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I awoke one January morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed. For seven blissful years I had spent my time reading, writing and researching a book about introversion. But the publication date had arrived, the idyll was over and my metamorphosis was complete. I was now that impossibly oxymoronic creature: the Public Introvert.
Having never given a single media interview in the first 43 years of my life, I appeared that day on "CBS This Morning" to promote my book, a critique of our overly loquacious culture. Then I shuttled uptown to my publisher's office to continue talking — for 21 radio interviews.
My book is about the power of being quiet. About the perils of a society that appreciates good talkers over good ideas. And about the terrible pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves and never to be visibly anxious. I believe all this passionately — which puts me in an interesting pickle. Promoting my work requires doing the very thing my book questions: putting down my pen and picking up a microphone. Now, in what I've come to think of as my Year of Speaking Dangerously, I've gone on national TV to talk about being the kind of person who dislikes going on national TV. I let my friends talk me into having a big book party, even though my book advises introverts to stay home on New Year's Eve if they feel like it (I usually feel like it). And in February I took the stage at the 2012 TED conference before an audience of 1,500 people to critique a society that favors the kind of person who craves an audience.
For me, TED embodied the paradox that lay at the heart of my book tour. On the one hand, TED stands for everything I love. Its mission is to promote "Ideas Worth Spreading," and how many tranquil evenings have I spent at my kitchen table, listening as thinkers of various stripes delivered eloquent soliloquies from deep inside my laptop? TED takes scholars and turns them into rock stars.
On the other hand, this approach emphasizes the need to be a rock star in the first place. TED presenters share their brain waves from a backlighted, red-carpeted dais while giant cameras glide overhead, capturing their every gesture from multiple angles and projecting them onto Jumbotron megascreens. Implicit in the stellar production values is the notion that people might pay less attention without them.
At TED, a mere speech delivered from the lectern won't do. You have to visibly emote your idea, preferably without notes — a prospect I found terrifying. My first instinct was to make my case with facts and data. But I knew I had to animate it with drama and humor. So I talked about the time I went to summer camp as a 9-year-old with a suitcase full of books, only to discover that reading made you uncool. I described my discomfort on the first day of camp when the counselor taught us a cheer meant to instill group spirit: "R-O-W-D-I-E; that's the way we spell rowdy! Rowdy! Rowdy! Let's get rowdy!" I even performed the cheer — onstage. In front of 1,500 people!
I talked about my lifelong fear of public speaking, and about how I'd spent a year training in the style of a marathon runner to be the best and bravest speaker I could. (Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.)
My year of preparation unfolded in three stages of accelerating dread. First, I joined Toastmasters, a worldwide organization whose members meet weekly in local chapters to practice public speaking. Toastmasters was founded in 1924 by a man named Ralph Smedley, who declared that "all talking is selling, and all selling involves talking." This slogan is a little off-putting to someone like me, but I still found it invaluable to practice speaking in a supportive, low-stakes setting.
I also scheduled a two-hour crash course with TED's speaking coach, who gave me voice and breath exercises. In one exercise, she asked me to inhale, open my mouth dentist-wide, and say "ah" in order to transform my naturally soft and high-pitched voice into a low and sonorous tone. This felt not only ridiculous, but also impolite, and she had to remind me repeatedly to keep my mouth propped open. In fact, all of the recommended techniques felt rude, which is no doubt why I was there in the first place. (In the end, I grew to enjoy the mysterious new sounds emanating from my belly.)
These measures helped — but not enough. My performances merely went from nervous and embarrassing to nervous and mediocre. As TED drew nearer, my butterflies turned into gut-wrenching knots. I spent a few sleepless nights during those final weeks thinking: I'd rather die than get up and give this talk. Was it feasible to call the whole thing off?
The week before the conference, I canceled everything on my calendar other than bath time with my kids. Instead of writing and reading and working, I hired an acting coach, Jim, and rehearsed all day, every day, Monday through Saturday. We started by sitting on a sofa in the back of the high school auditorium Jim had secured for our sessions. I told him, a bit weepily, that I didn't want to be a performer. I explained that I love to chat one-on-one, curled up with my heels kicked off. But standing on a stage freaked me out. Jim, a former stand-up comedian and Shakespearean actor, somehow understood.
"O.K.!" he said, clapping his hands, "We're going to spend our first day running through your TED talk right here on the sofa. Take off your shoes. We're just chatting." And so we did.
The next day, I began practicing onstage, Jim offering minor direction: Breathe before you start. Smile when you feel tense. When I stumbled over my words, he sent me off to rewrite my talk. But mostly he just sat in the "audience," smiling up at me and nodding his head, encouraging me to speak as if this were any old conversation, the kind I'd enjoyed all my life.
The day before the conference, Chris Anderson, its curator, and June Cohen, the executive producer of TED Media, gathered this year's roster of about 60 presenters in the darkened theater for a welcome and briefing. I expected an assembly of larger-than-life figures with stentorian voices, but it felt more like an awkward gathering of intellectuals at a faculty breakfast. I probably wasn't the only one trying to figure out how to get onstage without falling down or throwing up. My fellow orators hadn't come to TED to exude charisma (though plenty of them did just that). They were there to say what they thought, too.
In my case, when I finally took the stage, I talked about performance itself. In our extroverted culture, you're never supposed to betray social unease or look as if you're trying too hard. And I was trying very, very hard. It felt liberating, though wildly incongruous, to declare these things publicly.
I'm told my talk received a standing ovation. My husband keeps asking what it felt like, after all the Sturm und Drang. The truth is I don't know. I have no memory of the moment — I was too numb. That was someone else up there: my metamorphosed incarnation, the Public Introvert.
But I'll go on playing this new oxymoronic role. Partly because I believe it's healthy for all of us (extroverts included) to stretch occasionally beyond our temperaments. Mostly because, for the sake of a book on the value of quiet, I'm willing to make a little noise.


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CEO, MySQL ABMårten Mickos, CEO of MySQL, brings a strong track record of leadership in global high-tech companies to MySQL AB. Prior to joining MySQL in 2001, Mickos was CEO at MatchON Sports, which he grew to become the twenty-fourth hottest e-business in Europe within nine months of its inception. Previously, Mickos was CEO at Intellitel Communications, where he was instrumental in transitioning the company from a development lab to a commercial software vendor. He has also directed worldwide sales efforts at several technology companies.
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Artist: R. T. (Ralph Tracy) Clark
Biography: Cache Valley native. Graduated from USU with art/photography major and from Art Center in Los Angeles CA with photography, advertising/illustration major. Worked commercially for a number of years before joining USU faculty in 1963. Started USU photography program. Lives in Smithfield UT.
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Yesterday scientists announced that they'd discovered a way to harness the painkilling powers of the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, while eliminating the high. What this means is that a special, non-hallucinatory version of THC could become the new aspirin.
Physiologist Li Zhang and colleagues discovered that THC targets several parts of the nervous system, some of which are called inhibitory glycine receptors (GlyRs). These receptors, according to Zhang, help regulate "neuromotor activity, pain sensation, muscle relaxation and anxiety." He and his fellow researchers speculate that a synthetic THC could be made that targets just GlyRs - hence, a form of cannabis that works as a painkiller but doesn't get you high.
Write the researchers in an article published yesterday in Nature Chemical Biology:
Cannabis is composed of more than 400 chemical components. A number of these components are found to provide therapeutic relief in alleviating chronic pain, seizure, depression and muscle spasms resulting from multiple sclerosis, but the primary psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, THC, produces some unwanted effects on human health, such as motor impairment . . .
Zhang and colleagues want to eliminate these "unwanted effects" so that they can create new kinds of pain medication. Soon, people whose stomachs are too tender for aspirin or ibuprofin may be swallowing THC pills to get rid of headaches.
"Non-psychotropic cannabinoids" is the technical term for the drug Zhang and colleagues are seeking. This is great news for people who want to use medical marijuana. But it leaves the recreational users asking just one question: Is there a way to create a synthetic form of THC that does nothing but get you high, without all those pesky "medicinal" side-effects?
Read the full scientific paper in Nature Chemical Biology
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Hello there, about a year back I had someone create a forum site for me and they used Icy Phoenix, I love the thing but the problem is he left and didn't explain everything to me, I am a webdesigner but my skills are limited and outdated, I learned Adobe DreamWeaver CS3 and HTML and a few other little things but we never got into php. There is this block of text on mywta.co.cc that says(( Welcome to the new home of My WTA Gaming.
Currently our site is under construction, please check back as we finalize development.
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and the problem is, we're not under construction anymore and anyone can join ^^; you see the problem? I went through all the menu's and went to my webhost ftp and trawled around there and cannot find what's making this message show up, I don't mind the block I just wanna change the message! LOL


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Single-line Injection Device
The wheel sensor in the track is counting wheels and is connected to the controller in the pump station. Once the desired number of wheels got counted, the pump starts running and feeds the injection devices with lubricant until reaching a certain pressure level.
Each SLID device meters the incoming lubricant and squirts a precise small amount of lubricant to the top of rail (TOR) or to the gauge corner.
In order to maintain a good squirting pattern over a large ambient temperature range, the SLID devices have integrated heaters. Up to 4 injectors can get managed by a single-track system.


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I have never made chocolate truffles before but have always enjoyed them at holiday parties. However, truffles are easy to make in your own home, and they make for a decadent and elegant dessert!
When Walker's Shortbread contacted me recently about sampling some of their delicious, buttery shortbread (it's a hard life), I jumped at the opportunity and started thinking of how I could incorporate one of the cookies into a recipe. After doing a little searching, and a little experimentation of my own in the kitchen, I came up with these little babies.
Oh, yes.
But, like I said – EASY! So, come on, follow along and I'll show you the simple steps….
The center is a mixture of ginger shortbread crumbs and cream cheese, which, after mixed together, make a "dough" that is chilled in the fridge. After about 20 minutes, roll the dough into small balls, and set them aside.
Now, let's take our milk chocolate which has been heated and stirred into creamy, dreamy bliss….
Mix in a little good-quality whiskey and almond extract…
And roll the shortbread balls around in the chocolate mixture…
Set them on a baking sheet….
Top with a sprinkle of cocoa powder…
Then, set your truffles in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes, so the chocolate can harden into a nice, hard shell.
You did it! See? Easy.
Try these truffles for yourself sometime, or for guests, and prepare to fall to your knees in chocolatey heaven! They're perfect with a cup of tea as an elegant, after-dinner dessert, or as a sweet treat to share with friends and family this holiday. You can also make them with kids and omit the whiskey. Or, keep the whiskey. Just don't share.
Please enjoy these if you make them, and if you come up with any variations of your own, feel free to share them with me!
Craving more? Keep in touch on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for new post updates and more. You can also check out my FAQ page, or contact me with any questions or inquiries!
Chocolate and Whiskey Shortbread Truffles
5 oz. milk chocolate
1 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. whisky
1/8 tsp. almond extract
4 oz. cream cheese
1 cup finely crushed Walkers Pure Butter Shortbread
In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese and shortbread crumbs. Mix well with your hands and form a ball. Chill in the refrigerator to firm up. After about 20 minutes, shape heaping teaspoonfuls of the dough into balls. Roll in melted chocolate and set on a baking sheet lined with wax or parchment paper.


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You will require a food business licence under the Food Act 2006 if your business:
Mobile food businesses are only required to have one food business licence, issued by council for any of the areas in which they intend to operate. The licence allows the business to sell food from the mobile premises anywhere in Queensland. However, you may also require an itinerant vendors licence and/or standing stall/vehicle licence from the council local to each area in which you intend to operate (these licences are separate from the licensing requirements under the Food Act 2006).
A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.
The Act does not apply in any of the following situations, and therefore a food business a licence is not required:
A food business that consists of one or more of the following activities is not required to be licensed under the Food Act 2006:
The Food Act 2006 requires every licensable food business in Queensland to have a food safety supervisor. Licensees are required to notify the local government that issues the licence, of the name and contact details of the food safety supervisor for the food business within 30 days of the licence being issued.
There are requirements that must be met for the design and fit-out of the food premises to ensure it is appropriate for the operation of a food business.
There are also requirements for all food handlers for the food business to have a level of skills and knowledge in food safety and food hygiene appropriate for their work activities at the food business.
This licence remains in effect for a period of no greater than 3 years as determined by council.
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This licence cannot be transferred.
Contact council for information on the current application process and relevant form.
The following food businesses are required to have a food safety program accredited by the local government:
Food businesses that are required to have an accredited food safety program are required to have an audit conducted by an appropriate auditor approved by the Department of Health within the first six months of accreditation, then at a frequency determined by the local government.
If you operate any other type of food business (other than mentioned above) and you wish to have a food safety program accredited, you may submit your program to your local government.
Please note that licence fees may vary between local governments.
Please contact your local government for further information.
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CHAPEL HILL, NC -- In a study of 20,000 U.S. teens, researchers found resources available for physical activity were not distributed relatively equally across all segments of the population and that each facility in adolescents' communities increased the likelihood that they would meet physical activity recommendations and reduced their likelihood of being overweight, according to research in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, assistant professor of nutrition, a department jointly housed within UNC's schools of public health and medicine. They especially wanted to learn whether minority and low-income groups – in which obesity levels are high and exercise levels low – had access to such resources to about the same degree as people in richer communities.
"We expected to find that private, fee facilities would be more common in more affluent areas, but the extent and magnitude of the lack of access in poorer communities was very surprising," Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, assistant professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina and study author, said. "Even the types of facilities we think of as most equitably allocated, like YMCAs, public parks and youth organizations, were significantly less common in poorer areas."
Investigators extracted data about the adolescents' weight and activity patterns gathered during detailed interviews in 1994 and 1995 and linked that information to further detailed information about the communities in which adolescents lived. The investigators used national databases and satellite-derived images of areas where subjects lived, along with socio-economic data from almost a fifth of all U.S. census block groups. Factored into the analysis were the numbers of public and private exercise facilities, schools, universities, public beaches, pools, tennis courts, youth centers, parks, camps and athletic clubs within communities.
"This issue, termed health disparities between different race, ethnic and income groups in the United States, represents one of the major health dilemmas facing the nation," said Popkin, who also directs UNC's Interdisciplinary Obesity Center. "This is the first study to empirically show a major systematic factor in our environment – namely a lack of recreation resources – explains an important component of this difference in health."


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If you are new to programming with PHP and MySQL and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the For the Absolute Beginner series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real-world scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish this book you will be able to apply the basic principles you've learned to the next programming language you tackle.
With the instructions in this book, you'll learn to:
-Use MySQL to create databases
-Master variables and input
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Olympic magic comes to Royston
PUBLISHED: 09:10 12 May 2012
A replica of the Olympic torch passed through Royston on Monday despite the event it was meant to open being cancelled by health and safety concerns.
The torch relay was due to kick off the May Fayre, a flagship event for the town's year of celebration.
Hosted by the Priory Memorial Gardens, it was one of the centrepieces of the Royston 2012: A Year of Celebration calendar, which will see the town mark The Queen's Jubilee, the Olympics and the 850th anniversary of the founding of The Priory – considered to be the birth of Royston.
Chairman of the 2012 committee, Lindsay Davidson, said: "We're obviously bitterly disappointed, we are really sad we had worked for 18 months for this May Fayre as it was such a special one.
"We feel very sad and sorry for all the stall holders and the people who planned on coming, it was devastating.
"We are not going to let it spoil the rest of the year, we have a lot more events and you just have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down and carry on going."
The Royston Runners carried the torch around the town in more than 30 stages - from the Heath Sports Club to the Priory Memorial Gardens where a beacon was lit by Royston MP Oliver Heald.
He said: "It was excellent to be there to receive the torch and light the Royston flame. All those involved in organising this deserve great credit and it was good to see so many runners enjoying the exercise.
"It was a great pity that the May Fayre had to be cancelled, because the weather had made the ground waterlogged."
Heavy rain forced the cancellation due to fears over children's safety in the interactive events that were to be held in the Priory Memorial Gardens.
Royston Town Council will not lose any money from the move as the May Fayre Committee raises cash for the event.
The decision to call it off was made after discussions with North Herts District Council which was concerned about the turf on the gardens being damaged by heavy vehicles.
A number of options were considered to keep it going but none were practical nor cost effective. The May Fayre will not be reorganised due to the busy civic schedule caused by the year of celebration.
Royston Town Council revealed last Thursday festivities were called off, just three days before the Bank Holiday event.
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Last February, NIDA held its first "Covering Addiction" Roundtable discussion for college journalists. Fifteen students from universities around Washington, D.C. picked the brains of NIDA scientists and professional health reporters, asking them about careers in science and health journalism. The student journalists got tips from pros who have worked for ABC News, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post on how to write about sensitive health topics like drug abuse and addiction.
Overall, students said they got a lot out of the experience, but some said they would have liked more time for questions about addiction and the health effects of drugs. So to follow up, here are some answers to common questions about drug use in college.
-Is everyone using illegal drugs in college?
No. Many college students drink alcohol, but most of them are not using other drugs.
-How common is drug use in college?
It really depends on the drug. The most common drug used in college is alcohol (yes, it's a drug). A survey asking college students about their past-month drug use found that about 2 out of 3 drink alcohol, and about 1 in 5 students smoke cigarettes. Marijuana comes in third, with about 1 in 6 students smoking it in college. (Interesting fact: full-time college students actually use less tobacco and marijuana on a regular basis than people of the same age who don't go to college.) As for other illegal drugs, very few college students are using them. For example, fewer than 1 in 100 college students have ever used heroin or steroids.
-How do you know?
NIDA's Monitoring the Future Survey asks middle school students, high school students and high school graduates about drug use. If you want to see the real data for yourself, you can go to the Monitoring the Future website and look at all the 2007 results for college students (PDF, 2.13MB).
-Stay tuned...
If you're studying for a journalism career in college, or planning to study journalism when you go, stay tuned! We'll announce the next college journalist roundtable here at the Sara Bellum Blog.
this is verry informational. now i know not to do druggsss
Drug abuse is very life threatening and if you stop you can be free and live life normally
Interesting that alcohol is seen as a drug too - do not think of it that way. However, I do believe that if alcohol was "invented" (as well as tobacco) today, they would both be banned as illigal substances.
Alcohol a drug???
@Pete--yep. By definition a drug is "a chemical compound or substance that can alter the structure and function of the body..." Alcohol affects every organ in the drinker's body. Getting drunk can impair brain function and affect coordination, and doing it often can increase the risk of certain cancers, stroke, and liver disease.
Going into college i had never experimented with drugs or alcohol at all. About a month into my freshmen year my roommate pushed and pushed until i gave in. I ended up drinking extremely heavily and smoking pot about 5 times a week. Who would have known I was going to develop mlm depersonalization disorder which absolutely takes your life from you. Everyday i wake up still stuck in a dream with no emotion [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
Stupuid drugssssssssss.........We will never use drug.....drug..drug..drug..drug..drug..!!!!
i dont like weed ................dont try it ever <3
it is interesting. . .
i understand the stigma behind certain drugs and the dangers, but with marijuana. there is not scientific study to show that is more dangerous than drinking or smoking cigs
Instead of using drugs for boost self confident, it would be great if people become more religious
Heavy use of marijuana leads to depression among other mental disorders.
Don't listen to the druggie crowd, this is one of the most dangerous drug because of the tolerant attitude towards it.


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Well this is a sudden, yet delightful surprise. One of our ninjas has tipped us off about an update that Verizon is apparently rolling out tomorrow to the HTC Rezound. That's right, the Rezound will be getting some Android 4.0 love in just 24 hours. No other details have been uncovered about the update, so at this point it's really just a waiting game. If all goes well, Rezound users should be getting a notification in the next few days.
So, who's excited to finally be getting some Ice Cream Sandwich? Is anyone entirely surprised by this news? Drop a comment below!


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Compromises possible in KC curfew proposal
Plan could start curfew later, change rules for 17-year-olds
Kansas City leaders are trying to find an acceptable compromise in the controversy over a proposed year-round curfew for young people in the city.
The current summertime-only curfew was originally set for the city's five major entertainment districts, but it's primarily designed for teenagers who gather at the Country Club Plaza.
Proposed changes to the curfew proposal could make it start later than the current proposal for 9 p.m. and advocates said they may try to simplify it.
The measure's sponsor, Kansas City Councilwoman Jan Marcason, said curfews work, and police don't have to devote much time to enforcing a curfew once it starts.
"The first two weeks, that's the busiest time," she said. "That's when kids get used to the timetable."
Critics said part of the problem is that the city has several different curfews, depending on age, location and seasons. Councilman John Sharp, who opposes the curfew, said it even confuses police.
"They have to keep a flow chart to track it," Sharp said. How we expect young people to keep track is beyond me."
He said there's also a provision in the curfew proposal that makes parents of some 17-year-olds liable when they shouldn't be.
"Seventeen-year-olds are considered adults, for criminal purposes, in Missouri," he said. "So we ought to change that."
He said a revised curfew proposal could be approved.
"A curfew could be part of our efforts to solve the problems, but just a tiny part," he said.
Marcason said she may be open to a later curfew time than the current proposal for 9 p.m.
"We don't want it to go too late, maybe from 9 p.m. to 9:30. Maybe 10 p.m.," she said. "A lot of the problems are 10 o'clock or later."
The issue will go back to a city council committee in two weeks.
The city has doubled the amount it is spending this summer on programs for young people. What many people agree on is that there just aren't enough places and activities for many teenagers in Kansas City other than to just hang out in public places.


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Human Culture,
an Evolutionary Force
Genes enabling lactose tolerance, which probably resulted in more surviving offspring, were detected in cultures like this Kenyan shepherd's.
By NICHOLAS WADE
As with any other species, human populations are shaped by the usual forces of natural selection, like famine, disease or climate. A new force is now coming into focus. It is one with a surprising implication — that for the last 20,000 years or so, people have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution.
The force is human culture, broadly defined as any learned behavior, including technology. The evidence of its activity is the more surprising because culture has long seemed to play just the opposite role. Biologists have seen it as a shield that protects people from the full force of other selective pressures, since clothes and shelter dull the bite of cold and farming helps build surpluses to ride out famine.
Because of this buffering action, culture was thought to have blunted the rate of human evolution, or even brought it to a halt, in the distant past. Many biologists are now seeing the role of culture in a quite different light.
Although it does shield people from other forces, culture itself seems to be a powerful force of natural selection. People adapt genetically to sustained cultural changes, like new diets. And this interaction works more quickly than other selective forces, "leading some practitioners to argue that gene-culture co-evolution could be the dominant mode of human evolution," Kevin N. Laland and colleagues wrote in the February issue of Nature Reviews Genetics. Dr. Laland is an evolutionary biologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
The idea that genes and culture co-evolve has been around for several decades but has started to win converts only recently. Two leading proponents, Robert Boyd of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Peter J. Richerson of the University of California, Davis, have argued for years that genes and culture were intertwined in shaping human evolution. "It wasn't like we were despised, just kind of ignored," Dr. Boyd said. But in the last few years, references by other scientists to their writings have "gone up hugely," he said.
The best evidence available to Dr. Boyd and Dr. Richerson for culture being a selective force was the lactose tolerance found in many northern Europeans. Most people switch off the gene that digests the lactose in milk shortly after they are weaned, but in northern Europeans — the descendants of an ancient cattle-rearing culture that emerged in the region some 6,000 years ago — the gene is kept switched on in adulthood.
Lactose tolerance is now well recognized as a case in which a cultural practice — drinking raw milk — has caused an evolutionary change in the human genome. Presumably the extra nutrition was of such great advantage that adults able to digest milk left more surviving offspring, and the genetic change swept through the population.
This instance of gene-culture interaction turns out to be far from unique. In the last few years, biologists have been able to scan the whole human genome for the signatures of genes undergoing selection. Such a signature is formed when one version of a gene becomes more common than other versions because its owners are leaving more surviving offspring. From the evidence of the scans, up to 10 percent of the genome — some 2,000 genes — shows signs of being under selective pressure.
These pressures are all recent, in evolutionary terms — most probably dating from around 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, in the view of Mark Stoneking, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Biologists can infer the reason for these selective forces from the kinds of genes that are tagged by the genome scans. The roles of most of the 20,000 or so genes in the human genome are still poorly understood, but all can be assigned to broad categories of likely function depending on the physical structure of the protein they specify.
By this criterion, many of the genes under selection seem to be responding to conventional pressures. Some are involved in the immune system, and presumably became more common because of the protection they provided against disease. Genes that cause paler skin in Europeans or Asians are probably a response to geography and climate.
But other genes seem to have been favored because of cultural changes. These include many genes involved in diet and metabolism and presumably reflect the major shift in diet that occurred in the transition from foraging to agriculture that started about 10,000 years ago.
Amylase is an enzyme in the saliva that breaks down starch. People who live in agrarian societies eat more starch and have extra copies of the amylase gene compared with people who live in societies that depend on hunting or fishing. Genetic changes that enable lactose tolerance have been detected not just in Europeans but also in three African pastoral societies. In each of the four cases, a different mutation is involved, but all have the same result — that of preventing the lactose-digesting gene from being switched off after weaning.
Many genes for taste and smell show signs of selective pressure, perhaps reflecting the change in foodstuffs as people moved from nomadic to sedentary existence. Another group under pressure is that of genes that affect the growth of bone. These could reflect the declining weight of the human skeleton that seems to have accompanied the switch to settled life, which started some 15,000 years ago.
A third group of selected genes affects brain function. The role of these genes is unknown, but they could have changed in response to the social transition as people moved from small hunter-gatherer groups a hundred strong to villages and towns inhabited by several thousand, Dr. Laland said. "It's highly plausible that some of these changes are a response to aggregation, to living in larger communities," he said.
Though the genome scans certainly suggest that many human genes have been shaped by cultural forces, the tests for selection are purely statistical, being based on measures of whether a gene has become more common. To verify that a gene has indeed been under selection, biologists need to perform other tests, like comparing the selected and unselected forms of the gene to see how they differ.
Dr. Stoneking and his colleagues have done this with three genes that score high in statistical tests of selection. One of the genes they looked at, called the EDAR gene, is known to be involved in controlling the growth of hair. A variant form of the EDAR gene is very common in East Asians and Native Americans, and is probably the reason that these populations have thicker hair than Europeans or Africans.
Still, it is not obvious why this variant of the EDAR gene was favored. Possibly thicker hair was in itself an advantage, retaining heat in Siberian climates. Or the trait could have become common through sexual selection, because people found it attractive in their partners.
A third possibility comes from the fact that the gene works by activating a gene regulator that controls the immune system as well as hair growth. So the gene could have been favored because it conferred protection against some disease, with thicker hair being swept along as a side effect. Or all three factors could have been at work. "It's one of the cases we know most about, and yet there's a lot we don't know," Dr. Stoneking said.
The case of the EDAR gene shows how cautious biologists have to be in interpreting the signals of selection seen in the genome scans. But it also points to the potential of the selective signals for bringing to light salient events in human prehistory as modern humans dispersed from the ancestral homeland in northeast Africa and adapted to novel environments. "That's the ultimate goal," Dr. Stoneking said. "I come from the anthropological perspective, and we want to know what the story is."
With archaic humans, culture changed very slowly. The style of stone tools called the Oldowan appeared 2.5 million years ago and stayed unchanged for more than a million years. The Acheulean stone tool kit that succeeded it lasted for 1.5 million years. But among behaviorally modern humans, those of the last 50,000 years, the tempo of cultural change has been far brisker. This raises the possibility that human evolution has been accelerating in the recent past under the impact of rapid shifts in culture.
Some biologists think this is a possibility, though one that awaits proof. The genome scans that test for selection have severe limitations. They cannot see the signatures of ancient selection, which get washed out by new mutations, so there is no base line by which to judge whether recent natural selection has been greater than in earlier times. There are also likely to be many false positives among the genes that seem favored.
But the scans also find it hard to detect weakly selected genes, so they may be picking up just a small fraction of the recent stresses on the genome. Mathematical models of gene-culture interaction suggest that this form of natural selection can be particularly rapid. Culture has become a force of natural selection, and if it should prove to be a major one, then human evolution may be accelerating as people adapt to pressures of their own creation.


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This is a top arched Wicker Framed Mirror. It would make a lovely addition to any room.
Our Natural Wicker Furniture is made with A-Grade natural wicker woven over a sturdy rattan frame.
The Outer Dimensions are:
36" H x 26" W
(Mirror size: 30" H x 20" W)
This mirror is available in 4 Wicker Colors: White, Honey/Natural, Brown/Antique Wash and Whitewash


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tags: Times Square, 42nd street Times Square, Times Square Mural, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Times Square Mural, 2002, detail 3 (photographed from left to right).
Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (Collage 1990, fabricated 1994). NYC's Times Square/42nd Street. Porcelain enamel on wall of N, Q, R, S, W, 1, 2, 3 mezzanine.
Times Square Mural captures the spirit of the subway, its linear movement and dynamic energy. With a nod to both the past and the future -- its central image is a futuristic bullet shaped car zipping through an underground station. And not just any station, this is Times Square, in the heart of New York City.
Lichtenstein was born in New York in 1923 and spent his last years here. The Times Square Mural reflects his career, with references to, and variations on, his earlier works. Lichtenstein also freely appropriated and incorporated images from the works of other artists and designers in his work. For instance, the hooded figure at the right of the mural is from the old Buck Rogers comic strips and the iconic 42 image is from a series of drawings of the architectural detail of the subway. It is a signature work that honors its creator and the place in which it is located.
I have photographed glass tile mosaic artworks from several NYC subway stations now, so far, all are westside Manhattan subway lines; including the Cathedral Parkway/110th Street platform (downtown-bound 1 train only); the mezzanine walls of the 42nd Street (Times Square) for the A, C and E trains; 42nd street/Times Square upstairs platform (1, 2 & 3 trains); 42nd Street/Times Square passageway between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal (A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms; West 66th street/Lincoln Center Station (1 train); West 34th Street/Pennsylvania Station (A, C & E trains); Chambers Street (A & C trains); Houston Street (1 train); and Pennsylvania "Penn" station (1, 2 & 3 trains) [subway art archives] and, my favorite subway station of all, the American Museum of Natural History station at 81st and Central Park West (B & C trains) [AMNH archives].
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East Millinocket, Maine, once dubbed the town that paper made, has struggled since its big paper mill closed nearly two years ago, but recently the town received an unlikely boost from the Fifty Shades of Grey craze.
A few months after the once shuttered mill, Great Northern Paper, reopened, Fifty Shades of Grey was released. The craze swirling around the steamy bestseller and its sequels meant that the books' publisher, Random House, needed a lot of paper. They turned to the Maine paper mill. Now, the once idle paper mill workers are busier than they've been in years.
Editor's Note: Harry Smith's full report airs Thursday, Sept. 27 at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.


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I'm a EurekaLog user that has given up on it, due to some many bugs, and I'm evaluating madExcept before I buy it.
The problem I need to solve is detailed on stackoverflow at the link below:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466 ... -eurekalog
Of course, there I tried to solve it with EurekaLog, but I wasn't successful. Using madExcept, the dialog box is appearing when I have a log within the thread also, but I want it to appear only if I have an exception on the main thread; errors on any background threads I want to just log the error with the complete bug report, and no dialog box. Can this be accomplished?


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Wanna catch a glimpse of one of the new G1-Killer motherboards?
Visit the GIGABYTE website and and download the latest GIGABTYE G1-Killer wallpapers.
To download, please click Here.
A group of motherboard enthusiasts working for GIGABYTE, sharing their insider knowledge and general ramblings of the motherboard business, the tech industry, latest technologies and trends, and other random odds and ends.
Wanna catch a glimpse of one of the new G1-Killer motherboards?
Visit the GIGABYTE website and and download the latest GIGABTYE G1-Killer wallpapers.
To download, please click Here.
No, that is not a "little person" holding a motherboard (he's not related to Ricky Gervais either), but rather the Deputy Director of motherboard marketing here at GIGABYTE, Tim Handley.
There's no word on the official specs yet either, although we've heard rumblings about on-board SSDs striped together in RAID 0 configuration, as well as an army of solid state capacitors. Heck, given the size of the box, maybe it will even feature flux capacitors.
Please visit Bit-tech HERE to find out more about this mysterious board.
Ever wondered why the H55N-USB3 has a VGA card slot (seeing as it's supposed to be a low profile HTPC board)? We included a VGA card slot to provide our customers with options, and CyberPower has optioned to use the little board that can in their LAN Party Mini EVO gaming system.
"In the end, the CyberPower LAN Party Mini EVO is a sweet, compact little rig. It's also pretty palatable at $1,250—a nice discount over our WAKM, which tilted the scale to $1,653. So, it's cheaper, just about even in performance, and it's even water-cooled. In our book, that's a win."
Read the whole review here.
The motherboard of choice in the THG Bugatti-like Bentley PC is none other than the GA-X58A-UD3R, GIGABYTE's top selling X58 chipset motherboard model.
"We wanted a motherboard with at least 32 PCIe 2.0 lanes, high overclocking stability, and enough features to justify existence in a PC that cost nearly $2000. The two best-priced models to fill those criteria were Asus' Sabertooth and Gigabyte's X58A-UD3R.
The X58A-UD3R's advantages are few, such as its support for x8 mode on the third slot by lane-sharing, and its support for two more hard drives. But those extra features combine with our extra experience with this model to make it the easiest choice."
Read the whole article here.
Steven B. is going about his reviews/previews a little differently and almost dissecting the board in the quest to uncover and explain every significant part of board design. Check out this extremely detailed preview of P67A-UD7 board.
I love the attention to detail and a really interesting ghetto stock heatsink testing setup. He also writes a fair bit about analogue vs digital PWM as well as a whole host of other R&D inspired changes that the new board generation brings.
This is a very enjoyable read for hardware enthusiasts. Check it out, it won't disappoint! Make sure you put aside a good 15 minutes as there is a lot of interesting info to read about! Read more about it over at i4mem > http://i4memory.com/f90/p67a-ud7-most-depth-preview-review-27173/.
No stranger to Mini-ITX case modding, Jeffery Stephenson's latest creation incorporates the award winning GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 motherboard with two USB 3.0 ports in the rear I/O panel. Remarkably he has also incorporated two USB 3.0 hubs, so this system is a SuperSpeed USB beast that is way ahead of it's time if you consider the USB 3.0 port count!
Check out his website and don't forget to vote for his mod on the Lenovo/Intel Mod Building Contest. You can also have a look at his picture blogs on:
- http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1559095
- http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=197293
- http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=915731
Tom's Hardware has published their annual Holiday Gift Guide. Aside from the usual bevy of beauties, there are some great tech featured including the GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5 motherboard.
We specifically chose the 890FXA-UD5 because its relative value, reasonable price tag, and modern features. It's nice to get the SATA 6Gb/s support for future upgrades to SSDs able to move more than 300 MB/s, plus USB 3.0 is a welcome addition after waiting for our 64 GB flash drives to transfer disk images over USB 2.0. Gigabyte's On/Off support for charging iPads/iPhones/iPods, even when the PC is turned off, is a super-convenient addition, too.
To see the girls (come on, let's be honest…tech is great, but pretty girls holding tech is even better), please visit HERE
Visit the Cooler Master facebook page to find out how you can win a GIGABYTE, Cooler Master and Kingston Christmas package for yourself and a friend. Be sure to 'Like' it to show your appreciation for this event, and help ensure that there are more Facebook giveaways in future.
Keep and eye on the GIGABYTE Motherboard Tech Column on facebook to participate in more GIGABYTE giveaways in 2011.
The ever amazing LSDMEASAP who does a truly awesome job moderating the GIGABYTE section in the TweakTown forums, has broken the 3Ghz memory speed barrier using the GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard and Mushkin Radioactive 2000MHz memory kit. Congrats mate!
To see more images and info of his setup and score, please visit HERE.
If you haven't already, also be sure to visit the GIGABYTE section in the TweakTown forums. It is a great resource for anyone looking for more info on GIGABYTE motherboards or troubleshooting, and LSDMEASAP, even though he has several day jobs, still manages to answer pretty much everyone's questions.
PureOC is getting in the holiday spirit by hosting a Christmas Giveaway Event, with one of the prizes being a GIGABTYE GA-P55-USB3L motherboard.
This year we wanted to do something really special for Pure OC's members and we've got some great companies partnering with us to make that a reality. We've teamed up with Cooler Master, Gigabyte, OCZ, CoolIT, Sparkle, and AZZA to donate some amazing prizes.
To enter the contest, all you have to do is reply to the thread telling everyone your best Holiday memory. Sounds pretty easy, right, as I'm sure everyone has some good heart-warming stories to tell.
To add your holiday memory and to see all the prizes being given away, please click HERE
*This contest is for North America only
Our friends over at Legit Reviews have recently taken the GA-X58-USB3 motherboard out for a spin, and while this is a budget board clearly positioned for mainstream users on the X58 platform (1366 socket), Dan commends the board for it's performance and overclocking, awarding it the Legit Reviews Value Award.
While it may be considered a budget motherboard by many. Let's just be sure not to let the GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 in on that little secret, because it sure doesn't act like one.
Whether it performs like it or not, the GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 is a low cost board aimed at the budget conscience consumer. Let's face it, that is a fact that the majority of us users out there today are faced with. Everybody is looking to get the best bang for their buck. For those looking at the Intel X58 spectrum of components, motherboards with the Intel X58 chipset aren't exactly the lowest cost component out there. Many believe that you get what you pay for, that's not always the case though. The GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 gives you more than what you pay for! For the measly $179.99 with free shipping you are getting a great performing board that is backed up by a three year warranty.
To read the full GIGABYTE GA-X58-USB3 Motherboard Review at Legit Reviews, please click HERE.
It's the holidays once again, and what better way to show the geek in your life you care than by giving them a shiny new motherboard. But with so many options out there, how to decide? Tweak Town has made it easy with their annual buyers guide. This year, they recommend two GIGABYTE boards, the X58A-UD9 and H55N-USB3.
At the very top end we have two boards that really stood out this year. For the top end slot when money is no object and you want the highest benchmarking numbers you can get, the GIGBYTE X58A-UD9 is the board you are looking for. It can do just about anything (It even has a floppy port just in case you might need one). However, the thing that gives the UD9 the top billing is its support for four way SLI and Crossfire at full x16. You just can't beat that.
The last item on our list of recommended boards is the GIGABYTE H55N-USB3 Mini-ITX motherboard. We were very impressed with its performance and the amazingly small size of the board. You can choose to run this as an entry level system with a Core i5 661 or go nuts and drop in a Core i7 875K if you choose to. The only thing that limits you here is the small area for a good CPU cooler. After you sort that, there is not a whole lot this board won't do for you.
To read the full Tweak Town 2010 Holiday Buyers Guide, please click HERE
Hong Kong based overclocker, mad222, just jumped ahead of his competitors from Brazil and Korea with a stunning new AMD frequency world record. Wow and all that with a AMD Phenom II X4 965 C3. Nice to see the new 890FXA-UD7 is up to the task too .
Congrats Mad222. Killer overclock.
GIGABYTE's world record radar just picked up a fantastic AMD 1M SuperPi world record on HWBOT.org by MaJ0r from Ukraine.
MaJ0r used a GIGABYTE 790FXTA-UD5 with a Phenom II X2 555 BE and reached a frequency of 6942Mhz for this benchmark with a time of 9.875s. Looks like there is room left in the tank for some more tweaking as well.
Congratulations mate, what a great OC this is!
He also showed off a CPUz with 7122.4Mhz. Smokin' fast!
Australia, December 3rd, 2010 - GIGABYTE Technology; a leading manufacturer of computer hardware and digital-life style products is proud to announce our latest partnership with Team Immunity, Australia's premier multi-gaming organisation. Team Immunity is know for their elite gaming teams in a number of games including Counter Strike 1.6, Counter Strike: Source, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Starcraft 2.
GIGABYTE brand extends globally with sales of motherboards reaching 19-million units sold last year. The continued development of the brand throughout Australia and New Zealand is a high priority and the partnership with Team Immunity will enable GIGABYTE to become directly involved with the gaming elite.
Tony 'Sent1nel' Trubridge the Managing Director of Team Immunity -
"GIGABYTE Technology put a great deal of effort and quality into their products and have grown to become an extremely popular and well-recognised brand that many in the IT industry come to rely upon. This coupled with their ability to combine feedback from enthusiasts and gamers whilst re-defining technology ensures their products are ground breaking and have the features that everyone wants. We look to big things in 2011 and beyond as we showcase GIGABYTE's upcoming products whilst working together to increase the status of e-Sports in Australia and around the world."
Dino Strkljevic the Technical Marketing and PR Manager for Gigabyte Technology Pty Ltd ANZ -
"As the market leader in motherboard and VGA design, GIGABYTE provides a great range of products suitable to different users, from elite PC gamers wanting to build the ultimate performance rig, to the general PC enthusiasts wanting to get the best value for their money while enjoying innovative technology from GIGABYTE. We are excited to be partnering with Team Immunity to enhance our development of innovative components for gamers and will soon announce a gaming range of motherboards developed with feedback from professional gamers from Australia and around the world."
About Gigabyte Technology
GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world's motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices, servicing every facet of people's lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to "Upgrade Your Life" with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services.
About Team Immunity
Team Immunity is Australia's premier multi-gaming eSports team. Based in Melbourne Australia and founded in July 2003, the team is comprised of players from a wide range of electronic sports some of which include; Counter-Strike 1.6, Counter-Strike Source, Call of Duty:Black Ops and Starcraft 2. Having competed in more than 15 countries across 4 continents Team Immunity continues to spearhead Australia's international eSports presence.
Gigabyte Technology Australia - www.gigabyte.com.au
GIGABYTE E-Sports Championship grand final line-ups have finally been concluded after a couple of intense qualifying stages for the past two weeks.
The team at GOTGAMES just announced the two groups of 4 teams competing in the grand final on 11th December during Melbourne's ReSpawn LAN.
Here are the teams that will compete in the final. Sequential and Team Immunity won the shootouts in their respective qualifiers and are the top seeded teams.
Group A
Sequential Gaming
Group B
Frenetic Array
Sublime PC Case Gear
The Event
· When? - Takes place December 11th
· Where? - Melbourne's Respawn LAN - La Trobe Univerity (Bundoora Campus) GOOGLE MAPS LOCATION HERE
The finals will be played on the latest Gigabyte & Intel powered gaming machines featuring Intel's Core i7 950 processors and Gigabyte's X58-UD3R motherboards and GTX460 video cards.
Finals Prize Money Breakdown
1st Place - $2750 AUD
2nd Place - $1150 AUD
3rd Place - $600 AUD
MVP Award: Sponsored Hardware
Sportsmanship Award: Sponsored Hardware
Professional shoutcasters GAMESTAH will call all the action and hopefully provide a video stream of all the action here http://www.gamestah.com/.
Official competition website: http://gigabyte-esc.com/
Youngpro from TeamAU is yet again proving to be unstoppable with relentless global world record pursuit.
PCMARK Vantage has seen new heights with a 45,669 points set a couple of days ago with a GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 rev2.0 which is one of his favourite boards rivalling even the great UD9. Both boards use the new Unlocked Power PWM which is one of the key features extreme overclockers require for world record overclocking performance.
We just sent out this press release introducing our soon-to-be-released 6 series motherboards:
TAIPEI, Taiwan – December 1, 2010 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions, today unveiled several exciting new technologies during a COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2011 pre-show press conference held at the GIGABYTE head office. The new technologies feature on upcoming GIGABYTE 6 series motherboards (based on Intel® 6 series chipsets) with the purpose of providing Maximum CPU Power for reliable high-performance computing.
Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing at GIGABYTE, explained their innovate and disseminate strategy where new innovations are launched on extreme enthusiast models, such as the X58A-UD9 that debuted at Computex 2010, and then make their way down to the high-end and mainstream models. Demonstrating GIGABYTE's soon-to-be-released flagship motherboard, the GA-P67A-UD7, he highlighted GIGABYTE's Maximum CPU Power technology with an industry-leading 24 phase power design, an Intel® approved Intersil Voltage Regulator Down (VRD) 12 compliant PWM controller, Dual CPU Power, Driver MOSFETs (the new addition to GIGABYTE's signature Ultra Durable 3 features), proprietary DualBIOS™ 3TB+ HDD technology, 10 USB 3.0 ports (total of 18 USB ports with 8 USB 2.0), 3-Way SLI/CrossFireX support, 3x USB Power, On/Off Charge and more…
Read the whole press release on the GIGABYTE website.


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Yesterday I spotted a lady here in the UK showing off her Palm Pre to a friend. So today I recorded a video to take a look at Palm's WebOS Browser with Flash Player 10.1. Please note that the engineering build on this device is not up-to-date, but you can certainly get an impression of how great the experience will be.
For the user experience professionals out there, check out the card metaphor for switching between applications; amazing.


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House Speaker John Boehner is not sorry about his criticism of outside conservative groups.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner fires back at a conservative group Thursday on Capitol Hill.
"Yesterday, when the criticism was coming, frankly I thought it was my job and my obligation to stand up for conservatives here in the Congress who want more deficit reduction, to stand up for the work that Chairman Ryan did," he told reporters Thursday at a press conference dominated by questions about his dismissal of outside organizations like the Heritage Foundation and the Club for Growth.
"Frankly, I just think that they have lost all credibility," he added.
Asked if he is effectively asking these organizations to stand down, Boehner offered this flat response: "I don't care what they do."
Boehner made headlines Wednesday when he derided outside groups for opposing the bipartisan budget agreement that leaders of both chambers hope to pass in order to draw down some sequestration-related spending cuts and head off future government shutdowns.
Those groups fired back, saying the deal would "increase the size of government" and hurt the nation's growth.
But on Thursday, Boehner doubled down, describing a pattern of shortsighted positions held by influential conservative groups.
And he alluded to a statement by the head of Heritage Action, who admitted in a television interview that full repeal of Obamacare would not be possible until after the 2016 election.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner reacts to criticism expressed by conservative groups over the framework of the Murray-Ryan budget deal.
"Are you kidding me?" Boehner exclaimed.
The House is set to take up the budget bill on Thursday evening.
Republican aides believe that a majority of the conference will support the bill. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said earlier Thursday that – even though many Democrats are upset that the agreement does not include an extension of unemployment insurance for the jobless – her members won't let the bill fail.
"I don't think our members will let this bill go down," she said, adding that while she does not like the legislation, "it's an okay thing to vote for."


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How shoddy science almost led one agency to use flawed map in Keystone XL review
A year ago, the Fish and Wildlife Service was poised to use a scientifically flawed range map for the American burying beetle during a preliminary assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline's effect on the endangered insect.
The map would have shrunk the insect's range by 25 percent in Oklahoma, using spatial models -- rather than county lines -- to determine the habitat. But the map was never used in the Keystone assessment or any other agency action, thanks to a scientific integrity complaint.
News of that complaint became public last week, when the Interior Department's inspector general released a "management alert" referring to the retaliation against the employees who questioned the range map and an unrelated data collection (E&E Daily, Aug. 1).
FWS officials have confirmed a "loss of scientific integrity" in both instances and scientific misconduct in the creation of the beetle's range map. FWS Director Dan Ashe has said the two supervisors involved were disciplined for those findings, but the agency is still determining appropriate action for the supervisors' retaliation against the whistle-blowers (Greenwire, Aug. 2).
Details on the nature of the scientific integrity findings are still limited. Interior has publicly released only summaries of the cases. But an FWS official agreed to speak on background with Greenwire this week about the scientific integrity failings of the range map for the burying beetle.
In the heated controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline, the American burying beetle is just one battle of many. The proposed pipeline route -- which would run from Canada's oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries -- winds its way through the beetle's habitat, and FWS determined in May that a pipeline section in Nebraska would adversely affect the population. It directed TransCanada Corp. to relocate the insects if the project moves ahead.
The problems with the Oklahoma range map came almost one year before that decision and did not affect findings in Nebraska. But it sheds light on how Interior's relatively new scientific integrity process forestalled what could have become a much more serious issue.
In the summer of 2012, several FWS employees unveiled a new range map for the American burying beetle that they claimed better represented the insect's habitat. They used a new model -- published in a previous paper by other scientists -- to generate an area that comprised about 12.6 million acres, rather than the previous 17 million acres.
Within weeks, a complaint was filed alleging 29 violations of the scientific integrity policy. FWS officials say they withdrew the map immediately. If they had not, it would have been used to determine whether further surveys needed to be conducted on the Oklahoma portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Instead, the agency used a previous map, which showed the pipeline would transect one of the counties in the beetle's range, triggering a more thorough review.
It remains unclear whether the revised map -- had it not been retracted -- would have triggered the same review.
But it would have been friendlier to industry on the whole. The new map cut the beetle's range by about 4.5 million acres, or more than 25 percent. In a published article on the new map, the authors said the decreased range would lead to "greater precision for conservation of the [beetle], more targeted conservation efforts, and reduced costs to other federal agencies and industry that are required to have minimal impact to this endangered species under the [Endangered Species Act]."
Their work, however, suffered from several problems. A scientific review panel found that the FWS employees had given "improper consideration" to the reservations from the creator of the original model. The employees also applied the model incorrectly; among other things, they used nonrandom data when the model assumed random data.
The peer-review process they used also did not meet government standards. Specifically, it violated standards "ensuring independence and impartiality," according to the FWS official.
The official declined to comment on whether the authors of the new map purposely violated such standards to create a more industry-friendly map.
In the end, however, FWS released a habitat conservation plan that included a "conservation priority area" that overlaps the pipeline in several places. And the revised map -- along with the accompanying article -- was rescinded.
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Lunch for One: Señor Pollo
In September of last year, Robyn Lee did a post on the $6.50 Quarter-Chicken and Two Sides Deal from Señor Pollo. It's one of the best cheap lunch deals in the East Village and most certainly one I never tire of.
After numerous visits to Señor Pollo with the same order every single time (quarter chicken, fried sweet plantains, and mixed rice and beans), I decided to switch things up and poke around unexplored menu territory. The result? The quarter chicken meal is still the best deal, but there are some other gems to be found at this neighborhood chicken spot: gambas al ajillo, quinoa stew, and flan.
First, what not to eat. There are three sides on the menu, none really worth your time, including the papa à la huancaína ($5), pictured above. A pile of boiled potatoes, one olive, one lettuce leaf, half a boiled egg, and a bath of huancaína sauce. Papa à la huancaína is typically served cold, but this was neither hot nor cold; it was lukewarm. The huancaína sauce, made from yellow peppers and cheese, had hardly any flavor; its main contribution was texture—oozy thick.
If possible, come on Thursday or Friday, the only two days of the week Señor Pollo turns out Gambas al Ajillo (shrimp in garlic sauce). At $10.99, it's the priciest dish at Señor Pollo but worth every penny. When they say "garlic sauce," they are not kidding. The shrimp (I lost count at 15) are bathed in a pungent shower of garlic, both puréed and minced. Chile peppers give the barest touch of spice, making it clear that garlic is the boss here. The dish simply begs for bread (you'll have to sneak in your own or order this dish to go) or rice at the very least. Allowing any of this sauce go to waste is a sin. Be forewarned that your breath will smell horrible (or perhaps wonderful?) post meal, so plan accordingly.
With the shrimp dish you get any two sides. Aim healthy with steamed vegetables or perhaps a generic house salad. Or you can have fun and indulge your whims with the likes of maduros or tostones. Are you a mayo lover? Don't pass on the Spanish potato salad (which include diced hard-boiled eggs). The french fries are boring, but should you crave rice, take your pick from white, yellow, or mixed rice and beans. Spinach mashed potatoes don't taste of spinach at all, but that's just a slight complaint. New to the line-up of sides is the savory Peruvian quinoa stew, warm and hearty and thick enough to eat with a fork. I detected cumin along with cream—definitely not broth-based like standard Peruvian quinoa stews.
And if you have room for something sweet, there are house-made fruit shakes ($3.25) or flan ($2). While the shake options are promising (it's not too often you find soursop shakes in the East Village), pass on them all—yes, even the passion fruit, papaya and mango—as they're extremely heavy on the sugar and light on the fruit. The house flan is a better bet, creamy with a pour of caramel syrup. It was a bit too heavy on the vanilla (extract), but for $2, this is a bargain I'd return for.
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Find Your Yoga Style
I never thought I'd find myself in downward dog in the middle of New York City, not caring about the tourists staring and taking pictures of my sky-bound butt while sweat and sunscreen dripped into my eyes. But there I was, doing just that, not once, but once a week for an entire summer.
And I wasn't alone. What started as a small yoga class of 10-15 students in Bryant Park in 2005 grew to a class of more than 200 people three years later. In parks, on beaches, at hotels, in swimming pools, and especially in their own living rooms, people are doing yoga everywhere. According to the Yoga Health Foundation, 20 million Americans are practicing yoga, and that number is quickly rising.
So why are more people adding yoga bends and twists to their fitness routine?
Johannes R. Fisslinger of the Yoga Health Foundation and founder of Yoga Month, a nationwide campaign to promote health awareness, has a simple explanation for yoga's growing popularity: "Because it works!"
He's right. When you practice yoga even once, you can immediately see its benefits: Your posture is better, you feel more flexible, and your body becomes more toned. (Need proof? Take a look at Madonna's buff biceps or Gwyneth Paltrow's firm figure. That's yoga.)
Fisslinger adds that yoga's benefits extend well beyond your body. Whether you're relaxed and lying down in corpse pose or trying to balance in tree pose, yoga engages your mind, body, and spirit. "There's an emotional and mental connection," says Fisslinger. "It affects your whole being. Yoga centers you and gives you inner strength."
And experts say yogic breathing techniques can help insomniacs sleep better and ease anxiety and depression. Still other research shows that people who practice yoga lose weight and maintain a healthy weight more easily than those who don't practice yoga. And if that's not enough to make you do some sun salutations, a consistent yoga practice can also lead to a healthier heart in just six weeks, according to a Yale University School of Medicine study.
Can you tell we love yoga here at FitnessMagazine.com? We're addicted, and we feel out-of-alignment, stressed, and confused when we don't get our fix. The great news is that you don't have to join a posh yoga studio to make yoga part of your fit life: You can still reap the benefits of yoga in ways that better fit your style. Whether you're on a tight budget, a dedicated gym-goer, a runner, a hardcore video gamer (or mother of one), or a gymnastics enthusiast, we've found a yoga class for you.
A Nationwide Yoga Tour
Do the words vinyassa, hatha, asana, and chakra make you want to scratch your head instead of inspiring visions of restorative headstands? If yoga is a complete mystery to you, read on.
To mark September as National Yoga Month, yoga health experts and teachers are visiting 10 U.S. cities and offering free classes, workshops, and music to all.
"The main mission is to take yoga to everyone, so people can witness how yoga can transform their minds without a lot of money or time," says Vera Alexander, Executive Director for Grants & Media of Yoga Month. "Yoga is accessible and easy for everyone to do."
Even athletic types can benefit from a yoga practice, says Alexander, an avid runner. "I found that yoga helped with my joints and mobility," she says. "Once you're exposed to yoga, you'll see how it really helps you."
Chanting and meditating not your style? No worries. "Practitioners can choose their own style," says Alexander. "There are more hybrid classes available, like dance and yoga and acrobatics and yoga. You can merge yoga with what you're already doing."
If cash is an issue, there are donation-based classes, community classes, and free online videos, says Fisslinger. All you need to bring is yourself.
Yoga at the Gym
Most gyms offer standard yoga classes like Hatha and, our favorite, Vinyassa, which combines flexibility moves and strength-building exercises into a fast-paced routine with excellent cardio benefits. But more and more we're seeing national gym chains like Equinox create their own hybrid yoga classes featuring cycling, rock 'n' roll soundtracks, and even super-beginning classes to attract a different kind of yogi.
Cycle In/Yoga Out
Busy bodies can squeeze in cardio, toning, and relaxation with this combination cycling and yoga class. Instructor Steve Hsu, a lifetime certified Spinning instructor and certified yoga teacher, combines high-energy indoor cycling with restorative and relaxing yoga for a balanced approach to exercise in his Cycle In/Yoga Out class in Equinox Fitness in Pasadena, California.
The first half of each session begins with 30 minutes of intense cycling. But there's no pressure to go beyond your boundaries. "I want students to be self-accepting," says Hsu. "I teach them to listen to their bodies and respect where they are mentally, physically, and emotionally."
During the last half of the class students stretch and do restorative yoga poses to release tension and decrease their heart rate from the intense cardio work. Since cyclists spend a lot of time hunched on a bike, restoring posture is super important.
"What's great about the class is that it's not just 'Go, go, go!'" says Hsu. "Yoga balances the high-energy and intensity from cycling. It totally makes sense to combine the two."
By starting with a high-energy cycling workout and ending with relaxing yoga poses, you can increase your aerobic capacity, build strength in your legs, increase your flexibility, and relax — all in one hour.
"My students tell me that they feel more at ease and calm after their workouts," says Hsu. "They're not too ramped up."
Multitaskers can be zen too!
Rockin' Vinyasa Yoga
You're more likely to hear Kanye and Fergie instead of Oms and chanting in this hip yoga class. Instructor Adam Goldstein of Equinox Fitness in Roslyn, New York, created Rockin' Vinyasa Yoga after hearing complaints from people who yawned at the thought of chanting during their workout.
"I wanted to tell people about yoga because it had such a great effect on me, but they thought it was boring!" says Goldstein. "So I decided to crank up the music."
Goldstein plays everything from Annie Lenox to Timbaland and doesn't use the same set of songs twice. Classes start with a slow song and breathing exercises. Then the beat speeds up as the class goes into twists and standing and balancing poses. Each class ends with a relaxation period in savasana, or corpse pose.
If you're over Spinning class but still want to sculpt and tone your body while rocking out to your favorite tunes, this class is for you.
"My students tell me that they never thought yoga could be so much fun!" says Goldstein. Classes can turn into karaoke sessions, but students will definitely see results from this power yoga class.
Download Adam Goldstein's Rockin' Yoga Playlist
Yoga for the Inflexible
The name of the class says it all. You don't have to be a contortionist to do yoga. Instructor Tara Robertson created Yoga for the Inflexible at Equinox Fitness in Palo Alto, California, after noticing that many people couldn't take advantage of advanced yoga classes. So Robertson designed a class that broke down every move and pose so that everyone can learn and be flexible.
"I want students to ask questions," says Robertson. "I want to keep a dialogue with them. They can always stop me or flag me down in class." This is the perfect atmosphere for any yoga beginner or skeptic.
Classes begin with breathing exercises, because, Robertson says, "your breath is how your body communicates with you. If you're having trouble breathing it means you're doing something wrong."
Robertson loves seeing students get excited when they see progress, whether they're finally able to touch their toes or twist a little further. Robertson's students include runners and bikers who want more flexibility along with people who have never done exercise before, and many of her students have moved on to more advanced classes.
For people who are completely new to yoga, this is the class for you. "Give one class a try and see if you feel any difference after," she says. "If it's not something you enjoy, you can always leave. But one class won't hurt you."
Find a yoga class at an Equinox location near you
Yoga in Your Living Room
Video Games
Who knew that video games could be good for you? The makers of Super Mario Brothers have once again changed the video game with the introduction of the Wii Fit, a video game accessory designed to get you, well, fit. The Wii Fit is basically a balance board with a baton that tracks your movements on your own TV. The fitness program built into the device includes yoga, strength training, and balancing games to help you get in shape. Step on the board to determine your weight and how well you can balance. Then do the yoga poses as instructed and watch your on-screen avatar to check your form. It's as close to a personal trainer as you can get.
Even better, you and your entire family can do yoga in your own living room. Our Wii Fit blogger, Danielle, got her 2- and 3-year-old to do yoga right alongside her, just because they could watch themselves on TV!
Yoga on a Budget
Think you need to shell out serious cash to get expert yoga instruction? Think again. Free and donation-based yoga classes are available so that everyone can get fit. The best things in life are free, right?
Lululemon: An Athletic Store That Offers More
With free yoga classes and an extensive calendar of community-based fitness events, Lululemon Athletica is taking a community service approach to selling athletic gear. "We want to make our stores a hub of health and fitness," says Lululemon Community Manager Kerry Brown.
"We can work with the best instructors and provide the space for people to practice yoga," says Brown. About 40 people regularly attend the free yoga classes at each Lululemon store in the country and the numbers are growing. "More people are coming to yoga because it helps them do other activities and sports," says Brown. "They feel great afterwards. Everything's free, so if they like it, why not stick to it?"
Yoga to the People: Pay What You Can
At Yoga to the People's studios in New York City and Berkeley, California, the emphasis is on your yoga practice and experience, not how many sessions you'd like to buy.
Students can walk into a Yoga to the People studio and take part in a 60-minute class. As they walk out at the end of each class, they can discreetly drop their donation into a tissue box by the door.
With money taken out of the equation, Yoga to the People founder Greg Gumucio says the focus shifts to each individual's yoga practice, not the yoga teacher or the style of yoga. Yoga teachers are not announced and classes are structured so that beginners can participate without feeling overwhelmed.
Gumucio wants each student to get empowered through their practice. "You create your own experience," he says. "You are responsible for your body. You are your best teacher."
Learn more about Yoga to the People
Tranquility in Times Square
The city that never sleeps celebrates the New Year with champagne and tons of confetti. So how does it celebrate the beginning of summer? With sun salutations and tree poses.
Co-founder and president of the Times Square Alliance Tim Tompkins thought yoga in Times Square was a fitting way to celebrate the summer solstice. "After learning what the summer solstice represented, fertility and creativity," Tompkins says, "yoga seemed the perfect way to show the difference between the summer solstice and the winter solstice"
So on the first day of summer every year since 2003, thousands of people have attended free yoga classes in the middle of Times Square, concentrating on their poses and breathing and ignoring the noise from traffic, fire trucks, and tourists.
It's hard to believe that what started out as a yoga session with three people in 2003 has developed into a full-day event with more than 1,000 participants in 2008. "Our lives have gotten more and more frenetic," Tompkins explains. The need to get off the treadmill and take care of our mind, body, and spirit has gotten bigger as a result, he adds.
Can one really achieve peace of mind in an area filled by people, flashing lights, and noise? Personally, walking through Times Square makes me want to push a panic button, but Tompkins says that's the challenge.
"Anyone can find peace of mind at the top of a mountain," he says. "The challenge is to stay engaged with the rest of the world in the midst of all the craziness."
Yoga and Acrobatics
Indulge your adventurous side with AcroYoga, a playful form of yoga that mimics some concepts of acrobatics. Class begins with everyone in a circle exchanging names and introductions to break the ice. Then students work with partners, first mirroring each other's poses, then using their bodies to provide support in inversions like head and shoulder stands and in flying poses — where one partner becomes the base while the other is the flier.
Co-founder and instructor Jenny Sauer-Klein wanted something fun and safe for a new generation of acrobats as well as for adventurous people. "A wide range of people do AcroYoga," says Sauer-Klein. "From ex-gymnasts to people who have never done yoga and want to play. They want to relate to other people. I think that's the common denominator."
Don't get discouraged if you think your bones will get in the way of doing AcroYoga. "Anyone who comes to this class can do this on some level," says Sauer-Klein. "It's not about being really strong or flexible; it's about coming with an openness to learn, to try."
The Best Yoga Resources
Want to know more about yoga and how you can add it to your fitness routine?
"Just a small change, like 10 minutes of yoga a day, can make a big difference," says Fisslinger.
Find your own 10 minutes in one of these links.
Why Yoga Is Good for You
Yoga's Surprising Health Benefits
Can You Find Calm Through Meditation?
Yoga Poses and Exercises
Yes, You Can Do Yoga: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Yoga Poses
Blast 500+ Calories Doing Yoga
6 Stretches for a Lean, Limber Body
8-Minute Workout: Yoga for Better Sleep


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Following their acclaimed sell-out season in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Imperium plays, based on the bestselling Cicero Novels by Robert Harris, transfer to London's Gielgud Theatre for a strictly limited season from 14 June.
Imperium is presented in two plays, which can be enjoyed as independent historical thrillers, or together as one unmissable theatrical event.
Told through the watchful eyes of Cicero's loyal secretary, Imperium I: Conspirator chronicles how the great orator's early success unwittingly paves the way for a brutal and bloody end to the Republic.
With Rome in chaos at the beginning of Imperium II: Dictator, Cicero must use all his brilliance to restore the power of the Senate from the civic mob and their would-be Emperor: one Julius Caesar.
Directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran and adapted by Mike Poulton (Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies), the Imperium plays feature Olivier and Tony Award-winner Richard McCabe (The Audience) as Cicero and Joseph Kloska (The Crown, RSC's Written on the Heart) as Tiro.
5 stars - "Robert Harris's Roman triumph is an exhilarating political drama" (Guardian)
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Well That Was Interesting
Charlotte won't be so lucky and we are looking at several weeks in the NICU you, at least. We are looking forward to watching her grow and get stronger and are praying that we have her home with us by Christmas. Poor Evans can't see her and this whole baby thing has been sort of anti climatic for him since we are talking about this baby who he hasn't even been able to see yet. I feel badly for him but hopefully she will be worth the wait! I'll have more updates as we get them and I have plenty of pictures to post. Keep us all in your prayers. We are going to need them!
Posted by Gleatie at 9:05 AM
7 comments:
- Jennifer said...
What a beautiful girl!!!! I cannot get over the fact that she is here! I am praying she continues to do well and get stronger and you get to take her home soon!
- November 19, 2013 at 9:50 AM
- Gracie Beth said...
While I am sorry Charlotte still isn't "cooking" I am glad that she is healthy. My friend just has a baby born at 26 weeks who after a LONG LONG stay in the NICU is finally home
- November 19, 2013 at 10:55 AM
- instant student said...
I can't blame her for wanting to show that cute face earlier!
She is adorable! Congratulations!
And all the best wishes for little Charlotte!
I keep my fingers crossed for her being home for Christmas!
- November 19, 2013 at 2:12 PM
- Sarah Elizabeth Banks said...
Glad that things went as smoothly as they could! My close friends had their son 10 weeks early last year and he is now a healthy and thriving one year old! Praying that you are able to have the family together for Christmas this year and that your son handles this transition well!
Sending love your way!
- November 19, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- The Ramblings of a Thirtysomething Wife said...
Congratulations on your beautifuly baby girl!!! I am so happy she is doing so well and I hope that she will join you three at home soon. My second son was born at 26 weeks. He stayed in the NICU 3.5 months, but has had three subsequent hospital stays (two right after his initial discharge and one this past summer) because his lungs were/are underdeveloped and damaged from the vent and the prematurity. However, he is now almost 14 months actual (almost 11 months adjusted) and is doing really well. There are still some things we are figuring out in regards to his health, but overall, we are very fortunate and grateful that he has come through everything as well as he has. I can't wait to see more pictures of Charlotte as she progresses and finally gets to meet her big brother :)
- November 20, 2013 at 2:31 PM
- Tiffany said...
Congrats! She's beautiful! Hope she continues to grow and come home soon.
- November 20, 2013 at 8:59 PM
- Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...
Congrats! Glad to hear both of you are ok!
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#44 Michael Green
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|Ridge View HS
Major: Political Science
2012-13 - Junior Season
Played in 29 games, starting two… Played a total of 399 minutes, averaging 13.8 per contest… Connected on 37 of his 87 shots for a 42.5 percentage… Made 81.8 percent of his 33 free throw attempts… Averaged 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds per game… Was third on the team with 24 blocks…Scored a career-high 11 points against Drexel on Dec. 4… Blocked five shots against Fisk (Nov. 26)… Grabbed six boards and played a season-high 27 minutes at Murray State (Feb. 9)…
2011-12 - Sophomore Season
Played in 26 games, starting three for the Tigers...Scored 38 points and grabbed 35 rebounds in 162 minutes played...Blocked 14 shots during his sophomore campaign...Scored eight points and pulled in seven rebounds in the win over LeMoyne-Owen (Dec. 19)...Registered a season-high 17 minutes in the victory over Alabama A&M (Dec. 21).
2010-11 - Freshman Season
Led team with 52 blocks, averaging 1.7 per game, with a block in 26-of-30 games and tying a career-high with five against Tennessee Tech (01/22/11) after posting the same number at Middle Tennessee State (12/29/10)...Started in 26-of-30 games shooting 51-of-109 (.468) from the field and 26-of-40 from the free throw line (.650)...Registered 123 rebounds (50 offense-73 defense) averaging 4.1 per game with a career high 11 against Fisk (11/15/10)...Finished with 16 assists and eleven steals, including a career high four at Memphis (01/02/11).
Ridgeview HS
Rated 70 on ESPN College Basketball Recruiting and received a position ranking of 305...Selected to South Carolina All-Star Team for the Carolina's (North Carolina vs. South Carolina) All-Star Classic...Named to Class 3A All-State First Team...Selected to play in the Chick-Fil-A Classic...McDonald's All-American nominee...Averaged 13 points, 1.4 rebounds and .6 blocks per game during his senior year...Selected to the Region IV-AAAA All-Region team.
Son of Michael and Samara Green...Born February 24, 1992.