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March 31, 2008

Richard Florida

The Singles Map

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                                          From the book, Who's Your City?

This is a new, updated and improved version the singles map (inspired by an earlier map in  National Geographic) published in Sunday's Boston Globe.

                                                           MORE COOL MAPS, here.

A Singles Map of the United States

Which cities have a surplus of single men (or women) - and what that means for the country

By Richard Florida

Which of these two decisions do you think has a bigger impact on someone's life: finding the right job, or finding the right significant other? No one's going to argue with the notion that where you live affects your employment prospects. But the place you call home has a lot to do with your chances of finding the right partner as well. Having an enticing "mating market" matters as much or more than a vibrant labor market.

It's not just that some places have more singles than others. If you're a single man or a single woman the odds of meeting that special someone vary dramatically across the country.

By far, the best places for single men are the large cities and metro areas of the East Coast and Midwest. The extreme is greater New York, where single women outnumber single men by more than 210,000. In the Philadelphia area and greater Washington, D.C., single women outnumber single men by 50,000. I met my wife outside Detroit, where the odds were greatly stacked in my favor - single women outnumber single men by some 20,000 there.

In fact, single women outnumber single men in many large cities around the world, even though men outearn women at all ages, according to Lena C. Edlund, a Columbia University economist. One reason young women in the prime marriage years - the 25-44 age range - flock to big cities is to compete for the most eligible men. And smart women who gravitate to vibrant cities are more likely to stay single - for longer, at least - because they rightly refuse to settle for someone who can't keep up with them intellectually or otherwise.

But women do have an advantage in the American West and Southwest. In greater Los Angeles, for example, there are 90,000 more single men than women. In Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area, single men outnumber single women by roughly 65,000. There are considerably more single men than women in San Diego, Dallas, and Seattle, too. Each of these regions has grown substantially over the past two or three decades, offering jobs in everything from high tech to construction and services. As numerous studies of migration show, men - especially those in regions with declining economies - are initially more likely to move long distances for economic opportunity, while women are more likely to stay closer to home and family.

Being in a place where the gender odds are stacked against you can be very frustrating. "When I was in Chicago, it was never long between dates" says one single male. "When I'm hanging out with friends [in the San Francisco Bay Area], often times in a large room with few if any women, we routinely turn to the topic of how the dating scene sucks."

Greater Boston is unusual among large metro areas. It is one of the very few with a near perfect balance of singles - having just 1,600 or so more women than men - 604,960 men to 606,580 women. And this may be part of the reason why the region ranks third for young singles on a ranking of more than 150 metro regions my team and I compiled. The entire region surrounding Boston and its immediate suburbs does well, too. Worcester; Portland, Maine; and Portsmouth-Manchester, N.H., also score among the top five for singles among small-medium-sized regions nationwide.

This high ranking is good news, because singles attract other singles. Numerous studies have found that young people pick where they want to live first and then search for a job in those places. When Forbes magazine asked young singles of both genders what matters most in the places they live, more said "number of other singles" than said "great career prospects"; things like "wild nightlife" and "low cost of living" came in much farther behind.

The ability to attract young singles also bodes well for regional economies. Singles are a large and growing segment of the population and the workforce. With many postponing marriage until their late 20s and 30s, and with a significant share of marriages ending in divorce, singles now make up more than half of all American households, compared with just 20 percent or so in the 1960s and 1970s.

In our highly mobile society - where 40 million Americans move every year and 15 million of us make significant moves to a new county, a different state, or a different country - younger singles are the most mobile group of all. People in their 20s are twice as likely to move as 30-to-34 and 3.5 times more likely than 45-54.

The end result of these millions upon millions of location decisions is likely to be a widening economic and cultural divide between the relatively small number of fortunate regions that attract singles who can choose where they want to live, and the larger number whose populations are older, less-skilled, more rooted, or even stuck.

Richard Florida is the author of the new book, "Who's Your City?," and director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. He can be reached at florida@creativeclass.com.

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I think this map would be more informative if it was based on percentages rather than raw numbers.

This is opposite my own armchair, anecdote-based sociological theorizing. Forgive my being superficial and overly personal, but this map is almost the opposite I've experienced (save NYC and Atlanta) in terms of the numbers of attractive women. As an average-looking guy, the women I've ended up with while living in L.A. and Houston have been very cute to beautiful, whereas I had significantly less luck with average-looking women in Boston and Philadelphia. Same has been true from friends from college. I know I don't have honed judgment in this arena, but guys seem to be similar everywhere. I know I sound like an ass, but I'd hypothesized that women, especially attractive ones, seeking higher education and/or adventure nowadays in higher percentages whereas their male counterparts take the factory or construction jobs, are more likely to move from their hometowns, especially to areas with good climates. The prom queen gets on the bus to stardom and L.A., whereas the king takes a job at his dad's refinery.

This now seems completely wrong. But there's definitely something to the attractiveness of women thing beyond the social environment of certain cities pressuring women to be tanned, toned and bleached.

Michael R. Bernstein

I concur with Tom. The same goes for the Creative Class map: per-capita concentration of creatives seems (at least for smaller metros) much more important than absolute numbers.

Zoe B

But lots of 'prom queens' go to LA looking for stardom.

When I was 20 I wanted to live in the East, for cultural reasons. I would have liked to visit the West, but not to live there. Lovely scenery, but the art museums generally were too young to have gotten much of the good stuff. And the interesting cities were far apart. In Philly I could take commuter trains to visit New York for the day, at a reasonable cost. Go to the beach? Free trip! I could take a bus to Atlantic City, and there they would give you the cost of your round-trip ticket in quarters. The older eastern cities have decent public transit, and I didn't need to buy a car. Moreover, it was much cheaper to travel from the Midwest to the East, than to the West. I could afford to visit my folks.

So, why do the young men want to go west?

Michael Wells

Three questions.

Do the singles numbers include gay couples and/or living together straights? If so, then the stats and ratios could be not reflecting reality.

Second, do they include college students? If so the Boston region's quarter million college students may be a big reason for its balance.

Third, is it all ages and does it include widows? Not sure what the significance would be, other than in my experience men in the East and South tend to have less healthy lifestyle habits then the West and may die off earlier leaving single women??

Michael Wells

Oh I see it says ages 20-64 at the bottom.

What about immigrant Latino laborers -- documented and not, are they mostly male and could that effect the Southwest includingSoCal?

How do you know this has anything to do with dating habits of mobile upper middle class people? How much of the prevalence of single men in southwestern states, California, and Florida has to do with unmarried male immigrants working in construction? How much of the prevalance of women in cities with large African-American populations (Detroit, Chicago, DC, Philly, Baltimore, Atlanta, Memphis) has to do with the high rate of incarceration among African-American men? There are so many plausible explanations for these data that it's absurd to conclude it has something to do with dating prospects.

Ted B. (Charging Rhino)

I'm wondering how the realitive sizes of the local gay and lesbian single-populations skews the percentages? Certainly for the major "magnet gay ghetto" cities of NYC, Chicago, SF and LA the imbalances of single (straight) males should be even more pronounced. My suspicion is the for the lesbian population the actual affect of the marget-cities is less pronounced.

Certainly in the smaller satellite cities the reverse happens as the bulk of the original 5-8% of the male population who are gay have migrated-away. Where I live in New Jersey there are almost no single gay men as the magnetic-poles of NYC and Philadelphia attract-away the gay population. Versus in the straight-male population there isn't that social-pressure and geographic-sorting to relocate.

The common wisdom regarding San Francisco is that straight guys gave it pretty good, since a lot of the male population is gay. Does this control for sexual orientation? Also, how about immigration status, which I would imagine explains some of the male numbers in places like Southern California?

A friend of mine sent me this image a few days ago - I move to New York in a few weeks to start an amazing job. As a single female in my 20's, my friend is worried that I will never "find that special man."

I hope no one will ever base their decision on demographics - just go with your dreams.

Adam Becker Sr

Tell us where you got the data and what software you used to plot it.

Everyone is likely to look for their own reasons for this disparity... and some very good, plausible ones are brought up above. One that has not yet been mentioned is the difference in policy, state by state and region by region, in enforcement of child support court orders. It is very upbeat to think of all those young males moving west to respond to job opportunities, but, in my experience, single and divorced males often move west (I live in NY) at the point that they have decided to ditch responsibility for supporting the children they had with women they no longer like so much as they once did.

Chris Bartlett

"By far, the best places for single men are the large cities and metro areas of the East Coast and Midwest. "

This presumes that these men are gay or bisexual, or that they are even looking for a partner. Since your book focuses so much on the importance of gay communities for creative economies, it was surprising to find this heterosexist interpretation of the data.

Best regards, Chris Bartlett

Chris Bartlett

Sorry- the comment above should read gay or bisexual....

I shouldn't be writing comments before I have my coffee! LOL

Chris Bartlett

Now I see what is happening-- the blog software is deleting -not- because I put carats around it--- well-- I think you understand the point of the comment.

Best regards, Chris

I should chime in on the absolute vs. proportional numbers issue-

These numbers are almost useless. If I'm in a big city, even a small percentage difference between men & women means a large difference in absolute numbers. But it's the PERCENTAGE difference that counts -- that's what determines the experience of dating.

Please give us the proportional numbers so that this data is actually useful...

I certainly wouldn't consider San Francisco men marriagable material.

Eleanor's Trousers

I second (third) all of those who questioned the GLBT populations of the larger cities. A single woman in a city with 80,000 more men than women doesn't gain much benefit in the relationship arena if 100,000 of them are gay. Then again, with NYC's gay population, the stats for women there may be even worse than they appear on the chart.

Everybody is single in Boston because everybody is too picky, and nobody wants to settle.

These are just relatively gross census figures, it appears. Specifically, singles age 20-64. If you further filtered for appropriate demographics (age, education), it would be much more useful. For example, are single 62 year old widows or single 20 YO illegals working as day laborers relevant to your "dating pool"? A more useful measure would be singles, college education or higher, age 25-50 (or something like that).

Justin Buzzard

RF, thank you for your new book. I appreciate it. I just reviewed it on my blog.

Interesting to see that Atlanta still has a surplus of unattached women. When I came to "Hotlanta" in the 1980s, I was no little excited by the prospect that there were reportedly nine single women for every single man. Quickly, I got the impression that either the figures were wrong or I was doing something wrong. I asked a woman I knew--engaged, fortysomething, educated, lower-middle-class--where the horde of single women I'd heard so much about was hiding itself. She said, "Oh, those are yuppie women out in suburban condos. They wouldn't be interested in you." Since then many of the yuppies and yuppesses have moved in-town to gentrify some of the neighborhoods, but my friends's observation--along with her later modification that many of the single women in Atlanta were divorced rednecks or unmarried ghetto mamas (her statement, not mine, folks)--makes me wonder if these figures alone neglect crucial considerations of class and race when it comes to dating and mating.

I am married so now retired from active hunting for women, but the truth is that the largest concentration of beautiful women in the USA is in Los Angeles. The map probably includes the millions of Mexican day labourers to boost the male numbers in California.... If you want to see a large percentage of blondes go to Seattle. ..... There are lots of men in San Francisco, (my capital) but most of them are gay.

A sad fact about the biggest female-heavy cities: Many or even most of the missing men are behind bars.

You'll notice the largest red dots are for Washington D.C., Baltimore, Memphis and Atlanta. (I've excluded New York because it the somewhat vague "northern NJ.")

These four cities have majority-black populations.

In a nation where 1 in 9 black men are imprisoned (per a February Pew report), a sizable portion of the male stock is missing from these cities.

It's no surprise that places like Baltimore would register the loss most acutely.

Using the national 1:9 figure, a quick calculation shows that in a 600,000-person city like Baltimore, which is 65 percent black, you could expect to find 21,000 of its black men behind bars. That alone could explain Baltimore's lopsidedly female nature.

The math yields the same results for Atlanta and Memphis, where the map says women outnumber men by about 20,000.

Washington -- my home -- apparently has about 50,000 more men than women. It's unclear though what areas are included, as Mr. Florida references "greater Washington D.C."

In any case, the phenomenon doesn't necessarily imply a mating bonanza for men in these East Coast cities. If the above theory holds true, there are racial and economic differences in the singles scene that could pose barriers.

I live in san diego ca (BIG BLUE DOTS).
I've gotta say that one reason why we've got such large amounts of "single men" in the large metro cities (LA San Fran & SD) is because of the very large homosexual populations. I don't think that the census data is omitting the people who can't "get married" that live here and have moved here from elsewhere (such as my next door neighbor) just to be around other gay men.
Secondly, a single person will find it very difficult to get a place to live out here with the highest housing rates in the nation. you'll need a geeky tech job to make enough to move out here by yourself. Unless you're already married and get transferred from somewhere else the dual income the ability to get a nice flat with 2 rooms and a parking space is doubtful.

The inland agricultural areas are heavily populated by single illegal immigrants that sendabout 14 billion/year of earnings down south via western union to their families.

Now I've met quite a few women from the east coast and I can tell you that the stats are misleading. Those women as pointed out above are more "single" as in looking for a male and more devoted to competing in the business world than to being as single woman ready for a real relationship.
They are harsher, colder, far more quick to judge and far more demanding than anyone looking to be in a relationship should be (not to lower standards) but to realize what is important in any marriage is who your partner really is vs their paycheck.
Their singularity is a Phenomenon that is culturally based imo.

Forget the great unwashed masses of lower income breeding projects in the south...

I'll stick to taking my chances here locating one of the few females that are available and up to "my standards".

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BEIJING (AP) -- Newly installed Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces a key test of his campaign to end corruption and reduce extravagance when outlays for the politically influential military are announced Tuesday after two decades of whopping defense budget increases.

The opening of the national legislature's annual session, and the release of the coming year's military spending, will provide an indication of how Xi and his cohort of new leaders are consolidating power three months into office. With its deep roots in the Communist Party and heavy representation in the legislature, the military always looms large in that political calculus.

The legislature's spokeswoman defended booming military spending Monday, saying the vast investment has contributed to global peace and stability, though she did not announce the coming year's percentage increase, as usually has been done on the eve the legislature's opening.

Following years of double-digit increases, the amount of this year's increase will be a barometer of the complicated relationship between the party leadership and the military. A big boost would show Xi wants robust backing for the People's Liberation Army at a time when China has strident territorial disputes with neighbors and wants to reduce U.S. influence in the region. A smaller increase would show that Xi feels he has strong military backing without the need to pander to its recent demands for ever-larger outlays.

Growth in the military budget should match or exceed last year's rate, if only to keep up with rising inflation, said Ni Lexiong, a military expert at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law. However, he said recent prohibitions on lavish entertainment and perks such as luxury cars should ensure a larger chunk of spending goes to training and weapons development.

"Of course, military development and research in science and technology also require a larger budget, but the growth of military spending must be stable," he said.

The NPC session itself will offer an additional opportunity to assess relations between the military and the 59-year-old Xi, who is the son of a famed revolutionary general and who served briefly in uniform as aide-de-camp to the defense minister some three decades ago.

Xi, who already heads the chairmanship of the party's Central Military Commission, has been generally seen as more agreeable to the military than his predecessor Hu, and has been conspicuous in his attentions to the PLA since taking over as party chief. Those have included visits to naval, air force, infantry and missile bases.

Fu Ying, a spokeswoman for the National People's Congress, said the overall military budget would be released Tuesday. She said China maintained a strictly defensive military posture and cited U.N. peacekeeping missions and anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden as examples of Beijing's contribution to world peace and stability.

"As such a big country, China's inability to ensure its own security would not be good news for the world," Fu said. "Our strengthening of our defense is to defend ourselves, to defend security and peace, and not to threaten other countries."

Approving the budget is among the key tasks of the session, which this year will see new leaders placed into top government positions after they were elevated within the party at November's Communist Party congress.

Xi, the new party leader, will take over from Hu Jintao as president, and become head of the government's Central Military Commission, as part of China's once-a-decade power transition. In addition, the session approves top Cabinet appointments such as the defense minister.

Chinese defense spending has grown substantially each year for more than two decades, and last year rose 11.2 percent to 670.2 billion yuan ($106.4 billion), an increase of about 67 billion yuan.

Only the United States spends more on defense. Its military budget last year was estimated from $1 trillion to $1.4 trillion.

China's defense spending is a perennial concern for Washington and China's neighbors, who worry that a more powerful and assertive Beijing could upset the U.S.-dominated balance of power in Asia and potentially spark a conflict.

In a standoff between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea, ships and planes from each side have repeatedly confronted each other in recent months. China's feuds with Vietnam and the Philippines over territory in the South China Sea have also flared up in recent months, while Beijing has been unnerved by the U.S. military's renewed focus on the Asia-Pacific, including plans to station marines in northern Australia on training missions.

Outside concerns about China's military buildup are also fed by doubts over the reliability of the defense budget figure, which is widely believed to exclude foreign military purchases and other items. In its 2012 report on China's military, the Pentagon estimated actual spending of $120-180 billion in 2011, well above China's official figure that year of $91.5 billion.

While the defense budget is all but certain to rise again this year, the military will be under pressure to cut down on waste and corruption.

One especially feisty and widely quoted military commentator, Gen. Luo Yuan, wrote on his microblog recently that wasting funds on expensive cars and flashy but useless projects would ultimately be the PLA's downfall.

"Units that waste money on projects to boost their image and reputation, or that quest for the grandiose and exotic, are in fact frittering away our combat effectiveness," Luo wrote.

In the meantime, the tense situation with Japan and others will ensure that the military continues to enjoy an exalted status, particularly when it comes to funding.

"The more serious the situation becomes, the higher status the military will enjoy and that includes military, social and political status," Ni said.

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Underdevelopment and the origins of Pura Vida

by Garland M Baker on August 31, 2009

There is a Chinese proverb that says, “If you are thinking one year ahead, sow seeds. If you are thinking 10 years ahead, plant a tree. If you are thinking 100 years ahead, educate your children.”

This proverb gives light into how much planning goes into Chinese culture. Therefore, if the Chinese think 100 years in advance – reflected in their progressive and hard-working culture – could it be assumed that Europeans think 70 years in advance and Americans 50, according to their progressive history?

And what could be said about our fellow Costa Ricans? An observer of the culture might conclude that Costa Ricans think no farther than their noses. Does that have something to do with why many Hispanic nations keep falling behind global progress? Yes, in fact, it has everything to do with it, and Ticos are definitely not the exception.

From their education or personal expenses to huge white-collar fraud in high governmental positions – including the presidency – Ticos are a vivid example of the Latin short-sight attitude towards life, and who better than President Óscar Arias Sánchez to confirm it?

As he said in his speech for the 5th Summit of the Americas, held this April in Trinidad and Tobago, “No one is to blame except for us.”

So, what exactly is this short-sight attitude? What are its cultural ramifications that extend to this and other Latin American countries?

Unfortunately, the lack of identity or real political struggle for Costa Ricans has made them believe that life is just a comfortable couch where they tune in to passively admire the successes of other countries through their imported TV sets.

According to history books, Costa Rica picked up the pieces after Colonial times and built what they could to show the world they were a dignified country. The only way they thought possible to achieve a decent country status was by importing arts and embellishing San José with the latest architectural and artistic trends, condensed in the buildings of the Teatro Nacional and the Correo Nacional. They thought that those foreign helpers were going to jumpstart the country into building its own identity. They never imagined that instead, they stripped the country from ever having a true solid identity for exactly that: for expecting everything to come from the outside instead of building from the inside.

They thought that with what was left after colonialism, the country could not build itself: It had to be built and defined by the developed nations of the time. Sadly, that way of thinking still shapes Costa Rica’s reality. The country was first rescued by Europe, then the United States (who continues to do it), then by Taiwan, and now by China. Who’s next? Saudi Arabia?

Costa Rican leaders have hidden behind the sad Third World Face for decades to happily receive billions of dollars and distribute them among top government officials. No wonder there have been at least three presidents linked to major fraud. One is on trial for fraud right now, and another stayed in Switzerland.

Despite major fraud and corruption, Costa Rica’s political climate has enjoyed stability since it was established, and its monopoly system has created a seemingly comfortable bubble for the population, instituting soccer and alcohol as the official pacifiers that keep citizens in their seats at work and at home, thinking what the government tells them to, and feeling content with what they do not have.

Ironically, that complacent attitude has shaped Costa Ricans into mediocre achievers. Ticos are accustomed to have foreign nations think for them, invent for them, sweat for everything while they wait until it is available in stores. That is where the Pura Vida concept comes to verbalize Costa Rican identity.

Ticos have a Pura Vida mentality: Do the least and expect the most, take the shortest shortcut and feel proud, think of the most comfortable decision for the time being.

The average Costa Rican male grows up sheltered in their household, where his mom serves as maid, janitor, assistant and what not, and she pampers him until he get off the couch and gets married. The average Costa Rican female grows up to take care of a family that perpetuates the vicious cycle of contentment. Very few Ticos learn the concept of independence, resilience and persevering. They are used to running to Mommy crying and have her put out their fires.

Very few Ticos learn the value of labor because their over-protective mothers convince them they do not need it until they grow up. Naturally, they do not learn to secure their future since they have always had someone taking care of them.

Ticos are never taught the value of schooling either. Culturally, school is seen as an obligatory burden, not as a privilege, and cheating on tests is something to feel proud of. Some college students barely pass subjects because they are just following a life recipe, not their own passion. In fact, very few Costa Ricans are passionately devoted to their profession. Most are only passionate at the soccer stadium.

Therefore, what can you expect from a society that produces and pampers underachievers? You expect people who cannot manage time, money or energy, people who are always waiting for the perfect shortcut to present itself and people who justify everything to keep denying and enjoying their incompetence.

For example, mechanics who overcharge for taking good parts from cars instead of fixing them think they are doing good business for themselves because of how that particular situation helped them financially. The same goes for lawyers who only take lucrative cases, never return phone calls and treat clients condescendingly, and for dentists who do not upgrade their equipment because they think clients will never demand it. These professionals do not think of themselves as thieves or bad service providers, nor do they think of their clients as apple trees. They only think of clients as apples.

Ticos have no worries in their minds other than what is going on at the moment: who they like or not, what handy distractions can serve as excuses to not work, study or worry about their lives, what they want or need to buy for their current needs or trends, or what they want for their next meal. Many quit jobs impulsively the minute they dislike them without having something better lined up, even when having a family to support. Why? Because they know they can always go back to mommy’s house and she will help them. Most of them do not think of how striving through difficult liaisons can serve as bridges to improve their future, how managing money wisely can get them out of debt, or how staying in a job that they may not like until they find something better can strengthen their resume and keep them afloat financially.

Costa Ricans are not usually concerned with planning for when they are up in age either, and very few of them purchase graves or worry about making wills and having things in order if they suddenly pass away.

Therefore, why has this short-sight attitude spread through Latin America? Is it a legacy of colonialism? Not only have Hispanic nations been responsible for falling off the progress wagon, they have prostituted themselves to powerful countries while blaming them for their own lack of development.

Arias lists several reasons for Latin America’s permanent Third-World status.

“Firstly, we only have seven years of schooling, …[we] don’t [raise taxes for] the richest people in our countries, … we don’t spend enough to keep our people healthy, … we don’t build the necessary infrastructure, the roads, the ports, the airports; … we don’t devote the necessary resources to stop the degradation of the environment … it is inequality [what] really shames us, is the product, among other things, of course, [of] not educating our sons and daughters.”

Arias could not have said it better: “the 21st century is the Asian century, not the Latin American century,… [and] we should not wait [too long] to make the changes that we have to make.”

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Gravesend Second XI v Old Dunstonians and CUACO Second XI
Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League Second XIs Second Division 2007
VenueBat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 19th May 2007 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over6
TossGravesend Second XI won the toss and decided to bat
ResultMatch drawn (winning draw to Gravesend Second XI)
PointsGravesend Second XI 14 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Old Dunstonians and CUACO Second XI 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4)

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S Nicholsc Ward b North67
I Harkinsb S Hunter11
G Spencerc L Hunter b Stuart7
C Maguirerun out69
V Bhoomblab North11
+T Princelbw b North16
S Gartsidec L Hunter b Stuart7
A Chandc Fox b Stuart11
*T Hancec North b S Hunter12
S Lackfordrun out0
C Nashnot out0
Extras(8 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 7 w)22
Total(all out, 49.1 overs)233
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-233 (49.1 ov)
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S Hunter9.12432--
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J Benstedc Prince b Chand1
G Wardb Chand0
L Sprosenlbw b Chand0
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N Gobelc Chand b Nash0
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Mystery at Tupper Lake

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In solving a youth’s odd disappearance and the mystery at Tupper Lake, is dead serial killer Israel Keyes the key, or something even more nefarious?

$25,000 QUESTION: Where is Colin Gillis?

  by Eponymous Rox

The sprawling Adirondack mountain region of upstate New York is a dense world of water and woods. Sometimes serene, sometimes sinister, it remains a sparsely populated and unspoiled wildlife habitat, peppered with small, historic hamlets and connected by a network of mostly nameless footpaths, dirt roads, winding county routes, and, here and there, slicing through the countryside like a machete, a superhighway that seems to go on and on and on…to nowhere.

Major, minor, or backwoods, in spring, summer, autumn or winter, none of these passageways ever sees any significant amount of traffic. Not one, regardless of length or width, maintenance or neglect, is ever congested.

That peace and quiet is part of the appeal of this northern U.S. territory, for both year-round residents and the thousands of visitors who annually hike or vacation in these pristine hills during the hot, humid, and much too brief summertime.

Summer is when this tranquil place fully comes to life, when it is at its most peopled and inviting. In wintertime, though, the same idyllic landscape becomes a great deal more stark and forbidding. Deadly even, if one disrespects it.

Blizzards, howling arctic winds, and subfreezing temperatures which can grip the area for six months or more each year bring tourism to a virtual standstill then, restricting access to roads, seasonal camps and the out-of-the-way locations tourists usually like to probe, and lighting up a vacancy sign in nearly every hotel, motel and inn.

Winter and its isolation comes here early and stays late, driving away all those merely dabbling at nature, and generously returning stewardship of the mountains and lakes and beasts of the forest to the hardier full-timers.

Year after year, these rugged individuals fearlessly embrace the snow and cold, firm with the knowledge that, if they’re extra careful, they’ll surely live to feel the warmth of spring again. And that, if they aren’t, they won’t.

Vanishing into thin air

At any given time of year there are probably more dead people here than living. And, whether one believes in such things or not, countless numbers of ghosts, ancient and recent, also call the Adirondacks their home.

It’s just that kind of terrain: Haunting.

By now, although hearts are still filled with hope, there is little doubt that dwelling restlessly amongst those mountain spirits is the soul of a young man born and raised in the township of Tupper Lake named Colin Gillis. He was only 18 when he mysteriously disappeared without a trace on March 11, 2012, and no one has seen or heard from him since.

Colin Gillis: Missing from upstate New York since March 11, 2012 When Gillis had returned from college on Spring Break that March, the days had already begun to grow longer and warmer, although the nights, dipping down into the teens and well below, were still characteristically unforgiving.

The pre-med student was excited to once again be in that familiar neck of the woods he “knew like the back of his hand” and was particularly looking forward to a party being held on the evening of March 10th.

There, he was planning to meet up with some of his former high school classmates, some of whom he hadn’t seen since graduation.

Gillis was dressed for a 40-degree day when he grabbed a backpack and set out for the gathering shortly after having dinner with his parents. But it was already down into the twenties and the mercury still falling when he later left that party on foot at around two in the morning, presumably intoxicated and reportedly annoyed.

The youth was last observed by a passing motorist “flailing his arms” at the side of Route 3, a desolate section of roadway between Tupper Lake proper and the village of Piercefield, where the Gillis family lives.

As it turned out, the driver of the car that passed Colin Gillis at the early morning hours of March 11th was the editor of the local paper The Lake Placid News. This trusted eyewitness happened to be ferrying his elderly mother back to her home in the village of Tupper Lake and, concerned by Gillis’ frantic conduct and for the safety of a vulnerable passenger, decided not to stop. He went instead to the nearest police station to relay the incident.

Officers from that police department have since repeatedly stated that they responded immediately to this man’s urgent-sounding report and quickly drove out to the area in question but, upon arrival, saw no one there at all. Days later, however, when a massive rescue mission was fully launched searchers came across Gillis’ driver ID card together with one of his sneakers in that exact same spot.

It’s not known therefore who it really was that last saw Colin Gillis alive. Or what.

Unsavory elements

For many thousands of years Native Americans freely traversed the domed mountain range that serves in present times as the border between Canada and the United States. Then, like now, it was a formidable and at times extremely inhospitable environment—suitable for hunting, trapping or fishing, but little else—so no one ever thought to make it a permanent residence.

The name "Adirondack" is in fact a bastardized version of the Mohawk word Ratirontaks which roughly translated means "they eat trees." The full force of that translation is somewhat lost on us today though, because it was a deeply derogatory term which the Mohawk used to describe the Algonquian-speaking tribes whom, they claimed, dined on tree buds and bark whenever better food became scarce.

Fate has been unkind to all Native American peoples, so it is therefore impossible now to verify either the superiority of the Mohawk way of life or the Algonquians lowliness. But the historical grudges and insults of one tribe lobbed against the other are probably best dismissed as amounting to nothing more than ordinary cultural bias, such as has plagued every civilization since the beginning of time.

Still, the Adirondack Mountains are not, by virtue of their majestic stature, somehow exempt from having an actual lowlife element crouching in their shadows, and the record shows that some of these individuals have been far more onerous than the tree-eating variety.

A lake and a lair

In the northernmost tip of the Adirondack mountain region there sits a rundown cabin on a fairly modest-sized piece of property consisting mainly of old growth forest, towering pines, and swampland.

A ramshackle abode nestled within the darkest recesses of upstate New York, it was of little or no interest to anyone for all the years that its mostly-absent owner had quietly paid the taxes on it. But recently this rustic hideaway has become the subject of much speculation and mad searches.

Dead serial killer Israel Keyes' hidden Adirondack lair is not far from the town of Tupper Lake, New York

Here, from 1997 to 2012, the now-dead serial killer Israel Keyes had set up his home-away-from-home for whenever he was on the east coast and prowling. Here, the FBI continues to diligently hunt for clues as to the identities and locations of his many unknown victims. Here, police dig intermittently for bodies and bones.

Although Keyes killed himself in an Alaskan jail cell before officials could fully extract all the details of his heinous crimes, based on those he did confess to, he is believed to have been one of the most mobile and possibly most prolific serial slayers known to date.

Moreover, he had been operating throughout the entire country for approximately a decade without his neighbors, family, friends, wife, or daughter ever suspecting he had such a lethal hobby.

Burying “kill kits” all over America. Plotting murders months and even years in advance. Traveling hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles to snatch a victim. Robbing banks along the way. Burning buildings. Raping. Torturing. Dismembering. Keyes was certainly one of the most methodical, heartless, and criminally insane of all serial murdering sociopaths.

An exceptionally depraved man who enjoyed every aspect of doing wrong, except getting caught for it.

By 2009, when Keyes decided to rob a bank in the small but quaint Adirondack village of Tupper Lake New York, he was already descending into uncontrollable madness: breaking his own rules in targeting a town so close to his own turf, and taking more and more unwarranted risks to accomplish his numerous other misdeeds.

That was an inevitable decline, experts say. Even the most “organized” breed of killer, like Keyes was, will someday fall prey to their own psychosis and start compulsively offending until they finally get nabbed. And although Keyes was never pursued or fingered for the Tupper Lake heist, it wasn’t very long after committing this rash act that he was apprehended.

March 13th, 2012, to be exact.

Road kill

Stalker, thief, kidnapper, rapist, torturer, arsonist…Israel Keyes was a deadly and sadistic predator. A former U.S. soldier, he skillfully and opportunistically hunted in public parks, boatyards, campgrounds, cemeteries, or highways, abducting and slaying the young or the old, males or females—whomever struck his fancy—sometimes pairs of them.

It is understandable why evil men like that are often rumored to have supernatural powers aiding them, but it’s unlikely that even this demonically possessed killer could have been in two places at one time. Not at the height of his crime spree, nor in March of 2012 when it was abruptly brought to an end.

Yet this is what some spooked citizens of Tupper Lake, on learning it was Keyes who pulled off the 2009 bank job there, now believe.

They suspect he was not really in Texas in March of 2012, as authorities claimed, but, rather, driving along Route 3 to his secret shack at the very moment that Colin Gillis was stumbling homeward.

They think that Keyes then stopped to offer the cold, befuddled and unsuspecting youngster a ride, and at some point he killed the boy, chopped him into bits and pieces as he’d done to all his other victims, and then scattered the remains where they’ll never be found again.

And to defeat those cruel ends the Gillis family has posted a $25,000 reward.

End of the road for wanderlust killings

MUGSHOT: Now-dead serial Killer Israel KeyesAgents from the FBI are dead certain that Israel Keyes’ last and final victim was 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who, on February 1, 2012, he’d abducted at gunpoint from an Alaskan drive-through coffee stand, transported in bondage to a shed at his residence, raped, tortured, and strangled.

After that, a giddy Keyes took a mini-vacation in New Orleans to celebrate the heartless crime, using his victim’s ATM card to finance the excursion with, until, eventually, her limited funds ran out and he was forced to go back home again.

When he returned, he dumped Koenig’s dismembered body in a semi-frozen lake close by, but, before mutilating it, snapped a lifelike-looking photo in order to deceive the girl’s distraught family into replenishing her drained debit card with a $30,000 ransom.

The fact that the teen’s banking account remained active throughout her inexplicable absence, also gave her loved ones false hope they would see her alive again.

At roughly 1:30 a.m. on March 11th, when 18-year-old Colin Gillis also uncharacteristically went missing, killer Keyes was once more in travel mode, but this time journeying the Texas highways, the FBI insists, although still using Koenig’s debit card to illicitly finance his trip. A trail of ATM withdrawals he left like breadcrumbs across the Lone Star state would also seem to confirm the killer’s whereabouts on that morning.

Two days later, however, on March 13th, wayward Keyes’ whirlwind would end abruptly in his arrest by a trooper who pulled him over for a traffic violation and recognized he was the “person of interest” being sought in the abduction of a pretty “Alaskan barista” from Anchorage.

There were shreds of withdrawal receipts from her account strewn on the passenger seat of his car, a stack of ransom cash at his fingertips, a murderer’s arsenal stored in his trunk, and a dark confession on the tip of his tongue.

At this point in time though, nobody knew yet that the young lady was in fact slain. Nobody knew yet of this man’s taste for blood. Nobody knew yet that Colin Gillis would never be seen again…

Gillis is described as a Caucasian male, approximately six-foot tall and 180 pounds, with light hair and blue eyes. He was a second-year pre-med student at the State University of New York at Brockport when he vanished.

Did a group of partygoers he’s alleged to have quarreled with before leaving on foot that day seek him out for revenge? Did the police successfully intercept him instead and, in the process, cause his death by applying excessive force while attempting to make an arrest? Did a pack of hungry wolves stalk the youth as he was obliviously walking the remote road in darkness and then drag his body into the woods to devour it?

Or did an infamous roaming serial killer, sensing capture was imminent, elude the Texan posse so to visit his New York hideout for one last time, and on the way seized upon a convenient kill?

This has become the number one mystery at Tupper Lake now, which the Gillis family desperately hopes to solve someday.

True crime writer Eponymous Rox is the author of THE CASE OF THE DROWNING MEN and HUNTING SMILEY. You can learn more about Colin Gillis and follow developments in his missing person case—as well as others like it—at the Killing Killers website. Visit the 'Find Colin Gillis' Facebook page here.

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Alternatives to NSAIDs

By t. | In Articles, Nutrition, Today's Workout | on July 13, 2011

Anyone remember the post where Maria Sorg and I had an excellent conversation about NSAIDs (Ibuprofen, Naproxen Sodium, Celecoxib, etc.) and how they affect inflammation?  If you don’t remember it, check it out.  Ladies may find the info there very useful.

Maria and I chatted back and forth a bit (while Mike begged me to stop fearing Maria would take it out on him and right now he’s thinking “why do have to bring up old s**t?”) about how NSAIDs and their use for PMS and cramping.  Even though I felt I presented much science backed information showing how and why NSAIDs do not work well for PMS, Maria may still have trumped it all with a final statement of something like…  “Whatever! It works because I say so!”

Ha.  Just joking Maria, I don’t want to fight.

Anyways…  the use of NSAIDs for little, day to day pain is dangerous and not healthy.  We abuse them in the US.  We take them for every little ache, pain, pull, and strain.  It’s best to reserve them for use only in the case of a true injury.   Here’s a little article/interview with an MD about it: The Truth About Inflammation.

Look for healthy alternatives to improve your life and you can easily find them.  My recommendations are…

Opti EFA – When hurt, jack up the dosage to 15-25 grams per day.
Sinew Plex 2-3 caps / 2 – 3 times per day (with major meals).
Chondro Px 2-3 tabs / 2-3 times per day (with major meals).

3 x 1 min Handstand holds
50 Ab Rollouts
50 GHD Situps
* Partition as needed

Olympic Weightlifting
Rest Day

6 Comments to "Alternatives to NSAIDs"

  • No GOOD says:

    July 13, 2011 at 8:28 pm -

    Why does Julie G’s award look like a minin JOSH?……

  • Whitney says:

    July 14, 2011 at 11:23 am -

    I was just thinking about PMS and all that the other day. It simply isn’t an issue when eating meat and vegetables exclusively. I have unfortunately figured out that sugar does not trigger my MS, and consequently cheat with it. But, it does effect my cycle, if I cheat with sugar, my PMS (floodgates of evil: open) and extreme bloating happen. And that is with moderate gluten free baked good consumption a week before or during my period. I hesitated to post this frank discussion of my friggin’ period, but hey, half the CFW members are women, so what the hell. And if you don’t have a non congenital health issue to motivate you to go paleo, what could be better than the prospect of having absolutely no PMS, bloating or cramping during your period?

  • No GOOD says:

    July 14, 2011 at 12:18 pm -

    Can someone please post a video of something being blown up anything with action in it to get this PMS stuff out of my head ha

  • jen says:

    July 14, 2011 at 1:20 pm -

    No Good
    This stuff not only makes women’s lives better, but the men too. Think about it.

  • drew says:

    July 14, 2011 at 2:25 pm -

    As a single guy with no desire to read anything further, I will rejoin the comments section tomorrow, haha.

    Oh, and NoGood:

  • No GOOD says:

    July 14, 2011 at 3:55 pm -

    Jen….blah blah blah blah blah …..did you say something hahaha. Drew sence you wont be back on here till tomorrow, thank you for the link, good looking out brother!!


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Friday, 30 May 2008

Photos from last week

We've had friends visiting from Europe this month. It was great to see them again - the last time four years ago at their wedding here in Scotland.

We got to catch up on four years of news as well as taking them for some sightseeing trips around this part of Scotland. I took photos and thought I'd share some of the nicer ones here. :-)

First up is the Findhorn river, on our way South towards the mountains.

Loch Morlich, with patches of snow still on the mountains in the background. There were lots of people out picnicking and sailboarding, but I managed to get a peaceful picture... and a closer one of the reflections in the water.

The view from up the mountain looking back down at Loch Morlich.

A rather nice patch of mixed heather plants at the Heather centre, where we had soup and sandwiches.

I have some extra photos from this week, but I'll post them seperately.

  1. Lovely photos Michelle. And those gorgeous flowers... I would love to be there.

  2. Oh! Fabulous photos! I love them! To be surrounded by such beauty, I'm jealous!

  3. LOVE the pics, esp. the first and fourth he he...

  4. It's absolutely beautiful there!


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Cryptography Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for software developers, mathematicians and others interested in cryptography. It's 100% free, no registration required.

Let's say I want to create private archives for the long term (e.g. more than 30 ). The archives' sizes could be anywhere from 1 GB to 30 GB. As far as I understand I could go down two ways:

The first would be for example using plain AES-256 encryption in CTR mode with a random key stored on paper.

The second, more suitable solution for backups, is using the Offline Private Key Protocol, e.g. generate a 4096 bit RSA key pair and encrypt with random AES-256 keys that get stored with the archives (key-wrapping) while the private part is again stored on paper. Kind of like Safeberg does.

My question is which of the two methods would be least susceptible to currently envisioned attacks in the next 30 years, coming from adversaries with resources such as your average government (i.e. not the NSA). What about quantum computing? Additionally I would like to know if there are any other, better alternatives or any improvements that I could make to both ideas without changing their practicality.

Thank you!

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There is no asymmetric encryption/keyexchange that I'd trust for 30 years. –  CodesInChaos Apr 27 '13 at 11:33

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The AES solution will fail if either:

  • the secret key is leaked, or

  • AES-256 is broken.

The RSA+AES solution will fail if either of the above happens, or if:

  • RSA-4096 is broken.

Thus, even without considering the relative likelihoods of these events occurring within the next 30 years, it is clear that the AES-only solution cannot be any less secure than the RSA+AES one.

Of course, the RSA+AES solution has the practical advantage that the system performing the bulk of the work (AES encryption of data) need not know your secret RSA key (although they will, of course, still need access to the AES key used to actually encrypt the data, not to mention the data itself). You will need to decide for yourself whether this extra feature outweighs the risk of complicating your system by introducing an extra point of potential failure.

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I am wondering then if, given a zero probability that the public RSA key is leaked from the bulk encryption system, how much less secure the RSA+AES solution will be. I've asked this as a separate question. –  kouk Apr 29 '13 at 7:16

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CSPI Quorn Complaints
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Quorn Meat Substitute Deceptively Labeled, CSPI Tells FDA
There’s a Fungus Among Us — And It’s Not a Mushroom

For Immediate Release:
February 28, 2002

For more information:

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WASHINGTON - The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) today urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to stop deceptive labeling of a new, fungus-based meat substitute being marketed by Marlow Foods, owned by Montagu Private Equity, under the brand name Quorn. CSPI also questioned the adequacy of the product’s testing, which did not include tests for allergenicity.

     Despite label claims that the key ingredient in Quorn is “mushroom in origin,” Quorn products contains no mushrooms. Rather, those products’ “mycoprotein” is actually a fungus known as Fusarium venenatum, and is grown in large fermentation vats. Although that fungus — first discovered in a British soil sample only a few decades ago — comes from nature, says CSPI, it is not what the average consumer expects in a food claiming to be “made from natural ingredients.” And, it’s certainly no mushroom.

     “Consumers aren’t surprised to find mushrooms in a meat substitute,” CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson said. “But they would be surprised to find that a fungus — one never before in the American food supply — has quietly found its way into grocery stores, without the kind of government scrutiny a new food deserves. Despite the deceptive labeling, Quorn’s mycoprotein has nothing to do with mushrooms. It is a fungus and should be labeled as such.”

     Quorn’s labels describe the key ingredient as “an unassuming member of the mushroom family, which we ferment as yogurt.” Although both mycoprotein and yogurt are the result of a fermentation process, the products are entirely dissimilar, according to CSPI’s complaint. With mycoprotein, the fermentation process isn’t just modifying a main ingredient, like milk in the case of yogurt, fermentation actually is the means of creating the ingredient in Quorn. If the FDA allows the obscure term “mycoprotein” to be used in Quorn’s ingredient listings, says CSPI, packages should be required to disclose clearly the product’s fungal origins.

     Another concern raised by CSPI is that some of the novel proteins in the mycoprotein might cause allergic reactions. With genetically engineered foods, such as StarLink corn, even minute amounts of individual possibly allergenic proteins have kept products off the market. Quorn’s mycoprotein, by contrast, is not genetically engineered, but would introduce thousands of new proteins into the food supply — and they would be consumed in far larger amounts than the novel proteins in genetically engineered foods. Even though the mycoprotein has not caused a large number of allergic reactions in European consumers, CSPI says the FDA should require Quorn’s parent company, Montagu Private Equity, to test whether any of the new proteins share the properties of known allergens. Companies typically perform such tests on the new proteins in their genetically engineered products.

     CSPI applauded Quorn’s creators for trying to market a nutritious meat substitute with a low impact on the environment, but insists that it be labeled honestly and studied more thoroughly before Quorn’s mycoprotein can be considered “Generally Recognized As Safe.” And, for a product positioned as a “healthful” alternative to meat, some Quorn offerings, like a “Fettuccini Alfredo” version that packs a half a day’s worth of saturated fat into a single serving, fall even further short of the claims on the label.

     “The manufacturer of these products clearly has a marketing problem, but that is no excuse to deceive consumers,” Jacobson wrote.

     Marlow Foods had approximately $150 million in European sales of Quorn products in 2001, and the product is just arriving in supermarkets and health food stores in the U.S.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Babies born in Cuba have a better survival rate than babies born in the U.S.

U.S. Ranks Low For Newborn Survival

By Danielle Dellorto - CNN

POSTED: 9:53 am EDT August 31, 2011
UPDATED: 11:01 am EDT August 31, 2011

(CNN) -- Babies born in Cuba, Malaysia, Portugal, and the United Kingdom have a better chance of surviving the first month compared to those born in the United States, according to researchers at the World Health Organization and Save the Children

Complete story

JG: The reson for that is dog-eat-dog U.S. capitalism!

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Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
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Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:1-2 (article 1) 1999

The Relationship Between ACC Synthase (CS-ACS2) and Monoecious Sex Phenotype in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

H. Mizusawa and S. Matsuura

Tohoku Seed Co., 1625 Himuro, Nishihara, Utsunomiya 321-3232, Japan

S. Kamachi and S. Sakai

Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8527, Japan

In Japan, monoecious cucumber is very popular, and there are commercial varieties that possess various degrees of monoecious sex expression (i.e. ratio of pistillate to staminate flowers) is a quantitative trait and cross breeding for line development of stable monoecious sex types is difficult. Therefore, a selectable marker is needed to enhance breeding of monoecious sex phenotypes. Recently, it was suggested that ACC synthase (CS-ACSIG) is closely linked to or is the F-locus (gynoecious gene) (1), and that ACC synthase (CS-ACS2) is also associated with sex phenotypes in cucumber (2). In this report, we examined the relationship betweenCS-ACS2 and the monoecious sex phenotype using an F2 population derived from a cross between monoecious cucumber lines high and low expression of staminate flowers.

Materials and Methods. An F2 population (130 individuals) was derived from a cross between 'Kyuuraku No.2' and 'Morioka No. 1'. The parents and F1 as well as F2 progeny were also used for experimentation. All plant materials were planted in a greenhouse in Utsunomiya, Japan, in the summer of 1995. Details of cultivation are given described in the Proceedings of Cucurbitaceae '98 (3). The number of female flowers appearing from the first to 17th node of the main stem were recorded for each plant.

Total DNA was isolated from the shoot apex of the lateral stem by CTAB method (4). total DNA of both parents were independently digested with nine restriction enzymes (Bam H1, Dra 1, Eco R1, Eco RV, Hind III, Sac I, Sal I and Xho 1). Thereafter, 3 μg DNA from each individual was electrophoresed through 0.8% agarose gel, and then transferred nylon membrane (Amersham). The cDNA clone of CS-ACS2 was used as a probe for Southern blot analysis after being labeled with an ECL gene detection kit (Amersham). Membranes were hybridized overnight at 42 C in a hybridization buffer that was in the ECL kit. They were washed twice in a primary wash buffer that contained 0.5 x SSC, 0.4% SDS nd 6M urea at 42 C for 20 min, and then twice in a secondary wash buffer that contained 1.0 c SSC at room temperature for 10 min. The membranes were exposed to Fuji medical X-ray film for 1h after being soaked with a detection solution. Mean separations of the number of female flowers for each CS-ACS2 genotype in F2 population were performed using LSD tests.

Results and Discussion. An RFLP was detected between 'Kyuuraku No. 2' and 'Morioka No. 1' when their total DNAs were digested with Sac I enzyme as shown in Figure 1. The segregation of CS-ACS2 in F2 population (total DNAs were isolated from only 79 individuals) fitted a 1:2:1 ratio as shown in the Table 1. This results suggested that there is at least one additional copy of CS-ACS2 in cucumber. The number of female flowers of 'Kyuuraku No. 2', 'Morioka No. 1', the F1 hybrid and in each CS-ACS2 F2 genotype of are shown in Table 1. Significant differences were detected between the 'Kyuuraku No. 2' AA genotype and 'Morioka No. 1' aa CS-ACS2 genotype. These results suggest that CS-ACS2 may be associated with the monoecious sex phenotype and that CS-ACS2 may be one of several genes that may control the expression of this trait. Since the expression monoecious sex phenotype is a quantitative, we think that CS-ACS2 may be a good candidate for use as a selectable marker for capture of monoecious sex phenotypes with variable expression. However, its action in multiple stress environments (e.g., heat, light & water stress) has not been studied. Such experiments would provide information on the modifying effect of other genes on CS-ACS2.

Figure 1. Southern blot hybridization of 'Kyuuraku No. 2', 'Morioka No. 1' and theF2 population. Total DNAs were digested with Sac I and electrophoresed on a 0.8% agarose gel. The blot was probed with CS-ACS2. K and M indicate 'Kyuuraku No. 2' and 'Moroioka No. 1' respectively. Arrows indicate RFLP bands where the marker is λ -Hind III.

Figure 1

Table 1. Number of female flowers of 'Kyuuraku No. 2' (A), 'Morioka No. 1' (a), F1 hybrid and in each CS-ACS2 genotype in F2.

Genotype of CS-ACS2 in F2
'Kyuuraku No. 2'
'Morioka No.1'
F1 (K x M)y
No. of female flowers
2.9 +0.4
11.4 + 0.5
3.8 + 0.5
3.7 ax
No. of plants

z Seventeen nodes examined per plant.
y K (AR) and M (aa) show 'Kyuuaraku No. 2' and 'Morioka No. 1', respectively.
x Means followed by the same letter do not differ at 5% significance level by Fisher's LSD-method.

Literature Cited

  1. Trebitsh, T., J.E. Staub and S. O. Sharman. 1997. Identification of a 1-aminocyclopropant-1-carboxylicacid synthase gene linked to the Female (F) locus that enhances female sex expression in cucumber. Plant Physiol. 113:987-995.
  2. Kamachi, S., H. Sekimoto, N. Kono and S. Sakai. 1997. Cloning of a cDNA for a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase that is expressed during development of female flowers at the apices of Cucumis sativus L. Plant Cell Physiol. 38:1197-1206.
  3. Mizusawa, H., N. Hirama and S. Matsuura. 1998. Markers linked to agronomic traits of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Proc. Cucurbitaceae '98 pp. 366-369.
  4. Murrey, M.G. and W. F. Thompson. 1980. Rapid isolation of high molecular weight plant DNA. Nucleic Acid Res. 8:4321-4325.
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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

It might seem cheeky of Masterpiece Theatre to newly adapt Boris Pasternak’s monumental novel about the 1917 Russian Revolution so close on the heels of a sumptuous DVD restoration of David Lean’s blockbuster movie. For some, Omar Sharif and Julie Christie embody Doctor Zhivago’s star-crossed lovers as memorably as Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind. But Lean’s 1965 film has always had detractors, and justifiably so. The grandeur that the director achieved a few years before with Lawrence of Arabia gave way in Doctor Zhivago to mawkishness. Worse, Pasternak’s book was whittled down to its most numbingly banal components. Veteran Masterpiece Theatre screenwriter Andrew Davies clearly relished the opportunity to bring a fresh approach to the material. PBS viewers who tune in with only the mildest curiosity may find their low expectations overturned. Evocatively filmed in the Czech Republic (versus Lean’s uninspired use of Spain and Canada), this lavish two-part four-hour production succeeds in giving the earlier film a serious run for its money.

The universality of Pasternak’s novel—and its implicit rebuke of Communism—can be discerned in the book’s reverence for literary self-expression and the sanctity of individual conscience. The author’s poet-doctor surrogate, Yury Zhivago, perceives life as a luminous pantheistic force that is “constantly renewing and remaking and changing and transfiguring.” Although Zhivago is sympathetic to the underlying spirit of the revolution, he despairs that “it has cost such a sea of blood that I’m not sure that the end justifies the means.” Published to stunning worldwide success beginning in 1957, the novel was an embarrassment to Soviet authorities. Its publication was blocked in the USSR for thirty years until glasnost finally cleared the air. Pasternak felt compelled to turn down the Nobel Prize for Literature when it was announced in 1958 that he’d won. He never saw the Prize money or the substantial royalties that his novel accrued in the West. A state-sponsored campaign of vilification contributed to his declining health. He died in Russia at the age of seventy in 1960.

While this Masterpiece Theatre offering boasts a first-rate script and energetic direction (by Giacomo Campiotti), the casting is less consistent. Hans Matheson (Mists of Avalon) brings little more than conventional leading-man earnestness to the title role of Zhivago. Rising young actress Keira Knightley (Bend it Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean) is a cream-complexioned vision of beauty as Zhivago’s adulterous lover Lara, but connecting with her character’s deeper layers of strength and anguish ultimately seems beyond her range. Knightley does her best work in the drama’s first half, depicting Lara’s descent into sexual exploitation at the hands of the malevolent lawyer Victor Komarovsky, played by Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano). Rod Steiger was a powerhouse of scene-stealing menace in the role of Komarovsky for David Lean. Neill, a skilled but far from menacing actor, wisely opts for a different interpretation that mingles foppish arrogance with a hint of polymorphous perversity. It’s a witty scene-stealing performance in its own fashion—sort of John Malkovich-Lite—and it provides Neill with a gleeful holiday from the plodding milquetoasts he’s often saddled with playing.

The story’s tension is built around the fateful manner in which Zhivago and Lara, although married to others, find themselves repeatedly thrown together in the unlikeliest of highly charged circumstances. Whether it’s the attempted suicide of Lara’s mother (Maryam d’Abo), or Lara’s attempted murder of Komarovsky, or tending the wounded on a WWI battlefield, or in an isolated village hospital far from Revolutionary Moscow, Zhivago invariably arrives on site as an attending physician and conveniently stumbles upon Lara nearby. Andrew Davies’s script thankfully goes further in bringing out the novel’s larger theme of human hearts in conflict with political expediency. As in Pasternak, the romance isn’t always center stage; well-drawn subsidiary characters find their way to the fore. Memorable supporting roles include Lara’s husband Pasha (Kris Marshall), who convincingly progresses from naive idealist to treacherous revolutionary to disillusioned lost soul. Also making a strong impression is actor Hugh Bonneville (familiar from Masterpiece Theatre roles in Daniel Deronda and Madame Bovary) in a harrowing train ride flashback as Zhivago’s father, a wealthy industrialist ruined through his association with the ubiquitous Komarovsky.

Pasternak’s use of coincidence and recurrence—admittedly ham-fisted at times—is intended less for melodramatic effect than as a kind of mystical alignment of historical and divine forces. (Novelist and Russian emigre Vladimir Nabokov dismissed Pasternak’s book as “penny-awful” pulp fiction. Critic Edmund Wilson, who’d taken to feuding with Nabokov on the subject of Russian literature, argued at length for Doctor Zhivago’s brilliance and called it “one of the great events in man’s literary and moral history.”) Zhivago, in opposition to Marx, proclaims “life is never a material, a substance to be molded.” Not surprisingly, this is a love story that at times assumes the solemnity of a religious allegory, which in this production is beautifully evoked when Zhivago glances out a cafe window and first sets eyes on Lara. With their faces superimposed over one another in the pane’s reflection, they appear momentarily like stained-glass saints fused in eternal longing.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 11:26

Vitamins And Minerals For Cancer

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The medical literature is filled with studies looking at diet , nutrition and cancer.

Mounting evidence shows a clear relationship between various nutrients and cancer, suggesting that good nutrition is a powerful preventive strategy.

That strategy can play an important role as an adjunct therapy for those who already have the disease.

  1. Vitamin A. Solid research has shown that vitamin A reduces the risk of many cancers, including cancers of the bladder, esophagus, stomach, lung, prostate, cervix, head, neck, bladder and skin, as well as the cancer of the blood cells known as leukemia. Vitamin A is an important immune system booster, helping to keep the thymus and lymphoid tissue in good shape. Good amounts of vitamin A are needed to make sure the total number of T- and B-cells (immune-system cells that help fight off invaders) remains high. Vitamin A even helps those who already have cancer respond to treatment. In a study of 37 women about to undergo chemotherapy for breast cancer, researchers found that 87 percent of those with high levels of vitamin A responded to treatment, compared to only 36 percent of those with low levels.’ Good sources of Vitamin A include liver, cheese and milk.
  2. Beta carotene. Beta carotene, a member of the carotenoid family, is the “plant form” of vitamin A. Some of the beta carotene that we eat is converted by the body into vitamin A.  Consuming large amounts of foods containing beta carotene has consistently been found to offer protection against cancers of the cervix, colon, esophagus, stomach, larynx, lungs and skin. As the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition points out, “One of the most consistent epidemiological findings in nutrition research has been an association between beta-carotene intake and status and reduced lung cancer risk.
  3. Thiamin (Vitamin Bi). Low levels of thiamin intake may be associated with a greater risk of prostate cancer. A deficiency of Bi can lead to shrinking of the thymus, the “school” for immune-system cells, as well as a deficiency of T-cells and B-cells. Vitamin Bi can be found in garbanzo beans, split peas and whole grains.
  4. Riboflavin (Vitamin B2). The intake of riboflavin may be inversely correlated with the risk of cancers of the prostate and esophagus. That is, the more riboflavin one gets, the smaller the risk. Lack of B2 can lead to problems in producing antibodies and reduced numbers of T-cells and B-cells. Vitamin B2 sources include broccoli, collards and dried beans.
  5. Folic acid. This member of the B-family of vitamins may help to prevent cancer of the cervix. A test of the folic acid/cervical cancer hypothesis involved 47 young women who were taking birth control pills. They all had mild or moderate cervical dysplasia, a possibly precancerous condition. Some of them were given folic acid, others a placebo, on a daily basis. Three months later, the women receiving the folic acid showed significant improvement.
  6. Vitamin C. Linus Pauling, Ph.D., sparked a tremendous controversy with his suggestion that vitamin C may help to prevent or cure cancer. Although the medical establishment remains firmly set against the double-Nobel-prize winner’s theories, mounting evidence suggests that the late Dr. Pauling was right.  We now know that vitamin C makes the immune system’s white blood cells more mobile. It stimulates the T-cells, which engage cancer in “hand to hand” combat; the B-cells, which produce “guided missiles” that lock in on cancer cells; and the macrophages, which “engulf’ and destroy foreign bodies. Good food sources include cantaloupe, papaya and spinach.  Some 90 epidemiological studies have looked at the use of vitamin C or foods containing it as a means of preventing cancer. Most of those studies concluded that there is evidence that vitamin C protects against cancers of the pancreas, stomach, oral cavity and esophagus. There is strong evidence that the vitamin protects against cancers of the breast, rectum and cervix. And there is newer evidence suggesting that vitamin C plays a major role in preventing lung cancer.
  7. Vitamin E. Although excessive vitamin E can hamper the immune system, good amounts are needed in order to keep the numbers of T-cells and B-cells up to proper levels. As an antioxidant, vitamin E helps protect the body against the cancer-causing effects of oxidation. Food sources include wheat germ, nuts and green, leafy vegetables. Good levels of vitamin E in the blood have been linked to protection against cancers of the cervix, stomach, bowels, breast, head, neck, lungs and skin. When blood was drawn from 766 patients before they were diagnosed with cancer and from 1,419 controls, researchers found that low levels of vitamin E increased the cancer risk by one and a half times. In studies on-humans and animals, vitamin E has been found to enhance the effectiveness of several chemotherapy agents.
  8. Selenium. Like vitamins A, C and E, the mineral selenium is an antioxidant. As such, it helps to protect the body from the potentially cancer causing effects of oxidation. A lack of selenium slows the body’s ability to produce antibodies when a foreign or dangerous substance appears in the body. Studies have shown that selenium deficiency is associated with increased risk of cancer of the breast, stomach, pancreas, skin and other parts of the body. It’s interesting to note that the amount of selenium in foods depends upon the quantity of selenium in the ground where the food was grown. People living in areas with selenium-poor soil, who are presumably eating selenium-poor foods, are more likely to die of can- cer than those living in areas where the soil is rich in selenium. Foods that are high in selenium include onions, garlic and green beans.

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Medders Hoops

Hey Everyone!!

So I've gotten some feedback from this blog, and most people have wanted more frequented updates - well...I will start "blogging" some more. Today is our 2nd off day since camp started, and my legs are appreciative of the day break. Although I've been genuinely suprised with how well I've felt all through camp (with the exception of the small cut above my right eye from a pretty aggressive male defender yesterday at practice)!

Before I get into much more detail, let me tell you this: I MET LARRY BIRD! We met up in an elevator in Conseco, shook hands, and well...I haven't washed them since. To meet a basketball legend was truly amazing, and I've been inspired ever since.

Our camp still is only 9 people full with 3 returners from last year and a bunch of rookies who are still learning how to play more physical, score in 24 seconds instead of 30, and understand that jump ball situations could put my 5'9" self against 6'7" teammate, Alison Bales (there's no "tie ups" in this league!). The smaller camp has really given us a chance to learn the system with the Fever, and we've gotten a lot more help from our coaching staff. It was awesome having Tamika Catchings in practices lately - talk about an amazing player, but even moreso, person. Between her, Tully, and Kasha Terry, all of us rookies are truly fortunate to have the veterans we do here in camp who are really showing us the way.

I am really excited about our first exhibition game, this Saturday, May 5th against the Seattle Storm. It's truly a dream come true to think that I will wear a WNBA jersey and play in a WNBA game. I guess blood, sweat, and tears really do get you somewhere. We are also expecting some more teammates by then, which will be great!!

...And speaking of May 5th, that is the day when my dad has always said, "You're cut off officially the day you graduate college!" I hope he's not THAT seroius!!! It's amazing to think that 4 years of my life, 4 wonderful years, are closed and put away for good into another chapter of my journey. And it's very special that my parents will be driving from Ames early Saturday morning to Indy. They will fly into Ames Thursday night to help finish packing my house and then be here to witness my first true WNBA experience. It seems only fitting that they would be here for it as they sacrificed (and still do) countless hours, energy, and a little chunk of change to help me get to this point. We used to go to Sparks games in the summertime, and the car ride home from the Great Western Forum and then Staples Center was always a game of "what if". What if I made varsity in high school, what if I got a college scholarship to play basketball, and what if I played in that league one day. Well - here's to dreams and living them out!

My off day now consists of a little house, I mean, room cleaning, finding my new bank and close by ATMs, and getting a good workout in before I watch the NBA games this evening. In closing, I wish my family safe travels this way, my friends I congratulate on graduating college this weekend, my Cleveland relatives have added a new addition: my cousin had a son! so I wish them a healthy young Gavin, and lastly, I continue to thank you all for the love and support.

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October 23, 2010

Football Falls 35-34 to Washington and Lee

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BRIDGEWATER, Va. – On a day when senior wide receiver Tyler Beiler set the career receptions record, a 39-yard Will Davis field goal missed wide right with 1:19 to play as the Washington and Lee Generals escaped Jopson Field with a 35-34 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) football victory over the Bridgewater Eagles.

 Washington and Lee's conference leading rush offense rushed for 438 yards on the Eagles ODAC-leading rushing defense.

Bridgewater struck first on their opening possession, when a Thomas Tate rush for one yard capped off a seven play, 49 yard drive to put the Eagles ahead by a 7-0 score.

The Eagles defense was up to the task early, holding the Generals off of the scoreboard on their first drive.

Following a Bridgewater three-and-out, Washington and Lee knotted the game up at seven each on a four-yard Brett Murray carry with 3:14 left in the opening stanza.

Bridgewater answered the Generals' score with a two-yard Darrin McKenzie touchdown run with two ticks left in the first quarter to take a 14-7 advantage.

Washington and Lee responded with a 10 play, 68 yard drive of its own, capped off by a two yard Luke Heinsohn touchdown burst, to tie the game back up at 14 a piece with 11 and change to play in the first half.

Following the Washington and Lee score, Bridgewater responded yet again when quarterback Hagan Driskell connected with Beiler on a 40 yard pitch and catch to put the Eagles ahead 21-14.

Washington and Lee tallied the final score of the half on a three-yard Heinsohn carry to tie the game at 21 each as the game headed to the intermission.

Out of the halftime break, Washington and Lee made its first mistake of the day, when Eagles defensive end Dominic Jeter forced a Charlie Westfal fumble to give Bridgewater the ball on the Generals 48.

Bridgewater regained the lead on a one-yard McKenzie carry on the ensuing drive to put the Eagles back ahead 28-21.

Washington and Lee immediately responded with a 10-play, 60 yard drive, capped off by Heinsohn's third touchdown of the game to knot the score at 28-28.

The two teams continued to exchange scores when McKenzie scored from 12 yards out to put the Eagles ahead 34-28, after the Davis PAT attempt missed wide.

Bridgewater forced another Washington and Lee miscue on the ensuing drive, but a Bridgewater's offense went three-and-out on their following drive to give the Generals the ball with 11:13 to play.

Washington and Lee used a 32-yard Westfal to Cody Smith strike to move into the Bridgewater redzone before a Westfal keeper from eight yards out put the Generals up 35-34 after the PAT.

Following the Washington and Lee score, Bridgewater used a 12 play drive to chew up nearly seven minutes of the clock, before the drive stalled out at the Generals 22, forcing a 39 yard field goal attempt.

Will Davis' 39-yard field goal missed wide left, allowing the Generals to escape Jopson Field with a 35-34 victory.

Both offensive units were clicking as the two teams racked up 824 total yards between them, including 669 yards on the ground.

Bridgewater was led on the ground by McKenzie's 146-yard afternoon. McKenzie rushed for three touchdowns along the way, on 26 carries. McKenzie's three-touchdown afternoon is the first for a Bridgewater running back since Thomas Tate's three touchdown game last season against Guilford.

Through the air, Driskell was 9-of-19 for 119 yards and a score.

On the receiving end, Beiler led the Eagles with three catches for 58 yards. Junior Julius Delbridge also chipped in with four receptions for 41 yards. Beiler's three catches gives him 131 on his career, placing him atop the career receptions list.

Defensively, Darrin Stephenson and T.J. Montague recorded a co-game high 11 tackles.

Washington and Lee was led offensively by Harrison Hudson's 204-yard performance, on 18 carries. Hudson tallied two touchdowns along the way. Heinsohn had 19 carries for 99 yards and three touchdowns.

Westfal was 3-of-6 through the air for 36 yards. Of Westfal's 36 yards, 32 of them came on one play during Washington and Lee's go-ahead drive.

A trio of General's led the way with a catch a piece.

Linebacker Jesse Jenkins recorded 10 tackles to lead the Washington and Lee defense.

Bridgewater is back in action next Saturday when the Eagles end the home slate against the Emory and Henry Wasps. Kickoff from Jopson Field is slated for 1:00 p.m. Next Saturday's game is also Senior Day.

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

One Shot, One Kill: 4,000+ Feet

It's the "instinctively" part that causes respect:

Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M-24 rifle, Army Staff Sgt. Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier.

His quarry stood nonchalantly in the fourth-floor bay window of a hospital in battle-torn Ramadi, still clasping a long-barreled Kalashnikov. Instinctively allowing for wind speed and bullet drop, Shadow's commander aimed 12 feet high.

A single shot hit the Iraqi in the chest and killed him instantly. It had been fired from a range of more than three-quarters of a mile, well beyond the capacity of the powerful Leupold sight, accurate to 3,300 feet.

"I believe it is the longest confirmed kill in Iraq with a 7.62mm rifle," said Sgt. Gilliland, 28, who hunted squirrels in Double Springs, Ala., from the age of 5 before progressing to deer -- and then to insurgents and terrorists.

Another good reason for squirrels!

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St. Jimbob of the Apokalypse said...

Poor fool probably barely heard the report before getting hit.


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White House punts on Jeb Bush’s no-citizenship immigration proposal

The White House declined to condemn former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s proposal to withhold citizenship from illegal immigrants who get legal status under the draft immigration rewrite being developed in the Congress.

The March 5 signal came when White House spokesman Jay Carney was asked if President Barack Obama would “sign a comprehensive bill that did not include a path to citizenship?”

Carney punted, without condemning Bush’s proposal.

“The president has made very clear that he believes a path to citizenship is a vital component of immigration reform,” Carney said.

When pressed for an answer, he contradicted himself, according to the official transcript.

“MR. CARNEY:  Well, I’m not going to speculate.  I think the answer is pretty clear.  He believes that a path —

Q    The answer is no?

MR. CARNEY:  — a pathway to citizenship is vital to a comprehensive immigration package, so, yes.”

Some immigration reformers fear that Carney’s signal will split the GOP’s broad opposition to immigration reform, and reveals that the White House wants a reform bill at almost any cost.

By withholding citizenship, some GOP legislators might be willing to support the pending immigration bill because it would appear to prevent Democratic-skewed immigrants from voting, or sponsoring residency for their foreign relatives.

However, the no-citizenship offer could not survive long, said Steve Camarota, a research analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies.

That law would leave the GOP open to charges that it supports a very unpopular two-tier “Jim Crow” legal system, said Camarota, whose center wants immigration law to be reformed to halve the inflow of roughly 1 million immigrants per year.

That provision would give the Democrats a powerful club for the 2014 and 2016 elections, and would quickly be killed when GOP legislators realized the unpopularity of the idea, he said.

Bush has already backed off the plan, which was revealed March 4 when a copy of his forthcoming book was leaked to the press.

On March 5, he said the idea was developed prior to the 2012 election, and that he would support some plans that would provide pardoned immigrants with a “path to citizenship.”

The law would also do nothing for the Americans looking for a job or a wage increase, said Camarota, because it would allow 11 million illegals to compete for low-wage jobs during an extended period of high unemployment. If the GOP is hindering Americans’ ability to get jobs or wage increases, they won’t get Americans’ votes, he said.

Progressive groups have vociferously denounced Bush’s proposal.

But they will accept the temporary setback if it gets them passage of an immigration rewrite, Camarato predicted.

Carney declined to discuss the political impact of Bush’s two-tier proposal.

“I would leave it to you and others to asses the political dynamics,” he said.

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