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USA network announced today that their newest legal drama, Common Law, will debut on Thursday, January 26th at 10pm. Starring Michael Ealy and Warren Kole, the series revolves around a pair of cops who've grown sick of one another. Instead of splitting them up, their captain orders them into couples therapy. USA ordered 12 episodes and they're expected to run until April 12th.
The cable channel has also announced the returns of White Collar and Royal Pains.
Starring Matthew Bomer and Tim DeKay, White Collar is coming back on Tuesday, January 17th at 10pm. The drama's currently in its third season and 10 episodes aired last summer. That leaves six more installments and they'll run until February 21st. If that's not enough for you, White Collar's already been renewed for season four. In August, USA gave the go-ahead for another 16 episodes and they'll air during the 2012-13 season.
Royal Pains is currently in its third season as well. It's coming back on Wednesday, January 18th at 10pm. Starring Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo and Reshma Shetty, USA has already aired 10 episodes of the season, leaving six new installments. They'll run until February 22nd. The cable channel has also renewed Royal Pains for another 16 episodes for 2012-13.
Here's the whole press release from USA Network:
COMMON LAW Stars Michael Ealy, Warren Kole, Jack McGee and Sonya Walger
WHITE COLLAR Returns Tuesday, January 17 at 10/9c ROYAL PAINS Returns on Wednesday, January 18 at 10/9C
NEW YORK – November 29, 2011 – USA Network today announces the January premiere dates for the new original series COMMON LAW on Thursday, January 26 at 10/9c and returning original favorites WHITE COLLAR on Tuesday, January 17 at 10/9c and ROYAL PAINS on Wednesday, January 18 at 10/9c.
The new original series COMMON LAW kicks into high gear when two cops discover they have one problem – each other. Despite their differences, they are still the best detectives on the force but when things come to a head on the eve of their "seven-year itch," their captain forces them into couples' therapy to save their "marriage." The 12-episode one-hour series stars Michael Ealy ("The Good Wife," "Californication"), Warren Kole ("The Chicago Code," "24"), Jack McGee ("The Fighter," "Rescue Me") and Sonya Walger ("Lost," "In Treatment") and is currently in production in New Orleans.
Travis Marks (Michael Ealy) and Wes Mitchell (Warren Kole) are a pair of odd couple detectives who are incredible at what they love most – enforcing the law. The duo has a seven-year track record as the LAPD's finest in the Robbery-Homicide Division. As their constant bickering begins to have a major impact on their work, their new-age captain (Jack McGee) sends them to couples' therapy to bring back the flame in their "work marriage." Tough-as-nails therapist Dr. Ryan (Sonya Walger) is brought in to help them understand and resolve their conflicts and confront their demons in order to enhance their ability to work together solving crimes.
As Dr. Ryan explores their relationship, we find out these two are birds of a feather professionally, and their personal differences actually balance them out. Wes is a former lawyer whose sensitivity to an event in his life sparked his desire to become a cop but sacrificed his marriage in the process. He sees things in black and white, is responsible, compulsively organized, methodical and often over thinks decisions. Travis is a former juvenile delinquent and a maverick ladies man who has a fear of abandonment, commitment and intimacy. While he's an open book and deeply trusts his gut instincts, he's carefree, irresponsible, disorganized and doesn't play by the rules. We soon learn that a successful relationship or partnership doesn't mean you have to like the same things; you just have to hate the same things and sometimes that makes for a stronger union.
COMMON LAW is from CBS Television Studios and Junction Entertainment, and is executive produced and written by Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley ("National Treasure," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"). Jon Turteltaub ("Jericho," "National Treasure") and Craig Sweeny ("Medium," "The 4400") are executive producers. Dan Shotz and Karim Zreik ("Harper's Island," "Jericho") of Junction Entertainment serve as co-executive producers. The pilot was directed by Turteltaub.
Season three of WHITE COLLAR returns from its summer cliffhanger for its winter premiere of six edge-of-your seat episodes starring Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Tiffani Thiessen, Willie Garson, Marsha Thomason, Hilarie Burton and Sharif Atkins. In the shocking summer finale, Peter Burke's (DeKay) world crumbled to pieces when he found out Neal (Bomer) was in possession of the stolen Nazi treasure and his wife Elizabeth (Thiessen) was kidnapped because of it. Now with an uncertain future and both his personal and professional life at stake, what will Peter do? What has happened to Elizabeth? And will Neal choose a side? The upcoming second half of the third season features the directorial debut of series star DeKay and appearances by guest stars including Joe Manganiello, Dylan Baker, Beau Bridges, Tom Skerritt, Hal Ozsan, Ross McCall, Diahann Carroll, Elizabeth Gillies, Graham Phillips, Lola Glaudini, Will Chase, Murphy Guyer, Tom Degnan, Bailey Chase and Debra Monk.
In WHITE COLLAR's third season, charming con man Neal Caffrey uses his talents to keep everyone guessing as to which side he's really on. When love interest and insurance investigator Sara Ellis (Burton) finds out Neal and Mozzie (Garson) have the stolen treasure, she walks away and Neal is forced to figure out if his relationships are more important than the life of a criminal. WHITE COLLAR was created by and is executive produced by Jeff Eastin and comes from Fox Television Studios. Mark Goffman is an executive producer and Jeff King is a co-executive producer. The series, which averaged 5.7 million total viewers this summer, has already been green lit for a fourth season to start production in New York in early 2012.
The network's highest rated series ROYAL PAINS, starring Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo and Reshma Shetty, returns with six new episodes with a season finale that will have viewers and fans on the edge of their seats. In the summer cliffhanger, Hank attended to an unconscious Eric Kassabian (guest star Wilmer Valderrama) who appeared to have been given the wrong medicine by Dr. Van Dyke (guest star Kyle Howard) and Divya (Shetty). When the series picks up, HankMed is in danger of losing his first patient as Kassabian's life hangs in the balance. Things in the Hamptons get even more tense as Divya juggles two jobs; Evan (Costanzo) works to fit into his fiancée's complicated family life and Jill (Flint) continues to hide Divya's work secret. Golden Globe nominee Tom Cavanagh returns with an award-worthy performance in a multi-episode story arc as Jack O'Malley, professional golfer and HankMed client. Recurring on the series are Campbell Scott as Boris, and Brooke D'Orsay as Paige, Kyle Howard as Dr. Van Dyke and Joanna Garcia Swisher as Dr. Nina Greene.
ROYAL PAINS averaged more than 7 million viewers this summer and has been renewed for a fourth season, to begin production in the spring. The series is executive produced by Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch, as well as Rich Frank, Paul Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz from Prospect Park. The series is is produced by Universal Cable Productions and is filmed entirely in New York, including Brooklyn, Long Island, as well as in and around the Hamptons.
USA, poised to win its sixth consecutive year as the #1 cable network, is currently the home to ten original scripted series: BURN NOTICE, COMMON LAW, COVERT AFFAIRS, FAIRLY LEGAL, IN PLAIN SIGHT, NECESSARY ROUGHNESS, PSYCH, ROYAL PAINS, SUITS and WHITE COLLAR and recently announced three pilot pickups. THE UNTITLED DOUGLAS MCGRATH PROJECT, a half-hour comedy pilot from Universal Cable Productions, will star Nathan Lane, Cheyenne Jackson, Ken Jenkins, Caroline Rhea, Laura Bell Bundy and Richard Kohnke. Douglas McGrath will write, direct and executive produce the pilot and Lane will also executive produce. PAGING DR. FREED is a half-hour comedy pilot from Fox 21 and Universal Cable Productions. Michael Feldman will write and executive produce with Katy McCaffrey and Brad Johnson serving as producers. And the drama pilot THE UNTITLED JEFF EASTIN PROJECT from Fox Television Studios and executive producer Jeff Eastin (WHITE COLLAR) starring Aaron Tveit and Vanessa Ferlito.
USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 102 million U.S. homes. A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.
USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
What do you think? Are you looking forward to the return of White Collar or Royal Pains? Will you give Common Law a try?
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Holding midfielders have become some of the most coveted players in world football, with the age of the 4-2-3-1, for example, highlighting the importance of a hard-nosed, no nonsense midfielder.
Below, you'll find the top ten defensive midfielders in the world, but before we get to it, let's first clearly specify the criteria used to constitute a defensive midfielder.
Players like Yaya Toure, Mousa Dembele, Fernandinho, Sami Khedira and Blaise Matuidi are all deployed in the holding midfield area, though those players are best referred to as box-to-box midfielders. Andrea Pirlo, Xabi Alonso and Michael Carrick are too fielded in a withdrawn midfield role, though Pirlo, Alonso and Carrick are all deep-lying playmakers.
We've restricted the list to players that sit deep and shield a defense throughout the majority of a match, or the most defensive-minded midfielder in a double pivot or midfield trio.
Rankings are always difficult because players must be left out, often to the disappointment of supporters, but without further ado, let's get to it.
Honorable Mention
Maxime Gonalons, Lyon
Linked with a move to Arsenal this summer, the 24-year-old French international has committed his immediate future to Lyon. His size is a major asset and that, coupled with his composure and high football IQ, has made Gonalons one of the most sought after midfielders in world football.
Victor Wanyama, Southampton
Wanyama could very well deserve to be in the top 10, but I simply haven't seen enough of him to warrant supplanting others in the list. A crunching tackler, Wanyama will link up with Morgan Schneiderlin to give Southampton a formidable defensive midfield duo.
Nemanja Matic, Benfica
Formerly of Chelsea, the 25-year-old Serbian international has had a really good few seasons in Portugal and that has prompted Chelsea to contemplate a potential reunion. Standing at a towering 6'4" (1.94 m), Matic is nearly indomitable in the air and while he should have a promising career for both club and country ahead of him, a falling out with Serbia boss Sinisa Mihajlovic has caused his international career to be put on hold.
Fernando, Porto
One of the most unheralded players in world football, the Brazilian has been anchoring the Porto midfield since 2007. It's a shame that he is still yet to receive a senior international cap as his performances in the Portuguese top flight more than warrant one.
Paul Pogba, Juventus
Pogba unceremoniously left Manchester United, but found himself in a great situation with Italian champions Juventus. At just 20 years old, he's earned two full caps in a position that France has in spades and Pogba certainly looks capable of living up to the billing as the next Patrick Vieira.
Top 10
10. Jeremy Toulalan, Monaco
Toulalan was a huge part of Malaga's surprise run to the quarterfinals in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League and the veteran Frenchman has since transferred to free-spending Monaco. Much of the focus will be on Radamel Falcao, but Toulalan, along with creative maestro Joao Moutinho, will provide a superb foundation in midfield.
9. Sandro, Tottenham
Injuries have hampered his time at Tottenham, but following a successful knee operation, Sandro is back to full strength. He's able to cut out an opponent's attack before it truly develops and his ability to maintain possession and screen the back four is top class. The 24-year-old is primed for a great season at White Hart Lane and, alongside Mousa Dembele and perhaps Paulinho as well, Tottenham will control the center of the park in the vast majority of their matches.
8. Luiz Gustavo, Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg recently completed the signing of Brazilian international Luiz Gustavo from fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich for just over £15 million. Arsenal were also interested in Gustavo and it's a shame Wenger was unable to work out a deal because, like he showed in the Confederations Cup, Gustavo is a classy player who rarely puts a foot wrong. He'll be a huge asset for Wolfsburg this season as he'll help the German side maintain possession and shield the centre halves to great effect.
7. Daniele De Rossi, Roma
He had a superb Confederations Cup campaign with Italy, but De Rossi didn't display that level of brilliance on the domestic front. A rift with Zdenek Zeman saw his playing time truncated and the awkward scenario fueled speculation that De Rossi would leave the Stadio Olimpico outfit, with Jose Mourinho's Chelsea rumored as a suitor. The 30-year-old Italian international will presumably stay at Roma as he'll succeed Francesco Totti as the capital club's captain and a change in management should see De Rossi reprise his world-class form.
More: The Top 10 Right Backs in World Football
6. Sven Bender, Borussia Dortmund
The better known Bender twin suffered multiple injuries that limited him to just 15 Bundesliga starts last season. He has excellent positional awareness and is highly effective at quelling both counter attacks and odd man rushes. He's this low on the list because he was unable to stay fit for a full term, but Bender and Ilkay Gundogan give Dortmund one of the best double pivots in the world.
5. Morgan Schneiderlin, Southampton
Other than Southampton supporters, no one was truly familiar with the Frenchman until his breakout 2012-13 season. Schneiderlin led the Premier League in tackles and interceptions, an outstanding feat that illustrates his nose for the ball and understanding of the game. Alongside Victor Wanyama, Schneiderlin will help Southampton control the midfield area with extreme physicality.
4. Marouane Fellaini, Everton
Fellaini was a questionable inclusion as he was used as a No. 10 by David Moyes last season. However, with the departure of Moyes and appointment of Roberto Martinez, the Belgian international is set to reprise his defensive midfield role.
He's completely dominant in the air, possessing former Everton hero Tim Cahill's aerial ability in a massive 6'4" (1.94 m) frame. Fellaini is a major threat going forward and scored 11 goals last season, but he's also an exceptional tackler, making him an all-around talent.
3. Lars Bender, Bayer Leverkusen
The other Bender twin had a better season than his brother last year and helped guide Leverkusen to a third place finish in the Bundesliga. Lars, who played a huge role in a defense that ranked as the league's second best, has a tendency to get forward more often than his brother and boasts a significantly better goal tally. The 24-year-old has been capped 15 times for Germany and is an indefatigable worker who will track his mark all over the pitch.
2. Javi Martinez, Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich's 7-0 aggregate demolition of Barcelona could have signaled a changing of the guard as not only were the German giants able to carve through the Barcelona defense, they completely neutralized the vaunted Blaugrana attack. Much of the credit will go to Dante and Philipp Lahm, and deservedly so, but one player that was just as important was Javi Martinez.
Martinez pressed Barcelona's midfielders over both legs, preventing Xavi and Andres Iniesta from finding the time and space that make them so effective. Martinez's move to Bayern set a Bundesliga record and with Luiz Gustavo gone to Wolfsburg and Pep Guardiola in as boss, the former Athletic Bilbao man will be handed the role that the next player on this list occupied under Guardiola.
1. Sergio Busquets, Barcelona
Sergio Busquets' on-field antics are often criticized, but one cannot dispute his world-class ability. One can point to the fact that he's fielded alongside two of the world's best players, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, as a reason to call him overrated and while Busquets undoubtedly benefits from the two diminutive Spanish midfielders, he's a quality player in his own right.
He can readily be seen cutting off passing lanes, aiding Barcelona's sub-par back-line and has a tremendous knack for playing the right pass, maintaining possession and helping facilitate Barcelona's tiki-taka system. The La Masia graduate has very long legs that allow him to get stuck in and poke the ball away from opposing players.
He isn't the most ferocious tackler, but he's a cerebral footballer, using his understanding for the game to dominate his position, much like Thiago Silva does at the centre-back position. Busquets has experienced a meteoric rise and has already earned 59 caps for Spain, despite receiving his first cap just four years ago. His performances have forced Vicente Del Bosque to keep Javi Martinez on the bench and for that reason, Busquets gets the nod here.
Via SyndiGate.info
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text: March 12, 2019How to fix European banking… and why it mattersThematic ResearchAnalyst:Jim Reid, Kinner Lakhani, Luke TemplemanPDF 889kRelated PodcastFacebookTwitterXingLinkedInHow to fix European banking… and why it mattersJim ReidKinner LakhaniLuke TemplemanThe performance of the Eurozone economy is inextricably linked to the health of its banking system.The performance of the Eurozone economy is inextricably linked to the health of its banking system. That means the economy will likely stagnate unless European banks can build robust balance sheets, earn a competitive return on equity, and generate adequate capital to support faster growth and innovation. European policymakers must make bold decisions as there are serious doubts as to whether the continent's banks can compete internationally with US institutions. This paper takes a careful look at the European banking system and suggests a number of remedies to improve the sustainability of its returns for the good of the economy and taxpayers. [more]


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This is the second post from Graduate Student Bronwyn Phillips about her experiences volunteering at the Unley Museum. See her other posts here
The Unley Museum is inside the first South Australian Fire Station and revolves around the local history of Unley. The Unley Museum has over 10,000 items. Its collection pertains to the history of Unley and its people including documents, textiles, maps and objects of all descriptions and over 5,000 photographs.
One of the first tasks in developing a 'statement of significance' is to conduct a comparative study of other museums in South Australia and to look for similarities and differences to the Unley Museum (see my earlier post about my project here). This gives an understanding of where the Unley Museum sits in the relation to the other museums. What do they have that we do not have and what do we have that they do not have? We wanted no more than six comparitive museums and selecting them initially involved looking at the www.community.history.sa.gov.au/museums, the Government History Site where many of the regional and local museums are listed with information about them and their collections. This is a very useful site. I made a list the most likely candidates and their similarities and differences and initially had a list of eight.
The Unley Museum funds are from the Unley Council and much of the work conducted there is done out by the volunteers, some of whom have been there since its inception 26 years ago. Therefore the search involved looking for museums or research/heritage programs that fulfil some of the following criteria; funded by Councils, housed in old historic buildings, museum collections revolving around local history and culture and museums with photographic collections.
I made telephone calls to the various Museums, Research and Heritage Centres on the list to find out if they had a 'statement of significance'. I asked them a number of other questions about their collections, collecting policy, funding and to see if they would be willing to share information with us. I talked to people 'in the know', sometimes the Curator and at other times I talked to whomever could answer my questions. This was a lengthy process as some people were away, not available, on holidays etc. Most were very helpful and several sent me extensive information about their policy statements and collections. Finally Dr Elizabeth Hartnell (Unley Museum Curator) and I settled on the five institutions below.
The five museums chosen are:
- Bay Discovery Centre and Holdfast Bay History Centre,
- Mitcham Village Research Centre,
- Strathalbyn Branch of the National Trust,
- The Norwood, Payneham
- St Peters Cultural Heritage Program and the Hindmarsh Fire and Folk Museum.
Finally I set up an excel spreadsheet with all the similarities and differences and then compiled the answers that I had been given to my questions. If you wish to know more about the collections or the similarities and differences check the website address above or contact me for more information.


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"I cannot keep silent … Disaster follows disaster; the land lies in ruins … My people are fools; they do not know me." Jeremiah 4:19
Mordechai Vanunu is a Moroccan Jew, born in Marrakesh. Today he credits his humanity to having been born in an Arab country rather than in the Jewish state. He was nine when he was taken to Israel. He attended an ultra orthodox school, and after his military service became a nuclear technician at the Dimona plant. At this time his anti-Zionist politics developed. Later he flirted with Buddhism, converted to Christianity, and in London in 1986 told the Sunday Times what he knew of Israel's nuclear weapons programme, backing his claims with photographic evidence.
He was then caught in a 'honey trap', lured by a beautiful woman from London to Italy, drugged and kidnapped in Rome by Mossad (with the connivance of British, French and Italian intelligence services), and brought back to Israel, where he served 18 years in prison for his truth-telling, twelve of them in solitary confinement. He says he survived because of his strong will ("the first thing I did in prison was give up smoking"), and by playing opera records. He refused to converse with the only human beings available – his guards. His lawyer describes him as "the most stubborn, principled, and tough person I have ever met."
Out of prison, Vanunu is still imprisoned, forbidden to leave the state he so loathes, and not allowed to meet or even email foreigners. When I and several other foreigners met him in an east Jerusalem restaurant, I asked him, "Can I say we've met you? Will you get in trouble?" He thrust his arm skyward in a very Moroccan way: "Yes! Yes, I will have trouble. I don't care about trouble. Let them make trouble!"
This was the end of an incredibly emotional week. I was physically and mentally exhausted from late nights, early mornings, and the slow absorption of what I was experiencing. I'd been weeping in the streets on a couple of occasions, and I'm not a particularly weepy kind of guy. Tonight our final Palfest event, at the Palestine National Theatre, had been closed down by Israeli troops, we'd relocated to read at the British Council garden, and then we'd eaten and danced. And another early start tomorrow – but Vanunu was across the table. Like everything else during my visit to occupied Palestine, meeting Vanunu was an experience worth being awake for.
I ordered another Taybeh beer and we started talking. Before long I was sitting next to him, putting my arm around his shoulders and telling him I wished I could have held his hand during those years when he was alone.
Vanunu is a proud Christian. His discourse is unrelentingly harsh on 'the Jewish', for their opposition to democracy, their brutality, their lack of humanity. Gently, indirectly, I hinted he might be wrong to generalise so. I mentioned Ilan Pappe and the Neturei Karta – fine examples, secular and religious, of Jewish opposition to Zionism. Next to us was a French Jew, a very intelligent academic, who had earlier said the obvious very clearly: Zionism has to be defeated, by force if necessary.
Vanunu liked the people I mentioned, but still didn't like 'the Jewish'. In awe of the man's suffering, knowing that he has been tortured by the self-proclaimed Jewish state, I didn't argue further.
It made me consider the tragedy of this people, the Israeli Jews, who have driven themselves into such a dark corner. The notable exceptions – people like Amira Hass, Gideon Levy, Jeff Halper – really are exceptions; and then there are the rest, over 90%, who support Israel's right to be an ethno-state on the ruins of the pluralistic, ancient society that was here before, and who believe regular massacres of Arabs to be necessary.
I didn't visit the theatre in Tel Aviv or have dinner in Ashkelon, so I don't claim to be an Israel expert; but what I saw of the Israeli Jews in east Jerusalem, and manning the checkpoints in the West Bank, was quite unlike what I've seen of Jews elsewhere. These people were ugly, physically speaking. The Jews are not renowned for ugliness. But these people looked like oppressors, and they looked like oppressors who know what they are.
Vanunu refuses to speak Hebrew. He lives alone, in east Jerusalem. Israeli Jewish society considers him a traitor. Only one member of his large family will speak to him. The Palestinians are friendly to him and often invite him into their homes, but he politely refuses, explaining that he can't tell who is a collaborator and who isn't. He knows the state is following him, and he knows there are many Palestinians who – for money or drugs or to keep the silence of a blackmailer – help the state. What he does all day, every day, is walk – "from the checkpoint to the wall, from the wall to the checkpoint."
Suheir Hammad told me it took her several visits to Palestine before she summoned enough courage to visit her family's town, Lydda, one of the towns ethnically cleansed in 1948. But once in Israel proper she relaxed a little. When she saw how badly Israeli Jews treat each other, it became less personal. For they too are suffering: you can't be happy when you torture others, not really happy. Wifebeaters may look happy in the pub, but they aren't. According to a British Pakistani friend, someone who worked at a West Bank university and spent plenty of time in Tel Aviv, the only glue holding Israeli Jews together is their hatred of the natives. His argument is repeated by Eva Figes, whose 'Journey to Nowhere' I've just read. This compulsive memoir of a German Jewish family's forced migration to London is eloquent in its denunciation of Zionism, and also of American pro-Zionist but anti-Jewish immigration policy following World War Two. The family's housemaid Edith, a survivor of Nazi Berlin, spends a decade in Palestine-Israel before coming to London. Why had she left? Because in Israel, "everyone hates everyone else."
Eva Figes writes: "The New Jew looked like someone out of a Leni Riefenstahl film, handsome in a Hellenic sort of way. The New Jew struck out first, was secretly ashamed of those who had allowed themselves to be killed without a struggle, and so rejected them, even though using them for his own political ends. The ideals of the New Jew who set out to create Israel after the war were remarkably similar to his mirror image, the old Nazi. Not a good omen for the future."


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Check out this article at the NYTimes about the impact of the H1B visa increase on tech workers. A Bill Allowing More Foreign Workers Stirs a Tech Debate gives me mixed feelings about the state of journalism. It feels like the author is starting to ask the right questions and is no longer simply accepting the business community's excuse that it can't find good help anymore but he/she isn't going quite far enough. I only regret that journalism majors aren't required to take a bunch of science courses so they could figure this one out.
Here's the thing the author is missing: if a business brings in cheap foreign labor to do its heavy lifting in science and math and tech, that business still has to train those workers. Oh, yeah. You don't think they come off the boat knowing how to create the perfect data tables or design drugs do you? F^&* no. That takes practice. Ask anyone who's actually done the work. In fact, for the pharma industry, it takes at least one good, long lasting project before you get the hang of what the hell's going on and one project could easily stretch on for several years before it's killed in some bloody MBA massacre.
As for older tech workers who have not been able to keep their skills fresh, that's certainly true if you don't have a job. Just getting our hands on papers is a logistical and economical nightmare. The ACS charges $35.00 for 48 hours of access to a single paper and when you are not affiliated with a lab or college, that kind of money is just nuts. As a result, the unemployed can't keep up with changes that are happening rapidly in their fields. That's why so many of us will take part time work, or adjunct work or no pay at all. But it *IS* possible to teach old dogs new tricks. I learned structural biology and molecular biology lab techniques in my last year of work. Was I perfect? No, but I was able to do my job and correct my mistakes, and since I really enjoyed my work, I was looking forward to getting better at it. I was about on par with a H1B visa worker with one year of experience in structural bio when the layoff happened. Plus, I was able to translate what I learned in the lab to my drug design work, which was the real bonus in my move back to the lab. Frankly, I don't know why more labs don't try retraining but they don't. Since it's not the ability to learn new things that prevents older tech workers from being retained, it must be something else, right?
And relocating. The author says that the H1B visa workers add to the higher salaries in the economy where they are employed. But the reason why businesses are bringing them in is because they are cheaper than the people they are displacing. So, I don't think I buy this, or anyway, it's relative to what the local economy was before the massive layoffs. But if high tech/biotech companies really want to save money, they could abandon the coasts for the midwest from whence many of them came. It's cheaper to live here and there is this thing called the internet. I guarantee, your researchers won't miss a thing. They won't miss out on seminars and new information as long as there is wifi. They won't miss the outrageous cost of housing and, believe it or not, they have Starbucks, Thai food and all the Broadway touring shows you can eat. There is culture and music and all kinds of things to keep you entertained. There are colleges and universities that are not called Harvard or Stanford out here. It's true. They even teach real educational stuff and have research facilities. So, verily I say unto the huddled masses yearning to breathe free in Cambridge, MA, go west!
There is no good reason for the biotechs to be spending money holed up in Massachusetts and South San Francisco, forcing their workers into more and more precarious existences and stressing them when they should be thinking about science. Since the trend is to keep following the herd to these outrageously expensive places to live in search of get rich quick schemes, then I can only conclude that good science is not the goal with the H1B visa quota. Cheap, exploitable labor is. In other words, the MBA class will do whatever it's allowed to do until someone tells them it's not allowable anymore.
So, kudos to the NYTimes for looking into the problem but you need to keep digging.
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California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has released the Department of Justice's "Crime in 2006, January Through June" preliminary report showing property crime decreased by 2.8 percent compared to the same period in 2005, while violent crime increased by 4.1 percent for California's most heavily populated areas.
"It is positive to see property crimes declining after several years of steady increases largely due to frequent spikes in motor vehicle theft," Lockyer said. "Although violent crime remains at its lowest level in decades, even a small increase is a matter of great concern. I know our largest cities and counties will work diligently to reverse this new development."
Lockyer noted that his office will continue their efforts with local law enforcement agencies throughout the state and work cooperatively with schools and communities to keep California communities safe.
The report shows all three of the property crime categories decreased. Burglary decreased 2.1 percent, motor vehicle theft decreased four percent and larceny-theft over $400 decreased by 1.9 percent. The report also shows larceny-theft, involving property valued at $400 and under, decreased 6.9 percent, while arson increased by five percent. However, all violent crime categories increased except aggravated assault, which decreased by two percent. Homicides increased by 4.5 percent, forcible rape increased by 4.3 percent and robbery increased 14.5 percent.
This report compares preliminary crime data from January through June 2006 with reported final counts for the same period in 2005 for law enforcement jurisdictions in California serving populations of 100,000 or more. The 82 jurisdictions which met this criteria in 2006 include cities and unincorporated areas of counties and account for approximately 65 percent of the crimes reported statewide. Crime rates are not calculated in this report.
The report, "Crime in 2006, January Through June," is available on the Attorney General's Web site at http://ag.ca.gov/cjsc/publications/preliminarys/jj06/jj06.pdf .
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My enormous thanks to Lucy at Legend Press for a copy of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu in return for an honest review.
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore will be published by Legend Press on 15th February 2019 and is available for purchase here.
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
A group of young girls descend on a sleepaway camp where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and songs by the fire. Filled with excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island.
But before the night is over, they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive or guide them home.
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore traces these five girls through and beyond this fateful trip. We see them through successes and failures, loving relationships and heartbreaks; we see what it means to find, and define, oneself, and the ways in which the same experience is refracted through different people.
A portrait of friendship and of the families we build for ourselves, and the pasts we can't escape.
My Review of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
Five girls head with their group leader out on an overnight trip whilst at summer camp.
What an intelligent and beautifully crafted novel this is. Initially the title made me think it might be a twee representation of American summer camps, but I was completely wrong. The entire structure and premise of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore works on so many levels that I think it would reward multiple reads. The girls do get physically lost on their trip but the book is about so much more in terms of their losses over their lives. Each of the five experiences a loss in a relationship, or of identity, or friendship or self-worth so that there are multiple resonances that any readers could relate to.
However, what I found most fascinating of all the losses in The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore was the speed with which the girls become quite savage and almost feral as their individual need for survival takes over their behaviour and they lose the constraints of upbringing and society. Frequently I was reminded of Golding's Lord of the Flies, but with less violence and a more realistic and accessible scenario that somehow made this book all the more shocking, believable and affecting.
I loved the way the initial story of the girls on their overnight camp underpins the accounts of their earlier and later lives. Reading The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore was akin to looking at a kaleidoscope because all the girls have their own perception of what happened and how they behaved or were treated. Accounts shift and refract depending on which character is the focus of the writing, so that patterns change and alter, providing considerable food for thought. Kim Fu has written a raw and compelling insight into how we create ourselves as individuals that is mesmerising and actually very poignant.
It's tricky to comment on the plot but I will say that the plot structure is a work of art in itself. Melding past and present events substantiates the characters of the five girls so that somehow they seem more real, more flawed and more human. The settings and descriptions bring a cinematic intensity to the story.
Kim Fu is a highly skilled writer and I found The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore had quite a profound effect on me, creating quite conflicting emotions at times. For example, I felt contempt for Dina's obsession with appearance and celebrity and yet simultaneously I felt profound sadness on her behalf too because Kim Fu's wonderful writing made me understand Dina completely.
It's hard to define The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore. It's certainly superb literary fiction. It could almost be read as a young adult text and yet it embodies a wisdom and understanding of humanity that it ageless and timeless. I found it touching, thought-provoking and fascinating. I really recommend it.
About Kim Fu
Kim Fu is a Canadian-born writer, living in Seattle, Washington. Kim Fu's writing has appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Hazlitt, and the Times Literary Supplement.
You can follow Kim on Twitter @skimfu. There's more information on her website.


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Uncompahgre Peak Climber's Log
jrf - Aug 17, 2004 10:47 amRoute Climbed: Nellie Creek Date Climbed: July 7, 2004
Drove almost to the 4wd trailhead and camped for the night. Hiked up in the morning in beautiful and reached the summit in about 2 hours and 45 minutes. Easy climb on good trail for 95% of the way and the other 5% is easy as well. I had the summit to myself the whole time and didn't meet anyone else until I got down to about 13,000 feet.
I would definitely do this again. Awesome views and an awesome mountain.
Saintgrizzly - Aug 10, 2004 2:55 pmRoute Climbed: Standard--Nellie Creek Date Climbed: 198?, 199?
I've done this mountain twice, both times with Aaron, the first climb I don't remember who else was along, but the second time was with Rosa and Shirley. To me, Uncompahgre is a perfect example of the reason we climb non-difficult/technical mountains. The area is beautiful, the climb is nice, the view from on top is wonderful--it's an incomparably better place to be than our day jobs! This mountain--at least the standard route--doesn't have the interest, thrill, or technical challenge provided by peaks where just "making it" is an accomplishment, but what a wonderful way to spend a day!
First climb was memorable (and after actually being able to look down the precipitous north face on the second ascent, perhaps a bit more dangerous than we realized at the time) because much of the mountain's upper reaches were in the clouds, with limited visibility, wind, and snow. The only way we knew we'd finally made it was when there was no more "up!"
jvoss - Jul 20, 2004 11:20 pmRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 8, 2004
Summited by 9:30am and the weather was so nice we stayed for an hour. Scramble at the end was fun, but there is a more stable route up the rock if you stay to the right. The trail was fantastic.
Ratballs - Jun 22, 2004 3:41 pmRoute Climbed: West Couloir Date Climbed: 31 August, 2003
Highest Naked Man in America:
I headed down Crestone-wards in the evening, but the weather there looked so appalling that I just kept on going, bearing generally towards the southwest. Midnight found me deep in the San Juans, pulling up to the Matterhorn Creek trailhead, where I truck-camped for the night. I backpacked in at 8AM, set up my tent just below the Matterhorn slopes, and then hiked around the shoulder across the open plains of tundra to Uncompahgre, which I climbed up a frustrating scree-filled couloir on the west side.
It felt so damned good to be back up high that I practically skied back down Uncompahgre and ran over to Wetterhorn--beating by twenty minutes, I might add, the summit-to-summit time of Matt Mahoney, the ultra-runner (I know, because he recorded his time in the summit register). It was 4PM, and the latest I'd ever summited. On Wetterhorn, the weather was so clear that I took all my clothes off and wandered naked around the summit for a half-hour or so.
I'm fairly certain that for 30 minutes, then, I was the highest naked man in Colorado, if not the country. Of course, by the time I got back to my tent (fully and appropriately attired), it was still only about 5:30PM, so I backpacked the whole damned thing down again and drove the 380 miles home--I never did camp.
mountainmota - Jun 15, 2004 7:09 pmRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: March 2002
Nice easy 14er!
firstname.lastname@example.com - Jun 11, 2004 1:20 amRoute Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: June 10th, 2004
Very enjoyable hike! The views were incredible.
DaveC - May 21, 2004 9:43 pmRoute Climbed: standard Date Climbed: july 98
sumitted just in time to catch the view before clouds obscured it. i'm getting hooked on the san juans.
bc44caesar - May 16, 2004 2:17 pmRoute Climbed: West Face Couloirs Date Climbed: 15 May 2004
Solo climbed Wetterhorn & Uncompahgre from the Matterhorn TH. Snowshoed up the southernmost couloir which felt pretty steep and descended the same couloir which was nice for glissading! The whole excursion took 15.5 hrs car to car!
sbkelley - May 12, 2004 2:56 pmRoute Climbed: East Slopes (Nellie Creek) Date Climbed: July 2001
This was a unique climb because I used this mountain as a back-drop for my high school senior picture - screw studio photography! :) I was definitely impressed with Uncompahgre's north face, too - what a cliff!
Ryan Kowalski - Apr 19, 2004 5:00 pmRoute Climbed: Nellie Creek (standard) Date Climbed: June 28, 2003
Loved this peak. Its normal route is pretty easy, but still remains a must-hike. Incredible scenery, freindly summit creatures (marmots) and an easy hike. 1.5 to the top on which we sat forever. One of the most gorgeous days in CO I've ever experienced.
RyanS - Apr 9, 2004 6:06 pmRoute Climbed: standard Date Climbed: June 28, 2002
I loved climbing one of Colorado's most distinctive mountains (and arguably the most distinctive 14er). A trip report is available here.
hhsilleck - Jan 9, 2004 7:24 pmRoute Climbed: from Matterhorn Creek Date Climbed: June 2002
A long but easy trail hike from Matterhorn Creek. Watch for thunderstorms in the summer.
Steven Cross - Sep 29, 2003 3:27 pmRoute Climbed: Matterhorn Creek/standard Date Climbed: september, 24, 2003
We started at Matterhorn Creek and camped at the base of the mountain at about 12,000 feet.
What anIncreadible mountain! A nearly clear day, we could see the Elks, Sawatch range, Sangres and Mount Peal in Utah. The view was fantastic. Couldn't spend to much time on the summit, had to get back to camp to tear down and head back to the car. We did Wetterhorn, Matterhorn and Uncompahgre Peak, I even got Broken Hill in. We then headed to Redcloud and Sunshine.
Met BIg_G as we were leaving the summit.
My 5th 14er
big_g - Sep 27, 2003 9:47 pm Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2003Route Climbed: Uncompahgre Peak Trail
Fun and quick climb on a beautiful day. Did not even start hiking until 9:15. I even met a fellow SPer, Steven Cross, there. Got some great pictures of the area.
wayneaflick - Sep 21, 2003 1:49 amRoute Climbed: Nellie Creek Date Climbed: September 20, 2003
Me, my two sons, Troy and Patrick along with Troy's best good friend Tom Weiss climbed this magnificent mountain today. It was my dog's first climb. Molly (the mountain mutt) did great. We got a late start due to some 4x4 problems but the weather was really good although that wind on the west face was quite strong and the chill factor was rather low. We were dressed for it so it didn't cause any problems. This is my second climb of Uncompahgre and both have been a great experience. It was Tom's, Troy's and Pat's first time up. We didn't get to sign a summit register since none was there. All in all it was a great day.
mtnhiker13 - Sep 10, 2003 8:44 amRoute Climbed: Nellie Creek Date Climbed: 09/01/2003
I call this mountain the gentle one. What a wonderful hike is all I can say. We had great weather. We even ran into someone I knew from Denver! I would climb this mountain again in a heartbeat. Views are wonderful. The view over the cliffs are incredible.
Matt Mahoney - Jul 27, 2003 10:09 pmRoute Climbed: SE slopes Date Climbed: July 9, 2003
Nice day, climbed Wetterhorn afterwards, starting from Capitol City.
Grant - Jul 18, 2003 11:10 pmRoute Climbed: Nellie Creek Date Climbed: July 13, 2002
It was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, and we needed a good day to get this one in. It was Tina, Lisa, and Amanda's first fourteener. The road to the trailhead was pretty bumpy and was definitely a 4wd road. We started at 8:00am a little late in my opinion but the weather held out.
Back at the trailhead everyone looked tired and we were all burned from head to toe. Great hike, Great accomplishment on everyone's part. Thanks for going.
climberkjp - Oct 27, 2002 10:28 pmRoute Climbed: Unknown - standard Date Climbed: August 31, 1997
I forgot about this one! I believe one of the other summit logs say that Lincoln/Democrat/Bross were my first fourteener encounters, but how could I forget my freshman year of high school, travelling with a friend's family and returning to find out that the world had lost a saint and a princess. That's about all I remember about this one.
rmjwinters - Oct 5, 2002 9:34 pmRoute Climbed: Matterhorn Creek Date Climbed: August 6 1999
In between morning storms I managed to summit.


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Autodesk has lost (again) its bid to shut down eBay resellers of its terrifically expensive AutoCAD software—but the issues raised by the case aren't anywhere close to being settled.
The dispute arose when Autodesk was trolling eBay for sales of its software in an effort to cut down on piracy and counterfeit copies of AutoCAD. It found Tim Vernor, a full-time eBay reseller, who was offering AutoCAD far below the price of the newest version from Autodesk. The software maker managed to have Vernor's eBay access cut off for a month in 2007, and eventually sued him for copyright infringement in a federal court.
But Vernor's copies were't counterfeit; it emerged during the court case that he had obtained them from Seattle architecture firm Cardwell/Thomas Associates (CTA), which sold them in 2007 along with a bunch of old office equipment.
This didn't matter to Autodesk; the company asserts that it controlled the software anyway because it had only "licensed" it to customers under specific terms that eliminated the right to resell the software. US law typically gives a buyer the right to do what he or she likes with a product, including selling it to others (read our primer on the "first sale" doctrine).
As the judge sums up Autodesk's argument, "Autodesk believes that it still owns the AutoCAD packages in Mr. Vernor's possession. It contends that it never transferred ownership of the AutoCAD packages to CTA. Indeed, in Autodesk's view, it never transfers ownership of AutoCAD packages to anyone."
So did Vernor have the right to sell the copies?
Judge Richard Jones ruled in Vernor's favor in 2008. With discovery completed and both sides pressing the judge for summary judgment, Jones ruled again this week—again for Vernor.
One new wrinkle has emerged over the course of the case: CTA had actually agreed way back in 2002 to "destroy all copies of AutoCAD software in the AutoCAD packages that it [later] transferred to Mr. Vernor in 2007" as part of a discounted AutoCAD upgrade. So Autodesk went after CTA as well and obtained a consent decree in which the architecture firm "agreed that it had breached its promise to destroy the AutoCAD packages, and that it had transferred those packages to Mr. Vernor in violation of Autodesk's copyright." Whoops.
Messy justice
But back to Vernor. Judge Jones ruled this week that Autodesk had in fact licensed its software, but that this was immaterial; what mattered was whether the license "transferred ownership" (more like buying a book) or was a "mere license" (more like renting a movie).
Although groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation called the decision a major one for their side, Judge Jones made clear that the issue was swamplike in its murkiness. The Ninth Circuit, whose jurisdiction Jones is under, has issued various (and contradictory) ways of thinking about the difference between a "transfer of ownership" and a "mere license."
Jones was unable to reconcile the competing precedents, and so he decided the issue based the "oldest precedent among conflicting opinions from three-judge Ninth Circuit panels." That precedent favored the idea that Autodesk had essentially transferred ownership when someone purchased an AutoCAD license; that in turn triggered "first sale" rights to resell the software; that in turn vindicated Vernor's eBay auctions.
If this sounds like the messiest form of justice, it is. Jones even admits that if he had to follow more recent precedent, Autodesk would win the case.
Given the conflicting opinions and the fact that the Ninth Circuit is currently considering two similar cases (one about reselling "promo" CDs, the other involving game developer Blizzard), EFF and others hope that the Ninth Circuit will soon provide more clarity.
Killing software devs or killing libraries?
Both sides in the case resorted to apocalyptic rhetoric in making their cases. Autodesk told the court, for example, that "this court's interpretation of 'owner' will harm consumers and software producers alike. It suggests, for example, that software prices would rise if producers had to confront the possibility of resale, and that resale promotes piracy."
In other words, getting rid of used gaming and CD stores (the "secondary market") would actually lower prices for consumers. Vernor was skeptical of the claim, telling the court that "Autodesk's preferred interpretation of 'owner' would give copyright holders of all stripes the ability to destroy secondary markets for their works by the simple expedient of declaring transfers of copies of their works to be 'licenses' rather than sales. For example, a book publisher could transfer its wares pursuant to licenses retaining title and barring resale or use by other parties, effectively eliminating not only the secondhand market, but preventing a library from lending the book as well."
Which do you want—the death of libraries or the crippling effects of software piracy? Judge Jones saw the question as a false dichotomy, chiding both sides. "Piracy depends on the number of people willing to engage in piracy, and a pirate is presumably just as happy to unlawfully duplicate software purchased directly from Autodesk as he is to copy software purchased from a reseller like Mr. Vernor," he wrote.
As for the death of the secondary market and the end of libraries, "Mr. Vernor's fear of the destruction of established resale markets also seems misplaced. The court notes, for example, that widespread piracy of musical recordings from compact disks has not led the music industry to adopt a restrictive licensing regime like the one Autodesk advocates."
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Q&A: Jeff Hylton Simmons & Jenny Logan
Why a new radio station?
Jeff Hylton Simmons: I realized, "Wait, all the great music my friends listen to is not represented on the radio." People understand quickly.
Jenny Logan: In general, we've given up on listening to radio. So the idea that it could come back and be something that you want to listen to is novel to some people.
Did the legendary '90s venue X-Ray Café inspire the name of your station?
JS: It's an homage to the independent, all-inclusive, all-ages culture of that place. The X-Ray created "Portland Weird." It's a cherished gem that is missing in local radio.
What role do you hope to play in Portland's culture?
JL: We want to do something that is really Portland. We don't need to go elsewhere to find cool stuff because there is a lot of cool stuff happening here.
JS: We are only as good as what people bring to the table. Luckily, some really, really exciting people live in Portland.
What are your long-term goals for the project?
JL: Our dream is to have a studio that's visible and accessible to the public, where touring bands want to stop and people can come and watch them. We're also trying to involve school-aged kids. We are starting a partnership with the Rock 'n' Roll Camp so the campers can learn what it's like to do a show and maybe come in and do their own playlist.
XRAY.fm Launch Party
Live music by Ural Thomas and the Pain, Old Light, Rev. Shines, and a slew of DJs
Mississippi Studios
March 15
How is station funded?
JS: Volunteer gasoline. (Laughs.) We are using standard radio models, combining foundation support, grant support, and listener support. It is the same type of model that most nonprofit radio
stations like OPB use.
Community radio seems to breed internal conflict (see KBOO's recent chaos). How do you avoid that?
JL: There has to be someone that's really boring and dry making sure everything's running properly. That's probably me right now. But some conflict is healthy because it means that we're not like a monolithic subculture. We have people with different backgrounds and different ideas. And part of the fun for me is working out compromises.
JS: That's the paradigm for community radio in general. But we have the advantage of starting from scratch.


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Your Baby's First Words
In this article, you will find:
- Language development
- Talking to your child
Language development
Your Baby's First Words
Try to get in the habit of providing your baby with a narrative of her life. Whenever she's alert, tell her what you are doing. "Okay, I'm going to change your diaper now. First we have to take off your pants…." Also describe to her what she is doing. "Look at you! Standing up and holding your rattle. Can you shake it and make some music? Good!" Your talking will hold your baby's interest, help her polish her social skills, further her understanding of words, and lay the groundwork for learning to speak.
If you have any concerns about your toddler's speech development, be sure to discuss them with your pediatrician.
By your baby's first birthday, he may speak a handful of intelligible words: not necessarily the words used by adults, but words that you recognize as having a specific meaning. But most "talk" at twelve months is still babbling. Your child is practicing different sounds, rhythms, and intonations of speech. During the second year, however, especially the second half of the second year, language development really picks up.
Your baby learns language by listening to you—and others—use it. And though your baby certainly doesn't understand everything you say, he no doubt picks up glimmers of meaning here and there. If you speak to your baby a lot, he will understand many words before he utters anything recognizable. Indeed, by the time your baby speaks a single word or two, he will probably understand dozens of others.
This gap between your child's understanding and his ability to verbalize will continue throughout the preschool years. Your child will understand much more than he can put into words himself. This comparatively deeper understanding paves the way for verbalization. In terms of communication, it matters little that your baby can echo the sound of a word unless he understands—and you understand—what he's saying. Although experiments with making sounds are an essential part of language development, parroting is not really language; any tape recorder can do it.
Although many children do speak their first words around the tenth or eleventh month, don't worry if your baby hasn't spoken during the first year. Some babies don't speak first words until their fourteenth or fifteenth months.
What Is Your Baby Talking About?
You may have noticed that when your child babbled during her first year, she did so only when she was happy. When she was sad or angry, she cried. The same will be true of your baby's first words—at least for a while. Words will initially refer only to things your child loves, and she will use them only when she's happy. So it won't be a whining, "Mamaaaa!" (Translation: "Mama, come here right now, I need you badly.") Rather, it will be a sing-song, "Maaamaaa!" (Translation: "Mama, I'm so glad you're here.")
With your baby's first word, she will "name" an object. Babies (just in case you didn't notice this during the first year) are totally self-centered. So when your child first speaks, she will begin by naming the objects that are most important to her: the people and things that excite her, please her, or make her happy. Like a latter-day Adam, your child will set out to name the objects in her world.
The first few dozen words will refer to you and other favorite people, favorite toys or other objects, and favorite foods. Because they refer to objects that are visible and tangible, your baby's first words will consist almost entirely of common nouns and proper nouns: "Mama," "Dada," "doggie," "shoe," "diaper," "spoon," "cup," or "apple," for example.
Unfortunately, your baby's first words will be spoken in a foreign language-at least foreign to you. A bottle may be a "pala"; a rattle may be a "gib." What will make it even more difficult is that one-year-old children do not see consistency of meaning as a virtue. The bottle that was "pala" last week may be "gama" today. The rattle may now be a "mim." Within a few weeks, however, these names will become consistent: A mim is a mim is a mim (apologies to Gertrude Stein).
It should not matter that your baby is not calling a spade a spade—or a bottle a bottle. If you can understand what your baby means by her vocal sounds, then that's language! She has communicated an idea to you using the sound of her voice alone.
You might expect a steady stream of words once your baby has spoken her first. But actually, your child will pick up new words slowly for several more months. Until around 20 months, she will learn no more than a few new words a month. This will give your child a vocabulary of perhaps 30 or 40 words. These consist primarily of nouns and such simple phrases as "hi," "bye bye," "night night," and even—bless her gracious soul—"thank you." But her vocabulary also will probably include two milestones of personality development: "no!" and "mine!"
At around 20 months, your toddler's vocabulary will begin to increase dramatically. She may pick up a new word almost every day. Naturally enough, your child's vocabulary will still be centered on the things most important to her: her body parts, her crib, her toys, and other objects in her room.
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By Rady Ananda
Activist Post
Survival food storage practice doesn't require Mormon membership, but the tradition, wrought from their first Utah winter, is worth emulating should disaster strike or technology fail, two survival books by Mat Stein. This guide, Part 2 of my survival series, relies on Stein's books, and websites dedicated to survival preparedness.
At its most basic, food storage wisdom demands that you buy what you eat, and organize and label the boxes or bins with contents and date. Stocks should be rotated based on shelf-life longevity. Using Stein's general guide, when properly packaged and stored, various foods last several months, years or decades, as follows:
10 years or longer: Honey, sugar, salt, soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce and wheat berries (WTF?).
5-10 years: Most dried legumes and whole grains, dehydrated cheese, instant or vacuum-packed coffee, baking powder, powdered eggs and frozen butter.
Up to 5 years: Processed (partially hydrogenated) liquid vegetable oils, Crisco shortening, cornmeal and corn flour, and nonfat powdered milk.
2-3 years: Bullion cubes, cornstarch, white rice, powdered gelatin, white wheat flour, white flour pasta, tapioca, textured vegetable protein, hydrogenated peanut butter, catsup, canned salmon and sardines, most dried fruits, and most other canned foods except meats, some fish and fruits, as well as sprouting seeds (alfalfa, mung, soybean, wheat, etc.).
Up to 18 months: Canned meats and seafood (halibut, mackerel, tuna and shrimp), unshelled raw nuts, dry active yeast, bagged snack chips, cake mixes, dry pudding, herbal and black teas, bottled juices, most seasonings and extracts, jams and jellies, canned non-citrus fruits (blackberries, blueberries, cherries, pears, peaches, plums, etc.), cranberry ssauce, pickles, canned rhubarb, and sauerkraut.
One year: Canned nuts, breakfast cereals, rolled oats, bottled dressings, mayonnaise, natural liquid vegetable oils, candy bars, bottled juices (grapefruit, pineapple, apricot, orange), canned citrus fruits and natural nut berries.
Six months: Most boxed food, fresh potatoes, granola, shelled raw nuts, and unshelled roasted nuts.
Studies by the Brigham Young University Dept. of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science observes that proper packaging, storage methods and temperatures should yield the following storage capacities:
30 years or more: Whole grain wheat and white rice that has been packaged to remove oxygen and stored at room temperature or cooler.
Up to 30 years: beans, dried apples, macaroni, potato flakes and oats.
20-30 years: freeze-dried foods.
Up to 20 years: properly stored nonfat dried milk.
Baking powder will store for "many years" and baking soda will keep indefinitely. Most food stores longer under cool, dry and dark conditions.
Either of Stein's books is worth owning for the section on root cellars and other cold storage (above- and below-ground), which is accompanied by detailed diagrams and tips, depending on the environment.
Of note, compromised cans should be avoided. Don't waste money on dented cans, and never eat from cans that bulge, leak or spit at you when opened. Most US canaries use BPA, a "known endocrine disruptor that affects hormones and could be causing breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, brain retardation, impotence and infertility." BPA-free cans are available.
Modern Survival Blog recommends clear, see-through bins to keep track of what you have, given that most folks need to see what the have to avoid over-buying one staple and not enough of others. They also recommend a variety of survival foods including bulk, ready-to-eat, dehydrated and freeze-dried foods.
Stein also provides a chart for using dry ice fumigation to protect against pests, and spends considerable time discussing the various packaging methods, most of which can be done in the home.
"Meals ready to eat" are ideal when you have no stove and little or no water, or if you're on the move.
After Hurricane Isaac, camouflaged men with no identifying insignia passed out boxes of food made by Sopakco. These MREs come fully prepared and include a magnesium heater bag for the main course, with each side dish individually wrapped – scissors not included, but needed. Only the powdered beverage requires water.
One full meal packet provides 1,200 to 1,300 calories, so you'd need to eat two or three a day to maintain your weight, depending on how many calories you're burning through.
The meals are varied and palatable, even though stuffed with unpronounceable chemicals and genetically modified organisms (GMO). But, remember, this is emergency food – not food on which humans thrive. Each meal comes with crackers or bread, cheese and peanut butter, a powdered drink, and the main course which could be imitation boneless pork rib, grilled beef patty, sloppy Joe, chili and macaroni, vegetarian ratatouille or beef ravioli in meat sauce.
The box comes with 14 meals (a 7-day supply for me), which you can buy online for about $70, and the whole thing weighs under 20 pounds. It's got an 8-year shelf life (if stored between 33 and 50 degrees F; otherwise as low as one-month if stored at 120 degrees).
The heater bag is an MRE's best feature. Patent No. 5611329 by TrueTech, Inc. uses pulverized magnesium, food-grade iron and sodium which, when combined with a tiny amount of water, reacts to produce scalding heat. According to one site, these heater bags have a 5-year shelf life, and pose not only burn risk, but also risk of explosion as they release hydrogen gas during the reaction. So keep the bag away from spark or flame when "cooking' your meal.
Dehydrated Food
A 14-pound bucket of Augason Farms dehydrated food costs $65, and provides over 2,000 calories a day for twelve days. Budget-wise, this is a much better deal than a box of MREs. The reusable plastic bucket with a water tight lid, and the 25-year shelf life, make this kit a superior choice if you're not on the run, and you have measuring cups, pans, a stove and water.
Eight varieties of food are included, each in its own resealable pouch. Scissors not needed. However, not all the mylar bags were labeled, which only adds to the stress of having to eat emergency food. On the plus side, the federal food stamps program (now called SNAP) does cover the purchase.
While these foods are also preserved with chemicals and GMOs, Augason does not add hydrogenated oils, trans fats or MSG. The food is nitrogen flushed and packed with oxygen absorbers.
All the food is pretty tasty, and the brown sugar oatmeal was so delish that I added a fresh container of rolled oats to my diet. The cheesy broccoli rice dish only has wisps of broccoli, so I simply mixed it with the beef-flavored vegetarian meat substitute. Sounds gross, I know, but damn it tastes good, just like you'd expect a Whopper® to be deliciously deadly.
Organics and Seeds
Northbay Trading sells organic survivor food, but for many the cost is prohibitive. Mat Stein recommends storing and rotating sproutable seeds and provides a how-to section.
Most seeds will sprout in 2-5 days, but be aware that non-organic potatoes and tomato sprouts are poisonous, having been treated with fungicide. Stein recommends 20-50 pounds of sprouting seeds and supplies for a one-year supply for an adult male.
"Grains and legumes are probably the most compact and inexpensive type of food that can be stored for emergency preparedness," he writes, noting that, "most nutritious in their raw form, sprouts can be sautéed, stir-fried, boiled or cooked into almost any dish," providing "a source of garden-fresh veggies any time of the year."
Ten Staples and Water
Activist Post recommends these ten foods available at your local grocer: rice, beans, cornmeal, lard, salt, white and brown sugar, and canned meat, fruit and veggies. Buy a healthy supply of each that you can rotate over time.
Survival food storage can't be fully discussed without mentioning water. The bare minimum is a gallon a day per person, and double to triple that if you're relying on dehydrated foods. Ure and Levy provide an in-depth discussion of water storage. Take note, though, that most plastic jugs in the US contain BPA (like canned foods), so be sure to buy BPA-free jugs.
Some preppers lay in food stocks that will cover them for a year or more and with today's food technologies, this is entirely possible and easily doable. I'd also recommend not storing all your eggs in one basket; in other words, store your food and water in different places to avoid losing everything in one disaster that affects that room.


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Claudia obtained her BSc in Biological Sciences and MSc in Molecular Biology at the University of Milan, Italy. She gained her Ph.D. in Developmental Genetics in Didier Stainier Lab (Germany), where she worked on how hypoxia and HIF pathway regulate cardiovascular development and haematopoiesis in zebrafish embryos. In 2017, she joined the Niakan Lab as a postdoctoral training fellow.
Claudia is interested in understanding the species-specific molecular mechanisms underlying cell fate decisions during mammalian development.


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text: Back Everyday Ways to Activate Your Life Moderately intense activities are good for your health. These are activities that make you feel some exertion but are mild enough that you can comfortably carry on a conversation while doing them. Examples include walking briskly from your parked car to the mall entrance and taking your dog for a quick jog after dinner. This level of exercise won't help you train for a sport, but it can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight and improve your overall fitness level. Moderate exercise can also help reduce your risk for cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, put you in a better mood, and improve your balance, coordination, and agility. You have dozens of opportunities each day to increase your activity. Here are a handful of suggestions to get you started. Move while you talk Pace when you're talking on the phone instead of staying put. Although this won't burn a lot of calories, getting out of your chair throughout the day can help improve your circulation. Carry that note Deliver memos in person instead of having your assistant do it, sending them via interoffice mail, or faxing them. Consider these excursions exercise breaks. Shop for exercise Go window shopping or browsing in your spare time. Shopping is the ultimate easy walking workout. Wear athletic socks and walking shoes. Paint your house You'll burn an average of 300 calories an hour and get a good upper body workout. Clean your house If you do this vigorously, you can burn about 420 calories an hour. All of these apply: cleaning floors, vacuuming carpets, washing windows, and scrubbing tile. Care for the lawn Do your own yard work and gardening. Hoeing burns about 360 calories an hour, the same as playing badminton. Cutting your lawn with a push mower burns about 420 calories an hour, on par with playing tennis. Trimming trees burns about 500 calories an hour, equivalent to swimming the crawl. Exercise for lunch Turn lunchtime into an exercise adventure. Don't eat at the company cafeteria or the same old place. Instead, discover new restaurants within walking distance from your workplace. Carry, don't push Carry a basket instead of pushing a cart if you're getting just a few things at the supermarket. Consider it a free weight that keeps getting heavier. But switch the basket from hand to hand periodically to balance the effect on your upper-arm and shoulder muscles. Walk, walk, walk Park your car in the garage and leave it there if you're going anywhere less than a mile away. Taking the hilliest route possible when you're walking will burn extra calories. Rise to the challenge Sign up for a corporate fitness challenge. Whether you walk or run, you'll have fun and feel a sense of accomplishment that can spur you to stay in shape long after the race is over. Stay active Limit sedentary activities during your leisure time. For example, turn off the television several nights a week. Without TV programs to distract you, you'll move around more than you would otherwise. Make exercise a hobby There's nothing like getting involved in an activity to take the chore out of exercise. Whether it's salsa lessons or learning to play golf, you'll be working out without even knowing it. Dancing can burn as many calories as walking, swimming, or riding a bike. One study found square dancers covered nearly five miles in one evening. Use the stairs Each flight of stairs you climb burns 10 calories. That doesn't sound like much, but taking 10 flights a day for a year can result in a 10 pound weight loss. Being physically active is one of the most important things you can do to improve your health. So invest in yourself and start moving today!


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The post on the history of pollution in the Manawatu River has been one of the most popular posts on this website. This post adds to that story with a history of Palmerston North's sometimes beleaguered sewerage system.
In the 1870s, the early years of the township, there was no sewage network. Instead, households had "long-drops", while hotels and boarding houses built cesspits to bury "nightsoil". By 1877, the odour from these was becoming unbearable in some locations, and in 1879, the borough council prohibited the digging of open cesspits, instead creating a ten acre "sanitary reserve" for the burial of nightsoil and household refuse.


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Economics is a diverse and dynamic field of study that challenges students to critically evaluate how systems of commerce operate both domestically and internationally. Economists conduct research, collect and analyze data, monitor economic trends and develop forecasts as they explore free enterprise approaches to solve the most pressing of social concerns.
In addition to providing an excellent foundation for graduate school, a background in economics is very beneficial for business and community leadership roles. Opportunities for economists exist in private industry, consulting firms, governmental agencies and education. Notably, the demand for workers who have knowledge of economics is projected to grow faster than the average for all occupations.
Belmont's distinguished economics faculty includes a Fulbright Scholar to the College of the Bahamas, a Past President of the Tennessee Economic Association, an Editorial Board Member for the Journal for Economics Educators, a board member of the Tennessee Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and an appointment by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to the Tennessee Export Council. Together they have traveled to approximately 30 countries, have made significant contributions to the profession, have provided advice to numerous businesses, served as expert witnesses, and enjoy sharing their knowledge with students.
Belmont students can also gain valuable experience through faculty coordinated internships in fields such as government, economic market research, banking, finance, insurance, and healthcare.
Students interested in studying economics may choose to earn either a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree or a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree. The B.B.A. degree provides a broad business background, requiring students to take tool and core courses in the various business disciplines. The B.S. degree does not require students to take the full range of business courses but does require completion of either a business or non-business minor. Students may even choose a second major to enhance their competitiveness.


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Many are familiar with the National Anthem of the United States of America, however did you know there is also a National Hymn?
Daniel C. Roberts (1841–1907) was a 35 year-old rector of a rural Episcopalian church in Brandon, Vermont when he wrote the text to the hymn "God Of Our Fathers". He did this as a gift for his congregation to sing in celebration of the American Centennial of 1876. The original tune used was (ironically) entitled RUSSIAN HYMN.
In 1892, the Episcopal General Commission approved the hymn as a submission, and printed it anonymously in its annual report. At that time, Rev. Dr. Tucker, who was the editor of the Hymnal, and George W. Warren, an organist in New York City, were commissioned to choose a hymn for the celebration of the Centennial of the United States Constitution. They chose Rev. Robert's text and Rev. Warren wrote a new tune for it, which he titled NATIONAL HYMN. This new arrangement included a bold trumpet fanfare, which has remained a standard.
"I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving." Psalm 63:30
"God of Our Fathers Whose Almighty Hand" was first published in Tucker's Hymnal, in 1892. And then reprinted in 1894 in the Tucker and Rosseau's Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged. It was included in the Latter-day Saint Hymnal in the late 1800's, and has become a beloved standard of Mormon repertoire, listed as Hymn #78. This hymn is often viewed by members of the LDS faith as an anthem of their triumph over persecution, as well as gratitude to God for their opportunity to thrive in America, and spread their message throughout the world. Hat tip to frarozu for creating this lovely music video.


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Kamcord adds voice overlay feature, announces 500M iOS gameplay videos recorded in last 6 months
Kamcord, the startup offering a free SDK that makes it easy for iOS devs to offer in-game recording functionality to their users, today is announcing some pretty big updates to the service. Since grabbing $1.5 million in seed funding from some notable investors back in December (Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, and others), the Y Combinator-backed service has experienced some significant traction and the team is adding plenty of new features to stay ahead of the competition.
The big new feature being announced is voice overlay functionality that will allow users to narrate their videos while they play, as demoed by the team in the video above. CEO Matt Zitzmann also provided us with some other updates the team has added in the last month, including: Video trimming, a custom UI / white-label solution, and a new "Gameplay of the week" notifications feature.
Also being announced today: Kamcord has recorded over 500 million gameplay videos in the last 6 months alone across the 100 apps its currently deployed in. One those games includes the latest from Chillingo and Zitzmann says the company is talking to all the other big mobile game developers too. Expand


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Monday, 10 December 2012
U-Report: Write For Rights On Human Rights Day
Report By: Amnesty International
From 7-16 December hundreds of thousands of people will be writing letters, sending SMS messages and taking action online as part of an Amnesty International day of action to mark International Human Rights Day.
Among those who could benefit from the Write for Rights campaign this year are the residents of Bodo in Nigeria who made a living from fishing and farming for generations until their serene way of life was changed by two major oil spills from a Shell pipeline in 2008.
The land and water around Bodo has been polluted by thousands of barrels of oil, destroying people's livelihoods and devastating the environment.
No proper clean up has taken place; four years on the land and water remain polluted and unproductive. The damage done to fisheries and farming led to food shortages and rising food prices in the area.
In December 2010, some 76 Coastei Street families, around 350 people, the majority Roma, who had been living in their street in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca for years, were forcibly evicted without adequate notice or consultation.
Forty families were re-housed in inadequate overcrowded housing units on the outskirts of the city, close to landfill and a former chemical waste dump.
Thirty-six of the families were not offered alternative housing, so were effectively made homeless. Some of them built improvised homes with no access to water, sanitation or electricity. The improvised constructions lack authorization and the families live in daily fear of a further eviction.
Azza Hilal Ahmad Suleiman is still fighting for justice and reparations after Egyptian soldiers viciously attacked her in December 2011, fracturing her skull.
She and a friend were part of a large protest near Tahrir Square when they saw a group of soldiers beating a young woman and removing her clothes.
They tried to rescue the woman but soldiers knocked Azza Hilal Ahmad Suleiman to the ground and an officer shot her friend in the knee.
Soldiers beat Azza Hilal Ahmad Suleiman, continuing even after she lost consciousness. A video of the incident was posted on the internet by activists.
María Isabel Franco was 15 years old when she was raped and brutally killed in Guatemala. Since María's death in December 2001, her mother Rosa has been fighting for justice, despite receiving death threats from unknown people on several occasions. She has also faced indifference from the authorities.
In 2007, the Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman said that María's case was handled poorly and that the authorities showed a lack of interest in investigating. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has recently admitted María's case, increasing the pressure on the Guatemalan authorities to act.
Chiou Ho-shun has been on death row in Taiwan since 1989. He could be executed at any time.
He and 11 others were arrested in 1988 in connection with two murders. All 12 say they were held incommunicado for four months and tortured into confessing.
Chiou Ho-shun says he was blindfolded, tied up and forced to sit on ice, electrocuted and had pepper water poured into his mouth and nose.
Following an unfair trial, his 11 co-defendants received prison sentences. Chiou Ho-shun was sentenced to death.
After an unsuccessful appeal in 2011, Chiou Ho-shun asked the court: "I haven't killed anyone. Why don't judges have the courage to find me not guilty?"
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, the executive chairperson of the Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) in Tehran and mother of two young children, began serving a six-year prison sentence in April 2012.
She was granted temporary medical leave on 31 July 2012 to obtain medical treatment, including for seizures and temporary loss of vision but could be returned to prison at any time.
The Iranian authorities forcibly closed the CHRD in 2008, and several of its members have been harassed, arrested and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
In 2011, Narges Mohammadi was convicted of "gathering and colluding to commit crimes against national security" and for "spreading propaganda against the system".
She has been banned from travelling abroad since 2009.
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Binge eating is a pattern of disordered eating. It affects more people in the US than anorexia or bulimia nervosa. Though eating disorders are generally associated with women, nearly 40% of people with binge eating disorder are men. Binge eating was traditionally viewed as a symptom of other eating disorders. It is now recognized as a true disorder in theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Like other eating disorders, it has both psychological and social components. Men with this disorder struggle with the urge to binge, then feel shame after a bingeing incident. This can become a vicious cycle that increases binges and leads to unhealthy weight gain and obesity. The good news is there are treatments available.
Binge eating disorder is a loss of control over your eating. It is different than eating associated with normal weight gain. People with this disorder have an unhealthy connection to eating that leads to compulsive behavior. During a binge, the amount of food eaten is larger than most people would consume in a similar amount of time. The excess amount of food is often eaten in less than 2 hours. In addition to binge eating, people with this disorder will experience some of the following:
The bingeing may occur at any time of day or night. It is a cycle of eating, shame, and despair. Bingeing often becomes secretive which may make it difficult for family and friends to recognize that there is a problem.
There are many factors associated with the development of a binge eating disorder. It is usually a combination genetics, environment, and other factors. Here are some common characteristics found in people with binge eating disorder:
It is not clear if these factors lead to an eating disorder or are caused by the disorder, but they are often present together.
Men with symptoms of binge eating disorder need to seek treatment as soon as possible. Early treatment can minimize the amount of weight gain and perhaps prevent obesity. Binge eating disorder is treatable and may include 1 or more the following:
People with binge eating disorder can also be treated with:
Binge eating disorder is a complicated problem that can go on for years. If you feel you or a loved one needs help, contact your doctor and get started on treatment plan.
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Overeaters Anonymous
Mental Health Canada
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Rutherford boys down Bay
PANAMA CITY — While Rutherford vs. Bay in boys basketball often is about county bragging rights, much more was at stake Friday night in John L. Cobb Gymnasium.
The teams entertained a crowd of 1,000 with the winner taking sole possession of first place in District 1-5A. Rutherford's 68-41 triumph was accomplished pretty much as the score would indicate.
What might not be as apparent is that despite 68 points being racked up by the Rams, and in just about every fashion imaginable, what could set apart this Rutherford team from very successful squads the past three seasons is team defense.
Rutherford 15-3, 4-1 district, allowed only 13 field goals by the Tornadoes in 32 minutes. What's more, the Rams held them without a field goal during an 10-minute stretch that bracketed the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third.
Between field goals by Bay, 10-7, 4-2, a tenuous 19-17 lead by Rutherford became a commanding 43-22 cushion and decided the outcome.
"I really thought that we competed tonight," Rutherford coach Rhondie Ross said. "Going into a hostile environment and against a very talented Bay team … we played one of our best games of the season.
"I thought we really competed on both ends of the court."
The margin grew to as many as 31 points in the late stages of the fourth quarter, Ross going liberally to his bench by that time with nine of the Rams scoring.
Initially it was 5-foot-7 point guard Kiki Williamson providing the spark. He had 13 points in the first quarter alone en route to a game-high 19. Following his early barrage, the four-year starter was more content to distribute the basketball and Gabe Steele, 11 points, and Khaliel Spearman, 10, joined him in double figures.
Rayshawn Patterson topped Bay with 11 points and Darreyen Sims had nine.
Patterson's 3-pointer from the right wing with 6:18 before halftime drew the Tornadoes within 19-17. Spearman then scored on a fast break and Steele swished a 10-footer in the lane and took a pass from Williamson for a layup when Rutherford pressure forced a turnover.
Suddenly it was 25-17 with three baskets coming in 43 seconds, but Rutherford was far from through. Ryan Norwood temporarily stilled the barrage with a pair of free throws for Bay, but Stephen Carr scored on a tip-in and fed Sean Lacroix for a layup.
The Rams finished the half on an 11-0 run with Keith Arts, Jai Jencks and Steele adding to a mounting spread. It was 36-19 at halftime, Bay held to five second-quarter points and not getting untracked from the field until Norwood's 15-footer with 4:16 remaining in the third quarter.
Bay won a spirited junior varsity game 64-56 with a second-half comeback.
Steele 4 2-2 11, Williamson 8 2-2 19, Lacroix 2 0-0 5, James 0 0-0 0, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Moore 3 0-0 6, Spearman 4 0-0 10, Banks 2 0-0 4, Arts 1 2-2 4, Carr 2 0-1 4, Jencks 2 1-4 5. Totals: 28 7-11 68.
Norwood 2 3-4 7, Goodman 0 1-2 1, Foster 0 0-0 0, Sims 3 2-4 9, Shorter 2 2-7 6, Patterson 3 4-4 11, Wade 1 1-3 3, Brown 2 0-0 4. Totals: 13 13-24 41.
Rutherford 19 17 17 15 — 68
Bay 14 5 10 12 — 41
3-point goals: Rutherford 6 (Spearman 2, Williamson, Steele, Lacroix), Bay 2 (Sims, Patterson). Total fouls: Rutherford 19, Bay 9. Fouled out: None.


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New Smooth Bedroom Jamz: Active Child + Fyfe + SOHN + Wintercoats + Emiliana Torrini (Nym Remix)
I've been on this bedroom "night-time music" kick (as Rhye likes to call the genre), where you should either be getting into bed while listening to it, or just waking up. Luckily, there's been a plethora of recently released silky bedroom jamz. They easily ease the need to swoon for smooth. Here goes:
LA-based Pat Grossi, better known as the ambient electro dream-pop artist Active Child, put himself on the map with his compelling 2011 debut LP, You Are All I See. Now, Active Child is currently working on his Sophomore album and just released his amazingly beautiful and intense track, "Evening Ceremony."
While Grossi's been working away on his album, he reached out to his Facebook audience for ideas: "Thank you all for the considerate feedback on the album. some really beautiful and sincere comments in there. glad to hear we're all on the same page ; )) there are a few interesting collabs in the worksss." The feedback obviously worked in Active Child's favor:
Active Child – Evening Ceremony
Fyfe is a hype-worthy 23-year-old London-hailing new kid on the blog/block who's been blowing the blogosphere up and away with three extremely strong debut tracks. Paul Dixon, the boy behind the ballads, has an impeccably unique voice/sound and endearing lyrics that's giving many an itch for more. Listen to "Lies" from Fyfe's debut EP, Solace, which you can stream on SoundCloud:
Fyfe – Lies
SOHN is the Vienna-via-London up-and-coming producer who made waves with his EP, The Wheel, back in November. Luckily for us, he's just released another emotionally-driven and achingly smooth R&B influenced jam with some seriously sweet beats. Have a listen to "Bloodflows" now:
SOHN – Bloodflows
Wintercoats is the moniker of James Wallace, the Melbourne, Australia-hailing multi-instrumentalist who some don a "master of ethereal delicacies." Wintercoats' track "Halogen Moon," which can be found on his forthcoming EP, Heartful (via Cascine) is a perfect example of one of those delicacies:
Wintercoats – Halogen Moon
Now, you wouldn't typically associate "remix" with "smooth," however, last week, Hilly Dilly posted this gem by Nym, local San Francisco producer. Icelandic singer-songwriter, Emiliana Torrini has what NPR dons, "Iceland's warmest voice," and Nym's take her track, "On the Sunny Road," brings it to new heights. The track can be found on Nym's latest album "Trembling in the Stone." He's also donating all proceeds from the album, which you can listen to on bandcamp, to secular charities, named quarterly by the Foundation Beyond Belief – Nice guy!
Emiliana Torrini – On the Sunny Road (Nym Remix)