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While it is too early to tell the political ramifications, it's not too early to donate money to relief efforts. The American Red Cross has always served the world well in this regard. Here is the link.
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Spinning a Hurricane
In general it is considered to be in extremely poor taste to talk about the politics of other peoples' suffering, especially while they are suffering. And so I will do so. This week both the Democrats and Republicans have the opportunity to make hay of the trek of, and losses by many thousands of people fleeing New Orleans, again. The Republicans are in interesting position. On the one hand they can't be seen as making hay, and so they have postponed the beginning of their national convention. Moreover, if things go wrong, like they did with Katrina, it will leave a clear impression that they cannot govern. And so things won't go that wrong. This is also the perfect opportunity to keep President Bush and Vice President away. They're already wildly unpopular, but it is a very difficult thing to not have the elected heads of the party speak. Gustav provided the perfect excuse.
The Democrats have fewer options. The best they can do is stay quiet, because anything else will seem like making hay. They can also hope for the storm to dissipate quickly without much damage, as can we all. Aside from the human relief that would bring, the Republicans would have lost the spotlight to a non-event. Sadly that seems unlikely.
And so in this case human suffering will serve Republicans – to a point.

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Last year I'll confess that my favourite phone was the Xperia Z1. Now it's back, and this time the camera is better, it's slimmer and it'll let you record 4K (3840×2160) video while you're under water, if that's your thing.
It's still got the style and IP58 waterproofing we saw on the Z1 but now there's an even bigger display – a 5.2″ full HD Triluminos screen with "Live Colour LED", which really is rather nice. The colours pop out at you, which makes the colours pop and every detail of pictures and video even clearer.
Vodafone have joined many other networks in announcing that they will be carrying the handset, which has a quad-core 2.3GHz and 3GB of RAM. I can't say enough about that display though – the 5.2″ screen is gorgeous to look at and far better than the Z1, despite the resolution still being 1920×1080. The battery is bigger too – 3200mAh should keep you going for quite some time and there's some very decent stereo speakers. You can also stick the phone into a very nice Bluetooth stand which produces some excellent sound.
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LATEST PENS BUZZ Some more insight to the Penguins being very active in trade talks about their group of defensemen that has 9 defensemen eligible for waivers next season
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Pens Notes: Shero on Vokoun, Fleury, Thiessen, Staal, & Crosby
Penguins GM Ray Shero hit the airwaves today and was on 937 the fan this afternoon in the 2:00 p.m. hour. Here are some comments from Shero on a number of subjects: Shero on Vokoun Shero indicated the team's pursuit of Tomas Vokoun started when he was talking to agent Allan Walsh about how to "get Marc Andre Fleury better next season. The discussion then led to Vokoun who Walsh also represents. "{I asked Allan Walsh} "What's Tomas going to do and any interest in Penguins and I talked to George McPhee and got permission to talk to Tomas and it came about pretty quickly, " Shero said, who indicated there's "not a lot of available goaltenders on July 1" which led to the Penguins moving quickly on a deal.
Pens will give Cooke an opportunity to change
Penguins winger Matt Cooke has not played his last game in a Penguin uniform. Cooke's future with the Penguins has been a hot topic by fans and the media after Cooke was suspended for the rest of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs. With the Penguins showing full support in the NHL's decision and being strong supporters on a ban for headshots, speculation is rampant that the Penguins will decide to part ways with Cooke this summer. Cooke who received a three year – $5.4 million deal from the Penguins last summer, has two years remaining on his deal that includes a modified no trade clause.
Salary cap to increase by $2 million?; Penguins won't negotiate with Gonchar after trade deadline
Latest Buzz from BOG Meetings Salary Cap could increase by $1.5-$2 million NHL commissioner Gary Bettman met with general managers and owners on Tuesday at the Board of Governors meetings and projections for next years salary cap has the cap in the $56.8 – $58.5 million range . The league does not expect a decrease and early projections show the possibility of even a $1.5-$2 million increase at the max. The projections now set the stage for general managers to begin preparations for next season. The Canadian franchises are the markets that carry the salary cap. They make up for teams like Phoenix, Florida and Atlanta which don't bring in adequate revenues. It's astounding that the league is against relocating a team like Phoenix to Canada. It's time for the league to admit their mistake and do what's best for the entire league. Cap projections set stage for Gonchar negotiationsRead More »
By MARK MADDEN When Jordan Staal trade rumors first circulated a few years ago, I asked Ray Shero for comment. The Penguins GM bluntly replied: "I am not trading Jordan Staal." It still goes. The latest tripe has Staal going to Los Angeles for winger Dustin Brown, with different versions including different players. Defenseman Jack Johnson, Sidney Crosby's prep-school buddy, is often mentioned as coming to Pittsburgh. But Crosby isn't the Pens' de facto GM, and loneliness is no problem for Sid. The Kings likely scoff at such innuendo, too. Brown, their captain, is signed to a pact that pays $3.175 million per year through 2013-14. Excellent player, affordable contract. The Kings might like to deal Johnson. The third pick overall in 2005, it's too early to call Johnson a bust, but he is underachieving. Staal is an important part of the Penguins' three-center model. Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and StaalRead More »
NHL: Phoenix – Pittsburgh Trade Winds
A league source tells me Phoenix Coyotes pro scout Peter MacKinnon is scheduled to scout the Penguins again this week, sparking speculation that the Coyotes are looking at a defenseman or two in the Penguins system. The Coyotes are believed to have inquired defenseman Ben Lovejoy. Pittsburgh in turn has asked about the availability of winger
Tanguay's trying to use the Penguins as a last resort
NHL: Francois Beauchemin on the Penguins Radar?
Media buzz centers around Marian Hossa on eve of Cup Finals
Shero/Crosby: "We've Moved On" Detroit — Both teams met the media Friday afternoon on the eve of the Stanley Cup finals and the media buzz centered around Red Wings star forward Marian Hossa who will face his old team in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Finals. Sidney Crosby on Marian Hossa signing with the Red Wings
Shero's close working relationship with Allan Walsh could pay dividends in free agency
When Miroslav Satan was demoted to Wilkes Barre on March 4th, it was widely believed that Satan's days with the Penguins were over. Just over two months later, Satan is playing a part in the Penguins success in the playoffs. Thanks to the work of his agent Allan Walsh who played an instrumental role in the whole situation, Satan accepted the Penguins demotion to Wilkes Barre. Walsh and Satan took Ray Shero's "word" that Satan would be called up for playoffs and the Penguins indicated to Satan's camp that Satan would be giving an opportunity to get back into the lineup during the playoffs. Walsh and Shero have a close working relationship as Walsh represents Marc Andre Fleury, Petr Sykora, Ruslan Fedotenko, Pascal Dupuis and Miroslav Satan. Sources tell me this close "working relationship" between Shero, Walsh could pay dividends for the Penguins in


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Last year, the Obama administration announced a new civil society initiative, Stand with Civil Society, calling for support of civil society groups across the world and acknowledging the role they play in pushing for citizen engagement, equity, transparency and accountability. These positive perspectives of civil society pushing for more democratic governance contrasts with more skeptical views that civil society may actually negatively impact the prospects for developing strong democracies. For example, in non-democracies, civil society may strengthen authoritarian regimes (for examples, see here and here). Alternatively, in democracies, civil society groups may undermine support for democratic systems by calling attention to government's shortcomings (see here, here and here).
The idea, first posited by Samuel Huntington in 1968, that political mobilization by civil society groups can threaten weakly institutionalized governments remains a concern for scholars of Latin American politics. Civil society has facilitated mass mobilization and protests that at times seem quite challenging for democratic governance. Bolivia, in particular, has faced the challenge of nearly constant pressure from popular groups over a variety of issues including taxes, the environment and other policies. There is growing evidence that civil society is capable of increasing protest activity in the region, particularly where elections are working poorly.
A paper we recently published in the Latin America Research Review explores this tension between those who see civil society as a democratizing force and those who see it as responsible for instability. We focus on the role of civil society in the context of political crisis, when democratic governments are most vulnerable. We question whether civil society builds or undermines support for political systems using the example of the political crisis in Bolivia in 2004.
Bolivia provides an interesting test case for these contradictory claims about civil society as it has some of the highest rates of participation in civil society organizations in Latin America. More than 80% of the population regularly participates in civil society groups. It is also a democracy that is challenged by especially high levels of inequality and poverty. If civil society is likely to undermine democracy, it is most likely to do so in a case where participation is high and the state faces limitations in meeting the needs of its people. In 2004, the context for our research, the political system was under duress, with the forced resignation of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and fresh memories of the "Water War" in 2000.
Using the Latin American Public Opinion Survey, which sampled 3,073 Bolivians from 84 municipalities across the country, we tested whether civil society membership was associated with support for the political system. Controlling for other key factors, we found a significant relationship: those who participated frequently in civil society organizations were more likely to support the political system.
This finding raises a number of further questions. First, do certain civil society groups foster more support than others? In disaggregating participation into specific associations and groups, we find the greatest effect of membership on support for the political system amongst church groups, neighborhood associations, and community committees, as opposed to groups such as professional associations that are more heterogeneous in their composition.
We also explore whether the effect of civil society participation on support for the political system is driven by the fact that more efficacious or more affluent people are members of civil society. We find that membership is not particularly different among those with high versus low levels of education, nor among income levels. In fact, in Bolivia, the poor and the indigenous participate in slightly higher rates than their less-poor and non-indigenous counterparts.
Lastly, we explore the effect of civil society membership among those who had participated in recent political protests. We find that being a member of a civil society organization is associated with more support for the political system – even among protestors, those who have actively expressed discontent with government officials and policies. We take this as evidence that civil society can help people articulate their frustrations with government while simultaneously building support for the political system and democracy in a more general sense.
While Bolivia may be unique, we have found similar results in other moments of crisis in Latin America, such as Ecuador in 2010, a year in which a state of emergency was announced as the president was held hostage in an incident labeled by some as an attempted coup. Overall, our findings suggest that even at the moments where we might be most likely to see civil society undermining the stability of democracies, participation and membership in civil society can strengthen generalized support of democratic political systems at the same time that it may facilitate active dissent against poorly performing political leaders and parties.


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Girl reunites with family five years after she went missing
Ikimot Awojoju has been reunited with her family in the Oyingbo area of Lagos, five years after she was found wanting – according to reports, Ikimot lived with her guardian after her mother, Faidat Awojoju, passed away.
She reportedly went missing on her way back from school on July 23, 2014.
Abass told Punch Metro that after two years, she stopped searching but kept on praying for the safe return of the girl.
The Kwara State indigene said Ikimot's return was an indication that her prayers were answered as everyone had assumed that she was dead.
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1) Trix Ribbon =============================================================== This was built on request. Many Stock/FX traders overlay multiple Trix lines to form the ribbon, this indicator makes it easy. Also, optionally this can plot a BollingerBand on Trix_1. More info on Trix: stockcharts.com 2) High/Low/Close Trend Indicator ...
Created by request. Description: This study is an implementation of the Standard TRIX indicator (a momentum oscillator), shown in coloured histogram format by default, with optional Bar colouring of TRIX zero cross overs. Other options include showing TRIX as a line graph instead of histogram and an optional TRIX signal line with difference histogram (to...
This indicator was originally developed by Jack K. Hutson (Stocks & Commodities (July 1983): "Good TRIX").
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Follow the momentum - 2/4/8hr or Daily, take your pick. Use 2 or more TFs together for greater chance of a winning trade. Also brilliant for spotting divergence. This one is my favorite indicator.
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Jurik Filter TRIX Log is a TRIX indicator that calculates TRIX using a Jurik Filter instead of EMA. this indicator responds much quicker than traditional TRIX. What is TRIX? TRIX is a momentum oscillator that displays the percent rate of change of a TEMA. It was developed in the early 1980's by Jack Hutson, an editor for "Technical Analysis of Stocks and...
The trend is your friend. Works well on 2hr TF which shows 30+60 ema from 8hr and Daily TFs. Use a higher TF momentum indicator such as TRIX to confirm.
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PA-Adaptive TRIX Log is a Phase Accumulation Adaptive TRIX Log indicator. This adaptation smooths the signal to catch larger trends. What is TRIX? TRIX is a momentum oscillator that displays the percent rate of change of a TEMA . It was developed in the early 1980's by Jack Hutson, an editor for "Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities" magazine. With...
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"Engineering at Notre Dame combines technical inquiry with a creative bent (novel methods of using and producing materials, components, devices, and systems) to develop innovations that can improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for all persons. Consistent with the University's Catholic mission and heritage, the College of Engineering's mission is founded on the principle that the creation and transfer of knowledge should reflect a profound and complete respect for the dignity of all persons and for the greater common good of humanity. To appropriate the words of the University's founder, Rev. Edward A. Sorin, C.S.C., the college must be, first and foremost, a force for good in the world.
To that end, the college will continue to engage in transformational research in its core competencies — energy, biomedical/bioengineering, environmental science/engineering, and national/personal security — as they address the important needs of humanity, while inspiring students of all levels to scholarship and service. It will also continue to develop its expertise in electronic materials and devices, wireless and information systems, natural hazard mitigation, flow physics and control, geochemistry and geosciences, hydrology, and computational science and engineering, translating research outcomes into commercial ventures as possible, so that the efforts of Notre Dame engineering researchers produce the greatest good for society."
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text: (Video on Demand, May 2015) My favourite vice is curiosity, and so there was no way I could stare at the Fifty Shades of Grey new entry in the video on-demand menu and not, eventually, succumb to the temptation of seeing what the fuss is about. Take the hype, the controversies, the tut-tutting think-pieces away and focus on the film; what's on screen? As it turns out, not much. There is about twenty minutes of plot in Fifty Shades of Grey, stretched over an oft-exasperating two hours. The story couldn't be more basic if it tried: a young innocent girl meeting a rich handsome man, and then the push-and-pull of "will they?" Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan do the best they can with their wish-fulfilment characters, and they don't really embarrass themselves. Obviously, the domination/submission aspect of the story is the big avowed draw here, as the protagonist quickly get in bed and then spend the rest of the film arguing about their different conceptions of their relationship. At best, Fifty Shades of Grey can be funny, skillful and moderately intriguing (the boardroom negotiation scene is as good as it gets, although I kept wondering how they could read anything in that low light.) Alas, those flashes of interest are rare: Much of the film is a fairly dull affair not just despite the subject matter, but because of it. As with most sexual fetishes, domination games tend to feel silly or boring if you're not tempted by them, and so Fifty Shades of Grey's interest grinds to a halt every time the characters step into The Red Room, or as artificial complications just push the ending further away. The film does get extra points for an unexpected finale by the usual romantic standards, although that's mitigated considerably by the knowledge that this is just the first film in a trilogy. From what I read from the book (which wasn't much, exasperated as I was with the writing), the film seems to be making the best out of weak material –proof that Hollywood doesn't always ruin things.


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Mini Dreidels
You didn't think we'd forget about our Jewish friends and family this holiday season, did you??? It's true that Hanukkah doesn't generally get the attention it deserves, so we wanted to make sure we showed it some proper love by offering dreidels that can be painted or wood burned. L'chaim!


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The Armstrong Classic is a rocket race throughout the inhabited solar system and has become the driving force for the advancement of rocket and space technologies. It is extremely dangerous, and there are always fatalities, but it is regarded as the trial that proves the merit of a prospective spaceman. It is said that "only a fool would enter such a race, and only a genius or a Martian could win". In a twist of fate, a young man, Jerry Blaine is kicked out of the Space Institute at his brother's request to help him get ready for the 18th Armstrong Classic. When his brother is injured in a fueling accident, Jerry must take over command of the Last Hope and try to win the Classic for earth.
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2nd place – The 1960s. (37 points)
2005: 2nd place, 33 points.
2004: 1st place, 36 points.
2003: 3rd place, 28 points.
9: Tomorrow – Sandie Shaw. 4th place.
8: Keep On Running – Spencer Davis Group. 1st place.
7: Love's Just A Broken Heart – Cilla Black. 2nd place.
6: A Groovy Kind Of Love – The Mindbenders. 3rd place.
5: Michelle – The Overlanders. 5th place, least popular.
4: Spanish Flea – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. 2nd place.
3: You Were On My Mind – Crispian St Peters. 1st place.
2: 19th Nervous Breakdown – Rolling Stones. 1st place, most popular.
1: These Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra. 1st place.
For a year which is commonly held to contain some of the most ground-breaking pop music of the last half-century, our 1966 selection looks a tad under-baked. Here are Pinkerton's Assorted Colours and The Mindbenders, trotting out the same sort of neat-n-tidy neo-Merseybeat that has been regularly charting since 1963. Here are Cilla Black and Sandie Shaw, delivering the sort of MOR ballads that would sit easily amongst the TV light entertainment shows of the day. Here's Herb Alpert, standing right outside the prevailing pop/rock/r&b fashions with his cheesy MOR. And here are The Overlanders, pointlessly carbon-copying one of the Beatles' sappier numbers for a quick buck.
However, the remaining four singles in our top ten do contain music that was, in some way, pushing against genre restrictions and moving things forward. There has never been an easy-listening standard quite like the gleefully perverse "These Boots Are Made For Walking" – a song which is custom-made for the epithet "kinky". Crispian St Peters, though destined only to enjoy two UK hit singles, messes with the Roy Orbison/Everly Brothers template to agreeable effect. The Spencer Davis Group are helping to define a grittier r&b-influenced rock sound – and the Rolling Stones are right out there, rising further above the herd with every new release, and giving establishment Middle England the heebie-jeebies good and proper.
After floundering about for a bit, the top three brought the 1960s to an almost triumphant conclusion in our voting, shortening a six-point gap between winner and runner-up to a difference of just one point. That's not bad going for a forty-year-old. But really, this year's winner was never in any doubt…


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The Gym is a place where body muscles are build, tested and challenged. There are many people who have the need and wish to visit the gym but are limited with their daily work obligations and etc. Crafting the ideal physical look takes place in the gym, yes, but that doesn't mean that the outside world has no solution for workout. If you look around you you'll find "workout machines" everywhere. Here is what I am talking about:
Let's start with the pushups – you don't need the gym for that; all you need for pushups is a considerable space in the living room enough for a horizontal initial position. Just move a few chairs and coffee tables and you are ready to go. There is a more challenging way to perform pushups in the living room – instead of positioning the body for pushups on the floor, elevate your body by placing chairs underneath your body(the arms and feet will be on the chairs and you'' perform "air" pushups). Try then, they are quite challenging. You can also try feet up pushups, hinge pushups or diamond pushups.
Leg workout – Squats and calf rises will always be on the menu if you decide o workout in your living room. They don't require weights or workout machines, just enough space around you.
Arm workout – You can improvise dumbbells with water bottles or filling up gas cans with water. Once you try improvised dumbbells the inspiration will kick in and you'll be on your way.
Back workout – if you don't own a pull up bar like the one in the gym, but you do have a big tree in the yard, than grab a strong branch and do morning pushups. Go for a run in the park and there are definitely strong branches there. Some people, for small amount of money, build their own pull up bar in the back yard and do pull ups every day.
Abs workout – The floor is the Abs Master; abs crunches come in all shapes when it comes to using the floor for abs. You get classic crunches, leg crunches, bicycle crunches, V-ups, toe touches, plank, side planks and so on and so on.


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Just two-weeks out from UFC 221 we are now hearing that current middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has returned to training. This brings into question when a possible return and title decider could happen.
During the interim title bout with current number one challenger Yoel Romero, Whittaker absorbed 18 kicks to the legs 13 of these being considered power strikes. This seemed to be part of the strategy from Romero who blasted the leading knee of Robert Whittaker from the outset of the fight. Those with a keen memory of the encounter will remember that this took a pronounced effect on Whittaker leaving him hobbling between rounds and after the fight. Throughout the fight this forced Whittaker to be increasingly cautious with foot placement and lift his lead leg to protect it any time Romero would lunge towards it. After persevering to a 48-47 unanimous decision it was made clear that the repeated trauma of the power shots from Romero had caused some substantial injury to the left lead leg of Whittaker. Speaking to the Australian Daily Telegraph Whittaker noted that although he did not fully understand the implications of the injury he had been made aware of a serious grade two medial ligament injury and that it "hurt like hell when it happened".
It was initially thought and later proven correct that this knee injury would keep Whittaker on the sideline for the remainder of 2017. After being promoted to undisputed middleweight champion after the belt vacancy by Georges St-Pierre (also for medical reasons) Whittaker was scheduled to make his first title defence at UFC 221 against number two contender Luke Rockhold in front of a home crowd in Perth, Australia. Unfortunately however Whittaker had to be pulled for medical reasons as Dana White explained in a post event interview with TSN after UFC 220.
"He had staph infection in his stomach," White said. "From what I understand it wasn't treated properly and started to eat away at parts of his organs. He's in serious condition, so it's going to be a minute before he's back, I think. Hopefully it turns around quick, but that stuff is life-threatening if not treated the right way."
So where does this leave us? Well who really knows. UFC 224 and 225 are still without an announced championship headlining fight and so it is likely that Robert Whittaker will be keeping a keen eye from cage size and a title unification bout could be seen as soon as this summer. It is also possible that the unification fight could be scheduled as a co-main event to Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic superfight happening at UFC 226 in Las Vegas. If this is scheduled it would be exactly one day short of a year in between Whittaker winning and defending the middleweight title for the first time.


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NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life: Strongly Favors topic 1
NO on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime: Favors topic 1
NO on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Favors topic 1
YES on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Favors topic 1
YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors
topic 2:Require hiring more women & minorities
(-5 points on Economic scale)
|Get minorities into home ownership & global marketplace: Favors topic 2
Ending racial profiling is part of fight for justice: Favors topic 2
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender: Strongly Favors topic 2
Issue a commemorative postage stamp of Rosa Parks: Favors topic 2
Rated 97% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Favors topic 2
Stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Favors topic 2
Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 2
Reinforce anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements: Favors topic 2
NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions: Favors topic 2
YES on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors
topic 3:Same-sex domestic partnership benefits
(+5 points on Social scale)
|Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention: Favors topic 3
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes: Strongly Favors topic 3
Rated 88% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance: Strongly Favors topic 3
Provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees: Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.: Favors topic 3
NO on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Favors topic 3
YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3
topic 4:Teacher-led prayer in public schools
(+2 points on Social scale)
|Supports anti-flag desecration amendment: Favors topic 4
Rated 38% by the Christian Coalition: mixed voting record on families: Neutral on topic 4
Rated 58% by the AU, a mixed record on church-state separation: Neutral on topic 4
NO on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer: Strongly Opposes topic 4
NO on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror: Strongly Opposes topic 4
YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration: Favors topic 4
YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4
YES on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Opposes topic 4
topic 8:Death Penalty
(+2 points on Social scale)
|Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing: Opposes topic 8
Require DNA testing for all federal executions: Opposes topic 8
NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment: Strongly Favors topic 8
NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder: Strongly Opposes topic 8
YES on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals: Opposes topic 8
topic 9:Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(+2 points on Social scale)
|Rated 78% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Life imprisonment for repeat sexual predators: Strongly Favors topic 9
NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime: Opposes topic 9
YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(-5 points on Economic scale)
|Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse: Strongly Opposes topic 10
NO on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors
topic 5:More federal funding for health coverage
(-5 points on Economic scale)
|More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs: Favors topic 5
Rated 89% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record: Strongly Favors topic 5
Establish a National Diabetes Coordinator: Favors topic 5
YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids: Strongly Favors topic 5
NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts: Favors topic 5
NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage: Favors topic 5
YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs: Favors topic 5
NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits: Favors topic 5
NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients: Favors topic 5
NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Favors topic 5
YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Favors topic 5
YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility: Favors topic 5
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(-3 points on Economic scale)
|Changing Social Security disproportionately affects women: Opposes topic 6
Reject proposals for private saving accounts: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Rated 90% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 6
YES on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox: Opposes topic 6
NO on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits: Opposes topic 6
YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable: Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes
topic 7:Parents choose schools via vouchers
(-5 points on Economic scale)
|Reduce class size to 18 children in grades 1 to 3: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Rated 100% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes: Strongly Opposes topic 7
NO on vouchers for private & parochial schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7
NO on allowing vouchers in DC schools: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors
topic 18:Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(-5 points on Economic scale)
|Rated 90% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes: Strongly Favors topic 18
Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances: Strongly Favors topic 18
Rated 83% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence: Favors topic 18
YES on tax incentives for renewable energy: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on starting implementation of Kyoto Protocol: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR: Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Favors topic 18
NO on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on investing in homegrown biofuel: Strongly Favors topic 18
YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(+5 points on Social scale)
|Legalize medical marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Rated +10 by NORML, indicating a pro-drug-reform stance: Strongly Opposes topic 19
End harsher sentencing for crack vs. powder cocaine: Opposes topic 19
Allow rehabilitated drug convicts get student loans: Strongly Opposes topic 19
NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests: Strongly Opposes topic 19
NO on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC: Strongly Opposes topic 19
NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism: Strongly Opposes topic 19
topic 20:Allow churches to provide welfare services
(-3 points on Economic scale)
|Increase the earned income tax credit: Opposes topic 20
Fully fund Head Start; Job Corps; and WIC food program: Opposes topic 20
YES on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations: Favors topic 20
NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks: Strongly Opposes topic 20
topic 11:Make taxes more progressive
(-3 points on Economic scale)
|Phaseout the death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Rated 20% by NTU, indicating a "Big Spender" on tax votes: Strongly Favors topic 11
Rated 83% by the CTJ, indicating support of progressive taxation: Strongly Favors topic 11
NO on eliminating the "marriage penalty": Favors topic 11
NO on $46 billion in tax cuts for small business: Favors topic 11
NO on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years: Favors topic 11
YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years: Opposes topic 11
YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"): Opposes topic 11
NO on making the Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on providing tax relief and simplification: Strongly Opposes topic 11
NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Favors topic 11
YES on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(+5 points on Social scale)
|Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration: Strongly Favors topic 12
Rated 8% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance: Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers: Opposes topic 12
YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules: Favors topic 12
NO on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment: Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Favors topic 12
NO on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-5 points on Economic scale)
|Rated 28% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement: Strongly Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: Favors topic 13
YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business: Opposes topic 13
NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
YES on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization: Opposes topic 13
NO on promoting free trade with Peru: Opposes topic 13
topic 15:Expand the armed forces
(+2 points on Social scale)
|Rated 89% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence: Strongly Opposes topic 15
YES on $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill: Favors topic 15
NO on deploying SDI: Opposes topic 15
YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 15
YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15
YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Opposes topic 15
topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(-3 points on Economic scale)
|YES on banning soft money and issue ads: Favors topic 16
NO on banning soft money donations to national political parties: Opposes topic 16
YES on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions: Favors topic 16
NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Favors topic 16
YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors
topic 14:The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(+5 points on Social scale)
|Address abuses of electronic monitoring in the workplace: Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations: Strongly Favors topic 14
YES on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant: Strongly Favors topic 14
NO on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors
topic 17:US out of Iraq & Afghanistan
(+5 points on Social scale)
|Multi-year commitment to Africa for food & medicine: Strongly Favors topic 17
Member of the Out-of-Iraq Congressional Caucus: Strongly Favors topic 17
YES on authorizing military force in Iraq: Strongly Opposes topic 17
NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Favors topic 17
YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days: Strongly Favors topic 17
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MD Senatorial:
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Dem. Freshmen
in 112th Congress:
AL-7:Terri Sewell
CA-33:Karen Bass
DE-0:John Carney
FL-17:Frederica Wilson
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa
LA-2:Cedric Richmond
MA-10:Bill Keating
MI-13:Hansen Clarke
RI-1:David Cicilline
GOP Freshmen
in 112th Congress:
AL-2:Martha Roby
AL-5:Mo Brooks
AZ-1:Paul Gosar
AZ-3:Ben Quayle
AZ-5:David Schweikert
AR-1:Rick Crawford
AR-2:Tim Griffin
AR-3:Steve Womack
CA-19:Jeff Denham
CO-3:Scott Tipton
CO-4:Cory Gardner
FL-12:Dennis Ross
FL-2:Steve Southerland
FL-21:Mario Diaz-Balart
FL-22:Allen West
FL-24:Sandy Adams
FL-25:David Rivera
FL-5:Rich Nugent
FL-8:Dan Webster
GA-2:Mike Keown
GA-7:Rob Woodall
GA-8:Austin Scott
ID-1:Raul Labrador
IL-8:Joe Walsh
IL-10:Bob Dold
IL-11:Adam Kinzinger
IL-14:Randy Hultgren
IL-17:Bobby Schilling
IL-8:Joe Walsh
IN-3:Marlin Stutzman
IN-4:Todd Rokita
IN-8:Larry Bucshon
IN-9:Todd Young
KS-1:Tim Huelskamp
KS-3:Kevin Yoder
KS-5:Mike Pompeo
LA-3:Jeff Landry
MD-1:Andy Harris
MI-1:Dan Benishek
MI-2:Bill Huizenga
MI-3:Justin Amash
MI-7:Tim Walberg
MN-8:Chip Cravaack
MO-4:Vicky Hartzler
MO-7:Billy Long
MS-1:Alan Nunnelee
MS-4:Steven Palazzo
GOP Freshmen
in 111th Congress:
NC-2:Renee Ellmers
ND-0:Rick Berg
NH-2:Charlie Bass
NH-1:Frank Guinta
NJ-3:Jon Runyan
NM-2:Steve Pearce
NV-3:Joe Heck
NY-13:Michael Grimm
NY-19:Nan Hayworth
NY-20:Chris Gibson
NY-24:Richard Hanna
NY-25:Ann Marie Buerkle
NY-29:Tom Reed
OH-1:Steve Chabot
OH-15:Steve Stivers
OH-16:Jim Renacci
OH-18:Bob Gibbs
OH-6:Bill Johnson
OK-5:James Lankford
PA-10:Tom Marino
PA-11:Lou Barletta
PA-3:Mike Kelly
PA-7:Patrick Meehan
PA-8:Mike Fitzpatrick
SC-1:Tim Scott
SC-3:Jeff Duncan
SC-4:Trey Gowdy
SC-5:Mick Mulvaney
SD-0:Kristi Noem
TN-3:Chuck Fleischmann
TN-4:Scott DesJarlais
TN-6:Diane Black
TN-8:Stephen Fincher
TX-17:Bill Flores
TX-23:Quico Canseco
TX-27:Blake Farenthold
VA-2:Scott Rigell
VA-5:Robert Hurt
VA-9:Morgan Griffith
WA-3:Jaime Herrera
WI-7:Sean Duffy
WI-8:Reid Ribble
WV-1:David McKinley
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Charles Billingsley preached at Thomas Road Baptist Church on Sunday and brought the 🔥! The sermon was great, loaded with exposition and motivation. This is the first in a series of spiritual disciplines that will be preached about over the next month. Sermons like this can be difficult for me because I start writing down every single sentence. Having to trim and decide what to actually post is a real struggle; It's all so good!
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Indianapolis Measles Outbreak Traced Back To Super Bowl Village
Bringing in travelers from afar, or even just other cities, has proved that anyone is vulnerable to diseases during large events. And what's bigger than the Super Bowl? Unfortunately for this year's host state, Indiana is in the midst of battling a major measles outbreak after the big game between the Giants and the Patriots.
The Associated Press says that even though Indiana has vaccination rates that exceed the national average, state health officials have confirmed 13 cases of measles in this month alone. Authorities say the spread of the infection leads back to the Super Bowl Village on Feb. 3 and two people who visited it together.
The outbreak seems to be confined to two counties so far, but officials are reaching out to New York and Massachusetts' departments of health to warn them that their fans may have taken measles home with them.
This isn't the first time a large sporting event, with their masses of people all coughing and spitting on each other, became a breeding ground for the spread of infection:
In 1991, a track and field runner from Argentina participating in the Special Olympics in Minneapolis unknowingly started an outbreak of measles, infecting spectators, athletes and event organizers.
While 13 cases of measles might not seem like a lot, there are usually only around 50 instances of the infection per year, as 90 percent of the population is vaccinated against it. Another abnormal year for it was 2011, when 223 cases popped up due to Americans traveling abroad.
Indiana measles outbreak illustrates disease risk [Associated Press]
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Austin Frerick has rolled out his first campaign video and like all of his communications, it reflects who he really is and what he cares about.
Austin Frerick is one of the most exciting congressional candidates to come out of Iowa in a very long time. Iowa's third district would do well to take a serious look at this 20-something brainiac who also happens to be a regular, down-to-earth Iowan.
Austin is not like the other candidates and we mean that in the best of ways. Read Austin's Rurally Good Newsletter where you will actually learn important stuff you previously had no idea about. He doesn't just have a staffer send daily, dull, robo- e-mails with cliche, click-bait subject lines that are supposed to scare you into donating, like most candidates running for office. Austin gives you something of real value before he asks for something in return. It is reciprocal. By the time he asks you to donate, you are already trying to figure out how much to send because you want to give money to support this candidate.
To find out more about Democrat Austin Frerick and to keep up to date with the campaign, sign up to volunteer, or make a donation. Visit austinfrerick.com. Follow the campaign on Facebook.com/Austin.Frerick and Twitter @AustinFrerick


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Create visually pleasing bookcases by making use of wallpaper. First, pick a design that you like. Paper the back of the bookcase using the wallpaper, after which you'll be capable of look at it behind the books. This will not only give your old bookcase a design boost, but provide a centerpiece for your room.
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Missions and Outreach Ministries
The Mission and Outreach Ministries of Paramount Baptist Church is a multi-gifted ministry, called to encourage those of the house hold of faith and to evangelize the lost persons of this world. Missionaries minister and nurture both, believers and non-believers in all aspects of their lives. We are committed to serving the church, community, and world. We are called to aid physically that we might minister spiritually.
Our mission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, so that all who hear may clearly understand God's plan of salvation and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. We are also called to teach faith principles that hearers may apply them and increase their knowledge in the Word of God.
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- Brenda Lipscomb
- Peggy Maske
- Marion Roy
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By: Michael Panfil, attorney for EDF's US Climate and Energy Program, and Jamie Fine, senior economist for EDF's Clean Energy Program
Demand response encourages customers to shift their energy use to times of day when there is less demand on the power grid or when more renewable energy is abundant. It is an invaluable component of the smart grid that improves air quality, enhances electric grid reliability, and helps utilities, homes, and businesses financially benefit from conserving electricity.
Yesterday, a diverse group of organizations submitted an important and far-reaching settlement agreement on the future of demand response in California to the California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) for its approval. The settling parties – including EDF, California investor-owned utilities, California Independent System Operator (CAISO), consumer groups, and others – recommend, for the first time, a path to properly value, realize, and account for demand response. If approved, these changes have the potential to increase the role of demand response in meeting California's energy demands, reducing hazardous air pollution, and more efficiently operating the state's electrical grid. Read More


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AUSTIN, Texas — If extraterrestrial life exists, there's a chance we'll detect it sometime in the next 20 years. And then what? A recently published study suggests that most folks will take the news calmly, if they care at all.
"How would we react if we find that we're not alone in the universe? This question has been the cause of great speculation over the years — but, until now, virtually no systematic empirical research," Michael Varnum, a psychologist at Arizona State University, said today in Austin at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In a study published by Frontiers of Psychology, Varnum and his colleagues suggest that revelations about life beyond our planet will be viewed more positively than negatively.


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Style Insider: FootJoy's new DryJoys TourLTS Jacket
Latest design features fewer seams, new fabric and increased flexibility
October 16, 2017
By Greg Monteforte, Style Insider, PGATOUR.COM
- FootJoy's latest jacket features a new design and fabric to better protect against the elements, while still increasing flexibility. (Photos courtesy of FootJoy)
Create a lightweight, breathable all-weather jacket with improved flexibility. That was the challenge facing the design and development team at FootJoy. After exploring various options and consulting PGA TOUR players like Jimmy Walker, the team delivered the New DryJoys® TourLTS® jacket. This layering piece for Fall 2017 features a completely new design and fabric. It reduces weight and improves mobility while still providing complete waterproof protection in even the harshest conditions.
Realizing the number of panels and seams is an inhibitor to mobility, FootJoy's team literally cut jackets into pieces. This allowed them to see how the number of panels and seams could be minimized. From there, they created the TourLTS jacket with only five panels and six seams. Other jackets on the fairways can have as many as 24 panels and more than 27 seams. In this unique and minimalist design, FootJoy even eliminated the shoulder panels and seams in an effort to increase the range of motion during the swing. In addition to the increased mobility, the new design also reduced the weight of the jacket and eliminated places for water to gather on the outer shell.
Keeping the swing in mind, FootJoy utilized a four-way stretch fabric on the TourLTS that further enhanced the mobility of the jacket. While the history of golf rain jackets tells us to expect a rigid and loud material, FootJoy's new cutting-edge fabric is soft, quiet, and effortlessly moves with the body. The three bonded layers also provide waterproof protection from the lightest showers to the heaviest downpours.
The TourLTS packs in the warmth without the bulk thanks to a thin ThermoLite® bonded liner with temperature regulating properties. When temperatures drop, hollow core fibers trap body heat to keep the core warm. On the flip side, as the mercury rises, these same fibers quickly wick moisture away from the skin and expel heat.
To validate the performance of the TourLTS, FootJoy took a suitcase full of jackets and a group of amateur golfers to one of the most picturesque and coldest golf destinations. The group played three courses on the mainland of Iceland in the cool, wet, and windy weather before heading to the Vestman Island Golf Club (the location of the three images above) where conditions were even more extreme. Playing along the coast of the island and into an extinct volcano, players were greeted with temperatures in the 40s, winds between 20 and 40 mph, and a driving rain. In other words, the perfect conditions for testing the TourLTS jacket. Having stood up to these conditions, it can certainly stand up to the conditions on the PGA TOUR and at your local course.
From a style standpoint, the TourLTS is available in five colorways. The three solid colorways (charcoal, navy, and black) receive a splash of color in the form of contrasting front zippers and trim around the front pockets. Two multicolored styles (red/black/white and royal/heather grey) offer a modern and sporty take on a classic colorblocked design.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Iranian-American comedian and UC Berkeley alumnus Maz Jobrani will return to his alma mater to deliver the keynote address at this year's May 13 commencement.
In a statement Monday, the University of California, Berkeley quotes Jobrani as saying his biggest message to graduating seniors will be to find a way to do what you love.
He might also touch on politics.
Jobrani says much of his recent comedy has focused on President Trump's immigration policies and he is "personally offended" by Trump's travel ban targeting six Muslim countries including Iran.
He says he's more political than he ever has been before.
Jobrani came to the U.S. from Iran at age 6, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and studied political science at Cal before turning to comedy.


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Athens, Ga. – A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new way to breed plants with better traits. By introducing a human protein into the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, researchers found that they could selectively activate silenced genes already present within the plant.
Using this method to increase diversity among plant populations could serve to create varieties that are able to withstand drought or disease in crops or other plant populations, and the researchers have already begun testing the technique on maize, soy and rice.
They published their findings in Nature Communications.
The research project was led by Lexiang Ji, a doctoral student in bioinformatics, and William Jordan, a doctoral student in genetics. The new method they explored, known as epimutagenesis, will make it possible to breed diverse plants in a way that isn't possible with traditional techniques.
"In the past this has been done with traditional breeding. You take a plant, breed it with another plant that has another characteristic you want to create another plant," said Jordan. "The problem with that is getting an individual that has all of the characteristics you want and none of the characteristics that you don't want. It's kind of difficult. With our new technique, you can modify how the genes are turned on and off in that plant without having to introduce a whole other set of genes from another parent."
The idea for the method evolved originally from working in the lab with department of genetics professor Robert Schmitz, the corresponding author on the study. In his lab, researchers were studying DNA methylation, which controls expressed genetic traits, and creating maps of where DNA methylation is located in many plant species, including crops. When DNA methylation is removed, researchers found that they could selectively turn on previously silenced genes in the underlying genome of the plant.
"We saw repeatedly that lots of genes are silenced by DNA methylation and thought it was kind of curious," said Schmitz. "There are lots of discussions you can have about why these exist, but the reality is that they are there. So we wondered, how can we leverage them? Let's use the plant already in the field and reawaken some of those silenced genes to generate trait variation."
To turn these dormant or silenced genes on, researchers introduced a human enzyme, known as a ten-eleven translocation enzyme, to plant seedlings using specially modified bacteria as a delivery vector. Introducing this human protein allows researchers to remove DNA methylation and thereby turn on previously silenced genes.
Figuring out the best way to introduce the protein to the plant species has been a trial and error process. With Ji's expertise in bioinformatics, researchers are able to look at large sets of data about their experiment and make decisions on how to best proceed with the project.
"The data has really helped us brainstorm and coordinate what we should do next," said Ji. "That was particularly important in the beginning of this project because we just didn't know what was going to happen with this new technique."
"Thousands of years ago you'd plant out hundreds of plants and one of them does really well so you'd breed out generations of that plant. Doing this though, you narrow down the genetic diversity until they're basically very, very similar," said Jordan. "While that's beneficial for yield or other plant characteristics that you might want, if there's a stress that they're not well adapted to because they're all so similar they're all going to respond in the same way. That creates a potentially vulnerable crop."
"If they don't have the genetic differences to respond, then it can really wipe out crops," added Schmitz. "This isn't a savior, but it's an alternative strategy that has not been tried before. The idea is to access genes that people haven't been studying because they're not expressed but they're there. We think this method to reactivate these genes could lead to increased trait variation which could be useful for biotechnology applications."
The study, "TET-mediated epimutagenesis of the Arabidopsis thaliana methylome," was published in Nature Communications March 1, 2018, and is available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03289-7
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Contact: Bob Schmitz, 706-542-1887, [email protected]
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Cutline: William Jordan (left) and Lexiang Ji look over one of many sets of Arabidopsis thaliana, which were used to research a new plant breeding technique.
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And another Rara writing! A poem, this time. Just had to reblog.
Star-Sweet Light
By Rarasaur
There's a light behind the curtain –
Like star-squeezed lemonade – –
I've tasted it, I've drank it down,
It's part of how I'm made.
There's a space behind the curtain,
Where some have never basked.
The heaviness blockading it
Keeps the magic darkly masked.
The light behind the curtain
Cracks all minds open wide –
Shadows and dobuts melt away –
There is no place to hide.
And in this quiet center –
In this kismet-tangled knot –
We harvest possibility…
What we could, and should and ought.
It's refreshed by connectivity,
By compassion and insight,
And the more of those we squeeze from life,
The sweeter is the light.
Yes, there's more behind this day…
And though I know it's there…
Today's curtain is dark and heavy –
Too sour to squeeze, or bear.
Still, I continue to chase the stars…
I won't let…
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Volume I - Industrial Fluid Power - Spanish Edition
This basic textbook of the series has been translated into Spanish. It covers the basic principles and components that make up fluid power.
This is an excellent textbook for home study or class room use. It has been accepted as a training manual by the (NFPA) National Fluid Power Association and the (FPS) Fluid Power Society, and has been adopted by the (FPDA) Fluid Power Distributors Association as their official training manual to accompany their audio cassette program for training members of the Association.
Six chapters of study text with practice problems and review questions. A 48-page appendix includes design data charts, troubleshooting, design calculations, metric conversions and metric design information.
The first of a 3-volume series for teaching hydraulics, air, and vacuum, not as a scientific study, but the way it is actually used out in the field. In this book, we have covered basic principles and components along with simple circuitry. You will find many charts of design data at the back of the book. When you have completed this study, you will want to continue your learning with more advanced material in Volumes II and III.


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Fifty years ago this Thursday (October 4, 1957), the Space Age began when the Soviet Union launched a basketball-sized metal sphere called Sputnik into space. This first ever artificial moon showed that humankind (and, more importantly at the time, the Soviets) possed the technological prowess to explore beyond the tenuous atmosphere of our own planet. Much larger than its technical impact was its psychological and political impact. In less than 12 years, the United States landed the first humans on the moon.
Although I wasn't alive at the time, the Space Race is all the more amazing when I think about what little has changed on Earth in the last 12 years. Although it wasn't huge, the Internet was in use; I already had a website and routinely used email. We are still flying the same space shuttles (although the Russian Soyuz capsules are virtually unchanged for decades -- they are quite reliable).
Still, unlike many, I am not dismayed at the seemingly slow progress of human achievement in space. Robots have explored almost every nook and cranny of the solar system, humans have had a quasi-permanent presence in space, and, perhaps most importantly, satellite technology has transformed human life. Try to imaging life without weather satellites, satellite communications, or GPS systems. Satellite technology is responsible for live video feeds from around the world, and satellite TV and radio are quite popular.
It took humans centuries to master sailing, and at times technology seemed very slow to advance. But, these days we can cruise over (or under) the ocean for months on end with no worries about storms, food, fuel, disease, sea monsters, etc. I think that, in time, humans will learn how to navigate the cosmos (at least our own niche of it). But it may take centuries -- not just the 12 years between the first satellite and the first moon landing. We'll get there.


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Mysterious mass starfish deaths along the Pacific coastline have marine biologists scratching their heads and scrambling to find a cause.
They're also worried about how seastar wasting syndrome will affect ecosystems spanning Alaska to California, including those in the Greater Victoria area.
"We've seen it all along the Saanich Inlet, we've seen it around the Gulf Islands, it started in Howe Sound," said marine biologist Paula Romagosa, curator of Sidney's Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre.
"It's quite serious. Nothing like this has been seen before, not to this extent."
Just what it is that's wiping out about 30 per cent of the coast's observable starfish is still unknown.
"I'm quite scared, to be honest. We can't figure out what it is, so there's no way to control it — or know if it'll affect our food sources like fish."
Affected populations including sunflower, sun, basket, leather, pink, common purple, vermillion, and blood stars are dying.
"We believe its some sort of virus," Romagosa said, "but we haven't been able to prove it yet."
Samples have been shipped to Cornell University, UBC, UVic, and California universities.
Divers started noticing melting and dissolving seastars in September in Howe Sound.
"It could be nature taking its course from overpopulation — or something we humans have done," she said.
Romagosa doubts the starfish crisis was sparked by Pacific radiation from the meltdown of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. She said the wasting-syndrome deaths look more like a viral infection – perhaps resembling the human ebola virus – affecting adult seastars.
"Some get bald spots, and get really skinny, and start to disintegrate. With others, their guts start coming through the pores in their skin. It's a horrible sight to see; it's terrifying. Their legs fall off and start walking away from the body."
It's tough to tell if seastars are in pain, she said.
"They don't have a brain, but do have a nervous system so they do have pain receptors, but we've seen no signs of distress from the ones in the aquarium. They go about their normal activities until they just fall apart."
Starfish also play vital roles in the food chain. "Most seastars are top predators so this will affect everything in the food chain below them. All populations that depend on the seastars as a control system will start going unchecked."
Evidence of the seastar ailment can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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If you have Installed SharePoint Server with Active Directory Authentication, one of the greatest benefit is that you will get a central place for all your objects management such as Users/Addresses/Records etc.. In SharePoint it's cool feature that you can simply synchronize all AD Users in to SharePoint and manage them centrally from AD but can be also synchronized those changes in to SharePoint User Profile application where everything kept up to date. For this you have to get the User profile Service application created. This post I'm writing because it is not only to create the service application but you have to delegate some level of permission to User Profile Service application Account (Identity) in order to replicate all the changes from AD. SharePoint will have the service application but If you have not done this delegation, service application won't be able to replicate objects/changes from AD.
So let's start this and make our UPS guy functional. For the whole thing you will need to deal with AD only as nothing to be done from SharePoint if you have already created service application and created service connection to you AD.
Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers. Right click on your domain and Click "Delegate Control"
It will open up below windows and simply hit Next to proceed.
Add Relevant Service Accounts
Choose "Create Custom Task to Delegate" at below window
Choose "This Folder, Existing objects in this folder, and creation of new objects in this folder" (option 1) in below window.
Under General Category Select "Replicate Directory Changes" and hit Next
Click "Finish" to complete
Now launch the ADSI in edit mode by typing "adsiedit.msc" at "Run" as shown below
It will open up below Interface and from there expand the Configuration and right click on Configuration container and go to properties as shown
Direct to Security Tab from there and add the service accounts with Replicate Directory Changes Permission Level
Click Ok to close the window and close the ADSI to complete.


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Capo fronte trail spreads along the most forested area on the island – Dundo, a special reserve of forest vegetation, and Kalifront peninsula covered in oak forest. Besides remains of medieval churches, dry-stone walls, lime kilns, bauxite quarries, and other sites indicating the area having been extensively used in the past, this area stands out for the most well-preserved oak forest in the Mediterranean. The trail is suitable for recreationists and families with children, to whom we suggest an all-day field trip with a swim in one of the picturesque coves. Who knows, if you're lucky, you might even run into a mouflon (wild sheep) or a deer.
The forest Dundo, a protected forest landscape, had an important role in the economy of the island of Rab as a source of good firewood. It belonged to the nuns of the Benedictine nunnery of St Justine in the city of Rab. In the historic sources it is called seraglio Dundo, denoting an enclosed area. The origin of the name is not certain. The expression dundo was used by the Dubrovnik citizens to denote an elderly gentleman, as children address older men, like mister or sir. It is interesting that the word comes from folk Latin on the southern Adriatic, while in the northern Adriatic they would use the word barba for the same person, which originates from the Venetian dialect. There is a legend that once a man, the forest owner or manager, had that nickname and the area was named after him. Another related word is the Italian word donno or donna, meaning Sir or Madam. After the abolishment of the nunnery of St Justine, both state and district managers exchanged in the management of the forest. The property in the area of 109 acres was restored to the Church in 1941. In 1830, a small coal bed was found in the forest Dundo. Near the forestry building, there is a derelict stone lintel which was originally built into the old, much smaller house, the seat of the property. Besides the mark IHS, the circular shallow medallion has the year 1558 carved into it. The original position of the lintel is unknown, but it could have belonged to any of the nearby chapels, which no longer exist today.
Trail length: 22,5 km Total ascent: 363 m Ground: asphalt, macadam, rock, soil
Pješačka staza
Time: 6 h Difficulty: easy
Biciklistička staza
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If you're searching for a simple way to protect your flooring from dust or other undesirable smut, afterward a fantastic floor mat is something which you want to think about investing in. Apart from safeguarding your flooring from dust, a fantastic carpet can be a terrific way to earn your foyer seems organized. Floor rugs are equally practical and perfect for altering the appearance of your living space.
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Help! Senior Cat with dandruff/shedding/possible arthritis
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Update: Ebenee was all checked out at the vet, she's up about a pound and seems healthy otherwise. The vet said looking at her previous bloodwork and ultrasound she was in exceptional health especially considering her age. Her teeth and gums looked really healthy, she couldn't feel any abnormalities in her stomach, intestines, etc. All in all she seems to be in tip top shape except for her coat and possible joint pain. She said it's possible her coat is due to the food she's on, and I could switch her to a diet more rich in fatty acids to help but it might not mesh with her gastro problem as her feces is still very dry. So she suggested Cartrophen injections as they have had good results in the past with senior cats that have arthritis. She said it's a safe route to go as it's not an NSAID and has low side effects if any at all. Ebenee has to get one injection a week for a month, then once every month from then on. I should start to see results of her being more active anywhere from 2-4 injections. She got the first one today. I did read some articles online that have scared me a bit about Cartrophen but also some wonderful articles and studies with the medication used on cats with great results. She has no prior issues with her liver as she just had bloodwork and an ultrasound in February. I said I'll try her on the 4 injections and see how she is, if there isn't much change I'll pay for an X-Ray so we can at least confirm or rule out arthritis. Does anyone have any information via experience with Cartrophen?
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There are a few people we need to celebrate for the fact that we know about prokaryotes at all. Nowadays we know that many things in the world—both good and bad—are dependent upon bacteria. From ancient times until the mid-1800's, however, the dominant theory held that diseases were caused by exposure to poisonous gases or "miasma". If you see a colonial-era lady in a movie saying she has caught "the vapors", that's what they're talking about.
This miasma theory of disease was overtaken by the germ theory of disease, which is centered on the idea that bacteria, viruses, and some eukaryotic pathogens cause infectious diseases. We wouldn't have gotten there without the work of a few curious scientists.
The first guy we want you to meet is Anton von Leeuwenhoek, aka "the Father of Microbiology". Van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch businessman and microscope maker who was among the first people to observe cells of any kind. In the late 1600's, he became the first person to describe single-celled organisms. He called them "animalcules".
Okay, so picture yourself back then. You had never heard of microbes and then this business guy starts talking about animalcules? As you're probably thinking, his discoveries (though real!) were met with some skepticism at first. They were accepted within a few years, though, and microbiology was born.
Over the next 180 years or so, it became apparent that microbes were all around us, and that they were especially good at turning up in spoiled food. A popular theory, called the spontaneous generation theory held that the appearance of these microbes was a random, intrinsic property of the food. To say that another way, it was believed that the microbes appeared spontaneously from non-living manner. FAIL. We now know that nothing can spring to life out of nowhere.
The germ theory, on the other hand, held that life came from other life, that microbes grew and divided to make more microbial cells.
One experimental test of spontaneous generation depended on sterile broth. Boiling broth, or other liquids, kills microbes. If this process is done in a sealed container, the broth remains sterile. If the seal is broken, however, the broth turns cloudy and starts to spoil. Here is a diagram of this:
In the first part (1.), two flasks (one sealed, one open) are sterilized. The liquid inside is sterile and shows no sign of microbes. The heat is turned off and the flasks are left to sit (2.). After some time, (3.), the broth in the open flask begins to spoil, while the broth in the sealed flask remains sterile.
This result could be interpreted two ways, however. Germ-theory advocates believed that the sealed flask was sterile because germs couldn't get in. Spontaneous generation advocates believed that air contained a life force necessary for growth of spontaneously generated microbes. The sealed flask, they argued, couldn't access this life force.
The Frenchman Louis Pasteur designed a pivotal experiment that showed that the microbes in spoiled food came from the growth and reproduction of other microbes. He designed special "swan-necked" flasks that allowed for sterile broth to access any "life force" in the air, but would not allow microbes to fall into the flask.
Here, as above, flasks are sterilized (1.) and left to sit (2.). The broth in both flasks is exposed to air, but only one flask allows microbes to access the broth, while the other flask traps them in the neck. In the panel (3.), the flask to the left shows evidence of spoiling while the swan-necked flask to the right remains sterile.
Check out Pasteur's actual flasks here.
Meanwhile in England, John Snow was looking into an outbreak of the disease cholera. Cholera is caused by a bacterial infection, but no one knew that back then. He traced the source of the disease to a water pump that was being contaminated by a nearby leaking cesspit. Cesspits are one place that the water from, ummm, toilets ends up.
Snow looked at the well water under a microscope, but (1.) he didn't know for sure that cholera was caused by bacteria and (2.) classifying bacteria can be tricky. All well water has SOME microbes in it, after all.
Snow was not able to determine if bacteria caused cholera, but his tracking of the epidemic to a specific contaminated well worked to disprove the miasma theory all the same. His work was a huge advance in the study of infectious diseases.
The miasma theory was put to rest by the work of a German named Robert Koch. Koch proved the germ theory of disease, showing that three diseases—anthrax, cholera, and tuberculosis—depended upon specific bacteria. We're going to go over those experiments in the next section.
It may have been wrong, but the miasma theory had some flair. Check out this representation of the evil cholera vapors reaching out to terrorize Europe.
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The famously fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous came to mind while viewing Judith Barry's recent exhibition at Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Santa Monica. The show features a pair of substantially reworked multimedia installations from the '90s, including Barry's signature Imagine, Dead Imagine.
When, at the end of David Rabe's powerful new drama, A Question of Mercy, Dr. Robert Chapman admits to wishing he'd never answered his telephone, it's hard to blame him. The call, an entreaty to assist in the suicide of a young man suffering the agony and desperation of a protracted AIDS death, has plunged the doctor into a quagmire of soul-searching, recrimination and human tragedy any sane person would wish to avoid. (Read More)