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Still Life Water Color Country Table Scene Maine Artist Alfred Russell Fuller
A nice opportunity to acquire beautiful art work in watercolor by this renowned American listed artist “Alfred Russell Fuller” (1899-1980).The work is excellent in bright glorious contrasting colors. I should state here that I have a collection of 10 of these paintings -I am selling them as EACH, so you may buy one or two -or maybe buy them all if you like! These are very special, all you need to do is put them in a fantastic frame. This is one of the things that I love about this area that I live in here, at small estate sales I always find some of the best little paintings ,I am always in awe of the artistic ability & natural talent of these special local country folk.
Each measures approx 10” x 7 ˝” overall and the painting themselves are approx 5 ˝” x 7 7/8” – some slightly larger some slightly smaller. Seven of the paintings are signed Alfred Fuller and three are attributed to him. Six of the paintings are on painter board (cardboard thick stock) and 4 are on a thinner white paper stock. Quite a few of them have writing on the back in pen – some with the title, artist and description of the painting along with a small address label for the former owner. The ones that are entitled are as follows: Lunch at Old Tree Tavern (having numerous animals and birds); spring, summer, fall and winter or The Four Seasons; Table Decoration; Redwing Courtship or Redwing Family; Mid Summer Bouquet; Sunny Village; and Popular Catkins & Chickadee. I can’t say enough about the work here – the use of shadow, color, composition and detail is exquisite. They are all in very fine condition – ready to frame. The following is a brief biography on the artist. Alfred Fuller was a painter, teacher, and lithographer. He was much associated with Monhegan Island in Maine where he taught during the summers. He was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts and attended Amherst College. In the 1930s, he moved to La Jolla, California and was a student of Roi Clarkson Colman. Reportedly he also taught lithography classes at the University of Arizona. In the mid 1940s, he settled in Maine, living at Port Clyde and Monhegan Island, where he died in 1980. He had numerous exhibits including - American Watercolor Society-Exhibit; Grand Central Art Galleries; Metropolitan Museum NY; National Academy of Design-Exhibited; Pennsylvania Academy-Exhibited; Salmagundi Club-Exhibited; and Washington (DC) Watercolor Club.
“Table Decorations” on Hard Art Board/paper. A table decorated with a decoy, pewter bowl, mortar & pestle & a painting on the wall in the background.
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We all know Uncle Sam. The guy in the Old Glory-styled top hat and tails is the personification of the United States that American schoolkids grow up learning about. You probably know him from the famous poster strongly urging that you enlist and maybe you've seen him done up as a superhero.
But did you know that Uncle Sam has an older sister? And that she's where the floating city in BioShock Infinite gets its name from?
As an article on The Atlantic pointed out yesterday, the personification of the U.S. used to be a woman named Columbia, one who predates Uncle Sam. But, where Sam's still a familiar icon, the idea of a distaff counterpart has faded from memory. The Atlantic article showed how she's been portrayed in political cartoons throughout the ages and included images where she's advocating for immigrants from Germany and China.
But the version of Columbia seen so far in Irrational Games' upcoming first-person shooter appears to be the polar opposite. As she's portrayed in BioShock Infinite's promo art, Columbia isn't welcoming people in. No, she seems dead-set on keeping people out.
In the image with George Washington, she hovers above the nation's first president as he stands fast against foreign hordes. And, yeah, it's worth noting that those caricatured foreign hordes include Native Americans. And, on a banner shown in an early peek at Infinite, Columbia rejects a baby held out on outstretched hands, while cradling another. That piece of artwork gives you pause with how mean its implied message is. But the whiplash it generates is more significant when you think about those cartoons with Columbia demanding a fair shake for everyone.
It looks like BioShock Infinite will be focusing in on a warped, fanatic ideal of what it means to be American. And, from what we've seen at this point, the game's vision of Columbia—both city and persona—doesn't think everyone belongs in its society. This use of a mostly forgotten personification of America falls in line with the thought process behind making a robot George Washington one of the game's big enemies.
It's a provocative practice in reality when radical factions twist symbols from American history to ugly ends. In real-world and game-related posters, Columbia calls fighting men to arms. Based on what Irrational co-founder Ken Levine has said about the game, you get the idea that the battles that follow are very different in what they're trying to achieve.
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The roller-coaster ride the equity markets have been on for the last few years has led many investors to re-evaluate both traditional asset allocation models that have often fallen short of expected returns and alternative investment strategies that have failed to insulate portfolios from market losses. This has led to a growing interest in the global allocation and risk management strategy known as “risk parity.”
Risk parity is nothing more than an effort to distribute risk equally across key elements of a portfolio that are not only lowly correlated with one another but also linked in different ways to the main economic drivers—growth, inflation and sentiment. In addition, it entails targeting a consistent level of portfolio volatility regardless of changing market conditions.
Most typical asset allocation strategies direct a modest majority of the dollars in a portfolio, usually about 60%, to equity investments. That can be effective during periods of disinflation and positive growth, which describes the 25-year period ending in 2007, according to data from S&P. A longer view of financial history, however, shows that there are extended periods when equities typically don’t perform particularly well but other asset classes, such as bonds and commodities, generate acceptable returns.
For example, data from Barclays Capital, MSCI and Salient shows that if you had invested in the equity market in 1928 before the crash and held that investment all the way to 1950, you would essentially have made no money. Investors often fail to realize that they have anchored their expectations of the market on very recent financial history, and that these results are not necessarily indicative of the economic outcomes we could be facing going forward.
Many investors also fail to truly understand diversification. Diversification is not necessarily a function of the number of managers in a portfolio. It comes from the combination of the underlying asset classes and strategies. An investor may be employing dozens of managers through mutual funds, ETFs and other more complicated structures to purchase hundreds of individual securities, but all those managers are typically driven by what’s going on in the stock market. Investors who want to hedge against changing levels of growth, inflation or investor sentiment could potentially achieve better results by lowering the level of equities in the portfolio and increasing their allocation to commodities, interest-rate-sensitive bonds and other diversifying strategies.
As they say on TV, “don’t try this at home.” Constructing a risk parity portfolio is not a task for the uninitiated. A naïve retail investor might be able to implement a risk parity strategy on her own through the use of ETFs that represent equity, credit, rates and commodities, though it would be considerably more difficult to balance out the risk without some of the mathematical formulas used by investment professionals. The problem with this approach is that an equal dollar weighting across all of those components does not necessarily bring you back to an equal risk rating, although it’s a step in the right direction.
A professionally managed risk parity portfolio typically includes futures contracts or swap contracts. This often gives the manager more flexibility to increase or decrease exposure to these markets as the volatility of each asset class and the correlation of each asset class to all other asset classes rises and falls over time. (ETFs also hold futures and swaps as the main vehicles to give them exposure to the market, but direct execution is not only more precise in terms of risk allocation, but cuts out the middleman.)
Rather than focusing on the percentage of dollars allocated to various investments, most risk parity investors focus on the amount of portfolio risk generated by each component and seek to equalize the risk contribution of each component.
Historically, risk parity strategies have resulted in lower risk at the same level of return when compared to traditional allocation strategies. Data from Barclays Capital, MSCI and Salient not only support that finding, but also show that risk parity strategies have also led to considerably lower peak-to-trough drawdowns during such periods of crisis as 2008-2009 and 2000-2002. For advisors and their clients, that’s something to consider when building portfolios.
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Emma, vols. 4-7
By Kaoru Mori
Rated Teen Plus
Emma started out slow in the first few volumes and really started getting interesting in volume 3. In the second half, the series escalates into a full-blown Victorian romance, complete with wild adventures, rapturous emotion, and the pageantry and snobbery of the English upper classes. At the same time, manga-ka Kaoru Mori has grown surer of herself and her subject matter, and her art has become more ambitious as a result.
Set in 19th century England, Emma chronicles the romance of William Jones, the eldest son of a wealthy family, and Emma, a prim maid whose quiet exterior belies hidden depths. The biggest obstacle to their romance, of course, is the difference between their stations, which gives even the most sympathetic characters pause.
The course of true love never runs smooth, at least not in fiction, and in these four volumes the reader watches Emma and William reunite, pull back again, struggle with obstacles thrown in their path by others, and ultimately (spoiler alert!!) triumph. The third point in the inevitable love triangle is the young and ditzy Eleanor, who pursues William unaware of his greater passion for Emma. Eleanor’s strong-minded sister and evil-viscount father throw in lots of extra complications, and the below-stairs drama of maids and grooms adds counterpoint and humor.
Mori also delves into the backstory of William’s family: The Jones family has money but no noble blood, so they are still outsiders, invited to parties but subject to snide comments behind their backs. That outsider status causes rifts within the family and adds to William’s father’s determination that his son not throw away everything he has worked for by marrying a maid.
If there is a flaw in this series, it’s the pacing: Things often seem to hang for a few chapters, with little plot development, and then the action ramps up again. In a lesser book this would be more noticeable, but Emma is really an immersion experience. Much of the enjoyment of reading it comes from simply watching the characters go about their business, whether in the drawing room or the scullery. There are nights at the opera, shopping trips in London, and several voluptuous bathing and dressing scenes. In fact, the little bits of business between the main plot elements are some of the best parts of the book.
As far as the romance of William and Emma is concerned, the series has a perfect ending, but Mori does leave a few loose ends dangling. Even at the end of the series, Emma remains an enigma—where did she get her upper-class bearing, not to mention her knowledge of French? Eleanor’s botched pursuit of William is resolved nicely, but Emma’s suitor, the dark and dangerous-looking Hans, simply disappears. Mori has developed a rich cast of supporting characters, and I was hoping to learn more about them; hopefully the three volumes of Emma side stories that CMX plans to publish next year will hold some of the answers.
Emma first appeared in a seinen magazine in Japan, and Mori nods to her male audience in subtle ways. Her gaze dwells lovingly on William’s haberdashery: His shoes, the writing paraphernalia on his desk, even the way his carelessly folded jacket falls onto a chair. Beyond that, the story shifts frequently between William’s point of view and Emma’s. The leading male is often a cardboard character in romances, but William has real emotions. It’s easy to see that this manga was written to be read by men as well as women.
While Emma certainly has a gripping story, the art is the real draw. It’s interesting that Mori, who had never been to England when she started the series, can evoke Victorian England so well. It’s an idealized version, to be sure. The rooms would be much smaller and darker in a real Victorian house, and people didn’t parade around naked as much in the days before central heating. But that’s poetic license. The atmosphere Mori creates, from the busy streets of London to a close-up of a filigreed inkstand, is convincing and inviting.
Her one weak point is faces. Almost everyone in Emma has the same face, and it’s a strange one: an underdeveloped nose that appears to be melting into the smooth curves of cheeks and chin, a tiny mouth that is often just a single line, and some of the oddest eyes in manga-dom. The eyes are big, and they have the requisite highlights, but viewed from the side they appear concave. Emma’s German employers and their staff have more distinct features, but among William and his circle, I sometimes had to look closely at details of the costumes or hair to figure out who was who.
Mori clearly enjoys drawing the female figure, and some of the panels, such as the nude scenes later in the series, look like they could have been drawn from life. Her figures have a solidity that is unusual in any comics, manga or otherwise, and their movements seem natural and relaxed.
Each panel of Emma is as detailed as an illustration in a Victorian picture book, and Mori’s technique even mimics the parallel-line shading of old engravings. Yet the meaning never gets lost in the detail. She uses toning to subtly to set off single areas of shade and keep the hatching from blending into a single unreadable web, and particularly in the below-stairs scenes she uses the flowing black curves of the maids’ uniforms to punctuate the scene and draw the eye forward. Mori breaks her story up into many little panels, often fitting six or more onto a page, but the art never seems crowded; even the small panels are clearly composed, and they often have a monumental feel despite their jewel-like size.
Reading Emma is like stepping into another time and place. While the story alternates between breathless and listless, the little dramas of everyday life in Victorian times lift this book from good to great.
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In a year dominated by the weather and apocalyptic conversations, it’s tempting to say that the freakish drought this summer was the biggest story of the year.
Well, except for the fact that Kokomo fared better than many places in Indiana, and the corn harvest in northern Tipton County came in fairly well. And that who wants to have a natural disaster as the story of the year if you can help it?
No, we’d rather stay positive, which is why the continuing renaissance at Chrysler Group LLC is a better story. It dovetails with the national recognition Kokomo has been receiving for quality of life improvements — and it means jobs and prosperity for a community which faced near extinction in 2009.
1. Chrysler keeps improving
When Chrysler officials announced in November 2010 their intention to invest some $1.3 billion in Kokomo’s powertrain manufacturing facilities, it was such a huge announcement that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden both traveled to Kokomo to help break the news.
That investment alone might have been enough for the decade, but two years later, Chrysler officials were back to say that the initial expansion investment might not be big enough.
Chrysler is now poised to invest close to another $400 million between the Kokomo facilities, and the company’s newly-acquired plant space in Tipton County.
At the 800,000-square-foot building at the intersection of U.S. 31 and Ind. 28, Chrysler officials say they’ll manufacture 9-speed transmissions at the facility, eventually creating 850 new jobs in the community. In Kokomo, the investment at existing plants is expected to top $162 million. Chrysler sales have been soaring, and the Kokomo area workforce is one of the biggest reasons why.
2. How dry I am
Farmers in Indiana like to brag about how this area is one of the best places in the world to grow crops, and they’re right. But even Indiana wasn’t immune to the drought sweeping the nation this year.
After months in which most of the state was classified as in a severe drought condition, rains finally fell in time to save much of the soybean crop. But corn was impacted throughout the state.
Bob Nielson, a corn specialist with Purdue University, said for most of Indiana the drought was serious.
He said there are large areas of the state where the yield was 100 bushels per acre, about 38 percent below a normal harvest.
“There were areas around Kokomo that caught some rain,” Nielson said. “There were also parts of northwest Indiana that received some late rain.”
The bad news is that the drought story is continuing, as food prices have risen. All of the Midwest was impacted; only the Northwest, Florida and a narrow band from New England south to Mississippi escaped the drought.
3. The city expands
It took three years, but as of January, Kokomo gained another 11,000 residents through the West Side and East Side annexations, making the City of Firsts the 12th largest city in Indiana.
Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight showed he wasn’t stopping there, however, when mid-year he proposed annexing another 6 square miles of territory to the east of the newly expanded city boundaries.
Goodnight said he wants to protect the existing Kokomo business district from uncontrolled development along the new U.S. 31 bypass. Three of the new bypass’ main interchanges would be included in the proposed Southeast Annexation.
While the annexations are expected to keep property taxes stable for city residents, county school districts and Howard County officials worry that tax caps, combined with the addition of city property taxes, will produce a revenue drop they won’t be able to handle.
Kokomo officials counter that a healthy, growing city will be the rising tide which lifts all boats, including in the county. Some of the 1,500 residents of the targeted Southeast annexation have vowed to fight.
4. Big plans for ‘the Y’
There hasn’t been a better downtown neighbor than the Kokomo Family YMCA, and through cooperation between the city and Howard County, the YMCA leadership made the momentous decision to stay downtown.
This year we learned of plans to build not only a new downtown YMCA, but also a downtown parking garage to compliment the project.
Almost in spite of themselves, city and county officials set aside differences to reach a funding accord, with county officials accepting 80 new spots in the city’s planned garage, in return for honoring the Howard County Commissioners’ pledge of $500,000 toward the project.
Until that agreement, it looked as though the county would spend $800,000 to purchase another downtown building and all of its parking spots. Now that the city and county are working together, Y officials are even more enthusiastic they’ll be able to make strong inroads as they begin fundraising for what is expected to be a $15 million investment in downtown Kokomo.
5. Glenda and Joe win big
We knew David Galvin was a sharp guy from his time working for Greg Goodnight, but perhaps no one saw the power of social networking quite like Galvin did. The proof was political newcomer Glenda Ritz’ shocking victory over the well-funded campaign of Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett. Galvin led the Facebook/Twitter guerrilla campaign which put Ritz over the top.
Another Kokomo connection, our soon-to-be former congressman, Joe Donnelly, beat the odds (with considerable help from his opponent) and became Indiana’s next U.S. Senator.
Locally, there were no surprises. Probably the biggest development was the renewal of Dick Miller’s control over the Howard County Council, through the election of key ally Jim Papacek, and the retirement of wild card Joe Pencek.
Howard County closely mirrored the state in the big races, with a slight majority choosing Mitt Romney for President, in a state which was always going to revert to red. The big question next year is what the Republicans will do with their supermajorities in the Indiana House and Senate.
6. Not sure what happened
One day, Michael Harris was the dynamic leader of Indiana University Kokomo, keeping the school constantly in the press through new programs and Harris’ penchant for weighing in on the major topics of the day.
And the next day, Harris was gone. School officials wouldn’t say why, and Harris was unavailable for comment.
In the history of key community leaders moving on, Harris’ resignation stands alone in terms of sheer mystery. Most of the community quickly concluded something negative had happened, and school officials didn’t do much to dispel that prevailing notion.
Many leaders said they appreciated his hard-driving style and his desire to affect change quickly. Whether he simply didn’t mesh with IU leadership or whether there was more to it than that, Harris’ tenure will go down as a strange, hopeful subchapter in the school’s history.
7. Downtown shooting spree
In a year which will sadly be remembered for the horrific shootings in Newtown, Conn., we have to remember Kokomo’s own mass shooting, which happened on the near east side of downtown in January.
The two-day shooting spree left two people dead and two others injured. After the gunfire had settled, Kokomo police arrested 36-year-old Turama Stitts and charged him with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
Police believe the two-day shooting rampage near downtown was a random act of violence, and the charging information against Stitts indicated family members were concerned about his mental health. Shockingly, one of the shootings occurred as police combed the neighborhood, looking for a killer. The killings were two of the five murders reported in Kokomo this year.
8. Wind farm draws a crowd
The largest public meeting of the year occurred in northern Tipton County, where plans to install wind turbines over the 10 square miles between Sharpsville and the Clinton County line created turmoil.
Many county residents had no idea the wind farm would extend to the east side of U.S. 31 until a Kokomo Tribune story which came out just two weeks before a final vote on a key tax incentive package.
An estimated 400 people showed up at Tri-Central High School, where project supporters and opponents squared off. In the end, the Tipton County Council voted 4-1 to pass a tax abatement on the project, moving it closer to reality.
9. Selling the hospital
The trustees of the former Howard Community Hospital racked up about $50 million in debt expanding the formerly taxpayer-owned hospital, then cited the looming Affordable Care Act as one of the main reasons they needed to sell the facility to the Indianapolis-based Community Hospital network.
Community took over ownership of Howard in return for assuming all of the hospital’s debt. The acquisition came after talks to turn the hospital over to the IU Health network fell apart.
10. UCT youth baseball league’s success
First, UCT squad H.P. McPike won its second straight David A. Kasey Memorial Tournament, a Kokomo Tribune-sponsored tournament for the 40-plus major league teams in Howard County for ages 9 through 12. And then, UCT’s 12-year-old all-star team reached the Cal Ripken World Series where it placed third. This was the first local team to make the World Series since the mid-90s.
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What is the specialty of 04-03?
51 Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
306 Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
852 Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
932 Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
1152 Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
1238 The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
1351 Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
1386 Wadysaw II Jagieo (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
1461 Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
1493 Explorer Christop ...more
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I had drinks last night with some old friends. It’s always nice to catch up, but one of the great benefits of this particular group is how much they make me contemplate ideas. We all worked together almost 10 years ago now at SmallBusiness.com, back when it was a different kind of site than it is today. [A site ahead of its time, as another sb.com alum and I discussed today.] That’s a fun topic all its own, but not what I sat down to say.
We started talking about social media, and the pace of work life today. The four of us have all spent our adult lives online for work — building, designing and writing websites, thinking up new ways for the web to work, creating stuff online. But we consider ourselves a step removed from Gen Y, say, or younger people, who have also grown up online. And we quickly fell into a tirade on how “kids today” aren’t learning critical thinking skills in school. About how in the working world, it’s about getting through your to-do list. We wondered how much the instantaneous nature of social media encourages this immediacy, and how much it’s simply a symptom of a more global attitude that today is too late, tomorrow you’re dead.
One thing we all agreed on: It’s very difficult to find time to think. About anything–either a specific topic or not. We don’t build downtime into our schedules anymore. Worse, every moment is up for grabs in our waking day.
I’ve talked before here about how time is necessary for your brain to consolidate information and make connections. Just as important to me is the time spent blue-skying, asking “What if?” If all your time is spent accomplishing tasks, certainly you’ve been productive, but how will you know if that’s actually what you should have been doing?
Thinking isn’t a step you can short-cut out of the system — not if you expect elegance and brilliance in your work.
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It’s easy to see how someone could get the impression that U.S. labor unions are dead.
After all, just a few days ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said union membership fell to 11.3 percent of U.S. workers in 2012, or 14.4 million people, the lowest level since before World War II. Nearly 25 percent of American union members are older than 55, up from about 15 percent 10 years ago.
On top of that, a court of appeals last week upheld all of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s public-sector union reform legislation, a draconian group of measures that would strip most state government workers, with the exception of firefighters and police, of their collective bargaining rights.
And in the last few months, Indiana and then Michigan -- birthplace of the United Auto Workers -- passed right-to-work laws, permitting people to take jobs in union shops without joining the union or paying its dues. That raised the number of states with right-to-work laws to 24, with six additional states considering similar legislation.
- FOLLOW IBTIMES
Because of these significant setbacks, the labor movement is in disarray. Some unions have ignored their weakened position and taken an aggressive stance. For example, last year, Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of the iconic Twinkies snack cake, told its unionized bakers that without concessions the company would go out of business. Holding firm, the labor group’s leaders rejected any givebacks, putting the jobs of 18,000 people on the line. Within days, Hostess was bankrupt, and the union is now fighting in court to squeeze some money out of the new owner of some of Hostess’ brands to cover pensions and other retirement costs.
Other unions, like the UAW, have given in, agreeing to cuts in wages, benefits, jobs and pensions. In so doing, they are holding on to their ebbing influence and leverage in the auto industry but barely so. UAW membership now below 400,000, down from 1.5 million three decades ago -- and none of the foreign transplants, among the most successful carmakers in the U.S., are unionized.
“One dilemma for labor is that the aggressive actions that are required in some of these instances are rendered more difficult by the decline in labor's membership numbers,” said Philip Dine, author of the book “State of the Unions.” Labor is spread somewhat thin because it is under assault in so many areas.”
Still, despite this litany of problems, every once in a while a potential job action arises to prove that the labor movement is not quite extinguished yet. One of these will occur on Feb. 6 in the ports of New York and New Jersey.
That’s the deadline for negotiators of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the AFL-CIO, and a group of ocean carriers and terminal operators to agree on a new six-year contract. If not, the ILA plans to strike -- and in this case, the union threat is not easy to ignore.
New York/New Jersey is the busiest waterfront in the East and Gulf Coasts, the first stop for goods that ultimately reach 35 percent of the U.S. population. About 3,250 longshoremen load and unload boats on these ports, and port activity directly supports nearly 200,000 jobs in the New York area. A one-week dockworkers strike would cost the region an estimated $110 million in economic output and $136 million in personal income. Even without sympathy strikes by dockworkers in other ports, a New York job action could cost the U.S. $1 billion to $2 billion per day.
The obstacles to a new contract are few but formidable.
One contentious matter is container royalties, payments to dockworkers to protect them from losses due to “containerization.” For much of the 20th century, longshoremen loaded and unloaded cargo manually. In the 1960s shippers started putting freight in large metal containers that could be loaded on tractor-trailers and railroad cars and then placed on ocean-going vessels. As a result, fewer longshoremen were needed. And the industry agreed to pay furloughed or downsized workers a royalty based on the tonnage of goods shipped.
Most of today’s ILA members, many of whom make over $100,000 per year, began working after containerization, meaning automation didn’t impact their jobs or wages. Still, container royalties have remained in place and, since 2009, when a cap on royalty payments was scrapped, those payments skyrocketed. In 1996 they averaged $6,028 per worker; in 2011 they averaged $36,000 per worker, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The ILA argues that these payments are now an essential part of worker compensation.
“Container Royalty (payments) supplements the members’ income and keeps his benefits package financial strong,” says a statement on the ILA website. “Container Royalty eligibility must be earned by an ILA member reaching a certain amount of hours worked each year. ILA work isn’t like other professions: no ships mean no work, but employers depend on a strong and skilled workforce when ships need to be worked. Container Royalty helps keep an ILA workforce available.”
Work rules are another central issue in the labor dispute. The terminal operators and ocean carriers point to a number of egregious activities that were unearthed during public hearings in 2010 held by the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. These hearings featured testimony about such waterfront abuses linked to the longshoremen as crane operators who work eight hours but are paid for 24 hours of work; dockworkers who earn overtime pay despite not even being at the port; “no-show” jobs, which, in one case, paid $73,531 in 2009; shop stewards who earn more than $400,000 per year; timekeepers who earn more than $400,000 per year and are paid for 27 hours of work per day; and the outsized influence of the Genovese crime family on the New York-area docks.
Port management is demanding that these activities are finally eliminated, and it’s insisting that in the next few years, the longshoremen and the companies that ship on the waterfront focus on improving productivity substantially.
So far, there has been some progress in resolving the container royalty dispute, according to the union.
“I am pleased to announce that the ILA made major gains on the Container Royalty issue that will protect our ILA members,” Harold J. Daggett, ILA’s president, said on Dec. 28.
Still, that is no guarantee that a deal will be reached before Feb. 6. Indeed, both sides have reasons to dig in their heels.
Ocean carriers and terminal operators are under pressure to stick to their positions in two ways. One is the usual desire to protect or expand profit margins. The other is the increased ownership stake of hedge funds and pensions in their businesses.
Case in point: The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan last week paid $467 million to buy a 100-percent stake in container leasing firm SeaCube. It was the second major acquisition the pension fund, one of Canada’s largest, has made in the container shipping industry. In 2006, the fund acquired several assets from OOCL Terminals in a $2.4 billion deal, which gave the fund control of two container terminals each in the Port of New York and New Jersey and Vancouver, Canada.
Another example: APM Terminals of the Netherlands, Denmark’s A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest shipping company, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) are looking at buying terminals from state agencies.
“These new owners are much more profit-oriented,” said Ed Sands, global logistics lead at Procurian, a supply management consultancy. “And a big part of becoming profitable is dealing with labor costs and productivity.”
The union is equally motivated not to give in. President Obama is unlikely to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act, which empowers him to order the strikers back to work. That’s something President George W. Bush did in 2002 to end a 10-day, 29-port lockout on the West Coast.
“I think it's unlikely that President Obama would order strikers back to work for a mandatory cooling-off period under the Taft-Hartley Act; rather, he would probably prefer to see the parties resolve it for themselves,” said Chris Rohm, associate professor of sociology at Fordham University in New York City. “The President did not intervene in the eight-day strike of workers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach late last year, and I think all sides would hope that if a strike occurred here it would not last long.”
In addition, the longshoremen know that come next week there will be a surge in the number of containers that need to be unloaded in the Port of New York and New Jersey. That’s because factories in China have been ramping up production ahead of their seven-day New Year’s celebrations that begin on Feb. 9. Consequently, container ships will be unusually full, and the port operators will want them to be unloaded.
“Freighter volume is going to be unchanged, but the number of containers on those ships is going to be higher,” Sands said. “The vessels are about 80 to 85 percent full now, but they are going to be 95 to 100 percent full for the next three to four weeks.”
The prospect of that surge in products sitting idle on the ports has been enough to get the National Retail Federation and more than 120 business groups to write a letter in January appealing to the parties to settle their differences immediately.
That may not compel a faster agreement, but it has certainly given the union reason for optimism that by holding out a bit, they may actually come out a winner in the negotiations.
Indeed, the betting at this point among many experts is that “some kind of disruption is likely,” as Sands put it.
And for the reeling labor movement in the U.S., a strike only punctuates the need for concrete gains for the longshoremen in this dispute; the unions can’t afford many more losses.
This article is copyrighted by International Business Times, the business news leader
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No, I think it is very well represented. People like Dorit Rabinyan and David Grossman are very famous. I don't know if in the East, if in your country, it's the same. I think in Europe - in Germany and Italy - we are stronger. Maybe in India we are not so familiar. In Germany, in every bookshop, books by Israeli authors are on the windows. But here, maybe not. I hope the connection between Indian and Israeli writers improves. We know Arundhati Roy, Salman Rushdie, Rohinton Mistry, but we don't know them all. So maybe there is a scope for a better cooperation.
When you meet journalists, are you asked a lot about the conflict in Israel?
Yes, they always ask about it. It's natural, because they feel it's easy to talk about. All around the world, you hear about Israel, and you hear about the conflict. And the conflict is important, it's a great issue, I hope someday it is resolved. I think that we also need to talk about art and literature. Literature reflects the life and the conflict. There are a lot of war books written in Israel. Hundreds.
For example, David Grossman, in one of his recent books, To The End of The Land, he writes about a woman who loses her son in the war. She knows it and understands it, but she doesn't want to be home when people come to tell her. She escapes from the announcement. She goes on a journey around the country. I think her pain and sorrow really reflects the conflict, the loss and the sad reality. We struggle to live normally in it. But it's not normal. People aged 18 or 19 are killing people in the army.
What kind of themes is popular in Israeli literature currently?
I think family stories. The dynamics inside a family is the most popular and relevant topic in Israeli literature. It has been handled from various angles and perspectives. The world is changing all the time. People get divorced a lot. Families are not in the same structure as they were 50 years ago. You can see single mothers, single sex parents. You can see a lot of mixture of marriages because of second or third marriages. I think all these situations are very complicated. And we need to process it by writing. I think I was also moved to write about parents, siblings and children. You are raised by a family for some time and then when you get some independence, you need to check your own history, the person that you thought you were and the person you want to be. Family connections have a great influence in pulling you back to your history and making you look at the goals in front of you.
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Physiotherapists are getting increasingly worried about the safety implications of workers, particularly those in the NHS or other physically demanding jobs, being asked to work until they are 68 years old.
But physiotherapists meeting for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) annual representative conference in February added they were pleased that the Government had agreed to look at the effect working until aged 68 will have on people in more physically demanding roles.
Alex MacKenzie, chair of the CSP's industrial relations committee, said this was in fact a serious issue for physiotherapists themselves.
"Forcing physiotherapy staff to work longer could lead to a physiotherapist approaching their 70s with back, joint or other health problems doing a job which is physically challenging even for someone in their 30s and 40s. We're fearful that some ageing physiotherapy staff might struggle trying to do a job they're not fit to do, potentially putting their own and the patient's health and safety at risk," he said.
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|Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary|
4:31-44 Christ's preaching much affected the people; and a working power went with it to the consciences of men. These miracles showed Christ to be a controller and conqueror of Satan, a healer of diseases. Where Christ gives a new life, in recovery from sickness, it should be a new life, spent more than ever in his service, to his glory. Our business should be to spread abroad Christ's fame in every place, to beseech him in behalf of those diseased in body or mind, and to use our influence in bringing sinners to him, that his hands may be laid upon them for their healing. He cast the devils out of many who were possessed. We were not sent into this world to live to ourselves only, but to glorify God, and to do good in our generation. The people sought him, and came unto him. A desert is no desert, if we are with Christ there. He will continue with us, by his word and Spirit, and extend the same blessings to other nations, till, throughout the earth, the servants and worshippers of Satan are brought to acknowledge him as the Christ, the Son of God, and to find redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.
Verses 31-44. - AT CAPERNAUM. Verse 31. - And came down to Capernaum. Capernaum was the real home of the Master during the two years and a half of his public ministry. He chose this flourishing lakecity partly because his kinsmen and first disciples lived in it or its immediate neighborhood, but more especially on account of its situation. It has been termed the very center of the manufacturing district of Palestine; it lay on the high-road which led from Damascus and the Syrian cities to Tyro, Sidon, and Jerusalem. "It was, in fact, on 'the way of the sea' (Isaiah 9:1), the great caravan-road which led (from the East) to the Mediterranean. It was hence peculiarly fitted to be the center of a far-reaching ministry, of which even Gentiles would hear" (Farrar). The evangelist speaks of "coming down" to the shore of the lake, in contrast with Nazareth, which was placed in the hills. We do not meet with the name Capernaum in the Old Testament; it therefore appears not to have been a city belonging to remote antiquity. Its name is generally interpreted as being compounded of two words, signifying "town of consolations," בפר גחים - a beautiful and significant derivation. It may, however, originally have taken its name from the Prophet Nahum. Josephus, the historian, tells us. the name originally belonged to a fountain. He dwells also on the mildness of the climate; it would therefore seem as though, in the first place, Capernaum was used as a health resort, and then its admirable situation favored its adoption as a convenient center. The extensive ruins of Tel-Hum, on the lake-shore, are generally believed to be the remains of the once rich and populous Capernaum. And taught them on the sabbath days.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
And came down to Capernaum,.... Which was, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, sixteen miles or more from Nazareth; and Christ may be said to "come down" to it, because of the situation of Nazareth, which was upon an hill:
a city of Galilee: of lower Galilee, near the sea of Galilee:
and taught them on the sabbath days: that is, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum, on the sabbath days, whenever he was there, and taught the inhabitants, explained some passage or other in the Old Testament, as he had done at Nazareth and instructed them in the doctrines of the Gospel.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
31. down to Capernaum—It lay on the Sea of Galilee (Mt 4:13), whereas Nazareth lay high.
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Ben wrote:Unbelievably archetypal australian phenomena of drought, bushfire and flood.
Yes, but amplified by global warming, as described and predicted by James Hansen in the last couple of years:
Climate Variability and Climate Change: The New Climate Dice
10 November 2011
J. Hansen, M. Sato, R. Ruedy
Abstract. The "climate dice" describing the chance of an unusually warm or cool season, relative to the climatology of 1951-1980, have progressively become more "loaded" during the past 30 years, coincident with increased global warming. The most dramatic and important change of the climate dice is the appearance of a new category of extreme climate outliers. These extremes were practically absent in the period of climatology, covering much less than 1% of Earth's surface. Now summertime extremely hot outliers, more than three standard deviations (σ) warmer than climatology, typically cover about 10% of the land area. Thus there is no need to equivocate about the summer heat waves in Texas in 2011 and Moscow in 2010, which exceeded 3σ – it is nearly certain that they would not have occurred in the absence of global warming. If global warming is not slowed from its current pace, by mid-century 3σ events will be the new norm and 5σ events will be common.
The greatest barrier to public recognition of human-made climate change is the natural variability of climate. How can a person discern long-term climate change, given the notorious variability of local weather and climate from day to day and year to year?
This question assumes great practical importance, because of the need for the public to appreciate the significance of human-made global warming. Actions to stem emissions of the gases that cause global warming, mainly CO2, are unlikely to approach what is needed until the public perceives that human-made climate change is underway and will have disastrous consequences if effective actions are not taken to short-circuit the climate change
Look at how many records have been broken, just in Australia, in the last couple of weeks.
Tilt's cartoon is relevant. I look forward to the time when denialists hold their meetings in phone booths.
Chris, take care ...
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- Turkey to be Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of of Honor
- Çırağan Masters Golf Tournament Mania
- Zorro on ice!
- Two exhibitions abroad by Istanbul Modern
- Photographs of Jehsong Baak at Pg Art Gallery
- New edition of Eczacıbaşı Encyclopedia of Art!
- In Turkey for the first time in the world...
- Two Turkish films en route to Montreal Festival
- An offshore race from Nice to Istanbul
- Choice selections of classical music in a single album
- Leyla Gencer archives at Borusan Music Library
Text: ASLI ÖZDEMİR Photos: MUAMMER YANMAZ
A life on the stage
She may have been a tiny mite of a woman, but Suna Pekuysal was a giant name. In the wake of a life filled with plays and prizes, she made her final journey as she always wanted, to a standing ovation.
Born Suna Belener in Istanbul on 24 October 1933, Suna Pekuysal took her first steps on life's stage as a student in the Voice and Ballet Department of Istanbul's Municipal Conservatory. Making her debut in Kadri Ögelman's play, 'Artist Aranıyor', in the children's section of the Istanbul City Theater in 1949, Pekuysal transfered three years later into the drama department. In 1964 she married journalist Ergun Köknar and their son, Sait Ali Köknar, was born in 1973. Pekuysal, who worked in the City Theaters for 54 years, retired on 24 October 1998. But retirement did not suit a woman who had devoted her life to the theater; as she said, “Actors never retire. I want to die on stage.” The artist, who acted in more than 250 theater plays during her lifetime, also played in close to a hundred films.
Pekuysal played opposite Zihni Göktay for fourteen years in a musical titled, 'Lüküs Hayat' (The Luxury Life), written in 1933 by Ekrem Reşit Rey and staged in 1984 by Haldun Dormen at the Istanbul City Theater. Lüküs Hayat was an operetta. Staged by several different groups, the play was also turned into a film by Ömer Lütfi Akad in 1950. Regarded as a major piece in the cultural jigsaw puzzle of the Turkish Republic and staged continuously from 1984, Lüküs Hayat earned the acclaim of a wide audience by portraying the confrontation between Turkish culture and
the West in its often risible manifestations.
Up to the neck in theater till her dying breath Pekuysal's friends and colleagues of course had much to say about the artist who bid farewell on 23 July following a life enriched by dozens of plays and prizes. But there is a common thread running through all of them, namely, that Suna Pekuysal was a woman with a love of life and a perennial smile on her face.
The dialogue between her and Savaş Ay, who interviewed her for the last time when he visited her in hospital where she was being treated following an accident in her home, sums up Suna Pekuysal to a T: Upon being asked how Ergun Köknar managed to catch such a beautiful and brilliant girl, she snapped back, “It wasn't easy!” She then went on: “I am never content with what the director tells me. I try to go deeper into the character, on my own. That's my style. Once I had a part in which I had to speak in dialect. I told my co-star Ergun, 'We're both playing characters from the same part of Turkey. If we don't capture the local dialect we'll make fools of ourselves. Will you train me?' He was surprised but very pleased. He realized there was somebody in the theater who took the work seriously and really wanted to learn, and that made him happy. Later the play was staged.
One day he stopped the action right in the middle of his lines, took a look around him and said in a loud voice, 'Hey, you people! I want all of you to be my witness that I'm going to get this girl in no time flat, so help me God!' Everyone froze in place. Even me, I was shocked,” says Pekuysal, adding, “So did fate decree it. That great, huge man was so sensitive, so full of life, such a wonderful person... my mind, my heart and my love are with him still.”
“A WORLD CLASS ACTRESS”
Haldun Dormen, the director of 'Lüküs Hayat', thought Suna Pekuysal had an incredible acting talent. “It's extraordinary that a woman of her physical type and physique could take the stage and produce such a miracle. As I've said, I've seen thousands of plays all over the world, and I've never seen anything like her. I repeat, she was a great actress, not just in the Turkish context but on a world scale.”
Film and theater actor Göksel Arsoy, who had a splendid friendship with Pekuysal going back 45 years, expresses his feelings like this: “She was the life of the set.
A person with a pure heart and respect for herself, the other person and society in general. I never once heard her say a nasty or hurtful thing to anybody. This is a major kind of perfection.” Emphasizing that Suna Pekuysal's contributions to Turkish cinema will never be forgotten, Arsoy went on, “People like Suna are the ones in our films who are enthroned in the eyes of the people.”
Actor Şemsi İnkaya points out that it is very difficult for an actor in Turkey to command the same level of respect throughout a lifetime career, adding, “Suna succeeded very well in this, right up to the end. I hope that our young colleagues have learned something from her, because our profession is a matter of discipline, of respect. Young people need to learn this, and Suna was the perfect example. If only she had stayed on the stage longer.”
“Not one of us can never capture her comedy spirit, her energy or her pace,” says Hümeyra with a smile. “I hope stars will fall on the place where she lies. We last performed together on the European side. She played a fortune-teller. From the minute she came on stage until she left her energy never faltered. We all bowed in reverence before her. Whenever I think of her I want to smile.” Zihni Göktay, who played opposite Pekuysal for fourteen years in the operetta, Lüküs Hayat, and was close friends with her both on stage and off, has this to say: “Actresses like Suna Pekuysal, Adile Naşit and Bedia Muhavvit come along only rarely. This country rarely produces actresses at all. When I say 'actress', I mean real actresses. There is no shortage of those who call themselves actresses. That's why it's essential that we protect and look out for the real ones, both as a society and as a state.”
As we bid farewell to Suna Pekuysal, we leave the last word to her son, Sait Ali Köknar, for whom his mother's lively stage presence is unforgettable. 'Her roles are part of me,” he says, adding: “My mother gave me a calm and orderly upbringing. You see me at this moment as Suna Pekuysal's only son, but I am not just one person. I multiplied with every play I saw, and I became free. I understood what life in the theater is, and I was liberated. My mother taught me what I can do as a person - my limitations, my horizons. For that reason the theater, fiction, literature, culture, cinema are not merely a spice that adds variety to life but a necessity. A ticket to freedom in this cramped and crowded world. She gave me my freedom through her performances. I stand before you not as the son of Suna Pekuysal and Ergun Köknar but as one who has grown up with culture and literature. She gave me not one life but many. And not just me but everybody. Long live theater. Long live Suna Pekuysal!”
Farewell, Suna Pekuysal. Farewell, Big Sister...
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Sixth Law of Branding (we highly recommend a good Book on Psychology of selling: Spin Selling by Neil Rakhman)
How do you brand your product or your website?
First, let's look at some interesting observations by sales people (see the book Spin Selling by Neil Rakhman) .
Sales people have observed that when people try to buy products, the consequences of mistakes are relatively small for inexpensive products. Bigger decisions like cars or computers are different. If you buy a wrong car you can't easily take it back or forget about it.
(Rule 1) = More important buying decisions are more visible and public. Bad choices or decisions in this category have more serious consequences.
Neil Rakhman: "Spur-of-the-moment decisions, often irrational ones, are more common in small sales than in large." "the emotional component of needs does exist in larger buying process". Larger Buying Process require rational justifications.
Consumers tend to become more careful as the size and the importance of the choice expands.
Big choices need more careful attentions. Having this concept in mind, Let's look at a more detailed version of the four stages of buying process:
In the case of Brands, notice consumers are not concerned with the product itself, but with where/when/How they should obtain the product.
The second stage is where the consumers investigate about a non branded product. If your website, service or product is not branded yet, this is the stage you need to focus the most. You need to cultivate the second stage.
(Rule 2) = Consumers must clearly perceive a need for what you offer.
You are facing these hurdles at the second stage:
A) Customer's concerns
B) Customer's doubt
C) Customer's confusion
D) Unanswered questions
E) Customers view you, your product, website too complex
How did you address these hurdles in your website? The outcome of this stage must lead to some sort of commitment from the website visitor. Websites that provide plenty of reviews from past owners or users do great at this stage.
Here are some tips for this stage:
1) Summarize the benefits of the product and the consequences of these benefits
2) Somehow propose a commitment (a link to another page where the visitor can see the product in operation).
(Rule 3) = Needs develop as a result of minor imperfections in current solutions. This will progress to an intention or want to act to change or bring about satisfaction
Neil brings a very interesting example:
In their very first market appearance, pocket calculators were introduced in a trade show. The manufacturer had brought only 1500 calculators to the booth. In no less than 2 hours all 1500 calculators were sold. More than 1000 potential buyers had to be turned away.
Pocket Calculator was successful in creating an instantaneous dissatisfaction, a need to change, a want and an action to change in the mind of its potential users. The old cumbersome adding machine that saved our lives day after day after day were no longer your life savor. All of sudden compared to pocket calculators, they were bulky, heavy, slower and out of date.
(Rule 4) = If the benefit of having your product or your service is larger than the existing solutions, there is an acceptance of your new brand.
Focus on Need/Benefit
Why should a potential buyer think that it might be good idea to have your product? Why shouldn't a potential buyer use an existing solution to get by? Any cost advantages to give your product a try?
Why is that important......
How would that help....
How can it instill intrinsic motivation..
How can it make the buyer more autonomous...
Would it be useful......
Is there any other way this product can help......
(Rule 5) = If you do a good job explaining the benefits of your product, you have explained how the features of your products can bring about satisfaction for the consumer. The benefits have to address the emotional needs of the buyer. The benefit is an aspect of the product that your product can offer and the competition can't. The benefit is anything you show to a potential buyer that is emotionally superior to a competitor's feature.
(Rule 6) = Beat the competition emotionally and not logically.
Why guilt doesn't keep some of us from making the same mistakes twice
Many of us experience a tinge of guilt as we delight in feelings of pleasure from our favorite indulgences, like splurging on an expensive handbag or having another drink. We make resolutions: this will be the last time, positively. Yet, in spite of documented ambivalence towards temptation and well-meaning vows not to succumb again, consumers often end up repeating the same or similar choices. A new study by Suresh Ramanathan (University of Chicago) and Patti Williams (Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania) examines repeated impulsive behavior despite the presence of guilt – important research underscored by the increasing prevalence of binge drinking, obesity, and credit card debt.
While most published research has examined the emotional consequences of self-control lapses, Ramanathan and Williams expand the literature by studying the affective outcomes of indulgent consumption as it unfolds over time. In two studies, they examine the immediate and delayed emotional consequences of engaging in indulgent consumption among both prudent and impulsive consumers.
Significantly, the researchers find that both impulsive and prudent consumers experience a mixture of positive and negative emotions immediately after consuming a food indulgence. However, the components of the emotional ambivalence are different across the two groups.
“While the impulsive consumers do feel negative emotions such as stress, they do not feel much guilt or regret,” the authors reveal.
Further, the time course of these emotions is different across the two types of consumers. Impulsive people continue to feel residual effects of their positive emotions over time, but experience a sharp decline in their negative emotions. Prudent people continue to experience strong negative and self-conscious emotions, but report significantly lower levels of positive emotions.
“Thus, over time, impulsive consumers are left only with their positive feelings about indulging, while prudent consumers are left only with their negative feelings about indulging. This, in turn, affects propensity to repeat an act of indulgence,” the authors explain.
Therefore, impulsive consumers are much more likely to engage in a second indulgent act over time than are prudent consumers. The authors also find differences in the extent to which people take actions to undo their emotional ambivalence. After indulging once, prudent consumers are more likely than impulsive consumers to seize an opportunity to make a utilitarian choice.
“Impulsive people may be more comfortable with duality or conflict, or may be more resigned to the experience of such conflict,” the authors conclude. “Prudent people, on the other hand, seem to be more eager to seize the chance to launder their negative emotions.”
Suresh Ramanathan and Patti Williams. “Immediate and Delayed Emotional Consequences of Indulgence: The Moderating Influence of Personality Type on Mixed Emotions,” Journal of Consumer Research: August 2007.
Misprediction Of Emotions After Decision Making Studied
Behavioral research over the past 15 years has confirmed what anyone who has purchased a house or dumped a significant other could tell you: When people make decisions, they anticipate that they may regret their choices. It is important that we maintain this ability, because as the aforementioned house-buyers and spouse-dumpers know, regret can be a terrible feeling.
How accurate are people in their anticipations of regret -- and of other post-decisional emotions, such as disappointment? It is a topic has been rather neglected by scientists, but new research published in the August issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, aims to fill this gap.
In the first of two experiments, participants took part in a two-person negotiation for money that would allow the researchers to observe negotiation style as well as measure how much regret the participants would feel if their tactics failed. The researchers found that participants across the board tended to over-predict their post-negotiation regret and disappointment if their transaction was rejected. However, those who negotiated reasonably (i.e., less aggressive or "greedy") were less prone to experience regret than the latter, as they had provided sensible offers.
In the second experiment, participants who had just completed a course assignment were asked to predict how they would feel if the grades that they received for their assignments exceeded, matched, or were lower than their expectations. On average, participants received higher than expected grades. However, the researchers found that participants over-predicted the rejoicing and somewhat under-predicted the regret that they experienced when they received the grades.
In the light of such misprediction of emotions, Nick Sevdalis and Nigel Harvey -- the University College London researchers who authored the study -- argue that when people make decisions they should perhaps discount the regret, rejoicing, and other post-decisional emotions that they anticipate will be associated with potential outcomes arising from those decisions.
Author Contact: Nick Sevdalis
Psychological Science is ranked among the top 10 general psychology journals for impact by the Institute for Scientific Information.
Source: Jesse Erwin
Association for Psychological Science
Consumers think differently about close and distant purchases
If you are deciding on a major vacation for next year, you'll use different criteria than if you are planning a trip this weekend, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Authors Kyeongheui Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), Meng Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong), and Xiuping Li (National University of Singapore) examined the way consumers make choices and found that many decisions depend on the interconnected factors of distance—both temporal distance (time) and "social distance," the perceived closeness of the person for whom the purchase is being made.
The researchers found that consumers used "low-level construal" to make those decisions which are close in time or for people close to them. Those decisions relied on more concrete factors like convenience. However, decisions made for a future purchase, or for someone not socially close, put people in a "high-level construal" mode, which considers more abstract factors such as attractiveness.
Researchers found these factors were inter-related in that if the decision was both imminent and for someone close, it would likely focus on convenience and the lower-construal attributes. If the decision were for a purchase farther into the future or for someone not socially close to the consumer, there would be more focus on the higher levels of attractiveness and more abstract values. They recommend that marketers should take distance into consideration when crafting different approaches.
Researchers also found that the person who writes the online reviews was important. The reviews were more persuasive when written by people with names similar to the study participants' own. The authors noted: "Perceived social distance to another consumer who writes a product review may significantly influence a consumer's preference….it may be advisable for marketers to consider the effects of psychological distance dimensions beyond the effects of word-of-mouth narratives."
Kyeongheui Kim, Meng Zhang, and Xiuping Li. "Effects of Temporal and Social Distance on Consumer Evaluations" Journal of Consumer Research: December 2008.
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LONDON — Britain’s media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: “omnishambles.”
Oxford University Press on Tuesday crowned the word — defined as “a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations” — its top term of 2012.
Each year Oxford University Press tracks how the English language is changing and chooses a word that best reflects the mood of the year. The publisher typically chooses separate British and American winners. This year’s American champion is “gif,” short for graphics interchange format, a common format for images on the Internet.
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This article has a correction
- Matthew Billingsley
Pregnant women in the United Kingdom are being urged to be vaccinated against whooping cough to protect their babies against the virus.
The recommendation from the Department of Health for England follows new figures showing that 10 people, all infants under 12 months old, have died from whooping cough in the UK so far this year (nine in England and one in Northern Ireland). This is the highest mortality since 1982, when there were 14 deaths.
Whooping cough has increased in incidence in England and Wales since 2011, when there were 525 reported cases and five deaths. So far this year 4791 cases have been reported. Most of the severe cases are being seen in infants aged less than 2 months, …
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IT BTEC Level 3 Certificate
- Course Level: BTEC Level 3 Certificate
- Qualification: BTec L3 C
- Awarded By: EDEX REG
Introduction to course
The department has a team of very experienced teaching staff with a wealth of industrial experience to help you succeed. The College has excellent IT facilities. Dedicated classrooms have been totally refurbished to a very high specification. The rooms all have digital projectors, interactive whiteboards and brand new state-of-the-art computers with flat screens.
This course focuses on aspects of the use of ICT within employment and will give you a thorough grounding in a range of generic IT skills. Whilst it’s not essential to have any previous ICT qualifications, those of you who have studied ICT at GCSE or DIDA level will be familiar with the basic concepts.
During the course you will learn about the principles of effective communication, using IT to communicate effectively, the software and hardware components of computer systems and how to set up and maintain such systems. You will also be encouraged to think about how businesses use ICT and the differing ICT requirements of organisations.
You will need 5 GCSEs with Cs or above in English Language and Mathematics to be considered for a place on this course.
This course is not suitable with
AS ICT or AS Computing
You will be assessed through a number of coursework assignments.
In terms of guided learning hours and UCAS points this qualification is the equivalent of one AS Level and can be very usefully incorporated into an A Level programme along with three other AS Levels.
Sir George Monoux College tries to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this web site. However, such accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The College reserves the right to make changes in regulations, the offering and structure of courses and programmes without notice.
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Prince Charles weather forecast sweeps the globe
Footage of Prince Charles reading the weather on a visit to BBC Scotland has picked up coverage around the world.
The prince turned his hand to weather presenting along with his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, at the BBC headquarters in Glasgow.
Video of the weather forecast has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
The story also features in newspapers, bulletins and on news websites from Europe to South America and has trended worldwide on social media.
Prince Charles delivered a specially-written script which included references to royal residences in Scotland.
In confident style, he said: "The best of the bright and dry weather will of course be in the northern isles and the far north of the mainland. So, a little hazy sunshine for the Castle of Mey in Caithness.
"But a cold day everywhere with temperatures of just 8C and a brisk northerly wind. Thank God it isn't a bank holiday."
The Washington Post says the broadcast has become a viral sensation, Australia's The Age describes Charles as the Prince of Gales, La Cuarta in Chile calls the prince and Camilla guest stars, while CNN Japan said the couple surprised the audience and the story has also trended strongly and been shared tens of thousands times on Twitter.
The royal couple spent more than an hour at BBC Scotland, which is celebrating 60 years of television broadcasting.
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I would like to know if eating nuts make you fat. I have been trying to lose weight
for the past 2 months, and I often snack on nuts (almonds, pecans and pistachios)
rather than munching on chips and chocolate cookies. Will this sabotage my weight
loss goals since nuts have a high calorie and fat content? – Emilia, Minnesota.
Does Eating Nuts Make You Fat?
It's great that you nibble on nuts instead of unhealthy snacks, but make sure you
watch your portion sizes – nuts are super easy to overeat and pack on extra pounds.
You're right about their high caloric and fat values, but the good news is nuts are
a very nutritious food that's extremely beneficial for your overall health. Most
nuts, including walnuts, cashew nuts, pecans, Brazil nuts, and hazelnuts are chock-full
of many Vitamins and minerals such as magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper, and
selenium. Nuts are generally cholesterol-free, and also contain phytochemicals such
as phytoestrogens (isoflavones) and phenolic compounds, ellagic acid and flavonoids.
Numerous studies have shown that nuts can protect against heart disease and even
type 2 diabetes. One study found that people who ate a small handful of nuts 5 times
per week could cut their heart disease risk in half.
In addition, certain types of nuts such as almonds, pecans, hazelnuts and walnuts
can help lower LDL "bad" cholesterol levels and help keep blood vessels healthy.
This could be due to their high content of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
(good fats), antioxidants, Vitamins and minerals, folate and arginine.
Nuts are also a rich source of protein, thus making them a good alternative to meat.
So if you're eating nuts, you might want to reduce your total daily protein intake
from other food sources such as meat or fish to avoid protein overload. Excessive
protein consumption is not only counterproductive to your weight loss goals, but
can also increase your risk of gout, liver and kidney problems.
If you're not a huge fan of oily fish, then you may want to consume walnuts on a
regular basis because they're particularly high in the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty
acid ALA, or alpha linolenic acid.
Are Nuts Fattening?
Many dieters avoid nuts because they are high in fat, and hence mistakenly assume
that eating nuts will make them gain weight. However, there is sufficient evidence
to suggest that nuts won't contribute to weight gain, if consumed in limited amounts
as part of a healthy well balanced diet.
According to a study published in the International Journal of Obesity and Related
Metabolic Disorders, it was found that eating almonds may help you lose weight and
keep the weight off. The study analyzed whether overweight participants eating 84
grams of almonds a day on a low calorie diet or a diet high in complex carbs would
be more effective in weight loss. After 6 months, it was concluded that the almond-enriched
diet resulted in greater weight loss and fat loss. The researchers also found that
those on the almond diet were able to maintain their weight loss efforts better than
the non-almond group.
Furthermore, nuts have also been shown to have a very positive effect on satiety
because they're high in protein, fat and fiber. That means, you'll feel hungry and
satisfied after eating nuts, and therefore you're less likely to binge eat or snack
How Not to Gain Weight Eating Nuts?
Nuts are high in calories and can be rather fattening so my advice is to consume
them in moderation. To prevent mindless eating, buy per-portioned packs or divide
a big bag of nuts into small seal-able bags yourself. Or, take one small handful
and put the entire package away.
It's also a good idea to snack on nuts in the shell such as pistachios. You’ll probably
consume less since it takes time to remove the shells, and the sight of empty shells
will discourage you from eating too many mindlessly.
Always choose nuts that are high in protein and low in saturated fat such as almonds,
pistachios, walnuts, hazelnuts and pine nuts. While cashew nuts and Brazil nuts are
also rich in protein, they also come with higher saturated fat contents. Pecans and
macadamia nuts have more calories as compared to other nuts, so just eat small amounts.
There are plenty of ways to enjoy the flavor, crunch and health benefits of nuts.
You can sprinkle sliced almonds or chopped walnuts over soups or salads instead of
croutons; top low fat yogurt with toasted mixed nuts in place of granola. Try adding
pine nuts when making fettuccine pasta and pesto sauce for good nutrition; cashews
taste great in a variety of Asian-style stir fry dishes.
Take note that chopped, ground and roasted nuts (especially Brazil nuts and pine
nuts) tend to turn rancid more quickly than whole nuts. Make sure to store them in
the freezer or refrigerator.
What food items fall under the negative calorie foods list to burn calories and fat,
and help you lose more weight? Find out how to stay thin while munching away nutrient-packed
negative calorie fruits and vegetables.
Are store-bought nibbles eating up a big chunk of your food budget? Find simple-to-make
cheap and healthy snack ideas that will keep your waistline trim and taste buds perfectly
happy! Great for picky kids and adults.
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Article VI of the US Constitution states:
- "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."
Voters may, however, decide whether or not to vote for a candidate, based on that candidate's religious views.
Several states have clauses in their own constitutions requiring a religious test.
1 Article 19, Section 1: "No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any court".
2 Declaration of Rights, Art. 36: "...nor shall any person, otherwise competent, be deemed incompetent as a witness, or juror, on account of his religious belief; provided, he believes in the existence of God..." Declaration of Rights, Art. 37: "That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution. "
3 Article 6, Section 8: "The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God. "
4Article 1, Section 4: "No person who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth."
5 Article 6, Section 4: "No person who denies the existence of the Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution."
- In 1993, Herb Silverman, professor of math at the College of Charleston, tried to apply as notary public. In the pre-printed application there was an oath he had to sign, which ended with "so help me God". He crossed out the "God". His application was thus turned down.
- Herb contacted the ACLU. They filed a lawsuit against the state of South Carolina. In 1997 the state Supreme Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional as it violated both the first and the sixth amendment.
6Article 9, Section 2: "No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this State. "
7Article 1, Section 4: "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being." Article 4, Section 2: "No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor who denies the existence of the Supreme Being...." Article 6, Section 2: "No person who denies the existence of the Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution."
General Laws of Massachusetts, Part IV, Title I. Chapter 272, Section 36: Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good behavior.
These laws are generally considered unenforceable. However, the prohibitions against atheist witnesses and jurors may have the unfortunate effect of reversing convictions. Should an atheist witness testify against a defendant in Arkansas, for instance, the defense could argue against the admissibility of the evidence, and if convicted, this issue could be subject to appeal. Similarly, if there is an atheist in the jury pool drawn for the case, the defendant likely has grounds for appeal: If he is convicted with an atheist on the jury, the state has convicted him in violation of its own laws. If an atheist jurist was struck for cause, the defendant's right to a jury of his peers has been abridged.
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What's The Weather? (Little Secrets)
Cover Artist: Jo Moon
Review by Gayle Surrette
Cartwheel Books Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 9780545025997
Date: 01 January 2008 List Price $9.99 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Official Info /
Trying to find a science book for a pre-schooler? Well, What's the Weather? just might do. It's a picture book with flaps and wheels so something that the very young child can play with as you read. Older children just learning to read may need assistance with some words.
One of the problems with science for youngsters is to hit the right note balancing what children can understand against flooding them with too much information. In What's the Weather? information detail is low but what information is there is simple and accurate.
The trick is to make learning about science fun and informative and this book covers the basics of weather from a scientific point of view without drowning the child in facts, figures, and theories.
A very simple beginning book for the budding climatologist.
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Wakefield, MA : The authors,
"As Sofia and I walked around town, taking pictures for the Library's Wakefield Then & Now Photo Contest, I thought of the original picture postcard of The Rockery, postmarked 1914, with a young boy in his coat and cap posed near the historical marker. Today, The Rockery has become a monument to the Spanish-American war and the historical marker has been moved across the street to the upper common. I marvel at the changes this boy must have seen over his lifetime, not only the physical differences in roads, houses, and buildings, but also the things that science and technology have brought to our day: modern medicine, radio, television, the internet. I wonder at things Sofia and those who come after her will see in their lifetimes. Will they be as different from our present time as we are from the little boy on The Rockery?" - caption provided by David Bruce, contest winner.;Winner of photo contest, Third Place, Adult category.
First photo is a reproduction of a 1914 picture postcard, looking north at the Rockery on Main Street opposite Yale Avenue. Second photo taken by David Bruce, March 2010.
Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Bruce, David, "The Rockery," in NOBLE Digital Heritage, Item #11886, http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11886 (accessed May 18, 2013).
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Sandfield House, an old quarryman’s cottage, is a handsome, warm red-brick house near Ormskirk, close to one of Lancashire’s many disused sandstone quarries that helped build the great industrial cities of the North. Today, the quarry is a nature reserve and the last quarryman left decades ago; gradually new houses all around are replacing the old, inefficient Victorian workers’ terraces.
But Chas and Thess Jutla decided to save and future-proof Sandfield House, built in 1870, rather than bulldoze it, and they hope it will still be standing in another 150 years.
Their bold project could well be a blueprint for homes of the future when, as economics professor and EU adviser Jeremy Rifkin predicted in May, “every home, every building, will be a power plant”. Green technology that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels could be the basis of the third industrial revolution that will rebuild Europe’s shattered economies, he said.
It hasn’t been easy. While renovating was under way, the Jutlas’ children, Aaron, nine, Madeleine, seven, and Hazel, four, had to share a single bedroom, but, says Chas , “The children have been integral to the project.
“They really 'get’ the green agenda, much more than older generations do, and for them it’s fascinating to watch the energy monitor display how many kilowatts the house is producing, depending on the weather.”
When the Jutlas bought Sandfield House 10 years ago, they knew they had something of a project on their hands and tried, piecemeal, to renovate small sections at a time. “But then the children started arriving and our energies became dissipated,” says Chas, a pilot. Meanwhile, heating the draughty, single-paned, solid-brick house to keep three babies warm was becoming a crippling expense.
“We were paying £160 a month for gas alone and all I could see were those bills getting higher and higher. We were either going to have to move somewhere cheaper or do something radical.” But they loved their cottage with its attached hay barn, despite the crumbling plaster and cold patches. “It was structurally sound and had stood for 150 years. Why couldn’t we help it stand for 150 more? I know a lot of period homes are inefficient, but what about our heritage? We can’t bulldoze them all.”
The couple hired an architect, chose a builder – “the only one of three we interviewed who 'got’ the green thing” – and moved into Thess’s parents’ house for six months. The children, says Thess, were really excited that their home, always uncomfortably cold, was finally going to have “warm rooms” like their grandparents’ house.
As well as installing the “power plant” kit – solar hot water and electricity-generating panels, an air-source heat pump and a wood-burning stove, combining old and new technologies – there were profound improvements to the walls, to keep all that lovely heat in. “The old internal plaster was stripped back and we installed high-performance but thin 'space blanket’ insulation, with air gaps either side. We lost about three centimetres of internal space all the way around, but it was worth it in terms of the comfort gains,” says Chas, who believes that there is “no point” in buying futuristic power-generation kit if you don’t get the basics right.
Old, inefficient appliances went, and replacements included an induction cooker and a super-efficient fridge costing £15 a year to run. “We’ve had to change our habits. It took a while to adapt to the induction cooker – it’s terribly quick – and we put the dishwasher on when the sun comes out to maximise efficiency.”
Chris Monckton, the project’s architect, has built energy-efficient new homes , but never eco-renovated an old one. He believes Sandfield House could be a template for saving period homes: “Inside it is warm, efficient and right up to modern building regulations. On the outside it is an attractive 1870s red-brick cottage.”
While Sandfield House isn’t totally self-sufficient – there wasn’t enough roof space for sufficient solar PV panels – Chas envisages upgrading them after about 10 years : “Panel efficiencies are increasing so rapidly that in a few years’ time we could be getting much more electricity out of fewer panels.”
What you need: “Power plant” kit ( £21,000). Solar thermal panels, solar PV, heat pump (eco-environments.co.uk); Architect: Chris Monckton (chrismonckton.co.uk). Builder: DMPM Construction (dmpmconstruction.co.uk)
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Looking for Signs of Past Water on Mars
The big science question for the Mars Exploration Rovers is how past water activity on Mars has influenced the red planet's environment over time. While there is no liquid water on the surface of Mars today, the record of past water activity on Mars can be found in the rocks, minerals, and geologic landforms, particularly in those that can only form in the presence of water. That's why the rovers are specially equipped with tools to study a diverse collection of rocks and soils that may hold clues to past water activity on Mars.
The rovers offer unique contributions in pursuit of the overall Mars science strategy to "Follow the Water." Understanding the history of water on Mars is important to meeting the four science goals of NASA's long-term Mars Exploration Program:
- Determine whether Life ever arose on Mars
- Characterize the Climate of Mars
- Characterize the Geology of Mars
- Prepare for Human Exploration
Learn about the rovers' unique contributions to these science goals through the pursuit of seven primary science objectives.
How scientists will rely on the rovers to look for signs of past water
Because scientists cannot go to Mars themselves at this point in time, they have to rely on robot geologists--the rovers--to look for signs of past water activity on Mars for them.
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CooperVision, Inc., the manufacturer of several brands of contact lenses, has recalled 5 million contact lenses shipped to customers during 2011. The first recall involved contacts sold under the Avaira Toric brand name. This recall, which was initiated in October 2011, affected nearly 780,000 leanses. The second recall, announced November 8, 2011, expanded the recall to include Avaira Sphere lenses, and affected the users of another 4.9 contact lenses.
These major recalls follow dozens of injury reports submitted to the Food and Drug Administration over the past year, including torn corneas, hazy or blurred vision, and severe eye pain. In response to these injury reports, he FDA issued a Class I warning on the Avaira contact lenses, the most serious warning allowed under the FDA regulations. The injuries are thought to stem from the use of silicone oil in the manufacturing process. CooperVision is the only manufacturer known to use silicone oil in the manufacture of its lenses.
Of the reported injuries where the brand of lens was known, the majority involved the users of Avaira Toric. The Toric lenses are marketed by CooperVision with claims that their unique material can actually “bind water within the lens without the need for additional surface treatments or wetting agents.” CooperVision also claims that these lenses are softer and more flexible that other brands of contacts. In making the recall, CooperVision admitted that the recalled lots did not meet the company’s “updated quality requirements due to the level of . . . silicone oil.” The company also admitted that in some cases, the initial injury report was limited to hazy vision, but the injury progressed and severe pain and other eye injuries developed.
Although CooperVision denies that any of the injury reports involved permanent injuries, this claim seems contradictory to the FDA’s decision to issue the Class I warning, which is normally reserved for drugs and medical products that have caused serious injury or death. Once additional information is released on the injury reports, our Avaira lawyers will work to confirm the claims made by the manufacturer of these dangerous contact lenses.
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Look no further for a terrific gift for your
child! The Book of Ruth is full of lessons in faith, kindness and
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Understanding creative influence is essential to understanding remix culture and a centerpiece of combinatorial creativity. I recently collaborated with illustrator extraordinaire Wendy MacNaughton and Michelle Legro of Lapham's Quarterly of a subjective visualization of creative influence in literature and other arts, but this ecosystem of cross-pollination is far more layered and complex than a playful graphic could possibly convey. The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life is Harold Bloom's ambitious effort to peel away at these many layers. Bloom, who for the past half-century has been exploring that ecosystem as a Yale literature professor and contemporary culture's most significant literary critic, offers insight on 30 of the world's most iconic writers, from Shakespeare to Joyce to Emerson, and examines issues ranging from the role of "creative misreading" in the joy of literature to the supreme fiction of the romantic self to the influence of a mind on itself.
Literature for me is not merely the best part of life; it is itself the form of life, which has no other form. --Harold Bloom
The book is a follow-up to Bloom's 1973 classic, The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, and was inspired by Robert Burton's 1621 masterpiece, The Anatomy of Melancholy. Of that influence, Bloom writes:
Traces of Burton's marvelous madness abound in this book, and yet it may be that all I share with Burton is an obsessiveness somewhat parallel to his own. Burton's melancholy emanated from his fantastic learning: he wrote to cure his learnedness. My book isolates literary influence as the agon of influence, and perhaps I write to cure my own sense of having been overinfluenced since childhood by the great Western authors.
But the part that captivated me the most was this quote from a Leo Tolstoy letter in the book's epigraph, which articulates the essence of my own curatorial sense of purpose better than I ever could:
For art criticism we need people who would show the senselessness of looking for ideas in a work of art, and who instead would continually guide readers in that endless labyrinth of linkages that makes up the stuff of art, and bring them to the laws that serve as the foundation for those linkages.
A true treat for literati and remixologists alike, The Anatomy of Influence is an exquisite paean to the love of literature, one that pulls you into its enthusiasm with equal parts mesmerism and cunning precision.
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One of the best ways to discover a degree program is to check out the course listings. By simply clicking on the course titles below, you can get a preview of the classes you will attend as a student at Indiana Wesleyan University.
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Firefighter proposes using 'Burg's fire truck
By Liz Vernon Staff Reporter
WILLIAMSBURG - When Tom Milewski decided to propose to Heather Wellington, he knew he wanted to do it in a unique way.
So Milewski, a firefighter with Williamsburg Township, made good use of one of the township's fire engines. Saturday, Feb. 19, he put a sign reading "Heather, will you marry me?" on the roof of the emergency services building, then used the fire engine to take Wellington up to the roof.
As the couple moved slowly skyward, their family and friends came outside and watched as Wellington read the sign, then said "yes" and hugged Milewski.
When they returned to the ground, he presented her with a balloon and flowers that he'd hidden in the truck.
"I wanted to do something different and original that would just throw her completely and totally off-guard," Milewski said of the proposal.
And it worked.
"I was very surprised," Wellington said. "I didn't expect it at all."
Milewski said it took about three weeks to plan. "I had some ideas I was just kicking around," he said. He decided to use plastic to construct the sign, and began working on it a few days before the proposal, with the help of some of his co-workers.
One of these co-workers, Capt. Jeff Kiser, has known Milewski for about 15 years. "He was thinking about (the proposal) and decided to make the sign," said Kiser. "It's unique. We'd never seen it done before."
The sign turned out well, Milewski said, and the weather was "great."
"I'm glad everything turned out," he said
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Thread: What a way to propose.
02-23-2005, 04:00 PM #1
What a way to propose.Ryan
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Lets not forget those lost on 9-11-01
02-23-2005, 04:08 PM #2
A firefighter in the town next to where I used to run as POC used an engine to propose to his girlfriend. You would have thought someone had killed a cow on the town green considering how nutty the townspeople went.
I thought it was nicethen (about 10 years ago), now it has become so ordinary it doesn't get me much anymore.
The kicker of it is both the guy and the guy who drove the rig were firefighters and never left town with the rig."Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." Will Rogers
The borrower is slave to the lender. Proverbs 22:7 - Debt free since 10/5/2009.
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The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the West.
Included here are full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Interspersed with the translations are six essays that examine the unusual roles the Heart Sutra has played: it has been used as a mantra, an exorcism text, a tantric meditation guide, and as the material for comparative philosophy. Taken together, the translations and essays that form Elaborations on Emptiness demonstrate why commentary is as central to modern scholarship on Buddhism as it was for ancient Buddhists. Lopez reveals unexpected points of instability and contradiction in the Heart Sutra, which, in the end, turns out to be the most malleable of texts, where the logic of commentary serves as a tool of both tradition and transgression.
"Elaborations on Emptiness is a superb achievement: It is by far the best and most complete treatment of the Heart Sutra in any Western language."--Jay Garfield, Journal of Buddhist Ethics
"[This] is a superb achievement: It is by far the best and most complete treatment of the Heart Sutra in any Western language."--Journal of Buddhist Ethics
"This scholarly book makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of the content and role of a key text. It also shows how the text has given rise to different interpretations over the centuries. It is of value for scholars and practitioners of Buddhism alike."--Sue Hamilton, Kings College, London
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Creating Sexually Healthy Faith Communities Workshop
Beyond Our Whole Lives and Welcoming Congregations
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The nation’s attention has focused on the need for congregations and clergy to be sexually healthy. Unitarian Universalist congregations have led the religious community in addressing sexuality education and the rights of all people to be sexually healthy, yet have often not looked at how polices and programs can create sexually healthy faith communities. The Rev. Debra W. Haffner has developed a day long workshop to explore the components of a sexually healthy faith community. The workshop includes an assessment of current practices within the congregation and strategies for improving the sexual health of the community. Pastoral care, worship, religious education for the life span, safe congregations, and social action will be addressed.
ALSO AVAILABLE: A one or two day intensive workshop for clergy and directors of religious education on being a sexually healthy religious professional.
Some Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) funding may be available.
For more information contact the Office for Ethics in Congregational Life at safecongregations @ uua.org.
The Reverend Debra W. Haffner is the Director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing. She is the former President and CEO of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). She presents more than 20 workshops and keynote speeches at conferences each year. She was the co-leader of the Meadville-Lombard intensive workshop on sexuality, and an early consultant to the UUA on the development of Our Whole Lives (OWL). A sexuality educator for 25 years, she was ordained to the ministry in May 2003. Rev. Haffner has a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a Masters of Public Health from the Yale University School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. She is the author of A Time To Build: Creating Sexually Healthy Faith Communities as well as two award winning books for parents on raising sexually healthy children.
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Sauce for the Emperor, John Mosher’s play on the fourth bill, which had “nine protagonists,” Kenton reports, “almost finished us.”(1) Bryant writes Reed on Thanksgiving to say that “Susie T. is producing Sauce for the Emperor but she hates Virginia Tobey and probably will put her out.” She tells him to not worry about producing his play Silver Spangles “because Rob Parker and Susie Treadwell could.”(2) One assumes that “Susie” is a nickname that Bryant is using for Sophie Treadwell. John Chapin Mosher’s play Sauce for the Emperor was placed on the fourth bill for performance and the letter indicates she was producing it, making Treadwell, as Cheryl Black points out, “the first woman to assume individual control of a production.”(3)
The play that Treadwell supervised, Sauce for the Emperor by John Chapin Mosher, is a somewhat satirical comedy set in ancient Rome in which the Emperor Nero has begun a competition among cooks to find the best sauce in his kingdom. Thinking that he may have overlooked her fiancée’s sauce, a peasant girl named Paula ambitiously serves it to Nero herself, enticing him with her beauty. Nero declares Donor, her fiancée, the winner, but intends to take Paula as his own, allowing that Donor can be their cook. Before he follows through, however, Nero discovers that his servants have been sneaking the sauce entries to Lady Aglaia, and when her beauty is described to the Emperor, he forgets Paula and goes to deliver the winning sauce to the woman himself. While Donor is thrilled to be united with Paula, Paula is miffed at Nero’s rejection and ends the play declaring, “I don’t believe she is a bit more beautiful than I am. Her nose is curved like a boat-hook.”(4)
Treadwell must have had her hands full trying to maneuver nine different characters on the small stage at 139 Macdougal, recalling Kenton’s comment quoted earlier that the play “almost finished us.”(5) The play also calls for a number of period props and costumes. The cast included Justus Sheffield as Nero, Richard Silvester as Macronius (a courtier of the Emperor), Allen Norton as Donor, Betty Turner as Tritor (another cook in the competition), Elsie Harrison as Octavia (Nero’s wife), Margaret Nordfeldt as Adora (a Vestal Virgin), Pierre Loving and John L. Baker as the two servants, and Virginia Tobey as Paula, who, unlike Bryant suggested in her letter, Treadwell seems to have not “put out” of the show.
© Jeff Kennedy 2007.
(1) Louise Bryant, letter to John Reed, Thanksgiving 1916, Harvard MSS. Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.
(2) Cheryl Black, The Women of Provincetown, 1915-1922 (Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama Press, 2002)96.
(3) Kenton 47.
(4) John Chapin Mosher, “Sauce for the Emperor” The Smart Set 51 (1917): 208.
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A bill may pass in Denver that turns all residents of Colorado into automatic organ donors. Senate Bill 11-042 is up for consideration by the Colorado state legislature and it would give “presumed consent” that all Colorado residents agree to be an organ donor.
Colorado is already at the top of the nation for voluntary organ donors at 66 percent of the state agreeing to donate. Those who wish may opt out by specifically notifying the DMV.
The “presumed consent” for organ donation is common for many European countries including Austria, Belgium and Spain. In the United States, Delaware, Illinois and New York already rejected bills similar to this one. If Colorado passes Senate Bill 11-042 then we will be the first state in the Union to agree to “presumed consent.”
Some people argue that the automatic organ donor bill takes away people’s choices and it is not donating if it is mandated. However, those who feel strongly against this do have the option to opt out and the issue may be the fear of lack of awareness.
Those in favor of this bill argue that although Colorado tops the nation as organ donors, there are still not enough organs for those in need. Of course, there is also the argument of, “Why should you care what happens to your organs? You’re dead.”
However, the right to volunteer as an organ donor is a personal choice. Organ donation would occur after death. This bill would not allow the government to come in and take a person’s organs whenever they want. The Colorado Donor Registry allows those who are current or future donors to change their minds by sending a letter to them with their decision.
Colorado residents who are uncomfortable with stating that they are organ donors can also voice their desire to family. If you are not a donor at the time of your death, your family can still decide on your behalf.
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Garden City, NY December 7, 2012 – Thanks to a partnership between the Girl Scouts of Nassau County and LI Sports Complex, more than 65 Girl Scouts from the hardest hit communities of Long Island, enjoyed a day of fun and “normalcy” on December 6th.
“It is incredibly important that children get to play and be themselves, especially in the wake of disaster as so many of our Girl Scouts have witnessed over the past month due to Hurricane Sandy,” said Donna Ceravolo, CEO of Girl Scouts of Nassau County. “Play, recreation, exercise and fun are at the top of their ‘needs’ list as they begin to recover from this devastation. It is our goal to bring back some normalcy to these girls and we thank LI Sports Complex for partnering with us to provide this opportunity.”
Jamie Diamond, Owner of LI Sports Complex adds, “As a long time resident of Lido Beach, one of the areas most effected by Hurricane Sandy, I saw the need to give our girls a positive outlet and experience during this slow and tedious recovery process. LI Sports Complex wanted to find a way to give back to these communities in need and we are proud to partner with the Girl Scouts of Nassau County to do so.”
Girl Scouts of Nassau County builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. Girl Scouting in Nassau County creates an accepting and nurturing environment, which gives girls a chance to build character and develops leadership skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them throughout their lives, like strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. With almost 21,000 girl and 7,000 adult members, Girl Scouts of Nassau County has become the preeminent organization and leading authority for girls. The organization, now in its 100th year, continues to make the world a better place one girl at a time.
For more information on the Girl Scouts of Nassau County call Donna Rivera Downey 516 741-2550 at ext. 260, or visit www.gsnc.org.
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Isn’t the Wizard of Oz a clear example of the awesome forcethat a tornado can muster? How can Jaws drive people out of the ocean screamingwhen a house blown through the sky brings back nostalgic memories? Please stayout of the water… but feel free to build your home below flood level and out ofcards in the wind. There is an urgent need to shift from an outmoded logic,ignorant of the forces of nature, to a point where the unabashed rush forprofit and development can be balanced against the basic goal of providingshelter. Humanity is inexplicably driven to build in places where it shouldnot-accepting the unavoidability of this folly is the first step to breathingin a new vision. We sought a way of turning the seemingly destructive acts ofnature into creative blooms.
Kinetic architecture is the innovation which we believe willform the foundation for the habitation of the future. This type of architecturelearns from technological innovation and amps up its incorporation into thehome, custom tailoring existing mechanisms in new ways. The revised conceptionof the home finds itself somewhere between garage doors, flowers, and thesurvival mentality of a turtle. A series of simple hydraulic levers are used topush the home in and out of the ground and deflect and warp the outer skin inresponse to external stimulation. The key activators of this motion being thehigh velocity winds associated with thunderstorms and tornadoes. A series ofsolar cells on the outer skin rotate and flex to attain maximum solar intensity.A translucent outer skin consisting of clear insulation sandwiched between twolayers of Kevlar provides the weather barrier and lets diffuse light into thestructure. We are also exploring the application of photocatalytic coatings andcarbon nanotubes on the skin to absorb and clean pollution turning it directlyinto fuel for the home to power the hydraulics.
A water tight seal locks the roof of the collapsed homemaking the structure water and wind proof. There have been a series of studiessince the mid 90’s showing homes that float up and out of harm’s way. Thissolution does not anticipate the velocity of the water, and more importantly thegrinding power of the debris contained in the water. The safest place is down.
Neighborhoods will become interwoven and connected togetherthrough sensor networks that interpret weather data. After warning sirensentire suburbs can be collapsed in seconds. The whole neighborhood will behaveas an organism fit for a collective response to the challenges brought by thenatural environment. The image of technology as a fire breathing train slicinga trail of black smoke through the innocent forest painted by Hawthorne isslowly replaced by a desire to respond to nature and not seek to dominate it.The tornadoes and storms can burn and blow with all their fury while the suburbsafely sleeps.
Can we spin this violent ever present soup into astabilizing direction? We seek a new mobility for the home that is controllednot left to “chance” (there is nothing accidental about 100 year old weatherpatterns). We are currently working on the development of a prototype with agroup of ship builders in the US and Africa.
Design Team: Ted Givens, Trey Tyler, Mohamad Ghamlouch,Shane Dale, Dougald Fountain
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Cooked bread and cheese is an ancient food, according to food historians. It’s popular across the world in many cultures and some evidence indicates that in the U.S., the modern version of the grilled cheese sandwich originated in the 1920′s when inexpensive sliced bread and American cheese became easily available. We all know the modern day grilled cheese has been redefined at Mom’s right here in Vancouver though. The cheese dream became popular during the Great Depression. It was originally made as an open sandwich, but the top slice of bread became common by the 1960′s. U.S. government cookbooks describe Navy cooks broiling “American cheese filling sandwiches” during World War II. Many versions of the grilled cheese sandwich can now be found on restaurant menus across North America. Just a little history lesson for ya. Hey, it’s Meatloaf Monday!!
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Although the Government has outlawed the abuse of car horns since July 2010, drivers continue violating the rules.Car horn abusers have caused many heart-rending accidents in big cities. Last August, a 22-year-old girl was run over after losing control of her bike on a street in Ha Noi as a result of being startled by loud hooting.
HA NOI — Although the Government has outlawed the abuse of car horns since July 2010, drivers continue violating the rules.
|Car horn abuse by motorists causes almost constant noise pollution in the nation's big cities. — VNA/VNS Photo |
Car horn abusers have caused many heart-rending accidents in big cities. Last August, a 22-year-old girl was run over after losing control of her bike on a street in Ha Noi as a result of being startled by loud hooting.
A month earlier, a young man was hit by a passing truck at the Xuan Thuy- Mai Dich intersection , also in Ha Noi, due to the same reason.
"Vietnamese motorists constantly sound their horns to let others know they are coming, even if no vehicles are in sight. It's a crazy sound," said British visitor Colin William.
Various types of car horns are sold at markets and motor vehicles stores without regulation, costing mainland from a couple of hundred dong to millions. Most models are made in China or Taiwan and exceed noise limits.
According to Ngo Ngoc Son, deputy director of the Motor Vehicle Technical Safety Inspection Department, horn volumes used in the inner city is limited between 90 to 115 decibels, with bus and lorry horns at about 300.
"When people register technical motor vehicle information, they often remove illegal horns to pass the registration procedure," Son said.
Tran Van Nghia, a traffic officer in Ha Dong Town, said that using illegal car horns was a common occurrence, especially in crowded streets, with mostly violators being truck and coach drivers.
According to Nghia, more than half of vehicles in his area use illegal horns with volumes exceeding the limit. However, punishment is difficult due to drivers using many ruses to avoid the police.
"We have no equipment to check horn volumes. All we can do is listen," he said.
Even though the Law on Road Traffic bans the use of loud or inappropriate horns, "it's extremely difficult to punish offenders", said Nguyen Van Tai, a member of Transport Police Team No 3 in HCM City.
He added that the problem has led more noise pollution in the city.
Under a 2011 law, punishments associated with the use of illegal horns have come in at between VND2million and VND3 million (US$95 – 145).
"It is not enough to deter violators," Tai stressed, saying, "Motorists often install two horn systems to fool officials."
Police needed to strengthen patrols to efficiently punish offenders, he suggested. — VNS
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Dancers to Travel Across Santa Clara University to Explore Species Migration
Monday, Sep. 20, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Sept. 17, 2010 – David Popalisky, Santa Clara University’s associate professor of dance, explores the intersecting motions of migrating animals and humans through an abstract dance performance called “Migrations” that crisscrosses the campus. It premieres on Friday, Sept. 24 at noon and show again on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. campus wide.
Audiences will experience the challenges facing all species as they travel with the dancers across campus. The performance is anchored by a “wanderer,” a cross between a seer and a bag lady, who sings her visions of delight, worry, and calls to action. She greets the dancers at three locations for longer dance segments: in the Mission Gardens, outside the Learning Commons and Library, and behind Lucas Hall.
The dance is inspired by the miraculous journeys of animals that yearly traverse paths carved though the ages and by the human bravery to face daunting challenges, both past and present. In this time of global climate change and economic stress, migration strikes at the notion of what is home.
“I vividly remember as a child in Wisconsin when the monarch butterflies would come through. For about a week they were everywhere like large flakes of orange and black snow, magical for me even then,” explains Popalisky. “Ultimately this dance is a reflection on the concept of home. I always wondered where those butterflies came from, where were they going – where did they live?”
Admission to “Migrations” is free. For more information, contact the Center of Performing Arts box office at 408-554-4015 or visit David Popalisky’s Migrations website, which includes a campus map showing dance sites.
Educational outreach performances and workshops at South Bay K-8 schools will follow the premiere in the fall.
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March 10, 2010
Finding Friends Who Understand is Priceless
Imagine attending a play date for kids with food allergies...or getting together with other parents to share recipes and bake allergy-friendly goodies...or finding a pen pal for your child who feels isolated.
With KFA's new Friends Connection™ service for all of you who support KFA with a Family Membership subscription, these opportunities are real! You now can:
Find friends who understand...
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P.S. Several members of KFA's Medical Advisory Team (including President Lynda Mitchell) attended the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) on February 26 - March 2 in New Orleans. Several news items from that meeting are included in this issue of eNews.
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Celebrating Easter with Food Allergies
This booklet contains tips and ideas to help you safely celebrate Easter with food-allergic children, including: allergy-safe crafts, Easter basket ideas, Easter egg hunts, Easter egg decorating activities and allergen-free recipes.
Food Allergy Safe Easter Baskets
Instead of using milk chocolate, real eggs and other items that present allergy hazards, try filling your Easter baskets with these non-food items that are peanut-free, egg-free and milk-free.
Easter Egg Decorating for Children with an Egg Allergy
Real eggs and egg cartons can pose a hazard to egg allergic children, so as an alternative, try these five Easter egg decorating activities.
Celebrating Passover with Food Allergies
This booklet contains tips and ideas to help you safely celebrate Passover with food-allergic children, including: preparing for the Seder, activities for Seder, allergy-free Passover recipes and Passover resources.
AAAAI: Half of Unknown Anaphylaxis May Be Due to Meat
"An allergy to meat may be responsible for up to half of recurrent anaphylaxis cases without known cause, researchers said."
AAAAI: New Test May Determine Who Can Tolerate Milk Products
"New research is leading the way to a test to distinguish children who can tolerate baked-milk products from those who cannot tolerate any form of cow's milk."
CHOP: Gene Site Found For Children's Eosinophilic Esophagitis
"Pediatrics researchers have identified the first major gene location responsible for a severe, often painful type of food allergy called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). In this disease, which may cause weight loss, vomiting, heartburn and swallowing difficulties, a patient may be unable to eat a wide variety of foods."
AAAAI: BPA May Be a Factor in Increasing Asthma Rates
"New research suggests that there may be a link between increasing asthma rates and a particular threshold of bisphenol A (BPA), according to a study being presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)."
BPA is a chemical commonly found in polycarbonate plastic bottles and the aluminum lining of food and beverage cans.
AAAAI: Will Peanut Allergy Soon Be Treatable?
"Twenty-three children reached the oral food challenge, 15 had received the oral immunotherapy and eight had received the placebo. During the oral food challenge, the median cumulative dose of peanut tolerated was only 315 mg for the placebo group compared to 5,000 mg (~15 peanuts) for the oral immunotherapy group. In addition, the oral immunotherapy group saw median titrated skin tests decrease from baseline to the oral food challenge."
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Do You Always Read the Ingredients?
"Do you read only the 'allergen info' part or do you read through all of the ingredients? "
Find out what loopholes exist and why you should always read the entire ingredient label on foods.
Marking Food Safe: What's Your System?
"I noticed today the post on label reading and wondered what system you use at home for marking safe and unsafe foods."
Parents share their organization methods on how to keep safe foods separated from unsafe foods at home.
I Just Made Mock Peanut Butter Cups!
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Food Alerts! Have you checked the Allergy Recall Alerts section at KFA recently? The following foods were recently recalled:
U.S. Allergy Recalls
- Ed Roller, Inc.: Wegmans Food You Feel Good About Medium Seafood Sauce (undeclared soy and fish)
- Gertel Bake Shoppe: Quality Delancey Chocolate Leaves Cookies (undeclared cashews and walnuts)
- Rumiano Cheese Co.: Landmark Raw Goat Cheddar Cheese (undeclared milk)
Canadian Allergy Recalls
- Honig Brand: Soup Mixes (undeclared egg and milk)
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The arrival of a wee insect, the Stink Bug, means ... federal government action?
"15 lawmakers are eyeing a proposal to reclassify the species under federal guidelines to expand regulatory authority over the bugs.
In other words, faced with a environmental problem, the first instinct from conservative Republican politicians is to ask the federal government to do something. Indeed, they're specifically asking for federal bureaucrats to sweep into action and use expanded federal regulations to help people."
But the Republicans do not want to update food safety laws, because that's just more meddling government.
"The legislation, which seeks to update food safety laws nearly a century old, passed the House in July 2009 and will die if it does not clear the Senate by the end of the Congress."
Across the ocean, Great Britain's police are pondering using small unmanned drones to watch over the public. Now, if we could just use such drones to target dubious insects.
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31 Wooden headrests
First half of the twentieth century or later
This example is on a conical base decorated at the bottom with four concentric grooves; the support is tapered and decorated with a number of rings. The inside of the base has been hollowed and shows signs of wood turning on a lathe, similarly the support and also underneath the platform. There are signs of rat gnawing at the edge of the platform.
Private Collection loans 10 and 11
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Django unchained and deconstructed
|Professor Locs, aka Charles Easley, is an educator who explores race, class, gender, sexuality, media and popular culture with humor and insight. His column is published here each Wednesday. Opinions expressed are solely his own. Click here to read his blog.|
The film “Django Unchained” has been steeped in controversy ever since its December release.
No matter what you think of the film -- and I believe I am in the minority opinion of not liking it -- you cannot dispute its box office success ($100 million to date.) “Django” has been nominated for five Oscars, including best picture, and it recently received two Golden Globes -- best screenplay for director Quentin Tarantino and best supporting actor for Christoph Waltz, who played the benevolent bounty hunter who freed Django.
It was this most recent honor that really got my attention.
I have been trying for some time now to pinpoint the specific reasons I object to the film, aside from its historical inauthenticity. It’s like I am looking at one of those computer-generated dot drawings where the picture is not quite clear.
I have talked with some of my students and even some of my contemporaries who said they liked the film. I have frequently shared with my students that, as consumers of media, our personal filters will ultimately determine how we process films. Well, these are my filters: I am an African American male of a certain age group. I am a Southerner. I have studied the history of the film industry. But more important, I know how African American culture has been consumed and, to some degree, exploited.
I have been following the media outlets and taking in the ongoing discussion of “Django’s” importance as a film and what it represents. We have polarized opinions from celebrated black professionals, including Spike Lee, who has been vocal about boycotting the film, to distinguished professors like Henry Louis Gates, who conducted an interview with Tarantino for TheRoot.com.
Surely I am not the only one who sees irony in the fact that a film about a black slave who turns bounty hunter and takes revenge on his oppressors snagged two Golden Globes...both given to non-black artists.
Django will also represent at the Oscars, the most coveted of all film awards. It was nominated for best film, but none its black actors are up for statuettes in any of the possible categories.
Tarantino has been under fire for his excessive use of the n-word in “Django,” which I find curious given that the film is set in the slave era. But what are we to expect from a man who is also manufacturing toy slave-era collectibles featuring characters from the movie? (Yes, just in time for Black History Month, you can have your very own “Django” doll with peel-and-stick back scars for before-and-after beatings.)
What I find even more surreal is that folks like Katt Williams, who quite frankly has lost all credibility, have attempted to chime in on who owns the n-word. Guys like Katt, Russell Simmons, black comedians and hip-hop artist have been selling the n-word and pre-packaged black culture for years, so they should now take partial ownership for folks like Tarantino who veraciously consume African American culture.
So when I hear that Tarantino dropped the n-word backstage after winning at the Golden Globes but was saved by Don Cheadle who dropped it himself -- “Please, no n*gger questions. Black people questions are alright,” he told reporters -- and surprise, surprise, the NAACP is further co-signing all of this behavior by nominating the film for four Image Awards, I am strangely unfazed.
The dots are finally taking shape, and although I find the image distasteful, at least the picture is clear now.
I still have issues with some aspects of “Django” but maybe it’s not the story that upsets me. Maybe it’s all the tertiary elements that contribute to the “story behind the story” that get my ire.
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Morristown Christmas Trees Heading Down the Shore
Town first municipality to volunteer trees for 'Christmas Tree Dune Stabilization Project' at Island Beach State Park.
A new pilot project aims to provide a little stabilization, and an unusual form of holiday cheer, down the shore.
And Morristown is leading the yuletide charge as the state Department of Environmental Protection's "Christmas Tree Dune Stabilization Project" prepares to get underway at Island Beach State Park, one of the hardest hit areas during Superstorm Sandy in October.
Morristown First Lady Mary Dougherty was first made aware of the project through a state DEP Facebook post. She then went to her husband, Mayor Tim Dougherty, who requested permission from Town Council Tuesday for the town's Department of Public Works to haul the town's discarded Christmas trees down to the project location later this week.
The project will install the retired Christmas trees in several specific locations at the park, on their side and end-to-end, then secured in place in a manner similar to dune fencing. A small amount of sand will be placed on the trees with anticipation that blowing winter winds will accumulate additional sand and cover the trees.
In the spring, provided the project has been successful and the dunes are stable, the areas can be planted with dune grass. Over time the trees will biodegrade faster and safer than traditional treated lumber posts, according to a press release issued by the town this week.
"The entire mid-Atlantic coast suffered great loss of natural resources as a result of Hurricane Sandy," Mary Dougherty wrote in the release. "Oceanfront sand dunes are a vital resource which provide habitat for wildlife and as importantly, they are the front line resistance that protect our communities and natural resources from devastation of storms like the one we just experienced. Areas with healthy dunes suffered significantly less loss than areas with compromised or nonexistent dune systems. Unfortunately, as part of the protection process dunes often become a 'sacrificial lamb' absorbing the energy produced by the wind and waves. Many dunes along the east coast were sacrificed and are in need of restoration. This holds true for the dune systems at Island Beach State Park which is home to one of the most extensive dune systems in New Jersey."
The Christmas Tree Dune Stabilization Project is only one of numerous methods of restoration expected to be used. Additional methods include the installation of dune fence, planting of dune grass, simple protection of critical habitat and some limited mechanical building.
“It’s a wonderful project, which will assist to protect our beaches, build new dunes and support our beaches which have been destroyed by Hurricane Sandy,” she added in the press release.
"It's a great project, and we are the first municipality to volunteer our Christmas trees," Tim Dougherty said Tuesday, noting the trees otherwise would be mulched. He thanked his wife, who was away on a business trip Tuesday, for her initiative on the project.
A statewide post-Sandy "Day of Service" is scheduled for Jan. 19 throughout New York and New Jersey, including for anyone interested in helping to plant the Christmas trees at Island Beach State Park.
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Before I left Chicago last fall and moved in with my long-distance boyfriend in New York, I thought a lot about all the benefits such a lifestyle change could create. I fantasized about Sunday mornings with my boyfriend when neither of us would have to worry about rushing off to catch a flight. I thought about mundane weekday evenings, too, making dinner and hanging out after work, something we’d never experienced together before. And I thought about the career opportunities, culture, and new friendships, not to mention fabulous shopping that awaited me in the world’s finest city. What I didn’t think about, however, was the benefit my move would have on the environment, something a recent article on Slate suggests all LDR couples should consider.
In fact, in the article, author Barron YoungSmith argues that the carbon imprints of long distance relationships from their frequent flights and long drives are ruining the environment, suggesting that the lifestyle of a hypothetical bi-coastal couple is “about six times worse for the environment than that of the average gas-guzzling American.” But that’s not his only argument against LDRs. He also writes, “By spending all their free time out of town or staring at a webcam—that is, in their apartments or airline cabins, rather than in parks, bowling alleys, and pubs—long-distance lovers erode civic commitment and social support networks.” YoungSmith is so displeased by and all this “erosion,” he proposes a “robust Date Local movement” similar to a local food movement. But I have news for YoungSmith, dating locally has severe social and environmental implications, too. Here are the nine negative effects of dating locally:
1. Cruising and bar-hopping for dates increases CO2 emissions, as well as the possibility of drunk driving. Also, are bars really recycling all those empty beer bottles? Probably not.
2. YoungSmith indirectly argues that dating locally increases bowling alley attendance, but has he considered the price of diseases spread through shared bowling shoes and bowling ball finger holes? Very costly, I’m sure.
3. Couples who spend a lot of time together, like those who live in the same city, start to look and act alike over time, much like dogs and their owners do. This decreases unique world views and creativity. It’s also very annoying.
4. Dating locally increases the odds of running into exes in the laundromat or at the deli, and if there’s anything more awkward than making small talk with someone who’s seen you naked while you’re washing a load of intimates or eating an egg salad sandwich, I’m sure I don’t know what it is.
5. Couples who live in the same city watch tons of TV because after a while that’s just all there is to do together. And you know what all that TV-watching uses? Electricity — lots of it.
6. Dating locally means fewer excuses to miss significant others’ boring office parties and family events, which can lead to an increase in headaches and ulcers!
7. Ulcers are not easily diagnosed. There are often many tests involved, which mean frequent trips to the hospital, which increases CO2 emissions.
8. Ulcers also increase trips to the bathroom and use of toilet paper — paper, need I remind you, that cannot be recycled!
9. What are people in small-town Kentucky supposed to do? Date their cousins? That’s just gross.
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Here’s the hot new game that’s teaming up the mobile application world. It’s called Draw Something, and it’s made by none other than OMGPOP. It’s probably their most successful venture to date, as I generally don’t catch things unless they’re really popular. (Something about me and pop culture that just don’t seem to mesh well.)
Draw Something is available for both Android and iOS devices (Galaxy, iPhone, Evo, iPad), and is essentially Win, Lose, or Draw on your mobile device. You choose a word from a set of three, and create a drawing on a blank white canvas that the other player has to guess. Each word has a corresponding difficulty and reward, and if the other player guesses the word, you both get the reward. Essentially, the two of you are teammates, trying to get the best score, and play for the most number of rounds.
You can spend the coins that you earn on power-ups such as the BOMB, which will either give you new words when you’re drawing (if you can’t figure out how to draw needle, banana, or Rihanna) or blast away incorrect letters when you’re guessing.
Anyway, the game is out, and guess what. YOU CAN CHEAT IN IT! I don’t mean getting the word javelin and then writing it directly on the screen. That’s called laziness. And yes, I do it all the time. I mean, these cheats are bugs you can exploit for your own personal gain. I don’t know if these cheats work on Android phones, but I know they work on iPhones. And why am I telling you? Because OMGPOP should really look into plugging these holes, especially since they can cost them precious revenue.
* These cheats work as of version 1.2.8 on iOS. And take care not to break your phones, as this post comes with no express or implied warranty.
CHEAT #1 – GET NEW WORDS
Don’t like the words you got? What the heck is a Raekwon anyway? Well, you could drop a hard-earned bomb on your words to get three new ones, or you could force-quit the application! Force-quitting the app and then restarting it will offer you a new set of words to use against your teammate.
CHEAT #2 – GUESS THE WORD EASILY
Can’t figure out if you’re staring at a baby or an eggplant? Problem sorted! Use a bomb (or, shame on you if you have used them all up), and then see what letters you have left. Get the word right, and before you get to the coins screen, force quit the application. There’s a different method of force-quitting that I prefer for this cheat. How To Geek covers the new force-quit, which will require you to be on the home screen. Once you re-enter the game, you’ll have your bomb back, and you’ll know the word!
Here’s another version of this cheat, which I don’t like because you need paper and a pencil. On the bright side, you don’t use bombs. If you can’t guess the word, write down all the letters on a piece of paper. Then force-quit, and re-enter the game. The drawing will begin again but you’ll have an all-new set of letters. Write down the second set, cross off the ones that don’t match, and you have like a thousand-percent better chance at guessing the drawing.
CHEAT #3 – PLEAD WITH YOUR FRIEND
Ok, so this isn’t actually a cheat, but if you’re playing against a friend of yours and you can’t guess the word, just call him up! Explain to him that the both of you are on the line. Does he want to be responsible for breaking your 43-round run, just because his drawing of Lebron James looks like a cookie eating a net? Plus, those three extra coins you both get could go towards some awesome bombs. OR BETTER YET, NEON COLOURS!
CHEAT #4 – JUST DRAW THE WORD
This is very lazy. And boring. And I had to play someone who did this over and over again. Eventually I stopped playing, because there’s no challenge in writing HOPSCOTCH or PADLOCK.
Obviously these cheats are a little cumbersome. They aren’t easy, but then again, spending ten days just to get pastel colours, or paying $3 to buy more bombs isn’t easy, either.
You can also cheat by going to http://drawsomething.com/cheat. But that just gives you the answers.
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Submitted on Fri, December 14, 2012
Submitted by: John Converse Townsend on 12/14/12
Just when I felt I was beginning to understand the confines within which the term social entrepreneur or social enterprise can be applied, this new term emerges: the social intrapreneur. Luckily, from what I understand of it now, it is a bit more straightforward in terms of its practical application, but still the term serves to further blur the lines between entities that are often viewed as distinct and separate. Last night, Ashoka Changemakers broadcasted, via YouTube, a Google+ Hangout that brought industry insiders face to face with the two early-round prize-winning teams of Ashoka’s League of Intrapreneurs, a competition that rewards prominent intrapreneurs with media coverage and consulting support from Accenture Development Partnerships. As a media correspondant, I was given the opportunity to interact with the group and to explore the topic at hand.
The term social intrapreneur is used to identify an individual within a company or corporation that utilizes the business’s existing networks and infrastructure to impact society. Like the socialentrepreneur, the intrapreneur designs vehicles for impact that are revenue generators and self-sustainable. Unlike the social entrepreneur, however, the intrapreneur has both the benefits and challenges of working within a larger corporate structure.
It is easy to imagine what sort of challenges one might be confronted with in trying to initiate a social project within a large organization that has a very clear bottom line. “The types of initiatives we’re working on here are outside our typical remit in our day jobs,” explained Michelle Wobker. Michelle and Dwight Walker are two early round winners from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) working to provide low cost medical diagnostic tools to underserved communities in Africa.
According to Michelle, the question becomes, “How do you carve out time for these important pieces of work that don’t necessarily meet the bottom line of your own business unit?” For both teams involved in the Google+ Hangout, the answer lies in earning and maintaining support for the project from the higher levels of the organization.
“Some of the greatest challenges we’ve faced have been, internally, how do you create a compelling business case, how do you demonstrate and describe the different kind of business value that you can bring to different functions?” explained Amy Chen, an early-round winner from PepsiCo. “I think a lot of it has been creativity on our team’s part in terms of understanding how to describe what we’re doing and how to keep the organization motivated and inspired, and to continue supporting the efforts that we’re working on.”
While the intrapreneur must overcome certain internal barriers that an entrepreneur would not necessarily encounter, the rewards that the intrapreneur gains from earning the support of one’s organization places him or her, at the outset, miles ahead of the bootstrapping social entrepreneur. Having gained the support of their organization, for example, Amy and fellow PepsiCo intrapreneur Matt Smith have been able to utilize PepsiCo’s immense distribution and supply chain networks to provide healthy meals to children otherwise without access. After only four years, they have delivered over one million meals across the country.
Further, Matt explained, “What has been absolutely critical for us is how do we become good at, when we run into a road block internally, saying, 'I’m sure there’s someone in this company who knows how to do this. We don’t have to try to solve this ourselves, there’s an expert somewhere. How do we find that person?’ ” The access to this sort of intellectual capital is an invaluable asset unique to the social intrapreneur. Dwight noted that for his project with Michelle, they have “been able to leverage both GSK’s internal scientific knowledge and [its] external manufacturing partners.”
Watch the Google+ Hangout in its entirety:
The idea of a corporation using its networks and infrastructure to produce some sort of social good sounds a lot like CSR. Initially, it seemed to me that the term social intrapreneur was just another way of describing the same sort of activity; the relevance of the term did not seem to extend beyond convoluting a broad concept that I previously understood as any step a corporation took toward having a positive social impact. CSR was distinct from the two other broad impact sectors: not-for-profits and social enterprises.
The mental framework that holds these three sectors as distinct and independent of one another has developed in the social space as a heuristic approach for labeling and organizing different ways people work toward a social cause. While it is a compact and convenient way of viewing the space, it does hold the potential to isolate the three sectors, to ignore areas where they overlap and disregard opportunities for collaboration and convergence. As a result, the three areas sometimes seem to work in opposition despite having the same or similar goals.
From this standpoint, the introduction of the social intrapreneur can be viewed instead as a movement toward a more cohesive impact structure that combines the three aforementioned entities onto a single continuous spectrum. On this spectrum we have corporate philanthropy connecting CSR arms with nonprofits and NGOs, the hybrid model connecting NGOs with social enterprise, and, now, social intrapreneurs connecting CSR with social enterprise.
In this sense, the term adds a certain value. According to Amy, “There have always been people that I would call changemakers or social intrapreneurs within organizations, but sometimes it’s helpful to give it a name, and for us to start creating a network of intraprenuers … of people who are facing common challenges, who have similar aspirations, who believe that business can be more than it is, and are fighting every day on the inside to try to make that happen.
"My long-term vision is that the term should go away … that some day we won’t even need the term, because all business will be about doing good and doing well, and about finding those ways that business can help contribute to a more meaningful and sustainable community.”
The movement Amy is describing is essentially a movement towards social enterprise as business as usual. If intrapreneurs form the bridge that transcends the gap between corporations and social enterprise, then it is a contracting bridge. As more intrapreneurs emerge from corporations and begin to affect change from within, they pull the sides of the gap together until it is completely diminished; social enterprise and corporations become one, and therein no longer the need for a bridge at all.
I want to close by addressing a question posed during the Google+ Hangout but that I misunderstood at the time, because I believe it is an important one to consider. The question was, ‘what can the social entrepreneurship sector do to be more supportive of social intrapreneurship?’
The reason the question is interesting is that the two are not really all that different. Both the intrapreneur and the entrepreneur are attempting to build sustainable business structures that have a social impact. The difference, as noted before, is that while the entrepreneur is so often forced to rely on his own resources to build his business, the intrapreneur has the support of a multimillion-dollar corporation. They are two players in the same market, but clearly the field is not level.
My instinct tells me that the question asked is the wrong one, that we should instead be asking how corporate social intrapreneurs could be more supportive of social entrepreneurs who lack the same infrastructure support. That answer is simple. Both the PepsiCo and GSK teams expressed the importance of partnering with existing organizations, mentioning, specifically, NGOs and corporate partnerships. But with only these two possibilities in mind, it is easy to forget that there exists another point on our spectrum where business minded individuals are already working to create sustainable business for social impact. Given that intrapreneurs seem intrinsically concerned with revenue generation and sustainability, it would seem that partnering with existing social enterprises to promote a sustainable social enterprise ecosystem would make even more sense than a partnership with an NGO or nonprofit.
The takeaway from the Google+ Hangout hosted by Ashoka Changemakers is that social intrapreneurship occupies an important space on the impact continuum. Taking place within corporations from the bottom up, the emergence of projects that generate revenue while maintaining positive social impact represents an important step in moving business as usual toward business for social good. In order for this change to manifest, however, it is important that we continue to look for ways that the impact sectors can work together, and exist in symbiosis with one another. Otherwise, we will find ourselves in our previous dilemma, where like-minded organizations are competing rather than collaborating in order to maximize both impact and revenue.
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On this day in 1978, a truck carrying liquid gas crashes into a campsite, crowded with vacationers, in San Carlos de la Rapita, Spain. The resulting explosion killed more than 200 people; many others suffered severe burns.
Shortly after 3 p.m. on a hot day on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, a 38-ton truck carrying propylene gas, used in the manufacture of alcohol, was traveling on a small, winding road 120 miles south of Barcelona. The truck, owned by Cisternas Reunidas, may have been on this coastal road instead of the nearby turnpike in order to avoid paying a toll. For unknown reasons, the truck crashed into a cement wall. (Some witnesses report seeing a fire on the truck before the crash.)
Down a hill from the cement wall, 800 people, mostly families on vacation from Germany and France, were camped out near the beach in tents and makeshift bungalows. The truck, carrying 1,500 cubic feet of pressurized liquid gas, plunged down the hill and exploded in a massive fireball. Flames shot up 100 feet into the air, killing many people instantly. The resulting crater was 20 yards in diameter. The huge fire and explosion also caused the camper's portable gas units and cars to blow up. Few of the survivors were wearing any protective clothing other than a bathing suit and many of them suffered horrible burns.
The timing of the disaster also contributed to the high casualty toll. Coming just after lunch, many people had not yet returned to the nearby beach. In all, 215 people lost their lives. So many German citizens were involved that German officials arranged for an airlift of doctors and equipment from Stuttgart to assist in the relief effort.
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ALL Environmental Science majors
Ohio EPA Awards 18 Scholarships
Eighteen students from 12
colleges each received $2,500 scholarships from Ohio EPA's Environmental
Education Fund. The fund receives one half of the civil penalties
collected by the Agency for air and water pollution violations, and is
also used toward grants for environmental education projects.
There were $45,000 in scholarships available this year.
A change in state law allowed students at Ohio's
private four-year colleges to be eligible for the scholarships for the
first time. Eight of the 18 students are enrolled at private
colleges. Schools represented were Bowling Green State University,
Capital University, Cleveland State University, University of Dayton,
University of Findlay, Kenyon College, Oberlin College, Ohio Northern
University, Ohio State University, Shawnee State University and
Applicants had to be undergraduate students
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in Environmental Science or Environmental Engineering
GPA of 3.0 or better
in past or current research
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Found a number of fun videos of Jack LaLanne on YouTube a couple weeks ago. I took the chance to make a screen shot of his 10 Point Plan for health and fitness
First point, not surprisingly, was to exercise; second, equally as wisely, was nutrition. He gave some points on how to eat that were quite advanced for the 50s. He suggested a breakfast of whole grains and protein, a lunch of a large salad with lots of veggies on it, and a supper of lean protein (fish, or chicken) steamed veggies and another salad Who talked about eating like that in the 50s??
His Sample Meal Plan was not what I remember eating growing up. But I swear this man was WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. Protein and fruit for breakfast, Lunch: raw veggie salad and a little protein. Dinner: Another salad, 2+ undercooked veggies, some protein, and for dessert some fresh fruit.
Go follow the links to some of his other videos. It’s amazing to see what a visionary he was.
The rest of the points are all great for personal confidence and fitting into the world But again in the 50s? Even the 60s, these were fairly revolutionary ideas. Positive thinking? Care for others?
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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)
317. AESOP AND THE SOOTHSAYERS
Perry 495 (Phaedrus
People consider someone with real life experience to be more reliable
than a soothsayer, but they cannot say why: my little fable will be the
first to provide an explanation.
There was a farmer who had a flock of sheep, and those sheep gave birth
to lambs with human heads. Alarmed by this omen the farmer hurried off,
deeply upset, to consult the soothsayers. One soothsayer told him that
the birth of lambs with human heads indicated a matter of life and death
for him as the 'head' of the household, and a sacrifice would be required
to ward off the danger. Another soothsayer insisted that this was instead
a sign that the man's wife had been unfaithful to him, and that she had
passed off other men's sons as his own; this evil omen could only be averted
by an even greater sacrifice. To make a long story short, the soothsayers
argued about their interpretations with one another, heightening the man's
anxiety with more and more causes for alarm. Aesop also happened to be
there, that old man who was nobody's fool: there was no way that nature
could play tricks on him! 'If you want to expiate this omen,' said Aesop,
'I suggest you supply your shepherds with wives!'
Note: This same anecdote is told about the legendary wise man Thales
in Plutarch's Banquet of the Seven Sages.
Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura
Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.
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The Center for Literacy hosts several special events each year, including student-focused events and fundraisers. Special events provide opportunities for the involvement of individuals, foundations, and corporations in the form of donations, underwriting, space provision, and volunteerism. CFL events also serve as a means to honor learners and volunteers for their dedication and hard work. Please check back regularly for information on recent events and upcoming events.
Become a volunteer tutor
and make a difference in someone's life!
The old adage, age is nothing but a number rings true, especially if you are Elvie Hill. Elvie is 78 years young and has the vigor, tenacity, and inquisitiveness others half his age admire and aspire to. Elvie embodies the ideals of life long learning and came to the Center for Literacy in his retirement because he needed a challenge, pursuing his GED® was the answer.
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Missing since July 1994 from Long Beach, Mississippi
Circumstances of Disappearance
Jack Fisher went missing in Mississippi in 1994 and has never been found.
He vanished while working in the mobile home business in Mississippi. Jack was a U.S. Army veteran. In late July 1994, Jack told his parents he was heading out of state, perhaps to Missouri, to help victims of a flood. The family filed a missing persons report in Mississippi, but Jack has never been heard from again.
Jack previously lived in Dundedin, Florida.
His brother, a fugitive, assumed his Jack's identity while on the run. He was arrested in 2006 and is not considered a suspect in Jack's disappearance.
St. Petersburg Times
Return to the Unexplained Disappearances' Index
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Barnaby Evans is an artist who works in many media including site-specific sculpture installations, photography, film, garden design, architectural projects, writing and conceptual works. His original training was in the sciences, but he has been working exclusively as an artist for more than twenty-five years.
Barnaby Evans received his Bachelor’s degree in biology and environmental science from Brown University in 1975. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humanities by Brown University and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Rhode Island College, both in 2000. Evans has also received the Aaron Siskind Fellowship in Photography, several fellowships from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, the Silver Prize for Colour Photography at the International Triennial Exhibition (in Switzerland) and Providence’s Renaissance Award in 1997. Evans received the 2003 Kevin Lynch Award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and WaterFire was honored with the 2003 Rudy S. Bruner Silver Award for Urban Excellence from the Bruner Foundation given to Providence for the renaissance of its downtown. In 2010, Evans was honored with a Distinguished Service to the Arts Award from the National Governors Association.
Evans has lectured at many universities including Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, MIT, Harvard, Cornell, McGill, the University of Colorado, University of Arizona, and the University of Barcelona. Evans was the 2003/2004 Artist in Residence at MIT and also taught courses at the Urban Studies Department at MIT on the impact of ephemera on the urban environment. WaterFire has been discussed in hundreds of articles and included in symposia in Helsinki, Barcelona, Montreal, Seoul, New Zealand, Amsterdam, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. WaterFire has also been studied and written about in numerous urban studies and public art books, as well as appearing in novels, poems, and narrative films.
Barnaby Evans created WaterFire in its first version in 1994 in Providence as First Fire to celebrate the tenth anniversary of First Night Providence. In June 1996, he created Second Fire for the International Sculpture Conference and the Convergence International Arts Festival in Providence. With hundreds of volunteers and the broad support of the community he established WaterFire as an on-going installation in 1997. Evans also created WaterFire Houston in 1998 and installed Moving Water for the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Vita Brevis Program in Boston in 2001.
Among other installation works, Barnaby Evans created Temple to Milk in 1989, Protecting the Flag in 1990, Execution Coda (with artist Irene Lawrence) in 1993, Plumb Line in 1994, and Solstice Courtyard in 1997. Evans created Rikyū’s Second Dream for the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art for the summer of 1999, a related work, 613 Lengths of Bamboo at the Brattleboro Museum of Art and Heart of Glass for the Museum of Glass and Contemporary Art in Tacoma, Washington, both in 2001. Evans created two installations entitled Never Use a Red Pen in honor of Dr. J. Mark Schuster, one on the MIT campus and one at First Night Boston, both in 2008. 1000 Ships, a meditation on the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, was a collaboration with Lyra Monteiro and Andrew Losowsky of The Museum on Site presented at WaterFire in 2008. Starry, Starry Night was a new installation at WaterFire Providence unveiled in 2009. Bridge of Stars followed closely behind illuminating another part of the installation in 2010. Evans has created installations of WaterFire in Columbus, Ohio and in Kansas City, Missouri. Evans is currently exploring art installations for a number of other cities including St. Petersburg, Barcelona, Seoul, Hiroshima, Rome, Padua and Venice.
Barnaby Evans is also known for his photography which is included in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Bibliotheque National, Paris; the Musee’ d’art et d’histoire, Fribourg, Switzerland; the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts; and the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design among others. His photographs have also been nationally and internationally exhibited and published in Camera , Lucerne, Switzerland; Photokina, Cologne, Germany; Photography Annual, New York; and Schweizerische Photorundschau / Revue Suisse de Photographie.
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At a patrolled beach all surfers must surf outside the black and white quartered flags. These flags are sometimes used to create a buffer zone between the swimming area (between the red and yellow flags) and the board riding areas. No surfboards are allowed between the black and white quartered flags. Many of the best surf spots are found at beaches that are not patrolled, but if you are going to surf there, never surf alone! Surfers must take responsibility for their own and others’ safety. Always let someone know where you are going.
Surfing & Bodyboarding Safety Tips
- Always surf or bodyboard with a friend.
- Assess the conditions thoroughly prior to entering the surf.
- Continue to assess the conditions as they can suddenly change.
- When surfing or bodyboarding use the correct equipment – leg rope and nose guard for surfing, wrist strap and fins for bodyboarding.
- If you get into trouble, stay on your surfboard or bodyboard; it will keep you afloat.
- If you are caught in a rip, stay calm, stay with your board and paddle parallel to the beach, then catch a broken wave back to shore.
- Be aware of other people in the water and don’t surf or bodyboard too close to swimmers.
- Beginner surfers should always start with a lesson from a Surfing Victoria affiliated surf school at www.surfingaustralia.com
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Saturday, 9 February 2013
A Weighty Matter
It is estimated that pollutants building up on the standard kilogram may have added tens of micrograms to the weight of the IPK over the years. So, how do they know its getting heavier you may ask, what are they measuring it against? Well there are in fact 40 official IPK replicas around the world, and they all appear to be gaining weight at slightly different rates. This presents a problem as this divergence, even at such small levels, causes them all to be out of sync with each other. Now researchers at the University of Newcastle have tried to remove these pesky pollutants by exposing similar surfaces to UV radiation, it is hoped that this will remove the pollutant contamination and should, at least in theory, return the metal to its original weight and hopefully stop this problem.
Why should we care? Well the thing is so many other units of measurement depend on the kilogram. As of 2013 the kilogram was the only SI unit still defined by an artifact. If the kilogram changes, so must the newton, if the newton changes, so must the joule and so on. That's why there are plans to define the kilogram not by a prototype, but in terms of fundamental physical constants, in particular the plank constant. If this goes ahead then hopefully the problem may be fixed once and for all but for now we need a way to keep the standard kilogram just that. One kilogram.
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Mindful of the sage advice, "It isn't what you don't know that hurts you. It's what you know for sure that just isn't so," Thomas Sowell has published a new book, Economics Facts and Fallacies.
Among the fallacies he discusses are:
1. Government programs are needed to create “affordable housing.” (Actually, government intervention is what has made housing so unaffordable in places where even hovels are expensive.)
2. Employer discrimination is the main reason for differences in income between women and men. (Tons of evidence point in other directions.)
3. College tuition is going up so fast because of rising costs. (Only if you call voluntary increases in spending “rising costs.”)
4. Foreign aid helps poor countries become more prosperous. (Only if you don’t look at the evidence.)
5. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. (It all depends on whether you are talking about flesh and blood human beings or statistical brackets.)
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What Bond Fund Flows Tell us About Municipal BondsNovember 27th, 2012 by David Waring
I was researching bond mutual fund flows earlier this week, and I came across a nice time series from the Investment Company Institute. It breaks out monthly municipal bond fund flows going back to 2007.
To see a list of high yielding CDs go here.
What is mutual fund flow data? Flow data tracks the net money money coming into or out of an individual fund or group of funds over a period of time. Simply put, its deposits minus withdrawals. Many investors believe that fund flow information can be used as a forward looking indicator of future price movements. For example, if a particular type of fund is getting more deposits each month, that might be a sign that prices will be rising.
Municipal Bond Fund Flows and The Meredith Whitney Effect
We will be adding the below chart to the bond market data section here at Learn Bonds, however there is one thing that I also wanted to comment on here as well. It is widely known that Meredith Whitney scared many municipal bond investors out of the market with her 2010 prediction of $100’s of Billions of dollars in municipal bond defaults that never came true. When looking at municipal bond flows on the below graph however, its still striking to me just how much of an effect she had. The fact is that one person had more of an effect on municipal bond fund outflows than the entire 2008 financial crisis.
Municipal Bond Fund Flows and The Warren Buffett Non-Effect
Another thing I think is interesting, is the lack of jitters so to speak that the market has shown since the blown Whitney call. Earlier this year both Warren Buffett and the NY Fed came out with news that while not as dire as the Whitney prediction could have certainly spooked the market. By the looks of this graph at least, it seems that municipal bond investors are once bitten twice shy.
The Professional Edge in Municipal Bond Trading
Interview: How Portfolio Manager Robert Amodeo Finds Value in Municipal Bonds
Scott Cottier Interview: 3 Places to Find Value in Municipal Bonds
How to Buy Municipal Bonds – Retail Order Period
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I mentioned in a recent post that helping mySA with a slideshow on military folks with S.A. ties had created a wealth of ideas for this blog, which are still percolating. And then there’s this article, which was a coincidental find while going through Zoo files:
When we were working on the slideshow, I mentioned Sam, but it was pointed out to me that some readers may be insulted by us including a monkey with revered military heroes.
Sam, however, is not just any monkey. His name was an acronym for the School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base. According to NASA’s “Brief History of Animals in Space,” Sam was launched on December 4, 1959, “in a cylindrical capsule within the Mercury spacecraft atop a Little Joe rocket in order to test the launch escape system (LES). Approximately one minute into the flight, traveling at a speed of 3685 mph, the Mercury capsule aborted from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After attaining an altitude of 51 miles, the spacecraft landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Sam was recovered, several hours later, with no ill effects from his journey.”
The picture to the left, courtesy of NASA, was taken “after his ride” and while still in his gear. He does not look happy.
He was the third monkey in space after Able and Baker; his mate, Miss Sam, was next. As the May 11, 1971, story from the News mentions, after his spaceflight, Sam had remained under observation at Brooks AFB until his move to the San Antonio Zoo in May 1971 at age 14, which the zoo director said was “a good old age for a monkey.” He was born at the Brooks animal research colony at UT-Austin (he’s a Longhorn!). According to the math, he was around two years old when he made his flight.
The News reported that “[d]espite his advancing years, Sam looks good, no doubt reflecting the excellent care he has received at Brooks. His coat is smooth, his eyes are bright and he is still quite active.”
The NASA history said that Sam died in November 1982 and his ashes were cremated.
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The reasons for desiring a change to the way Americans elect our President are obvious. "One man, one vote" has become the default election paradigm through various court rulings, constitutional amendments, and evolutions of our democratic traditions over time. That the states with smaller populations have proportionally more votes than the people of larger states through the electoral college seems inherently unfair to us.
Another reason to get rid of the electoral college is the problem of the faithless elector. While this has not historically been much of a problem, the possibility exists that a faithless elector or two could change the outcome of a presidential election in a very tight race, where one or two electoral votes separates the candidates.
The electoral college is not the institution that the Founders envisioned that it would be, if it ever was. The Founders meant for the electors to act as a "buffer" to the passions of the general public. They were to represent the people, but at the same time, they were to supply wisdom and deliberation to the selection of the Republic's next Chief Magistrate. Now, however, when a Party's nominee wins a state in the general election, said Party will choose loyal activists who pledge to vote for the Party's nominee when the electoral college formally meets. The electoral college has, in essence, become an out-of-date formatily.
As discussed in a 1970 report issues by the Senate Judiciary Committee, there are several benefits that the electoral college brings to American presidential elections:
- encourages the building of broad, geographically-dispersed majorities to elect a candidate that can win a majority of the electoral college, leading to more stable, moderate Governments that respect the rights of minorities;
- important support for maintaining federalism and the role of the States in the federal government (if we repealed the Seventeenth Amendment, I think this would be less of a worry);
- structurally enforces the U.S. two-party system;
- contains recounts to specific states or election precincts;
- allows control and responsibility of election process and administration to be maintained at the state and local levels, rather than at the federal level.
While I'm not sure about the claim that going to a direct election scheme would remove an underpinning of the two-party system, the support the electoral college lends to federalism and the containment of electoral recounts is obvious. Combined with the fact that State Legislatures have established direct election as the method by which their respective State electors are chosen (a power granted State Legislatures under the Constitution), and we can see why there is not the supermajority of support required to pass a proposed constitutional amendment to institute the direct election of the President. In essence, there are fifty state elections for president, rather than one national election. For the benefits that the electoral college bring, I'll be OK with the individual voter of Wyoming and Iowa having a greater proportional influence than the individual voter in Texas (my home State), New York and California.
The Unites States is, after all, a democratic republic, not a pure democracy.
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A gaggle of tourists and a rookery of mature sea lions were dozing on the red sand of Rabida Island when a sea lion pup came ashore.
The pup, with the typical curiosity of the young, checked out the human visitors. The humans, with the enthusiasm of people who were in the Galapagos to admire the beauty of nature, rushed to photograph the pup. The adult sea lions took no notice of either and slumbered on.
And that's one of the distinctive features of the amazing wildlife of the Galapagos: the animals have no fear of humans or, indeed, anything else.
In New Zealand if you walk too close to seals you'll get a bark of warning or maybe a stronger message. In the Galapagos you can walk as close as you like to the local sea lions and they simply don't react.
It's the same with the marine iguanas, land iguanas and lava lizards, the vast number of birds and the giant tortoises. The usual instinctive defensiveness towards other species just doesn't exist.
It's part of the charm of this place. You can walk right up to the animals to examine their unique features and they don't mind. When the marine iguanas return home after a day hunting at sea, and cluster together to catch the evening sun, they're so unconcerned about humans that you've got to be careful not to step on them.
Klaus Fielsch, who guided us round the islands, has a theory about this. In Galapagos, he points out, the top of the food chain is the Galapagos hawk. It's a beautiful bird but not especially scary, probably capable of grabbing a young iguana or a newly hatched albatross chick, but no threat to an adult iguana, a sealion or a tortoise.
With his delight in offering memorable examples he observes, "It's a bit like parents wondering whether to allow their children to walk around the neighbourhood. If the worst thing that can happen is the kids might hear the man down the street swearing it's pretty safe to let them out.
"In other parts of the world it's an evolutionary advantage for species to run and hide any time something unknown looms into sight. But here there's so little risk of something bad happening that it's an evolutionary advantage to save energy and stay put.
"If the worst thing that can happen is an attack by the Galapagos hawk then, statistically, they're better off taking no notice of intruders. Which is why they don't react to us."By Jim Eagles Email Jim
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Who Says Young People Don’t Care about Online Privacy?
Photo by opensourceway
6.2.10 | A recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds older generations could learn a few tips about online privacy from young people. When compared with older users, the report found, young adults are more likely to restrict what they share online and whom they share it with.
For example, 71 percent of young adults age 18 to 29 who use social networking sites have changed their privacy settings vs. 55 percent of those age 50 to 64. The report also found that young adults say they are more likely to delete unwanted comments and to remove their name from photos that were tagged to identify them.
In one example, Marlene McManus, a 21-year-old recent college grad who is now job searching, told the Associated Press she is very selective about what she shares on social networking sites. McManus has removed embarrassing college photos from her Facebook page and has stopped using Twitter. “I have to present a public face that doesn’t have the potential to hurt my image,” she said.
In a post on her blog, researcher danah boyd says the Pew study is important because it counters a lot of the myths adults have about young adults’ online behavior:
In today’s discussions about privacy, “youth don’t care about privacy” is an irritating but popular myth. Embedded in this rhetoric is the belief that youth are reckless risk-takers who don’t care about the consequences of their actions. This couldn’t be further from the truth.
Interestingly, young adults are less trusting than older users of sites like Facebook that host their content; some are even hesitant to use their real names.
But many young people have learned lessons about privacy the hard way. As boyd points out, many have made mistakes and watched their friends make mistakes they regret. Youth are not always successful at negotiating through the confusing and ever-changing tools and privacy controls on social networking sites.
It’s ironic, notes boyd, that it took Facebook’s foibles to draw the public’s full attention to these important privacy issues. Younger users are obviously paying attention.
You can read the full Pew report online here.
Plus: For more on Facebook and privacy, see boyd’s earlier posts: “Facebook and ‘radical transparency’ (a rant)” and “Quitting Facebook is pointless; challenging them to do better is not.”
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In a move likely to heighten political tensions, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will conduct its first ethical review of human pluripotent stem cell lines this month. The review will determine whether the cell lines were derived according to NIH's specific ethics guidelines. That's the first hurdle a researcher has to jump in winning government funding for research involving the controversial cells.
Many antiabortion groups oppose taxpayer funding of studies using the cells because they are derived from human embryos or fetal tissue. Opponents are pushing the Bush Administration to ban such funding. White House officials say they hope to decide the issue by early summer. Last summer, NIH went ahead and issued guidelines for researchers who want to use federal funds for work with the stem cells (Science, 1 September 2000, p. 1442). For example, embryonic stem cells must have been derived from frozen embryos that were left over after fertility treatments and set to be discarded.
NIH officials had hoped to begin reviewing proposals in December, but no scientists submitted applications in time. At least three groups met a more recent deadline, NIH acting director Ruth Kirschstein told Science last week. NIH has not released their identities, but Martin Pera of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, confirms that his team, which has developed several stem cell lines, is in the mix.
NIH's new Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Review Group (HPSCRG) will hold a public meeting on 25 April to review the applications. The agency plans to announce the meeting, and the names of HPSCRG members, on 10 April.
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Yao Nationality Longsheng Red Clothes Festival
- Celebrated: Jul. 2013
- Location: Guilin
As a unique ethnic group in Longsheng, Guilin, Guangxi Province, the Yao ethnic group celebrate their Red Clothe Festival on the 15th day of March according to the Chinese lunar year, which has progressed for a long history successfully since Yuan Dynasty.
The Yao girls prefer wearing their self-made red clothes during the festival, hence the name of Red Clothe Yao Ethnic Group, what’s more, and Yao girls are fond of folding their black long hair throughout their whole life. It’s a custom for LongshenYao ethnic people to get together for celebrating their yearly festival in Zaina or at the foot of Longji Mountain, during which they dress in their best clothe and take their specialties to the market for sale.
The Yao ethnic people are good at singing and dancing, and a number of folk sports activities are held during the festival, including long-drum dance, selection of village beauty, long-hair competition, tug-of-war and bamboo butting, through which the Yao ethnic people better know one another.
For the single men and women in Longsheng, Red Clothe Festival functions as Valentines’ Day, which is an opportunity for them to find their future wives or husbands by playing harmonica and singing in an antiphonal style, and they will go hand in hand into the river for romance if they are content with one another.
With the development of local tourism in Longshen, Red Clothe Festival has become a window for Longshen to communicate with outside world, which serves not only as a happy day for Yao people, but also for Miao, Dong, Zhuang and other ethnic minorities.
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Autonomic, from the Greek auto, self, and nomo, law: thus, "self-governing". We know now that the autonomic system is not self-governing, but back in 1898 when the word was coined by the English physiologist John Langely, it was thought that it operated independently of the CNS.
John Newport Langley 1852-1925
Langley also named the parasympathetic division of the autonomic system. Para is Greek for beside; Langley's coinage was based on the observation that parasympathetic nerves emerge from the brain and sacral segments of the spinal cord, and thus to either side of the regions of the cord from which sympathetic fibers arise (i.e. the thoracic and lumbar segments).
The term sympathetic was first used by the Danish anatomist Jacob Winslow in the early 1700's, but only in reference to the chain of ganglia that run along each side the vertebral column. A definition of sympathy used in medicine at the time was that of a relationship between organs in which the condition of one could effect the condition of others. The chain and its nerves were observed by Winslow to be involved in such "sympathies". Now called the sympathetic trunk, the chain ganglia are considered but one of the structural components of the sympathetic division of the autonomic system.
It wasn't until the 19th century, as a result of work done by a number of different anatomists and physiologists, that sympathetic took on its present anatomic and physiological meanings.
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Second Baptist Church in Riverside was the site of a historic event when Martin Luther King III installed officers for the Riverside County Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded by his father Martin Luther King, Jr.
The church was full of people from various ethnic backgrounds. The new president covered his bases by enlisting the support of NAACP, churches and other local organizations. James Baylark has been talking about this night for a long time and finally the night was here. King was on the podium and community leaders, pastors, students and various religious denominations were in the audience waiting to hear a word from the son of one of the greatest men who ever lived.
The program, although it was long, kept the congregation riveted to their seats.
As Master of Ceremonies, Reggie Beamon, a childhood friend of Kings, strategically and masterfully moved the program along.
Baylarks dynamic pastor, Rev. Christilene Whalen-Weaver, pastor of Quinn AME in Moreno Valley, gave the invocation and introduced Baylark.
Baylark introduced King and said there is room in Riverside for another organization because there is so much work to be done.
"It is an incredible day to come back to Riverside to join in the crusade," King smiled and continued, I better leave that alone. He was probably referring to the time he came to Riverside and was arrested in a Tyisha Miller protest. Or the time he was enroute to the airport and was harassed by a Riverside police officer that stopped the driver. But he said he didnt want to go there. Maybe it was because of his visit to the much protested Martin Luther King, Jr. High School. "It is one of the finest high schools Ive ever seen," he said, as it proudly carries his fathers name. "It is my hope that it will be maintained at the current level," said King.
King spoke about the issues that affect Americans in general and Blacks and other people of color in particular. He said conditions that existed when his father gave the I Have A Dream speech in 1963 still exist today. "Were working on it but we have a long way to go: 44 million have no health insurance, 12 million are homeless, 2 million are in jail and of that 2 million Blacks make up 13% of the population but 50% of the prison population. The system is flawed and the responsibility is on us to train up a child. We are not raising our children! We are letting other forces raise them," he said.
"September 11 was a frightening, tragic day, but we wouldnt have to worry about terrorism if we treated people right," he said shifting gears. He also made an observation about the current state of the Bush War. "Why did they stop looking for bin Laden and now go after Saddam. Its all about the oil. Follow the dollars. Why is it the hijackers came from Saudia Arabia and they bombed Afghanistan?
"We must be headlights not taillights. Headlights lead the way."
The new officers he installed were: Rev. James Baylark, President; Patsy Mitchell, 1st V.P; Steve Kepler, 2nd V.P.; Roosevelt Tate 3rd V.P; Kingsley Jones, Chairman; Karen Leland, Treasurer; Carmen Baylark, Secretary and Rev. Willie S. Harris, Chaplain
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RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Two words that no one mentioned during the recent debt-ceiling debates were "sugar tax". Successfully beaten down by the food industry and angry citizens in every city where they were proposed, sugar and soda taxes don't seem to have much of a future in America. For Europeans, though, it's a whole other story.
On September 11th, Hungarians will have to start shelling out 10 Hungarian forint (or $0.05) for chips, sodas, chocolate bars, and other unhealthy foods now controlled by a "fat tax." Initially called the "hamburger tax," the extra Euros are being levied on any food that doesn't meet certain sugar, fat, and salt requirements.
Though Hungary's obesity rates are below those in the U.S.—about 20 percent compared with our 30 percent—the funds on the tax are expected to raise the equivalent of $100 million, enough to pay for state-funded health care for the nation's 10 million residents.
Hungary's move shadows that of Denmark, where a similar fat tax was levied earlier this year on products high in saturated fat. Obesity rates there are even lower than in Hungary, just 10 percent. According to FoodNavigator.com, who initially reported on Hungary's new fat tax, the Danish Chamber of Commerce opposed the move on the grounds that it could interfere with imports and revenues. But the Chamber also noted that the tax might come with unintended consequences, such as replacing saturated fat with additives that may or may not improve the health profile of a food item, not unlike the way saturated fats were demonized in the U.S. and then replaced with hydrogenated oils that are high in what we now know are dangerous, heart-damaging trans fats.
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1) I am weirdly heartened to have other people treat this as a "real" subject. As I've mentioned elsewhere, the article I've most enjoyed doing in my Atlantic career was one called "Throwing Like a Girl," from some 15 years ago.
2) As you'll see if you compare my piece and the Post's, we come to somewhat different conclusions. We both agree that there is a such a thing as the throwing-like-a-girl motion. We disagree on its fundamental cause.
3) The Post piece talks about a variety of differences between the genders. Eg, "[a professor of psychology and women's studies] found what she defined as a 'very large' difference in only two skills: throwing velocity and throwing distance." I ended up being convinced that, apart from obvious gaps in size and strength, the only difference that mattered between men and women is that more males than females have spent time learning how to throw.
4) Learning how is the crucial concept, because throwing a ball "correctly" is like riding a bike, in this way. Virtually anyone can learn to do it, but virtually no one starts out knowing how. Once people learn, gender differences in strength take over. The average male bike rider will be stronger than the average female; the strongest male ball-thrower, like Randy Johnson, above, will throw faster than the strongest female. But they all can ride bikes the same way, or throw balls the same way, once they learn how.
5) Check my article for details (and this follow up), but here's the simplest try-it-right-now proof that throwing motion is a learned rather than an innate skill. Pick up a ball with your "off" hand -- for me, the south paw, since I am right-handed. Throw the ball with that hand. You will throw it "like a girl." And it will take you hundreds, probably thousands, of throws before you feel as if you can do it naturally. As part of my article research, I threw left-handed with my sons and my wife. It was revealing and character-building. UPDATE! Here is a fabulous Vimeo clip of men throwing with their "off" hands. Every one of them throws like -- well, see for yourself. [Thanks to reader ER.]
6) Now we get to the other realm of gender differences. For whatever reason, most little boys spend more of their early years learning how to throw than most little girls do. They get better at it -- as they would be at bike riding, if only boys rather than girls were taken through the inevitable shakiness and falls of those first few rides. But that's where the boy/girl difference emerges -- from the thousands of instances of a boy picking up a rock to skip it across a pond and learning how the "kinetic chain" of a throw feels, while a girl, for whatever reason, is doing something else.
Below, as discussed in another item, is a great super slo-mo video with the Giants' Tim Lincecum, showing the "kinetic chain" of an effective throw. And after that, continued after the jump, is a note that came in just now on the very topic of learned rather than innate skills.
Now, below and after the jump, a touching letter that has just arrived, on this very topic. It is long but to me very interesting:
I loved your article, "Throwing Like a Girl." it. I loved that you even dared to point out this stinging little "euphemism" and all that it implies. I am personally guilty of using the expression (along with "you scream like a girl") and I AM a girl.
I think the part of this article that interested me most, however, was not that you pointed this out, but that you pointed out that throwing properly is something that can be learned by adults - and more importantly to me, by children.
I'm sure the reason my husband brought this article to my attention was to sooth my worried and inherently UN-athletic soul. I have managed to pass this inherent lack of athleticism down to my oldest son, despite ALL of the opposite genetic material encoded in my husband and his side of the family. It runs deep and strong on his side, but apparently not deep and strong enough.
When I realized that my tall and naturally strong boy, a boy who even looks graceful in repose, was not actually gifted with any grace when it came to running, throwing or hitting, I got very sad about it.
All I could remember was being picked last for every team that was ever put together in grade school phys ed. I watched him reach the age when boys start to really be interested in balls and then watched his interest fade as he realized in his just-past-toddler way that he couldn't do it like they could and that they quickly dismissed him when they realized he wasn't at their level. He wasn't so much wounded by it (as I was watching it unfold) as he was resigned. He realized he had a much greater talent for train track building and Legos and soon lost interest in things that involved balls or bats.
But I didn't want him to be resigned. I wanted him to try because I always wished I had tried harder and because I wanted him to enjoy his body in motion. I kept thinking something would just "kick in." So we put him in community basketball organizations and tried soccer too. Both things were utter failures. In two years of basketball he never once made a basket during a game and often we'd look up to see all the boys down at one end of the court under a basket fighting to score and him in the middle of the court either staring at the little 5 year old "cheerleaders" or looking up at the backside of the retractable backboards trying to figure out the mechanics.
At school, recess became a "Lord of the Flies" scenario where only the strongest and best were are allowed to play and the rest were kicked to the curb. On several occasions he was flatly told that "he couldn't play because he wasn't good enough." I was heartbroken watching him be rejected like this for something he seemingly had no control over. And then I got pissed about it because I realized that our education system would never accept children in the classroom telling other children that they didn't read well enough or that they were crappy spellers. Teachers and parents don't generally just throw in the towel and say, "well, my kid just wasn't given the gift of reading or spelling." NO! We TEACH them!
And I realized too that I myself had learned athletic skills as I got older. When I got to college I played intramural soccer with girls in my dorm the whole time I was there. I wasn't a star, but I did okay. [Later] I played beer league softball for years. Again - nothing to brag about, but the fact that I was comfortable enough to do it every year, around men I was probably interested in dating, without being embarrassed is telling of my confidence in my own ability to connect a bat to a ball with regularity.
Anyway - my whole long laborious point is that I think you should write a follow up article that investigates why we dismiss kids who aren't gifted with innate athletic talent, instead of trying to teach them and/or why we don't realize that this stuff can, in fact, be taught! There is such a hierarchy surrounding athleticism - even in our supposedly enlightened, diverse, and compassionate society. It truly separates men from boys (to use another euphemism that stings) and at an age when, as I can apparently attest, the wounds may penetrate deeper than we realize until we're older. And then, of course, there is the whole issue of just getting up and getting moving. If you tell a kid he can't play because he doesn't know how to then he'll quite trying and he might sit on the couch, watch TV, eat and get fat. (Also, something I went through.)
For us and our outsized 9 year old, what made the difference was figuring out what sports were best suited to him physically, mentally and emotionally. By emotionally, I mean we found a sport that was less demeaning to a kid who struggled athletically because it didn't depend on children making all the decisions about where the ball was going to go during a game - or it didn't depend on a ball at all. He takes taekwondo which he loves despite his awkwardness and where they teach, teach, teach and encourage practice so that he gets better; and we put him in Optimist football, a sport where each kid has a predetermined position that they don't break out of during plays and where coaches decide who is going to get the ball.
Our kiddo is doing so well at these things - he's not scoring touchdowns yet, but he makes good plays regularly and he is enjoying himself, he's learning skills, he's out moving and breaking a sweat on a regular basis, and he's accepted as an integral part of a team. For me, it is like a salve on my own wounds.
Please write an article about how you CAN in fact be taught athletic skills! Every man, woman and child should be comfortable playing a pick up game of basketball or having a catch on a Sunday afternoon!
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The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.
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Animal officials stormed a Lake Merritt home in Oakland's Tuesday night and scooped up 21 deformed and malnourished bunnies who were being prepped to be eaten. Now, they are looking to find these precious hares a new home after so much suffering, according to news reports.
Megan Webb, director of Oakland animal services told the Chronicle that while it's legal to raise animals for food, the scene of malnourished and frightened bunnies clearly wasn't okay. "This blurs the lines for animal cruelty. When is it okay to raise something for food, and when is it cruelty?" she said.
Some animal-friendly neighbors had tipped off the SPCA last week to the plethora of bunnies who were being caged in the common area of the apartment complex. The bunnies were packed into two crowded wire cages that were so small the animals were stacked upon one another.
When the animal organization found the stacked rabbits, they had urine and feces on them, which had reportedly scalded their skin. The harsh owner only fed the little hares white rice, which only worsened their condition -- they had bloated bellies and malformed bones.
"The smell of urine was overwhelming. But what stays in my mind is how frantic they were," Webb told the Chron. "They were desperate for food and water."
The owner is being investigated.
SO SAD!! WHY DO PEOPLE DO THESE THINGS?!?!
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Sioux Center-based Exemplar Genetics has recently been awarded a Phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding will be used to continue development the company’s pig model for ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T),an inherited, neurodegenerative disease that causes severe problems with mobility and coordination; patients with A-T also exhibit other clinical symptoms such as immunodeficiency, increased susceptibility to certain cancers, insulin resistant diabetes, and chromosomal instability.
Current treatment options for A-T are aimed at management of symptoms. However, since no therapy to treat the underlying defect is currently available, A-T remains a fatal disease.
The development of improved therapies for A-T is currently limited by the lack of an animal model that fully, and accurately, mimics the multi-systemic nature of this disease. While several mouse models of A-T have been generated, they to fully replicate the complex human clinical symptoms seen, and also fail to develop the neurodegeneration that is the hallmark of human A-T. The pig model of A-T being developed by Exemplar may be a better model for the study of human disease since pigs more closely resemble humans in terms of their development, physiology and anatomy. The company’s pig model of AT will thus provide a valuable resource to stimulate discovery, therapeutic application, and the development of new diagnostic tools.
Exemplar Genetics has also successfully commercialized other pig models of human disease, including cystic fibrosis, and provides regulatory, model development, and animal housing and husbandry services.
For more information, visit: http://www.exemplargenetics.com/index.htm.
Reprinted from the Iowa SBIR/STTR newsletter.
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Like all Catholics, I gratefully depend on the faithful ministry of the many good priests who serve the church. Yet I offer a broad critique of something central to their lives and identities -- the rule of celibacy. Many priests will recognize the truth of what I describe. I write from inside the question, having lived as a celibate seminarian and priest for more than a decade when I was young. In the Bing Crosby glory days, celibacy was essential to the mystique that set priests apart from other clergy, the Roman collar an “Open sesame!” to respect and status. From a secular perspective, the celibate man or, in the case of nuns, woman made an impression simply by sexual unavailability. But from a religious perspective, the impact came from celibacy’s character as an all-or-nothing bet on the existence of God. The Catholic clergy lived in absolutism, which carried a magnetic pull.
The magnet is dead. Celibacy cuts to the heart of what is wrong in the church today. Despite denials from Rome, there will be no halting, much less recovering from, the mass destruction caused by the priest sex abuse scandal without reforms centered on the abandonment of celibacy as a near-universal prerequisite for ordination to the Latin-rite priesthood.
No, celibacy does not “cause” the sex abuse of minors, and yes, abusers of children come from many walks of life. Indeed, most abuse occurs within families or circles of close acquaintance. But the ongoing Catholic scandal has laid bare an essential pathology that is unique to the culture of clericalism, and mandatory celibacy is essential to it. A special problem arises when, on the one hand, homosexuality is demonized as a matter of doctrine, while, on the other, the banishment of women leaves the priest living in a homophilic world. In some men, both straight and gay, the stresses of such contradictions lead to irrepressible urges that can be indulged only by exploitation of the vulnerable and available, objects of desire who in many cases are boys, whether prepubescent or adolescent. Now we know.
Celibacy began in the early church as an ascetic discipline, rooted partly in a neo-Platonic contempt for the physical world that had nothing to do with the Gospel. The renunciation of sexual expression by men fit nicely with a patriarchal denigration of women. Nonvirginal women, typified by Eve as the temptress of Adam, were seen as a source of sin.
But it was not until the Middle Ages, at the Second Lateran Council in 1139, that celibacy was made mandatory for all Roman Catholic clergy -- a reform bracing clerical laxity and eliminating inheritance issues from church property. But because the requirement of celibacy is so extreme, it had to be mystified as sacrificial -- “a more perfect way” to God. Monastic orders of both males and females had indeed discovered in such sexual sublimation a mode of holiness, but that presumed its being both freely chosen and lived out in a nurturing community. (Religious orders continue to this day with the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as a proven structure of service and contemplation. The vows of such orders are a separate question.) But when the monastic discipline of “chastity” was imposed on all priests as “celibacy,” something went awry. The system broke down during the Renaissance and the Reformation, with the Counter-Reformation hierarchy more attached to it than ever.
Not sex, but power was the issue. The imposition of sexual abstinence was a mode of control over the interior lives of clergy, since submission in radical abstinence required an extraordinary abandonment of the will. In theory, the abandonment was to God; in practice, it was to the “superior.” The stakes were infinite, since sexual desire marked the threshold of hell. The normally human was, for priests, the occasion of bad faith.
Obsessive sexual moralism, along with that bad faith, spilled out of pulpits. The confessional booth became a cockpit for screening “mortal sins,” with birth control emerging as the key control mechanism over the laity. If they were willing to abide by this intrusion and its burdens, it was only because the celibate priest could be seen to have made an even greater sacrifice. They were subject to an even greater control.
As is suggested by the contemporary hierarchy’s apparent equanimity about the exodus of tens of thousands of priests, and the crisis of ministry it has caused, church authorities will pay any price to maintain a vestige of that control. That is why bishops have exchanged their once ample influence on matters of social justice for a strident single-issue obsession with abortion, a last-ditch effort to control the intimate sexual decisions of laypeople. When it comes to their clergy, the single-issue obsession remains celibacy.
This nearly changed at the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), when the bishops prepared to reconsider both birth control and celibacy. Until then, an insufficiently historically minded church had regarded such contingent questions as God-given absolutes. What was the point of even discussing them, since change was out of the question? But change was suddenly in the air. What? St. Peter was married? Even before the council acted, the myth that these disciplines were eternally willed by God was broken.
The conservative wing of the hierarchy panicked. Pope Paul VI astonished the council fathers, and the Catholic world, by making two extraordinary interventions that violated the letter and the spirit of the council. In late 1964, just as the fathers were about to debate the question of “responsible parenthood,” the pope ordered them not to take up the question of “artificial contraception.” Snap! Birth control was “removed from the competence of the council.”
But there was every sign that the council fathers, when they inevitably took up the subject of the priesthood, were still going to discuss celibacy, as if change were possible there. Yet it was politically unthinkable that the church could maintain the prohibition of birth control, the burden belonging to the laity, while letting clergy off the sexual hook by lifting the celibacy rule. Therefore, in late 1965, Paul VI made his second extraordinary intervention to forbid any discussion of priestly celibacy. A council had initiated the discipline, but a council was now not qualified even to discuss it. The power play was so blatant as to lay bare power itself as the issue. And just like that, Catholics had reason to suspect that celibacy was being maintained as a requirement of the priesthood because of internal church politics, not because of any spiritual motive. God was not the issue; the pope was. The abrupt elimination of the mystical dimension of vowed sexual abstinence left it an intolerable and inhuman way to live, which sent men streaming out of the priesthood, and stirred in many who remained a profound, and still unresolved, crisis of identity. Paul VI sought to settle the celibacy question with his 1967 encyclical Sacerdotalis Caelibatus, which proved to be a classic instance of the disease calling itself the cure.
The celibacy encyclical, maintaining the weight of “sacrifice” on clergy, prepared the way for the laity-crushing Humanae Vitae in 1968, with its re-condemnation of birth control. In response to the pope’s initial removal of birth control from the “competence” of the council, one of its leading figures, Cardinal Leon-Joseph Suenens of Belgium, rose immediately with a warning; “I beg you, my brother bishops, let us avoid a new ‘Galileo affair.’ One is enough for the church.” Galileo was famously forced to renounce what he had seen through his telescope, an imposition of dishonesty. (“And yet it moves,” he was reported to have muttered under his breath.) Paul VI’s twin re-impositions of the contraception and celibacy rules plunged the whole church into a culture of dishonesty. Catholic laypeople ignore the birth control mandate. Catholic priests find ways around the celibacy rule, some in meaningful relationships with secret lovers, some in exploitive relationships with the vulnerable, and some in criminal acts with minors. If a majority of priests are able to observe the letter of their vow, how many do so at savage personal cost? Well-adjusted priests may live happily as celibates, but how many regard the broad discipline as healthy? Insisting that celibacy is the church’s “brilliant jewel,” in Paul VI’s phrase, defines the deceit that has corrupted the Catholic soul.
But the most damaging consequence of mandatory celibacy lies in its character as the pulse of clericalism. The repressively psychotic nature of this inbred culture of power has shown itself in the still festering abuse scandal. Lies, denial, arrogance, selfishness and cowardice -- such are the notes of the structure within which Catholic priests now live, however individually virtuous many of them nevertheless remain. Celibacy is that structure’s central pillar and must be removed. The Catholic people see this clearly. It is time for us to say so.
[A version of this article appeared in The Boston Globe. James Carroll’s most recent book, Practicing Catholic, just appeared in paperback.]
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By Agnes Masnik, Freelance Writer for REALTOR® Magazine
More than 10,000 Baby Boomers a day are turning 65 starting this year, according to the Pew Research Center. And home owners are responding to changes in the economy by exploring the option of turning a single-family house into two homes.
Commonly known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs), these dual housing arrangements were quite common up until the end of World War II and the boom of suburbanization. ADUs are now making a comeback. The “New Urbanism” planning trend includes ADUs in a wide range of affordable housing choices, particularly for the elderly, disabled, empty-nesters and young workers.
Michael Litchfield, author of In-laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats: Your Guide to Turning One House into Two Homes (Taunton Press, 2011) helps answers the question if an ADU is right for your clients.
From the book: 3 Key Points for REALTORS®
1. Get to know the various types of Accessory Dwelling Units.
2. Understand common zoning standards for ADUs to better advise your clients.
3. Gain an understanding of the family dynamic surrounding a life change and how to best meet clients’ housing needs.
Litchfield walks the reader through the decision-making process from the details of popular designs to tips on how to choose appliances and materials for energy and space saving products, as well as navigating plans and permits. He chronicles 30 in-law units and personal stories in the U.S. and Canada. Litchfield offers a richly-illustrated and informative guide to transforming a single-family house into a property with independent living spaces.
From the book: 7 Take-Aways For Home Owners
1. An ADU allows for family to live close by.
2. ADUs can provide a safe and independent place for parents.
3. Create private quarters for adult children with and ADU.
4. Accommodate out of town guests.
5. Work from home? An ADU could serve as office space.
6. Use the unit to generate additional income by renting it out.
7. Increase long-term value of property.
Prior to starting construction, Litchfield lays out questions to consider for making shared space a positive experience. He cautions to check local municipal zoning requirements to see what’s allowed in your market.
Michael Litchfield has authored 10 remodeling books, and has been renovating houses or writing about them for more than 30 years. He is the founding editor of Fine Homebuilding magazine, and he is a Certified Green Building Professional. For more information visit www.cozydigz.com.
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Illinois Digital Archives
All Above Photos © Richard Day/Daybreak Imagery
“In all of modern America, there is no more lost, plaintive, old-time sound
than the booming of a native prairie-chicken.”
– John Madson, Where The Sky Began
CP38: State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE)
Restoring Grassland and Wetland Habitat
in the Southern Till Plain Natural Division
Would you like to hear the return of the booming of prairie-chickens, more whistling quail, and more singing meadowlarks? Illinois has a NEW targeted initiative for landowners aimed to bolster prairie and wetland wildlife including prairie-chickens, quail, waterfowl and songbirds. This is a new continuous-enrollment Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practice called SAFE or CP38.
Since this is a continuous CRP practice, anyone who meets eligibility requirements can sign up, but there are only 10,300 acres available and it’s first come, first serve. Sign up will end when all acres are enrolled. Southern Till Plain Focus Areas Benefits Through the restoration of grassland and wetland habitats landowners can significantly increase the abundance of grassland wildlife (prairie-chickens, quail, songbirds, and more), increase carbon sequestration, improve soil quality, reduce soil erosion and improve water quality. Focus Areas and Eligibility There are 9 focus areas in the Southern Till Plain Project Area (see local maps) where the new CP38 practice will be eligible. These areas were selected based on recent use by prairie-chickens and other focal species, closeness to existing conservation areas, and the potential to provide open, upland habitat. The addition of grasslands and wetlands to these focus areas will build on existing habitat and have tremendous benefits for wildlife in the area. Land within the focus areas must have been cropped (row crops, small grains or forage crops) 4 out of the 6 years from 1996 to 2001 to be eligible.
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Circle and Sphere Equation
I am trying to find an equation for the intersection of a
circle and a sphere in 3 space. Here's the situation.
I'm working on a computer program for drawing free flowing drapery in real
time. I need to compute the 2 points on a plane that passes through the
origin that are 1 unit distance from the origin and a second "center" not
on the plane. I know the possibilities are that either there is 0, 1 or 2
intersects, but because of the rest of my algorithm I'm guaranteed that
there will always be 2 intersections.
I've conceived the problem in 2 different ways. First I thought of the
intersects as being the intersection of a unit radius circle on my plane
and sphere around the center not on my plane. I solves for x,y and z in my
plane and substituted these into a sphere at the origin to give me a
formula for the circle on the plane. Then I'd solve for the x,y and zs of
the sphere and substitute them into the circle. When I did so the algebra
blew up into a horrendous problem with no solution in sight.
I also conceived of the problem as 2 unit radius spheres, one at the
origin one at the other center that intersect in a circle, then this
circle is intersected by my plane. It also became very cumbersome.
I know I could probably solve this if I rotate my centers into alignment
with my 3D space, then rotate it back when I'm finished. I'm avoiding this
solution as being to slow or inefficient to get the job done for a real
time program. I need to solve this for thousands of points in a tiny
fraction of second. That's why I'm hoping to find a straight forward
formula for the x, y and z of the 2 intercepts. Any ideas?
Well, this is a very interesting question, and I am inclined to spend a lot
more time working on it than I ought to. Given that you're a computer
programmer and I'm a scientist, you're probably paid a lot more than I am.
However, I know from my own programming experience that the actual
mathematical guts of a program take up only about 5% of the programming
work, and the remaining 95% of the effort goes into I/O. So I'll give you
an idea of how I'd address the problem, and leave it to you to work it out.
What you have is a fairly simple geometric problem made fairly opaque by its
representation in Cartesian coordinates. You're trying to figure out the
problem in the language of algebra, which is how you will eventually need to
communicate it to your computer. But first, it would be best for you to
think of it in terms of shapes, distances, and spaces, which is, after all,
how you eventually want your computer to communicate it back to its user.
You are trying to avoid rotating the coordinates into alignment, because you
think that transforming coordinates may be too computation intensive. True,
transforming coordinates can be slow, especially if you have many different
coordinate systems to address (one for each point, I imagine). But in this
case you don't need to use trigonometric or exponential functions, which are
the real hogs of CPU time, and in fact you won't actually need to transform
coordinates in the code at all. You may still, however, be served well by
at least thinking in terms of transformed coordinates when you set up your
Your system is fairly simple. (However, you might want to sketch along on a
piece of paper to follow the discussion, as I'm not including pictures in my
explanation.) You have two points in 3-space, A and B, and a plane that
passes through A, but not through B. Around both A and B are spheres of
unit radius. You already know that the distance |AB| < 2 (otherwise their
spheres wouldn't intersect), and that the plane passes through the circle of
intersection between these two spheres. (Here I am denoting the length of
vector x as |x|.) You want to find the coordinates of the two points of
intersection between the plane and this circle.
My recommendation is to first find the circle of intersection between the
plane and the sphere around point B. (Don't panic! You don't need to write
an x-y equation for it!) The first thing to do is express the vector
between points A and B as a sum of two vectors, one of which is in the plane
of your problem, and the other of which is orthogonal to the plane. (Bear
with me, it will eventually become clear why I am doing this.) The vector
in the plane points from point A to point B', which is the point in the
plane nearest to point B. (Point B' is the projection of point B onto the
plane; vector AB' is the projection of vector AB onto the plane.)
You can find the vector B'B by first finding the unit vector perpendicular
to the plane, k. If you have expressed the plane as an equation ax + by +
cz = d, then a (non-unit) vector perpendicular to this plane is (a,b,c). The
unit vector then is k = (a,b,c)/|(a,b,c)|. Once you have k, it is very
simple to find the vector B'B: it is B'B = (k dot AB)k, where "x dot y"
denotes the inner (dot) product between vectors x and y, e.g.,
(x1,x2,x3)dot(y1,y2,y3) = x1y1 + x2y2 + x3y3. (This is a very simple
Once you have vector B'B, all you must do to find AB' is subtract it from
AB. Thus, AB' = AB - B'B.
The shortest distance between point B and the plane is the length of the
vector B'B. Point B' is the center of the circle defined by the
intersection between the plane and the sphere about B. The radius r of this
circle can be found by the Pythagorean Theorem: |B'B|^2 + r^2 = 1. (You
can use this formula because the vectors AB' and B'B are perpendicular.)
Now your problem consists of two points in a plane, A and B', a circle of
radius 1 about A, and a circle of radius r about B'. You want to find the
points of intersection between these two circles. This problem reduces to
finding the position of the third vertex of a triangle in which one side is
vector AB', with length |AB'|, and the other two sides have lengths 1 and r.
To get this in a manner that makes sense, it is wise to define a new
coordinate system. RELAX! This won't be very computation intensive. You
want your coordinate system to be such that point A lies at (0,0) and point
B' lies at (a,0), where a = |AB'|, the distance from A to B'. This means
that the x-axis goes along the vector AB'. The y-axis of your new
coordinates must be perpendicular to the x-axis, and must fall within the
plane that defines your problem. Thus, the x and y axes of this coordinate
system define the plane or your problem.
It will be computationally easiest if you find the orthonormal basis vectors
i and j of this coordinate system. In the new coordinates, they are simply
i = (1,0) and j = (0,1). In the old coordinates, they are i = AB'/|AB'|,
and j must be defined as the unit vector perpendicular to i that falls
within the plane of your problem. This is easy to find. It is just the
cross product of vectors i and k (recall that k is the unit vector
perpendicular to your plane): j = k x i. (The "x" here denotes vector cross
product, not the letter x. Everywhere else in this discussion it is the
Why did I have you find i and j? Because you will use them to convert
answers from the simple coordinate system into the original one. In the
new, simple coordinate system, your geometry problem is this: Find the two
points of intersection between the circle of radius 1 about (0,0) and the
circle of radius r about (a,0). This is done by solving the two
x^2 + y^2 = 1 and
(a-x)^2 + y^2 = r^2
which gives the easy answers of x = 0.5*(a + (1 - r^2)/a) and y^2 = 1 - x^2.
(We are operating in these transformed coordinates so that this algebra is
easy.) The points of intersection are A + ix + jy and A + ix - jy. This is
true in both coordinate systems. So, without thinking any more about
converting between coordinates, you can just apply these formulas to get the
points you need. The unit vectors i and j will have fewer zeroes in their
components in the original coordinate system, but that will be no trouble at
all for your computer. You should also be happy to know that the toughest
mathematical operation you need to use is a square root.
If this doesn't answer your question, or if it's not clear to you, ask again
if you want.
Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
PG Research Foundation, Darien, Illinois
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Preventing tuberculosis deaths in India NOV 16 2010
In the New Yorker, Michael Specter reports on tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease -- worldwide, more than 5000 people die from it every day. In India, misdiagnosis and improper treatment result in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths a month and even new genetic screening machines might not help matters.
Since late 2009, the hospital has had one unique asset: a piece of equipment called a P.C.R., which can multiply tiny samples of DNA and analyze them. The device is not as fast as the GeneXpert, but it can examine the genetics of virtually any organism, including tuberculosis. The hospital's machine, which was purchased with money from a government research grant, has never been used. "The hospital has had this for months," Mannan said. "But nobody knows how it works." We were standing at the door of the virology lab, where the new P.C.R. Cobas TaqMan 48, made by Roche and sold for roughly fifty thousand dollars, was resting on a shelf, still wrapped in its shipping material.
How could that be? I was staring at a machine that could alter, even save, the lives of scores of the people who were sitting nearby in the gathering heat. Mannan said nothing, though his anger was palpable.
[...] "It's a nice lab," Mannan said when we left. "Beautiful, actually. But if the doctors used it properly that would interfere with their private practice."
I asked what he meant.
"It is simple," he said. "If patients are treated at the hospital, they won't need to pay for anything else."
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The Start of Israel’s Energy Independence
Tamar Natural Gas Project Israel
Source Nobel Energy, Inc.
I noted that the mainstream media has neglected to inform the American public of Ha Shem’s great gift to Israel, the huge offshore natural gas fields about to begin production and the pilot tests of in situ oil extraction from the shale formation in the Shefla basin in 2013. Those Israel oil shale reserves might even rival those of Saudi Arabia. The development of these energy resources may enable Israel within this decade to become energy independent. Those offshore gas and on-shore oil shale developments have the potential of making Israel an energy independent political power in the Middle East and player in the world energy markets. The energy developments could pour billions of royalty revenues into a newly authorized Sovereign Wealth Fund that might significantly enhance the country’s high tech driven growth. Most importantly it would also provide the funds to enable the IDF to meet the threats arrayed against it.
We have written a number of Iconoclast and NER articles about both of these energy developments: Among them were:
“Could Israel’s Oil Shale Development be a Game Changer in World Geo-Politics?” ( June 2011), “Israel’s Black Gold- an Interview with Scott Nguyen” [ of Israeli Energy Initiatives" (IEI)] (October 2011) and “Will Israel Win the Energy Prize in the Levant basin?”(December 2011)
In the waning days of 2012, two key announcements of energy developments in Israel augur well for making 2013 the start of Israel’s drive for energy independence and wealth creation.
On December 24, 2012, the high court in Israel turned down a petition that would have prevented the start of a pilot oil shale extraction project for Israel Energy Initiatives (IEI), the subsidiary of NYSE-listed, Genie Energy, Ltd. (GNE). Note what this RTT report said about this Israeli high court decision:
- The Supreme Court of Israel has rejected a petition filed by the Israel Union for Environmental Defense against various ministries of the State of Israel, Israel Energy Initiatives and another Israeli oil and gas company, seeking to cancel the regulations governing the permitting process of oil and gas exploration, and seeking to cancel the exploration license granted to Israel Energy Initiatives.
- In October, the court had rejected a previous petition filed by the Union challenging the issuance of exploratory licenses, including Israel Energy Initiatives’ license, issued pursuant to those regulations.
- “The court’s latest decision clears a major legal roadblock and enables this nationally important project to move forward to the permitting phase,” Israel Energy Initiatives said in a statement.
- Israel Energy Initiatives said that it now looks forward to the issuance of regulations by the Ministry of Energy that will enable it to prepare the environmental documents needed to file its pilot test permit application with the Jerusalem District Planning Committee.
This development clears the way for IEI’s pilot tests in the Shefla basin. Dr. Scott Nguyen, Vice President for Technology at IEI in our published NER interview noted what will ensue given this important Israeli court decision:
- : The test phase will be conducted in 2012, once we have received permits and approvals from the Planning Committee in Jerusalem.
In 2013 we will have our first drop of Israeli oil from shale in Israel, and the test phase will end in 2014. After that, we’ll start planning for commercial scale production. Our first goal is to get 50,000 barrels per day, i.e. one fifth of the Israeli market, both civil and military.
Next, we will continue on a larger scale. Israel has enough resources to be fully independent. We could provide 250,000 barrels per day by the next decade. Towards the end of this decade, we will be able to deliver 50,000 barrels per day, and increase slowly to 250,000 barrels per day. This is a project that requires significant investment to reach that production target.
Nguyen’s IEI senior colleague Dr. Harold Vinegar, former chief scientist and a 30 year veteran of unconventional oil developments at Shell Oil in Houston, discussed their development at a Globes Israel Business Conference in mid-December 2012. Dr. Vinegar discussed why Israel’s oil shale formation lends itself to non-polluting oil extraction and the significance of the Shefla basin oil production technology. He noted why the start of natural gas deliveries from Israel’s offshore platforms is an important complement. The gas would be used to heat the shale for release of oil at an efficient market price of less than $40 a barrel. A veritable win-win situation.
The Elders of Ziyon blog in a post noted that Dr. Vinegar said, “another Middle Eastern country that doesn’t have much in the way of traditional oil reserves is also sitting on top of huge oil shale deposits”:
Jordan has approximately 40-80 billion tons of oil shale (about 34 billion barrels of shale oil) that could last for over 900 years at current consumption, said a top official at an Estonian company tapping the Kingdom’s reserves of oil shale.
Watch this You Tube video of Dr. Vinegar’s briefing on IEI oil shale development project:
The Israeli high court decision on December 24, 2012 cleared the way for the IEI/Genie Energy Shefla Basin project.
Next was the announcement of natural gas production from the Tamar platform located 24 kilometers offshore of Ashkelon in the Mediterranean Exclusive Economic Zone of the Jewish nation. The Tamar natural gas well cost the equivalent of $3 billion to develop. On December 30, 2012, Globes reported the start up Tamar production flowing onshore to Israel in April 2013:
- “The Tamar project is the greatest production platform in Israeli history,” said Minister of Energy and Water Resources Dr. Uzi Landau at Friday’s inauguration of the Tamar natural gas field production platform.[ . [. .]
- Landau said that these remarks were backed a few days ago by Israel’s supreme economic authority, Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer, who revised upwards his 2013 growth forecast for Israel on the strength of gas production from Tamar. He added, “Natural gas will not only make electricity production more efficient, cleaner, and cheaper, it is a giant step toward freeing us from dependence on foreign energy sources, especially Arab oil. Although the reservoirs are located thousands of meters below the seabed, as far as the possibility of exploiting them is concerned, the sky’s the limit.”
[. . .]
- The gas produced by the platform from wells located 90 kilometers west of Haifa will flow to the Ashdod terminal via a 150-kilometer 16-inch undersea pipeline.
- – said, “Inauguration of the platform is an important step toward the flow of natural gas to Israel from the Tamar well.” .. This is the realization of the vision and dream of the developers behind Israel’s largest ever infrastructure project. The production of natural gas from the Tamar well brings Israeli closer to energy independence for the first time since the country was founded, and will save billions of shekels, partly from the conversion of electricity production to natural gas.”
The Tamar partners starting production of offshore natural gas in 2013 should boost the prospects of the IEI/Genie Energy pilot test and the future of oil shale development in the Shefla Basin. The combination of offshore natural gas production coupled with on-shore oil shale extraction is a geo-political game changer for Israel and the world energy markets. These developments in late 2012 marked the beginning of Israel’s long sought energy independence further enhancing the country’s economic growth and stability.
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ANGELS CAMP - As Patti Spence tells it, when her parents started a small feed store in Angels Camp in 1977, they merely looked forward to a "good pastime."
It was more of a hobby, really. Her father, William, was a cattle rancher, and her mother, Linda, expected to get a lot of sewing done with some free time.
Location: 1291 California 49, Altaville
Contact: (209) 736-4310
Owners: William Spence is owner and CEO of the corporation; daughter Patti serves as president
History: William Spence, a cattle rancher, started the store in 1977 with wife Linda. Today, three generations of Spences work there.
"Before they knew it, (the store) took off like gangbusters," Patti Spence said. "It became a full-time job really fast."
The Spences moved to the current building, on Highway 49 just outside of Angels Camp, the following year. Over the years, Spence Ranch Feed & Supply has undergone several extensions and traded a dirt parking lot for pavement.
But the biggest changes have been on the shelves, Spence said.
When they first started, the business carried just a few shampoos. Now there are more than 20. The same applies to hay and to dog food, which today fills rack upon rack.
"It's kind of ever-growing,"Spence said. "It's such a changing industry."
There are a variety of supplements available for show animals. There's also tack, toys, treats, bedding, fencing, nursery products, aquarium supplies and more.
The store's clientele is varied: everything from ranchers down to "people with just one cat." Customers shop for rabbits, poultry, llamas and, once in a while, chinchillas.
Spence Ranch Feed & Supply even carries feed for wild birds and deer.
Mike Peirano lives just outside Angels Camp and visits Spence regularly for liquid feed, hay, salts and other supplies for his family's ranch.
"I wouldn't go anyplace else," he said. "If I need something, they get it for me."
Patti Spence came to work for the store full time in 1990 and today works alongside her sister-in-law, niece and daughters. Her dad still hauls feed in his truck. Her mother passed away in 2001.
"I didn't really think that I would ever be able to do everything my mom did. She knew so much and did so much," Spence said. "Sometimes I think that she would shake her head if she could see how much dog food and things we have."
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But it’s not an alibi to remember, first of all, how heavy have been and are also some politicians’ responsibilities, who have consciously used the hostility against immigrants, dropouts, outsiders to increase their votes. They have been effectively defined “political entrepreneurs of fear”. Above all members of centre-right parties, but not only: their ideas have influenced, affected, also part of the centre-left, which has been for years very faint, very weak, in opposing to these dangerous campaigns.
It’s not a malicious assumption of ours, this bad role played by a bad politics. A few weeks ago, one of the most important leaders of the Northern League, a party very aggressive against immigrants (and even against the presence in northern regions of Italian people coming from South Italy), loyal ally of Berlusconi in his government, Roberto Maroni, has publicly acknowledged: “When we understood that this issue gave us a political profit, we took advantage of it, we abused of it”. Much more relevant, this admission, if you consider that this man has been for years Minister of the Interior, responsible for the refoulement policy, for the boats full of immigrants driven back to Libya. One word can be sufficient for a politician to create an atmosphere of anxiety and concern about the newcomers: as happened when Berlusconi, during the so-called “Arab spring”, defined as “human Tsunami” the refugees who were leaving to Italy. A few thousand people (much less than those headed in other countries) depicted as a dangerous wave which was going to devastate the Italian coasts. In such a situation, it’s not easy for journalism to contain the widespread hostility, to counter an atmosphere of social alarm.
Nevertheless, we can’t escape our responsibilities: if some political campaigns have been so successful, great part of the reason is in the support they have found in our media. In many cases without awareness: but unconsciousness can’t be pleaded by a journalism which wants to be considered reliable by the public opinion.
The turning point, for us, was at the end of 2006. In a small town near Milan, Erba, four persons were killed: an Italian woman, her little son, her mother and a neighbour. For the following 24 hours, all Italian media were unanimously sure that the murderer had to be the woman’s husband, a North African immigrant. In a few days, the police investigation discovered that the killers were a couple of Italian neighbours. But the compact racism that our media had shown was an enormous problem. Someone criticized us harshly: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees asked the Italian journalism to apologize. And this call met the embarrassment felt by a growing number of journalists. So, we together (Unhcr, our Union and the National Association: in Italy we have also an Order of Journalists, you know) decided to give ourselves a new, more detailed system of rules: the socalled Charter of Rome, that is a “code of conduct regarding asylum seekers, refugees, victims of trafficking and migrants”.
We had to overcame some distrust: above all the perplexity of a lot of colleagues towards the risk to write a new text, full of noble principles but bound to stay unused. So the aim has been to do something that journalists can be stimulated to use in the everyday work. Starting from the first materials we employ: the words. That’s the reason why you can find, as annex to the Charter, a small glossary. Admitting our ignorance, we have underlined the differences, not obvious, among asylum seeker, refugee, irregular migrant. Ten years ago, the most common word in Italy to define the immigrants was “vucumprà”, which reproduced in a scornful way the words used by the immigrant hawkers (“vucumprà” means “do you want to buy?”). Then we have learnt that this word was too derogatory, and have replaced it with the word “clandestine”: but used in a too widespread way, without understanding the negative “aftertaste” of the word (clandestine is someone who lives in the shadow, potentially dangerous), and defining “clandestine” also people who are asylum seekers, or refugees.
"To discuss on the use of words was the first step in the commitment to training colleagues that we put at the basis of the Charter of Rome. To avoid that the fight against intolerance in media remains empty, rhetorical statement, we have therefore chosen to force us to study on it. The new generations of journalists must study: since two years the Charter of Rome is part of the texts that you have to know to overcome the examination, which in Italy you have to pass if you want to become professional journalist. But also (perhaps especially) we older journalists must study, because we have arrived at the profession in years in which the ethical sensitivity of this issue was not yet well developed. For this reason we have arranged workshops in different Italian regions (some of them in cooperation with the Unar, the Italian institutional regulatory body of intervention against racism), and we are organizing training sessions in the largest television companies (starting from Rai, the Italian public service broadcasting).
To be interested in training activities does not mean to leave out harder and more direct interventions, necessary when some journalists write articles with a racist tone. In fact during the last years, the Order (the national Association which has, on the basis of the sharing out of responsibilities, the role of the ethical surveillance) has begun to punish those who, for example, write about "Romanian scum", inspired by news reports in cases in which were involved immigrants from Romania; or those colleagues who arrange bad campaigns against Roma camps in the suburbs. But we are convinced that – together with the right punishment – the training sessions are indispensable, because it's necessary to change the way of thinking and talking of each of us, stopping to reflect on cultural prejudices in the use of the words that journalists have, even those of us who think to be open-minded. “Ethical journalism is thinking journalism. But, to be ethical, journalists need time to think”: these are the first words of the study “Getting the facts right”, that now we are going to know. Precisely: to stop and to think. Sentences, ethical convictions are important, but they are not enough.
Along with the training activity, the warranties of concreteness that we wanted for our Charter was the monitoring activity. We joined with the Italian university faculties, which study the relationship between media and immigration, to establish with all of them an Observatory that makes a periodical survey on the trends of our information. Since now, we have had three public events, three presentations of these reports, that provide scientific basis to the clear perception that we had yet as journalists: our media talk about immigrants almost exclusively for crime news and trials (or for landings on the Italian coasts). On the contrary, our media pay no attention to the positive experiences of integration (which exist, nevertheless, in the Italian society). If ten immigrants are held in a police station, for a fight with a use of a knife, just outside a disco, this is news. But if three immigrants take a degree in a university, this is not news.
If journalism work this way, it is obvious that people are convinced that immigrants are only a great danger. Yet the Charter of Rome does not ask to our colleagues be "kind" with immigrants, it doesn’t ask to have a favour treatment to them. What is required to journalists is to be journalists: to respect the truth of the facts, of data, of statistics. The Charter of Rome asks them to give the same emphasis for a crime, regardless of the nationality of the person who committed it. And if a horrible crime, such as a rape, deserves the front page - when the man who does the crime is an immigrant - the same journalistic emphasis must also have a rape committed by an Italian citizen. But this equality of treatment there is not. I wish to quote only one number, provided by a recent university research: in Italy, the rapes committed by Italian citizens are 61%; on the contrary, in the media, articles and reports dedicated to rapes committed by immigrants are three times more than the ones dedicated to the rapes committed by Italians. It is an awful and shameful fact. Perhaps the author of the individual article is not aware, and he is not racist. But we are doing racist information, because we feed a hostility in the public opinion that is not justified by actual data. On these data we have to stop to think about in our training sessions, so that directors and editors take the data into account to modify their criteria for choosing articles.
There is another guarantee of effectiveness, we wanted to give to our Charter: we are journalists, but we think that these issues should be discussed not only among journalists. Our work involves the whole society, and therefore we thought it was right to open ourselves to comparison, criticism, cooperation with those organizations that are active on immigration issues in Italy, and who pay the consequences of political and media campaigns. Therefore, to go on both training of journalists and monitoring activity, we have created an association, whose members are 15, at the moment (but we are sure that the number will grow up): organizations of volunteers, associations of migrants, movements, NGOs: we wish to have their opinions, their proposals, their experts in our meetings. We think it's the only way to avoid the risks of a corporative system, that is the closure of a category in itself.
The work done with the Charter of Rome has also been useful to get in touch with colleagues who were born abroad but who worked in Italy for such long years, and who are obviously very sensitive to these issues. Thus, on the basis of the Charter, within our union was born a new group of specialization, the National Association of Intercultural Press. It deals with, among other things, making easier the recognition of a career for foreign journalists who work in Italian newspapers. Because we are convinced that it’s here - looking at the future - one of the solutions to the problem of intolerant information: it is important to have their reports about immigration, because those journalists can tell us from a perspective less full of prejudice.
Finally, the movement that was created around the Charter of Rome has had a further good result few months ago: Fnsi and Order, together with some associations, had launched a campaign, a year ago, against the ban on access for journalists to the Identification and Expulsion Centres for immigrants. To enforce this ban was the same Minister of the Interior, about whom I spoke earlier, arguing that journalists would have been a hindrance, an obstacle to the operations of assistance to immigrants. A brutal attack to our right and duty to inform, and to the right of immigrants of being treated in a human, civil way within detention structures that many say are worse than prisons. We have insisted for months, and when the Berlusconi government has been replaced by the Monti government, the new Minister of the Interior has removed the circular of her predecessor (although in different cities the police is still doing resistance to the access of journalists, and is creating bureaucratic excuses to prevent us from doing our reports).
So, this is part of our work, that I have had the opportunity to share with you. We think that it has something to do with the fight against populism, against the risks that Europe is facing. Protecting a good, more responsible journalism is not so far from protecting our democracies".
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"Obama's China Visit Unlikely To Produce Climate Deal"
"President Obama's envoy for climate change has dashed hopes of a bilateral climate-change deal during next month's presidential trip to China. Todd Stern says a wide gap remains between Chinese and U.S. officials. China and the U.S. account for 40 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions."Source: NPR, 10/28/2009
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The muddy waters and pouring rains of Irene have inundated our state, but Green Mountain at Fox Run up on the hill was unscathed. What has happened in Vermont is similar to the experience of noticing what drives emotional eating.
Many woman tell me that they have been using food to cope for years and the mere suggestion of exploring the underneath feelings leads to fears of being flooded which can lead to emotional eating. Unlike our experience with Irene where there was no way to hold back the tide of the flood, getting to know the underneath feelings can be approached at your own pace and time.
A mindful tool which can help get started with feelings so as not to feel flooded is structured or unstructured journaling.
Here are some journaling prompts:
- One guess I have about the knot in my stomach is______
- If I could see inside my heart one thing I might see is ________
- Sometimes just before I go to sleep I ___________
- If I was talking to someone about the flatness I feel I would say________
Small steps, instead of letting the feelings flood you is a way to start getting to know how and why you might use food to cope.
Remember that in little kid language the 4 feelings are Mad, Sad, Glad, Scared. Any guesses about which feeling might be closer to the surface for you?
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"It's wonderful," says Jeanette Monteith, teacher at Greencastle Antrim. "It's a dying art."
It's a part of the Trucker Buddy international program where classrooms are paired up with a truck driver throughout the school year. Now Texas native James Malone is finally getting to meet his pen pals for the first time, and the kids were beside themselves.
"I was very excited to write him a letter, too, and I thought he'd never come," says Alyssa Hollowell, a 2nd grader.
Teachers say nothing quite compares to this kind of real-world teaching and learning duo. Students have fun while building their communication skills.
"They're so excited," says Monteith. "The best writing I've gotten out of them is when they're excited to write to Mr. Malone."
The kids learn the art of writing a traditional letter, and they learn where this rig has been, a lesson in geography and history
James Malone says why he loves the Trucker Buddy program.
"Teaching them how to write, how to add," says James Malone. "Teaching them where different places are in the United States."
"We also do problem solving with it, like how many miles did Mr .Malone travel on this trip? How many did he travel on the next trip? Which one was more?" says Monteith.
A math riddle and the joy of an unexpected friendship was the lesson plan of the day for these kids.
Monteith says while the kids will continue to pen pal with Malone via snail mail, she hopes Skype will become a part of their correspondence.
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In 1957, Ghana, a promising and growing African country, had a higher gross national product than the East Asian country of South Korea. Presently, however, South Korea is an industrial powerhouse- one of the 'four dragons' of Southeast Asia, while Ghana's development is on a landslide- its gross national product is lower than it was at independence. This sort of economic development discrepancy between Asia and Africa is unfortunately a common theme, even though the two continents became independent at roughly the same time. Asia continues to gain steam and grow economically, while Africa remains stagnant, continually battling severe poverty and atrocious living conditions. The horrendous economy in Africa is mainly due to impractical and illogical economic policies, government ideologies and corruption, and the legacy of colonialism. Conversely, East Asia, although suffering from similar problems, has managed to develop various strategies that have been enormously successful in improving their economic state.
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Last month we published an article about a California lawyer who has created a class action suit against the oil companies for putting ethanol in marine fuel which ended up destroying the fiberglass fuel tank in his old boat. The article hit a raw nerve among BTC readers who have experienced the problem. Letters poured in from all over the country recounting how E10 has ruined carburetors, fuel tanks and gas engines. Dozens want to join the class action and add California and the U.S. Congress to the list.
Marlow Marine now replaces its tanks by cutting out a section of the bottom of the boat so that the tank can be easily extracted.
The tank is then removed without having to rip out cabin soles, furniture and topsides.
Once the new tank is installed, the hull section is glassed back in place.
Several years ago when E10 was quietly introduced to the north shore of Long Island Sound (home base of BoatTEST.com), boaters began having trouble with their outboard motors. The carburetors gummed up, injectors became clogged and engines would stall out when boaters were in the middle of the Sound. Outboard dealers and mechanics all had a different answer to the problem and it was over a year before the word got around that the problems had been caused by ethanol.
It turns out that these boat owners were only the tip of the iceberg, and their problems were minor compared to what was to come. Namely, in boats "built before the early 1980s" ethanol can degrade the resin in some fiberglass tanks. We are told that in the mid-80s boat builders changed the formula of the resin they were using and that ethanol does not cause a problem with the newer fuel tanks.
Ethanol, the New Sacred Cow
Scant mention of this problem has been made in the boating press, yet it exists nonetheless. The letters below, culled, from an avalanche we received from our readers may be instructive, not only about what E10 can do to your old fuel tank and engine, but also about the very existence of it in the first place as a U.S. "energy policy."
Many "experts" say that it takes more than a gallon of fuel to make a gallon of ethanol. Other "experts" say that is not true and defend turning corn into ethanol. But BTC readers are showing the way. Listen...
Mr. Turner is a Lawyer
It's important to keep in mind that Mr. Turner is no stranger to litigation; and
not because he's an attorney either. He seems to seek-out lawsuits that have the
potential to line his pockets. He also produces a "weight loss" product that is
nothing more than a diuretic, and is dangerous to use. "Lose 10 pounds in 48 hours!"
Perhaps someday he will be the target of a law suit. He has made millions by ....
advertising that junk. Maybe he should take a mil of that money and buy a newer
The oil companies were only doing what they were mandated to do. I say sue the State
of California for the idiotic ethanol mandate.
The state of Oregon has passed legislation specifically eliminating ethanol from
marine fuel docks. Someone is going to get killed when a tank collapses and a spark
ignites the resultant flood of fuel into who knows where. This is incredibly scary
as no one is safe. It could be the boat next to you in the marina that blows up.
Yankee with Two Heads
I had an older boat in New York with steel tanks About 3 years ago I started having
problems with plugged filters and carbs. I did find out later on that it was a problem
with ethanol in the gas. I added a better fuel filter system and changed filters
often. So I sold the boat dirt cheap. Now I live in South Carolina and I talk to
people about ethanol in fuel and they look at me like I have two heads. People need
to be aware of this problem be for it gets their boat.
-- D Gardner
Florida Ethanol Problems
I know of charter boat captains here in Florida who has been caught off guard too.
I'm personally having problems with my Yamaha 2 stroke and Ethanol. My Yamaha dealer
confirms that it is a real issue with 2 stroke engines. I know of some older cars
that are having issues as well as some 4 stroke engines. Thanks, I really needed
more problems. --R Shirley
First, Accuse the Gas Dealer
Since most boaters are not mechanics and don't understand it at all they are likely
not aware of the real source of the problem. Therefore, they are certainly blaming
their gas dealer first for selling them bad/old stuff.
I am thrilled that someone is taking this ethanol boondoggle to the test. It is
a complete scam on every gasoline user! --B Adams
Class Action for Everyone!
Hello, I would like this law suit expanded to cover the rest of the U.S.! I have
the same problem and can't afford to replace my tanks. My engines are probably damaged
also. I live in Maryland and would gladly sign up for a class action suit. --E Dippel
The state of Calif. must have known about this and should pay up for repairs. Saying
they never heard of this before doesn’t sound right. Someone had to know. I wonder
who told the State of Calif. it was a safe product.
-- E Cole
Is Air Next?
It is about time someone gets the ball rolling on counteracting the few people that
think they should dictate the way the rest must live. Using food to create fuel
and have a net loss is unbelievable.
Water for Gasoline
Someone told me that ethanol is not used in planes for exactly the reasons described
in this article. If this is the case, it is too bad boaters were not as 'fuel savvy'
as pilots. Also the article keeps saying the 'effects have been well known for some
time.' I can't find any consensus on the subject even now. Thirdly, ethanol is a
ridiculous farce, if one considers the manufacture of the substance i.e. amount
of the very precious substance water required to manufacture it. Not to mention
a myriad of other problems like food?
Ethanol Hurts Seals
It's about time someone took action. Not only does Ethanol have adverse effects
on fiberglass tanks but it damages seals in old motors. It actually decreases fuel
economy and the oil companies knowingly get away with this and no one holds them
accountable. I think a class action lawsuit is justified. However I do believe this
is a no-win case for the boater as Washington and the oil companies are above the
law. Good luck with the lawsuit.
Just Following Orders
I hope he wins. The oil companies knew that there was a problem and did not exercise
due diligence to prevent it. They should have posted warnings at every gas dock.
I have a 4 year old boat and I have replaced the carb 2 times. The 2nd one at a
cost of $450.00. Mercury doesn't feel it is responsible. Their own engineer admitted
that they knew of the problems it caused, collecting water and actually causing
rust in the carburetor. I am now using a chemical treatment developed for this problem
but it has only been one season so I don't really know if it works. Fortunately
it is a newer boat so the fuel tank is not affected.
The Sgt. Schulz Defense
I think he's right; the oil company should be responsible they make changes to fuel
with out thinking it totally through. Charge the customer extra money for additives.
Now the boat owner not only pays an astronomical amount for the fuel now he has
to add more additives to stop his boat from father problems. The fuel companies
are making record high profits with no regard for Joe Public. They need to pay for
Thanks for No Tanks
Same thing happened to my boat a 22' 1987 Tripp Angler. It is a high quality, Downeast
style, inboard powered boat built by F.L. Tripp in Westport, MA. Ethanol dissolved
the boat's two built-in fiberglass tanks. The liquefied resin then passed right
through the fuel filter and into the engine where it then hardened on the valves,
pistons, intake manifold etc. The engine, a fresh water cooled 305ci V-8 MerCruiser
inboard was destroyed. Two surveyors, one hired by my insurance company (Travelers)
and the other one, hired by me, both confirmed that it was ethanol that ruined my
boat. Traveler’s Insurance company told me that ethanol damage is not covered by
any insurance company and that they would not cover the $15,000 cost to replace
the tanks and/or the engine. The boat still has not been repaired.
Great article...thank you. I would like to join in the class action lawsuit, as
I spent more than $6,000 with Anderson Boat Yard in Sausalito to replace the fiberglass
tanks on my 1969 Hatteras tri-cabin with Coast Guard approved aluminum gas tanks
in 2006. I figured I could not take a chance with the safety of my family or passengers.
Sue Congress, Too!
Include the US Congress [in the class action suit]. The facts were well known before
the passing of a law that required even a greater quantity of ethanol to be used.
I have a 2004 Sea Ray 215 Weekender that was stored for 2+ years. The fuel was properly
stabilized prior to storage, however the boat is suffering from the effects of ethanol
induced water accumulation in the fuel tank. Several fuel separators / filters later
the problem persists and time and labor to resolve the problem are expensive.
Ethanol Down Under
I live in Australia apart from BoatTEST I haven't heard a peep, absolutely nothing
from the oil companies as far as boats are concerned, I have been warning my friends
and none of them knew. Thanks BoatTEST.
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Charles and Sarah Ann are married fifteen months when they traveled to Liverpool to board the ship Juventa for the voyage to America. Sarah is three month pregnant and I'm sure her emotions are all over the place from one moment to the next. Excited that this is Charles's dream come true to very sad to leave her close knit family - her parents, a married sister and two unmarried brothers. 1n 1869 thirteen years later Sarah Ann will convince her parents to come to Utah only to return to England after a few years. Charles will be leaving his widowed father and four sisters, one married. In 1859 just four years later his father Charles Sr. and his sister Caroline and husband John Higson will make the voyage across the sea and trek across the plains to Utah.
Did you know that during the 1800's over nine million Britons emigrated from Liverpool alone to New Zealand, Australia, Canada and America? Forty five thousand new converts to the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day-Saints from Britain and Scandinavia emigrated to Zion by 1900. At least twenty of my ancestors emigrated to Zion from England before 1869. http://lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration/
The earliest English ancestor of mine was the Hepworth family who made the voyage/trek in 1852. I mention this because Thomas and Mary Hepworth had a son who married a daughter of Charles and Sarah Ann Kidgell, my Great-grandparents.
On the Mormon Migration site (link above) you can see the LDS passenger list and journals.
I have read many accounts of the voyage's across the sea and this sea experience of Charles and Sarah in 1855 was a mild one in comparison. I will be writing about their experience on the ship from other people's journals who were abroad and a brief history written by my Grandmother Ethel.
Looking over the passenger list of 573 Mormons I was surprised to see the name's George and Ann Tomlinson. Yes, to those who know about our 'surname story' this is the step-gg- grandfather and his first wife that our surname comes through. Just a short explanation: My father's name is Vern Wherrett Tominson - after two years of researching a very puzzling family record sheet, I found the problem was our biological surname was Wherrett not Tomlinson. Dad died not knowing the real truth. I am sure Charles and Sarah Ann knew George and Ann very well and probably in some way related to Sarah Ann's mother Maria Tomlinson. I have not been able to make the connection, YET!
Charles and Sarah Ann were registered as ordinary steerage passengers Charles as an engine fitter. They paid two pounds and ten shillings for the trip across the ocean and at the end of their journey paid ten pounds and ten shillings more to complete the total cost of their passage.
"This was a remarkably successful passage-no deaths, one birth of a child who was named Juventa, and no issues, except seasickness and a few cases of measles among the children."
Their was one severe storm and the passengers were kept below without much air and very poor water. Charles's experience as an engine fitter came in very handy when the attendant fell asleep. "Charles discovered the trouble and due to his knowledge as an engineer was able to alleviate the trouble without injury to anyone on board, or the vessel, and thus saved the lives on all on the ship."
Preserve the Past- Inspire the Future
Coming Soon - Trek across the Plains
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care, and were more likely to have routine preventive care. Persons without coverage have often delayed seeking needed care
and found services difficult to afford.
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Cheer up the children
June 9, 2008 · Updated 5:36 PM
t Put a positive outlook in kids, counselor Sue Anderson says.
Life is hard. Most kids learn that lesson fairly early on.
But while some youngsters dwell on lifes difficulties, research shows that optimistic kids are better able to handle lifes travails.
Its a reality that Bainbridge counselor Sue Anderson a specialist in the field of happiness, also known as positive psychology has observed time and again in her Winslow practice.
Its not the amount or kind of adversity that you have, but how you meet it, that determines ones resilience, Anderson says. If school kids had an extra boost of optimism, an extra shot of resiliency, then they would be better able to roll with lifes punches.
There are techniques that parents can use to instill more optimism in their children, she says, regardless of whether the child is the glum or the effusive sort.
Anderson will share her insights in a public workshop Teaching Children Optimism and Resilience Thursday at Voyager Montessori School on High School Road.
Parents and children can fall into habits of negative thinking, which can lead to depression, underachievment and resignation, said Anderson, who trained in the field of authentic happiness with psychologist Martin Seligman, a leader in the field. Seligmans program was featured in the Jan. 17 issue of Time magazine.
But parents can help turn that around, not with excessive cheeriness or feigned bliss, but with techniques that encourage optimum mental health for the whole family.
There is considerable scientific evidence that happiness is a health issue, Anderson says.
Positive emotions help broaden our mind set, to help us see that more things are possible, she said.
Likewise, people who are upbeat get a positive response from others, thereby building broader and stronger social networks than folks who are negative.
People who are happy, she noted, are friskier...they move their bodies more. And being healthier physically helps you meet adversity better.
When people are in a negative mind set, on the other hand, they tend to narrow in on whats wrong, rather than whats right, perhaps Mother Natures way of preparing the person for a fight or flight response.
One double-blind study showed that doctors in a good mood performed significantly better at diagnosing illness than those in a bad mood, she said.
The other good thing about positive emotions, Anderson said, is that they have a way of crowding out the negative ones.
Parents can help encourage them through play and laughter.
Just increasing the amount of positive emotion is a step toward more resilience and hope, Anderson said. Children at play are not just playing they are broadening and building psychological capital what will make them more resilient.
Another way that parents can help build hope and optimism in their children is by helping them achieve goals that are suitable for their level of development, Anderson said. That can be as simple as giving the child a household task that they can master.
Hope comes when we feel capable and can attain the goals that we want to achieve, Anderson said.
If that gets thwarted in some way, then kids have a less hopeful view of the world.
Of course, everyone has bad days on occasion. But whats a parent to do when a child comes home with a declaration such as, nobody likes me, or I am stupid because something went wrong that particular day?
Saying nonsense might not be enough. Sometimes a parent would be wise to gently point out evidence to the contrary, to help the child obtain a more balanced view of the situation.
Everyone develops a critic, she said, saying that hers sits on her shoulder, whispering into her ear. Its about being able to talk back to the critic and see things more realistically.
The idea for the workshop came at the end of last summer, when car crashes claimed the lives of two young island women.
The crashes have led to a great deal of community soul-searching over dangerous teen behavior, such as substance abuse and daredevil driving.
We see a greater amount of depression among young people, even down to the grade school level, said Anderson, who worked as a registered nurse before staying home to raise her children.
I think the pace of our lives, and the pressures, can contribute. Parents are also under a great deal of pressure, and kids can feel that.
Anderson earned a degree in counseling 15 years ago, helping families with all manner of trouble.
That got her to thinking about optimum mental health: Was it enough to help lower someones distress level?
What about helping people swing the pendulum the other direction, toward happiness?
And what did it mean to be happy?
Anderson read Seligmans book, Authentic Happiness, and was inspired to take the professors training at the University of Pennsylvania. Now happiness is the focus of her practice, and that makes her, well, happy.
Happiness is good for you, she said.
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Sue Anderson offers a free workshop on Teaching Children Optimism and Resilience, at 7 p.m. Feb. 10, at Voyager Montessori School, 8225 High School Road. Information: 780-5661.
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|New City, New York|
|— CDP —|
|• Total||16.3 sq mi (42.2 km2)|
|• Land||15.6 sq mi (40.4 km2)|
|• Water||0.7 sq mi (1.8 km2)|
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New City is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States, part of the New York Metropolitan Area. The hamlet is an affluent suburb of New York City and is located 18 miles (29 km) north of the city at its closest point, Riverdale, The Bronx. Within Rockland County, New City is located north of Bardonia, northeast of Nanuet, east of New Hempstead, south of Garnerville, and west, straight across Lake Deforest, of Congers. New City's population was 33,559 at the 2010 census, making it the 14th most populous CDP/hamlet in the state of New York.
New City is located at (41.145495, −73.994901).
New City has experienced rapid development, yielding a wealthy stable tax base. Despite booming development, many of its residential areas have remained tranquil and comprise wooded acres, winding roads, stone walls, trees, lakes, and streams. While undeveloped land for development is scarce, a few small farms still dot the landscape now shared with golf courses, homes, and businesses. New City Elementary School is located in the area.
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|* Source document from Rockland County, not Census Bureau. Document .|
As of the 2000 census, there were 34,038 people, 11,030 households, and 9,496 families residing in the CDP. New City is 15.6 mi² in area. The population density was 842.4/km² (2,181.6/mi²). There were 11,161 housing units at an average density of 715.3/sq mi (276.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.09% White, 4.67% African American, 0.08% Native American, 6.99% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.81% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.87% of the population. There were 11,030 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.1% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.9% were non-families. 11.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.27.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.
As of a 2007 estimate, the racial makeup for the town was now 78.4% Non-Hispanic White, 4.7% African American or Black, <1% Native American, 9.1% Asian, <1% Pacific Islander, 1.4% other races, and 0.5% multi-racial. Hispanic or Latino of any race was now 7.4% of the population. The median income for a household in the CDP was $117,734 and the median income for a family was $128,200. Males had a median income of $62,234 versus $43,028 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $37,519. About 2.2% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line in 2007.
Most likely due to the building of the Tappan Zee Bridge, New City has been one of the fastest growing suburbs of New York City, and is still growing today.
Historical markers
- Collyer Farm Pond & New City Park – Collyer Avenue and Lake Drive
- H. R. Stevens House – 234 Congers Road
- The Jacob Blauvelt House, 20 Zukor Road
- Rockland County Court House, 1 South Main Street
- Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery, South Little Tor Road
- One Germonds, 1 Germonds Road
Landmarks and places of interest
- Coe's Tavern – Formerly at northeast corner of Route 45 & New Hempstead Road – On two occasions Continental Army troops encamped here. Major Tallmadge and his dragoons halted here when taking Joshua Hett Smith and Major John André from West Point to Tappan in 1780.
- Cropsey Farm, 230 Little Tor Road – This is one of the five remaining vegetable and fruit farms in Rockland County. The farmhouse and its twin, China Echo farmhouse, were built of native red sandstone around 1769 by the Blauvelt brothers and is one of the oldest existing barns in the county.
- Dellwood Country Club (now Paramount Country Club) hosts The Kennedy Funding Invitational, an unofficial tennis tournament that raises money for breast cancer research. Notable players who have participated include Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, Dudi Sela, Sam Querrey, Michael Russell, Justin Gimelstob, Amer Delic, Bobby Reynolds, Kevin Kim, and Noam Okun. Dellwood was once the home to Paramount Pictures founder Adolph Zukor.
- Dutch Garden – Designed by Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke, a West Nyack native, in 1933–34 as memorial to the county's early settlers, it won "Garden of the Year" from Better Home and Gardens magazine in 1935. Master craftsman Biaglo Gugliuzzo of Garnerville created walks and latticed walls of Haverstraw brick. Still standing is the Tea House, with carvings of mountains, windmills and other serene symbols representing aspects of Dutch-American history, others of motifs popular in the 1930s – Popeye, the Baker Cocoa and Old Dutch Cleanser maids. Over the years, it served as a site for weddings and for concerts. Folk singer Burl Ives once performed there and Eleanor Roosevelt visited the garden. Markers on site. It is now a county park with a beautiful display of flowering bulbs in spring. (NRHP)
- English Church and Schoolhouse (New Hempstead Presbyterian Church), 484 New Hempstead Road. The first English-speaking church established in the county, organized by English settlers from Hempstead on Long Island in 1734 who wish to have services in English rather than Dutch as in the Reformed Church. Celebrated its 275th anniversary in 2009. (NRHP)
- H. R. Stevens House – 234 Congers Road (NRHP)
- Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road
- Jacob Blauvelt Farmhouse, 20 Zukor Road – A farmhouse of Dutch colonial style built 1882. Contains an open fireplace for cooking demonstrations. The 4-acre (16,000 m2) site also has a museum, herb garden and nature trail. (NRHP)
- Law Enforcement Museum – The walls of the county Sheriff's Department are lined with photos and interesting memorabilia about enforcement in Rockland County, New York City and around the nation.
- New City Library – 220 North Main Street
- Peter DePew House – 101 Old Route 304 (NRHP)
- Pojn Hill – A nickname based on a local legend for Trout Court
- Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church – celebrated 100 years in November 2007
- South Mountain Road – A winding, two-lane historic road.
- Van Houten Gardens – 241 S. Little Tor Road – Formerly part of the Cropsey Farm. Across the road is a Dutch sandstone house, built around 1769 and owned by the Cropsey family since 1893.
Notable people
- Thomas Morahan (October 11, 1931 – July 12, 2010), represented all of Rockland County and parts of Orange County in the New York State Senate for the 38th district. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from the 96th district from January 1981 to December 1982.
- Henry Varnum Poor (1888–1970), architect, painter, sculptor, muralist, and potter. Self-taught as an architect, Poor designed the "Crow House" on South Mountain Road for himself, and designed houses or home renovations for Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, John Houseman, Burgess Meredith, and Maxwell Anderson.
- Jordan Rudess, keyboard player for Dream Theater
- Hayden Panettiere (actress) In her early life, she lived in the New City Condominiums (section 3)
- Derek Jeter
- Sam Rosen (sportscaster)
- Skylar Astin, actor, in Pitch Perfect
- "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): New City CDP, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- "Age Groups and Sex: 2010 - State -- Place (GCT-P2): New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- New City Fire Engine Company No. 1
- New City Volunteer Ambulance Corps
- "10 New Reasons to Love New City," by Robert Zeliger, Rockland Magazine, September 13, 2006
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The streets of New Delhi hum with a constant buzz of activity; auto rickshaws whiz between trucks and cars while food vendors yell out to potential customers. While there are few purchasable items that cannot be found in India’s capital city, one thing is noticeably absent: the presence of women.
One explanation is that there are simply less of them. The recent census showed that the current sex ratio is the worst in recorded Indian history with only 914 girls per 1,000 boys in children ages 0-6. The falling ratio is not a product of biology but rather of a culture where daughters are seen as an economic burdens, with dowry costs often exceeding yearly incomes. Historically, in India, it is the sons who inherit land, carry on the family name and provide for parents in their old age. Despite government attempts to criminalize sex-based abortions and offer cash to families that keep girls, Indian daughters continue to be culled from the population.
Another reason for the invisibility of women is safety. Delhi is notoriously unsafe for women with at least one woman physically molested each day and 42 reported rapes in 2011 alone. Particularly frightening is a recent surge of women being molested and even raped by their taxi drivers.
In 2008, my company, Start Up, partnered with long-time women’s rights advocate Meenu Vadera to fill the demand for a safe taxi service for middle-class women and expand livelihood options for lower-income women with the launch of Sakha, a cab service run by women for women. Start Up also worked with Ms. Vadera to develop a nonprofit arm of Sakha, the Azad Foundation, which focuses on providing young women from disadvantaged urban communities with the training and support they need to navigate the formidable Delhi streets.
Sakha is more than just a cab company. As Ms. Vadera explains, “Driving is just an excuse, what we’re really to do is break an image and provoke a change in mindsets towards women.”
Although Ms. Vadera maintains that Sakha and Azad are still in the “chrysalis” stage, the organizations have undoubtedly changed many minds, both in the marginalized communities where they source their employees and among their customers.
Sakha’s COO, Nayantara Janardhan explains, “When the women come into the program they are so clearly downtrodden. The training strengthens them, gives them confidence and then they start earning and gain economic power—from an average monthly family income of Rs 3,500 to an individual salary of Rs 5,000-7,000 per month. They become the principal breadwinners in their families!”
Their clientele too is changing. Whereas once Ms. Janardhan found herself forced to persuade customers that women are capable of driving, now she has a waiting list for customers wanting to hire Sakha chauffeurs. In the future, Sakha hopes to expand to corporate tie-ups in order to ensure a steadier sense of employment for their newly licensed radio cab fleet. To hire a cab or engage with Sakha, email Ms. Janardhan at email@example.com.
Start Up is currently looking for other early-stage initiatives to incubate. For more information, contact Sahil Vasudeva at firstname.lastname@example.org.
While India still has a long ways to go before women are widely recognized as valuable members of society, innovative social enterprises like Sakha give hope amidst bleak statistics.
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What is NTFS?
NTFS stands for NT File System, where NT refers to Microsoft Windows NT and means "New Technologies". Currently it is the best file system available for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Understanding a file system.
A file system is needed to organize and access information on a hard drive disk, optical media, diskettes and so on. Imagine that you have thousands files on your hard disk, but you don't have any index. What happens if you request a file? The system starts searching for it, but as the system has no clue on where the file may be located, it has to browse all the files from the very beginning. It would take minutes, in some cases even hours, to find a particular file.
Now, a typical operating system reads and writes dozens of files in one second. It is possible due to the fact that all the files are smartly organized.
But there is more to a file system than just indexing. Imagine that in our previous example (enriched with an index for quicker searching), you have opened a text file and added a few words to it. Now you press "Save". What happens?
The file is larger now than it was before opening. However, on your hard disk, there is no extra space reserved for it. The next file begins exactly where our file ends. No spare bytes. No space to save a few more words that we've added. What should we do?
One solution would be to reserve some extra space for every file... but how much? Some files are changed frequently, other files aren't changed at all, and we don't know any of that initially. How much space would be wasted with this approach?
Another solution would be to move our file into another location, where it is enough space for it. But as we delete the file from its former location, what should we do with the gap? Should we try to find another file that fits it, or should we simply dismiss it? How much space will be wasted if we systematically move files that become larger to new locations?
Yet another solution would be to save only a part of our file in its former location. The rest of it we save in some free area, and then we link the parts together.
The latter decision may seem to be smart and obvious, but it creates much more complexity than we'd like to bring up here. For one thing, the whole indexing should be changed. If we simply link one part of our file to the rest of it internally (inside the file), how the system should know that there is something in the free area? How should we prevent the system from writing another file into the same area?
All in all, modern file systems are quite complex, with lots of decisions and experience incorporated into the very design. What kind of decisions? Well, a file system should be: effective (as little as possible space should be wasted), fast, stable, secure, user-friendly (as an example, directories and long filenames should be supported) and so on. These are very different requirements, and they are often in conflict with each other: a fast system may want to skip significant areas of free space instead of writing multiple fragments, so it can't be effective; security slows a system down; stability requires to write some additional information, which takes both space and time. There are no ideal solutions, but there are solutions that are pretty good in most cases for the current level of technology.
NTFS is one of such solutions.
A brief history.
Some people nowadays consider Windows NT to be a long forgotten history, so the "New Technologies" stuff may seem to be funny. Yes, the first version of Windows NT was released back in 1993, what is so new about it?
However, Windows NT was a great step for Microsoft operating systems. While Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 were dragging the load of backward compatibility, NT introduced far better system design. This made it not compatible with earlier MS-DOS based operating systems, which was the reason why Windows 95 and Window 98 were much more popular (while the more secure and stable Windows NT existed for years!), but finally NT took over. Windows 2000, XP, Vista are built on basis of NT.
NTFS was one of those "new technologies".
MS-DOS, first versions of Windows, Windows 95, 98, ME - all of them used FAT, the predecessor of NTFS. First introduced in 1980, FAT (File Allocation Table) went through several revisions (among them are FAT12, FAT16, FAT32). It learnt to support folders, long filenames, large disks. However, the initial design contained several restrictions that finally made FAT outdated (well, not quite so: FAT is still used for smaller media, like diskettes).
NTFS dominates the world of Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 2000. Actually, all the following systems, including Windows XP, could be installed on FAT-formatted partitions, but restrictions of FAT made NTFS far more preferable.
Windows Vista demands an NTFS-partition for itself.
Versions of NTFS.
NTFS is still developed and improved. Basically, there are five versions:
- v. 1.0
- v. 1.1
- v. 1.2 - Windows NT 3.51 and Windows NT 4
- v. 3.0 - Windows 2000.
- v. 3.1 - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Vista.
NTFS versions installed on the latest versions of Windows can also be referred to as NTFS 5.0, NTFS 5.1, NTFS 6.0. The number in this case matches the number of the operating system (Windows Vista is NT 6.0).
NTFS stands for NT File System, where NT refers to Microsoft Windows NT and means "New Technologies". Currently it is the best file system available for Microsoft ...
If we compare NTFS with its main predecessor, FAT, we will see a number of advantages. First of all, NTFS uses Unicode to save filenames. On FAT volumes, it ...
NTFS is currently the best file system for hard disks, when we consider Microsoft Windows. Even the latest versions of Windows (like Vista or Windows Server ...
Windows Vista demands an NTFS-formatted partition for itself. But what if you have used FAT32 for your Windows XP machine, and now you want to upgrade to Vista ...
Actually, it depends on implementations. Theoretical limits are unimaginable today, but in a few decades they can easily become usual, we've seen that kind of jokes before ...
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A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings.
Urban, agricultural and environmental interests have banded together to speak with one voice in an effort to protect the region’s water supply from thirsty Southern California and San Joaquin Valley interests.
The Sacramento region sits between what is forecasted to be a declining snowpack in the Sierra — resulting in less surface water — and the Delta, which scientists say needs more fresh-water flow. Seemingly at odds with that reality, south-of-Delta water contractors, facing needs of their own, want even more water.
Many here have been articulating a common message — insisting that any plan for a massive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water diversion must be fair to north-of-Delta interests. But the message has been somewhat scattered, say members of the newly formed North State Water Alliance, which aims to ensure the region has sufficient high-quality water for future growth.
“We began to realize we need to be unified in our region,” said David Guy, president of one of the alliance’s key members, the Northern California Water Association, which represents more than 60 water suppliers and local governments that provide water for farms, wildlife refuges, rural communities and fisheries in the Sacramento Valley.
Aligning more closely, alliance members say, is a matter of survival.
Lawmakers in 2009 ordered up sweeping reforms intended to strike a balance between environmental protection and demands for Delta water. The Delta is the state’s water supply crossroads, serving 25 million people and hundreds of acres of farmland.
A big part of those reforms is the controversial Bay Delta Conservation Plan, largely focused on building a giant, $13 billion canal or tunnel to move water around the Delta to convey water to Central and Southern California.
Melanie Turner covers energy, medical/biotechnology, agriculture, transportation and manufacturing for the Sacramento Business Journal.
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A design patent covers the ornamental features of an article of manufacture. As with standard "utility" patents, a design patent must also be novel and nonobvious.
For a number of years, the USPTO has allowed companies to obtain design patents on "icons" shown on a computer screen. Under the law, someone who displays a patented icon on their screen would be deemed a patent infringer subject to a lawsuit for damages. One unfortunate aspect of patent law is that it lacks any substantial fair use doctrine that would likely serve as a defense if icon-rights were asserted under either copyright or trademark law. Thus, someone who includes the icon within a work of art or a criticism could still be considered infringing.
One of the recent examples of an icon design patent is Apple's U.S. Design Patent No. D668,263. Image. That patent covers a three-lined circle with a set of rising eighth notes in the middle. The patent was filed on October 8, 2010. That means that prior art that was published prior to October 8, 2009 would definitely be available to invalidate the patent.
Can anyone suggest some prior art?
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All of the children wanted to wait. (Who doesn’t want more treats?) But many couldn’t. After just a few minutes or less, their resolve would break down and they would eat the marshmallow. But some kids were better at delaying gratification: They were able to hold out for the full 15 minutes.
When the researchers subsequently checked in on these same children in high school, it turned out that those with more self-control — that is, those who held out for 15 minutes — were better behaved, less prone to addiction, and scored higher on the SAT.
Recounting Mischel’s research in an excellent New Yorker article (that this piece could not exist without), Jonah Lehrer writes that, after observing hundreds of hours of videotape of the children, Mischel concluded that the kids who resisted temptation used “strategic allocation of attention”:
It’s not difficult to see how self-control would be predictive of success in certain spheres. It means trading short-term gratification for long-term goals, skipping the temptation to go to the movies and working on your novel instead. But that’s a relatively simple example — one that makes the decision to exercise self-control, or not, easy to see.In reality, we are faced with hundreds of these “tradeoff decisions” within the span of a single day. As the thoughtful blogger James Shelley has written, very often when we talk about the skill of “productivity” what we are really talking about is “self-control” — the disciplined ability to choose to do one thing at the cost of not doing another (perhaps more tempting thing).
As the hierarchy of the traditional workplace breaks down, we are all gaining more freedom and flexibility. More and more, we can set our own long-term goals, we can determine our own work schedules, we can work at an office or at a coffee shop, we can make our own decisions about what we focus on today, and what we focus on tomorrow. But this “freedom” also brings responsibility — a responsibility that, I would argue, demands a vastly increased capacity for self-control.
In essence, Twitter is the new marshmallow. (Or Facebook, or Foursquare. Pick your poison.) At any given moment, a host of such “treats” await us. Emails, social media messages, text messages — discrete little bits of unexpected and novel information that activate our brain’s seeking circuitry, titillating it and inciting the desire to search for more. Our ability to resist such temptations, and focus on the hard work of creative labor, is part and parcel of pushing great ideas forward.
And yet: Self-control isn’t the whole story.
Intrigued by what qualities would most accurately predict outstanding achievement, Harvard researcher Angela Duckworth picked up where Walter Mischel left off. As she outlines in this TEDx talk, Duckworth found that self-control is an excellent predictor of your ability to follow through on certain types of difficult tasks — staying on your diet, studying for a test, not checking your email — but it’s not the most important factor when it comes to predicting success at “extremely high-challenge achievement.”
Duckworth was also suspicious of qualities like talent and intelligence as reliable predictors for remarkable achievement. And with good reason: Way back in 1926, a psychologist named Catherine Morris Cox published a study of 300 recognized geniuses, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Gottfried Leibniz to Mozart to Charles Darwin to Albert Einstein. Cox, who had worked with Lewis M. Terman to develop the Stanford-Binet IQ test, was curious what factors lead to “realized genius,” those people who would really make their mark on the world. After reading about the lives of hundreds historic geniuses, Cox identified a host of qualities, beyond raw intelligence, that predicted “greatness.”
Studying Cox’s findings, Duckworth isolated two qualities that she thought might be a better predictor of outstanding achievement:
- The tendency not to abandon tasks from mere changeability. Not seeking something because of novelty. Not “looking for a change.”
- The tendency not to abandon tasks in the face of obstacles. Perseverance, tenacity, doggedness.
Duckworth boiled these two characteristics down to a quality she called “grit,” defined as “the perseverance and passion for a long-term goal,” and set about testing it as a predictor for outstanding achievement. Here’s a recent New York Times article summarizing Duckworth’s research:
…She developed a test to measure grit, which she called the Grit Scale. It is a deceptively simple test, in that it requires you to rate yourself on just 12 questions, from “I finish whatever I begin” to “I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.” It takes about three minutes to complete, and it relies entirely on self-report — and yet when Duckworth took it out into the field, she found it was remarkably predictive of success.
At Penn, high grit ratings allowed students with relatively low college-board scores to nonetheless achieve high G.P.A.’s. Duckworth and her collaborators gave their grit test to more than 1,200 freshman cadets as they entered West Point and embarked on the grueling summer training course known as Beast Barracks. The military has developed its own complex evaluation, called the Whole Candidate Score, to judge incoming cadets and predict which of them will survive the demands of West Point; it includes academic grades, a gauge of physical fitness and a Leadership Potential Score. But at the end of Beast Barracks, the more accurate predictor of which cadets persisted and which ones dropped out turned out to be Duckworth’s 12-item grit questionnaire.
Duckworth carried out a similar “success study” with kids who competed in spelling bees. Again, it turned out that grit — in this case, the ability to persist and passionately pursue your goal of winning the spelling bee whatever it takes — was the best predictor of success. Verbal IQ scores were a factor, but they were inversely related to the grit scores. In essence, the smarter kids just didn’t try as hard, but still did pretty well sometimes. Self-control was also an influential factor, but not as reliable a predictor of success as grit, and not a completely necessary factor. That is, there was a subset of kids who had poor self-control but a lot of grit, who still performed very well.If it was ever in question, we can now rest assured that dogged hard work is the cornerstone of remarkable achievement. That said, Duckworth’s findings still raise some nagging questions: Is grit an inborn ability, just like intelligence or talent? Or, can grit be cultivated?
What Do You Think?
Can we develop our capacity for grit? How have you done it?
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I'm pleased to announce a partnership between the Missing Air Crew Project and the Yap Visitors Bureau (YVB). The two organizations have been working together over the last two years to document the history of Yap during World War II. The project goals include creating resources to document and share the history, training the Yap tourism industry on the history, setting up a WWII tour process and to create memorials to remember the lifes lost during WWII.
Yap is considered a backwater to the overall Pacific war, however, most are very surprised to find out that the US attacked Yap Island almost daily from June 1944 to August 1945 with the loss of over 35 planes and hundreds of men. Yap is strategically located between the Philippines and Guam and was at a crossroads for many of the Pacific battles. Once the US decided not to invade Yap in September 1944 they needed to insure that it was isolated from the Japanese supply chains and that it could not be used as an offensive forward operating base. This was especially important once the US occupied the nearby deep water harbor of Ulithi in the fall of 1944. Keeping Yap out of the war was key to the US success in the rest of the Pacific theatre. A variety of attacks were launched against Yap including long range B-24 bomber raids, carrier raids, ship to shore bombardments, land based Navy and Marine planes and submarines. Pat Ranfranz and the Missing Air Crew Project has spent over 20 years researching the history of Yap during WWII and has been able to share not only the military history of the actual missions but the personal stories of many of the men who were lost so that their memories can be preserved for future generations to remember.
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online historical archives
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Time Line of Historical Events in and around Millburn
Please note that this is a work in progress
1818, December 3
Illinois becomes a state
Saw mill is built by Jacob Miller about two miles east of future Millburn
Jacob Miller adds a grist mill to his operation.
Money panic causes New England families to look westward to the frontier.
brothers stake a claim to land
1839, March 1
Lake County is created by separation from McHenry County.
about 1840 (some say September, 1841)
Rev. Flavel Bascom
church in Millburn
. Log cabin is used both as a school and a church.
from the federal government that will become the village.
William Bradford Dodge
comes to Millburn
Frame and sided houses begin to replace the log cabins in Millburn area
1846, February 18
becomes leader of
Lake County Liberty Association
, anti-slavery society.
1847, June 1
1848, January 24
becomes Postmaster of first Millburn Post Office
Lake County is
divided into townships
, replacing the former precincts. Millburn is at junction of four: Antioch, Newport, Warren, and Avon. [Read historical account written in
shows Lake County population to be 14,226
Peter, John and George
go to California to pan for gold
returns, marries, and begins new
1853, June 27
William Fullom becomes Postmaster of Millburn
1853, December 14
becomes Postmaster of Millburn
1854, June 4
in Mill Creek
1855, March 5
Meeting held to form
Millburn Mutual Insurance Company
1856, December 30
becomes Postmaster of Millburn
Dr. Homer Leonard, Millburn's first doctor, comes to town and sets up an office.
Millburn Agricultural Association
organizes to put on fairs and promote agriculture.
and Stock Show held at Millburn. Fifteen Hundred people attend.
1861, April 22
The war spirit comes to Millburn and men
at the meeting house. Subscriptions are raised to help the volunteer's families.
builds first part of
later to become our Martin's Gen'L Store museum.
1862, Saturday, August 30
Millburn ladies feed the men of Company D, 96th Regiment, an elegant supper prior to their departure for training.
1862, September 6
mustered into service. Many
men from Millburn area
1862, December 8
, Company D, 96th Regiment, becomes the first local man to die during service in the War of the Rebellion.
1863, June 6
to band together and vow to honor only National currency for their produce and discourage circulation of other funds.
1864, April 20
becomes Postmaster of Millburn.
Dr. David B. Taylor
comes to Millburn and begins practice.
1865, February 16
Illinois Legislature charters the
Millburn Mutual Insurance Company
1865, June 30
Ninety-sixth Infantry discharged.
, a new
building stands in Millburn.
is moved to current location. Over 80 remains moved.
1867, October 2
Agricultural Fair at Millburn.
locates in Millburn.
Church parsonage built
1881, November 12
Millburn Literary Association
. Will go on to publish the Millburn Constellation.
Plank sidewalk from town past the cemetery is finished
Dr. H. O. Leonard begins
at local schools against small-pox
sells most of his farm to William Chope for $40 per acre. The federal government sold this same land for $1.25 per acre only forty years before.
Street lights are installed
Dr. Thompson, of Waukegan, opens an office in Millburn.
1882, August 19
, Millburn Undertaker, announces that he has added an "ice casket"
1882, December 18
held at Millburn.
Dr. Leonard sells out to Dr. Tombaugh
Millburn Street Light Society
formed "to run them properly"
Sammy Smith dies
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, candidate for President of the United States, speaks at Millburn.
Wisconsin Central Railroad builds
several miles west of Millburn and depot at what will become Lake Villa.
Lake Forest University plays Millburn home baseball team to tie score 20-20, game called after 10 innings due to darkness.
Four Hundred tickets are sold for the Hampton Students' concert at the Church.
comes to Millburn to help in Pantall's Store.
Millburn Mutual Ins. Co. offers
reward for arrest of arsonists
Dr. Fahrney contracts workers to install
1,700 rods of field tile
on his large farm.
Millburn Farmer's Line
1898, October 28 and 29
28th Annual Convention of the Lake County Sunday School Association held in Millburn. F. W. Moody, President.
steal cash from sleeping man
1901, January 8
The large Fahrney Farm in Millburn goes
out of the dairy business
1901, February 7
held in Millburn
1901, May 16
minister that took $100,000
1901, June 1
takes horse, buggy, and harness from Millburn stable.
New steel bridge
is built over Mill Creek at east end of town.
1901, November 6
Rev. Sheldon A.
expelled from membership
for his part in savings and loan scandal.
Millburn Church celebrates
Jane Strang McAlister
leaving a very large estate to her relatives. Before her death, Mrs. McAlister founded a hospital in Waukegan, the predecessor to Victory Memorial Hospital.
1904, February 12
William Mavor dies
. Is a Strang son-in-law.
1904, April 1
damages homes and barns in Millburn area
1904, April 1
dies. Easter services delayed one week. (
1904, May 13
accidentially shoots and kills
Millburn Post Office closes, Rural Free Delivery is begun
1905, February 15
at the Fahrney farm draws largest auction crowd ever in Lake County. Enraged cow attacks crowd.
Lake Villa Township created from lower sections of Antioch Township and northern sections of Avon Township.
1916, July 15
Former Millburn man, Ralph Spafford, is
at railroad grade crossing in Antioch.
Ida Mae Runyard
begins teaching the last school year at Hockaday School.
Millburn Consolidated School
Dodge school students of Annie McCredie hold first annual
Memorial Day service
at Millburn cemetery.
Route 45 paved with concrete. See what it looked like
Public Service Company (now ComEd) brings first electric lines to Millburn. Many homes not electrified until after 1940.
Ed Martin's store
1927, July 14
Thieves invade hen house and
steal 100 chickens
1928, May 16
Five men rob the Beck family near Millburn and
kill William Beck, Jr.
, during the robbery.
Murderers of Millburn farmer
to die in electric chair. First use as sentence in Lake County.
1928, November 19
Former Millburn resident is
lost at sea
Ken Denman becomes
of the Illinois Association of Future Farmers of America newsletter. Bob Hughes elected
at same meeting.
1935, January 12
burns to the ground
closes. Students will attend Oakland School to the west.
UDSA Farm Security Administration locates a Homestead Project near Millburn.
1936, January 23
1937, June 6 (3?)
Murder and suicide
at Le Voy farm in Millburn.
1940, September 6
Millburn Church celebrates 100th Anniversary. Read
beginning in July.
Concrete bridge replaces steel and plank bridge over Mill Creek.
Newly elected President of Millburn Mutual Insurance Company
dies only minutes after election
1955, March 12
100th Anniversary meeting of Millburn Mutual Insurance Company
1956, August 8
Strang's Corner Store
celebrates 100th Anniversary
retires from storekeeping. Store building rented out.
North Shore Gas Company brings natural gas to Millburn homes
1979, September 18
Eighteen homes placed upon
National Historic Register
1979, December 6
HMCA becomes an Illinois not for profit
1981, June 3
Jake Strang home
placed on Illinois Register.
Richard Martin wills the
Martin General Store building
to the Historic Millburn Community Association, Inc. to become a museum.
Traffic lights installed on Highway 45 in Millburn.
Property owners in Millburn annex into Old Mill Creek.
1997, March 5
Martin's Gen'L Store goes on the World Wide Web.
Millburn Church sells the parsonage to a private owner.
2001, December 4
Martin's Gen'L Store museum building is struck by an automobile.
2002, All Year Long
Martin's Gen'L Store museum is closed for reconstruction.
All rights reserved,
Historic Millburn Community Association, Inc.
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In an attempt to communicate in a little more normal way than Version One of how to make bread, maybe this will be better. (Is that really how I talk/write when my brain is only half working? What a mess!) Also, please note - the use of raise and rise feels a little tricky tonight, so please overlook any misuse herein.
1. Put dough hook on Bosch mixer. Find a large ceramic bowl (if you have one) or a stainless steel bowl will work, it just doesn't hold the heat as well. Fill half full with hot water and let it sit while you are mixing the dough. This will warm the bowl and will help make the dough rise faster. Just before you put the dough in the bowl, pour out the water and wipe the bowl dry; rub the bowl with a little oil so the dough won't stick as it raises.
2. Grind approximately 4 cups wheat (Note: if I am using Spelt, I use exactly the same measurements. I actually like Spelt better than whole wheat)
3. In a measuring cup, put 1/4 cup lukewarm water. Add 1 tsp sugar or honey. Add 2 teaspoons or one packet of yeast. Stir gently for just a second and set aside.
4. Measure 4 cups of very hot water and pour into the Bosch mixing bowl.
5. To the hot water add the following: 4 teaspoons salt; 4 Tablespoons sugar or honey; 1/3 cup oil.
6. Add all of the whole wheat flour
7. Use the on button on the Bosch that lets you turn the mixer on and off quickly. Turn it on three or four times until the flour is somewhat mixed in, then turn the mixer on so it stays on for about two minutes. Turn off.
8. Start adding the white flour, but read the remainder of #8 before you proceed. I honestly don't know how much white flour it will take, so you have to pretend you know what you are doing on this one. Gradually begin adding the white flour one cup at a time, until the dough is still really sticky, but not runny. At this point, let the Bosch knead the bread for about 3 minutes. Add a little more flour, mix again.
9. Now gently stir the yeast mixture in the cup and add to the bread dough. Mix really well, then continue kneading for another 3 minutes.
10. If the bread is still really sticky, and is clinging to the side of the Bosch bowl while it is kneading, add a little more white flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
11. Sprinkle a little flour on the cabinet top. "Dump" the bread dough onto the floured area. Knead just a little to form it into a ball.
12. Place dough ball into prepared bowl. I like to rub just a little oil over the dough so it doesn't dry out while it is raising.
13. Cover with a clean dishtowel.
14. The dough needs to sit in a place where it is kind of warm, and out of drafts. I generally use my oven, having turned it on for about 1 minute and then turning it off will give my bread a nice warm place to sit.
15. When the dough has come to the top of my bowl, or doubled in size, I dump it out of the bowl onto the floured surface, punch it down/knead it and return it to the bowl for a second round. If you are going to make rolls, or cinnamon rolls, you would take part of the dough out at this point.
16. Many of the recipes I see today are skipping the second rising - Mother always let it raise twice so I have just kept doing it that way.
17. When the dough is doubled again, remove from bowl onto lightly floured surface.
18. Grease 3 bread pans. Or two if you have made rolls. Divide the dough into even portions. Gently knead to work out the air bubbles and then form into your loaves. Place each loaf in loaf pan, roll around in the grease in the bread pan so the tops have a little oil on them. Or you can melt a little butter and spread it over the tops of your loaves.
19. Let bread sit until the dough is a little over the top of the pan so it makes a nice rounded looking loaf. Cover the dough while it is sitting. And try to keep it out of any draft.
20. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
21. Put loaves in oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Timing is a little tricky, so when the bread looks done, thump on a loaf. If it sounds hollow, it is probably done.
22. Hooray! If you have persevered and made it to this point, whatever you take out of the oven will taste wonderful and the house will smell ever so good. Just make sure you have some homemade strawberry jam to eat with it.
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WFIU Public Radio
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There are old-fashioned spiraeas with lacy white flowers such as ‘Bridal Wreath’ that are quite large, as well as many new dwarf cultivars on the market.
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Smiths Medical Bivona Neonatal, Pediatric and Flextend Tracheostomy Tubes: Class 1 Recall - Inadvertent Dislodgement
Audience: Anesthesia, Pulmonary, Risk Manager
ISSUE: FDA notified healthcare professionals and medical care organizations about the Class 1 recall of certain lots of these tracheostomy tubes. Difficulty arising from disconnecting accessories from the connectors of the affected tubes may result in excessive force to detach the accessory and the tracheostomy tube may dislodge from the patient. This could lead to serious patient injury or death, especially if no replacement tube is immediately available.
BACKGROUND: The Bivona Pediatric, Neonatal and Flextend tracheostomy tube is intended to provide direct airway access for a tracheostomized patient for up to 29 days. This product is used in health care facilities and home care environment. Lot Numbers 1631477 through 1923406 are being recalled. The recalled products were manufactured from August 29, 2009 to January 29, 2011.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Consumers who have the affected tubes should identify all affected, unused product in inventory and segregate it to a quarantine location. Contact Smiths Medical Customer Service (Monday – Friday 8am-8pm CST): 1-800-258-5361 for further recall instructions. Smiths Medical mailed all U.S. consignees an Urgent Field Safety Notice on November 28, 2011 and an updated Urgent Field Safety Notice on January 9, 2012. A copy of the customer notification letter, along with pictures to distinguish the affected tubes, is posted on the Smiths Medical website at http://www.smiths-medical.com
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Posts tagged ‘Gloria Rolanda’
Afro-Cuban filmmaker, Gloria Rolanda, is coming to Columbia to show her film, “1912: Breaking the Silence.” The film deals with a massacre of Cubans of African descent in 1912 when they tried to organize for racial justice.
Ms. Rolando is coming to Columbia through the efforts of MU Professor Juanamaria Cordones-Cook and her film is co-sponsored by Ragtag Cinema.
In room 114 in the Arts and Sciences Building at MU.
Location: University of Missouri
* Friday, April 09, 04:00 p.m.–07:00 p.m
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In honor of college basketball's biggest moment, we've pitted together nature's fiercest creatures for our own online competition this March.
Get to know our "Sweet 16" teams below. They'll face off on our Nature Conservancy Facebook pages on select tournament dates (March 28, April 2, April 5, April 7-8). Our Facebook fans will decide on which teams advance to the Elite 8, Final Four and championship game. Find your local Facebook page to participate, and then print a PDF of the brackets.
In real life, these critters are facing their toughest rival yet: habitat loss. We're committed to helping nature win.
The legendary great white shark is the largest and most feared predator in the ocean. These massive hunters weigh over 5,000 pounds and can detect blood in the water from up to three miles away.
The wily diamondback terrapin is an excellent swimmer and has strong jaws for crushing shells of clams and snails. They live along coasts as far north as Massachusetts and as far south as Florida.
These little guys make for powerful allies in the face of climate change and extreme weather. Their secret weapon? Hardy oyster reefs that buffer our coasts from waves and improve water quality.
The power of hurricanes is awesome: walls torn from concrete buildings, 20-foot waves crashing to shore. As our planet continues to warm, this extreme weather event will likely grow in strength and frequency!
"Whoooo hoo!" The call of the Great Horned Owl is a classic sound of the wild and can be heard from miles away. This fierce hunter has some serious moves. Its talons can extend to a size of 4x8 inches and can close down on its prey with the force of almost 30 pounds!
Watch out for the wolverine! The largest member of the weasel family, this stocky little critter has guts. It's a powerful predator and scavenger that won't let much get in the way of its next meal.
The largest of the cat species, the tiger is the epitome of power. Nighttime hunters, they sneak as close as possible to their prey before sprinting at their victims and pulling them off of their feet.
In terms of size, the brown bear has got it going on. Think of him as the Shaquille O'Neil of the animal kingdom. Males grow over 6 feet tall and weigh in around 800 pounds, towering over most forest critters.
This mythic bird of prey is known for agility and speed. Its extremely powerful talons allow it to snatch up prey, including rabbits, squirrels, and even large mammals like foxes and goats!
The spiky-tailed, ground-dwelling Sage Grouse is the proud bird king of the western prairie. About the size of a large chicken, the show-offy males are famous for their elaborate mating ritual, in which they puff up their feathery chests to win females' affection.
Hear that howling? It’s the gray wolf calling to his pack. These formidable predators live, travel and hunt in packs of four to seven.
The stalwart Swainson hawk will migrate over 17,000 miles during the year and travel in great flocks that blanket the sky.
The American alligator ranges throughout the American southeast in freshwater marshes, rivers and swamps, where it basks by day and hunts by night.
If you like to cheer for the under-dog, take note. Freshwater mussels play a little-known yet important role in our daily lives. They sit at the bottoms of rivers for years, filtering and cleaning water.
Talk about adaptability! Salmon are born in freshwater, migrate to the ocean, and then return back to freshwater to spawn.
Male mallards, called drakes, sport a distinctive green head and yellow bill. Mallards are thought to be the most abundant duck on Earth.
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"...I have never put in hours just for the sake of putting in hours, which I think many people do. I have always been results oriented, which is why I think I will enjoy entrepreneurship. When I did engineering work, I hated having to stay around for 40 hours a week even if I could do all the work of a *normal* employee in about 25. From a results perspective I should be able to go home and still get the same pay, but that just doesn't fly..."
I really like the way Rob thinks - he is a smart guy!
Back in June 2001 (issue 47) Seth Godin wrote an article in Fast Company - "There is no correlation at all between success and hours worked."
"It's an old saw, but it's still true in the new economy: Work expands to fill the time allotted for it. If you allot 12 hours to work every day, you'll spend 12 hours. But are you going to make more decisions? Better decisions?"
There is also a good recent post on FCNow - Dissembling the Schedule - Charless Buffett asks:
The question I pose to them is: Instead of working for a week or a month & then get our remuneration, what if we worked for 2, 3, 6 months & earned enough income to last the rest of the year, next year, 3 years?
Most interesting - as are the comments on the post...
In my book 'The Cash Register Principle', I suggest that the typical 40 hour (or more) work week doesn't work for everyone and employers should think about how they are compensating people.
Measure (and reward) output, not hours - What’s more important to you, the output of your employees or the hours they spend at their desk? I know that is a stupid question. Of course you care more about the output. But what do you pay them for? You pay them for “the old 9-5”.
So, how about you? Are you compensated for the hours that you work or the results you produce?
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