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Deadly California Wildfires | Can Companies be held Responsible?
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PG&E Releases Statement on Camp Fire
On November 9, 2018, PG&E released a statement about the Camp Fire, noting that around 6:15 a.m. on November 8, the utility "experienced an outage on the Caribou-Palermo 115 kV Transmission Line in Butte County." PG&E also noted that there was damage to a transmission tower on the same line. That damage was near where the Camp Fire started.
Following an investigation into the devastating California wildfires that destroyed thousands of acres and killed dozens of people, Cal Fire alleges at least some of the blame for the fires belongs to Pacific Gas and Electric Co., (PG&E). According to Cal Fire, PG&E is responsible for at least 15 fires, including the Butte County, Nevada County, and Atlas and Redwood fires that started in October 2017.
In all, more than 170 fires destroyed over 245,000 acres of California, causing almost $10 billion in damages, and killing 44 people. In a report issued on June 8, 2018, Cal Fire said electric power and distribution lines, conductors, and power poles owned by PG&E were responsible for 12 Northern California wildfires, including the Mendocino, Humboldt, Butte, and Napa County fires. Just a few weeks before that, Cal Fire placed responsibility for three separate fires with the utility company.
Cal Fire Releases Findings Regarding California Fires
Among the findings from Cal Fire's report on the 12 fires:
The Redwood Fire, which started on October 8 and killed nine people, was started by a tree or tree part falling onto a PG&E power line;
The Sulphur Lake Fire, which started October 8 and destroyed 162 buildings, was started by a PG&E power pole failure, allowing power lines and equipment to contact the ground;
The 37 Fire, which started October 9, was linked to PG&E distribution lines;
The Atlas Fire, in Napa County, which started on October 8 and killed three people, was the result of a fire that started in two locations, both involving trees contacting power lines.
Cal Fire also found that the Sonoma and Napa Fires, which involved a series of fires that merged, were caused by multiple factors linked to PG&E, including falling trees contacting power lines and downed power lines. Three people died in those fires.
In May, Cal Fire alleged PG&E did not properly remove and cut back trees that were too close to power lines in Butte County and Nevada County, causing three fires. The McCourtney Fire started October 8, 2017, when a tree fell on a PG&E powerline. The resulting devastation affected 76 acres and 13 buildings. The Lobo Fire started on the same day as the McCourtney fire, when a tree touched PG&E's power lines. That fire wound up damaging 47 buildings and more than 820 acres.
Meanwhile, in Butte County, the Honey Fire started on October 9, 2017, when a tree's branch hit a PG&E powerline. No structures were damaged in that fire.
There are still fires under investigation that Cal Fire has not released findings for, including the Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people.
PG&E Faces Possible Criminal Charges Linked to Some of the Fires
PG&E could face criminal charges for its alleged role in the wildfires, though Cal Fire did not find the utility company responsible for the La Porte Fire. Cal Fire did say that the results of its investigations were being turned over to local authorities "due to alleged violations of state law."
"We've determined a cause," said Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean. "Now we turn it over to local district attorneys who will take that information and proceed forward on the legal aspect."
Under California state law, PG&E is responsible for compensating property owners whose property is damaged by the company's equipment, even if no negligence is proven. They can also be liable for any costs related to firefighting, which in this case could be in the billions of dollars.
California Wildfire Lawsuits Filed
News of Cal Fire's findings will likely increase the number of people who have filed lawsuits against PG&E. Lawsuits had already been filed linked to the California wildfires, with property owners alleging the company was negligent in its failure to maintain and protect its equipment. The company has responded to Cal Fire's findings with a statement noting that it is committed to helping communities recover and rebuild.
According to The Mercury News almost 200 lawsuits have been filed against PG&E. Those lawsuits are coordinated through the San Francisco Superior Court and are in the early stages of discovery. PG&E tried to have lawsuits thrown out of court, but in May San Francisco Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow rejected the company's arguments and allowed the lawsuits to continue.
Senator Jerry Hill criticized PG&E, saying the company has a history of negligence and is trying to avoid its financial responsibilities.
"PG&E is trying to change the conversation and the narrative from negligence and their possible responsibility and call all of it the new normal," Hill said. "There is nothing new about PG&E's negligence. We saw it eight years ago in San Bruno."
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Ch 30 Small Animal Surgical Nursing
Globe University
Veterinary Technician Vt256
Dr.page
Erika B.
Surgically fusing a joint is called ____
arthrodesis
______ is the time required for blanched mucous membranes to return to normal color
Capillary refill time
Entrapment of tissues such that the blood supply to the tissue is occluded and the tissue becomes ischemic is referred to as _________
______ is an accumulation of purulent material within the lumen of the uterus.
Pyometra
The breakdown of a surgical incision such that the tissue layer separate from each other is called _______
Dehiscence
______ is the involution of one intestinal segment into another
______ is commonly referred to as false pregnancy.
Pseudocyesis
A temporary or permanent loss of intestinal motility due to a functional cause is called ______
_____ is an area of thickened cartilage due to an abnormality in cartilage maturation.
Osteochondrosis
_____ is the term used to describe a declaw procedure.
Onychectomy
____ is caused by the inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue as a result of infection or immune cause.
Removal of the uterus and ovaries is called _____
Ovariohysterectomy
_____ or incision into the stomach.
Gastrotomy
Extrusion of the viscera from the abdominal cavity is called ______.
Evisceration
_____ is a permanent opening in the urethra to allow urine passage.
Urethrostomy
The veterinary technicians role in surgical assistance is an important part of _____ and _____ management.
hospital and patient
Food is withheld before surgery to prevent vomiting and ______.
Inadequate animal _____ or inappropriate ______ can hinder surgical technique.
preparation; positioning
Prophylactic ______ are sometimes used to decrease the risk of infection in surgeries.
Surgical restraint involves _____ and/or general ______
sedation; anesthesia
During a laparotomy, the line of incision is from the ____ __ to the ______.
xiphoid process; pubis
Incision monitoring should be done for _____ after surgery or until the sutures are removed.
PCV and TP values can drop up to ___% because of anesthetic and surgery, even if no blood loss occurs.
The treatment selected for treating hemorrage depends on the animal's _____ and ability to maintain a ______.
status; stable condition
The more surface area exposed during surgery, the _____ and _______ the body temperature is expected to drop.
faster; lower
Soft tissue pain typically lasts ____ to ____ days after surgery.
Pain medications should be given according to _____, not on an as needed basis.
dosing regimen
Sutures are typically removed _____ to _____ days postoperatively.
If a bandage is placed too tightly, it can result in ______ compromise and skin ______
vascular; sloughing
The _____ sets forth the breed standard for tail docking and dewclaw removal.
Tail docking and dewclaw removal in the puppy should occur between days ____ and ____.
Tail docking is performed for ____ reasons.
When performing an onychectomy the tourniquet is placed ______ to the elbow to prevent _____ damage.
Distal. Radial Nerve.
The bandages from an onychectomy should be removed within ____ postoperatively.
Early complications of an onychectomy include _____ and postoperative _____.
loose bandages; bleeding
Warm ____ is used to flush the abdomen during a celiotomy
If intestinal leakage occurs after a celiotomy, ____ can occur.
septic peritonitis
The digestive tract requires food for cellular ____ and proper ____.
health; function
Gastric dilation volvulus is dilation of the stomach with ingesta and gas with ____ of the stomach.
Gastropexy is performed on the ______ ventrolateral aspect of the body wall near the ______.
right; last rib
Gastropexy prevents further _____ but does not prevent ____.
Rotation; bloat
Renal dysfunction after an ovariohysterectomy is usually caused by accidental _____.
ureteral ligation
Surgical removal of tissue
Low RBC count
Abdominocentesis
Insertion of a needle into abdominal cavity using sterile technique to obtain free abdominal fluid for evaluation
Anastomosis
Suturing two tubular organs together so that substances inside the lumen of the sutured organs can freely move from one to the other
Bacterial translocation
Movement of a bacteria from a normal location to an undesirable location
Celiotomy
Incision into the abdominal cavity
Cushing Disease
a disease of the adrenal or pituitary gland that causes production of too much of the endogenous steroids
Decubital ulcers
Pressure (bed) sores that result from lying on a bone prominence for too long
Friable
Easily crumbled
blood accumulation under tissues
Abnormal protrusion of an organ or other body structure through a defect or natural opening in a covering, muscle, or bone
Hydrometra
an accumulation of watery fluid in the uterus
Tissue or cellular death
A behavior state in which a female is in continuous estrus or estrus for prolonged periods of time
Ostectomy
Removal of a portion of bone
Air in the pleural cavity
A serosanguineous accumulation of fluid between tissue planes
Thoracocentesis
a procedure in which air or fluid is removed from the pleural space
Trocarization
insertion of a pointed instrument into a body cavity or organ
Claw removal
Splenectomy
Removal of the spleen
Creating a new opening in the urethra
Gastropexy
Tack the stomach to the wall of the abdominal cavity
Enterotomy
Incision into the intestines
Removal of a mass or a lump
Incision into the stomach
A devitalized section of intestine is removed
Orchidectomy
Removal of the ovaries and uterus
veterinary surgical procedures
surgery test 2
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test #1 ch 9, 10, 12, & 13 anesthesia & analgesia blue book
sx tech final review
anesthesiology test 2
in addition to a plasma membrane, plant cells have ______________ which protect and support the plant cell.
the paw is to the shoulder
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I watched a few movies this past weekend as I nursed a cold. I loved the dress Irene Dunne is wearing above in The Awful Truth. And then when reading the other day in the ginormous September issue of VOGUE Prada had several suits and dresses with a similar diamond on them. Weird how you notice certain patterns certain times...I found that cover of and the model's shirt is even cut the same as Irene Dunne's dress. Dunne's dress was costume designed by Robert Kalloch.
Line Em Up!
Girls Soundtrack
Best tv show Ever. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this program!!!! The young woman who wrote and created this show is a bloody genius and I hate her!!! It's just that good. Thought I might put some music from the soundtrack on here.
Cult Character Maker, R.I.P.
I'm just stunned about the news of Tony Scott ending his own life. You know I can't even imagine. As much as it's tragic when a young person dies...isn't it a different kind of sorrow when an older person dies by their own hand? It's like...whatever life is throwing at you....haven't you got kind of used to it yet? Haven't you got your head around that now? I guess it contests the stereotype of wisdom and age. I am so very sad to hear that tony Scott has died, and even sadder thinking about his family and children...and that we won't have any more movies made by him. I have been a huge fanatic fan of his movies...ever since seeing The Hunger. The Hunger pretty much was one of the most influencial films on my life and on the life of many of friends who I used to go clubbing with...it's kind of the ultimate "dance club movie".No self-respecting goth hasn't obsessed on the clothes, the soundtrack and the make-up in that movie.
There are some directors that once they make 3 movies I like...I will see ALL of their movies and Tony Scott was such a director. I've not only seen all his movies a couple of times, there are many I've seen dozens of times. His movies contained some of the most notable characters in movie history and it seems best to let the characters represent how much I love his films that have become cult favourites over the last thre edecades.
His most recent movie was Unstoppable and like many contained disaster movies I love seeing how a film works out the puzzles involved in restrictions of the plot. I thought this was a very well-done story and action film.
The gorgeous glamourous Catherine Denueve in The Hunger And of course...David Bowie. Move over Twilight fans...these are fucking vampires.
I saw Spy Games on the U.S. east coast in a little seaside town with my sister. We were on a raod trip after staying Washington D.C. and working our way down the east coast...and it seemed fitting that we see this movie after hanging out in D.C. a spy capital. I became somewhat obsessed with this movie as it is a study of contemporary spying with old school spying. Redford does everything by tedious tricky basic spying. It's really a wonderful movie...top of it's genre.
Just character after character made watching a Scott movie a delight...Gary Oldman as some kind of twisted dreadlock gangster. Christopher Walken has a face off in one of film histories most fammous showdowns...with Dennis Hopper.
Denzil Washington has a classic tragic hero role in Man On Fire.
I saw Enemy Of The State with a friend in Vancouver who grew up with Ridley and Tony Scott. She went to school with them and was a lifelong friend of them especially Tony Scott. She once rode all over Los Angeles on the back of a motorcycle with her old school buddy once and I shall hold this image in my head of an artist who in my perspective had accomplished so much in film and seemed to live a life of fun and adventure too. It's so sad to think someone with his talent, lifestyle, experience and success could not find peace of mind...but it is also a reminder that those things are not the source of peace of mind.
"Life is serious but art is fun" The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving.
I love this new series and yay! It's been picked up for a second season. I think Jeff Daniels is so good. He's always been a great actor but here he gets to really work. Remember how he reacted when he was in the movie Speed how he looked when he knew the bomber Dennis Hopper had trapped him and he was about to die in a second. The look on his face was such mad skills. He can use them all here. He has one episode where he played baked so perfectly. This series is an ensemble drama but it is also wonderfully understatedly funny. Absolute Aaron Sorkin. (The West Wing, The American President and The Social Network). And there are classic Aaron sorkin "walk with me" moments...this program has edge, fun, sorrow and red flag topics.
Jane Fonda has a small role as the owner of the corporate network. I am so excited she has this role and she has a lot of meat to explore with this ruthless character. I hope we see more of her next season.
What is the attraction of Aaron Sorkins work? I know a few things and the most obvious is "the good writing" but for me it's the look at working. The insight we get to see about working, about being used so completely at one's job, mentally, physically, intellectually and the community energy of people we work with in those few jobs that exist that seem so important and relevant in our culture. Most of us, myself included, do not have "valuable, ethically important" jobs like the ones in Sorkin's set pieces but we can relate to the moments when these shows and our own jobs and lives cross over. There is a kind of wish-fullfillment aspect to watching these work environments. And The Newsroom offers such great people watching moments mixed in with very difficult compromises and accomplishments that we all feel at times in our jobs, however alienating and unimportant we might think our jobs to be.
Servile Disobedience
Thomas Frank essay
This Week In Pics
We went to a showcase performance at Fort Knox Studios a few days ago. Here are Tricia and Stagg in the parking lot of the Studios. Our friends Tony and Carlos have a practice space in the posh building. Check out that Harley below with the Batman logo on the side. Sweet ride.
Hanging out watching the big screen tv before the show. We watched some classic concert footage of Guns and rose and Led Zepplin. Nice! there's Axl Rose in some short shorts.
Here is Carlo playing with Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick!
Hanging out in the practice space...
Tony and Dania and Dom in rehearsal space slash office area...
Two turntables...
We did a lot of driving back and forth to Wisconsin...
Super cute puppy, about 13 weeks old, at pet store..and there you have it...a good representation of a week in my life..
How Can You Tell It Was The 90's?
It was the best of times, it was......the 1990's. 1994 to be exact. We blasted off late at night on a Greyhound bus to visit our friend Dan and stay with him in NYC. We went to a Puerto rican drag club, we went to Strand books, The Empire State building, every coffee shop in the lower east side and a birthday party!
New Faves In Video
Here is a very suave Pitbull. what a fantastic dance song!
I LOVE this video...I love the idea of each of the band having their own style in rig trucks. Well done! Love you Gwen!
This is just a dam good video. I love how the garage down to earth rock sound goes with the theme visually of low-tech throughout the video.
Pastoral Moment
Right now today is absolutely beautiful weather. There is Stagg doing some gardening and Trica is sunbathing. What a fabulous day to be in the back yard!
We got to see automagik again the other night...they were ina battle of the bands on Saturday.
Stagg and I had some errands and meetings in wisconsin and I drove him and Tricia back and forth across the cheese curtain several times. Here is Stagg taking a break in a nice little park near some factories.
A Pit Stop
Back to paperwork and red tape...some good things this week some challenging...just recharging...


Looks like Air Canada Vacations just dropped the price of their January 17-24 flight to Montego Bay, Jamaica down to $239 roundtrip after tax.
You should note though, while the flight is fine on the way there, on the way back it requires an overnight stay in Calgary. So this deal might be a good one if you know someone in Calgary that can put you up for the night.


Also interviewed for the piece was MuniDiaries.com's intrepid co-founder Eugenia Chien. Without MuniDiaries' inspiration, the M-OceanView Journal would not have been created. Through doing some contributing reporting for MuniDiaries, we were referred to YouTube's uReport program, which led to the founding of this website.
Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesman John Goodwin claims in the video report that a software patch rolled out today(‽) will prevent this beeping error loop from ever happening again. We hope so.
Should you happen to see another Clipper card reader malfunctioning, please record it and contact us at cmr@moceanviewjournal.com.
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I bet transit officials would have discovered this problem sooner if they actually rode transit.


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Enterprises are impatient to translate their investments in cloud apps and the insight they provide into business outcomes and solid results today.
Gaining access to every available legacy and third party system using hybrid cloud strategies is the new normal. Having data that provides enterprise-wide visibility gives enterprises greater control over every aspect of their selling and revenue management processes. And when that's accomplished, the insights gained from the Intelligent Cloud can quickly be turned into results.
The more enterprises seek out insights to drive greater business outcomes, the more it becomes evident the era of the Intelligent Cloud has arrived. C-level execs are looking to scale beyond descriptive analytics that defines past performance patterns. What many are after is an entirely new level of insights that are prescriptive and cognitive. Getting greater insight that leads to more favourable business outcomes is what the Intelligent Cloud is all about. The following Intelligent Cloud Maturity Model summarises the maturity levels of enterprises attempting to gain greater insights and drive more profitable business outcomes.
Apttus, a leader in Quote-to-Cash automation, cloud-based enterprise software is announcing the Apttus Intelligent Cloud today. The Apttus Intelligent Cloud drives desired behaviours from everyone on the revenue team and provides prescriptive information to company decision makers to significantly enhance Apttus' category-defining Quote-to-Cash applications, maximising revenue for Apttus customers. The Apttus Intelligent Cloud includes the full Apttus Quote-to-Cash Suite, Incentives Suite, and Intelligence Suite. The graphic below defines the Apttus Intelligent Cloud. In the interest of full disclosure, I am an employee of Apttus.


After a recommendation from a local friend, Steve visited Adam for a whole new kitchen project. The design created by Adam was very unique giving our customer a lot of worktop space as well as cupboards to keep the room looking neat and tidy at all times. Under unit lighting gave the room so much light giving it a crisp look. Our customer was adamant he wanted an island but was afraid of the space limitations he wouldn't be able to have one. As you can see from the images we ensured he got what he wanted and we allowed him plenty of room to work around the island.


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First Balloon Ascension In Massachusetts – 1821
The earliest known balloon ascension to take place in the state of Massachusetts occurred on September 3, 1821, from the Washington Gardens on Treemont Street in Boston. The pilot was a well known aeronaut by the name of Louis Charles Guille, who had begun making balloon ascensions in New Jersey in 1818. The balloon landed on Ten Hills Farm in Somerville, a town just to the north of Boston.
Not only was this flight the first of its kind in the Bay State, but it also triggered what might be the first lawsuit involving a balloon. Ten Hills Farm was owned at the time by a man named Swan, who sued Aeronaut Guille for damage to his vegetable crops.
The facts of the case were stated in a newspaper article which appeared in the New Ulm Review, (a Minnesota newspaper), on December 21, 1910, as part of an article about the potential liability attached to air travelers who may inadvertently cause damage to private property on the ground. The case involving Louis Charles Guille was cited as a president even though it had occurred 89 years earlier.
The article stated in part:
" The facts are there stated as follows: Guille ascended in a balloon in the vicinity of Swan's garden and descended into his garden. When he descended, his body was hanging out of the car of the balloon in a very perilous situation, and he called to a person at work in Swan's field to help him in a voice audible to the pursuing crowd. After the balloon descended it dragged along over potatoes and radishes about thirty feet, when Guille was taken out. The balloon was carried to a barn at the farther end of the premises.
When the balloon descended more than 200 persons broke into Swan's garden through the fences and came on his properties, beating down his vegtables and flowers. The damage done by Guille with his balloon was about $15, but the crowd did much more. The plaintiff's damage in all amounted to $90.
It was contended before the justice that Guille was answerable only for the damage done by himself and not for the damage done by the crowd. The justice was of the opinion, and so instructed the jury, that the defendant was answerable for all the damage done to the plaintiff. The jury accordingly found a verdict for him for $90, on which the judgement was given and for costs."
The sum of ninety-dollars was a significant amount of money in 1821. Guille appealed, but the decision was upheld. The court ruled in part that Guille was a trespasser, (although not intentionally), and that his shouts for help "induced the crowd to follow him", which in turn made him liable.
New York Tribune, "New Laws For Air Travel Soon To Be Broached", October 24, 1909, page 3.
New Ulm Review, (Minnesota), "Air Trespassing May Be Costly", December 21, 1910
Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society, www.massaerohistory.org
Book: "North Jersey Legacies: Hidden History From The Gateway To The Skylands", by Gordon Bond, The History Press, 2012
Filed Under: Balloon Articles, New England "Firsts" Tagged With: Boston Balloon History, First Balloon Ascension In Boston, First Balloon Ascension In Massachusetts, First Balloon Flight In Boston, First Balloon Flight In Massachusetts, First Balloon Lawsuit, First Balloon Lawsuit In Massachusetts, Louis C. Guille, Louis C. Guille Aeronaut, Louis C. Guille Balloonist, Louis Charles Guille, Louis Charles Guille Aeronaut, Louis Charles Guille Balloonist, Somerville Massachusetts History
Boston, MA – May 23, 1896
Boston, Massachusetts – May 23, 1896
At 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 1896, a balloon ascension was scheduled to take place at the Congress Street ball fields in Boston. The man advertised to fly the balloon was an aeronaut identified only as "Strickland".
At the appointed time the balloon was to rise to an altitude of 5,000 feet where Strickland was to perform daring feats on a trapeze suspended beneath the balloon, and then drop using a parachute and land back on the ball fields. Unfortunately as the balloon was being filled with hot air it was accidentally set on fire and quickly eaten by the flames.
The crowd, of course, demanded a refund of their ticket money, which likely would have been done, however, some chose not to wait and started a riot. During the melee a dozen people were injured and Strickland himself, it was reported, "would have been killed but for the resistance of a squad of policemen."
Source: Vermont Phoenix, "Massachusetts Notes – Balloon Ascended In Smoke", May 29, 1896
Filed Under: Massachusetts - Civil Tagged With: Boston Aviation History, Boston Balloon History, Boston Balloon Riot, Massachusetts Balloon Accident, Strickland Aeronaut
Boston Harbor, MA – July 4, 1888
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts – July 4, 1888
At 6 p.m. on the evening of July 4, 1888, a balloon rose from the Boston Common and drifted eastward over the harbor where it unexpectedly came down in the water not far from an area of land known as Point Shirley, which is located in the neighboring town of Winthrop. A strong wind was blowing, and the occupants of the balloon were dragged for three miles through the choppy waters until rescued by the crew of a steam powered yacht identified as the Rose G.
A newspaper account stated, "After much trouble the party were taken aboard and all were safely brought to the city. The journey was a most perilous one, and the escape from death of the excursionists almost miraculous."
The names of the balloon's occupants weren't given.
Source: The Indianapolis Journal, (Indiana), "Aeronauts In Peril", July 6, 1888
Filed Under: Massachusetts - Civil Tagged With: Boston balloon Accident, Boston balloon Ascension, Boston Balloon History, Boston Common Balloon Ascension, Boston Harbor History, Boston Harbor Rescue, Boston July 4th Celebration, Yacht Rose G.


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Download Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past Audiobook
Author: David Reich Narrator: John Lescault, Patrick Cullen Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Delivery: Instant Download Audio Length: 10.75 hours Release Date: June 2018 ISBN: 9781982541286
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A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry.
In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species. Reich delves into how the genomic revolution is transforming our understanding of modern humans and how DNA studies reveal deep inequalities among different populations, between the sexes, and among individuals. Provocatively, Reich's book suggests that there might very well be biological differences among human populations but that these differences are unlikely to conform to common stereotypes.
Drawing upon revolutionary findings and unparalleled scientific studies, Who We Are and How We Got Here is a captivating glimpse into humankind—where we came from and what that says about our lives today.
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"Reich documents an extraordinary moment in the history of science…A potential political bombshell."
"The work in [Reich's] lab has reshaped our understanding of human prehistory…He and his colleagues have shed light on the peopling of the planet and the spread of agriculture, among other momentous events."
"A thrilling account of mapping humans through time and place…We do need a non-loaded way to talk about genetic diversity and similarities in populations. This book goes some way to starting that conversation."
"Thrilling in its clarity and its scope."
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"[Who We Are and How We Got Here] is mostly not a controversial book, but a wondrous one. It sheds light on the nascent field of ancient DNA, paleogenetics, which is exposing the human past by tracing population histories. Give a paleogeneticist a single genome, and they will unfurl the history of whole peoples."
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David Reich, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is one of the world's leading pioneers in analyzing ancient human DNA. In a 2015 article in Nature, he was named one of ten people who matter in all of the sciences for his contribution to transforming ancient DNA data "from niche pursuit to industrial process." Awards he has received include the Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Dan David Prize in the Archaeological and Natural Sciences for his computational discovery of intermixing between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.
About the Narrators
John Lescault, a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.


Based on the NCTM Curricular Focal Points, Foundations of Math 2 is designed to expedite student progress in acquiring 6th- to 8th-grade skills. The course is appropriate for use as remediation at the high school level or as middle school curriculum. The program simultaneously builds the computational skills and conceptual understanding needed to undertake high school-level math courses with confidence.


Falling ice has killed one person and injured many more over the years in Chicago.
DOWNTOWN — People walking outside Thursday might have to dodge falling ice.
The day's warm temperatures mean there's a risk of plummeting ice from Chicago's buildings. And that ice, which can fall or slide off in sheets and chunks, can cause serious injury and death — and officials have closed some Downtown sidewalks to protect people traveling outside.
A 48-year-old man was killed in 1994 when a chunk of ice as big as a microwave fell from a Michigan Avenue building and hit him in his head.
In 2014, a piece of ice the size of a baseball hit a man near Washington and Wells, leaving his head and face bloodied. In 2000, at least eight people were hurt by falling ice in just one day.
As of Thursday morning, parts of Franklin, Jackson, Wells and Adams streets have had their sidewalks closed due to falling ice, police said. While cars and building windows have been damaged by the ice, no one has been reported injured so far.
Streets were closer earlier this week around the Willis Tower and the Hancock due to falling ice, too.
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Members of government, March 29, again regurgitated the politics of the 60s and 70s, when they staged some sort of père-de-la-nation in antics launching a book: "Paul Biya, The People's Call." The book is the second volume published six months after the first, based on supposed motions of support and purported calls for President Biya to run for the 2011 Presidential Election.
This is the fourth publication in the form of a book, in less than two years, on Paul Biya. Meanwhile, there are a lot of issues and problems plaguing the nation, which these so-called intellectuals can research on, find solutions to and bring relief to their communities and society. Does an intellectual need to remind Paul Biya that he is President and Head of State?
Hear them: "Paul Biya: Sacerdotal Politics …; The Biya Code; Paul Biya: The People's Call (I); Paul Biya: The People's Call(II) and bla bla bla.
During such book launch charades, you would hear the intellectual pimps sing: "Paul Biya: God's Call!" It was even announced that the third volume The People's Call is in the works.
In fact, these so-called motions and calls compiled into books, are written in Yaounde by these very same people; brought to the provinces and gullible villagers are bought with a few cups of rice, few bottles of beer and a few FCFAs, to append their signatures, then, they are carried back to Yaounde to be read.
The book, indeed, serves the interest of, including Biya, less than a couple hundred Cameroonians of elastic morals, whom he keeps recycling in government, to the detriment of the youth and future of the Cameroons. It is part of the skulduggery by these few, who wish Mr. Biya to continue to rule and continue to cover their collective mess; lest a new leadership would expose and hold them to judgement. It, however, inadvertently renders naked their narrow-minded interests and lowly-minded reasoning.
Firstly, Biya has not, at the least, indicated that he would not run. Secondly, according to the constitution of the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement, CPDM, the National Chairman is the automatically the party's candidate to Presidential Election. Biya is still CPDM National Chairman. Does this mean that members of the CPDM government, the Central Committee and Politburo do not read or know the constitution of the party?
They should have, at least, remembered that they used the same resources and efforts, in trying to persuade the Cameroonian people, when they wanted Biya to take the "last seven-year mandate" prior to the 2004 Presidential Election. If the calls were genuine, would they need a book? Do "the people" need a book to be informed about their own calls? Intellectual hypocrisy is the worst form of hypocrisy. Hopefully, time – the greatest judge and healer – is recording all of this.


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Why women should not be drafted
By J.F. Kelly Jr.
In 1978, while commanding a guided missile cruiser deployed to the Middle East, I wrote an essay for the Naval Institute Proceedings expressing the then-controversial view that any qualified woman should be allowed to fill any officer or enlisted billet in my or any Navy ship. Indeed, they should be allowed to serve in any operational billet in the armed forces short of hand-to-hand combat, I said. The essay won me an author of the year award but also a lot of criticism from some superiors and peers for a recommendation that would profoundly change the all-male seagoing and aviation Navy culture.
The rest, as they say, is history, and today women serve proudly and capably in nontraditional, operational roles including combat and, probably soon, special forces. With two daughters and a granddaughter, I remain an ardent advocate for removing barriers to women who wish to serve in any role for which they are qualified, including combat. But let's be clear about some implications.
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There are very different levels of combat. In air or sea combat, for instance, you are not likely to be engaged in hand-to-hand, direct combat with an enemy. Indeed, you may be miles away from him in battle. In ground combat, on the other hand, you may be up close and personal to him. It's one thing to fight an enemy from afar. It's quite another to fight him face to face, say, with bayonets in a fight to the death.
There are undoubtedly some women who are physically and emotionally prepared for this type of battlefield warfare, but they are probably a small minority. For most, it would be a very unnatural experience with which our culture has not prepared them to deal. In my view, they should not be forced into this role because of some misguided notion of inclusiveness or fairness.
Ground combat is dirty, savage and terrifying, involving lengthy periods in the field under unimaginably horrible conditions with no toilet facilities or privacy. It is very different from aerial or shipboard combat. Would you be comfortable with the idea of your daughter, granddaughter, wife or mother being drafted and involuntarily assigned to a ground combat role? This could happen if women should be required to register for the draft, as some propose, and compulsory military service were reinstituted.
If a woman wants to volunteer for such an assignment and meets the qualifications, she should, by all means, be allowed to so serve. Women have as much right as men to suffer and die or be wounded or maimed in the service of their country. And I don't buy the argument that it would destroy the male warrior culture. That culture is changing anyway and today's youth don't really seem to have much problem with change that promotes equality. But I am concerned about forcing young women into a role for which they may not be emotionally prepared; essentially an intensely violent, aggressive one for which most men tend to be better suited than most women.
This debate came about because of the recent decision to open up all combat assignments to qualified women (over the strenuous objections of many military leaders). The decision raised the question of whether or not women should be required to register for the draft, as men are, now that combat assignments are open to them. Many argue that women should not be allowed a double standard and that fairness dictates that they should now face the same draft requirements as men. This would be a triumph of inclusiveness and political correctness over common sense and military requirements.
The entire debate may, in any event, be moot. We are not likely to reinstitute compulsory military service. The all-volunteer service concept, in effect now for nearly half a century, has produced a highly professional force. There has been no shortage of volunteers; indeed, there has usually been a surplus.
The services are far more technically complex today and the eligibility standards for military service are now so high that probably less than half of the draft-age population would qualify. Moreover, the services would have to be significantly restructured to even accommodate and train large numbers of draftees. At present there is no foreseeable need for massive ground forces to fight large-scale expeditionary wars. While there will always be a potential need for some boots on the ground, they will likely be largely limited to training, logistical and special forces. If volunteers should prove insufficient in some future emergency, male draftees could easily satisfy the shortfalls. If, in some dire future emergency, even more military personnel were needed, the issue could be revisited.
Requiring women to register for the draft now, just because men are, would do nothing to enhance military readiness, which is the only reason for a draft in the first place, and it would force many women into a role that most of them are not, by nature or socialization, suited for.
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Officer wants name dropped from lawsuit
SANDWICH — Police Officer Brian Bondarek wants to have his name dropped from a $1 million federal lawsuit filed by a former Sandwich High School football player, according to court filings.
Bondarek is one of several town and school officials individually named in the suit filed in September in U.S. District Court in Boston by Ty McGrath, who alleges his civil rights were violated.
In the suit, McGrath and his mother, Julianne McGrath, contend that his arrest by Bondarek in November 2011 was based on inflated allegations of assault by a younger teammate. McGrath was exonerated in April 2012 by a Barnstable District Court jury. He was an 18-year-old senior at the time.
In a motion to dismiss filed on behalf of Bondarek, attorney Doug Louison specifically seeks to dismiss McGrath's allegations that the officer conspired to provide false testimony. In a 10-page legal brief that accompanies the motion, Louison cites previous court rulings to argue that Bondarek had "absolute immunity from liability" in testifying at a pretrial hearing in McGrath's criminal case.
Louison also argues that McGrath's attorney, Bruce Bierhans, offered no evidence of a conspiracy.
McGrath was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after the freshman teammate's parents went to police over a locker-room incident. No adult witnessed the incident, but other students characterized it as "horseplay."
The lawsuit focuses on a confession Bondarek allegedly coerced from McGrath and photos that never existed purporting to show injuries inflicted by the teen. It also accuses Bondarek of failing to allow McGrath to have his lawyer present during questioning and failing to record the interrogation — something that is now a requirement for police interviews.
The suit alleges that the criminal charges brought by Bondarek led to McGrath being suspended from school for 10 days, forced him to miss his final high school football games and hurt his chances to be recruited to play college football.
McGrath suffered emotional distress that included panic attacks, loss of sleep and loss of appetite from being arrested and the publicity surrounding it, according to the suit.
Bondarek was the subject of a Police Department internal investigation that found he had repeatedly lied and that his investigation in McGrath's case was incompetent. He was suspended for six months, returning to the department in mid-July.
Bondarek is the only named defendant to respond to McGrath's lawsuit so far. His response was filed Nov. 22, well in advance of the Dec. 3 deadline set in the case.
Louison could not be reached for comment Friday.
The town, which has yet to file its response, requested an extension to Dec. 9, according to a motion filed Wednesday.
The list of town defendants other than Bondarek includes school Superintendent C. Richard Canfield, Sandwich High Principal Ellin Booras, Police Chief Peter Wack, police Lt. David Guillemette and School Resource Officer Christa Cabral.
The town of Sandwich and town employees other than Bondarek are represented by attorneys John Davis and Jill Murray, according to court records.


Terry Jones literally wrote the book on civic division in St. Louis, and says the Better Together plan to unify St. Louis city and St. Louis County into one huge "metro-city" is undemocratic, autocratic, and a waste of valuable time.
Jones, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is the author of "Fragmented by Design", a 2000 book that traced the history of political divisions between the county and the city, from the city's leaving the county in 1876, to efforts in the 1920's and 1960's to reunify the two.
Jones said re-unification efforts in the '20's and '60's involved public officials, public hearings, and public meetings long before any actual plans were developed, but the secretive Better Together process stood that process on its head.
Jones' objections to the plans go beyond the secrecy of the process. His main complaint is that Better Together would eliminate the entire government of the city, along with one of the city's main sources of revenue, the 1% earnings tax. In doing so, Jones said, it would also eviscerate local black political power.
He also said that claims that city-county mergers elsewhere—from Indianapolis and Louisville to Nashville and Jacksonville, FL—have saved money and helped economic growth just are not true.
Jones said that racism, not governmental division, is what holds St. Louis back, and that focusing on the Better Together plan wastes time and energy that could best be used dealing with issues of racism and racial inequity.
"Our racial divisions and separation keep us from achieving so much. So not only is it a just thing to do, to have racial equity, it's also a pretty smart thing to do in terms of improving economic and other parts of quality of life in the region," Jones noted.


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Sonakshi Sinha inspired by Sridevi, Parveen Babi for disco song
Indo-Asian News Service | January 18, 2013 16:30 IST (Mumbai)
Sonakshi's other look where she is wearing black-coloured tight pants, a jacket and boots, is inspired from Sridevi's disco look from Chaalbaaz.
New age actress Sonakshi Sinha is taking cue from actresses like Sridevi and Parveen Babi for a retro disco number that she has shot for the Himmatwala remake.
Tight leather pants and shiny dresses - the 1980s era saw it all. Now, new age actress Sonakshi Sinha is taking cue from actresses like Sridevi and Parveen Babi for a retro disco number that she has shot for the Himmatwala remake.
The number, choreographed by Chinni Prakash, is called "Thank god it's Friday".
The movie's director, Sajid Khan, wanted to give Sonakshi the look of Sridevi and Parveen Babi. He roped in designer Manish Malhotra and Sonakshi, who admits working hard for the song, is happy with the result.
"Manish has done a fantastic job and I absolutely love both my looks. I also watched the videos of their (the actress') old songs before I started shooting. I would even watch other songs in the vanity to understand the dancing and the style of that era," Sonakshi said in a statement.
For her first avatar in the number, Sonakshi has sported a vintage sequined golden dress and headband, which bears a striking resemblance Parveen Babi's look in the song "Pyaar karne waale" from the film Shaan.
Himmatwala, a remake of 1983 hit movie of the same name, features actors Ajay Devgn and Tammanah. Co-produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Vashu Bhagnani, it will release March 29.
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Q: Gaussian-Jordan Elimination question? I have the linear system
$$
\begin{align*}
2x-y-z+v&=0 \\
x-2y-z+5u-v&=1 \\
2x-z+v&=1
\end{align*}$$
Very well. I form the matrix
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
2&-1&-1 & 0 & 1 &0 \\
1&-2&-1 & 5 & -1 &1 \\
2&0&-1 & 0&1&1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
So I thought about exchanging the first row with the second one,and the first column with the last column. The first row is $a1$,the second $a$2 and the third $a3$. So what I do is find $a3-a2$ ,then multiply $a1$ by $-2$, then do $a2+a1$ , then $a3-a1$, this way I will have a $scaled$  $matrix$ and it will look like
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
-2&2&2 & -10 & -4 &-2 \\
0&-3&1 &-10 & -5 &-2 \\
0&0&0& 0&1&1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
When I proceed with the Gaussian method, I don't know what to multiply or divide to get some of the numbers in the matrix zero. Help me ? Please.

A: Hints:
Updated
Variables arranged using $(x, y, z, u, v)$.
From your system, we have:
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
2&-1&-1&0&1  &0 \\
1&-2&-1 &5&-1& 1 \\
2&0&-1 &0&1& 1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
The row-reduced-echelon-form should be:
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
1&0& 0 & -5 & 2 & -2\\
0&1&0 & 0 & 0 &1 \\
0&0&1 & -10&3&-5 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
Regards

A: Assuming that you've done everything right so far
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
-2&2&2 & -10 & -4 &-2 \\
0&-3&1 &-10 & -5 &-2 \\
0&0&0& 0&1&1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
Now, let the first row be L1, the second L2, the third L3.
L1$\times$(-0.5) and then, L1-2L2.
You got
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
1&-1&-1 & 5 & 0&-1 \\
0&-3&1 &-10 & -5 &-2 \\
0&0&0& 0&1&1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
next, you do L2$\times$(-1/3)-(5/3)L3. You got
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
1&-1&-1 & 5 & 0&-1 \\
0&1&-1/3 &10/3 & 0 &-2/3 \\
0&0&0& 0&1&1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$
Finally, L1+L2, you have:
$$
\left[
\begin{array}{@{}ccccc|c@{}}
1& 0& -4/3 & 25/3 & 0&-2 \\
0&1&-1/3 &10/3 & 0 &-1 \\
0&0&0& 0&1&1 \\
\end{array}
\right]
$$

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