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Labdhi Shah by Carl White.

NCSH Presient, Elizabeth Sherrill, presents a Student Histoian of the Year award to Labdhi Shah while NCSH Secretary, Neva Coker, looks on. (Photo by Carl White.)

Labdhi Shah is one of the first recipients of the  Student Historian of the Year award, new to 2016.

According to our judges:
“One might never suspect that this masterpiece in creativity is the work of an artist only 12 years old – an artist who knows how to bring to the viewer’s attention a unique and clever glance into Tar Heel history.
“This young lady is to be commended for the level of research, the detailed craftsmanship, the quality of the comments that accompany each element of the piece. Each element would stand on its own as worthy of an award, but the over-arching concept of interconnecting three totally different aspects of NC history through the special relationship of ‘earth, water and air,’ is indicative of a higher level of thought than one might expect of a 12-year-old. This work deserves to be displayed in public places – a library, museum, town hall, as an educational tool for students and adults alike.”

Here are some photos of her beautiful and informative diorama:image-6 image-5 image-4 image-3  image-1image-2

Sorry the newsletter is late! I finished it and was ready to send it out when a few changes needed to be made to make it even better. In trying to make some of these changes, and this being a new computer, program and set-up for me, I seem to have encountered some problems that indicate I may need to start all over again. Hey, I’m not computer literate and when it comes to ‘alterations’ of any sort, anything can happen and it did.

In the meantime, my niece from Switzerland came for two week-ends and time was devoted to her visit. Katharine is an amazing person and super intelligent. She taught me some neat moves on Microsoft Word but I didn’t write them down…hence they went in one ear, fascinated and amazed me, then went out of the other ear. Now she has her poor husband, Richard, trying to help me from Switzerland!

I’m not short on help, though. All I have to do is ask for it and it will be here in the form of Larry Griffin, our Vice-President, or Neva Coker, our Secretary and my ‘keeper.’ Only problem is…when I start to work on the newsletter, it is after my day job ends, supper is finished, dishes are done, etc. , the 6 year old and 2 year old have gone home (often nearly 9:00 pm), and a short ‘recovery’ nap. By that time it’s after 11:00 pm and before 2:00 pm. I’ve discovered that there is absolutely no time for sleep to fit into my schedule!

I’m working on membership, too. Just bear with me and you’ll receive your newsletter, membership card, etc. in a jiffy. With a little help, now that things seem to have calmed down around here some, I can make a large dent on my “Things To Do” list.

Plans for our Diamond Jubilee are underway. They will be forwarded to you just as soon as they become definite.

Until next time! Have a great upcoming weekend.

Our Officers and Board of Directors met at Grace Ridge in Morganton, NC, on March 11, to discuss plans for our 75th Anniversary meeting, our Diamond Anniversary!  Our official birthdate is 26 December 2016 as our founding fathers held their first meeting in Chapel Hill, NC, at the Carolina Inn.  Our Society was known then as the North Carolina County and Local Historical Society, established 26 December 1941.

Charter members were:  Dr. D. T. Smithwick,  Louisburg; Phillips Russell [1st President], Chapel Hill; Judge Walter D. Siler, Pittsboro;  Colonel Henry E. Faison, Clinton; a Mr. White of Mebane; Rev. James P. Smith, Smithfield; e. T. McKeithan, Aberdeen; Rassie Wicker, Pinehurst; Judge H. F. Seawell, Carthage; R. W. Smithwick, Jr., Louisburg; Malcolm Fowler (1st Secretary), Lillington; Paul Barringer, Sanford; William D. Maultsby, Council; Paul Barringer, Jr., Sanford; Alexander McArten, Linden; Paul Green, Chapel Hill; and, George Maurice, Eagle Springs.

My how we have grown; and, it boggles the mind to think of all the changes that have taken place in North Carolina over the past 75 years … technology probably being the biggest change.  They used pens, pencils, paper, carbon copies … we use computers, scanners and copiers (and these are only the ones I can think of and I’m not savvy at all when it comes to anything technological)!

Over the years the size of our meetings has grown immensely.  I recall my first award from the society in 1987.  Approximately 25 people were in attendance and we had a program that included a speaker talking about some facet of North Carolina history for about 45 minutes to an hour.  Believe it or not, sad to say, a few people nodded off and, as I scanned the room, there was not a smile t be seen.  My how we have changed.  I deem our group to be as much of a ‘hysterical’ society as a ‘historical’ society.  We have fun because we LOVE our state’s history.  We don’t fall asleep because there is too much going on, too many interesting stories to listen to, too many brilliant people to share our projects with.  We have grown from a small group of that 25 to, at one meeting not long ago, over 150 people.  People from all walks of life with a story to tell…and we LISTEN!

This year we will hold our meeting on October 22, 2016, at the historic Wilkes Heritage Museum in North Wilkesboro, NC.  On October 21, 2016, however, Larry Griffin, Mr. Vice-President, has volunteered his services as host of a Historic Ghost Tour!  Boooo!  You awake?  I’ve never been on a ghost tour so this will be a treat for me.  Larry informed that he not only tells ghost stories, we will get to go into some of the historic places he tells us about…to tour some of these haunted places.  Soooooooo, if you are planning to attend our HISTORIC MEETING, why don’t you plan to stay overnight at one of the hotels nearby (less than a mile from the museum), to relax and explore the town, to take a ghost tour … then go back to the hotel room, go to bed and TRY to go to sleep so that you will be refreshed for award day!  Good luck with that one!

I plan to stay in North Wilkesboro and take in the sights.  I’ll tell you about some places you may want to visit in an upcoming blog.

Until then, mark your calendars for October 22, and come and celebrate 75 years of dedicated, loyal service to the state’s precious history via researching, recording and perpetuating the past for future generations.  God bless you all.  Elizabeth

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Mezzanotte was troubled. Deeply troubled.

     Why else would she be standing outside in such horrible conditions, freezing her ankles to the bone? And why else would she have called Cervello, her loyal Zombie Usul, to meet her in her garden at this time of night when everyone else slumbered peacefully inside?

     Mezzanotte was envying them their warm, comfortable beds while she conversed in low tones with Cervello.

     The wind was howling as it danced with snowflakes around them, so Mezzanotte was forced to lean close to Cervello as she spoke, which, sickeningly enough, made her all but swallow his decaying scent. If there had been any other way around it, she would have taken it, but she knew of none, so here she was.

     She’d had to be hasty about her plan as well, considering time was running short, and her latest report from Wehn was particularly disturbing. There were only a couple of days left to get this one mission carried out, and Mezzanotte did not like to waste time.

     “Do you think you can handle it?” she questioned him after she was done giving him clear and precise directions.

     Cervello nodded, his head bobbing strangely on his uneven shoulders.

     “Of course, Countess. Your word is my command.”

     “And you can have them here before that date?” she pressed.

     “Yes, of course.”

     Good. With that taken care of, Mezzanotte straightened and was able to clear her burning nostrils by inhaling the bitter, yet clean gust of wind that blew into her face. That was a Christmas miracle all on its own.

     “Then begin right away. I will not tolerate any malfunction in my plan.”

     Cervello nodded vigorously again, and Mezzanotte feared that his head might topple to the ground. However, the Usul lifted a paw and placed it to the side of his head for support as a energetic burst of wind whipped around them and whistled through the holes in Cervello’s shirt.

     “I’ll take my leave of you then, Mistress. Goodnight.”

     Mezzanotte nodded once to him, and then, bundling her cloak closer around her delicate frame, she turned and ducked back into her castle, her one good deed for the next century completed.

     “Come on, Javiod! It’s time for presents!”

     That was what Javiod woke to on Christmas morning: the sound of Wehn’s voice followed by the energetic slamming of his bedroom door. The Werelupe shifted underneath his covers and kept his eyes firmly closed.

     No Christmas for him. He was going to skip the holiday. He felt no desire to be cheerful or merry, or to eat a lavish Christmas dinner, and he knew that there would be no gifts under the tree for him. He had no one to celebrate with. He was simply an intruder in the other castle residents’s happiness. He didn’t belong here.

     He didn’t belong anywhere. There was no place for him.

     Aching again, Javiod rolled, but nothing could seem to keep the pristine brightness of the light washing through his bedroom out of his eyes. Reluctantly, he opened them.

     The smell of food cooking could already be detected as it wafted through the halls of the castle. He could hear excited voices and laughter as well, and he knew that, upon leaving his room, he would be bombarded with decorations as the Gelerts had truly outdone themselves in the last month with their Christmas preparations.

     There would be the opening of presents, the revealing of stocking goodies, the eating of a wonderous meal, and the bonding of family and friends that Javiod would not be able to participate in. He didn’t want to be a witness to something he needed so greatly.

     Still, he knew how persistent Wehn was, and he knew the Gelert would be back if he didn’t emerge from his room. Wouldn’t it be better to pretend to enjoy himself so that no one would bother him? So that no one would look too deeply and find that he was nothing but a hollow shell of a Lupe?

     Reluctantly, Javiod tossed his covers aside, slung his legs over the side of the bed, and pushed to his feet. He moved with an elderly pace then, leaving his room and venturing down the stairs.

     The tree had been set up in the living room, and Javiod knew that that location would be where everyone was currently situated. He thought of escaping to a different room, but he forced himself to continue on his allotted path.

     Wehn would come looking for him otherwise.

     Javiod tried to work a smile onto his face as he neared the living room. By the sound of it, everyone was already participating in their fair share of conversation and would be otherwise preoccupied, but he wanted to mask his face just incase someone peeked in his direction.

     Drawing in a deep breath, Javiod braced himself and rounded the corner into the living room.

     Immediately, Javiod’s smile fell away, and the whole room went quiet.

     Totally and absolutely quiet. Not a single one of the other Gelerts in Mezzanotte’s clan spoke, nor did any of the handful of other important guests Mezzanotte had invited. Even Wehn, standing by his aunt and uncle, didn’t have a word to say.

     Funny, because Javiod didn’t notice the silence. All he could hear was a loud roar in his head as his heart suddenly thumped violently in his chest.

     He stared, wide-eyed, in disbelief at the Christmas tree and the gifts standing beside it, unable to believe his sight or senses. He wondered wildly if he was still asleep and dreaming.

     “Aunt Mezza invited them!” Wehn chimed in helpfully after it seemed that Javiod had been shocked into endless silence.

     This earned Wehn a thump on the head from Noctivas, but the youth didn’t seem to mind as he continued to beam in Javiod’s direction.

     Javiod hardly saw him. All he could see was his gifts. The best gifts he’d ever gotten. The best, and it had come from Mezzanotte? How unexpected. A Christmas miracle!

      “Rhoswen,” Javiod breathed out, a goofy, wide grin suddenly splitting his face.

     The Werelupe standing before the group of the rest of his pack stared feebly back at him, looking both guilty and uncertain.

     “I’m sorry. I wasn’t sure you’d want to see us again. We shouldn’t have left like that. We didn’t think, and we’ve really been a mess since then. We should have come back sooner. Sire, I can--.”

     Javiod waved away whatever he was going to say.

     “No titles, Rhoswen. No titles from any of you. We’re family.”

     Rhoswen appeared even more confused. “But aren’t you angry?”

     Javiod shook his head. Had he been angry? He didn’t remember. It didn’t seem to matter. Such trivial things weren’t important. All that mattered was that his family had been returned to him. Somehow, they’d come back, and he wasn’t going to waste it this time.

     “No,” Javiod replied firmly, and stuck out his paw. “We’re family. All of us. I was being irrational, and a poor king. I’m sorry, but let’s put it behind us. Please.”

     Rhoswen glanced down at his king’s paw for several uncertain seconds before a smile finally washed over his own face. He lifted his paw and clasped it around Javiod’s larger one, shaking it happily.

     “Deal,” Rhoswen agreed readily. “It’ll be good to have our king back.” This was seconded by the pack behind him. “But what now?”

     Finally released from his self-inflicted cocoon, Javiod saw only one perfect answer for that question. It had been staring him in the face all along. His destiny, his purpose, had always been right before him. He’d simply never accepted or acknowledged it before. Now he had to wonder how he’d ever seen any other way.

     “We go back,” he told them. “We go back to our home. It’s time the Haunted Woods got its Werelupes back.”

     The pack erupted into howls of delight, and Javiod knew he’d finally found home.

     They waited until Spring, and then they went back. Back to the home that was always rightfully theirs. They went back to their caves, back to their land, but they were not greeted with the destruction that they expected.

     The Werelupes had left their homes a charred and blackened mess after the villagers had set it on fire. Now, however, the burnt remains of their trees were long gone, and, in their places was something much, much better.

     All that they’d constructed, of course, would have to be rebuilt. There would be time and supplies for that, but none of them minded waiting.

     Leading his pack back into their territory, Javiod sought out the clearing that had once been his designated throne room. It had once been circled with trees. But now...

     Javiod knelt on the ground, and carefully reached out. His massive brown paws dwarfed what looked to be only a twig protruding from the ground, and he handled it very gently. The twig was just a newborn of the gigantic tree it would one day be, but its branches already boasted at least a dozen buds. It stood just on the line where the ring of his trees had once been, and Javiod knew that this young plant would one day grow into the natural guard that the previous trees had once been.

     That knowledge was enough for him.

     Everything would grow back. Their territory would be the lush forest cropping it had once been, and they would have their homes again. They could rebuild.

     The trees and plants were starting over, just as the Werelupes were going to have to do. They could both survive this and flourish.

     “It’s a new chance,” Javiod said quietly to the Werelupe at his side.

     Rhoswen nodded, studying their surroundings, noting all the signs that told him that the foliage was slowly returning, that everything would grow again.

     “Yes, it is,” he agreed.

     Javiod released the baby tree in his paws and stood.

     “Let’s not waste it this time.”

     He was ready now to appreciate what he’d been given. Certainly many things had been taken from him, but those things had been replaced. Perhaps with something even better.

     Alston had been dethroned sometime between late winter and early spring, and the last Javiod had heard, his brother had escaped into Meridell where he was now nothing more than a civilian. He’d gotten his justice, but Javiod had been surprised to find that he was indifferent. Regardless of whether or not his brother was a king or peasant, Javiod found that he himself had always been the most fortunate.

     He had always had it all.

     He wasn’t the one that was fallen. He wasn’t the one that was cursed.

     He was the one that was fortunate, because, unlike his brother, he was loved.

     Countess Mezzanotte stood in her room, peering out her window toward the woods. She was well aware of the exact location where Javiod currently roamed. She could see it from her window. He would always be under her watchful gaze.

     Certainly, she hoped to keep their alliance, as it had been nothing but beneficial to her, but she did know now, however, that her previous plans would simply not work. Javiod would no longer be an intricate pawn, as he had his own agenda now, but she was not alarmed by this small detail that had gone awry. She could easily fix it.

     She had Wehn now, and her clan was stronger than ever with the three of them united: herself, Wehn, and Noctivas. She would be able to easily keep her rule over the Haunted Woods, and, though it might take time, she would be able to, just as easily, carry out her previous plans.

     Mezzanotte touched the amulet around her neck thoughtfully.

     Her day would come.

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Fetal Malnutrition and Long-Term Outcomes

Author(s): C. Fall

Epidemiological studies have shown that lower birthweight is associated with a wide range of adverse outcomes in later life, including poorer ‘human capital’ (shorter stature, lower cognitive performance), increased risk factors for later disease (higher blood pressure and reduced glucose tolerance, and lung, kidney and immune function), clinical disease (diabetes, coronary heart disease, chronic lung and kidney disease), and increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Higher birthweight is associated with an increased risk of cancer and (if caused by gestational diabetes) obesity and diabetes. The ‘developmental origins of health and disease’ hypothesis proposes that fetal nutrition has permanent effects on growth, structure and metabolism (‘programming’). This is supported by studies in animals showing that maternal under- and overnutrition during pregnancy can produce similar abnormalities in the adult offspring. Common chronic diseases could potentially be prevented by achieving optimal fetal nutrition, and this could have additional benefits for survival and human capital. Recent follow-up of children born after randomized nutritional interventions in pregnancy provides weak evidence of beneficial effects on growth, vascular function, lipid concentrations, glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. Animal studies indicate that epigenetic phenomena may be an important mechanism underlying programming, and that nutritional interventions may need to start preconceptionally.

Intervention Strategies for Preventing Low Birthweight in Developing Countries: Importance of Considering Multiple Interactive Factors

Author(s): R. Uauy, C. Corvalan, P. Casanello, J. Kuzanovic

The need to prevent low birthweight (LBW) defined as a birthweight ≤2,500 g is presently well recognized, not only because of the immediate consequences increasing the risk of neonatal death and burden of disease but also in terms of the impact of being LBW on lifelong health and well-being. Children are born LBW (<2,500 g) either because they were born too early (true preterm LBW infants) or alternatively they failed to grow adequately despite a normal duration of gestation (intrauterine growth retardation IUGR). In this later case, the weight may be over 2,500 g, but the infant is lighter than expected for his/her gestational age. In fact, many preterm infants are to some degree growth retarded. Despite the differences in origin, all LBW categories are considered at increased risk of neonatal death and later morbidity. Preventive actions are more likely to succeed if we consider the nutritional interventions as part of a package that addresses in a holistic manner the full spectrum of needs of women from before conception as well as during pregnancy. We have gained sufficient experience with single nutrient and/or ‘magic bullet’ approaches to learn from this and avoid them in the future. New fetal growth standards (INTERGROWTH 2012) represent major progress in terms of evaluating the effect of early life events on later growth, health and well-being. Thus, for the first time, clinicians and researchers will have sequential longitudinal data that will serve to characterize whole body as well as brain, liver, and long bone growth, relating this indirectly to placental blood flow and transfer function, neonatal health, morbidity and mortality.

Effect of Multiple Micronutrient versus Iron-Folate Supplementation during Pregnancy on Intrauterine Growth

Author(s): U. Ramakrishnan, F. Kobina Grant, A. Imdad, Z. Bhutta, R.Martorell

This review examines the effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation ( ≥ 5 micronutrients) on intrauterine growth. We identified publications from 16 randomized controlled trials through PubMed and EMBASE database searches. Meta-analyses were performed by pooling results, and sub-analyses by timing of intervention and amount of iron were also done. The primary outcome measures were birthweight, low birthweight (LBW; <2,500 g) and small for gestational age (SGA). Prenatal MM supplementation significantly reduced the incidence of LBW (risk ratio, RR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.81– 0.92) and SGA (RR: 0.83; 95% CI: 0.73–0.95) compared to iron-folate supplementation; mean birthweight was significantly higher by 55 g for MM with borderline increases in gestational age. MM supplementation was associated with larger decreases in the risk of LBW and SGA in the subgroup of trials that used supplements containing 60 mg of iron, but were not statistically significantly different from those for trials that used 30 mg iron. Prenatal MM supplementation improved intrauterine growth and can be recommended instead of prenatal IFA supplements in settings where micronutrient deficiencies are common.

Importance of Intervening in the Preconception Period to Impact Pregnancy Outcomes

Author(s): S. Dean, A. Imam, Z. Lassi, Z. Bhutta

Preconception care that begins in adolescence and is provided before and between pregnancies has the potential to impact 136 million women who give birth each year and ensure that newborns receive the healthiest start possible. Providing simple interventions before pregnancy can prevent a significant proportion of maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. Interventions to promote adolescent health and prevent teenage pregnancies, encourage contraceptive use and appropriate birth spacing, optimize weight and micronutrient status, and screen for and manage chronic conditions have proven efficacy. These interventions must now be scaled up to maximize delivery. Women who receive preconception care are more likely to adopt healthy behaviors, and therefore have better pregnancy outcomes. Preconception care is particularly effective when men are involved and care is provided in the community setting. All healthcare providers can and should begin to provide preconception care to all adolescent girls, women and couples of reproductive age by asking them if they wish to become pregnant or are actively trying to prevent pregnancy.

Nutritional Regulation of Fetal Growth

Author(s): F. Bloomfield, A. Jaquiery, M. Oliver

Fetal growth is largely regulated by nutritional supply. The placenta is responsible for fetal nutrient supply for much of pregnancy, but in early pregnancy nutrition is histiotrophic. Both placental size and efficiency, and fetal growth, may be affected by maternal nutritional state before and during very early pregnancy. In contrast, manipulating maternal nutrition during later stages of pregnancy has a smaller than expected effect on fetal growth. Maternal nutrition before and during early pregnancy also has a greater effect on gestation length than maternal nutrition later in pregnancy, suggesting that nutritional status may regulate both fetal growth trajectory and gestation length and that these two outcomes may be linked. Thus, determination of the nutritional factors regulating fetal growth, and potentially postnatal growth and body phenotype, may lie with the maternal nutritional status even before conception.

Endocrine Interactions in the Control of Fetal Growth

Author(s): A. Fowden, A. Forhead

Hormones are both growth stimulatory and growth inhibitory in utero. They act as environmental and maturational signals in regulating tissue accretion and differentiation during late gestation. They ensure that fetal development is appropriate for the nutrient supply and is optimal for neonatal survival. Growth- stimulatory hormones, such as insulin, the insulin-like growth factors and the thyroid hormones, have anabolic effects on fetal metabolism and increase cellular nutrient uptake and energy production for tissue accretion. Thyroid hormones also have specific effects on tissue differentiation at key developmental milestones. Similarly, leptin appears to affect development of specific fetal tissues and may counterbalance the maturational actions of other hormones near term. Glucocorticoids inhibit growth in utero but are essential for prepartum tissue differentiation in preparation for delivery. They also affect fetal bioavailability of most of the other growthregulatory hormones. In addition, many of these hormones alter the placental capacity to supply nutrients for fetal growth. In producing a fetoplacental epigenome specific to the prevailing intrauterine environment, hormones interact

Developmental Programming of Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction: Role of Prenatal Stress and Stress Biology

Author(s): S. Entringer, P. Wadhwa

Epidemiological, clinical, physiological, cellular and molecular evidence suggests the origins of obesity and metabolic dysfunction can be traced back to intrauterine life and supports an important role for maternal nutrition prior to and during gestation in fetal programming. The elucidation of underlying mechanisms is an area of interest and intense investigation. We propose that in addition to maternal nutrition-related processes, it may be important to concurrently consider the potential role of intrauterine stress and stress biology. We frame our arguments in the larger context of an evolutionary-developmental perspective that supports roles for both nutrition and stress as key environmental conditions driving natural selection and developmental plasticity. We suggest that intrauterine stress exposure may interact with the nutritional milieu, and that stress biology may represent an underlying mechanism mediating the effects of diverse intrauterine perturbations, including but not limited to maternal nutritional insults (undernutrition and overnutrition), on brain and peripheral targets of programming of body composition, energy balance homeostasis and metabolic function. We discuss putative maternal-placental-fetal endocrine and immune/inflammatory candidate processes that may underlie the longterm effects of intrauterine stress.

One-Carbon Metabolism, Fetal Growth and Long-Term Consequences

Author(s): S. Kalhan

One-carbon metabolism, or methyl transfer, is critical for metabolism in all cells, is involved in the synthesis of purines, pyrimidines, in the methylation of numerous substrates, proteins, DNA and RNA, and in the expression of a number of genes. Serine is the primary endogenous methyl donor to the one carbon pool. Perturbations in methyl transfer due to nutrient and hormonal changes can have profound effect on cell function, growth and proliferation. It is postulated that at critical stages in development, nutrient and environmental influences by their effect on methyl transfer can impair fetal growth, reprogram metabolism and cause long-term morbidity in the offspring. The potential for their effects is underscored by the unique gestation-related changes in methyl transfer in healthy women, the late expression of transsulfuration cascade in the fetus and the unique metabolism of glycine and serine in the fetus. Dietary protein restriction in animal models and protein malnutrition in humans causes remarkable changes in the methyl transfer in vivo. Although the specific consequences of perturbation in maternal and fetal methyl transfer remain to be determined, a profound influence is suggested by the demonstrated relationship between maternal folate and B 12 insufficiency and metabolic programming.

Influence of Maternal Vitamin B12 and Folate on Growth and Insulin Resistance in the Offspring

Author(s): U. Deshmukh, P. Katre and C. Yajnik

The burden of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease is shifting rapidly to low- and middle-income countries. It calls for a review of the classic ‘dogma’ of genetic predisposition, precipitated by adult lifestyle. The paradigm of early life origins of chronic disease has focused attention on maternal health and nutrition as major determinants of the health of the offspring. India has high burden of maternal ill health and also of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, offering unique opportunities to study the links between the two. Pune studies showed that the Indian babies were thin but fat (more adipose) compared to European babies, and that maternal micronutrient status during pregnancy was a determinant of offspring size and body composition. Two thirds of the mothers had low vitamin B 12 concentrations, while folate deficiency was rare. Higher circulating concentrations of homocysteine predicted smaller baby size. Follow-up studies revealed that higher maternal folate in pregnancy predicted higher adiposity and insulin resistance in the child at 6 years of age, and that low maternal vitamin B 12 exaggerated the risk of insulin resistance. Low maternal vitamin B 12 status is also associated with increased risk of neural tube defects and poor offspring cognitive functions. Our results suggest an important role for maternal one-carbon metabolism in offspring growth and programming of NCD risk. These ideas are supported by animal studies. Improvement of adolescent nutrition could effect intergenerational prevention of chronic diseases.

Immediate Metabolic Consequences of Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Low Birthweight

Author(s): J. Bhatia

Optimal fetal growth resulting in a ‘normally grown’ term infant is of paramount importance for assuring a healthy start for postnatal growth and development. Fetal, infant and childhood growth restriction is an important clinical problem for obstetricians, neonatologists, pediatricians and globally, for public health. Worldwide, an estimated 20 million infants are born with low birthweight and a substantial proportion are small for gestational age. Many advances have been made in defining growth restriction by prenatal techniques, thus allowing the recognition of intrauterine growth restriction. Distinguishing infants who are small but have appropriate growth potential from those with growth restriction is important in order to apply obstetric surveillance, anticipate neonatal problems and plan for postneonatal guidance. It is clear that the fetus in growthrestricted pregnancies has limited supply of nutrients and oxygen. The resultant changes, if involving the placenta as well, can lead to circulatory and metabolic changes affecting both short- and long-term survival and development. In this paper, the causes and immediate consequence of being born with low birthweight, intrauterine growth restriction or small for gestational age will be discussed.

Amino Acid Homeostasis in the Preterm Infant

Author(s): J. van Goudoever

Functional outcome of preterm infants is highly related to the quality and quantity of nutrients provided during the first few weeks of life. New guidelines, as published by the ESPGHAN in 2010, have provided means to prevent undernutrition in the NICU. Especially proteins and amino acids seem to play a pivotal role, and the optimal regimen has not yet been determined. New data on the intrauterine nutrient supply suggest a high amino acid intake during the fetal period. How these results might translate into improvement of especially neurocognitive outcome needs to be investigated.

Interventional Strategies to Promote Appropriate Growth

Author(s): E. Ziegler, S. Carlson, S. Nelson

Appropriate growth of premature infants can be defined as growth that is not associated with adverse consequences in the short and the long term. Growth failure is associated with neurocognitive impairment. The goal of nutritional management therefore is the achievement of appropriate growth by ensuring that nutrient intakes are maintained at all times at adequate levels. Many impediments stand in the way of this goal. Parenteral administration of nutrients must begin immediately at birth and needs to be continued until enteral nutrition is fully established. While nutritional support is provided by parenteral nutrition, gut priming, also beginning at birth, stimulates the immature gastrointestinal tract to undergo maturation. Human milk is the preferred agent for gut priming because it is more effective and safer than alternative agents. As a source of nutrients, however, human milk is incomplete for the premature infant and requires supplementation (fortification) with nutrients. At the authors’ institution, commercial human milk fortifiers and additional sources of protein are being used in efforts to achieve appropriate growth. Data from the authors’ institution indicate that nutrient intakes, especially intakes of protein, have improved in recent years and are approaching adequate levels. Accordingly, growth of infants has improved to the point where on average only a mild degree of postnatal growth failure is observed.

Iron and Other Micronutrient Deficiencies in Low-Birthweight Infants

Author(s): M. Domellöf

Low birthweight (LBW), defined as birthweight <2,500 g, is a major global public health problem and is associated with lifelong cognitive and behavioral problems. Very LBW (VLBW) infants (<1,500 g) are at high risk of multiple macro- and micronutrient deficiencies, but most LBW infants are larger (1,500–2,500 g), and the most common nutritional problem of those infants is iron deficiency (ID). Globally, about 25% of pre-school children have ID anemia (IDA), the most severe form of ID, and there is good evidence that ID is associated with impaired brain development. However, adverse effects of excessive iron supplementation have been observed. Delayed umbilical cord clamping, which increases infant iron stores, should be recommended for all newborns. There is good evidence that intakes of 2 mg of dietary iron per kg daily prevents IDA in LBW infants without causing adverse effects. A recent study shows that this dose of iron supplementation also reduces the risk of behavioral problems at 3 years in infants with birthweights 2,000–2,500 g. VLBW infants need 2–3 mg/kg per day. To achieve these intakes, breastfed LBW infants should receive iron supplements, and formula-fed LBW infants should receive an iron-fortified infant formula.

Improving the Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Low-Birthweight Infants

Author(s): M. Makrides, A. Anderson, R. Gibson, C. Collins

Infants born with low birthweight (LBW) have poorer neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with their term counterparts with appropriate weight for gestational age. The perinatal period is a time of high energy and high nutrient needs, and any process, such as preterm birth, poor nutrition or placental insufficiency, that interrupts the concentrated flow of nutrients to the fetus may result in babies with LBW. Therefore, it makes logical sense that at least part of the cognitive deficits may be explained by nutritional deprivation. The nutrients commonly deficient in LBW infants include protein and energy and micronutrients such as iron, zinc and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In this review, we aimed to determine the effect of nutrient supplementation on neurodevelopment in LBW infants. While few trials have supported the hypothesis that nutritional supplementation improves neurodevelopment, many studies are limited by sample size and methodological shortcomings. Further large-scale rigorously designed intervention trials, with long-term neurodevelopment follow-up, are required to determine the optimal nutritional supplements and the timing of their administration to LBW infants.


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Continuing its overtures toward open source, Microsoft is unveiling technologies for packaging applications and remotely debugging JavaScript.

One open source technology, ManifoldJS, helps developers package Web experiences into native apps for Android, iOS, and Windows stores. ManifoldJS runs on familiar technology, said Microsoft Senior Program Manager Jeff Burtoft, aka "boyofgreen," in a blog post Thursday. "The only requirement is that you have node.js installed. ManifoldJS will run on any system (Mac, Linux, Windows) but can only build apps for platforms that are supported on that system."

Hosted Web apps, he said, offer the best of the Web to store apps with minimal effort. ManifoldJS focuses on the W3C Manifest for Web Apps, an open source approach for building apps that uses metadata to create a hosted native app on Android, iOS, and Windows. "When a platform supports hosted apps, we build it natively and then we use Cordova to polyfill the platforms that don’t have native support," said Burtoft. On Wednesday at Build, Microsoft revealed its efforts to move iOS and Android code to Windows via bridging tool kits.

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New England United Methodist Clergy Join Movement to Support Marriage Equality

June 16, 2011

*To date, 200 active and retired clergy in the New England Conference have signed the statement.
WENHAM, Massachusetts…(June 11, 2011)… During the 2011 New England Annual Conference session, held June 8-11 at Gordon College in Wenham, MA, ninety United Methodist clergy members of Conference signed a statement affirming their intention to “offer the grace of the church’s blessing to any prepared couple desiring Christian marriage,” including same-sex couples. The action is in opposition to the denomination’s position on same-sex marriage.
The New England clergy signing the statement join those clergy from the Minnesota Annual Conference, who issued a similar statement on June 1. “This movement of love and justice is growing,” said the Rev. Allen Ewing-Merrill of Portland, Maine, speaking this week at a meeting of clergy during the Annual Conference session. “And it must, or the church will continue to perpetuate discrimination, and continue to confirm its reputation of exclusion and irrelevance in a society that increasingly embraces the great gifts of diversity.”
At the beginning of the Annual Conference session, twenty-six clergy had signed the statement. The Rev. Allen Ewing-Merrill, together with the Rev. Sara Ewing-Merrill, shared the statement during the clergy session at the start of the Conference. Nearly fifty colleagues stood and accompanied them at the microphone, expressing their support for the statement. By the end of the Conference session, those supporting the statement had grown to more than ninety. The statement was not addressed on the floor of Annual Conference, but was an auxiliary and voluntary effort by clergy supporting the statement.
“The overwhelming response to this statement witnesses to the pain clergy and laity experience when they are prohibited from marrying particular groups, such as gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons,” says the Rev. Leigh Dry, one of the coordinators of the movement. “To fully share and experience the love of Christ, it is imperative that we are free to bestow all the blessings of the Church, including marriage and ordination, to all people, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.”
The statement signed by the New England clergy is identical to the one signed by seventy United Methodist clergy members from the Minnesota Conference earlier this month.  (Full text of statement included below).
“Clergy have quietly been performing holy unions and officiating at same-gender weddings for a number of years,” says the Rev. Kathryn Johnson, former Executive Director of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, “but the declarations of so many pastors, publicly signaling their intention to place pastoral concern ahead of restrictive rules is something new. The winds of change are clearly blowing through the United Methodist Church, as well as other communities of faith.”
Since 1972, the issue of homosexuality has been the subject of lively debate at the United Methodist General Conference, a global gathering and the denomination’s top lawmaking body, held every four years. General Conference is the only body that can officially speak for The United Methodist Church. As recently as 2008, delegates to General Conference have voted to retain the Discipline’s language condemning the practice of homosexuality and forbidding same-sex marriage.
“Our United Methodist churches have many faithful gay and lesbian members, and I know this action is born out of the caring our clergy have for their members and communities,” said Peter D. Weaver, Bishop of the New England Conference. “United Methodists are divided on this issue – and many others as well – yet we remain committed to wrestling with these issues in love, and to working together to discern God’s will for the future.”
The New England Conference meets annually to consider policy proposals, ordain new pastors, celebrate retiring pastors, plan for mission and ministry, and worship. About 1,200 voting members—half clergy, half laity—attend the annual conference.
About The New England Conference
Nearly 100,000 people worship in 644 United Methodist and federated churches in the New England Conference, comprised of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and half of Connecticut.
The full text of the statement reads:
Equality for All in Christian Marriage
New England Annual Conference 2011
We joyfully affirm that we will offer the grace of the Church’s blessing to any prepared couple desiring Christian marriage. We are convinced by the witness of others and are compelled by Spirit and conscience to act. We thank the many United Methodists who have already called for full equality and inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the life of the Church.
We repent that it has taken us so long to act. We realize that our church’s discriminatory policies tarnish the witness of the Church to the world, and we are complicity. We value our covenant relationships and ask everyone to hold the divided community of the United Methodist Church in prayer.
Any United Methodist person in the New England Conference who conducts Christian marriages is welcome to sign. I have chosen to sign the Equality for All in Christian Marriage Statement and I belong to the New England Annual Conference.
Ms. Alexx Wood, Communications Director
New England Conference of The United Methodist Church
978-682-8055 ext. 150 (office) or
Rev. Leigh Dry, 508-308-4836,
*To date, 200 active and retired clergy in the New England Conference have signed the statement.

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Episode 1: Going Hunting
EDIT: If you aren't happy with the plot, it's your opinion, so you shouldn't act like I don't know shit about Flash. Just a note for those of you who feel like giving a "constructive" review.

Yo! This is the first installment of a new series of mine. The stories aren't related to one another, so if you don't like this movie you don't have to write a bad review saying "OMG DON'T CONTINUE THIS SERIES!!!" Anyway, I hope you get a few good laughs out of it. I worked hard on this movie, so please vote fairly. Enjoy!

Oh yeah, there's an easter egg. Try to find it.

Rated 4 / 5 stars

I like this more than your second flash

This was more creative and enjoyable than your second part of the series. What I really like about this flash is the fact that the music fits the flash so well. Good job! = )

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If I ever make a 3rd one, it'll probably blow away both of these. ^_^

Rated 5 / 5 stars

is teh gr8

its teh bomb whateva

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Aye aye.

Rated 2.5 / 5 stars

not bad

it was a cool movie, but it should've been a bit longer.

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No prob, I'll make the next one longer.

Rated 5 / 5 stars

lol funny,

lol that was a realy funny film dude! hope to see more of this serise soon man!
thx i was in the creds!

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Yeah, I'm so motivated I may finish the second one in December!

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lol nice stuff!

i gave u a 5 b/c it was worth that 5 lol, anywayz..........i'm on the credits!!!!! lol

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Update- 8th on P-Bot's Daily Picks 01/05/13 and Front Page in Popular for the same week. Thanks everyone!

I finally finished my University Final Project, and here it is.
It's my first finished animation and hopefully through watching it you can see how much I progressed from start to finish. It's not the longest piece in the world, but I wanted it to be fully shaded with as much fbf as I felt I could do in around 5-6 weeks alongside my other work.

Why did I make this?
This animation is a project that directly relates to my dissertation about intertextuality in Video Game Parody. Without boring you, it's about how video game parody is only relatable and fully understandable by someone that has actually played the game.

I chose Heavy Rain as it seems to have almost no Flash-related content online. Little did I know that I would have to choose about 5 out of the 30000 problems and plotholes that are in that game.

This is my first submission, and as my university course has come to a close, hopefully with practice I will get better and you can expect some art and more cartoons over the summer. GOTTAGITGUDATFLASH

Why does the ending make no sense to me?
If you have never played Heavy Rain before I can see why you may not understand the ending of the animation... and good, you've proved my dissertation correct. To put it simply, there are two shower scenes in Heavy Rain; one in Act 1 with Ethan Mars, the dead-behind-the-eyes creepy-smiling divorce dad and another in Act 2 with Madison, a journalist that's character has received a lot of online attention for being quite hot. The main character chooses the wrong shower scene... hence the ending

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Despite the video being quite short, it is very well made, well done!, the animating is good, and never fails to make me laugh.

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lol nice luckily I didn't watch this when I was playing the game

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Gotta say, the sound of the controller being smacked to pieces was perfect. Hopefully everyone got a good chuckle out of that despite Heavy Rain not being one of the most "heavily" played video games out there. The concept of your dissertation is a very interesting topic too and I wish you the best of luck with your results.

The visual style was very nice (shading certainly helps) and I hope to see more of what you can do in the future! As for the jokes, I've played Heavy Rain, so it all made sense to me. Eathan's shower scene is -obviously- more engaging anyways.

Congrats on the Daily Pick!

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Rated 5 / 5 stars

I actually loved this game, but this parody was pretty spot in, loved it lol! Madison's shower scene would have been better, but she reminded me of my sister so it made it really awkward. Well done on all points though.

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Consider the Germans
By Thomas Geoghegan

Come on: is the West really in such decline? Yes, we can sit here on our island continent and gloom about the rise of China, as our elite now like to do. Or we can go out into the world and start competing like the Europeans. For here's a strange fact: since 2003, it's not China but Germany, that colossus of European socialism, that has either led the world in export sales or at least been tied for first. Even as we in the United States fall more deeply into the clutches of our foreign creditors—China foremost among them—Germany has somehow managed to create a high-wage, unionized economy without shipping all its jobs abroad or creating a massive trade deficit, or any trade deficit at all. Sure, China just pulled slightly ahead of Germany, but that's mostly because the euro has soared, making German goods even more expensive, and world trade has slumped. Meanwhile, the dollar is dropping, and we still can't compete with either nation. And even as the Germans outsell the United States, they manage to take six weeks of vacation every year. They're beating us with one hand tied behind their back.

Why is Germany beating us? It's tempting to say it's because we beat them. After all, we helped put a major component of the German model in place, which is the role that German workers have in running their firms. After World War II, we had a problem: Who would keep watch over all the German businessmen who had supported Hitler? We couldn't put them all in jail. Back in that New Deal era, we and our allies were quite willing to put workers on the boards to keep an eye on businessmen. Still, the idea of works councils was not invented by Americans. In fact, it had its origins in Weimar Germany. And now Germany is the country, out of all countries, including Communist China, in which workers have the greatest amount of control over (dare I say it) the means of production.

Okay, it's not that much control. But it's enough to make the German system a rival form of capitalism. And because German workers are at the table when the big decisions are made, and elect people who still watch and sometimes check the businessmen, they have been able to hang on to their manufacturing sector. They have kept a tool-making, engineering culture, which our own entrepreneurs, dreamily buried in their Ayn Rand novels, have gutted. And now, thanks in large part to these smart structural decisions, Germany is not only competitive, it's rich. Although it's unlikely that even the most liberal of American politicians would ever use a phrase like "worker control"—much less describe people who work as "workers"—it might still be worth at least considering what would be involved in emulating the German model.

Let me here cart out the big three building blocks of German social democracy: the works council, the co-determined board, and Germany's regional wage-setting institutions. If I were teaching a class, I'd put these up on the blackboard and talk about them at the beginning of every class. "What do I mean by the German model? I'd like to see hands." No one knows. So I give the answer: "It's the works council, the co-determined board, and the wagesetting institutions."

Everyone in class groans. Whatever does that mean?

Well, the works council is simple in theory, though hard for an American to take in. Let's say you work at the Barnes & Noble at the corner of Clybourn and Webster avenues in Chicago. You may be just a clerk, no degree. (In Germany, you'd have a certificate in bookstore clerking, but in the United States there's no need.) Still, you could be elected to a works council at this store. That means you help manage the place. You help decide when to open and close the store. You help decide who gets what shift. On layoffs and other issues, the employer must reach an agreement with the works council. So you may ultimately decide whether Ms. X is to be laid off or fired. How did you get into this kind of "management"? Barnes & Noble had no say in it. You were elected by your fellow workers. You went out and campaigned: "Elect me."

The result is that there are thousands of clerks and engineers in Germany who now are (or a few years ago were) elected officials, with real power over other people. They are responsible for other people. They are responsible for running the firm. They make up a powerful leadership class that represents the kind of people—low-income, low-education—who don't have much of a voice in the affairs of other industrialized countries.

If that's a works council, what's a co-determined board? These apply mostly to the largest companies, those with more than 2,000 employees. We now leave behind the bookstore at Clybourn and Webster and try to imagine all of Barnes & Noble, the whole company. Way at the top, in the boardroom, where you expect to bump into Robert Rubin, the clerks get to elect half the board: not a fifth, not a third, but half—the same number of voting directors that the hedge funds get to elect.

Of course there's a catch! Under German law, if the directors elected by the clerks and the directors elected by the shareholders are deadlocked, then the chairman can break the tie. And who picks the chairman? Ultimately, just the shareholders. So capitalism wins by one vote, provided the stockholders, the bankers, and the kids from Goldman Sachs all vote in a single bloc. But the clerks still have a lot of clout. If the shareholders are divided on whether "A" or "B" should be the next CEO, the clerks get to pick the king. "A" is CEO but he owes his job to the clerks. By the way, the clerks have all this power without owning any shares! In this stakeholder model, they need only act on their interests as "the workers."

With works councils and co-determination, everything in the firm gets discussed, rather than the CEO going to the mountaintop without ever seeing a worker and deciding to pull the plug. "Wait," people say to me. "You mean co-determination keeps jobs from going abroad?" No, they can't stop a sale. They can't stop outsourcing. But they can cut deals. "Conditions—that is my motto," is how one worker-director put it in an issue of my favorite German magazine, Mitbestimmung. In the United States, people don't even know the plant is closing until management calls a meeting and ushers everyone out under armed guard. But in a German firm, the workers are Cato-like guardians, able to look at all of the financial records and planning documents as if they owned the place. If a company wants to start a plant abroad, the workers can pressure the board to plow some money back into a German plant or provide a ten-year employment guarantee. Or they can fight to get a better owner. It's not just the arguing: it's the fact that they can be in the boardroom watching, or in the back room rifling through the files. Doesn't your own behavior change when you think Cato is watching you? Well, it's true for managers too. That's why there is still a manufacturing sector in Germany.

Given the influence of the works council and a co-determined board, what remains for Germany's many powerful unions? They do the bargaining over wages and pensions but at a macro level, with a federation of all the big bookstores, not just Barnes & Noble but Borders as well. This is the German model of regional or multi-employer bargaining. We negotiated wages this way in the United States in the 1940s and 1950s, but no more. I doubt many Americans under forty even know what I mean by regional wage-setting institutions, and yet they are probably the single most important way in which Germany is "socialist."

This system is much in decline even in Germany, but it still has a huge egalitarian effect. The goal, never quite reached, is that every Barnes & Noble, every Borders, everywhere in the covered area, pays the same wage for the same type of work. Wages are not set person by person or shop by shop. They're the same, everywhere, as much as possible. The result, from an American perspective, is a shocking transparency: in Germany the ideal is that everyone knows what everyone else is making. By contrast, who knows what Barnes & Noble pays in Chicago, or Borders in Joliet? In the German system, people can find out what other people are getting, and their unions in turn can demand the same.

The private export sector is the most unionized part of the German economy (even more than the public sector). And it is understood to be the vanguard, the industry on the front lines of the global economy. So if the engineers at ThyssenKrupp get a 3 percent raise, then certainly the clerks should get a 3 percent raise. Soon everyone in Germany is getting 3 percent! In a complicated and limited way, the whole country can have a voice, if not a vote, in what takehome pay they receive. Unification with low-wage East Germany has made this leveling tougher, but people in Germany can still actually talk about "wage policy" and "wage objectives." There's a national conversation, unknown here, as to how much everybody should get.

All my life as a labor lawyer I have read the same thing in The Economist, about the United States and its wonderful labor-market flexibility. What they mean is: Unlike the Germans, U.S. working people are completely powerless. But it's precisely because of our labor-market flexibility that we can't compete. Our workers have been flexed right out of their high-wage, high-skill jobs and into low-wage, low-skill jobs. That's bad for the workers, of course, and it's also bad for the economy. The German model—with worker control built into the very structure of the firm—keeps bosses and workers in groups, rubbing elbows with each other, and sometimes just elbowing. It creates a group interaction that over time builds and protects what economists like to call human capital, especially in engineering and quality control. It's precisely this kind of valuable capital that our atomizing "flexible" labor markets are so good at breaking up and dispersing.

Yes, there's much to like about the U.S. model. In global competition, the United States has almost every comparative advantage over Germany. We spend vastly more on basic research than the Germans do. We have much more land, more labor, more capital, much higher levels of formal education. But with our flexible labor markets we cannot develop human capital or knowledge to wean ourselves away from turning out crap and leaving the high-skill manufacturing to the Europeans. The one great comparative advantage of Germany is that it is a social democracy. Germany has its problems, and I take them seriously. But I'm also sure that German companies will lead the next industrial revolution, the "green" one, while we in the United States will merely watch.

If you ask most Democrats and their think-tank minions how to help our powerless middle class, they have no answer except to send even more of them to college, where with luck they get out being only $50,000 or so in debt. As for the high school graduates who make up the base of the party, we effectively tell them: You're finished. There's no role for high school graduates in our version of the global economy. In Germany, these same high school graduates could be sitting on a corporate board. Skeptical readers will say: Oh, but that's Europe, it's socialism, something like that is not possible here. I think it's quite possible.

I now have stopped underlining and re-reading Wolfgang Streeck's great 1996 essay, "German Capitalism: Does It Exist? Can It Survive?" Still, I recall his central, disheartening point that the German model, with its works councils and the rest, was simply too hard to replicate in other countries. In the end, global capitalism would force Germany itself into our simpler, top-down Anglo-American model.

But it turns out, at least in the European Union, that other countries are now keen on experimenting with co-determination and works councils. "Co-determination is our biggest export," a former official in the German government told me. As it spreads through Europe, we may come to understand the German model as not just a rival but a better form of capitalism. It only takes a change in law. Maybe we'll decide one day, simply out of patriotism, that we have no other choice.

Is it likely? No. Is it possible? Yes. At any rate, it's just nonsense that "Europe's way" and "our way" can never be the same. We may have messed up our part in globalization, but we still have time to fix things. It may be even easier in this wired world to exercise our greatest privilege as Americans—to astonish ourselves by being American and making a European idea of democracy our own.

Thomas Geoghegan, a lawyer in Chicago, is the author of many books, including Which Side Are You On? and Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? which will be published this summer by New Press. His most recent article for Harper's Magazine, "Infinite Debt," appeared in the April 2009 issue.


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BRISBANE — Quinton de Kock (126) and Chad Bowes (115) shared a colossal 212-run opening partnership to set up victory by 209 runs in their second ICC U19 Cricket World Cup match against Namibia yesterday.

It is the fifth highest partnership by runs in the tournament’s history. The partnership set the foundation for South Africa’s daunting 359/6 while Namibia were dismissed for 150 in 46 overs with Theunis de Bruyn taking four wickets for 20 runs in just four overs and Prenelan Subrayen two.

There is no rest as the team gear up to face Sri Lanka today in a match that decides which two Pool D teams advance to the quarter-finals.

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LAGRANGE -- The fatal shooting of a LaGrange man remains under investigation today by LaGrange police.

The victim, Kenneth Rouse, 49, was found dead Wednesday night in his backyard at 201 Ed Herring Road.

Neighbors heard gunshots at about 7 p.m. Police responded to a 911 call and found the body. Rouse was pronounced dead by rescue personnel.

LaGrange Police Chief John Sullivan could not be reached for comment today. But he told reporters Thursday that his officers were following up leads. He declined further comment.

An autopsy was to be performed on the body today to determine the cause of death.

A 10-year-old neighbor told the Kinston Free Press that he had heard and argument between two men and then gunshots. Rouse lived alone in the modest brick home, neighbors said.

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By Gabe Whisnant
Published in Sports on January 23, 2005 2:01 AM

PIKEVILLE - On a team that has been balanced all season, Southern Wayne's Delawn Armwood had the hot hand on Friday night at Charles B. Aycock. It was certainly within the realm of possibility for him to take the final shot.

Armwood found another option.

With his team trailing by one in the final seconds after the Falcons made one-of-two at the line, Armwood, who finished with a team-best 23 points to go with 14 rebounds and five assists, dribbled up the court and into the paint. As the Aycock defense collapsed on him, the junior quickly dished down low to a wide-open Antonio Davis, who put in the game-winning basket with three seconds left in the Saints' 71-70 win.

"They were so concerned with me taking my shot, I knew somebody was going to be open, then there was my teammate." Armwood said. "In practice, that's our play."

The Falcons (8-10, 4-6) got the ensuing inbounds pass in the hands of Rob Phillips, but his long 3-point try fell short at the buzzer of another Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference nail-biter at a loud, Falcons' gymnasium.

"The team that forced the most breaks at the end won the game. We forced a few and didn't take advantage of them,"Aycock coach David West said. "They made a good offensive play and we showed a lot of heart on defense.

"That time, the good offensive play just beat the defense."

Southern Wayne (13-5, 9-2) maintains at least a tie for first in the ECC with the win and improved to 7-3 on the road this season. The women's game saw the Saints trail most of the way and pull within five at 33-28 at the 5:45 mark of the fourth, before Aycock dominated the final five minutes of a 51-33 victory.

On their way to their fifth win in seven outings, Aycock (8-8 overall) posted a convincing, 18-5 run to close the game - improving its mark in the ECC to 6-4. The Falcons' Quaneisha Milner led four players with nine or more points with 12, while Keyata Pettiford and Emily Stewart contributed 10.

"I was really pleased at the way we closed out," Aycock coach Gary Hales said. "Defensively, I thought we played well, but we've got to do that for 32 minutes. It's getting better every game though.

"When we are running at our best offensively, we are establishing our post."

Shakoria Clark, who scored Southern Wayne's only six points in the first 15 minutes, finished with 13 for the Saints (3-12, 2-9).

In a men's game that see-sawed for most of the first three periods, Aycock surged to a 64-56 lead with 3:41 as an emphatic block by Phillips on the defensive end led to a put-back by Montrel Sims. The Saints had just one field goal in the first five minutes of the fourth, but a 3-pointer by Hood after a wild scramble for the ball in the paint seemed to energize the Saints.

"An eight-point lead in this league is worth about nothing unless it's the final score," West said.

In the final two minutes, Santavin Poole, who finished with a game-best 24 points and Rob Phillips, who added 17, gave Aycock a pair of two-point leads. The Saints answered both - the last tie coming at 69-69 after a stick-back by Armwood.

With 15.5 seconds left, Falcon guard Michael Gurganus was fouled off the ball and made one-of-two. From there, Armwood took the inbounds pass that eventually led to Davis' game-winning hoop. The lead was Southern Wayne's first since early in the fourth.

"I thought our poise was remarkable. We didn't give up or quit," Southern Wayne coach Mike Connelley said. "What an entertaining game. If you didn't get your money's worth tonight ... that was just fun."

Each team matched each other consistently in the first three periods as Aycock's post trio of Poole, Sims and Bryan Moore turned in solid efforts down low - benefitting from good passing up top from Philips, Gurganus and Brandon Hobbs. Phillips, Gurganus and Hobbs combined for 17 assists, while Poole, Sims and Moore combined for 42 points and 23 rebounds. In two games against the Saints this season, Poole has a combined, 67 points.

Meanwhile, Armwood had a big, second period for the Saints with 13 points - helping his team take a 35-30 lead into halftime. Neither team led by more than seven in the first three periods. Rico Whitfield and Akeem Royal contributed nine points each for Southern Wayne with Whitfield pulling down 13 boards and Royal draining three of the Saints' eight, 3-pointers.

With stout, zone defense, Aycock's women used an 8-0 spurt in less than one minute midway through the second to take a 22-6 advantage over the Saints. The Saints countered with a 6-0 run to close the period as the game stood 22-12 at halftime.

The Falcons never trailed, but the Saints never seemed to go away in the third and fourth. Southern Wayne's Dionne Dotson, Shakoria Clark and Ebony Darden sparked a third-period that saw the Saints get as close as 24-20 with three minutes left.

With a nine-point lead after three, Aycock performed well in its spread offensive as Pettiford and Milner took advantage of open lanes in the Saint defense for six points each in an impressive, fourth period effort.

"We are slow at the beginning of the game, and we started to play in the second half. Bottom line, we've got to put it all together," Southern Wayne coach Sally Combs said. "Did we play better than Tuesday night? Yes, but we've got a long way to go."


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(Newser) – President Obama called out his new favorite target by name today in belittling the Republicans' Pledge to America, reports Politico. Obama singled out House Minority leader John Boehner in complaining that Republicans put forth "the very same policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place, which isn't surprising, since many of their leaders were among the architects of that failed policy."

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(Newser) – Madonna and Guy Ritchie's marriage is damaged beyond repair and the couple plan to divorce before Christmas, a source tells the Sun. The decision to call time on the eight-year marriage follows an escalating series of arguments over the pair's competing careers, Madonna's wish to adopt another child, and Ritchie's desire to stop uprooting the three children they already have, according to the source.

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