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Florida's Johnny Townsend selected by Raiders in 5th round of NFL Draft
Eddy Pineiro #15 and Johnny Townsend #19 of the Florida Gators celebrate after Pineiro hit a 41-yard field goal in the first half during their game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 16, 2017 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
Florida's Johnny Townsend was the 36th pick in the fifth round (No. 173 overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.
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Johnny Townsend
6-0/185/K
[Johnny Townsend highlights]
Johnny Townsend is one of the top punters in Florida history. Mel Kiper Jr. rated him as the top punter or kicker in the class. In four seasons with the Gators, he kicked 240 punts for 11,090 yards (46.2 avg.). As a senior, he was a second-team AP All-American and second-team All-SEC honors. If he and teammate Eddy Piniero both get drafted, they would be the first kicker/punter teammates to be selected in the same draft since the draft went to seven rounds in 1994, according to SEC Country.
Scouting report: Townsend has a strong leg, which puts him among the top punting prospects in this year's draft. He has a lot of experience, too, due to the Gators' offensive struggles the last few years.
"Townsend possesses natural leg strength and can get ahold of punts without seeming to exert much effort. Unfortunately, he has allowed too many return yards over the last two seasons due to a lack of hang time to distance traveled for the punt. While the leg strength is there, he'll need work on technique and operation time to close the gap between gross and net punts." – Lance Zierlein
Author Adam LichtensteinPosted on April 28, 2018 Categories Football, gatorbytesTags 2018 NFL Draft, Florida Gators, gatorbytes, Johnny Townsend, pbpmobile, sports, sportsfrontLeave a comment on Florida's Johnny Townsend selected by Raiders in 5th round of NFL Draft
Florida's Antonio Callaway selected by Browns in 4th round of NFL Draft
Antonio Callaway of the Florida Gators scores the winning touchdown during a game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 26, 2015 in Gainesville. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Florida's Antonio Callaway was the 5th pick in the 4th round (105th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.
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5-11/200/WR
[Antonio Callaway highlights]
Callaway, a junior from Florida, had a disappointing career with the Gators that's been marred by off-field issues. He bursted onto the scene as a freshman, racking up 35 678 receiving yards and four touchdowns — one of which being a game-winning score over rival Tennessee — on 35 catches. In between his freshman and sophomore years, he was accused, then cleared, of sexual assault. The next year, he had 721 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 54 catches. But Callaway missed his whole junior year due to alleged credit card fraud. Things got worse for Callaway this week when news broke that he failed a drug test at the NFL Combine.
Scouting report: Callaway showed electric talent while with the Gators, quickly becoming one of their top playmakers on offense. He hasn't seen the field since 2016. NFL.com's Lance Zierlein says, "his character concerns are at a point where they could derail any opportunity for a career. His talent and explosiveness gives him a good shot at making a roster at some point, but being able to stay on track and reach his potential is starting to feel unlikely."
NFL Combine results
40-yard dash: 4.41
Vertical Jump: 34.0 inches
Broad Jump: 121 inches
""Antonio Callaway, on talent, is a first-round draft choice. He entered the year as one of the elite 15 best players at any position, possibly, that were draft eligible. So, the off-field concerns are what's going to be impacting him. We saw what's happened with some players over the years that get pushed down, and once the light goes on, they mature and they put that in the past and they move on. They can evolve and develop."" – Mel Kiper Jr.
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Florida's Duke Dawson selected by Patriots in 2nd round of NFL Draft
Florida defensive back Duke Dawson (7) returns an interception back for a touchdown behind blocker David Reese, II during a spring football game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Friday, April 8, 2016 in Gainesville, Fla. (Matt Stamey/The Gainesville Sun via AP)
Florida's Duke Dawson was the 24th pick in the 2nd round (56th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Patriots.
5-11/197/DB
[Duke Dawson highlights]
Dawson is the latest cornerback to come out of Gainesville. Eleven Gators defensive backs have been picked in the NFL Draft since 2010 — eight of whom were selected in the draft's first three rounds. Dawson was an All-SEC player as a senior and finished his career with 81 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and six interceptions.
Scouting report: Dawson spent his first two years behind stars Jalen Tabor and Quincy Wilson, so much of his time on the field was spent as a nickel back. He excelled in that role, and he'll likely slot in there in the NFL. NFL.com's Lance Zierlein says he is a "compact, strong slot corner who can beat up finesse receivers when he's allowed to crowd and disrupt the route release. Dawson can match and blanket underneath, but hip tightness shows up when he's forced to turn and run from a backpedal."
Bench press: 15 reps
"Dawson can handle himself in man or zone coverage and is ready to work when run support calls. He has some length and speed limitations, but he has the instincts and cover talent to become a starting nickel cornerback." – Lance Zierlein
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Florida's Taven Bryan selected by Jaguars in first round of 2018 NFL Draft
Quarterback Drew Lock #3 of the Missouri Tigers looks for running room against defensive lineman Taven Bryan #93 of the Florida Gators in the first quarter at Memorial Stadium on November 4, 2017 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
Florida's Taven Bryan was the 29th pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Taven Bryan | Florida Gators | 6-4/291/DT
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Bryan, a redshirt junior with the Gators, is from Casper, Wyoming. A three-star prospect coming out of Natrona County (Wy.) High, he chose to come east and play for the Gators. He finished his Florida career with 27 tackles, including 4.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks.
Scouting report: Bryan only started for two seasons in Gainesville, and he could still be a work-in-progress for an NFL team. NFL.com's Lance Zierlein says Bryan is a "talented defender with rare athletic ability and play traits."
40-yard dash: 4.98 seconds
Broad Jump: 119.0 inches
3 Cone Drill: 7.12 seconds
20 Yd Shuttle: 4.48 seconds
"Bryan is a freakish talent who didn't produce to his ability at Florida; he had only 5.5 career sacks. But there were games (turn on the Texas A&M tape from 2017) in which he looked like a top-10 pick. … Bryan is raw, but he could be a star given time (and coaching) to develop." – Mel Kiper Jr.
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Video: Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro boots 81-yard field goal in practice
Eddy Pineiro #15 of the Florida Gators reacts after kicking a 54-yard field goal during the second half of the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on November 12, 2016 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images)
In one tweet, Florida Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro simultaneously went viral and stripped himself of any excuses for ever missing a field goal.
The former soccer star posted a video from Tuesday's practice of him belting an 81-yard field goal — 17 yards longer than the NFL record, 14 past the NCAA's historic mark. Granted, it was an uncontested kick, but it happened with pads on, wind blowing and … oh yeah, 81 yards (!) between him and his target.
81 yarder with pads on. No excuses! Ready for the season to start🐊🏈@GatorsFB @FloridaGators pic.twitter.com/5IeZ0tXyhn
— Eddy Piñeiro (@EddyPineiro) May 2, 2017
If any of this sounds vaguely familiar, that's because Pineiro posted a video of him connecting from 77 yards in December 2015.
77 yarder the grind don't stop working hard to be the best. pic.twitter.com/p5s4GQVpAi
— Eddy Piñeiro (@EddyPineiro) December 1, 2015
For any skeptics out there, Gators coach Jim McElwain said Pineiro's 81-yard boot was "a real deal."
"It's actually something he did back during spring ball," McElwain said, via SEC Country. "I don't know why it took so long to get out here, but it was real. All right? So there wasn't any doctoring up the yard marker or whatever."
McElwain said he's more concerned with what Pineiro does on game days, but that's also a strength of the Miami Sunset High product. He made 21 of 25 field-goal attempts and all three of his tries from 50-plus yards last season, earning second-team All-SEC honors in the process.
The redshirt junior started his collegiate career as a soccer player at ASA Community College. Once he settled on football, he committed to the University of Alabama but decommitted after several months and signed with UF a day later.
Author Adam HirshfieldPosted on May 4, 2017 Categories Florida, Football, gatorbytes, Jim McElwain, Spring football practiceTags Eddy Pineiro, Florida Gators, gatorbytes, jim mcelwain, sports, sportsfrontLeave a comment on Video: Gators kicker Eddy Pineiro boots 81-yard field goal in practice
Florida's Bryan Cox, Jr. to sign free-agent deal with Philadelphia Eagles
Bryan Cox #94 and Jarrad Davis #40 of the Florida Gators try to recover a fumble as Sam Loy of the Vanderbilt Commodores rolls on the turf after dropping a snap during the second half at Vanderbilt Stadium on October 1, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
BRYAN COX, JR.
6-foot-3, 265 pounds, DE
Bryan Cox, Jr. is set to sign a free-agent deal with the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday after going unpicked in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Cox, the son of three-time Pro Bowler, former Dolphin and Super Bowl champion (New England Patriots, 2001) Bryan Cox Sr., had an up-and-down career with the Gators. Cox started for the first time as a redshirt sophomore in 2014, then had hip surgery after the season. Hand and ankle injuries limited him to 11 games (five starts) last year. Over 43 career games, the Fort Lauderdale-St. Thomas Aquinas product recorded 98 tackles, 10 sacks and three forced fumbles.
Strong and quick off the line, Cox has experience playing standing up and with a hand down. He embraces physical play, finishes his tackles and seems to have inherited his father's relentless style. He does not possess great lateral quickness, and his average athleticism could limit when and where he's able to play at the next level. NFL.com notes his ultimate calling might be that of an "interior rusher on third downs."
40-yard-dash: 4.89 seconds
20-yard shuffle: 4.46 seconds
3-cone-drill: 7.36 seconds
Standing long jump: 9 feet, 1 inch
225-pound bench press: 16 reps
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"You can tell his dad is a coach. He understands the business aspect of playing sports. He's mature and he's a student of the game." — UF Defensive Line Coach Chris Rumph
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Florida's Joey Ivie selected by Dallas Cowboys in 7th round of 2017 NFL Draft
Blake Sims #6 of the Alabama Crimson Tide rushes away from Joey Ivie #91 of the Florida Gators at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 20, 2014 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
JOEY IVIE
6-foot-3, 301 pounds, DT
Joey Ivie was the 10th pick in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft (No. 228 overall) by the Dallas Cowboys.
Football won't be what Ivie remembers most about his college career. In April 2015, he rushed home to Dade City after his younger sister, Jordan, was in a serious car accident. She died in his arms at the hospital. Ivie's younger brother, Andrew, signed with the Gators to play alongside him but had to give up the sport for medical reasons. On the field, Ivie made 16 starts over four seasons, tallying 80 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks.
Ivie maximizes his natural tools with a strong motor and great energy. He spots the ball quickly, uses quick hands to fend off blockers and is an active pass rusher. But he lacks lower body strength and can get pushed off his spots by double teams and combo blocks. He does not possess a lot of power or explosiveness for his position and finishing plays was an issue — he missed eight of 74 tackle attempts over the past three seasons, according to Pro Football Focus.
40-yard-dash: 5.14 seconds (at UF Pro Day)
20-yard shuffle: 4.72 seconds (at UF Pro Day)
3-cone-drill: 8.09 seconds (at UF Pro Day)
Vertical jump: 29.5 inches (at UF Pro Day)
Standing long jump: 8 feet, 9 inches (at UF Pro Day)
225-pound bench press: 23 reps (at UF Pro Day)
"There's some boom or bust to his game that will make it difficult to stick as an every-down option. Ivie has some pass-rushing ability, but stashing a developmental pass-rusher can be difficult. He'll at least get a shot to make a roster, and he'll have to continue on the same progression curve he showed at Florida." — Pro Football Focus
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Florida's Caleb Brantley selected by Cleveland Browns in 6th round of 2017 NFL Draft
Caleb Brantley #57 of the Florida Gators celebrates a defensive stop during the game against the East Carolina Pirates at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 12, 2015 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
Caleb Brantley was the first pick in the sixth round (No. 185 overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns.
Brantley, an All-State first-teamer out of Crescent City in 2012, declared for the draft after an All-SEC second-team effort as a redshirt junior. The compact, powerful tackle tallied 20 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks over the last two seasons, despite being shuffled in and out of a deep defensive line rotation. Brantley was arrested and charged with misdemeanor simple battery less than a week before the draft for allegedly striking a woman and knocking her unconscious during a dispute at a Gainesville bar, ESPN reported.
Brantley has the quickness to play the three-technique and the power to line up at nose tackle. His initial burst can help him slip past blockers, and he's also comfortable bull-rushing through them. He isn't big for an NFL defensive tackle, and it's hard to tell if his frame could handle extra weight without wiping out some of his quickness. His on-field discipline was already a question mark (10 offsides penalties over the last two seasons), and his off-field trouble raised an unsettling red flag.
Vertical jump: 27 inches
Standing long jump: 8 feet, 9 inches
"Brantley has the talent and traits that should appeal to both two-gap and one-gap defenses. While we haven't seen Brantley play in even half of Florida's defensive snaps in a single year, the talent is there to become an early starter and a defensive force up front." — NFL.com's Lance Zierlein
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Florida's David Sharpe selected by Oakland Raiders in 4th round of 2017 NFL Draft
Offensive lineman David Sharpe of Florida stretches prior to workouts at the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 3, 2017 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
6-foot-6, 343 pounds, OT
David Sharpe was the 23rd pick in the fourth round (No. 129 overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.
A colossal individual, Sharpe packed plenty of activity into his three seasons with the Gators. He cracked the offensive-line reserve rotation as a true freshman, then he took over the starting left-tackle gig on back-to-back SEC East title teams. His size alone is imposing, and his athletic record is already impressive. He was a two-sport star at Jacksonville's Providence School and ranked by ESPN as Florida's 33rd-best basketball player in the 2014 class.
Sharpe's massive frame is well constructed with length up top and a thick lower base that helps him fight off bull-rush attempts. He flashes active hands in pass protection and knows where to position them. If he strikes first, he can overwhelm opponents and push them out of the play. But mobility is an issue, as he struggles moving laterally and rarely reaches the second level. His limited agility could necessitate a move to guard.
"Some teams will see that size and will automatically have him on their board. We aren't going to just draft the size. Our system requires more movement and if he can't get to certain blocks, then his size won't matter for us." — AFC national scout
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Florida's Alex Anzalone selected by New Orleans Saints in 2017 NFL Draft
Alex Anzalone #34 of the Florida Gators celebrates a sack during a game against the Kentucky Wildcats at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 10, 2016 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
6-foot-3, 241 pounds, LB
Alex Anzalone was the 12th pick in the third round (76th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints.
Anzalone, a favorite in any Thor lookalike contests, became a regular in the training room and on the injury report during his four years with the Gators. His freshman and would-have-been junior years were both ended by right shoulder injuries, and his redshirt junior season was ended five games early due to a broken left arm. But the former two-way high school star out of Wyomissing, Pa., impressed when he played, compiling 53 tackles (four for loss) and three sacks in eight games last season.
On the field, Anzalone looks an awful lot like a three-down NFL linebacker. He's a big, fluid, explosive athlete who can chase down rushers, blitz the quarterback and cover running backs or tight ends. He should be a plug-and-play option in any system with the ability to play inside or outside. Durability is the primary concern here, and one that could see him selected significantly lower than his ability says he should go. His awareness also needs work, as he's prone to being victimized by play fakes and misdirections.
"You saw at (Senior Bowl) practice how gifted he is athletically. He just has to prove he can stay on the field." — NFC Personnel Director
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Dragonair flight KA 691 received serious structural damage during an abnormal runway contact at Penang Airport, Malaysia.
On landing runway 04 in gusty weather, the aircraft bounced on landing. According to a report in AviationHerald, the 2nd touchdown occured with a force of +2,8G on the nosegear, resulting in structural bending damage to the foreward fuselage and airframe.
The pilots managed to control the aircraft and slowed it down to taxi speed. The A330 reached the terminal stand under its own power.
There were no injuries, however a number of passengers were traumatised by the unannounced force of landing impact.
The aircraft is still under investigation and is due to remain in Penang for further inspections.


There is so much mystery in human behavior. Jesus Christ set the example in everything. However, through the Holy Ghost we are able to connect with God our father in real time. God created man in His image, there's a reason. There's a reason He created the order of authority and the order of creation in order to keep everything in balance. God through Jesus describes the proper balance that is supposed to take place according to how He inspired the chosen disciples to write His word in an order and sequence that could be understood.
Now understand this, no matter what your situation is, God uses our adversity to train us up in a way that will bring glory to His kingdom and most important, faith to His children. It's only through faith that we can please God.
Why do we have to go through adversity?
Can you learn anything living in a comfort zone?
So no matter what your situation, there will be trials and tribulation through adversity.
What I want to emphasize at this point is, if your single, God brings adversity, if your married, God brings adversity.
Here's a big problem. God made women as a help meet for their husbands. There are many situations where God communicates through man's wives in order to teach men that God made the woman to be a help meet and that includes direction from Him from a Godly woman!
So men, don't ignore or discount the advice or opinions that you receive from your wives, it is very important we seriously consider the information we get from our help meet. In many cases, God will use your wife to lead you, and the reason is because He wants your wife to feel appreciated and loved, but also He wants to show you that if she is a Godly woman, He wants us to realize the fact that two become one in His eyes, and so your wife is one with you which means that God will use both of you in an equal way.
We need to always reverence our wives.
This is how we make them feel equal and appreciated by us.
So I speak from experience. Now, that being said, wives, I send a message out to you, don't nag and don't agonize your husband if he doesn't listen to you. but, also, there are times when God will use your husband to teach you through adversity.
This is the exact moment you feel that your husband is acting stupid or making decisions that are foolish or contrary to your personal feelings. Let me ask you this, if you weren't married, would you be having problems somewhere in your decision making process?
It's very hard for us to suffer through the process of others who are making decisions that affect our lives.
How about employers who do it? How about politicians who do it? How about other situations where we are affected by others decisions that impact our lives?
It's only because we live with our spouses that we can complain against them for poor decision making. Can we realize that patience and faith are built through adversity. So if your husbands or your wives don't make a decision that you think they should, and it causes you to have to learn through adversity, let it cause you to turn to Christ and pray that His will is being worked out in your lives. Not to sound chauvinistic but, God made man and then He made the woman for the man. Eve sinned and then she through whatever means, tricked, conned, fooled, or used sexual influence against Adam to get him to eat the forbidden fruit.
Is there a resonating behavior that is prominent in the female genes that causes the same kind of influence whether by guilt laid on their husbands, or through the idea that, if you love me, you won't make me suffer from your decisions?
God says to the women that you are supposed to reverence your husbands. As Sarah, who called Abraham lord. When a man looses control of the family through passiveness or defiance of his help meet, He is out of control and left in a state of anxiety as to what he should do in important situations that will have a devastating affect on the marriage.
Women need to be patient and loving, even through situations which do not turn out according to your expectations, because of your husbands decisions.
God made man to lead the family, and you should reverence that authority that was God given.
Be careful, God made man in His image, if you deny that, you just might be denying God's authority too.
Here is how we should approach our spouses, this devotional spells it out magnificently!
Put God First in Trust. "Jesus did not commit Himself unto them ... for He knew what was in man."
Our Lord trusted no man; yet He was never suspicious, never bitter, never in despair about any man, because He put God first in trust; He trusted absolutely in what God's grace could do for any man. If I put my trust in human beings first, I will end in despairing of everyone; I will become bitter, because I have insisted on man being what no man ever can be - absolutely right. Never trust anything but the grace of God in yourself or in anyone else.
A man's obedience is to what he sees to be a need; Our Lord's obedience was to the will of His Father. The cry to-day is - "We must get some work to do; the heathen are dying without God; we must go and tell them of Him." We have to see first of all that God's needs in us personally are being met. "Tarry ye until. . . ." The purpose of this College is to get us rightly related to the needs of God. When God's needs in us have been met, then He will open the way for us to realize His needs elsewhere.
God's trust is that He gives me Himself as a babe. God expects my personal life to be a "Bethlehem." Am I allowing my natural life to be slowly transfigured by the indwelling life of the Son of God? God's ultimate purpose is that His Son might be manifested in my mortal flesh.
December 16th, 2011 - 9 rev.


Priestfield Street is a street in South East Glasgow with a small number of businesses.
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Using dependencies to isolate experiments
What if you have experiments you want to run simultaneously, but independently, so a given user will only be exposed to one out of a number of experiments? One approach is to create a single split with a treatment for each of the features you want to try out, with a single control to compare against. This technique though only works if all of the features to be tested are available simultaneously. You may want more individual control of the rollout of the features, while still being concerned that the various combinations of treatments from multiple experiments may interfere with one another and you want to eliminate the possibility of this interference.
You can ensure that a particular user will only be exposed to one of a number of separate experiments by creating a "master" split and then using Split's dependency matcher in a targeting rule in each of the experiments you wish to isolate from one another.
Let's run through an example where you have three experiments you want to run together, with users to your site being exposed to only one of the three. Note that this presumes that for each of these experiments there is a default "off" treatment that can be assigned to users not part of the experiment. For the sake of our example, assume that these experiments involve your product detail page (pdp). We'll call the three experiments pdp-test-a, pdp-test-b, and pdp-test-c.
The Master Split
The first step is to create a "master" split named pdp-test-master with four treatments, one for each of the experiments, as well as a "not-in-experiments" treatment to be used if for some reason you want to pull the plug on all the experiments at once. The master split and the dependent splits (experiments) must all be of the same traffic type. We'll create a percentage-based targeting rule to divide users into three equal sized groups, but you could divide them differently if you'd like.
The not-in-experiments treatment is not part of the targeted percentages, but will be used as the treatment for any users not part of the master split's traffic allocation, or for all users if the split is killed.
Note that you should not have any code actually calling getTreatment for the master split. It exists solely for use in targeting rules in the dependent splits.
Dependent Splits
After the master split is created, you will create a dependent split for each of the experiments you wish to isolate. Each of these splits will include a targeting rule for users assigned to that experiment by the master split. Assuming that pdp-test-a is a 50/50 test between on and off treatments, the targeting rule would look like
This specific targeting rule uses the "is in Split" matcher to target users who are assigned to pdp-test-a in the pdp_test_master split to a 50/50 percentage of on and off. The default rule assigns any users who do not match the specific rule to the off treatment.
Once your experiment is running you will need to select the specific targeting rule on the Metrics impact tab in order to see results, because that's the rule under which people will have been included in the experiment.
Limitations and Considerations
You should be aware of the following limitations and considerations when using this technique.
The beginnings and ends of the dependent experiments must be similar. If you decide to terminate one of the experiments early, there is no way to return the users allocated to that experiment to another.
Modifications made to the master split while the experiments are running could invalidate results without resetting the versions of the dependent splits. It is recommended that you include in the description of the master split a warning against making changes without consulting the owners of the running experiments.
Since this technique divides your total site traffic amongst a number of experiments you will need to take the smaller amount of traffic into account when calculating how long an experiment will need to run in order to provide evidence for the desired minimum likely detectable effect.
You should not re-use the divisions created by the master split for new experiments without reallocating the master split because otherwise you will be disrupting the randomization of your users into the new experiment.
Within these constraints, this technique is a helpful way to direct separate populations of your users to different experiments.
Targeting splits
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This article was co-authored by Jack Herrick. Jack Herrick is an American entrepreneur and wiki enthusiast. His entrepreneurial projects include wikiHow, eHow, Luminescent Technologies, and BigTray.
As a startup, you will need a business plan. For example, you will need to show your plan to a bank if you are seeking a loan. You also need to show the plan to any investor. Business plans are helpful because they force you to step back and analyze your business critically. You should consider your target market, the products or services you will offer, and your projected finances. Writing a business plan isn't difficult, though it will require considerable research and planning.
Your goals. For example, a day spay might have the following goal: "To attract a minimum of 35 customers each day in the first year of operations." Make your goals as concrete as possible.
Description of the industry. Explain whether the industry is growing or poised for growth in the short and long term.
Your legal form. Are you a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company (LLC), or corporation? Also explain why you selected this form.
Discuss your industry. Include a section under the heading "Industry Analysis" and talk about your industry at a high level. For example, discuss whether the total industry is growing and how quickly. Also talk about trends in consumer preferences. You'll need to do research, so go to the library and ask your librarian for help finding information about the industry.
You can search for industry information in other places. For example, talk to people in your industry at trade shows. Also search online. Many industries have trade associations, which have websites with information.
For example, when analyzing the day spa industry, you might want to talk about how it is growing because more upper-income men in urban areas are visiting. (If that's true).
By analyzing the industry, you gain insight as to your likely target market and how you can reach them.
Age. What is the average age of your likely customer? If you don't know, then visit similar businesses and note the ages of the clientele.
Gender. Will men or women—or both—primarily use your products or services?
Location. Generally, your market will be located near your business. However, if you have a web-based business, your target audience could have no geographic boundaries.
Occupation. For example, a day spa might target stressed-out white collar professionals.
Education level. There is often a link between education, income, and occupation—though not always. For example, a discount bookstore might target an educated audience that nevertheless has a lower income.
Scope out your competition. Who will you be competing with? Identify your competitors. For most businesses, your competitors will be located nearby. However, if you have an Internet-based business, your competitors could be any business offering similar products or services.
To find competitors, look in the phone book and do a general Google search. Make sure to read their website and stop into the business.
If you're opening a restaurant, you'll want to see a sample menu, as well as the hours of operation.
Also identify indirect competitors. For example, a day spa is competing with more than other spas. You also compete with any business that offers relaxation, such as massage parlors or meditation centers.
What you offer that they don't. Think about products and services, but also location, ease of ordering, etc. What will make the consumer experience different at your business?
What they offer that you don't. Identify why you don't offer their products or services. For example, they may be serving multiple niches while you are focused on only one. Alternately, they may have a favorable location.
What type of advertising or promotion will you use? How often will you use paid promotion?
What other promotion other than paid advertising will you use? For example, you might use social media, professional networks, etc.
Will you create a logo and use it on cards, letterhead, websites, etc.?
How large will your promotional budget be?
Explain your daily operations. Give your reader some idea of how many people will be working for the startup. You should identify their positions. If you have 10 or more employees, then create an organizational chart. This chart should identify the hierarchy in the business.
State how much you expect to pay each employee in your first three years of business.
Also name your professional support, such as your business lawyer, accountant, and insurance agent. Professionals are independent contractors you use but don't employ. Calculate how much you expect to spend on each professional.
Identify management. If you're running a sole proprietorship, this is easy. However, larger startups will need to identify who will run the business and provide a little information about their backgrounds. For example, you should identify the daily manager, support staff, etc.
If you are asking for a loan, then include resumes for each owner. You can put them in the appendix at the end of the document.
Provide personal financial statements. As a startup, banks will look at your personal credit history and financial situation when deciding whether to make a loan. Accordingly, you'll need to include information for each business owner.
You should create professional-looking financial statements using a spreadsheet.
You'll have to gather quite a bit of information to make the financial statement. For example, you will need information on your assets, investments, and personal debts.
You might also want to get a free copy of your credit report and review it as you draft your business plan.
Explain your start-up costs. You'll need to research how much it costs to start your business. If you've created a similar business before, then you can rely on that information. If not, you should talk to other business owners. Be conservative when estimating startup costs. Generally, everything will cost more than you expect.
Common startup costs include insurance, licenses, equipment, advertising, and employee expenses.
Also identify the source of the startup capital. For example, if your startup has three initial owners, state how much each is contributing to the business and their ownership percentage.
If you need financing, state how much. Include the terms of any proposed loan.
Forecast profits for the first year. As a startup, you have no financial information you can provide. Accordingly, you need to estimate your sales based on your research, industry data, and marketing strategies. You should provide "best case" and "worst case" scenarios. Use spreadsheets so that your forecasts look professional.
You'll need to make some assumptions in order to come up with a forecast of sales. You should explain these assumptions in your business plan.
You can also include a four-year projection, though this is optional.
Identify expected cash flow. You need cash on hand to make payments and cover anything unexpected. You will need positive cash flow, otherwise your business might go under. As part of your cash flow analysis, you need to project the cash coming in each year and how much cash is spent on expenditures, such as sales tax, bill payments, and purchasing assets.
Fixed costs: these don't vary depending on your sales volume. For example, your rent, employee salaries, and insurance are fixed costs.
Variable costs: these fluctuate depending on your sales and include shipping, inventory, and manufacturing costs.
Format your document. Make the business plan look as professional as possible. Open a word processing document and set the font to Times New Roman or Garamond.
Add a cover page to your document. You can title it "[Company Name]'s Business Plan" or "Business Plan for [Your Name]." If you have a logo, include that too.
Draft your executive summary. In the first section, you should summarize your business as briefly as possible. For example, you should mention what products or services you offer and where you are located. You should also briefly explain why you think you will succeed. You might want to write this summary last, but it goes first.
Add attachments in the appendix. This material should go in the back of the business plan. Make sure to clearly label each attachment. For example, if you include a resume then identify it: "A: Lisa Jones Resume" or something similar. Make sure your label is the same as what is mentioned in the body of the business plan.
Review your business plan. Once you've finished a draft put it aside for a few days. When you take it back out, review with a critical eye. Does the business plan make sense? Is it too repetitive? Is it hard to read?
Review for typos and other errors. An accountant should check your numbers to make sure they are accurate.
Analyze the overall presentation. Is the information crammed in so that the document is tiring to read? If so, spread out the information so that there is a lot of white space on each page.
You can also show the plan to a business adviser. If you live in the U.S., you can show it to someone at your nearest Small Business Development Center, which provides help drafting business plans. You can find your nearest SBDC by visiting this website: https://www.sba.gov/tools/local-assistance/sbdc.
Print and bind the plan. Use quality paper—the brightest white you can find. If you have pie charts or other graphics, you'll want to print in color. Bind the plan using a three-ring binder or more sophisticated methods of binding available at Staples or other printers.
You might want to include tabbed partitions between each section of your business plan. This will make it easier for someone to flip through it and find what they are looking for.
How do I get funding for a business?
There are many different sources of funding. For example, you can obtain a loan from a bank, use your own savings, or possibly use a credit card. If you want a loan, stop in and talk to a loan officer about how to apply.
What are four possible pricing techniques that I could use with a business plan?
Can you provide examples of business plans for startups?
Don't be afraid to change your business plans as you research and draft the document. That's one of the reasons for writing the plan in the first place. For example, you might have intended to target women as consumers only to realize that there are growth opportunities with men. You can adjust your plans accordingly.
To write a business plan for a startup, break your plan up into several sections, including an executive summary, a description of your company, an industry analysis, market and competition information, your products and services, your marketing and sales plan, operations and management information, your financial forecasts, and finally, an appendix. To format your business plan, use a professional font, like Times New Roman, and include a cover page with your company's name and logo on it. To learn how to write each section of your business plan, read on!
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Vaccinating overweight and obese protects against against severe COVID-19 and death
Heart failure risk significantly elevated after COVID-19 infection
Anti-CD20 therapy linked to higher complication risk in COVID-19 for blood cancer patients
Remdesivir treatment produces improvement in COVID-19 severity biomarkers
Trial finds molnupiravir treatment unable to reduce adverse COVID-19 outcomes among high-risk vaccinated patients
Vaccination of overweight and obese individuals provides similar protection against severe COVID-19 and death to healthy weight patients
Overweight and obese patients vaccinated against COVID-19 have a similar level of protection against severe disease (based on the need for hospitalisation) and mortality as healthy weight individuals according to a large, population-based cohort study by researchers from the UK and Spain.
As more data accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic, it became clear that obesity was a risk factor for more severe disease and even death. This was highlighted in a 2020 systematic review of 24 retrospective cohort studies, which found that the odds ratio for intensive care unit admission for obese patients was 1.21 and higher still, for invasive mechanical ventilation (OR = 2.05). Though vaccination has led to a considerable reduction in the number of patients requiring hospitalisation and dying, less is known about the impact of vaccination on overweight and obese patients. This is particularly important given the evidence from other vaccination studies that have shown how despite generating a robust serological response, vaccinated obese adults are twice as likely to develop influenza and influenza-like illness compared with healthy weight adults. Moreover, another study revealed that CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells from overweight and obese individuals expressed lower levels of CD69, CD28, CD40 ligand, and interleukin-12 receptor, compared with healthy weight and which may contribute to the increased morbidity and mortality from H1N1 influenza A virus.
Given the limited data on the effect and subsequent outcomes after COVID-19 vaccination in overweight and obese patients, for the present study, the researchers examined the association between body mass index (BMI) and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness with the subsequent risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. Using the QResearch database, they developed an anonymised patient dataset from over 1,700 general practices in England, collating demographic and clinical information and then linking this with three other databases; the NHS Digital database of positive COVID-19 tests, hospital episode statistics and death certificates. Included patients were adults and who had a BMI measurement recorded in their medical records and using these reading, the researchers categorised individuals as either underweight (BMI < 18.5), healthy weight (BMI 18.5 – 24.9), overweight (BMI 25 – 29.9) or obese (BMI > 30). They examined vaccine effectiveness across the different weight categories and set the main outcomes of interest as hospitalisation and death.
Overweight and obese patients and severe COVID-19 outcomes
A total of 9,171,524 individuals with a mean age of 52 years (47% male) were included in the analysis. During the period of study there were 566,461 positive tests for COVID-19, 32,808 COVID-19-related hospital admissions and 14,389 COVID-related deaths. Across the whole cohort, 19.2% were unvaccinated, 3.1% had at least one dose, 52.6% two doses and 25% three doses. Uptake of two or three vaccine doses was more than 80% among those deemed overweight or obese.
A minimum of 14 days after the second vaccine dose, the likelihood (based on the odds ratio, OR) of a COVID-19-related hospitalisation (compared to those who were unvaccinated) was lowest for those who were either overweight (OR = 0.32, 95% CI 0.30 – 0.34) or obese (OR = 0.32, 95% CI 0.30 – 0.34) which was similar to those with a healthy weight (OR = 0.34). Interestingly, among those who were underweight, there was a slightly higher risk of hospitalisation (OR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.41 – 0.63). However, the odds of hospitalisation after a third vaccine dose were significantly less and similar for each of the different BMI categories.
In relation to mortality, there was a similar pattern 14 days after the second dose, e.g., underweight individuals (OR = 0.60), healthy weight (OR = 0.30) with overweight and obese individuals having the same odds ratio (OR = 0.26). Mortality was also significantly lower after the third dose though there was more uncertainty given the lower number of cases.
The authors concluded that both overweight and obese patients appear to be equally well protected against severe COVID-19 outcomes as those of a healthy weight although vaccine effectiveness appeared to be less in those classed as underweight.
Piernas C et al. Associations of BMI with COVID-19 vaccine uptake, vaccine effectiveness, and risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes after vaccination in England: a population-based cohort study Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2022
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Somewhere along the line...when I was young...I became extremely competitive. It probably had a lot to do with my family dynamics. But...to be honest...the reasons are not important.
As I recall...competitiveness was looked upon as a positive trait. It seemed that most in authority and advisory positions encouraged it. When I first exhibited a competitive nature, it was reinforced. Consequently, it became part of my personality.
From the ages of 9 through 19, my life was mostly a series of "victories." By the time I was 20, I had accumulated piles of ribbons and certificates and hundreds and hundreds of trophies. It got so there was no place to put it all.
"Blessed" with a quick mind, a bit of coordination and a resilient, tenacious nature, I won everything in sight...despite my diminutive size. The first thing I remember winning was the "Camper of Year" award at the Rye Recreation Summer Camp. After that there were awards for high scholastic rankings in grammar school, punt-pass-and-kick, the President's Physical Fitness Award, and all sorts of sporting achievements recognized at the local YMCA. Oh yeah...and of course the watermelon eating contest. And this was all before I was in high school.
I was exposed to Sunfish sailboat racing when I was 12 or so. It wasn't long before I was having success and bringing home trophies for winning regattas. I won my first regatta when I was 14 against a bunch of adults. Recognition followed. I became more competitive.
Once I reached high school, I took up wrestling. Since I was 4'9", 78lbs...and due to the fact that wrestling is organized by weight classes...this was the only high school sport at which I could realistically participate. I took a minor beating while I grew into the 100lb weight class...but eventually I came into my own. By the time I was a senior, I was an All County wrestler in the 107 lb class. I was voted the school's best athlete. Around the same time I received recognition for my scholastic achievements, I gave my senior class valedictorian speech...even though I was not the actual top ranked student.
I continued to pursue sailing throughout high school. Success came quickly. When I was 19, I won the 1976 World Sunfish Championships in Venezuela. I came home a local hero...or so I thought. I was interviewed for a book. They wrote me up in the newspaper. People sent me cards and letters and banners of congratulations. I was selected to participate in a developmental program for sailors at the Olympic training center in Lake Tahoe. My parents glowed. I brought fame and recognition to myself and my family. It all sounds so perfect doesn't it?
But after I won the Worlds, something changed. I had placed great importance on eventually being a world champion. In my mind...this would make everything OK. I'd garner respect...and girls...and well...girls...and, of course, love...and did I mention girls? It didn't go the way I expected.
I'm not sure when it hit me...a day...a week...a month after the "triumph" in Venezuela. But I can only describe it as an emptiness...a kind of desperate dissatisfaction. The sun came up the day after my victory and it was like nothing had happened. Sure there was an afterglow and I got all the pats on the back and all. But nothing had really changed. I was still me...only now my little ivory tower was not so little. In fact, The electric bill for the tower had gone up dramatically. Now what? That quickly became the pressing question.
I glossed over all those years of winning things. I was competitive alright. I was so competitive, I would do anything to win. Did I mention that I cheated on the President's Physical Fitness test...or that I submitted 49 fake book reports in 4th grade...or that I lied about how many laps I did around the Rye "Y" gym in a running competition...or that I cheated on the French regents in high school? Luckily, I got caught with the fake book reports and the laps around the "Y." Those were precious lessons. They helped me cultivate a bit of honesty. I'd have probably gotten caught with the President's Physical Fitness caper but I'm pretty sure our gym teacher was drunk. It's not like I was the world's biggest cheater. It's just that I valued winning over everything. My identity was built on it.
Once I won the Worlds, there was a pressure...a pressure to sustain what I had built...and to do even more. It had become my way of being. I didn't go to school to learn anything. The point of school was to get grades, get recognition and basically keep everyone off your back. I continued to sail and also took up distance running. I made a half-hearted effort at becoming an Olympic sailor but I didn't have the discipline or the skills or the energy and lost interest. I won a bunch more stuff in sailing but it was hollow. There was no joy...only relief. I was confused.
My lists of things I wanted to accomplish were mostly just a bunch of titles or awards I sought to accrue. Pathetic.
Bit by bit... running replaced sailing. I began competing in running and eventually lost interest in sailing. Running was different because you could compete against yourself. It was satisfying because it was such an honest sport. The watch didn't lie. Hard work was rewarded. I began cultivating some more lasting qualities...like discipline.
But even though running was a somewhat kinder, gentler sport, I had, in fact, created my inner monster. I started to notice my feelings toward others. When I went to a sporting competition, I viewed the other participants as people to be outdone. It was a form of disdain really. They were people that I needed to outperform. I had to to place myself above them.
The thing is...these people that show up for running races or any sporting event...they are...well...people. They have feelings and families and needs and problems. They are human beings. They are not there so I can make myself look better by out-performing them. I feel I can do better than that.
No one explained to me that climbing and climbing and elevating yourself over others carries a great price. It distances you from humanity. You may think people respect you, but they mostly resent you. Eventually you need to come down from your tower. If you don't, life will bring your tower down. Ask Lance Armstrong. You can come down voluntarily or involuntarily. I recommend the former. And by the way...the higher the tower, the bigger the splat when you fall. Better to knock it down before it's too big.
When I was 33, I read "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman. The day I read that book, I chose to change the trajectory of my life...every so slightly. And just like an alcoholic, I began to rehabilitate myself.
I've stumbled and bumbled along....making many mistakes. I've had to accept the ruthlessly competitive aspect of myself while at the same time disciplining it like a small child. It has not been easy. Luckily, I've had a teacher or two that has bravely shown me the utter folly and ugliness of needing to place yourself over others by winning things.
You may find all this a bit confusing. We are taught to win. Actually, it's more like we are programmed to win. And I'm certainly not here to tell you how to be or what to value. Nor am I suggesting sport is bad or that we shouldn't test ourselves or measure performance or develop excellence. Far from it.
I'm just sharing my story. As I grew more and more competitive...and as I needed to finish "ahead" of others... I grew colder in my feelings. Letting go of outcomes and simply competing for the joy of it all...as opposed to needing to beat anyone...helped me grow warmer in my feelings. It's about feelings. It seems to me that's all that matters.
I like the warmer feelings better.


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Venezuela Investigates NGO Funding3 min read
Timothy M. Gill
Oct 31, 2013 | Analysis
On October 2, the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) created a special commission to investigate foreign financing of groups that "aim to generate social commotion and coup plans against the national government." Three congressmen, including William Fariñas (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela [PSUV] – Nueva Esparta), the head of the Standing Commission for Security and Defense; Juan Carlos Alemán (PSUV – Distrito Capital) and Yul Jabour (Partido Comunista de Venezuela [PCV] – Cojedes) were designated members.
Fariñas stated that the special commission would first investigate funding provided by the US Department of State, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) for funding political organizations within the country, suggesting that these groups historically have supported and trained opposition parties such as Primero Justicia and Un Nuevo Tiempo.
On October 22, Alemán announced he had initiated an investigation into foreign financing for two institutions: the Metropolitan University and Súmate, an NGO that focuses on electoral institutions.
Alemán accused Metropolitan University rector Benjamin Scharifker of using Israeli state funding to indoctrinate university students under a program entitled "Freedom and Democracy."
Scharifker said he learned about the investigation from the media and has not been served any official documentation. However, he stated that he would "gladly provide them with them all the information they desire." Scharifker has indeed acknowledged that the university receives foreign funding for some of its programs due to a lack of resources. However, he rejects the idea that he and the university have links with the Israeli Mossad, and that they are indoctrinating their students.
Alemán accused Súmate of receiving foreign funding from USAID for plans to destabilize the country. Súmate has faced similar accusations in the past. In 2004, the government accused the group of treason and conspiracy for receiving funding from the US government and the NED to collect signatures in order to recall then-President Hugo Chávez. The US government, however, has claimed that while it indeed provided periodic funding for the group, this funding was provided for politically neutral programs, such as providing citizens with voting information and electoral monitoring.
Súmate is not unreasonably seen as an opposition group by the government, as several prominent opposition politicians, including Maria Corina Machado–former presidential candidate and now AN deputy (Mesa de la Unidad Democrática [MUD] – Miranda)–were once key members of the organization.
These accusations follow the recent expulsion of three US diplomats (Kelly Keiderling, David Moo, and Elizabeth Hoffman) from the country after the government accused them of sabotage.
The three diplomats were filmed visiting Súmate offices in the state of Bolivar, where several prominent workers' strikes have recently taken place. Keiderling acknowledged that they had indeed visited with members of Súmate, but stated that they were conducting their duties as diplomats by visiting prominent civil society organizations throughout the country.
In retaliation, the US government expelled three Venezuelan diplomats: Calixto Ortega Rios, the Venezuelan charge d'affaires; Monica Alejandra Sanchez Morales, the Second Secretary at the Washington embassy; and Marisol Gutierrez de Almeida, Venezuelan Consul at the Houston consulate.
Alemán has stated that both the Metropolitan University and Súmate could be prosecuted under the Law for the Defense of Political Sovereignty and National Self-Determination, which the AN passed in December 2010. The law prohibits politicians, political parties, or NGOs working to foment political participation, from receiving any foreign financing.
Alemán also warned USAID that the Venezuelan government might consider expelling it from the country, as the Bolivian government did in May 2013 and the Russian government did in September 2012.
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Richard Alley and Michael Mann | Coming crisis demands action
Published: June 27, 2013 courtesy of centredaily.com
By Richard Alley (below) and Michael Mann (below right)
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced new measures to combat global warming.
Vigorous discussions about whether these are the best policy responses are almost sure to follow. These discussions are likely to be more productive if they start from the solid scholarship showing that we will be better off if we respond wisely to the coupled challenges of energy and environment.
Our use of fossil fuels produces roughly 40,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per person per year in the United States, and data clearly show this CO2 accumulating in the atmosphere and oceans.
The warming influence of the CO2 is well-understood based on well-tested physics discovered more than a century ago and explored extensively by the Air Force after World War II for reasons such as sensors on heat-seeking missiles.
The Earth's temperature continues to rise despite a slight dimming of the sun and increased blocking of some sunlight by particles from dirty smokestacks and volcanoes.
If you want ed to warm a meal of leftovers in your microwave, you could heat all the dishes at the same time. Or you could heat the chicken first, then the potatoes and then the peas. Each individual dish would heat faster, although taken together you wouldn't save time.
The Earth is somewhat similar: Over the past decade, warming of the air has slowed as more heat has transferred into the deep ocean, and the previous decade saw accelerated air warming with less going into the deep sea.
But the Earth does not have the option of eating one dish cold. The recent slowdown in warming the air bought us time, but our CO2 is still pushing us toward hotter temperatures in air and water.
The first degree or so of warming is enough to confirm our scientific understanding, but the costs are still relatively small. But, as temperatures move outside the range of past experience, the costs go up, with each degree of warming projected to cost notably more than the previous degree.
Initially, the losers are mostly poor people in hot places — or people not yet born — but the damages are projected to spread to affect almost everyone.
We must pay to dispose of the almost 1,000 pounds of trash per person per year that we generate in our homes, but the damages from the roughly 40 times more CO2 from our energy system are paid by society and not by those burning the fossil fuels.
This subsidy for fossil fuels distorts markets, leading to inefficiency.
We have chosen to outlaw some actions that harm others, such as using your neighbor's yard as an outhouse. We enjoy the good we get from the energy stored in fossil fuels, so serious modern efforts to reduce the damages from CO2 emissions do not contemplate similar bans.
Instead, these efforts focus on leveling the playing field by removing fossil-fuel subsidies. And, because fossil fuels have been boosted for decades by government-funded research and targeted tax breaks, similar help is often suggested for renewable energy sources.
The great body of scholarship showing damage from CO2 points to ways forward. Responding to this challenge of the environment, while recognizing the value of the energy we now get from fossil fuels, can lead to solutions that increase the size of the economy and the number of jobs — while improving national security, preserving endangered species and respecting the Golden Rule by avoiding damage to future generations and to poor people in hot places now.
Richard Alley is Evan Pugh professor of geosciences at Penn State. Michael Mann is distinguished professor of meteorology. Both are associates in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.
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Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation
Author(s): Fornarino Simona | Pala Maria | Battaglia Vincenza | Maranta Ramona | Achilli Alessandro | Modiano Guido | Torroni Antonio | Semino Ornella | Santachiara-Benerecetti Silvana
Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Abstract Background Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent represent an area considered as a source and a reservoir for human genetic diversity, with many markers taking root here, most of which are the ancestral state of eastern and western haplogroups, while others are local. Between these two regions, Terai (Nepal) is a pivotal passageway allowing, in different times, multiple population interactions, although because of its highly malarial environment, it was scarcely inhabited until a few decades ago, when malaria was eradicated. One of the oldest and the largest indigenous people of Terai is represented by the malaria resistant Tharus, whose gene pool could still retain traces of ancient complex interactions. Until now, however, investigations on their genetic structure have been scarce mainly identifying East Asian signatures. Results High-resolution analyses of mitochondrial-DNA (including 34 complete sequences) and Y-chromosome (67 SNPs and 12 STRs) variations carried out in 173 Tharus (two groups from Central and one from Eastern Terai), and 104 Indians (Hindus from Terai and New Delhi and tribals from Andhra Pradesh) allowed the identification of three principal components: East Asian, West Eurasian and Indian, the last including both local and inter-regional sub-components, at least for the Y chromosome. Conclusion Although remarkable quantitative and qualitative differences appear among the various population groups and also between sexes within the same group, many mitochondrial-DNA and Y-chromosome lineages are shared or derived from ancient Indian haplogroups, thus revealing a deep shared ancestry between Tharus and Indians. Interestingly, the local Y-chromosome Indian component observed in the Andhra-Pradesh tribals is present in all Tharu groups, whereas the inter-regional component strongly prevails in the two Hindu samples and other Nepalese populations. The complete sequencing of mtDNAs from unresolved haplogroups also provided informative markers that greatly improved the mtDNA phylogeny and allowed the identification of ancient relationships between Tharus and Malaysia, the Andaman Islands and Japan as well as between India and North and East Africa. Overall, this study gives a paradigmatic example of the importance of genetic isolates in revealing variants not easily detectable in the general population.


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Bill Evans Leads UH Students On a Jazz Odyssey
Altamese Osborne
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Altamese Osborne | April 17, 2013 | 11:00am
"Jazz is a language," Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist Bill Evans said to a small crowd gathered inside the University of Houston's Moores School of Music Opera House green room Tuesday evening. He and Noe Marmolejo, the band director, were prefacing a night of music performed by the UH Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra, student ensembles Evans had spent the past eight days preparing.
A world-renowned jazz artist, Evans expressed his delight at waking up in the same place for the past week, a brief rest before he starts a world tour on April 26, including a much smaller trip to the Katy Jazz Festival on April 29.
Evans is at UH by way of the Moore's School of Music's Vacek Jazz Artist Residency Program, which brings veteran jazz educators and/or musicians to the UH music program's jazz students for a week of rehearsals, private lessons and master classes, culminating in a concert featuring the jazz ensemble and orchestra and the participating artist-in-residence.
Evans is the program's second artist-in-residence; the first was Dan Haerle, professor emeritus at the University of North Texas, who taught and performed with the bands last November. The artist-in-residence program is underwritten by UH alum and former jazz student Jeff Vacek and is scheduled to feature two musicians a year for the next five years -- or perhaps, Marmolejo hopes, longer.
"This is something unique," Evans said of the residency program. "You can count on one hand the number of universities that are actually doing this."
"To a lot of people, it's just a bunch of notes that are scattered together, and somehow they end at the same time," he said later, this time to a larger crowd gathered inside the Moores Opera House. "And it is."
Stressing the use of jazz as language, he added, "They're playing sentences, paragraphs, phrases... you put it together, and you're saying something." For the next two hours, the two bands spoke the language of emotion, beginning with the Jazz Ensemble's "Sing, Sang, Sung."
Sing, Sing, Sing The 22-person Jazz Ensemble began the concert, performing three songs before Evans and the 24-member Jazz Orchestra appeared. Playing off of Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing," from Gordon Goodwin's 2001 album Swingin' for the Fences, "Sing, Sang, Sung" was an explosive opener, featuring ballsy trumpet blasts that sang to the back of the theater, and a fat trombone solo courtesy of Aaron Houzvicka.
Sensual The ensemble's second performance, "Tell Your Story," communicated a far different feeling than the previous song. What composer Bob Florence created -- a slow, melancholy groove -- was performed with such efficacy by the jazz ensemble as to induce romantic feelings for the rest of the night. Marmolejo even stepped off the podium for this one, blowing his own trumpet solo in tandem with Brett Bousley's guitar and Thanushka Lewkebandera's piano.
Scary Wayne Shorter's "Sole Stains (Shadow of the Arch)" sounds like something you'd hear seconds before a climactic scene in Scooby Doo; much of the work was performed as bursts of deep, staccato notes by baritone saxophonist Matt Singletary.
Sophisticated "Woody's Gold Star" was laid-back, almost transporting one to the comfortable grass at Discovery Green, where other jazz artists have been holding Thursday night concerts in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month. Caity Piccini's flute solo was certainly appreciated.
Secretive Gordon Goodwin's "A Game of Inches" might as well be the next theme song for the next big spy movie, as its pacing trumpets and rambling guitar raised blood pressures throughout the theater. Unexpectedly, the second half of this song may be described as subtle, as it relaxed into a lovely melody using the piano and Darrel Materum's soprano saxophone as the key components.
Soulful Though the Jazz Ensemble made way for the Jazz Orchestra three songs in, It wasn't until the sixth song that Evans made his appearance on "Soulbop," a funk, bebop and hip-hop triptych melded together by Evans' improvisational saxophone toots. And speaking of saxophones...
Saxophonist It was impossible to describe this song as a feeling; instead, "Cool Eddie," composed by Evans, is a song that featured he and the jazz orchestra's saxophones in abundance. "Cool Eddie" is also a tribute dedicated to the musician's friend, the late Eddie Harris.
Song of Love Or, to put it plainly, love song. "Let's Pretend" very closely resembled the Jazz Ensemble's "Tell Your Story" in its emotive interpretation. Our favorite of the night, the song was R&B in flavor, with a long space for a delicate piano solo that made way for the growling rise of trumpets and trombones behind it.
Schizophrenic "Glyph" allowed the arranging efforts of assistant director Ryan Gabbart to shine through. The nutty feel of the song was owed in part to its mixed meter; slow in some places, fast in others, a continuous trade-off of 4/4 and 6/8 time
Standard Evans sprung this on us as a surprise. It was not listed in the playbill; instead, he, a bassist, a drummer and a pianist alone performed "Alone Together," labeled as a traditional jazz standard. "It's the kind of stuff [you work on] in improvisation class," he said. "Like a bebop tune."
Soulgrass The night's finale was the title song from Evans' album of the same name. Just as explosive as the first performance, "Soulgrass" incorporated all parts of the orchestra working together -- mostly. Of course, Evans featured his legendary saxophone skills, this time with UH student guitarist Trent Minter giving him a run for his money with a killer solo that could teach a rock band a thing or two.
The Vacek Jazz Artist Residency Program began in 2012. Tuesday's concert was part of Jazz Appreciation Month, as designated by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. For more information about Jazz Appreciation Month, visit SmithsonianJazz.org. Visit uhjazz.com for more information on the University of Houston's jazz program.


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Discussion in 'macOS' started by ppc_michael, Dec 11, 2005.
The glass look is basically famous now. Copied by everyone. I was wondering if there are any pictures of any "alternate" designs used for Mac OS X before they decided upon Aqua? Other than the Copeland stuff, of course. I'm always interested to see what could have been.
The first release of Mac OS X Server used a slightly modified Platinum, and so did the developer previews of Rhapsody.


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Director and Producer, E.B. Hughes' Crazy List of Upcoming Projects
E.B. Hughes is on fire lately, and it only took him one movie to launch him into an international success. After his award-winning movie, Turnabout (2016), Hughes has become the number one hot property for Hollywood, and viewers can't wait to see what his imagination has in store for them next.
Since he took home his award at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, there's no doubt that Hughes' phone is continually ringing, and he's already signed up for involvement in too many upcoming projects to count.
The New Jersey-based director and producer of Pacing the Cage (2014), Turnabout (2016), and Exit 0 (2020), E.B. Hughes, has three projects lined up this year.
Hughes' feature film Turnabout (2016) won awards at the Miami International Film Festival and the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. His screenplay The Fallen Faithful won Best Screenplay at the 2011 Beverly Hills Film Festival, and his screenplay Life's Back Pocket (1991) was a finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
In June, Hughes will be directing the music video for the track "Complicated Mind" by The Mike Nolan Band, based out of Boston. He will begin production in New York of the filmed play "Wish Mirage" by writer Garry Michael White (Scarecrow) this fall. Later in the year, he will begin production on his experimental film 'City of Silence, which he is writing, producing and directing on location in New York City and upstate.
About E.B. Hughes
Eric Brian Hughes, also known as E.B. Hughes, is an American writer, director, and producer. He has written, produced, and directed two feature films, Pacing the Cage (2014) and Turnabout (2016). Hughes is a member of the Producers Guild of America.
Hughes is one of three children and grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. He attended film school at Temple University in Philadelphia and Columbia College in Hollywood.
Hughes' feature film Turnabout (2016) was picked up for distribution by BayView Entertainment, while Exit 0 was picked up for distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures.
Company Name: EBFilms, LLC
Contact Person: E.B. Hughes
Website: ebfilms.com


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Hi sweet friends! Can you believe it's December already?! Twenty-two more days and Christmas will be here – wowzee! Today I'm sharing a Christmas Styled Pink Champagne Painted Dresser… a makeover that almost never happened.
When I first saw this mahogany tallboy I kept walking. The work required to patch up all the gouges and scars wasn't doing it for me. I must have been having a lazy day. Have you ever found something in a thrift store, passed on it for whatever reason, but then couldn't get it off your mind? That's a sure sign to detour back and buy it because it's meant to be yours, right?
I circled back and picked up this dresser for $40. As I said, I must have been having a lazy-brain-day because I don't know how I missed seeing all this potential the first time around!
After some wood fill, prime and spraying a few coats of Pink Champagne here's the after. What do you think? Are you loving this pink?
I started by giving this dresser a thorough cleaning with TSP, rinsing and then letting it dry. Then I filled all the holes and scratches with this wood filler and then gave this entire dresser a sanding with this sander – which if you do a lot of furniture makeovers – treat yourself because it's a must-have!
This tallboy dresser is mahogany so bleed through was guaranteed. I applied two coats of BIN Shellac Primer to cover the bleedthrough stains and then spot applied it on a few areas that were still showing through.
The best part about BIN is it takes out the guesswork. Once you don't SEE anymore staining coming through this primer, it won't come through on your paint or topcoat. With other stain blockers, often there's a little guesswork as to how many coats to apply because there's no actual visual – like with clear shellac for instance.
Once it was primed, lightly sanded, and the dust removed with a tack cloth, I had a whole lot of fun spraying this piece with two coats of DB's Pink Champagne. I start missing my sprayer if I don't bust it out every once in a while.
If you've never tried 'shooting' furniture, it's a fun painting technique that gives a gorgeous flawless finish. Spraying with chalk/mineral paint works really well too. I typically thin my chalky paints by adding about 10-15% water to the paint when spraying my furniture.
After spraying two coats, I gave my piece a light sanding and then top-coated with Dixie Belle's Clear Wax.
As the finishing touch, I updated the original hardware with a soft Gold spray paint.
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This is gorgeous!! I'll definitely be following you. I have so many items to paint, but just don't have time since I wok full time. But will be retiring next year , can't wait. And great work and thanks for sharing your steps.
Hi Rida! A 16oz jar should be plenty but everyone has a different style of painting. If you're worried it won't be enough, it's always better to buy a little more and have leftovers than to run out before you finish a project.
Beautiful color and finished piece! Any tips on applying wood putty to curved and sharp edges? Help, please.
Woah this is gorgeous! That pink is the perfect shade! Love what you did with this piece.
Such a pretty and dainty piece! I totally love it.
Denise, this piece is just lovely. So nice to see a different finish, I am super impressed with the Huskey paint gun finish…….I'm thinkin' that Dixie Belle needs to add this piece to their Pink champagne display line-up…..it will double-up sales after customers take one look!
So sweet,so elegant. Staging is perfect.
Woohoo for the IG, thanks, Roseann! 🙂 … and feel free to email me. The floral on the dresser is a mish-mash I created. I took some Christmas greenery with little pine cones and added in my magnolia flowers from the Magnolia Homes Collection.
That's a very pretty pink and so nicely staged.
Amazingly beautiful! I was given a dresser just like this unfortunately it had to go into storage. Even if I had kicked out the grandkids I still wouldn't have had enough room in the car to bring it to North Dakota from California.
Thanks Lorin, and bummer about the piece but I get it. It's a large tallboy and weighs a TON! Not easy to transport anywhere never mind North Dakota to CA!!!
I have never been a fan of the color pink, until today. Stunning, perfect 'wow I want to have that ' redo! Thank you. Again , you did not disappoint.
This is a huge compliment Dee, thank you! Hugs.
This is a beautiful makeover and I adore the pink you used! Do you find it quicker to spray paint your furniture?
Hi John and WELCOME! Great question. What I do with the inside of the drawers always depends on the condition of the drawers. In this case, the drawers got a really good cleaning and they look amazing. When the drawers are not looking great, I either sand the insides or paint them… and sometimes it requires both.
What a perfect pink, and what a perfectly professional revamp you've achieved on that piece. I love it. I really admire your patience.
Do you suppose that one could achieve a nice finish using a brush, and if so, would it be best to use a sponge brush, or bristle?
I just checked the DB website for retailers in our area (within 50 km of Vancouver) and they say there are none.
Are you a DB retailer ?
Happy Monday Denise. I'm infatuated with the soft pink you used on this dresser. What a beautiful color. I can just imagine it in a little girl's room or MY dressing room;) I always enjoy seeing how you take an old, scratched, worn-out piece of furniture and turn it into a treasure. Gorgeous (as always)!!!!
I love, love, love this dresser! it is GORGEOUS!
I love this color, Beautiful work! I've been looking for a pink color that does not look like pepto-bismal. Does this paint look as nice when brushed painted or does it need to be sprayed to look this pretty?
BREATHTAKING! I love that pink it is just gorgeous! You did a beautiful job on that!
Denise…just wanted to let you know I showed this to my 13 almost 14 year old granddaughter and she was in love. Now she wants me to paint her one just like it! I keep coming back as I just fell in love with the color too and can't seem to get enough..lol!
The paint color is as pretty as the name! Good thing you went back because the results are stunning, Denise.
So pretty! I love the combo of the pink with the gold hardware. And I know exactly what you mean about feeling lazy and passing on something at the thrift store only to go back for it later. I did that recently with a desk. Of course, I still haven't gotten around to painting mine yet, but I'll get there … maybe after the holidays!
Thanks Linda! 🙂 And I know that desk you almost passed up on is going to be fabulous – can't wait to see!


Our ancestors mated with another species of ancient hominins, the Denisovans, on at least two occasions. The discovery suggests that Denisovans were widely across Asia, and apparently co-existed happily with modern humans, to the point of having children with them in two different parts of the ancient world.
The Denisovans were unknown until 2010, when researchers described a fragment of a girl's finger bone found in Denisova cave in Siberia. Soon afterwards, researchers sequenced its genome from the surviving DNA. The DNA did not belong to any known hominins, such as Neanderthals, so it had to be something new.
The upshot is that Denisovans bred with modern humans in at least two places: in east Asia, and further south-east in Indonesia or Australasia. "Our research demonstrates that there were at least two distinct populations of Denisovans living in Asia, probably somewhat geographically distant," says Browning.
"The fact that two episodes of interbreeding occurred suggests that at least in some instances, Denisovans and modern humans were willing to live in proximity and interact," says Browning.
As well as mating with Denisovans, there is strong evidence that humans interbred with Neanderthals, which were a sister species to the Denisovans.
"This new work is important because for the first time it unambiguously demonstrates a third interbreeding [of modern with ancient hominins]," says David Reich of Harvard Medical School in Boston. "Up to this point, we only had data for two." There have been claims of a second, earlier instance of interbreeding with Neanderthals, but not everyone is convinced.
Tantalisingly, breeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans may not be the end of our ancestors' promiscuity. A quarter of the chunks of ancient DNA that Browning found in living humans didn't match either Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA. So we may have also had children with other, unidentified hominins.
This is another nail in the coffin of the Out Of Africa theory, which held that a wave of African migrants completely displaced all other hominins about 50k years ago.
Our school textbooks all say that the human race evolved in Africa. It is not really true, as European and Asian humans evolved mostly outside of Africa.