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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Speaking Event: A Social Justice Activist's Close Encounter in the Middle East & India
Dr. Roberta Ahlquist, Professor in Multicultural Foundations of Education at San Jose State University will discuss and show pictures of the many public and private schools, colleges, and universities in the United Arab Emirates, Lehore, Pakistan, India, Egypt, Jordan, and the West Bank that she visited on a trip. Dr. Ahlquist is co-editor of the 2011 book, ?Assault on Kids: How Hyper-Accountability, Corporation Deficit Ideologies, and Ruby Payne are Destroying Our Schools? (which will be available for purchase at the Forum). Co-sponsored by the Women?s International League for Peace and Freedom.
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Soil Science Society of America presents 2012 class of fellows
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Fellows to be recognized at the Annual Meetings in Cincinnati in October
MADISON, WI - Aug. 30, 2012 The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) announces the following 2012 Fellows that will be formally recognized during their Annual Meetings, Oct. 21-24, 2012 in Cincinnati, OH. Members of the Society nominate worthy colleagues based on their professional achievements and meritorious service. Only 0.3 percent of the Society's active and emeritus members may be elected Fellow. The 2012 class of SSSA Fellows are:
Brenda J. Buck, University of Nevada-Las Vegas - SSSA Fellow: Brenda J. Buck is a Professor in the Department of Geoscience at University of Nevada Las Vegas. She received a B.S. at University of Notre Dame, and M.S. and Ph.D. from New Mexico State University. She specializes in arid soil science.
Thomas R. Fox, Virginia Tech - SSSA Fellow: Thomas Fox is a Professor of Forest Soils and Silviculture in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech. He received a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Maine, a M.S. in Forestry from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of Florida.
Brad C. Joern, Purdue University - SSSA Fellow: Brad Joern is a Professor and Extension Coordinator in the Department of Agronomy at Purdue University. He received a B.S. from University of Wisconsin-River Falls, an M.S. from Louisiana State University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Rai S. Kookana, CSIRO - SSSA Fellow: Rai Kookana is a Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO, Australia. He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, and Ph.D. from University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Francis J. Larney, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - SSSA Fellow: Francis J. Larney is a Research Scientist in Soil Conservation with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He received B.Agr.Sc., M.Agr.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from The National University of Ireland (University College Dublin).
Mark A. Liebig, USDA-ARS, Mandan, ND - SSSA Fellow: Mark Liebig is a Research Soil Scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Mandan, ND. He received a B.A. degree from University of Colorado, and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Nebraska.
J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - SSSA Fellow: Pat Megonigal is a Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. degree from Duke University.
Binayak Prasad Mohanty, Texas A&M University - SSSA Fellow: Binayak Mohanty is a Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received a B.S. from Orissa, India, M.S. from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and Ph.D. from Iowa State University.
Thomas J. Sauer, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA - SSSA Fellow: Tom Sauer is a Research Soil Scientist with the USDA-ARS at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA. He received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Martin J. Shipitalo, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA - SSSA Fellow: Martin Shipitalo is a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, IA. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ohio State University, and Ph.D. from University of Guelph.
April L. Ulery, New Mexico State University - SSSA Fellow: April Ulery is a Professor of Soil Science in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Department at New Mexico State University where she teaches and conducts research in Environmental Soil Chemistry. She received a B.S. in Geology from University of Redlands and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Soil Science from the University of California-Riverside.
Dong Wang, USDA-ARS, Parlier, CA - SSSA Fellow: Dong Wang is Research Leader in the USDA ARS Water Management Research Unit in Parlier, CA. He received a B.Eng. degree from Beijing Agricultural Engineering University, M.S. from University of Idaho, and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin.
Baoshan Xing, University of Delaware - SSSA Fellow: Baoshan Xing is Professor and Environmental and Soil Chemist in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences at the University of Massachusetts. He received a Ph.D. from University of Alberta, Canada.
Minghua Zhang, University of California-Davis - SSSA Fellow: Minghua Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis. She received a B.S. at Zhejiang University in China, and M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis.
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For more information on the 2012 SSSA awards, visit: www.soils.org/awards/award. For more information on the 2012 Annual Meetings, visit: www.acsmeetings.org.
Photos of the recipients receiving their awards will be posted online following the Annual Meetings and placed on our Newsroom page: www.acsmeetings.org/newsroom/news-releases
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a progressive, international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It provides information about soils in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.
SSSA supports its members by providing quality research-based publications, educational programs, certifications, and science policy initiatives via a Washington, DC, office. Founded in 1936, SSSA proudly celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 2011. For more information, visit www.soils.org or follow @SSSA_soils on Twitter.
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Fellows to be recognized at the Annual Meetings in Cincinnati in October
MADISON, WI - Aug. 30, 2012 The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) announces the following 2012 Fellows that will be formally recognized during their Annual Meetings, Oct. 21-24, 2012 in Cincinnati, OH. Members of the Society nominate worthy colleagues based on their professional achievements and meritorious service. Only 0.3 percent of the Society's active and emeritus members may be elected Fellow. The 2012 class of SSSA Fellows are:
Brenda J. Buck, University of Nevada-Las Vegas - SSSA Fellow: Brenda J. Buck is a Professor in the Department of Geoscience at University of Nevada Las Vegas. She received a B.S. at University of Notre Dame, and M.S. and Ph.D. from New Mexico State University. She specializes in arid soil science.
Thomas R. Fox, Virginia Tech - SSSA Fellow: Thomas Fox is a Professor of Forest Soils and Silviculture in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech. He received a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Maine, a M.S. in Forestry from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Soil Science from the University of Florida.
Brad C. Joern, Purdue University - SSSA Fellow: Brad Joern is a Professor and Extension Coordinator in the Department of Agronomy at Purdue University. He received a B.S. from University of Wisconsin-River Falls, an M.S. from Louisiana State University, and Ph.D. from Michigan State University.
Rai S. Kookana, CSIRO - SSSA Fellow: Rai Kookana is a Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO, Australia. He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, and Ph.D. from University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Francis J. Larney, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - SSSA Fellow: Francis J. Larney is a Research Scientist in Soil Conservation with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He received B.Agr.Sc., M.Agr.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from The National University of Ireland (University College Dublin).
Mark A. Liebig, USDA-ARS, Mandan, ND - SSSA Fellow: Mark Liebig is a Research Soil Scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Mandan, ND. He received a B.A. degree from University of Colorado, and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Nebraska.
J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - SSSA Fellow: Pat Megonigal is a Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. degree from Duke University.
Binayak Prasad Mohanty, Texas A&M University - SSSA Fellow: Binayak Mohanty is a Professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received a B.S. from Orissa, India, M.S. from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and Ph.D. from Iowa State University.
Thomas J. Sauer, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA - SSSA Fellow: Tom Sauer is a Research Soil Scientist with the USDA-ARS at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA. He received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Martin J. Shipitalo, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA - SSSA Fellow: Martin Shipitalo is a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment in Ames, IA. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ohio State University, and Ph.D. from University of Guelph.
April L. Ulery, New Mexico State University - SSSA Fellow: April Ulery is a Professor of Soil Science in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Department at New Mexico State University where she teaches and conducts research in Environmental Soil Chemistry. She received a B.S. in Geology from University of Redlands and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Soil Science from the University of California-Riverside.
Dong Wang, USDA-ARS, Parlier, CA - SSSA Fellow: Dong Wang is Research Leader in the USDA ARS Water Management Research Unit in Parlier, CA. He received a B.Eng. degree from Beijing Agricultural Engineering University, M.S. from University of Idaho, and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin.
Baoshan Xing, University of Delaware - SSSA Fellow: Baoshan Xing is Professor and Environmental and Soil Chemist in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences at the University of Massachusetts. He received a Ph.D. from University of Alberta, Canada.
Minghua Zhang, University of California-Davis - SSSA Fellow: Minghua Zhang is a Professor in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis. She received a B.S. at Zhejiang University in China, and M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis.
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For more information on the 2012 SSSA awards, visit: www.soils.org/awards/award. For more information on the 2012 Annual Meetings, visit: www.acsmeetings.org.
Photos of the recipients receiving their awards will be posted online following the Annual Meetings and placed on our Newsroom page: www.acsmeetings.org/newsroom/news-releases
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a progressive, international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It provides information about soils in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.
SSSA supports its members by providing quality research-based publications, educational programs, certifications, and science policy initiatives via a Washington, DC, office. Founded in 1936, SSSA proudly celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 2011. For more information, visit www.soils.org or follow @SSSA_soils on Twitter.
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Using the META model to build cross-cultural relationships
Using the META model to build cross-cultural relationships
Am sure you know the story of the six blind men and the elephant. Each described the animal as a tree, wall, fan, rope, spear, and snake in turn, and each believed he was right. Each was creating his description from the part of the animal he was exploring. ?I know you know where I'm going with this: The map is not the territory. Each of us interprets the world differently and responds to our internal map of reality. These maps are plotted from a variety of beliefs, values and experiences and could often prove inaccurate when communicating with others, particularly from different cultures.?Remapping via the Meta Model changes the language that guides behavior, opening one up to more choice.
We find asking the right questions allows leaders, individuals and teams across cultures to reexamine their experience or beliefs about the other.
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We've worked with client-facing individuals who perceive the client as abrasive and difficult. There have been teams who brand their team leader as unapproachable and tyrannical. We've been able to stand in the gap and challenge these beliefs/perceptions.?We've even worked with the said leader to tweak his style. We use a combination of tools from mind maps and fish bone diagrams for the HOWs and WHATs. I've found the META model gives added impetus to problem solving.?
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Course: Anthropology 335 Comparative Muslim Societies ? .hub ...
Anthropology 335 Comparative Muslim Societies (4.0 units/Class #0678R) Lecture Tue, Thu @2:00-3:20pm, THH217
Issues of identity, nationality, religion, culture and visual representation among Muslim peoples in the Middle East, Central Asia and the West from an anthropological perspective.
Professor Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek is Associate Professor in the Department for Social and Cutural Anthropology at the University of Vienna, Austria.? She is presently a Visiting Professor at USC in the Middle East Studies Program, officed in the Department of Anthropology. Next year she will return to Turkey to restudy the village where she did her first ethnographic fieldwork in 1976-1982.? She has done ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan and has special knowledge of the Pashtun and Uzbek ethnic groups.? She has most recently [2010] co-edited with Robert L. Canfield the volume Ethnicity, Authority, and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small. ?? the book examines trends and issues from the point of view of scholars who have lived and worked on the ground and have sought to understand the conditions and concerns of people in rural as well as urban settings. It provides a distinctive and timely perspective on this vital part of the world.?
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Goldsmith to Address W&L's Fall Convocation :: News :: Washington ...
Arthur Goldsmith
Arthur H. Goldsmith, the Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics at Washington and Lee University, will address the 2012 Fall Convocation on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 5:30 p.m. on the University's Front Lawn.
Goldsmith's address is titled "Finding Your Path to a Life Well Lived."
Washington and Lee will open its 264th academic year and the 164th year of the School of Law when classes begin. The law school orientation begins on Aug. 22 with the first day of classes on Aug. 27. Orientation for new undergraduate students begins on Sept. 1, and class begin on Sept. 6.
Goldsmith joined the W&L faculty in 1990 after having taught at the University of Connecticut and the University of North Carolina. He also held visiting professorships at Wake Forest, Victoria University in New Zealand and Bond University in Australia. He was appointed to the Stephens Professorship in 1997 and chaired the department of economics from 1998 to 2003.
Goldsmith received his bachelor's degree from the University of Bridgeport and his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois.
His areas of specialization include labor economics, the economics of race and ethnicity, macroeconomics, and economic psychology, including the psychological impact of long-term unemployment. He has published extensively and lectures widely at economic and academic conferences. He belongs to the American Economics Association, is currently vice president of the Southern Economic Association, serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, and is a member of the National Economic Association.
In 2008, Goldsmith won the inaugural H. Hiter Harris Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.
The convocation is open to the public.
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Source: http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/08/28/goldsmith-addresses-wls-fall-convocation/
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
As Isaac leads to flight cancellations, some airlines are more flexible about rebooking
NEW YORK, N.Y. - When hurricanes, blizzards or other severe weather disrupt flights, some airlines are more accommodating than others in letting passengers rebook.
Tropical Storm Isaac is sweeping into the Gulf of Mexico and all the airlines with flights to and from the region this week are waiving their normal fees for passengers to rebook trips. So-called change fees can be as high as $150 on a domestic trip.
While it's nice that airlines aren't charging you to rebook, the time you have to take your trip depends on your carrier.
Some airlines are giving passengers nearly a year to fly while others are requiring passengers to be on planes as quickly as Friday.
"They are all over the place," says George Hobica, founder of travel site AirfareWatchdog. He says the process should be standardized and that some of the airline requirements are harsh. "It's not the passengers' fault that a hurricane happened."
The government doesn't have rules for how much time airlines should give passengers to take their trip. The only protection passengers have is this: If their flight is cancelled, the airlines must offer a refund.
Isaac, which could grow to a category 1 hurricane by late Tuesday night, has already led to more than 1,000 flight cancellations.
United Airlines, part of United Continental Holdings Inc. and Frontier Airlines, part of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., have the two most generous policies. American Airlines, part of AMR Corp., Delta Air Lines, JetBlue and US Airways Group Inc. have some of the most restrictive policies.
Dean Burri and his wife planned to fly American from their Florida home to the Bahamas for a one-night getaway this past weekend. The airline does offer a waiver for Florida passengers, but it doesn't carry over until next weekend.
"I find American's policy very cold-hearted, particularly in comparison to United's very reasonable policy," Burri says. "It's certainly not consumer friendly."
? United is offering passengers flying into affected cities three options. They can get a full refund whether or not their flight was cancelled. They can rebook on flights anytime within a year of the day they purchased their ticket and avoid a change fee ? but will have to pay for any difference in price. They can rebook onto a flight by this weekend and avoid any change fee and fare differences.
? Frontier is letting those passengers who aren't already travelling move to a flight within its currently published schedule, which goes through March 17.
? American is telling passengers with tickets to eastern Florida that they must fly by Wednesday; Key West or western Florida by Friday and the Gulf Coast by Sunday.
? Delta is requiring travellers to or from Florida to start their revised plans by Friday and those to or from the Gulf Coast by Sunday.
? JetBlue is requiring Florida passengers to fly by Friday.
? US Airways also has Florida fliers travelling by Friday and those in the Gulf by Saturday.
? Virgin America is giving a bit more leeway, allowing trips to start by Sept. 4.
? Spirit Airlines is requiring all travel to be completed by Sept. 27.
? Southwest Airlines is requiring passengers to start their new trips within 14 days of the original date of travel. The airline doesn't charge change fees but requires passengers to pay for a difference in fare.
Even in natural disasters, airlines are doing what's best for their bottom line, not their customers, says Charlie Leocha, director of the Consumer Travel Alliance who sits on the Department of Transportation's Advisory Committee on Aviation Consumer Protections.
"The airlines are doing things to make money. I think they've given up the whole concept of being fair," says Leocha.
Each airline has its change requirements posted on their website.
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New School Year, New Lunches: Fruits ... - Food and Drink Digital
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --?As students head back to the classroom, school cafeterias are debuting more nutritious choices for kids, including whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and school flavored milk that is lower in sugar and calories than ever before. In fact, this year marks the first full school year of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new school lunch regulations aimed at improving the health and nutrition of our nation's kids.??
The nation's milk processors have been hard at work over the past several years to lower the calories and sugar in school flavored milk, giving kids the taste they love while still maintaining all of its essential nutrients. The average calories in school flavored milk has declined by more than 21% over the past five years and sugars have been cut dramatically by 40%.?On average, school flavored milk now has 132 calories per serving. 1
When Milk Declines; Nutrition Declines
At the same time schools are revamping their menus to boost nutrition, one of the most nutrient-rich beverages on the tray is facing a decline. School milk consumption declined for the third consecutive year, decreasing by more than 1% in just the last year alone, according to a recent national survey. 1 Flavored milk is the most popular choice in school lunch rooms and research suggests students drink less milk when it is not offered ? contributing to the detrimental decline in milk intake. 2
"It's important that kids learn how to make food choices in the lunch room to develop skills that last a lifetime," said Carolyn O'Neil, MS, RD. "By providing a variety of nutritious and delicious foods ? like fat free chocolate milk -- we're teaching kids good decision-making and ensuring that lunch doesn't end up in the trash. Taking away nutritious choices is really just counterproductive."
In fact, research suggests "choice" helps boost kids' overall intake of nutritious foods, and flavored milk is a nutrient-rich choice.3 All milk is packed with 9 essential nutrients, including calcium, vitamin D and potassium ? all "nutrients of concern" according to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. When kids skip milk at lunch, it's nearly impossible to meet the needs for these vital nutrients during the rest of their day.
"Simply put, when schools cut flavored milk, they also cut critical nutrients from students' diets," said O'Neil. "Flavored milk is really a win-win on the lunch tray. It's packed with 9 essential nutrients, but even better, kids love it."
Moms Believe in Nutritious Choices
For many moms, flavored milk on the menu represents an important choice for their kids. Four out of five moms (79%) believe kids need healthy choices at school including chocolate milk, according to a nationally representative survey,while three in four (77%) say they think their children should be able to choose which beverage to drink at school.4 Moms know they're teaching their kids good food and nutrition lessons by offering choices.
Research suggests flavored milk drinkers have more nutritious diets and do not consume more added sugars than non-milk drinkers, and studies show flavored milk contributes just 3% of added sugars to kids' diets compared to sodas and fruit drinks, which account for close to half of the added sugar and deliver much less, if any, nutritional value.5,6
The Right Start to the School Day
Even before kids reach the lunch line, starting the day with a good breakfast including nutrient-rich milk can help moms set their kids up for success. A good breakfast, with milk, gets kids off to the right start and has the fuel kids need to succeed.
Whether it's to be a rock star or rocket scientist, milk can help bring children closer to their dream. Visit the "Dream Big Sweeps" tab on www.facebook.com/milkmustache before September 16, 2012 and create a custom word cloud to help them visualize their dream and enter for the chance to win a $2,500 grant to help them achieve it.
To learn more about school milk, visit milkatschools.com.
About the National Milk Mustache "got milk?"? Campaign
The Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), Washington, D.C., is funded by the nation's milk processors, who are committed to increasing fluid milk consumption.?The MilkPEP Board runs the National Milk Mustache "got milk?"? Campaign, a multi-faceted campaign designed to educate consumers about the health benefits of milk. For more information, go to www.TheBreakfastProject.com or Facebook.com/MilkMustache. Deutsch, A Lowe and Partners Company, is the creative agency for the National Milk Mustache "got milk??" Campaign.
Sources
- 2011-2012 School Milk Product Profile, MilkPEP School Channel Survey, conducted by Prime Consulting Group, July, 2012. Responses were received from processors who collectively serve 62% of all K-12 public schools.? The MilkPEP Annual School Channel Survey is a joint project of the Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP), the National Dairy Council and the School Nutrition Association.
- Patterson J, Saidel M. The removal of flavored milk in schools results in a reduction in total milk purchases in all grades, K-12. J Am Diet Assoc.? 2009; 109(9): A97.
- Conducted by Brian Wansink, PhD of Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition in 2011.
- 1,000 interviews with moms of kids in grades K through 12 between 3/9/12 and 3/14/12. Conducted by KRC Research.?
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES (2003-2006), ages 2-18.
- Murphy MM, Douglass JS, Johnson RK, Spence LA. Drinking flavored or plain milk is positively associated with nutrient intake and is not associated with adverse effects on weight status in U.S. children and adolescents. J Am Diet Assoc 2008;108:631-639.
SOURCE Milk Processor Education Program
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Real estate pair's focus now on fair compensation - Stuff.co.nz
After battling a strike, arson, aftershocks and insurance hassles, two property owners have accepted that the central Christchurch blueprint has ended their 18-month fight to rebuild.
Rob McCormack and Peter Greene have spent $1 million trying to replace the Madras St headquarters of McCormack's real estate business, Harcourts Grenadier.
McCormack said he was "absolutely gutted" to learn their site was in the blueprint's green frame just as they were finally making progress.
"But I'm philosophical now. I don't have a choice," he said.
"We happen to be in the way of the frame. We don't want to be an obstacle. Some people will have to take some pain, and that's us."
When the Grenadier building was wrecked in the February 2011 earthquake, the pair aimed to have its $8.9m, four-storey replacement up within a year.
It would have been the first office building rebuilt in the central city.
They immediately struck setbacks securing insurance and had to design the building for extra strength.
McCormack estimates he was spending 12 hours a week in meetings and negotiations, on top of his normal business.
Then their specially sourced 11-metre piles were blacklisted by Auckland port workers because they had been unloaded by non-union labour during a strike.
After the piles arrived three months late, the specialist piledriver was torched by arsonists and needed parts from Canada.
Then the blueprint came out and their property was within the frame.
"At first I couldn't absorb it," McCormack said.
"How much bad luck can anyone have - an earthquake, losing your building, not being able to get our piles, some bugger torching it, and then the Government goes and takes your land?"
Now the pair have a new fight on their hands - compensation.
They have met the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) to discuss a payout for their property and are optimistic they will get back the $1m spent on demolition, consents, piling, engineers, architects and project management, plus the $1.8m they estimate their land is worth. McCormack is unhappy they will not be offered back their land later.
"They (Cera) gave us a very, very good hearing. We're not trying to make money; we only want what is fair."
He will be "extremely disappointed" if the negotiations do not result in an acceptable price.
- ? Fairfax NZ News
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Monday, August 27, 2012
No. 1 on Donald Trump's Bucket List: Get Mitt Romney Elected
SARASOTA, Fla. -- What's atop Donald Trump's bucket list?
"Get Mitt Romney elected," Trump said Sunday after accepting Sarasota County's Statesman of the Year Award. "We need a new president. We need somebody who can really help this country become a great country again. Right now, we're a country in decline, in serious decline."
The real estate mogul and former presidential candidate spoke in front of a packed house of more than 1,000 at the Ritz Carlton ballroom, answered questions during a news conference and later sat down for a one-on-one interview.
Trump addressed a wide range of issues, including the campaign's tenor, Rep. Todd Akin's rape comments and the real estate slump.
It's time for Republicans to get nasty, Trump said, and combat what he called an "unbelievably negative" campaign waged by Barack Obama.
During a news conference before the ceremony, Trump called on the GOP to engage in a nastier fight with Obama after fielding questions about anti-Romney advertising and the local vandalizing of a "Repeal Obama" billboard in Sarasota County last week.
A campaign's mistake, Trump said, is to be too politically correct and too nice.
?On Rep. Akin, Trump said he wouldn't comment but then elaborated:
"The statements he made were very unfortunate. They were a mistake and he's really apologized for it. Maybe he was nervous, maybe he was under great pressure. I don't know what would cause somebody to make those statements. I wouldn't be so presumptuous to say resign, get out of the race."
On Paul Ryan, Romney's running mate:
"I think Paul Ryan is doing a great job. He leads a really exemplary life. I think his family is excellent, wonderful. He's been in the public spotlight. He's brought an energy to the party that's excellent. Ultimately he's going to save Medicare, which is really important."
On the housing market slump, which has particularly affected states like Florida:
"You have to get the banks to start loaning money again. The banks were bailed out and yet they're not loaning money to people that want to buy houses. And it's pretty sad. A lot of the regulations are hurting [people]. You need a new mindset in Washington to start off with before anything's going to change. Ultimately if we could create jobs? then it will really change and it will change fast. Because people will go out there and make money and they're going to go out and buy homes. But until that happens, nothing's going to change."
Trump did what no one has done before (nothing new for the billionaire mogul, but a first for Sarasota):? selling out the ballroom at the Ritz Carlton and drawing a record crowd. He braved the weather ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac and had originally planned to attend the RNC this week in Tampa. But said he thought better of it with Isaac's impending weather; Trump planned to head back to New York after his speech.
He was introduced by Sarasota County Republican Party Chairman Joe Gruters, but interrupted Gruters: "OK, Joe, come on now, let's get outta here. I have to cut short the four pages of crap you have there about me!"
Trump had the crowd roaring at times. Some notable quotes:
- "If we have four more years of Obama, we won't have a country anymore."
- "I always heard if you're really successful, you can't run for office because somewhere along the way you beat the hell out of someone and left your wake. You've made enemies and they all come out to get you if you run for office."
- "The election should be about the economy and unemployment. It's not 8 percent [unemployment] -- it's probably about 16 percent and maybe even more like 21 percent. It's very, very sad. We can't come back until we build up this economy. We have unbelievable potential if we just let it loose. I believe Mitt Romney will run a great campaign and be a great president."
- "If I was wearing a rug, trust me I'd be standing here with nothing on top of my head right now. The wind was so bad when I got off my plane at the airport. This really is my hair."
Florida political notables who also spoke included Florida state Rep. Doug Holder, state Sen. Nancy Detert, real estate developer and former state Sen. Pat Neal, and Florida CFO Jeff Atwater.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-1-donald-trumps-bucket-list-mitt-romney-033500515.html
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LG announces infrared-equipped Optimus Vu II and universal remote app
LG just outed the Optimus Vu II for the Korean market, designed around a remote control app, QRemote. The company's translated PR claims (erroneously) that the new device will be "the world's first smartphone using infrared," letting it operate gear like set-top boxes and home appliances, including other companies' products. The device is scheduled to launch next month in the maker's home country, around the time the Tegra 3-powered Optimus Vu will go on sale in the US as Verizon's LG Intuition. The company hasn't released any technical details for the phone -- in fact, other than the remote functions, we don't even know if there are any changes from the current pen-capable model. In any case, it might give pause to another Korean maker about to announce an awfully similar product.
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New drug shows potential in heart failure treatment
MUNICH (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Novartis may help up to half of heart failure patients for whom no effective treatment is available, although the evidence so far is indirect.
Results of a mid-stage clinical trial of the drug known as LCZ696, unveiled on Sunday, gauged its effectiveness by measuring whether patients had lower levels of a protein linked to the debilitating condition.
Researchers said that the drug successfully reduced levels of the protein NT-proBNP, although they cautioned that larger studies were needed to see if this "biomarker" signal would translate into better outcomes in clinical practice.
Novartis, long a major player in cardiovascular medicine, is looking to LCZ696 as one of two new treatments for heart failure that could revive its fortunes at a time when top-selling blood pressure pill Diovan is facing generic competition.
The Swiss company said it had not yet decided whether to advance LCZ696 into final-stage testing for the particular group of patients studied in the latest trial. However, Laurie Letvak of its critical care unit said the results were "a great first step".
The U.S.-led study looked at a hard-to-treat group of patients with so-called preserved ejection fraction heart failure. These patients have heart chambers that are stiff but are still able to pump a reasonable amount of blood, as measured by ejection fraction.
Heart failure is a condition where the heart struggles to pump blood around the body. Unlike a heart attack, in which a heart artery becomes blocked, it develops progressively.
People with preserved ejection fraction are still able to pump more than 40 percent of blood from the heart's left ventricle, against 55-70 percent for a healthy heart.
MORE WORK TO DO
Patients given LCZ696 showed sharp reductions in NT-proBNP after 12 weeks compared to those on Diovan, although the difference was no longer significant by 36 weeks, Dr Scott Solomon of the Brigham and Women's Hospital told the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology.
Encouragingly, the size of the heart was also reduced in patients on the new drug - a good sign in heart failure.
Solomon, whose findings are being published online by The Lancet medical journal, was cautious about reading too much into the results, saying simply "further testing of this compound could be warranted".
Other experts not involved in the research were also wary.
"To date, there's been no intervention that has been helpful for this patient group, so this is at least a signal," said Dr Mariell Jessup, medical director of the Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center in Philadelphia.
"It's interesting but there's lots more work to do."
LCZ696 is a combination of Diovan, or valsartan, and another class of drug called a neprilysin inhibitor.
Neprilysin inhibitors have had a chequered history, with Bristol-Myers Squibb suffering a major setback 10 years ago when its product Vanlev flopped due to cases of angioedema, a swelling of the face, neck, lips and throat.
LCZ696 was well tolerated in the latest Novartis-funded study, which involved 301 patients.
Novartis is also testing the medicine in another group of heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction, as well as assessing its role in fighting high blood pressure.
The company has a second experimental drug for acute heart failure called RLX030 in final Phase III trials, for which clinical trial results are expected later this year.
(Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/novartis-drug-shows-potential-heart-failure-treatment-060155614--finance.html
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Chinese Bridge Collapses, Adding to Safety Worries
BY LAURIE BURKITT
BEIJING?The ramp of an eight-lane bridge in China's northern city of Harbin collapsed Friday, killing three people and injuring five, as concern about the safety of China's infrastructure mounts.
The 320 foot-stretch of highway, part of a 1.9 billion yuan (nearly $300 million) bridge project that opened in November of last year, turned over under the weight of four heavy trucks, according to state-owned Xinhua news agency. The trucks were sent plunging to the ground from ...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012
Romney turns to Ohio amidst distractions
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan look to shrug off the latest in a series of unwanted distractions when they face Ohio voters as the Republican presidential ticket for the first time.
The two men are appearing at a Columbus-area rally Saturday morning, less than 24 hours after Romney raised the discredited rumor that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States. The comment, and his efforts to explain it, overshadowed Romney's economic message as he campaigned near his Michigan birthplace on Friday.
The Ohio rally is expected to be Romney's final public appearance of the weekend ahead of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., where the former Massachusetts governor will formally accept the presidential nomination.
While GOP officials suggest they have momentum on their side heading into the crucial period, Romney and his party have faced tough questions in recent weeks on Medicare and abortion.
Now his joking reference to the president's birth certificate links him to the so-called birther movement and a wing of his party ? a combined 25 percent in an April Pew Research Center poll ? that says it either isn't sure or doesn't believe Obama was born in the United States.
Earlier in the week, Romney caused another stir by declaring that big business was "doing fine" in the current struggling economy in part because companies get advantages from offshore tax havens.
Still, polls suggest that the presidential contest is essentially a tossup as Obama struggles under the weight of the nation's weak economy.
The president's re-election campaign has pushed voter attention away from the economy in recent weeks, particularly after Romney's selection of his running mate, Ryan, the architect of a controversial budget plan that would transform Medicare into a voucher-like system for future retirees.
Democrats have also seized on Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin's recent suggestion that women's bodies can prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape."
The congressman announced Friday that he would not leave his Senate contest despite overwhelming pressure from Romney and top Republican officials.
Romney made his birth certificate remark at a large outdoor rally in Michigan, where he grew up and where his father, George, served as governor. He told supporters that he and his wife, Ann, had been born at nearby hospitals.
"No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised," Romney said.
The crowd of more than 7,000 responded with hearty laughter.
Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt swiftly denounced the remark, saying Romney "embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them."
Romney was asked about his remark in a CBS interview later in the day.
"No, no, not a swipe," Romney said. "I've said throughout the campaign and before, there's no question about where he was born. He was born in the U.S. This was fun about us and coming home. And humor, you know ? we've got to have a little humor in a campaign."
The authenticity of Obama's birth certificate has been questioned by some Republican critics who insist Obama is not a "natural-born citizen" as required by the Constitution. Obama released a long-form version of his birth certificate last year as proof that he was born in Hawaii in 1961.
But conservative questions have lingered. And Romney has declined to condemn such questions, particularly from prominent donor Donald Trump.
The Obama campaign released a web video Friday night featuring Romney's remark and declaring that, "America doesn't need a birther-in-chief." Democrats intend to keep the pressure on as the Republican convention gets under way.
Obama was spending the weekend at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, as Republicans began gathering in Tampa for their convention. But Democrats were planning to counter Romney's message throughout the week.
Reaching out to young voters, a key component of his 2008 election, Obama was making stops in the college towns of Ames, Iowa, Fort Collins, Colo., and Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Vice President Joe Biden canceled plans to give a speech in Tampa on Monday, a short distance from the convention site, to help ensure emergency officials can focus on Tropical Storm Isaac. But he is expected to travel on Tuesday to Orlando and St. Augustine, Fla.
Shortly after Ryan gives his convention address on Wednesday night, first lady Michelle Obama is set to appear on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman," offering a counter to the Republican message. The high-profile events are paired with a number of smaller gatherings around the country by Democrats aiming to attract female voters and a bus tour with party activists in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Obama campaign deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said the president's team was "not going to cede four days of this campaign just because of a party convention."
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Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies at 82
CINCINNATI (AP) ? Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.
Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, his family said in a statement Saturday. It didn't say where he died.
Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969, capping the most daring of the 20th century's scientific expeditions. His first words after setting foot on the surface are etched in history books and the memories of those who heard them in a live broadcast.
"That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind," Armstrong said.
In those first few moments on the moon, during the climax of heated space race with the then-Soviet Union, Armstrong stopped in what he called "a tender moment" and left a patch commemorate NASA astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts who had died in action.
"It was special and memorable but it was only instantaneous because there was work to do," Armstrong told an Australian television interviewer this year.
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the lunar surface, collecting samples, conducting experiments and taking photographs.
"The sights were simply magnificent, beyond any visual experience that I had ever been exposed to," Armstrong once said.
The moonwalk marked America's victory in the Cold War space race that began Oct. 4, 1957, with the launch of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1, a 184-pound satellite that sent shock waves around the world.
Although he had been a Navy fighter pilot, a test pilot for NASA's forerunner and an astronaut, Armstrong never allowed himself to be caught up in the celebrity and glamor of the space program.
"I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer," he said in February 2000 in one of his rare public appearances. "And I take a substantial amount of pride in the accomplishments of my profession."
A man who kept away from cameras, Armstrong went public in 2010 with his concerns about President Barack Obama's space policy that shifted attention away from a return to the moon and emphasized private companies developing spaceships. He testified before Congress and in an email to The Associated Press, Armstrong said he had "substantial reservations," and along with more than two dozen Apollo-era veterans, he signed a letter calling the plan a "misguided proposal that forces NASA out of human space operations for the foreseeable future."
Armstrong's modesty and self-effacing manner never faded.
When he appeared in Dayton in 2003 to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight, he bounded onto a stage before 10,000 people packed into a baseball stadium. But he spoke for only a few seconds, did not mention the moon, and quickly ducked out of the spotlight.
He later joined former astronaut and Sen. John Glenn to lay wreaths on the graves of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Glenn introduced Armstrong and noted it was 34 years to the day that Armstrong had walked on the moon.
"Thank you, John. Thirty-four years?" Armstrong quipped, as if he hadn't given it a thought.
At another joint appearance, the two embraced and Glenn commented: "To this day, he's the one person on Earth, I'm truly, truly envious of."
Armstrong's moonwalk capped a series of accomplishments that included piloting the X-15 rocket plane and making the first space docking during the Gemini 8 mission, which included a successful emergency splashdown.
In the years afterward, Armstrong retreated to the quiet of the classroom and his southwest Ohio farm. Aldrin said in his book "Men from Earth" that Armstrong was one of the quietest, most private men he had ever met.
In the Australian interview, Armstrong acknowledged that "now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things."
At the time of the flight's 40th anniversary, Armstrong again was low-key, telling a gathering that the space race was "the ultimate peaceful competition: USA versus U.S.S.R. It did allow both sides to take the high road with the objectives of science and learning and exploration."
Glenn, who went through jungle training in Panama with Armstrong as part of the astronaut program, described him as "exceptionally brilliant" with technical matters but "rather retiring, doesn't like to be thrust into the limelight much."
Derek Elliott, curator of the Smithsonian Institution's U.S. Air and Space Museum from 1982 to 1992, said the moonwalk probably marked the high point of space exploration.
The manned lunar landing was a boon to the prestige of the United States, which had been locked in a space race with the former Soviet Union, and re-established U.S. pre-eminence in science and technology, Elliott said.
"The fact that we were able to see it and be a part of it means that we are in our own way witnesses to history," he said.
The 1969 landing met an audacious deadline that President Kennedy had set in May 1961, shortly after Alan Shepard became the first American in space with a 15-minute suborbital flight. (Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin had orbited the Earth and beaten the U.S. into space the previous month.)
"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth," Kennedy had said. "No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important to the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."
The end-of-decade goal was met with more than five months to spare. "Houston: Tranquility Base here," Armstrong radioed after the spacecraft settled onto the moon. "The Eagle has landed."
"Roger, Tranquility," the Houston staffer radioed back. "We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot."
The third astronaut on the mission, Michael Collins, circled the moon in the mother ship Columbia 60 miles overhead while Armstrong and Aldrin went to the moon's surface.
In all, 12 American astronauts walked on the moon between 1969 and the last moon mission in 1972.
For Americans, reaching the moon provided uplift and respite from the Vietnam War, from strife in the Middle East, from the startling news just a few days earlier that a young woman had drowned in a car driven off a wooden bridge on Chappaquiddick Island by Sen. Edward Kennedy. The landing occurred as organizers were gearing up for Woodstock, the legendary three-day rock festival on a farm in the Catskills of New York.
Armstrong was born Aug. 5, 1930, on a farm near Wapakoneta in western Ohio. He took his first airplane ride at age 6 and developed a fascination with aviation that prompted him to build model airplanes and conduct experiments in a homemade wind tunnel.
As a boy, he worked at a pharmacy and took flying lessons. He was licensed to fly at 16, before he got his driver's license.
Armstrong enrolled in Purdue University to study aeronautical engineering but was called to duty with the U.S. Navy in 1949 and flew 78 combat missions in Korea.
After the war, Armstrong finished his degree from Purdue and later earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California. He became a test pilot with what evolved into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, flying more than 200 kinds of aircraft from gliders to jets.
Armstrong was accepted into NASA's second astronaut class in 1962 ? the first, including Glenn, was chosen in 1959 ? and commanded the Gemini 8 mission in 1966. After the first space docking, he brought the capsule back in an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean when a wildly firing thruster kicked it out of orbit.
Armstrong was backup commander for the historic Apollo 8 mission at Christmastime in 1968. In that flight, Commander Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell and Bill Anders circled the moon 10 times, and paving the way for the lunar landing seven months later.
Aldrin said he and Armstrong were not prone to free exchanges of sentiment.
"But there was that moment on the moon, a brief moment, in which we sort of looked at each other and slapped each other on the shoulder ... and said, 'We made it. Good show,' or something like that," Aldrin said.
An estimated 600 million people ? a fifth of the world's population ? watched and listened to the landing, the largest audience for any single event in history.
Parents huddled with their children in front of the family television, mesmerized by what they were witnessing. Farmers abandoned their nightly milking duties, and motorists pulled off the highway and checked into motels just to see the moonwalk.
Television-less campers in California ran to their cars to catch the word on the radio. Boy Scouts at a camp in Michigan watched on a generator-powered television supplied by a parent.
Afterward, people walked out of their homes and gazed at the moon, in awe of what they had just seen. Others peeked through telescopes in hopes of spotting the astronauts.
In Wapakoneta, media and souvenir frenzy was swirling around the home of Armstrong's parents.
"You couldn't see the house for the news media," recalled John Zwez, former manager of the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum. "People were pulling grass out of their front yard."
Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were given ticker tape parades in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles and later made a 22-nation world tour. A homecoming in Wapakoneta drew 50,000 people to the city of 9,000.
In 1970, Armstrong was appointed deputy associate administrator for aeronautics at NASA but left the following year to teach aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
He remained there until 1979 and during that time bought a 310-acre farm near Lebanon, where he raised cattle and corn. He stayed out of public view, accepting few requests for interviews or speeches.
"He didn't give interviews, but he wasn't a strange person or hard to talk to," said Ron Huston, a colleague at the University of Cincinnati. "He just didn't like being a novelty."
Those who knew him said he enjoyed golfing with friends, was active in the local YMCA and frequently ate lunch at the same restaurant in Lebanon.
In 2000, when he agreed to announce the top 20 engineering achievements of the 20th century as voted by the National Academy of Engineering, Armstrong said there was one disappointment relating to his moonwalk.
"I can honestly say ? and it's a big surprise to me ? that I have never had a dream about being on the moon," he said.
From 1982 to 1992, Armstrong was chairman of Charlottesville, Va.-based Computing Technologies for Aviation Inc., a company that supplies computer information management systems for business aircraft.
He then became chairman of AIL Systems Inc., an electronic systems company in Deer Park, N.Y.
Armstrong married Carol Knight in 1999, and the couple lived in Indian Hill, a Cincinnati suburb. He had two adult sons from a previous marriage.
At the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on Saturday, visitors held a minute of silence in memory of Armstrong. His family's statement made a simple request for anyone else who wanted to remember him:
"Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink."
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Borenstein reported from Washington. AP Science Writer Alicia Chang in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/neil-armstrong-1st-man-moon-dies-82-200215442--finance.html
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