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El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. There are beautiful beaches and forests scattered throughout the country in secluded places. The countryside's volcanoes and mountains are ideal for "green" adventurers. In this country the role of the man as a breadwinner and decision maker is still being observed strictly. The machismo role of men in the family and community still prevails in El Salvador. The official and main language of the country is Spanish and the local vernacular is called Caliche. Nahuat a native language is also being used by elders of El Salvador.
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Jerry Krause begins his second season with the Arizona Diamondbacks and his first season as a Special Assistant to the General Manager. His primary responsibilities are to scout professional, amateur and players within the D-backs' farm system while consulting with General Manager Kevin Towers on numerous special assignments, including planning, process and staff building within various D-backs baseball operations capacities. Krause, who joined the D-backs in 2011 as a Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President, Scouting & Player Development, previously served as the Chicago White Sox Director of International Scouting.
Krause, who has spent 23 of his 50 years in professional sports scouting baseball players, restructured Chicago's scouting in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela while also scouting players in other countries after rejoining the White Sox in May 2010. He has worked as a scout with the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A's, Seattle Mariners, White Sox, Yankees and Mets. Krause played major roles in the White Sox's acquisitions of Ozzie Guillen, Julio Cruz, Ed Farmer, Greg Luzinski, Tom Seaver, Greg Walker and Ken Williams.
For 12 consecutive years, he scouted both baseball and basketball during the same year.
Krause served as General Manager of the NBA's Chicago Bulls from 1985-2003. He assembled teams that won six NBA championships during an eight-year stretch in the 1990s (1991-93 and 1996-98) and was named NBA Executive of the Year in 1988 and 1996, the season in which the Bulls won a NBA-record 72 games. A Bulls banner bearing his name was raised to the rafters at the United Center on Oct. 31, 2003.
Krause began his career as a NBA scout and special assistant with the Baltimore Bullets, Bulls, Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers. He was responsible for the drafting of future Hall-of-Famers Earl Monroe and Wes Unseld with the Bullets, Jerry Sloan and Scottie Pippen with the Bulls and four NBA Rookies of the Year: Monroe (1968), Unseld (1969), Alvan Adams (1976 with Phoenix) and Elton Brand (2000 with the Bulls).


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If you're like me, you never truly realize how quiet winter is until all the sounds of spring come back in a chorus of celebration. Between the birds, crickets, and frogs, you can really hear the love in the air. So you can hear the love, but can you feel the love?
Wood frogs are known for their chorus of calls that sound like a duck laughing. Seriously, tell a duck a good knock-knock joke and that is what a male wood frog sounds like when trying to attract a mate. He makes the call by expanding his two vocal sacs, membranes of skin underneath the neck, forming a bubble-like appearance. When a female surfaces, drawn to the call, the male frog clasps onto her, causing her to lay her eggs. The male frog then externally fertilizes the eggs. This form of mating is termed amplexus. The use of the call in the reproduction ritual is well studied. However, it is possible the small ripple formed in the water from the expanding vocal sack is relaying information that influences the mating behavior of these frogs.
|Male wood frog resting on the water surface. Image by Maggie Nannenhorn.
|Male wood frog calling with vocal sac expanded.
Notice the ripple it creates in the water. Image by Maggie Nannenhorn.
In 2010, Gerlinde Höbel and Robb Kolodziej from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee conducted an experiment that explored the use of water surface waves in wood frog reproductive behavior. They hypothesized male wood frogs use ripples in the water to find female wood frogs to mate with, while female wood frogs use ripples in the water as indicators of harassing males.
Video of a wood frog calling by Maggie Nannenhorn.
Wood frogs have a very short mating period: only 1 to 3 days per year! This study occurred on April 1st - 2nd, which corresponded with the wood frogs' natural mating period. The first component of the study was the observation of a pond containing more than 500 wood frogs in amplexus. Amplexus was determined by the presence of males clasping on to the backs of female frogs in the water. They learned males approach surface waves on the water and clasp onto the frog that caused the ripple. However, females move away from surface waves on the water and dive downward.
After preliminary observations, they developed an experiment to cause rippling of the water. The first experiment tested the effect of stimulation (dipping a wooden probe into the water) near male wood frogs. The males tested were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group. The 34 males in the control group were simply observed, and the direction and pattern of movement was recorded. For the experimental group, a long wooden probe was dipped in and out of the water 25 cm away from a male frog for 10 seconds. The resulting ripple was meant to mimic a ripple caused by a female frog moving in the water. Based on the hypothesis, the male wood frogs should approach the ripple hoping to find a female to mate with. Of the 60 males in the experimental group, half were stimulated from the right and half were stimulated from the left. A circle diagram (depicted below) was used to map the direction the males moved.
Video of a wood frog approaching ripples by Gerlinde Höbel.
|This figure shows: a) the control group and b) the experimental group.
A circle diagram representing the reproductively driven movement direction
of wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in a laboratory pool as a result of
stimulated surface waves on both the left and right sides.
Figure from: Höbel, G., & Kolodziej, R. C. (2013). Behaviour, 150(5), 471-483.
The females are difficult to observe in the field since they prefer to stay beneath the surface. So, the researchers set up a tank to test 4 breeding pairs of wood frogs. They tested the females both while in amplexus and while alone. They dipped wooden probes into the water to stimulate the females on both the left and the right side in turn. Their positions and directions were also recorded using a circle diagram.
So, what did they find? It turns out, their predictions were correct! The males would approach the ripple caused by the probing. This is likely because the ripple may indicate a competing male they want to drive away or a female they want to mate with. The females moved away from the ripples by either swimming away or diving underneath the water surface. This may reduce the amount of harassment they receive from males. If a female becomes the center of attention for too many males, she may drown from the weight of them all attempting to grab her. Besides, if a male is fit, he will likely be able to catch up to her and successfully mate with her despite her swimming away.
The mating calls and movement of the wood frogs affect the surface waves, and these waves are used to make sexual behavior choices. This spring, the chorus of love will still ring out through the reeds, and I encourage you to take a moment to stop and listen. When you're stopped, take a moment to notice the waves of love bringing these wood frogs together. Hopefully this spring, we will all be feeling the love.
Höbel, G., & Kolodziej, R. (2013). Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) use water surface waves in their reproductive behaviour Behaviour, 1-13 DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003062


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A firefighter died of burns and smoke inhalation while battling an arson fire. Should his death be certified an accident or a homicide?
That question was posed to the National Association of Medical Examiners by one of the member pathologists.
Homicide, most responders thought. Arson is an intentional act, it's foreseeable that somebody could die as a result and, but for the arson, the firefighter wouldn't have died.
Some of my colleagues invoked felony murder – a charge brought in many jurisdictions when a death occurs during the commission or as a result of a felony – to justify their decision. Others disagreed.
"I think it's a very bad idea to incorporate the concept of 'felony murder' into the distinction between homicide and accident," one of my colleagues said.
He cited a Supreme Court opinion noting that many crimes have felony and misdemeanor versions, often distinguished only by prosecutorial whim.
This doctor posed a hypothetical scenario to support his position: If I go to a friend's house to use his high-speed connection, download a movie illegally and watch it, then hit and kill somebody while driving home, it's an accident.
If I commit a felony by charging friends five bucks each to watch the movie, then drive home and hit someone, it's a homicide? Nonsense.
Further, a certification of accident wouldn't hinder prosecution for felony murder. Drunken-driving deaths are routinely certified as accidents, and prosecution of the drunken driver is routinely successful.
I've come to think my colleagues who argue against using the context of a felonious act to justify certifying death a homicide rather than an accident are right – at least for some cases.
Years ago, an elderly man died months after a thief who was fleeing from police ran a stop sign and hit him.
The injured man had severe heart disease at the time of the accident, but he was able to live independently and drive short distances.
His injuries were relatively minor – a broken hip, scrapes and bruises – but he never recovered. After hip surgery, he developed pneumonia.
Worsening heart failure, partially the result of chronic pain requiring medication, adversely affected other organs. Never well enough to return home, he spent the last months of his life in the hospital and a rehab facility.
Just as in the old nursery rhyme ("For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. ... For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost. All for the want of a horseshoe nail"), the series of events leading to the man's death formed an unbroken chain leading back to the traffic crash. The crash was caused by somebody who was committing a crime. I certified the manner of death as homicide.
The public defender fought like a tiger, but a jury found the thief guilty of felony murder.
I doubt the outcome would have been different if I'd ruled the death an accident. Today, I think that's what I'd do.
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The last time it happened, Jenny Dee was 3 years old and living in Denver.
It's been 15 years since Rancho Buena Vista High last played for a San Diego Section girls basketball championship.
On Friday night, the Longhorns will return to the title match for the first time since making back-to-back appearances in 1997-98, with a title-winning season in '98.
Rancho Buena Vista never allowed No. 2-seed Poway to lead en route to a 65-55 victory in Tuesday night's semifinals in Poway's gym.
"This is a very difficult place to play," RBV coach Pete LaFrance said. "Look at all those banners on the walls.
"Going to the finals is a great feeling, but to come here to win is a great accomplishment.
"A lot of teams have come in here and never get out with a win."
Rancho Buena Vista advances to Friday's championship match at 8:07 p.m. against top-seeded Granite Hills, a 44-39 winner against Mission Hills, at Viejas Arena.
The No. 3 Longhorns battered Poway on the boards, fashioning a huge 45-21 edge in rebounds.
"That's crazy to outrebound them like that," Dee said. "Every girl gave everything they had on rebounding on every possession.
"Class is going to be fun (today). We still have business to take care of."
Rancho Buena Vista (21-10) opened the game with an 8-1 start to set the tone for the remainder of the game.
Poway (22-8) managed to tie the game at 8-8, 10-10 and 15-15 early in the second quarter on Raylee Johnson's layup.
The Longhorns outscored Poway 20-10 the rest of the second quarter for a 35-25 halftime lead.
They still led by eight heading into the final quarter until Poway rallied to close the deficit to 50-44 on Brooke Hulet's jumper with 5:40 left to play.
"I was stressed at that point," said Dee, who took game-scoring honors with 24 points and nine rebounds. "All we could do at that point was play our game because when we get out of that we tend to lose leads.
"We're a bunch of smart girls. We all push each other when games are on the line like this one was there in the fourth quarter.
"I always thought about playing in the finals, but it's not over yet."
In addition to Dee's performance, the Longhorns also got 14 points from Jacqueline Kane and 13 points from Mikaela Shannon. Ariana Shannon and Sydney Roberts each collected eight rebounds.
Hulet topped Poway with 18 points while Mandy Castro had 12 points.
"We flat-out got outplayed in our gym,'' Poway coach Jay Trousdale said. "I lost track of how many people told me last summer we'd be a .500 team in league play and never get past the quarterfinals.
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Courtroom sees parade of evidence in murder trial for Sandra Layne, who is accused of shooting, killing grandson at West Bloomfield home
DETROIT – A trial resumed Thursday for a 74-year-old woman charged in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson at their West Bloomfield home.
Sandra Layne is charged with first-degree murder and weapons charges for the death of Jonathan Hoffman.
In court on Thursday, police and paramedics took the stand to describe the scene inside Layne's home after the shooting.
A West Bloomfield firefighter and paramedic testified that Jonathan had several bullet wounds in his chest and abdomen area. He said Hoffman has no heartbeat when he got to the home.
The teen was taken to Bostford Hospital, but never regained consciousness, according to testimony.
Police testified that 19 rounds of ammunition, several magazine rounds and a shell casing were all found in the master bedroom of the home.
The base of a cordless phone was found in the same bedroom, but the phone its self was found in the basement, according to testimony and video footage.
A series of evidence was displayed in court Thursday, including photographs of Layne's face and body taken after the shooting, and several items of clothing that Hoffman was wearing when he was shot. A video of the home, taken by police after the shooting, was played in court.
In the video, blood could be seen throughout the home including a trail that lead upstairs. Blood was on the floor in the kitchen, on the furniture in the family room, bloody footprints were in the basement of the home and bullet holes were visible.
~Video evidence of crime scene shown in court on Thursday.~
Tuesday the prosecution said the teen is heard on 911 calls desperately pleading, saying he was dying after being shot several times by his grandmother. He called 911 once himself and a neighbor also called 911 after hearing the shots. The prosecution said the teen tried to escape by fleeing to different areas of the house and leaving a trail of blood, something Layne would have had to walk through as she continue to open fire on the teen.
Attorney says shooting was in self-defense
The teen was living with his grandparents so he could stay in Farmington schools while his divorced parents settled in Arizona, said his father, Michael Hoffman, of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Sabbota said Hoffman had legal problems over drugs and had conflicts with his grandmother.
Defense attorney Jerome Sabbota said the killing was in self-defense.
~Jonathan Hoffman.~
Previously in court the defense played a 911 call from March 21, a separate incident, where Layne called to say Jonathan was in a rage and trying to run away. He tells the operator she's trying to get him into her car so he can't leave.
"I love you and I want us to get some help," Layne is heard saying.
Layne is expected to testify. The trial resumes Friday.
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Membership in the union that makes millions of dollars from the "home health care dues skim" keeps dropping; but the amount of money it rakes in keeps going up.
Dues from Michigan's so-called "home health care workers" is sent to Healthcare Michigan; an affiliate of Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Healthcare Michigan filed its annual (LM-2) disclosure report with the Office of Labor Management Standards on March 30. Comparing that to previous reports, shows a trend of lower membership but higher dues profits.
In 2008, the earliest year LM-2s for the Healthcare Michigan union are accessible, the union reported bringing in $10,497,917. In 2009 it reported bringing in $10,871,288. In 2010 the union reported bringing in $11,508,410 in dues and fees and in 2011 it reported bringing in $11,974,800.
Meanwhile, the LM-2 reports show that Healthcare Michigan reported having less members each year than in the previous year. For 2008 it reported having 57,588; in 2009 it reported having 57,239; in 2010 it reported 56,972; and in 2011 it reported 55,395.
During the administration of former Governor Jennifer Granholm, the SEIU targeted the Medicaid checks provided by taxpayers to pay for the care given by so-called "home health care workers. A scheme that used a dummy employer, a stealth election and keeping the news media in the dark, successfully manipulated 43,729 so-called "home health care workers" into the union. The "dues skim" officially ended yesterday when Gov. Snyder signed Senate Bill 1018.
Once the unionization had taken place, union dues started being taken from the Medicaid checks. The continuation of this dues flow is called the "home health care dues skim." The union netted nearly $30 million from the "skim" before it was ended.
Meanwhile, the union has started a petition drive to try and lock the "skim" into the state constitution through a ballot proposal.
Only part of the $11,974,800 in dues and fees reported by the union for 2011 came from the "skim." Healthcare Michigan has roughly 10,000 members who aren't so-called "home health care workers." These "other members" work at nursing homes, hospitals and other medical facilities across the state. Unlike the so-called home health care workers, they were apparently legitimately unionized.
However, disclosures in the union's LM-2 reports over the past four years show two opposite membership trends. The number of medical facility workers in the union declined each year, while the number of so-called "home health care workers" increased. Healthcare Michigan reported having 42,127 "home health care workers" for 2008; 43,451 for 2009, 44,337 for 2010 and 44,844 for 2011.
The number of alleged "home health care workers" reported by the union are lower than figures obtained by Capitol Confidential from the State. In fact the numbers reported by the union in its 2008 and 2009 reports were lower than the 43,729 so-called "home health care workers" subjected to forced unionization in the 2005 scheme.
A possible explanation for the difference is that many so-called "home health care workers" enter and leave the system frequently. The 56,442 figure provided by the Department of Human Services (DHS) earlier this year, and the follow-up number of 60,190, could represent the total numbers of "workers" who had dues taken out their checks at various times. Meanwhile, the figures reported by the union (if accurate) likely represent how many were in the system at a single "snapshot" moment.
It's unclear how the union managed to bring in more money from dues and fees each of the past four years while its medical facility membership and overall membership was declining. However, Healthcare Michigan members who are medical facility workers have been complaining of large dues rate increases.
Healthcare Michigan has entered "NA" (not available) on the "dues and fee rate" section of its LM-2 reports for 2010 and 2011.
Other figures disclosed by Healthcare Michigan in the LM-2 reports reveal increases in the amount of money the union takes in and spends.The following are examples:
Zachary Altefogt, director of communications for SEIU Healthcare Michigan, did not respond to a phone call offering him a chance to respond to this article.
See also:
MichCapCon Coverage of the SEIU
Michigan Health Care Workers Seeking Exit from Scandal-Ridden SEIU Affiliate
Government Incompetence At Its Worst – The Tragedy of the Forced Unionization of Home Workers
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"It's like lifting cement. They say it's 2 feet, but I think it's more like 3 feet," said Michael Levesque, who was shoveling snow in Quincy, Mass., for a landscaping company.
In Providence, where the drifts were 5 feet high and telephone lines encrusted with ice and snow drooped under the weight, Jason Harrison labored for nearly three hours to clear his blocked driveway and front walk and still had more work to do. His snowblower, he said, "has already paid for itself."
At least five deaths in the U.S. were blamed on the overnight snowstorm, including an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by carbon monoxide as he sat in a running car to keep warm while his father shoveled Saturday morning.
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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee cautioned that while the snow had stopped, the danger hadn't passed: "People need to take this storm seriously, even after it's over. If you have any kind of heart condition, be careful with the shoveling."
Blowing with hurricane-force winds of more than 80 mph in places, the storm hit hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor between New York City and Maine. Milford., Conn., got 38 inches of snow, and Portland, Maine, recorded 31.9, shattering a 1979 record. Several communities in New York and across New England got more than 2 feet.
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Sevendust Gives An Update
SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery has issued the following update:
"Wow! We just got back from our trip over to Germany, Qatar and Afghanistan entertaining the troops. Which truthfully they entertained the hell out of us. First off we're coming off a two day transit that started in Afghanistan that ended here in Atlanta for most of us and to say that the flights were long and delayed would be an understatement. I'm still in that dream state from lack of sleep. Between the time changes, different flights etc. it's gonna be a few days before we pull it together and by the time we do we leave again to go back out which is par for the course for Sevendust.
I'm still processing everything we just went through over there so I'll do my best to give you guys a preview of everything. First off, the trip started in Germany at a base there that housed a lot of families of deployed soldiers. We played a full on electric set that was cool but a lil strange at first because we saw alot of kids on shoulders and a family kinda of vibe and here we come out like CANNIBAL CORPSE. But turned out very emotional because of the words said by Lajon (Witherspoon) and the flag we were presented at the end of the show by some of the soldiers. After that show we continued over to another base in Germany and did another electric show. Both were very cool but now's where it gets a lil interesting.
We leave to Qatar which is pronounced a few different ways by the troops but we liked the Cutter way of pronouncing! We land at night there and step off the plane at nice comfortable 105 temp. Sucked the wind out of your lungs the second we stepped off the plane. Walk through the airport and saw a lot of people staring at us with a 'why the hell are you here and we want to kill you' look on their face. Apparently Americans with piercings, tatts and southern accents aren't the desired visitors of the middle east. We could feel the stares of hate on us in the custom line which for me was kinda scary. We were not in our comfort zone to say the least. After getting through customs we're met on the other side by a couple soldiers that immediately greeted us with a nevermind them asshole greetings welcome. One of the soldiers that met us was named Cook and he was blinged out and funny as hell. He made us feel comfortable right off the bat. Both of the guys that picked us up started giving us info on the country, the war and everything else we asked which was a million questions. We got to the base in Qatar(cutter) which is a huge base there where soldiers go for a few days for RnR. No not rock n roll. That'd be too corny. Rest and recoup. Anyway, we spent two days there hanging and playing an acoustic show.
Next we go to fly to Afghanistan and we are soon to learn that no military flights they have us on leave on time for us. We're pretty much a lil higher on the priority list than the mail and not much but they are fighting a war over there so we don't mind. After we get through Qatar customs we get on a plane called a C17 which is a work horse plane they use to transport cargo from place to place. We were happy to get on that because the other option was a C130 which from what we here was a brutal ride. Anyway, got a chance to ride in the cockpit of the flight into Afghanistan and parts of the flight which was amazing. We were a lil nervous flying into here because as most of you know this is where a lot of the activity of the war is taking place.
We arrive after they do a combat landing which is a landing the planes do to avoid a straight approach and avoid any firing upon. Not your typical landing at all. We get there and after we land we get sorted out in our room which is what was referred to as the Bee Hut! All of us in a room with bunk beds. Oh before I forget we had a guy named Ben that was sent there to help guide us through all of this and work alongside Chris our tour manager during this, which was amazing by the way, that was with us the whole time. Anyway, right when we got settled in we had to take part in a falling soldier ceremony that they do when they lose a soldier there. Everyone on the base lines up on the streets of the base completely silent, hands behind back as the flagged covered casket goes through the streets and is saluted by the soldiers as it passes. It was very sad and made the war very real for us. Very powerful and made us realize what these men and woman are facing everyday over there.
After that we began hanging with the soldiers, meeting different Generals, shooting guns, riding to other bases on smaller planes, doing crazier combat landings, eating with the troops, playing acoustic shows where every person in the audience had a firearm, drinking a lot of water and basically being apart of their world for a few weeks. There's soo much more I could go into but I'm sure the other guys in the band will post on here with even better details of our experience.
For me it was a very spiritual experience that I will never forget and look forward to doing again. I left with no acoustic guitars because during our last performance I gave one soldier a guitar and invited the same guy to smash another one to give our acoustic show a electric vibe. LOL!
We thank the troops and everyone else we met for being such amazing hosts and allowing us the chance to do our part and entertain those incredible people there. We love you and pray for a safe return for all of you!
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Lyme bacteria show that evolvability is evolvable – "Natural selection favours those with a greater capacity to generate genetic variation."
50,000 generations of bacteria prove that evolution never stops – "[C]omputer models have shown that animals can still experience significant evolutionary changes over time, even in the absence of selectional pressures. Traits like evolvability, or evolutionary potential. Indeed, the Lenski study shows that the same holds true when working with organisms in evolutionary 'real time.' The researchers, who performed a comparative analyses of the bacteria after every 500 generations, showed that E. coli will continue to evolve towards increasing replicative efficiency." – h/t peter turchin! – see also Krazy Kats from greg cochran.
Mystery humans spiced up ancients' rampant sex lives – "Genome analysis suggests interbreeding between modern humans, Neanderthals, Denisovans and a mysterious archaic population." – see also: Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome.
Out of Africa revisited (entrevista a Chris Stringer) – "To what extent do these differences in evolutionary paths, if any, affect the human biodiversity we see today? That is still unclear, but will become clearer in the next few weeks with the publication of new data…."
Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans – "The DNA of ancient viruses first spotted in the Neanderthal genome have now been identified in modern humans…. [The researchers] examined the genomes of 67 people with cancer, and found they each contained seven of the sequences supposedly unique to the ancient humans."
How Our Minds Went Viral – "Based on this research, the scientists propose a scenario. Our ancestors millions of years ago were infected with a virus. Eventually it became lodged in our genome. At some point, a mutation moved the virus enhancer next to the PRODH gene. Further mutations allowed it to helped boost the gene's activity in certain areas of the brain, such as the hippocampus…. Perhaps our minds are partly the way they are today thanks to an infection our ancestors got a few millions of years ago." – h/t john durant!
Reconstructing the Population Genetic History of the Caribbean – "'We find evidence of two pulses of African migration. The first pulse—which today is reflected by shorter, older ancestry tracts—consists of a genetic component more similar to coastal West African regions involved in early stages of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The second pulse—reflected by longer, younger tracts—is more similar to present-day West-Central African populations, supporting historical records of later transatlantic deportation. Surprisingly, we also identify a Latino-specific European component that has significantly diverged from its parental Iberian source populations, presumably as a result of small European founder population size. We demonstrate that the ancestral components in admixed genomes can be traced back to distinct sub-continental source populations with far greater resolution than previously thought, even when limited pre-Columbian Caribbean haplotypes have survived.'" – @dienekes'.
Correlations in the population structure of music, genes and language – "'[T]he first quantitative evidence that music and genes may have coevolved by demonstrating significant correlations between traditional group-level folk songs and mitochondrial DNA variation among nine indigenous populations of Taiwan." – @dienekes'.
Wolves turned into dogs by European hunter-gatherers – h/t hbd bibliography!
The Paradox of Diverse Communities – "Their simulations of more than 20 million virtual 'neighborhoods' demonstrate a troubling paradox: that community and diversity may be fundamentally incompatible goals…. After 20 million-plus simulations, the authors found that the same basic answer kept coming back: The more diverse or integrated a neighborhood is, the less socially cohesive it becomes, while the more homogenous or segregated it is, the more socially cohesive…. [T]he models demonstrated that it was impossible to simultaneously foster diversity and cohesion 'in all reasonably likely worlds.' In fact, the trends are so strong that no effective social policy could combat them, according to Neal. As he put it in a statement, 'In essence, when it comes to neighborhood desegregation and social cohesion, you can't have your cake and eat it too.'" – see also original research article: The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community [pdf]. – h/t nearly everybody on twitter!
A Review of 'The Diversity Illusion' by Ed West – from peter hitchens. – The Diversity Illusion.
War's Enduring Effects on the Development of Egalitarian Motivations and In-Group Biases – "[G]reater exposure to war created a lasting increase in people's egalitarian motivations toward their in-group, but not their out-groups, during a developmental window starting in middle childhood (around 7 years of age) and ending in early adulthood (around 20 years of age). Outside this window, war had no measurable impact on social motivations in young children and had only muted effects on the motivations of older adults." – h/t t.greer!
It's nothing to sniff at: Men have bigger noses because of more muscle – "Men may have larger noses than women because they generally have more muscle, demanding larger noses to breathe in more oxygen…." – h/t mr. mangan, esq.!
Rural White Liberals – a Key to Understanding the Political Divide – "there are likely several factors involved in shaping the modern American political landscape. Of which, the strongest may be ethnonational origin. This is buttressed by population density pressure, founder effects, internal self-sorting, and perhaps even recent evolution." – from jayman.
John Horgan and the "Warfare is Innate" Red Herring – "The Blank Slate may be dead, but its zombies still walk among us." – (~_^) – from helian.
A Little Speculation About Disgust Sensitivity and Attitudes Towards Homosexuals and People of Other Races – ewwww! – from staffan
They aren't meant to pee standing up – well, not without one of these, but frankly that's gross. – the awesome epigone on how happy teh feminists are (not).
Open letter to Morten Kjeldgaard – (~_^) – from elijah. – see also Was the Scientific Dishonesty Minister trying to suppress population estimates? from dr. james thompson.
The White man has no friends – "Over the past millennium, Western Europeans have created a social environment where the individual is largely free from collective ties of kinship and ethnicity. Because the State has imposed a monopoly on the use of violence, there is less need to rely on kinsmen to safeguard one's life and property." (and 'cause of The Outbreeding Project, too, imho. (^_^) ) – from peter frost.
Preclinical testing shows SUMO-1 gene therapy shrinks an enlarged heart, improves heart funcion, and blood flow, human trials to start – h/t mike anissimov!
Borjas, Grogger, and Hanson: Immigrant and Native Complementarity – "George Borjas, Jeffrey Grogger, and Gordon Hanson have a new paper, and it's not good news for the Ottaviano and Peri result that immigration can cause native wages to increase due to strong complementarities between native and immigrant labor." – h/t heartiste!
Is Jared Diamond racist? – oh, noes! not a waaaaycist! (hmmmm. maybe he is….) – h/t peter turchin!
Stunning Portraits Of The World's Remotest Tribes Before They Pass Away – h/t heartiste!
bonus: William Pollack Dies at 87; His Vaccine Saved Infants – "William Pollack, a medical researcher who helped develop a vaccine that virtually eradicated a disease [Rh disease] once responsible for 10,000 infant deaths a year in the United States, died on Nov. 3 in Yorba Linda, Calif. He was 87." – malcom pollack's dad. =( see also: William Pollack, R.I.P. from mr. mangan, esq.
bonus bonus: working first chapter of A Part-time Job in the Country by luke lea! send comments to luke.
bonus bonus bonus: I've realised why I like the Dutch so much: they invented capitalism – from dan hannan. (just missing the biology! (~_^) ) – see also: The World of English Freedoms – "It's no accident that the English-speaking nations are the ones most devoted to law and individual rights, writes Daniel Hannan."
bonus bonus bonus bonus: It's time to confront this taboo: First cousin marriages in Muslim communities [in the u.k.] are putting hundreds of children at risk – "Many NHS doctors, while admitting privately there is a crisis, refuse to speak out for fear of being branded 'racist'."
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Thus Spake Obama – "The incompetence of our neo-monarchy." – from mark steyn. – h/t charles murray!
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Wine: Drinking in the Mother Vine – "[R]eportedly the oldest cultivated grapevine in North America."
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
IMPORTANT!!! Login with E-mail Address Soon to Be Required
UPDATE2: I have moved the requirement for e-mail logins to Monday, March 16, 2012 at 9 AM EDT.
UPDATE: Logged in members may change their usernames by visiting the Username and Password account page.
Part of the ongoing upgrade includes revamping our archives and member pages. To allow me to provide stable, web-friendly URLs for each member's combined member/profile/archive (something like http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/somepath/username), I am converting the login process from username/password to email/password.
Currently you can login to the site using either your username or your email address. Starting on
Since usernames will be viewable (and you might not want everyone to know you previously logged into the site using "pinkbunny" as your username), there will be a one-week window when members will be allowed to change their usernames directly within their profiles. The window will be opened on Monday, March 5th at approximately 8 AM EST and will remain open until Monday, March 12th at approximately 8 AM EST. After that time members will be able to update their username one additional time by emailing me directly.
If anyone would like to get an early start, feel free to contact me via the Feedback Form. Be sure to mark the request "Username Change", and include both your old username and your email address. Only URL safe characters will be allowed. [The characters generally considered unsafe are: space, question mark ("?"), less than and greater than ("<>") open and close brackets ("[]") open and close braces ("{}") pipe ("|") backslash ("\") caret ("^") tilde ("~") percent ("%") and pound ("#").] Usernames which aren't updated and contain unsafe characters will be automatically converted to URL safe usernames after the move to email/password logins.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Edit: To be clear…username is what you currently use to login to the site (what you put into the box to the right of "Username or Email" on the Login page. Screen names (i.e., "Big Baseball Brain", "Jim Furtado", "Joe the Red Sox fan") will not be affected.
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Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.1. Jose Needs an Absurd Ukulele Concert Posted: March 01, 2012 at 11:34 AM (#4071848)
Forgive my ignorance but is "username" the name I log in with (in my case my first initial and last name)? Our handle (e.g. Jose Can You Seabiscuit) will still show up when we post, is that right?2. zack Posted: March 01, 2012 at 12:28 PM (#4071905)
So if I'm OK with my e-mail, and my username is my handle, I don't have to do ####, right?3. Bourbon Samurai stays in the fight Posted: March 01, 2012 at 12:30 PM (#4071911)
If I am understanding this right, under this system we can screw around with our screennames, but we'll be able to click on someones profile and know their original, constant username?4. Gamingboy Posted: March 01, 2012 at 12:40 PM (#4071920)
Well, I don't think I've been checking my e-mail for awhile anyway, so I'll have to check that. So, like, hmm, I'll have to check some stuff.5. Guapo Posted: March 01, 2012 at 12:43 PM (#4071923)
But I'll be fine and keep Gamingboy, right?
Will our email addresses remain private, if we so choose (from other Primates-- not Furtado)?6. David Nieporent (now, with children) Posted: March 01, 2012 at 01:05 PM (#4071951)
Not that I care, since I7. Jim Furtado Posted: March 01, 2012 at 02:02 PM (#4072001)
@zack, yes.8. Never Give an Inge (Dave) Posted: March 01, 2012 at 02:08 PM (#4072010)
@bourbon, yes (except I'd call it consistent rather than original).
@gamingboy, yes.
@guapo, yes, although you can also choose to share it with your friends on the site.
@David, it all depends. Right now if you click on your name next to your comments, you (and anyone else who clicks on it) are brought to a member page linked to your member number. After the change, your page will be linked to your username. If all you do is visit the site and participate in conversations, your new member page will consist of even less info than you have now.
If, on the other hand, you submit news or blog posts to the site, your entries will also be available there. You can then share the URL with your friends or whomever you'd like. If you are a guy like Dan Szym, the page will essentially serve as your archive page, which you can also use, if you choose, to share links to your content/info available on other places (like ESPN for him, Facebook, Twitter).
Additionally you can *choose* to share additional stuff with other members of the site that you specify as *friends* on the site. This stuff consists of links that you like or conversations that you are involved in. There may be other things added but that's the gist of it. Again, you can choose to allow others to see this content or not.
EDIT: Removed since Jim answered9. Guapo Posted: March 01, 2012 at 02:19 PM (#4072022)
@guapo, yes, although you can also choose to also share it with your friends on the site.
What if we don't have any friends? *sob*
So since my email address is something that I haven't used or had access to in over ten years, I should change that, right? Fine...11. Jim Furtado Posted: March 01, 2012 at 03:06 PM (#4072068)
@Guapo, go out and hug someone.12. Walt Davis Posted: March 01, 2012 at 04:19 PM (#4072156)
@flournoy, yes, that would be a good idea. :)
I assume Jim has now been flooded with over 17,000 requests for the username pinkbunny13. Leroy Kincaid Posted: March 01, 2012 at 05:32 PM (#4072238)
Some fat Hispanic guy just hugged me and ran off.14. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: March 01, 2012 at 05:42 PM (#4072242)
This sounds like a trap.15. Cuban X Senators Posted: March 01, 2012 at 07:38 PM (#4072340)
Yes, but what does this have to do with Tinina?16. J. Lowenstein Apathy Club Posted: March 01, 2012 at 08:13 PM (#4072354)
Jim, I use Yahoo Mail which blocks all mail from the site. It's not that it goes in the spam folder; I don't get it at all.17. RJames Posted: March 01, 2012 at 08:23 PM (#4072360)
If that is OK (i.e. if I just need to use it to log in, and won't actually have to receive any e-mail at it) then ignore this.
And I can't switch to my other email because it belongs to a dead account.
If I may have a problem, please advise.
Just curious, Jim. Why are you making this change? Are you trying to make it more like Google?18. base ball chick Posted: March 02, 2012 at 12:38 AM (#4072495)
JLAC19. Dag Nabbit at ExactlyAsOld.com Posted: March 02, 2012 at 01:45 AM (#4072531)
i use a yahoomail addy and i don't have trouble getting mail from the site. you must have checked off something to block stuff from this site. you could always go be pinkbunny at gmail or something
Random comment: I'm not sure exactly what was done to end the site's nightly shutdown, but THANK YOU!!20. Paul D(uda) Posted: March 02, 2012 at 09:52 AM (#4072647)
Preferences seem to have been reset - I had avatars off in the forums, but they all came back and I had to reset my account preferences.
Perhaps Jim knows, but the "Your account" and "Member list" links go to 404-type pages. When I logged out and logged back in it tries to take me to a page name that consists of22. Cabbage Posted: March 02, 2012 at 10:11 AM (#4072666)
<?php echo $my_url; ?>
Rats! I broke the site.
I too am no longer able to get to the account page.23. Jim Furtado Posted: March 02, 2012 at 10:32 AM (#4072685)
@Rjames, I am primarily trying to accomplish five things with the redesign: 1) make it easier for people to find the baseball stuff they are interested in (both on and off site), 2) make the site easier to use by better organizing the content and design, 3) make it easier for members to share their baseball-related content/opinions with other thinking baseball fans, 4) enhance the community aspect of the site by creating tools to make it easier for people to interact, and 5) significantly improve the site's responsiveness and reliability. By changing the login set up, I'll be able to take advantage of some of the underlying Content Management System's built-in methods to present member-specific archives and information.24. Jim Furtado Posted: March 02, 2012 at 10:32 AM (#4072686)
@Dag, I moved the backup time to 4 AM. The faster servers also complete the backups faster.
@baseball chick, Yahoo blocks some of our mail, particularly the member activation emails. This has been an ongoing issue with them for some time. I have tried to resolve whatever the issues with them, on multiple occasions. Their refusal to respond with anything constructive has made it difficult. I suspect the issue revolves around spammers trying to create accounts on this site using fictitious Yahoo accounts, which produces bounces on Yahoo's email servers for bogus accounts and spam on the accounts for users unlucky enough to have accounts with the same name as the spammer accounts. I have been closely monitoring the site's email server for months and am 100% sure we don't have an issue. I am taking one last stab at trying to get us removed from Yahoo's bad list. If I get nowhere with them again, I will ask members with Yahoo account to contact Yahoo directly to help push them into working with me to get this taken care of. If that doesn't work, I will be forced to not allow users to use the site with Yahoo accounts. It's not something I want to do, though.
@Paul, the preferences shouldn't have been reset. Have you noticed anyone else reporting this problem?
You should be able to get to your account page again.25. Paul D(uda) Posted: March 02, 2012 at 10:57 AM (#4072715)
Jim - yes, others in the lounge are reporting the problem.
In fact, I changed my preferences back, went away for an hour, and the avatars had returned.
{deleted, just testing the new user names)27. Fly should without a doubt be number !!!!! Posted: March 05, 2012 at 11:15 AM (#4074107)
Avatars and signatures just reappeared.28. Paul D(uda) Posted: March 05, 2012 at 11:21 AM (#4074116)
Jim, the avatar thing is still happening.
@Paul, I haven't touched anything related to the avatars and signatures. Any additional info related to the problem that you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, if you could post a new thread about the problem in the bug report forum, all users will have a central place to provide info on the problem and we can all take advantage of the subscription mechanism to keep up with progress.30. BWV 1129 Posted: March 05, 2012 at 01:53 PM (#4074287)
Thanks in advance.
Just in case I'm missing it somewhere, where does one go to change his username? Is going through the feedback applet the only way? Going through Your Account still has it so that usernames can't be changed from there.31. Fridas Boss Posted: March 06, 2012 at 07:52 AM (#4074828)
Echo BMV's issue. There is no username field to update under the "username and password" tab in the account settings.32. Handle's Messiah Posted: March 06, 2012 at 08:12 AM (#4074836)
I'm happy to follow the instructions here but this remains a bit confusing. Jim refers to (i) usernames, (ii) screen names and (iii) handles, and as mentioned, despite being within the window period, it seems that the username tab does not permit changes. If it helps source the problem, I generally use auto-login.33. bunyon Posted: March 06, 2012 at 08:22 AM (#4074840)
@Guapo, go out and hug someone.34. Jim Furtado Posted: March 06, 2012 at 09:00 AM (#4074849)
So, it's going to be that kind of site, is it?
Anyway, thanks, Jim, for the site.
Sorry about the problem updating usernames yesterday. After a two week vacation from my day job, upon my return I was swamped with stuff and forgot to open the permissions to change your username.35. Fridas Boss Posted: March 06, 2012 at 09:35 AM (#4074860)
@Handle, I will update my post to clear up some of the confusion. Username is what you currently use to log into the site. Screen Name is your public name which all members see next to your posts. After the transition, you will no longer be able to log in using your username. When the update is done, your posted entries will be archived/viewable at http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/somepath/username.
TY, Jim. Just successfully updated my username.36. gef, talking mongoose & vexatious litigant Posted: March 06, 2012 at 10:07 AM (#4074878)
Lemme see if this worked ...37. gef, talking mongoose & vexatious litigant Posted: March 06, 2012 at 10:07 AM (#4074880)
Yep. Cool!38. Handle's Messiah Posted: March 06, 2012 at 08:16 PM (#4075523)
It worked. Thanks, JF.39. My name is Votto, and I love to get blotto Posted: March 08, 2012 at 02:28 PM (#4077012)
Is there a way to delete my bookmarked threads?40. Petunia inquires about ponies Posted: March 08, 2012 at 03:32 PM (#4077098)
No idea where to put this - I am getting 'Edit' links on all of SOSH's posts. (well, I noticed it in a HoM thread and don't have time right now to seek out posts of his in other threads to see if the same holds true elsewhere on the site)41. Petunia inquires about ponies Posted: March 08, 2012 at 03:59 PM (#4077127)
And the Edit link for my own previous post just there does NOT work. Well, I can click on it, but I can't 'save.'42. Jim Furtado Posted: March 09, 2012 at 10:19 AM (#4077424)
Anyway I don't get Edit links for SOSH's posts on Newsblog threads. Just HoM.
@Petuntoviles, is this still happening?43. Petunia inquires about ponies Posted: March 09, 2012 at 01:14 PM (#4077561)
@Don't want the truth, click to the entry and click "Delete Bookmark", which is just to the right of "Comments".
No, I don't get 'edit' links for his posts, but I still can't edit my own, either.44. Jim Furtado Posted: March 09, 2012 at 01:58 PM (#4077621)
EDIT: Looks like I can edit now, just can't edit my previous posts above. Looks good from here. Thanks!
@Petuntoviles, FYI, you can only edit your posts for 15 minutes.45. Lassus Posted: March 10, 2012 at 01:00 PM (#4078215)
I can't get the block quotes in the submit link to work. It says <bq> and </bq>, but is it actually </blockquote> and </blockquote>?46. Petunia inquires about ponies Posted: March 12, 2012 at 05:18 PM (#4079222)
Also, because the PREVIEW link is gone, I can't check to see that it worked or not. And, of course, therefore, it didn't.
If someone wants to go in and fix my "Bochy/scouts controversy" posting so it doesn't look so stupid, that would be great.
@Petuntoviles, FYI, you can only edit your posts for 15 minutes.47. Jim Furtado Posted: March 13, 2012 at 07:03 AM (#4079512)
This has always been the case, but since the last few rounds of updates I'm getting 'edit' links for all my posts. Not sure if this is a bug or a feature anymore.
The site currently uses native Expression Engine (our underlying Content Management System) stuff for editing comments. What you see is a bug. I have a bug report in with them and I hope they fix it. If they don't fix it soon, I will fix it myself but I prefer to have them fix their own issues so I don't have to keep re-fixing things every time they do an update.48. Jim Furtado Posted: March 14, 2012 at 10:57 AM (#4080505)
I looked at EE's code and found and fixed the bug that was causing the Edit link to display after the 15-minute editing time frame expires. I have passed along my fix to EE so, hopefully, the change will make its way into their native code.
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South Sudan freed seven senior political figures on Wednesday who had been arrested on suspicion of plotting a coup, partially meeting a rebel demand at peace talks focused on ending weeks of fighting.
It handed them over to neighboring Kenya and said four remaining detainees could be released after unspecified "legal clarifications" – raising hopes it was preparing to remove a major sticking point in troubled negotiations.
President Salva Kiir accused his former vice president Riek Machar of starting fighting between rival groups of soldiers in the capital Juba in mid December in a bid to seize power – a charge denied my Machar.
Authorities detained the 11 men, including former justice minister John Luk Jok, on suspicion of being involved, as clashes between government troops and now rebel fighters loyal to Machar quickly spread, killing thousands.
Washington, the United Nations, regional and Western powers – fearing the eruption of a full civil war in an unstable region – pushed both sides to start talks in Ethiopia and urged the government to respond to Machar's demand to free detainees.
"We don't feel bitter, we don't feel the president is our enemy," former justice minister Jok told reporters in Kenya's capital Nairobi after his release. Former finance minister Kosti Manibe was also among the seven freed.
South Sudan's current Justice Minister Paulino Wanawilla Unago had prepared the ground for the release on Tuesday, saying no evidence had been found against the seven.
But he did say that others, including Machar, could still face treason charges – a prosecution that could still disrupt peace efforts.
More than half a million have been uprooted from their homes in the clashes that spread to oil-producing areas – South Sudan has sub-Saharan Africa's third largest crude reserves according to BP.
Both sides signed a ceasefire on Thursday but have since accused the other of continuing the violence in the world's newest nation, which seceded from Sudan in 2011.
South Sudan's foreign minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said on Wednesday authorities were still waiting for clarification on statements relating to the four remaining detainees.
"They will definitely be released once you get full satisfaction on the issues," he told Reuters in Addis Ababa, without giving a timeframe.
Kiir received military backing from neighboring Uganda – a development that raised fears the clashes could deteriorate into a regional conflict.
One of Sudan's main donor's Norway said on Wednesday it was now time for Uganda to start withdrawing its troops from South Sudan to avoid worsening the crisis.
Foreign minister Benjamin told reporters on Wednesday there was a chance that could happen once the conflict ended.
"With the cessation of hostilities now there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and that peace and calm will come to the Republic of South Sudan … and that we will not need the additional involvement of Ugandan troops," he said.


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I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS netbook version and it comes with an annoying user interface. I'd like to know how I can replace it with Unity. I've already tried
sudo apt-get install unity but it comes up with an error saying that the package named unity can't be found. Looking on Google I couldn't find any more help on the subject.
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Dunn: White Sox 'can't play any worse'
CHICAGO -- Designated hitter Adam Dunn was speaking about more than his personal 7-for-69 start to the 2013 season when addressing a disappointing first three weeks.
"We can't play any worse than what we're playing now," Dunn said before going 0-for-4 in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Indians. "Obviously, we're getting good pitching but other than that, terrible. I don't know how far back we are but the reassuring thing is we're playing our worst baseball of the season and if you're going to play bad baseball, you might as well do it now.
"Offensively, we've had one guy hit for most of the year. But other than that, sporadic. Obviously, that's going to pick up and when that does, that'll pick up the intensity defensively. It'll probably pick up the intensity for the pitchers. It seems like when everyone's hitting, everything seems to come together. So we need to start whacking it."
Alex Rios and his .300 average stands as that one consistent hitter, although Alexei Ramirez was at .300 before going 0-for-4 on Monday as the club fell to 7-12.
Remember, though, that the 2012 White Sox under Robin Ventura started 10-6, quickly dipped to 17-21 and 4 1/2 games out of first place in the American League Central and then won 13 of their next 14 and 54 of 88 to move a season-high 16 games over .500 at 71-55.
The White Sox ended Monday in last place in the AL Central but just four games behind the division-leading Royals. Ventura is one who always focuses on the positive and wasn't about to quantify the seriousness of the situation through 19 games.
"Again, when you lose, you just lose. As bad as you can play? Anything can always get worse," Ventura said. "I'd rather us focus on what we're doing and just continue to play hard. Losing is not easy, it's not fun. I get what [Dunn] is trying to say, but I've also seen worse. So any time you say it can't get worse, it can get worse.
"Any time you don't score runs, it gets similar when you don't score runs in the past. It's one of those where you have to find the answer rather than just sit there and say it reminds me of another time. Focus on the good stuff and go from there."


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14/3 thick, engineered wood flooring is engineered wood flooring which has a total thickness of 14mm, which includes a 3mm thick solid oak lamella or top layer. Considered appropriate for installation over under floor heating, 14/3 thick, engineered wood flooring should withstand an average of 4 sandings during its life span.
Depending on the wear and tear you anticipate on your floor, it's the number of sandings your floor will tolerate which will largely determine its life expectancy. Generally speaking, the more often you are able to sand and re-finish your floor, the longer it's likely to last and look its best. When choosing the most appropriate thickness of engineered wood flooring, the other thing you need to take into consideration is your subfloor.


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Despite Google Chrome/Chromium being able to use native GTK colouring the results are more often than not disappointing.
Thus getting Chrome to blend in with your desktop works best when using Chrome Themes.
Ubuntu Chrome Themes
Below are a selection of themes designed to 'match' some of the more popular Ubuntu GTK themes. Many look most effective when used with 'system borders'.
To enable system borders in Chrome just right-click Chrome's window border and choose 'Use system title bar and borders'.
Ubuntu 10.04 Scrollbars
The above themes look much nicer in Lucid if you use the following 'Lucid' scrollbars,
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Know of any more GTK matching Chrome themes? Share them in the comments!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 166 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
Song Industrial
We are a new company specializing in the recycling of plastic waste, with additional involvement in gray water purification and composting. We are based in Kampala, Uganda, in eastern Africa.
We indirectly employ over 500 people (as collectors of plastic waste), and work closely with aid groups and government officials. Though the marketplace in Uganda is relatively new, we would like to give the impression that we've been around for decades and are very well established.
We are targeting UK, US, and European audiences.
We mainly deal with NGOs (non-profit charities) and corporations, so it's important that we have a stylish, professional appeal.
We would like a logo which reflects our dedication to the environment.
Though our name is Song Industrial, we are not a music company -- musical notes and references generally don't work for us.
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Ford Ranger Buyer's Guide
What To Know Before You Buy
As one of the best-selling and most popular compact trucks on the road, the Ford Ranger has won over the nation for nearly 30 years. Launched in 1983, the Ranger was intended to be a domestic answer to the poplar import mini-trucks. Available with either a four-of six-cylinder engine, each 4x4 platform received a Twin Traction Beam front and leaf-sprung solid-axle rear suspension. With much of the competition opting for a more traditional IFS (A-arm) setup, the Ranger's TTB front end stood out as a more durable and easily modifiable suspension system.
The coil-sprung TTB front end served the Ranger until late 1997, when it was replaced by a torsion bar and A-arm configuration. While Ford has continuously improved the power and performance of the Ranger, the basic platform of the truck has remained the same throughout its long run. The most notable change arrived in 2002 with the introduction of the FX4 package. The FX4 and FX4 Level II packages were more than just sticker options. They fitted the Ranger with a grippy all-terrain tire, a Torsen limited-slip rear differential, skidplates, Bilstein shocks, and a 31-spline 8.8-inch rearend.
Though most any Ranger can be built into an off-road juggernaut, some of the compact Ford platforms will get you more on- and off-road performance right out of the box. Compiled here is a guide of what items we think are the most desirable in the Ranger platform. And while we may not have placed your super-rare four-cylinder diesel Ranger at the top of the list, we feel our picks best suit someone looking for an easily buildable Blue Oval compact.
Things to look for: The unveiling of the 4.0L V-6 in 1990 gave Ranger loyalist something new to write home about. While the 2.9L V-6 was a great engine, the 4.0L OHV (overhead valve) was even better. As the years would progress, the 160hp 4.0L OHV would evolve into a more powerful 207hp SOHC (single overhead cam) version that is still used in the trucks today. Though the 4.0L gets the most fanfare, it's not the only V-6 in the stable. While some say you should avoid the 3.0L V-6 because of its lack of power, we've had excellent experience with it. Yes, the 4.0L is still the engine to have, but the 3.0L's excellent reputation for being reliable and long-lasting makes it OK in our book.
Things to avoid: There were quite a few engine options available for the Ranger during the early years. For our money, stay away from the four-cylinder unless you have big plans for a V-8 swap or it's the very rare turbodiesel model. Also, although we still like the 3.0L, it's best to find a 4.0L truck if you're looking for a something more than just a weekend toy.
Things to look for: Manual versus automatic is mostly a driver preference, and in the Ranger world both have pros and cons. The late-model automatic transmissions (5R55E) that came behind the 4.0L engines have a better reputation and better aftermarket support than the automatics in early Rangers. There have been a few changes for the manual transmission (suppliers and types) throughout the years, but the newer R1-HD five-speed seems to be the best model yet. Though they might have a few more minor issues compared to the autos, we're still a big fan of the manual.
Things to avoid: The early (pre-'95) auto transmissions were not known to be extremely reliable. Although the manuals weren't anything to write home about either, they're likely the better option when you're looking at some of the older trucks. Leaky seals and failing slave cylinders are usually the manual transmission's downfalls, so be sure to check for leaks thoroughly before you buy any used Ranger, manual or automatic for that matter.
Transfer Cases
Things to look for: The Ford Ranger has only had two transfer cases, the BorgWarner 1350 (pre-'90) and the BorgWarner 1354 (post-'90). Though both are aluminum housing, chaindriven cases, each had a slew of variations that ranged from electronic and mechanical shifters to a small variety of yoke and flange mount options. Since we're partial to the '90 and newer trucks, we suggest looking for a truck with a 1354 that's equipped with a mechanical shifter. Both cases have the same 2.48:1 low range.
Things to avoid: Electric shift on a transfer case is never especially attractive to us. If you're looking to get more gearing from your truck, know that your options are currently limited to a DIY doubler or an Advance Adapters geardriven Atlas II transfer case. This is largely due to the limited support for the Ranger transmission's 25-spline output shaft.
Things to look for: Most 4.0L trucks came equipped with the stronger 28-spline 8.8-inch rear axle. In 2002 Ford introduced the FX4 Ranger and the 8.8-inch axle jumped to a 31-spline axle count and was fitted with a Torsen limited-slip differential. The 8.8 is a great rear axle with heavy aftermarket support.
After 1990 most 4x4 Rangers were fitted with a Dana 35 front differential. Though the A-arm IFS and TTB Dana 35s are similar, the TTB housing uses a stronger reverse-cut gearset and has decent aftermarket support. The newer ('98-current) A-arm trucks use a hybrid Dana 35 housing that uses a standard (low-pinion) gearset. Though most Dana 35 aftermarket gearsets will work, the unique carrier in the late-model Dana 35 limits locker options.
Things to avoid: Before the '90 model year, the Ranger was equipped Dana 28 front axle, which is more limited in strength and aftermarket support than the Dana 35. Also, if the Ranger didn't come with the more desirable 8.8-inch rear axle, it was likely fitted with a 7.5-inch axle. Though both rear axles are C-clip, we still suggest ditching the 7.5 for the 8.8.
The Build Plan
We understand that hardly anyone these days has an endless budget to build a super-trick wheeling machine. Since money is a factor, we narrowed the field for picking the ultimate budget-built Ranger to the '93-'97 trucks. Although the late-model FX4 and the FX4 Level II are arguably the best out-of-box Rangers to date, they still maintain a substantial value. For the money, the styling and parts quality of the '93-'97 4.0L Ranger makes it quite possibly the best bang for your compact-truck buck on the market.
The Truck
1993-1997 Ford Ranger: Regular or extended cab, shortbed 4x4
Transmission: auto or manual
Transfer case: BW1354 manual shift
Axles: Dana 35 front, 8.8-inch rear
Price: $1,500-$3,000
|Budget Build Plan
|Skyjacker 4-inch lift
|Lock-Right Lockers
|$299 front, $371 rear
|33x12.50 tires on 15x8 rims
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As we of the present are apt to say, the history is past. What's done is done, look forward to tomorrow, etc., etc. It is what it is has become the mantra of the exceedingly droll. What if history were malleable, able to bend at the will of any artist or writer? In the dark recesses of Ventura, history is being rewritten in a subtle yet noticeable manner and is unwinding on the pages of a graphic novel.
With The Adventures of the 19XX, author, graphic artist and Russ Manning nominee for "Most Promising Newcomer" Paul Roman Martinez gives us a startling alternate reality tale of secret operatives working for the United Nations in an attempt to stop a terrible prediction from coming true — another great war, only years after the end of the First World War, as seen by clairvoyants. Set in the bustling '30s, Martinez draws from a foundation of historical fact to build his fiction upon.
"The 19XX as a group reflects the period of the time," said Martinez. "The thirties were this dark valley where half the world was terrified that the next war would happen and the other half really wanted it. The group as a whole represents that."
Alternate reality fiction isn't new. Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds both invoked elements of the genre, but there are levels ranging from completely morphing reality to only meddling with it. The Adventures of the 19XX is a product of the time, existing as fiction but surrounded by reality.
"The reality comes from a global obsession with the occult and spiritualism," said Martinez. "It traces back to Darwin's Origin of the Species, a crisis of faith after the Spanish Flu epidemic and how many people were killed during World War One. A lot of people went looking for a new solution, and you had a group like the Nazis who took advantage of that."
Martinez left his previous job to work full time on his graphic novels after completing a very positive and successful Kickstarter campaign. Kickstarter, a crowd-funding website that allows anyone to launch a campaign and ask for pledges from fans (also known as backers), allowed Martinez to skip the traditional publishing houses such as DC or Marvel and go it alone — writing, drawing and publishing the book himself.
After his initial successful campaign, Martinez released the first in the 19XX series, a collection of his comics from when it was an online-exclusive series. 19XX Book One: Rise of the Black Faun was so successful that Martinez began a Kickstarter campaign for book two, Montezuma: 1934, which met its funding goals well in advance of the deadline. His latest, a campaign to fund the reprinting of his original graphic novel in a hardcover edition with added artwork and goodies, has already more than doubled his $9,000 funding goal.
When the campaign ends on Jan. 21, Martinez hopes that it will give a jump-start to the long road ahead — comic book convention season.
"Self-publishing is all about time management. I have my first big convention on March first in Seattle. I've timed all of this so the book comes in mid-February, I can go right away. My second is Wondercon in Anaheim, and this year I've secured a booth at the San Diego Comic Con, which is incredible."
Martinez credits tenacity and a bit of luck for his success. After his first Kickstarter campaign, he kept the e-mails of those who had funded him and reached out again when he made plans to release his second. With their help, Martinez has crafted a mythology both of the age and from it. With his success, Martinez has been asked to speak at conventions on how to use Kickstarter to one's advantage.
"One thing I say is, do your research," said Martinez. "What else is going on that's similar to yours? I wrote down what kind of pledge levels they had. I had a really good estimate of what I'd get, then I put my actual goal below that."
Martinez's next step is to get the book into stores. Already in talks with comic book distributor Diamond, it's possible to see The 19XX on local shelves — perhaps for the first time at Ventura's Hypno Comics and again at Ralph's Comic Corner where his first book sold out.
"This is set to be a big year for me. I'm expanding nationwide and into digital PDF. I also have a board game that's nearly done and I'm planning on doing a Kickstarter for that as well."
As for the future, Martinez's is yet to be written.
"I like it when fiction can bump up against reality and the reality is still visible."
To learn more about Martinez's latest project or to contribute to it, go to www.kickstarter.com and search The Adventures of the 19XX.


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