLB At Bat remains most popular app with over 5 billion minutes of consumption since start of 2016 season.
MLB has an aging fan base per many recent articles but their digital products are top of the line. ESPN remains the World Wide Leader, but their consumption numbers are down on digital platforms from a year ago, albeit at a much smaller loss than their linear subscriber rates. ESPN has no competition in terms of unique visitors, but it will likely raise some alarms that their avg. time per user has been eclipsed. The MLB.com visitors are most likely utilizing MLB.TV to stream games which raises the avg. time immensely. ESPN needs to continue to find ways to keep visitors on their sites engaged for longer periods of time. They have the content rights, now it's just a matter of re-packaging that content for digital consumption.
Area colleges boost spending on sports teams to lure students by Jay Tokasz
- Sports expenses nationwide ballooned to $10.8 billion in 2015, up 30 percent over five years.
- Spending per athlete increased at 16 of 18 area colleges during the last five years including up 23% in Western New York.
- This trend is true of not only DI, but DII and DIII as well.
- Economist Andrew S. Zimbalist says that deep down college administrators know athletics are 'simply not a profitable venture'.
- Some collegiate administrators argue that increased revenues are driven from sports through tuition and ancillary fees such as housing, meal plans, etc.
- Very interesting interactive chart is available for New York based schools in regards to their average spending per athlete.
I will expand on my thoughts in another blog post. This is a very intriguing albeit minuscule look at a larger debate. Recommended reading for all…


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Nonprofit Nate – His #MCON2012 Take Away
July 23, 2012 at 8:30 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Talisman Note: MCON2012 was a virtual conference full of great information. Nathan Hand wrote this great post on Scott Gerber's take on Millennials and the work place. Glad to share his thoughts with you – please leave your comments and tell us what you think! You can also read Beth Kanter's blog on Scott Gerber's keynote at MCON2012 here as well as Scott's response to the comments.
Last week the folks at Achieve and the Case Foundation put on another stellar virtual conference around engaging millennials in nonprofits, social change and more. There were the expected buzz words, info-nuggets and sound bytes but also an abundance of new intelligence shed by rising stars in social innovation. The sessions/speakers were fantastic (all of which attendees and new registrants can still access) and the discussion in chat rooms and on Twitter was vibrant.
There was one session that I took more from than any other, though I don't think it's what he intended. So as try and not to take things out of context, in Scott Gerber's opening keynote, he was charged with walking up (and firing up) the audience. Mission accomplished. Scott's a dynamic person with a passionate delivery but overall he took, what I felt, was an abrasive approach to advocating on behalf of millennials…
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TOMORROW is the very first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party for the 2017 Holiday Season at Magic Kingdom!
Packed with special entertainment, festive character greetings, the Once Upon a Christmastime Parade, the Holiday Wishes Fireworks Spectacular, access to Magic Kingdom attractions, and all sorts of yuletide treats and cheer, this extra ticketed event runs on select nights through December 22, 2017. (Check out all the details — from dates to pricing — here!)
All Day Treats
As it is with Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, treats will be available for extra purchase at select Counter Service locations around the park throughout the Party. And also — just like with the Halloween Party — a few of the selections will be up for grabs ALL DAY, even if you aren't attending the Party!
Main Street Bakery will have a Holiday Mickey Cinnamon Roll and a Peppermint Cupcake.
And both Plaza Ice Cream Parlor and Storybook Treats will serve up a Peppermint Ice Cream Sundae.
ALL DAY, EVERYDAY, my friends!
Party Exclusive Treats
Of course, the Party will also feature snacks guests can only get for extra purchase if they're attending the party. Remember the crazy cool Haunted Mansion Portrait Desserts at the Halloween Party? You could find them at different locations in the park. Well, ditto for the Christmas Party, but with a holiday twist: look for Yule Logs in two spots!
Main Street Bakery will serve a Yule Log made with white chocolate mousse, raspberry mousse, cassis pate de fruit and chocolate flourless cake, beautifully decorated with a festive Mickey and Minnie.
Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe is where you'll find a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse and ganache bedecked with Chip and Dale and Donald Duck. And guess what? BOTH are Gluten Free!
Also gluten free is the "Beauty and the Beast" Enchanted Christmas Belle Dessert, which will be located at Gaston's Tavern (but, of course!).
It's a flourless chocolate cake filled with white chocolate peppermint mousse and covered in a yellow glaze. And look for ANOTHER gluten-free dessert featuring Tinker Bell at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe made of chocolate peppermint mousse, raspberry mousse, and dark chocolate mousse with a flourless chocolate cake bottom.
Sleepy Hollow Refreshments — will feature two specialty items for the Party: a Sandy Claws Cake Push-Pop and… are you ready for this? Red Velvet Mickey Waffles with vanilla ice cream, caramel, and sprinkles! (Anyone else think these look kind of freaky?)
Okay, this might actually be my favorite: Storybook Treats will be serving an Egg Nog Custard Dessert topped with spiced chocolate cake and meringue.
And what I love about it is the SCROOGE McDUCK gold coin on the top!!
Complimentary Cookies, Drinks, and More!
One very fun inclusion for guests at Mickey's annual yuletide shindig are complimentary festive treat stops featuring cookies, drinks, and more. In 2016, we were thrilled to see the options expand from the Snickerdoodles and cocoa of previous years into a varied range of choices throughout the park. We're happy to say that the trend will continue for this year's Parties, too, according to the folks at wdwmagic.com!
Look for Snow Cones and a new Snowman Soft Pretzel at Tortuga Tavern in Adventureland!
The Ticket Office in Liberty Square will serve Eggnog and a Ginger Molasses Cookie.
Friar's Nook will offer Dove Chocolates and Sparkling Apple Cider!
Visit Pete's Silly Sideshow in Fantasyland's Storybook Circus for Chocolate Milk by Nesquik and a Peppermint Crunch Cookie.
Pinocchio Village Haus is where you'll be able to find the classics: hot cocoa and apple cider, alongside a variety of cookies.
Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies will offer all her nieces and nephews in Tomorrowland a Santa Claus Cookie and a Snow Cone.
Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe will serve hot cocoa and those good old fashioned Snickerdoodles.
We can't wait to check out all the offerings at the Party this Thursday night! Be sure to join us on Facebook and Instagram as the Very Merriest Party EVER kicks off on November 9th!
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Paul M. Waldron, District 3
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Commissioner Paul M. Waldron
Term Expires: 2020
Paul Waldron, a Republican, is a life-long resident of St. Johns County. He grew up in the north part of the city of Saint Augustine with his parents Harry and Gwen, and his 3 brothers, George, John, and Keith. Paul married Stephanie Myers, the love of his life in 1988. They built their home on Faver Dykes Road, and have raised their two wonderful daughters, Ashley and Kati. Ashley is a teacher at Gamble Rogers Middle School and her husband is Seaman Blake Zapata, a Corpsman 2nd Marine Division, 6th Regiment. Kati is a student at St. Johns River State College.
Paul graduated from St. Augustine High School in 1986 and received his AA degree from The University of North Florida in 1989. He then attended Flagler College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991, majoring in Business Administration with minors in Economics and History. Paul has worked in, and is one of the owners of, Harry's Curb Mart. He obtained his Real Estate license in July of 2001 and has worked with residential, new construction, and commercial customers. Having been in business his entire life, Waldron has always brought a business approach to the organizations he has served.
"I always enjoyed helping people find their dream home," said Waldron. "Running a small business makes you examine every aspect and manage every dollar earned and spent. Always remembering how hard people work to earn that dollar."
Commissioner Waldron's Present and Past Affiliations include:
- Past Master Ashlar Masonic Lodge No. 98
- Past President of the Saint Augustine Shrine Club
- Past Board Member of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls
- Past Zone 3 Chairman for Masonic Youth Activities of the State of Florida
- Past Member of the Memorial Lutheran Church Council
- Past Member of the Memorial Lutheran Church Preschool Advisory Board
- Past Coach for Ancient City Soccer Club
- Past Assistant Soccer Coach for Pedro Menedez High School
- Member of the Kiwanis of Saint Augustine
- Member of Ancient City Game Fish Association
- Member of the St. Augustine / St. Johns Sports Club


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Who: Sen. Jim Stamas, R-Midland.
What: Reaction and comments following the governor's State of the State address.
When: Immediately following the address, which is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
Briefing: Stamas will be available following the State of the State address for comments on state issues mentioned by the governor in the address.
Please call Stamas' office at 1-517-373-7946 or email the office at [email protected] prior to 5 p.m. on Jan. 20 to schedule an interview time with the senator.
For those contacting the office after hours and who would like comments from Stamas following the governor's address, please leave a phone number for the senator to call.


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Lymphatic metastasis of breast cancer cells is associated with differential gene expression profiles that predict cancer stem cell-like properties and the ability to survive, establish and grow in a foreign environment
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Although lymphatic dissemination is a major route for breast cancer metastasis, there has been little work to determine what factors control the ability of tumor cells to survive, establish and show progressive growth in a lymph node environment. This information is of particular relevance now, in the era of sentinel lymph node biopsy, where smaller intranodal tumor deposits are being detected earlier in the course of disease, the clinical relevance of which is uncertain. In this study, we compared differentially expressed genes in cell lines of high (468LN) vs. low (468GFP) lymphatic metastatic ability, and related these to clinical literature on genes associated with lymphatic metastatic ability and prognosis, to identify genes of potential clinical relevance. This approach revealed differential expression of a set of genes associated with 'cancer stem cell-like' properties, as well as networks of genes potentially associated with survival and autonomous growth. We explored these differences functionally and found that 468LN cells have a higher proportion of cells with a cancer stem cell-like (CD44+/CD24−) phenotype, have a higher clonogenic potential and a greater ability to survive, establish and grow in a foreign (lymph node and 3D Matrigel) microenvironment, relative to 468GFP cells. Differentially expressed genes which reflect these functions provide candidates for investigation as potential targets for therapy directed against early lymphatic metastasis.


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Alloy Metals and Tubes International (AMTI) participates with key customers in Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) programs, and the benefits of this symbiotic relationship abound. Would a VMI be the right move for your business? AMTI has the experience and would love to explore the idea with you.
The VMI functions by allowing AMTI to stock tubing in your facility on a rack that is custom-designed to fit the needs of your organization and workflow. By having the material already on the floor, our VMI partners have seen increases in efficiency, quality, and cost. Imagine what an in-house tubing supply could mean for your business and its bottom line!
Specific benefits AMTI's customers have seen include improvements such as basic organization or material segregation. The use of a VMI rack allows one of our VMI partners to organize its tubing in a manner that made more sense that its previous situation, prevents material cross-contamination, and it freed up enough space on the floor to allow an R&D lab to be built. One custom-designed rack sits much closer to the production line, making the trip to get that material take just seconds instead of minutes.
Some of the most added value has been recognized in the areas of visibility and forecasting. The VMI program allows AMTI to have visibility into the future needs of our partner, which allows us to plan ahead instead of reacting to shortages or, even worse, stoppages. With one VMI client, AMTI has seen production downtime because of lost, forgotten, or long lead time tubing fall to almost zero. Instead, as a result of the VMI program, AMTI knows when to have special long lead time items in stock, and orders tubing accordingly. Our sales team visits the site and helps with inventory monitoring, and this close involvement ensures the necessary communication to keep the VMI system operating at its best efficiency.
If you know that your company would enjoy saving money through better efficiency, improved forecasting, and a vendor actively interested in your business, contact AMTI today to discuss our Vendor-Managed Inventory program.
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Education Modules > Module 3 > High School > Rising Seas > Science Concepts
Topic Guides
Science Concepts Mitigation
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Science Concepts Mitigation
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Science Concepts—Ocean Temperature
Summary: Water has a much higher heat capacity than air, and the ocean absorbs 90% of the heat energy trapped by greenhouse gases. As the planet warms, the amount of heat stored in the world's oceans increases. This topic guide provides resources that support student learning about ocean heat capacity and how ocean heat is an indicator of climate change. Students also examine sea surface temperature measurements to visualize how the Earth's temperature fluctuates with seasons.
Concepts to teach:
- Crosscutting Concepts
- Energy and Matter, Stability and Change
- Energy and Matter, Stability and Change
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
- ESS2.A - Earth materials and systems
- ESS2.C - The roles of water in Earth's surface processes
- ESS2.D - Weather and climate
- Science Practices
- Developing and using models, Planning and carrying out investigations
- The ocean absorbs heat from the atmosphere.
- Sea surface temperature normally varies according to season.
- Climate change is causing an increase in ocean heat content.
Standards: NGSS Performance Expectations
- HS-ESS2-4. Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth's systems result in changes in climate.
- HS-ESS2-5. Plan and conduct an investigation of the properties of water and its effects on Earth materials and surface processes.
Specific Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- Explain the difference between heat capacity of water and the heat capacity of air, sand or other materials.
- Identify natural seasonal variability in ocean temperatures.
- Use data to demonstrate how ocean heat content is an indicator for climate change.
Activity Links and Resources:
- Heat Capacity Demonstration experiment—This lesson plan from the Environmental Initiative at Lehigh University compares the heat capacities of water and sand. This activity could be used as a demonstration, or conducted by students in groups.
- Extension: Allow students to design their own experiments to compare the heat capacity of water and another substance (air, earth materials).
- EPA's Ocean Heat Content—Ocean heat is an indicator for climate change. This webpage describes trends in the amount of heat stored in the world's oceans between 1955 and 2012.
- NOAA's Global Science Investigator—Use false color Sea Surface Temperature (SST) images to visualize seasonal patterns of ocean temperatures 2000-2006
- What are today's SST conditions? Check the earth.nullschool website for a visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers (updated every 3 hours)
- The Heat Capacity Demonstration experiment includes assessment questions at the end of the lesson.
- Why does the EPA's Ocean Heat Content graphic use three different datasets?
- Pause the Global Science Investigator animation. Can you figure out which season it is in the Northern Hemisphere by looking at the sea surface temperature?
- What is the relationship between the data showing seasonal sea surface temperature variation 2000-2006 and data showing an increase ocean heat content between 1955 to 2012? How do these data contribute to scientists' understanding of global climate change?


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When I needed to escape from the world I had the perfect place to go. The cliff dwelling worked out beyond even my wildest expectations. One day I had been sitting on the beach trying to eliminate any distractions by listening to the sound of the sea.
I soon found that this was just about impossible on the beach. People were laughing and enjoying themselves all around me and preventing me from experiencing the solitude that I needed to find my inner peace.
I had looked up and spotted the cave in the rocks and daydreamed about making it my home for escapism. Not satisfied with just dreaming this, I made it a reality. Nobody ever knocked on my door simply because nobody knew where it was. There was no phone, no mail, nobody else to ruin my quiet.
You could only imagine my absolute horror when I arrived at the beach one day to look up and see the impossible. I had a neighbour. Somebody had Stolen my idea and built a house in the cave next to mine.
Now I needed a new hideaway.
And a place to hide those bodies of what had been very noisy neighbours.
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David Dennis chose the name RCKNDY (pronounced "rock candy") for his new home-decor boutique on U Street for a handful of reasons. Like the pieces he handpicks for the store, "rock candy is sort of old-fashioned but has a modern flair," he says. "It comes in bright colors, great flavors, and has all kinds of angles and shapes." Plus, taking out the vowels is as playful as the store's contemporary furniture and accessories.
The 1,800-square-foot showroom is stocked with pieces by local, national, and international designers including XYdecor, Orange 22, MoxBox, PlushLiving, Blu Dot, Mint, and Mud Australia. In addition to furniture, RCKNDY sells tableware, lighting, candles, pillows, picture frames, clocks, and more. A bonus for apartment-dwellers: Dennis keeps an eye out for furniture that is the right scale to fit a one- or two-bedroom apartment.
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Mom says last year's Pass To Play event, "saved my son's life." Pre-participation sports physicals, cardiac screenings and concussion assessments set for July 27, 2019.
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (July 9, 2019) – Muir Orthopaedic Specialists (MOS) will host its seventh annual Pass To Play sports physical event Saturday, July 27. This event is possible thanks to the orthopedists and MOS' partners with American Medical Response (AMR) donating their services to detect problems and prevent injuries. Last year more than 200 student athletes came out to be medically cleared for the season, and the MOS sports medicine specialists identified multiple cardiac cases, including Gabriel's.
"It's one of those things where I feel that this event saved my son's life," said Gabriel's mother Dara Merritt. "I mean, there's nothing like having a doctor tell you that your son is at the highest risk for sudden death syndrome."
Pass To Play is in its seventh year of providing student athletes with mandated pre-participation physicals and medical clearance. The event is open to high school and college athletes and costs $30, with all fees going back to the students' school athletics programs. So far, MOS' Pass To Play has donated $26,000 to East Bay Area schools.
The event gives hundreds of students their pass to play school sports. And when the orthopedists do spot participation problems, they are usually temporary, minor issues.
But for Dara and Gabriel, what the MOS docs found last year was shocking. And they are sharing their story to help other student athletes and parents know about what could have happened if they had not come to last year's Pass To Play and opted-in for the free cardiac screening.
"You hear those cases where kids are just playing football and drop dead on the field or on the basketball court," said Dara Merritt. "And my son could have been one of those kids, had we not had this testing done and discovered his heart condition."
Over the years that MOS has been holding Pass To Play, the orthopedic specialists and staff members, many of whom are active in area school athletic programs as physicians and trainers, have seen how this event helps the community. They are excited to keep Pass To Play going.
"Screening of young athletes gives us the best possible assurance that they are fit to participate in their sport of choice," said Dr. Semon Bader. "It further gives us the opportunity to identify and address areas that need further evaluation or treatment, whether it be a medical condition or an injury."
The Pass To Play event is on July 27, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., at the Muir Orthopaedic Specialists' Walnut Creek location at 2625 Shadelands Drive.
For more information and to complete the required pre-registration, please visit: MuirOrtho.com/Pass-to-Play.
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Media note
Dara, Gabriel and an MOS doctor will be available for interviews the week of July 22. Please reach out to the media contact to set up a time.
Media contact
Jessica Cordova, Multimedia Public Relations Manager
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About Muir Orthopaedic Specialists
A regionally recognized orthopedic practice located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Muir Orthopaedic Specialists is comprised of an expert team of physicians and providers with a variety of specialty focuses. Using state-of-the-art techniques in orthopedic medicine, Muir Orthopaedic Specialists restores mobility in musculoskeletal injuries, treating the foot, ankle, knee, hip, spine, shoulder, elbow and hand. Muir Orthopaedic Specialists facilities are located east of San Francisco in Walnut Creek (two locations), Brentwood, San Ramon and Concord. For more information, please visit muirortho.com.


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Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1923-1965
Lecturer, University of Maryland School of Law, 1925-1968
Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1925-1955
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, July 30, 1955; no Senate vote
The School of Law's commitment to and support of the pursuit of justice extends beyond this core curricular requirement. Four academic specialty centers in intellectual property, mediation, health and homeland security and tobacco control each have a public service mission, operating as a resource to national and local communities on these issues. Public conferences for the academic community, bench and bar address critical issues facing the legal system. A wide array of student organizations support public service projects, helping students make a difference in the local community. The student-run Maryland Public Interest Law Project provides summer grants for students to work at public interest organizations.


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Silence, Stillness and Centering before God (2 Minutes)
Scripture Reading & Devotional:
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:18-20
Holy Scripture gives us principles related to growing as a disciple of Jesus Christ:
Belief in Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord gives you eternal life in heaven. Believe in the cross of Christ as payment for your sin. Believe in the resurrection of Jesus, as your living Lord—who is your life. By grace through faith in Jesus is how we become a Christian and by grace through faith in Jesus is how we grow as a Christian. Belief is trust. In the same way a child trusts good parents—so we trust our good heavenly Father. Believe God and His Word.
"That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
Repent and Be Baptized
Repentance means you turn from your sin. Then publicly confess Christ in baptism. Conversion is a change of mind about God. Post salvation we love and fear Him. Our great devotion to God and our awe of His glory cause us to love what the Lord loves and hate what He hates—sin. We repent daily so we represent Jesus well. We confess our sin and receive the filling of the Holy Spirit. Baptism is evidence of our faith. Our transformation within is illustrated by baptism without. Symbolically, we are buried with Christ in baptism and raised to walk in life anew!
"Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38).
"We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life" (Romans 6:4).
Obedience is an indicator of our love for the Lord Jesus and His presence in our life. Our faith is validated by what we do. If we say we love Jesus on Sunday, but we act like He doesn't exist the other six days of the week—is our faith for real? God's will may be unclear, but we still remain faithful in what is clear. We trust our Savior with the next right step— obedience brings clarity. We say "I love You" to the Lord when we follow Christ's commands. Love obeys God.
"Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him" (John 14:23).
Worship, Prayer, Community, Evangelism and Study
Worship and prayer are our expression of gratitude and honor to the Lord and our dependence on His Spirit. Regular kneeling before God keeps us in good standing with Him. Community is accountability to Christians and evangelism is compassion for non-Christians. We are not ashamed of the gospel, because grace has covered our shame. We love the Lord with our mind when we stay teachable. Study to apply the knowledge, understanding and wisdom of God.
"Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:46-47).
Love God
Intimacy with Almighty God is a growing and loving relationship. We are loved by Him, so we can love others and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to obey His commands. Our perfect heavenly Father takes our imperfect intentions and molds them into His will. Like a healthy marriage our love for Jesus grows deeper and stronger through life's good times and hard times. We love Him when we don't feel lovable and His sweet presence makes us feel loved. Most of all, because of our love for the Lord—we seek to do His will. Our love—loves what God loves.
"Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment" (Matthew 22:37-38).
Love People
Loving people is an outflow of the love for our Heavenly Father. We are able to love because He first loved us. Though it may be easier to love the Lord than people, our love of people is a reflection of our love for God. Thus, when a child is ungrateful—we still love them by showing them gratitude. When a co-worker is disrespectful—we still love them by giving them respect. Every day is an opportunity to love those we encounter with the generous grace of God. Love the discouraged with encouragement, the proud with humility. Love learns to love like Jesus!
"And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:39).
Make Disciples
The reason we disciple others is because we are extremely grateful to God and to those who disciple us, and we want to obey Christ's last instructions before He went to heaven. Disciple-making is ultimately the work of the Holy Spirit, but we are His vessels for discipleship. The best disciplers are faithful disciples themselves. Disciples develop disciples. Keep it simple. Pray for two or three hungry hearted believers who want to grow in their faith. Meet regularly for prayer, Bible study and accountability. Disciples are made as we invest our life in faithful Jesus followers.
"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others" (2 Timothy 2:2).
Heavenly Father, grow me into a faithful disciple, so I can help grow disciples of Jesus.
Devotional By Boyd Bailey
Prayer: Conclude with Silence (2 Minutes)
The Our Father (slowly pray this)
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever, Amen.