These golden rules only work for the Super 15. Follow them and you simply can't lose your office pool.
4. Never, ever, back the Stormers to win a crucial game. They can't even spell BMT.
Follow these and you'll be the envy of your fantasy league/Superbru pool.
Probably going to be a crap game. I reckon the Scots should edge this one though. Wales are fast becoming the game's "World Chumps". Plus coach Gatland and his big mouth make it hard to feel even an ounce of sympathy for them.
Scotland to kick their way to glory in this game.
This clip speaks for itself. Huuuuuge punch up in a Romanian game. Cheeky red number 9 kicks the whole thing off with a cheap shot at 1.18. Typical scrum half.


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Athletic Propulsion Labs Change Footwear for Millennials
Steven Spielberg's 1989 classic Back to the Future Part II wasn't too far off when estimating that hoverboards and self-drying jackets would be around by 2015. But what about shoes that can make you jump higher or run faster? Adam & Ryan Goldston, Millennial twins from Los Angeles and founders of Athletic Propulsion Labs (APL), have invented technology for a basketball shoe that compresses energy to propel a wearer's vertical leap by 3.5 inches.
MiLLENNiAL spent the afternoon with the founders at their prestigious APL headquarters, located at LA Center Studios. Overlooking the powerful Downtown Los Angeles skyline, their lavish office was decorated with colorful athletic shoes spewed around the floor, and boxes of fresh inventory lining the window wall. With smiles from ear to ear, the Goldston brothers greeted and lead us into their own private Footer Locker-esque show room where APL's history lined the walls, displaying a vast amount of product and years of growth. Clearly this was not an over-night success. In fact, the twins have been working on Athletic Propulsion Labs shoes for the last 10 years.
As teenagers, Adam and Ryan dreamed of inventing a shoe that would enable them to jump higher, giving them a competitive advantage on the basketball court. Their vision began to materialize as freshmen at the University of Southern California (USC) when they began designing the technology for their advanced shoe on a glass table in their dorm room. By senior year, Ryan showcased a mock prototype to his entrepreneurship class where his professor told him his product would never make it to market. Fifteen months after graduating, Athletic Propulsion Labs debuted their first line for preorder. And the glass table? Well, they keep it in the office as a reminder of the early days.
But these aren't your average Millennials with a wild idea. Their dad was the inventor of those famous LA Gear Lights – which had every 90s kid lighting up sidewalks and bouncing off jungle gyms just to make their shoes twinkle. They were even the first product testers for the classic shoe. Now at 27, they are creating their own legacy. Adam tells MiLLENNiAL, "We grew up in the shoe industry," so being surrounded by engineers and designers was a natural part of life. Although the twins went to school for business, they do consider themselves "practical engineers," a title that would soon prove true.
On October 19, 2010, the NBA caught word of Athletic Propulsion Labs product and decided to ban the shoe. Their decision set off a digital fire alarm and within 72 hours, APL sold nine months worth of inventory (each retailing at $300), and had over 1 million articles written about them. This skyrocketed the Athletic Propulsion Labs brand into a league they weren't expecting so quickly.
Athletic Propulsion Labs Lifts Design
With a sleek and creative approach to basketball shoe design, and an incredible technology that literally enhances performance, APL creates elevated Concept fashion. Emulating everything from luxury cars to computers, the Goldston brothers are taking footwear to the next level by telling a story with their apparel.
Concept 1 – The Supercar
Ryan tells us that the automotive industry's "high-class and experimental cars mostly shown at car shows" were used to inspire the design of their first series, the Concept 1. "The concept cars are always the craziest, coolest cars there and we wanted our shoes to be similar. We wanted to create a concept basketball shoe line," he explains.
Concept 2 – Luxury Performance
Concept 2 took a slightly different approach by focusing on the inside of luxury cars. Blending together performance and beauty, the Concept 2 "was a throwback to supercars of the past." They used the 1960 Bugatti and the 1961 Jaguar among many other favorites found in Pebble Beach as the main inspiration for designing the quality shoe, combining fine leathers with luxury performance technology.
Concept 3 – Electronics
Concept 3 went in a completely different direction – microprocessors. Their passion for all things electronic, and fascination with Disney's Tron, made the Concept 3 their most unique and trendiest shoe yet. With computers as the inspiration, APL chose to design a style that subtly fits with most outfits, regardless of whether you are on the court or running errands around town.
In honor of their grandmother's passing, they released a special edition Concept 3 Breast Cancer Awareness Month pink basketball shoe last October (2013).
Nothing on the market today resembles nor functions like Athletic Propulsion Labs shoes. "The thing about our technology is that it makes you your personal best," Adam proudly says of his product. But in regards to creating an unfair advantage among competitors, "It's not meant for competing against someone who is 6'7. That would be like Space Jam…but if you want to take your game to the highest level then you wear APL shoes."
In addition to basketball shoes, this summer APL will be debuting a running line along with socks and clothing. And of course their apparel is designed to coordinate with their footwear. "For us it is about creating a constant story and making sure that everything connects," Ryan elaborates.
With the fitness apparel industry monopolized by a handful of corporations, the Athletic Propulsion Labs' success is a testament to how the market is evolving, and as Ryan mentions, "how consumers are craving stuff that makes them a better athlete." If Athletic Propulsion Labs shoe design and technology is any indication of their fashion to come, companies like Nike and Adidas better watch out.
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Deadwood Season 3
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Powers Boothe, Gerald McRaney, Brad Dourif, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson, William Sanderson, W. Earl Brown, Dayton Callie, Jim Beaver, Jeffrey Jones, Sean Bridgers, Titus Welliver, Brian Cox
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Mood: If you love Deadwood and are finally emotionally ready to see how it all ends and you have the movie handy to watch right away afterward because the way it all ends sucks. But Deadwood is still its own mood.
I couldn't get my brother to watch Deadwood, because he said he knew he'd love it and then be crushed that it was canceled* after three seasons.
I thought that was stupid. "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all", right? Why deprive yourself of something so insanely awesome? Lots of great shows have declined in later seasons, so it actually seems better to end too soon and leave everyone infatuated.
Well. Now that I've seen Deadwood's third season, I can say that I'd have been absolutely f*cking MISERABLE if I'd watched it when it first aired.
Season one and season two expertly delivered a mid-season climax and a full-season build of action to a thoroughly satisfying conclusion. Season three starts out with tons of action up front, which makes you think it will be the best season yet.
Spoiler alert: it's not. And if this was 2006 and I didn't think I'd ever step foot into the Deadwood universe again (because no one knew there's be a Deadwood movie 13 years later), I'd be gutted. This 'ending' would have been my greatest TV series disappointment of all time.
Season three still has enough brilliant acting and engrossing subplots that it's worth almost every minute. But I have a LOT of f*cking feelings about those failed minutes.
*Deadwood wasn't actually cancelled. Warner Media and Paramount couldn't come to an agreement over how the profits should be split, so they just gave up and didn't engage the options in each actor's contract for a fourth season.
Deadwood Season 3 starts shortly after the second season ends. George Hearst (Gerald McRaney) is making moves to assert his dominance, including having someone killed in the Gem Saloon and killing his own miners.
Cy Tolliver (Powers Boothe) spends the entire season begrudgingly kissing Hearst's ass, on the promise of getting to manage all of his many juicy mining holdings and taking a cut. Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) pushes back, testing Hearst's strength and finding Hearst to be fond of Al's own rough torture methods.
Alma Ellsworth (Molly Parker) is pressured to sell her claim to Hearst, the only local one he doesn't yet control, and he scares the shit out of her in a meeting. She suffers a personal trauma and ends up back on the laudanum, which threatens to destroy her new little family with Ellsworth (Jim Beaver).
Hearst and Swearengen spend all twelve episodes doing a dance to see who has the bigger brain AND balls. This results in a lot of Al's trademark epic monologues, and a particularly long and horrific fight between Dan (W. Earl Brown) and Hearst's man Captain Turner (Allan Graf).
Typical of Deadwood, lots of subplots unfurl:
Fields and Hostetler return to camp after their runaway horse killed Bullock's 'son'; drunk, belligerent racist Steve has been running the livery, so Bullock has to form a plan to keep the peace
Bullock is campaigning to be officially elected sheriff, and Sol Star is running for mayor against E.B. Farnum
Trixie is slowly letting down her guard with the much-in-love Star
Hearst's cook Aunt Lou gets a surprise visit from her son, who makes the mistake of trying to scam Hearst over gold
Jane is back in town, and bunking under the growing affection of Joanie Stubbs
Al's old friend Langrishe (Brian Cox) arrives in town with a theatre troupe, buys the Chez Amis from Joanie, and tries to find a way to be useful to Al, which ends up being a sad metaphor for his character's existence in Deadwood
Hearst brings a small army of Pinkertons into town to threaten its leading men, and Wu has an army of Chinese workers waiting in Custer to move on Al's command
What's frustrating about this season is that it feels like NONE OF THAT F*CKING GOES ANYWHERE. Usually all those subplots are critical to the bigger picture. But in season three, the show suffers from a bloated cast of new characters. I often felt like the lens was focused on something or someone I didn't care about, when I was DYING to know what was happening elsewhere.
For example, season three was the strongest one yet for Al's boys: Dan, Johnny, and Silas reach peak character growth, and get some really great moments and dialogue. Trixie is now kinda sorta officially seeing Sol Star. Doc, one of the best characters in the entire series, seems to be DYING! Yet instead of getting lots of scenes dedicated to those beloved characters, we're forced to watch scene after scene about the theatre troupe, Aunt Lou's short-lived son, and Cy going on confusing rampages to various new prostitutes.
Brian Cox is fantastic as Langrishe, who is somehow both a flamboyant showman and the kind of sharp, strategic thinker who Al would naturally trust and befriend. But the whole theatre troupe subplot is a total waste of screentime. The characters go nowhere and do nothing of any value to the overarching story, so I ended up annoyed every time they were on camera.
After waiting three seasons for her to do something, Joanie (Kim Dickens) officially did nothing. She wandered the entire f*cking series with a worried face, a wavering voice, and no real purpose.
Charlie Utter (Dayton Callie) and Ellsworth continue to handily portray strong, kind men that you just want to hug, and more of them would have been awesome. I would have LOVED a little more focus on Ellsworth at the claim. The one scene we do get with him and his dog toward the end of the season is so achingly moving that it seems like an insult – too little, too late.
When Cy Tolliver first arrived in Deadwood, I was so ready for him to be Al's perfect nemesis. But throughout season three his character's actions make almost no sense, forcing the great and powerful Powers Boothe into a kind of one-note ragey performance.
And seriously, where the f*ck is Doc all season? I get that he's in bad shape, but we're so invested in his character at this point that we deserve to be right there by his bedside, like he was for so many citizens of Deadwood.
And to top it all off, the last episode was the least exciting of the whole season – a massive disappointment given the edge-of-your-seat thrills in the previous two season finales. We're accustomed to the final episode revealing how Al bested the season's villain by thinking two steps ahead, and instead the f*cking bad guy wins and that's that.
I get that it's realistic. The real Hearst lived a long and freakishly wealthy life. But Deadwood took creative liberties with many other characters, including Hearst himself. It just seems off brand to provide neither a satisfying conclusion nor a gripping cliffhanger.
It's a vicious slap in the face when the final credits roll and you realize that's it. You were waiting for nothing.
Here's the thing though: there's still a lot to love in Deadwood season three:
Dan's fight with Captain Turner is one of the best fist fights I've ever seen in any TV show or movie, from the action to Dan's psychological buildup and fallout expertly portrayed by W. Earl Brown
Timothy Olyphant finally gives us range as Bullock! He's still mostly smoldering, but you get to see more softness and restraint in the mix
Ian McShane is on fire, delivering the most versatile performance of the series and his strongest to date
Aunt Lou and Richardson form just about the sweetest friendship you could ever imagine, and it's so f*cking beautiful and totally the storyline Richardson deserves after two seasons of being kicked and punched by E.B.
Johnny (Sean Bridgers) is finally on somewhat equal footing with Dan and Silas, even outsmarting Al in one scene with Wu; his character gets a 'becoming a man' growth that's thoroughly satisfying
Al and Wu's relationship is as entertaining as ever, and you get to see a little of Wu earning more respect and being even more confident
Merrick and Blazanov's friendship is extremely heart-warming, and Jeffrey Jones continues to provide earnest (if at times desperate) elevation to his surroundings as Merrick
Al has one gloriously brutal scene that's like the Swearengen of season one; he viciously beats one of Hearst's men, citing all the nasty things the man did, and you can feel Al taking shots for the people he cares about
Deadwood is still a f*cking triumph, despite this 'ending' which obviously was hinged on there being a fourth season. I will definitely be rewatching Deadwood over and over again forever – and not just because it takes me 2-3 viewings to understand half of the dialogue.
If you watched Deadwood as a fan of great TV, and not as a connoisseur of the Old West – read up on the real people of Deadwood! I had fun nerding out over which characters were based on real people, how close they stuck to the truth about those people, and which events were real vs. great TV fiction.
Al Swearengen
Seth Bullock
Calamity Jane
Sol Star
Charlie Utter
A.W. Merrick
E.B. Farnum
Samuel Fields
George Hearst
Jack Langrishe
Reverend H.W. Smith
Aunt Lou
And of course, Wild Bill Hickok – read whole books about him


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In most cases, a name change for a child is done when the child's parents separate or divorce. This is done to keep the child's last name the same as the custodial parent's last name. Sometimes a child's name may be changed if a man learns that he is the father of a child and wants the child to have his surname. And there are also times when a child may want to change his or her own name.
The court is not required to grant the request to change the name of a child. It has the discretion to do so if it determines that the name change is in the child's best interest.
Name Change with Parental Divorce or Separation
Only a parent, a managing conservator, or a guardian of the child may file a lawsuit to change the child's name. The court has discretion whether or not to grant the request to change the name of a child. The court does not have to grant the request just because the request was made. Generally, courts are reluctant to change the name of the child but may do so if the court determines that it is in the child's best interest to do so. If the request is granted, the child may use his or her new name for all legal purposes.
What Defines "Best Interest"
The Texas Family Code does not define "best interest." The court must determine if the name change is in the child's best interest by considering various factors, including the following:
The name that would avoid anxiety, embarrassment, inconvenience, confusion, or disruption for the child. This could include consideration of parental misconduct, such as a parent not supporting the child or not maintaining contact with the child.
The name that would best help the child's identity within a family unit.
Assurances by the parent whose last name the child will bear that he or she will not change his or her last name at a later time.
How long the child has used one last name and the level of identity the child has with that last name.
The child's preference, along with the age and maturity of the child.
Whether either parent is motivated by concerns, other than the child's best interest – for example, an attempt to alienate the child from the other parent.
A Father Wants to Change His Child's Surname
In a case where the court has to determine parentage – that is, to determine who is the father – it may, on the request of a party and for good cause shown, change the child's name. However, a father does not have a constitutional right to have his child bear his last name. Newman v. King, 433 S.W.3d 420, 424 (Tex. 1968); In the Interest of D.A., 307 S.W.3d 556, 564 (Tex. App.–Dallas 2010, no pet.). A parent's interest and desire to change a child's name is not the primary reason to have the child's name changed.
A Child Wants to Change His or Her Surname
A name change petition for a child can be filed at any time before the child becomes 18 years old, before the child gets married, or before the child has the disabilities of minority removed. But remember, the court is not required to grant the request to change the name of a child. It has the discretion to do so if it determines the name change is in the child's best interest. Once a child becomes 18 years old, marries, or has the disabilities of minority removed, the child is then considered an adult, and the rules for a change of name for an adult apply.
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The New Design Project By Yonca Sirmen – The Chef's Bistro is the first nominee of the biggest design contest, the Covet International Awards. If you an interior design project, that elevates design and craftsmanship, you can still apply until the 15th of December of 2018… What are you waiting for?
The Chef's Bistro is an Italian Cuisine restaurant designed at the beginning of 2018, by the Turkish interior architecture firm Yonca Sirmen, located in Favoritenstraße 79, Vienna, Austria. The target market for this design project was generation X and Y. The design concept gives a feeling of being in the same location for many years with the use of a combination of many materials and design elements.
Having over more than 20 years of interior design experience, the Yonca Sirmen firm have multiples architectural design services including project management, construction coordination, space planning, project scheduling, and construction documents. This Turkish architecture company is specialized in the coordination and supervision of Entertainment, Commercial, Retail and Hospitality Interior Architectural projects, especially on the on Istanbul based projects.
The spot Lighting was created by 'NASA LIGHTING' with 2700Kelvin bulbs which is very important in restaurant design. 'DOGA DECORATION' has manufactured all the custom wood furniture. Chef's Bistro Logo was designed by Yonca Sirmne's but the head of the chef was designed and manufactured 'BY PROJECT FACTORY'. Original black and white photographs were taken by 'HAKAN BIYIKLIOGLU'. Wall and floor tiles were selected mainly from 'APARICI'.


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Lipophilicity and biomimetic properties measured by HPLC to support drug discovery
Contributors: Klára L. Valkó
... HPLC methods that use chromatographic retention times for gaining information about the properties of compounds for the purpose of designing drug molecules are reviewed. Properties, such as lipophilicity, protein binding, phospholipid binding, and acid/base character can be incorporated in the design of molecules with the right biological distribution and pharmacokinetic profile to become an effective drug. Standardization of various methodologies is suggested in order to obtain data suitable for inter-laboratory comparison. The published HPLC methods for lipophilicity, acid/base character, protein and phospholipid binding are critically reviewed and compared with each other using the solvation equation approach. One of the most important discussion points is how these data can be used in models and how they can influence the drug discovery process. Therefore, the published models for volume of distribution, unbound volume of distribution and drug efficiency are also discussed. The general relationships between the chemical structure and biomimetic HPLC properties are described in view of ranking and selecting putative drug molecules.
Philae locating and science support by robotic vision techniques
Contributors: E. Remetean, B. Dolives, F. Souvannavong, T. Germa, JB. Ginestet, A. Torres, T. Mousset
... The ROLIS, CIVA-P and OSIRIS instruments on-board the Philae lander and the Rosetta orbiter acquired high-resolution images during the lander׳s descent towards the targeted landing site Agilkia, during its unexpected rebounds and at the final landing site Abydos on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. We, exploited these images, using robotic vision techniques, to locate the first touchdown on the surface of the comet nucleus, to reconstruct the lander׳s 3D trajectory during the descent and at the beginning of the first rebound, and to create local digital terrain models and depth maps of Agilkia and Abydos sites. Using the ROLIS close-up images we could also determine the actual movements of the lander between the beginning and the end of the First Science Sequence and we propose a new lander׳s bubble movement command meant to increase the probability for a successful drilling during a hypothetical future Long Term Science phase.
Research paper - ISOT_Calc: A versatile tool for parameter estimation in sorption isotherms
Contributors: José l. Beltrán, joseph j. Pignatello, Marc Teixidó
... Geochemists and soil chemists commonly use parametrized sorption data to assess transport and impact of pollutants in the environment. However, this evaluation is often hampered by a lack of detailed sorption data analysis, which implies further non-accurate transport modeling. To this end, we present a novel software tool to precisely analyze and interpret sorption isotherm data. Our developed tool, coded in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), operates embedded within the Microsoft ExcelTM environment. It consists of a user-defined function named ISOT_Calc, followed by a supplementary optimization Excel macro (Ref_GN_LM). The ISOT_Calc function estimates the solute equilibrium concentration in the aqueous and solid phases (Ce and q, respectively). Hence, it represents a very flexible way in the optimization of the sorption isotherm parameters, as it can be carried out over the residuals of q, Ce, or both simultaneously (i.e. orthogonal distance regression). The developed function includes the most usual sorption isotherm models, as predefined equations, as well as the possibility to easily introduce custom-defined ones. Regarding the Ref_GN_LM macro, it allows the parameter optimization by using a Levenberg-Marquardt modified Gauss-Newton iterative procedure. In order to evaluate the performance of the presented tool, both function and optimization macro have been applied to different sorption data examples described in the literature. Results showed that the optimization of the isotherm parameters was successfully achieved in all cases, indicating the robustness and reliability of the developed tool. Thus, the presented software tool, available to researchers and students for free, has proven to be a user-friendly and an interesting alternative to conventional fitting tools used in sorption data analysis.
Color-encoded distance for interactive focus positioning in laser microsurgery
Contributors: Andreas Schoob, Dennis Kundrat, Stefan Lekon, Lüder A. Kahrs, Tobias Ortmaier
... This paper presents a real-time method for interactive focus positioning in laser microsurgery. Registration of stereo vision and a surgical laser is performed in order to combine surgical scene and laser workspace information. In particular, stereo image data is processed to three-dimensionally reconstruct observed tissue surface as well as to compute and to highlight its intersection with the laser focal range. Regarding the surgical live view, three augmented reality concepts are presented providing visual feedback during manual focus positioning. A user study is performed and results are discussed with respect to accuracy and task completion time. Especially when using color-encoded distance superimposed to the live view, target positioning with sub-millimeter accuracy can be achieved in a few seconds. Finally, transfer to an intraoperative scenario with endoscopic human in vivo and cadaver images is discussed demonstrating the applicability of the image overlay in laser microsurgery.
Hydrodynamic effects on three phase micro-packed bed reactor performance – Gold–palladium catalysed benzyl alcohol oxidation
Contributors: Noor Al-Rifai, Federico Galvanin, Moataz Morad, Enhong Cao, Stefano Cattaneo, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Vivek Dua, Graham Hutchings, Asterios Gavriilidis
... The hydrodynamics of a three-phase micro-packed bed reactor and its effect on catalysed benzyl alcohol oxidation with pure oxygen were studied in a silicon–glass microstructured reactor. The microreactor was operated at 120°C and 1barg and contained a channel with a 300μm×600μm cross-section, packed with 1wt% Au–Pd/TiO2 catalyst, 65μm in average diameter. Improvements in the conversion of benzyl alcohol and selectivity to benzaldehyde were observed with increasing gas-to-liquid ratio, which coincided with a change in the flow pattern from a liquid-dominated slug to a gas-continuous flow regime. The observed enhancement is attributed to improved external mass transfer, associated with an increase in the gas–liquid interfacial area and reduction in the liquid film thickness that occur with gradual changes in the flow pattern. A maximum selectivity of 93% to benzaldehyde was obtained under partial wetting – which introduced the added benefit of direct gas–solid mass transfer – outperforming the selectivity in a conventional glass stirred reactor. However, this was at the expense of a reduction in the conversion. A response surface model was developed and then used to predict optimal operating conditions for maximum benzaldehyde yield, which were in the gas-continuous flow regime. This corresponded to relatively high gas flow rate in conjunction with moderate liquid flow rate, ensuring sufficient catalyst wetting with a thin film to reduce transport resistances.
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Research Report - Similar l-dopa-stimulated motor activity in mice with adult-onset 6-hydroxydopamine-induced symmetric dopamine denervation and in transcription factor Pitx3 {} mice with perinatal-onset symmetric dopamine denervation
Contributors: Li Li, Ben Sagot, Fu-Ming Zhou
... The transcription factor Pitx3 {} mutant (Pitx3Null) mice have a constitutive perinatal-onset and symmetric bilateral dopamine (DA) loss in the striatum. In these mice l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-dopa) induces apparently normal horizontal movements (walking) but also upward movements consisting of the vertical body trunk and waving paws that are absent in normal animals and in animals with the classic unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion-induced DA denervation. Thus, a concern is that the perinatal timing of the DA loss and potential developmental abnormalities in Pitx3Null mice may underlie these upward movements, thus reducing the usefulness as a DA denervation model. Here we show that in normal wild-type (Pitx3WT) mice with adult-onset symmetric, bilateral 6-OHDA-induced DA lesion in the dorsal striatum, l-dopa induces normal horizontal movements and upward movements that are qualitatively identical to those in Pitx3Null mice. Furthermore, after unilateral 6-OHDA lesion of the residual DA innervation in the striatum in Pitx3Null mice, l-dopa induces contraversive rotation that is similar to that in Pitx3WT mice with the classic unilateral 6-OHDA lesion. These results indicate that in Pitx3Null mice, the bilateral symmetric DA denervation in the dorsal striatum is sufficient for expressing the l-dopa-induced motor phenotype and the perinatal timing of their DA loss is not a determining factor, providing further evidence that Pitx3Null mice are a convenient and suitable mouse model to study the consequences of DA loss and dopaminergic replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease.
Glutathione reductase gsr-1 is an essential gene required for Caenorhabditis elegans early embryonic development
Contributors: José Antonio Mora-Lorca, Beatriz Sáenz-Narciso, Christopher J. Gaffney, Francisco José Naranjo-Galindo, José Rafael Pedrajas, David Guerrero-Gómez, Agnieszka Dobrzynska, Peter Askjaer, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Juan Cabello
... Glutathione is the most abundant thiol in the vast majority of organisms and is maintained in its reduced form by the flavoenzyme glutathione reductase. In this work, we describe the genetic and functional analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans gsr-1 gene that encodes the only glutathione reductase protein in this model organism. By using green fluorescent protein reporters we demonstrate that gsr-1 produces two GSR-1 isoforms, one located in the cytoplasm and one in the mitochondria. gsr-1 loss of function mutants display a fully penetrant embryonic lethal phenotype characterized by a progressive and robust cell division delay accompanied by an aberrant distribution of interphasic chromatin in the periphery of the cell nucleus. Maternally expressed GSR-1 is sufficient to support embryonic development but these animals are short-lived, sensitized to chemical stress and have increased mitochondrial fragmentation and lower mitochondrial DNA content. Furthermore, the embryonic lethality of gsr-1 worms is prevented by restoring GSR-1 activity in the cytoplasm but not in mitochondria. Given the fact that the thioredoxin redox systems are dispensable in C. elegans, our data support a prominent role of the glutathione reductase/glutathione pathway in maintaining redox homeostasis in the nematode.
Automated image analysis for trajectory determination of single drop collisions
Contributors: Johannes Kamp, Ronny Hänsch, Gregor Kendzierski, Matthias Kraume, Olaf Hellwich
... The fundamental analysis of drop coalescence probability in liquid/liquid systems is necessary to reliably predict drop size distributions in technical applications. For this crucial investigation two colliding oil drops in continuous water phase were recorded with different high speed camera set-ups under varying conditions. In order to analyze the huge amount of recorded image sequences with varying resolutions and qualities, a robust automated image analysis was developed. This analysis is able to determine the trajectories of two colliding drops as well as the important events of drop detachment from cannulas and their collision. With this information the drop velocity in each sequence is calculated and mean values of multiple drop collisions are determined for serial examinations of single drop collisions. Using the developed automated image analysis for drop trajectory and velocity calculation, approximately 1–2 recorded high speed image sequences can be evaluated per minute.
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Possible reasons that catalytic reactivity towards low-temperature CO oxidation has not been found in Au3− cluster
Contributors: Zhi-Yin Wang, Tian-Lei Zhang, Qiu-Hui Li, Qi Xue, Rui Wang
... The oxidation of CO over Au3− cluster was investigated using the DFT by selecting peroxo-like adsorbate intermediate, Au3CO(O2)−, of CO and O2 over the Au3− cluster, as the reactant model. Based on the transition state investigation at UB3LYP/LANL2DZ, the energies at the UB3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ-PP//LANL2DZ level theory and corresponding relativistic effective core potential (RECP) for Au, 6-311+G∗ for carbon and oxygen atoms, the reaction potential energy diagrams and pathways were analyzed. For the selecting Au3CO(O2)− as the initial intermediated proceeded through a typical LH mechanism and forming a complex of CO2 and Au3O−, and the subsequent intermediate, Au3OCO−, formed by the reaction of CO with Au3O− were also analyzed. The results indicated that the CO oxidation followed the LH or ER mechanism, and their rate constants increased with increasing temperature. For the main reason of CO oxidation over Au3− cluster with no perceptible catalytic activity, it should be the no sufficient peroxo-like complex (Au3COO2−, 1A) formation due to the very low content of low-spin O2 under normal conditions, and that the peroxo-like compound also showed a low oxidation rate at low temperature.
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Regular Articles - Serpenoid polygonal rolling for chain-type modular robots: A study of modeling, pattern switching and application
Contributors: Xiaolu Wang, Hongzhe Jin, Yanhe Zhu, Bangxiang Chen, Dongyang Bie, Yu Zhang, Jie Zhao
... Rolling is a frequently used high-efficiency motion pattern for articulated loop robots. An important issue is planning the angle of each joint to keep a loop closed on the fly and to roll forward stably. Most of the current approaches achieve a gait table by designing a few key postures or a numerical approximation of a special loop geometry (e.g., an ellipse), which is difficult to implement for non-experts and makes motion planning time-consuming. The change in joint angles for many current loop gaits is not smooth. The serpenoid curve, whose curvature changes sinusoidally, exhibits the advantage of making angle changes smooth. Based on this feature, a generalized Serpenoid Polygon model for loop gait is proposed, which extends Hirose's Serpenoid Oval to Polygon. Furthermore, we derive its scalable planning model for loop robots with different numbers of joints, which is easy to implement. The influence of key parameters on the performance of this model is investigated through numerous dynamics simulations with a general linkage-mechanism. In addition, loop forming and rolling-pattern switching are studied to facilitate the implementation of this model. In the end, the applications of the model are discussed, its effectiveness is validated through experiments using the UBot modular robot.
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Q: Group by period.apply() in xts Hi i have an xts object with 4 variables (2 id vars and 2 measures):
> head(mi_xts)

                     squareId country     smsIN     smsOUT
2013-12-01 00:00:00     9999      39 0.4953734 0.93504713
2013-12-01 00:10:00     9999      39 0.1879042 0.50057622
2013-12-01 00:20:00     9996      39 0.5272736 0.25643745
2013-12-01 00:30:00     9996      39 0.0965593 0.25249854
2013-12-01 00:40:00     9999      39 1.2104980 0.49123277
2013-12-01 00:50:00     9999      39 0.4756599 0.09913715

i'd like to use a period.apply that returns the mean of smsIN and smsOUT group by squareId (i don't care about country) per days.
I just wrote this code:
days <- endpoints(mi_xts, on = "days")
mi_xts.1d<- period.apply(mi_xts, INDEX = days, FUN = mean)

but obviously i get only 1 row result:
                    squareId country     smsIN    smsOUT
2013-12-01 23:50:00   9995.5      39 0.8418086 0.6644908

Any suggestions?

A: You need to split by "squareId", aggregate using apply.daily, then rbind everything back together.
s <- split(mi_xts, mi_xts$squareId)
a <- lapply(s, function(x) apply.daily(x, mean))
r <- do.call(rbind, a)

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Houston Chronicle Blogger Blames Parents for Gay Kid's Suicides
Texas Sparkle a.k.a. Kathleen McKinley
A Houston Chronicle blog titled "Texas Sparkle" and written by Kathleen McKinley states that parents of gay children are the cause when a child commits suicide. Apparently folks should be encouraging their children to continue hiding who they are when in school so as to not tempt potential bullies.
"Am I mad at the hateful mean kids who bully and tease these teens? You bet I am. But I am just as mad at the idiotic adults who force our adult views on kids, and pull them into our adult world long before they are mature enough to handle it. The 13 year old that killed himself told his Mom he was gay. She said she already knew and hugged him. She said she just assumed that everyone else would be as accepting as she was."
"Why in the world would you give teenagers a REASON to tease you? Oh, yes, because the adults tell you to embrace who you are, the only problem? Kids that age are just discovering who they are. They really have no idea yet. The adults tell you to "come out," when what we should be telling them is that sex is for adults, and there is plenty of time for figuring out that later. Figure out yourself first. Focus on the kind of person you want to be, not the kind of person you want to sleep with."
McKinley parrots the idea that children as young as 13 are too young to understand what being gay means. This of course throws out generations of studies which prove children much younger than that understand who they are attracted to. Additionally, like so many others in the anti-LGBT camp, she seems to enjoy defining LGBT relationships as purely sexual. She goes on to explain what her perfect world would be: (please note that includes no boy-boy or girl-girl relationships, merely pretty boy-ugly girl relationships)
"Listen, in my perfect world, kids would be kind to one another, no matter what differences there are. Handsome guys would ask out not so pretty girls, and see the great people they really are. Cheerleaders would go out with the nerds because they admire their brains. No one would tease anyone else, and everyone would be friends. BUT THAT ISN'T THE REAL WORLD!"
She attacks Gay Straight Alliances being formed in high schools, which has been proven to reduce bullying and help students build important friendships and connections they will hold on to through much of their adult lives.
"The 15 year old who committed suicide had started a "Rainbow Club" at his high school. Was there NO ADULT anywhere that could have said that maybe that isn't such a good idea? Oh, no. Because that would be politically incorrect. Good grief. The idea of a high school club based on who you want to sleep with is absurd to begin with."
And finally, she blames LGBT youth suicides on the "It Will Get Better" Campaign…assuming she means the "It Gets Better" Campaign, she's clearly missed the point.
These kids were sold a bill of goods by people who thought they were being kind. The "It will get better" campaign just didn't think it through. They didn't think about the fact that kids are different from adults. They handle things differently. They react differently. Why? BECAUSE THEY ARE KIDS. You can grumble all day long how unfair it is that straight teens can be straight in high school, and gay kids can't, but life is unfair. Isn't the price they are paying too high?? Is it so much to ask them to stand at the door of adulthood before they "come out" publically? Because it may save their life.
Let's let kids be kids, for God's sake. Remember the gay young boy's last message said, "How do you know it will get better?" He was a KID! Kids can't see around the corner. They just aren't mature enough yet. They don't see it getting better no matter how many times Lady Ga Ga says it will. So, enough with our politically correct campaigns aimed at kids.
It's killing them.
I cannot help but wonder how old "Texas Sparkle" was when she lost her virginity or first realized she had a crush on a boy? I wonder how she'd feel if someone told her that it was wrong to like boys and that she had to hide the fact that she was attracted to them? Would it be the person telling her to suppress her feelings that caused her grief or would she blame the person who told her she should be able to express herself the way she wanted to and love the kind of person she felt attracted to? I'm shocked she went so far as to say her perfect world included nerd-cheerleader and hunk-ugly girl relationships – it's not what she seems to be advocating in the rest of her article.
If you read through the comments section, you'll notice she responds to nearly everything and contradicts herself frequently – at times saying she isn't encouraging kids to stay in the closet, but then saying it's okay to avoid the bullying. She's also posted an update after Gawker posted her piece. She defends her bigotry further by saying she has stood up for GOProud (a Conservative gay group that has proven itself to be hateful towards lesbians and trans people). If not for the grammatical errors that only a Tea Partier could respect, one might be concerned that this is a person who has anyone reading what she writes.
Tags: Bigotry, Gay, GSA, High School, Houston Chronicle, It Gets Better, LGBT, Texas Sparkle
Categories Anti-Gay Discrimination, bigotry, bullying, GOProud, GSA, High School, Texas Sparkle
TN Principal Assaults Student for Wearing Pro-Gay T-Shirt
Sequoyah HS principal Maurice Moser assaulted student for wearing pro-gay t-shirt
A few weeks ago, we brought you the story of Sequoya High School in Tennessee, where senior Nathan Carroll was attempting to start a Gay Straight Alliance.
After starting a petition in the school for the GSA, Nathan was threatened with suspension should he continue to pursue that course of action. I followed up by speaking with Principal Maurice Moser, who informed me that the only reason the GSA was not possible was due to the fact they couldn't find a faculty sponsor. Moser went on to accidentally inform me that he'd assisted other clubs with finding one, and when I pressed him to find out why he wasn't helping these students, he became very flustered and combative.
Today, the ACLU is reporting that Principal Moser has assaulted one of his students for wearing a t-shirt promoting the Gay Straight Alliance. 17-year old senior Chris Sigler was reportedly shoved, bumped in the chest and verbally harassed by Moser for wearing the t-shirt that said "GSA: We've got your back."
"It is totally unacceptable that a young man who was peacefully exercising his First Amendment rights would have his speech shut down by the public school principal," said Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the ACLU of Tennessee. "Last week's incident clearly illustrates the hostile environment LGBT students face at Sequoyah High School. Given this context, it's especially important that supportive voices like Sigler's can be heard in order to overcome the school's resistance to a GSA."
According to the ACLU press release, a teacher ordered Sigler to cover up the shirt in the future after he wore it Tuesday. Sigler, knowing he had a right to wear the shirt, wore it again Friday, and resisted an order to remove the shirt. Sigler says that Moser then ordered all students out of the classroom, except for Sigler's sister Jessica, who refused to leave. According to both students, Moser then grabbed Sigler's arm, shoved him, and chest-bumped him repeatedly while asking "Who's the big man now?" Sigler's mother reported that when she arrived at the school, she saw her son seated in a desk with Moser leaning over him and shouting in Sigler's face. The Siglers filed a report about the incident that afternoon with the Madisonville Police Department.
"All I want is to have a GSA at my school to help stop the bullying against gays and lesbians and their friends who support them," Sigler said. "The shirt was a way to use my voice and show my support for the club. The way I was treated shows even more why we need a GSA here."
"All students deserve a safe and respectful learning environment. Harassment, abuse or censorship of any student – regardless of sexual orientation – is absolutely reprehensible as well as illegal," said Amanda Goad, staff attorney with the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project. "We expect the police to investigate this quickly and fairly, and take statements from all witnesses who were present."
The ACLU has sent a demand letter to the school district can be viewed here.
Though the ACLU can only really protect these students' constitutional rights, this physical and verbal intimidation from the principal of the school must be met with stronger action and a call for the principal's resignation. If the story is true, Moser should be arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime. If this is the example being set for students in a time when bullying has become fatal, this is a man who should not be in charge of a school.
Sources say that the anti-gay hatred in Monroe County runs deep. One source claimed that churches in the area were telling parishioners to fight the GSA as hard as they can. Another source indicated that religious corruption has dictated governmental affairs there for a long time.
The Tennessee Equality Project has created a Change.org petition demanding a full and fair investigation into the assault. It seems when the Monroe County Sheriff questioned individuals involved in the incident, he left out the only non-participatory witness, Chris' sister. The petition states:
"The Sigler family filed report about the assault which is being investigated by the Monroe County Sheriff's Department. Deputies interviewed Chris Sigler, his teacher and Principal Mosby, but did not question Jessica Sigler who witnessed the entire incident. Given the level of intimidation and hostility that GSA-supportive students have experienced in recent weeks, TEP believes that the Sheriff is not fully and fairly investigating the assault of Chris Sigler by his Principal by leaving a key witness out of the investigation."
Please sign the petition to demand a fair investigation into Chris' assault.
Please check out our investigation and update to this story here.
Tags: Assault, GSA, Hate Crime, LGBT, Maurice Moser, Nathan Carroll, Sequoyah High School
Categories ACLU, Hate Crime, High School, Maurice Moser, Sequoyah High School, Tennessee, Tennessee Equality Project
EXCLUSIVE: Tennessee High School Principal Responds
Sequoya High School Principal Maurice Moser
Normally, when I get a reply from someone having to do with an article I'd recently posted – I'd just add an update to the end of the post. But the conversation I just had with Principal Maurice Moser of Sequoya High School warrants it's very own post.
I wrote earlier about senior Nathan Carroll, a student at Sequoya who was trying to start a Gay Straight Alliance, but was met with a threat of suspension from the principal. I put in a call earlier and left a message for the principal and I just heard back.
According to Moser, he found that students were having verbal arguments about the potential Gay Straight Alliance in classrooms and it was "disturbing the educational environment." He went on to say that he was exercising his rights as principal to then stop the petitions and all discussions of the GSA forming. I then asked him if he considered students getting bullied and beaten as a disturbance to the educational environment? He replied that if a student reports it and has sufficient proof that they were bullied, then the bullies are "dealt with accordingly."
I then went on to tell him that many students are afraid of reporting this kind of bullying because they don't want to or are not yet ready to come out of the closet. I mentioned that a GSA would actually give LGBT kids some of the courage they need to speak up about this kind of torture they go through on a daily basis. He said many parents would argue that a GSA would do just the opposite – when I asked him to explain what "just the opposite" meant, he replied "you're a smart guy, you can figure it out."
I asked Mr. Moser what the process for a new club like the GSA would be and he informed me that the students would need to find a faculty sponsor and that the students were having trouble finding one. He went on to tell me about a faculty sponsor for several clubs that had transferred schools this summer. Moser then assisted in finding faculty sponsors for several clubs at the school. He said he spent a good deal of time recruiting faculty members to fill in the holes left by the former faculty member.
Naturally, I asked him why the students would be responsible for finding this faculty sponsor, when clearly he had just helped out several other clubs in finding theirs. He was noticeably flustered and said that he wasn't "forcing" any faculty member to be a sponsor to a club and that while he helped many existing clubs find sponsors, he could never help find one for a new club.
His disdain for these students trying to start a GSA came through several times during our conversation and he implied more than once that his rights as a Principal of a high school trumped the rights of students trying to fight bullying and anti-gay harassment.
I hope that there is a faculty member at Sequoya High School who will sign on to sponsor these students – they clearly need some protections from a less-than-supportive principal.
Tags: Gay Straight Alliance, GLSEN, GSA, Maurice Moses, Nathan Carroll, Sequoya High School, Tennessee
Categories Anti-Gay Discrimination, GLSEN, Maurice Moser, Nathan Carroll, Tennessee, Tennessee Equality Project
Cartoons, Costumes and Equality
Something that many of my friends in the equality movement don't know about me is that for 11 years now, I've had a really fun career. I moved to New York 12 years ago to be a musical theatre actor – and though I haven't really pursued that in a number of years, I was able to fulfill those creative needs with producing Broadway concerts and events – and doing voices for cartoons.
Barry from Pokemon
I've been in a whole bunch of Japanese anime titles and a couple other things here and there – most notably, I can be heard on Yu-Gi-Oh!, Viva Pinata, and as "Barry" on Pokemon for the past few years. As a voice actor, I'm often invited to attend anime conventions around the country. I'm not going to lie – the first time I walked into one of these "cons," I was a touch…intimidated – at all the people in costumes. People dressed up as characters I'd played, people who knew far more about the shows I was on than I did – it was a lot for me.
Over the years though, I've grown to love it. I've begun to revel in the awkwardness of the random 50 year-old running around in a Sailor Moon costume, the big girl wearing perhaps a bit less than society would expect her to be wearing, and the complete abandonment of any social norms that have ever been taught. This is a rag-tag group of kids and adults who have found a world that they know everything about.
Growing up gay, I had that need to find some little thing that was mine – something I could control and could be an expert on – for me, that was Broadway – so I found my own way to relate.
This weekend, I've been in Columbus, Ohio at Ohayocon, a pretty large convention at 10,000+ attendees. My friend and fellow openly gay voice actor Greg Ayres, texted me last week and asked if I wanted to do an "It Gets Better" panel with him and of course I jumped at the idea. I'd met a lot of gay kids at cons in the past and there seems to be an obsession among teen girls, with something called "Yaoi," or man-on-man anime. So around here, gay is okay.
The panel was excellent and was far better-attended than I expected it to be. Greg and I spoke about our experiences and about the It Gets Better project, encouraging people to join in and make videos and find ways of fighting bullying in their own schools – and then we took questions. It became very clear, very quickly that these kids really needed to talk.
Kit & Neko of Neko-Jin Designs, catering to LGBT anime fans
Questions ranged from "How long is it going to take for equality to happen in the US?," to "How do I tell my Conservative Christian parents I'm a lesbian?" While we didn't have all the answers, we were able to direct everyone to a different resource that could help them. But what was most incredible to see was kids answering other kids' questions. The support for one another was something unexpected to me – I've always known that this was a safe place for everyone, but the throngs of applause when a girl introduced her wife or a young man talked about having started his own Gay Straight Alliance at his school – it was encouraging to say the least.
A bag from Neko-Jin Designs
Though it had nothing to do with anime per se, being able to talk about equality with teens and young adults in the middle of Ohio gives me a great deal of hope for the next generation of LGBT kids. It seems they're looking out for one another far more than I felt as a kid growing up gay. I frequently worry about the state of the "LGBT Community," with our sometimes fractured issues, different priorities and separate tactics at winning equality. Now I have a little more hope that our younger brothers and sisters might reclaim that incredible community that we so need to win this fight.
Wings made by Saratonin Studios (www.SaratoninStudios.com)
Tags: Anime, Cartoons, GLSEN, GSA, It Gets Better, LGBT, Ohayocon, Yaoi
Categories Activism, Anime, bullying, Comics, Inspiration, It Gets Better, LGBT, Uncategorized, Yaoi
Being Gay Is Not A Choice, But Your College Is…
When I was searching for Colleges factoring in relative Gay-friendliness never occurred to me. As I've written before I had a decidedly mixed collegiate experience after coming out. I can't say I attended an incredibly gay friendly University, it being an Urban Catholic University in Pittsburgh, but there were definite pockets of support. We even had a GSA, though it caused a major controversy.
Now it seems an increasing number of young people are factoring in campus LGBT friendliness when deciding where to go to college. According to the Gay and Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), in 2009 9 out of 10 LGBT Middle and High School students said they faced harassment. Coming from that environment a growing amount of students want to be sure they are going to have positive experiences at the next level. Recent incidents of Collegiate harassment and prominent stories of student suicides are adding to the concerns of students and parents:
The number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students seeking a university that is "gay friendly" is increasing, driven by Web sites that rate schools on how supportive they are of gay students."It's definitely a phenomenon," said Luigi Ferrer, the director of programs and grant development at Pridelines Youth Services, a Miami Shores, Fla., nonprofit where he works with Louis, a counselor. "Students are sometimes prioritizing [LGBT] resources even over the academic reputation of the school or the financial aid they can get."
College still isn't a guaranteed safe-haven, but some are better than others. Campus Pride has a ranking system, as does the Princeton Review, and it should be a factor in any young LGBT student's search. College can be a difficult and eye-opening experience, but it should be fun and give you the chance to grow and change. It shouldn't be harder because you are gay and colleges and universities have an important role to play in making sure that's the case. The ones that perform that function best for its students should be rewarded with our best and brightest young LGBT minds.
It's all part of making sure this doesn't happen anymore.
Tags: Colleges, Gay, GSA, LGBT, Universities
Categories Anti-Gay Discrimination, bullying, College, GLSEN, GSA, High School, It Gets Better, SafeSchools, Universities
Author Sean Carlson
UPDATE: Long Island Principal Refuses GSA, Called People "Faggot" as a Kid, So It's OK.
Valley Stream South High School
Today at 3pm at Valley Stream South High School in Long Island, students and their supporters will be holding a rally to protest the decision by the High School's principal to deny their request for a Gay Straight Alliance (GSA).
According to press notes, students from the school have been trying to form a GSA since October 2010. They have gone through the proper channels nd had numerous discussions with Principal Maureen Henry. After sharing their experiences of being bullied at the high school and being called "faggot," Henry replied that she too called people "faggots" when she was young and didn't mean anything bad by it. Using that as her excuse as to why the students didn't need a GSA.
Senior Joseph Kofler, one of the organizers of today's rally said, ""this school really needs a GSA and not because it's a 'gay club'. In fact it's the opposite of our goals, which is to bring about understanding and acceptance for all of our students. And I want to feel safe coming to school everyday and this club will help toward reaching these goals" said the 17-year old.
The other organizer of today's rally is Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY). "There are over 90 GSA's that already exist in Long Island schools and by allowing a GSA for students to feel safer is not something revolutionary – in fact, the school is way behind the times and these brave students should be commended for trying to make a difference" said David Kilmnick, CEO of LIGALY.
On the High School's website, Henry states:
"South High School is committed to a school environment that promotes personal growth, good citizenship and service to others. South's motto "small acts of kindness make a big difference" motivates all of the South community to share their time, talent and energy to provide service to others both here at South and in our community."
Today's rally will take place at 3:15pm outside the entrance of Valley Stream South High School, 135 Jedwood Place, Valley Stream, NY.
h/t: LezGetReal
UPDATE: According to the Long Island Herald, interim school Superintendent Dr. Richard Marsh announced today that the club has been approved and their first meeting is set for today.
While the club will have no funding or paid adviser for the remainder of this year (as budgets had already been set for the year), it will be part of the budget for following years.
The rally, which is still occurring after school today will hopefully continue to shed light on the bigoted earlier statement from Principal Henry.
Tags: Bullying, GLSEN, GSA, High School, LGBT, LIGALY, Maureen Henry
Categories Activism, Anti-Gay Discrimination, bullying, Censorship, GLSEN, High School, It Gets Better, LGBT, LGBT Allies, SafeSchools, Straight Allies, teen suicide, Uncategorized


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John Sauer, Ph.D.
Research Wildlife Biologist
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Email: jrsauer@usgs.gov
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest Road
John Sauer is a Wildlife Biologist with the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He has also worked as a Statistician with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Lecturer at the University of Kansas. He is an Elective Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, and serves on the Board of Editors of Ecology, Ecological Monographs, and Avian Conservation and Ecology. Education: B. A. Rutgers College (Ecology); M. S. University of Wyoming (Zoology and Physiology); M. A. University of Kansas (Mathematics); M.Phil. and Ph.D. University of Kansas (Systematics and Ecology).
I participate in a wide variety of research projects, united by the general themes of population ecology, survey design and analysis, geographic and temporal analysis of population change, analysis of count data, geographical ecology, and summary and display of large-scale surveys. My current projects include:
Analysis of population change from count data-I am involved in a series of research projects associated with analysis of population change from count data. Along with a variety of collaborators, I develop methods for analysis of counts in which counts are modeled hierarchically, as over-dispersed Poisson random variables, allowing for adjustment of both factors that influence visibility of animals and factors that actually influence population sizes. These methods are presently being implemented for the North American Breeding Bird Survey, the Christmas Bird Count, the Mourning Dove Call-Count Survey, breeding waterfowl surveys in the Northeastern United States and Canada, and the Woodcock Singing-ground Survey. The methods are also used for spatial modeling and landscape level analyses, addressing questions relevant to conservation and ecology. I conduct yearly analyses of all North American Breeding Bird Survey data, and consult with researchers and managers who use the database.
Development of internet-based procedures for summary and analysis of survey data-In collaboration with other Patuxent staff, I have developed a series of web sites that allow users access to information from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and other datasets. Survey data can be accessed at several geographic scales, from individual sample units to continental summaries. Custom analyses of population change can be conducted for regions, species, and time periods specified by users. Website address: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/bbs.html
Development of national monitoring program for the bald eagle- I was a co-investigator on a project to initiate pilot surveys for bald eagles in Maine, Minnesota, Florida, and Washington, and to develop a draft monitoring program for the species. This work is presently being used to develop and implement the monitoring program nationwide.
Estimation of community attributes from survey data- I have participated in a series of projects involved with developing procedures for estimation of species richness from count data such as the those collected in the North American Breeding Bird Survey. I organized a field project to collect bird survey data on the Patuxent Research Refuge to develop community-level models of bird populations and predict the consequences of alternative management options on a collection of species of management interest.
Association of remote-sensed habitat data with survey data- I have participated in several projects that associate remote-sensed habitat data with animal survey data. A current project analyzes the influence of roads on Breeding Bird Survey results using remotely-sensed landuse data. The project involves random sampling of possible route paths on and off roads to provide a probabilistic assessment of the effects of roadside sampling. Because remotely-sensed landuse change information is now available, the project also provides an assessment of the relative rates of change of habitats on and off roads.
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The 1995-1999 Summary of the North American Breeding Bird Survey
Data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey were used to estimate continental and regional changes in bird populations for the 5-yr period 1995-1999 and the 2-yr period 1998-1999. These short-term changes were placed in the context of population trends estimated over the 1966-1999 interval. During 1995-1999, 44% of all species exhibited...
Pardieck, K.L.; Sauer, J.R.
Attribution: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Ecosystems
The 1995-1999 Summary of the North American Breeding Bird Survey; 2000; Article; Journal; Bird Populations; Pardieck, K.L.; Sauer, J.R.
Why monitoring matters
Sauer, J.R.
Why monitoring matters; 2000; Article; Journal; Bird Conservation; Sauer, J.R.
Evaluation of terrestrial and streamside salamander monitoring techniques at Shenandoah National Park
In response to concerns about amphibian declines, a study evaluating and validating amphibian monitoring techniques was initiated in Shenandoah and Big Bend National Parks in the spring of 1998. We evaluate precision, bias, and efficiency of several sampling methods for terrestrial and streamside salamanders in Shenandoah National Park and assess...
Jung, R.E.; Droege, S.; Sauer, J.R.; Landy, R.B.
Evaluation of terrestrial and streamside salamander monitoring techniques at Shenandoah National Park; 2000; Article; Journal; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Jung, R.E.; Droege, S.; Sauer, J.R.; Landy, R.B.
Geographic analysis of species richness and community attributes of forest birds from survey data in the mid-Atlantic integrated assessment region
Species richness of local communities is a state variable commonly used in community ecology and conservation biology. Investigation of spatial and temporal variations in richness and identification of factors associated with these variations form a basis for specifying management plans, evaluating these plans, and for testing hypotheses of...
Cam, E.; Sauer, J.R.; Nichols, J.D.; Hines, J.E.; Flather, C.H.
Geographic analysis of species richness and community attributes of forest birds from survey data in the mid-Atlantic integrated assessment region; 2000; Article; Journal; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Cam, E.; Sauer, J.R.; Nichols, J.D.; Hines, J.E.; Flather, C.H.
Relative species richness and community completeness: avian communities and urbanization in the mid-Atlantic states
The idea that local factors govern local richness has been dominant for years, but recent theoretical and empirical studies have stressed the influence of regional factors on local richness. Fewer species at a site could reflect not only the influence of local factors, but also a smaller regional pool. The possible dependency of local richness...
Cam, E.; Nichols, J.D.; Sauer, J.R.; Hines, J.E.; Flather, C.H.
Relative species richness and community completeness: avian communities and urbanization in the mid-Atlantic states; 2000; Article; Journal; Ecological Applications; Cam, E.; Nichols, J.D.; Sauer, J.R.; Hines, J.E.; Flather, C.H.
The northeastern states' waterfowl breeding population survey
Efforts to tailor waterfowl hunting regulations to conditions in the Atlantic Flyway have been hampered by lack of information on local breeding populations. The Atlantic Flyway Council's technical section voted at its 1987 winter meeting (Atlantic Flyway Council Technical Section, Toronto, Canada) to establish a regional waterfowl breeding...
Heusmann, H.W.; Sauer, J.R.
The northeastern states' waterfowl breeding population survey; 2000; Article; Journal; Wildlife Society Bulletin; Heusmann, H. W.; Sauer, J. R.
A double-observer approach for estimating detection probability and abundance from point counts
Although point counts are frequently used in ornithological studies, basic assumptions about detection probabilities often are untested. We apply a double-observer approach developed to estimate detection probabilities for aerial surveys (Cook and Jacobson 1979) to avian point counts. At each point count, a designated 'primary' observer...
Nichols, J.D.; Hines, J.E.; Sauer, J.R.; Fallon, F.W.; Fallon, J.E.; Heglund, P.J.
A double-observer approach for estimating detection probability and abundance from point counts; 2000; Article; Journal; Auk; Nichols, J.D.; Hines, J.E.; Sauer, J.R.; Fallon, F.W.; Fallon, J.E.; Heglund, P.J.
A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point-count surveys
We adapted a removal model to estimate detection probability during point count surveys. The model assumes one factor influencing detection during point counts is the singing frequency of birds. This may be true for surveys recording forest songbirds when most detections are by sound. The model requires counts to be divided into several time...
Farnsworth, G.L.; Pollock, K.H.; Nichols, J.D.; Simons, T.R.; Hines, J.E.; Sauer, J.R.
A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point-count surveys; 2000; Book chapter; Living on the Edge -- Birds 2000: Abstracts; Farnsworth, G.L.; Pollock, K.H.; Nichols, J.D.; Simons, T. R.; Hines, J.E.; Sauer, J.R.
Roadside versus remote: Is the habitat sampled by the Breeding Bird Survey in Maryland representative of statewide conditions?
The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) has received criticism that the bird habitat sampled along the 24.5 mile long roadside transects may not be proportional to regional totals. If true, trends in bird populations recorded by the BBS may not be sensitive predictors of regional or continental change in songbird abundance. To test whether...
Handley, Lawrence R.; D'Erchia, Frank J.; Charron, Tammy M.; Boone, D.D.; Sauer, J.R.; Thomas, I.
Roadside versus remote: Is the habitat sampled by the Breeding Bird Survey in Maryland representative of statewide conditions?; 2000; Book chapter; Extended abstracts from BioGeo99: Applications to geospatial technology to biological sciences; Boone, D.D.; Sauer, J.R.; Thomas, I.
Combining information from monitoring programs: Complications associated with indices and geographic scale
To adequately monitor Neotropical migratory birds, information must be collected to assess population change at local, regional, and continent-wide scales. I suggest that large-scale survey results (such as those derived from the North American Breeding Bird Survey) should not be used to predict population attributes on parks, refuges, and other...
Bonney, Rick; Pashley, David N.; Cooper, Robert; Niles, Larry; Sauer, J.R.
Combining information from monitoring programs: Complications associated with indices and geographic scale; 2000; Book chapter; Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995; Sauer, J.R.
DC birdscape: a program for monitoring neotropical migrant birds in Washington, DC
Urban and suburban habitats often contain a variety of Neotropical migratory birds, but are poorly sampled by programs such as the North American Breeding Bird Survey. DC Birdscape was developed to inventory and monitor birds in Washington, D.C. Birds were surveyed using a systematic sample of point counts during 1993-1995. Results indicate...
Bonney, Rick; Pashley, David N.; Cooper, Robert; Niles, Larry; Sauer, J.R.; Hadidian, J.; Swarth, C.; Droege, S.; Handly, P.; Diddan, G.; Huff, J.
DC birdscape: a program for monitoring neotropical migrant birds in Washington, DC; 2000; Book chapter; Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop, Cape May, New Jersey, October 1-5, 1995; Sauer, J.R.; Hadidian, J.; Swarth, C.; Droege, S.; Handly, P.; Diddan, G.; Huff, J.
Landscape associations of frog and toad species in Iowa and Wisconsin, U.S.A
Landscape habitat associations of frogs and toads in Iowa and Wisconsin were tested to determine whether they support or refute previous general habitat classifications. We examined which Midwestern species shared similar habitats to see if these associations were consistent across large geographic areas (states). Rana sylvatica (wood frog),...
Kaiser, Hinrich; Casper, Gary S.; Bernstein, Neil P.; Knutson, M.G.; Sauer, J.R.; Olsen, D.A.; Mossman, M.J.; Hemesath, L.M.; Lannoo, M.J.
Landscape associations of frog and toad species in Iowa and Wisconsin, U.S.A; 2000; Book chapter; Investigating amphibian declines: Proceedings of the 1998 declining amphibians conference; Knutson, M.G.; Sauer, J.R.; Olsen, D.A.; Mossman, M.J.; Hemesath, L.M.; Lannoo, M.J.


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Creating an initial RRD
RRD stands for Round Robin Database, and it is what it sounds like. There are a fixed number of records in the database and once the last record has been written in the database the next update goes to the first record, and around and around it goes. In this way, your databases will never grow out of control. The only downside to this is that, obviously, you've got to know how much data you'll want to look at historically ahead of time so that when you generate your database you have enough data. You may want a days worth of info, or even months.
When creating an RRD database we'll need to specify a couple things, namely one or more Data Sources and one or more Round Robin Archives. The data source (DS) defines what type of data is accepted and some boundaries on what constitutes good data. The round robin archives (RRA) can almost be thought of as views, it defines the different ways we can store and retrieve data.
The following is an example of database creation. In this example I am setting up an RRD to monitor TempTrax temperatures.
Figure 1. TempTrax RRD Creation Command
[benr@nexus TempTrax-RRD]$ rrdtool create temptrax.rrd \
--start N --step 300 \
DS:probe1-temp:GAUGE:600:55:95 \
RRA:MIN:0.5:12:1440 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:12:1440 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:1440
The tool rrdtool is called with the argument create followed by the RRD filename of the database to be created. The next two arguments specify the time at which the database starts, measured in seconds since the Epoch, and the step time measured in seconds which is the interval between database updates. In this case I'm using "N" as the start time which tells rrdtool to use "now" as the time, and my step interval is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
The "DS" lines specify our different data sources. In this case I want to monitor 4 different temperature probes which I've named sequentially. The following field ("GUAGE") species the Data Source Type (DST) which is one of GUAGE, COUNTER, DERIVE or ABSOLUTE. The Guage DST works like you'd expect and is generally the best choice. Counters continuously increase, Derives store a derivative of the last and the current value, and Absolutes store values which reset after each reading. The last 3 fields of the Data Source lines specify the minimal heartbeat and both min and max values. The minimal heartbeat is a value measured in seconds after which the values is said to be unknown (think of it as a timeout). The min and max specify a range for "good" values; if a value is outside of this range it is said to be unknown.
The "RRA" lines specify different round robin archives. These are likes views, by which the data are stored. Inside the RRD database file each RRA is stored separately, with a predefined number of records. Each time we "update" our database we are adding a Primary Data Point (PDP), which are then combined together and put into our RRA based on a Consolidation Function (CF) that determines what the actual value thats written is. In the above example the first field specifies that we're defining an RRA. The second field specifies the CF that is used, one of AVERAGE, MIN, MAX or LAST. The third field specifies the XFiles Factor (XFF), this is the percentage of PDPs that can be unknown without making the recorded value unknown. The fourth field is the number of PDPs that will make up the recorded value. The final field specifies the number of records this RRA has.
Looking again at the example above, I'm creating a new RRD named temptrax.rrd that starts "Now" and is updated (stepped) every 300 seconds (5 minutes). The RRD contains 4 different Data Sources, 1 per probe of the type GAUGE. If the Data Source isn't updated every 600 seconds (10 minutes) or if the value is not between 55 and 95, then the value is considered to be in error and is written as unknown. Then, 3 different RRA's are specified. Two of the RRA's record the MIN and MAX values using 12 PDP's allowing 50% of them to be unknown. We're storing 1440 records in these RRAs which means that because we're updating every 5 minutes (step) and we're using 12 PDPs (each update is a PDP), which means we're adding a record every hour (5 mins * 12) and we're storing 1440 records meaning that we will have 60 days (1440hrs/24hrs) worth of data in our RRA. For each of these the minimum value and the maximum value from the collected PDPs will be used as the recorded value. In the last RRA defined we're using the average of our collected PDPs, still allowing for 50% unknowns, but we're using only 1 PDP per record, which means we're storing every update. We're allowing for 1440 records which means this RRA is storing (1440/12updatesperhouse/24hrs) 5 days worth of data. In this later case because we're using a single PDP the CF isn't really important and we probably should have used LAST just for cleanliness.
Here's another breakdown of the DS and RRA arguments:
Data Source Fields: DS:DS-Name:DST:HeartBeat:Min:Max
Defines a Data Source Field.
DS-Name
The name of this Data Source.
Defines the Data Source Type. Can be GAUGE, COUNTER, DERIVE or ABSOLUTE.
Defines the minimum heartbeat, the maximum number of seconds that can go by before a DS value is considered unknown.
The minimum acceptable value. Values less than this number are considered unknown. This is optional. Specify "U" (unknown) to not set a min
The maximum acceptable value. Values exceeding this number are considered unknown. This is optional. Specify "U" (unknown) to not set a max
Round Robin Archives: RRA:CF:XFF:Steps:Rows
RRA
Defines a Round Robin Archive.
Consolidation Function. Can be AVERAGE, MIN, MAX, or LAST.
XFF
Defines XFiles Factor, the number of data points that can be anally probed by martians before RRD gives a crap.
Defines how many Primary Data Points (PDPs) are consolidated using the Consolidation Function (CF) to create the stored value.
Defines the number of Rows (records) stored in this RRA.
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