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The Association for Psychological Science Student Caucus recently conducted a fascinating interview of Situationist Contributor, John Jost. Here are some excerpts.
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APSSC: What led you to choose psychology as a career?
Jost: . . . . I knew at age 13 or 14 that I wanted to be a psychologist, but, like many others, I expected that I would become a clinical psychologist. The reason for that was that as a child and adolescent, I was very close to someone (an extended family member) who had a serious mental illness. I thought — quite unrealistically, of course — that I could understand him better than other people and that I could somehow help him. It wasn't until college that I decided that I would rather try to fix the "holes" in the social system than force individual "pegs" into them. So I gravitated toward social, personality, and political psychology.
APSSC: How did you go about developing your current research interests, and how have they influenced you as a person and a professional?
Jost: I suppose that they have a personal and familial basis as well. From an early age, I was aware of differences between people in terms of political and religious attitudes. The fact that the Nixon administration spied on my father for teaching university courses on the philosophy of Karl Marx probably forced the issue. I grew up in a relatively liberal enclave of a largely conservative community and was attuned to social class and other differences — especially ideological differences. Later, when I (and others) tried, mostly in vain, to organize a union of beleaguered graduate students, I became intrigued by the question of why so many people fail to support social change efforts that are designed specifically to help them and their fellow group members. This is really the focal issue addressed by system justification theory.
How have these research interests influenced me personally? They have inspired me by setting ambitious goals that (I think) are meaningful and ultimately beneficial to society as a whole. They have also, at times, dispirited me, because I have come to see society as (under the best of circumstances) progressing by taking two steps forward and one step backward.
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We'll post other portions of the interview, including Jost's advice to young mind scientists, over the next several days. If you'd like to read the entire interview right away, click here. To read a sample of related Situationist posts, see "A System-Justification Primer," "John Jost on System Justification Theory," "John Jost's "System Justification and the Law" – Video," "Mahzarin Banaji's Situation," and "The Situation of a Situationist – Mahzarin Banaji."


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Morning Minutes: Dec. 30
Word of the Day
whitherward \HWITH-er-werd, WITH-\ (adverb) Archaic. toward what place; in what direction. — www.dictionary.com
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Number to Know
50: On this date in 1981, in the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scored five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.
This Day in History
Dec. 30, 2006: Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.
Today's Featured Birthday
Tiger Woods (38)
Daily Quote
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas." — Marie Curie

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Council hears update on new wind turbine
Members of the Fairbury City Council received an update on the new sewer plant wind turbine Wednesday night.
The turbine has been shut down once because of high winds and electrical readings are taken every day. Action is currently being taken to correct an issue resulting in the turbine under-producing power.
"Construction went great for the most part. It went up in a week and a half, so that was good," said city employee Brad Duncan.
Duncan noted that employees can keep a constant eye on the turbine and see what it is producing thanks to current technology.
Fairbury Mayor Robert P. Walter Jr. suggested council members receive a quarterly or monthly report on the performance of the turbine.
Council discussion then turned to the old laundromat property, which has become an eyesore near the downtown area. A letter will be sent to the owner, giving him the option of doing something with the property or face possible legal action.
"We are going to outline for him what our options are as far as a lien against the property, condemning the property or having a local contractor go in and give us an idea of what needs to be done to bring it up to safety so it is not a nuisance," said Mayor Walter.
The matter will be discussed further at the next council meeting.
Council members also approved hiring Tate Schauble as a street department employee. He will start in February. There were four or five applicants for the position.
In other business, the Fairbury City Council:
-Authorized a railing for Lost in Time.
-Learned the website is up and running.
-Approved benefits for Kaci Zimmerman, who is a full-time employee of the police department.
-Authorized the purchase of a new copier/printer for the police department.


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By iceroads on Friday, December 11, 2020Living in the VT mountains have had similar small AWD SUVs and if your wife having to walk home in an ice storm is cool with you go for one of those. I never write reviews but after reading all the bad ones for the Compass I guess I was motivated to correct the disinformation. If you want a small, affordable, easy to drive comfortable SUV that actually becomes a true 4x4 ice and snow machine when you need it to be get the 4x4 Compass. There is not another option like it in this price range. If you live in Florida or southern California and give this SUV a bad review please go for it so the folks that actually need a capable small SUV can get used ones at reasonable prices.
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It's a reliable vehicle
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Car had powertrain issues
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Apparently, King Abdullah of the House of Saud (the man with the unseemly title "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques") got his feelings hurt that America objected when the totalitarian theocracy whose despot he is sent troops into a neighboring country to massacre peacefully protesting civilians. That the United States did indeed object to the deployment is news to those of us who had read the New York Times' report that "the United States did not object to the deployment."
Even a protestation so paltry that it escaped the Times' notice was enough to get Abdullah's knickers in a twist, and so it was that Defense Secretary Robert Gates made the trip all the way to Riyadh to grovel and make propitiations. It seems the Gates-Abdullah tête-à-tête sufficed where our recent $60 billion arms sale to the Saudis did not, Sec. Gates assessing that US-Saudi relations are now "in a good place."
Perhaps, thanks to Gates's efforts, Michelle Obama needn't fear the withholding of gifts from Abdullah, who once lavished her with a ruby-and-diamond set valued at $132,000, or what the Saudi royals call "chump change." Forbes on Abdullah:
"Ascended to the throne August 2005; soon after, construction began on a $26 billion city named in his honor, which the government hopes will become the new economic epicenter of the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is now earning approximately $1 billion a day from oil exports, helping boost the royal family's fortune. The king is an avid horseman and breeds Arabian horses; he founded the Equestrian Club in Riyadh."
I propose that Gates's approach is exactly wrong, and the time is now right to abandon the Saudis. The reasons are several.
Human Rights
Women who allow themselves to be seen in society without proper hijab violate God's law, which is the law that governs Saudi Arabia. The only way for the offending parties to make amends is by surrendering their lives, often to hurled stones. However, if a woman is a virgin, stoning her to death itself violates God's law, which consideration necessitates raping her first, in order to please God and the Saudi judges who interpret and affirm his proclamations, peace be upon them. Of course, rape of a woman by a man other than her designated guardian – that is, her husband or father – constitutes adultery, which alone is a crime demanding execution (of the woman, not the rapist).
I need hardly detail more thoroughly the perils of living in a theocracy, whose laws are derived not from a secular constitution that includes affirmative rights for citizens but rather from a medieval collection of desert superstition and mythology. Suffice it to say Saudi Arabia's punishments for hudud crimes are harsh enough most closely to resemble the worst abuses of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Homosexuality warrants death, apostasy warrants death, etc.
This is of course in addition to what it does via its proxy state, Bahrain, which
The Independent recently revealed has been rounding up and disappearing doctors who have attended to pro-democracy protestors there who have been injured by Bahraini and Saudi authoritarian violence.
The United States is fond of claiming for itself that, as a matter of policy, it stands with the democratic aspirations of all oppressed peoples and in opposition to tyranny and repression. Lest it seem a naive contention, I submit that it is in principle worth America's approximating that policy with its behavior in the world. Whatever the potential benefits and drawbacks of refusing friendship to murderous, ideological autocrats, it is a good thing to do. And it is a contemptible foreign policy, indeed, that is not concerned with doing good things.
I am well aware, though, that the people who congratulate themselves with the description "foreign policy realists" are un-persuaded by such arguments, so I'd like to address my remaining contentions in their language.
Many is the foreign policy realist who will espouse a position that goes something like this: "On the balance, it would be preferable for the United States to support only democracies, but the threats of terror facing America are so great that she is justified in bolstering the position of dictatorships that will ally with her in the Global War on Terror."
This is based on a flawed calculus that too heavily favors regime stability. Even if 2011 hadn't shown dictatorship to be the least stable form of government, it is not at all clear that it is instability that is responsible for the creation of terrorists. After all, readers may recall that the majority of the men who reduced that World Trade Center to detritus were Saudi, having grown up under the self-same stable regime that rules their country today. Rather, the primary circumstances to which the spread of a violent religious ideology is attributable are mistrust in the institutions of government, the infantilization of a population placed under compulsory guardianship, an evisceration of vital civic institutions (universities, advocacy groups, internationally cooperative organizations) and, of course, the espousal of violent religious orthodoxy.
That Saudi Arabia has hosted American troops since the first Gulf War makes it both an ideal base of US military operations on the peninsula and a major target of Al Qaeda hostility. All the same, though, its activities encourage just the type of jihadism advanced by Osama bin Laden and his fellow Qtubists. Indeed, not only is Saudi Arabia the world's chief state perpetuator of Wahabbist and Salafist ideologies; it is guilty of financing the Yemeni madrassas where Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula officials Naser al-Wahishi and Qasim al-Raymi got their initial training before going to Afghanistan to fight. This was part of the same coordinated US/Saudi/Israeli/Pakistani effort to strangle the life out of socialist pan-Arabism (Southern Yemeni socialists demanded the closure of those madrassas during the 1994 war) that brought about the regrettable emergence of the Taliban, not to mention Hamas, Hizbollah and Iran's other proxy parties.
Ironic, that, insofar as King Abdullah is one of the world's leading cheerleaders for violent regime change in Iran, cables released by WikiLeaks revealing that he advised the US to "cut off the head of the snake" with regard to his neighbor across the gulf. Of course, that position allies him to American neo-conservatives but is motivated not by anti-totalitarianism or by a regard for international comity as much as by racism.
According to the cable, the king told the Americans what he had just told the Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki. "You as Persians have no business meddling in Arab matters," the Saudi monarch was quoted as telling Mottaki. "Iran's goal is to cause problems," he told Brennan. "There is no doubt something unstable about them."
Adbullah is too shrewd and concerned with self-preservation, though, to discharge this sort of bigotry publicly. Instead, he puts on a much kinder face in his official capacity, ending, for example, a letter to President Bush (PDF) on the occasion of the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks thus:
I would like to say to you, my dear friend, that God Almighty, in His wisdom, tests the faithful by allowing such calamities to happen. But He, in His mercy, also provides us with the will and determination, generated by faith, to enable us to transform such tragedies into great achievements, and crises that seem debilitating are transformed into opportunities for the advancement of humanity. I only hope that, with your cooperation and leadership, a new world will emerge out of the rubble of the World Trade Center: a world that is blessed by the virtues of freedom, peace, prosperity and harmony."
One wants to ask the signatories of the "Saudi Women Revolution Statement" how lavishly Abdullah's commitment to "freedom, peace, prosperity and harmony" has benefited them.
Diplomatic capital
It is customary for the Saudis' media output to be as reassuring as that, including on their decision to grant asylum to deposed Tunisian dictator Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that it would not allow deposed Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali to engage in any political activity from the Kingdom. "This act (of sheltering) should not lead to any kind of activity in Tunisia from the Kingdom … There are conditions, and no act in this regard will be allowed," Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said in an interview with Saudi Television.
This is illustrative, though, because Saudi Arabia is everywhere the enemy of the Middle Eastern onzards or what is conventionally called the "Arab Spring," this to exclude the case of Iran, of course. The House of Saud justly sees its own downfall prognosticated in the writing on the walls of its regional neighbors. As corrupt, brutal regimes that enrich themselves by exploiting citizenry falter and topple all around them, the Saudi royals have no priority higher than reversing the course of 2011's geopolitical direction.
Saudi Arabia's client despot to the South, Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, has promised to resign in a month (Jeremy Scahill: "I'll believe Saleh is stepping down from power when he is no longer president."), leaving the government to his deputy – some regime change. This move retains the endorsement of the Obama foreign policy team. This position, at a time when the US is bombing Libya and threatening to reverse its original commitment to keep ground troops out of that country, confirms many onlookers' suspicions of America's motives in the region.
These suspicions were most poignantly given voice by Mohammed ElBaradei during the Egyptian uprising. "You are losing credibility by the day. On one hand you're talking about democracy, rule of law and human rights, and on the other hand you're lending still your support to a dictator that continues to oppress his people."
If Obama is seen to be hypocritical in these matters, America loses gravity in the demands it makes from rogue/failed states (Iran most pressingly) who are up to no good.
I, for one, don't find the idea of an America with enough diplomatic power to steer the course of world affairs very relaxing (not least because of its devotion to regimes like the Saudi one). On the other hand, it seems unlikely that America's replacement in the position of "superpower" by Chinese or Russian authoritarianism would be particularly preferable, and so, for the time being, it would be nice to see America expand its goodwill cache (by conspicuously supporting democracy) in order to have greater capital from a diplomatic – as opposed to military – standpoint (and spend it conspicuously supporting democracy).
American foreign policy's stated objectives are losing enough ground in Libya; it doesn't need to continue hemorrhaging credibility in the land of Mecca and Medina too.
The climate
Forcing corporations to pay taxes, removing money from elections, saving public unions' collective bargaining rights, retaining reproductive health care privacy, achieving legal equality for homosexuals, overcoming dictatorships: all of the fights the left is currently waging in the US and worldwide are meaningless if the earth is inhospitable to human life a century from now.
Remember when the President spoke about the climate crisis terms like these? "Our generation's response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it — boldly, swiftly, and together — we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe."
Well, by his second State of the Union address, climate change had gone from existential crisis to… what's another word for "less important than salmon-based jokes?" The man didn't mention the word "climate" once. Nor the phrase "global warming." Problem solved, apparently.
Except it's getting way worse. Not only does the industrial drive to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere show no signs of slowing, but such limited means as we have to combat it are under attack at the political level. Writes Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones: "Congressional Republicans have mounted an all-out assault on the EPA, pushing a lengthy list of measures to handcuff the agency from exercising its regulatory authority. For good measure, they are also trying to slash the agency's budget by a third." That would be bad enough, but factor in the weakness of the President's counterproposal and a very clear picture begins to emerge: neither the government nor regulatory state will avert coming climate disaster.
As always, the motivating factor for deep-cutting change will have to be a crisis. The problem is that we citizens are not in the same kind of distress the climate is. As the dream of 350 parts per million begins to take on a pipe-flavor, human beings retain relative immunity from suffering the effects clearly enough to spur us to mass action. And we won't feel them until it's too late.
What but the ability to ignore the crisis could set conservative columnists bellowing about the job-killing effects of climate policy that prohibits the production of light-bulbs shown conclusively to be dangerous? We'll see how much their opposition to "big government" matters when the earth cannot sustain human life. This lack of concern has allowed the congress's thinking to retard so deeply that the House Committee on Science and Technology recently began looking into what new chairman Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) has termed "the global warming or global freezing."
Luckily, people change not just because they perceive threats to their bodies and institutions; they also change because they perceive threats to their wallets. I submit that the only way to rescue us from the plunge whence no return is possible is to make greenhouse gas emissions as costly to us as they are to the earth.
There's an easy way of driving up oil prices to staggering highs, engineering a state of affairs in which the market very heavily favors alternative energies in short order. All it requires is that we ally ourselves not with the dictatorship that oversees the most oil-rich country in the world, but with its women, homosexuals, democrats, secularists and youth instead.


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ALTQ(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual ALTQ(4) NAME ALTQ -- alternate queuing of network packets SYNOPSIS options ALTQ options ALTQ_CBQ options ALTQ_RED options ALTQ_RIO options ALTQ_HFSC options ALTQ_CDNR options ALTQ_PRIQ DESCRIPTION The ALTQ framework provides several disciplines for queuing outgoing net- work packets. This is done by modifications to the interface packet queues. See altq(9) for details. The user interface for ALTQ is implemented by the pfctl(8) utility, so please refer to the pfctl(8) and the pf.conf(5) manpages for a complete description of the ALTQ capabilities and how to use it. Kernel Options The following options in the kernel configuration file are related to ALTQ operation: ALTQ Enable ALTQ. ALTQ_CBQ Build the "Class Based Queuing" discipline. ALTQ_RED Build the "Random Early Detection" extension. ALTQ_RIO Build "Random Early Drop" for input and output. ALTQ_HFSC Build the "Hierarchical Packet Scheduler" discipline. ALTQ_CDNR Build the traffic conditioner. This option is meaningless at the moment as the conditioner is not used by any of the available disciplines or consumers. ALTQ_PRIQ Build the "Priority Queuing" discipline. ALTQ_NOPCC Required for SMP builds. ALTQ_DEBUG Enable additional debugging facilities. Note that ALTQ-disciplines cannot be loaded as kernel modules. In order to use a certain discipline you have to build it into a custom kernel. The pf(4) interface, that is required for the configuration process of ALTQ can be loaded as a module. SUPPORTED DEVICES The driver modifications described in altq(9) are required to use a cer- tain network card with ALTQ. They have been applied to the following hardware drivers: an(4), ath(4), awi(4), bfe(4), bge(4), dc(4), de(4), ed(4), em(4), fxp(4), hme(4), lnc(4), re(4), rl(4), sf(4), sis(4), sk(4), ste(4), vr(4), wi(4), and xl(4). The ndis(4) framework also has support for ALTQ and thus all encapsulated drivers. The tun(4) pseudo driver also does support ALTQ and includes the required modifications. SEE ALSO pf(4), pf.conf(5), ipfw(8), pfctl(8), altq(9) BSD July 07, 2005 BSD
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Older fathers may face higher risks than previously thought for having children with psychiatric problems, including bipolar disorder, autism and attention deficits, according to the largest study to examine the potential links.
American and Swedish researchers examined data on more than 2.6 million Swedes born from 1973-2001. Men who fathered kids after age 24 faced increasing odds for having children with psychiatric problems or academic difficulties, with the greatest risks seen at age 45 and older.
The results add to evidence challenging the notion that men's sperm are timeless, but this kind of research isn't proof. And by no means are children of older dads certain to have problems. Absolute risks were small -- less than 1 percent of kids of older dads had autism, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder or bipolar disorder; and less than 4 percent had schizophrenia or fell victim to substance abuse or attempted suicide.
Academic difficulties were more common but still didn't affect most kids of older dads.
Even so, the magnitude of increased risks faced by kids born to dads aged 45 and older versus dads aged 20 to 24 was surprising, said lead author Brian D'Onofrio, an associate professor in the psychological and brain sciences department at Indiana University.
Compared with kids of the youngest dads, those fathered by men at age 45 and older faced risks almost 25 times greater for bipolar disorder; 13 times greater for ADHD; more than three times greater for autism; almost three times greater for suicide attempts; and about two times greater for schizophrenia and substance abuse.
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Still, Gregory said, "There's no reason to ring the alarm bells that older men shouldn't have kids" unless the results are replicated in additional research and molecular evidence is found.
D'Onofrio said the researchers took into account several factors that could have influenced the results, including the mothers' age at conception, parents' education and history of psychiatric problems, and siblings' health, and still found strong risks linked with older men.
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I used to think that label were just symbol of pride But over time i've seen they only serve to divide It's so easy to judge people by the way they seem to be We must overcome this problem to live life peacfully Break down the walls! Yes, we'll break down the walls ! Look beyond the fashion or the crowd that they are in Look beyond their riches or the color of their skin Look beyond appearance and the truth you will find Look for what's inside before you make up your mind Break down the walls! We'll break down the walls !
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Ocean acidification is a threat to food security, economies, and culture because of its potential impacts on marine ecosystem services. Information on how ocean acidification will impact ecosystems and the services they provide can help guide how we adapt to and mitigate forecasted changes.
The OAP funds modeling studies to advance our understanding of the impacts of ocean acidification on coastal ecosystems and fisheries.
Scientists can use a wide variety of models to project the potential progression of acidification in different regions, the impacts that changes in chemistry may have on marine life, and how these changes could affect a variety of ecosystem services including fisheries, aquaculture, and protection of coasts by coral reefs. For example, projections of ocean acidification can be incorporated into food-web models to better understand how changing ocean chemistry could affect harvested species, protected species, and the structure of the food web itself. Economic-forecast models can be used to analyze the economic impacts of potential changes in fisheries harvest caused by ocean acidification.
Figure from: Harvey et al. 2010
Experiments on species response suggest that ocean acidification will directly affect a wide variety of organisms from calcifying shellfish and coral to fish and phytoplankton. Ecosystem models can capture the complex effects of ocean acidification on entire ecosystems.
How marine organisms respond to ocean acidification will be influenced by their reaction to chemistry change and their interactions with others species, such as their predators and prey. Scientists use ecosystem models to understand how ocean chemistry may affect entire ecosystems because they account for the complex interactions between organisms. Output from such modeling exercises can inform management of fisheries, protected species, and other important natural resources. Because ecosystem feedbacks are complex, understanding the uncertainty associated with these models is critical to effective management.
Projections of the economic impacts of ocean acidification can be created by combining economic models with findings from laboratory experiments and ecological models.
For example, these links can be made for port communities or specific fisheries through modeling changes in fish harvest. Researchers at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center have developed bio-economic forecasts for the economically and culturally important species red king crab. Researchers at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center are developing projections of how the economies of regional port communities might be altered by potential changes in West Coast fisheries caused by ocean acidification.
The NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) is working to build knowledge about how to adapt to the consequences of ocean acidification (OA) and conserve marine ecosystems as acidification occurs.
Turning current observations into forecasts is the key mechanism by which adaptation plans are created.
Forecasting provides insight into a vision of the future by using models that visualize how quickly and where ocean chemistry will be changing in tandem with an understanding of how sensitive marine resources and communities are to these changes. By making predictions about the future, we can better adapt and prepare for ocean acidification. Coastal forecasts for ocean acidification are currently being developed for the West Coast, Chesapeake Bay, the East Coast, Caribbean and the western Gulf of Mexico. Ocean acidification hotspots are areas that are particularly vulnerable, either from a biological, economic, or cultural perspective. Identification of these hot spots in coastal waters is a priority for the Coastal Acidification Networks (CANs), fostered by the Ocean Acidification Program around the country. These networks bring together scientists, decision makers, fishermen and other stakeholders to identify and answer the most important questions about acidification and its effects in the region.
NOAA scientists have played an important role in development of the J-SCOPE forecast system, used to create seasonal forecasts for the North Pacific region. These forecasts will allow fisheries managers to predict seasonal outlooks for management decisions.
Developing innovative tools to help monitor ocean acidification and mitigate changing ocean chemistry locally
Management strategies use information provided by research and tools that can be used to make sound decisions to effectively conserve marine resources. Baseline research about organism and community sensitivity to ocean acidification is incorporated into these strategies, in an effort to sustain these resources for the future.
Before management plans can be created it is necessary to have baseline research about the effects of ocean acidification on marine resources, such as Pacific oysters, Dungeness crabs and rockfish. The OAP funds NOAA Fisheries Science Centers to expose various life stages of valuable species to present and future acidification conditions. The biological response research is then incorporated into models that can be used to create tools for managers to use so that they can test different scenarios on species' populations and habitats. Modeling efforts led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are now being used to produce one of these tools for Atlantic sea scallop fisheries. The dashboard will allow managers to test the impacts of different management actions on scallop populations. In the Pacific Northwest, NOAA, the University of Washington, and shellfish industry scientists have formed a strong partnership to adapt to ocean acidification impacts that have already affected the shellfish industry. Together these researchers determined that acidification was threatening oyster production and offered an approach to address it. They installed equipment to monitor carbon chemistry at shellfish hatcheries and worked with hatchery managers to develop methods that protect developing oyster larvae from exposure to low pH waters. Early warning tools are now being used to forecast seasonal acidification conditions to enable shellfish growers to adapt their practices.
Ocean acidification is a global challenge, and the most effective adaptation strategies are holistic, incorporating the knowledge and experiences of many sectors. As an answer to the difficulty of bridging geographic and professional divides, together with the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification, NOAA helped launch the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange, an online community and discussion forum.
The OA Information Exchange is designed to make it easy to connect and find information, with tools to post updates, share documents, media, links, and events with fellow members. The site welcomes scientists, educators, students, policy makers, members of industry, and concerned citizens to help fulfill the mission of building a well-informed community ready to respond and adapt to ocean and coastal acidification. If you would like to join the conversation, please request an account at oainfoexchange.org/request-account.html
This portal provides a real-time data stream of ocean acidification data that can be used by shellfish growers, regional managers, stakeholders and the public. The portal can be used to make resource decisions and build adaptation strategies.
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Ocean acidification (OA) is a multi-disciplinary problem that requires a combination of methods from oceanography, fisheries science, and social science to assess socio-economic impacts. While OA impact models developed to date capture some sources of measurement uncertainty, more remains and limits the utility of models in decision making and research planning. A method is needed to quantify uncertainty relating the experimental design of OA experiments to the impacts of ocean pH and temperature on key model outcomes.
What we are doing
The bioeconomic model developed under this project will be applied to forecasting long-term effects of OA on Eastern Bering Sea (EBS) crab, northern rock sole and Alaska cod. Also addressed in this project is the quantification of uncertainty for inclusion in the fisheries management process. The overall goal for this project is to forecast long-term effects of OA on abundance yields and fishery income. To this end, we will apply results from experiments and ocean monitoring/modeling to infer population-scale changes in juvenile growth and survival from OA.
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Through development of bioeconomic models for the EBS and Gulf of Alaska, we will be able to forecast the long-term effects of OA on northern rock sole and Alaska cod – a fish providing the vast majority of U.S. cod. These models make it possible to estimate abundance yields, fishery income, and economic impacts of OA on a national scale. The results from the project can assist with the development of experiments that will be most informative for bioeconomic modeling.


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Stress and anxiety
Stress can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous.
Anxiety is a feeling of fear, unease, and worry. The source of these symptoms is not always known.
Stress is a normal feeling. In small doses, stress can help you get things done. Stress does not affect everyone the same way. Many people feel stress symptoms in their body. You may be having pain in your abdomen, headaches, and muscle tightness or pain.
When you are very stressed, you may notice:
You may have a harder time focusing, feel tired most of the time, or lose your temper more often. Stress may also cause sexual problems. It can also cause problems with falling or staying asleep and nightmares.
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Many people have stress when they need to adapt or change.
Examples are:
Feelings of stress and anxiety are common in people who feel depressed and sad.
Some drugs may cause or worsen symptoms of stress.
These can include:
When these feelings happen often, a person may have an anxiety disorder. Other problems where stress may be present are:
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What relieves stress is not the same for everyone. Making certain lifestyle changes is the best start. Start with eating a well-balanced, healthy diet as well as getting enough sleep and exercise, Also, limit caffeine and alcohol intake and don't use nicotine, cocaine, or other street drugs.
Finding healthy, fun ways to cope with stress helps most people. You can learn and practice ways to help you relax. Find out about yoga, tai chi, or meditation.
Take breaks from work. Make sure to balance fun activities with your job and family duties. Schedule some leisure time every day. Spend time with people you enjoy, including your family.
Try learning to make things with your hands, playing an instrument, or listening to music.
Think about what might be giving you stress. Keep a diary of what is going on when you have these feelings.
Then, find someone you trust who will listen to you. Often just talking to a friend or loved one is all that you need to feel better. Most areas also have support groups and hotlines that can help.
Ask your health care provider if any drugs or medicines you are taking can cause anxiety.
Call a suicide hotline if you have thoughts of suicide.
Reasons you may want to seek more help are:
Do not stop taking any prescribed medicines without talking to your doctor.
What to expect at your health care provider's office
Your doctor will want to know what medicines you are taking. Your doctor will also want to know if you use alcohol or drugs. You will have a physical exam and maybe some blood tests.
Your doctor may refer you to a mental health care provider. You can talk to them about your feelings, what seems to make your stress better or worse, and why you think you are having this problem. Sometimes, medicines may help treat your symptoms.


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Today's News: Our Take - Why Kendra Wilkinson Quit Splash and Calls Joining the Show a "Big Mistake"
Kendra Wilkinson made a splash on Tuesday's episode of Splash, but it was for all the wrong reasons.
The former Playboy playmate and E! reality star quit the reality high-diving competition show after three episodes, citing her fear of heights. "I'm so sorry, everybody," Wilkinson, 27, said after she walked back from the 23-foot platform. "It's bittersweet. One thing I don't do is quit. This is the first time in my life I've quit something. This will haunt me for the rest of my life."
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In an interview with E! News just last week, Wilkinson was open about her fear of heights, but said she was trying to overcome it for her son, Hank Baskett IV. "No joke, I start spinning, I start wanting to throw up, I'm shaking, my fingers wiggle," she said. "Not one person in this world could get me to do anything like that, except of course for my son."
"Damn I got a lot of hate tonight but I'll take it. Big mistake signing up for the show. Sorry I let you all down," she tweeted late Tuesday. "I have no disappointment in myself. I did what I could and that was that. Diving is just not my thing and I found that out throughout the show."
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Wilkinson follows the exit of Chuy Bravo, who had to leave the show after fracturing his foot.
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I think it's a shame that most breakfasts, except on the weekend, are eaten on the run. Even when we take the time to make a more complicated breakfast, our families just don't take the time to have a leisurely breakfast around the table. During the week we may manage to find time for a few nibbles in the morning and perhaps we're just not that into scarfing down a big meal at the beginning of our day.
What about enjoying a big breakfast as the day is winding down and truly take your time to savour all the traditional and comforting flavours. Serve breakfast foods for dinner, and you get the best of both worlds, family time and relaxation with some delicious, comforting, very simple foods thrown in. Besides it's just "fun" to eat breakfast for dinner and takes me back to my childhood when we had license to do as we please.
Lets see what we have cooking this month at the Cooking Light Virtual Supper Club.
Roz of La Bella Vita 's Hash Brown Casserole with Bacon, Onions, and Cheese. This has been a favourite of mine for years, and I love it for breakfast too!!!
Sandi of The Whistlestop Cafe brings Grits Souffle. I have yet to try grits, a truly Southern dish, but it sounds so appetizing!
- 2 cups vanilla fat-free yogurt
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1 cup Maple-Pecan Granola (see recipe below)
- 2 cups regular oats
- 1/2 cup pecan pieces
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Cooking spray
Combine oats and next 5 ingredients (through salt); spread on a large jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 300° for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool completely.
Note: Store in an airtight container for up to one week.
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A Message of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving often offers a great opportunity to look back over the past year and to note milestones and accomplishments. And though past accomplishments are noteworthy, at BBBS this year we […]
Thanksgiving often offers a great opportunity to look back over the past year and to note milestones and accomplishments. And though past accomplishments are noteworthy, at BBBS this year we […]
"I'm really proud of the empathetic and thriving adult my Little has become. We're so thankful that BBBS connected and supported us throughout the years."
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"Ben's mentorship changed my life! As a long-time supporter of your organization, it's always inspiring to see the amazing work you're doing to support the youth in our community. Your commitment to empowering the next generation is truly admirable, and I am proud to be a part of this mission. Keep up the great work, and continue making a positive impact!"
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"Becoming a Big is by far one of the best decisions I've made. My Little is constantly surprising me with her eagerness to try new things. Having the opportunity to mentor and see her grow has been not only rewarding, but also lots of fun!"
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"My husband is gone a lot on military assignments, and I wanted our daughters to have another responsible adult in their lives that they could have fun with and talk to if they didn't feel comfortable talking to me."
"Children are our future. I like helping them realize their potential."
"Now, oh my gosh, how my daughter has changed. She just has a better outlook on life."
"My Big Brother has helped me discover new things."
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"As a Big, I'm able to pay it forward by providing my Little with some of the opportunities that I've been lucky to have in my life – companionship, encouragement, confidence and trust. "
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"My son is consciously making the right choices now to set himself up for whatever he decides to do."


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Dr. Elaine Heffner: Are apps good for young children?
It seems like only yesterday that controversy raged about whether watching TV was good or bad for young children. The argument then moved on to the "Baby Einstein" videos and their educational claims. The "race to the top" seems to keep moving to the bottom as newly arriving so called "learning apps" target babies from birth. Now a complaint has been filed with the Federal Trade Commission by the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, which challenges the claims made that these apps teach infants a variety of skills.
This group, which played a role in the backtracking of "Baby Einstein" from educational claims, contends that the "baby genius" industry makes such claims with no scientific evidence that proves their products provide the benefits claimed. They challenge the idea that these apps provide more than simple entertainment value, and contend that such apps may be detrimental to very young children.
Dr. Michael Rich, a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital, interviewed on PBS's "Newshour," says, "There really is no evidence that these apps can teach a baby anything. In fact, the research over years on educational television and other electronic screens shows that babies really can't learn anything from a screen under the age of about 30 months." He also says, "I think what we have found is a very convenient electronic baby-sitter," and makes the point that the American Academy of Pediatrics has for over 10 years recommended against the use of screens for children under the age of 2.
There is no doubt that parents are using these apps, as some Fisher-Price apps have been downloaded more than 2 million times. Dr. Rich makes the point that developers of the apps have recognized that parents are using these technological devices to divert their children, and if they can claim it is educational, even if it is not, they will get sales from parents who both feel guilty and want the best for their children.
In a way, the discussion about whether these new apps are good or bad for children is the wrong one to be having. Research outcomes are many years down the road in terms of how interaction with technology affects the way the architecture of children's brains actually develops. The point really is that the brave new world is here to stay, and it is one in which our children will be required to function. The question is not whether that is good or bad, but rather in what ways will it be different, and how do we prepare for those differences.
In many ways it is part of the discussion going on these days about young people's use of social media, and the fact that interpersonal interactions are more and more becoming inter-technology interactions. The question asked about the apps for young children is whether they will lose the capacity to relate to real people and things, having been raised on interactions with a screen. When we ask if they will be damaged by the exposure to technology, we are really speaking from a humanistic value system that we think is superior and afraid will be lost.
We know the value system we have, and grew up with. We don't know what the generations to come will be like. Undoubtedly, different kinds of personalities will emerge from the vastly different exposures provided by technologies. While accepting that fact, as parents we are nevertheless faced with the present challenge of transmitting our values to children who will live in a different world.
Elaine Heffner, LCSW, Ed.D., has written for Parents Magazine, Fox.com, Redbook, Disney online and PBS Parents, as well as other publications. She has appeared on PBS, ABC, Fox TV and other networks. Dr. Heffner is the author of "Goodenoughmothering: the Best of the Blog," as well as "Mothering: the Emotional Experience of Motherhood after Freud and Feminism." She is a psychotherapist and parent educator in private practice, as well as a senior lecturer of education in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Heffner was a co-founder and served as director of the Nursery School Treatment Center at Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital. And she blogs at www.goodenoughmothering.com.


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For years, George Needleman, the gentle CFO of a Wall Street investment bank, has been living with his head in the clouds. His frustrated second wife, Kate, has reached her limit taking care of his senile mother, Barbara. His teenage daughter, Cindy, is spoiled beyond hope and his seven-year-old son, Howie, wishes his father were around more. But George is finally forced to wake up when he learns that his firm, Lockwise Industries, has been operating a mob-backed Ponzi scheme - and that he's been set up as the fall guy.


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Leading homosexual activist Peter Tatchell appeared at the Greenbelt festival on 28 August to speak about "the struggle for queer freedom in Africa," reports Christian Concern for our Nation.
Greenbelt, a controversial 'Christian' festival, drew over 21,000 visitors this year. The festival is sponsored by Christian Aid, CMS, the Church Times, the Church Urban Fund and the Mothers Union.
Prior to the weekend, Mr. Tatchell had told Ekklesia that he was "looking forward" to the weekend and that, while not a Christian himself, "we have more in common than divides us". In his talk he spoke about homosexual rights and the church, and accused the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, of "colluding" with the persecution of homosexuals in Africa.
Anglican Mainstream encouraged people to boycott Greenbelt because of Mr. Tatchell's presence on the programme. Spokesman Lisa Nolland said that "Greenbelt, 'the UK's largest Christian festival', is sending out a sub-text that is totally at odds with a Christian understanding of sexuality by including Peter Tatchell on its programme."
"Young people who attend Greenbelt and hear Peter Tatchell are given false assurance that Peter Tatchell is the sort of person they should be listening to. Greenbelt has enough respect for Peter Tatchell as a public figure to place him on the platform …….thus, there is a de facto legitimisation of the plausibility of his views across the board."
Mr. Tatchell is well known for his view that the age of consent should be lowered to 14 for homosexuals. On his website he states that if children under 14 have consensual sex, and if there is no greater than a three year age differential, there should not be a prosecution.
Mr. Tatchell is also a strong advocate of pornography which he believes is good for people. In his book "Safer Sexy: The Guide to Gay Sex Safely" he writes approvingly of sadomasochism, bondage, infidelity, orgies and public cruising for sex.
On 12 April 1998 Mr. Tatchell was prosecuted for leading an OutRage! protest which disrupted the Easter sermon by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, with Mr. Tatchell forcing his way onto the pulpit to denounce what he claimed was George Carey's opposition to legal equality for homosexuals.
Andrea Minichiello Williams of Christian Concern for our Nation said: "We wholeheartedly support the statements of Lisa Nolland and the brave stand that Anglican Mainstream has taken. We are living in a time when the church at large has been deeply compromised by a failure to stand for the truth of the gospel and has allowed itself to be strongly influenced by current fashionable political trends."
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I'm wishing you all a sincerely joyful holiday, filled with love, laughter and lightness. It's ok if it's not perfect, just be thankful that "it" is. A special thought to you out there who are not with your loved ones this year. I've missed family celebrations before, but this is my 8th consecutive Christmas without my U.S. family, and I sure miss them right now. Let's sing together…"I'll be home for Christmas…"
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