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Visualizing Unemployment in the USA
A visual depiction of unemployment, by County, for the entire United States, over the last 2.5 years.
Generally, I do not like to post about bad news or negative market influences, however, in this case I could not resist. As a professional geographer involved in the creation and utilization of map-based data I felt that this particular multi-media map makes excellent use of government statistics while employing (pun intended) very effective use of color and cartographic (map-making) principles. You will have to draw your own conclusions, but I think you will agree that this is an effective tool for the use that it was intended for. You can make statistics lie but they can also be used to analyze trends and for seeing patterns that might otherwise be obscured by the "facts".
Let's hope that the map gets lighter in the years ahead! | <urn:uuid:9eefa2b2-cb13-481c-bab1-af02dad022c0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/visualizing-unemployment-in/351093 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956884 | 181 | 1.804688 | 2 |
The 14 voices in this program are only a sample of the many thoughtful reflections we received during our Expression of Muslim Identity project. See and hear more voices about Ramadan and Living Islam on the project page - and tell us your story.
» Expressions of Muslim Identity project
Nine Muslims, in their own words, reveal a creative convergence of Islamic spirituality and American identity that is unfolding, largely unnoticed, in the United States. A lawyer turned playwright, a teacher who's a lesbian, a retired federal prosecutor — all giving shape to the nature and meaning of Muslim identity, and sharing how tricky it can be to unravel Islamic religious tradition from the many cultural traditions.
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Tables of malaria vaccine projects globally
"The Rainbow Tables"
- Clinical Trials Map
1 slide global portfolio
Rainbow table reference list
Malaria vaccines are considered amongst the most important modalities for potential prevention of malaria disease and reduction of malaria transmission. Research and development in this field has been an area of intense effort by many groups over the last few decades. Despite this, there is currently no licensed malaria vaccine. Researchers, clinical trialists and vaccine developers have been working on many approaches to bring forward the availability of a malaria vaccine.
These spreadsheets have been compiled by WHO with the help of several major malaria vaccine funding agencies, individual investigators and groups. We gratefully acknowledge the input of all those who contributed. The tables provide an abbreviated description of the information provided to WHO. Currently these spreadsheets represent the most complete publicly available summary of malaria vaccine projects at advanced pre-clinical and clinical stages globally. We actively solicit input from groups whose works are listed in these worksheets to provide information to complete missing cells, where such information is of use to the global community and is appropriate to be placed in the public domain. Please also report links which no longer work or any possible errors to email@example.com
The pre-clinical projects are intended to represent only projects which are at a serious pre-clinical process development stage with a reasonably high chance of reaching clinical evaluation. Projects listed as "clinical" have begun vaccination of the first study participants. Many of the discontinued projects have contributed greatly to ongoing development of new iterations. It is intended that once a clinical project has completed, with a final study report available, the project should be moved to the “inactive/discontinued” section.
The contents of these tables do not represent the position or policy of the World Health Organization, which cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions.
WHO. Date Accessed. Malaria Vaccine Rainbow Tables. http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/links/Rainbow/en/index.html | <urn:uuid:ae76086f-3844-493a-9164-bf8265362bf7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://who.int/vaccine_research/links/Rainbow/en/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915756 | 419 | 2.484375 | 2 |
The potential for augmentative biological control of Plodia interpunctella by Trichogramma pretiosum in retail environments was addressed in a combination of field and laboratory trials. Field trials were conducted in four small businesses in Manhattan Kansas in which one half of field sites received T. pretiosum releases and the other half did not. Field sites included two pet food stores, a ranch supply store, and a packaged foods store. Laboratory trials including video tracking of foraging behavior as well as trials examining the effects of host egg density, spatial arrangement, and environmental structural features on egg parasitism were used to assess maximum foraging area for single T. pretiosum females. Preliminary data for multiple year trials is presented.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Trichogrammatidae Trichogramma pretiosum (Trichogramma)
Species 2: Lepidoptera Pyralidae Plodia interpunctella (Indian Meal Moth)
Keywords: foraging behavior, host patches
Back to Student Competition Ten-Minute Papers, Subsection Ca1. Biological Control
Back to Student Competition 10-minute Paper
Back to The 2002 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition | <urn:uuid:83c01aa6-9737-4d5e-8136-1477ce3187a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://esa.confex.com/esa/2002/techprogram/paper_7023.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00011-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922105 | 246 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Filed under: Wings
Way back in 2004, Neiman Marcus offered a personal airship for sale from German company Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH. Now just one of the three zeppelins in the world is available for sightseeing trips. A zeppelin has an internal framework covered with a canvas filled with the lifting gas while a blimp gets its shape from the lifting gas itself. The Airship Ventures Zeppelin is, at 246-foot-long the largest airship in the world. It will have a permanent home in California's Bay Area where it will offer quiet cruises at 35 to 40 mph for $500 a ticket. Each journey will carry just 12 passengers. While this may not be the best time to launch such a pricey venture, the investors are hopeful that the area's many tourists will be interested in getting this unique experience of the California landscape. | <urn:uuid:accb9587-6ab9-4aaf-a9c8-5fc6d6e4451c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.luxist.com/tag/BayArea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00014-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911356 | 181 | 1.789063 | 2 |
- Honolulu Museum of Art and Shangri La
- Bishop Museum
- Queen Emma Summer Palace
- Downtown Honolulu and Chinatown
- Leahi (Diamond Head)
- Iolani Palace
- King Kamehameha Statue, Oahu
- Washington Place, Oahu
- Kawaiahao Church
- National Memorial of the Pacific
- Aloha Tower
- Hanauma Bay
- Duke Kahanamoku Statue
Iolani Palace, Oahu
- Name: Iolani Palace
- What: Former residence of the Hawaiian monarchs
- Where: Downtown Honolulu
A national historic landmark and the only official state residence of royalty in the United States, Downtown Honolulu’s Iolani Palace was the official residence of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s last two monarchs from 1882 to 1893: King Kalakaua and his sister and successor, Queen Liliuokalani.
The palace was a symbol of promise for the Hawaiian Kingdom built by King David Kalakaua, “The Merrie Monarch.” Influenced by European architectural styles, this royal residence included Hawaii’s first electric light system, flush toilets and intra-house telephones. The rich interior features a beautiful koa staircase, dramatic portraits of Hawaiian royalty, ornate furniture and royal gifts and ornaments from around the world.
In 1893, a provisional U.S. government was established after opposition forces overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy. The Hawaiian Islands were eventually annexed as a United States Territory in 1898. Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959 and during this time Iolani Palace was used as the capitol building until 1968. After falling into disrepair over the years, the Iolani Palace was opened to the public in 1978 after an extensive renovation.
Tour through this American Florentine-style palace’s throne room, reception and dining room and envision the magnificent state dinners and balls held here. View the private living quarters of the royal family and listen to the tragic story of Liliuokalani’s imprisonment in an upstairs bedroom following the overthrow. On the basement level view the ancient regalia of Hawaiian royalty from swords and precious jewelry to the two golden crowns of the King and Queen. On the spacious grounds of the palace, see the Iolani Coronation Pavilion, where in 1883 Kalakaua was crowned king.
Also note that Iolani Palace sits in the center of a vital area that is worth a walking tour. Across South King Street you’ll find Aliiolani Hale and the King Kamehameha I statue. Right behind Iolani Palace is the State Capitol building and Washington Place, home to the governor. To the east are the historic Kawaiahao Church, Honolulu Hale (home to the City Council and offices of the Mayor) and the Mission Houses Museum. To the west you’ll discover the Hawaii State Art Museum as well as Oahu’s main financial and arts district in Downtown Honolulu and Chinatown.
You can take a guided tour or a self-guided audio tour of the Palace Tuesday through Saturday. If you’re facing the Palace, the ticket office is to the left on the State Capitol side of the building. One of Oahu’s most important historical places, Iolani Palace plays an integral part in understanding the history and culture of Hawaii. Learn more about the Iolani Palace. | <urn:uuid:e16f94a8-8e98-4885-97db-1347310b7f2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu/regions-neighborhoods/honolulu/iolani-palace | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00029-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918853 | 709 | 2.140625 | 2 |
If you don’t have universality, your story falls flat. Your reader stops reading, your listener stops listening, and both ask, “So what? What’s in it for me?”
If you’re a writer, especially a new one, you’ve probably written your share of non-universal stories. I have files of them.
So here are some ideas on what universality looks like in a radio story by one of the best on the airwaves, Ira Glass. Glass is the host of the radio and television show This American Life. He describes universality in his Radio Manifesto on Transom.org this way:
“Students often want to spend time with Hells Angels, or people who collect Beanie Babies, or ham radio operators, or knitters. But it’s not enough to just visit with these people. The story has to have more in it than ‘here’s what they do.’ They need to be putting them in categories, comparing them with other things, attaching them to bigger ideas. They need to always be thinking ‘this is like this, ‘ ‘this means that,’ ‘this little thing is an example of this bigger thing.’ “
Another Internet resource that shares in-depth advice from Glass is the article “Mo’ Better Radio” at Current.org, the newspaper and website about public TV and radio. I was relieved to read in the article how hard Glass and his staff work to find universality in a story. If universality is elusive for the Pied Piper of Radio, then no wonder sometimes we struggle with it as writers.
A final resource is an insightful essay by Hillary Frank. Frank, who started as an intern at This American Life and became a contributor, wrote an essay called “How To Get On This American Life“.
Here’s how Frank characterizes universality:
“Without some bigger point, some moment of reflection, these stories come off like a private joke that the listener isn’t in on. That’s what a lot of the submissions seem like. I wonder if we all hear people like David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell on the air, and get fooled into thinking that the personal stories they tell are just that-personal stories-without noticing how often they jump to big universal ideas anyone can relate to.”
I like Frank’s observations because she uses the very universal experience of the inside joke to explain universality. I get that!
Ultimately, finding universality is worth the work. When I look through my files, the stories in my Acceptance Folder have universality. The stories in my Rejection Folder don’t. Universality is not only your reader’s pay off. It is also the writer’s paycheck.
(Ira Glass is currently touring the lecture circuit. For his 2009 and 2010 schedule, check the Steven Barclay Agency website.) | <urn:uuid:9066898f-7026-47e0-b327-c4c2d23c15bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://writersontherise.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00041-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949855 | 627 | 1.75 | 2 |
|Long Live Science!|
He starts out:
The iconic symbol of the global warming panic may have taken a hit from which it will never recover.Mr Simberg goes through the history, from Mann's original presentation, Al Gore's "Oscar-winning crockumentary to bogus reports from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)." Then he adds:
Unfortunately for those promoting the theory (and the potentially economically catastrophic policy recommendations supposedly supported by it), recent events indicate that the last basis of scientific support for the hockey stick may be crumbling. But to understand this, a little background is necessary.Mann's initial presentation only went back to the beginning of the Little Ice Age. Keith Briffa then announced that the Medieval Warm period didn't exist. Mr Simberg mentions a paper by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunis and then the hammering the hockey stick took from the work by Steven McIntyre and Ross McKitrick.
Mr Simberg then writes that the tide finally turned last month....
when the University of East Anglia was finally forced by the British Information Commissioner to at least tell McIntyre which data sets were used in its results. Let’s let blogger “Bishop Hill” (aka Andrew Montford, who has written the book on the subject) tell the rest of the story (and read the whole thing for a detailed description of the deception):
The list of 17 sites that was finally sent to McIntyre represented complete vindication. The presence of Yamal and Polar Urals had already been obvious from the Climategate emails, but the list showed that Briffa had also incorporated the Polar Urals update (which, as we saw above, did not have a hockey stick shape, and which Briffa claimed he had not looked at since 1995) and the Khadtya River site, McIntyre’s use of which the RealClimate authors had ridiculed.
Read More HERE.Although the chronology itself was not yet available, the list of sites was sufficient for McIntyre to calculate the numbers himself, and the results were breathtaking. Firstly, the URALS regional chronology had vastly more data behind it than the Yamal-only figures presented in Briffa’s paperBut what was worse, the regional chronology did not have a hockey stick shape — the twentieth century uptick that Briffa had got from the handful of trees in the Yamal-only series had completely disappeared.
What does this all mean? First, let’s state what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that we know that the planet isn’t warming, and it doesn’t mean that if it is, that we can be sure that it is not due to human activity.
But at a minimum it should be the final blow to the hockey stick, and perhaps to the very notion that bristlecone pines and larches are accurate thermometers. It should also be a final blow to the credibility of many of the leading lights of climate “science,” but based on history, it probably won’t be, at least among the political class. What it really should be is the beginning of the major housecleaning necessary if the field is to have any scientific credibility, but that may have to await a general reformation of academia itself. | <urn:uuid:283cebb0-8ef1-4ac7-81cd-96dd88e1cf79> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-look-at-old-crock.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00069-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967299 | 695 | 2.3125 | 2 |
It is often said that “in times of war, law is silent,” but this essay argues that the experience of the twentieth century provides a sharp contrast to this old saying. It is not just that law was not silent during warfare, but that law provided a language within which war could be seen. War is not a natural category outside the law, but is in part produced by it. Across decades of conflict, law was a marker that defined for the nation some of those times when conflict would be contemplated as a “war,” and helped cabin other uses of force as “peacekeeping,” or other non-“war” actions. The laws of war, by identifying forms of warfare that crossed the humanitarian line, also helped carve out forms of warfare that were right and noble. It was in the realm of international law that law was turned to with utopian hopes more than once during the century, first to outlaw war itself, and then the more modest, but still ill-fated quest to create a world body that would broker disputes between nations and avoid the inevitability of war.
If law helped to “make” war, war also made law in the twentieth century. While it has been common to see war’s impact on American legal history as episodic, this essay argues instead that the impact of war and national security was central and continuing. “War is the mother of states,” political scientists have argued. As an engine of statebuilding, war also fueled the development of law related to American statebuilding. Government programs and regulations created during a war did not go away but were drawn upon afterward to serve new purposes. In this way, war-related legal developments became entrenched.
The Supreme Court was affected by wartime pressures. While the beginnings of what is sometimes called the “New Deal revolution” happened before the U.S. entered World War II, caselaw on Congressional power was consolidated and extended during the war. When the Court turned to individual rights, the story has not been a simple one of a pendulum swinging between rights and security. Instead, security concerns often informed the Court’s jurisprudence, but security might be advanced by contracting, expanding or modifying rights, depending on the context. In Brown v. Board of Education, for example, racial discrimination was an international embarrassment, and expanding rights enhanced national security.
The story of Brown helps us to see another important way that law and war together made America during the twentieth century. Projecting an image of American justice can be central to maintaining a conception of American democracy – a story of America for the world. This was seen as essential to U.S. prestige and national security during the Cold War. This became a central issue again after September 11, especially after the exposure of abuses at the hands of Americans at Abu Ghraib. The U.S. seemed to retreat from subordination to legal regulation, as if law itself would undercut American security. But the story of the war, and conceptions of its lawfulness, informed the world’s understandings of American identity in a way that no president could control.
The 12/6/06 version includes the draft bibliographic essay.
Constitutional Law | International Law | Law and Society | Legal History, Theory and Process
Date of this Version
Mary Dudziak, "Making Law, Making War, Making America (revised 12/6/06)" (December 2006). University of Southern California Legal Studies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 13. | <urn:uuid:817966c5-08a2-4756-8f37-816c7192e03d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://law.bepress.com/usclwps-lss/art13/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969209 | 728 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Politics and Progress in the New South
The Root explores where Obama, race and politics meet with Charlotte's young black mayor, Anthony Foxx.
President Barack Obama
"But not a single one of us ever planned --I know I didn't -- to be mayor of Charlotte or governor or senator," Gantt continued. "My mother would have shot me dead if I had said at the end of my college career, 'I think I want to be mayor of Charlotte one day': 'After all the sacrifices we made to get you a degree in architecture, you want to be up there with those terrible politicians?'
"I think, and I've said this to Anthony, the biggest difference is that you guys can plan political careers," Gantt said. "We fell into it and by happenstance kept moving up the ladder."
A Different Take on Progress
That judgment doesn't come as a surprise to former Newsweek columnist and contributing editor Ellis Cose, whose book The End of Anger: A New Generation's Take on Race and Rage explores different generations' attitudes about racial progress. Using surveys of Harvard MBAs and graduates of A Better Chance, which since 1963 has provided educational opportunities by sending children to elite schools, Cose found an unexpected "huge generational change" since working on Rage of a Privileged Class. In that 1993 book, middle-class blacks fumed over what they perceived as equal opportunity persistently denied at the highest levels.
As Cose told The Root, the studies showed that younger people "overwhelmingly and across the board" said that while discrimination still exists, their attitude is "I don't expect it to affect me. I'm smart enough and prepared enough that I can figure out a way to get around it."
In the chapter "The End of Black Politics, Reconsidered," Cose examines the experiences of Obama and other younger African-American politicians who never believed anything was off-limits to them. The veteran campaigners and elected officials who came before -- Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, Gantt -- handed them "a gift," Cose said. "They didn't have to carry the civil rights banner, and as a consequence, it made them much more acceptable to whites."
Cose also sees progress in seemingly unlikely places, such as the successful candidacies of "right-wing black Republicans" like Tim Scott, who won a U.S. congressional seat in South Carolina and beat Strom Thurmond's son in the primary along the way. "What I essentially see is even conservative white folks have gotten the message that they're not supposed to be racist anymore."
In the South, the importance of the Voting Rights Act and changing demographics (in North Carolina, that includes a surge in the Latino population) should not be underestimated. But it's also true that Gantt's campaigns were blueprints for how to appeal to a broad constituency. "I've watched others who've followed me when I ran for Senate talk about the environment, education, better health care, and not poverty programs," he said.
Gantt lost those Senate races, but other candidates are winning. "If one measured politics as a barometer for progress," he said, the argument could be made that "probably that has been our fastest road to achieving power in a community" -- and beyond. | <urn:uuid:b0af6629-0451-4a99-bc69-7ab267d3cb87> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theroot.com/views/gauging-politics-and-progress-new-south-0?page=0,2&wpisrc=root_lightbox | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00068-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975493 | 678 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Hydraulic head distribution in the Plover aquifer system, Vulcan sub-basin
Petroleum hydrogeology reveals oil leakage from traps
CSIRO’s team of hydrogeologists have developed techniques to help solve problems in Australia’s oil industry and identify safe storage options to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
30 November 2009 | Updated 14 October 2011
In the field of hydrogeology, most scientists work on shallow water resources, groundwater contamination and soil salinity problems.
CSIRO has developed a team of hydrogeologists that have adapted special techniques for understanding hydrodynamic processes of the deep subsurface where oil and gas is generated and trapped and where CO2 can be safely stored for thousands of years.
This unique application of expertise helps geologists and engineers to understand why some hydrocarbon traps have leaked their oil while others have retained oil fields for millions of years.
When an oil company starts producing oil and gas from a deep reservoir, only a portion of the oil can be extracted, leaving the remainder in the pore space of the rocks.
CSIRO petroleum hydrogeologists study new ways that we can improve the percentage of oil that can be extracted from a reservoir.
CSIRO uses this knowledge to provide services to the oil and gas industry to help understand:
CSIRO has a team of hydrogeologists who have developed enabling technologies for understanding hydrodynamic processes of the deep subsurface.
oil migration and trapping
compartmentalisation of hydrocarbon deposits on production
the effects of aquifer pressure depletion
to evaluate geological sequestration of CO2.
Improvement in oil recovery could greatly reduce the need to find new hydrocarbon fields.
By understanding geological conditions that have retained hydrocarbons for millions of years we can then identify deep geological structures that are capable to safely store CO2 for long periods of time.
Deep underground storage of CO2 in abandoned oil fields not only provides an alternative to atmospheric emission, but also provides and opportunity to increase oil production.
Learn more about CSIRO's work in Energy from Oil & Gas. | <urn:uuid:d32b327f-d23d-4ffd-aa3a-8007f8772693> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.csiro.au/en/Outcomes/Climate/Reducing-GHG/petroleum-hydrogeology.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919739 | 424 | 3.25 | 3 |
Stage and Studio on 03/05/13
Stage & Studio takes a look at Sowelu Theatre's Hard Times Come Again No More, by Martha Boesing which based on four stories by activist/writer Meridel Le Sueur. Dmae Roberts talks with Sowelu's Lorraine Bahr and Martha Boesing. Then in the latter part of the show a Writer's Read segment with Bing Bingham in Antelope, Oregon.
Hard Times Come Again No More takes place during a pivotal 1934 Truckers' strike in Minnesota. Sowelu produced this play as a timely portrayal of poverty and joblessness building inevitably to a clash between the human need for dignified survival and corporate hunger for profit.
Martha Boesing based Hard Times Come Again No More on the 1930s stories, essays, characters of Meridel LeSueur (Salute to Spring,The Girl). LeSueur was a prominent "proletarian" writer of the 30s, was blacklisted in McCarthy's madness that followed WWII. The stories and essays include: Annunciation, Dead in Steel, The Dread Road, Fable of a Man and Pigeons, A Hungry Intellectual, I was Marching, Our Fathers, Sequel to Love, They Follow Us Girls, What Happens in a Strike, Wind, Women Are Hungry, Women on the Breadlines.
Hard Times Come Again No More is directed by Lorraine Bahr & Jim Davis. Actors featured are: Del Lewis; Nancy Wilson; Judith Ford; Lisa Marsicek; Stephanie Woods; Evan Honer; Christopher Ringkamp; Rebecca Ridenour.
Performances are March 8th thru 23rd, 2013 Thurs.-Saturdays 7:30 p.m.. Saturday matinees 2:00 p.m. March 16th & 23rd Sunday matinee 2:00 March 17th. All shows are at Performance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave. (off Foster Rd.) Portland, OR 97206 TICKETS: Sliding scale $12-$25 Go to: www.sowelutheater.org or call 503-568-4017
MORE ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Martha Boesing (PLAYWRIGHT) has written over 40 produced plays, led workshops, and directed plays for theaters throughout the country. She was the Founder and Artistic Director At the Foot of the Mountain theater in Minneapolis (the longest running professional women’s theater in the country) from1974-84. She has won several national awards including an NEA, a Bush Fellowship, and the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Playwrights. In the sixties, she was a company member of Minneapolis’ Firehouse Theater (an iconoclastic, experimental theater,) and her work remains true to the ideological concerns of that time. She now lives in Oakland with her partner, Sandy Boucher, and creates theatre pieces for The Faithful Fools, a street ministry in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Find out more at: www.marthaboesing.com.
MORE ABOUT MERIDEL LE SUEUR
Meridel Le Sueur was an American writer associated with the proletarian movement of the 1930s and 1940s. She published articles in the New Masses and The American Mercury. Her best known books are North Star Country (1945), a people’s history of Minnesota, and the novel The Girl, which was written in the 1930s but not published until 1978. In the 1950s, Le Sueur was blacklisted as a communist, but her reputation was revived in the 1970s, when she was hailed as a proto-feminist for her writings in support of women’s rights.
And in the latter part of the show, a featured Writers Read segment from Bing Bingham who lives on a remote ranch in northern, Central Oregon where he works as an independent writer, photographer and radio producer.
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Open Source is the better development modelIt starts with how a content management system is developed. Nobody ever sees the source code of a proprietary CMS. It is potentially bound to be horrible, because developers can easily and comfortably hide behind their unintelligible, bad code. They make sure they keep their job. In open source, there will always be people looking at your code - and you know it, so you better make sure it is at least decent.
Developers are artists and craftsmen. They want to share their work and discuss the best way to tackle a challenge. They know of the cost of writing bad software. In an open source company, they will avoid it because their name is attached to the code, for everybody to see. Any future employer can look at how they work and if their skills are any good. Does this help writing better code than in a proprietary company? You bet it does. In your company, developers are probably forbidden to show their code to anybody outside the company. That is bad for them, bad for the code and bad for your product.
Open Source is open and extensible by defaultOpen Source code is written to be extended, because that is how the model works. Our partners can do fantastic custom implementations and extend the CMS according to a client’s need - because the code is there to look at and to be worked with. Closed Source code is written such that it works for a specific functional requirement (especially if you outsource your development!). In the long term, your software will suffocate on its own gluttony (one example of hundreds: Vignette).
Open Source delivers on the promiseSales of proprietary software over-promise, and the product under-delivers. Always. Never in my 30+ years in business have I seen it the other way round. Why? Because sales gets paid for selling, so they sell anything the customer wants. Then the primary goal becomes to simply hack the stuff to fulfill the sales promise and there it is - another feature in a bloated mess. As long as a feature runs, it is good enough for sales to sell it. But ultimately, it is another nail in the coffin of your proprietary CMS.
With Open Source, you get the better product ...So here is the way it works for us: our developers are proud of what they do. They share it with everybody who wants to see it. They have open discussions with those that care to engage (you know Joy’s law: “No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else”). This means they are happy and motivated to do the work they do. They build the foundation to help others implement anything they need. This is turn means the system is highly adaptable - the foundation for business agility.
A great product almost sells itself. Not as fast as your sales force can press a proprietary system into the market, but it will spread – by word of mouth. Combine this with a sustainable business model - ours is dual licensing subscription, a business model Magnolia pioneered for applications, which meanwhile is pretty common in the OS world. It allows us to keep costs low, double every two years in size and revenue and have a long term perspective on our business and product, which benefits the customers, the implementation partners and us (we actually sleep well at night).
... and Open Source vendors are the better companies.Incidentally, most companies these days are externally funded (VC etc). Hard to see how the interest of the financiers aligns with those of the customers of a proprietary CMS. Magnolia never had external funding. We can follow our vision independently.
All these factors allow us to significantly invest in the future of our product, which will address the common concern (also voiced in Assad’s article) that CMSs are too difficult to use. For a glimpse into our biggest release yet (scheduled for June 20) look at http://www.magnolia-cms.com/five. And we are not talking Wordpress here, but a platform that powers some of the world's most demanding virtual presences. We are simply, slowly but strongly building the world's best CMS. Not saying we are there yet, but we'll get there. And it being Open Source is a big part of that journey.
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Accents can come in useful in many occasions such as drama, jokes, faking identity, & much more. An Irish accent is popular & an easy accent to master.
- 1Think about your own accent. Being aware of your own accent can be a great help to imitating an Irish accent.
- Think about the differences between your own accent and an Irish accent.
- 2Soften the way you pronounce your vowels. Many people, especially Americans, tend to harden their vowels. For example, Americans pronounce the letter a "ay", but people with an Irish accent would _not_ pronounce it like "ah".
- 3Some, however not all, Irish people pronounce the th sound (as in thought not that) as a t. Try "trowing" it into your speech sporadically. The th sound in "that" becomes like a d or something in between d and th. So "that" sounds like "dat" sometimes.
- 4Listen to an Irish accent - Look on Youtube on Irish accents or get a friend to demonstrate.
- 5Visit Ireland - Get to know an Irish person and copy his/her accent. (not needed but useful)
- 6Don't be embarrassed - Being nervous or feeling silly will just make you laugh.
- 7Say some phrases in an Irish accent that are Irish such as 'Top of the mornin' to ya'.
- 8Practice pretending to be Irish.
- 9Get in to a Irish character - Google Irish traditions.
- 10Don't put yourself down.
- Listen to people with Irish accents.
- Never give up.
- Chips= French Fries
- Crisps= Chips
- Watch Colin Farrell movies, as he speaks with this accent.
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Aigaion is a Web-based shared bibliography manager built on PHP/MySQL. It is based on the BibTeX format, but has support for other formats as well. Some of its key features are extensive support for organizing a bibliography in a topic structure, personal and public annotations on each publication, multi-user support, easy import/export, and an intuitive user interface.
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As Paris Hilton might say, when it comes to your health, smoking, being overweight, and feeling stressed are not "hot." But if you are approaching or experiencing menopause, those factors could make you feel a lot hotter, increasing the number and severity of hot flashes.
Two studies that appeared in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society, looked at the role of various lifestyle factors on women's symptoms during menopause and found a link between certain preventable factors and hot flashes.
In the first study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania followed more than 430 women for a period of six years, measuring their anxiety through psychological tests conducted at both the beginning and end of the study. The women were between the ages of 35 and 47 at the start of the study and were still experiencing regular menstrual periods. By the end of the study, 32% of the women were in the early stages of menopause while 20% were in the late stages or had not had a period in more than one year.
At the end of the study, 37% of the premenopausal women, 48% of those in the early stages, and 63% of those in the late stages reported hot flashes. Of the women who were postmenopausal, 79% reported hot flashes.
After accounting for differences in such factors as stage of menopause, depression, smoking, levels of the hormone estradiol, race, age, and body mass index, the researchers found a significant association between anxiety and hot flashes. In fact, according to their findings, women with moderate anxiety face a three times greater risk of having hot flashes than women with a normal level of anxiety, while women with a high level of anxiety have five times the risk. What's more, women with higher anxiety levels reported having more frequent and more severe hot flashes than their non-anxious peers.
And while these findings don't necessarily mean that reducing anxiety could improve hot flashes, the researchers say their results warrant further research on whether treating anxiety, perhaps using antidepressants, could be helpful.
Participants in the second study were part of a larger, 10-year study on bone health. In that case, researchers at the University of Michigan followed women between the ages of 24 and 44 over a 10-year period. The women were asked to rate their menopausal symptoms on a scale of 1 (low) to 8 (high), and underwent annual blood tests measuring their levels of estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone, and testosterone.
While the researchers found a hormonal link to some symptoms of menopause - hot flashes and sexual symptoms, in particular - they noted that smoking and having a high BMI seemed to be associated with more menopausal symptoms.
The strongest association for women who smoked or were overweight was with hot flashes, with current smokers reporting nearly twice as many hot flashes as nonsmokers, and women who were overweight reporting seven times more hot flashes that were "very bothersome" than women who were not overweight
Both smokers and obese women also reported earlier onset of hot flashes.
"The strong associations between smoking and body size with symptoms, particularly vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes), suggest that interventions directed at these personal characteristics might be effective in dampening their impact," wrote the study's authors.
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Girls and the Sexual Politics of Schooling
This book challenges a contemporary postfeminist sensibility grounded not only in assumptions that gender and sexual equality has been achieved in many Western contexts, but that feminism has gone ‘too far’ with women and girls now overtaking men and boys - positioned as the new victims of gender...
Published July 8th 2012 by Routledge
Rethinking Gendered Regulations and Resistances in Education highlights key debates on the theme of ‘regulation and resistance’, focusing on some of the most pressing contemporary issues in the field of gender and education today. It underlines the need for educational research to attend to...
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Recognizing and interpreting pain in animals is a challenging task in an animalís home environment. The challenge is even greater in the stressful environment of an animal shelter.
Recognizing and treating pain in shelter animals is ethically the right thing to do. It is also the right thing to do for practical reasons. Pain compounds an animalís stress. This is turn frequently leads to illness, which may result in that animalís death or the illness and death of other animals.
The information and resources on this page will help you put together a protocol for assessing, documenting, and treating pain.
How Animals Show Signs of Pain
Animals are masters of adapting to and disguising their discomfort. It can be difficult to distinguish between an anxious animal, a sick animal, and an animal in pain.
Signs of pain are often indirect. Examples include:
The pain scale documents at right provide more detail and also some visual representations of cats and dogs in pain. These can be helpful in assessing the degree of pain an animal may be experiencing.
Responding to Pain Part 1: Call Your Vet
The best pain management plan addresses pain before it starts. If you are not sure whether an animal is in pain, it is probably best to assume the animal is in pain and begin treatment.
If you think an animal may be in pain:
Responding to Pain Part 2: Provide Good Nursing Care
Treating pain is more than merely administering drugs. Day-to-day care can also have a big impact on how the animal responds to treatment.
Related ASV Guidelines
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1. Askimet – how can you build a site, with a possibility for users to leave comments and not to have this plugin ? There are thousands of spam bots around, leaving hundreds of stupid and sometimes offensive comments wherever they can. Askimet is a perfect plugin to stop them from doing it on your Drupal site. Originally created for Wordpres, the Askimet is absolutely essential for any community-driven site.
2. Category – allows you to structure your site and to organize content with categories, which is quite useful as for SEO. Categories and containers can be created as nodes and the content can be assigned to the categories. The category module will improve your site navigation vastly, turning it into more tree-like hierarchy.
3. XML Sitemap – generate dynamic sitemap for keeping search engines well informed about the changes in your site structure. At the moment of writing only Google and Yahoo providing the services for using this information directly, while MSN is already working on a similar solution, they have already announced about joining the sitemaps standard. For any webmaster this is a must have module.
4. Nodewords – which is also known as “Meta Tags”, a module which gives you control over meta tags and their content. I have seen a lot of Drupal-based sites completely free of meta information. From the site description to keywords and Geo tags, all that is to be controlled by the Nodewords. A good site may not have an empty <head> section =O)
5. Page Title – lets you customize every page title the way you wish. It is a very important factor for SEO and even if you do not care much about it, altering page title conforming the content you providing is so important for usability. A lot of times, the title of the page is not _exactly_ the same title that you are using for your heading, for example when providing a bigger view over the content of the page, you might choose to skip some of the words while adding others – for all those purposes and even more, i need “Page Title” module for every Drupal installation.
6. Path Redirect – Imagine, that you are moving some of your pages from one location to another. All the links that the search engines have indexed, and your partners have placed on your site are going to be destroyed, if you won’t do something about it. You can ask all the sites that are linking to you, to alter their links, but first – it will take some time and second – some of them won’t be available to do that; and what will you do about the search engines, waiting for Google or Yahoo to reindex your links will take some very serious time, and in the mean time, your potential users and customers will be hardly disappointed. Path Redirect solves this problem.
7. Views no modern Drupal site is created without this module. This module is essentially a smart query builder that, given enough information, can build the proper query, execute it, and display the results. The views module can give you the flexibility, that for example elder versions of Drupal were completely incapable of doing. If you want to sort your content differently, if you need to display a block with the 5 most recent posts of some particular type or if you require to provide ‘unread forum posts’. A lot of different modern Drupal modules also depends on the Views module.
8. Update Status – if you wish to have version control of your modules, then this is the best way of doing it. Update Status can automatically check new versions of installed modules and notify you at the administration panel right after you log in. Having a lot of modules on the Drupal installation will oblige you checking the updates very regularly, and that means visiting dozens of pages every couple of weeks, which is not a big fun. Update Status was created exactly to help resolving this problem. This module is only available for versions starting with Drupal 5.
9. TinyMCE – is the module that you probably can’t live without. Having anyone responsible for the content, who does not understand XHTML will be a disaster without this module, and in so many cases, the people don’t have an idea of what XHTML is. I believe it is a shame, that Drupal does not have a default editor for the image uploading, it’s hard to find any CMS which does not have this functionality. TinyMCE will solve all problems with images inserting by providing nice usable interface. One word of caution – consult this TinyMCE compatibility chart before you really starting using
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House Republicans took an unprecedented stand in March, imposing an immediate moratorium on earmarks for the remainder of the Congress. Yet, because the governing rules of one Congress cannot bind the next, this moratorium will expire on Jan. 3, 2011. I do not believe that should be allowed to happen.
A lot has happened over the last eight months. Unfortunately none of it has done anything to rein in spending, eliminate waste or send the message to frustrated people across this country that Washington gets it.
That is why the next Republican Conference should immediately move to eliminate earmarks. Should Republicans be elected as the majority party, I believe that we should extend the moratorium to the entire House – to Democrats and Republicans alike. And I encourage President Barack Obama and the White House to take a similar step.
There is no question that earmarks – rightly or wrongly – have become the poster child for Washington’s wasteful spending binges. They have been linked to corruption and scandal, and serve as a fuel line for the culture of spending that has dominated Washington far too long. These reasons alone would justify completely eliminating earmarks, but the basis for my position doesn’t end there.
The old adage that he who can’t be trusted to reform the “small” problems can’t be trusted to reform the “large” ones applies as much to government as to individuals. Both Republicans and Democrats have an enormous task before us if we are going to get America’s fiscal house in order.
We will have to propose and execute real reductions to existing programs. If we hope to preserve Social Security and Medicare for seniors, younger workers and our children, we must begin the conversation about common-sense ways to reform both programs.
These are big things – and there is little question that turning trillion-dollar deficits into surpluses, while starting to pay down our national debt, is an enormous mountain to climb. Yet the long climb to fiscal responsibility must begin with a few smaller, but necessary, steps.
If Republicans put forward real federal spending reductions while simultaneously returning to the old way of earmarking billions of dollars, we will rightfully forfeit the people’s trust. After all, how can anyone defend reducing spending for housing programs, for example, while still earmarking for their favorite local museum?
Additionally, over the last decade, Congress has spent too much time in the process of earmarking. Not only did the number of earmarks explode, but the amount of time spent by members and their staff soliciting, vetting, submitting and attempting to secure earmarks soared as well.
Congress must change its ways from the inside out. That means time once spent securing earmarks would be far better spent overseeing federal agencies, reforming federal programs, cutting spending or eliminating barriers to job creation and economic recovery.
The challenges confronting our country -- and our Congress -- are far too great for so much time and money to be spent on earmarks.
I have little doubt that this position is going to be controversial in Washington. I have heard the arguments from those who believe we need to return to earmarking. I believe it’s important to answer a few of them:
• Some assert that members should represent their constituents’ needs. Of course they should! Yet we, as conservatives, must not lose sight of the fact that Congress is the national legislature. It is our duty to consider those things that cannot be accomplished by state or local governments or, even better – private associations. When Congress spends a single dollar, that dollar is taken from the paycheck of a family in Culpeper, or a young worker in Richmond, or, as is now the case, borrowed and placed on their already maxed out credit card. We have an obligation to uphold the national interest, and that means ensuring that decisions about funding local streetscape improvements are returned to local officials.
• Some make the case that if Congress doesn’t earmark, unelected bureaucrats will decide how to spend the same money. In the next Congress, however, our mission must be to ensure that time is spent reducing spending -- period. If bureaucrats are misspending funds or wasting them on low priority projects, our responsibility should be to conduct the proper oversight to hold them to account and fix the problem. Taxpayers deserve that we hold the administration accountable. In recent years, earmarking has taken the place of setting guidelines and conducting strong oversight. We will change that.
Earmarks are a symptom of a disease -- and that disease is Washington’s runaway spending. There is no silver bullet. For us to successfully eliminate the sickness, several prescriptions are needed. One is to apply the current House Republican earmark moratorium to all House members.
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Probing the Depths of a Cave-Art Discovery
Archaeologists are jubilant over discovery in France of prehistoric paintings
Two traces of red ocher on a rock face were the first signs that this cave was more than a hole in a wall. Then, a red bear, a reindeer, a slouching hyena, a woolly rhinoceros, mammoths, buffaloes, horses, mountain goats, lions, owls, and a spotted panther. In all, explorers found about 300 animals and birds and as many engravings, painted or etched in ocher and charcoal at least 17,000 years ago. The hyena is only the second found in a prehistoric cave painting; the panther and owl had never been seen before.Skip to next paragraph
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The three explorers who discovered these painted caverns Dec. 24 sensed the importance of what they had found. Leader Jean-Marie Chauvet was a guard of prehistoric sites for the French Ministry of Culture. His companions, Christian Hillaire and Eliette Brunel-Deschamps, were amateur explorers. When they saw the painted figures, they shouted for joy.
The world's archaeological community is now joining them. Last week's announcement of the discovery of a rich collection of cave paintings near the town of Vallon-Pont d'Arc in the Ardeche region in southern France is being described as one of the archaeological finds of the century. ``This is one of the most beautiful paleolithic sites in the world ... a very great work of art,'' says Jean Clottes, France's leading expert on cave paintings and one of the first to see the site after its discovery. ``The only cave that compares with this one is Lascaux [in the Dordogne region of France].''
The underground site includes several vast caverns measuring up to 70 meters by 40 meters (230 feet by 131 feet) linked by wide corridors. Some 50 groupings of animals, varying from 1/2 meter to 4 meters long (20 inches to 13 feet), along with symbolic signs and hand prints, are painted or etched on the walls. In one group, two woolly rhinos face off; in another, two lionesses in profile lead a hunt with an intensity of expression that would drop a reindeer at 10 paces. In one of the most noted clusters, four parallel paintings suggest the motion of a horse lifting its head.
Scientists who visited the site also remark on the sophisticated use of the surface of rock faces in the design of individual animals and groupings - a dimension that can't be picked up from studying flat reproductions.
``The quality of this site is altogether remarkable, both in terms of the animals that are rarely seen and the quality of the soils,'' says Jean-Philippe Rigaud, director of the National Center of Prehistory of Perigueux. ``Most prehistoric sites are badly preserved.''
The Ardeche caves were effectively sealed off by a rock slide soon after the paintings were completed, leaving the soils and the placement of objects in caverns and passageways intact. Analysis of soils could yield new information about climate, plants, and wildlife; the age of the paintings; tools and materials used to make them; and even the purpose of the site. A bear skull found on a pile of rocks in the center of one chamber, for example, could be part of a religious ritual.
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Dispatched by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) told Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) in a meeting on March 24 that according to Taiwan’s Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (台灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例), the concept of “one country, two areas (一國兩區)” is the legal basis for cross-strait relations. Wu also said that cross-strait relations are not state-to-state in nature and that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait both belong to “one China.”
Presidential Office spokesman Fan Chiang Tai-chi (范姜泰基) said that this all falls within the scope of the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution. By this logic, Taiwan should simply advocate “one China (一個中國)” and there should be no need for any “one China, with each side having its own interpretation (一中各表).” Since Ma claims that “one China” refers to the ROC, isn’t this all in accordance with the Constitution?
From a legal point of view, the ROC is divided into a “free area” and a “mainland area,” but this is just a territorial claim made in the Constitution. It is of no help in resolving the cross-strait political realities. For example, the ROC could claim that the US is a part of its territory, but that would not mean that US territory would ever become part of the ROC. Based on such a claim, the relationship between Taiwan and the US would be that of “one country, two areas” and non-state-to-state in nature, but saying so is just absurd.
While absurd, this would have little impact on Taiwan’s sovereignty and national dignity, because Washington makes no claims on Taiwan’s sovereignty.
The People’s Republic of China (PRC), however, does make a claim on Taiwan’s sovereignty, and there is a strong likelihood that the “one country, two areas” concept would weaken the ROC’s — Taiwan’s — sovereignty and lead to self-denigration on Taiwan’s part. The PRC claims that there is only “one China” and that both Taiwan and the “mainland” belong to that “one China.” In Beijing’s eyes, Taiwan is an area, not a country. In addition, the PRC government is recognized as the sole legal government of China by the international community.
When Wu mentioned the “one country, two areas” concept during his meeting with the Chinese leader, he should have clearly specified that “one country” refers to the ROC lest he acknowledge that Taiwan is “an area” belonging to the PRC rather than a country.
Fear of giving up sovereignty and denigrating Taiwan is precisely why Ma opposes the “one China” principle and stresses the view that there is “one China, with each side having its own interpretation” of what that China is, to emphasize that sovereignty over the ROC and Taiwan does not belong to the PRC.
During a question-and-answer session in the legislature, Premier Sean Chen (陳冲) also opposed the simplistic term “one country, two areas,” as it may lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.
Moreover, the ROC Constitution divides ROC territory into two areas, one “free” and one “mainland” area, and the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area is used to govern cross-strait exchanges.
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Cal Newport is one of my favorite people. Although his "day job" is that of a PhD student in theoretical math at MIT, most of us know him as author of the Study Hacks blog, or freelance writer, or bestselling author.
In my ongoing quest to engage Cal’s mind in new and interesting ways, I asked him if he wanted to shamelessly copy Tyler Cowen and Ross Douthat who recently took to the Instant Messenger airwaves.
He agreed, and the other day we chatted for 45 minutes online about whatever came to mind. A lightly edited transcript appears below. Let me know what you think of this format. Topics covered in order:
- Email habits / lifehacking
- Career pressures induce ill-advised certainty in college students?
- Why universities try do both research and undergrad teaching
- The MacArthur Foundation and funding creatives like David Foster Wallace
- Advice for those just starting college
- Whether you should focus on something while young, or experiment widely
- Temporary convictions Cal and I are acting upon
- The biggest problem in the world
Ben: So Cal, here we are on instant messenger. You have expressed concern about how email can be distracting. You don’t use Twitter because you say you don’t need yet another short-text distraction. Do you IM?
Cal: Not intentionally. Though people occasionally find me on gchat. I don’t like the slow pace and partial attention. Do you?
Ben: No. Same. Slow pace, partial attention. I wonder whether I will flip to other windows during this chat, or just watch the screen say “Cal Newport is typing…”
Do you adopt 4HWW habits with email?
Cal: Not really. I don’t do auto-responders, and I check more than twice a day. The big thing I’ve done with my e-mail was move from a single inbox to multiple “mono-typic pigeon holes.”
Ben: WTF is that?
Cal: This is sort of the height of unnecessary life hackerish geekdom, but I’ll explain: all of my mail gets filtered into one label or the other, so my “inbox” is always empty. Also, all of my mail automatically gets tagged as read, so there’s no difference between read and unread messages
Ben: Interesting. All marked as read. Why?
Cal: It prevents me from using my inbox as a big to-do list. Because I can’t really separate the new from the old, the easiest way to clean out a label (what I call a pigeonhole) is to actually have enough time to deal with everything and empty it out. If I read things quickly and then leave them in there, things get cluttered. It’s supposed to cut down on quick, attention-destroying glances at my inbox every 10 minutes.
Ben: A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for a documentary on lifehackers and the life hacking movement. Among other things I said that people who are big in life hacking tend to be a certain personality type.
Cal: What type did you describe for the documentary?
Ben: Super detail oriented. Neurotic. Oddly, sometimes also big procrastinators — setting up sophisticated life hack infrastructure IS their time wasting device. There was a book a few months ago that came out that said sometimes a messy office is the most efficient. I.e., don’t over-optimize.
Cal: I heard about that. The Perfect Mess, or something… I felt a little dirty, earlier, explaining my inbox setup. It’s something that was kind of useful — like buying a message pad for your phone — but I get uncomfortable focusing too much on those details. I wonder why this is…
Ben: OK. Shifting gears. One thing I’ve been thinking of recently is whether college students interested in journalism and politics, in order to stand out, must prematurely coalesce around a political party or established ideology, and hold certain to those beliefs, in order to get the appropriate internships at those publications.
This worries me because college is the time when you’re supposed to be uncertain and maybe proud of wishy-washiness — and yet uncertainty is often seen as counter to a sophisticated political understanding. Or even on the career front. Not knowing what you want to do in life is seen as bad, when in fact this is the one time when you ought to wander and be unsure. Thoughts?
Cal: This was on my mind when I received a recent e-mail from a Dartmouth student who just started his first semester as a freshman. He was worried that he had no specialized enough to be a computer science of physics major. In other words, to him, it was not just fixing on something right away at college, he had the impression that this decision had to be made much earlier…
It’s a challenging question. To do what I do — professional research — certainly requires specialization. I think the same probably holds for politics — intern over your summers! — or journalism — start working up the ranks at the school paper! And I often encourage students to focus, focus, focus…
Cal: But I can sense your hesitance…
Ben: Like, if you want to work for the National Review over the summer in college, you need to be bleed Red through and through. So any uncertainty or moderateness is beaten out of you. This is unfortunate.
Cal: Maybe not. If you want reward you need to be better at something than anyone you know. This requires focus. However, this is just one thing. For everything else in your life you can be open-minded. So, sure, the National Review guy is die hard conservative. But it’s probably healthy to have that voice in the conversation. For most other people, who are not focusing on writing for the National Review, they can be open-minded about politics.
Ben: You earlier called yourself a professional researcher. Why do universities try to both do research and teach undergrads? Why in the world should you be distracted with TAing a class, or worse, a senior scientist who has to teach a class on the side instead of finding the cure for cancer?
Cal: You sound like an MIT professor. Here’s the thing that a lot of people don’t pick up about elite level research, for many of these hot shots (or hot shot wannabes) teaching is a side show at best and distraction to be avoided at worst.
Ben: So why have undergrads at all? Why not spin off MIT research group from the undergrads? The theory I guess is that undergrads derive some benefit from being in the holy presence of renowned researcher?
Cal: They have almost done that. An MIT prof has to teach one class a semester, and one class each year can be a graduate level "seminar." Yes, I think you’re right, it’s good for undergrads to be taught by people who are tops in the field…even if they’re not necessarily great lecturers.
Ben: That’s arguable. I just read this DFW remembrance. See this part: "He was an immensely gifted and original writer, with a brilliant, hyper-analytical mind. The two things such people should avoid are marijuana and universities." It says that after his first novel came out he spent the next 11 years teaching creative writing….and didn’t write another novel. It argues that he got sucked into the university system which proved ultimately a distraction.
Cal: For a writer… If you’re a mathematician, for example, you’re much better off at Princeton than a cabin in the woods.
Ben: True. Most fields require facilities, colleagues, etc.
Cal: Indeed. And to be fair, I do know many professors that do like to teach undergrads. Some get really into the challenges of pedagogy. (Myself included.)
Ben: I find interesting the article’s reference to "we need a new patron system" for creative people. It’d be awesome if there were 10 MacArthur Foundations!
Cal: I agree. Otherwise, you do have to find these slots for yourself that might not be a great fit.
Ben: The only viable slot for most is go teach at a university.
Cal: Maybe I would be more useful to the world if my setup was more half-time writing and half-time doing research. This doesn’t really exist.
Ben: Should the New York Times be in a public trust?
Cal: You mean, something large enough that could basically support the NYT, as is, with no advertising or revenue needed?
Ben: Correct. i.e, a non-profit. The MacArthur Foundation basically says, "People like DFW and other creatives are essential for a flourishing society, so we’re going to support them and not have them worry about business model." Most news organizations spend tons of time thinking about business model as opposed to their main work and the question is their main work integral in some way to democracy or society or whatever?
Cal: I like the MacArthur approach. Microsoft research labs is like that. So is the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton.
Ben: Right. OK anything else we should discuss?
Cal: Last topic: advice for the college-aged. What would you tell an 18-year old arriving on campus about a college life well-lived?
Ben: First, read I Am Charlotte Simmons. Have you read it?
Cal: We own it. My wife read it. I haven’t.
Ben: You should. Especially given what you write about! My next piece of advice would be to focus on the “little things” — when and where you eat, meal plan, taking advantage of weather, having an ergonomic keyboard/chair, making sure your cell provider gets good reception in college campus, etc. Day in, day out, these little things make a big difference. Beyond that my advice becomes cliche — meet profs, have lots of sex, experiment outside your expected field of choice, etc.
Cal: What about the big question of “what should I do with my life?” As you know, my approach is sort of “there is no wrong answer, choose something and focus on it so you’ll start reaping rewards, you can always change later.”
Ben: Your approach is similar to that great Andy Grove quote, “Act on your temporary convictions as if they were real ones, and when you realize you are wrong, change course very quickly.” The problem with what you said is “…you can always change later” is very, very hard. People have problems with sunk costs and inertia. That’s why I’m not a fan of “focus on something and start reaping the rewards.”
Cal: Do you worry that on the other hand people get too hung up searching for some “right” path that doesn’t actually exist. Getting scared every time anything seems a little boring or annoying.
Ben: Maybe some search for the “right” path that doesn’t exist, sure. But the second thing you said, no. I think people tolerate waaaay too much boredom in their lives.
Cal: Final follow-up: what are the temporary convictions, if any, in your life right now that you are taking seriously.
Ben: One conviction right now that I’m taking seriously is that travel is underrated and harder to do as one gets older, so I’m trying to travel as much as I can. You?
Cal: I’ve been a big believer in the 10,000 hour rule. Roughly, that being good at anything takes a long time. If you want to be good at something in your 20s, start in college. If you’re willing to wait until your 30s, you can start later. With this in mind, I’ve put my chips down on writing and solving interesting proofs.
Ben: Interesting. What’s the biggest problem in the world right now?
Cal: Unstable governments and massive inequity … which go hand in hand.
Ben: I would say ‘poverty’ more than massive inequity. Inequality is not inherently bad
Cal: We could put it this way: the low end of the scale is too low.
Ben: Do either of your two main tasks – writing and solving proofs – solve this problem? Or do you think about that at all, i.e., world usefulness of your work?
Cal: Neither solves this problem. My writing, I hope, helps the small segment it targets. In some sense, I feel like that leverages my particular abilities to their fullest extent.
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Water Labels And What They Mean
by Chris Malone,posted Jan 14 2013 5:26AM
Over the weekend I did what I do most Saturdays and went grocery shopping. Nothing spectacular at all but I've always wondered about the different type of bottled water. Spring? Distilled? Drinking? Purified? It all looks like water to me and I've often wondered what the difference between the bottles mean. After a quick search online I think I've found the differences:
Drinking water — Drinking water is just that: water that is intended for drinking. It is safe for human consumption and comes from a municipal source. There are no added ingredients besides what is considered usual and safe for any tap water, such as fluoride. (Incidentally, my tap water in New Jersey didn’t even contain fluoride — a necessary mineral for a child’s growing teeth and gums. We had to give our kids fluoride supplements.)
Distilled water — Distilled water is a type of purified water. It’s water that has gone through a rigorous filtration process to strip it not only of contaminants, but any natural minerals as well. This water is best for use in small appliances — like hot water urns, or steam irons, because if you use it, you won’t have that mineral buildup that you often get when you use tap water. Though it may seem counterintuitive, this water is not necessarily the best for human consumption, since all of the water’s natural, and often beneficial, minerals are absent.
Purified water — Purified water is water that comes from any source, but has been purified to remove any chemicals or contaminants. Types of purification include distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, and carbon filtration. Like distilled water, it has its advantages and disadvantages, the advantages being that potentially harmful chemicals may be taken out and the disadvantage being that beneficial minerals may be taken out as well.
Spring water — This is what you often find in bottled water. It’s from an underground source and may or may not have been treated and purified. Though spring water sounds more appealing, it’s not necessarily the best water for drinking if you have other options. Studies done by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) have found contaminants in bottled water such as coliform, arsenic and phthalates. Much of bottled water is labeled as spring water, when in fact it is coming from a municipal source and is nothing more than glorified tap water. This topic has been a popular one in recent years, sparking much controversy. | <urn:uuid:f4232114-fd5d-437d-8ac8-e2043ade467a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ktk985.com/Water-Labels-And-What-They-Mean/11279235?pid=289375&archive=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961836 | 630 | 1.9375 | 2 |
The Unique Church
On Thursday night, April 21, 1938, in a public discussion in Little Rock, Arkansas, before an immediate crowd of 1,000 people and a radio audience of thousands more, N.B. Hardeman engaged the famed debater Ben Bogard on the subject: “The Establishment of the Church.” On that occasion, Hardeman articulated an extremely significant truth about the church of Christ when he stated: “The kingdom, friends, has always existed.… It existed in Purpose, in the mind of God; it existed next in Promise, as delivered unto the patriarchs, and it existed in Prophecy; and then it existed in Preparation; and last of all, when the New Testament went into effect, it existed in Perfection” (1938, p. 178, italics in orig.). More than sixty years have come and gone since that insightful observation. But it remains an accurate expression of biblical truth. Before Adam and Eve inhabited the Garden of Eden together; before the skies, seas, and land were populated by birds, fish, and animals; before the Sun, Moon, and stars were situated in the Universe; and before our planet Earth was but a dark, watery, formless mass—God purposed to bring into being the church of Christ.
Indeed, Scripture describes this divine intention as “eternal.” Central to the great purposes of God from eternity has been, not only the sending of His Son as an atonement for sin, but the creation of the church of Christ—the blood-bought body of Jesus and living organism of the redeemed. Listen to Paul’s affirmation: “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Ephesians 3:10-11). It is difficult for human beings to fathom “eternal.” There are times when the notion of “everlasting” is abbreviated—like Jonah 2:6 where Jonah said he was in the fish’s stomach “forever.” It must have seemed like it to him. So the word can be used in an abbreviated way. In Philemon 15, Paul said Onesimus would be with Philemon aionion—“forever when he returns to you.” But the context limits the meaning to just until he dies.
But when we speak of deity (e.g., Psalm 90:1-2) or the church, we are talking about everlasting, eternal, forever. Hebrews 12:28 asserts confidently: “Wherefore we, receiving a kingdom which...” will someday end? No! Rather, “a kingdom that is unshakable,” destined to be around forever—an eternal institution. No wonder Daniel was informed: “The saints of the most high shall take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever” (Daniel 7:18). With that grand purpose in mind, God gradually began foreshadowing through promise and prophecy the eventual accomplishment of that purpose.
Some 750 years before Christ came to Earth, Isaiah announced the eventual establishment of the “Lord’s house” in the “last days” in Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1-4). At about the same time, Micah enunciated essentially the same facts (Micah 4:1-3). Some 500 years before Christ, Daniel declared to a pagan king that during the days of the Roman kings, the God of heaven would set up a kingdom that would never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44). He also stated that the “Son of man” would pass through the clouds, come to the ancient of days, and be given an indestructible kingdom (Daniel 7:13-14). Thus, the church, which existed initially in purpose in the mind of God, now existed in promise and prophecy in the utterances of His spokesmen.
With the appearance of John the baptizer and Jesus on the Earth, the church of Christ entered a new phase of existence. Now, more than ever before, the kingdom was presented with a sense of immediacy, nearness, and urgent expectation. Now, God’s emissaries actively prepared for its imminent appearance. John exclaimed: “[T]he kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2). Jesus echoed His harbinger with precisely the same point: “[T]he kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17). As John made preparations for the Lord (Matthew 3:3; 11:10; Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1), so the Lord made preparations for the kingdom. He announced His intention personally to establish His church (Matthew 16:18). He declared that it would occur during the lifetime of His earthly contemporaries (Mark 9:1).
Just prior to His departure from Earth, Jesus further noted that the apostles would be witnesses of His death and resurrection, and would preach repentance and remission of sins in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. He would even send the promise of the Father upon them, which would entail being “endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:46-49). This power was to be equated with Holy Spirit immersion (Acts 1:4-5,8).
Now that the kingdom had existed in purpose, promise, and prophecy, and in preparation, the time had come for the church to come forth in perfection. After urging the apostles to “tarry in Jerusalem,” Jesus ascended into a cloud and was ushered into heaven. The apostles returned to Jerusalem and for ten days awaited the fulfillment of the Savior’s words.
Then it happened. With stunning splendor, after centuries of eager anticipation (1 Peter 1:10-12), God poured out His Spirit upon the Twelve on the first Pentecost after Christ’s resurrection (Acts 2). This miraculous outpouring enabled these one dozen “ambassadors” (2 Corinthians 5:20) to present a stirring defense of Christ’s resurrection, convicting some in the audience with the guilt of the crucifixion. Peter then simultaneously detailed the conditions of forgiveness and the terms of entrance into the kingdom of Christ. These terms consisted of being pricked in the heart, repenting of sins, and being immersed in water (Acts 2:37-38).
The church of Christ was now perfected into existence on the Earth, consisting of approximately 3,000 members—all of Jewish descent. From this moment forward, the kingdom of Christ on the Earth was a reality. To its Jewish citizenry, were added the first Gentile converts in Acts 10, when those of the household of Cornelius obeyed the same terms of entrance that their Jewish counterparts had obeyed some ten to fifteen years earlier. By the cross, Christ had made “in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body” (Ephesians 2:15-16).
This “one body” is totally unique, and is unlike any other entity on the face of the Earth. She is distinguished by several unique and exclusive characteristics:
First, she wears the name of her head, owner, and savior—Christ (Daniel 7:14; Matthew 16:18; Romans 16:16; Ephesians 1:23; 4:12; Revelation 11:15). Her members wear the divinely bestowed name of “Christian” (Isaiah 62:1-2; Acts 11:26; 1 Peter 4:16).
Second, her organization was arranged by God to consist of Jesus as head, elders/pastors/bishops as the earthly overseers or managers, deacons as the designated workers/ministers, evangelists as the proclaimers of the good news, teachers as instructors in the faith, and all the other members, who are active in serving the Lord (Acts 6:1-3; 14:23; 20:17,28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 5:1-4).
Third, her unique mission consists of bringing glory to God (1 Corinthians 6:20). As Peter explained: “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen” (1 Peter 4:11). This task is accomplished by disseminating the Gospel of Christ to the human race (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-47; Acts 8:4; Romans 10:14; Philippians 2:15-16; Hebrews 5:12-14); by endeavoring to keep Christians faithful (Romans 14:19; 15:1-3; Ephesians 4:12; Jude 20-24); and by manifesting a benevolent lifestyle (Matthew 25:31-46; Galatians 6:10; James 2:1-17). In short, every member of the church is to strive for complete conformity to the will of Christ (Matthew 22:37-38; 2 Corinthians 5:9; 10:5; Ecclesiastes 12:13).
Fourth, her entrance requirements are unlike any other entity on the face of the Earth. The individual who is struck with the heinousness of sin, recognizing the purpose of Jesus’ atoning sacrifice through His death upon the cross, comes to believe in Jesus as the Son of God and the New Testament as the only authentic expression of His will. This belief leads him to repent of his sins, to orally confess Jesus as the Christ, and to be baptized in water, with the understanding that as he rises from the waters of baptism, he is forgiven of sin and added to the church by Christ (Mark 16:16; Hebrews 11:6; Acts 2:38,47; Romans 6:1-6; 10:9-10). These terms of entrance were given by Jesus to the apostles, who declared them on the occasion of the establishment of the church (Matthew 16:19; Acts 2).
Fifth, her instruction manual is likewise exclusive and unique. The Bible, consisting of both Old and New Testaments, constitutes her one and only authentic and authoritative guide (Galatians 1:6-9; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 2:15; Acts 17:11; 2 Peter 3:16). These 66 books, written by some 40 men over a period of 1,600 years, are actually the product of the Holy Spirit, Who empowered the writers to pen only what God wanted written (2 Samuel 23:2; 1 Corinthians 2:9-13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2 Peter 1:20-21). The Bible is thus verbally inspired of God, inerrant, and all-sufficient.
Many other characteristics of the church of Christ could be cited. But these five are sufficient to show that the church is easily identifiable and not to be confused with any other religious group. It was inevitable that people would deviate from the simple guidelines given in Scripture (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Peter 2:1-2). The result has been the formulation of unbiblical doctrines, unscriptural practices, and unauthorized churches (Matthew 15:9,13; 2 John 9-11).
The Scriptures make clear that God never has and never will sanction such a state of affairs. The only hope of any individual is to be in the one true church living faithfully to God’s desires. Many in our day are working overtime to obscure and blur the distinction between the New Testament church and the manmade, counterfeit churches that exist in abundance. They seem oblivious to the fact that no denominations are ever found in the Bible. Many people do not seem even to be aware of the fact that the Bible describes a single church—Christ’s church.
Yet anyone who cares to consult the inspired guidebook can see that the church described in the Bible is easily identifiable today. The matter may be easily determined upon the basis of two criteria. First, can one know how to become a Christian? If so, then the church can be identified, i.e., those who have obeyed the one and only Gospel plan of salvation. Second, can one know how to live the Christian life faithfully and obediently before God? If so, one can identify those who continue to constitute the saved body, the church.
In light of these simple truths, no legitimate claim may be made by denominational bodies to consider themselves as churches of Christ. The pluralistic mindset that has permeated our thinking has prodded us to be more accepting of other viewpoints and to “lighten up” in our opposition to false religion. For some years now, we have been goaded and prodded into feeling guilty about claiming certainty about anything, let alone biblical truth. But the truth continues to be that denominations are manmade divisions, unmitigated departures from the faith.
Denominationalism is about the best thing Satan has come up with to subvert the truth of the Bible and to bring otherwise religious people under his influence. The world religions, as well as those who embrace humanistic philosophies like atheism, by definition, have rejected the one true God and have capitulated to Satan. So where do you suppose Satan is going to focus the brunt of his assault upon the Earth? The more he is able to muddy the waters and to obscure the certainty of the truth, the more chance he has of luring people into his clutches.
We are at a moment in history when Satan is making great inroads into the church, and scoring impressive victories against the cause of Christ. As the book of Judges records a cyclical pattern among God’s people of apostasy, punishment, repentance, faithfulness, and then back into apostasy, we are at the point in history where apostasy holds sway. This periodic purging process seems to be an inevitable recurrence. What God would have us to do is to stand confidently and courageously upon His will, unmoved and unintimidated by the overwhelming forces that pressure us to succumb. In this fashion, the justice of God will be made evident at the Judgment and, in the meantime, impetus is given to the redeemed to strengthen themselves in the struggle to stay loyal to the Master. Every possible soul must be “snatched out of the fire” (Jude 23).
While the Lord would have us to demonstrate concern and compassion for the lost denominational world, He also would have us exercise discretion in the extent to which we fellowship and affiliate with such groups. Regardless of the fashionable sentiments prevalent among some in our day, the Bible still delineates God’s disapproval of the righteous associating with error and false religion. When we become proud of our ability to mingle with denominationalism—manifesting acceptance and tolerance of their unbiblical beliefs—we are guilty of the very attitude that Paul condemned in 1 Corinthians 5:2, that Jesus condemned in Revelation 2:15-16, and that John condemned in 2 John 11.
We need to return to the Old Testament, and learn afresh the lessons that Israel failed repeatedly to learn. We need to stand at Elijah’s side and breath deeply his spirit of confrontation as he boldly distinguished between true and false religion (1 Kings 18:17-40). We need to follow Phinehas into the tent and learn to identify with his jealous intolerance of disobedience and defiance to the will of God (Numbers 25:1-15). We need to step across the line to stand at Moses’ side and witness the calm fury with which he sought to expunge sin (Exodus 32:25-28). We need to identify ourselves with the young king Josiah and feel the same sense of horror and tearful concern as we watch him burn, break, desecrate, destroy, cut down, stamp, and slay everything and everyone who represented unauthorized religious practice (2 Kings 22 and 23).
Perhaps once we have honestly filled our minds with these inspired accounts, and allowed these truths to penetrate and permeate our being, we will possess the proper frame of mind to view denominationalism, and all other alternatives to the one church, in the same way that God views them. Maybe then we will perceive counterfeit churches and rival religions with the depth of righteous anger and displeasure that God perceives them. Until then, we will be gripped by an unconcerned, blasé, live-and-let-live mentality that will allow Satan to proceed with his subversion of humanity. If we do not stand up and proclaim the distinctiveness of the one true church of Christ, nobody else will, and we will lose our souls along with them. If Noah had not been comfortable with standing in a minute minority in an effort to stem the tide, the tide would have swept him away in the Flood along with the rest.
Do you love the church for which Jesus shed His blood? Do you? Do you love the body of Christ deeply enough to temper your concern for the lost with a righteous regard for the purity and loyalty of that body? Rather than obscure the reality and identity of the unique church of Christ, we would do well to take note of the clearly defined borders of the kingdom, that we might be able to give our attention to bringing in those on the outside. Fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness is not the answer; teaching and exposing them is (Ephesians 5:11).
If we would truly fathom that the church of Christ is distinctive, exclusive, and unique; if we would truly view fraternization with the denominations as traitorous; if we would love the genuine body of Christ with the same fervency and jealousy with which Jesus loves her; then we would be in a position to proclaim with Paul: “Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end” (Ephesians 3:21).
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The School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is part of the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW and was founded in 1991 out of the former Department of Computer Science within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. It is now one of the largest Schools of its kind in Australia. The academic staff have research focus in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Embedded and Operating Systems, Networks, Programming Languages, Service Oriented Computing, Software Engineering, Theory, and CSE is a partner in the National ICT Australia group (NICTA).
The Faculty of Engineering is the largest in Australia and comprises of ten Schools, viz. the Schools of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, Surveying and Information Systems, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Mining Engineering and Petroleum Engineering, and the Centre for Photovoltaics.
For further information on the Faculty, visit the website at http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/
The University of New South Wales was established in 1949. At the main campus in Kensington, six kilometres south east of the centre of Sydney, there are the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Built Environment, Commerce and Economics, Engineering, Law, Science, and Medicine together with the Australian Graduate School of Management. The College of Fine Arts of the University of New South Wales is located in the inner Sydney suburb of Paddington. A University College of the University of New South Wales, located within the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, provides tertiary education for officer cadets and officers of the three services of the Australian Defence Force and postgraduate education and research for military personnel and civilians.
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ABOUT THE TEST
This personality test is heavily based on the Kiersey Sorter. In essence, it measures your personality across four variables: Introversion-Extraversion, Intuition-Sensing, Thinking-Feeling and Judging-Percieving. There are both positive and negative attributes to each of the traits.
Introversion-Extraversion: Generally, people who score high on "introversion" are reserved, quiet people who keep to themselves whereas people who score low on "introversion" are outgoing, friendly people who are extraverts.
Intuition-Sensing: People who score high on "intuition" are guided by gut instinct, they go on intuition as opposed to people who score low on this trait, who prefer to rely on established fact and their senses, rather than their own belief.
Thinking-Feeling: People with high scores on "thinking" rely more on their head to make decisions, whereas people who score low on "thinking" rely more on their heart to guide them. (Note: this has no bearing on a person's intelligence level; it merely refers to the way in which they make desicions.)
Judging-Percieving: People who score high "judging" are firm, decisisive people, whereas people who score low on this trait are flexible, accomodating people.
Stats: Approximately 8% of population.
DN characters with this type: Naomi Misora.
In a nutshell: "A high sense of duty."
Desciption: Quiet, kind, and conscientious. Can be depended on to follow through. Usually puts the needs of others above their own needs. Stable and practical, they value security and traditions. Well-developed sense of space and function. Rich inner world of observations about people. Extremely perceptive of other's feelings. Interested in serving others.
The category write-ups displayed here are not entirely my own; some of this info has been taken from personalitypage.com and some from changingminds.org, both of which are excellent sources of information about personality types. The test questions came in part from Please Understand Me II, another excellent source of information about personality types. Finally, if you'd like an incredibly detailed essay on your personality type, try typelogic.com who have a serious level of detail for anyone wanting to know more about this subject.
Want see who else you might have been, or what types the other DN characters are? For your own personal information...
Light Yagami | L | Near | Mello | Misa Misa | Ryuk | Rem | Raye Penber | Soichiro Yagami | Matsuda | Mogi | Aizawa | Ide | Naomi Misora | Rester | Hal Lidner | Mat | Watari | Sayu Yagami | Kyomi Takada | Teru Mikami
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Although the second symphony followed the first by only three
years, in the intervening period the world and Elgar had changed.
The ebullient, confident mood of the early years of the century
was dying, the tensions that culminated in the First World War
were beginning to emerge and, by the time of the symphony's first
performance, King Edward VII had also died.
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audience's response to the first performance was polite and restrained in
comparison to the uninhibited reception given to its predecessor,
leading Elgar to liken them to stuffed pigs. In some
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- it is probably the less popular and less frequently performed
of the two symphonies despite being melodically more inventive
and varied than the first symphony.
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Rather than a single theme recurring in all four movements,
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between movements, most dramatically when the rather ghostly
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AeA President and CEO William T. Archey noted that this is the "first year since the bursting of the high-tech bubble that all four tech sectors are experiencing job growth." On AeA's Web site, Archey also noted, "This benefits the U.S. economy greatly because tech industry wages pay 86 percent more than the average private sector wage and support numerous other jobs."
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Long-term solutions to the talent crisis
Certainly, the U.S. high-tech industry has experienced job growth; and that may seem like the kind of good news that can stave off further offshore outsourcing. But Archey believes that the high-tech sector could be healthier if governmental efforts focused more on addressing the skilled labor shortage.
"We continue to believe tech industry job growth would be even more robust if U.S. policy makers were dealing with the challenges posed by heightened global competition and the lack of available qualified workers," Archey said.
Archey highlighted the America Competes Act as the kind of initiative he believes will make the high-tech industry more robust. Passed in August 2006, the legislation increases government funding of math and science educational initiatives. It authorizes, for example, grants designed to strengthen the skills of math and science teachers by establishing training and education programs at summer institutes hosted at the National Laboratories and Technology Centers.
Private action more effective than public funding
But Moran cautioned that the link between more funding in math and science education and the number of kids that choose that career path is a shaky one. "The real challenge -- while we are looking at upping funding for math -- is whether there is any evidence that funding in math and science in the public schools has a direct and meaningful impact on the number of kids who go into high-tech careers," Moran said.
Moran also noted that high-tech companies may face anticorporate sentiment, which could add to skill shortage woes. "College students . . . are really disinterested in careers in general or fit the typical disenfranchised 'Corporations are evil' mindset," he said.
Rather than increasing funding to bolster math and science programs in the hopes that talented youth take up high-tech careers, Moran believes that the industry also needs to take a greater role in cultivating employee skills. "Companies are struggling with the challenge that -- certainly in the computer industry -- college grads with a degree in some aspect of computer technology seldom walk in the door with any meaningful skills in this area," he said. "Most hi-tech [computer industry] workers start becoming valuable three to five years into their jobs. It was not the schooling but the companies' ability to cultivate talent once it walks in the door."
H-1B visas vs. homegrown talent
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Archey believes that, at least for the moment, authorizing more noncitizens to fill high-tech positions would be a step in the right direction. "Policy makers currently need to reform U.S. high-skilled visa policy. We should be attracting, not shunning, the best and brightest talent from around the world, either through temporary H-1B visas or permanent employment-based green cards. Instead, the United States places arbitrary caps on H-1Bs and imposes a time-consuming, bureaucratic process on obtaining green cards."
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The idea that America is behind the Mubarak dictatorship is ludicrous, but it has become a slogan not only in the Arab world, but also among many Americans. Chris Matthews of MSNBC has repeatedly blamed America for the Mubarak dictatorship. I have news for Mr. Matthews: only 3 men have ruled Egypt since 1952. Gamal Abdel Nasser was much more oppressive than Mubarak and he was certainly no friend to the US or to any other Western country. The fact is that Egyptians, and the Arab countries in general, have continually installed their own dictators, without America’s influence. America can only hope and encourage dictators who are not bellicose and who do not hate the US.
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This is not a coincidence. Sharia (Islamic) law obliges the Muslim head of state to do violent jihad against non-Muslim countries and never truly befriend them or treat them as equals. Muslim leaders often hide their friendship with the West, and it is time for us and for the Arab world to openly ask: why? Why is it that befriending Western nations will brand them as “puppets of the US,” the one description no Arab leader can survive? To avoid the devastating title of “US puppet” Muslim leaders go to great lengths to appear harsh and critical of the West when, in fact, they really want co-existence. They end up having the well-known two faces of the typical Muslim leader: a friendly one to the West in private, and a critical one in public. That game must be exposed for what it is and it must end.
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An outdoor art walk
The Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail allows you to mix a little culture with your nature. Look for these art installations along (or near...
Northwest Travel Guides
The Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail allows you to mix a little culture with your nature. Look for these art installations along (or near) the route:
"Flora Images" by Peter de Lory, along entire trail. These colorful enamel-on-steel signs guide visitors. The artist, who makes his home in the Longfellow neighborhood, started with photographic images of plants he found along the creek, including horsetail, elderberry and lupine.
"Looking at a Watershed" by Kay Kirkpatrick, Southwest Precinct police station, Delridge Way Southwest and Southwest Webster Street. The public can view the art outside the building and enter the building from Webster Street to see related interior installations. Examples:
• "Streambed Memories" (located on the south side of the building): Scattered leaves and streambed patterns.
• "Waterprints" (on the east side of the building): Windows change throughout the day like the water's surface.
Delridge Library art, 5423 Delridge Way S.W. (one block east of the trail). Trillium, huckleberry, bunchberry and bleeding heart of hand-forged steel were inspired by visits to Longfellow Creek. Original drawings and plant information are located on the interior walls of the library.
"Salmon Bone Bridge" by Lorna Jordan, down steps from Southwest Genesee Street, west of 26th Avenue Southwest.
"Dragonfly Pavilion" by Lorna Jordan, 28th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Dakota Street. Built as an outdoor classroom, this painted steel structure evokes the possibility of encounters with creatures along the creek.
Gateways by community members (artwork carved and inset into cement panels) and Paul Sorey (steel structure), at Roxhill Park. Scenes depict flora and fauna on gateways arching over entrance points to the trail. (If you would like to help make a gateway, contact Kate Stannard at 206-923-0917, Ext. 111).
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Learn about the real-world impact of workplace changes. Hear what leaders in both business and academia have to say and help propel yourself or your company into the future. Learn more>> | <urn:uuid:67488789-e8c7-427e-8066-a733993fb838> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www4.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=25820 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946394 | 141 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Today I released the short film "Inside 9/11 - Obstructing the investigation":
It argues that former 9/11 commisson director Philip Zelikow fired a staff member for investigating highly sensitive evidence of a secret support network for the alleged hijackers in the United States. The recently published interview of former "anti-terror czar" Richard Clarke supports some of the claims made in the film.
To many 9/11 researchers this might not be new, since the issue is already mentioned in Philip Shenon´s book "The Commission", published in 2008. But I thought it might be the right time to remember ...
An FBI informant knew that one of the 9/11 hijackers breached the terms of his visa by working illegally, according to a 9/11 Commission document released by the National Archives at the start of the year. The document, a memo on the interview of the informer, Abdussattar Shaikh, was found in the archives by History Commons contributor paxvector and posted to the History Commons site at Scribd.
The memo shows that:
* Shaikh knew that one of the hijackers, Nawaf Alhazmi, worked illegally in the US. According to the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, the job was at a gas station run by people who the FBI had investigated over terrorism links.
* He knew Alhazmi was interested in news about the war in Chechnya, and became angry when the Russians did well.
* Instead of using the apartment phone, Alhazmi and Almihdhar would drive to another neighbourhood to use a pay phone, apparently a vain attempt to avoid NSA surveillance. | <urn:uuid:daaab4b0-2f0f-4227-bc7c-5a63feb072de> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://911blogger.com/topics/omar-al-bayoumi | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00063-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963023 | 341 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Has your friend been attacked or threatened by a person with a dangerous dog?
If a friend of yours has been attacked by a dog they should seek medical help no matter how minor the injury appears. They should also get the police involved. Find the best way to contact us here or see below for details.
If they've been involved in a less serious attack or if they're worried about being attacked or that somebody has been threatening them with a dog, you should encourage them to contact the police.
Is the owner responsible?
Yes. Every dog owner, by law, must look after their dog properly, and that includes controlling it in public. No matter how large or small the dog, it can still hurt people.
Is it a dangerous dog?
Any dog can be unruly or difficult to control. But a dog will be considered dangerously out of control by the police if it behaves in a way that makes someone worried or scared that it might injure them.
In this case the owner is guilty of an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. If the dog does injure someone, this becomes an aggravated offence (which will get the owner into even more trouble). There may be a fine and/or imprisonment and the courts can stop the owner from having a dog for a period of time.
Is it an illegal dog?
Certain breeds of dog are banned in the UK. This means it's illegal to own, breed, sell or give one away. The four types of banned dogs are:
- Pit Bull Terrier
- Japanese Tosa
- Dogo Argentino
- Fila Braziliero
What your friend should do
If you or your friend knows the owner, it's best not to confront them directly.
- talk to their parents or another family member
- talk to their teacher or another responsible adult
- contact ChildLine on 0800 1111 to talk to a professional who can offer help and advice in confidence
Or if they feel they need to take things further they can speak to us:
- They can contact their local police station or speak to their Safer Schools Officer or Safer Neighbourhoods Team - if it's an emergency and someone is in immediate danger call 999.
- If they feel unable to talk to the police they could contact the Crimestoppers charity anonymously on 0800 555 111 (they won't have to give their name and their call will not be traced).
- Or for more information visit the ‘Reporting crime’ section on the Metropolitan Police website or the ‘How to contact us’ page on this site.
You can also talk to us yourself or ask someone else to speak to us on your friend's behalf.
If it's reported will the dog be put down?
Not necessarily. The first thing that might happen is that the dog will be taken away by the police and held. It may then takes careful research by experts to check if it's one of the four banned breeds. A decision will be made by the courts about each case. | <urn:uuid:1806f8dd-a981-4623-ba89-0d253f02e4f6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://safe.met.police.uk/dangerous_dogs/concerned_a_mate_worried_theyre_a_victim.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971 | 622 | 2.171875 | 2 |
A few months back, when the plannersphere was going a bit myth crazy, it triggered a build that's been hiding at the back of my thought cabinet. So here it is, finally. For John it's the 'conflict resolution approach', whilst for Faris it's a turn to the 'dark side' of the force. In both cases, they are essentially alluding to the way that brands draw on myths to resolve cultural contradictions.
Faris pays a nice homage to the myth-meister general himself Claude Lévi-Strauss. A structural anthropologist who described the purpose of myth as 'provid[ing] a logical model capable of overcoming a contradiction.' Contradictions stem from opposing structural relations, made up of universal binaries, which Lévi-Strauss considered to be universal concerns of all cultures.
One of the first people to apply Lévi-Strauss' thinking to the branding world (commercially at least) were the UK marketing semioticians Ginny Valentine and Monty Alexander, who started using the myth quadrant around the early nineties. This is basically where two binaries - that have high structural relevance to the category - are paired off against each other to generate two 'cultural norms' and two 'cultural contradictions'. The two cultural contradictions provide an opportunity for brands to engineer a resolution that has the potential to transform the category. Here's the model brought to life based on the fundamental structure of female beauty, featuring the ever-popular blog case study, Dove ...
Various explanations have been offered for the success of Dove, but I'd argue that this is one of the more powerful ones given that Dove is ultimately resolving the modern day contradiction of female beauty - attractiveness with 'real' curves, in larger sizes etc. The irony of course, is that Dove's images are still not a 'real' depiction of female beauty as such, since they remain an aspirational ideal for many 'everyday women'. On browsing through a selection of ads for this example generally, it was quite disturbing just how few ads use 'everyday women', other than insurance, anti-smoking and other government-led campaigns.
That said, it's certainly a more motivating and realistic goal for most women compared with all other cosmetic and beauty communications, which only draw on 'unreal(istic) beauty'. Dove broke the mould, and the rest, as they say, is history. I can't say that I know how the insight really emerged, possibly from a stream of insecure, fed-up women in focus groups and interviews. Be that as it may, this insight turns out to be a glaring opportunity once we turn our attention to locating modern female beauty within culture.
I would also like to turn briefly to another case study favourite, Persil's 'Dirt is Good'. I don't wish to debate whether the campaign's really working for Unilever in financial terms here (this has already been discussed at length elsewhere), only to show that it's really a simple semiotic inversion strategy at heart ...
Admittedly the examples that I've used here are a little crude to serve the model's structuralist ends, so please, no hate mail or spam for suggesting that everyday women are unattractive - hopefully you get the point! It's also worth noting a number of theoretical limitations. To start, it offers a snapshot of a reality at a fixed moment in time; it does not account for the instability and historical specificity of cultural meanings over time e.g. during the Victorian period in England appreciation of 'real beauty' was the dominant norm by far. Nor are the contradictions necessarily applicable cross-culturally. Beyond this, it is also fair to challenge the very notion that universal binaries structure culture, as not only does the model account for a limited set of structural relations at any one time, but it strips away, and is unable to cope with, the sheer cultural complexity of everday life. Although I subscribe to these (poststructuralist) criticisms theoretically speaking, when it comes to the 'practical crunch' these limitations are less problematic, and it still remains one of the more powerful semiotic-type tools around.
A more nuanced cultural reading of female beauty ideals in the West might reveal how they are changing over time, broadly inline with global and local fashion, film, music, and other significant culture/media industries. The cultural resonance and success of Dove's campaign for 'real beauty' for example, is also due in part to the broader naturalness tsunami that is sweeping across everything from food and healthcare to holidays and architecture. The root cause of which is a backlash against the philosophy of scientific progress to a large extent, and the detrimental environmental and societal effects it’s being blamed for. This also includes a cultural backlash against cosmetic surgery (despite its increasing popularity), airbrushed pictures, perfect models, celebrities and the like (think Getty Images vs Flickr). But it's important to keep in mind a sense of cultural relativism at this point. Dove is only 'real' because the rest of the beauty industry is so 'unreal'. And with the exposure and influence of people generated content rapidly increasing, I suspect the real 'real beauty' resolution has only just stepped off the catwalk.
Lévi-Strauss, C. (1977) Structural Anthropology, Harmondsworth: Peregrine.
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Pre-clinical data showing a proprietary, pharma-grade krill extract called CaPre can benefit dyslipidemia and cardio-metabolic disorders, will be presented at American Heart Association meeting in San Francisco this week.
CaPre is owned by Acasti Pharma which is a subsidiary of Canadian krill leader Neptune Technologies & Bioressources.
The study – ‘CaPre, an Omega-3: Phospholipid, Managing Dyslipidemia in Three Marine Phenotypes’ – is the work of Dr Steven Adelman, PhD, FAHA, CEO and founder of Vascular Strategies LLC, a biotech start-up.
Daniel Rader from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine also worked on the research.
The pre-clinical results showed CaPre – an ingredient Acasti is hoping to enter into the prescription drug space – could reduced triglycerides by 60 percent and bad cholesterol (LDL) by 28 percent, while raising good cholesterol (HDL) by 25 percent.
“This is the first of three studies we are working on together, and we are looking forward to expanding to further preclinical and clinical studies soon," said Acasti president, Dr Tina Sampalis.
Last year Neptune signed a deal with Bayer to bring krill forms to the pharma market.
At the time Sampalis said: "As planned, it has been strategic to invest the time and resources into building a complete portfolio of scientific data, intellectual property and regulatory approvals which ultimately allowed the company to attract the best partner.”
She said Bayer was in its estimation, “the right marketer that can create broad consumer awareness leveraged by our substantial scientific data and that can create large market share for Neptune”.
Krill are tiny shrimp gaining attention as a rich source of omega-3, as well as other nutrients.
There are about 85 species of the deepwater marine planktonic crustacean, or deepwater shrimp, which the planet's most abundant animal biomass and which when captured and converted to oil, pack 48 times the antioxidant punch of standard fish oils, according to ORAC antioxidant scales.
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Sustainable Oil Palm week in BrazilThe Proforest Initiative, together with Imazon and the State of Pará is organising a technical meeting on sustainable palm oil in Belém, Pará, Brazil from 22 to 24 October 2012. The event aims to build capacity, share information and promote discussion on sustainable palm oil production and certification. The first day, Monday 22 October, is open to all interested parties.
There is an increasing interest in the production of oil palm in the Brazilian Amazon. While the current extent of oil palm plantations in Brazil is only around 150.000 hectares, this area is set to increase rapidly within the next years. Most of the current oil palm development is concentrated in the state of Pará in Northern Brazil. While the expansion of oil palm has the potential to provide important economic benefits for the region, it has to be managed carefully in order to avoid negative environmental and social impacts.
Sustainability certification, such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), is a practical tool for ensuring that the production is carried out in a sustainable manner. However, there is currently a lack of experience and technical knowledge about sustainable oil palm production and certification among the government officials, civil society and private sector of the region.
The Proforest Initiative and Imazon together with the Green Municipalities Programme of the state of Pará are organizing a Technical Week on Sustainable Palm to build capacity, share information and promote discussion on sustainable oil palm production and certification. The event will be held in Belém, Pará and will have the participation of oil palm producers, government officials, civil society and other interested stakeholders.
The week will start with an open session on the 22nd of October, held in Belém, Pará. The objective of this session will be to provide an introduction to the key aspects of sustainable oil palm production and promote discussion on potential challenges and solutions for sustainable oil palm production in the region.
For more information:
- see the preliminary agenda for the open session on the 22nd (in Portuguese), or
- contact Isabella Freire Vitali (Proforest): firstname.lastname@example.org or Laura Orioli (Imazon): email@example.com
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YOUNG men from the community of Nannyville Gardens in Kingston, determined to keep children in the community in school, have formed themselves into a group called Ballers INC and are raising funds to help parents and under-resourced institutions in the area.
The main fund-raising activity is a monthly entertainment event, dubbed Liquid Splash, from which part proceeds go towards helping the students.
The first beneficiaries of the programme are five students from Nannyville Early Childhood Institution, whose schools fees were on Tuesday paid in full by the group. A television set and DVD player were also handed over to the school during a presentation ceremony. Sections of the building were renovated by the men.
“Instead of sitting around and waiting for help to come we from the community came together to form the Ballers INC to see how best we can address some of the problems in the area,” said Omar Stanley, a member of the group.
“Our aim is to address as many problems at the institution as possible,” Dwayne Virgo, another group member, interjected.
He wants corporate Jamaica to come on board.
“We need the support, we need Corporate Jamaica to help this worthy cause to help the youth who are the future of the community,” Virgo said.
Nicole Sterling, principal of the school, told the Jamaica Observer, that the entire school community welcomed the men’s efforts.
“Parents are struggling to send their children to school. Last year some parents did not send their children to school for the entire term...,” Sterling said.
Meanwhile, residents have commended the men for the “bold” initiative.
“It is not every time you see a group of young men making such positive strides forward and I just want to encourage them to continue,” said one woman who identified herself only as Shirley. | <urn:uuid:3479713a-78b2-4369-bf6b-18d27dce1ede> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Nannyville-youth-join-forces-to-help-students-stay-in-school | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00036-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976667 | 388 | 1.523438 | 2 |
London Underground Casualisation Leafter For Tube passengers
You can download the leaflet below.
An important message from RMT to London Underground passengers.
During the Olympics London Underground has been counting volunteers among the number of safety-trained staff needed legally to keep Tube stations open, putting everyone concerned at risk. See overleaf to see how YOU can help us to stop this abuse.
During the Olympics, London Underground has been using volunteers to help out with the additional crowds using the Tube.
RMT does not have a problem with the occasional use of 'Incident Customer Service Assistants' (ICSAs), as they are called, but they are not trained in safety-critical work and should only be deployed on the nonoperational side of the barrier.
An agreement signed in 2008 states clearly that the minimum staffing level for each station must consist of Station Supervisor(s) and London Underground station staff fully trained, qualified, licensed and
"RMT believes that this abuse of volunteers puts everyone concerned at risk and is particularly dangerous at times of heavy congestion."
familiarised to a minimum of CSA level. Volunteer ICSAs are not trained to this level, but London Underground hastried to count ICSAs among the minimum number of safety-trained staff required legally to keep a station open and to use ICSAs to do safetycritical work, even including train despatch.
RMT believes that this abuse of volunteers puts everyone concerned at risk and is particularly dangerous at times of heavy congestion, and RMT members are therefore taking action short of strike action to prevent Tube safety being undermined in this way.
RMT sought to reach agreement on this issue, including with talks at Arbitration service ACAS, but Tube bosses would not budge. RMT members are therefore trying to ensure that ICSAs are not counted
among the number of staff required on duty for a station to be open, and are not deployed on the paid side of the barrier.
You can help us to end this threat to Tube safety by emailing London Underground's director of safety,at email@example.com, and insist that Tube safety rules are applied properly
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Colleges are increasingly offering tenured faculty members financial incentives to retire and creating programs in which professors can gradually shift from full-time to part-time to retirement, according to a report being released today by the American Association of University Professors.
More than 38 percent of colleges responding to a survey reported that they had offered at least one institution-wide incentive program to encourage retirements -- and more than half of them indicated that their plans had started since 2000, the report said. The most common age minimums were 55 (34 percent of plans), 50 (25 percent) and 60 (25 percent). At most institutions, all faculty members who met the age requirements could participate, but at some institutions, there were also minimum years of service (10 or 15 years being most common) to participate.
The AAUP's study updates a similar report conducted in 2000 and aims to provide a more current set of data on how colleges are dealing with retirement issues. Until 1994, colleges had an exemption from age discrimination laws that bar mandatory retirement ages in most professions. As a result, colleges are still relatively new to the business of managing the process by which professors decide whether and when to retire. And the years in which colleges have been unable to rely on mandatory retirement have coincided with a period of time in which health care costs and life expectancy rates have gone up.
Valerie Martin Conley, director of the Center for Higher Education at Ohio University and author of the report, said that there is "somewhat of a disconnect" between colleges' constant focus on recruiting faculty talent and relatively less focus on the retirement process. "We systematically collect data on our faculty in higher education," she said, but not on the years in which they prepare to leave regular work on campus. Given the "increasing complexity" of retirement decisions, Conley said she hoped the data would spark discussions among campus administrators and among individual faculty members.
Even where colleges adopt incentives for early retirement, she noted, it is not necessarily as part of a broad personnel strategy, but is sometimes part of dealing with a budget shortfall.
Incentives for early retirement are typically one-time (or repeat) programs, with a set time frame. At the same time, the survey found, more colleges are creating "phased" retirement programs, in which tenured faculty members and the institutions devise a plan for a period of part-time work (at pro-rated pay) followed by a pledge to waive tenure rights at a specified time. Of the 567 colleges that responded to the survey, 37 had such programs prior to 1994, 51 had adopted them in the period 1994-9, and 58 adopted them after 1999.
Colleges offer a variety of incentives for participation in phased retirement, the report found. Of those with plans, top incentives included additional contributions to health insurance (78 percent), periods in which participants would receive partial retirement benefits plus salary (50 percent), extra retirement payments or credits (34 percent), and extra salary (34 percent).
Conley noted that there is a large body of work endorsing phased retirement as good for both employers and employees. The former don't have "all that knowledge just walk out the door one day." For the latter, she said, they gain because "it's not healthy to be completely unretired one day and then retired the next."
Institutions wanting to encourage retirement through any method are also starting to look at the benefits offered to all retired faculty members. Policies vary widely. Among the more common benefits for all are library privileges (78 percent), access to campus fitness facilities (72 percent), extending faculty pricing for any events to retired faculty members (64 percent), institutional e-mail addresses (56 percent), parking (54 percent), and access to computer networks (48 percent). Only distinct minorities of colleges offer all retired faculty members telephone numbers, access to secretarial services, office space or travel funds.
The report noted that a shift continues on campuses from defined-benefit retirement programs (in which an employer provides an employee a guaranteed annual pension) toward defined-contribution programs (in which an employer deposits a percentage of an employee’s annual salary into a tax-deferred account for the employee). The default plan, if there is one, is defined benefit. Fifty-seven percent of responding institutions indicated that part-time faculty members are permitted to participate in plans, but their participation rates lag those for full-time faculty members.
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Conley said that the participation rates of part timers could be a matter of concern, but there might also be explanations for the relatively low rates of participation. For example, she said that many part timers teach at multiple institutions and may participate in a retirement plan at only one of their employers. She said that this was an area that needs more research.
The survey was co-sponsored by the American Council on Education, the American Association of Community Colleges, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The TIAA-CREF Institute and the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute financed the survey. The sample included 1,361 public and private doctoral, master’s-granting, bachelor’s-granting, and two-year institutions, of which 567 completed the instrument, reflecting a response rate of 42 percent. | <urn:uuid:43adf7ac-077c-4124-bad4-f261843dac91> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/13/retirement | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00026-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962374 | 1,146 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture
By Virginia McLeod
An essential addition to the libraries of architects and all those who appreciate the importance of our built heritage, past, present and future.
5,500 color images
2,000 black and white line drawings
62 specially commissioned maps
This massive, high-impact book places the work of internationally acclaimed architects alongside emerging architectural stars and those currently unknown outside their own country.
Documenting the world's most outstanding works of contemporary architecture built since 1998, this first edition of The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture is a valuable tool in understanding the state of contemporary architecture at the beginning of the new millennium.
Organized geographically and illustrated with global, regional and sub-regional maps locating each building, the book illustrates more than 1,000 completed buildings, and includes some of the most influential projects as well as many lesser-known buildings from around the world. Sections on World Data, Building Data and Architect's Biographies build up a detailed picture of the influences on contemporary architecture today. Every building type, from the largest publicly funded art museums and airports to private houses, is covered, and each project is illustrated with colour photographs, line drawings and a descriptive text.
The Project Pages are divided into six regions presented in the following order: Oceania, Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America
Future Systems reinterpreted the notion of a department store, not only in its appearance, but also by analyzing the social function such a building plays in contemporary society. The form of the building is soft and curvaceous in response to the natural curve of the site, sweeping around the corner and wrapping over the top to form the roof, it is expressive in a way that is aesthetically innovative but also signifies its function as a department store, without the need for signage.
The Red House, the color according to the architect, reflecting the temperament of the client, is an example of a staple of Scandinavian architecture, a family house in a spectacular, heavily wooded landscape. The house is both intimately connected with the natural landscape around it, and gloriously proud of it - a fire-engine-red object in the forest.
A series of largely rectilinear blocks form a U-shape around two sculptural towers clad in stainless steel which contain the four largest classrooms and which rise through the center of the plan, an arrangement which produces a canyon-like atrium between the towers and the perimeter blocks. The steel towers appear as billowing growths bursting out of the more regular volumes.
The distinctive form is tapered at the top and recessed at the bottom and resembles an industrial flue, which is how it operates.
Opaque glass and galvanized steel provide the wrapping for this domestic container.
The house has a steel frame and two spiral staircases around which the four-storeys are organized, on concrete floors.
Thirty-five cor-ten steel pipes set in a concrete plinth mark the spot where a plane crashed on November 18, 1986. A wedge of rage stabbing the mountain, the monument consists of 9 meter (30 foot) pipes containing slits of various sizes and orientation. The pipes are tied to different heights with concrete to form a musical instrument, a funeral organ that plays a macabre lament, ranging from an eerie murmur in low breezes to a howling scream in high winds. Like giant tuning forks, the pipes are amplified by a triangular concrete box below.
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture continues Phaidon's twenty year tradition of fine architectural publishing. Three years in the making this book represents an enormous undertaking which has drawn on the expert knowledge and commitment of hundreds of individuals and organisations world-wide.
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Vaclav Havel, the longtime dissident who later became the leader of the Czech Republic passed away December 18 at the age of 75. Havel was better known as a poet and playwright when he led his nation through the bloodless Velvet Revolution in 1989 that toppled the decades long Soviet regime in Czechoslovakia. Havel later went on to serve as president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992. After the federation peacefully split into two states he served as president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. The other state became Slovakia. Among those expected to be at his Friday funeral are Bill Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the presidents of Germany, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Lithuania and Estonia. | <urn:uuid:8cb9211c-247b-44eb-8602-26ff122a6d44> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/post/vaclav-havel | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985408 | 149 | 2.59375 | 3 |
I've been following Doug Johnston's work for a decade, ever since I read his 1994 book, Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft. Remember, this was well before 9/11 thrust religion to the fore of international relations at the highest level. In the mid-1990s I attended a regional Council on Foreign Relations meeting at which Johnston spoke about his findings. Many of the attendees, raised in a Cold War world dominated by secular power politics between nation-states, were openly scornful of the idea that religion should have any place at all in a legitimate foreign policy discussion. But Johnston was COO and executive vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), one of the top foreign policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. And he presciently saw that as the Cold War division of the world unraveled, potential conflicts would again be ethnically and regionally driven, with religious dynamics front and center. He also saw that understanding and working with religious people and passions could be key to what he calls "preventive diplomacy." His book documented case studies around the world where religion helped mediate and end conflicts that traditional diplomacy could not. In 1999, he left CSIS to create and run the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy. History has borne out Johnston's sense of religion's centrality in the foreign affairs of the future in ways he would never have wished for. Johnston is taken seriously in corridors of power by way of classic military and strategic credentials — a graduate of Annapolis, he was the youngest person ever qualified to command a nuclear submarine. He's worked in the office of the Secretary of Defense and the President's Office for Emergency Preparedness. His case studies have been used in the instruction of new American military and diplomatic leaders. Douglas Johnston's primary and most active contribution to world affairs in recent years has come through the work he describes in this program — initiatives of Track-II, or unofficial diplomacy, which are deeply consonant with the urgent recommendations of the December report of the Iraq Study Group. He has helped foster religious openings with deep humanitarian and political implications between the governing Islamic regime of Sudan and its Christian south. This is an aspect of the complex and tortured recent past and present of Sudan that simply does not make the news. Johnston has also orchestrated some of the highest level contacts that have taken place between religious and political leaders in Iran and the United States in recent years, in an era of hostile impasse in the official diplomatic relationship between the two countries. I decided that it was finally time to interview him when I read a thought-provoking and helpful memo he crafted last year titled, "What Iranians Want Americans to Know About Iran." Douglas Johnston is not easy to classify in the handy categories of America's culture wars. He is not a liberal, nor is he a hawk. He is an evangelical Protestant who has created a center with a multi-religious staff; personally he's most involved these days in crises with an Islamic interface. He is quick to note that his kind of faith-based, preventive diplomacy cannot negate the fact that sometimes "brutality must be met by brutality." He is a staunch advocate of the U.S. tradition of separation of church and state, and yet he says that we have used it as a crutch not to do our homework on the different role religion has in cultures with which we must learn, as a matter of self-interest, to relate respectfully. Among the most hopeful images Douglas Johnston leaves me with, perhaps, are his stories of the unprecedented work he and his center are doing in Pakistan to help reform and modernize madrassas — religious schools which U.S. officials have cited as frequent breeding grounds for terrorism. His pictures from that project, posted on our Web site, are astonishing in themselves. Pakistani religious and educational leaders — including "hard-line" Wahhabi and Deobandi sects — have taken him as a trusted partner because of his expertise and his respectful, faith-based approach to cultural engagement and diplomacy. At the very least, he says, this is a worthwhile investment in the children of Pakistan. And this effort at the source of current global violence, Johnston argues, is as pragmatic a use of resources as the money we're spending upping security at airports to catch the symptoms of full-blown militancy. In that sense Doug Johnston's work is an investment in the future of all of our children, one I'll keep following.
Krista's Journal: Transitioning from Cold War Politics to "Faith-Based Diplomacy"
This most recent book of Douglas Johnston provides an introduction to the paradigm shift he sees as necessary — and is pioneering — for the world we inhabit now. On our Web site you'll also find his center's occasional updates on work in Pakistan, Iran, and elsewhere — to which you can also subscribe. | <urn:uuid:8d00b79b-a5af-4a1b-b96b-fe6d9f822d22> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.onbeing.org/program/diplomacy-and-religion-21st-century/journal/833 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00065-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972386 | 984 | 1.578125 | 2 |
commentary It was a dangerous year for innovation. Governments around the world became increasingly aware that digital technology could disrupt the political and economic status quo.Lawmakers and lobbyists were calling for new laws to curb innovations that challenged traditional law enforcement and old ways of doing business. But the laws would have stifled innovation far beyond their intended goals. Technology industry leaders sounded the alarm, but their voices went largely unheard in the corridors of power.
But one proposal gave birth to an organized resistance. Top government officials tried to force industry to re-engineer key technologies to dramatically expand … Read more | <urn:uuid:d56452f9-58db-4505-91ae-23e46d1818e7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.cnet.com/8300-5_3-0-9.html?keyword=engineering | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00063-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974539 | 117 | 1.5 | 2 |
You may have heard of the new types of vehicles on the market called hybrids. While these types of new vehicles have been around for a few years, they are just now beginning to enter circulation in terms of being readily available for consumers to buy and use. But, what are they? Should you invest in these vehicles?
Hybrids are a type of vehicle that uses two or more different types of power as a source of fuel to move the vehicle. It could mean any type of combination. The most common combination of power sources is that of an engine and electricity. These types of hybrids are called hybrid electric vehicles, or HEV’s. The work with the combination of an electric motor, or in some cases more than one, and an traditional internal combustion engine, which is found in most vehicles on the road today.
Hybrid vehicles can run on other sources of fuel. This includes the use of compressed air, hydrogen, water, wind and solar power, but most of these concepts are not readily available to the general public at this point. They could be in the future, though.
Should you drive a hybrid vehicle? You may want to consider it because they allow you to use energy more efficiently. Electric power is less expensive than gas. By having an electric motor, the amount of gas necessary is less. This reduces the overall impact on your wallet.
Besides the cost savings, owning and using a hybrid vehicle also helps to reduce the pollution in the air from a combustion engine and it works to improve the overall environment as well. Because these vehicles require less gas, this reduces the amount of natural resources being used to operate them, benefiting the environment.
As you consider the benefits of using a hybrid, do note that all vehicles are different in the amount of savings they can offer. Learn as much as you can about a vehicle before you actually invest in them. You also want to compare them for costs and other features as well. Many people benefit from hybrids. | <urn:uuid:ba1a4b52-8e16-4286-8eaa-bda8944373b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.awpi.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00062-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974491 | 400 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Atheism is coming to the subway — or at least subway ads promoting it are.
Starting next Monday, a coalition of local groups will run a monthlong advertising campaign in a dozen Manhattan subway stations with the slogan “A Million New Yorkers Are Good Without God. Are You?” The posters also advertise the Web site BigAppleCoR.org, which provides a listing of local groups affiliated with the Coalition of Reason, the umbrella organization that coordinated the campaign.
The campaign — which is being paid for by $25,000 from an anonymous donor — follows a similar but unrelated monthlong campaign on buses by New York City Atheists in July. Jane Everhart, a spokeswoman for the New York City Atheists, said that campaign was highly successful and brought in many new members. “We are trying to raise money to do it again,” she said.
The subway station advertisements were chosen for the $25,000 campaign because they were the best deal for the given budget, said Michael De Dora Jr., the executive director for the New York branch of the Center for Inquiry. A Times Square ad would have cost $45,000 to $50,000 for a month, while a campaign that blanketed the inside of subway cars would have cost $70,000.
The subway campaign is timed to a new book called “Good Without God” by Greg Epstein, which is to be released on Oct. 27 by William Morrow. Mr. Epstein, the Harvard University humanist chaplain, is having a book signing at Columbia University Bookstore on Oct. 28.
Other books on atheism, including best-selling ones by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, have helped to give visibility to an “atheism awakening,” where atheists have been finding strength in numbers. President Barack Obama’s inaugural address even included a reference to “nonbelievers” among an enumeration of various religions.
Mr. De Dora said the million-person estimate of New Yorkers who do not believe in God was an extrapolation from surveys on religion. The American Religious Identification Survey, which was released earlier this year, showed that those who put “none” for religion had risen to 15 percent in 2008, from 8 percent in 1990. Based on their projections, New York City, with its 8.3 million population, would have more than a million nonbelievers, Mr. De Dora said. (It is questionable, of course, whether New York City, given its demographics, is representative of the country as a whole.)
Asked to comment on the advertisement, Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, said: “The First Amendment allows these groups to preach their religious beliefs. I hope that the rights of other religious groups will also be respected when they also seek to advertise their beliefs.”
A number of atheist-themed advertising campaigns have been promoted this year. The largest so far has been one in Britain that put ads on 800 buses stating: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
In the United States, the Coalition of Reason has also placed billboards that read “Don’t Believe in God? You Are Not Alone.” in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Morgantown, W.Va. An Indiana atheist group ran ads in the cities of Bloomington and South Bend that read “You can be good without God.” The group, called the Indiana Atheist Bus campaign, also crossed the border into Chicago, where they purchased ads for 25 buses.
Because New York is so large and diverse, the atheist message is actually harder to promote, Mr. De Dora said. “Collectively, we’ve had a harder time selling our message to New Yorkers,” he said. In addition, since there are so many different atheist and secular-minded groups in New York, they are competing for an audience. Aside from the center, other groups in the coalition include the Flying Spaghetti Monster Meetup, New York City Brights, New York Philosophy, New York Society for Ethical Culture, Richie’s List and the Secular Humanist Society of New York.
The dozen subway stations where the ads are running are:
- 14th Street-Sixth Avenue
- 14th Street-Seventh Avenue
- 14th Street-Eighth Avenue
- 23rd Street-Eighth Avenue
- Pennsylvania Station (three ads)
- 86th Street-Lexington Avenue
- 96th Street-Lexington Avenue
- 42nd Street-Sixth Avenue/Bryant Park
- 66th Street-Broadway/Lincoln Center
- 72nd Street-Central Park West
- 86th Street-Central Park West
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Regions or areas bounded by drainage divides and occupied by drainage systems; specifically the tract of country that gathers water originating as precipitation and contributes it to a particular stream channel or system of channels, or to a lake, reservoir, or other body of water. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
Links to published materials produced by the Watershed Processes and Modeling Project on watershed model TOPMODEL, compilation of STATSGO soils data, climate change, landscape heterogeneity in ecoregions, and other links.
Detailed information on Total Maximum Daily Load, the total quantity of a pollutant that a stream can carry and still conform to water quality standards, used as a measurement in the monitoring, assessment, and remediation of polluted waters.
Summary of a circular on USGS environmental research and Chesapeake Bay with links to full document. Includes discussion of the problems of the estuary, restoration efforts, water quality, and effects on ecosystem.
Hydrologic data web page for the Water Resources Inventory Area 1 (WRIA 1) Watershed Management Project studying surface and ground water in the Nooksack watershed in northwest Washington. Links to environmental data and maps.
Primary homepage for the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program studying water quality in river, aquifer and coastal water basins throughout the nation. Links to reports, data, models, maps and national synthesis studies.
The Great and Little Miami River Basins form a National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nation's water quality. Site links to data, publications, maps, and results.
Part A of a complex report on the results of ROCK-EVAL and vitrinite reflectance analysis of a large sample base from more than 70 wells located in three oil-rich California petroleum basins in order to study the formation of oil deposits.
Part B of a complex report on the results of geochemical analysis of 75 shale samples from the Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Joaquin Basins to gather observations relevant to exploration regarding the formation of oil deposits in these basins.
Homepage of the Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) initiative programs supporting actions to remedy contaminations associated with hard rock mining. Includes data from the Upper Animas River and Boulder River, bibliography of reports, and pictures.
Complex report on the interpretation of aeromagnetic data to study hydrogeology of the San Pedro basin, Cochise County, Arizona determining geologic structure, basin fill and depth to water. Online version of a CD-ROM publication.
Online annual reports (since 1999) documenting hydrologic data for Pennsylvania gathered from USGS surface water and ground water data-collection networks and information on ordering paper copies of previous years.
What causes changes in the hydrology, the ecology and the water quality of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and the San Francisco Bay estuary? These studies help state and local agencies manage resources well.
Comparison of water in two adjacent watersheds before and after implementing a brush management strategy in one of the watersheds helps us see what water resource characteristics are sensitive to brush management and how.
Information from climate model forecasts, projections of future flows, paleoclimatic indicators, timing of snowmelt, airborne dust, and the effects on vegetation of troublesome pest species indicate the nature and severity of problems looming.
Field trip to Powder River Basin coalbed methane (CBM) development areas showing impacts related to drilling, facilities, pipeline networks, access roads, withdrawal, and disposal of co-produced water from CBM wells.
Tide stage, specific conductance, water temperature, and freshwater inflow at selected Hudson River (New York) gages updated every 4-hours to measure the effects of freshwater withdrawals and upstream movement of the salt front.
Overview of Klamath ecological research and links to USGS Klamath studies on ground water, nutrients, sediment oxygen demand, and fish response to water quality, sucker ecology, publications, bibliographies, and data.
This publication focuses on the geological framework and sedimentary processes of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin and provides links to interactive tools, regional research, and sediment data in GIS formats for display and analysis.
Description of studies conducted to evaluate the surface water, ground water, water interactions, and water quality of Methow River Basin in Washington. With links to related science topics, datasets, maps, project summaries, and news.
The Puget Sound Basin is a National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nation's water quality. Site links to data, publications, and results.
Program to compile data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Program study units to study national trends with links to sediment coring sites, video on Salt Lake City, study units identification, and publications.
Data warehouse for national water quality program with links to chemical, biological, and physical data for water, sediment and animal tissues, nutrient, pesticide, and VOC levels, streamflow, and ground water levels from national study units.
Reports concentration of organic compounds here, to serve as a baseline against which future measurements can be compared and to provide a general assessment of the quality of local water treatment efforts.
Measured concentrations of many compounds in water people use. Some compounds are regulated as health hazards; a few of these were over the benchmark limits. Others may become issues of concern, so studies such as this give us helpful background levels.
Upcoming interagency study to assess status of ecological conditions, their relationships with contaminants and nutrients, anthropogenic factors affecting these, and develop models that may predict these ecological conditions.
Overview of project assessing water quality of the Tualatin River basin near Portland, Oregon with links to reports on chemical and nutrient levels and selected data on streamflow, water temperature, weather and precipitation.
The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is the hub of California's water system and an important habitat for fish and wildlife. USGS research has provided resource managers and other stakeholders with a good understanding of how pesticides enter the Delta.
Local projects of the Mississippi District Office on water resources of Mississippi including studies relating to erosion, floods, water data collection, ground water flow, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques, and others.
USGS water resources home page for Michigan with links to detailed hydrologic studies and historic and real-time data on streamflow, ground and surface water, weather, water management, droughts, floods, and water quality.
Links to descriptions, publications, and photos of research projects in Michigan related to drinking water including source assessment, ground water availability, water resources, and contaminants in water.
Links to descriptions, maps, photos, and reports of projects related to studies of the effects of dams and flow regulation in watersheds altered by humans in the state of Michigan including Muskegon and Kalamazoo Rivers and the Seney refuge.
USGS water resources home page for Ohio with links to hydrologic studies and long-term and real-time data on streamflow, ground and surface water, weather, water use, and water quality, plus district and publications information.
Overview of a project to evaluate existing methods used by Virginia Dept. of Transportation to estimate flood hydrographs from small drainage basins, and evaluate the use of dimensionless hydrographs to estimate runoff volumes.
Describes the studies of five small watersheds, four in the U.S. and one in Puerto Rico, under the WEBB program to understand the processes controlling water, energy, and biogeochemical fluxes with links to other watershed research.
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A Germantown mother who lost her son is working to raise awareness about the seriousness of head injuries in contact sports like football.
Kristen Sheely’s son Derek sustained a head injury during football practice at Frostburg State University in August 2011. Later, doctors determined he had received a previous undocumented head injury.
He died one week later at age 22.
“We’ve been working ever since to try and raise awareness of concussions,” Sheely said, referring to her and her husband’s nonprofit organization, the Derek Sheely Foundation. “We knew we had to do something to help others.”
Maryland recently passed new regulations requiring that athletic coaches receive training to identify serious head injuries, but Sheely doesn’t think the state is doing enough. And she’s not the only one.
Tom Hearn, a Montgomery County parent whose son sustained a concussion, recently told the Baltimore Sun he thinks high schools should limit contact practices and require parents and athletes to be educated about the dangers of concussions.
Sheely wrote a letter to the state board of education in July and proposed several measures to increase the safety of student athletes, including reducing the number of contact practices per week.
Check out the full PDF of Sheely's letter above.
As a former junior varsity field hockey coach in Montgomery County for two seasons, Sheely was herself required to take concussion training.
“I can confirm that though it is well-intended, the concussion training is not sufficient,” she wrote in the letter.
According to Jim Tapley, the athletic director for Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, coaches are required to take a 20-minute online concussion training class each year.
Tapley, who formerly served as athletic director for 10 years at Northwest High School, where Sheely’s children attended, says the county has come a long way in being informed about head injuries.
“I played football in the county in the 1970s, and if you got knocked out, if the coaches could wake you up and get you up, they would put you back in the game,” he said.
However, he questioned whether the strides the county has made are enough.
“I know that we’re doing what’s required, and coaches are very cognizant today of the potential risks,” Tapley said.
Sheely emphasized that she and her husband are not trying to change the way football is played—her son would never have wanted that.
“We don’t want to propose anything drastic or expensive,” she said. “We just want to improve safety and keep everything fair.”
They recently created concussion awareness kits with materials—from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention—like wristbands, pens and magnets to serve as a reminder of the dangers of brain injuries, and they are trying to get them out to students before the fall football season begins.
Sheely says she hopes to reach young athletes and help remove the stigma that reporting concussions may cost them their spot on the team.
“We hope the board just considers the big picture and puts the athletes first,” she said. “If this could happen to Derek, it could happen to anyone.” | <urn:uuid:2a17fb15-94ac-46c8-bc18-bf8bbc984a7e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bethesda-chevychase.patch.com/articles/montgomery-county-parents-push-to-raise-concussion-awareness | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976372 | 698 | 1.679688 | 2 |
Millionaire's tax would be harmful to local economy
Monday, June 20, 2011
Kathleen A. Davis, Vice President & COO, CCSNJ
They're at it again. A cadre of state legislators and their government employee union allies are clamoring for the re-imposition of a confiscatory gross income tax rate on so-called millionaires.
Advocates of the tax hike scheme contend that those with high taxable incomes ought to be hit with the tax increase because, in their words, “They can afford it.” In calling for this tax increase, advocates are seeking money to fuel higher levels of state government spending. This tax increase will hasten business disinvestment in New Jersey and kill jobs.
In claiming that their scheme will not harm New Jersey’s economy, advocates of re-imposing the “millionaire’s tax” have cited a recently published article in the National Tax Journal written by Cristobal Young and Charles Varner. This article reports on research conducted by Young and Varner — at the time, Princeton sociology graduate students — on the impacts of the Jim McGreevey administration’s 2004 tax increase.
In their study, the authors concluded that the 2004 McGreevey tax hike had “a minimal effect” on “the migration of millionaires” from New Jersey. In one of the most widely cited points in the article, the authors state that, in spite of the increased rate of out-migration of millionaires following the tax rate hike, “the (number of) millionaire tax filers increased substantially over this period, rising 43 percent (from about 33,000 in 2002 to about 47,000 in 2006). New Jersey is a producer of millionaires, not an importer.”
What is so remarkable about these two sentences is that, on the very next page, there is a table with the annual figures for “millionaire tax filers”; in 2000, there were 41,358 and, in 2007, there were 27,867. By my calculation, that’s a decrease of about one-third. Further, the data they present show that there was actually a sharp increase in net out-migration per 1,000 New Jersey millionaires beginning in 2004, the year in which the tax hike was imposed. In fact, there was a net out-migration of New Jersey millionaires every year from 2000 to 2007.
Young and Varner also make some important unsupported assumptions in their article, one of which is key to their conclusions regarding taxpayer migration. When commenting on the response of top-rate taxpayers to the 2004 tax hike, the authors claim: “We believe that potential migration effects should happen fairly quickly. When a new tax is imposed, people have an incentive to move as quickly as possible.” What the authors “believe” does not translate into the real world, where it is uncommon to sell or to relocate a closely held business or, depending upon housing market factors, an expensive home, “fairly quickly.”
Young and Varner note some subgroups of millionaires — such as retirees and the very wealthy — were more prone to out-migration from New Jersey in response to the 2004 tax increase than others. However, the authors, together with a Princeton professor, wrote in a 2008 report on migration to and from New Jersey that “people aged 65 and older are the least likely to move” out of state. Young and Varner somehow fail to mention their 2008 finding in their recent National Tax Journal article.
While this was an interesting article, it is not a very convincing defense of the 2004 tax increase.
The tax increase proposal would be harmful to the very sectors of the economy that have been our core strength and should be nurtured. It would also harm thousands of small businesses that pay their business taxes through the gross income tax.
We have an alternative. Over the past few years, the chamber has developed 100 recommendations of private-sector best practices that could help state government reduce costs. Our reports have been embraced by some of our state’s top legislators and policymakers, including the Chris Christie administration. Efforts to reduce government expenses should trump any effort to increase taxes. Our recommendations are the place to start.
Kathleen A. Davis is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey.
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Finalists for the 2008 Africa Prize
We received nominations from 17 countries throughout Africa for the 2008 Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger. This year's distinguished jury is chaired by Salim A. Salim, former Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity and former Prime Minister of Tanzania. The jury has selected the following five women as the finalists for the 2008 Africa Prize. The winner will be announced at our Africa Prize Award Ceremony on October 18, 2008 at the New York Hilton. Purchase tickets!
- Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (Ghana), Executive Director and Co-founder of the African Women's Development Fund, a grant-making foundation that supports local, national and regional organizations in Africa working to promote women's rights in Africa.
- Christine Agnélé Mensah-Atoemne (Togo), Founder of Quaviff: Quality of Life of Women and Girls, a theater group that works to change attitudes towards girls and women.
- Faiza Jama Mohamed (Somalia), Africa Regional Director of Equality Now, a human rights organization working for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women.
- Mmatshilo Motsei (South Africa), Founder and Director of the Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training (ADAPT), an organization that provides counseling and support services to abused women, men, young people and the elderly.
- Janet Nkubana (Rwanda), Founder and President of Gahaya Links, a Rwandan handicrafts organization that empowers local rural women to achieve economic stability. | <urn:uuid:16ffc5b0-af22-4742-bb7a-f7d668e54de1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thp.org/what_we_do/key_initiatives/honoring_africa_leadership/2008_finalists | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00053-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937663 | 331 | 1.65625 | 2 |
Originally posted by: ShoreBound
Are you placing them in dry sand, or is it moist at the anchor level? Do you dig a trench for your ropes so they follow the right angle relative to the box anchor to your boat?
Moist sand works better. If the sand is moist, the hole only needs to be a foot or so deep - just barely enough to cover the tops of the anchor points. But I'm not lucky enough to get into moist sand that often and usually end up setting the anchor in dry sand. That's when I dig a couple of feet deep so there's more sand weight over the top of the anchor.
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Federal Budget Antics Threaten Safety of Communities, Raise Costs
from Wildlife Promise
Even climate change skeptics may agree that the weather is changing. Just this spring and summer, a tornado outbreak in Alabama tore through the state and destroyed homes; an unprecedented heat wave and drought smothered Oklahoma with 32 consecutive days of temperatures above 100 degrees, and contributed to the state’s sixth heat-related death reported earlier this week; and the US Department of Agriculture declared the drought in Texas a natural disaster, due to the devastation it has caused for farmers and ranchers.
The weather is hotter and more severe, and Americans are paying for it with their lives and their life-savings.
The frequency and intensity of storms, droughts, and other severe weather patterns is increasing and underscores the need for all communities to cope with, build resilience to, and generally be prepared for a changing climate (often called “climate change adaptation”). Many federal agencies, including The Department of Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), have programs in place to safeguard people and wildlife from the impacts of climate change, including changes in weather patterns, which deliver not only environmental benefits, but also long-term cost savings to every American.
However, Congressional leaders in the House have used the Federal Appropriations debates to strip funding from programs designed to protect and prepare communities from the impacts of severe weather, including a rider that would block the EPA’s ability to fund anti-disaster preparedness programs that provide crucial storm-protection services, block the Interior Department from preparing land areas from flooding, fires, and droughts, and limit the Forest Service’s ability to prevent and respond to forest fires. Another rider that already passed would prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from implementing its climate adaptation task force and from making any preparations to protect citizens from the impacts of climate change which will have far-reaching impacts because the U.S. Coast Guard and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) fall under the DHS umbrella.
Scientists at Stanford University recently made the direct link between climate change and the intensity of hot weather that is now the “new normal” for American communities, and increased temperatures can be correlated to more unpredictable and severe weather patterns, like hurricanes. Already, steep cuts have been proposed to the entire Department of Interior and the EPA, and more anti-climate riders and amendments could follow before the bill passes.
We know that the protections and climate change planning activities we have now are not enough -
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WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard has found serious safety and environmental violations on a Shell drilling rig used in the Arctic waters off Alaska, another blow to the company’s controversial bid to harvest oil in the petroleum-rich but sensitive region.
The Coast Guard said Friday that it has turned over the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice, which had no comment.
The Coast Guard found 16 violations on the Noble Discoverer, one of Shell’s two drilling rigs for Alaska’s Arctic waters. The company’s other rig, the Kulluk, has its own troubles. The Kulluk broke free from towlines during a New Year’s Eve storm and was grounded for several days off Kodiak Island.
Details of the Noble Discoverer’s violations were obtained by Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee, which had asked the Coast Guard for an accounting of inspections that took place on the rig at the end of November.
“The reports that Shell may have been drilling this summer using a drill ship with serious deficiencies in its safety and pollution control equipment raise additional and continued questions about whether Shell is able to drill safely offshore in the Arctic,” Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey, the top Democrat on the committee, wrote Friday to Shell’s president.
The Coast Guard found the Noble Discoverer could not go fast enough to safely maneuver on its own in all the expected conditions found in Alaska’s Arctic waters.
The Coast Guard also found “systematic failure and lack of main engine preventative maintenance,” which caused a propulsion loss and exhaust system explosion.
Among other issues listed were inoperable equipment used to measure the oil in water that is dumped overboard, improper line splices throughout the engine room, piston cooling water contaminated with sludge and an abnormal propeller shaft vibration.
Coast Guard spokesman Kip Wadlow said he couldn’t discuss the details because the investigation has been forwarded to the Justice Department. Wadlow declined to say whether the Coast Guard believed criminal penalties could be warranted.
Wadlow said the investigation started after the Noble Discoverer had problems with its propulsion system while pulling into the port of Seward, Alaska, in late November.
“The inspectors found several discrepancies dealing with the ship’s pollution prevention equipment as well as several crew safety issues,” he said.
The Noble Discoverer is a converted log carrier owned and operated by Noble Corp. for Shell’s Arctic efforts. The 514-foot-long rig was built in 1966 and converted into a drilling ship 10 years later. It has been upgraded and refurbished to work in the Arctic at a cost of $193 million.
A spokesman for Noble Corp. did not return a message Friday asking about the violations.
Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said Friday that Noble Corp. already has resolved many of the issues the Coast Guard raised. Smith also emphasized that the problems with the main propulsion system surfaced after the rig had left the Chukchi Sea drilling area.
“At no time was the Noble Discoverer found or believed to be a danger to people or the environment while drilling in the Chukchi Sea in 2012,” Smith said in an email. “Had that been the case, we would have ceased all operations immediately.”
The Noble Discoverer and Shell’s other Arctic rig, the Kulluk, will be towed to Asia for inspection and repairs. “The Noble Discoverer’s return to Alaska will be dictated by the scope of work identified while in dry dock and the timeline associated with that work,” Smith said. | <urn:uuid:7d1b63c2-935f-45ef-bd7a-99583103d50d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news/nation-world-news/coast-guard-finds-violations-shell%e2%80%99s-arctic-drilling-rig.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00067-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962668 | 758 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Fitness and Fun for Life
Forbes Magazine ranks squash first for fitness among 10 leading sports. Players of all ages can attest to the fun.
Dayton Squash - Fitness and Fun for Life
On September 17, 1920, in Canton, Ohio the National Football League (originally known as the American Professional Football Association) was born. Individuals representing ten professional football teams attended the meeting. One such team represented was the Dayton (Ohio) Triangles. The Triangles would go on to play in the first game and score the first touchdowns in this new football league. This is the story of the growth and development of this professional football team. | <urn:uuid:49569c92-6456-4d2c-8256-04643e40ed6f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sportsmemo.blogspot.com/2006_01_29_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00012-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962117 | 132 | 1.664063 | 2 |
What is in this article?:
- Africa No Longer Risky Place to Do Business
- Improvement Still Needed
The International Monetary Fund in October predicted the region's economy would grow by 5% in 2012 and by 5.7% in 2013, with especially strong growth in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Angola and Gabon.
Improvement Still Needed
Still, everyone admitted that sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for just 2.5% of global gross domestic product (GDP), has a long way to go.
The continent's infrastructure lags far behind many other parts of the world, with business leaders at the panel complaining of the lack of good roads, in particular between countries, and unstable electricity and water supplies.
"Of course the issue of the infrastructure gap is significant," Jonathan acknowledged.
Zuma said that African leaders were working together to improve infrastructure and coordinate efforts, pointing as an example to the $80 billion Grand Inga Dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"Collectively the African Union has taken concrete decisions with regards to infrastructure," he noted.
Groups like the African Union and West African regional bloc ECOWAS have also taken on key roles in resolving unrest on the continent, the leaders said, including in the ongoing conflict in Mali.
"Definitely if you look at the situation in Mali, if it is not contained it will leak into West African countries," said Jonathan, whose country is sending 1,200 troops to take part in an African force helping French and Malian soldiers fight Islamist rebels in Mali's north.
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, whose country is enjoying one of the fastest growth rates in Africa, said the continent's leadership also needed to take ownership of its problems.
"Investment risk is present in Africa, as it is in the rest of the world. You find different risk levels relating to different places, but they will be anywhere," he told the panel.
"For me, the best thing we can do for ourselves is own our problems and own our solutions."
For more on Africa's potential for major investments by U.S. manufacturers, click here.
Michael Mainville, AFP
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Are you a bilingual (Spanish) undergraduate at UCI and would like to know more about how you can practice your Spanish with students attending a dual immersion program near campus? Are you interested in becoming a bilingual teacher? Please come to this information session this Thursday, 3/14/13, at noon, to learn more about dual immersion programs and how you can become a bilingual teacher.
RSVP by 5 pm on Tuesday, 3/12/13.
See flyer for more information: Become a Bilingual Tutor or Teacher
If you are fluent in Spanish, Mandarin or French and are graduating this year with your bachelor’s degree, consider a career in teaching. There are many bilingual teaching positions available; dual-language immersion programs at the elementary and secondary level are growing in California and other states (see recent Bilingual Teacher Facebook posts).
The School of Education at the University of California, Irvine is offering a $1,500 incentive to all applicants interested in receiving a teacher credential in one of their programs. Eligibility requirements and specific information regarding this incentive is as follows:
Applicants who complete their file by March 4, 2013, if admitted and matriculated in fall 2013, will receive a Startup Cost Incentive of $1,500 USD after the third week of fall quarter enrollment.
A complete file includes: application, statement of purpose, official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, letters of recommendation, Certificate of Clearance, TB Test, verification of CBEST & CSET passage or evidence of registration, and GRE scores or verification of registration for test date if an MAT application.
If you are interested in teaching at a dual-immersion school or a world language at the secondary level, you are also eligible for a TEACH Grant that is worth approximately $4,000.
It’s a good time to become a bilingual teacher!
For more information and updates about the incentive, please see: UCI School of Education Startup Cost Incentive
The Mandarin immersion program at Bergeson Elementary School, in Laguna Niguel, is off to a great start. During a recent visit, I was greeted by youngsters that were not only happy to be in a classroom, but eager to learn in a language that is not heard in their homes. They were actively engaged in the lessons that were presented in Mandarin and could complete the multiple, often cognitively demanding tasks that were given to them.
Currently, the program includes one pre-kindergarten, two kindergarten and one first grade class. All of the bilingual teachers are certified in Mandarin and have other special talents too. One of the kindergarten teachers majored in music. Her paraprofessional also studied music. Singing songs accompanied by the piano are heard on a daily basis in her room (see video insert: Bilingual Kindergarten Classroom). There are also paraprofessionals in the other classrooms. This was made possible by the non-profit parent organization, Friends of MIP (Mandarin Immersion Program), created to support the program. They have raised $95,000 this year and are on pace to raise another $55,000, to bring the total up to $150,000.
The school will be hiring next year and they have already started the recruitment process. For employment opportunities, please see: Edjoin post
For more information about enrolling your child at this school, please see: http://www.friendsofmip.com/enrollment.html.
The program shows great promise and will definitely grow in popularity as each year passes. There was a long waitlist before the program opened, and I am sure this magnet school will continue to attract strong bilingual teachers in the years to come.
Orange Unified School District recently announced that they will be opening a Mandarin dual language immersion program at Fletcher Elementary School for the new 2012-13 academic year. This will be the second public Mandarin dual language immersion program in Orange County, California. The district plans on opening their program with one kindergarten and one first grade class. The program will be based on Utah’s successful dual language immersion instructional model. The district is currently accepting new students for their program.
The first public Mandarin dual language immersion program in Orange County will also open this fall in Laguna Niguel at Bergeson Elementary School. Bergeson’s program will open with two kindergarten classes and one first grade class. Frequently asked questions regarding the program at Bergeson Elementary can be found on their Friends of MIP (Mandarin Immersion Program) website. They began recruiting students in November of 2011 and have a long wait list.
Orange Unified School District News Release
More than 10,000 graduating high school seniors earned the new State Seal of Biliteracy on their diplomas this past June. This is the first time that the state has given out this award. In the past, school districts awarded their own Seal of Biliteracy Awards to students based on their own set of criteria. In order to qualify for the new State Seal of Biliteracy, all students in California will need to meet a uniform set of criteria which includes strong proficiency in both the English-language arts and a world language.
Good to know that our students in our dual language programs will be preparing for this high school seal when they enter kindergarten. I am sure the number of students receiving the State Seal of Biliteracy will continue to increase as the number of dual language immersion programs grow throughout our state and nation.
California Department of Education News Release
I was intrigued by this article since the subjects were adoptees of Korean descent raised in a French speaking home. Although I am not an adoptee, I am half Korean and was raised in a predominately Spanish speaking home. I grew up in a household where the Korean language was heard on a daily basis when my father spoke to relatives and when he watched his telivision shows in Korean. At the behest of teachers, he spoke to his children only in English; one decision he regrets to this day. Although I do not speak the language fluently, I still understand it at a very rudimentary phonetic level and can distinguish it from other Asian languages. So, not totally forgotten…
Psychology Today, 7/11/12: Can a Language be Totally Forgotten?
Upon researching employment opportunities for various dual immersion teaching positions in the area, I came across the New City Public Schools in Long Beach, California. They include three public charter schools located in relatively close proximity to one another near the downtown area of Long Beach. In an era where class size is increasing for all grade levels, the New City Public Schools include a low class size of 20 students in all primary grade classrooms and have teaching assistants for grades K-3, according to their fact sheet. This, as well as a strong community based approach, multi-age classrooms, and strong emphasis on bilingualism, make this group of charter schools extremely attractive for new teachers and parents with similar interests and goals.
All New City Public School children are expected to graduate with strong biliteracy skills in English and Spanish. Their instruction in both languages begins in kindergarten and continues onto eighth grade where they employ a 50/50 model in language arts. The first campus opened in August of 2000 and one of the larger campuses, New City School K-8, opened in 2007.
After reading their brochure, it is apparent that these schools offer a high quality program to their students. In addition, they will be a source of future employment for bilingual teachers. Unfortunately, the future of these schools is uncertain. They are experiencing some financial turmoil and possible revocation of their charter; the final decision will be made by the Long Beach Unified School District next month. For now, they are accepting student applications and have bilingual teacher positions available for the 2012-13 academic year.
Stanford University has launched a new website, Understanding Language. The primary goal for this website is to improve academic outcomes for English Language Learners. Various resources such as language-rich teaching practices in various academic areas, related to the new Common Core State Standards, will be coming soon!
Utah offers an impressive array of dual language immersion programs for their elementary school students. In addition to classroom instruction in English, their various state supported dual language programs also include instruction in either Mandarin, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish. The governor of Utah hopes to increase enrollment in these programs to 30,000 students by 2015, setting a strong example for other states to follow. They currently have 58 dual language immersion programs. The majority of students attending these programs are native English speakers.
The California Association for Bilingual Education awards several teachership awards each year to future bilingual teachers. This year, Melissa Madrigal, one of our bilingual candidates from our teacher education program, was selected for this very prestigious award. Miss Madrigal, and all the other winners, will be honored at CABE’s 37th Annual Awards Luncheon on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Last year, one of our bilingual candidates, Wendy Ramos, was also awarded this honor. She is now a bilingual teacher at a dual immersion school in Santa Ana, CA.
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ok..I found it again, as I already posted it recently somewhere else:
8 March, 2005, Cairo. Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, announced today that the Egyptian team has finished their examination of a non-invasive CT scan of Tutankhamun’s mummy. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, states that there is no evidence that the young king was murdered.
The scientific team, which reviewed over 17,000 images, was headed by Dr. Hawass, and consisted of radiologists, pathologists, and anatomists under the oversight of Dr. Madiha Khattab, Dean of Medicine at Cairo University.
Lead radiologist Dr. Mervat Shafik and the rest of the team requested that three international experts, two from Italy and one from Switzerland, be permitted to review the images. “We need our opinion to be international, since people all over the world are waiting for the results of this important scan,” said Dr. Shafik.
Dr. Hawass announced today that the scientific team confirmed that King Tut died at about the age of 19. His bones, which indicate a slight build, show that he was well-fed and healthy and suffered no major childhood malnutrition or infectious diseases. In answer to theories that Tutankhamun was murdered, the team found no evidence for a blow to the back of the head, and no other indication of foul play.
They also found it extremely unlikely that he suffered an accident in which he crushed his chest.
He adds that some team members interpret a fracture in the left thighbone as evidence for the possibility that Tutankhamun broke his leg badly just before he died. However, this injury alone could not have directly caused the king’s death. The team was also able to rule out pathological causes for the bent spine and elongated skull noted in earlier examinations. The scientists believe the head shape to be a normal variation, and think the bend in the spine is due to the way the embalmers positioned the body.
The king also had a slightly cleft palette and one impacted wisdom tooth. The team also notes that extreme care seems to have been taken in preparing the body of the king for burial.
Dr. Hawass also said: “The Egyptian team worked on the images for two months. The foreign team came for several days at the end to review the work of the Egypt team. The foreign consultants confirmed the results of the Egyptian team, and joined us to make this announcement internationally. All of us are proud to announce these findings, the first CT examination of a securely identified royal mummy from ancient Egypt.
I believe these results will close the case of Tutankhamun, and the king will not need to be examined again. We should now leave him at rest. I am proud that this work was done, and done well, by a completely Egyptian team.”
CT Scan Report
On January 5, 2005, the mummy of Tutankhamun (c. 1355-1346 B.C.) was removed from its tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV 62) for the first time in almost eighty years. An all-Egyptian team, led by Zahi Hawass, lifted the fragile remains, still resting in the tray of sand in which it had been placed by Carter’s team, from their resting place inside the outermost coffin and sarcophagus of the king, and carried them to a state-of-the-art CT scan machine (housed inside a trailer) donated to the Supreme Council of Antiquities by Siemens, Ltd., and the National Geographic Society. The scan took fifteen minutes and produced over 1,700 images. These images were studied by an Egyptian team, under the auspices of Madiha Khattab, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and then by a foreign team composed of experts from Italy and Switzerland.
The mummy of the young king had been essential dismantled by Carter’s team, who were interested primarily in recovering the almost 150 jewels, amulets, and other items wrapped with the body and gaining the maximum possible scientific information from the body itself. In order to remove the objects from the body and the body from the coffin, to which it was stuck fast by the hardened embalming liquids (most likely resins) used to anoint the mummy, Carter’s team cut the body into a number of large and small pieces (for example, the trunk was cut in half, the arms and legs were detached). The head, cemented by the solidified resins to the golden mask, was severed, and removed from the mask with hot knives. Carter placed the mummy back in the tomb in 1926. The mummy has been X-rayed twice since this time, once in 1968 by a team from the University of Liverpool under R.G. Harrison, and once in 1978 by J.E. Harris of the University of Michigan.
The Benefits of CT Scanning
Although both the original examination and the subsequent X-rays revealed much about the life of the king, they also left many questions open, and have provided fuel for much speculation. CT scanning is a non-invasive tool that can scan the whole body in a very short time, and can differentiate between various types of soft tissue and bone in three-dimensional images. Conventional X-rays can see two planes only and cannot clearly distinguish the soft tissues. The scope and ability of CT scanning to diagnose and differentiate between diseases is also far superior. The body also does not need to be moved repeatedly, as is the case for X-rays.
The current investigation was designed to confirm or refute the conclusions of the previous examinations, and look for additional details that earlier investigators might have missed. In this it was extremely successful.
Results of the CT Scan
The scientists who have been working to analyze the CT scan images of Tutankhamun came together in a series of meetings on March 3 and 4 to discuss their findings. The scientists were unanimous on almost all points. Their conclusions were as follows:
• State of Mummy. The remains of the pharaoh are in very poor shape, due primarily to the damage done by Carter’s team. The body is in a number of pieces, with both upper and lower limbs dismantled. Many parts present at the original examination are now missing, although many fragments remain loose in the sand tray. Both bones and skin are broken in numerous places. The king’s arms, originally folded across the chest, are now by his sides.
• Age at Death. Tutankhamun was about 19 years old when he died, based on the following observations, and using modern developmental tables:
a. The fusion of the epiphyseal plates (the parts of the bone that is responsible for growth until a certain age) matches the development of a young man of 18 or more, and 20 or less.
b. All of the cranial sutures are still at least partly open.
c. The wisdom teeth are not completely erupted. One of these (upper left) is impacted, and there is a slight thinning of the sinus cavity above. This was not life-threatening, and there are no signs of infection.
• General Health. Judging from his bones, the king was generally in good health. (His internal organs, as is usual for Egyptian mummies, are not present in the body, and thus have not been analyzed). There are no signs of malnutrition or infectious disease during childhood. His teeth are in excellent condition, and he appears to have been well fed and cared for.
• Size in Life. Tutankhamun was approximately 170 cm. (5 and a half feet) tall, as extrapolated from the measurement of the tibia (lower leg). He was slightly built (gracile).
• Skull Shape. Tutankhamun had a very elongated (dolichocephalic) skull. The cranial sutures are not prematurely fused, so this is most likely due to normal anthropological variation rather than any pathology.
• Cleft Palette and Overbite. The king had a small cleft in his hard palette (the bony roof of his mouth), not associated with an external expression such as a hare-lip or other facial deformation. His lower teeth are slightly misaligned. He has large front incisors and the overbite characteristic of other kings of from his family (the Tuthmosid line).
• Scoliosis. There is a slight bend in the spine, However, the scientists agree that this is not a pathological scoliosis, since there is no rotation and no associated deformation of the vertebrae. This bend most likely reflects the way the mummy was positioned by the embalmers.
• Brain Extraction. The nasal septa were destroyed by the embalmers, and the brain was extracted through the nose.
• Embalming of Head: Principal Route. All the scientist agree, based on the differing densities of the materials and the way in which the embalming liquids (now completely solidified) appear, that various types of these liquids were introduced to the cranial cavity several times through the nose. At first, the body was lying on its back, and the embalming liquid pooled along the back of the skull. Later, the head was tipped back in some way, and embalming liquid pooled in the top of the skull.
• Possible Second Route for Embalming of Head. Part the team sees evidence for a second route through which embalming liquid was introduced to the lower cranial cavity and neck. This would have been through the back of the upper neck. In this area, there are two layers of solidified material of a different density from that seen above in this area.
The first cervical (topmost) vertebra and the foramen magnum (large opening at the base of the skull) are fractured here, which according to this theory may have happened when the hole was made to pour in the embalming liquid or may have been done by Carter’s team when removing the head from the mask. Part of the team disagrees, and sees no evidence for an embalming route through the back of the neck. They believe, instead, that the embalming liquid in this area was also introduced through the nose or trickled down from the cranial cavity, and that the vertebra and foramen magnum were definitely damaged by Carter’s team in the process of removing the head from mask, and could not have been damaged by the embalmers.
• The “Murder” Theory. The entire team agrees that there is NO evidence for murder present in the skull of Tutankhamun. There is NO area on the back of the skull that indicates a partially healed blow. There are two bone fragments loose in the skull. These cannot possibly have been from an injury from before death, as they would have become stuck in the embalming material. The scientific team has matched these pieces to the fractured cervical vertebra and foramen magnum, and believes these were broken either during the embalming process or by Carter’s team.
2. Fractured Leg? The team has noted a fracture of the left lower femur (thighbone), at the level of the epiphyseal plate. This fracture appears different from the many breaks caused by Carter’s team: it has ragged rather than sharp edges, and there are two layers of embalming material present inside. Part of the team believes that the embalming material indicates that this can only have occurred during life or during the embalming process, and cannot have been caused by Carter’s team. They note that this type of fracture, unlike most of the others, is possible in young men in their late teens, and argue that it is most likely that this happened during life. There is no obvious evidence for healing (although there may be some present, and masked by the embalming material). Since the associated skin wound would still have been open, this fracture would have had to occur a short time, days at the most, before death. Carter’s team had noted that the patella (kneecap) on this leg was loose (now it is completely separated, and has in fact, been wrapped with the left hand), possibly suggesting further damage to this area of the body. The part of the team that subscribes to this theory also notes a fracture of the right patella and right lower leg. Based on this evidence, they suggest the king may have suffered an accident in which he broke his leg badly, leaving an open wound. Although the break itself would not have been life-threatening, infection might have set in. However, this part of the team believes it also possible, although less likely, that this fracture was caused by the embalmers.
• No Fractured Leg. Part of the team believes that the above scenario is absolutely not possible. They maintain that the fracture mentioned above can only have been done by Carter’s team during extraction of the body from the coffin. They argue that if such a fracture had been suffered in life, there would have been evidence for hemorrhage or hematoma present in the CT scan. They believe the embalming liquid was pushed into the fracture by Carter’s team.
• Missing Ribs and Sternum. The sternum and a large percentage of the front ribs are now missing, evidently along with the much of the front chest wall. The ends of the missing ribs are cleanly cut, clearly by a sharp instrument. The scientific team agrees that this cannot mirror in any way extensive trauma to the chest, as such trauma would have been reflected elsewhere in the body (particularly in the vertebra). Opinion among team members is divided as to whether the ribs and sternum were removed by the embalmers or by Carter’s team. Carter’s team does not mention that the ribs and sternum were missing, and a beaded collar and string of beads can be seen covering the chest cavity in photos taken at the time, but before their examination of the body was completed. Therefore it is perhaps more likely that this area of the body, which is now completely missing, was removed by Carter’s team in order to collect the artifacts present (although he does not mention doing so). Archaeological investigation will continue in an effort to resolve this issue.
• Embalming Process. The team has concluded, based on the identification of at least five different types of embalming material and the many episodes of its introduction to the body and cranial cavity, that great care was taken in the mummification of this king. This counters previous arguments that the body of the king was prepared hurriedly and carelessly.
• Missing Penis. Although they cannot be certain, the team believes that they have located the king’s penis, present at Carter’s exhumation but reported missing at the 1968 examination, loose in the sand around the king’s body. There are also many fragments apparently belonging to other missing parts, such as a thumb, other digits, and pieces of vertebrae, present in this area. CT Scanning Team
• Egyptologist and Team Leader: Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General, SCA
• Project Administrator: Hisham el-Leithy
b. Scientific Team (in alphabetical order):
• Dr. Aly Gamal Eldin, Professor of Forensic Medicine, Cairo University
• Dr. Sherief Abdel Fatah, Lecturer in Radiology, Cairo University
• Dr. Fawzi Gaballa, Professor of Anatomy, Cairo University
• Dr. Ashraf Selim, Professor of Radiology, Cairo University
• Dr. Mervat Shafik, Professor of Radiology, Cairo University
• Dr. Essam el-Sheikh, Professor of Radiology, Cairo University
• CT Application Specialist, Seimens, Ltd., Egypt: Dr.Hani Abdel Rahman
• Technician: Salah Mohamed Ali Scientific Consultants (in alphabetical order):
• Dr. Edward Egarter, Forensic Pathologist, Archaeological Museum of South Tyrol, Italy
• Dr. Paul Gostner, Radiologist, General Hospital of Bolzano, Italy
• Dr. Frank J. Rühli,Ph.D., M.D. Anatomist, Paleopathologist, University of Zurich
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Wisdom Of A Monarch And A Leader
Since his ascendance to the throne, His Majesty's style of leadership has evolved with the development of the country, but his guiding principle remains, "always to render service by God's guidance."
While increasing demands of state leave little time for leisure pursuits, His Majesty continues to enjoy a number of games, including polo and badminton - he also enjoys piloting aeroplanes and helicopters. In polo, His Majesty played in tournaments in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. His Majesty is aware that sport calls for discipline and provides a form of recreation that builds a person mentally and physically. | <urn:uuid:f78987ea-cffa-40b1-8de8-922e528e28c1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mindef.gov.bn/MOD_Brunei/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&Itemid=140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00002-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95697 | 134 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Meeting power budgets for most System-on-Chip (SoC) designs today is no longer a requirement for mobile applications only. Almost every market segment today has some concern with designing in low power features—although the driving factor for why does differ among them. The primary impetus for low power design was initially driven by the mobile market due to the need for extending battery life; however, different segments do have different reasons for making power a primary design requirement.
For example, the advent of the internet and social media heavily drives the Servers and Networking Market segments where large server clouds and compute farms need to work reliably without overheating; so, their primary concern is reducing the amount of expensive energy required for operation and air conditioning. Other markets such as the multimedia and set top box segments are plugged into the wall but ‘green’ initiatives and the high cost of electricity have forced them into increasing energy efficiency through building in low power techniques similar to those used in the mobile application space.
Power is now a primary requirement for all designs – it’s not just about performance or area anymore and there are several factors that designers need to take into consideration to meet the stringent low power requirements. There are several key components that comprise a low power design and offer methods for controlling power:
- Technology process selection provides a power vs. performance vs. area tradeoff
- Architectural and implementation techniques offers power vs. complexity tradeoffs
- Optimization engines delivers on rapid time-to-market and quality of results
Even process technologies from semiconductor vendors have had to adapt. It used to be that a low-power (LP) process could be used in place of a generic (G) or high-speed/performance (HS/HP) process to provide significant static leakage savings. Back then, the LP process offered typically a 20-30% slower performance than the standard process in exchange for 1.5X less dynamic and up to 50X less static power dissipation which helped extend battery life in most portable designs.
Nowadays at 28nm and below, there are more process variations targeted for low power to meet the various market demands. LP and HS/HP processes continue to be offered where LP is still targeted for mobile applications and extending battery life. However, there are now process variations in between that offer both performance and lower power depending on the application. For example, TSMC offers a 28nm HPL process technology using high-k metal gates that reduces both operation and standby power by about 40% (vs. HP) which is best suited for cellular, wireless and programmable logic devices. They also offer a 28nm HPM process which offers both high performance and low leakage targeted specifically for mobile consumer applications.
The choices of standard cell library architectures for the targeted process have also expanded quite a bit. There used to only be a single standard cell library architecture (fixed cell height) available per process node – one that is characterized for the different voltage threshold (Vt) points. Now, there are several standard cell height (number of grids) choices that offer performance, power and density tradeoffs. For example, Synopsys offers standard cell libraries that are lower in cell height for consumer applications and taller cells for higher performance applications with examples shown below.
In addition to the different cell architectures, channel length variants are also available, exponentially increasing the number of actual cell variants available for libraries. Library vendors, like Synopsys, are creating variations of cells with different channel lengths within each cell. Generally, High-Vt (HVt) libraries are better for power and worse for timing, while Low-Vt (LVt) libraries are much better for timing, but are very leaky. With the availability of libraries containing multiple channel lengths, it is possible to achieve better timing and lower leakage with a Standard-Vt (SVt) cell with a longer channel than an HVt cell with standard channel length. As shown below, for the 28nm HPM process, a shorter length SVt cell would provide 17% lower performance and 30% lower leakage than a standard length LVt cell making it more compelling to use while also saving on an extra mask layer.
Starting at 28nm and below, we are seeing the advent of variations of other low power processes such as fully depleted silicon on insulator (FD-SOI) and fin-based field effect transistors (FinFET). FD-SOI can provide high performance with approximately 35% lower power as compared to traditional MOS-based technologies according to ST Microelectronics. FinFET technologies extends the ability to do 3D transistors which offers up to 50% power savings with about 35% better performance compared to traditional planar transistors at 22nm according to Intel. | <urn:uuid:91d2ba15-9dd1-427d-a767-001a7b40ef80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4371255/Guest-editorial--Low-power-is-everywhere?Ecosystem=eda-design | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00002-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941336 | 971 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Topic: BatzWF - Westn Front
France, 16-17 August 1918
Lille, situated fifteen kilometres south-east of Armentieres, France, was the scene of two famous air raids against German airfields on the city's western outskirts on 16 and 17 August 1918. Both attacks involved No. 2 and No. 4 squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps (the former equipped with S.E.5a fighters and the latter with Sopwith Camel scouts) along with two British squadrons of the 80th Wing, Royal Air Force - a total of 60-65 aircraft. The first raid was directed against Haubourdin, five kilometres southwest of the city, and the second at Lomme an equal distance to the city's north-west. The attacks were effectively carried out by the two Australian squadrons - No. 4 (under Captain Harry Cobby) leading, followed by No. 2 (Captain Murray Jones) - while the British squadrons kept guard above against approaching enemy aircraft. In what the Official History terms 'a riot of destruction', 54 enemy aircraft were wrecked on the ground along with workshops and hangars.
Extracted from the book produced by Chris Coulthard-Clark, Where Australians Fought - The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1998, p. 155.
Additional References cited by Chris Coulthard-Clark:
F.M. Cutlack (1923) The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
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The second Arc service being highlighted is advocacy. Since 1966, The Arc of LaGrange County has worked to create opportunities for people with developmental disabilities to live meaningful lives.
Locally, regionally, and nationally The Arc of LaGrange County lends its voice to the call for the creation of an inclusive and accessible society. CEO Debra Seman noted that the local agency is an advocacy organization that ardently works to ensure that the rights and abilities of individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities are acknowledged and respected.
Advocacy is essential in maintaining or improving the quality of life for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities may need support of advocates at different points and times of their lives.
It’s never too early to start planning for the future.
Understanding how special education works, and what your rights are, is important to know during your child’s school years. Children with disabilities have a federal guarantee under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.
The role of the advocate is to empower these children and their parents to ensure these rights are provided and to assist the family in understanding their rights in the development of the Individualized Education Plan (IEP). The ultimate goal of advocacy is to teach people with disabilities to become self-advocates. Persons with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities may need support of advocates to:
· know about, understand and assert their rights;
· practice self-determination; learn and develop the skills necessary to advocate for one’s self;
· practice self protection;
· obtain needed services;
· identify and overcome barriers to full participation in their community and to be protected from mistreatment, abuse, and neglect.
A component of our everyday practice is to “make someone’s day.” Simply put, that is to make the day of an individual with disabilities to be special, full of support and successful. Your support will dramatically impact a child, young adult or mature adult in a BIG way. Can individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities count on you to be a champion advocate for them?
The Arc needs members to be advocates for individuals with disabilities. For more information on how to become a member, call Carol Christan at (260) 463-2653. | <urn:uuid:7f29036e-3cd0-4772-b549-30cacd4c138e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lagrangepublishing.com/openpublish/article/arc-advocate-opportunities | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952052 | 488 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Even a Little Pot Use Ups College Dropout Risk
FRIDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- College students who use marijuana and other illegal substances, even occasionally, are more likely to leave school than students who don't dabble in drugs, new research finds.
There's a strong link between marijuana use and "discontinuous enrollment," said study author Dr. Amelia Arria, director of the Center on Young Adult Health and Development at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. The same goes for other illicit drugs, she added.
In a recent issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Arria and her colleagues reported that students with high levels of marijuana use (more than 17 days a month) were twice as likely as those with minimal use (less than a day a month) to have an enrollment gap while in college. But even students who used pot less often, in the range of three to 12 days a month, were more likely to experience enrollment gaps.
Arria said, "We wanted to look at whether or not drug use interferes with goals students had set for themselves. Our results show that marijuana use is not a benign thing."
For their research, the authors used data from the College Life Study, ongoing research on health-related behaviors among college students. They tracked 1,133 participants (47 percent male) over four years. All of the students began their freshman year between the ages of 17 and 19, and they all attended the same university located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
During each school year, they participated in questionnaires and interviews, even if they had decided not to return to classes at the university (a financial incentive was offered). Their enrollment and graduation data were obtained from university records that the students consented to share.
"Continuous enrollment" was defined as being enrolled at the university for at least one credit during each fall and spring semester for the first four years of the study, Arria said. By the study's end, 71 percent of the students had remained continuously enrolled over four years, and 29 percent had not.
Reasons that students left college varied. While some transferred to another university, others exited college life altogether, so the authors opted to use the term "discontinued enrollment" instead "dropout."
Aria said it's key to point out that their results were independent of other factors such as demographics, high school GPA, fraternity or sorority enrollment, personality type, risk-taking behaviors, and a student's use of tobacco and alcohol.
"Marijuana use was still a predictor of discontinuous enrollment," Arria said.
A second study, published in the journal Psychiatric Services and funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, looked at drug use and mental health problems and the risk of leaving college prematurely. Arria and her colleagues report that students who experience symptoms of depression and seek treatment for depression during college might be at risk for an enrollment gap, too, especially if they use pot or other illicit drugs.
However, students whose depression was identified and treated before heading to college were not at risk for enrollment problems once at the university level.
Dr. Marc Galanter, director of the division of alcoholism and drug abuse at NYU Langone Medical Center and a professor at the NYU School of Medicine, said the studies are interesting, especially when reviewed together.
"When they say there's a need for early intervention for illicit drug users, there may be other issues that cast the die for drug use, namely depression," Galanter said. "The question is, do drugs cause the problem or are they a consequence of some other problem? Could it be depression that leads people to use drugs secondarily? It's not clear what's causal."
Study author Arria said that although marijuana tends to be viewed as a more benign drug, that is a fallacy. "The perceived risk of marijuana is declining because people think it's more benign than it is, and its use is going up among college students. But we've known for a long time that marijuana affects cognition and memory."
Nonmedical use of prescription drugs is also a concern among college students.
Galanter said, "The real serious drug problem is the painkillers -- Percocet, Vicodin, OxyContin. There are a notable number of young people getting seriously addicted. It's a noticeable statistic. Some of these drugs come from the family medicine cabinet but there are also people who get illicit prescriptions and then sell the drugs as dealers."
Arria said that school administrators and parents can help by communicating with kids early in adolescence about the risks of drugs, and intervening when a child needs help and support. Armed with that support, students are more likely to stay in college once they get there.
Visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for tips on health and safety for college students.
SOURCES: Amelia Arria, Ph.D., director, Center on Young Adult Health and Development, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park; Marc Galanter, director, Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and professor, psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine, New York City; Kimberly Caldeira, M.S., associate director, Center on Young Adult Health and Development; January 2013 Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs; February 2013 Psychiatric Services | <urn:uuid:c7b62684-e9d3-43cf-9acd-049482c2772b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.hollandhospital.org/main/staywellproducts/even_a_little_pot_use_ups_college_dropout_risk_77345.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00056-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9711 | 1,106 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Last weekend's opening of Turner Contemporary saw a reported 15,000 visitors flock to the stunning new Margate art gallery designed by David Chipperfield RA.
The gallery's first exhibition, 'Revealed: Turner Contemporary Opens', features work by six contemporary artists, four of whom created new work for the occasion, inspired - like the gallery's namesake JMW Turner - by the scenery of the North Kent coast.
New York-based, Kent-born artist Ellen Harvey’s newly-commissioned work Arcadia features a scale reproduction of the gallery a 29-year-old Turner built to recreate to house his work. Inside, the paintings that covered the walls at the time of his death have been replaced by illuminated depictions of Margate.
In the audio clip below, Harvey tells us about this concept of a gallery within a gallery, and the painstaking hand-drawn engravings it contains - "A very OCD love letter to Margate":
Sculptor Conrad Shawcross has also created a new work for the exibition. His multimedia installation The Perfect Third features sculpture, a machine and series of drawings in which the artist explores his obsession with the most beautiful chord in music. | <urn:uuid:7ffd9bb0-d8c9-4e84-87a1-ab08c7dbe639> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/ra-magazine/blog/ra-magazine-blog,103,BAR.html?action=com.othermedia.webkit.site.UserPreferenceAction&actionToken=aLehqLI4FH573&preference=user-size-medium | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952859 | 245 | 1.5625 | 2 |
The discussion of the golden age of Bond (James Bond) might never be settled (Connery? Moore? Brosnan? Craig? Surely not Lazenby or Dalton!), but as far as we are concerned, the golden age of Bond girls is a shut case.
It's the 70s. Specifically, the period between 1971 and 1977, when three of the four Bond girls were Jewish.
We had Jill St. John as Tiffany Case in "Diamonds are Forever". Jane Seymour as Solitaire in "Live and Let Die". And to top them all, the stunning Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
In real life, Bach (Jewish father, Catholic mother) married Ringo Starr. And she's still going strong after all these years, appearing in Playboy in 2008 — more than three decades after first gracing the pages of the magazine.
That's a heck of a lot better than what Sean Connery has been doing these days (let alone George Lazanby). | <urn:uuid:a70a1174-bc71-4d82-9597-993e87419b7e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=793 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00032-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953233 | 209 | 1.632813 | 2 |
There's nothing like the property tax deadline - and the ensuing grumbling - to redouble municipal efforts to get a bigger share of the tax pie from senior government.
This week, Metro politicians were doing just that, urging Ottawa to develop an infrastructure program with 10 years of dependable funding to meet increasing needs. Those needs include not only the 'basics' like water and sewer plants, but infrastructure that will be needed to deal with climate change and growth pressures - as well as changing federal regulations.
It's a familiar cry from local governments hit with massive downloading. When money gets tight, federal and provincial purses tend to snap shut. Municipalities are left to pick up a ballooning tab with a dwindling share of the overall tax dollar. That reality hasn't stopped Ottawa from piling on additional regulations that hit cities in the pocketbook.
Witness proposed federal drinking water regulations and the need for better sewage treatment. The latter is expected to translate into a $1.4 billion bill for Lower Mainland communities forced to upgrade the Lions Gate and Iona Island sewage treatment plants. Without help from senior levels of government, that will place a huge burden on local taxpayers. When those charges show up on local property tax bills, who are irate citizens likely to call? Not Ottawa.
Issues like environmental regulation are ones we have a collective responsibility to address. That's why, in progressive countries, their regulation is also accompanied by predictable funding.
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Gardening is a favorite pastime of many people, particularly during the spring and fall months. It can create beautiful landscapes, lovely decorations, and bountiful harvests. Much like any other activity that involves the great outdoors, there are some risks involved. Whether it is physical strain, handling tools, or mixing chemicals, gardeners should be aware and take precautions. Sure you may think that you are a great gardener and that you think you know how to handle even the smallest tasks, but it never hurts to be safe.
Accidents can happen to anyone, even the celebrities. Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd knows all too well how easily a simple task can take a wrong turn. Years ago, Brandon was repotting a plant and stepped on the original broken pot. The result was a severly severed Achillies tendon. Do yourself a favor and follows these few simple steps to protect yourself. Once you are protected you can resume your love affair with your garden.
Knees, Back & Elbows.
Gardening can do a real number on your back and joints. The constant bending, kneeling, and movement of the arms can cause muscle cramping, back and knee strain, and even tennis elbow. Stand up straight regularly when gardening and stretch beforehand. Use kneeling pads that will make surfaces softer and easier on the knees. Do not make too many repetitive motions if your elbow begins to ache. Straighten the arms and legs out often while gardening intensely. If you are really wanting to get into gardening and enjoy it then you are going to need to condition your joints in the same way that you would prepare for any other athletic event.
When you are gardening there are a variety of tools that you can use that can be very dangerous. Most of the time people injure themselves from just being careless around these tools. Before you use any tool it is important that you read any safety information and make sure you understand how to properly use it. You also need to lock all blades that are not in use. It may seem redundant but it is better than cutting yourself. No matter how hot it may be or un attractive, make sure you wear all proper safety gear. This can include gloves, goggles, or even appropriate clothing. If you are using a tool that has a cord make sure that you keep the cord out of the way. If you still do not see how dangerous gardening can be, think about this interesting statistic: more than 300,000 people injur themselves severely enough gardening in the United Kingdom that they need to go to the hospital. Curious about which tool will land the top spot? It would appear that people just do not know how to use lawnmowers properly. These tools can cause serious damage to your body. Make sure that you always wear tennis shoes and that you are aware of the dangers.
There are various chemicals that you may come in contact with when you are gardening. Some will help your yard and some will help your garden flourish. You should always handle chemicals with care. Read the instructions and make sure that you are not exposing yourself to anything that could be harmful. If there is recommended gear to wear, make sure that you are wearing it. Many people hae now opted to grow their gardens organically. Whether you are planting flowers or trying to grow your own vegetables, by using organic chemicalsyou will know that you are protecting yourself and the environment. | <urn:uuid:2ae5302d-a8a8-4225-adb7-72b9d3ba6418> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.flowerdelivery.net/resources/growing-flowers-and-plants-safety-tips-for-the-active-gardner/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963125 | 691 | 2.546875 | 3 |
December 26, 2006
A Kissinger gambit in Iraq? Not yetBy James Lewis
Henry Kissinger is first and foremost a historian of European Great Power politics. The first rule of that long history is to split one's most powerful opponents and play them against each other. All the Euro Powers tried it, century after century.
It does work. President Nixon and Henry Kissinger split the Sino-Soviet Bloc with their "opening to China" in 1969-77. They thereby weakened the Soviet Empire, allowing the US to retreat from Vietnam and still win the Cold War. The Kissinger gambit was a master stroke of power politics. It was the best option in a time of American retreat.
Today, a Kissinger gambit in Iraq would play off the two biggest forces there: The minority Sunnis against the majority Shiites. That idea is now being publicly pushed by the Saudi ruling family, who are Sunni fundamentalists and therefore lethally threatened by Shiite imperialism from Iran. (Got that, Congressman Reyes? This is important! Pretend it's WWE Team Wrestling.)
To get us to support the Sunnis against Iran, the Saudis may even be willing to make peace with Israel. Israel's Prime Minister Olmert has just met with Prince Bandar in Jordan to explore the possibilities.
A Saudi official just wrote in the Washington Post that if the US leaves Iraq,
To hear the Saudi regime tell it, the majority Shiites in Iraq are already falling into the grip of Iran, and there's nothing we can do about it. They are probably overstating their case. But we know that two of the most dangerous Shiite militias are in fact in the pocket of Iran.
Pulling a Kissinger option in Iraq would mean a major shift in American policy. An open split between Iraq's Sunni and Shi'a would have immense moral, humanitarian and political consequences that need to be carefully weighed.
Unlike the cynical old European Powers, the US wants to believe it is acting morally as well as practically. For Nixon and Kissinger there wasn't much of a moral choice between China and the Soviets. Similarly, in the 1980s the US did little to halt the war between Iraq and Iran. There seemed to be little moral difference between the two sides. But perhaps we were more willing to tolerate that sort of bloodletting during the Cold War, when even Democrats understood that our own existence was at stake.
I do not believe, in fact, that the US should take the Kissinger option in Iraq --- not yet. But the time may come when we may have to think about it.
Here are some arguments pro and con.
A strong case can be made that we are facing two threatening powers are arising in the Middle East. Both are totalitarian Islamists. Both are only a few years away from nuclear weapons. Both derive from centuries of fervently hating the West, Christians, atheists and Jews --- also Hindus and Buddhists, who are frequently bombed in places like India and Thailand by Islamist fanatics.
Islamic radicals on both sides are trying everything to export their supremacist ideology to the rest of the world. Iran-sponsored Hezbollah can now be found in South America, and Saudi-paid imams populate American mosques. Both wings of fundamentalist Islam really intend to conquer the world.
To make things even worse, it is quite possible that the most extreme factions in Iran are willing to risk nuclear war -- against Israel, and perhaps against a long list of other enemies. They certainly talk that way, and they have a long history of martyrdom operations.
According to Pedro Escobar in the Asia Times,
As Ahmadinejad keeps saying, "Martyrdom is powerful." Tehran might risk a nuclear war and damn the consequences for its own people.
The Saudis are not our "friends," contrary to media hype. They are allied to us because of the West's thirst for oil, while we protect them with our massive naval presence around the Gulf. The Saudis seem to think that Iran can be contained by a "Sunni crescent" from Egypt to Baghdad to oppose the "Shiite Crescent" that now runs from Lebanon to Tehran.
There are compelling reasons why the time is not ripe now for switching to a pro-Sunni policy in Iraq. At the present time playing to a split is premature, immoral and inhumane.
1. Saddam Hussein's Baath Party is a secular fascist party modeled on Mussolini and Hitler. It found a way to control the Kurds, Shiites and all the rest --- through constant terror, torture, spying on the population, propaganda, and all the other instruments of tyranny. In effect, we would be taking the side of the tyrannical Saddamites, even if Saddam himself were hanged. George W. Bush didn't overthrow one tyrant to bring back another.
2. We have given our solemn commitment to nationalist Iraqis to support an elected government that could balance all factions in a peaceful way. The current Parliamentary coalition is only six months old. Twelve million Iraqis risked their lives to vote for it. The elected government is still trying to make that work. While there are limits to our capacity to sustain that policy, we have not yet given the elected government enough time to see if it can survive.
The United States is morally and humanely obligated to see it through --- unless the situation deteriorates so greatly that the policy cannot be sustained. We are not there yet, but we could be, by 2008.
3. A full-scale Sunni-Shi'a civil war in Iraq would be a humanitarian catastrophe. We must help individual Iraqis escape whenever possible, and perhaps compensate them for damage inadvertently incurred through our actions. One way to do that might be to support a three-way division of Iraq with clearly defined sanctuaries for Shiites, Kurds, and Sunnis. In return for such help, the United States can insist that the three provinces adhere to non-aggression against each other. Ideally, they would negotiate a share of oil revenues that would incentivize all sides to compromise. But we have been trying now for five years, and so far things are not settling down.
4. Over the long-term the Bush doctrine of spreading democracy makes historical sense. It has worked before: In Germany, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Taiwan, and other countries. It was how we won the Cold War and WW II. Democracy may yet work in Iraq, and democratic capitalism does lead to prosperity and a big reluctance to blow it all on war.
The trouble is that we have no idea how long such a peaceful political evolution would take in the Middle East. The radicals in Iraq don't mind blowing up hundreds of civilians praying in their mosques as often as it takes to destroy the elected government. And America is impatient.
Over the next decade or two, therefore, we may have to settle for the Kissinger option in Iraq, and hope that Sunnis and Shiites slowly evolve in a more peaceful direction.
Bottom-line: Is it time for a Kissinger option in Iraq? Not until the democratic road is exhausted and past hope. We may know in two or three years.
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The Germans and Austrians have their Radler, the French their Panaché, the Spanish have their la Clara, the Mexicans their Cerveza preparada and the Brits their Shandy. Beer and lemonade (ginger beer, grenadine etc.) in its many iterations is perfect this time of year. A perfect match when it is hot outside and you want something to cool you down and satisfy your taste buds without completely knocking you out while you work grill in the sizzle and haze.
My favorite “origins” story is the birth of Radler (Cyclist), attributed to Franz Xaver Kugler, a Bavarian railroad worker turned innkeeper who opened a tavern, toward the end of the nineteenth century, in Deisenhofen up in the mountains near Munich. When, after World War I, bicycle riding became a popular pastime in Germany, Kugler arranged for the construction of a bike trail through the forest, from Munich straight to his establishment only to find himself overrun in June 1922 by some 13,000 cyclists demanding beer. Having almost depleted his stock of brew, Kugler had to “cut” the beer with lemon soda to make due. He presented it to his thirsty customers as a special concoction he had invented to ensure that they made it safely back down the mountain riding their bicycles. Thus was born the Radler.
One mixture that few people have heard of is combining Peroni and Gazzosa (Italian lemon soda). You will find that the light bitterness of the Peroni mixes well with the lemon soda. In Italy it has become harder to find places that serve this summer refreshment, but if you find a bar tender who knows his stuff ask for a Panacea. I think the name says it all. Sit back, wipe your brow and enjoy. | <urn:uuid:b62ab250-6d4e-4447-b62c-8d32201a5f5a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thedapperdad.com/category/mixology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00049-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97802 | 374 | 1.960938 | 2 |
[Editor's note: Get the entire Decade's Top 10 Earth Stories list here]
If the 1990s saw the popularization of the poster animal — the most majestic or cuddly of at-risk species — then the past decade saw conservation interest democratized. Yes, animals like tigers and pandas still maintain their totem status on holiday cards; polar bears, classified by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a "threatened species" in 2008, even became the plush face of global warming and an impetus to change.
But endangerment consciousness broadened to include the less photo-ready: The latest IUCN Red List reported that 17,291 species were threatened. That's 21 percent of known mammals, 30 percent of amphibians, 70 percent of plants and 35 percent of invertebrates. The decade also saw a better understanding of endangerment's fluidity as animals like wolves, grizzlies and eagles rebounded after aggressive protection.
Other species thrived without help, often to the detriment of natives. Invasive species, intruders or opportunistic expansionists long recognized on a local level, are now considered wreakers of global havoc. Species like the zebra mussel, the Colorado potato beetle and kudzu have become almost anti-totems, warnings that biodiversity is of real economic value. And with 2010 ushering in the International Year of Biodiversity, that's a timely message for the decade's end.
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Since 1905, Dawson's Book Shop has been a leading source in
Southern California for rare and out of print books in the
fields of California history, Western Americana and photography.
In fact, Dawson's is the oldest continuously operating book
shop in the city of Los Angeles. Ernest Dawson started the
shop in downtown Los Angeles. After 3 moves downtown and passing
on to the second generation of Glen and Muir Dawson, the shop
settled on Larchmont Boulevard in the Hollywood/Hancock Park
area in 1968. Michael Dawson marks the third generation of
the Dawson family to helm this Los Angeles treasure. Dawson's
"Los Angeles Salon" series, featuring exciting thought and
discourse on the past and future of Southern California, has
become an anticipated periodic event and has included such
well known writers as Mike Davis, Robert Winter, and A. I.
Michael Dawson Gallery, nestled in the interior of the book
shop's Larchmont Village location, is a spacious exhibition
area highlighting its photographic inventory of fine vintage
photographs of California and the Southwest by artists such
as Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Will Connell. The
gallery also displays work in the exciting new field of vernacular
and historical photography of the Western States. Michael
Dawson Gallery, since April 2000, continues to be a distinct
business enterprise complementing the books, manuscripts,
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The effort to promote Obama's proposals on jobs, wages and education involved visits to Asheville, N.C., Decatur Ga., and Chicago, participating in a Google+ chat and mobilizing the president's formidable former campaign apparatus.
One thing it didn't include? Congress.
For the White House, this is a campaign for public opinion, not one to write specific legislation.
When it comes to broadening early education or raising the minimum wage, Obama is not ready to make lawmakers a part of the process yet.
Instead, Obama is trying to change an economic debate that has been focused on deficits and on managing the national debt to one about middle-class opportunities and economic growth. Just into his second term, Obama and his aides want to move away from the type of budget confrontations that have defined the past two years and take advantage of his re-election to pressure Republicans.
"If the Republicans reflexively oppose everything the president does, we have to go directly to the American people to marshal their support to get things done," Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said. "The metric we're looking at is whether you start to see fissures in the Republican coalition."
This president, like recent ones before him, has gone to the public before in hopes of persuading lawmakers. It hasn't always proved a winning tactic.
President Bill Clinton failed to use the public to win support for his health care overhaul. President George W. Bush was unable to make changes to Social Security in his second term.
Obama tried to muster public support to fight climate change but the legislative effort came up short. Even Obama's all-out effort on behalf of sweeping health care changes only succeeded in keeping Democrats unified, not in winning over Republicans.
But Obama and White House aides are heartened by what they believe were successful public appeals for extending a payroll tax cut in 2010 and for preventing a doubling of interest rates on federal student loans last summer.
What made those different was that they addressed pressing issues: The payroll tax cut was expiring at year's end and interest rates on student loans were set to double last July 1.
Expanding preschools and raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour by the end of 2015, on the other hand, are policy ideas just sprung on Congress during last Tuesday's prime-time speech.
"When there is no clear path between what he called for in the State of the Union and then going on the road, and there's no road map about exactly when we're going to get into these issues, it's a little bit like shouting in the forest," said Patrick Griffin, the White House legislative director under Clinton. "Something has to be queued up in order to make these visits work."
David Winston, a Republican pollster and strategist who advises House Republicans, said the key to a successful policy campaign is two-fold.
"The first and central is how important is solving whatever problem is being defined," he said. "The second one is does the defined benefit solve the problem."
He argues that even though Obama in 2010 won the health care fight in a partisan showdown, the public didn't judge health care to be as important as dealing with the economy. As a result, Republicans won control of the House in elections that year.
The White House strategy now in part recognizes that the economy remains the No. 1 public concern even as the president engages Congress on issues such as immigration and gun violence.
It was finally on Friday, his last road trip of the week, when Obama brought his message back to guns. But even then, like in his State of the Union speech, he connected it to his main economic themes. Speaking not far from his Hyde Park home on Chicago's South Side, Obama linked the near-daily violence to communities where there is little economic hope.
At the White House, Pfeiffer argues that it would be pointless to present Congress with legislation on preschools and minimum wage increases now when the president is just raising the profile of the two issues and when he's already working with Congress on other matters.
"There's a lot of traffic in the legislative process right now," he said. "If we were to send a bill up on some of these things tomorrow, you guys would all write that the president has overloaded the system."
In pushing his agenda, Obama is wielding extra muscle that he didn't employ before, relying on his reconfigured re-election campaign operation. The organization has reappeared as a nonprofit group ready to engage in legislative fights and grass-roots mobilization to supplement the White House.
The group, Organizing for Action, planned a tele-town hall Saturday hosted by Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago mayor who was Obama's White House chief of staff. The event was intended to press the same themes Obama has pushed for the past four days.
Another expected participant was Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.
The group's board of directors includes former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and top campaign officials such as Stephanie Cutter and Julianna Smoot. Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod will serve as a consultant.
All retain strong ties to the White House; Axelrod and Emanuel were in the West Wing last week.
Griffin, the former Clinton aide, said such an organization would introduce a brand new element to White House outreach.
He recalled Clinton's failed effort on health care and his attempt to go over the head of Congress in 1993.
"We tried to build an outside game but we were relying on external organizations to do what President Obama's team wants to do on its own," he said. "The question is, is he going to use this organization to really mobilize folks toward some specific, concrete objective. That to me is a whole new dimension to presidential congressional relations." | <urn:uuid:24711dbd-231b-4377-bf00-d8a5ee54e484> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rn-t.com/bookmark/21736224 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00034-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979319 | 1,197 | 1.695313 | 2 |
HAVANA - Power blackouts that have plagued Cubans all summer will continue through the end of the year, an electricity official told local media in an interview published Thursday.
"It can't be asserted that there will be total stability ... We should be achieving that at the end of this year," Victor Puentes, head of energy saving for the government's Electricity Union power company, told the Communisty Party's daily newspaper Granma.
Residents in Havana have suffered up to 11 hours a day without electricity in recent weeks, testing their nerves and prompting some to go out on their balconies and scream in residential neighborhoods.
Energy-saving measures adopted early last month appear to have done little to help ease the blackouts, which historically plague Cuba during the sweltering summer when residential electricity demands rise sharply with children home from school, adults on vacation, and fans and air conditioners running almost constantly.
While Cuba now produces all of the crude it needs to fill the nation's electrical needs, the island's overall electrical infrastructure remains limited.
Hurricane Charley only exacerbated infrastructure problems when it ripped through Cuba Aug. 13, knocking out power in the western provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio. | <urn:uuid:5a5b48a7-ca70-470f-9326-1a9105095b36> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.energybulletin.net/print/1874 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931872 | 245 | 1.53125 | 2 |
i perform at school alot, people expect me to show them a new trick every day, I do not perform infront of more than three people. Its best only to show to girls because guys are cocky and get very jealous and try every way to figure the trick out. DO NOT show a trick more than once. At school people will look from every possible angle. If somebody does say how its done, tell them "ok lets see you do it" and never show them the trick again no matter how much they ask
I'm going to have to contradict on a few things, though I agree on being stubborn about repetition.
Well, when I was at school I performed very rarely, and then to about half a class, all boys (it was a boys' school), semi-surrounded. I would NEVER say 'ok let's see you do it' because you are making a confrontational challenge of it, which isn't what you want, and there is always a danger they will be able to do it well enough to demonstrate that their concept works. There were some scarily clever people in my classes, and it would have been arrogant to assume they were wrong even if my technique had been perfect. Sometimes people will say they knew how something was done, or throw out a theory. To 'I know how that's done!' I would just meet their eye a moment, nod slightly to acknowledge that they may indeed know, and move on. To a theory, I would either ignore it, or, if it's quite a good one (correct or incorrect) say 'Hmm. I see that could work, yes.'
Claiming to be the real thing around people that know you is foolishness, as is becoming a regular 'trick monkey'. The secret is to do it infrequently enough that it feels like a bit of a treat. This will get you more respect when performing. | <urn:uuid:4bbe289d-a57f-47bb-9dbf-f26e96c336d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.penguinmagic.com/discuss/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=131551&view=previous | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00029-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988566 | 387 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Q. Several of my friends have pain in their wrists and hands just like I do. But they were told it is carpal tunnel syndrome from working long hours at the keyboard.
I'm not working now because I'm seven months pregnant. What's wrong with me?
A. The quick answer to your question is: You may have carpal tunnel syndrome too.
The bones inside your wrist are called carpal bones. Spread across these bones is a wide band known as the carpal ligament. It creates a tunnel through which the tendons pass that allow you to move your fingers. The large nerve that supplies sensation and muscle control to your hand and fingers, the median nerve, also passes through this tunnel.
Anything that causes swelling inside the carpal tunnel will result in painful pressure on that median nerve. That condition is known as carpal tunnel syndrome.
For occasional mild pain, tingling and numbness in the fingers, it's often recommended to keep your hand elevated whenever possible and wear a wrist splint to bed. The splint holds the wrist straight at night when the symptoms are often worse. Also, if possible, adjust your daily activities to allow time to rest your wrists and hands and avoid long periods of needlework, writing or typing.
If your condition does not get any better, you can ask your health-care provider what more you might do and what the other medical conditions are that could be causing your symptoms.
Q. Can you help me with internal bleeding in my 2-year-old grandson? He was brought to the doctor because he had spots on him that looked like bruises. The doctor said he had internal bleeding because his platelets were very low.
He was kept in the hospital, where he was given a transfusion. He improved rapidly and was sent home. They told us that it was because of a virus. I know a lot of things are blamed on a virus. Can you tell us what to be aware of so we can better take care of our dear little ones?
A. It sounds like your grandson had a disorder that kept his blood from clotting. One type of these disorders that is fairly common in children is called thrombocytopenia, and it is often caused by a virus.
I'm glad your grandson is OK now. It's unlikely that he will have any long-term effects from the disorder.
Your question, as I understand it, is how can we protect ourselves and our young people from viruses. There are almost as many answers as there are viruses.
First, the good news. Some viral infections, such as measles, mumps, polio and hepatitis, are easily prevented by vaccinations.
But in some cases, viral drugs are of little or no help.
So, my general recommendations so you can better take care of your little ones are periodic medical checkups, attention to diet and exercise, good hygiene practices, and constant attention to fevers, stomach pain, lethargy and any other sign of possible infection. Good luck.
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mgersten wrote:I am still stuck. I tried eliminating all the letters but A and B, and what I get is gibberish. I inverted, and tried both ciphers. The only other thing I could do involves binary values to each vowel and consonant, but I do not want to waste my time unless I am on the right track. Could someone point me in the right direction? I have read the previous posts so many times and feel like poking my eyes out, as I have been trying a little bit for several weeks.
You do not want to eliminate any letters or pull just certain letters from the cipher. You have to find something hidden in the cipher to focus on and once you find that (its slight so look closely) you can substitute certain letters and get a pattern out of it to decipher. I'm sure this sounds vague but its hard to not give too much away. | <urn:uuid:9f8ef3a0-66fe-4172-b623-488ccf964a88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.hackthissite.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=27962 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00058-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969667 | 185 | 2.109375 | 2 |
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The 2012 flu season in Oklahoma is ending with fewer than half the number of confirmed cases as in 2011 and nearly two-thirds fewer deaths.
State health officials say the reason for the declines is difficult to pin down.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports 316 hospitalizations and nine deaths due to the flu in 2012. There were 872 hospitalizations and 26 deaths a year ago.
State epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley says likely reasons for the decline include that the three strains found in the state this year have been seen dating back to 2009. Bradley says those who received flu shots or who contracted those strains of the flu would have immunity from this year's viruses.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar — but it also may cause some confusion as patients figure out the new system.
By Nick Carey CHICAGO (Reuters) - In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted on Tuesday to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among adults in the last twenty years and tripled among children in a single generation" and that the World Health Organization, the U.S. ... | <urn:uuid:81bcf3d7-dba1-4138-81ea-30d34a5f6ee9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kxii.com/health/headlines/Officials_unsure_why_flu_season_was_mild_in_Okla_150498785.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00074-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961915 | 413 | 2.234375 | 2 |
ECE Faculty Awarded Patent for VLSI Chip Design
ECE faculty members, Dr. Howard Michel and Dr. David Rancour were awarded a patent for the VLSI implementation of a complex valued neuron. Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) is the design of large integrated circuits on a single silicon chip. Artificial neural networks are software or hardware implementation of neuron-like elements which process information like human brains do.
A neural chip is an analog or digital integrated circuit that implements several processing elements, which are often referred to as neurons. These artificial neurons are independent and operate in parallel. Such neural chips are often used as building blocks, for assembling larger networks.
The invention provides an analog VLSI implementation of a simple neuron using phase encoded inputs and complex valued weights. The proposed neuron uses high frequency AC signals as inputs and phase shifted bias signals as weights to the neuron. The neuron can be programmed to implement all 16 functions of two Boolean variables and 245 of the 256 functions of three Boolean variables without additional logic, neuron stages and higher order terms. The single neuron devised can be used to create a network of neurons. Non-Boolean functions may also be implemented.
Dr. David Rancour, specializes in the field of analog and digital VLSI design and solid state electronics. He has supervised several recent MS theses which involved the design and implementation of highly specialized and novel VLSI circuits. He is also the graduate program director in the department of electrical and computer engineering.
Dr. Howard Michel, works on artificial intelligence, artificial neural networks and sensor networks. He developed the idea of complex-valued neurons which have greater processing capability than standard real-valued neurons. Dr. Michel runs the senior design course in the department of electrical and computer engineering. He is also the Director of Region I of the IEEE, which is the leading professional organization for electrical engineers and computer engineers.
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The issue of bullying took center stage Monday evening in Cheatham County, not by choice but by public pressure.
Prior to Monday, the Board of Education refused to discuss three ideas to beef up the district's anti-bullying policy.
It came following the suicide of a student who was bullied, many believe, because he was gay. But Monday's meeting won't be the end of the fight.
Jacob Rogers' suicide led to a tough debate about bullying and what schools should do to protect students.
"It's really hard," said Kaelynn Mooningham. "Times are changing, and this is something that can no longer be ignored."
After the death of her friend Jacob, Mooningham turned grief into action by pressuring the school board to change policy in Cheatham County by adding "sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression" to the schools' anti-bullying policy.
"I think if they don't, it's going to make them look really bad," Mooningham said.
Two other people submitted ideas - one for a monthly breakdown of bullying by school, the other for more training for staff.
"So many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender kids are the targets of bullies," said Chris Sanders, with the Tennessee Equality Project. "We think it's important to be that specific with the policy."
But when the board's agenda surfaced, none of the proposals appeared on the agenda.
"So they must have rejected them," Sanders said. "I'm extremely disappointed, because these three citizens followed the procedure laid out in the school board policy."
For the district's director, it's not an issue of topic but timing.
"You know, I think we've actually done everything we can do at this point," said Tim Webb, director of Cheatham County Schools. "Just to be arbitrary and have those things come in, you know, to meet some kind of deadline, doesn't mean that we have to take them up on a board agenda."
At Monday's meeting, the district's attorney said Monday night they're following all of the rules when it comes to preventing bullying.
Even though the bullying policy wasn't on the school board's agenda Monday night, several residents brought it up during the "public comments" period.
They want the school board to toughen the policy following the recent suicide of student Jacob Rogers, who his friends and family say was tormented because he was gay.
Sanders said that getting the public hearing is a small victory but doesn't go far enough.
"The attorney got up and assured the board you're doing just enough to get by. He said that all of the classes that we mentioned were covered in the policy. If that's the case, then why not put it in writing? Why not add those words? If the board is embracing this, let's put it in writing and make it clear that no one will be targeted or discriminated against based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression," said Sanders.
The policy is reviewed annually, so this issue may not be settled.
Among the proposals for the policy change include a call for the district to provide more training for staff and to keep record of bullying incidents and how they are handled.
Copyright WSMV 2012 (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:39 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:39:27 GMT
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a high-speed chase that came to a deadly end over the weekend, and police say as far as they can tell it was all over a speeding ticket. Shelbyville officersMore >>
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a high-speed chase that came to a deadly end over the weekend, and police say as far as they can tell it was all over a speeding ticket.More >>
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A father is facing charges after police said he left his young kids in a hot car Monday in the Gulch area downtown. Police said the dad, Tranquilo Camaja-Lajon, went to orientation for a new job and broughtMore >>
A father is facing charges after police said he left his young kids in a hot car Monday in the Gulch area of downtown.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:16 PM EDT2013-05-22 02:16:08 GMT
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular attentionMore >>
The tornado, with winds up to 200 mph, cut a 20-mile stretch as wide as two miles through the Oklahoma City metro area. The medical examiner's office reported 24 people died, including nine children. More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:00 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:00:18 GMT
Power was knocked out to thousands of residents in Nashville overnight after a truck slammed into a pole on White Bridge Road. The crash happened at about 10:50 p.m. Monday near Corbett Lane. As of 6More >>
Power was knocked out to hundreds of residents in Nashville overnight after a truck slammed into a pole on White Bridge Road.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:36 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:36:49 GMT
(RNN) – A day after long track tornadoes devastated Shawnee and Edmond, OK, another round has begun near Oklahoma City.KOCO broadcast a slow rotating cloud that slowly extended down towards the groundMore >>
Dozens of people have died after a second day of tornadoes twisted through Oklahoma, this time taking aim at the town of Moore, south of Oklahoma City.More >> | <urn:uuid:c779813a-0a01-4b0f-a1c7-125c3d7aadbd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wsmv.com/story/17084768/advocates-pushing-policy-change-for-cheatham-co-schools | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00031-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970944 | 1,199 | 1.695313 | 2 |
A Japanese farming community of 70,000 torn apart by the earthquake and tsunami, on the edge of the Fukushima Dai–ichi nuclear exclusion zone, is finding a way to move forward through video games.
Minami–soma City neighbors the ocean and the Fukushima nuclear plant. A year ago, the tsunami dragged approximately 10% of its homes into the ocean. Some died and many more fled. The community shrank to 10,000 residents.
When explosions happened at three Fukushima reactors, after the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government advised Minami–soma residents to stay indoors.
Grocery stores emptied, communication lines fell apart and emergency workers couldn’t respond fast enough. On March 24, the Mayor of Minami–soma Katsunobu Sakurai posted a YouTube calling for help.
According to Kensuke Tadano, Minami–soma city councillor, no one died of starvation, but some died from stress and exhaustion.
I recently met Tadano via Skype.
Back in Vancouver, a few months prior, at a Transmedia Meetup, Ryan Arndt of CertainlySocial offered to connect me with game developers in Japan, who he knew through his community development work with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).
“They held a game jam in Minami–soma, Fukushima Prefecture,” he told me. I learned a game jam is a live gathering of game developers. They form ad hoc teams on the spot and each team conceptualizes and creates a video game by the end of a sleepless 24–48 hour marathon.
I was moved to hear about the August 2011 Fukushima Game Jam (FGJ), so soon after the disaster; and I was curious how it all worked and what kind of effect it had.
The response to my email was immediate and I began corresponding with a group of Japanese game developers. I watched the videos they sent me and read their academic paper. Ultimately, we set up a Skype call between Councillor Tadano, in Minami–soma and Kenneth Chan, FGJ broadcast co–ordinator and host, in Tokyo. Chan translated the conversation between Tadano and I, plus shared his experiences of the FGJ.
Tadano described how, at first, the rebuilding efforts in Minami–soma progressed quickly, with visible changes every day. But after a few months, progress slowed. The government seems to be undecided about what to do with the toxic waste — which, Scientific American reports is less nuclear and more general poisonous substances of contemporary society the earthquake released.
I asked about daily life in Minami–soma now. Tadano told me, in a sense, things are back to normal. The stores have food and the population is almost back to where it was before March 11.
[UPDATE: March 20, 2012 - For another view of the recovery my in-depth look at Fukushima, nuclear energy and climate change, Vancouver Observer.]
There is a semblance of daily routine. But, he said, “there are still people living in shelters or with friends or family… Houses were washed away… people have come back, but their farmland was washed away. Mentally we’re still not healed. The whole community was torn apart… and that’s the hardest thing for us to get over.”
Tadano realized people in Minami–soma and in the affected areas were getting over their initial shock and needed hope for the future. They were ready to begin to create a vision for recovery. “But we also need help to manifest our vision,” he said.
The game development community, including some of the top game designers in Japan, wanted to help in the disaster recovery.
The then chair of Japan IGDA, “Kiyoshi Shin led the FGJ effort with vision and passion,” wrote his successor Kenji Ono, to me in an email.
When Shin contacted Tadano, whose background is in network programming, Tadano grabbed onto the idea of the FGJ. He acted as a local voice in the city, found the location and organized all the necessary permissions. They often worked late at night to complete the arrangements. “Tadano would chime in around 1:00 am,” Chan told me.
“By mid–June, emails were flying — maybe 200 emails a day,” said Chan.
Now that we were talking about the FGJ, the somber undertones in our Skype conversation vanished. Chan and Tadano’s voices were animated and bright.
“It was a logistical nightmare,” shared Chan, as he listed the multitude of arrangements their community had to finalize in less than six weeks. RAT Corporation Ltd., donated the temporary high–speed internet connection and installation at the community hall in Minami–soma where the FGJ took place.
The developers scrounged for beefed up computers for the developers, chartered buses and thought about special insurance for participants travelling to Minami–soma.
They promoted on the IGDA website and tweeted #FGJ. Some of the responding tweets were dubious, “Are you serious? Those guys were hit by the earthquake!” But, Chan told me, after the FGJ he received positive acknowledgements, even from the doubters.
Still, Chan admitted, it was hard to gather participants from the Fukushima area. A game jam was the last thing on their mind. Also, he said, “a lot of people wanted to join [in Minami–soma] but, their relatives may have stopped them [from travelling there], so we set up satellite sites in Tokyo and Kyushu.” In a strong show of support, roughly thirty did travel from Tokyo for the FGJ in Minami–soma.
Chan had been part of a group, along with Kiyoshi Shin, who had pioneered TV broadcast–style coverage of the January 2011 Global Game Jam events in Tokyo. Teams in 44 countries joined last year’s Global Game Jam to create over 1,500 games in 48 hours. The IGDA community loved the Japanese coverage.
Led by Shin, the Japanese game developers decided to offer the same high–quality coverage for the FGJ. VCL, a video company, brought a full broadcast studio’s worth of equipment to Fukushima. Highly trained students from BaNyaK manned the cameras, lights and mixers.
Shinji Yamane, game blogger, sent me his academic paper about the Fukushima Game Jam, describing how they embedded the social context of recovery into the game jam. Tsunagari (relation, connection) was the theme of FGJ and all the jammers had to incorporate tsunagari into their games.
The gamers connected with the local community in real time as well, inviting local school children to the FGJ.
On August 26, 2011, approximately 50 game jammers, from Tokyo and the local area convened for the 48–hour jam and bus tour of Minami–soma area to see the earthquake and tsunami damage.
The children, as young as four or five years old, up to high school age, drew avatars for the gamers, at tables in a foyer area. “We uploaded the kids’ drawings,” said Chan, “and professional graphic artists in Tokyo rendered them to use in the games.”
Spontaneously, some of the kids went into the developers’ area, where each team gathered around one computer. A child would give advice, “why don’t you put this in?” or, “that looks stupid!”
“Ok, that’s great, let’s try that,” was a typical response from the programmers.
Chan spoke with some of the parents afterwards. “The kids had nothing to do, school was suspended, nowhere to go, … life was bland. It was one of the rare events that actually happened. They were very thankful.”
Tadano agreed, “I was really glad the kids could join in … Because of the earthquake, having their homes washed away, … back to square one… even our children were forced to realize the harsh reality — life isn’t necessarily fair.” It meant a lot to Tadano and the kids, to “realize people out there were looking out for us, thinking about us.”
And there’s more. Tadano described a potential community–wide renewal sparked by FGJ. “The majority of jobs have been in farming… If you wanted to do something bigger, you might have to leave the city.”
Corporations have taken notice and Tadano is delighted to have interest from the content-generation industry and the IT industry. SoftBank Mobile Corp., one of the largest mobile carriers in Japan has already set up an iPad–based learning centre and they’re planning to open a branch in Minami–soma.
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Best Practices for Selecting Apache Hadoop Hardware
We get asked a lot of questions about how to select Apache Hadoop worker node hardware. During my time at Yahoo!, we bought a lot of nodes with 6*2TB SATA drives, 24GB RAM and 8 cores in a dual socket configuration. This has proven to be a pretty good configuration. This year, I’ve seen systems with 12*2TB SATA drives, 48GB RAM and 8 cores in a dual socket configurations. We will see a move to 3TB drives this year.
What configuration makes sense for any given organization is driven by such ratios as the storage-to-compute ratio of your workload and other factors that cannot be answered in a generic way. Further, the hardware industry moves quickly. In this post I’ll try to outline the principles that have generally guided Hadoop hardware configuration selections over the last six years. All of these thoughts are aimed at designing medium to large Apache Hadoop clusters. Scott Carey made a good case for smaller machines for small clusters the other day on the Apache mailing list.
The key for Hadoop clusters is to buy quality commodity equipment. Most Hadoop purchasers are cost conscious and as your clusters grow, their cost can be significant. When thinking about cost, one needs to think about the whole system, including network, power and the extra components included in many high-end systems. Remember that Hadoop is built to handle component failure well and to scale out on low cost gear. RAID cards, redundant power supplies and other per-component reliability features are not needed. Buy error-correcting RAM and SATA drives with good MTBF numbers. Good RAM allows you to trust the quality of your computations. Hard drives are the largest source of failures, so buy decent ones.
On CPU: It helps to understand your workload, but for most systems I recommend sticking with medium clock speeds and no more than 2 sockets. Both your upfront costs and power costs rise quickly on the high-end. For many workloads, the extra performance per node is not cost-effective.
On Power: Power is a major concern when designing Hadoop clusters. It is worth understanding how much power the systems you are buying use and not buying the biggest and fastest nodes on the market. In years past we saw huge savings in pricing and significant power savings by avoiding the fastest CPUs, not buying redundant power supplies, etc. Nowadays, vendors are building machines for cloud data centers that are designed to reduce cost and power and that exclude a lot of the niceties that bulk up traditional servers. Supermicro, Dell and HP all have such product lines for cloud providers, so if you are buying in large volume, it is worth looking for stripped-down cloud servers.
On RAM: What you need to consider is the amount of RAM needed to keep the processors busy and where the knee in the cost curve resides. Right now 48GB seems like a pretty good number. You can get this much RAM at commodity prices on low-end server motherboards. This is enough to provide the Hadoop framework with lots of RAM (~4 GB) and still have plenty to run many processes. Don’t worry too much about RAM, you’ll find a use for it, often running more processes in parallel. If you don’t, the system will still use it to good effect, caching disk data and improving performance.
On Disk: Look to buy high-capacity SATA drives, usually 7200RPM. Hadoop is storage hungry and seek efficient but it does not require fast, expensive hard drives. Keep in mind that with 12-drive systems you are generally getting 24 or 36 TB/node. Until recently, putting this much storage in a node was not practical because, in large clusters, disk failures are a regular occurrence and replicating 24+TB could swamp the network for long enough to really disrupt work and cause jobs to miss SLAs. The most recent release of Hadoop 0.20.204 is engineered to handle the failure of drives more elegantly, allowing machines to continue serving from their remaining drives. With these changes, we expect to see a lot of 12+ drive systems. In general, add disks for storage and not seeks. If your workload does not require huge amounts of storage, dropping disk count to 6 or 4 per box is a reasonable way to economize.
On Network: This is the hardest variable to nail down. Hadoop workloads vary a lot. The key is to buy enough network capacity to allow all nodes in your cluster to communicate with each other at reasonable speeds and for reasonable cost. For smaller clusters, I’d recommend at least 1GB all-to-all bandwidth, which is easily achieved by just connecting all of your nodes to a good switch. With larger clusters this is still a good target although based on workload you can probably go lower. In the very large data centers the Yahoo! built, they are seeing 2*10GB per 20 node rack going up to a pair of central switches, with rack nodes connected with two 1GB links. As a rule of thumb, watch the ratio of network-to-computer cost and aim for network cost being somewhere around 20% of your total cost. Network costs should include your complete network, core switches, rack switches, any network cards needed, etc. We’ve been seeing InfiniBand and 10GB Ethernet networks to the node now. If you can build this cost effectively, that’s great. However, keep in mind that Hadoop grew up with commodity Ethernet, so understand your workload requirements before spending too much on the network.
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Death of an American Dream Documentaries
‘Salesman’ And ‘Gimme Shelter’ Brilliantly Evoke an Era
From the vantage point of 2012, the 1960s, as seen in the two documentaries Salesman and Gimme Shelter by the Maysles Brothers, look like another planet from the one we live on now. Which is, on consideration, a very good thing.
On the right side of the scale, we have the Willy Lomans of Salesman: four white, middle-aged males from Massachusetts, working for the American Bible Company, who go door-to-door peddling expensive Bibles to families where the women stay at home raising children while the men march off to work in the morning.
On the left hand of the scale, we have the blood and mayhem of Gimme Shelter. The Rolling Stones, masters of mischief led by chief provocateur Mick Jagger, find that their theatrical version of anarchy at a 1969 concert in Altamont, Calif., is so far removed from the real thing that they are inadequate to contain it when it erupts in front of them.
And yet. Are the divisions between the two different societies seen in these two remarkable films, available on DVD, really so alien to Americans? When the press natters on about how this country has never been as “polarized” as it is now, I can only scratch my head. American historical memory is lamentably short. Does the press not remember the 1960s?
Even if some of the pundits are too young to remember the 1960s, which might account for some of the verbiage about a country never more divided, what are we to make of this kind of rhetorical solipsism that also overlooks the Revolution, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, the Red Scare and Palmer Raids of the 1920s, the Depression and the McCarthy era? American life has always been messy, volatile, unpredictable and wrenching, qualities all on display in Salesman and Gimme Shelter.
But the point of watching the unsettling and oddly beautiful Gimme Shelter and Salesman, which might be one of the best American documentaries you’ve probably never seen, is to see what critic Greil Marcus called “the old, weird America” in full throttle.
The hippies, freaks and flower children who thronged to Altamont Speedway outside San Francisco in December 1969 defiantly thought of themselves as a new kind of society, one that operated outside conventional strictures. The more things change, as the saying goes.
What the surging crowd at Altamont reminded me of, strangely, was a 1960s version of the religious communes and utopias of the 19th century: the Shakers’ ecstatic, fervent dancing and singing, and the free love espoused by John Humphrey Noyes at the Oneida Community in New York.
There’s idealism, self-delusion and self-indulgence, but also the tantalizing promise of self-fulfillment that can’t ever really be attained.
The snake in this chaotic Eden materializes in the form of the Hell’s Angels, deputized to provide security for the musicians, among them Jefferson Airplane, Ike and Tina Turner and finally, the Stones. While the Stones ape violence and thuggishness in their music (Street Fighting Man, Gimme Shelter), the Hell’s Angels bring real violence and thuggishness, itching to fight and beating up people who get too close to the stage.
The concert starts and stops, Mick Jagger pleads in vain with the crowd to calm down, the tension escalates, one man shows a gun, one of the Hell’s Angels wields a knife the size of a scimitar, there’s shouting and screaming, and the man with the gun is repeatedly stabbed. It’s confusing and murky who does what when. The cameras on stage turn to the area in front but we see only a tangle of bodies in motion.
It’s in the editing room that the Maysles and the Stones are able to slow down and isolate what happened in a matter of seconds. So what was supposed to be a documentary about one of the world’s great bands turns into a post-mortem of sorts — and not just of the concert, but of an era.
Albert and David Maysles, who hailed from Boston, were part of the documentary movement called Cinema Verite, using lighter, hand-held cameras and sound equipment that allowed them to get as close to their subjects as their subjects would allow.
They were more than technical innovators, though. They had, together, a superb eye for detail and an instinctive sense for how to tell a story.
They also had an accomplished editor, Charlotte Zwerin, who gets full directorial credit with them, and with good reason: like many films, these were made in the editing room.
The violence at Altamont is only part of the whole. In this remastered version, there are gorgeous, color-saturated shots of crowds streaming through the tawny, sunlit hills of northern California, pilgrims on their way to a rock-and-roll Mecca; the whirling dervish gyrations of Mick Jagger, bathed in a bordello-red light, who seems to exude sensuality but is, off-stage, detached and calculated in affect, seemingly impervious to the fact that someone’s been killed; couples fondling in the grass; a nude woman desperately trying to clamber on stage.
Salesman couldn’t look and sound more different. Shot in black and white, the film follows four salesmen from Boston as they try to do one of the hardest things in the world: getting one foot past the front door while homeowners do their utmost to keep them out. The product is a glossy, heavy Bible, illustrated with paintings by, as one of the salesmen reverently (and cannily) puts it, the Old Masters.
Their sales manager, a guy in the requisite white shirt and skinny black tie who looks like a particularly large, chewy piece of beef jerky, lets the aphorisms roll off his tongue like a playwright. “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired,” he harangues the salesmen with their hangdog expressions. “I’m sick of your alibis and excuses.” Watching this 90-minute film was like watching and reading Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross and John Updike’s Rabbit tetralogy, Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest condensed into one pithy whole. Are the salesmen, who have the weight and richness of literary characters, heroes, dupes or shills, or all three?
The protagonist is a man named Paul Brennan, nicknamed “The Badger.” His colleagues are James “The Rabbit” Baker, Raymond “The Bull” Martos, and Charles “The Gipper” McDevitt. While the Rabbit, Bull and Gipper make their sales, the Badger falls further and further behind. Sardonic, loquacious, moralizing, occasionally hectoring, Brennan tries to close the sale again and again, and fails. In one sequence, he cajoles, bullies and nearly flat-out begs a woman to buy this Bible. It’s an extraordinarily suspenseful scene, as the balance of power shifts from Salesman to customer and back again.
You could mock the Badger, or find his ambitions small and conniving, but I saw in him the pathos of Willy Loman, the stubbornness of Rabbit Angstrom and the desperation of the crew of real estate salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross. For all his blarney, or to use the term du jour, malarkey, the Badger’s a decent, melancholy man, an Aesop from Jamaica Plain who knows he’s on his way out. If you see echoes of the current predicament of a stagnant American middle class here, you should.
And although the salesmen and the crowd at Altamont would appear to have not one single point of commonality, the Badger, the Rabbit, the Bull and the Gipper are outliers in their own way, living life on a margin that is perilously thin. The pursuit of happiness, it turns out, isn’t always so happy.
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That’s the question on everyone’s mind in the wake of the horrifying massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary Friday.
The internet blogosphere is not short of theories.
But at the end of the day, no one yet knows why Adam Lanza decided to wreak mass murder on classrooms full of kindergarteners.
The more salient question is that of what we can do to reduce this kind of wholesale violence.
Already opinions are hotly contested.
Most of the debate centers around gun control.
Some of the rhetoric is frankly absurd. No, knives are not just as effective and deadly in the hands of a deranged killer as are guns; just because one person managed to murder a large number of people with a knife once doesn’t prove that we’d be just as unsafe in a world without guns.
And getting law enforcement to go from house to house and seize all firearms isn’t a viable solution. We will never be rid of guns entirely, so we will have to learn to live in a world in which some of us are armed, and try to find what ways we can to least reduce the harm that the most dangerous cause.
But I feel that in the raging debate over gun control laws that is inevitable in the aftermath of such a tragedy, we are forgetting that there were two critical factors that led to the atrocity.
One was that a madman had access to an enormous amount of artillery when he snapped.
The other was that he snapped.
Someone posted a comment on Facebook last week, saying that it shouldn’t be harder to get mental health care than it is to get a gun.
It is true that it is vastly more difficult to get quality mental health care for a violent, mentally ill youth than it is to get a weapon.
For years I have been covering the story of Carolyn Heatherwick Goza. She had a bipolar son who in his youth was extremely violent. That son had a son of his own for whom he was unable to care, so Carolyn and her husband Bryan took him in. The toddler began to show symptoms of serious bipolar disorder, as well.
Then Bryan grew more and more depressed, and began to believe that his wife would be better off without himself and the boy. He ultimately killed his grandson and then himself outside the Monroe Police Station in 2004.
Since then Carolyn has become an advocate for the parents of violent, mentally ill children. She tells of mothers who have driven to the hospital to seek help while being attacked the entire way by an out of control child, only to find that there was no help available, resulting in a return trip with the child still attacking the driver the whole way home.
She tells of meager resources, few options, inadequate respite, and limited financial assistance for the uninsured.
I’ve interviewed the parents of severely disturbed children. I remember the bitterness of a father whose chronic runaway had finally disappeared for what seemed like the last time. He’d tried many times to commit her to a mental health facility against her will, but the law demanded her consent, which she would never give. And when she was free, she was violent to herself and everyone in her home.
I spoke to another mom who was so profoundly exhausted she said she could barely get through a day. Her child had been thrown out of every daycare and school setting they had tried. He attacked her and made it virtually impossible for her to hold a job, and terrorized his sibling.
The despair of some of the parents is crushing. They love their children, but fear them, too.
Adam Lanza appears to have been such a child. When he embarked on his murderous rampage, he was only 20 and was still living at home, according to news reports.
Most mass killers are fairly young. All are mentally ill; shooting a room full of children or strangers is not the act of a healthy mind. And many had shown warning signs, Adam Lanza among them.
How many could have been diverted if the right kind of help had been available?
As we as a nation move to try to figure out ways to make ourselves and our children more safe from the most insane and violent among us, I hope we don’t focus on only one end of the problem.
Yes, we have a gun problem. No two ways about it. Too many people die as a result of their misuse every year, and no matter how much you love your responsibly-stored, legally-used Glock, you can’t deny that a lot of guns are used to kill a lot of innocent people in our country.
But we also have a mental health problem. We aren’t investing in enough of the research and resources that could help us learn how to recognize volatile people and intervene before they explode.
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Finding Square Roots
Date: 02/07/2002 at 22:40:11 From: Tom Subject: Square roots Friends at school say answers to square roots that I don't understand at all. I would like to know the square root of 3612 to baffle them, and also please teach me square roots because I'm stumped!
Date: 02/08/2002 at 11:23:26 From: Doctor Ian Subject: Re: Square roots Hi Tom, If you multiply a number by itself, you get the 'square' of the number. The number itself is called the 'square root' of the square. For example, 2 * 2 = 2 squared = 4 <=> 2 is the square root of 4 3 * 3 = 3 squared = 9 <=> 3 is the square root of 9 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/2 squared = 1/4 <=> 1/2 is the square root of 1/4 x * x = x squared = x^2 <=> x is the square root of x^2 (-x) * (-x) = x^2 <=> -x is the square root of x^2 This last example illustrates a tricky point: a number has _two_ square roots, not just one. For example, 7 is the square root of 49; and -7 is _also_ the square root of 49. It's easy to forget that, and forgetting it can get you into trouble. In most cases, however, the negative root is of no importance, so we ignore it. Anyway, to move on to your example: 60^2 is 3600, so the square root of 3612 has to be greater than 60; but 61^ is 3721, so the square root of 3612 has to be less than 61. So the answer is somewhere between 60 and 61. How do you find it? Take a look at the Dr. Math FAQ: Square Roots Without a Calculator http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.sqrt.by.hand.html If you just want to find a simpler expression, you can find the prime factors of the number whose root you're looking for: 3612 = 2 * 1806 = 2 * 2 * 903 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 301 = 2 * 2 * 3 * 7 * 43 Now, a rule of square roots is sqrt(a*b) = sqrt(a) * sqrt(b) so sqrt(3612) = sqrt(2 * 2 * 3 * 7 * 43) = sqrt(2 * 2) * sqrt(3 * 7 * 43) = 2 * sqrt(3 * 7 * 43) = 2 * sqrt(903) This isn't much simpler, but sometimes this technique works very nicely, e.g., sqrt(432) = sqrt(2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 3) = sqrt(2 * 2) * sqrt(2 * 2) * sqrt(3 * 3) * sqrt(3) = 2 * 2 * 3 * sqrt(3) = 12 * sqrt(3) which _is_ simpler - simple enough that there is no real need to convert sqrt(3) into a decimal approximation. Does this help? - Doctor Ian, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Date: 02/08/2002 at 20:48:50 From: Tom Subject: Square roots Thank you Docter Math. I will practice my square roots and I will write to you again if I need help. Letters and advice from people like you are worth more than anything to me. I think I might become an author or writer someday and I'll always think of you as my adviser when I was little. Also my dad explained how to do it on the calculator and clarified the diagrams you gave me, and now I can do problems like the square root of 36, which equals 6. Thank you!
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I live in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. I saw a bird which I cannot identify using regular methods.
This bird seemed larger than a robin with a longer narrow beak, he was going along the edge of the lawn poking into ant holes for food. His back feathers were a beige/brown color with beautiful mottling or speckles, the chest was a pale peach color and had an upside down triangle ( black ) at the base of the throat. I thought it was a thrush but all the info and pictures I have found does not match.
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The place I moved to in San Marino has a swimming pool, a deck, a grill, outdoor couches, and a kegerator. Everything one would need to throw great summer parties. But, whenever we throw a party, few people jump in the pool. Why? Because it’s much too cold! The beautiful oak trees that shade our deck, also do a great job of shading our pool. So only in the warmest summer months is our pool decent to swim in. I’m not a big fan of personal swimming pools in general. But if we have it, and are paying for the weekly maintenance, we might as well make is usable.
I decided to solve the problem in the most environmentally friendly way I could: a solar water heater. Solar water heating has a strong history in Pasadena. In 1897 30% of all homes here had solar water heaters installed. Sadly, they’re not common today. I can’t change the public behavior, but I can put one on my own roof!
I was inspired by a story of a guy building his own home, and constructing a make-shift solar water heater so he could shower after a day in the Florida heat. It seemed very straightforward to build. I started pricing things out and discovered that copper was just a little too expensive. However as I priced it out, it seemed that this plastic, store bought solar water heater would cost about as much, and will work right out of the box. It seemed like a no brainer.
The solar water heater claims to raise the temp of the pool 5-10 degrees. The warmer we can get our pool the better! It also requires a pump. I didn’t want to tie it in with the existing pool pump, as that only runs a few hour during the day. I found a surplus dishwasher pump which claims 10gpm of flow. After a little plumbing, it could be just the thing. I liked the idea of only pumping if the panels were warm, and leaving it off at night. For at night, the solar heat collectors would act as radiators and give off heat instead of taking it in. I have plans for an automatic relay that turns the pump on only when it’s needed. But, for now I can make do with plugging it in manually.
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1. Online: If you have problems with a purchase or the card number gets hijacked, a debit card is vulnerable because it happens to be linked to an account.The Federal Reserve sets a consumer's liability for fraudulent purchases at $50, provided they notify the bank within two days of discovering that their card or card number has been stolen. Getting 100% of the money that was stolen back into your bank account is another story.
2. Big-Ticket Items: With a big ticket item, a credit card is safer. A credit card offers dispute rights if something goes wrong with the merchandise or the purchase. With a debit card, you have fewer protections.
3. Deposit Required: Putting a deposit on your bank account puts a freeze on those dollars in your account. Using a credit card ensures that you have access to 100% of your money at all times.
4. Restaurants: The danger: Restaurants are one of the few places where you have to let cards leave your sight when you use them. The other problem with using a debit card at restaurants: Some establishments will approve the card for more than your purchase amount because, so the amount of money frozen for the transaction could be quite a bit more than the amount of your tab. And it could be a few days before you get the cash back in your account.
6. Buy Now, Take Delivery Later: Buying now but taking delivery days or weeks from now? A credit card offers dispute rights that a debit card typically does not.
7. Recurring Payments: We've all heard the urban legend about the gym that won't stop billing an ex-member's credit card. Now imagine the charges aren't going onto your card, but instead coming right out of your bank account.
8. Future Travel: Book your travel with a check card, and they debit it immediately. So if you're buying travel that you won't use for six months or making a reservation for a few weeks from now, you'll be out the money immediately.
9. Gas Stations and Hotels: This one depends on the individual business. Some gas stations and hotels will place holds to cover customers who may leave without settling the entire bill. That means that even though you only bought $10 in gas, you could have a temporary bank hold for $50 to $100. Same with hotels, except it could be hundreds of dollars. | <urn:uuid:9319d402-1f85-4249-8e22-5287b47ef10a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wncy.com/blogs/post/cmckenzie/2010/mar/22/9-places-not-use-your-debit-card/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00054-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955777 | 488 | 1.875 | 2 |
At the time of writing this blog, I am travelling north from Dover back to The Elms in Nottingham on a coach with our Year 6 children returning from a week’s residential visit to Paris. It would therefore seem very appropriate that the subject for this week’s Head’s Blog is the value of such a visit.
Common sense tells us that learning is not limited to the classroom environment. Schools like The Elms, that are able to offer pupils of junior school age a wealth of experiences beyond the classroom, are so much more successful in the classroom. Some schools have found the red tape and risk assessments associated with planning and executing such visits with young children to be a reason not to undertake them, but I believe such schools are missing a trick! Fortunately, at The Elms, we have moved in the opposite direction from this trend. This year not only marks the extension of our residential visits to Year 3 as well as Years 4, 5 and 6, but sees our first international cultural tour, to Paris for Year 6.
But what benefits do such residential visits bring?
For starters, there is the chance to experience new learning with one’s peer group. Learning can take many forms. One form is the planned learning. Visiting the Louvre or Notre Dame (we visited both), asking questions on the Mona Lisa or studying the stained glass windows. Whilst an actual visit enhances learning, it would be possible to study these things in the classroom.
What is not easy to replicate in the classroom environment is the un-planned or incidental learning. Learning about oneself or how to look after others. Learning how to overcome a fear of heights, how to encourage friends and show support through actions and deeds to enable the ascent of the Eiffel Tower. Learning social skills, communicating with French children playing on the same football team or learning how to thank a French boy’s mum for making chocolate cakes for the team refreshments after the match.
Children learn how to cope without their parents for a whole week, learning how to organise the contents of a suitcase or how to live with other children sharing the same bedroom. They learn how to comfort a fellow child feeling a little homesick and they may even learn how lucky they are, not only to have all the material possessions that modern children believe they need to survive, but to have a loving family around them.
Teachers learn lots too. They learn something of the character of the children in their class: the strength of the quiet child and the fragility of the loud and confident child. And children too see teachers in a new light, as (slightly!) more human than they imagined. Returning from such a shared experience, the quality of relationships between children and staff are strengthened and pay dividends for the remainder of the school year.
I would encourage all schools with junior aged pupils to not shy away from the challenges of planning and carrying out residential visits. Residential visits should not just be the preserve of Year 6 children, but I would encourage the benefits of undertaking residential visits to younger children too. I say this, not through rose tinted glasses, but in light of this week’s experience.
The children, and staff, are exhausted and looking forward to sleeping in their own beds tonight. We will all have lots of memories to look back on during this week. Hopefully, a new appreciation of each other, and of home.
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Old Market House, erected by the city of Galena in 1845-1846, served
for sixty-five years as the city market during the decades of Galena’s
greatest prosperity as a river port, lead-mining center, and commercial
hub. Many towns erected market buildings in the pre-Civil War era,
but few remain today. The Old Market House also served as the seat
of Galena government and for years had two jail cells. The building
was almost completely reconstructed in 1954-1955 and in 1973 was
added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Old Market House is a handsome Greek Revival building composed
of a two-story brick central section topped with a frame cupola.
One-story frame wings, projecting from the north and south, include
covered porticoes. The central section’s first floor consists
of an entry hall with staircases to the basement and second floor,
and a large room providing exhibit and meeting space. The wings
hold temporary local history exhibits and provide meeting space
for community groups. The second floor contains the former city
council chamber and city surveyor’s office.
south of the Old Market is an information center staffed by the
Galena-Jo Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The large
lobby contains a visitor services information desk and exhibits
provided by the Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society. The
building also contains accessible to persons with disabilities public
Visitors can view exhibits on the first floor of the Old Market
House. Site interpreters describe aspects of the building’s
history and architecture. The first floor is accessible to persons
with disabilities; the second floor and basement are not. The grounds
are used frequently for community events.
The Old Market House hosts or co-hosts numerous special events,
including the Boy Scouts of America “U. S. Grant Pilgrimage”
in April, “Farmers Market” weekends May-August), and
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Girl Scouts of the USA said it would trim its lineup of cookies this year, dropping Duce De Leche and Thank U Berry Munch in some key markets.
"The decision to make the fewer cookies is not based on the economy" CNN quoted a spokeswoman, Michelle Tompkins, as saying. "It was a business decision made a couple of years ago."
Cookie sales have grown into a $714 million annual business for the Girl Scouts. They are made by ABC Bakers, which will keep the full menu, and Little Brownie Bakers, which is cutting back on the varieties offered.
That means New York City, Atlanta, Oklahoma and parts of California will have a slimmer selection this year.
Not to worry: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-Dos and other popular varieties will still be available, CNN said.
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This week’s portion begins with a discussion of what’s called shmittah, the seventh year when no work of the land is supposed to be done. You can work for six years, but on the seventh, you must stop.
In those days almost everyone’s food came from the fields they worked; most people were farmers and sold whatever extra they had to other people. Essentially, if they didn’t work their fields, they would not eat. But the Creator tells them, even though this is how you make your livelihood, you cannot work on the seventh year. This could be quite a problem for them, because if you do not work in the seventh year, you certainly don't have food in the eighth year, and then the food won’t come until the ninth year because you’ll have to work the whole eighth year… but the Creator tells them not to worry, because miraculously, they will have food. Relating it to our lives today, it would be... read more | <urn:uuid:c48fe178-ca8d-4da5-911e-9590d70c15da> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.michaelberg.net/?cat=286 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984232 | 212 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Section 5: Cerebrovascular Diseases
- 5.1. Transient Ischemic Attacks
- 5.2. Cerebrovascular Accidents
A summary of the current fitness-to-drive guidelines (Cerebrovascular Diseases) for medical practitioners from Australia (1998) and Canada (2000) is presented in Table 13.
5.1 Transient Ischemic Attacks
Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are brief episodes of stroke-like symptoms that last less than 24 hours. TIAs are thought to be caused by temporary dysfunction of a portion of the brain caused by transient ischemia and are more common in the older population (Earnest and Cohen, 1990). Permanent cerebral damage does not occur with TIAs. TIAs are an important warning symptom and are a risk factor for a cerebrovascular accident. Approximately 20 to 30 percent of individuals experiencing a first TIA will have a completed stroke within three years (Mohr and Pessin, 1986).
There are an estimated 30,000 to 150,000 TIAs each year but accurate estimates are difficult because of the likelihood of under reporting (American Academy of Neurology, 1997).
Transient Ischemic Attacks and Driving Literature Review
The symptoms of TIA depend on the vessel involved. Earnest and Cohen (1990) provide a description of symptoms based on carotid artery involvement and vertebrobasilar involvement. Those symptoms are presented in Table 10.
Many of the neurological sequelae of TIAs, clearly, can have important implications for driving. There are, however, few studies available on the relationship between TIAs and increased risk of motor vehicle crashes. Rehm and Ross (1995) prospectively evaluated drivers 60 years of age and older with unexplained motor vehicle crashes presenting to their trauma center over a one-year period. Of the 79 drivers (aged 60-98), 73 percent were at-fault in the crash. Of those patients with a syncope etiology, eight percent were deemed due to TIA. Although there is a paucity of literature investigating the relationship between TIAs and motor vehicle crash risk, most medical guidelines recommend driving cessation following a single TIA or recurrent TIAs until the cause has been identified.
Table 10 Summary of Transient Ischemic Attack Symptoms by Vascular Supply
(Reproduced from Earnest, M.P., & Cohen, J.A. (1990). Cerebrovascular disease. In R.W. Schrier (Ed.), Geriatric medicine (pp. 109-118), with permission from W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia)
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What Pap Smear Results Mean
Abnormal Pap smear results can be worrisome, at least until a second Pap smear reveals more information. Find out what Pap smears say about your cervical health.
Pap smear is a useful screening tool that helps identify early cell changes so
that if cervical
cancer is present, it can be treated early. Since the Pap smear came
into use as a cancer-screening tool more than 50 years ago, deaths from
cervical cancer in the United States have decreased significantly.
smear tests for abnormality in the uterine cervix that may represent a pre-cancerous
or cancerous disease on the cervix,” explains Concepcion Diaz-Arrastia, MD,
director of gynecological oncology and associate professor at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston.
are two basic types of Pap tests. Samples are collected the same way for each
— your gynecologist
will take a small amount of cells from the surface of your cervix to be
analyzed in a lab. The older, traditional test examines the sample on a slide,
while the more recent liquid cytology method places the sample cells in liquid
in a vial. Studies show that both tests are equally reliable as tools for
finding cervical cancer.
Decoding an Abnormal Pap Smear
the lab, a technician will review the microscopic appearance of the cells on
the slide or in the vials, looking for various types of abnormalities. Some
labs use computerized programs to read Pap smear slides.
abnormal Pap smear does not definitively mean that you have cancer. “Abnormal”
simply means that the cells visible with analysis do not look like normal
cells. There are various reasons that your Pap smear results could be other
than normal, including:
or irritation of the cells of the cervix
scrapings obtained did not contain enough cervical cells to get a proper
will be asked to come in for additional testing to find out the cause of the
abnormal results. You may need to have another Pap smear or a more detailed
screening test, called a colposcopy. Or you may simply have to repeat the Pap
smear if your doctor did not collect enough cells the first time.
Pap smear results may be misread and interpreted as normal even though some
cells are precancerous. But cervical cancer generally grows slowly, so it is
likely that your next Pap smear will find these cells in time for effective
treatment. For this reason, having Pap smears at the recommended intervals is a
smart thing to do.
The Bethesda System of Pap Smear Results
the results of your Pap smear go to your doctor, they are usually categorized
according to a standard called the Bethesda System. That means your results
will be placed in one of the following categories:
Normal or no change.
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined
significance (ASCUS). This is the most common category for
abnormal Pap smear results. Abnormal cells are present, but they do not suggest
cancer. Most of the time, ASCUS cells are due to HPV
Squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL).
These are abnormal changes that could be a sign of early cancer. They are
divided into low-grade or high-grade SILs. High-grade SILs, or HSILs, are the
ones most likely to progress to cancer.
Atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude
HSIL. Changes in the cells have been found, which may or may not
be high-grade SILs.
Atypical glandular cells.
These are abnormal glandular cells — not squamous cells —
that suggest cancer in the upper part of the cervix.
Cancer. Your Pap smear has
identified cancerous cells.
doctor may use different terms to discuss abnormal Pap smear results with you.
“Dysplasia” refers to these possibly precancerous changes. Cervical
intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) with a number from 1 to 3 is a way of
designating the degree of cellular change, with 1 being low-grade and 2 and 3
being high-grade changes.
The HPV Pap Smear
human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause cervical cells to look abnormal. Usually
your body will fight off HPV and a later Pap smear will show normal cells.
However, some forms of HPV cause cervical cancer. If your abnormal results are
due to the presence of HPV, you may have to have Pap smears more often until
your doctor has decided that these changes are not precancerous.
for HPV can be done at the same time as a Pap smear, either with one sample
that tests for both or with two separate samples. HPV testing is recommended
for women over age 30. The test may also be able to tell your doctor whether
you have one of the types of HPV most likely to cause cervical cancer.
What Pap Smears Do Not Reveal
effective as the Pap smear is, it doesn’t test for every possible abnormality
in your reproductive system. It doesn’t show:
Other reproductive cancers. “Tissue
or cells from the uterus, fallopian tubes, or ovaries are not sampled or
tested. There is no cancer screening test for the uterus, fallopian tube, or
ovary,” says Dr. Diaz-Arrastia.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Your doctor may take samples from your vagina during a pelvic exam to be tested
for STDs, but that analysis and the results are separate from a Pap smear.
recommendations are for most women to have a Pap test every two years starting
at age 21, unless their doctor recommends more frequent testing. After age 30,
if a woman has had three consecutive normal PAP smears, the testing interval
can be increased to three years.
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Me: "I feel the need... the need to sneed. Sneed isn't a word, but it should be. What's it mean?"So I was being grammatically incorrect. I should have said "I feel the need... the need to have sneed."
RX: "It's the past tense of the verb 'to snee'."
Me: "Ah. So, 'I snee; you snee; he/she/it snees; we..."
RX: "...have been sneed. It's from the Latin snevius, which is the act of separating fly poop from small grains of finely-ground black spices."
Me: "That was traditionally done by slave girls from the eastern Mediterranean, known as Sneviatrixes."
RX: "Ah, but by the later Republic, it had become a respected, and often well-paid profession."
Me: "Indeed. Tacitus even claimed that the favorite mistress of the emperor Claudius was reputed to have been a former Sneviatrix."
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There is currently no permanent cure for psoriasis but there are a number of psoriasis treatments which are effective at reducing it's symptoms. These treatments vary from using simple moisturisers to subjecting the effected areas of your skin to UVB light.
All of the treatment listed here work to some degree but there is no best treatment for all psoriasis sufferers. The one one that will work best for you will depend on the type of psoriasis you have, it's location and it's severity. As with most medical issues it is best to seek advice from your doctor.
Top of the list because the use of moisturisers are a must for all psoriasis suffers. Regardless of the type, severity or location of your psoriasis a good moisturiser will help reduce the dryness, scaling and cracking of the skin. If you psoriasis is mild a moisturiser may be all that is needed.
The best type of moisturiser for the treatment of psoriasis is one that will lock in the skin moisture most effectively. Generally oils do this better than creams which in turn do this better than lotions.
Though using moisturisers can be sufficient for mild sufferers most will need something a little more specific to treating the psoriasis plaques (scaly skin rashes). For this most choose to use a cold tar psoriasis treatment:
Coal Tar Treatments
Coal tar have been used for over a hundred years as a treatment for skin conditions. Although scientists are not 100% sure how it works it is thought to inhibit the replication of skin cells. So when it is applied to an area of your skin which is effected by psoriasis plaques it will slow down the cell production and so reduce the spread and thickening of the rash.
As well as having this unique effect on cell division, coal tar is also a anti-inflammatory and antiseptic. In fact there are so many compounds and ingredients in coal tar it is unlikely that we will ever understand it's effect completely but it has been used for so long that it's use as a psoriasis treatment is known to be completely safe.
There are many coal tart treatments available but the most popular brand by far is Exorex. Express Chemist generally have the best deals online
These creams can be used for a short time only. They are often prescribed by doctors for a limited period to treat inflammation on the face or scalp. The problem with this type of psoriasis treatment is that once you stop using it the inflammation usually returns.
Exposure to UVB light can often help reduce large areas of inflammation. Ultraviolet UVB light has been used since the 1920's to treat widespread psoriasis, In 1981 scientists discovered the precise wavelength required. Treatment that uses the full UVB range of wavelengths (280-320nm) is known as broadband UVB (BBUVB) whereas narrowband UVB (NBUVB) uses this more precise range of wavelengths (300-313nm). Many find that exposure to natural sunlight helps.
This type of treatment is usually used at specialist dermatology centres though broadband and narrowband lamp are available at Amazon for use at home.
Now I know I said there was no permanent cure for psoriasis but one "kate Wilson" has developed a natural treatment that has eliminated all of her psoriasis symptoms for over 2 years. This is after 15 years of suffering form psoriasis
She writes in detail how she managed to accomplish it in an downloadable guide. You can download and read it immediately here and it comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee:
"If the method does not produce a decrease or complete relief from your psoriasis" you can have a full - no questions asked - refund within 60 days of ordering
Which psoriasis treatments is best for you?
There is no best psoriasis treatment that suits all sufferers and a type of treatment that has no effect for one person may work for another. Your doctor should advise you - depending on the type and severity of you psoriasis - the best course of treatment to try initially.
Many psoriasis sufferers will find themselves trying a number of different treatment to see which is most effective. Generally you will start with the topical creams and ointments which are applied directly to your skin.
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